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Kfl >. . . £ r jT- mm m Freshman: Yon Never Had ft So Good** Blood, Sweat, and Tears Are In Freshman’s LifeAt The Bryan Annex '•:* V •nfy '} I ) All Normal in ■ .J' w RELIG1GU! \CHAPEL each _ /faiths holdi i ^services will 5E - frM"- 15 s siiRtvici lees mjj posted at [the 1 5tfT tm eH U RE HELD AT THE ubday^bvlCoUelK^ Station ministers. Anti«^ Chapel. ne,\... . ANNEX Groups of all A detailed schedule of “At present, sfmnlv enough sericulture”. Db plained. “Njoit er I si ffom (just as sport; we are. AiETicul other as shpjt can’t biein h: rnjenljloi Tex a SheDardpon e|x- Ve irppioft th( nji s^ptlPs | for | Ihby dustrv. needs ! ed scientists, j more in thej o; -career to bovs school scienjce, ^and nhvsicsj I Plant nntihdl of the field eas^ of nl lions of lofewefr 1 mer<j' TrS sajdj lant nhjvsit) seek' to imprO and Soften w with srenejticiBi new - of hatdieri specif. So great is the sihora iok I vj- j a re trained fnon Af e. no less lhan n r fessirina^h tmjnr olorfists an< colleges cdnh graduates for 1 for comme Shepardson great, manvj ing doctor’s d Then holding “The. figpt ease is ain r j file Id ij offer A sWiiifactonij. 0 expel! n b’^V tan^, icpamistry ists are ‘kloctorf et deal w ith dif cau ie annually fo fa gists stJy and pormal iblnnts. k hajld-i*-hand in! idevefloping j Of pathi Dunlap A Plant ifhysiotog; r and Pathology Department tinder Dr. A. A. Diinliap, hafi dieen organired here effective Septem ber 1, C.N. Shepardsop, dea i .of the Agricultural School, has announced. Tlfiis new d ?par ;iinent will fill the great need for more highly-trjRined plant st i«)htists, he said. s that thif enoug! ll t alon) Dunlap. C‘lhf is an . good ei ness of the ) back in the la we have ha< » hubam clov ?r ton. Butiyd a: out w'hg. th ? 1 lowing -cottar; for a^Tnior*-b xiculture scier • “Wejia^ e|< resisting rtt new tvwes of mate plaints » .ious and d which Pa usee year. iSpiritu Southern blittl serious probi • “In the Will be abl v V: ' ■ lofris Supnly irlneudk*. operators. Deaf ajneid. I |^od | orjmalliy reotti e^s are ;f lied aster's (egree _.nst jnlait di ehdilfsa omei” spid D 1 aise pf {Cotton ipler re feriouf ref Agnize 1 ecent As, iTowi anting ooi ig to fv ps he fo at s a j( lotper at - ' tii eloped no* past % only 4<f havd A -1 _ nT/W-. .St to a . s lb Whl ilik peanuts are owtrs. en , A&JH planjt seien- II ;. ^ DR. A. A. DUNLAP has been named head of the Ptynt Physi ology and Pathology Department which will go into operation this fall. Previously, instructions in these, fields were given by the 'Biology Department. lists for Texas,” Dr. Dunlap ‘^Provided, of course, that we get a sufficient number of qualified students for the program. - V Previously, instruction in these fields was given in the Biology De partment Assisting Dr. Dunlap in giving instructions- will be Dr. V. A. Greulach and Dr. E. M. Hij- debrand. W , _F i Civil Service Lists VA Position Exam Examinations for filling vacan- r. Tok cies in the Veterans Administra- tol a ser-. tion in the position of Social Work- disease er have been announced by the last U. S.. Civil Service Commission, rufst and Employment' will be with VA es tablishments in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi at entrance salar ies ranging from $3727 to $6235 per jmnum. i ' j.' ' ■ : •2" ‘ Tr' „ V) ; - ^ By Frank Cushbff Class of ’62i: This is for you. No doubt freshmen, you are discour aged by your surroundings. Then, take heart and listen to the story of one who has successfully under gone the battle of the Annex. Yes, I too was once * confinee of the Aggie Proving Grounds known as, the-Bryan Air Field. It seems like yesterday that I was in your shoes entering the portals of college. However I realize that it was four years ago that I was a newcomer since l! am now a Sophomore. Perhaps by reading the" account of my initiation, you may gain the confidjence and courage necessary for your new life. t r It was on a typical Brazos Day that I staggered through the gates leading to the Bryan Alpix. I' was slightly warm carrying ray trunk, suitcase, three boxes, four bags, one set of golf clubs, tennis rseket, and checker board. The temperature was 105. Someone had told me that the Freshman college was just “over yonder,” so I had walked from town. Once through the gates I saw Goode Sponsors A&M Christian Science Group By BUDDY LUCE r* V . ' Although there has been no organized Christian Science Cchurci on the A&M Cainpus until last year, interested stu dents have used iheir own in itiative for more than 20 years to carry on Christian Science work here. & great help to Christian Science students here for many years has been Mrs. N. M. McGinnis of Col lege Station. Through her efforts, the Christian Science students on ther campjis have been able to keep up their own services. In the spring of 1946 students discovered that a member of the faculty, Philip Goode, of the Busi ness Department, was a Christian Scientist. Goode took ah active part