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U of H Beats Golfers Cadet Marcelino Moreno shot a two-under par 68 to win medalist honors but the University of Hous ton downed A&M’s varsity golfers, 5-1, here yesterday. The Fish, led by Bobby Nichols’ 68, edged the Cougar frosh, 314- 2y 2 . Varsity summaries: Rex Baxter, Houston, (72) de feated Bobby Briggs, A&M (74), 2 and 1. Pete Hessemer, Houston (70) downed Tommy Cox, A&M (74). Wally Bradley, Houston (71) de feated Dave Vandervoort, A&M (74) 4 and 3. Tommy Cruse, Hous ton (70) halved Moreno, A&M (68). Frehsmen summaries: Bobby Nichols, A&M defeated Frank Wharton, Houston, 5 and 4. Les Wasserman, Houston defeated Ed Malone, A&M, 3 and 2. Jim Hiskey, Houston, defeated Joe McKune, A&M, 4 and 3. Stu art Nuckols, A&M, defeated Larry Morrell, Houston, 7 and 6. On Campus uftth MaxShuIman (Author of "Barefoot Boy With. Cheek ” etc.) SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE: NO. 3 Once again the makers of Philip Morris, men who are dedicated to the betterment of American youth, have consented to let me use this space, normally intended for levity, to bring you a brief lesson in science. It is no new thing, this concern that the makers of Philip Morris feel for American youth. Youth was foremost in their minds when they fashioned their cigarette. They were aware that the palate of youth is keen and eager, awake to the subtlest nuances of flavor. And so they made a gentle and clement smoke, a suave blending of temperate vintage tobaccos, a summery amalgam of the most tranquil and emollient leaf that their buyers could find in all the world. And then they designed their cigarette in two sizes,'king-size and regular, and wrapped them in the convenient Snap-Open pack, and priced them at a figure that youth could afford, and made them available at every tobacco counter in the land. That’s what they did, the makers of Philip Morris, and I for one am glad. The science that we take up today is called astronomy, from the Greek words astro meaning “sore” and nomy meaning “back.” Sore backs were the occupational disease of the early Greek astronomers, and no wonder! They used to spend every blessed night lying on the damp ground and looking up at the sky, and if there’s a better way to get a sore back, I’d like to hear about it. Especially in the moist Mediterranean ar^a, where Greece is generally considered to be. Lumbago and related disorders kept astronomy from becom ing very popular until Galileo, a disbarred flenser of Perth, fashioned a home made telescope in 1924 out of three Social Security cards and an ordinary ice cube. What schoolboy does not know that stirring story — how Galileo stepped up to his telescope, how he looked heavenward, how his face filled with wonder, how he stepped back and whispered the words heard round the world: “L’etat, c’est moi!” Well sir, you can imagine what happened then! William Jennings Bryan snatched Nell Gwynne from the shadow of the guillotine at Oslo; Chancellor Bismarck brought in four gushers in a single afternoon; Hal Newhouser was signed by the Hanseatic League; Crete was declared off limits to Wellington’s entire army; and William Faulkner won the Davis Cup for his immortal Penrod and Sam. B wt after a while things calmed down, and astronomers began the staggering task of naming all the heavenly bodies. First man to name a star was Sigafoos of Mt. Wilson, and the name he chose was Betelgeuse, after his wife Betelgeuse Sigafoos, prom queen at Michigan State College from 1919 to 1931. Not to be outdone, Formfig of Yerkes Observatory named a whole constellation after his wife, Big Dipper Formfig, the famed dirt track racer. This started the custom of astronomers naming constellations after their wives — Capricorn, Cygni, Orion, Ursa Major, Canis Major, and so forth. (The Major girls, Ursa and Canis, both married astronomers, though Canis subse quently ran off with a drydock broker named Thwaite Daphnis.) After naming all the heavenly bodies, the astronomers had a good long rest. Then, refreshed and brown as berries, they undertook the gigantic project of charting the heavens. Space is so vast that it is measured in units called “light-years.” These are different from ordinary years in that they weigh a good deal less. This, of course, is only relative, since space is curved. As Einstein laughingly said, “E=mc 2 .” Well, I guess that covers astronomy pret-ty thoroughly. Exit before we leave this fascinating topic, let us answer one final question: Is there life on other planets? The answer is a flat, unequivocal no. Recent spectroscopic studies have proved beyond a doubt that the atmosphere of the other planets is far too harsh to permit the culture of the delicate vintage tobaccos that go into Philip Morris Cigarettes . . . And who can live without Philip Morris? ©Max Shulinan, 1955 This heavenly ctilumn — like the author's more earthy ones — is broitfthl to you by the makers of PHILIP MORRIS cigarettes—tvho feel you'll find real enjoyment in their prtnluct. