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
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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
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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. C., was five strokes behind
It was good enough to win hin
second prize money of $1,400
It was his best showing in s
major tournament.
Frank Stranahan, Toledo, C
shot his fourth sub-par round <
68. It gave him a total of 2(
that made him the leading am:
teur of the tourney for the secor
year in a row—two strokes betti
than Tulsa’s Skee Riegel—andti<
him for third place honors wi1
Johnny Bulla, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bu
la won $1,000; Stranahan a silvi
plate.
Lew Worsham, Oakmont, Pi
was fifth with 270. Jimmy D
Maret, Ojai, Calif., two-time wi:
ner and heavy favorite, tied Rieg
for sixth place with 271.
Defending Champion Skil Ale;
ander, Southern Pines, N. C., d
cided he’d had enough after nil
holes of the final round. He picki
up and headed for Texas.
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Brush Eradication
To Be Considered
Eradication of brush from Texas
pasture lands will receive further
study from the Agricultural Ex
periment Station under a grant of
$1,200 for this year from the Dow
Chemical Co., of Michigan.
The research originated by the
experiment station, has now been
sponsored by Dow for several
years.
Experimental work is being con
ducted by the range and forestry
department of the experiment sta
tion, under the direction of Dr. V.
A. Young, head of the department.
Dillavou Returns
To English Staff
George Dillavou has returned to
the English Department after a
leave of absence for graduate
study at Columbia University, New
York, where he completed most of
the work for a master’s degree in
drama.
Dillavou was director of the
Aggie Players at A&M during the
1946-47 and 1947-48 school years.
He will resume direction of the
group this semester. A Broadway
“comedy of manners” and a re
vival of a master work are tenta
tively planned for spring produc
tion by the Players.
Small Dictionary
By Random House
A small, concise dollar diction
ary is the next project planned by
the publishers of Random House,
according to Bennett Cerf, presi
dent.
Special editing of the dictionary
is in the hands of Jess Stein, man
aging editor of The American Col
lege Dictionary. Stein has a per
manent staff to keep provisions of
the book up to date.
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