THE BATTALION
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their energies to the industries of
peace. Foremost among these was
the development of education.
The constructive progress in ed
ucation, the result of 5,000 years of
slow progress, was checked and al
most desti’oyed when the Roman Em
pire was overrun by the barbarians.
In this even we are able to see the
power of the Christian influence. A.
barbarian chief at the request of a
Christian Pope consented not to de
stroy the city of Rome. The years
intervening between the fall of the
Roman Empire and the Renaissance
were dark, indeed, for culture and
learning. The world owes an incal-
cuable debt to the Christian monks
who preserved and added to the
scraps of learning saved out of the
deluge of barbarism. These men who
were actuated by Christian spirit by
the toilsome drugery of centuries
finally awoke in men the new desire
that came to be known as the Ren
aissance.
When men woke to the need of
learning, they came to the monks to
get it. Thus, their knowledge was di
rected by the kindly influence of
their teachers. This was a fortunate
thing, because an education without
the moral control of a Christian be
comes not only a menace to the man
who possesses it, but a positive dan
ger to the people that come in con
tact with him. It is within the pow
er of a well schooled man to con
ceive and to execute a more dan
gerous crime than the ignorant man.
Thus, when anyone works for an in
crease of knowledge, he assumes a
greater responsibility to mankind.
Educators have recognized this fact
and have built and maintained their
institutions of learning with the
ideal of moral education always in
mind. College men laboring under a
false impression of colleg'e spirit
and moved by the mob impulse often
do things of a criminal nature. This
applies not only to the students as
a group, but to the individual as
well who will do things that in the
home atmosphere, he would never
attempt. Every college man should
strive to understand and appreciate
the traditions of education. The fa
cilities we have access to today are
the results of all the trials whicn
civilization has met and conquered
in the course of its development.
Let us who are in college not foolish
ly disregard our privileges, but
strive to conduct ourselves in such
a manner as will be advantageous to
us and to reflect honor upon our in
stitution.
IMPRESSIONS OF THE YEAR.
This probably wil Ibe the last is
sue of the Battalion for this year
and I am glad that the editor of
the Freshman issue has given me the
opportunity of expressing my ex
treme satisfaction with the spirit ex
hibited by all students during the
year just coming to a close.
In a great many particulars this
has been one of the best years in the
history of the College. The unpar
alleled success of our athletic teams
as represented in the winning of the
Southwestern championship through
undefeated teams in both basketball
and football has been typical of the
year. In track we have made a
splendid record winning three out of
four meets already in the face of
the hardest kind of opposition. We
Rave a good lookin for the South
western meet which is to be held at
Houston Saturday. In baseball our
percentage at present is 764. If we
can take one from Texas and hang
one onto Southwestern we will stand
highest in Texas. In the Sbuthwest-
ern conference no definite standing-
can be worked out due to the failure
of so many of the conference clubs
to meet each other. If we can hang
two on Texas we still have the best
claim of any Texas club to that dis
tinction, however. In boxing and
wrestling we whipped the University
soundly.
What has occurred in athletics has
been taking place in other places of
student competition. Our stock
judging team this year, won for the
second time, the International Live
Stock Judging Contest. This is an
honor that seldom comes to any
school twice and is the best testi
monial to the thoroughness of the in
struction given in this institution.
In the state stock shows for both
beef and dairy cattle as well as sheep
hogs, and horses, the College has
made a magnificent showing walking
away with prizes amounting to more
that $2,000 in cash and an endless
number of ribbons.
This is the banner year of the Col
lege from the standpoint of atten
dance, there being enrolled in all of
the courses more than 1800 students.
Few vexatious problems have de
veloped during the past year and all
in all it seems to have been a
thoroughly satisfactory year.
The Freshman Class, more than
any other group of students in the
College is in touch with the men at
home. Ample provision will be made
to take care of all students who wish
to enroll here for the term of 1920-
21. Some counties and towns are
represented by only a few men from
A. and M. The Class of 1923 can
do a big piece of work by populariz
ing this institution in those sections
and towns.
Some very fine material for Col
lege men enrolled here last fall. In
comparison to the records of pre
vious years very few men have been
dropped or have resigned from the
institution. The Class of 1923
should enjoy a splendid history and
under present indications should con
tribute largely to the continued de
velopment of the College.
IKE ASHBURN, Commandant.
’23
PREXY’S TRIP TO MEXICO
Texas has gone dry. Prexy went
to Mexico. We wonder why. He
told us many of the experiences Vm
had while he was there. He was
strolling around watching the peons
at their siesta, but when he got near
the brush a bunch of bandits ar
rested him for smuggling. He was
taken before the grand jury of the
district and condemned to be shot at
sunrise the next morning. We
imagine Prexy sitting on his stool
all night and wondering how the Fish
class was going to live if he were not
here.
When the firing squad came up to
him the next morning he thought he
recognized one of Sbisa’s hashers
among the crowd. Proxy’s hope be
gan to rise and he submitted to their
ill-treatment without any resistance.
Just as the officer was to give the
word to fire, and send our noble
Prex to the pearly gates, the bandit
chief arrived and cried: “He is -a
friend of mine, don’t fire. He once
gave me a tip when I was hashing in
Sbisa’s beanery.” Prexy thanked the
bandit from the depths of his heart
for saving his life and asked him
if there was any way to get back to
God’s country.
We know that Prexy is back, but
how it was accomplished we know
not. We think the ex-waiter was the
reason, though. What we want to
k now,however, is this: has Prexy
any souvenirs?
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