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Cold Snap Brings Fun,
Frolic, Some Perplexity
By ALLEN PENG ELLY
Battalion City Staff
*l’he suddent cold snap that drift
ed down op Brazos County Monday
bmight a lot of joy to the kids
which at the same time perplexed
adults.
As the white snow flakes began
to fall eager small-fry dashed out-
ai'fe to romp in the snow. To them,
the sudden freeze meant an unan
ticipated holiday from school and
rnntiy hours of snow fights, and
many, the chance to build
their first snowman.
The weather closed public
schools in the Brazos County
area on Tuesday and they will
remain closed until the freezing
temperatures are over. The
schools were closed to reduce
traffic hazards. School officials
urged parents to listen to the
radio for further announcements
as to when the schools will re
open.
Local farmers were split in their
opions on the economic importance
of the winter blast. Some are of
the opinion that the snow and ice
will alleviate the damage caused
by the recent drought while others
contend that the ice further dam
aged crops that were weakened by
the lack of water.
A local plumbing contractor esti
mated that damage to water pipes
and water heaters would run into
several thousand dollars before
the weather begins to warm. He
said, “About the only protection
against breakage that the house
owner can do is to cut off the
pipes from the main water line
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Roaring Texas Cold Wave
Blamed On Soviet Russia
Along with inclement weather there are always many
stories on the brighter side of life. Associated Press reports
included the following:
* Feb. 1—(/P)—You can blame Russia for the roaring cold
wave in Texas today.
lf|'rTt came from Siberia.
The U. S. Weather Bureau says the high pressure area
howled into Northwestern America about Jan. 15 from Sov
iet Siberia.
The great air mass “sat down” over part of Alaska and
Northwest Canada and built up pressure in the long, cold
nights.
The Russian weather shows no signs of ending its in
vasion.
Waco—Biting wind and blowing snow was stronger
this week than Baylor University Tradition.
Permission for girls to wear slacks on the campus and
in class was posted in dormitories.
Austin—Sorority rush week activities at the University
of Texas went into a deep freeze today.
Rushing was scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
The Dean of Women said it has been postponed indef
initely because of the cold.
Austin—Second semester registration at the University
of Texas has been delayed two days until Feb. 3.
Opening of classes will be on Monday, Feb. 5, University
officials announced. Many students would be unable to re
turn by today because of slick roads.
Ennis—Seventy-five men called to report today to the
Ennis and Waxahachie Draft Board got a break. Because
of the ice storm they were excused until notified by mail,
said Mrs. Vera D. Norton, draft board clerk.
College Station — Two newly-wed couples were snow
bound in the A&M Memorial Student Center, Wednesday
night. The couples had planned to leave yesterday, but be
cause of the icy weather they stayed over for two more days.
1 and drain the water from the
pipes.”
Alt outside pipes should be
protected from the wind either
by wrapping them with rags or
by building shields to protect the
pipes from the direct blast of the
wind, he added.
The Bryan police department
said motorists have been unusual
ly cautious during the icy weather,
but cautioned them to be ^xtra
careful in applying brakes on the
ice-covered streets. Speed should
be greatly reduced to lessen dan
gerous skids.
Pedestrians should be especially
careful in crossing streets be
cause of the danger of falling into
an oncoming car’s path.
On Wednesday, no traffic acci
dents were reported to the police.
Prof. L. L. Gee, of the Biology
Department, says the sudden de
crease in temperature will have
little or no effect on the cold vir
uses. Although the low tempera
ture will perhaps retard the ac
tion of the virus, no appreciable
decline in the diseases will be no
ticed. The cold weather however
will reduce the body’s resistance to
colds and care should be taken to
keep the body warm and dry.
Kiwanis Hears
Stewart Report
On ROD’ Plan
Arthur Stewart, professor
of Business Administration,
in speaking to the College
Station Kiwanis Club at noon
Tuesday, challenged the free
dom-loving citizen of Texas, the
Nation, and the world to do a bet
ter job in selling Democracy in
competition with Communism. Ste
wart spoke on the subject of
“Rights, Obligations, and Duties
of Citizenship.”
Under the present state law
covering jury service, Stewart
pointed out that college professors
are exempt from jury service, but
they are eligible for jury service
if they do not specifically claim
their exemption. He deplored the
average citizen’s attitude toward
jury service.
A bill to be introduced in the
present session of the legislature
would do away with this exemption
of college professors he said.
The program was a part of a
state-wide program for better cit
izenship being carried out by the
State Bar Association.
Fire No Help
SMU Veep Wilt Lead
Forums In Hart Hall Lounge
Icicles hang from his helmet and ice glazes his coat as
Fireman E. L. Young enjovs a cun of coffee durine a
fire-fighting lull in downtown Dallas. Firemen fought
an apartment house blaze in 20-degree cold and a sleet
storm Monday.
Big Freeze Calls in Aid
Mills Attends
0hio Conference
W. W. Mills, chief of training
for Rural Electric Cooperative for
the Texas Engineering Extension
Service is attending the National
Rural Electrification Conference in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mills recently conducted a two-
day conference for cashiers for
Rural Electric Corporation at
Brady. Fifteen cashiers represent
ing seven Cooperatives attended
the conference.
Cooperatives represented were
McCullough County, Concho Valley,
Erath County, Taylor, Coleman
County, Commanche County and
Mideast.
