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By HARRIY GOODING
Since our lasti ease hiatoty was
^ published, we hs ye ]had some trou
ble with prowlers seeking to get
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into our files, ; Let! me to peat, thii
information i4
tial; and
method&^pf
and old men
and old theme?
vault ^ith or
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a
little trouble, and liomework
found merely amusing. Most of it
I did in class..-
“It was in high school, too.
Gentlemen, that I first Ijiecaine
aware of the opposite sex as
‘such. My personality, my looks,
my convertible—all combined to
make- me irfesifttable, not only to
the girls of my class but also
those of the upper classes. I
became a great favorite with
them, I might say the favorite
with them and I did my best to
preserve that position.
“At times, I. can remember, our
phone ra^g constantly from eight
in the morning until eleven at
night resulting, of course, in ob
jections from my parents. I earn
estly advised that the line be dis
connected, and I begged the girls
with,'whom I was acquainted to re
frain from calling me. But it was
no use. There were simply toot
many girls who wished to hear toy
voice. ' ,
But I digress.
“I graduated from high school
ictly.! ec|nfiddto |
filed ayray hlj j with the highest of honors. 1 spent
test; paper
in |a safety deposi
orders that t
^ d any attetoptrb^
them. Wfe are Here}
al studyf qfj
ing, not to became an ally
fcoi
But hack to [thi easel historic
The one that we present today i
especially poignant fqr as one5
' reads, it bpcoijHeg clear; that thi
.ened by the
brought about
cojukl rise to great
nojt if or- the 1
person involved
heights, if it
fact that his will; has been weaki-li
Susidious
by. cheating
a summer of freedom enjoying toy
self completely until I fell 'in love.
Oh, I knowllJwas young and in
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ile reading this cake,
remehil^jj not t* condemn this J
‘man fof he is largely a victim of
circupidtances and is not entire
ly-to blame. Ap in the 1 other
cases, we havp altered the name
of the subject! that he mpy not
be embarrassed by publicity. For
put-poses qf identification, we
will call him ! Vejsnap. I !
VELSNAP:' ' j 'U |
“I have led a •'very happy an
full life, Gei|i] letoen, and! I fe^
that I have hden exceedingly foij
tunate. Since imy [birth I have ncj
wanted for anything althojugh mi
parents could n^t be Jconsiden
rich. In grade school, it. had i
trouble with any j>f my studies f
the level of |r iy | intelligence wal^
slightly above thait of tfie average'
run of students} Ij was ajlso) blessqd(j|
that curl
indi ' qui
with a head, cjf jhair
into golden riqgfcts
charmed my t2achers, [
“In high'se fliOoI, ! of <tou
hair Was cttt,'but[it still charme
and toy intelligerge remained u
impaired^. Std(fiest here! gpve
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Dr. Carlton R. tee
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if our! Vi juajt'robiems
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experienced ias far as' true love
was concerned; but still I'fell in,
love—head over heels in love. I
to it., 11 thought myself completely unwor-
‘ ~ ' 1 thy of the girl, which is one rea
son I know that I was' truly in
love. I asked her to marry me, I
begged her, but she finaljy told
me rather sharply that she was in
love, with. another. W611, Gentle
men, you can imagine the shock
I experienced. ' •
“Until that moment I was comi
pletely confident that any woman
I might ask to marry me would be
hysterical with joy. A refusal
smashed my confidence. It smash-
etf my very ego, but it made me
realize what a blot women were on
the earth. I felt that I saw them
in their true light for the first
timk, and my only thought was to
get away from them. That is why
r I chose this college as my, own.
“\\hen I first arrived, Gentle
men,'I was, as eager as the most
earnest (freshman to study and
to learS and improve myself. I
tried hard, and I pride myself,
on the grades I made during thb
first four or five weeks. Then
the military life and the restric
tions began to tell on nte. Grad
ually my interest in women re
turned.
