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THE BATTALION.
lack of interest our Alumni takes
in our actions. We cannot un
derstand the reason for this.
They have been cadets like we are,
have traveled the same road, wore
the same gray uniform and for
four long years studied hard and
confronted the many difficulties
which were constantly obstructing
their path, but they are at last re
warded, as we hope to be, by be
ing declared a graduate of the
dear old college, of which this is
the only of its sort in the state,
and were given their much desired
diploma. Here the interest of
the majority of our Alumni for
their College stopped. We would
like to ask these gentlemen if this
is the proper way to do? We stu
dents and the College faculty
have many difficulties to over
come, but where is the help and
advice of our graduates? They
do not help, advise or encourage
us; they seem to have lost all love
for their College and alma mater,
who have given much of their
valuable time for their good and
benefit. If they have any warm
spot in their hearts for the dear
old College where they spent their
young manhood days, it is nearly
cold and must be kindled up
again.
It is the object of the writer of
this article to call the attention of
the Alumni to the great good they
could do for their College if they
would change their actions and
think about the college of their
boyhood days once in a while.
This is one of the greatest trou
bles which confronts the mana
gers and editors of our College
journal, The Battalion. Instead
of having the co-operation, as
sistance and advice of our
Alumni we do not even receive
their subscription. As a proof of
this I will here state that there
are not over twelve names of grad
uates on our mailing list. Now.
where do we receive our encour
agement which would drive us on
to issue an excellent College
journal? After thinking this
over the Alumni will probably
come over with their advice and
assistance and meet us in the mid
dle of the road.
We want the advice and co-op
eration of our Alumni as well as
our alma mater. We need this in
our Battalion organization, in our
studies, Literary society work,
athletics, etc. We ask them to
think of the corps of cadets once
in a while. We are in a position
at this very moment where we
need their co-operation, and this
is in the publication of our an
nual, The Olio. This magazine
was only published once in the
history of the College, and that
was by the corps of ’94. The
corps of ’00 has just as high as
pirations and college pride
as any preceding corps, and we
shall make heroic efforts to pub-