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1955 Might Be Handy The announcement in Friday’s paper of more than $8,000 in scholarships and awards to be made to A&M students in the next few weeks should have a line forming in front of the registrar’s office. Most of the awards are for classified ju niors planning to graduate next year and for engineering students, but a few are outside that category. The unusual thing about scholarships and awards is that so many deserving students never apply for one because they feel they don’t have a chance to be selected anyway. They are right in one respect. If they don’t apply for one of the awards, they cer tainly don’t have a chance. Remember, the deadline for applying is March 20, so any student who could use some extra money next year should check on the available awards and scholarships. The money might come in handy. Cadet Slouch SON)? by James Earle What's Cooking Vs/MAT^ WROMG VC? ? VO' WE-HTT -m C VO Al kl'T OKI mo’•cljt P£oe>isnOM: TUESDAY 7:00 — ASAE, Ag Engineering building. 7:15 — Spanish club, 127 Aca demic. 7:30 — Kream and Kow Klub, Creamery, speaker: Dr. Shrode Guest. 7:30 — French club, room 124 Academic. Two short films, one narrated in Fi’ench and one in Eng lish. Admission 25 cents. Business meeting: draw up a constitution, select club name, and decide on meeting dates. A&M Will Enter Bridge Tourney A&M will enter the National In tercollegiate Bridge tournament when the 16 hands which are mail ed to entx-ants will be played. Any undergraduate student may play, according to Miss Gladys Black, sponsor of the A&M team. The hands will be played at 7:30 p.m. in the assembly room of the Memorial Student Centex’. Prizes include trophy cups for colleges winning national titles. Charles Skillman is chairman of the MSC bridge committee, and Wayne Staxk, director of the MSC, is chairman of the tournament committee. Bliecher Leads 3-0 Bowling Win ^ Joe Bliecher scored a 202 high ganxe and a 525 high series to lead the A&M bowling team to a 3-0 win over Baylor Friday. Al McLellan had a 500 series score, Ed Goodman, 472, John Red den, 470, and Maxk Hanna, 444. BRING YOUR CAR TO US FOR . . . Best “TUNE-UP” In Town BRUNER BATTERY & ELECTRIC CO. 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Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Publication Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. BOB BORISKIE, HARRI BAKER Jon Kinslow. Co-Editors ; : Managing Editor j Jerry Wizig Sports Editor Don Shepard, Ralph Cole News Editors Bill Fullerton City Editor | Konnie Greathouse Sports Writer 1 Roger Coad, Welton Jones, John Warner. Reportei’s : Mrs. Jo Ann Cocanougher Women's Editor Miss Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent JOHN HUBER Advertising Manager Claude Nussbaum, Romeo Chapa Advertising Salesmen i Tuesday, March 15 — Tennessee Gas Transmission company — pe- troleum engineex-ing, accounting, business administration, economics, agricultural economics, industrial education majors for the following type openings: BS or MS in ac counting for work in Houston; BS or MS in petrolexim engineering to woi’k in the Southwest area; also personnel interested in life insur ance sales management training for employment in Houston. Coi-- pus Christi, or Lubbock. This would be with the new wholly- owned subsidiaxy, Tennessee Life Insux’ance Company. Tuesday, Mai’ch 15 — Sun Oil company — employment in Dallas reseai’ch laboi-atory; permanent po sition: June grads with BS and MS in physical chemistry, petrol eum, chemical and civil engineer ing. Summer employment: for boys classified at least as juniors and in top 25 per cent of class—majors in chemistry, chemical and petrol eum engineering, physics. Tuesday, March 15—Sunray Oil corpox-ation—interviews for petrol eum and geological engineex’s and any engineex’s intei’ested in petrol exim production, field development or resex-voir engineering. * Tuesday, Max-ch 15—Cities Serv ice Reseai’ch & Developmentof Tul- | sa, Okla.—interviews at the petx-o- leum engineex-ing department for petroleum, chemical engineex-ing. Phi Eta Sigma (Continued fx*om Page 1) D. Lai i d, Delvin J. Lefnei’, Charles S. Lessard, John M. Long, Konind P. Losen, Ronald S. McCarter, Gex- ald N. McGown, Roy Lee McKay, Dewitt McLallen, John L. Martin, Thomas C. Massey, Roy Eax-nest Mitchell, Tom C. Morris, Yack C. Moseley, James H. Munnerlyn, Sam Paul Nave, Jack E. Nelson, John j G. Nolte jx\, Lawrence L. Patton. I John B. Phillips, Elbei’t Frank Pipes, Fletcher Pool, Joe Henry Post, Charles H. Price, Robert D. ! Purrington, George M. Ragsdale, William M. Redditt, X. B. Reed jr., Robert J. Ring jr., George T. Shep- ard, Clax-ence J. Shumbera, Joe Thomas Simmons, Douglas M. Skel ton, Clarence C. Skrovan. John E. Smith, Robert R. Stans- bei-ry jr., John C. Stephens, Louis C. Stipp, Peter L. Stromberg, Dan Charles Thompson, Chai’les T. Tuckei*, John W. Llmer, Roscoe L. Van Zandt, Alan Ward Vencil, Jules R. Viterbo, Samuel Boyd Wachel, Curtis S. Wells, Jerome L. Win kler jr., Donald B. W’ood, Robex-t R. Wunderlich, and Jack Rodney Yardley. ' i physics and physical chemistry. Schedule is at the petroleum engi neering department. 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