In the organization, and, as spon sor, obtained recognition by Ahe Mother Church in Boston. Gpode graduated from the School of Business at SMU in 1933 and from the SMU Law School in 1936. He was a practicing insur ance! lawyer for several years and some part time teaching at . He came io A&M to teach rte Department of Business in did TCI in t 1946 Services are held in the YMCA Assembly Room Sunday morning at; eleven o'clock. Services are con ducted Ipy the students. Student leaders in the organization are Kenneth W. McCatty,. acting pres- idept, and Davis S. Billingsley, treasurer. Last year’s accomplishment were the greatest in the history of the organization, highlighted by at tainment of recognition by the na tional organization and the setting up of ; a building fund. the unbelievable spectacle of my new home. There before my eyes lay “Little Aggieland”. My eyes watered and my throat choked up. After I bad wiped the dust from my -eyss^pd swallowed the clod it, I stared be- decided that Un- ig to trick me I turhed to run * distinguished of dirt in my fore me. Immediately cle Sam was tryin into uniform again, and was halted by a d looking individual who turned ont to be the warden. He assured me that I was not in the Army, nor was I seeing mirages. With) a look of justifiable pride he exclaimed. “Lad, that tree stud ded campus is your future Alma Mater. Those fjne concrete all modern dormitories you see before you will house yon and your class mates. The ivy covered buildings Ahead' will shelter you as your professors lead you into the paths of. knowledge.” I thanked 'him for his infor mation, patted his seeing eye dog upon the head and resumed my track towards the area. I would rather not tell you about my registration experiences. There are some things that are best for gotten. I will state that I wake up in the night screaming, “No! No! Not another card to fill out, I can’t stand it!” My first morning of classes was one I looked forward to with vast anticipation. I awoke with the the dawn and leaped from bed in tending to start the day wii|h a bang. My intentions were Com pletely fulfilled since I had for gotten that I was reclining on a top bunk. I spat out some teeth which I had no further use for, straightened my nose into a sem- blence of it’s former shape, 1 and started for breakfast. Thirty 'minutes later I reached the mess JialL {I had been an ace track star in high school.) There delicious Smells were wafted from the kitchen to me. I later learned that the cooks were preparing their breakfast. I ate th^ provided food. This consisted of oatmeal that had been saved from the pre vious semester, one piece of toast that had been burnt the night be fore and placed in the freezer to keep fresh; and One cup of coffee made from the traditional recipe of one coffee bean to three gallons, of waten- ! ’ I stuffed myself like a pig. By that I mean I consumed the chow, and went to class. Classes were brief,-the instructors merely point ed out the books to get and the hundred pages to be read for the Following Day’s class plus the assignment problems to be work-, ed. K • . I was extremely fortunate in obtaining my books. It took me only the remainder of the day. A friend of mine sllowed me to Step in his place while he went and obtained some sleep. He was exhausted since he had been in the line for two days and a night books t de- Having secured cided to enjoy the ed by the place, the Snack bar was in their coffee ra my evening with I put down my i for the ping-pong and was informed! that my app lication would be Iconsidered, and leasures offer er had it that big two beans o, so I started bracing cup. me on the list nd pool tables I r THE ASABAB BALL isjui annual affair for the Architectural Society. The two‘specimens, shown above, were runner-ups in the costume contest. i!' 1 'I i 1 —: : i;—— -i- ; *— India’s Plans for Educational and Industrial Development Explained by Foreign Students By H. G.’ MICHALAK A conversation with K. L. Cur ran i and T; C. Kala, students from India, revealeu several things of interest about their country, sports hobbies and what they think of a few things! in general. Both men are working on their master’s degrees here at A&M. India is large both in area fend in, population. Of her 400.000,000 people, one fourth are Moslems. Since the partition Aufeust 16, 1947 Pakistan has been given to the Hindus. .When the partition went into effect, there was a great exo- dus of the populace as all Mos lems moved, out of Pakistan into the Indian tlnion and all Hindus moved out. of the Indian Union jinto Pakistan. “India in general is very rich in .agricultural and mineral re sources which need only to be de veloped to raise that civilization's standard of living tb> a level equal to that of other countries,” Gur- nani said. countr 'P s > Pakistan and In- sai f”Tdla, are trying! to carry on exten sive improvements in education, agriculture,, trade and industries. As the first step towhrd this improvement, 2,000 student? have