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itary exercise we are trained physically.
Thus our minds and bodies are both de
veloped. Again, in our section roonn
we are taught thoroughly, and in our
shops, labratories, cheese factory, cream
ery and barns we are taught practically.
Thus again we obtain the practical with
' the theory.
The faculty of the College is compos
ed of a set of men that any college
ought to be proud of. Our president is
a man, whom not only all of the citi
zens of Texas love, but a man that every
student loves and honors as a parent,
while he in return acts as a father to us
all, watching over us with a parental
solicitude. A. G.
R Criticism.
In perusing an article in a former is
sue, I was struck by the statement the
•author makes in regard to the depart-
tnent of English and the overworked
condition of the cadets. He would have
us believe that the department of
English is deficient and that the cadets
have only a half an hour for recreation.
A careful investigation of the sched
ules of the various classes leads me to
the conclusion that “Nemo” has pur
posely or ignorantly falsified. The ca
dets have plenty of time for reading or
xecreation on Sunday or at odd -times if
they just would do it, but there comes
the rub. If you will just but read be
tween the lines of “Nemo’s” article, the
fact forces itself before us that he wished
to read, as he says, history and literature
•and at the same time took an active
part in all field sports. This is impossi
ble even in literary colleges. Those
very active in field sport are poor in
studies and conversely. No person can
take a very active part in anything out
side of the curriculum and be good in
studies which require painstaking efforts.
As the professors in making out the
course reason that a person comes here to
get an education in the branches taught
and not to become an expert base ball
or foot ball player, a society dude or a
writer, that is, he comes here to study
for practical knowledge, be it that of a
farmer, mechanic or engineer.
Now, as to the department of English.
If the course as laid down by the faculty
is throughout studied it will simply
be sufficient for any practical man. And
right here a question arises in my mind
why is it that so many young men in
tending to study for a learned profession
come to this, an industrial institution?
I am willing to wager a ginger cake
to a gourd of cider that Nemo has
the bar before him as a shining goal,
and if this be true the best thing he
and others of his ilk, both for
themselves and the college, is to resign
and go to a college that is especially
adapted to teaching the branches needed
in the particular profession he intends
to follow. In conclusion, my meaning,
which I hope has been made plain, is
that this is an agricultural and mechani
cal college, and those who do not wish to
study either of these branches should
not come and those who are already here
should resign. Alumnus.
Irrigation.
Such a dry year as the present makes
a person think seriously on the subject
of irrigation. It is a subject which
should engage the attention of every