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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1914)
THE BATTALION Published every Friday night by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Editor-in-Chief A. E. BURGES, ’15 Associate Editor F. A. HOMANN, T5 Business Manager J. F. HADEN, T5 Associate Business Manager W. L. RUTAN, ’15 Exchange Editor E. McR. CLAYTOR, ’15 Society Editor MISS LOUISE PROCTOR Agricultural Editor W. T. GARRET, ’16 Engineering Editor T. R. CAMP, T6 Sporting Editor S. P. McFADDEN, ’16 Y. M. C. A. Editor G. C. MOFFET, ’16 ’Frisco Editor D. H. KIBER, ’16 Cartoonists P. T. CROWN, T5 (Chief), J. M. BUR- KET, ’16. L. A. Von ROSENBERG, Tb. Assistant Business Managers S. B. HAYNES, T6, J. B. ROBERT, ’16, H. H. JOHNSON, ’17. Reporters E. O. YOUNGBLOOD, W. N. ELAM, J. R. BARNES, J. B. JOYCE, Z. A. GOODWIN, T. W. TEMPLE, F. U. HALSEY. Entered as second-class matter at College Station, Texas, February 17, 1905. Price Per Annum $1.25 College Station, Tex., Friday, Oct. 2. The day of hazing is rapidly pass ing. At A. and M., for instance, even the harmless practical jokes on fresh men which so much delighted upper classmen a few years ago are now rarely seen. Quite often now does one hear the remark: “I haven’t seen a “fish” strapt this year.” When the members of the present senior class were freshmen, hazing was pretty stiff, yet we were informed by our persecutors that we were not receiv ing half the chastisement that they re ceived when they were freshmen. We took all such statements with a grain of salt then, but now we are inclined to believe there was some truth in them. Certainly, hazing has decreas ed markedly at this institution since we were “fish.” But A. and M. yet labors under the reputation for row dyism which it acquired many years ago but no longer deserves. The national protest of a few years ago against hazing caused harsh laws to be passed in Texas for the suppress ion of the practice. But we are de clined to think that these laws did little if anything to abate the custom, because we know of no person against whom they have ever been enforced and we have never known a student to refrain because of them. Indeed, we have frequently known cadets to freely indulge in hazing in the face of the more immediate danger of expuls ion from college. Rather de we think that the present tendency is the result of a growing sense of justice on the part of the students themselves. As things now are a freshman is more likely to escape without that limited amount of hazing which most persons agree is best for his own welfare he is to be brutally treated. Trade with the men who advertise with the college publications, fellows. This is not only a fair thing for us to do but it is strictly to our own interest to do so. Several of our college enter prises would be absolutely impossible without the aid of advertisers in Bry an. Take the Longhorn, for instance, the greatest of all agencies for adver tising A. and M. Fully half the ads it contains are paid for by men in Bryan, and yet how few of us give preference to the merchants in Bryan who patronize it. Read carefully the ads in this and other student publi cations and trade with the men who make the publications possible. There are men in Bryan who boast that they don’t have to advertise to get the A. and M. trade! The Battalion does not advocate any boycott, but we do urge our readers to go first to merchants who help support the College. Don’t forget the college song con test. This song should be adopted and learned by the corps before the game in Dallas, and the contest will close one week from today unless it is found that a sufficient number of songs have not been entered in the contest by that time. Drop the songs with envelops attached into the Bat box in the Main Building near Ike Ash- burn’s office. The price of a single subscription to the Battalion is $1.25 but when one person subscribes for two copies, one of them to be sent off the campus, the price is $2.00, and the price for three is $3.00. Trade with our advertisers; but for them a college paper would be im possible. The practical joke pulled off by the “old boys” of T. C. U. on the freshman class this week serves to emphasize the wisdom of the A. and M. corps last year in eliminating the freshman vote from corps elections at this col lege. “Fish” Florian approached “-Shrimp” Haden the other day with a wise look innocently made the following in quiry: “Say, Mister, has reveille blown for drill yet?” T. C. U. has adopted student self government. The Battalion extends its congratulations and best wishes for the succes of the plan. All material for the Y. M. C. A. page should be turned in to Mr. Steger. He is in entire charge of their depart ment. The news letter from T. C. U. this week is worthy of special mention. It is what a news letter ought to be. When buying goods say: “I saw your ad in the Battalion.” NEW COURSE AT A. & M. Course in stenography offered, be ginning Wednesday night. See page five. MISSED YOU LAST WEEK -BUT WE ARE i STILL WAITING FOR YOU Let us Make THOSE CLUB PINS MEND THOSE GLASSES FIX THAT WATCH Nobody Will Do It Better PARK, THE JEWELER and OPTICIAN Hunt up E. M. PETERS, 26 FOSTER HALL, or F. O. MON TAGUE, 58, GOODWIN, for what ever you want THE DIXIE THE HOME OF THE MOVIES Two Programs Daily 1st Program from 1 p. m. to 6:30 p. m.; 2nd program from 6:30 to 11 p. m. The Dixie Shows Nothing but the Best The Queen Saturday, “Shannon of the Sixth” A Five-Reel War Drama THE CITY TAILOR SHOP BRYAN, TEXAS Cadet Uniforms and Citizen Suits made by me. Cleaning, Pressing and Alterations a specialty. It will pay you to see me before purchasing. FRANK ZUBIK, Proprietor. Next Door to the Telephone Office