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THE BATTALION Page 4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949 ‘The Sporting News’ Chooses High School All-Americans The Sporting News, yesterday announced their choice for the high school All-American football squads, from the cream of the country’s crop. Among those listed for first team honors, was James Garner, all-state end of Amarillo. The other end position was filled by Jack Lewis from Ramsey* High of Birmingham, Ala. 111 Cartographer Job Now Available In US Civil Service These two lads were picked for the positions only after a tight voting race, that saw the votes distributed among a num ber of players throughout the country. Henry Fitzgibbon, a 6 ft., 185 pound center from Little Rock, Arkansas, was named captain of the mythical eleven. This honor came to him due to the fact that he polled more votes than any other lineman, and was considered the best choice for the position. This year also marked the first time that a colored boy has made this high school honor team. The lad is Willie Thrower, a back from New Kensington, Pa. Thrower, true to his name is considered among the best prep school passers on the East coast. In gaining his position on this All-America team, he ran away from the field, polling by far the majority of the backfield votes. Texas also placed two other boys on the first four teams. They were guard Bill Georges of Arlington Hghts., Fort W.orth, and Bill At- hey, a guard from the class AA championship team, Waco. George was placed on the second team, and Athey made the fourth squad. On the honorable mention list, Texas placed five other lads. These included: center Hugh Reeder, Port Arthur; and backs Bill Forester, Dallas; Jimmie Patterson, Odessa; Connie Ma- gourik, New London; and Don Carpenter, Houston. The first team was: Henry Fitzgibbon, center, Little Rock, Arkansas. Lou Tsoripoulos, guard, Lynn English, Lynn, Mass. George Rey, guard, Fortier, New Orleans, La. Eugene Ball, tackle, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Ed Schaeffer, tackle, Beaumont, St. Louis, Mo. Jack Lewis, end, Ramsey, Birm ingham, Ala. James Garner, end, Amarillo, Texas. Willie Thrower, back, New Ken sington, Pa. Joe Figgins, back, Walla Walla, Washington. Lauren Hargrove, back, Fitz gerald, Ga. Teddy Millette, back, Greenville, Miss. Hawaiian College Offers Schooling The College of Agriculture, Uni versity of Hawaii, and the Hawaii an Sugar Planters’ Association are interested in financing the last two years of the college career of six young men from U. S. institu tions, W. R. Horsley, director of the placement office, announced yesterday. The students must have finished two years of basic agriculture or general science and be interested in making their life’s work in Ha waii. This is the third year that these' grants-in-aid of their Tropical Crop Production Program, have been available. They carry an an nual stipend of $750. In addition a cash advance of $150 is made to each qualifying candidate as a con tribution to travel costs to the Hawaiian Island. Appointees are exempt from all tuition and lab oratory fees in the University. Men obtaining these grants may train for responsible field positions in the Hawaiian sugar industry, but there is no obligation on the part of the student to accept such HOLIDAY An Adventure in Good Smoking Federal civil service jobs as cartographer, phot ogrammetrist, engineering aid and cartographic aid are open for applications ac cording to Roger W. Jackson, Civil Service Secretary at the College Station Post Office. The positions of cartographer and photogrammetrist are located in the Central Division, U. S. Ge ological Survey, headquarters at Rolla, Missouri, and pay salaries ranging from $2974 to $4479 a year. No written test is required, Jackson said. The positions of Engineering aid and cartographic aid are with the Bureau of Reclamation at the en trance salary of $2974 to $3727 a year in the states of Oregon, Wash ington, California, Arizona, Neva da, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Col orado, New Mexico, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Territory of Alaska. Misguided Ancients, Birds Blamed For Valentine Day By GEORGE CHARLTON That little character with the arrows and quiver will make his appearance here Monday in the guise of a comparatively small Valentine’s Day observance. But why do we have Valentine’s Day at all ? What started the custom? This reporter was inter ested and by delving into the li brary stacks unearthed some ques tionably pertinent answers. Three Saint Valentines have made martyrs of themselves in history, but no one knows for sure which, if any, of those boys was responsible for this commercializ ed custom of dispatching comical