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Battalion Editorials
Page 2 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1955
Not Too Late
For Easter Seals
It’s not too late to do your part in helping
out the kids by way of the Easter seal drive.
The seals will be on sale until Easter day,
and the best thing about them is that most
of the money for their purchase price stays
right here.
Giving to campaigns is a nice philanthrop
ic gesture, but it’s always much nicer when
you know the money is going to stay close
to home.
Eighty per cent of the money collected
in this county stays in this county, to help
in crippled children’s work.
The twenty per cent that goes outside
of the county goes to national emergency
areas and for research work.
So it’s a worthy cause, and there’s no
reason for not donating.
Too Late
All the students who had to leave at 5
p.m. Wednesday for the holidays are certain
ly going to Wish the Executive committee and
the Academic council had been a little more
prompt in deciding on whether or not to act
on the Student Senate’s recommendation.
mpufi Max Qhvlmm
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek,” etc.)
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
The first thought that comes into our minds upon entering
college is, of course, marriage. But how many of us go about
seeking mates, as I like to call them, in a truly scientific manner?
Not many, you may be sure. Most of us simply marry the first
person who comes along. This can lead to unpleasant conse
quences, especially if the person we marry is already married.
Let us today make a scientific survey of the three principle
causes of marriage —homogamy, personality need, and propin
quity. We will examine these one at a time.
H omogamy means the attraction of like for like. In marriage
it is rarely opposites which attract; the great majority of people
choose mates who resemble themselves in taste, personality,
outlook, and, perhaps most important of all, cultural level.
Take, for example, the case of two students of a few years
ago named Anselm Glottis and Florence Catapult. 'Anselm fell
madly in love with Florence, but she rejected him because she
was majoring in the Don Juanian Poets and he was in the lowly
school of forestry. After graduation Anselm got a job as a
forest ranger. Still determined to win Florence, he read every
single Don Juanian Poet cover to cover while sitting in his
lookout towei'.
His plan, alas, miscarried. Florence, sent on a world cruise
as a graduation present, picked up the betel nut habit in the
Indies. Today, a derelict, she keeps body and soul together by
working as a sampan off Mozambique. And Anselm, engrossed
in the Don Juanian Poets, failed to notice a forest fire which
destroyed 29,000,000 acres of second growth blue spruce. Today,
a derelict, he teaches Herrick and Lovelace at the Connecticut
School of Mines.
The second reason why people marry, personality need, means
that you often choose a mate because he or she possesses certain
qualities that complete and fulfill your own personality. Take,
for instance, the case of Alanson Duck. As a freshman, Alanson
made a fine scholastic record, played varsity lacrosse, and was
very popular with his fellow students. Yet Alanson was not
happy. There was something lacking in his life, something vague
and indefinable that was needed to make his personality complete.
Then one day Alanson discovered what it was. As he was
walking out of his class in Flemish pottery, a fetching coed
named Grace Ek offered him a handsome brown package and
said, “Philip Morris?”
“Yes!” he cried, for all at once he knew what he had been
needing to round out his personality —the gentle fulfillment of
Philip Morris Cigarettes, the soul-repairing mildness of their
vintage tobaccos, the balm of their unparalleled taste, the ease
and convenience of their bonny brown Snap-Open pack. “Yes,
I will take a Philip Morris!” cried Alanson. “And I will also
take you to wife if you will have me!”
“La!” she exclaimed, throwing her apron over her face, but
after a while she removed it and they were married. Today they
live in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where Alanson is with
an otter glazing firm and Grace is a bookie.
