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THE BATTALION
THE BATTALION
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EDITORIAL STAFF
W. C. MORRIS Editor-in-Chief
R. R. PEEPLES Managing Editor
L. J. FRANKE Associate Editor
P. C. FARRIS , Associate Editor
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REPORTERS.
Adams, Benton, Ketterson, Peyton.
RESUMING PLAY
7. “Tote fair” with the home folks. Match their sacrifices with your
diligence.
8. Write to the home folks, preferably the Mother, at least once a week.
Negdect here convicts you of ingratitude. An ingrate is unfit for the com
pany of true men.
9. It is a glorious privilege to be in college! Thousands would give half
of their life for your chance.
10. YOUR CHANCE! USE IT!
C. J. NELSON.
OUR UNIFORM
There is a tendency in the cadet corps of developing an attitude of disre-
guard toward the college uniform. Our personal appearance is not all that
it should be. Proper care of the uniform is not being observed.
A great many men think that because they wear a uniform it is not neces
sary to keep it neat and clean. Why should men who are careful of the ap
pearance of their civilian clothes be so careless of the condition of their
uniform ? It is more thoughtlessness than anything else on our part and
could be remedied if we so desired.
The uniform refund is given for the express purpose of keeping our uni
forms up to standard. This refund may not be as much as we desire but if
it is used fo rthe purpose it is given we would make a better appearance.
Let’s have more pride in our uniform. Look at your hat, your hat cord,
and your uniform in general, and see if it is all it should be.
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THIEVES
There is a period in every football game, and in most other athletic con
tests as far as that matters, when the teams refrain from actual participa
tion for a few minutes and allow their individual members a brief rest. But
the rest does not go on indefinitely; play must be resumed.
There are time-outs called occasionally for other things than a rest.
There have been time-outs called because of an unpleasant occurrence in the
game. Some player might get into an argument with one of the opposite
team, and the game would have to be stopped in order that the difficulty
might be overcome. But the point is, when that purpose for which the play
was stopped has been accomplished, it is time to resume play.
Right at this time of the year, athletic schedules for next fall are being
prepared. Football schedules between conference schools are either being
made or as in most cases, have already been made.
Baylor’s schedule has been made out, but as was expected no game has
been scheduled with A. & M. College. Neither does A. & M.’s schedule in
clude a game with Baylor.
Baylor and A. & M. did not play this year and will not play any athletic
contests the rest of this year, but if a year is not enough time-out, it will
require many.
Baylor and A. & M. always furnished a thrilling football exhibition on
Baylor’s homecoming day. It was a football game which was looked forward
to by fans of Central Texas. It always attracted a big crowd. But un
fortunate circumstances arose and the traditional game had to be discon
tinued. It was sadly missed this past season. It just didn’t seem natural
that Baylor was not playing A. & M. on homecoming day.
It seems that the purpose of the breaking of relations on the athletic field
between the two schools has been accomplished. There could be no more
good out of the thing if the present situation continued for several more
years. The quicker now, that Baylor and A. & M. resume athletic relations
the better things will be, and that old sore will be healed up.
It would be a good thing if arrangements could be made for the Bears and
the Aggies to meet on the gridiron again next fall.
It would be pleasing to Baylor people and Baylor followers to know that
Baylor made the first move in bringing back the Baylor-Aggie football
classic.—Daily Lariat.
The above article was taken directly from the Daily Lariat, official daily
publication of Baylor University, and expresses not only the writer’s feelings
but the sentiments of hundreds of other Baylor students. If it strikes you
as being reasonable a little self expression would not be out of the way but
if you don’t think it is time yet let your silence be sufficient answer.
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H-O-R-S-E S-E-N-S-E FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
It seems that we lose one or two students each year because they have
such taking ways. A desire to take that which belongs to some one else,
regardless of the penalty that may be inflicted upon them. This year
several students have been compelled to withdraw from college because of
this. It is a brand placed upon them that will follow them on thru life
and will never be forgotten by the Corps. Then there are those who get
by with it, but they too will have to pay the price some day. Do you think
it is stealing when you go across the hall and borrow something from one
of your fellow students ? Perhaps it is and perhaps it is not, but wouldn’t
it be much safer to inform him that you got such as you did ? Or let him
know that the article is not lost? This is an easy way for one to create a
habit of stealing and once it is started it will be hard to stop. Think of your
self and the thoughts you have when you find something missing and how
you curse the person who might have taken it. The man who will steal from
another man in this college is about the lowest thief there is. Men leave
their rooms open and trust their neighbor and this trust should not be
broken or imposed upon.
