Wednesday, April 24, 1918
THE BATTALION
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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.
Wilson, “Woodrow”—Allowing a
fish to haze him.
’21
Fish “Monte” Owen of I Co., the
social vampire, is unwell this week.
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