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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1956
CADET SLOUCH by James Earle
Take Another Look
The new year has begun and the events of the past 12
months are now only beautiful and painful memories.
A lot of time has slipped by, too much of it wasted. A
lot of things have happened that we have not liked, and a lot
of things have made us happy.
1956 provides us with the opportunity of reassessing
our goals in life, or even those temporary stop-gaps that we
hope to see realized on the immediate horizon.
1955 is past now, and we can’t bring it back. We can,
however, dream, and hope, and “dig in” to further our aims.
But let us reassess these aims; let us take a good look
at what we are concerning our future with ; and may we let
the overall benefit of society have its rightful place in our
ambition.
It’s a small world now that we have the modern age of
communications and transportation. A small world, but no
place for small minds.
On Campus
with
Max Qhu]inan
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek,” etc.)
ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE: NO. 2
Doff your caps and bells; there will be no fun and games this
day. Today, with earnestness and sobriety, we make the second
of our forays into social science. Today we take up the most
basic of all the social sciences —sociology itself.
Sociology teaches us that man is a social animal. It is not his
instincts or his heredity that determine his conduct; it is his
environment. This fact is vividly borne out when one considers
any of the several cases of children who were raised by wild ani
mals. Take, for example, the dossier on Julio Sigafoos.
Julio, abandoned as an infant in a dark wood near Cleveland,
was adopted by a pack of wild dogs and reared as one of their
oVvn. When Julio was found by a hunter at the age of twelve, the
poor child was more canine than human. He ran on all fours,
barked and growled, ate raw meat, lapped water with his tongue,
and could neither speak nor understand one single word. In
short, he was a complete product of his environment.
... ]\e vim <3 complete product of fus environment...
. (Julio, incidentally, was more fortunate than most wild chil
dren. They never become truly humanized, but Julio was excep
tional. Bit by bit, he began to talk and walk and eat and drink
as people do. His long dormant mental processes, when awakened
at last, turned out to be remarkably acute. In fact, he was so
bright that he learned to read and write in a month, got through
grammar school in five years and high school in two. And last
June, as thousands of spectators, knowing Julio’s tragic back
ground, stood and ehbered, he was graduated valedictorian from
Cal Tech with a degree in astrophysics!
(Who can say to what towering heights this incredible boy
would have risen had he not been killed the day after commence
ment while chasing a car?)
But I digress. To return to sociology, people tend to gather in
groups —a tendency that began, as we all know, with the intro
duction of Philip Morris Cigarettes. What an aid to sociability
they are! How benignly one looks upon his fellows after a puff
of Philip Morris’s gentle, pleasant, flavorful tobacco! How eager
it makes one to share, to communicate, to extend the hand of
friendship! How grateful we all are to Philip Morris for mak
ing possible this togetherness! How good not to live in the bleak
pre-Philip Morris world, with every man a stranger!
The groups that people live in today (thanks to Philip Morris)
vary widely in their customs. What is perfectly acceptable in
one society may be outlandish in another. Take, for instance, the
case of Ug Poopoomoogoo.
Ug, a Polynesian lad, grew up in an idyllic South Sea isle
where the leading social event of the year was the feast of Max,
the sun god. A quaint all-day ceremony was held, with tribal
dancing, war chants, fat lady races, pie eating contests, and,
for the grand finale, the sacrifice of two dozen maidens.
According to Ug’s folkways, sacrificing maidens was quite
acceptable, but when in his eighteenth year he was sent as an
exchange student to the University of Wisconsin, he soon learned
that Americans take a dim view of this practice —in Wisconsin,
at any rate. The first twelve or thirteen maidens Ug sacrificed,
he was let off with a warning. When, however, he persisted, dras
tic measures were taken —he was de-pledged by his fraternity.
A broken man, Ug quit school and moved to Milwaukee where
today he earns a meagre living as a stein. ©Max Shulman, 1955
This column is brought to you by the makers of Philip Morris
Cigarettes, ivho are otherwise rational men. Ask for new Philip
Morris in. the smart new red, white and goltl package.
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Daigle and Burlin were burned
beyond recognition when their aut
omobile collided with an oilfield
equipment truck near La Grange
Dec. 18. Both vehicles burst into
flames immediately after the acci-
Shirley
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mittce, a finalist in the “Miss Aus
tin” contest, a semi-finalist in Blue
Bonnet Belles, dancer for USO
shows in Fort Worth and Dallas,
Round-Up Review chorus line, and
the chorus line in the production
“Hernando’s Hideaway.”
