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STUDENT OPINION
BRYAN NURSERY & FLORAL CO.
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BRYAN
Tate & Newsome, Student Representatives
Collegiate pipes aren’t all
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Appearances may be against the modern
college pipe; he may look ‘superfish’. . . he
may sound a bit blotto, slinging his six or
seven slanguages, including the Scandi
navian. . . But when he talks ‘tobacco - ’
lend him your ears. For that’s one subject
he’s studied and knows from the ground up!
Listen to his learned lingo and you’ll see
why the one perfect pipe tobacco is grand
old Granger Rough Cut. It’s all spicy old
Burley, the choicest pipe tobacco known
to man. . . allmellowed Wellman’s way. . .
and cut, especially for pipes, in large slow-
burning, cool-smoking flakes. It’s breaking
all collegiate records for pipe-popularity.
Of course, some collegiate pipes, who
judge everything on ‘price’, can’t afford to
smoke Granger. . . it’s too Inexpensive.
But notice any pipe that is sufficiently
sure of himself to be himself, always; and
notice also his Granger.
GRANGER
Rough Cut
The half-pound vac
uum tin is forty-five
cents, the foil-pouch
package, sealid in
glassine, is ten cents.
Made
for pipes only!
Granger Rough Cut is made by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
prediction is that A. & M. will offer
us the drill field and two weeks after
Commencement in June to make up
this time with probably Sergeant
King and Sergeant Wright as new
instructors in military science.
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To the outsider, our college goes
by the name of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, but to the inmat
es—and I use the word in its literal
sense—this is purely an athletic and
military school, and the athletic is
put in not because athletics are over
emphasized, but because something
must be used to stand for “A”. In
stead of being treated as men with
normal minds and average abilities,
capable of thinking for ourselves, we
are compelled to abide by countless
and minute orders of a few above us.
After all, we did not come to col
lege to be soldiers, our primary aim
is to get an education. Personally, I
doubt not that I will someday be call
ed to the defense of* my country; yet
I hope to spend the vast majority of
my life as a private citizen. Yet we
are not treated as college students,
but as soldiers in the regular service.
We are beseiged on every hand by
petty regulations, sometimes useless,
often unreasonable. And still it is not
so much the restrictions that are forc
ed upon us, nor the taking away of
our rights and priveleges, as it is the
manner in which these acts are done
and enforced. Army discipline is very
well in its place, but years of army
life spent in commanding men of lit
tle education, intelligence, or initia
tive is poor preparation for the job
of controlling the destines of college
boys through four years of school. If
all of the authoi’ities copied after the
example of Dr. Walton and the ma
jority of the faculty, our troubles
would at least be minimized. “Prexy”
always has a smile and a word of
greeting to all, senior and freshman
alike; some others have nothing but
a cold glare or at best an indifferent
glance.
Such treatment, combined with on
over supply of regulations, has done
much to destroy the initiative of we
seniors. It has not been so very long
since I was a freshman of this insti
tution, and yet even I can remember
those good old days when seniors were
seniors and colonels were not afraid
to smile occasionally at some little
thing a student did. The cadets were
treated as men instead of children.
The senior realized his responsibili
ties and carried them out. Does he
do that now? Everywhere you can
see underclassmen violating regula
tions without the slightest fear of in
terference from a senior officer. Why
does this condition exist ?
I think the answer to this question
lies in the fact that night and day
the tactical officer of the day may be
found “snooping” around trying to
catch someone off his guard; this per
sonal and constant supervision nat
urally caused rebellion in the heart of
a senior officer holding his commis
sion from the President of the College.
Again at the door of the mess hall
are posted two sergeants whose pri
mary duty is to prevent the carrying
of college property from the mess
hall, but who as a side line turn in
students for being non-reg. The O. D.
and the O. G., as a consequence, have
become mere ornaments; it is seldom
that an O. D. will stop a student now
for violating a college regulation—
for he feels that he but a figure head,
a private secretary to the sergeants,
who in turn, are but obeying orders.
Why not go a step further, and have
a few more army officers, etc., scat
tered over the campus, so that we
would be completely under martial
law? We are half-way that now.
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Plainly spoken, why have chapel ?
This is the same old tale, you say,
an opinion expressed on the subject
is only so much wasted breath. Ser
geant King and the commandant’s
office will always reign supreme, stu
dent opinion is not to be considered.
We are in the army, dissatisfaction
with any and everything is to be ex
pected.
Why, why cannot be have some
general student forums ? Why not
take a student vote as to whether to
continue Ejfjnday morning convoca
tion or not ?
There are independent church ser
vices here on the campus for all of
these who are to any extent interest
ed. These church organizations would
be glad of the opportunity to expand,
to hold longer, independent, morning
services.
The chapel exercises are a big hyp
ocrisy. The majority of the boys are
only bored to go. It has become a
joke the way so many go staightway
to sleep, not even allowing the speak
er a first two minutes to gain their
attention and good will.
Guion Hall is a beautiful building—
to take pictures of— compulsory
chapel makes it a shunned place.
And we all know, every citizen of
the United States is guaranteed re
ligious freedom. We may be forced to
march to Guion Hall steps each Sun
day morning, but not even the presi
dent of the United States has author
ity to make us march into the build
ing and attend to the exercises.
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Again and again, we need a stu
dent welfare committee that [func
tions, one that will work together
with the college faculty and other au
thorities.
More than anything, we need a fac
ulty that will recognize sincere ap
peals from the student body. We are
stifled, held to the strictest regu
lations, we are taught to obey and
never think.
Everything is mapped out for us,
we can only take it, there is noth
ing else to do. Consider our curricu
la. The faculty says such and so is
best, twenty years of experience has
proved it so ; Things are changing
fast. As an example, many boys come
here from high school where they
had several years of woodwork, forg
ing-, mechanical drawing. Yet these
men must repeat this same work just
because their course calls for it.
(Reprinted from the New Leader.)
Professor Spingarn contributed a
poem to the Old Masses. It was call
ed Heloise and figured the medieval
nun listening to a modern scholar
relate the story of his fortunes in an
American University. Its stinging
conclusion was:
“O, passionate Heloise,
I, too, have lived under the ban
With seven hundred professors
And not a single man.”
Which recalls George Cram Cook’s
remark about college professors—
“The third American sex.” Is this
pique, malice? Are Spingarn and
Cook just chortling critics piling cap
tious insult on insult upon a neces
sary and noble institution ?
— (The New Student.)