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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1900)
« THE BATTALION. | VOL. 7. COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS, dUNE,, 1900. NO. 9. THE BATTALION. Entered at the College Station Post Office as second-class mail matter. Published monthly by the Austin and Calli- opean Literary Societies of the A. & M. College. Subscription—$1 00 per annum in advance. STAFF. R. B. Boettcher HaT Elrod. / Walter Armstrong, i Seth B. Holman C. P. Rogers, ( Harry Gleason,, \ T. W Griffiths A. Wiokler T. J. Frisson Jerome Harrison Earl Storey. ( Chas. Wallace, j F. Marion Law Business Manager Assistants - Editor in Chief ..Editors Literary Dept. Editor Military Dept. Editor Exchange Dept. . .Editor Athletic Dept. Editor Social Dept. Editors Local Dept. Editor Alumni Dept. Address all communications to Business Mgr. With this edition, the year of ’99-’00 doss. The long-wished-for Com mencement has come and gone. The capacity of the daily passenger trains on the 12th and 13th were severely tried, to accommodate the rush of ca dets, trunks and luggage, which cov ered the depot platform, eager for home and dear ones. (We mean the cadets.) The past session has been one of marked progress along some Lnes, but in others there is still room im provement However, taking it as a whole, the session has been one of much enjoyment and good work, and everyone, without doubt, is proud of our record. Especially is this so in athletics, in which essential b anch we have made gigantic strides as com pared with previous years. Last year, we went down in humiliating defeat before the rush line of the ’va si.y eleven, but this year we held them down to an insignificant score, and even that was disputed! It was even admitted by one of their faculty that, figuratiely speaking, we were a hot potato', one bite of which satisfied the ’varsity and determined them to let the rest alone! Mighty Sewanee, made vain onslaughts on our invincible line and only won the game by cunning and strategy, learned from long train ing and experience. These are but in stances of our improvement. How ever, next year let us do bet er. Let ev- e ybody join hands so that we can say that our grand old A. & M. is first in everything—and second to none! * * * It was with astonishment and in dignation that we heard of the late ac tion of the Alumni in abolishing the office of Editor of the Alumni Depart ment of the “Battalion.” Has the in terest of the members in their alma mater flagged to such an extent that they will neglect this, the medium through which old ties are kept fast bound, old memories kept green, and the love and reverence of the’r coTege fostered and preserved? Shall it be said by our sister colleges that our Alumni are indifferent to the inte.es s of the place which equipped them for life’s battles, shaped their ideas and young manhood, and sent them out in to the world bearing its proud signa ture on their diplomas? Shame on you! Perhaps this is strong language, but we feel it to be our duty to make