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Pagre 2
THE BATTALION
Tuesday, February 14, 1956
Consolidated Menu
Menu for the A&M Consolidated
Schools this week is as follows:
Wednesday
Hamburgers, potato chips, but
tered corn, pickles and onions, buns
milk and cupcakes.
Thursday
Chili beans, spinach and bacon,
cabbage and onion salad, corn-
bread and butter, milk and stewed
apricots.
Friday
Salmon patties, creamed new po
tatoes, English peas and carrots,
vegetable salad, bread, milk and
apple crisp.
On Campus
With
Max Qhulman
(Author of “Barefoot Boy With Check,” etc.)
THE CARE AND FEEDING OF ROOM-MATES
Today we take up room-mates, a delightful phenomenon of
American college life. Having a room-mate is not only heaps of
fun ; it is also very educational, for the proper study of mankind
is man, and there is no bettei* way to learn the dreams and
drives of another human being than to share a room with him.
This being the case, it is wise not to keep the same room-mate
too long, because the more room-mates you have, the more you
will know about the dreams and drives of human beings. And
that’s what we’re all after, isn’t it?
So try to change room-mates as often as you can. A recent
study made by Sigafoos of Michigan State shows that the best
interval for changing room-mates is every four hours.
Now let us discuss how to go about choosing a room-mate. Most
counselors agree that the most important thing to look for in
room-mates is that they be
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mates every
people of regular habits. This,
1 say, is arrant nonsense. What
if one of their regular habits
happens to be beating a great
gong from midnight to three
a.m. ? Or growing cultures in
the tooth glass? Or reciting
the Articles of War? Or peanut
brittle ?
Regular habits indeed! I say
that beyond quibble, far and
away the most important qual
ity in room-mates is that they
be exactly your size. Otherwise
you will have to have their
clothes altered t j fit you, which
can be a considf rable nuisance.
In fact, it is sometimes flatly
impossible. I recollect one time
I roomed with a man named
Tremblatt Osage who was just
under seven feet tall and weighed nearly four hundred pounds.
There wasn’t a blessed thing I could use in his entire wardrobe—
until one night when I was invited to a masquerade party. I
cut one leg off a pair of Tremblatt’s trousers, jumped into it,
sewed up both ends and went to the party as a bolster. ( Inci
dentally, I took second prize. First prize went to a girl named
Antenna Wilkins who poured molasses over her head and went
as a candied apple.)
B ut I digress. Let us get back to the qualities that make de
sirable room-mates. Not the least of these is the cigarettes they
smoke. When we borrow cigarettes, do
we want them to be harsh, shoddy, and
disdainful of our palates? Certainly
not! What, then, do we want them to
be? Why, we want them to be gentle,
delicately-reared, and designed to suit
the tempo of today’s broader, easier
life! And what cigarette is gentle,
delicately-reared, and designed to suit
the tempo of today’s broader, easier
life? Why, Philip Morris, of corris!
(I’ll bet you knew it all the time!)
To go on. In selecting a room-mate,
take great pains to find someone who
will wear well, whom you’d like to keep
as a permanent friend. Many of his
tory’s great friendships first started in
college. Are you aware, for example,
of the remarkable fact that Johnson
and Boswell were room-mates at Ox
ford in 1712? What makes this fact
so remarkable is that in 1712 Johnson
was only three years old and Boswell
had not been born yet. But, of course,
children matured much earlier in those
days. Take Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
who wrote his first symphony at the ^
age of four. Or Titian, who painted his fii'st masterpiece at five.
Or Hans Otto McGrath, who was in many ways the most remark
able of all; he was appointed chief of the Copenhagen police
department at the age of six!
(It must be admitted, however, that the appointment was less
than a success. Criminals roamed the city, robbing and looting
at will. They knew young McGrath would never pursue them;
he was not allowed to cross the street.) ©.Max sum man, 1956
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The makers of Philip Morris, who sponsor this column, cordially
invite you and your room-male to try today’s new, gentle Philip Morris.
It’s always welcome!
The Battalion
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Represents the Views of the Student Editors
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Texas and the City of College Station, is published by students in the Office of Student
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BILL FULLERTON Editor
Ralph Cole Managing Editor
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Job Calls
Wedn esday
JONES & LAUGHLIN — inter
view for men with interest in sales
career for business administration,
economies, agricultural economics,
industrial education, and industrial
engineering majors.
ARO, INC. — Tullahoma, Term,
will interview aeronautical, me
chanical, electrical engineering,
mathematics and physics majors.
OHIO OIL COMPANY—will in
terview accounting majors.
THE CONTINENTAL OIL COM
PANY—will interview business ad
ministration, marketing, economics,
chemistry, physics, chemical, me
chanical and petroleum engineering
graduates for opportunities in
manufacturing and petrochemical
departments, production depart
ment, research and development,
marketing, land department and
controller’s department.
HUMBLE OIL & REFINING
CO.—all interested students go to
a group meeting at 7:30 in the
MSC Assembly Room where a
schedule will be formed for inter
views for Wednesday and Thurs
day. Majors wanted are chemis
try, physics, civil, chemical, electri
cal geological, industrial, mechani
cal and petroleum engineering.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COM
PANY—interviews will be held for
various programs for chemistry,
physics, electrical, mechanical, in
dustrial, aeronautical and chemical
engineering majors. Wednesday
and Thursday.
McCALL’S
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“Good Time Girl”
STORY OF A
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JUNGLE
Tony CURTIS
Pat CROWLEY
Ernest BORCNINE
CIRCLE
LAST DAY
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the Gladiators”
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QUASSTTER:
Health Report
Measles was the leading disease
the Bryan-College Station area
this past week, with 59 cases. In.
fludnza was second high with 41
cases, and mumps, third, with 20
cases.
DYER5 'FUR STORAGE MATTERi
DIAL TA 2-1585
Students . . . Use Our Convenient Pick Up Stations
At Taylor’s Variety Store — North Gate
The Western.
STEAKS — CHICKEN — SEA FOOD
LUNCH SERVED
11:00 A.M. — 2:00 P.M.
OPEN 24 HRS.
HWY. 6 SOUTH
“Roy Henry’s clearing his used car lot all the way
from the latest to the oldest models. Here’s a chance
for you to pick up a good clean used car, with plenty of
miles left in it at a very low cost. Look at this:
1949 FORD TUDOR—excellent condition,
paint in perfect condition
1951 PONTIAC CATALINA—beautiful interior,
fully equipped, just like a new one
1953 PONTIAC 4 DOOR SEDAN-unbelievably ^l^A
clean, one car owner, extra low mileage
1950 CHEVROLET 4 DOOR SEDAN—many
good miles left in it
Roy Henry Pontiac Co.
Hearne, Texas
Knox Furniture Co.
— featuring' —
> WHIRLPOOL
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‘Furniture to suit any taste”
BRYAN
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26th & Bryan Mr. W. B. Knox
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By A1 Capp