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First ‘Monitary’ For Suez Canal Idea Lost Battalion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1951 RISING TO THE OCCASION By ALY LASHEEN Graduate Student From Egypt “The Suez Canal” The idea of linking together the Mediter ranean and the Red Sea is lost in remote antiquity. Eager to increase the economic potentialities of the country, the Pharoohs came to think of a highway that would cut across Egypt from the north. The competent engineering authorities of the time were of opinion that it should be best to connect the two seas by means of a canal starting from the Rosetta branch of the Nile to Lake Timsah, silted up in the course of subsequent years it had to be cleared by Nechao II (600 years B. C.), by Ptolemic II, by Emperor Adrain and finally by Amroo (640 A. D.). In the early years of the eighth century the canal was completely abandoned and buried under drifting sands. The project of a sea highway was left dor mant for over 800 years, when towards the middle of the 16th century the Venetians, then Napoleon who came to Egypt to thwart Britain’s designs, and, in 1846 a handful of Saint-Simornians laid definite plans for the linking of the two seas across the Suez Isth mus. Their miscalculations showed erroneous ly that the level of the Red Sea was 9 meters higher than that of the Mediterranean. On the other hand, Mohamed Aly, King Farouk’s great grand father, wishing to avoid the creation in Egypt of a “new Bosphorus” with all the political implications that the scheme would entail had always staunchly opposed the plans, the more so as land transit through the Egyptians territory was a good source of income to the state treasury. In 1854, however the idea came to ma turity and it is Ferdinand de Lesseps who should be credited with the glory of having realized it. Said Pasha, King Farouk’s grand father, approved his plans and granted the friend of his childhood of the canal. Ferdi nand began his pioneering work by a lecture tour in Europe in order to collect the neces sary funds for this huge project. Great Britain’s hospitality robbed him of the sympathy of Russia, Austria, and the United States who refused to subscribe for the scheme. Nevertheless, De Lesseps suc ceeded in securing enough financial backing to initiate the executiion of the project so that on Dec. 15 1856, the “Campagnie Uni- verselle du Canal Maritime de Sue/’ was of ficially set up. Work began on the 25th of April 1859. Capital was represented by 400,000 shares of 500 francs each. Said Pasha bought 176,000 shares and France 220,000. One of the clauses of the concession stip ulated that Egypt had to supply 20,00 labor ers for digging operations. The death of Said Pasha opened a per iod of uncertainty and dispute, during which the whole future of the canal project was at stake. Considering that the agreement enter ed upon by his predecessor was contrary to Egypt’s interests, Jsmail Pasha tried to can cel the concession accord and proceed with the work on his own account “I do want” he said, “that the canal becomes Egypt’s prop erty and not Egypt a property of the canal.” A timely intervention of Napoleon IV, who had been appointed conciliator, solved the problem to the detriment of the Egyptian Treasury which had to pay 3,250,000 pound for the land granted by Said Pasha to the company. After 10 years of sweat and toil the canal was completed not, however, without the kindly cooperation of the Khedine. It was officially inaugurated on Nov. 17, 1869 and the event was marked by splendid cele brations for which Ismail spent lavishly. The overall cost of the boring of the Suez Canal rose up to 16,000,000 pounds. Measured lengthwise from Port Said to Suez the canal is 168 kilometers long; it has a surface width varying between 45 and 100 meters broad, with an average depth of 13 meters and a half. Several stations or moor ings have been established along its course, the main one, Ismaillia, standing in the center. By narrowing the distance between Europe and the Asiatic countries of the Far East, the Suez Canal has operated a complete Student Checks Don l Matter NE OF the advantages of hiring a student to do a job is that you have him just where you want him. He is con fined, at least in the case of A&M, to the general vicinity of the college. He is at the mercy of the employer, so why should the employer worry about any of the discomforts of the students ? But without going into any more editorial fine writing, we would like to know why the student labor checks are al ways the last checks to come out—when they come out. Payrolls have been submitted to the Fiscal Office on the twenty-fifth of the month and the checks have been return ed to the students on the fifteenth of the month. But on the revolution in world economy. It took no less other hand, payrolls that have been submitted to the Fiscal than 45 days to go from London to Bombay office on the first or second of the month have been returned crossingjiaB been rat dom’toTome IMays 6 to the—™r k e r » the sixth o, the The canal is the world’s busiest highway. 