THE BATTALION
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Editor’s Not^: The material in this issue of The Battalion was written by
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IT HAS A PLACE.
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A -^discussion has recently arisen in regard to the Senior Play. One of
the students was heard to remark that the Senior Play should be discon
tinued in favor of something of more general interest to the student body.
He dicTi’ript mention what kind of super-entertainment he thought would ac-
complish^thig result.
We wonder just how many of the students take the few non-athletic
activities) of our College seriously. There are at best a pitifully inadequate
number of these for an institution the size of A. and M., and one that is
called a College. The other institutions of equal rank in our state make
provisions through their debating, oratorical, and dramatic clubs for the stu
dents to get supplementary training and at the same time the enjoyment
that goes with volunteer work of any kind. Of course there is the work on
the Longhorn and we have a struggling Forensic Club that is competing in
intercollegiate circles, yet the number interested is not as large as it should
be.
Under the supervision of the English Department and under the coach
ing of Dr. Summey and Mr. Owens, the members of the dramatic club are
working hard on this year’s production. Night after night the ones who are
to take part in the play have given their time and effort to produce an enter
tainment that we will enjoy and which will be representative of the College.
Yet we venture to say that there are a number of the students who do not
know yet that we have an annual Senior Play.
The.^vriter was present one time when an ex-student of our college was
asked tqjtake part on a program as a speaker. He was unable to do so and
excused himself on the grounds that he was a graduate of a technical college
where there were no literary activities, and where he could get little training
in speaking. He neglected to say that the literary activities were being fos
tered, but that he and the other students were failing to support them.
Will yop and I also libel our College after we leave it because we failed
to support the literary and dramatic activities in an effort to place them on
the plane they should occupy in an institution of higher learning? Let us
not ?&PP or t the Senior Play. It is the result of no small effort on the
part of those who are taking part.
eral, a very desirable group of students—boys who are willing to make real
sacrifices in order to secure a college education. ou see them e\ery day,
working consistently at off hours, and studying until late at night to keep
up with their courses. Of course, we may never produce any Abraham
Lincolns here; but we have a right to pride ourselves in the fact that we
have a serious-minded, hard-working group of students. If you are one
of them, you may well feel proud. If you are not, then help those
who are by making everything as easy as possible for them, for such a life,
at best, is none too full of pleasure.
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THE BOAT LEAKS.
At the last meeting of the student body President Bizzell informed us
that no student would be allowed to make a note next fall. This means a
great deal, both to the school and to the students of the school. It not only
means that the school will quit allowing credit to the students who cannot
pay all dues at the first of the year, but also that the faith of the directors
of the school in us has been shaken if not destroyed.
But it means more to some students. It means that many new students
wilLnqt be able to enter next fall. To the students that have depended en
tirely on this system of borrowing money from the school it means that they
must stay out of school or borrow money elsewhere at a high rate of in-
tere^f^ and that is not always possible. It means that the boys, whose fathers
cannot raise all the money needed in the early fall, will hav eto borrow else
where if possible. It means, also, that the students have not lived up to their
promises, because the College would not stop the present method if all notes
were paid. Although we believe that President Bizzell made his decision too
early because many notes will be paid before school is out, it remains that
either the decision must be changed before the next term, or many boys who
have wofked and repayed all that they borrowed will be missing next fall.
Can the student body afford to let the directors lose faith in it? Can the
directors refuse to help a boy who needs help?
COMMENCEMENT
The gloomiest time in four years of college is graduation week. Seniors
may think they feel sad at leaving their chums, or they may pretend to be
“blue” at prospect of spending the whole of class day piloting cousins and
aunts over the campus.
Yet their real reason for feeling depressed ought to be the thought of
what happens after commencement. That event is well named, for the college
graduate does “start at the bottom” whether or not he deserves it. Armed
with expfert knowledge of facts and of how to work and think, the senior finds
his college course has omitted one important subject—“the rules of the game”
in the outside world.
These rules are different. College makes ideals; business makes money.
In college,honor is a prime quality; business, too, has morals, but they are a
specialized brand.
^ Business needs the principles of the campus, and every new graduate can
serve the world by sticking to the ideals of his “alma mater.”
—College Comics.
; We have long prided ourselves on the democratic spirit which has been
prevalent at A. and M. Although we have many wealthy students at our
college, their wealth alone brings them no added prestige or social standing
over the lads who are paying their way through college by the sweat of their
brows. The reputation for such a democracy as this has brought us, in gen-
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