The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 04, 1927, Image 2

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THE BATTALION
IN MEMORIAM
The following poem, written in
memory of Maurice Fitzgerald, by his
sister, is published in reverance of the
young man whose death occurred a
year ago in an Abilene hotel. Fitz
gerald was a student here at the time
of his death—being a member of C
Battery. Kimmie and Bert who are
mentioned in the poem were his room
mates.
Yes—the fourth day of May,
In our home is a sad day.
’Twas on this day the Lord saw best.
To call unto him for rest—
Our Maurice.
He was just in the prime of youth
And one who stood always for the
truth,
When he took his own life in Abilene,
So far away from his home in Pales
tine,
A better or more noble one can not
be found
On this earth across or around
Than Maurice.
When the evening shadows creep down
And all the family settles around—
There comes to each mind the vacant
place—
Yes—we will always miss your smil
ing face
Maurice.
All hearts are sore and aching
And mine is near the breaking.
Your many friends along with Henry,
Kimmie and Bert—
Have in their hearts a deepening hurt
For you, Old Pal.
Dear Mother still sits and weeps
Our Daddy Dear is sad
He thinks of the noble son he had—
But Death now claims for his own
And has taken from our home—
Maurice.
Gone—are the happy days
When you teased in your familiar
ways
When each smile brought joy to all
hearts^—
Yes—gone—but the memory lingers
And will never part—
For you were to me
All that a Pal could be
You have left us, but we shall all
meet
And then life will be complete.
We shall talk as of yore
When we gather on that far away
shore
For on that shore is a smiling face
And waiting for us in his place
Is our Maurice.
—Jewell.
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** STUDENT OPINION *
❖ *
“Say, Bo, ’ya goin’ to th’ struggle
t’night?”
“Well, I don’t know. If I can see
my bootlegger .and get a quart or so,
I’ll tank up good and come down. I
lack the pep otherwise. I don’t have
a good time—can’t bull the girls very
well and somehow am too conscious of
what I do.”
There are several excuses for any
one who finds it necessary to drink
when he goes to a dance: For one
thing, he may be such a poor dancer
that he realizes too well what misery
the girl is in when he dances with
her; therefore he has to drown his
consciousness of it Then therefore is
the thought that “Everyone else does
it, why not I?” If a fellow likes to
get drunk occasionally, he finds it
very convenient to do so where he will
not be conspicuously by himself. A
great percent of those who go to
the public dances nowadays do not
look so much with disfavor on the
drink. That is why so many mothers
will not permit their daughters to fre
quent public dances. Again is found
the fellow who does not really enjoy
the dance itself but who goes for
other reasons. He should be barred
out from the start. Oftimes a boy
is naturally timid and bashful around
girls. He drowns the timidity in
drink and vulgarity.
Oh, there are any number of ex
cuses! But how many of them can
persuade the level mind that they are
worth while ? Becoming intoxicated
in the presence of others is a mark
of disrespect and lack of self-respect.
He who does so broadcasts to the
other dancers that he is weak in self-
control, that he cares not what impres
sion he makes on the girls with whom
he dances, that he cares even less if
his presence is undesirable. Watching
a drunk person on the floor regis
ters a feeling of temporary amuse
ment and final disgust. Few girls
care to dance with a person who has
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