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THE BATTALION
THE BATTALION
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AN ANSWER TO BAYLOR’S SLANDER.
Again A. and M. must suffer from the ironic and distorted tales that
issue from the pens of ambitio s editors. Only this time we have the editor
of a college daily to blame for the stigma placed upon our great institution,
and its student body. The Battalion cannot let the fallacious statements that
appeared in the Daily Lariat, the official publication of the students of Baylor
University, go unchallenged, for we feel that it is a misrepresentation of facts.
The indiscretions of a few students have been made the subject for an edi
torial and a news story that would make the blood of every true Aggie boil.
There is not and never has been,, a more chivalrous body of men anywhere
than the A. and M. cadet corps; women have always commanded the respect
and admiration, as well as the attention of an A. and M. man. Every ref
erence made by the “Lariat” to the alleged rough treatment to, and ungen-
tlemanly conduct in the presence of Baylor and Waco women, is a slur made
by men whose attitude towards their own co-eds has been challenged re
peatedly; charges made against a body of real men, and gentlemen in the
eyes of those who know them, who have always governed their conduct to
ward members of the fair sex with the thought, that she is—some boy’s
sister. Repeatedly, many visitors on the campus at A. and M. have noticed
and commented upon the respect that the opposite sex commands from
every man in Aggieland.
The Aggies, unlike most of the student bodies in Texas, support their
teams in defeat and victory alike, and when the corps left their seats after
the game in Waco Saturday to rush upon the field it was to carry the maroon
jersied warriors from the athletic field of honor to their dressing rooms. The
deliberate misconstruing of a custom as old as the history of A. and M. by the
Baylor editor was a littleness that until now we would not have accused
him or any other Baylor student of possessing. This intended and applied
malice will not be forgotten very soon by the student body at A. and M.
The tear streaked faces, the grim countenance, and the squared jaw of every
Aggie showed how much the. loss of that game meant to them, for
the student body at A. and M. is taught to lore their institution and to
support their athletic teams in defeat as well as vicory.
Who would not be aggravated when some “lame-brained ignoramus”
driving an automobile tried to run over the players who were “eating their
hearts out on the sidelines” —waiting for a chance to enter the contest?
Speaking of sportsmanship, this was a very poor example of it that was
displayed by Baylor students. A body of college students that would pull
a “stunt” like this has lots of room to accuse a body of men noted for fair
play and sportsmanship, of conducting themselves contrary to ideals and
customs.
Not only as Aggies, but as native Texans, we resent the inference made
by the editor of The Lariat that our own native state is in a semi-civilized
condition; that Texas is still in the age of barbarism. The misguided editor
reprinted the radical opinions of some of the enemies of “The Lone Star
State,” and in so doing proved himself a traitor to his state.
So we pass it on with this:
Constructive criticism is always welcome; but slander—never.
THE THOUGHTLESS FEW.
There are times in our school lives when we feel almost certain that we
will be drawn beneath the tide of misfortune and circumstance by' the strong
undertow of public opinion set in motion by the actions of a few thoughtless
students, who persist in showing their “A. and M. Spirit” by stealing from
the Pullman Company and others.
Gentlemen, we ask you, do we have to take the insults thrown at us by
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a few so-called A. and M. men who steal just for fun? Do we have to face
the barrage of idle, uninformed gossipers,. who spread the stories of how
A. and M. boys destroy property and steal wherever they go? Does not
the widely, and justly heralded A. and M. spirit stand for ideals built on a
higher plane? Does not that which we call good, stand for the same thing
that we call A. and M. spirit? And in the last analysis, is not Aggie Spirit
just another name for that which causes men to fight for a worthy cause and
to fight against the unworthy?
Would you cherish the idea of having someone tell your mother that
one of her boys had stolen some blankets from the Pullman Company, or any
other company? We are positive that you would seriously object to having
such unfavorable publicity circulated about your home; yet is it not the
same rank injustice for the innocent students of A. and M. College to have
to pay the penalty that must be paid every time some culprit gets to ex
ercising his converted idea of school spirit? Let’s make the old Aggie spirit
what it should be, and discourage all such practices that invite unfavorable
publicity. When you see an A. and M. man on the wrong track try to help
him to right himself. If he refuses your helpful advice, do not shield him,
JUST HELP SHIP HIM, for there is not room enough in Aggieland for a
man of this calibre.
AFTER THE GAME.
Did you ever notice how a kid acted after he had just received a five dol
lar bill that he wasn’t expecting? He would rush around and suddenly dis-
scover that there wasn’t anything quite good enough for him. As he
wouldn’t really know what to do with it, he would try to let everyone know
that he had it and was quite used to carrying fi\e dollar bills.
A football victory has just about the same effect on some student
bodies. No matter whether their victories are few or many,, they always
act like a tramp in a Tuxedo and leave the impression that they are much
more familiar with defeat than victory. After being the victor on the ath
letic field, they look around for more fields to conquer and usually pick
scholastic work as the nearest enemy; so, a holiday is requested or demanded.
A. and M. deserves some credit for not being of this type. Of course the
corps is always glad to see the team win, but that doesn’t make them think
that they own the world for the rest of the season. A game won is past his
tory and something to be proud of, but a game lost cannot be dismissed so
lightly. The corps is to be commended on the way they took the defeat last
Saturday, for there were tears in every man’s eyes as the student body left
the field. Not a man thought lightly of losing that game, and it was very
evident that not a Baylor student was celebrating anywhere near a bunch
of cadets. The look on the Aggies’ faces seemed to immediately damp their
spirits and they went elsewhere to tell the world how good they were. All of
which is just another reason for being proud of A. and M.
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