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THE BATTALION
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econd-class matter
as, Februar
17, 1905.
Station, Texas
at College
FRESHMAN STAFF.
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Mayfield, J. C. Editor-in-Chief
Burns, R. F. Associate Editor
Beale, R. L. Associate Editor
Seals, W. D. Associate Editor
Wuppermann, R. Associate Editor
Jackson, E. G. Art Editor
Germany, J. P. Class Poet
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Delany, J. W. Business Manager
SCHOLARSHIP
The faculties of some schools and
colleges instist that there are three
things or qualities that they demand
of the students of their institutions.
They insist that the first of these
is scholarhip, that the second of
these is scholarship, and the third
and last of these is scholarship.
Here at A. and M .the faculay in
sists on three qualities being culti
vated and developed by the students.
The three are character, high spirit
ual ideals, and scholarship. They
rank in importance in the oi’der
named. It cannot be said that one
really possesses character or high
spiritual ideals separately and alone.
It is imposible to possess one without
having something of the other, but
one may posess both character and
high spiritual ideals and be without
scholarship or learning. On the other
hand, a man may possess the learn
ing of all the ages and, if he has
not character and high spiritual
ideals, be of far less permanent
value to mankind than the honest
but uneducated citizens of our land
and country.
It is true that scholarship does not
make the man, but, primarily, we all
came to A. and M. to cultivate our
minds. In other woi’ds, we came
here to get an education, to develop
scholarship. Our parents or rela
tives make it possible for us to come
to school in order that we may ed
ucate ourselves. They expect that
character and spiritual ideals will
come to us as a matter of course and
necessity, or as a result of the in
fluences under which we come. Good
money is paid out in order that we
may have an opportunity to learn.
The ones who are responsible for
our being here are trying to see to
it that our chances and opportuni
ties for education and preparation
for life are superior to those which
their day and genei’ation had to of
fer. They are doing this in the same
spirit that we shall strive to make
conditions better for the generations
that follow us.
The term scholarship implies, in
itself, more than mere book learning.
Granting that all of the benefits to
be derived from a course in Col
lege will by no means come from
books, it is true that our learning is
measured by instructors who give us
what is known as grades. A grade
is of value in so far as it portrays
to others what we have derived from
our respective courses. No matter
how much we feel that we know
about what we have studied, it is a
difficult thing to make anyone be
lieve that we know more than our
grades indicate. When one looks for
graduates from a college to work
for him or his company, he takes
into consideration the class of work
done by such graduates while they
were pursuing their college work. It
is an accepted fact that the past is
an index to the future, or, in other
words, history repeats itself. Any
deviation from this principle is
brought about by the exertion of
one’s will power. This is where
young men — especially should col
lege men be considered in this class
—have somewhat the advantage of
older men. Young men are not sup
posed to be settled ,but they are
supposed to force their way upward
to better things. At college we have
an excellent opportunity to develop
our will and determination to get
out of the rut. We come to ad
vanced schools that we may prove
that even though in the past we may
not have had much ambition in life,
we are now determined to put more
into our prepai'ation for the future.
The courses of a school are so
planned that every student of av
erage mental qualifications can pass
with good grades and without over
working himself any subject that he
may pursue. If we do not pass our
various courses, we are looked upon
as a failure. Not necessarily fail
ures in life, but failures in so far
as a certain few hours per week are
of and consequence. The different
courses are planned for the man that
passes in all of his work. The poor
fellow who tries to get along in some
easy sort of a way and wakes up near
the end of the term to find that he
has several D examinations to make
up—if not an ari'ay of E’s an an in
dex to his term’s work—does not
receive much sympathy or considera
tion at the hands of the registrar.
The courses are so arranged that
anyone and everyone is expected to
make at least seventy-five percent
as his mark.
It is our duty to make a passing
grade. We get no extra credit for
such work, as we are supposed to do
it. Too few of us have done such a
class of work that we can expect
good reports and recommendations.
Of course, it is out of the question
for every student to be an “A” stu
dent, but too many of us have low
grades. We should strive to do
something more than mere duty. If
the soldier does not do his duty, he
is court martialed. If the working
man does not do his duty, he is noti
fied that his services are not longer
required. If the soldier makes sac
rifices and does more than is expect
ed and required of him, he is re
warded. If the working man does
more than he is paid to do, he is
paid more. College life is not so
cut and dried as the business life,
but, nevertheless, the same princi
ples govern.
We the Class of ’23, are the largest
number of men ever gathered to
gether in any class in A. and M.
Very few of us have been sent home
because of failures in work. We are
proud of these two facts, but, from
now until May 1923, let us apply
ourselves to our college work with
such a determination to come out
well in the lead in the game that we
have very few, if any, deficiencies
to make up.
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ADVERTISING A. AND M.
