Battalion Editorials
THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1953
His ‘Last’ Thoughts Were
‘What a Futile Way to Die’
A man was making a speech on the val
ues of life the other day when he recalled an
incident of long ago which might easily hap
pen to any one.
He was speeding down the road when it
was raining. He had no reason to drive fast
except that he was “in a hurry” as usual.
The right side of the car slipped off on the
•
Dallas ’ Dark Streets
Are ‘Off Limits’
Stay off Dallas’ dark streets this week
end if you don’t want a suspicious husband’s
or father’s shotgun leveled at you.
Big “D” is plagued by a series of attacks
on its women, and gun sales are soaring. Re
wards are out and the police are working
frantically to nab the attackers who “murder
ed and ravished” Mrs. H. C. Parker of Dal
las.
It might be a good idea to keep on the
well-lighted streets, and report immediately
any suspicious-looking prowlers.
shoulder of the road and the car turned end
over end on down the ^highway.
The man said, “I had no right to live from
that accident. By every reason I should have
died.”
He told the audience that one thing
flashed across his mind time after time while
the car was rolling over. He “knew” he was
going to die, and he kept thinking “What a
useless end. What a futile end.”
This is one of the few accounts which we
hear from people who come so close to death.
Perhaps it is an indication of what some of
the thousands of people think in the last
seconds of life who die each year on the
highways of the nation.
His thought keeps echoing through our
minds each day as we pick up the reports on
how many “died in traffic accidents” the
night before. The figures are staggering.
But the most staggering factor of all is the
thought which this man had when he was at
the door of death.
“Useless. Futile.” Don’t get into a sit
uation this weekend which will have you ech
oing the man’s words. Slow down. That
football game in Dallas should be a good one.
Don’t miss it because your foot got a little
heavy on the accelerator.
St. Thomas To Sponsor
Bishop’s Supper Here
News Briefs
Former Batt
Editor Wins
News Award
DAVE COSTETT ’51, former
editor of The Battalion, won re
cently the $100 third place award
in the 1953 Texas newspaper com-
petion sponsored by the Texas
Manufacturers association. Coslett
works for the San Angelo Stand
ard-Times.
'A- :1s : i :
THE REV. ROBERT L. Darwall,
rector of St. Thomas Episcopal
chapel here, spoke last night at a
bishop’s supper in Longview. He
will return to College Station
Saturday.
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THE AMERICAN Album of
Familiar Music will be the next
Town Hall presentation. Starring
Gustave Haenschen as musical di
rector and conductor, the show will
be here Nov. 17.
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T. F. MAYO, English depart-
will discuss his recent trip to
Europe at 3 p. m. Tuesday in room
3B of the MSC. Part of the talk
will be devoted to an analysis of
the change taking place in Europe
an literature and philosopy. The
meeting is open to the public.
Math Chib to Meet
For Organization
An organizational meeting for
the Mathematics club has been
called in room 225, Academic build
ing at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, Oct. G.
Dr. E. R. Keown, mathematics
department, announced that all stu
dents, including freshmen, who are
interested in mathematics, are in
vited.
Plans for the first meeting in
clude a discussion on purposes and
plans of the club.
Thirty-five A&M students have
made plans to attend the Bishop’s
Supper, sponsored by St. Thomas
Episcopal chapel.
The supper, an annual affair
honoring visiting bishops, will be
held at 7 p. m. next Tuesday in
The Rt. Rev. James Wilson Hunter
Speaks Here Tuesday
Methodist Women
To Meet Monday
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service will hold its regular
meeting 7:45 p. m. Monday in the
home of Mrs. Kenneth Bailey, 1006
Dexter.
Speaker for the meeting will be
Dr. Dan Russell of the agricultural
ecomomics and sociology depart
ment who has just recently return
ed from Germany. While there, he
accompained a shipload of food
donated by Texans. He will speak
on “Feeding the Modern Multi
tudes”.
Dr. Russell will show slides of
his tour and report on conditions as
he found them there.
Maggie Parker’s dining room in
Bryan.
Headlining the program will be
the Rt. Rev. James Hunter, Bishop
of Wyoming.
Hunter is known for the humo
rous way he puts over his points,
said the Rev. Robert L. Darwall,
St. Thomas vicar.
Hunter has served as rector of
St. Mark’s church in San Antonio.
Bishop Clinton S. Quin and
Bishop Coadjutor John E. Hines of
the Diocese of Texas will be on
hand to speak briefly and to greet
the members of their diocese.
Tickets for the supper are $1.75.
A special student price of $1 is
available to Aggies. Persons in
terested in attending the supper
can contact Darwall at the chapel
by Monday.
Job Calls
9 Oct. 6-7 — Representatives of
Magnolia Petroleum company will
interview January and June grad
uates in chemical, petroleum and
mechanical engineering for pos
sible employment in the natural
gas department; mechanical engi
neering and architecture for work
in the marketing department; civil
engineering for employment in the
civil engineering department; elec
trical, civil, geological and petrol
eum engineering, physics and geo
logy with geophysics option for
work in geophysical exploration in
the exploration department; chemi
cal and mechanical engineering for
employment in the refining divis
ion at Beaumont; and preferably
men with M S and PH D degrees in
physics, analytical chemistry, phy
sical chemistry, chemical, electrical
and petroleum engineering for em
ployment with the research labora
tories .
• C. Brewer & Company, Ltd. of
Honolulu, Hawaii, would like to in
terview in October or early Novem
ber any January and June grad
uates in chemical, electrical, me
chanical or agricultural engineer
ing who might be interested in an
industrial career in the Hawaiian
sugar industry. This company has
ten plantations and ten factories
manufacturing more than twenty-
five per cent of the raw sugar pro
duced annually in Hawaii. There is
a two year in-service training pro
gram for chemical, electrical and
mechanical engineers to train for
supervisory positions and the agri
cultural engineers are assigned to
plantation operation positions.
