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THE BATTALION.
gress of literary work.
And, again, we hope through a
friendly rivalry with the Callio-
pean Society to develop that liter
ary influence which will cope fa
vorably with our sister colleges.
J. D. Carter,
In charge of Austin Society Lit
erary matter.
CALLIOPEAN SOCIETY.
The Calliopean Literary Society
held its first meeting of 1899-1900
on the second Saturday night
after the opening of school and,
judging from preceding years, the
Society has better opportunities
than ever before. It should be
remembered by all students of the
college that, while the course in
Literature of all A. and M. col
leges is not so extensive as that of
some other colleges and universi
ties, we have opportunities
through the literary societies, and
our free access to the college li
brary (than which there is no bet
ter in the state) of developing
ourselves in this line. At the
same time you may call to mind
the fact that there never has a
man graduated from this
college who didn’t take any
part in either of the societies that
didn’t,, in less than twelve months
after clashing with the great
masses of the world, regret the
neglect of the literary opportuni
ties that he might have taken ad
vantage of by being an active
member of one or the other of
the societies. We should at least
profit by their experience. There
is not any help so successful in
this life as individual help, or the
help a man gives himself, no mat
ter what he may undertake.
Lastly, there is nothing so effec
tive as encouragement, and the
doors of the Calliopean Society
are always open to visitors and we
would be pleased at any time to
be honored by the presence of the
campus people and college au
thorities, as well as any others
who may see fit to visit our halls.