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THE BATTALION
DAD WRITES TO SONNY.
Prairieville, Texas.
My Dear Son William:
Your letter to hand and must say
it caused us considerable worry. Es
pecially the part where you carried
all those grips, and had to stand to
write. But I saw Doug Howell, R. R.
Abicht, and J. B. Kennard and they
all claim to have done their share of
raising cane down at College Station,
but assured me that you’d not get
hurt and that the boys were just play
ing with you because they thought
you a country boy and sort of green.
They said if the Sophomores didn’t
like you they would let you alone, but
if they were fond of you you’d have a
hard time sitting down for quite a
while. Ha! Ha! That is funny, isn’t
it, to think that a college man gets
his jacket tanned just like he did when
in grammar school. But I don’t guess
there will be any harm to it, son, and
they won’t hit you a lick-amiss unless
they hit at you and miss you.
Well, son, your mother I think is
fixing you up some cakes and things
and you will get them the last of
this week. Be kind and divide with
your friends. Mother and the girls
send love.
Your affectionate dad,
Hiram Jones.
College, Station, Texas.
Dear Father:
Your most expected letter came a
few days ago and I sure was glad to
hear from home. Sorry you have had
so much trouble over cotton pickers,
but it’s that way everywhere.
They have had several cotton rows
here in Brazos County this year.
Yes, Papa, I got a letter from Mary
Smith the second day I was here, but
1 only answered it the other day. I
hate to do the poor girl that way but I
haven’t time to write to anyone but
home folk.
I have been studying every night
until one o’clock. Then they turn all
the lights off and I have to go to
bed. I had a little trouble getting
my schedule straightened out but
everything is alright now. The Reg
istrar asked me what course I wanted
and I asked him what did he have.
He kind of snickered when I told him
I wanted to get in Dean Kyle’s class.
I am glad he is a good friend of yours
because maybe I can get a drag with
him.
Papa, I haven’t missed a single
church service since I’ve been here
and there was about eight of them last
Sunday.
I did as you said and met Vivian
and Brown. I am in the Methodist
group and sure do like that fellow
Vivian. All of the fellows call him
King, but I guess it is because he is
a prince of a fellow.
Papa, Dr. Bizzell and myself both
have come out strong against hazing
but it doesn’t seem to do any good.
I always lock my door at night.
You see when the door is left open
it causes a draft. I am not exactly
a draft evader, but an evader of that
which comes in with the draft. Sup
pose you would call it a “draft board”
but they call it a “Fish killer” at A.
and M., and I feel like they are right.
I spent a very restless night last
night but that’s all. I mean that’s all
I spent, but that’s not all at all.
They must have climbed over the
transom because all of a sudden
someone hit me in the middle of the
night and up I came like the price of
pajamas—believe me it was the
“middleman” that suffered this time.
Papa, I did just as you said and re
buked them for hazing at such a
wonderful seat of learning—as A. and
M. The “blue book” says that Fresh
men should wear one and only one
stripe, and that it should be worn on
the left arm. Frankly, Father, the
“bluebook” ought to be revised.
Papa, can you send me a little
change, I am so in need of it Books
have advanced 100 per cent in the
last three days, due to labor conditions
in Alaska, making it impossible to
mine the pulp that goes into the paper.
Also I have got to take some of my
clothes to the tailor shop and get
them mended. I will save the re
ceipt to show you where my money
goes. I think I will get him to re
ceipt both of my trousers—they need
it.
Well, Papa, give my love to all the
folks and don’t sell my spotted pig.
Write me in care of Company C.
Yours for a higher education.
William.
P. S.^—My captain is the cutest lit
tle fellow and wears his leather leg
gings all of the time so that none of
the Sophomores will make a mistake
and haze him.
STRANGE TO SAY.
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Dr. Bizzell has all those letters
tacked onto his name to show that he
got there by degrees.
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Isn’t it strange how some students
do add things to get even and then
have to straighten them out in a
round-about way?
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We know that old football team of
ours is coming out all right. How
do we know? Never mind, that is
only another College Faculty of ours.
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When a fellow shows that he is
yellow then is the time to draw the
color line to his back.
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We saw a new girl in Bryan the
other day and are now wondering
where has Charlie coal bin.
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We are glad that student labor is
now employed in the Mess Hall. This
is a rapid stride toward friendly re
lations with Mexico.
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What good is to be derived from a
college education? The salaries paid
railroad conductors reveal the fact
that it is more lucrative to mind the
train than to train the mind.
He is a poor Math, student who
counts on friends. Far worse if he
proportions all of his time to one
girl, because in the final analysis he
usually gets the wrong answer. .
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Great good may be derived from
the affiliation of student life with the
Bryan churches through the medium
of church socials. The Bryan ladies
certainly know the short cut to our
spiritual needs.
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Preacher Vivian was heard to say
that quite a bit of cake went to waste
at the last church social. He later ex
plained, however, that the word
“waist” was implied.
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