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t THE BATTALION.
VOL. 7. COI.LE6E STATION, TEXAS, APRIL /AAY, 1900. NO. 7.
THE BATTALION.
Entered at the College Station Post Office as
second-class mail matter.
Published monthly by the Austin and Calli-
opean Literary Societies of the A. & M.
College,
Subscription—$1 00 per annum in advance.
STAFF.
R. B. Boettcher
Hals Elrod, /
Walter Armstrong, j
Seth B. Holman...
C. P. Rogers, /
Harry Gieason, )
T. W. Griffiths
A. Winkler
T. J. Prisson
Jerome Harrison
Earl Storey, (
Chas. Wallace, (
F, Marion Law
..Business Manager
, Assistants
Editor in Chief
Editors Literary Dept.
Editor Military Dept.
Editor Exchange Dept.
Editor Athletic Dept.
Editor Social Dept.
Editors Local Dept.
Editor Alumni Dept.
Address all communications to Business Mgr
The new incumbent of this office
ventures upon the sacred ground of
editorialism with fear and trembling.
He sincerely hopes that his gentle
readers will take into consideration
his youth and inexperience and let
him down easy. To state that his ele
vation to this high honor v. r as unex
pected, but faintly intimates his true
feelings' when he first received the
momentous news. While he greatly
doubts his ability to come anywhere
near the high standard established by
his distinguished predecessor, the pub
lic may rest assured that he will do
his little hesL
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The Add-Ran Collegian for April has
a very entertaining and instructive ar
ticle on the new book, “'When Knight
hood was in Flower.” It is full of
good advice and criticism, and earnest
ly recommends the work to its read
ers. We heartily indorse the Colle
gian’s statements, and can assure the
boys that time spent in reading it will
be time gained. If those who read
such publications as are labeled, “Ideal
Publications for the American
Youth,” etc., etc., would take a small
portion of the time spent on such
trash, and read “When Knighthood
was in Flower,” they would find all of
the adventure with the brutality re
moved, all the love refined and beauti
fied and all of the excitement caused
by noble deeds which gives a higher
impetus to noble thoughts and stirs
the blood with new manhood and res
olution, not to speak of the historical
knowledge which one gains through
the principal characters, being cele
brated historic personages. There are
scores of books of the same trend, as
“Viva Crusis,” “The Hon. Peter Stir
ling,” “David Harum,” etc., which are
easily within the reach of every one
and which every young man should
read. Try one of them, boys, and
you will be eager to read all of the oth
ers.
Our field day was a grand success,
and everybody thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. The records made were
very good, and reflect much credit
on our athletes. But they could have
been much better if the hoys would