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THE BATTALION
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Entered as second-class matter at College Station, Texas, Feb. 17, 1905.
DEDICATED TO BY A SYMPATHIZER OF A. AND M.
It is really amazing
That a “Fish” can’t stand hazing!
There’s some fault with his raising—
Was he petted and humored?
(Well, so it is rumored.)
Now he’s grown “sissyfied,”
Where’s his manhood, his pride ?
When his “cush” disappears,
He almost sheds tears!
Some hard spanks in his youth
Would have taught him this truth
A. and M. is now teaching.
Lessons which are far reaching—
Better take a few spanks
And remain in the ranks—
That the soft spots in life
Are gained only through strife—
If warm friends you would make
You must give—you must take.
Editor’s Note:—A dear old lady sends this to The Battalion and has
expressed the sentiment of the school and many Texas citizens in a most
pleasing manner.
EVIDENCE.
We do not assume to know the nature of the report the committee
investigating hazing conditions at A. and M. will submit. The Saturday
morning hearing at College Station, however, seemed to give rise to the
opinion that the committee will propose no paddling of future Freshmen
and a pledge to this effect to be signed by every student entering A .and M.
In regard to the turn the queries of the committee members took at this
TiSafinig we wlsr/ to review the situation as We fiaf'e understbod the evidence.
Witnesses at the College consisted of Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Sen
iors. None knew of brutal hazing and all considered that the results of
paddling were good. Especially was this true in the case of the Freshmen
called before the committee. Each one gave every indication that the pro
cesses were enjoyable occasions and one testified that he had requested a
Sophomore to administer a paddling in order that he might retire for a
good and restful sleep. The president of . the Freshman Class stated that
hazing had been beneficial in his case and in all instances coming under his
observation. The president of the Senior Class, a man twenty-five years of
age, a war veteran, a reserve officer, a student who entered A. and M. in
1915 and who considred A. and M. as a “second home” expressed his opinion
that hazing was necessary and beneficial and he knew of no instances where
it had reached brutality. The president of the Junior Class when asked if
he would be willing to cooperate in abolishing hazing, stated that he would
be willing “to cut off his right hand if it was necessary for A. and M.”, but
that he considered hazing beneficial and knew of no brutal incidents. The
Sophomore president held similar opinions and felt that his class would en
dorse his statements unanimously. In the face of such evidence from men
who have done something for A. and M., who have proven their capabilities
and judgment, who have been at the College long enough to form real opin
ions in regard to conditions here, does the evidence of men who remained
at A. and M. for periods ranging from one day to four months bear much
weight? If a man resigns from college with 122 demerits when 125 bring
expulsion, does his record support his opinion of the College ? If a man
leaves school before registration is complete and scores of men are on the
campus who may never become bona fide students, is he in a position to state
facts concerning conditions during the college year? Is there not a pos
sibility that these men might find the isolated A. and M. location, the bar
racks life where every man is his own “housekeeper,” the democratic spirit
where the senator’s sons and the illiterate workman’s sons are free and
equal, displeasing to them ? And if such is the case, would they have any
justified reasons to offer for leaving the college? Would it not be easier
for them to give some cause that brought sympathy—hazing for example?
There may have been instances when hazing has gone to excesses. We
have never known of such a case, however, and are as yet unconvinced. The
weight of the evidence seems to bear with such hazing as is practiced at
A. and M. for the Freshman Class members claim their most ardent “hazers”
as their best college friends and know that within the bounds of reason lie
no requests too great to make of them. I
ET TU, BRUTE!
The Daily Texan states that announcing the hazing investigation at
A. and M. was like notifying the butcher on Monday of sanitary inspection
on Tuesday and finding a clean shop. Which goes to show that the author
of the editorial was unfamiliar with the character of the A. and M. student.
Does the Texan think a man called before the committee would make false
statements ? Has a witness denied hazing of a certain nature ? The A. and
M. students maintain that hazing practiced by them is not brutal or humil
iating and the entire Freshman class upholds the fact. The committee
probably learned more about hazing during the brief stay at College Sta
tion than in the entire proceedings of the investigation at Austin. It is
certain that they found no evidence of brutal or humiliating hazing and they
did learn the A. and M. viewpoint. Nevertheless, we hardly expected this
from the Texan.
