Rapid Transit, or
Willoughby McSnort’s Safari
South for the Fall
By BILL BILLINGSLEY
J. Willoughby McSnort pulled
his hand from his pocket* and sur
veyed the pitiable remains. An in
tramural medal, his room key, sev
eral assorted ticket stubs from the
more inexpensive Dallas dancing
and drinking establishments, and
sixteen cents in cold cash made up
the lot.
“By accepting only rides with
people in Buicks, Cadillacs, and the
like and by laughing at all their
stories,” Willoughby said with the
perrenial optimism of all Aggies,
“I will be able to get back to school
and not go thirsty in the process!”
After standing on the Zangs
boulevard corner for some two
and half hours and receiving only
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tire screeches and dirty looks for
his thumbing, McSnort was almost
asleep. Only the steady sound of
the perspiration dripping off his
brow and sizzling on . the sidewalk
kept him awake.
Suddenly a battered hot-rod, gen
erously garnished with fox tails,
painted signs, and high school stu
dents skidded to a stop, spewing
gravel in McSnort’s face.
“Wanna ride to Ennis?” said a
voice behind several acres o f
freckles.
At that time, Willoughby would
have taken an elephant up the in
tercoastal canal. Foolishly, he got
in.
Going over the ground swells
toward Ennis, the mass of re
claimed tin broke several records
held by Mauri Rose and Sir Mal-
Com Campbell. As the crow flies,
the distance is only 30 miles, but
Willoughby felt his sine wave
course must have taken at least
75. He was still vibrating when
he got off in Ennis.
After only a short, three hour
wait, a 1927 Hupmobile ground to
a stop. Forcing his arm down to
his side, Willoughby sauntered over
to see where the citizen was travel-
ig.
‘Howdy bud” said the ancient
herding the antique, “get a move
on; In a powerful hurry to get to
Buffalo. Time’s money, you know!”
Willoughby got in gingerly, re
placing the door as he sat down.
They roared- off down the road in
a cloud of dust, at what McSnort
judged to be every bit of 23 miles
an hour.
The sun had just gone down as
the sarfari pulled into Buffalo.
Willoughby wondered what day it
was.
He took up his post by the road
side and raised his aching thumb
at the cars which came by at reg
ular fifteen minute intervals.
The moon was shining brightly
when the cattle truck pulled up
with a hissing* of air brakes.
“There ain’t no room up front”
said a western-accented voice, “but
you shore are welcome to put yo-
self and yo gear in the trailer.”
McSnort put himself and his gear
in the trailer.
It became increasingly apparent,
shortly, that he and his bag were
not alone. There rose upward -an
aroma which reminded him faintly
of a previous visit to the Ft. Worth
stock yards. Willoughby held on,
with one hand and held his nose
with the other.
When the truckman deposited
McSnort in Madisonville, he felt
numbed above the waist. He won
dered why the dogs in the street
slunk away from him and why the
city night watchman clutched his
throat and ran hurriedly into an
open door.
WHoughby finnaly made it to
the corner and sat his bag down
wearily.
The sun was just lighitng the
horizon when a Model “A” covered
with Aggie stickers pulled up. The
owner alighted and sniffed the air
cautiously.
“Howdy” he said, “you’re an Ag
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Willdughby had been a business
major when he left Dallas, but now
he wasn’t sure. He staggered into
the front seat and collapsed.
The sound of the power plant
whistle awakened McSnort from
his slumbers.
“We’re just in time for the eight
o’clock classes” the driver said,
“I’ll let you out here at West Gate
while I go on to the Trailer Vill
age.”
Williughby lifted his bag wear
ily and plodded toward the Aca
demic building. Looking to his
right, Willoughby stopped in su-
prise with his mouth open. Rising
up on his right was a tremendous
shiny, new building of Austin stone
and vari-colored brick.
“Boy, that Student Memorial
Building really looks good, doesn’t
it?” queried a voice from behind
him.
“Yeah,” answered a second uni
dentified voice, “let’s go over and
check it.”
Too late Willoughby heard a
chorus of feminine voices, the
scurry of ballerina clad feet, and
screams of “Oh, we have to hurry
to the Administration Building to
get our transfers to the University
of Missouri!” A covey of coeds
ran him and his bag down like a
Sherman tank hitting a dandelion.
Lying there is a welter of shirts,
socks, and shaving lotion, he gaz
ed after the receeding women.
“Egad,” moaned Willoughby, “a
w Student Union Building and
coeds. After all this travel, I’ve
only gotten as far as SMU!”
On his hands and knees, Will
oughby made off toward the East
Gate muttering," “I’ve got to get
to A&M and get off Business 276
and 277. They don’t offer Business
Golf and Business Bridge during
the spring semester!”
Two days later, three Galveston
medical students were surveying
a new specimen.
“Look at this fascinating ne\V
body”, said the first student, “they
found it on the beach yesterday.’
“Remarkable,” said the second
man-in-white, “It keeps raising up
every few minutes and saying
something in a delerious voice
about there being- beautiful coeds
and a brand new Student Recreat
ing Building at A&M. Must be a
mental case.”
“Friend”, said the third future
medic, looking up from behind his
glasses, “you speak truer than
you know. I took my pre-med at
A&M. If he thinks there are beau
tiful women and a student play
ground' at A&M, he is definitely a
mental' patient. Sent for the double
thickness straight jacket.”
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He demonstrated this Friday
when, after breaking into a home
and helping himself to some child
ren’s lunch and smashing a win
dow glass, he sat down to wait for
his master to come and pay for
the damage.
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Page 8 FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1949
Dean W. L. Penberthy will
serve again this year as Dean
of Students for the college.
Presbyterians
In New Church
At North Gate
Rev. Norman Anderson, pastor
of the College Station Presbyterian
Church, today announced the ac
tivity schedule for fall for his
church.
The regular morning worship
will be held at 11, Rev. Anderson
said, and will be preceded by Sun
day school at 9:45 a.m. Sunday
evening services will begin with
the student league at 6:30 and
conclude with a worship gathering
at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Anderson, who acts as head
of the Department of Religious
Education at the college, graduated
from high school in San Antonio
and then attended the University
of Texas where he received a Bach
elor of Arts degree in Philosophy.
After two years as minister of
the Presbyterian Church of Taft,
Texas he was transferred to Col
lege Station in 1928.
He and his wife have three chil
dren, Mary Evelyn, a graduate of
the University of Texas, Norman,
Jr., and Fred.
Rev. Anderson is interested in
genetics, and after seven years ex
perimentation he has developed his
own hybrid chickens.
He believes that the contact and
association through the dormitories
is responsible for the spirit that
prevails at A&M.
A&M Christian Church Announces Services
The recently organized Christian
Church of College Station today
announced schedules for its fall
and spring services. Rev. J. M.
Moudy, pastor of the church, said
that the church school classes
would be held at 9:45 every Sun
day morning.
The regular morning worship
service will begin at 11 a.m. and
a special student supper group will
be held each Sunday evening at
7:30.
Those students interested in
joining the choir of the Christian
Church will meet each Wednesday
evening at 7:30.
Last year, before the present
church auditorium was available,
the services of the Christian
Church were conducted in the
chapel of the YMCA on the cam
pus.
Now, however, the church ac
tivities are conducted at the church
building located on Old Highway
Six, south of Kyle Field.
Rev. Moudy extended an invita
tion to all students, both new and
old, to take part in the church’s
fall activities.
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