Propinquity, the third cause of marriage, means closeness. Put
a boy and a girl in a confined space for a long period and they
will almost surely get married. A perfect example is the case of
Fafnir Sigafoos. While a freshman at Louisiana State, he was
required to crawl through the Big Inch pipeline as part of his
fraternity initiation. He entered the pipe at Baton Rouge. As
he passed Lafayette, Ind., he was agreeably surprised to be
joined by a comely girl named Mary Alice Isinglass, a Purdue
freshman, who had to crawl through the Big Inch as part of her
sorority initiation. When they emerged from the pipeline at
Burlington, Vermont, they were engaged, and, after a good hot
bath, they were married. Today they live in Klamath Falls, Ore.,
where Fafnir is in the weights and measures department and
Mary Alice is in the roofing game. They have three children,
all named Norman. ©Max shuiman, 1955
For your enjoyment the makers of Philip Morris have prepared a
handsome, illustrated booklet called MAX SHULMAN REVISITED,
containing a selection of the best of these columns. Get your copy,
absolutely free, ivith the purchase of a couple packs of Philip Morris
at your favorite tobacco counter. Hurry! The supply is limited..
Morgan Pleased
With Petroleum
Curriculum
More than 1,050 BS degrees
in petroleum engineering have
been awarded by A&.M since
1928, President David H. Mor
gan told the eighth annual Oil
Recovery conference, held here
Monday and Tuesday.
“It has always been the objec
tive of the department to provide
petroleum engineering graduates
to meet the requirements of the
industry,” Morgan said.
“In the field of graduate study
and research, the department has
been particularly active since 1947.
Immediately after World War II,
a considerable number of veterans
indicated an interest in graduate
study in petroleum engineering.
In 1949, Dr. H. T. Kennedy was
employed to devote full time to
graduate instruction,” he said.
“As you can readily see, I am
pleased with the spirit of this de
partment and look forward to its
continuing to meet your needs,”
Morgan added.
Rue Pinalle Plans
Set f or April 21
Faculty Rue Pinalle will be held
April 21 on the terrace of the
Memorial Student Center, with a
floor show drawn from the talent
of the college staff.
Co-chairmen for the event are
Mrs. R. A. Stevenson, wife of R.
A. Stevenson of the business ad
ministration department, and D. R.
Fitch of the business administrat
ion department.
Tickets for the affair, which is
sponsored by the Employees Dinner
Dance dlub, will be on sale April
13 - 20 at the main desk of the
MSC. They are $1.50, and a limited
number will be sold.
The Capers Combo will -play for
the dance, and door prizes and
costume prizes will be given. The
co-chairmen prefer that all who at
tend wear costumes.
WhaVs Cooking
FRIDAY
7:30—Houston A&M club, west
beach, Galveston, Texas. The
group will meet at the end of the
sea wall on the west beach. Danc
ing and campfire will be included.
Contact Jim Handcock or Don
Derby for details.
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Telephones may be installed in
civilian dormitories next fall, said
Bennie A. Zinn, head of student
affairs.
A survey is now being conduc
ted, which will include the number
of calls a student receives each
semester and preference as to what
type of answering system should
be used in each dormitory.
If the reports indicate a strong
demand for phones, then recom
mendations will be made asking in
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HOW LOW-PRICED
A GOOD
USED CAR
CAN BE!
1953 FORD Customline Club Coupe Fordomatic—
Heater and Radio-—Lie. No. NY 1571 . . $1050.00
1952 CHEVROLET Tudor with Heater-
Lie. No. NV 1566 $ 895.00
1951 OLDSMOBILE Super 88 Conv. Coupe-
Hydra Trans—Radio and Heater .... $ 995.00
1950 CHEVROLET Club Coupe Power Glide-
Radio and Heater—Lie. No. LW 2584 . . $ 495.00
1953 CHEVROLET dub Cpe, Heater and Radio—
Clean One Owner—Lie. No. ND 226 . . $1195.00 A
1953 PLYMOUTH Savoy Station Wagon—Heater
— Excellent condition $1250.00
1953 FORD Ranch Wagon—Radio and Heater—
An Extra nice.One-owner ...... . $1350.00 s
1949 WILLYS Station Wagon—overdrive —
An outstanding buy for only $495.00
Many others to choose from . . . All Registered for 1955
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