Anyone interested in interviewing
this Company should sign up at
the Placement Office by Oct. 9.
• The Canco Corporation of Hous
ton is in need of mechanical or
civil engineers for structural de
tailing work.
• There are openings for men
trained in aeronautical, mechani
cal or electrical engineering with
the high speed flight research sta
tion of the National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics at Edwards,
Cal. Work which would be in re
search and extension courses at
graduate level are being sponsored
by the University of Sou them Cali
fornia which makes it possible for
their professional personnel to se
cure credits which may be applied
toward an advanced degree.
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JERRY BENNETT, ED HOLDER Co-Editors
Chuck Neighbors Managing Editor
Harri Baker Campus Editor
Bob Boriskie - - Sports Editor
Jon Kinslow . City Editor
Jerry Estes / Basic Division Editor
Bob Hendry...'”””."".!"---------- feature Editor
Barbara Rubin ^ociety Editor
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TO BE HERE SOON—but only in moving pictures. Donna
Reed will appear in the movie version of James Jones’ best
selling “From Here to Eternity.” The film is a story of
the army in the pre-World War II days in Rawaii.
Experiment Station Worker
Plagued by Number Three
BY JOE HIPP
Battalion Staff Writer
One of the three top men in the
Agriculture Experiment station of
fices is finding himself plagued by
the number three.
Dr. Rex Johnston, assistant di
rector of the experiment station, is
the father of three children, has
three secretaries in the outer of
fice, is starting his third year as
assistant director, has worked for
the experiment station in three
locations, and has three major
hobbies.
Sharing duties three ways in the
experiment station with Dr. R. D.
Lewis and Dr. R. E. Patterson, Dr.
Johnston has worked for the agri
culture experiment stations since
1941 when he did graduate work in
Iowa state college, Temple and Col
lege Station.
The three secretaries work for
all three officials, but they are all
located adjucent to his office.
WhaVs Cooking
MONDAY
7:30 p. m.—Society of American
Military Engineers, 2C, MSC.
Organizational meeting.
TUESDAY
7:30 p. m.—AIIE meeting, room
207, New Engineering building.
Student speakers.
Dr. Johnston has lived at 513
Kyle St. since moving to College
Station in 1951. He is a member
First Baptist church in Bryan.
His three children are Joe 11,
Janice, 5; and George, 2. He gets
help from his wife in one of his
three hobbies, gardening. Dr.
Johnston also collects stamps and
is an amateur photographer.
Organizer of the water research
and information center, Dr. Johns
ton is presently working with
other A&M officials on two Texas
State Fair exhibit.
Study Club Opens
Season with Tea
A tea in the Social room of the
Memorial Student Center will open
the season for the Campus Study
club at 3 p. m. Tuesday.
Presidents of the federated wo
men’s clubs of College Station and
Bryan will be honored guests at
the affair.
Mrs. Carl Landiss is chairman
for the tea. She will be assisted by
Mesdames J. C. Culpepper. Ed
ward Madelcy, Eugene Rush, J. H.
Sorrels, Robert F. Smith and Bill
Welch.
Music will be provided by Miss
Carol Lynch.
Mrs. Carl Lyman is study club
president.
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By ED HOLDER
Battalion Co-Editor
On the “pink” side of life—The Campus Chat of North
Texas State College tells this little yarn.
A senior at the Denton school got tired of signing state
ments concerning his loyalty during his college career.
The student “signed” his oath the other day, and gave
it to the notary public. The officer notarized it without
question. The name ?—Lavrenty Beria.
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Speaking of “tinted” organizations, The Toreador of
Texas Tech ‘ says “an organization for encouraging school
spirit among freshmen men” is being established. The group
will make its first appearance at the pep rally preceding the
Tech-A&M game. They call themselves the “Red Shirts.”—
Be careful, boys.
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The University of Texas is signing up members to their
Great Issues course. “The Red Menace” will be the theme for
the group. . |
The Daily Texan reports President Logan Wdson urged ^
students join the program. He thinks it will be of great
value to them.
He bases his statement on, “To combat communism ef
fectively we must first understand it. We shall need some
thing more than bombs and bombast.
“More of our people ought to know what communism is,
how it originates, and why it spreads. It is particularly im
portant for our leaders of tomorrow to have this knowledge
and to be able to use it.”
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Baylor and Texas Tech are plan- from Baylor and BS from Tech,
ning a cooperative five-year pro- DePaul university in Chicago has
gram in engineering. had an increase oi 50 per cent in
the number of ROTC cadets, their
Tech’s school paper says the stu- sc ] 100 l paper The Depaulia says,
dent will study three years at Bay- This brings their total to 500.
lor and two years at Tech under military department also re*
the proposed plan. ceived new space and four new in*
At the end of five years, the structors to teach the new branch '
student will get his BA degree general training of the army.
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Students at TSCW will get the this weekend. ;
last word on “wlio is the most J lie Dciily Lass-O says cjualifi-
beautiful of them all” when the del- cations for the Sweetheart title are
egatipn from A&M makes the an- poise, charm, social adequacy and
nouncement this weekend in Den- must have a “C” average with no
^ on- F’s or incompletes.
Fred Mitchell, corps commander. The nominees also must be pho-
and 14 other Aggies left yesterday togenic, and be willing to accept
afternoon for Denton. financial obligations involved in
There are 15 finalists from which representing both schools,
the delegation could pick. The se- With a list of pre-requisites like
lection was made Monday night, that it’s a wonder they get any ^
but will not be announced until one to take their course.
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