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FRESHMAN STAFF*
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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
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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 an<l gut
though it
Bolsheviki,
We love ol<
thing. It
tend to do
old “pep*’, jjj
the clay we**
wonder ant
ness was or
but it was
“kind" assi
we were
spirit.
At the fii
“fish” werfj
“boning” 11
some baser
ly “raised
to hear tl
field. U
the ‘‘ftsh’ ,
tbe footbal
of the S. A.]
one occasioJ
good old sc!
dust of defs
mors nextlj
briqg back'
W#j
ter equii
la
| be a
are proud of,
our Alma'
not higher,
its kind."’ This
W
-’22—
'k. AND
r ^ 1 i
if’
lie year is drawing to
are very hear ready
|r books, our rifles^and
cares, we can stop a
Beet on ? tile history
The class of ’22, air
have been somewhat
stayed, bp the ship,
and M. M no other
>ur 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
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