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THANKSGIVING DAY
Attached A. & M. College of Texas. Serial No. 00000
Infantry—Branch Freshman-Soph.
JUNIOR-Senior.
Nelson, Chas J. Permission Mrs. Nelson.
(name) (authority)
Mr. S. Claus, North Pole, U. S. A. Sir: I respectfully request that you
bring me a talking picture of me when I played football, so that I can
show these people here what the game was before they made it a game
of tag. Respectfully,
CHAS. J. NELSON
Col Inf. (DOL).
Dearest Saint Nicholas: Knowing that you have volunteered to gratify the
wishes of the needy ones during the coming Yule Tide, we are taking this
opportunity to request that you bring us a new typewriter, an office, some
advertisements, some news, some good feature stories and “Say Bo Didjas,”
and some water-proof sheets. We also want to take this opportunity to
thank you for the thousands of readers we know you are going to bring us.
Very sincerely yours,
THE BATTALION STAFF.
FRIENDSHIP VERSUS ENMITY
If you happen to be an Aggie—and especially if you happen to be an
Aggie of the better sort—you have doubtless made many good friends and
true in your happy years at college. Friends are as necessary as cigarettes
to the average student here, and he is never without them. But what about
enemies. ... are they also necessary? No.... but we say, “Yes”
We grant you friendship is a royal thing, but enmity is imperial. We
have Aggie friends, and it is the custom of these people to borrow smokes
from us whenever such a thing is possible, and to wear our clothes without
cur permission, and to write to our girls. Now our enemies never take ad
vantage of us in this manner but appear, strangely enough, to respect us
and our property. They are polite to us everywhere, whereas our graceless
friends scarcely notice us except when they are out of matches. Enemies
know our virtues, but friends know far too much about our mistakes, in-
descretions and vices. Our friends know full well that we are not the great
men we pretend to be to all the world, but on the contrary realize that
we are only the play-actors of our own ideas. Our enemies are not certain
of this, and are inclined to fear us in a grudging, halfhearted manner, and
thus flatter our vanity. And our friends are kind to us in times of stress—
we can never forgive them for that, for there is a haughtiness in kind
ness which is very close indeed to cruelty.
So we like our enemies and hope to make many tough ones in the
future. As for friends—well, the true royalty of friendship is unknown
to any man till he has realized his best friend in himself.
The age-old story of how the Puritan fathers first gave thanks to the
Maker after’ they has been spared through the perilous trip across the
seas, and had been blessed with crops sufficient to tide them over for the
following year, is familiar to all of us. As the early settlers of our country
were grateful to God and His goodness, this practice of setting aside a
season in the year for the specific purpose of florifying Him soon became
a custom in America which was furthered and encouraged by all of the
American presidents.
Since gratitude and gratefulness have played such an important factor
in the history of our country and individuals, would it not be well to see
what the words mea'n in a broader interpretation. The golden virtue of
gratitude is so singularly beautiful that it is always characteristic of a
nature that is free from the petty and spiteful. The person who opens his
heart in gratitude immediately opens his hand in unselfishness, and the
person with the closed hand can neither give nor receive, which means that
he isn’t happy nor does he have the ability to make others so. The man
who is selfish and ungrateful is comparable to the Dead Sea. It receives
all but gives nothing, and its waters are dark, black, and stagnant. Noth
ing of life is seen around it and the surrounding country is desolate.
The man who knows of an aching heart, saddened by misfortune or suf
fering and who does not comfort it and goes to give thanks and words to
the Omnipotent, will never be heard, for He listens to the throbs of the
heart, and not the noise of the tongue.
It was indeed a wise custom for President Lincoln to issue a procla
mation setting aside the last Thursday in November for a day of universal
thanksgiving, but every day should be one of thanksgiving for it carries
in it a wonderful opportunity for expressing gratitude.
COLLEGE AND THE EX-STUDENT.
Some statements are to be made and not discussed, and others are
to be quoted and analyzed. The definition of a college, as admitted by
some that; “a college is a place where ex-students may visit and get
drunk,” must have originally been intended to be included in the statements
of the first class given above. A small particle of sentimentality and the
baffling reactions of human behavior urge us to include it in the second
class.
