I ! New Students In Oceanography
Thirteen new students working
toward advanced Oceanography de
grees have registered in the De
partment of Oceanography this se
mester. All of them will study un
der some form of fellowship or as-
sistantship aid, the majority of
them on assistantships administer
ed through the college and the
A&M Research Foundation.
Two fox - eign countries, Noi'way
and Puerto Rico, are I’epresented
as well as eight states scattered
ovex 1 the nation. From Olso, Nor
way, is Herman G. Gade, maj'oring
in physical oceanography, Juan
Gonzale», holding a B.S. in biology
from the University of Puei’to
Rico, is working here toward a
M.S. in Biological oceanography.
Other new students are Herbert
Cur], Ph.D. candidate at Florida
State University here as a special
student for supplementary work;
Ralph E. Scales, Orange; Frederick
Marland, Eugene Traganza, John
Henderson, Roy Gaul, James B.
Smith, Joe S. Creager, Raymond
McAllister, Vernon J. Henry, and
Coni-ad Neuman.
OnCgnpus
with
MaxShuIman
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek," etc.)
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SMOOCH
Back in my courting days (the raccoon coat was all the rage,
everybody was singing Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip and
young Bonaparte had just left Corsica) back, I say, in my court
ing days, the standard way to melt a girl’s heart was to write
poetry to her.
Young men today have abandoned this gambit, and I must
say I don’t understand why. Nothing is quite as effective as
poetry for moving a difficult girl. What’s more, poems are
ridiculously easy to write. The range of subject matter is end
less. You can write a poem about a girl’s hair, her eyes, her nose,
her lips, her teeth, her walk, her talk, her clothes, her shoes —
anything at all. Indeed, one of my most lambent love lyrics was
called To Maud's Pencil Box. It went like this:
In your dear little leatherette pencil box
Are pencils of yellow and red,
And if you don’t tell me you love me soon.
I’ll hit you on top of the head.
Honesty compels me to admit that this poem fell short of
success. Nothing daunted, I wrote another one. This time I
pulled a switch; 1 threatened myself instead of Maud.
Oh, Maud, pray stop this drivel
And tell me you’ll be mine,
For my sweetbreads they do shrivel
And wind around my spine.
My heart doth cease its beating.
My spleen uncoils and warps.
My liver slops secreting.
Soon I needs be a corpse.
When this heart-rending ballad failed to move Maud, I could
only conclude that she was cruel and heartless and that I was
better off without her. Accordingly, I took back my Hi-Y pin,
bid her adieu, and have not clapped eyes upon her since. Last I
heard of her, she was in North Scituate, Rhode Island, working
as a clam sorter.
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But I did not mourn Maud long, for after Maud came Doris —
Doris of the laughing eyes, Doris of the shimmering hair, Doris
of the golden tibiae! Within moments of meeting her, I whipped
up a torrent of trochaic tetrameter:
Oh, my sweet and dulcet Doris!
You’re gentle as a Philip Morris,
With its mild and rich tobacco
And its white and scarlet pack-o,
Both in regular and king-size.
Doris, tell me please your ring size.
Well, of course, the poor girl couldn’t resist a poem like that—
what girl could?—and she instantly became my slave. For the
rest of the semester she carried my books, washed my car, and
coi'ed my apples. There’s no telling where it all would have
ended if she hadn’t been drafted.
So, men, you can see the efficacy of poetry as an aid to wooing.
Ti'y it soon. All you need is a rhyming dictionary, a quill pen,
and a second-hand muse. ©Max shuiman, idss
The makers of PHILIP MORRIS, sponsors of this column, give you
no rhyme, hut plenty of reason, for smoking Philip Morris: IPs the
gentlest, pleasantest cigarette on the market today.
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Welton Jones City Editor
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Battalion Editorials
Page 2
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1955
Last Warning
It’s our last chance to warn many of you before you get
off for the Corps Trip to Fort Worth this weekend. .
It’s a long drive and all long trips has the ever-pres
ent danger of an automobile accident. And chances are that,
barring Aggies being “luckier” than they were last year,
some of our students will be involved in a wreck this weekend.
One way to help make us “luckier” this year would be
to redefine luck in terms of “carefulness.”
