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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1917)
Wednesday, October 31, 1917 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 ONE MORE JOKE REVEALS HIMSELF. (Continued from page 2) On the porch of the Mess Hall he was forced to stop and address the cheer ing multitude. He spoke modestly of the honor, but that he felt that he was not unworthy of it, and would strive to make the corps glad of his appointment. He felt especially that he ought to extend the helping hand of the brother to those who needed aid, and even if any of the old heads ever felt the necessity of a strong hand to steady them, why his was always ready to help along. This brought the crowd to the point of tears of joy at the thought of such a simp. J,t is true that many of the audience had never thought to witness such innocent imbecility, and with one accord they lifted him to their shoulders and carried him off with cheers of acclamation. Some inventive genius suggested that the Regimental Color Corporal ought to have his saber, and no sooner men tioned than acted upon. He rushed violently to the guard room and put in a permit for an officer’s sword. All this time he had quite a re spectable following of “orderlies,” men with an exceptional sense of humor, and they dropped the addi tional bug in his ear that his horse should be got out of the stable and a little broken in to his new master. The fact that he had a horse coming to him was the crown to the reddest lettered day of this fish’s life. He tore madly to the barn, and was bit terly disappointed by the news that the Regimental Color Corporal’s horse was a bit lame, and could not be used for some days. At last came the blow. To the poor victim was revealed the exteht of his victimization. The man who told him was prepared to see tears of vexation and remorse, but on the con trary, the old accustomed gall of the class of 1921 rose to the surface and ran over in the glad expression of that fish: “anyway, more people know my name than any other fish on the campus.” It is hoped that those who know it will treasure as a gem in their memory the remember- ance of this harmless lunatic who haunted the campus and Mess Hall of A. and M. in the year 1917. THE CHEMISTRY OF RELIGION. In Organic :- Giesecke: “Say Prof, will you tell me just how it is that taking colo- mel bring about salvation?” STOP AT THE METROPOLITAN BARBER SHOP BRYAN, TEXAS Convenient for students, near inter- urban station. First class Work- ♦}• men, hot and cold baths. A first «J. class porter. Make our shop head- •}• i lass porter. quarters^ McCOWN> p ropr i etor . | DR. R. N. BLACKWELL »$> OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON X Phone 170 Campus J Bryan Office New Astin Building -j. Hours 8 to 2 p.m. Phone 493 4. 4* ♦■*-* ♦•*-» ♦% *■* * ■*-* ♦ ♦-* ♦ ♦% +*-* +*+ +*-* ♦-% *■'** *-% POCKET KNIVES | RAZORS t ELECTRIC and GASO- ? | LINE IRONS | Sterns Heat for instant ❖ ^ cooking. We carry every- ^ thing handled by a first £ ❖ class hardware store. £ t PARKER-ASTIN HARD- £ WARE COMPANY. X Bryan, Texas. £ 4- __ THE SER VICE IDEALS OF THE COLLEGE (By President W. B. Bizzell). As long ago as 1909 President Wil son in an article in Scribner’s Maga zine under the title of “WHAT IS A COLLEGE FOR” gave the following answer to the question that he rais ed: “The College is for the use of the Nation, not for the satisfaction of those who administer it or for the carrying out of their private views.” If this definition is accepted it would appear that the college that serves the nation in the most effective way is entitled to the highest approbation, and moral and financial support. But how are we to judge when the Col lege is most effectively serving the nation? National life like the life of an individual is an aggregate of experiences which re-act pleasantly and unpleasantly upon the aggregate population. Poverty and wealth, peace and war, are but examples of the experiences that come to every nation. Can we not say then that if the College is for the use of the na tion that the measure of that use is determined by the contribution the College makes in meeting the needs and solving the problems of the na tion under the varying experiences through which it passes? Perhaps never before have we rea lized so fully the contribution of the Colleges to the nation’s welfare as now. We have had a vague idea in the past that college men go out into the world with the ideals of becom ing good citizens and the ambitions to make their way without depending upon others, but there is no doubt that the war situation has brought to us more forcibly than ever the thought of the real contribution that our colleges are making to our coun try. It has occured to me that this college meets President Wilson’s conception of the purposes of the college in an unusually effective way at this time. Never before has a War required such a variety of service and experience. It has been necessaTy to train and to equip an army in the shortest possible time. The War Department found hundreds of Agri cultural and Mechanical College men already equipped' both by training and discipline. The problem of pro duction and conservation of food was an immediate one when war was de clared. Hundreds of men who had received their training in this insti tution were ready to assist and did contribute both skill and efficiency to the solution of this problem. The nation required the services of En gineers of every description and this college was also equal to that emer gency. I do not believe there is a college in the land that is serving the nation more effectively, relative number of students and graduates considered, than the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. These remarks are offered, not in a spirit of boastfulness, but in the spirit of gratitude that our forefath ers were wise enough to establish such a college as this and that those in the past who have been responsible for its direction were • wise enough to cause it to function accurately. The students of the college should take pride in. its achievements and contributions to the national welfare. It is my firm conviction that our pride in it will increase during the progress of this war when the mem bers of this great fraternal brother hood of college men are called to meet the highest tests of courage, fidelity and devotion to the best tra ditions of American life. (Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of articles which Dr. Bizzell has con sented to write for the Battalion.) 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