“I tried to avoid it by} burying
myself in my books and ; absorb
ing rqyself in the log scales of
the slide rule, but it was no use.
I was haunted by the pin-ups sus
pended on the walls around me.
. “Then I found that the military
training I hpcb endured as a neces
sary evff /became of outstanding
j value, for] it- added character to
| my carriage. Straight as a lance
); I stood in ray tailored uniform and
. I have no dbubfc but that my pro
file in silhouette resembled to a
great extent that of John Barry
more in bis better days* At any
rate, my 'dplf confidence was re
stored. '
-W^With practically no trouble I
became acquainted with some of
the village girls, and found that
Tjys^devious ways and mean3 I
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Unclaimed Articles
In Security Office
The Campus Security Office is a
treasure eltest of lost items, rang
ing from fountain pens to bicycles,
that are yet to be claimed.
Among the unclaimed items are
one mechanical pencil, four identi
fication bracelets, three fountain
pens, one wedding ring, sevep class
ring?, one ladies pocketbookj,
ladies watch, one cigarette light
er, and twenty-three bicycles.
Fred Hickman, chief of Campus
Security, urges anyonei who has
lost any of-the aforementioned ar
ticles to go to the Campus Securi
ty Office and claim them. Recov-
%ry of lost items can be speeded
if their loss and a description of
them is reported to the Office, he
added* *•
could meet with one almost every
night.
“Well, one thing lead to an
other until I found that all the
time that I had been putting in
on my studies was taken up by
weightier matters. Not only that,
but I found that my mind wan
deyed in the classroom and that
consequently the instructor’s
words were lost.
1 wandered about happily in this
condition for some weeks before
we had a test that brought me
sharply to my senses, I was'in
danger of failing, at least one of
my courses unless T could bring
myself to the point of studying.
That would have meant cutting off
a great deal of my extra curricul
ar activities, and at this my spirit
balked. I couldn’t jhielp^ h«t feel
that it would be entirely unfair toj
thef girls with whom I was ac-l
quainted to cut myself off from
them even for a short time. This
was quite a problem, Gentlemen,
and as you have probably surmis
ed I found the answer in cheating.
“However', I hesitate to call what
I did cheating, for I feel that .in
what I did. there was an element
of chance that reduced the possi
bility of success a great deal. I
had no trouble with the minor
quizzes which could be taken care
of by small folded sheets of papfer.
It was the finals for which I had
to prepare. Just a glance at the
assignment and with a few pre
cise notes I could get through the
daily and letter quizzes admirably,
but on the finals which reached
back to the beginning of the se
mester I had to make preparations.
“These preparations consisted of
buying, begging, or borrowing cop
ies of finals that had been CE-
SORED or CENSORED from the
CENSORED CENSORED CEN
SORED. As I say I feel that there
was quite an element of chance in
volved for 1 could never be sure
that a different test wouldn’t be
rung in. I might say that the re
sulting tension was quite hard on
my nerve?. However, up to the
present tiime I have [been quite
successful and I have eyery hope
of continuing success.” ;
So ended the interview with
Velsnap. There is very little we
can say about the subject as the
Xfacts are clCarly presented in
his history. His social life I am
sure has been covered ih full by
Dr. Kinsey.
Before leaving you, I wish once
again fo remind you that there are
no records available at the office,
but that you are always welcome
to come in and give usi your ex
periences. They will be fujly ap
preciated, 1 assure you.
Inferior Farm-to-Market Roads
Cause Rural Population Losses
- : The lack of farm-to-market roads in Texas is one of
the. main causes of losses in farm population, according to
farmer opinion recently reported by Joe R. Motheral, rural
life economist for the Agricultural Experiment Station.
Motheral stated that of the reasons for the continued
high rate of migration to towns
and Cities, the desire for “city
conveniences” was cited as the
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principal jhotive, and “the sharp
est comments dealt with unsatis
factory condition of farm roads.”
