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SHOP HERE ONCE AND YOU WILL SHOP HERE FOREVER
SAM B. WILSON, bryan
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COLLEGE SPIRIT.
There are very few people who real
ly understand what college spirit
means. In fact, it is only those who
have gone through college with an
open eye that clearly know the exact
meaning of this term. College spirit
is something that you can’t obtain
from books or lectures; you have to
live in it to get it. Many people think
that college spirit is a participation
in the football games and rallies of
a school, while others imagine that a
youth who returns home after a year
at school, dressed neatly, walks erect,
that is, with a pomp of dignity, and
with his hair combed back, has col
lege spirit in him. The above things
are true, it must be admitted, but they
are only symptoms of the true college
spirit. A student may have college
spirit at heart and not indulge in ath
letics.
It is the true college spirit, the one
that exists to some extent in all
schools, that we want to discuss. It is
not that that is attained by physical
and artificial requirements. College
spirit may be defined as follows: It
is an element derived from an insti
tution and its surroundings that in
cites in a student brotherly love and
friendship toward those with whom he
comes in contact. True, this state
ment contradicts the former one con
cerning books, for the above qualities
can be obtained elsewhere. But the
spirit obtained through actual con
tact with people in every day life is
far superior to that spirit obtained
solely through the influence of books.
Many people who witness a football
game, and see the student body “root
ing” for their team, declare that is
college spirit. This is only a result of
college spirit. Only when students
and faculty work in unison; only when
members of an institution help and
protect one another; and only when
men act friendly toward each other,
has college spirit taken root in the
hearts of a student body. A college is
a world by itself. It is there that
unity or brotherly love can easily be
seen. This virtue has its defects also.*
The spirit of brotherly love is oft-
times a very intense one, and should
it happen to assume the wrong aspect
it may do more harm than good. What
is wanted, however, is the true and
best college spirit, the one that will
live with us in later life and bring us
success and joy wherever we may go.
J. A.
Professor (to his class)—I want you
to write a theme, about two hundred
and fifty words, on “Why Some Stu
dents Fail in Their College Work.”
Now some of you can write from ex
perience.
After everyone had settled down to
work one boy spoke out: “ ’Fessor, I
can tell you why I failed in one word.”
THE ENGINEER.
Who comes with Faber sharpened
keen.
With profile long and sober mien;
With transit, level book and tape,
And glittering axe to swat the stake?
The engineer.
Who sets the level, bends his spine.
Squints through the glass along the
line.
Swings both his arms with rapid gait.
Yells, “Hold that G— d— rod up
straight”?
The engineer.
Who raves and snorts like one insane.
Jumps up in the air and claws his
mane.
Whenever he sees a scraper take
A whack at his most cherished stake?
The engineer.
Who saws the air with madden rage
And turns with hate the figured page.
And then with patience out of joint
Ties in another reference point?
The engineer.
Who calls it your unrivaled gall
Whenever you kick for overhaul.
And gives your spine a frigid chill.
Whene’er you spring an extra bill?
The engineer.
Who deals with figures quite profuse,
And tells you solid rock is loose;
That hard pan is no more than loam.
While gumbo is lighter than sea foam?
The engineer.
Who, after all, commands our praise
In spite of his peculiar ways.
While others harvest all the gains
That spring from his prolific brain?
The engineer.
WHY I AM AN ENGINEER.
I started to go to Baylor for my ed
ucation. I am glad I came to A. and
M. I am proud to carry my Stevens
rifle and do the military up Brown. Al
though I am not ^^ery good Fischer,
I often wish that A. and M. had a
Fountain with Torrence of Waters
around it, so I could catch the small
Fries.
Before I arrived at my Hall I decid
ed that my Lott was not to be that
of a bughunter. I did not know a
Whitfield from a Schofield, neither
could I fell when my grain was ready
to be carried up the Lane to the Miller.
I want to be an engineer and work
with Steel. I shall live in the city
and get a pretty French Bell and
Bowler out to Forrest Park and hear
Hays’ orchestra play Alexander. I
hope to buy her a Lockett with a large
Stone in it.
If you will consider the above facts,
I am sure you will agree with me that
I could not be a bughunter.
W. C., ’16.
Professor Wright—Mr. Hudspeth,
who invented the Fahrenheit thermom
eter.
Mr. Hudspeth—Mr. Fahrenheit.
Professor Wright—Well, who invent
ed the centigrade thermometer?
Mr. Hudspeth—Why, Mr. Centigrade.
Courtney, O. K. (during recent visit
of the Athletics): “Yes, sir, fellows,
Connie Mack is one more fine fellow.
Do you know, he stopped me and shook
hands with me and told me that he
was proud to know such a stalwart
Texan as myself? Yes, indeed, fellows,
he is one more prince.”
Mother—Tommy, if you’re pretend
ing to be an automobile, I wish you’d
run over to the store and get me some
butter.
Tommy—I’m awful sorry, mother,
but I’m all out of gasoline.—Ex.
There wasn’t a soul to be seen in
the room, but the sound of a voice
singing in subdued tones was plainly
heard. A careful investigation re
vealed Fish Cunningham in the top
compartment of the closet with his
head resting comfortably on a pillow
and his feet supported by a suit case,
singing “I Wouldn’t Cry ’Bout a Dime,
Honey.”
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