Battalion
Editorials
Page 2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1951
WE CAN STIU BE
Pseudomen
A'&M got a taste of its own medicine last night and the
^medicine was bitter. The students were indignant to think
that anyone would be so disrespectful to throw paint on
Sully.
•The same student body at times has looked upon the
paintings done by our students as “Good Bull.” In neither
case is it good anything. The only, good it might accomplish
is that the TU team will be madder than usual when they
come to College Station.
It makes a good half time talk subject to have the coach
able to show the team some afront to the dignity of the
school. It’s things like this that lose ball games. It is things
like this that make us look like a bunch of uninhibited high
schoolers.
Rumor has it that the TU coach marched the team past
the buildings we painted. What better pep talk is there?
On the way back from their painting spree the Aggie
painters, thought to be freshmen, decided to brand all of the
bridges along the way. They even went so far as to put
their unit number op one of the signs.
All of this is beside the point, our students have com
mitted a crime against the entire student body. Their fool
ishness has torn down any good will we might have obtained
during the year.
As a classic example of what can happen, remember the
bear incident of last year? We went into the game the favor
ites—we lost—defeated by a fired up Baylor team.
When are we going to learn that we are rpen—not child
ren? When are we going to start acting like men instead
of boys?
A compliment a day may not make
you prosperous but it will make you
feel like you have a fortune.
So Long Chum
F'OR THOSE of you who will be killed on the highways over
* the Thanksgiving holidays we would like to tell you good
bye. It really has been nice to know you. That class just isn’t
going to seem the same without you.
And Monday night when we have Silver Taps, we will
think of you. You won’t go unnoticed.
However when you get ready to leave the campus think
it-over—you didn’t really have to be killed this weekend. As
you will notice just before you die, the accident was avoid
able. It wasn’t the only way out.
Maybe if you had been driving within the legal speed
limit instead of trying to see just how fast the old bus would
go it would not have happened. It might have been, if you
had eyed that other driver with suspicion rather than trust
you would be able to return to A&M bodily.
But it is a funny thing, your hindsight is a durn sight
better than your foresight. And that’s why you aren’t going
to be around to see the campus at Christmas. It is nice to
think how the outfit will be decorated for the yuletide.
We are going to miss you during finals and again when
we register for classes next semester. It would have been
nice to have you around to study with. It would have been
nice to have you around to talk over the fun we had during
some of those company parties.
But don’t worry, we will remember you. I imagine the
boys will stay up many a night just discussing what you
might have done—if it hadn’t happened.
We didn’t want to worry you. We just wanted to say
goodbye.
Every nation has a percentage of
citizens who are willing for some
body else to save the country.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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On September 16, 1620, the
“Mayflower” sailed from Ply
mouth, England.
Aboard were some 90 “Pilgrims,”
who with their friends and ser
vants totaled 102 persons.
As we observe Thanksgiving
Day, we may recall that it began
with the “Pilgrim fathers,” but
our recollection may be confused
with facts and legends, and we owe
them more than that. Today, more
than ever, we ought to know the
Pilgrims better, for we, too, need
to consider what made their little
grqup so great in history.
There was no religious freedom
in the Europe of their day. The law
in England required everyone to
attend the Protestant Episcopal
Chui’ch, and citizens were taxed
by the government to support the
Church.
The Puritans, the Separatists
and the Catholics, all loyal Eng
lishmen, objected to such taxa
tion. All wanted to “separate”
the Church and State, and to
freely support their own church
es and to worship God in their
own way.
The Pilgrims were Separatists,
who first fled to Holland to es
cape being “clapped up in prison.”
Not wanting their children to be
come Dutchmen, they decided to
come tq America,
They were poor men, and they
got money for their passage from
some English merchants on these
conditions:
• The Pilgrims were to- work
every day for seven years, except
on Sundays.
• At the end of the seven years,
half of their accumulated wealth
was to be paid to the Company of
English merchants.
Since many of the Pilgrims were
middle-aged and older, the terms
made them virtually bound ser
vants of the Company for life.