Business men spend a large per
cent of their income in advertising.
They have ceased to ask themselves
the question: “Does advertising
pay?” Years of experience have
proven to them that it does pay. The
cheapest and best—therefore, the
most enconmical—way of getting
their business before the public is
through and by means of pleased
customers. New customers pay
more attention to what old customers
say about a business than to what
they read in the columns of a news
paper.
For a school or college to suc
ceed, it must be placed before the
college public. This can, to a cer
tain extent, be done by means of
newspaper propaganda, but the most
successful and the most logical way
of doing this is by and through the
students of the college. If a student
is pleased with and proud of his
school, he can do far more towards
getting new students than any costly
advertisement can do. This kind of
advertising has a personal touch
that other forms cannot have. It is
the personal touch that goes a long
way towards making others believe
in our proposition.
We, the Freshman Class, are the
largest class that A. and M. has ever
been able to boast of. No one
doubts but that the Class of ’23 will
be the largest Sophomore Class that
the school has ever had. Mere num
bers will not be so much in our
favor. We must be able to say that
according to percentages and pro
portions the Class of ’23 is the larg
est class. We want to be able to say
this until about May 1923. If we
are able to assure prospective stu
dents that we meet during the sum
mer months that we individually an.l
as a class are coming back to A.
and M. in the fall 100 percent
strong, we will do more to persuade
them that A. and M. is a good insti
tution to connect with than we can
by any other one act.
The majority of us are only one
year removed from high school. We
are acquainted with the present
Senior Classes in almost every high
school in the State. While we are
home this summer, we must make it
our business to see these high school
graduates and to tell them of our
College. In many cases, it will only
be necessary to tell them about our
school and the pleasures and advan
tages of being a member of the stu
dent body at A. and M. WA must
also tell them about the different
courses affered here. We will natu
rally tell everyone of the advantages
of our school over others. Most peo
ple desire to be a part of a big thing.
If we tell the average high school
boy what a really big institution we
have, he will be persuaded that this
is a good place.
Of course, we must not fail to let
the public know about the spirit of
Old A. and M. We must tell how
this spirit will carry a man well to
wards success. If we find anyone who
does not know about our athletic rec
ords we must inform them. If they
know with what “pep” and enthusi
asm the student body backs and sup
ports our teams and how our teams
have the stuff in them that makes
them fight to the last ditch, they
will want to become a part of such
a body of men.
Let us not be idle. We want
many more Fish here next fall than
we had last fall. Hundreds of boys
are now graduating from our own
high schools. They are legitimate
A. and M. prospective students. We
must do our best to bring home the
“bacon.”
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
Fish have great expectations. In
pursuit of the fulfillment of our ex
pectations in later life we have come
to A. and M. The pen fails to give
the spirit of those dreams we dream
ed about that college life. But you
all can think back and remember
those wonderful dreams and with
what eagerness and with what high
hopes for their fulfillment we came
here.
We found ourselves in a strange
place and we were not well landed
with both feet on the ground until
we were given a friendly(?) visita
tion. This warm reception was not
quite the psychic warmth we had an
ticipated but it seemed that every
body played that way and as long as
everything was given and taken in
good spirit—altho’ we Fish would
never admit it—we were consciously
glad to become so definitely a part of
the body politic.
We have not seriously minded be
ing the goat but some-how-or-other
many of our dreams have failed to
realize. Perhaps something was
lacking in arrousing a proper espirit
de corps among the Fish. Then our
social life seems sadly neglected.
There is no one in particular to lay
the blame on and yet it does not seem
that ample provision has been made
to take care of the social life. There
is no great excitement about going
to town even that has helped to re
lieve the monotony some. A few
more social activities that everybody
would have taken part in would have
helped lots.
We have learned to love A. and M.
and would be willing to do anything
in our power to make her find her
larger and higher place. And even
if our own dreams have not come true
exactly as we had painted them, we
have had a wonderful time. A bet
ter school life is in store when these
problems receive ample and careful
consideration.
COLLEGE MORALS
The educational activities of a
nation are always allied with its re
ligious institutions. The knowledge
and culture of the ancients were de
veloped by the priests, because only
those who were of superior mental
ity were allowed to become servants
in the temples. Thses men kept the
historical records of the nation and
provided for perpetuation of their
religious beliefs by the meansj of
written records. Thus, we owe our
knowledge of the ancients to their
religious beliefs.
Education and culture are devel
oped by successive stages. Gener
ally, they can be traced by the rise
and fall of the different empires. A
nation falling under the sword of
a stronger adversary would eventual
ly enrich it by adding the sum of its
own knowledge to that of the con
queror. The Egyptians, Babylon
ians, Persians, Greeks and Romans
ruled in succession the ancient world.
They first owed their dominance to
strength of arms, but after their
conquests were secured they turned