Fire Prevention Day.
The Governor of this State has
designated October 9th as Fire
Prevention Day. His object is to
direct the attention of the people
of Texas to the importance of
preventing useless and unneces
sary fire hazards. The State
Fire Marshall reports that 13,000
fires in Texas during the past
twelve months entailed the stu-
pendousloss of $16,000,000,which
represents an average direct loss
of $4.00 for every man, woman,
and child in the State. The same
authority states that 10,270 of
these 13,000 fires were of the
preventable type—fires where a
little care, a little thoughtful pre
caution and a small amount of
time would have prevented it.
There is constant need for
every person residing upon this
Campus to observe the ordinary
precautions, in order to safe
guard college property against
loss by fire. Campus residents
should be careful about the trash
pile, the rubbish heap and the
bundle of worthless rags which
are such common sources of dis
astrous fires. Our flues, stove
pipes, and electric wiring should
be examined from time to time to
safe-guard campus residents
against fire hazard. The increas
ing number of automobiles on
the Campus makes necessary a
word of warning concerning the
storage and use of gasoline.
Students are urged to use pre
caution in the use of matches and
cigars. Many of our buildings,
unfortunately, are not construct
ed of fire-proof material, or even
semi fire-proof material. A burn
ing match or a cigar stub thrown
by accident into a waste-paper
basket or on a newspaper in a
hallway might cause a disastrous
fire.
I invite the cooperation of stu
dents and other campus resi
dents alike to the necessity of
exercising the greatest possible
precaution in order to redpce the
fire hazard on this Campus to the
minimum. Let us cooperate with
the State officials in reducing
the fire loss as much as possible.
This is an important matter that
is worthy of the attention of
everyone. W. B. BIZZELL,
President.
“Smoking.”
The smoking of tobacco, es
pecially cigarettes is one of our
chief sources of pleasure and en
joyment, and we would not have
it otherwise; yet, a careless smok
er can very easily convert one of
our magnificent dormitories into
a pile of ashes. A cigarette stub
should always be thoroughly ex
tinguished before being thrown
out of the window or concealed.
Lighted matches should never be
thrown on the floor of the halls
or into the garbage cans.
Another bad practice that
should be avoided is that of smok
ing while lying down There is
always danger of the smoker’s
pipe depositing its contents on
the bed. We shudder to think of
the conflagration that would fol
low.
MORAL: Smoke often but
carefully. Burkett, J. M.