THE BATTALION
Published every Wednesday night by
Students of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas
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A. E. BURGES, '15 Editor-in-Chief
J. F. HADEN Business Manager
F. A. HOMANN, T5. .Associate Editor
W. L. RUTAN, ’15 Asso. Bus. Mgr.
E. McR. CLAYTOR, T5...Ex. Editor
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L. V. WITCHER—Contributing Editor
G. J. CORNET, T6 Eng. Editor
M. T. GARRETT, T6 Agr. Editor
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Entered as second-class matter at
College Station, Texas, February 17,
1905.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found a proposed amendment to the
constitution of the Students’ Associa
tion which every voter in the corps
should read and study carefully. It
is evident to any cadet who will take
a second thought that there is a cry
ing need for a well worked out sys
tem for the control of the Battalion.
Theoretically, the Battalion is pub
lished by the Students’ Association,
but the truth is that it is published
by a set of two men whom the asso
ciation elects each year and the as
sociation has no control, whatever,
over the publication between those
intervals. The editor has spent
weeks, if not months, of thought on
the plan set forth and consulted with
various members of the Senior class
who are in a position to know the
situation and to suggest remedies, and
he believes that the plan as it stands
provides for every possible difficulty
that may arise.
The plan provides for an almost
■perfect control by the corps of its of
ficial organ, it enables the editor by
consulting with the board to really
determine the sentiment of the corps
before giving utterance to any edi
torial opinion, and it puts a check on
any editor who might be inclined to
use the Battalion merely as a means
of expressing his own personal opin
ions without regard to the sentiment
of the student body.
It makes it necessary for the busi-
Tiess manager to show at monthly in
tervals just how the Battalion stands
financially, it steadies and systema
tizes the workings of the publication,
and it prevents any suspicion in re
gard to the honesty of the business
manager. But at the same time, by
providing that the busiiTCss manager
received 50 per cent of the profits re
maining above salaries and other ex
penses, it supplies an incentive for
greater efforts. The present business
manager has remarked that no fairer
scheme could be devised.
But the greatest advantage of all
to be derived from the adoption of
this amendment is that it makes the
Battalion a continuous enterprise,
carrying over from year to year its
assets, liabilities and subscription
lists.
Be sure to read the amendment and
vote for it.
The baseball team returned from
Austin with nothing but praise for
the cordial treatment they received
at the hands of the University of
Texas when they played there Tues
day and Wednesday of last week.
After the first game the Farmers were
the guests of the Varsity “T” Asso
ciation at a banquet given in the
cafeteria. The next morning they
were taken on the Terry Ranger, a
launch donated to the University by
Major George Littlefield, for an eight-
mile ride over Lake Austin. During
their stay there no unpleasantness
occurred and the Aggies are loud in
their praise of the gracious hospitali
ty of the Austin men. Such conduct
as this will soon dissipate the idea
that there is bitterness between the
governing bodies and students of
these two institutions, and when that
day comes these schools both will en
ter into a sphere of larger usefulness
to the State and will be supported
with greater liberality.
Now is a good time for every cadet
to drop a few lines to his home paper
telling his friends about the work of
the College and what will be done here
during the commencement exercises.
Elsewhere in this issue will he found
a program for the commencement ex
ercises. It might be well to remem
ber that we are seeking separation
from the University. On July 24, Sat
urday, a constitutional amendment,
providing for the separation of the two
schools and making other wise provis
ions for the educational system of
Texas, will be voted upon by the people
of the State. See to it that your friends
know some of the reasons why the two
schools should be separated.
The campus is beautiful now.
August Thomsen, caretaker of the
grounds, is due much praise for the
beautiful little flower plots and beds
that brighten the college grounds.
Cadets should be very careful not to
destroy any of these beauties. Pic
tures of the grounds at this season of
the year make very pleasant addi
tions to scrap books. Now is the best
season of the year to get pictures of
the grounds as they appear to a much
better advantage than at any other
season.
Only a few more days and school will
close. Sometimes it seems dull and
tiresome at the College, but always at
commencement the fellows feel deep
pangs of grief on leaving the school.
