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A FRESHMAN'S LETTER HOME.
A. & M. College, U. S. A.,
October 1, 1915.
Dearest Dad:
I am writing you agen as I prom
ised. The last time I wrote you I had
jist got here, and I didn’t know much,
but, believe your son, I know all about
this city now. All these here big
stores I was telling you about are
not stores at all; they are a part of
the college. I never heard of a school
having so many buildings before.
They even have a separate building
for everything like chem and elec
tricity and such stuff, and they are
all a part of the shure nuff college.
Dad, I’m a real college boy now.
I wear the same kind of clothes that
these other real college boys do. I’m
one of the boys, too. Most of the fel
lers call me “fish,” but that is what
they call any new guy when they
can’t think of his name. We had
“College Night” here last Friday
night. Dad, it wuz some elegant af-
fare. We visited the Profs, that’s the
teachers, and yelled and hollered and
shirt-tail paraded until all the Profs
made speeches and told us what a
blamed good gang we wuz. Coach
Moran is a great man. Dad, for the
boys who know him told me so. I
think I’ll go out for football, the boys
say I am built up for a great football
player. I get a chance to win a “T.”
A “T” is only w'orn by hero stars,
and I’d like to have one, too. Don’t
tell anyone, Dad, but I think I am
going to be a Corporel next year for
1 bought the Captain a cigar and
he said, “Fish, this puts you in line
for a Corporelship.” Besides, Dad,
my drill grade was 93, that’s lots
higher than some of the old boys
made. An old boy told we to put in
an application for a Corporelship,
which I did. T taken it to Mr. Luten-
ant Hill and he said he would file it
away, and as soon as he could he
would give me a squad. A Corporel
is a star soldier. They put stripes
on their arms to tell them from the
rest of the fellers. The stripes is
certainly swell, they are all gold and
stuff. Gee! But the girls would rave
over me when I come home Xmas.
Dad, it takes a little more money
than we first figured on, for I got to
buy the Captam and Corperels some
more cigars, so they won’t forget
about that Corporelship for me. And
I want to buy some pennants and lots
of things. I bought a chance on a
$5.00 bill the other day, but another
guy won it. Dad, I got two crackin
good bargens, I bought a Nat ticket
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and a Taps recete for 35c. I got them
from an old boy who said he was go
ing back home. I can take a bath
any time I want to now or go to bed
either.
Dad, they do the funniest just be
fore w r e go to supper. We all gather
out by the big bilding and a guy yells
“Attention!” Then after while he
yells “Flag pole,” and everybody
stands up right strate, then they play
some music and the guy yells “Parade
Rest,” and we sorter stand on one
leg while they play some more music.
I dont know why they call it parade
rest, cause it dont rest you a bit.
While they do this another guy pulls
down a flag off a high post, then we
all go to supper.
Well, Dad, its getting time for Tap-
too, so I’ll go to bed and rise at reve
lation in the morning to take my regu
lar exercise. I must have a little ex
tra cash so if you have to, you may
sell old aBldy and send me what he
brings. He ought to bring about $25
for beef.
Well goodbye.
Your college boy son,
HIRAM.
P. S. If you see Nellie with any
boys tell me, she promised not to go
with anybody while I was gone.
A COLLEGE SONG.
Let us join with men of Texas,
And sing a college lay
To the school that always makes us
Real stuff in field and play.
CHORUS.
Our school is a school of heroes;
On football field we fight.
We’ve got the pep and coachin’
That stands for red and white.
A. & M. is the place for farmers.
For engineers as true,
For men who’ll make old Texas
Come out in front for you.
We eat good “reg” and cornbread,
We drink “dope,” milk and “sky,”
And ’neath our belts we put the “T”-
bones
That make us tough and spry.
—“FISH” SCHUCHARDT.
THEME WRITING.
Theme writing has become one of
the greatest pastimes of the Ameri
can scholar. Whenever he has ’time
to spare, he is certain to be found at
this engaging occupation. Sports and
other pastimes are gradually passing
away, and before long football and
baseball will be things of the past.
Theme writing contests are now held
by all colleges and universities of
this country, and are governed by a
set of rules, which may be bought at
any book store, and which is pub
lished by the Spaulding Co. The
greatest danger to this great diver
sion lies in the fact that within a few
generations all valuable theme sub
jects will be exhausted.
Theme writing is dangerous espe
cially to those who enter into the
spirit of it earnestly. Such persons
are often found suffering with a pe
culiar disease called “Riterz Cramp,”
which is baffling to the medical men.
Unless this disease is properly cared
for, it soon develops into the painful
and often fatal “Essayitis.” Accord
ing to the famous authority, Dr. Penit,
the number of deaths from this cause
alone is greater per year than that
of any ten previous years of football,
and the asylums are rapidly filling
from this same cause. The terrible
effects of this malady have become
so prominent in the eyes of the world
that business men will no longer hire
persons who smoke, drink or write
themes. For these reasons it is espe
cially urged that the teachers and
professors of the college will refrain
from assigning many and difficult
themes to their classes.
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