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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1900)
THE BATTALION. 25 cent germ, the embryo of a man whose like for integrity was never surpassed. In it was the seed of prophetic wisdom, the promise of able leadership, the foundation stone of national upbuilding, the prepared soil for spiritual growth and temporal advancement of which we are to-day eating the fruit. Samuel was “an uncrowned king” from birth to death (Geike) and when he passed away all Israel gathered together to mourn his loss. Why was it? Simply because in the mission of that reveille call of the early morning of his long life, his answer, “Here am I Lord” meant that he was ready in body, open intellectuality, and determined in soul to fulfill, so far as he could, all that his answer “here” implied. I have giv en you the old theme, trite but never worn out, be men, be true men. Now that through the knowledge of good and evil, unfortunate or otherwise, you have come to be the children of men, I beg of you, maintan your ground, exercise your privileges. And, since you have gotten to be the children of men in view of God’s merciful edict, get into as close a touch with that God aa possible; hold Him responsible, if I may, with due reverence say it, hold Him answer- able for the consequences, and present your entire selves before Him, every faculty and capacity you command, by saying unreservedly and forever, “Here am I, Lord.” T. C. B. dMONG- OUB EXCHANGES. “Two Sophomores,” a continued sto ry in the College Barometer, Corvallis, Oregon, is interesting and attractive. The Reveille, Baton Rouge, La., is a pleasant weekly visitor. It is well fill ed with school news. The Orange and Blue is a regular and welcome monthly visitor from Auburn, Ala. We gladly welcome The University Calendar, of Austin, Texas, to a place among our exchanges. It appears semi- weekly. The Kodak, Eau Claire, Wis., is a new exchange on our table. It gives much space to athletic news. “The River St. Lawrence and the Thousand Islands,” a continued arti cle in the Walking Leaf, of Montour Falls, N. Y., is instructive and interest ing. The Add-Ran Collegian, Waco, Tex., contains several interesting continued stories, also some beautiful poems. The Reveille, Sherman, Tex., contains some well written biographical sketch es. It is a progressive college journal. The Southwestern University Maga zine, Georgetown, Tex., is on our table this month. The paper is neat, and each department is well written. The Mercury comes to us regularly each month from far-away Milwaukee. Its nice, clean pages are always full of interesting matter. The Palladium, Schenectady, N. Y., has been added to our list since our last issue. It contains a humorous sketch on books that is real interesting. “Solomon’s Ideal Woman,” in the University Unit, Fort Worth, Tex., is a beautiful description of the ideal wo man of to-day.
