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 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 - *5 y