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TVurWay, April lO, 1919
STUDENT OPINION
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A few >H»r» a^o, whenever
A. prvl
M. staged a big ball, such
Thankafriviafr Hop, the R. V.
Pinal Ball, break-ins were
known quantity. If a man
Kiri to a dance and had a program
Ailed out, he was assured of getting
to dance it. In late years with the
decline in prestige and leadership of
ttppsk-claasaaen. especially if Sen
iors, the habit of letting anydae whj
comes alang taka your partner has
developed, with nobody to eff^ctuslly
'jhppose it. This year, hodra^r, this
custun. became so injurious te eVery-
one-good tone st corps danoes that
it has been greatly discouraged.
The Ross Volunteer Hoj? is to take
place two weeks frr w now. } Every
one who takes s girl has a program
Which he wants to dance, or he
wouldn't be going. If breakrins are
to be allowed, nobody, will have any
idea who he is to dance with, and can
only be sure that his own program
will be broken into quite
And then there is this to cpngider.
The m- n on the campus who come
with their Wives are not acquainted
with the visiting girls, and so won't
hreaki-in os them. But the cgdete
are quite, free about breaking-in on
tkeir friends, the campus ladies So
when break-ms start, the men who
have opened their homes to our vis
itors and who hove been so accom
odating. louse their partners, and are
forced to “sit out” the encores, the
longest part of the dance. It would
be doing theea men a great favyr to
eliminate break-ins.
These views have been formed af
ter talks with numerous cadets and
iaampu* people, who think the tame
way about the matter. The time is
opportune for the hosts at thit dSnce.
the Roes 'Volunteers, to revive the
eld custom which need to make a big
A- and M. dance one worth While.
This doesn't necessarily eliminate
stags. If they have a program filled
they are as welcome as anyone. But
it does mean that when a man atart-
, ed a dance he would get to Ani*h
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THE BATTALION
IN THE WAY OF IMPROVEMENTS
Before many moons A. and M. will
be one of the beat equipped plants
in the south. At least appropria
tions are being strongly considered
by our Legislature. It is expelled
that the corps will be given a much
needed gymnasium, Sgt. Hyland in-
looking forward to an armory and a
target range. Dean Kyle for a pew
Agricultural building* Professor Fe:-
mier a new M. E. building, the col
lege in general for a new library. It
is to be remembered that the M. E.’s
have the advantage over the rest of
us as their castle in already under
construction. For the rest of us, we
have hopes for the other improve
ments.
But there are several other indU-
pensible things that we must have be
fore we can be classed A 1. First,
we need an adequate water supply,
one that will supply enough water
for the fourth floor inhabitants. We
need paved streets that will do away
with the now prevalent “cow trails.'*
We need S car station where we can
wait for the regular and irregular
interurban cars, we need a new
Chera. building of a new type, one
in which any student can enter with
out shudderinfr. We need a wreck
ing crew to tear down the only wbod-
en edifice on the military walk, and
if necessary, we need a separate up-
to-date building for Post Exchange.
It is up to us, men, to get them.
Perseverance conquers all, and al
though We won't have to growl about
what we now have, if we’ll keep on
“kicking” figueretively speakigg, per
haps these needs will be supplied. At
any rate lets all pull for more im
provement.-
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A SORROW SHARED BY AtL
WHO KNEW I^IM
The common practice of promis
cuous use of superlatives has so
cheapened words that an honest ef
fort, to express our sorroaa! seems
so unworthy offlflAy man lil^e Sear-
gent ijjtenny. More than mqst men,
he was entitlsid to all the cuptomarv
praise, but intimate aasocigmDm (with
him has made us conscious of an in
describable something that caused a
big lumg to rise in our tnroats when
we heard of his death. Our inter
ests were his interests, our misfor
tunes his misfortunes, and wfjfeel as
though we have lost more than! just
a good friend.
Whenever * man’s children press
their little faces against the window-
pane, expectantly awaiting his re
turn from werk, and then run- at top
speed to greet him, each one bugging
and pulling at his clothing to insure
a proportionate part of his attention,
well, sowehow or other, you smile a
glad sort of a smile and unccatscious-
Jg mark him as one of a few who arc
worthy of your implicit coSAdenc
because you know that a man whom
childreq love with abandon must
be sincere, end inherently kind-
hearted. honest and up-right May
be that helps to explain the feeling
that one very near and vary -dear
has passed from among us.
We, Who have known him, Vould
call him a real man, and there la no
mgher tribute.
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CAMPUS NOTES.
At a bridge party Tuesday night
Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Mar-stellar had as
their honor geust Mip.,Royal Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Paddock en
tertained the Honey Moon Club,
Wednesday night.
Mrs. Boud was hostess at a very
pretty bridge party ef 9 -tables Fri
day afternoon.
Prof, and Mrs. A. T. Potts ns n
compliment to the Horticultural Fac
ulty gave a lovely dinner Friday
evening. Their guests were Dean
and Mrs. E. J. Kyle, Mr. and Mrs.
N. M. McGinnis and Mr. Md Mr*.
F. Henael.
“Bill” Dietert, formerly 1st Lieut.
Co. and literally in charge of
the company since the departure of
Captain Rees., has left his bunch for.
the Staff and is now Adjutant of the
First Battalion. Ben Givens is now
commanding the company and it will
be remembered that Ben is-.one of
our few returned “over-seas'* men.
Don’t gripe if some of your les
sons are harder than others, you’ve
probably got the wrong boint of
view, and If yoti (feminine the’ situ
ation carefully, will find that some
of your lesson" are easier than
others;—a sort of philosophy pecu
liar to profs.
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Alvin R. Rees, C*ptain of
pany “C", who is a Second
tenant of Infantry Stationed at
as Military College has written
members of his company that' he
expects to receive his discharge with
in a few days and will return to
college immediately afterwards..
The Clothing and Furnishii
on display are con
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