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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1900)
62 THE BATTALION. of an organized body of men, and it is not at all improbable that we shall sooner or later be directly interested in maintain ing the welfare of our community, State or country. In conclusion, I may say, let the whole corps unite; let each class form a dis tinct unit in the organization of the whole to bring the college pride and spirit to a higher plane; let the members of each class have a friendly interest in each individual and bring out their best men as their representatives in all contests. Then we may hope to reach after records, and this college will turn out wiser, stronger and better men, who will reflect honor up on the A. and M. of Texas; and later, when they take charge of worldly affairs, they will be beneficial to all with whom they come in contact, and will bring grand old Texas to the front of the greatest nation of to-day. Perhaps ail this may seem a little imaginative, but above all let us pull together, get the president, the faculty, the alumni, and outsiders interested, and then, ere many years are gone, the A. and M. cadets may hope to have the finest and best equipped gymnasium in the South. Let us not al low our efforts to lag until we have the best. The best is not too good for the cadets. THE STUDENT. H. H. HARBINGTON. Given a boy with average mental ca pacity, and average physical development, to' find what success he can attain in this life. The proposition is manifestly in- solvable, because illimitable; provided, the boy is capable of three things: First, honesty; second, self-denial; third, work, industry. For convenience, we shall speak of them in the reverse order from which they are named. The ability to work, whether an endowment or an acquired habit, is worth far more than genius; indeed, it has been declared to be the only kind of genius in existence. Work not only means the improvement of one’s time, but a knowledge as to how that time shall best be conserved. Rather ear ly in life, not too early, a decision should be made as to-the kind of work to be done; not that it is necessary to cherish some particular ambition, but rather de sirable that he should not. The ques tion of self promotion and personal aggrandizement, must be entirely elimi nated for the best results. “Give us this day our daily bread’” should be not only the prayer, but the motto of the honest worker. Self-denial means self-control. A ten dency to undhe gratification, mentally or physically, in any direction, must be curbed and subdued. It is one of the most difficult things of life to properly equipoise the pleasures of life, and to properly discipline one’s self to a correct knowledge of what constitute the real pleasures of life, Honesty is absolutely essential to en during success in any line of work. An honest head, and an honest heart; honest with one’s self, and honest with others. It does not consist of outward form, nor can its counterfeit be passed without ultimate detection. A designing deceiver can not be a leader, of men; neither can he become great in science or industry. As a business man, he may accumulate money, but he can not be esteemed. One sided honesty is not sufficient; a man must be honest in all his dealings with his fellow-man.