Even in that day, these harsh
terms won respect for the char
acter of those who assumed such
a debt to win religious freedom.
Even King James of England
“consented to wink at their de
parture” although he refused to
openly sanction their expedition.
Storms drove them north -of their
destination, the Hudson river area
where the Dutch had established
New Amsterdam, and they landed
at “Plymouth” on Nov. 20, 1620.
Rollins Speaks
At ASAE Meeting
“Water demands must not be
allowed to exceed a city’s water
supply if the community is to
grow,” A. P. “Andy” Hollins, ’06,
member of the State Board of
Water Engineers, told agricultural
engineers last night. The talk was
given at the bi-monthly meeting of
the ASAE,
Rollins showed charts of the
state, which contained information
concerning water resources in Tex
as.
“Much interest in water conser
vation has been developed among
Texans since the recent dry weath
er,” the speaker said. “Soil and
water conservation efforts go hand
in hand.”
Why do we remember the Pil
grims ?
They were not the first settlers
on the new continent. The Spanish
were in Florida, the Dutch in New
York, and the English had already
begun to spread over Virginia.
They were not wealthy, like
the Cavaliers who were develop
ing huge plantations in Virginia,
or the “Patroons” in New Am
sterdam.
They were not distinguished men
of letters, or famous statesmen,
or renowned military leaders. They
were not even able to start their
colony successfully, for nearly half
their number died during the first
winter, in America.
Yet all of the early colonists,
English, French, Dutch, Spanish,
only they are remembered with a
national holiday in this fair land
■—Thanksgiving Day.
They are revered today be
cause everything they did was in
accord with what we know today
as the “American Spirit.”
They drew up the “Mayflower
Compact”, which gave every man,
Pilgrim or servant, an equal vote
in the colony’s affairs.
They made a treaty of peace with
the Indians, and kept it.
They paid their debts to the
Company which financed them.
They worshipped God.
They respected the rights of
every man, and insisted on re
spect for their own rights.
As an Englishman of that time
observed, they won success be
cause they deserved to.
We remember them because they
didn’t come here to fight Indians,
or discover gold, or find a short
route to the riches of the Indies,
or to extend the power of some
nation in Europe.
They came here to be free, to
be men.
Blood
(Continued from Page 1)
The process includes registra
tion by members of the A&M Moth
er’s Club, who are aiding the local
Red Cross unit. Temperature and
pulse is recorded and then blood
pressure and medical history is
registered also on the student’s
record card.
After a doctor’s check up, the
donor is ready to give his blood,
which takes from five to ten min
utes.
The bottles of blood are packed
in refrigerated cases. Type “O”
blood, which is the most common
and mixes with any type, is sent
directly to Korea. It is re-iced sev
eral times on the way.
Other types are sent to the Ar
mour Laboratory in Fort Worth
where the blood is converted into
plasma, The plasma reaches Korea
within a week.
“If We Could See . . . ”
“If the people over here could
see the boys in Korea giving blood
to be used for their buddies, we
would have a rush of people to give
their blood for our fighting men,”
said Mrs. Alma Hunt, chief nurse
of the unit.
Members of the mobile unit left
early this morning after spending
the night on the A&M campus.
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TU-A&M’s 58th Meeting
Game of Long Standing Rivalry
By HUGH PHILIPPUS
Battalion Sports Writer
This Thursday when the fur be
gins to fly and the leather “pop
ping’ with each snap of the ball,
anyone near will know that two
arch-rivals, the Aggies and Long
horns have kicked off in their 58th
meeting.
This game will be a game of
team duals along with many per
sonal duals. For long standing this
game is known as a grudge battle
due to high, keen, knife-sharp riv
alry between the two schools.
This was proven numerous times
when relations were nearly broken
off, due to the feelings built up
between the two schools. But any
one in the state or any football
follower can vouch for 60 minutes
of a thrill packed game.
Total Offense Leaders
The Cadets lead the SWC in
total offense with a total yardage
of 3025 to the sum total of 2521
for the Longhorns. Even though
the lads from the “40 acres” lead
in rushing with 2059, to the Ag
gies 1970 yards, they fell way
behind in passing by a 1055—462
yards count.
