. BATTAUON .. - r' 1 abli^ied «v^*y Thursday WMit by the Students Association of the Airricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. ibacrii , $ubarript|on .price $1.25 per year, t 'Advertising rates on appliratfon. ' ({Member of fexas Collegiate Press r | ( Association. Ads Run Until Ordered Out Mprii ' 1 f . i FRESHMAN STAFF* C- W. Thomas.. A . _Ed»tor-4n«CMef P.I Lancaster Associate Kdiior • Wa.^tojper. . .Associate Editor R. E. - Bridnes Asaociate Editor R. p*omeroy Asaociate Editor ▼: h. Williams. Jr. Business M»r: ' i L L. l>recke Art Editor B. B. Naschke. Art Editor criticism that may be fouud Battalion is engendered by n > Whatever-; it is intended solely in a constructive 1? The primary purpose of every man ,h colnes to-A. and M should be to * work. Certainly, the purpose of this institution is to give its students an opportunity to work. • With this continually before us, w-3 a little serious thouftht. physical work can never be dona wider compulsion. A thouss wuiigr lought contii lay protit by y»e best phys we give MasUte-ltfu* Bn roly M Pi \ m 1. •! 1V V realised that sreat to study. The nearer a eel- approaches this, standard, the >re successful i| will be.. Two iei- int elements enter into the at- tdinment of this: first, the attitude of the student toward the authorit- i«s, and, second, the attitude of the authorities toward the student. If the student is to hsive the cor rect attitude toward the men in au thority, he must give some attention to their view-point. Without some appreciation of their problems the cadet ip almost certain to develop a spirit Of (opposition to regulations. Bafore he condemns the men i^rho . place certain restrictions upon him, h« must. in fairness to all concen^ed, consider the reasons for such re strictions from the viaw-point of the college. The blind and silly state of j mind wherein the student imagines that those in charge an* intent on in cenveniencing him is worthy of a ten ytar-old boy, W'e are men with fa ; i-- f It mature reasoning powers and jhdymente. It is unbelievable that, • mm such, we can be sincere in think- f ‘‘ ihg that tbe President of this col- or any of his associates, are so little, so narrow, so blind to, and un- .Cbncerped with the welfare of this in- stitutien as to do anything that is npt for the best interest of the stu dent body, the moat valuable asset and the sole reason for the ex istence of this school. He who be ts come to stop thP unthinking criti- ! pect a representation in the govern- os no of the men who are serving us. ing body of the college in proportion Loyalty, to the future ot this college < to our number. We kqow that We demands that the indent body judge are not Atted to deliberate with- ma- the directions of the policies of A, tore men. Wo realize that even our ahd M. with fairaess, tempered by thoughts expressed here are colored dmg. It is only e can do the be^t logic and understa/n by so doing, that w* Ururk. The other side pf the problem of advancing the efficiency of A. and by our outlook as students. B» • we do think that there should be some channel by which our sincere and thoughtful opinions could be M. is fupnd ' in the attitude of the brought to the attention of the men authorities. Without any attempt who decide. For, whether or not to dictate concerning matters entire- vur opinions would be of weight, we lv under their jurisdiction, we be- would still have the satiafactioa of Kev# that some good may result from knowing that our point at view had a frank expression of the views of been set before the authorities. There at least the Freshman Class. Any is a world of difference in the state attempt to consider specific cases is of mind *»f one who knows his aide | unwise, for the differing circunp' h»s no hearing and one who knows Stances attending eAch would necea- that the powers-that-be have - set sitate u separate discussion of the before them his opinions. This is peculiarities of th$t.case. We have the principle that we wish to set had good expressions from the stu- forth. Sbtne form of student’s iself- dent body concerning the abolish- governing association that could giye ment of guard duty, the granting of the existing attitude of the corp* passes, and other special instance*, when called upon would probably be W'e believe that a|l of them may be the concrete expression of thi* prin- covered In a discussion of the general j ciple. We believe that the matter principles that thn authorities mighty j* worth some consideration, apply to problems sffecting the Cadet] Cooperation i* the essential gual- Corps. This, thers is intended to be j j t y possessed by every successful ef- a very frank article. We men who come here feel thpt we have advan ced somewhat beyond the irrespon-» fort on any body of individuals.) Co operation w ilk make a greater A.; and M. for those who follow us. We Sibility of boyhood. We are not men j cmlJ upon the C orp» to realise the Of maturity, by aay means; but «ur j p0!iitlt>n of the authorities; we ask four years at college are the year* the authorities to consider us as de- of our life in which, move than in ve ioping manhood. W e have- faith any other, we develop faster toward in th# inherent. faimes* v of every ca- the maturity of manhood that i* to A . « n d M. and we believe be permanent. We know, r $oo, that y OU w -|j not build your laouse development of any faculty or ability | on a foun dation of sand when y. depend* largely oa the exerpiaa that sense of faimeas the to that K.I ft personal i4t ■ actions.’ boys un! we shall Mi M sequence. Colonel the*. Mi n yqu fbuS- >$ la « Ousley, in hia ad dress to us Sundgy, ver>- truly said that the worst effect of army Iffe is to be found in the dulling of the sense of individual responsibility And initiative. * The A, and M of a few years ago is, in a way, a good ex ample of this. We were “hell-rah- ers” when we did get loose because we were denied so much of personal freedom we were here. More serious than this is the thought of the ut least temporary setback that was giv en to our powers of iniative. Per - haps the cadet corps today is not fully prepared to profit by a relax ation of many of the restrictions of the -college, but we can become pre- 1 pared to profit by such a relaxation only by experience in doing without regulations of peroonal actions to a constantly increasing extent. Let us feel that you consider us capable of deciding some things for ourselves, and we shall not take undue advan tage of any laxity that you may give to US- There is yet another matter that Should be discussod frankly. There is at present a lack of cooperation between the Corpt and the faculty; it may be of the abnormal conditiona of this year. At any rate, it exiista dation for your dealing with ua- ’22- We are glad to see that decided to follow .net by moot qf the todUlMlee'«4t!Keir fifteen units an accredited high school, or td re quire the student desiring entrance to take the entrance-board examina tion. A person who has not had the equivalent of four years of tjigh school work is unprepared to take up collet^ work, especially engineering, as engineering offers prObably the hardest courses of higher education. If a man spends four years in a stan dard high school, he shonl{l, on grad uation. have 1$.units, as he will have carriad at least four solids each year. As long as colleges maintain low requirements for entrance they will encoiwage the high school student** obtaining only just enough credits to enter; and the result is that a large number of students who are unac customed to the long steady grind of studying fail to pass in the required number of hours work and have to be dropped from the roll. Think of the unhappiness, not only to the stu dent, but also to his parents and friends, when he has returned to his home—a failure. And in diany in stances it is no fault of bis. but is the direct result of insufficient grep- t*ration. A house without a (suit- the authorities will frank expression of oui laevea Proxy is “down” on the stu dent bydy is either a fool or an idiot. That attitude is ruinous. Our part, sense of democracy is [ as students, in the building of a stilled into every true | giMotor A. and M. is to do the r.'a-^«*;dlewe, in Its relations j 1 senable thing and put dur faith ilf 4vnC body, the fairness and honesty of the in- tentiona of th«* authorities. The time We see the problem from the stand able feundation cannot endure, and point of the student and we believe ; a college man’al foundation of knowl Tj i- denf body, cannot pro| pared to the state, itt edge is the four years he spent in A high achMol. “The honors we grant in- mark how high we stand, and they The educate ihe future’ 4 ; *nd it might I atu- also be said with equal truth that com- the Entrance requiremesits of a. co|- with its citizenship. ' WBr pt|oaip lugw. putrk how high »t ex- also mark out the l ( it staftda. ami standards of L M* M-. wftM W September, greatest yed college. It is wit| that the Fii ual change opinion tov time we hai side of thii been our e* Fish. Jit hast concern.to 1 feeling w* iod of the! we can n< boys. We conditions by any many of oq tended to were here army. Ol These men^ some could^ enter into spirit. G| feeling old boys, strengthen! meat of We were c{ and then could not staged thi Christmas complete showed thf Jb J- : a scholarship studea^L M. aad we stand as other set first step TO Now that j a close and to lay aside I>ur numert moment an< past anur school, and We In best to keep up the can well remember it looked upfon it with inishmeat. Our green- surpassed by the grasn,- long beford,: with the (nee of the Bdphomores, led with A- *nd M. 4 i 4 ki Vi,t. meeting* the 1 No t W ■i>-pC rre eoukd be k«en from, it.Tvindow, and welfair- roof." ’82 [call ffiom the athletic. well known fact thijt ■posed * goodly part df >am ia the digrk days C., a*d on more than kept the name of the d from dragping in the We hope to de •▼on , ir. Beery man must me with him. to hatva/tlMr and bet- j «build, j! tnd. whan ho this aammer talking tall him abpu^ aid A. tim- what we > hare, and Give p boost to your the carls in rises in st it op^ op one the in the history of the i.f im •22-4—(• a feeling of gladiiass have noticed the grad- f the upper-classansn’s them. L For a long fait a little on the oux- . and, as it has always ast desire to be good a matter mi much It appears that the rst born during the per- T. CL at College, and wholly blame the old me to fchia hchoel under f ▼er before experienced man Class. There were number who never in- e a college course, aad 'nly as soldiers in the urse difficulties arose F ere in the army, a*! jjj f ot and othler would not ’airs with- true eallege | - ? uslly an sntagoniatie |j between the new and lis feeling w ** further by the new anrhdgr- ] ipanies after Christmas. rized, sometimes juttly, V lin unjustly. But ithis || J mtinue. The men that ^gh the | period be: hto id then came back to remainder of the term.* mettle in so doing. We t - XM