THE BATTALION.
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lend the “helping hand” in any emergency.
Our students are men who have come here
for a purpose, and that purpose to secure an
education. We realize our duty to the Col
lege and to ourselves, and have a determin
ation to succeed. Such a purpose can be
conducive to but one result.
We desire to express appreciation of the
kind sentiments of San Antonio Alumni and
,to assure them that we shall ever strive to
merit their approval.
San Antonio, Tex., 10-29, 1902.
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Dr. David F. Houston,
College Station, Texas,
Dear Sir: 1 have been asked by the ex
cadets at San Antonio to send a few lines
to the College expressive of our satisfaction
with the appearance of the corps of cadets
while here, which you will please find en
closed and trust that you will cause same
to be read before the Battalion.
Very respectfully yours,
A. M. HILDEBRAND.
San Antonio, Tex., 10-29, 1902.
Dr. David F. Houston,
College Station, Texas,
Dear Sir: We, the graduates and ex
cadets of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, residing at San Antonio,
take pleasure in extending to you, and
through you to the Faculty and Officers of
the College, our hearty congratulations on
the splendid and admirable showing made
by the corps of cadets during their recent
visit to San Antonio. Devoted as we are
to our Alma Mater, we naturally take great
pride in the material progress of this Institu
tion, which stands for the uplifting and de
velopment of the Texas youth morally,
mentally and physically. It is our aspira
tion and hope to see the A. & M. College
elevated to its highest state of usefulness;
and we have never felt a more abiding
faith in its realization than we do now.
You have our fullest confidence and in your
efforts to raise the Agricultural and Mechan
ical College of Texas to its highest possible
standard, we pledge you our sincere and
earnest support.
To the corps of cadets we desire to say
that we are more than proud of their manly
bearing and gentlemanly behavior during
their stay with us. We desire to particu
larly impress upon the corps of cadets that
the first requisite of a cadet of the A. & M.
is to possess the quality of a gentleman,
and to use it whether at College or away
from it. They should remember that each
cadet bears a responsibility toward the Col
lege; that it must, in a large measure, be
judged by the individual conduct and action
of the cadet; that the power of either rais
ing or lowering the dignity of this Institution
' rests wholly with the corps of cadets indi
vidually and collectively. We feel assured
that the corps of cadets are fully alive to
their responsibilities, which they have dem
onstrated by their excellent behavior and
manly bearing while with us and for which
we express our highest appreciation and
gratitude.
We heartily congratulate the coach and
the entire football team of the College, and
we sincerely trust that the victory so nearly
won at San Antonio will be gained at
. Austin on the'28th of November, which we
stand ready to applaud.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed.) A. M. HILDEBRAND.
For the graduates and ex-cadets of San
Antonio.