During 1947, the report states,
the small scale back-to-the-farm
movement that followed Worjd
War II was reversed, the number
of! persons living on Texas farms
declining by 51,000. On January 1,
1948, an estimated 1,712,000 per-
?ons remained on ]fax-ms, “a mod
ern peacetime lowf’l for Texas.
- The putoey, which- was con
ducted jointly by the Experi
ment Station and the USDA
Bureau of Agricultutol Econo
mics, revealed that; 1^2,000 peo
ple left Texas farmsi last year,
while only 103,000 persons mov
ed to farms. In addition there
Was a substantial d e crease
through interstate farm-to-farm
movement. A one-sided ratio of
farm births to deaths partially
offset these net migration los-
«r“-i.
A total of 1,587 farmers, locat
ed to some 46 counties, cooperated
ih the survey and comments on the
cbndition of farm roads came from
all sections of the state.
A typical statejment was made
by a farmer in Angelina county.
He said, “Our coijmty needs farm-
to-market roads., I dpn’t blame
the farmers for leaving. I’ve
thought of looking for a city job
myself.” ^ 1 , ■
A mail carrier in Atascosa
County asserted that people are
. leaving farms in his area be
cause of bad roads; “I have 55
miles on my route,” he explain
ed, “and not an inch of . pave
ment.” \
Among the disadvantages re
sulting from inadequate farm
roads, farmers specifically men
tioned the difficulty ; of obtaining
the sendees of a-doctor when nec
essary, inability ] to toarket their
crops and livestock, “to get to a
show and recreation,’, and to Se
cure regular delivery of newspap- 1
era. Complaints originating!^ Bell,
Collin, Parket and Waller coun
ties all stressed this factor.
A Walker county, farmer sum
marized the general sentiment in
these words: “We do need better
roads and will not amount to much
without them.’!
In spme farming areas, espec
ially in the vicinity of cities, the
pressure of the housing shortage
is having its effects on the sur
rounding country. Numerous cor
respondents reported that farm
houses are being torn down or
moved intact into nearby towns
and cities. Still others noted a
strong market for farmsteads as
residences for families with mem
bers who are employed in industry.
“It appears,” the report states,
“that the farm as a future de-
pression refuge for the unem
ployed may lack the first re
quirement — readily available
housing.” ,
In Cass, Collin, .Fayette, Floyd,
Liberty, Wilbarber and Hidalgo
counties, farm housing is being
reduced to meet the needs of
neighboring population centers, ac
cording to farmer reporters.
“You can drive across the
county in any difbetion,” stated
a Young County Tanner, “and
count a number of old places
where there once stood a nice
home. They have been torn down
and moved to town. It makes it
hard to get help these days.”
With the renewed farm-to-town
movement c^ime a revival of war
time worries over the shortage of
experienced farm laborers. Some
farmers regard current wage rates
as excessive, despite the high level
of commodity prices. Also, there
were numerous complaints about
the quality of available labor.
In this connection, a ranchman
in Ector County relayed a story
of calculated indifferejnee to a try
ing situation. “I operate my 1 own
ranch by myself now,”: he report
ed. “Before the war 1 kept a man
nearly the year rouhd, but now,
help is s6 sorry they, cost more
than they save, so ^vhat I can!t
take care of I just Ibt go hell
and figure I am eveii.’^ .
18 Range-Forestry
Students Observe
Blackland Station
By O. W. BIGBY
1‘ H. F. Heady, associate profes
sor of Range and Forestry, and
18 students visited the Blackland
Experiment Station ht Templd this
week to observe proper manage
ment of native ranges and tempor
ary pastures. !; f \-
Dr. J. R. Johnston, soil scientist
of the Blackland Experiment Sta
tion, i stressed] the importance of
improving the range and tempor
ary !pastures in order to get high
er yields of beef by showing ex
periments with the native bermu-
da-buffalo grass range, and tem
porary pastures of sweet sudan.
