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The Battalion
Friday Afternoon, March 15, 1946
The Battalion
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“To ’ell Wiz Tesses Aggies!” ...
An amazing result of the Japanese occupation of the
Philippine Islands is reported by the Daily Texan, a news
paper published at Forty Acres. It, seems, according to the
newspaper's informant, that natives there now greet visitors
with the phrase, “To 'ell wiz Tesses Aggies.”
It certainly is amazing how the fame of A. & M. rolls
around the world. We know how the Germans used to say
“Gott in Himmel! Techs-hus Aggies!” and run th& other
way. We know that Californians used to make a clear path
through the state so that Aggies in a hurry to get from
College Station to Tokyo could steam through without
touching anything. And in New York, whenever a six-foot-
sixer is seen on the streets, people say, “Must be one of
them Texas Aggies.”
But this latest development is something new to us. No
doubt a member of one of T. u.’s exclusive fraternities, such
as the Kappa Goona Goo's, has been propagandizing for us.
And strangest thing of all, the Daily Texan is proud of
the fact the name of Texas Aggies is now known through
out the backwoods of the Philippine Commonwealth. Some
times we just can't figure out the reactions of the folks
at Forty Acres!
—MAYOR—
(Continued from Paere I)
structures through rigid enforcement of
the zoning ordinance; to operate the af
fairs of the City honestly, efficiently, and
in the best interest of all; and, finally,
to cooperate with the officials of the City
of Bryan, of Brazos County, and of A. &
M. College to the end that whatever we
do shall be done amicably and for the
benefit of all alike.
This statement is being made by the
unanimous agreement of the local Council
—a Council which has enjoyed the support
of our citizens and which solicits their
continued cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. Orr, G. B. Wilcox, C. W. Crawford,
M. T. Harrington, E. E. Brown, R. L.
Brown, Councilmen.
Ernest Langford. Mayor.
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Initial Production Gives
Hints of Forthcoming
Major Presentation
A one-act poetic fantasy, adopt
ed by J. F. Peirce of the A. and
M. English Department, was pre
sented at the March 12 meeting of
the Aggie Players, A. and M/s
new dramatic club.
Following the club meeting, the
regular nightly rehearsal of the
club’s current production, “You
Can’t Take It With You,” got un
derway.
Now in the final week of re
hearsals, the play will be present
ed Tuesday and Wednesday, March
26 and 27 at 8 p.m. in the old As
sembly Hall on the A. and M. cam
pus.
The second play will be Chod-
orov and Field’s comedy, “Junior
Miss,” also to be directed by the
club’s sponsor, F. L. Hood of the
English Department, who is di
recting the current production.
Next meeting of the Aggie Play
ers has been scheduled for April
u, at which time tryouts for “Jun
ior Miss’ will be conducted. All
students, faculty members, and
student and faculty wives, inter
ested in dramatic production are
invited to attend.
Silicones Described
By Dr. E. G. Rochow
Silicones, popularly known as
the “bouncing putty plastic”, were
described to the A. & M. section
of the American Chemical Society
last night by Dr. Eugene G. Rochow
of the General Electric Co. Re
search Laboratory. Dr. Rochow
told the group how the silicones
came to be developed, and describ
ed in detail the chemical reactions
involved.
Francis F. Bishop, chairman of
the Texas A. & M. Section, pre
sided at the meeting.
From the beginning of chemical
science, the silicates dominated the
chemistry of silicon, he said, and
it was long believed that these
were the only important compounds
silicon could form. Recent investi
gations have led, however, to the
development of many synthetic sil
icon compounds of an entirely dif
ferent character which offer vast
possibilities for new industrial ap
plications, Dr. Rochow states, list
ing heat-resistant oils, varnishes
and resins as among the products
made from these compounds.
Some of the man-made silicon
compounds had long been known
but had been confined to the lab
oratory as expensive curiosities un
til chemists began to explore their
commercial possibilities and
achieved such surprising results
that the substances now are becom
ing of great importance to indus
try, he explained.
“At first,” Dr. Rochow said,
“chemists were curious to see what
would happen to the familiar or
ganic compounds if some of the
carbon atoms were replaced by sili
con, carbon’s neighbor in the Pe
riodic System of elements. More
recently, however, the emphasis
has shifted from the substitution
FEATURES
of silicon in organic compounds to
the substitution of organic groups
in silicon oxides and halides. That
is, instead of inserting a silicon
atom in a predominantly organic
structure (where it produces only
a small but orderly change), or
ganic groups are being inserted in
predominantly inorganic silicon
oxides (where they cause a great
change in the properties of the sub
stance.
“These organosilicon oxides are
known as silicones because they
were first considered analogous to
certain organic compounds called
ketones. They are more properly
thought of as organic-substituted
sand or quartz, inheriting some of
the characteristics of their inor
ganic and organic parentage. From
these silicon structures, there have
been a number of materials, such
as resins, varnishes, and oils, all
heat-resistant polymers in the same
way that silica itself is polymerica
and heat-resistant.”
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