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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1918)
Wednesday, April 24, 1918 THE BATTALION o ANOTHER HIGH RANKING FISH LIEUT. A. F. McMANUS GREETINGS TO THE FRESHMEN. I have been asked to write my im pressions of the Freshman class since coming to the college, as they considered me “one of them.”. I am not much given to writing, but I cannot decline a request put to me in this way, because it has al ways been my wish that not only the Freshman class, but that all the members of the Cadet Corps consid er me “one of them”, at least in tfie sense that I would like for them to feel that I am their friend and al ways interested in their welfare and success. Many of the Freshmen, in time, wilt become cadet officers and non commissioned officers and all will, I hope, be bent upon qualifying them selves for commissions in some arm of the military service. As it will be my pleasure and privilege to as sist in developing the many manly qualities that are essential to the making of a real leader of men, it is but natural that I should take a keen interest in the young men who are to be trained in the military de partment, particularly now that the necessity for proper military train ing is so apparent and essential. It should be the highest ambition of each Freshman to qualify him self for a commission. Next to West Point this is one of the two greatest military colleges in the United States, so that each Freshman has a great opportunity, and if he does not so qualify it will be his own fault. The surest way co succeed is to be in dead earnest all the time. You may chafe at times under the restraint of discipline—all military discipline is autocratic, the very na ture and necessity of its existence makes it autocratic, but it is with this apparently very autocratic weap on that we expect to deal the enemy its death blow for the sake of de mocracy. To do this it is often necessary that the will of one man be imposed upon greater numbers. Experience has taught that in order that the single mind of one man can wield and move an immense army instantly, rigid discipline is an ab solute necessity. To this end two things are essential, one that all soldiers should acknowledge many, many times by some understood sign or gesture, superior authority, and too that they should show an intense regard therefor, thus we have the salute which the soldier or cadet ex ecutes perhaps many times each day. Whenever a soldier salutes, the ex perienced officer is able to tell quickly, to a large extent, the quality of that soldier—by the way he sa lutes. To translate the meaning of the salute into words: As the sol dier salutes he says: “I respect your military position and will obey you instantly” and in returning the sa lute the officer says: “I know you will, and appreciate it.” The experienced , well trained and disciplined soldier salutes with a smartness, alertness, and precision, that is readil perceptible. Remem ber this. This I hope disposes of the foolish idea that a cadet forfeits his self respect or is demeaning himself when he displays his soldierly quali ties by saluting promptly and proper ly- Officers always salute their superiors promptly. As to my impressions since my arrival I might say that I consider not only the Freshman class but the cadet corps as a whole the finest body of young men I have ever known and being myself a Texan I am happy to be among them. Since their remarkable performance before t’-e Inspector, I take a still greater Pride in the corps and look forward to great things when we all meet again next session. A. F. McManus, Lieut. U. S. Army. —’21 RAM LIST. Bizzell, Dr. W. B.—Sleeping thru reveille. Living Stone, “Pete”—Dirty ears. Ball, Dr. O. M.—Riding down mili tary walk in a Ford. Wilson, ‘Woodrow’—Sleeping with mouth open. McMeanus, Lieut. A. F.—Failing to saulte. Hyland, Sergeant.—Trousers too small. Reynolds, Prof.—Argueing in the class. Farr, Dr. C. H.—Face not shaved. Shiner, V. Jr.—Absent taps. Nash, E. C. Griping. Shiller, I.—Legs too short. Crane, Col. C. J.—Kin Bryan with out permit. Kenny, Seargt.—Taking up too much room in rank. Smart, Seargt.—Non-military car riage. Chastain, Prof.—Telling jokes on which the copyright has expired. Day, Major.-—Disturbing peace on Sunday morning before chapel. Semmes, Dr.—Destroying cadets private property with a blue pencil. Francis, Dr. Mark.—Swearing in class after being asked three times by cadets not to do so. Brooks, “Sunny”.—Wading in the Y. M. C. A. Swimming pool. Schiller, I.-—Bumping himself up on the curbing. Campbell, Dr. C. B.—Knitting in class. Marsteller, Dr.—Cruelty to ani mals. Graves, “Tubby”—Playing Soccer in the vicinity of dormitories. Ford, Prof. Darden—Absent Glee Club practice. Kimbell, Dr.—Passing too many students on chem. test. Miller, Prof M. A.—Absent Eng lish conference. Riffenberg, H. B.—-Out of step while dancing with his girl. Cooper, F. A. Allowing Band to play too loud at Texas game. • Page, Prof.—Non-regulation hair cut. Abicht, R. R. Beating Casey out of a drink. Firth, Mr.—Arousing a disturbance n Y. M. C. A. lobby. Lavinder, J. F.—Losing too much time while cutting hair. Brayton, Prof. H. R.—Teaching cadets how to make alcohol. Hedges, C. C.—Laboratories con taining the odor of Sbisa’s eggs. 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