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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1894)
THE BATTALIOX. 11 In fnemoriam. Whereas, the Allmighty in his wis dom has seen lit to take from our midst our belovod classmate, Charles Goodwin, be it Resolved, That we, the members of the second section of the fourth class, desire to express our sorrow at the loss we have sustained, of a comrade whose gentlemanly character impressed us all. even during the short time of his con nection with us, and our deep sympathy with his family in their bereavement. Resolved, That we will wear mourn ing for thirty days, as an expression of our g.ief. Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the Battalion, and that a copy of the samo be sent to the family of the deceased, Cadets R. Lane, Hoskins, Hirshfeld, Gilbert, Committee. -+}-*- WISH SAYINGS. Every day is a fresh beginning. —Susan Coolidge. Pnlchrorum autumnus pulcher. Sin has many tools, but a lie is a han dle which fits them all. —Holmes. If you can be well without health, you can be happy without virtue. —Burke. ’Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery is the food of fools, Yet now and then you men of wit Will condescent to take a bit. —Swift. Whoever can make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot af ground where only one grew be fore, would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. —Swift. Education, briefly, is the leading of human souls to what is best, and mak ing what is best out of them; and these two objects are always attainable to gether, and by the same means. The training which makes men happiest in themselves, also makes them most serviceable to others. —John Ruskin. Modesty in man or woman is signi ficant of innate culture and true refine ment of sentiment, and while it may be at a discount among the multitude of brazen-faced plebians, it will ever be found prominentTn such men as Wash ington and Lee, and indeed, in all truly great characters. The greater part of human suffering is due to “man’s inhumanity to man.” Politeness is the first and most im portant law of truly aristocratic society, and he who violates this precept, pro claims himself a boor. Some people vainly imagine that fun is synonymous with cruelty; and like wise fail to discriminate between a mirth provoking joke and wounding ridicule. Tuao Gifts-. Once you gave me your soul, But feared to give me a kiss ; And then our two spirits stole To a paradise of bliss. Now you give me no soul, You give me only a kiss. And I know what the opposite pole Of blissful paradise is. E. W. -t-i-i-