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THE BATTALION
THE BATTALION
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WOULD YOU?
Would you invite yourself to have dinner with someone who was a total
stranger to you, or one whom you knew only in a professional way? Would
you appreciate having one who was unknown to you insist on sharing the
comforts of an automobile ride with you and your family or best girl?. Or,
to put the question in a clearer light, would you enjoy riding on the Bryan-
College road if you were being continually asked to give some thoughtless
person a ride? Now be honest, would you?
About the only road over which Bryan and College people can ride with
comfort and pleasure is the Bryan-College road. What happens if a family
goes on that road for a pleasure trip? Just as soon as they get outside
of the gate they are hailed by a group of students or others conected with the
College. They go a little further and the same thing happens. Men think
it over. What does that mean? Just this: it means good-bye to a little
family visit together, for the disturbing influences of a stranger in the midst
of home surroundings soon puts a damper on free speech and thoughts con
cerning the home. Give these people a chance to enjoy a little family life
without any other personalities being injected into their party.. Give them
that which is rightfully their, an afternoon or evening drive on the Bryan.
College road unmolested.
Considerable complaint has been voiced by automobile owners on the
campus against the practice of begging a ride. “It is getting to the point
where there is no real pleasure in riding in a car now,” said one car owner
recently. “Just as soon as we get out of the gate at College or start out of
Bryan, somebody runs out and yells for a ride. It is embarrassing to turn
them down, but that is the only way we can maintain the integrity of our
homes; so we must refuse.”
Take the hint from this good man and discontinue the degrading prac
tice of “begging a ride.”
YOUR ANNUAL.
Every old student of A. and M. values his Longhorn as much as he does
a pass in Fish Chemistry. But why does this book mean so much to him?
It is because The Longhorn is representative of the College—not the cold
physical part such as dormitories, class buildings, and other tangible fea
tures—but that part which has made Texas A. and M. known throughout
the universe—The Student Body.
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is only one way, a simple one, too. Get your receipt from your first sergeant
and have your picture made. In getting the receipt, you save the Longhorn
a twenty-five percent discount. However, your work is not then done.
See that your friends and the clubs to which you belong, are also represented.
Then and only then will your Longhorn mean what it should to you.
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seen their work realize that this annual is to be The Annual of all years.
The cost of such a publication has been figured so closely that every penny
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THE LESSON OF FAILURE.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.
It wasn’t the failure which hurt me,
And it wasn’t the sting of the blow;
It wasn’t the cheers of the throng in
my ears
For the smiling victorious foe;
But the knowledge that I hadn’t ven
tured to try
But had cravenly let the thing go.
They think that ill luck has betrayed
me,
They think by mischance I was
thrown;
They would soothe my defeat with en
couragement sweet,
But I know what to them is unknown.
I failed to be true to the best I
could do
And the blame for my loss is my own.
Now, looking back over the battle,
And living the long struggle through,
I could take second place with a smile
on my face
Had I lost with the best I could do,
But what hurts me today is the half
hearted way
That I fought with disaster in view.
And this is the lesson of failure,
It is this that we learn in the test:
Too often we lose by neglecting to use
The courage of which we’re possessed.
And now that it’s done, though I
might not have won,
I could have lived up to my best.
DR. LINDSEY BLANEY, PRESI
DENT OF C. I. A., SPEAKS TO
STUDENT BODY IN CHAPEL
(By Fred W. Moore)
Dr. Lindsey Blayney formerly of
Rice Institute, and newly elected pres
ident of The College of Industrial
Arts, Denton, was the speaker at the
regular religious services last Sun
day morning.
We congratulate our sister institu
tion in being so fortunate in having
such a man at the head of their school.
From his speech on “Religion and Pa
triotism,” we know that he will fill
his position conscientiously. Not only
will he fill his position with all con
scientiousness, but he will help lay
the four great corner stones of Amer
ican life: home, school, church, and
law. The home will mean more than
just a place where one can sleep and
eat. The school will reach the great
mass of people who never complete
as much as the grammar grades.
Efficiency will be the aim of both the
school and the students. Churches
will have an atmosphere which will
not be similar to that of an afternoon
reception. The law will be given due
consideration. We shall hold up the
four great corner stones instead of
being held up by them.
Since Prexy promises his help, the
help of his faculty, and the help of
the student doby to Dr. Blayney, we
feel sure that relationship between
the two schools will become stronger.
It is our hope that we shall have the
pleasure of hearing Dr. Blayney speak
again next year.
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