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THE BATTALION.
I have never seen in regulation books anything from which
I could learn that such was a violation of the rules. The
other delinquents, reported the same time, did not say that
they subjected themselves to the penalty of the law. In the
simplicity of my heart I took a bath Saturday evening (as
has always been my custom) over at the natatorium, not
dreaming that in such an act I would be delinquent.
Very Respectfully,
Chas. R. HulTon,
Cad, Pri. Co. A, 3rd Cl.
That, which for so long a time has been dormant, has at
last awakened from iis lethargy. The college literary socie
ties, stimulated by the reward ot a handsome gold medal off
ered by the Alpha Phi chapter of this place, were well rep
resented in a spirited oratorical contest in our assembly hall
on Friday, Februar}' 25th. The orations, which in them
selves, were of splendid merit, interspersed with the sweet
strains of music rendered by our college band, served to
make the evening one long to be remembered by both con
testants and audience. The applause, loud an long, which
marked the announcement of the winner’s name, Mr. E. J.
Kyle, was only a small index of the appreciation, both of the
oration and the effort necessary to produce it. To those of
the contestants who did not win, there can be naught but
words of praise. They have dared in the face of difficulties
to cultivate those manly talents, which it is the duty of every
true citizen to foster, and without which no man is perfect.
The contestants were as follows: Kyle, Spiller, Bland, Hul-
ton and Sneed.
It is gratifying to notice the marked interest which the
cadets are beginning to take in the college library, which, up
to the present, was almost dormant. This gratifying change
must, in a large measure, be attributed to the splendid addi
tion recently made to the library in both the literary and