been sent to the United States and other countries to study medicine, griculture,- animal industrial methods Most of these stu dents are graduates of India's schools as well as of other foreign schools. Most of them are now forking on their Master’s or Doc tor’s degrees. Upon completion of their studies abroad, these students will,return to> their country to put into' effect the advanced methods of agricul ture, medicine, and industry that they are learning here. In effect, what it will amouqt to is that 2,000 students will be the if India’s future agricul- industrial development. V. Primarily, India and Pakistan are agricultural countries. About 75 to 80%' of the population is en gaged in •, agriculture. ^Primitive methods are still largely employr, ed but in the futures modern meth ods jvill be employed with the in troduction of machinery and ferti lizers. Gurnani’s special interest is in agronomy and machine implements. Ir) India he has done research on rice, and extensive work for the government during the past 16 years. Rainfall in India varies from 6 inches in the drier parts to 400 inches in Cheeripunji. In the area where Gurnani is from, the aver age rainfall is very slight, so much resort must be made to ir rigation. The Indus River in Pakistan, like the Nile in Egypt, is the prin cipal source of water for the grow ing of rice. The seedlings are planted in water that is five feet deep; in these areas the crop is harvested from boats. Other crops that are grown include wheikt, got ten; and grain sorghums. < . j “The country is well supplied with raw materials,” Gurnani stat ed, “and we are trying to develop those resources to become inde pendent” At present, the ferti lizers used are costly because all of it must be imported. The aver age yield of rice per acre ranges from 1500 to 2000 pounds. The use of ammonium nitrates greatly in creases the yield. When Kala and Gurnani were asked what they thought of Texas, and A&M, their response was very lively and surprising. The first thing concerning them was the heat. While the temperature often goes to 125 degrees in Pakistan, they said that it does not seem as hot as it does here. And they also said that they were much better fixed for the heat than people are here in Texas. “We have plenty of good fans to keep us cool,” paid /- Gurnani. They could not reconcile themselves to the fact that fans were nbt furnished here. Food; another item of discus sion, was classified as terrible, be low par, and of too small quantity. However, what these dudes were most concerned about was the con dition to their shirts and trousers when they came back from the laundry. As per usual the trous ers usually were well ripped fore and aft, the shirts always were ripped and minus buttons and tails, white underwear just didn’t stand a show at the laundry at all. In regards to our customs, these men showed some curiosity about the devils that we have here. “We have no such devils in India,” sta ted Gurnani. Our sports, especial ly football, irked or perplexed them too. After witnessing all of- the games last fall they say that we have misnamed the game. We do not use the feet enough to justify the name of football that we give to it. ^ “Why, in our game similar to football." said Gurnani, “if we touch the ball with our hands, -it is a foul, but you Americans hard ly ever get your foot on the ball. You'use hands on the football al most exclusively; and that should be a foul. You should change the way of playing the game or re name it to better fit the way it is played?’ Other sports that these me|n enioy are hockey, soccer, cric ket, volley ball and tennis. Kalft! says that he is very busy with his studies, but he finds time for a game of chess occasionally. Gurnani has several hobbies among which are reading, stamp collect ing, arid traveling. Besides that, he practices palmistry and magic. Both men are looking forward to the time next spring when they complete their studies and can go back home to carry on their ex- tension and research work. !;' . 3,.: • that were being shown at Die theater, (I use the noun loosely.) The first show was an exciting picture entitled “The Great Train Robbery”. It was excellent but might have been improved with sound. The other feature was an academy award winning movie ilameed “We’ve Never Been Lick ed”. ' A hot shower was next upon my schedule. At. first I was slightly disconcerted by the crowd under the taps. I watch ed several others gain admit tance to the ahower room so I successfully followed their tech nique of running at full speed >r and slamming into the congest ed bodies. I left the shower much refreshed only to find that I was not wet. Rather than undergo the ordeal again I put on my Denton Sleep er’s and plodded wearily to bed. Having read this, freshmen, you must now realize that the path be fore you is hard but it has been conquered by others. Youj-s is a bleak future but others are suffer ing too. Why just think of all the poor unfortunates who must at