The Aggies are only 89 yards
behind the Longhorns in rushing,
so therefore, the game points to
a battle of ground-minded teams.
The Cadet’s aerial game is head
ed by two players—Graves and
Gardemal— who rank among the
top passers of the Conference,
while the Orange and White pig-
skiners are not represented what
so ever in the passing department.
Lippman-Smith
The Farmers are offering Gal
lopin’ Glenn Lippman and Bruisin’
Bob Smith as two of the leading
ground gainers in the Conference
for the Longhorns key defense to
stop.
The Horns counter with Gib
Dawson, Dick Ochoa and Don Bar
ton also rated in the Leading Ball
Carriers.
Glenn has led the SWC ball
carriers constantly through out the
year and is at present leading
with a total of 628 yards. Ramblin’
Robert, has gained a total of 419
yards.
As for the Longhorn carriers,
Dawson supports a net gain of
513, Ochoa 482 yards, and Barton’s
sum is 450 yards. But everyone of
these boys are a constant threat
and have proven this numerous
times this year.
Of these carriers, Lippman and
Dawson are on UP’s All-Confer
ence First Team, while Smith is
placed on the third team.
Aggies Dual Passers
As for the previously discussed
passing department, Ray Graves
has completed 45 out of 98 at
tempts for a ground coverage of
621 yards and seven TD’s, while
Dick Gardemal has tossed 72 com
pleting 33 for a total of 295 yards,
and five touchdowns.
Another duel will be in the punt
returning department, for this grid
battle will pit Yale Lary of the
Cadets and Bobby Dillon of the
Longhorns. These two boys are two
of the finest in the business and
should really put pn a show for the
packed stadium.
Lary the Aggies put returner has
scampered, back with 20 punts for
356 yards to capture second spot
in this department, while Dillon
is holding down 5th place by also
returning 20 punts but for just
276 yards. Also these two men
are considered as fine pass, de
fenders against the opponents for
ward passing.
Top Scorer—Dawson
As for the scoring column, Gib
Dawson leads with eight touch
downs and eight extra points good
for 56 points.
The nearest Aggie to Dawson is
Glenn Lippman who has countered
five times and gathered a. sum of
30 points.
The Cadet’s big offensive end
.and extra point specialist, Darrow
;Hooper,.is close behind Glenn with
28 points accumulated by a means
of 22 true conversions out of 25
attempts and catching one scoring
pass.
The Cadets of Aggieland this
year have made 120 first downs to
their opponents 123; They have
rushed from scrimmage 437 times
for a total of 1970 yards rushing.
While the “Boys from the Forty
Acres” have 116 first downs to
126 for their opponents. A&M has
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thrown 198 passes compared to 70
fqr the Longhorns.
Page-Jones
Dan Page and T. Jones alternate
at the quarterback slot for the
Texas squad and have done a good
job of signal calling. It was Dan
Page doing most of the tossing
that dealt the Horned Frogs a
lot of misery, when Texas un
leashed a passing attack, which
was most unusual for the Austin
lads.
Big Don Menasco, previously an
All-American, along with June
Davis are as good a pair of line
backers as can be found in the
business.
Another standout on the TU for
ward wall is Tom “Swede” Stol-
handske, an end, who has drawn
praise from numerous opponent’s
coaches.
End Paul Williams, made several
All-SWC selections last year, is
back again and should be one of
the main stalwarts of the TU de
fensive line.
Outstanding Tackles
One of the top sophomores on
the squad, Gilmer Spring, has de
veloped into an excellent offensive
end for the Steers, and will have
many an eye focused on him in the
Turkey Day Classic. The Steer
tackles, Bill Wilson and Jim Lans-
ford, have been doing a lot of
double duty, and have been noticed
by all coaches, scribes, and pig
skin followers.
Both the Aggies and Steers
have predominately strong ground
teams. It is probable they will
stick pretty much to this type ac
tion, although the Cadets may
find themselves going to the air
lanes during -opportune times.
This grid battle that both schools
look forward to with great anti
cipation has great promises of be
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