Miss Cannon also modeled one
summer for Nicman’s College
Board in Dallas.
Formerly a student at Arlington
State College for two years, the
new consultant finished her work
at the University last year. It was
on the occasion of her prospective
graduation that she told a Daily
Texan reporter, “It’s time I grad
uated. I’ve been in school too long.
After that, 1 want to get away
from it all and take a long vaca
tion.”
She got her vacation, began
work for her Master’s—and now
lives in College Station at the
home of Mrs. Arch Baker, 104
Pershing St.
Another thing that Miss Cannon
participated in at the University
of Texas was the Triggerettes, a
group of girls who are handy with
rifles and well-acquainted with
marksmanship. She holds medals
for being the. outstanding female
rifle shot on the UT campus.
And Miss Shirley Cannon is still
“quick on the trigger.” But at
A&M it’s with a fast and ready
smile.
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BAST DAY
SKIN DIVER ACTION!
AQUA-LUNG THRILLS!
dent, which occured in a heavy fog.
Two other persons, Mr. and Mrs.
Woodward G. Davis, died in the
crash. Davis was driving the oil
truck at the time of the accident.
By the time the La Grange Fire
Department brought the fire under
control, all four bodies were burned
beyond recognition. T h e bodies
were identified by checking license
plates on the vehicles and by a few
personal items which were scat
tered through the wreckage.
The two students were driving to
Houston after attending a dance at
Austin. Daigle was from Houston
and Burlin from Tampa, Fla.
Job Calls
The following interview will be
held tomorrow:
N O R T H AMERICAN AVIA
TION, INC. of Downey, Calif, will
interview all degree levels in elec
trical, mechanical, chemical, civil,
aeronautical, industrial engineer
ing, physics, mathematics, and any
other student requesting an inter
view with this company.
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One open door after another”
“That’s how I feel about the telephone
company,” says Walter D. Walker,
B.E.E., University of Minnesota, ’51.
“When I joined the company I felt that
I could go in any direction. And that’s
the way it’s been.
“For the first six months I was given
on-the-job training in the fundamentals
of the telephone business — how lines are
put up and equipment installed. Learn
ing those fundamentals has really paid
oil for me.
“Then I had the opportunity to go to
the Bell Laboratories in New Jersey.
I worked on memory crystals — ferro
electric crystals — for use in digital com
puters. I learned how important research
is to the telephone business.
“After two years I came back to Min
nesota, to St. Cloud, to work in the
District Plant Engineer’s Office. There
I made field studies of proposed con
struction projects and drew up plans to
guide the construction crews. This com
bination of inside and outside work
gave me invaluable experience.
“In July, 1955,1 came to Minneapolis
as an Engineer in the Exchange Plant
Extension Engineer’s Office. We do fore
casting— not of the weather, hut of fu
ture service needs. Using estimates of
growth and economic studies, we make
our plans for the years ahead. We fig
ure out where and when new facilities
will be needed to meet future growth.
“All this has been preparing me for
a real future. You see, the telephone
company is expanding by leaps and
bounds. That’s why it offers a young
man so many open doors.”
Wally Walker’s career is with Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company. Similar career opportunities
exist in other Bell Telephone Companies, and in
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Western Eleetric and
Sandia Corporation. Your placement officer has
more information regarding Bell System companies.
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An important reason is the fact that Kaiser Alumi
num is the nation’s fastest-growing major producer of
aluminum. We now produce close to 30% of all the pri
mary aluminum made in this country.
And we recently announced a new expansion pro
gram—the greatest single expansion in the history of
the aluminum industry— that will soon make Kaiser
Aluminum the second largest producer in the United
States.
We are expanding rapidly because the future uses for
this modern metal are almost unlimited.
As a result, we are looking for exceptional young men
who want unlimited opportunities for advancement and
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As we expand, ambitious young men of ability at
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positions in management, planning, production super
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But our rapid expansion is only one of the reasons
why your opportunities are great at Kaiser Aluminum.
The complete story is told in the 23-page booklet, “Your
Opportunity with Kaiser Aluminum.” Get your copy at
your college placement office now.
WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR PLACEMENT OFFICE, BE SURE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH
OUR REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL BE ON YOUR CAMPUS ON JANUARY 9, 1956
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FOR YOUR COPY of this interesting,
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placement office.