With the approach of the Thanksgiving day game we will be in a po
sition to study the question more thoroughly and observe outside appear
ances. There will be a large number of ex-students on the campus, some
coming from far-off places. We refuse to grant the belief that their main
objective is to get drunk or even merely to see the game. We are prone
to believe that there are inner motions and cravings which can only find
an outlet on the surroundings in which they spent the most glorious period
of their youth
What does society do to a man when he joins it? Restrain his natur
al desires with an excessive amount of conventionality and a great num
ber of customs and laws. This is the main factor that makes college life
desirable; independince in action and freedom of thought. Practically,
such may not exist at this institution but there is always a certain amount
of both that we may enjoy which in the outside world we miss. Is it not
reasonable to believe that an ex-student tires himself of the duties and
responsibilities imposed upon him by society and therefore seeks the only
place which can release him? Have not prominent characters in history
demonstrated the craving in old age for eternal youth?
We, as students, probably do not realize all these conditions and the
part they play in the lives of old men. In our modern material age of ma
chinery, sentiment is not supposed to come out on the surface, but nature
cannot be changed over night and sentiment, in our estimation, is some
thing natural and inexplicable.
LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS.
(Editor’s note: Not having a department store—with the possible ex
ception of Cheatham’s—and not being able to make arrangements to bring
Santa Claus to College Station for a personal appearance by air, “THE
BATTALION,” following its ever-present policy of thoughtfulness to
ward its thousands of readers, has arranged this means for the little chil
dren of Aggieland to tell the jolly old fellow of their wants for Christmas:)
Dear Santa: We are two little boys fired with the ambition that makes
men great, and though one of us has four buttons and the other is a third
lieutenant, we believe that the world holds more for such good boys. After
thinking it over carefully, we have decided, since we know that you de
rive your happiness from satisfying the wants of deserving children, we
have come to you to give us this Christmas something that will help us
along the road we have chosen—a leg-puller—so that we can achieve the
highest possible peaks during the second term. Just two little soldier boys,
PAUL “JELLY” DRESSER and HOP REYNOLDS.
P. S.—I forgot, I want a saber, too. Love, Hop.
Deer Sandie Claws: How Are yOu, i Am allrite; hoW is Mrs. claws,
too. I no YoU no hoo i aM. BeCauEs i Am a GOOD liTtle boy an Hep
miss hllger loOse ALL Thees litle boyz gRraid poYnts, and i Am wun uv
thE smaRTEST boYz in colitch. i make lots uv graid Poynts. if i dont i
GeT thlm enny Way. Tets enuf abowt i, BUt i wanTed YoU to no juSt
hOW goOd i reely R! & how smart awLso%. Lots Uv lovE,
LittLe BileE MorGen.
P. S. SaNdie CLaWS, i most fergot. i sure do wanT a kiDDie kAr fEr
Crismus,’ an pleze saNDie, put a WheathEr Vain on It so’s i Ken teLL
whetHer i’m cornin’ or goln.’ moar Luv. L. b. M.
QUERY
Just where does all the money go which we pay to the management
of the Longhorn? When am I going to get through paying dues? What
is the idea in trying to rush work so on the book? These are probably
some of the few questions which are passing through the minds of a num
ber of students.
Did you know that the publication of the 1929 Longhorn cost some
$22,000.00 ? I believe that any student who will stop to think, consider the
sources of revenue which we have, consider the number of expenses we
have to meet, and then weigh the matter in the balance, he will not be so
prone to criticize those who are trying to do their best. Did you know that
there was a Faculty committee which passes on all important business
transacted by the Longhorn? Did you know that books were kept for the
Longhorn in the Fiscal Department, as to the sources of income and
sources of expense ? If there is ever a time when there is a doubt in your
mind as to what your money is being spent for, come to see some of us,
don’t talk and gripe about it to your room-mate.
As to why there is being such an effort made to rush the work of the
book. The number of student activity fees paid this year is considerably
smaller than it was last year; we want to cut out the fee which has been
charg<3flNMWN^ s :n all prior years for their space in the- Junior section;
we do not want to charge the men on the different staffs, teams, etc., any
thing if it is possible Dd do so. For that reason we shall be forced to get
in a lot of our work, and take advantage of the early discounts. So far
we have been given fair cooperation in nearly every respect. We hope that
you will see fit to continue to help us, and if you have any complaints,
bring them to us; we will try to make some amends if we are in the wrong.
We have a plan in mind now to make some kind of an improvement
in the Military Section; we do not want to tell you just now what this
change will be. But it is going to cost considerable, and we think now in
stead of having the top kicks to collect a small fee as has been done in
the past, we are going to tax each student when he gets his card entitling
him to his book. According to law, you are now entitled to your book, and
if you object to a fee of 25 cents which will be used in the improvement
of the Military Section, then you will receive your card without the addi
tional fee; there is nothing final about this.
