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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1922)
t THE BATTALION Mrs. Baskin. What do we need? Fewev militaries; More drills; Start reveille; Fewer ills: Early to bed, Early to rise; No more lines Beneath your eyes. Dean Kyle: The lack of personal contact between faculty members and students is one of the mosc ser ious defects in our college system. This defect can best be corrected by faculty members’ making an honest and persistent effort to bring about closer relations, and by the students 5 meeting them halfway. Mrs. C. B. Campbell: More lec tures of a wider range of interest, calculated to attact the campus com munity in general, rather than the specialists in a few kindred depart ments. Mr. L. G. Jones: The test of the College Product is not “What has he done?”, but “WHAT HAS HE BE COME?” In order to help students to measure up to this test, it may be suggested that A. and M. allow more elective cultural courses. Mrs. W. H. Thomas: More read ing by both students and campus peo ple of good books not connected with their specialties. Mr. Friley: The systematic de velopment of the musical talent of the college, both vocal and instru mental, is one of our greatest needs. A Committee of the Junior Class: We need a greater degree of spec ialization in our respective courses and more electives in our junior and senior years. A Committee of the Senior Class: Drop two-year coursese from our curriculum and we will soon attain a highere scholastic prestige by grad uating only real college men. We are jealous of that distinction which is accorded a graduate of Texas A. and M, A Committee of the Freshman Class: The students should be more will ing to solicit and to use the stores of good advice that every instructor has waiting for him. D. X. Bible (Member of the Rules Committee): The privileges and benefits of physical training must be extended to all students. Correc tive exercises for those who are found, to be physically unfit for par ticipation in competitive sports re ceives a serious handicap in the lack of ?. GYMNASIUM. A. Bryan Girl (Miss Kathleen Sims et al.): More diversification as well as specialization,—more intellc- tuality as well as vocational train ing, would produce the perfect A. and M. graduate. Another Bryan. Girl (Miss Lilah. Wicks): For A. and M. to be on more equal terms of rivalry with State University, a thorough course in Jellybeanery should, be added to tho present hopelessly unpractical curriculum. The khaki uniform should be discarded for white flannel trousers, blue serge coat, brimless hat, and two-tone shoes. Classes should last only from eleven to one. Lunch should be served at one, tea dansants three afternoons a week from three to five, and dinner at six at the Sbisoria. The boys with their dates (for A. and M. should by all means be coeducational) could then attend a musical comedy or cool themselves in the waters of the arti ficial stream flowing placidly over the present Military Walk. After whiling away the hours from seven to ten, the happy couples would then ascend to the heights of Leggett Roof, to dance by the SOLE-INSPIR ING strains of Ligon Smith’s Orches tra, playing exclusively for the Col lege. Those who preferred caba rets would enjoy the Palais Royale, erected where now stands Guion Hall. After disposing of their dates, the boys would drop into Casey’s for a high-ball, and then retire to their luxurious suites, to dream of A. and M. as it was in 1922—THE GRAND EST AND MOST WONDERFUL IN STITUTION IN THE WORLD! ! ! (To the memory of Judge Guion, the “Kind Old Man” of the College). GUION HALL. The children play about its steps, as if they were the knees of a kind old man; Its pillars tower over their heads, as though they laugh in the Spring sunshine, Tall and white and pure, ever guard ing the little folk, like “Their angels, Who always behold the Face of Our Father.” Inside, it is noble, with spaces of a great soul, The students are quiet and do not hurrah one another, when they go in there; They feel the calm of one who built for their future in confidence, They know they will be worthy of his trust, That they are the Blue Stars of the Great Service Flag, guarding the Stars of Gold. It may be a building, built by brick layers and stone cutters, That I saw working all that summer, ( (They were rugged workmen, who ate from their dinner pails at noon). But it has a holiness to me, as if wings were furled somewhere be hind us, As if it were a “Building not built by hands.” * ❖ * And I know that it will be here long after you and I have gone away, And that it will always gather the children As the knees of a kind old man. NORA BARNHART FERMIER. One of the most delightful hospital ities of the present social calendar was a dinner given at the Bachelor Club last Friday evening by Messrs Dud ley Baker, Clarence Braden and Ev erett McQuillen. The handsome and palatial Bach elor Club, far famed for the spirit of gentle hospitality that it exudes and disseminates was beautiful with a col or motif of green. In the reception suite where the guests were met by the hosts, cut flowers abounded in pro fusion. Similax and evergreens were delightfully employed to present a most pleasing spectacle to the eye. Silver candelabra and silver vases ad ded a tone of elegance to the general decorative scheme. Seldom, if ever, has such grace and beauty in decor ative employment been attained and there were many “ohs” and “ahs” as the eyes of the delighted guests took in each detail of the artful employ ment of colors and evergreens. In the dining room the handsome mahogany table was over-spread with a cluny lace adornment on which were spread clusters of cut flowers. A center piece which has been in the family of one of the hosts for three generations added dignity. IA Word t® the Profs.! WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTU NITY FOR THE EXPRESSION OF ADMI RATION FOR THE PROFESSORS OF THIS SCHOOL. WE HAVE TRIED TO BEAR WITH THE CADETS ALL OF THEIR JOYS AND BURDENS AND WE ARE VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME GOOD WILL AT HEART. BOTH BEING FRIENDS OF THE SAME FRIENDS, WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUF| GOOD WILL FOR YOU, FOR WE ARE AL WAYS FOR EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO THE GOOD NAME FOR THE TEXAS AGGIES. Casey’s Confectionery In the “Y” Building. HONE OF GOOD THINGS TO EAT AND DRINK ilininiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM HASWELL’S BOOK STORE DRAWING MATERIAL Agency Eastman Kodaks i VICTOR Talking Machines and Records ATHLETIC GOODS «$• >$« >{« *$• »$* »|> >|> »|« »|> »$> >|i i|> UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP Cleaning . Pressing . Alterations Uniforms and Civilian Suits Made to Measure. Block East from College Studio Cadets and College Residents Invited to Call r — i College Jewelry of All Kinds SEE THOSE NEW PINS. G. W. HARRIS, Room 18 Foster, Agent for Caldwell’s Jewelry Store One Price Only.