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THE BATTALION
THE BATTAILON
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DISCRIMINATION.
Since the football game with S. M. U. has now loomed in the fore
ground, many thoughts are turning toward the trip to Dallas.
This trip will not be one in which the cadets will go as a student body
and consequently all students will not go. But as many as can go should go
—for THEY WILL BE NEEDED.
There are many men who have considered this trip both pro and con.
Some have decided that for various reasons, primarily lack of finances, that
they will not go. Others have decided that even though their finances are low
they will be able to make the trip. Upon presentation of a pass they find
that it is disapproved on account of a note which they owe the College. Evi
dently the reasoning is that anyone who owes a note cannot afford to go
on a trip. But is this logical and an applicable reasoning? Assuming
that some students’ desire for pleasure is liable to overbalance their judg
ment, are not the Juniors and at least the Seniors old enough both in years
and experience to judge what they are capable of doing? If they are not,
then pity them when the school year is over and they must cope with the
trials and worries of the heartless business world..
This article may be considered exceedingly impudent by some, in view
of the fact that the College is doing a great favor to students in letting
them make notes for a large amount of their expenses without security.
But do not the record show that a higher percentage of these notes are paid
than notes made by business men at reputable banks? Are not these notes
drawing a rather high rate of interest until they are paid?
After a resume of the preceeding statements, is it fair to mature men
attending an institution where all men are treated alike,, regardless of their
wealth, to be discriminated against in such a fashion? The Battalion is of
the opinion that if a Junior or Senior or any underclassman over twenty-one
years of age decides that he can afford a trip to Dallas, his request should not
be denied.
THE HAPPY MEDIUM.
The happy medium, that ideal balancing of time and affairs which makes
for success and happiness, has been written about, talked about, and sought
after for years gone by. Probably very few men ever reach it—some try—
but there are thousands of men who, unfortunately, never realize there is
such a thing.
A boy going to college who does not realize that everything depends
upon proper use of time is quite likely to throw away opportunity. The hap
py medium is a condition of living in which some time is given to activities
of various kinds. Reaching the happy medium consists in arranging the
most important things first.
A college magazine recently printed an editorial in which the college
student was admonished “not to let books interfere with his education.”
Any college student who is in sympathy with such advice as that is to be
pitied. True, book knowledge is not the only essential to a worthwhile life,
but nobody who underestimates the importance of books is very wise or
far-sighted. The wisdom of the ages cannot be disregarded without more
or less loss to the scoffer. College is fundamentally a place where men
should learn—not mere facts, but principles and understanding.
On the other hand, nobody should become so engrossed in the study
of books that he develops a one-sided nature—that stiff, awkward per
sonality which is associated with the recluse, or book-worm. Athletics teaches
co-operation and leadership and sympathy with fellow-beings. Activities of
any sort are good.
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T. K. LAWRENCE
College years are years of friendships. Good friends are probably the
greatest blessing on earth. Therefore, one who would get the most our of
college should make all the acquaintances possible^ read as much as pos
sible, play as much as possible—and be serious when the time comes to be
serious.
There was a man in ancient times
who had a foot twelve inches long,
but he didn’t use it as a rule.
There once was a woman called
Mrs. Who said, “I don’t know what
a Krs.,
But a fellow in haste,
Put his arm around her waist,
And quietly answered, “Why thrs.”
—N. Y. Medley.
“No king ever dropped out of the
clouds,” remarked that inveterate ob
server, Antwerp Andy, “but lots of
them slip off the bottom of the deck.”
“This restaurant sure is cheap.”
“How’s that?”
“Why I got coffee, doughnuts and
an overcoat for fifteen cents.”
—Mass. Tech. Voo Do.
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