tend other schools that have picturesque campuses addmed with coeds. On second thought, you’ed better not think about that. Appendicitis Takes Heavy Toll During First Five Months u . Sixty Texirfls died as the result of appendicitis during the first Ive months of 1948, according to G. W. Cox, state health offU ir. “This figure does ndt appear large when compared to the deaths from cancer, tuberculosis and heart ease," he said, “but with the lowledge that these sixty Texans :essly, the figure is high.” atality in appendicitis, Cox said, is usually due to the com placent attitude of the people con- ejerning the disease.) It is not put in its “proper perspective.” Too often people have the vain hope that the prolonged! pain in their stomach will “wear*off.” He cau tioned that the stomach ache which lasts more than three or four hours should be considered a serious matter. . j £ “Operative techniques have been improved to the extent that an un- rupturdd appendix can be removed with great safety," Dr. Cox said. “It is therefore apparent that the negligence in appendicitis rest? with the patient who fails to seek prompt medical attention.” He said it was imperative that the patient lie quiet until the doc tor comes as moving about dis turbs the inflamed parts. He strongly urged against taking lax atives in cases of suspected ap pendicitis. THE 8 SATURDAY, SEPTEMB " fafjm 94 5 ?- . K) ON — Page 3 '■•'*4 i ' .. - J Kt a 3 v i :■ ?■ . j T 3 MBS. W. F. KBUEG1 REFERENCE ROOM. MRS. BILLIE JOE PIERCA . - ;i 1, Symbol, Not Fac t NMe |»ot American Fern Over Comme SARA NEALE In the V ajUlntenit reference librarian. Mk>w L* I* rife retire librarian.- FI fe •j Before tobacco was discoveredj men of the Orient were smokin; spicy j substances, myrrh and frankincense. ieri- e JjiJe. j mbol By T. NANNEY l This great American cofit|i has produced some great can products—and one of tjh«»h)is not the great American fe The American woman is a and not a fact. S^teVan rated, over commercialized, idealized fantasy. This isfi’t we all have the facts but forgotten how to read. The can male is a sucker. I’ll draw a picture so understand the humiliating tioh better. Hollywood and Perfumes have been selling anges and delivering lemoni. wake up. First, we never- see our can women. They hide behin Cades of paint and pigment Completely obscure their trja< tures. They are so cleverly :$ | Overrated, a- that f «- c4ip*u- 1 )3 aj LOIJIS MORGAN, run ology major, U retiring editor of the Battalion. II has served as feature managing editor, and co of the Battalion during tt two years. He plans to gr next June. Morgan’s hometown Is kett, Texas. (U - A' A ■ 1—IWoLp%.ts -IP »**• CJMQ M—Jl .JS TEXiAS 3=05 A' icacNft .1 , . o im» *• * cmr. a m 1«M Cuxaiin Srvw,, wri am F«ot *««• TEXAS AMCUUUftAL EKACAWEXT STATION # SX-mnw Nwmt O EM LSirmn 0 TEXAS EXTENMN SESVgC - ■> OMW *MMry t OMW mmSpaxh • cmm, Airnmm »ii«n O Ohm, Hot, AfHn TEXAS AOAtST SENvct • HA^.S^TlNmcAM m Emm I W Hm* torttry A t? 7 r Cgm it r, lit >r past Uafte I S coud, the American female * onotoaously beautiful." By v is I mean that she always looks it] like her sister. They both stereotyped copies of the! ywo^d pattern and change style of, dress and war to the count of a distant sergeant. There is absolute- i individuality in their com- tion. Question one of the ies about this and she’ll say, fBift why should I be natural. •-V. r r d -ather he like Garbo.” Tl rd, the American female is aost intelligently stupid wor n on <aHh. Did you evefr hear w< nan give directions? Did you ekier see a good woman driver? Iljd ou e ver have to listen to their! id; d clulj) gossip ? Gads and Pi ifishel—it’s awful. They can ci ss apjlthing fluently and [with }m< knowledge of rhetoric—but ve • .with logic.' Feminine intui- •n is a [curse that can not lightly b -okeii. [ The normally effective itatlT ■' ‘ ■' ’ “ * h s i pon tc) this black spelL F< UrtK, [she’s spoiled andMmua? ?ntU petulant and'naive. I have^tb thesd together because they, marliftfstetiotis of the same ll?. The American wotnan has- 'M id tb grow up. She has, there- nerepy grown older. She won’t t this of.course but a confes- , isn’t (necessary. We so pani-4 )ur women and so idolize them they never have to work fory; sbarcli forpanything. They just a tiny tear, and we rush but get what they want.. It’s de- adjing to them ahd is an awful (iveniepce to us. Vi ifth LA tna f.r; the great American fe- a luxury. Years ago in a e is ^ndp i’s day a woman could be gd and won with wild flow- and a! box of candy. Any guy t tttkes^jyild^flowerB to the i that (I know had better take lu ig a njet so he can act like he. beeni hunting bees — these o lernl gals want orchids—and j candyj, Candy is "fattening. Ajjiy pofmally intelligent male nd -this. list. I won’t insult ijigence by attempting f& all of the flaws in our y’s [heart. After ail we make vhat she is and wg’H probably-;— ‘cflj her that way. We males are" . [ijcurably (romantic. r J 9 J r inr i COLLEGE SYSTEM , i I i.- V •‘.i. !>- *5 y