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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1918)
THE BATTALION Wednesday, April 24, 1918 LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASS IN CHRONICLES OF THE COL LEGE—HAS IMPRESSIVE CLASS HISTORY. (Continued From Page 1) school that its reputation is estab lished solely on its Animal Husband ry department. We do not attempt to disprove this assertion, but merely wish to call attention to the fact theit the majority of the present Fresh men class is registered in the engi neering department. The early history of our class is much the same as that of preceding ones. We have had our trials and tribulations, hard knocks and pain ful bruises and we have experienced for the first time the delicious sensa tion of being catapulted from bed in the dead of night, hitting the floor with a sickening thud, and immedi ately refreshed by a deluge of watei'. After several instances of this we have forever become prejudiced against the morning shower. We have by this time learned to be effi cient messengers and valets, and have become inured to all the abuse and contumely heaped upon us. We have had our share of home sickness, and many of us have rued the day that saw us entrain for College Station. This childish be havior was quite natural for many of us had never been away from home among strangers, and the bare rooms of the student dormitories were most depressing. Happily how ever, this unnatural state of mind soon passed away, we put up pic tures, pennants and decorations in our rooms, made new acquaintances, and soon became reconciled to being Freshmen in A. and M. Having adjusted ourselves to our environments, we set to work upon our books, and as a proof of our earnestness and endeavor, fewer Freshmen “flunked out”, proportion ately this year than in any previous year. This record can be attribut ed to the ability of this year’s Fresh man class and to the revised stand ard for admission. The Freshman class has contributed about three- fourths of this year’s quota of dis tinguished students. The part Freshmen have played in athletics has been too large to be commented upon here, and is dis cussed elsewhere in this issue. Suf fice it to say that, without their fielp, this year’s athletic successes would not have been possible. The Freshmen have helped large ly to maintain the wonderful “pep” of the school. Composing two- thirds of'the student body we natur ally made the loudest noise at foot ball games, etc. These were our first opportunities to cheer for old A. and M. and we put all we had into it. Ours was the enthusiasm of the proverbial Neophyte—we kept up the reputation of the school for cheering. Our voices spurred the team to victory, and our apprecia tion made victory seem whrth while. Not of all of us who came here in September are here now. Quite a few have heard the call and are now with the colors. As they were all under the draft age, this act of patriotism is all the more worthy of approbation. Those of us who re main here, feel it our duty to pre pare for the time when our services will be most valuable to our country. If we are permitted to graduate, we feel confident that we will have the largest, best trained and most efficient Senior class ever leaving A. and M.; a class that will make a name for itself, and be an honor to our institution. A REPLY TO THE ARTICLE “MAG NIFICENT MODERN MUSEUM OF NATURAL WONDERS.” You poor boob. You poor, unen lightened nonenity. You and your “civilized end of the campus” re- mindes me of the German and his Kultur. Young man, look in Web- sters dictionary and find the mean ing of the word “civilized.” No part of the definition can apply to your end of the campus. Ask the Fiscal Department which end of the campus pays the most out of the trust fund. Make a careful inspection of Ross, Foster, and Good win Halls and you will see how much better condition they are in than Leggett, Mitchell, and Milner. Why you poor nut, it is such as you who makes it so hard for us to have a campus beautiful. Civilized indeed; why brother you make me ashamed of you. I always apologize to strangers for you and your gang. Who was it last year who never wore any sox? None other than one of your Leggett Hall Blue Bloods! As for the pleasure to be derived from watching a senior setting be fore his basin and watching the “eter nal mystery of flowing water,” why if we on the top stoop of Mitchell could ever get enough water to dampen a postage stamp, we would be satisfied. You know it is unsan itary to lick a stamp, you civilized mut. There is one old boy over here who has* been in this Hall all the year. R'e was in Milner last year. Yet he has not responded to your civilized enfluences enough to know how to use a wash basin properly. My dear boy, you do not know the first meaning of heat. You are evidently a “Bug Hunter” otherwise you would know something about it. Last winter the most hackneyed joke on the campus was the one about having to sleep on a radiator to keep it from freezing. You, yourself, spread these stones. Some of your men were transfered to Foster Hall just after Christmas, ask them which they prefer, the radiator, or the stove. You should have nothing* to say about an aerial track meet on the ledge about thrity feet from the ground. Last year, one of the most promising poultry farms in South Texas was on top of College Station’s most elite and select ap- partment house, Leggett Hall. You with your worldly experience reminds me of the men that Doctor Knickerbocker told us of who would tickle himself with a straw and cackle, “This is the life for me,” and then roll over in his drunken . vomit. We susepct, Mr. Worldly Wise, that College Station bounds your hemis phere on one side, Sy Perkins’ north east corner, the other side, the “Wid- der” Jones’ black berry patch the other, and Pempkinville, where your best gal lives, the other side. Your literary art was evidently acquired when you were acting as reporter for your home paper, the “Bingville Bugle.” ’21 “What’s the difference between a mule, a football player and an open door?” “I don’t know.” “Why, there’s no difference be tween a mule and a football player; they’re both kickers.” “Well, what about the open door?” “Oh, that’s where the joke comes in.” gJIlllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIHl j The Best Drinks | i| are found at Casey’s Him 3 Come in after drill and try our refreshing drinks. tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM l! Illlfi! CHAS. NITCH Chas. Nitch, the students* friend; the only tailor who supports all of our activities. HE SUPPORTS US. LET’S SUPPORT HIM.
