4 THE BATTALION THE BATTALBOH Published every Wednesday night by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Subscription price $1.7 6 per Year. ALL ADS RUN UNTIL ORDERED OUT. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 18, 1922. All undergraduates in the College are eligible to try for a place on the Editorial Etaff of this paper. Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors who are interested in journalism for its own sake, are urged to make themselves known to some member of the Staff. EDITORIAL STAFF L. J. FRANKS S. I. STRATTON. JR. R. H. JONES L. H. MADDOX . . . R. O. PEARSON . . . S. BAKER A. R. MENGER C. M. FLORER T. A. PILKEY .... R. E. HOMANN . . . W. G. RALPH R. T. FALKENBERG W. C. MORRIS K. L. LAKE W. T. COLEMAN . G. F. STARK R. B. TATE N. A. DONGES . . . . W. C. JOHNSON . . R. C. HAYNIE . . . . W. D. McELROY . . . L. L. TAYLOR Editor Managing Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor . . .Associate Sports Editor . .Assistant Sports Editor Exchange Editor Social Editor News Editor . . . .Associate News Editor .Associate News Editor . . .Associate News Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Associate Literary Editor Humorous Editor ..Humorous Editor Cartoonist BUSINESS MANAGER R. L. EDGAR Business Manager J. A. DAVIS Assistant Business Manager R. E. O. SLOAN Circulation Manager REMEMBER! On the eve of our first corps trip, it would be well to consider an oc- currance that results from every trip the student body undertakes, that is, the destruction of railroad property. This action has many bad aftermaths. An old A. and M. man, who has gaduated from this institution 28 years ago, and who now holds an important position with the Southern Pacific Railroad, called attention to a specific outcome of this depredatory characteristic of the A. and M. cadet. In the list of the S. P. employees are numbered many ex students of this institution, men holding down big positions and holding them down well, men who are loyal to A. and M„ who know that the A. and M. graduate is capable of doing well with the S. P., and who would like nothing better than the opportunity of placing Aggies with their organization. On the S. P. files there are a large number of claims against A. and M. students who have damaged railroad property while on corps trips. These claims will never be paid, but remain as a black mark against the student body. How can an employee of a company recommend that a man be ac cepted into his organization when that man has the reputation of having wantonly destroyed the property of the company? Because you have paid out three dollars and a half for a round trip ticket, do not think that by that fact you are entitled to a strip of plush for a shine rag or have gained the right to carve your initials on the chair arm. By that act you are not only making the succeeding trips more difficult to ob tain and placing a black mark against your school, but you may be keeping your best friend, or your roomate, or yourself from obtaining a very desir able position. HAVE THAT PICTURE TAKEN NOW! There has been a marked tendency this year to delay having that old picture made for the LONGHORN. Aside from the natural modesty every A. and M. boy possesses, together with a corresponding unwillingness to pose before the camera, there is no reason in the world for putting off the mo mentous occasion. Every year we hear loud wailing about our annual coming out later than the scheduled date. This year the editors have set a certain date for the ap pearance of the LONGHORN, and mean to have it ready at that time. This means that all of the plates must be sent to the engravers in the near fu ture. Instead of being assisted in this resolve by the ready cooperation of the student body, the editors are finding that very few men have taken the time to do what could as well be done now as later. “Peewee” Puryear has many deep, furrowed lines upon his pallid brow and Jerry Lee is losing time, weight, and even his appetite in his futile en deavors to awaken a spark of responsibility in the breasts of those whose manly countenances will eventaually make the LONGHORN a thing of sur passing beauty. There is no time like the present—hurry and have that pic ture taken! Bring joy to the heart of our dashing corps adjutant, and let the face of Jerry Lee be wreathed in smiles once more! OPPORTUNITY—DID IT KNOCK YOU DOWN? The only knocker that has been on the campus this past week-end was opportunity. I speak of the distinguished men who were here for the celebra tion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the College. The small number of cadets present for the various speeches on topics that were especially selected to be of interest to the students of this college, indicates that there is something wrong. What is it? Do we just come here to make classes, see football games and gripe at the world in general? It looks that way, for we do not have the presence of mind or good judgment to grasp the opportunities when they are offered. In the years to come the ones that missed out on the speeches will no doubt go further to hear men of lesser calibre talk with inferior knowledge on the same subjects. Think it over and decide to make it a point to take advantage of your opportunities. COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP Soviet Russia has nothing on A. and M. except that the people there aren’t expected to know better, for they are taught the principles of com munity ownership. Here at A. and M. however, the general idea seems to be that what you don’t have you can borrow, and return it, maybe. At least fifty percent of the bare necessities, such as magazines, soap, pencils, paper, and books, go to the general use, and the fellow who buys these is the victim. This goes fine with the old lady, but it should stop there. How many times have you decided to read a good story, only to find that someone had your magazine? However, magazines are not all that is borrowed, and never re turned. More expensive items are often borrowed, and the owner finally gets them only by a room to room canvas and asking for the lost article. Bor rowing is all right—but only when the article is returned promptly. Other wise, it closely resembles stealing. 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