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THE BATTALION.
we don’t; there is the difference. Let
us, then, take this for a thought:
“Heights of great men reached and
kept,
Were not attained hy sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.”
What we need to realize is that there
is something for us to do. That we are
not created merely to exist a short
while. Then let’s begin right now to
seek a purpose in life. When are we to
begin it? Now, or will we wait until
the golden morn has passed?
A good way for some of us to do
would be to stop finding fault. Some
find fault with everything their fellow-
cadets do. They find fault with their
board, and with those ini authority and
with those who succeed. Turn the
searchlight on yourself, and see if Ba
con was not talking to you when he
said: “He who hath no virtue in
himself, ever envieth virtue in
others. When we look for good,
we’ll find it. The more we find,
the more we want to find, and
we will find it. Now, we are doing
ourselves good, we are doing good to
those with whom we come in contact,
and it will multiply until no one knows
where it will end. We are all pattern
ing after some model. While we are
picking a model, why not pick a good
one? Then make a good one of our
selves. What will be the result if this
line of life is substituted for the care
lessness which is abroad to-day? This
will become a College where boys will
become men with a purpose, who will
be worth something to themBelves, their
neighbors and the world.
“Be to others’ faults a little blind,
Be to 'Uieir virtues a little kind.”
No one knows how much a word of
encouragement will stir up a lonesome
heart.
“Error is not the better for being
common,
Nor truth the worse for being neg
lected.” H. G„ ’02.
New Yorker—How would you like to
be the ice man?
Bostonian—Well, to consider the
matter from a standpoint of temper
ature, I deem it excessively undesirable
in view of the frigidity of the atmos
phere to become a vender of any con
gealed substance whose solid condition
is brought about by the withdrawal of
its latent heat.—Ex.
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“The Harp Which Nature’s Advent
Strung Has Never Ceased to Play” is
an interesting article in the Coresoph-
iap Journal^ which has been recently
established by the students of Emi
nence College, Oak Cliff, Dallas, Tex.
We heartily wish the Journal great
success.
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Is it right for a man whose father was
hung for stealing to brag on his ele
vated family?—Ex.
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The watermelon is admitted without
question into our best society, although
it is always very seedy.—Ex.
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He asked a maiden: “What is a kiss
Grammatically defined?’’
“It’s a conjnnclion, sir,’’ she said,
‘‘And hence can’t be declined. ’ ’ --Ex.