We are prone to be unappreciative of
our college life until it is over. Stick
to the fellow who is your friend now.
In a few years you will realize just
how true a friend he really was, for
college friends do not forget each other.
UNIVERSITY WORKERS
ARE VISITORS HERE
Miss Jessie P. Rich and Miss Allen,
of the Home Economics Department
of the University of Texas, were re
cent visitors here. During their stay
here Miss Rich and Miss Allen were
guests of President and Mrs. W. B.
Bizzell. They were shown over the
grounds on an inspection tour.
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the fortunate one and received the
prize.
The vice-president of the associa
tion next explained that the custom
of giving medals to the members of
the Chicago stock judging team would
be carried out this year, altho the
team did not get to go to Chicago
because the outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease prevented the show
being held. It will be remembered
that the A. & M. team last year won
the international championship at
Chicago. The team this year consists
of J. C. Yeary, H. F. Ellis, F. O. Mon
tague, Y. W. Scott and W. L. Stangel.
Dancing was the next thing on the
program.
At 11 o’clock the crowd dispersed
and the merrymakers boarded the in-
terurban for home.
HERE’S HOW FARMERS
FEEL ABOUT A. & M.
The following resolutions, adopted
by the East Texas Central District
Farmers’ Union, shows what the farm
ers think of their school. The resolu
tions were adopted at the regular ses
sion of that union at Henderson April '
30, copies being sent to Governor Fer
guson, leading newspapers and influen
tial citizens of the State: The resolu
tions follow:
“Whereas, The excellent progress
made by the Agricultural and Mechani
cal College in the last few years has
demonstrated that it is absolutely
necessary to the general welfare of the
farmers; and
“Whereas, We favor such appropria
tion as would place the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas on
a footing with, if not superior to, any
similar institution in the United States;
and
“Whereas, We believe that the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College should
be absolutely distinct and separate
from any other school and be placed on
such footing as to be second to none
in the United States for equipping our
boys for their occupation as farmers
in all classes, as farming is not only a
business, hut the most important of
all vocations, as the entire commercial
structure of the world depends upon
agriculture; and
“Whereas, The Thirty-fourth Legis-
ple of Texas, separating the Agricultu
ral and Mechanical College from the
University, and we urge every farmer
in Texas and every friend of the
farmer and of agriculture in Texas to
vote in favor of this constitutional
amendment and aid us in making the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
the greatest school of its kind in the
United States; therefore, be it
“Resolved, That we, the East Texas
Central District Farmers’ Union, in
regular session at Henderson on April
30, 1915, oppose putting the Agricultu
ral and Mechanical College under a
single board with any other school,
and we request that the president and
secretary send a copy of this resolution
to Governor James T. Ferguson, Aus
tin and to Lieutenant Governor Wil
liam Hobby, and Speaker Janies W.
Woods, with request that each of them
have this resolution entered on the
journal of the’ Senate and the House, re
spectively, and read before each body;
and, also, that a copy be sent to the
Galveston-Dallas News and the Fort
Worth Record and the Farmer’s Fire
side and Bulletin for publication, with
the request that they stand by us in
advocating the complete separation of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege from the University and to op
pose the placing of these two schools
under one board.
S. E. FERGUSON,
Chairman.
F. W. FRIDGES,
B. F. ADAMS,
GEORGE B. TERRELL,
C. L. TALIAFERRO,
Secretary.
N. R. DORSEY,
President.”
TEXAS VETS TO MEET
AT A. & M. NEXT WEEK.
The Texas Veterinary Medical Asso
ciation will hold its annual meeting at
the College next week, beginning May
17 and continuing three days. An ex
cellent program has been prepared for
this meeting. A feature will be clinics,
which will be conducted by Dr. Francis
and Dr. Marstellar of our own veterina
ry science department at the veteri
nary hospital. Dr. T. Christian of Tex
arkana is president and Dr. A. A. Fos
ter of Marshall is secretary.
SUJHTS
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SATISFACTION IS THE THING.
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