We would like to take advantage of this opportunity to introduce to
you, some of the individuals and firms which are making our book possible,
by subscribing to our advertising section. Only the names of a few are pub
lished now; others will come later. Texas Power and Light Company;
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; Rollen J. Windrow; Texas La.
Power Company; Frank Brothers; San Antonio Portland Cement Co.;
Trinity Portland Cement Co; Mr. and Mrs. Lutcher Stark; Jesse Jones;
and General Electric Supply Company. How many really appreciate the
fact that these men help to make our book possible.
W. A. PORTER, Business Manager, 1930 Longhorn.
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y TERE’S a new Paul Whiteman record that’s a real smash.
JljL Just as always, the King of Jazz sets the pace for the
finest in modern dance music.
If you pride yourself on knowing the smartest and latest
dance arrangements, you must hear these two great talkie
hits played by this master bandsman.
And these others are worthwhile, too
Record No. 2010-D, \0-inch 9 75c
I’m a Dreamer Aren’t We All? (from \
Talking Picture Production “Sunny J * ox -trots
Side Up”) V, Paul Whiteman
If I Had a Talking Picture of You ( and
Production
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His Orchestra
Record No. 2012-D, 1.0-inch 9 75c
Look Wiiat You’ve Done to Me (from ) Vocals
, Lee Morse
You Can’t > and Her
| Blue Grass Boys
Record No. 2005-D, lO-mc/i, 75c
With You—With Me (from Motion ^ Fox Trots
I Legs”)
,ook What You’ve Done to Me (from
Motion Picture ‘'Why Leave Home”)
If I Can’t Have You (If You Can
Have Me) from Motion Picture “Foo
lights and Fools”)
cture Production “Tanned
You’re Responsible! (from Motion L and
Picture Production ‘'Tanned Legs”) / Ceco G
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) \ Merle Johnston
( and His
Ceco Couriers
Columbia Records
"Viva-tonal Recording-The Records -without Scratch
* DID YOU KNOW THAT *
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It has been approximated that
there are 780 packages of slightly
used chewing gum under the seats
in the Assembly Hall.
men that ever played on an Aggie
team.
Since September 1925 there has
been more than ONE MILLION
DOLLARS spent on improvements
on the Campus ?
The College Laundry uses over
FIVE TONS of soap each year?
The A. and M. College hospital
uses about 75,000 Asprin tablets, 50
pounds of Epsom salts, 20 gallons
of castor oil, 3 miles of adhesive
tape, 65,000 cold pills, 38 gallons
of cough syrup and 720 razor blades,
every year ?
The new stadium covers 6% acres
(including the gridiron) and if weigh
ed, would register a weight of 18,-
000 Tons. If the seats were placed
end to end they would extend about
10 miles.
Homer “Birdie” Childers brings
a big red apple to one of his in
structors every morning he attends
class ?
There are over 40,000 bobks and
279 periodicals in the College Libra
ry?
If all the letters sent through
the Post Office at College Station
were laid end to end, the line would
etend from here to Chicago, over
950 MILES and oh, what a “line”
it would be?
“Choc” Kelly, a full-blooded In
dian ran 245 yards for a touchdown
against Louisiana State University
back in 1907 ? Kelly ran the width
of the field four times then stright
through for 45 yards and a touch
down which was the winning score.
He was considered one of the best
Over 300 TONS of meats are
cooked in the Mess Hall each year ?
College Station uses more elec
tricity than the whole city of Bryan?
There are 32,890 seats in the new
stadium and if they were laid end
to end, would extend over TEN
and ONE HALF MILES?
The cover for KYLE FIELD weighs
over four tons and it covers 55,800
square ft ?
IN MEMORIAM
Military honors accorded at the
A« and M. College of Texas to the
memory of the late Honorable James
William Good, Secretary of War,
included, in keeping with army regu
lations in such matters, the firing
by the Field Artillery one gun every
half hour Wednesday, beginning an
hours after Reveille and. continuing
until Retreat, after which nineteen
guns were fired. On Friday, the day
of the funeral, nineteen, one minute
guns were fired, beginning at noon.
The flag here will remain at half
mast for thirty days and during
that time all regimental standards
and colors will be draped with mourn
ing. All regular army officers here,
fifteen in all headed by Colonel Chas.
J. Nelson, will wear the official
badge of mourning for the same
length of time.
Roady-cnade
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