THE BATTALION.
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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.