4 his is not helping the student plan out his monthly bud- Every year some 6000 merchant ships (55 get. acts but in the last stanza gave a per cent of which flying the Union Jack) As we know, many of the students rely on loans or ex- very good interpretation of the cross the canal from end to end. Transit tension of credit to make it through school, or make ends w -r- \ dues or tolls which they have to pay to the meet {rom month to month , How can a man hope to estab . J c S, pioviiVmolt ot tt company represent a yeaily income of 150 anv y n( i 0 f crec Kf if pg can >r p-iye hi s cre ditor anv humdr for the performance. Black million gold francs. llsn any Kma 01 crecllt ratm £ 11 ne can 1 give nis creditor any hag a laconic delivery that pro _ World trade has so much improved that id ea °f when he will get his check and repay the loan? vides the necessary note of real- exchanges between Europe and Asia have in- A man’s payroll is something that is sacred. It is some- isi )n, to the characterizati on- creased tenfold. British export trade in par- thing that cannot be excused away. If a man works for his by Roger Coslett, and the general’s money he is entitled to it—that man cannot be put off. An- f ld > P la y ed b y Chuck Neighbors ... turned in competent performances, other way of saying it—if a man works, pay him. Not make Their characterizations were not as good as they might have been, but each showed talent in their parts. The General’s aides played by Roger Melton, Howard Allison, and Willard Jenkins, provided neces sary continuity to the perform ance. John Caple, Doyle Smith, and Bill Witt, play two members of combat crews that have had to fly missions for General Dennis. In supporting roles Were Glenn Ford Invites Groneman To Judge Contest The Ford Motor Company has invited Chris H. Groneman, head of the Industrial Education De partment to be a member of their National Advisory Committee to assist them in the 1952 Industrial Arts Awards Program. This is the fourth consecutive year that Dr. Groneman has re ceived an invitation to participate in the program. He has served as a judge the last two years in their national contest. The Ford Motor Company is at tempting to promote and develop an increased interest among junior and senior high school boys and girls in doing creative work in in dustrial activities which entail craftsmanship, Dr. Groneman says. A&M Loaned Equipment Th International Harvester Com pany of Dallas, has loaned the Agricultural Engineering Depart ment a tractor and a thresher, F. R. Jones, head of the department, announced. Players (Continued from’ Page 1) ticular has prqgressed so much that it has grown twelve times larger than what is used to be before the digging of the canal. Sea borne cargoes through the canal fall into two categories: raw materials and agricul ture produce, corn, rice, silk, tea, cotton, rubber from India, Indochina, China and Japan en route for the continent and the British Isles; Industrial products from Eng land, France, Germany, Holladn, Italy to the Far East. Thanks to the canal, the Mediterranean was restored to its former importance which it had lost as a result of the discovery of the route of the Cape of Good Hope and is today once more the main highway towards Asia. Its harbors have flourished in conse quence, notably Alexandria, Marseilles, Ge noa, Trieste, and Salonica. As for Egypt, the opening of the Suez' Canal has made the country the world’s thoroughfare, the melting pot of East and West, thus speeding, up its evolution. If the canal has had adverse political consequences, for England after having exerted herself to thwart the scheme, attempted by every pos sible means to secure exclusive control and ownership of the new route to India, in the field of economy, the geographical position excuses. Students are an understanding group. If it takes ten days to process their payroll, they won’t gripe about it, JUST AS LONG AS IT COMES OUT TEN DAYS LATER! Men in the Fiscal Office say not all of the blame can be laid to their doorstep. They say that many of the heads of departments are not submitting their payrolls on time. If this is true, it is something that MUST be corrected. If it takes a presidential decree to force the heads of depart- Whitley and B. B. Smith. The ments to make out their payroll on time—let the president Carro^PWllipI decree. If the Fiscal Office can get the same result from a Carl Stephens portrays General Kane’s aide, Maj. Homer Prescott. memo let the Fiscal Office memo. Makeup was provided by Flor- Another excuse, or explanation offered, is that payrolls ence Far and Christine Opersteny, take about ten days to make out. All right, let it take ten S^’oin wffi b fhhet S,d days to make out—but make certain that the checks will be ing were created by John Caple. vonrhr in ton rtairo ' The stage crew was composed of leaay 111 ten aays. _ Wanda Rohr and Carl Stephens. Ill collecting facts about the Situation, we heard the Mary Eleanor Vaden was in charge payroll was being held up