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be called to the conduct of the cadets
during the time between halves. It
is then that the students, for lack of
amusement, resort to play similar to
that of barbarians, in throwing their
fellow members from the top rows to
—wherever they might land. No
doubt but what this is great sport, but
some day there will be someone who
will not land on waiting shoulders and,
since the new concrete is not a good
shock absorber, he will spend several
days in the hospital. Altho the prac
tice of throwing slippers, hats, and
peanut boxes is less dangerous, the
fact that the floor is littered with
trash which must be removed before
the new half can start, places a re
striction upon this sort of amuse
ment.
* * *
As has always been the custom at
Aggieland, there will be special is
sues of The Battalion published by
the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman
classes respectively. The Junior Bat
will come out in March which will be
followed by the other two special
issues. Apparently the date of issue
is in the dim future, but now is the
time to be considering whom you shall
elect from your class to publish a
paper worthy to be your representa
tive.
First Sous: “Hie!”
Second Ditto: “Hie!”
First. “Don’t talk back t’me!”
PADDLING FRESHMEN HAS
BECOME A FAVORABLE
OUTDOOR SPORT
A paddling epidemic has seized sev
eral universities and colleges. More
stringent rules and strong applica
tions of hardwood paddles are rem
edies being tried out to cure the
wholesale disregard for custom and
tradition at Princeton, Columbia, Coe
College (Iowa), Fairmount College
(Kansas), and Willamette College
(Oregon).
PRINCETON: If you have seen
any Freshmen wearing gaudy vests
or yellow slickers; socks, shoes,
garters or ties of any color except
black; walking on the grass; smok
ing on the street or on the campus;
out after 9 o’clock at night; then it
is your duty to report him to the
Vigilance Committe. The Vigilance
Committee is composed of 25 sopho
mores sworn to enforce all traditions.
It has been recently formed to combat
the wholesale disregard for existing
Freshman customs.
COLUMBIA: A group of black-
robed Sophs led recalcitrant Fresh
men to instruments of tortue reminis
cent of the Fascisti or of Medieval In-
quistors. Part of the erring fresh
were seated in a huge, black box
and two parts of the top were drawn
together leaving only the guilty heads
exposed to the hooting populace. The
rest were provided with dog collars
from which were suspended signs of
a highly rescriptive character, such
as “I am Smart—I break Freshman
Pules” and below “Offense—No Cap,
Poor Attitude.”
COE COLLEGE: Twenty Coe
Freshmen were recently brought be
fore a group of upperclassmen and
forced to run a gauntlet of well man
ned hardwood paddles. Offense—fail
ure to wear regulation caps.
FARIMOUNT COLLEGE: Spar
ing the paddle spoils the Freshman,
believes The Sunflower. “Last year
the paddle line was abolished at
Fairmount College with what has
proved to be unsatisfactory results.”
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The unpaddled Freshmen are a dis
loyal lot, continues Sunflow, they have
not “entered into the activities of the
school with the same whole-harted in
terest that was displayed in past
years.”
While The Sunflower is not in favor
of the primitive paddle line of the
past, with its clubs, broomsticks, two
by fours, and other makeshift pad
dles it does not favor “the paddling
line” for Freshmen with regulation
paddles and unless such a system is
restored the abolition of all Fresh
men rules, including the wearing of
green caps and ribbons, for under the
present system it is impossible to en
force them and they are worse than
no rules at all.”
WILLAMETTE: The Campus at
Willamette recently resounded when
unsparing Sophomores tested the
strength of solid oak paddles on un
lucky freshmen.
— The New Student
Riff: “What’s the difference be
tween a fish and a fool?”
Raff: “I’ll bite. What is the dif
ference?”
Raff: “Well, if you bite, there isn’t
any.”—Ex.
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