In the afternoon the class ob
served a range that was once in
excellent condition, but is now in
fair condition due to the replace
ment of better plants by the in
vasion of weeds and cedar. Thi*
mis-managed range was compared
with a good condition range, of the
same soil type, in the Camp Hood
area that had been protected for
six years and was showing im
provement J *
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Experiment Plant
By O. W. BIGBY
The soil conservation class con
ducted by^ J. F. Mills, agronomy
instructor, recently visited the Elm
Creek Watershed and the Black
land Experiment Station at Tem
ple.
Thomas J. Eldrs, work unit con
servationist for the Soil Conserva
tion Service, conducted the tour
through the Northern Elm Creek
Watershed. This work unit occu
pies part of Bell, Falls, and Milam
Counties: The soil types through
this area are Houston black and
Houston clay.
Eldrs stressed the importance of
vegetative cover to control eros
ion in this section of Blacklands.
Land must have a good soil build
ing rotation to make the use of
terraces effective, he stated.
On the Kosel farm the class saw
the results of turning under soil
improving crops of two years of
hubam clover and one year of bu-
barri and oats. This practice im
proved the infiltration of water,
retarded cotton root rot, and
greatly Increased the yield of cot
ton, according to Kosel.
In the afternoon, Dr. J. R. John
ston, Superintendent of the Black
land Experiment Station, showed
the igropp results of proper man
agement of temporary pasture. He
stated that 252 pounds of pain per
acre had been Obtained by grazr
ing five acres of sweet sudan for
a \(7 day period. ‘
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Pearson Appointed
To Membership In
Nutrition Council
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Dr. P. B. Pearson, dean of the
graduate school and head of the
Department of Biochemistry and
Nutrition, has been reappointed as
a member of the National Research
Council committee on Animal Nu
trition for a three-year period.
Dri Detley W. Bronk, chairman
of the National Research Council
and president of Johns Hopkins
University, announced the appoint
ment.
The National Research Council
Committee on Animal Nutrition is
composed of nine authorities in
the field of animal nutrition. Dr.
L. C. Norris of Cornell Univer
sity is chairman. Under the gen
eral committee are six subcom-
mitteeC 1 . : i
Dr. Pearson is the only repre
sentative from the south or south
west on the committee. His con
tributions. to the council and to thq
field are evidenced from the fact
that he is also chairman of two
of the subcommittees,
R..E, KarpeY dfAhe Texas Agri
cultural Experiment v Station and
Pearson are tHe two members, of
the A&M College System who ire
members of the National Reserve
Council. Professor Karper is a
member of the committee on Plant
and Ahimal Stocks.
library Receives
Nine New Volumes
Five new fiction and four non
fiction books have been added to
the Gushing Memorial Library
shelves in the past week accord
ing to Mrs. Leita Fosmire, Read
er’s Advisor. , V
Among the new fiction books
added to the library are: “The
Stubborn Wood,” by Harvin; “The
Long Walk,” by Betsy Barton;
“Explosion,” by Disney; and “The
Golden Hawk,” by Yerby.
Besides these fiction books the
following non-fiction books have
been added to the shelves: “The
Incredible Crosby,” by Ulanov;
“The Memoirs of Cordell .Hull,”
“2000 Id&s for Sportsmen,” com
piled by OUTDOOR LIFE; and
What the People Want,” by Ellis
Arnall. V 1 \ , 1 1
The fiction books are to be
found in the Asbury Browsing
Room, and the non-fiction books
are located at the main loan desk.
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TEXAS INDUSTRY FACES\
SERIOUS WATER SHORTAGE
CORPUS CHRISTI, Aug. 16 —
(A>i_Gov. Beauford Jester told a
ator conference here Friday that
quih Texas’ • industrial develop
ment is being handicapped by lack
of water. . If
Postal Service
Solves Puzzle;
Mail for ‘Tiger’
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—(iW—
A letter reached Washington ad
dressed simply to “The Congress
of The United States, Washington,
D. cT\ ■ r I
Now there are 435 members of
the House and 96 Senators. The
sealeB letter was delivered to one
»f them. \ 1 •.!