It isn’t the many times we obey all the rules of traffic
safety and common sense that get us in trouble on our high
ways. It’s those few times that some outside influence, be
it a sense of power, alcohol, a desire to “show off,” or just
not looking where we’re going, overpowers us that cause al
most all our wrecks.
And it doesn’t matter how careful we are to observe that
we are doing right—if we fail to observe what the other fel
low is doing.
We had a bad traffic fatality record at A&M last year;
so far this year we’ve had only injuries and.no deaths. Let s
keep this record of no deaths and try to eliminate as many
as possible of the so-called minor wrecks that can still play
havoc with a person’s body.
This will be a rough weekend for travel, but safety can
and must be accomplished.
CADET SLOUCH
by James Earle
Leipper Appointed
To USNC Panel
Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of the
Oceanography Department, has
been appointed to technical panels
by the U. S. National Committee
for the International Geophysical
Y ear, 1957-58.
He has been named executive
vice-chairman of the U. S. National
Committee Technical Panel of Me
teorology and a member of the
Oceanography panel.
Leipper has recently returned
xrom a meeting in Brussells where
he met with scientists fro m
throughout the world on the Inter
national Geophysical Year.
The USNC International Geo
physical Year was established by
the National Academy of Science
to plan, dii'ect and execute the U.
S. program during the Internation
al Geophysical Year 1957-58. Fed
eral sponsorship and funds have
been obtained by the Academy’s
committee thirough the National
Science Foundation, the govern
ment agency responsible for feder
ally supported basic research. To
date the congress has appropria
ted $12 million for the program.
During the International Geo
physical Year the scientists of 40
nations will conduct the most com-
orehensive study of the earth ever
undertaken. Dr. Leipper said. “In-
‘ensive investigations throughout
the world will be. carried out in
meteorology, latitude and longi
tude determinations, geomagnet
ism, gravity measurements, ionos
pheric physics, aurora and airglow,
TSC W Cam iva l
Begins Oct. 18
The third annual Gold Rush Car
nival at Texas State College for
Women will be held on their cam
pus beginning Ttxesday, Oct. 18.
A parade starting at 4 p.m. Tues
day will launch the carnival. A
midway coxxxplete with games and
prizes, rides and variety stunts is
also planned for the event. Ad
mission is ten cents per person.
The carnival is being held for
the purpose, of raising money for
the TSCW foundation, a charitable
organization for advancing the in
terests of higher education in the
state and promoting the general
welfare of TSCW.
Pretty vegetable platter: cauli
flower surrounded with alternate
mounds’ of cai x’ots and green peas
f or snap beans.
System Board
Compliments
Band Conduct
The A&M System Board of
Directors recently passed a
resolution complimenting the
Band on its trip to California,
Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, band
director, and the Former Students
Association.
In part, the resolution reads as
follows:
“Whereas the appearance and
performance of the Band was high
ly creditable and the personal con
duct of the members evoked much
favorable comment from those
who came irf contact with the stu
dents on the ti’ip, and
“Whex-eas this action reflects
credit upon the Band and A&M,
the Board desh'es to express to
Col. Adams its gratitude for his
fine work and Dr. David H. Moi'-
gan, px-esident of A&M, gratitude
for his outstanding leadership in
leading the drive to obtain funds
for the ti'ip, and that
“It be I’esolved that the Board
express its gratitude to the many
members of the Former Students
Association and friends of the Col
lege who generously provided the
financial support which made this
ti’ip possible.”
To peel tomatoes, dip them into
boiling water for about a minute.
Pull off the skin after you have
cut out the stem end.
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solar activity, cosmic x’ays, glaci
ology, oceanography, seismology,
rocket exploration of the upper at
mosphere and the earth satellite
program,” he said.
TODAY & FRIDAY
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
“THEY WERE SO
YOUNG”
Scott Brady — Johanna Matz
Raymond Burr
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
“Star Is Born”
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ANNOUNCEMENT
To
TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS
of
• COLLEGE STATION
EXCHANGE
We are pleased to announce that we will
move our Local Business Office activities on
October 15th. to our recently completed New
Building on Nagle St., near the Circle Drive In
theatre entrance, and across from the Catholic
Student Center.
Beginning Monday October 17th all busi
ness will be transacted from the new location.
We look forward to welcoming and serving
you in our new home.
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