“BULL PENS.”
We hardly expected to see the day when this term would head an ed
itorial. In our opinion it is yet unworthy. But the prominence given the
expression in the hazing investigation hearings entitle the term to a defini
tion as applied locally. Two Seniors might compose a “bull pen.” So might
any other two students of the same class. Any group who meet cas
ually or purposely for conversational calisthenics are duly entitled to the
honor of composing a fully ordained “bull pen.” The evidence by certain
witnesses in the investigation has indicated that the term is applied to the
occasion of a‘Freshman’s initiation. Such is not the case. The term is not
original with A. and M. students, nor has it been limited to any definite
assemblage, much less a meeting for the initiation of Freshmen.
“FISH KjILLERS.”
The gleeful tenacity with which Senator Parr hangs on the term “Fish
Killer” has brought this innocent appellation more publicity in thirty days
than it has ever received in the 44 years since 1876 when the college first
opened its doors. The immortal “Teddy” with his phonetic spelling did no
more towards impairing the use of Noah Webster’s latest edition than has
the Senator from Corpus Christi with his interrogations in the hazing in
vestigation. It seems that Senator Parr considers the “Fish Killer” as some
skilfully designed instrument of torture originated by the A. and M. cadet
in his desire to produce a characteristic weapon on plane with the Phillipine
bolo knife and the Australian bushman’s boomerang. The facts of the case
are that the “Fish Killer” is merely a name applied to a six-inch rule, an
architect’s scale, or any similar apparatus used in initiation of Freshmen. No
specifications have ever been given the name. In fact, it has never re
ceived general usage at the College. J The term is merely in accordance with
the custom among cadets for giving a code name to everything. Military
Science is known as “Bull Ticks”, the commandant is known as the “Bull,”
dessert is known as “Cush”, bread is called “Gun Wadding”, water is termed
“Sky Juice”, a demerit is known as a “Ram”. A man may “flunk” a course,
get “busted” from his rank, “canned” out of college, or “carried out in a
gale” in conversation! Hundreds of such expressions are in the vocabulary
of a cadet. Is this any cause for complaint ? Every baseball enthusiast has
scores of terms at his command which sound like Greek to the uninitiated.
Every man in the service returned with an increased vocabulary of army
terms. West Point and Annapolis students have such a fund of localisms
that an outsider might find difficulty in understanding their conversation.
Is such terminology criminal ?
THE JUNIORS.
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We believe that the entire stuqpnt body appreciates to the fullest ex
tent the recent sacrifice made by the( Junior Class. It is inspiring to know
that such unselfish love for A. and M. exists within an entire class. The
incident will become one of the traditions of loyalty at the old school and
will tend to remind future classes of the extent to which Aggies will go
for A. and M. Further comment we will not make, but The Battalion feels
that this has been one of the most praise-worthy actions of the year. Fresh
men, Sophomores and Seniors, salute the Class of ’22!
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THE NEW BRAUNFELS HERALD,
“Can it be possible that the brutes
now employed and who have been emJ
ployed for years as guards at the^
Texas penitentiaries, received their
first training in thugery at A. and M.
College?”—New Braunfels Herald. <
“It seems that a lot of roughnecks*,
have gotten into A. and M. College and
hammer to their heart’s content every
new pupil that enters. A legislative
investigation is now in progress. HoW
would it do to lock the doors of the
institution until this very undesirable'
riffraff can be gotten rid of?”—New
Braunfels Herald.
How great a change a few months?
can bring. Not so long ago the Texa«|
press published with great pride the
fact that the A. and M. College lead
the nation in its percentage of grack
uates in the service. Incomplete rec
ords give our Service Flag in Guioi
Hall more than 2,000 stars, and more
than fifty are Gold. Yet, editor of
the Herald, these men received their
training at A. and M. And at a time
when hazing and not paddling and
singing tobacco can songs. Of course
war records are out of date. We do
not wish to live on the past. But the
present student body consists of many
of these same men, and many more of
the same calibre—they are all Texans
from Texas homes and two years or
ten years do not change the spirit of
A. an dM. Possibly this means noth
ing to the New Braunfels Herald. If
such is the case A. and M. means
nothing and the Herald’s questions de
serve no answer.
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