Who?
Rep. Olin Teague of College Sta
tion.}
Why? \ • • j f
Because the postmark was that
of a town in his district, Wort
ham .That’s, the way the Postoffice
here handles such mail.
The letter was signed by Mrs.
Tisdple, contemplating going into
business for ^lerself, she wrote.
Local Health Unit
Warns of Disease
Increase in Area
Diseases in the Bryan-CollegO
Station area are on the increase,
according to the Brazos County
Health Unit.
Bryan, during the week ending
August 7, reported the following
cakes: 1 diptheria, 7 dysentery
(bacillary), 14 gonorrhea, 2 ma*
lari®, 7. measles, and 8 septic
sore: throat.
College Station had 4 i cases of
gonprrhea, 5 measles, and 1 septic
sore throat. ■ j : , i
The Health Unit also warned
about relapsing fever as four c^ses
of it have been reported to the
State Health Department from amounting
West Texas County.
Relapsing fever is primarily an
infebtion of wild rodents and ifi
transmitted by a tick called Orni-
tho(|orus turicata. Persons are us
ually accidentally infected by the
tick bite and the disease is not
communicable from person to per
son. The chief sympton of relaps
ing fever is short periods of fever
from two to three days in length
followed by periods of weakness
lasting three to four days. There
are usually from one to ten! ‘re-
,lapses’.
Diagnosis is usually made by
clinical symptons or by demonstra
ting the causative organisth, a
spirochete, in a dark-field pre
paration of the patient’s blood.
The disease is readily cured if
early treatmentis given,
To prevent relapsing fever, per
son? should avoid tick infested
caves, camp sites and ground areas
sin<}e the ticks live in the soil and
usu!ally bite during the night} ExV
posied persons should use a tic&
>n socks and trousers.
In the 30 year history
course, there have been mori
2500 men enrolled in the pre grjfim
USSR CITIZENS LEAVINC
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16
Soviet citizens' are retuift|i|i;
Russia from the New York
such numbers that it “savoits
evacuation,” the New Yorjc
Mirror said Saturday.
Now Training iRIO
College CraduaUs
Tjie 1 General Electric Com pa ly
announced that a record nunjib{erlof
movie than 1400 graduates
colleges* and universities havje been
hired by this company thi? yeirj
surpassing by almost 600 the p|
vious high mark of last year.
According to Maynard M. Ber
ing, assistant to the the! Vi|e-
president in charge of engineer-'
ing policy, expansion of tl»fe co
pany, coupled with the effkts
the war-time • shortage of jrid-
uates, led to the selection oi this
record number.
Of this group, 1046 are elec trjca!
mechanical, and industrial engin
eers. Fifty chemistry and 15 pfy«:
sics graduates also havb I
selected.
More than 250 business [a lm||m-
istration, accounting and 11 be;
art? graduates have been se lecled
for the Business Training U ,UI |p e >
according to R. J. Canning, s upfr-
visor «f Business Training, fr alld-
ition, more than 40 recent grad
uates have bben efiosen foi| |a isign-
ments in .the Advertising and
Publicity Department. !
The new college-trained ilmplpy-
ees will entei 1 General -Eje wc’s
which includes not only te(d nilal
scientific, and business Courses
but also apprentice trainijn; jfoit
high school graduates.
Several hundred women ic[>H|ge
graduates are employed eadh yiar
the majority of whom hava* bafck
grounds in mathematics, blys^cs
and chemistry. A small num »ei| ol
women are trained as is udjenl
engineers. * . j
General Electric’s Bu sii
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‘imately ^hree years and is |s ip] ile
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as idirector of the Agriculture Di
vision of the US Mission in
Greece at a meeting of the ,305th
Composite Squadron and the Braz
os County Chapter, Reserve Offi
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Goodwin Hall.
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