LIFE OF LINCOLN PORTRAYED
IN GREAT DRAMA
Many Treats Held in Store for
Audience
1. Have regular hours for rest and play—use them for rest and play.
2. Have regular hours for eating—and eat then, slowly—and quietly.
Do not take violent exercise for 30 minutes after eating. Do not study un
til 30 minutes after eating.
3. Stay off the streets of Bryan except when there for a definite pur
pose. The “innocent bystander” soon becomes an in-stander without in
nocence.
4. Avoid foolish women.
5. Abhor the appearance of hazing - . It is meant in fun. Some of it is
executed in miserable cowardice. Do not strike a fellow when you know
he dares not resent it. Don’t be yellow.
6. Your room mate is by far the most important person you will meet
at college. See that he is clean inside and out. If he starts to i - aise h—11
stop him if you can. If he insists get a divorce. Do it quick.
High points in the story of the
Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s per
sonal career are dealt with in John
Drinkwater’s great drama, “Abraham
Lincoln,” which is to be presented in
the Assembly Hall, A. & M. College
of Texas, Friday night, Jan. 27, be
ginning at 8:00 o’clock. Student’s
tickets will be fifty cents.
Produced first at Birmingham, Eng
land, then later at Hammersmith,
(a London suburb) “Abraham Lin
coln” was a success from the start.
All London was drawn out to Ham-
mersmith by its indefinable spell. Its
London triumph was duplicated in
New York (193 performances), in
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and
other cities.
It is of interest to note that this
play of the Great Emancipator of
America was written by an English
man. The leading role is played by
an Englishman. In all there are
twenty-seven characters in the play,
among them the South’s beloved hero,
General Robert E. Lee.
Places of Action of Drama
Scene I. Parlor of Abraham Lin
coln’s home, Springfield, Illinois, 1860.
Scenell. Seward’s room at Wash
ington. Ten months later.
Scene III. A small reception room
at the White House. Nearly two years
later.
Scene IV. Same as Scene II. About
the time of Scene III.
Scene V. Grant’s Headquarters at
Appomatox, April 4th, 1865.
Scene VI. Foyer to the boxes,
Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D. C.,
April 14, 1865.
A Correction
In the Battalion last week the state
ment was made that this was to be a
picture and I wish to change the im
pression that many have formed of it.
It is to be one of the master pieces of
drama that has been presented here.
TOBACCO CHEWING
A. & M. the land where they teach
you bull and feed you cow, is it any
wonder that the cadet corps should
turn out to be bovine bipeds and start
chewing, not Nebuchadnezzar’s grass
but a far fouler and more objection
able weed known as tobacco. So far
no one has gone on record as object
ing to their chewing, but spitting. . . .
such a nasty, disgusting, vile, obscene,
altogether low brow and illbred habit,
and especially on Sully’s gymnasium
floor. OOOOoooooWeeeee!! Can you
imagine it, it doesn’t seem possible
that there could really be that type
of cadet here at college, there is how
ever, and he has made the fact known
by staining a large part of the gym
floor a dark tobaccowy color, thereby
spoiling its nice hardwood floors on
the end where the bleachers are.
If you have weathered this we
wish to ask you to take a little box,
paste board, to the gym and the pic
ture show oh ye tobacco chewers, ye
masculine men of the dripping and
drooling jaws, slobering countenance,
to spit in. . . .is it such a hard re
quest? Do you think you will be un
able to comply ? If so take some
freshman friend of yours under your
wing and let him do you and the col
lege that favor.
And let us recommend Star Navy
for that is Avhat keeps the Navy
afloat.
A1—May I hold your hand ?
Doris—Well, I suppose we will have
to start with the usual preliminaries.