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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1894)
THE BATTALION. Entered at the College Station Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter. Prof. W. B. PHILPOTT, - Superv. Ed. ] A. MILLER TODD, ’94, Editor-in-Chief j. LEWIS F.'94, ( Austin) - -. Asso. Ed. j WATKINS,’95, (Austin) - Asso Ed. J Published on the First of Each Month, by the Austin and Calliopean Societies. (JORDAN,’95, (Calliopean) - Asso. ! POLK,’95, (Calliopean.) - - asso. Ed. -{ MITCHELL A., ’94, (Austin) Bus. M’gr. I LAW, ’95, (Austin) Asst. Bus. Manager. [DUGGAN, ’95, (Cal.) Asst Bus. M’gr. s %Tp“nu« ce ' } COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS APRIL 1,1894. <1 Vol. i, No. 7. XLITKRAR YL ANDREW JACKSON- To escape the oppression of the Old World, a family of Scotch-Irish descent emigrated to America and settled in the wilds of North Carolina. Here in this frontier Andrew Jackson was born in the year 1767. His infancy sported in the primeval forest of his native region, and from the fountain of nature his ardent soul drank deep of the love of freedom. Left an orphan at an early age, it re mained with him to decide whether he should make an effort to gain the honors of life, unaided by loving hands, or whether he should sink into the obscu rity of the countless thousands. The battle ground of the Revolution ary war shifted to the frontier. The roving nations of savages bounded to gether for a united attack upon the scat tered settlements. British red-coats marched as armed incendiaries upon de fenseless villages ; avaricious Tories led by adventurous royalty, robbed and rav ished in brigandish style. Rumors came that the cruel Tarleton with his lawless legions was advancing upon Waxhaw, the home of young Jackson. At one bound our youthful hero threw off the frivolities of youth and became a man. He was among the first who en listed to meet the invader. Defeated and captured, his boyish limbs loaded with clanking chains, his restless soul confined behind prison bars, yet his proud spirit could not be broken. “I am your pris oner of war, not your servant,” was the reply of the dauntless boy when ordered to do manual labor. Soon the news came hurrying over the country that Cornwallis had been captured, England’s most valuable pos sessions had been wrested from her cov etous grasp, and America was free. While the thickly inhabited portion of our country readily came together under .iCtb&T L.ilu : - ; -J DCpK ov.’■ .