Ice Skids
Honeymoon
Into MSC
A new accomplishment has been
’dded to the work done by the
Memorial Student Center. For the
first time since it has opened a
couple have spent their honeymoon
in the center.
But not entirely of their own
choice—Jack Frost dictated mbst
of the terms.
Donald P. Miller, class of ’48,
and his new bride were passing
through College Station on their
way from his home in New Orleans
—then the big freeze slipped in.
They will remain in the MSC un
til the roads ax-e passable agaiti.
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whei’e some ice-laden lines wei'e
reported down.
A 135-station emergency net
work aided railroads, oil and gas
companies, the telephone, light, and
power companies in handling vital
messages.
Loss in Valley
Some Rio Grande Valley citrus
growers predicted their losses
would be in the millions of dollars;
that the freeze may put the valley
out of the citrus business tempo
rarily.
The State Highway Patrol said
travelers shouldn’t venture out “un
der any conditions.” The patrol
pulled its cars off highways in
thl Beaumont' area and put them
on a stand-by basis.
Some big city schools which had
tried to keep going gave up. Dal-
quite so qold in the afternoon.”
Ham radio operators at Austin
said amateur radio stations were
helping handle communications in
the Brownsville-to-Houston area,
las and Fort Wox*th schools closed
for the week. Schools at San An
tonio closed until further notice.
All Harris County schools (includ
ing Houston) were to be closed to
day. Hundreds in smaller cities
and rural sections already had
closed.
Sleet Covered
Sleet covei'ed Fannin County
(Bonham) about four inches deep.
Before dark Wednesday, freezing
di’izzles fell at Beaumont, Alice,
Houston, Galveston; earlier at Cor
pus Christi and Brownsville. There
was snow at Waco, Dallas, Fort
Wox-th, San Antonio, El Paso, Salt
Flat, Wink, Midland, Big Spring,
Austin, Cotulla, Texarkana, Tyler,
and Dalhart. Longview had sleet.
More light snow or freezing rain
was in prospect Wednesday night
and Thursday. Lows of 10 to 28
degrees were forecast for East
Texas; zero to 10 in the Panhandle |
and South Plains, and 10 to 18
elsewhere in West Texas.
By B. F. ROLAND
Hart Hall will have a member of
the 1931 Championship Southern
Methodist University football team
conducting forums and discussion
groups in their dormitory lounge
during Religious Emphasis Week,
iUbrUary 12-16.
His name is Willis Tate, recently
appointed vice-pi’esident of South-
" i Methodist University.
La was honoi’able mention for
All-American tackle in 1931 and is
a former coach, which should es
tablish a common ground between
him and the A&M athletes during
eae forums and discussions of the
week.
In the afternoon forums (4 to
1:30) he will talk on “Do Scienti
fic Facts and the Bible Agree?”,
Monday; “What Should a Student
■jet Cut of Four Yeai’s of Col
lege?”, Tuesday; “What Makes a
Person a Success?” Wednesday;
and “Men and Women Relation
ships” on Thursday. Subjects for
the nightly discussions, scheduled
for 9 p. m., will be left to the dis
cretion of the individual groups.
But not only is the man adept at
spelts, he has a formidable array
of degfees to his credit. Coming
from San Antonio, he graduated
from SMU in 1932. He received his
Master’s Degree in Sociology in
1935 and has done additional grad-
Livestock Judging
Team Takes Third
The A&M Livestock judging
team placed third at the South
western Exposition and Fat Stock
Show’s livestock judging contest
for senior agricultural colleges held
in Foxt Worth.
A team from Iowa State College
was named grand champion with a
total of 4,562 points in judging
cattle, sheep, hogs and quarter
horses.
A&M had a total of 4,404 points.
The contest is sponsored by the
Texas Cotton Seed Crasher’s As
sociation.
Sixteen, teams from 13 states en
tered the contest.
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After •:
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rears c:
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of the Outstanding Young Man of
the Year by the San Antonio Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce in 1942.
He moved to Houston where he
served as executive assistant to the
pastor of the First Methodist
Church. From Houston, he went
sd the title
W for
'iefy Show
Tickets went on sale yes
terday for the second annual
Bryan-College Station Rotary
Club Variety Show to be held
the evenings of Feb. 22 and
23 in the Stephen F. Austin High
School Auditorium in Bryan. .
Most of the 120 c!ub members of
the two cities will have tickets for
sale, under the supervision of E.
H. Utzman and J. E. Bethancourt,
The club has drawn heavily on
its own ranks for advance workers
and performers. Approximately 70
per cent of the showmen arc Re-
tarians, according to Dr. W, H,
Ritchey, chairman of the show.
Bob Braley is show director,
Dean H. W. Barlow is production
manager and Pi’esident M. T. Har
rington is head ushext Tom C.
Harde is handling the music on
the program. As stage manager,
Greene Buchanan will be assisted
by Brooks Martin. Joe E. Vincent,
club president, has program, adver
tising.
Dames Club Plans
Card-Social Party
The Dames Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. this evening in the Cabi
net Room of the YMCA. Mrs. W.
T. Matzen, vice president of the
organization, will preside over a
short business session. This will
be followed by a dessert card paidy
with bridge and canasta taking the
spotlight in entertainment.
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