or sentimental cards and heart- shaped boxes of candy. One of the more prominent of the Valentine clan, a Roman pope, stood steadfast by his faith dur ing the Clodius persecutions of 270 A. D. But even with this title, he could not escape. Higher-ups in the Roman New Deal desired that he be cast in jail. Still no one can understand why Valentine’s Day is associa ted with this fellow because nothing was comic, sentimental, or amorous about his fate. No one can even say that he had cast sheep’s eyes at one of the Roman maidens. However, he did help his jailkeeper’s daughter to recover from blindness. Instead of a reward for his trouble, Valentine received the “bums’ rush” in the form of a cut-down club and an axe no less effective than a well- oiled guillotine. Two other Saint Valentines, of similar fates are associated with the custom, but either would be surprised to find himself a lovers’ saint. Students of the origin of words explain that the Norman word “galatin,” a lover of the fair sex, or what might be called a “wolf” today, was frequently written and pronounced “valantan” and later “valentin.” From these premises the etymologist, for such is the tag of the word student, concludes that by a natural confusion, Saint Valentine was established as the patron saint of sweethearts. A valentine written in the four teenth century by John Lydgate in praise of Catherine, the wife of Henry VII ran thus: “Men have an usuance, in this regioun To loke and serche Cupides kalendare, And chose theyre choyse by grete affeccioun, Such as ben more with Cupides mocioun, Taking theyre chayse as they re sort doth falle; But I love oon whiche excel- leth alle.” This looks comparatively odd be side some of our current gems of February 14 wit, and for that mat ter, comparatively odd at any time. On the eve of Saint Valentine’s Day in medieval England young people of both sexes met, and each drew the name of a member of the opposite sex. Consequently each gentleman got a lady for his Valentine. Male members of the more carefree, dashing caliber Share the Spouse Plan Dies When Wife Learns Details By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK—(A*)— Science has got around to finding out that women live longer than men. Now it wants to know why. Well, the bunsen burner brigade can quit annoying laboratory mice looking for the answer to that one. I can tell them: The average woman outlives the average man because she wants to —and he wants her to. That’s all there is to it. It’s a simple matter of pride, civilization and erosion. Some scientists have held man’s shorter life span is due to the fact he lives more dangerously. Dr. James B. Hamilton of Long Island University blames it, on the other hand, to the male sex hormone. But it seems to the poor man’s philosopher that both these scientific theories overlook the fundamental factor—the human one, the desire of both sexes that the female last longer. All modern civilization is built on that theme. The man goes to work, marries and sets up his idol in an ivory tower — usually a kitchenette. Without that responsibility man, Architect Opens Office in Bryan L. Brooks Martin, architectural graduate of 1940 and formerly with the A&M College and System ar chitects, has opened offices in the Varisco Building in Bryan. Martin is a veteran of four years’ service and is a licensed architect in Texas. He is a designer of all types of buildings, including churches, thea ters, schools, and industrial build ings. During his stay at A&M, he gained experience in campus plan ning, remodeling, and decoration. He became nationally recognized when the photographs and floor plan design of his home between Bryan and College Station were published in the September, 1948, issue of “Architectural Record.” European architects, who noticed the photographs have requested permission to publish a similar article in “The Journal,” architec tural magazine of London and Paris. Accounting Prof Passes CPA Exam Robert M. Stevenson, professor in the department of business and accounting, has passed the exami nation given all public accountants, according to T. W. Leland, head of the department. Stevenson was notified that he passed the November examination and will be issued a certified pub lic accountant’s certificate in the near future. He received his bachelor’s degree from Duke University and his mas ter’s degree from Pennsylvania State College. Budget Hampering Your Spring Shopping? Then let us dry clean last spring’s gar ments . . .make them look like new. Bring back color brightness and pattern clearness. CAMPUS CLEANERS "Over The Exchange Store” by nature a nose-picking vagabond, would just wander around in the woods and yawn himself to death from boredom. But with that responsibility he lasts longer. He