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THE BATTALION Thursday, December 17, 1959 PAGE 5 Silence Before Help Arrives By BEN TRAIL Battalion Staff Writer A smashed automobile is hud dled against the side of the road. A telling 1 trail of glass, rubber marks, oil, blood lead up to a pile of metal and there is a feeling of silenep that is the pause after ‘death and the interval before help arrives. Dim moonlight shines on what was once an Aggie sticker — a sticker now the color of. human blood and sticky with an oozing grey material. What was once a face is pressed "* in a death kiss against the dash- ; board and still grey hands are halted in their futile grasp for safety. Against a nearby scarred tree trunk, a maroon and white hand bag lies spilled against the bark and a picture of a girl glistens in the soft still light. Slowly, the deathly silence is being lifted—at first by the wail of an on-coming siren and then by a low groan from some nearby brush now crushed by the weight of a semi-conscious body. The driver, dressed in bloody pinks and a tattered khaki shirt, rises from the brush and wipes Not a single child under four years of age met death in the Christmas-New Year’s holiday traffic rush in Texas in 1958. blood from his eyes and suiweys the gruesome sight before him. As the tears and blood mix on his face, he contemplates the thing he caused by .drinking and negli gence. Carelessness while driving could make you the main character in ) a similar scene. A&M PHOTO SHOP msm When the Twain Shall Meet... Failure to Dim Lights Causes Fatal Wrecks How often have you cursed the “bright-lights” driver that persists in keeping his headlights on high and right in your eye? Besides the discourtesy on the part of the driver who seems to be completely oblivious of his “dims”, approaching another car without bringing your beams down is extremely dangerous to both drivers. A suddenly blinded driv er, a split second of control lost, a car edges over the middle stripe and a peaceful drive becomes a death trap. It happens every day and will happen again during the holiday season-many times and maybe to an Aggie. Road courtesy is a vital lesson for any automobile operator and one the really good driver knows and appreciates. A good rule for night driving is to use “highs” only when really needed and keep that left foot near the dimmer switch. An oncoming driver, blind ed momentarily by your bright lights is a potential killer. But keep your lights out of other drivers’ eyes is only one of many forms of courtesy for any motor vehicle operator. The importance of hand signals Meeting Reveals Cotton Producers Lose $150 Million Texas cotton growers each year lose close to $150 million due to diseases in their crop, members of a cotton chemical conference were told yesterday morning at their meeting in the Memorial Student Center. Dr. Luther Bird, xdant patholo gist at the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station, said the $150 million is figured on fiber yield only. The meeting, sponsored by the State-wide Cotton Committee of Texas, was called to get cotton in dustry leaders together and plan to help growers increase yields, lower production costs, improve quality and boost profits. State Farm Saved Texans Money We aim to insure careful drivers only. Savings here have allowed us to pay divi dends to Texas policyholders year after year. Call me. STATE FARM u. M. Alexander, Jr., Z15 S. Main Phone TA 3-3616 StM» Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Bum -Btoomimion. UUoau. cannot be over looked in any dis cussion of automotive courtesy, es pecially in city traffic where that arm out the window can be the dif ference between a safe turn and a collision. • This should be done even in car equipped with auto matic turn indicators, for that lit tle blinking light can easily go un noticed in bad weather or in a tight situation. ■A lot of people who can be gen tlemen in every facet of the word on foot, turn into virtual animals once behind the. wheel of a modern automobile,, seemingly disregard ing all kindness and forms of civ ility. Sweeping down the highway they take a sadistic pleasure in speeding up to keep another car from passing, running yellow lights and whipping in and out of heavy traffic, just edging back in when another car approaches. It is nothing but pure politeness when a driver slows down to allow a car to get into the left lane for a left turn, or stops and allows another motorist a chance to get into a line of traffic, some things many drivers never consider. A little good humor and gallan try on the road may save a life and even if it doesn’t it will be appreciated by other drivers. Courtesy is contagious. ilt#*,. It takes two to fill the bill TWO BY TWO CLASS For Aggies and Aggie Wives First Baptist Church College Station -loi utilo you is botn this Jay in the city of tDaviJ a Savioui, which is Chiist the Told." JCuke a: a aij eue^ij joy and blessing be ijours at Qj)mtmas time ZUBIK’S Uniform Tailors "BoAbetbaffi Follow the AGGIES at home and away...over "d)/T\ 1240 kc. yoii/te/ mitea akectcL wMi | See The Amazing OLYMPIA Typewriter Otis McDonald’s TA 2-1328 Bryan Business Machines For Your CHRISTMAS NEEDS Visit JONES PHARMACY Also For All Your Drugs Cosmetics, and Gift Items. Free Delivery East Gate m . 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Masses 6:30-7:30 P.M.—Saturday Confessions Confessions before all Masses 7 :30 P.M.-—Wednesday Services FAITH CHURCH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 9:15 A.M.—Sunday School 10:30 A.M.—Morning Worship 7:30 P.M.—Evening Service A&M PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 9.45 A.M.—Church School 11:00 A.M.—Worship funeral BRYAN, TEXAS 602 West 26th St. PHONE TA 2-1572 Dairy Products Milk—Ice Cream TA 2-3768 Wise Men travelled a desert to lay their gifts before a King. But the King was a mere babe. His court was a cattle shed; His princely garb swaddling bands. Could they be certain when they knelt by the manger that this was the end of the quest? Their certainty came not of proof but of faith. They had maryeled at the heavens . . . followed a gleaming star . . . listened to prophecy. For Wise Men this was enough! And through the centuries others have sought the King. Eagerly, earnestly they have come into the reverent beauty of the Church. 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