one month because one man was of properties and costumes. . . ,, . , ... „ , , The entire production was under out ot the office. Are we so close to godliness that we cannot the supervision of C. K. Esten of be replaced ? Is there no one to take the place of the men mak ing out the payroll? Original by Dreiser We have been sitting still too long, being content to get of Egypt astride the crossroads of the a late check. It is time we started squawking and being heard. world’s main trading streams, has consid- T • erably added to her own trade which grew tenfold. It is true that 80 per cent of trade ex changes are handled by Alexandria, but the ships streaming into its harbor reach the MediterraKean through the Suez Canal. Lastly the digging of the canal has per mitted the exploitation of a vast sandy reg ion east of the Nile Delta. Several towns have cropped up and prospered, such as Port Said, Ismailia, nicknamed the “Desert Emer- ard”, and Suez. the English Dept. Serving as technical advisors were Col. E. W. Napier, Lt. Col. B. P. Browder, Maj. L. J. Westbrook, and Maj. J. C. Lowell of the Air Science De partment. ’’Place in the Sun’ Rated One of Year’s Best Movies The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” City Council Will Meet Tuesday Nile (“A Place In The Sun” with Montgomery Clift, Shelley Win ters, and Elizabeth Taylor. Pro duced and directed by George Stevens, A Paramount picture— showing at the Campus.) By BERT WELLER Clift, Shelley Winters, and Eliza beth Taylor. Each of them turns in a performance that is sure to bring some recognition when the best actor and actress awards are handed out. New Type Roles City Manager Raymond Rogers fine motion pictures and promises has announced that the City Coun- to produce even more, “A Place The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of c d meeting will be held on lues- fn JThe Sun ^dll hold its own Texes, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year, day night Nov. 13 instead of OU With the best. This modem Ver- During the summer terms, The Battalion is published four times a week, and during Monday as usual Sion of Theodore Dreiser’s “An t„ o v,, a w. Those that see “A Place in the ;I / Sun” expecting to see Miss Win- Eastman (Montgomery Clift), a poor ambitious boy whose love af fair with a factory girl (Shelley Winters) blocks his rise in society. After becoming involved with Alice Tripp, Eastham meets and falls in love with Angela Vickers (Eliza beth Taylor). After his short glimpse of the life into which he would like to move, Eastman finds his progress blocked by the pregnancy of the examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip tion rates $6.00 per year or $.60 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. The reason ters and Miss Taylor in their us ual type of screen role will be dis appointed. Each displays acting factory girl, abilities that the movie public Alice tries to force George to ,, , , J'.'Y'Y'L jin would never suspect from watching marry her but the rising young for the postponment American Tragedy is a fine job tW nrpv i nllR 6 finH« Bi* now lift Entered as second-class natter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, tinder the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. of the meeting is that Monday is of movie making, a faithful adapt- an Ordinance Holiday for all city ation of the novel and an absorbing employees and City Hall will be evenings’ entertainment, closed, Mr. Rogers explained. One of the most striking things A regular monthly meeting will a b 0 ut the George Stevens produc- be held Tuesday at 7 p. m. in City tion is the use of the camera. their previous pictures. The movie is the story of George business man finds his new life (See ‘PLACE’, Page 4) Hall. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-6444) or at the editorial office. Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. JOHN WHITMORE Editor Joel Austin Managing Editor Bill Streich News Editor Allen IWly - News Editor the Engineering ExtensioI1 Set . vice p .. .women’s^Editor w ‘ll conduct a senes of training T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, A1 Bruton, Norman Campbell, Mickey Cannon, Monte Curry, Dan Dawson, Bob Fagley, Benny Holub, Howard Hough, Jon Kinslow, Bryan Spencer, Ide Trotter, John Robards, Carol Vance, Edgar Watkins, Berthold Weller, Jerry Wizig, Raymond York ...News and Feature Writers Bob Cullen, Jack Brandt Cartoonists Frank Scott Quarterback Club Director Jim Jenson.. Photographer Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Phillips, F. T. Scott, Chuck Neighbors, Gus Becker, Joe Blanchette, Ed holder Sports News Writers John Lancaster Chief Photo Engraver Russel Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Haynle Advertising Representative Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. Extension Service Plans Training Series Vice Director E. L. Williams of programs for the Health and Safe ty Division pf the Bureau of Mines in Vincennes, Indiana. 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