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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1919)
4 THE BATTALION THE BATTALION Published every Thursday night by the Stu dents’ Association of the Agriculturat and Mechanical College of Texas Subscription price $1.50 per year Advertising rates on Application Member Texas Collegiate Press Association ALL ADS RUN UNTIL ORDERED OUT EDITORIAL STAFF Tom Cheeves Editor E. E. McQuillen Associate Editor K. J. Edwards Associate Editor C. A. Castillo Associate Editor Bill King Managing Editor C. W. Thomas. ..Assistant Managing Editor Art Knickerbocker Sport Editor R. V. Easley Assistant Sport Editor F. L. Bertschler Contributing Editor B. H. Frazier News Editor H. S. Hudson Social Editor Henry Fowler Cartoonist F. M. Schiwetz Cartoonist Mark Swain Staff Poet REPORTERS Company A, Arnspeiger, J.; Company B, Franke, P. C.; Company C, Sherrill, f ranke, P. C.; t.ompany o, Sm Company D, Hatley, E. A.; Co Smith, A. B. ; Company F, Williarr G, Black, L. S. ~ B, Ro <v.; E, iams, H. W.; ■ - iff. ttery Company A, Sehlachter, E. G.; Signal Corps Company P.; Ba mpany A, Schl Company B, Dillingham, H. C.; Signal Corps Company C, Clanton, R. W.; Band Bill Frame; Campus, Mrs. D. V. Graves, Mrs. R. P. Marsteller. i.; Battery A, Hu W. N.; Signal Corps BUSINESS STAFF Henry Harrison Business Manager F. L. Bertschler Assistant Manager R. P. Huff Circulation A. L. Forbes Assistant Circulation Entered as second-class matter at College Station, Texas, February 17, 1905. »*•—**»*—»*• 1**1*••I*'l**1— *1— ********* *♦* •J* True religion is the expression of T the soul’s desire to get into harmonic T relation with God. If a man’s actions X in this connection is guided by reason T instead of given over entirely to blind X faith, he is likely to be led to elysium X of true religion.— (N. A.) X RULES FOR BATTALION CON TRIBUTORS 1. Submit copy not later than Monday night except in rare in stances of late news items. 2. Write clearly, typewriter pre ferred, and on one side of paper only. 3. Submit copy to Editorial of fice at 78 Milner or to Managerial office at 15 Foster. 4. Don’t hesitate about sending in anything you think would be in teresting — the staff will decide and return clippings, MMs etc. if you so desire. 5. If your contribution does not appear when expected, don’t think it was rejected. There has never been so much copy submitted to the paper before and there is not space for it all. Keep sending and thereby help the Battalion to succeed. 6. Remember the Battalion does not specialize—sports, organizations, personals, news, humor, poetry, and prst-class illustrations all have a part in it. Every student has his own particular field open to him. 7. All Alumni as well as College officials are urged to contribute. WHY NOT SERVICE CLUBS? No institution is in a better po sition for judgment upon organiza tions and societies that democratic A. and M. We all freely admit that organization can be carried to ex tremes. But, after sonsideration and observation, we offer the suggestion that there be an A.E.F., or Gold Chevron Club; a Silver Chevron Club; a Globe and Anchor Club;and a “Gob” Club formed at A. and M. At other southern institutions this is being done and at every one of the large northern universities these or ganizations, under .various names, have long since been formed. A. and M. has received quite a bit of pub licity from the fact that a larger per centage of graduates were with the colors than of any school of an av erage attendance reaching three hundred. Those who served, as a rule, served with distinction and much credit has been reflected on the Maroon and White. Why lag behind in regard to these service clubs. Two years previous it was incon ceivable that the transportation serv ice between Bryan and College could ever get in a poorer condition. Today this service is a stain upon the records of the county or state who granted a franchise to the company maintaining this line. The civiliza tion of this community is highly com mended by the fact that such abom- nable service has been permitted to exist. But the temper of the pub lic may not always run so smoothly and it would not be surprising if the end was almost reached. A. and M. College owes to students and Campus residents alike better transportation service to Bryan than is being provided by the decrepid Bryan-College Interurban Company. The City of Bryan owes it to itself a more satisfactory manner of bring ing people to its markets and can ill afford such negligent service as is now being given to would-be Bryan visitors. Public officials of this county or community owe to their constituents a guarantee of a more satisactory method of travel between Bryan and College, and the public should not rest until this guarantee is not only given but also carried out. The company now operating service between College and Bryan has been given ample time to make good. So far no improvement has ever been observed. Worse yet, a decided slump has occured until travel con ditions are so very poor one hesi tates to start to Bryan. The time has come for a showdown. If the service is not improved, public opin ion will call one, and public opinion is the most merciless power existing. JOHN W. FUCHS DIES—MEMBER CLASS OF 1917 News has recently been received of the sudden death of Lieutenant John W. Fuchs, C. A. C., who died September 26, 1919, at the U. S. General Hospital No. 6, Fort Mc Pherson, Ga. His death was due to the idosyncrasy of his body to co caine used as an anesthetic while un dergoing an operation on his nose. His death came as a great surprise to his many friends and classmates as he was in the best of health and n ~> one contemplated any serious results from the operation. Liuet. Fuchs, or Johnnie, as he was known to every member of the Class of 1917, entered the First Offi cers Training Camp at Leon Springs, Texas. Before graduation from th : s camp, he with others was transferred to the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va., to complete his train ing. Here he received his commis sion as a second Lieutenant, C. A. C. Regular Army, in July 1917. He first served at Fort Washington from October 1917 to December 19, 1917. He was then ordered to Ft. Howard, Maryland, where he served for a short time. He was then sent back to Fort Hunt, Va. He attended the Coast Artillery School at Fort Mon roe during the month of Decenmber 1918. He was ordered to Camp Ustes, Va., on January 1, 1919. Af ter remaining here a few weeks he was transferred to Jackson Barracks where he served until his death. Lieut. Fuchs was promoted to First Lieutenant, C. A. C., Regular Armj * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 , before the signing of the armistic agreement. Parker-Astin Hardware Co. Carries a Select Line of Pocket Cutlery Of all kinds. 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