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THE BATTALION
THE BATTALION
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R. T. FALKENBERG
R. O. PEARSON ....
R. H. JONES
L. H. MADDOX
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U L. TAYLOR
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SOBRIETY
In another column of this issue
there is the reaction of the average
student against a condition that be
came an issue last week when four
members of the student body were
tried before the discipline committee
for being intoxicated at the recent
dances.
Public dances, which may be at
tended by anyone and which are at
tended by those to whom character
means nothing have long been a place
where liquor is used to make every
body “feel good.” At College dances
this practive was not prevalent until
recently, at least it was not notice
able, but in the past few years we
have read of many dismissals from
institutions of higher learning due to
parties and dances where participants
became intoxicated. In the past two
years an element seems to have got
ten into our student body which is
guilty of the same misdemeanor. The
sight of a man (if he may be called
such) having to exert an effort to re
main on his feet while dancing causes
the thought “whence this creature”?
Ordinarily when one attends a col
lege or university he is given credit
for being able to think for himself.
Considering the above condition makes
this ability doubtful. Surely a man
who can think for himself has ideals
of character and respect. Yet we have
t|iese who show by their actions that
they have no respect for their own
character, to say nothing of the insult
and embarrassment suffered by the
girls who submit to convention and
allow these men a dance when they
tag, to be careened off across the
Boor in drunken recklessness. We
Rave all heard the story of “The man
without a country” and have felt sorry
for Phil Nolan in his plight. But in
stead of pity we experience contempt
for these who are without character
enough to uphold the honor of their
father’s name.
The Battalion is not condemning
the anti-prohibitionist—it is merely
attempting to drive home the base
ness of character when a man becomes
intoxicated in the presence of (res
pectable people. Can this “element,”
now prevalent, develop enough self
respect to uphold the standards of the
school or will they continue to dis-
vlniM'
MOTHER S DAY.
Again it is the time of year for us
to turn our minds, as a body, to
thoughts of mother. No person should
command more reverence, love, and
respect in our lives than our mother.
This has been made manifest by the
adoption cf an official “Mother’s Day”
when we may pay special tribute to
her who means most to us—our moth
er.
Perhaps memories of Mother’s days
of the past bring back visions of our
early school days when we all wore
a flower on our breast, signifying our
love for our mother. There were pink
and red flowers worn by the happy
majority who had their mother with
them, and white flowers' telling of a
mother who had gone to the great
beyond and leaving but her influence
and an emptiness in some life that
could never be filled.
As we come to A. and M., away
from our home, we are prone to sub
ordinate the place that mother should
hold in our lives. We even forget to
write to her as often as we should,
knowing- that she anxiously awaits
any word concerning us or our wel
fare. Seldom, if ever, do we tell her
how much she means to us or how
we miss her when we are away. We
depend on her to sense that from our
actions.
In an effort to make us all think
more about the significance of Moth
er’s Day, the officials of A.' and M.
College have spent a great deal of
time and effort in planning a program
for that day. Last year was perhaps
the biggest occasion of its kind ever
held here, and this year, under the
auspices of the Senior Class, a bigger
program is being planned. Hereto
fore we have thought of Mother’s Day
as the day when our Captain’s sweet
heart or some other young lady pin
ned a bunch of sweet peas on our coat
lapel, but let us hope that that feeling
.will soon die out if it still exists, and
be replaced by nothing but worship
for the Mother who has done so much
to make us what we are.
grace themselves, at the same time
besmirching the name of Aggieland ?
Flatfoot: “What kinda room or
derly you got?”
Horsemarine: “Oh, he’s dutiful but
dumb.”
Kidd—Key: “Are there many hand
some men at A. and M?”
Cadet: “No, really, there are only
a few of us.”
That strange clattering sound which
comes from the drafting rooms has
been explained as the noise of drop
ping perpendiculars.
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