works or worries himself to death over a longer pe riod. The slow 1 ei'osion that destroys him ultimately isn’t caused alone by the wear and tear of his daily treadmill. Chivalry and etiquette play a small but steady part. His subservience to one wo man requires that he also go through the motions of being obsequient to all women. A pri vate doesn’t salute one officer: he salutes all officers. Thus the imprisoned male fritters away his dwindling store of muscular energy taking off his hat in ele vators, holding heavy doors open Florist Course To Be Held At A&M Registration for the Commercial Florists Short Course, which is to be held on February 21 and 22, will be held in the College Greenhouses from 9 a. m. until 12 noon on Feb ruary 21. Registration fees will be $3 per person. The meetings will be held in the YMCA Chapel. Rooms may be se cured at the time of registration. Men will be housed in Ramps I, J, and K of Walton Hall. There will be a charge of $1 per night per person. There are no College facilities for women. Meals may be obtained at the Aggieland Inn or in the cafeteria of Sbisa Mess Hall. The Floriculture Section of the Landscape Department is sponsor ing this Short Course. Senate Considers Status of NTAC AUSTIN, Feb. 9 <A > >—A protest in the Senate against advancing North Texas Junior Agricultural College to a four-year college to day drew seven votes against a bill that would change just the college name. Twenty-two favorable votes, however, advanced the bill to top spot on the Senate calendar. Sen ator Keith Kelly of Fort Worth, author of the proposal to name the institution Texas State College, did not ask for immediate final pass age. Senator G. C. Morris of Green ville protested passage. “If this is an entering wedge to make it a four-year college, I am opposed to it,” he said. “We haven’t figured out a way to prop erly take care of the four-year colleges we’ve already got.” Hardeman Authors Magazine Artiele L. Bryce Hardeman, instructor in the Industrial Education De partment, is author of an article, “The Planter’s Lamp” in the Jan uary issue of the magazine, In dustrial Arts and Vocational Edu cation. The planter’s lamp project was begun by Hardeman as a teaching aid for a problem in the applica tion of metal spinning which may be done on the woodturning lathe or engine lathe. Hens can be made to lay eggs with vari-colored yolks if they arc fed certain dvs® for powerful females strong enough to break him like a reed. And now we come to the final reason why men die younger than women—pride. All his married days the husband has told his wife, “dear, I couldn’t live without you. Life wouldn’t be worth a thing.” When he grows older, he has to face the fact he has to depart from the scene first or admit to himself he’s nothing but a darned liar. So—off he goes. And both he and his wife know he’s lived up to his word. Training Schedule Released for ORC The schedule for the Bryan un its of the Texas Organized Re serve Corps attending summer camp has been released by the Of fice of the Texas Military District. The 859th Ordnance Bomb Dis posal Squadron will train July 31 to August 14 at Aberdeen Proving Gi'ound, Maryland. The Headquarters group of the 352nd Armored Field Artillery Ba ttalion will train August 7 to 20 at Camp Hood, Texas. This schedule has been released early this year, according to Texas Military District officials, so that reservists may plan their vacation from their civilian jobs in order to coincide with their summer en campment. often sneaked off with two Valen tines to their credit—the dirty dogs. Those were the days. Bailey’s English Dictionary com piled in 1721 blamed the whole situation on birds. The item read “Valentines (in England). About this time of the year, the month of February, the birds choose their mates, and probably thence came the custom of the young men and maidens choosing Valentines on that day.” So what? Farm Research Tests Scheduled In Nacogdoches A test-demonstration program in Nacogdoches and suit o u n d i n g counties will attempt to prove that certain farm practices which ap pear practical in research will ac tually prove profitable on farms, according to a release from the A&M Extension Service. Howard C. Hutson, Nacogdoches county agricultural agent, has been appointed superintendent-associate county agent of the Nacogdoches substation for the project*, R. D. Lewis, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, has announc ed. Sponsored jointly by the Exper iment Station and the Extension Service, portable equipment will be provided and a laboratory and workshop maintained at the Na cogdoches headquarters. County agents, representatives of other agricultural agencies and farmers will be asked to take part in planning for the