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THE HIKE—PAST AND PRESENT.
Once upon a time it was customary
for the students of this eleemosynary
institution to observe the day conse
crated to Fools, by turning the college
wrong side out before breakfast. After
a hasty breakfast they usually invaded
Bryan and carried out an interesting
program in that city. This custom was
in vogue for many years, to the extreme
discomfort of all concerned, including
Prexy, the instructors, the Bull, cam
pus people, inhabitants of Bryan, and
the cadets themselves. The faculty
and the discipline committee raved and
tore their hair, and cussed and canned.
But of no avail. Then there ascended
to the throne Capt. Andrew Moses,
a Bull famous for the wisdom and un
derstanding of his heart. As the day
of the annual celebration drew near,
the captain retired into a deep study
for a few minutes. The result was
that on the day before the aforesaid cel
ebration, he appeared with a bunch of
general orders. He took the regiment
to the jungle and kept them there two
nights. On the return, the corps went
to bed and made up for two nights on
the cold, cold ground. Th e bull was
ahead at last. He had taken the trick;
beaten them to the punch. They real
ized that a full house is a good hand,
but that a spade flush is better.
The years rolled on, and Capt.
Moses departed. Likewise the April
Fools departed—in droves every June.
The sucessors f Capt. Moses stuck
to the plan of getting the corps away
from the campus on the fateful day.
Finally the last of the April Fools
graduated. The new colege men were
not wise to the forces they controlled,
the old idea was forgotten, and the hike
became an institution.
Then it came to pass that in the year
1915 the Bull issued the annual gen
eral orders. A thrill of surprise and
consternation ran through the corps.
The hike was dead! And the poor sub
stitute offered was entitled the Annual
Field Maneuvers. Ye gods! What an
insult! “— ! ! !!!?!”
said the corps. “So they aint afraid
of us any more, hey? Wait ’till April
first and we’ll show them how to keep
us here that day!” Then as the real-
zation of the futility of resistance and
the bitterness of the dose was driven
home, rage resolved itself into despair.
“Field Maneuvers!! Annual Field Ma-
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neuvers! Why don’t they call it plain,
hard work, like what it is? Gosh all
hemlock! Three days of drill!!!”
And the regiment bowed its head and
wept. It was beaten. Once more the
iron hand of discipline had tightended
and the subjugation was complete.
The hike of 1915 came and went. On
the night before All Fools’ Day, the
cows and chickens peacefully roosted
in comfortable quarters instead of on
the hard benches of the section-room.
On the same nigh the poor cadet turn
ed his eyes to his calculus, and the
stillness was broken only by the ticking
of the alarm clock as its hands moved
slowly toward the time for taps and
a dreamless sleep.
IN MEMORIAM.
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty
God, in his omnipotent wisdom, to re
move the mother of our friend and
classmate, J. M Kinchloe, we, a com
mittee from the eSnor class, do offer
the following resolutions:
1. Resolved, That we extend to the
family our heartfelt sympathy in their
hour of bereavement, for we recognize
that their loss is a great one.
2. Be is further resolved, That as
a token of our respect for the family,
a copy of these resolutions be sent to
them, a copy to each of the home pa
pers and a copy be published in the
Battalion.
E. N. HOGUE,
R. R. ALLEN,
C. J. DAVIS,
Committee.
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