program. Ridlehuber Named Creamery Manager Jim M. Ridlehuber, class of ’40, was appointed manager of the A&M Creamery recently. Ridlehuber worked in the cream ery for three years while attend ing school. He succeeds Marvin E. West, \vho resigned to work with an electrical appliance company in Bryan.. Ridlehuber, his wife, and daugh ter will make their home in Bryan. WALTER N. BARNES has been named assistant director of the photographic and visual aids department. Kentucky Gagers Gain on St. Louis In National Race NEW YORK, Feb. 10 — <^) — Kentucky’s Olympic-seasoned vet erans now hold a firmer grip on the No. 1 rung in the National college basketball standings. Adolph Rupp’s gifted proteges gained more than half the first place votes cast in the weekly as sociated press poll and pulled 65 points in front of St. Louis’ billi- kens, their only conquerors. The Wildcats snatched first place from St. Louis last week and soldified their position this time with 47 of the 72 no. 1 votes by sports writers and broadcasters. This enabled them to pile up an overall 670 points compared with 605 for the Billikens, who defeat ed them 42-40 in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. Oklahoma A&M, the defen sive giant which holds a verdict over the Billikens in its 14-2 record, is third in the standings with 575 points. The Aggies re ceived eight first place votes. The others are strung along be hind, not even close. JOB CALLS INTERVIEWS (1) February 15, 16, 17—Hum ble Oil & Refining Company, Houston, Texas, will interview en gineers interested in the petroleum industry. There will be a general meeting at 9 a.m., February 15 in the Y Chapel, and appointments for interviews will be made at the meeting. (2) February 15, 15—U. S. De partment of Agriculture, Bureau of Reclamation will interview soph omores, juniors, and seniors for reclamation work in 17 western states. Sophomores and juniors will be used in summer employ ment, seniors for full-time em ployment. A general meeting will be held at 4 p.m. in the Agricul ture Engineering Lecture Room, February 15. Appointments for in terviews will be made at the meet ing. (3) February 17-18—Arkansas Natural Gas, Shreveport, Louisi ana, will interview mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, manage ment and petroleum engineers. A general meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., February 16, in Room 303, M.E. Building. (4) February 17 — American Bridge Company, Chicago, Illinois, will interview civil and architectur al engineers for work in their Structural Drawing Rooms to start. (5) February 18—Radio Cor poration of America, Camden, New Jersey, will interview mechanical and electrical engineers and phy sics majors for their Specialized Training Program. LIBERAL ARTS (1) Openings for men interest ed in the sale of securities are available in Houston, Dallas, Aus tin, Corpus Christi and El Paso, with Investors Syndicate. (2) Certain-teed Products Cor poration, manufacturers of As phalt Roofing, Gypsum products, beaver board, and acoustical tile, have openings for men who are from 25 to 30 years of age, who are interested in sales. ENGINEERING (1) Halliburton Oil Well Ce menting Company, Duncan, Okla homa, has an opening for a man agement engineer. (2) Tellepsen Construction Company, Houston, Texas, has openings for civil engineers for structural design. (3) Chemical engineers, me chanical engineers, and chemists are needed by the Pittsburgh Valve & Fittings Corporation, Barber ton, Ohio, for sales promotion work of their products. These men will be given intensive training. VETERINARY MEDICINE (1) There is need at the prei ent time for a veterinarian to ope practice in Garwin, Iowa. (2) The City of Denver, Coli rado, has an opening for a mei inspector. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT (.1) Trinity Brass & Gopp< Company, Dallas, Texas, has tv openings for mechanical engineei for work in their plant during tl summer months. Mangrum Winner In Tucson Open T< Become Top Takei TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 10 (A>)- Lloyd Mangrum, Chicago, strad< led the hole on the El Rio Com try Club’s 18th Green recentl; A pendulum swing sank a six-inc putt. That careless stroke did tl following: (1) Won the former U. S. N< tional Open champ $2,000 fin prize money as winner of the $10 000 Tucson open golf tourney. (2) Made him the leading mom winner to date in 1949 with total of $5,755.00. (3) Set a new 72-hole El R: course record of 263; 17 unde par. (4) Tied him with Jim Ferric San Francisco, for low score ( the day with a five under par 6 (5) Made him the first playe to lead the event from start 1 finish. A1 Smith, a newcomer to the pro circuit from Winston-Salem N. 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