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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1929)
THE BATTALION 5 *1 AM S / BY M. H. HOLLOWAY been a subject for discussion ever since the day when Eve discarded her fig-leaves and stepped into a morning ensemble for the first time. Since that day the followers of that famous lady have been treading in the same path until today we see— but that is an entirely different story. We, as intelligent and modern stu dents of a man’s college (where men are men and women are safe in novels) believe ourselves to be the “last word” in the manly art of “throwing” a successful party witn all the necessary equipment that gees with it. But we are not creating any illusions for our kid sister or brother; they are just as skilled in the art as we and, sometime, even more so. Like Pat Henry they have but one lamp by which their feet are guided and that is the lamp of experience.... and, it is safe to say. they are not leaving much to the imagination. If gi-andad and grand ma were here today with us to watch the antics of their posterity they would probably lose their false teeth in their astonishment. While at home during the Thanks giving holidays, I was dumbfounded to learn that at a party given for the junior class of the high school there, all of the young fellows came to it under the influence of a strong stimulant. They were finally bundled into one car and taken home by the host. Yea, vereily, my dear broth ers, the wild oats of the younger generation are not merely canary seed. Five years from this time they will make us look like Puritans. We may be collegiate but we have no tricks that the kid sister does riot know. * ❖ C. I. _ A. (for some unexplainable reason) has often been called the “College of Inocent Angels” and many of us are beginning to believe it ourselves. There is no adequate reason for us not believing it since it is a sister school and is about as severe in its reforms as this one. As to the adjective that pre cedes the word “Angels,” we are no authority on the subject and feel unqualified to say whether it is correct or incorrect. That, of course, is the sad result of a lack of exper ience. A1 illustration will suffice. On one of the trains which students were returning to their respective schools last Sunday night, were a group of C. I. A. lassies and, to climax the story—a car-load of Texas Aggies. It was necessary to entertain the young ladies itseemed. One fresh man squeezed an accordian for two (Continued on Page 7) It is a known fact that people do not enjoy being ridiculed; that they do not like to be spoken of in a burlesque manner nor do they ap preciate being brought into the lime-light when it would be so much more comfortable to remain hidden from the dear public. It is indeed sad and I weep with you over this deplorable state of affairs but I can’t resist the temptation when it pre sents itself. At the present time this scribe is extremely nervous and is expecting a load of buck-shot in the back at any time on account of an article he created last week in one of his weaker moments. Never- the-less, we shall still attempt to “Slant” whenever the opportunity comes and if we ultimately end with a lily in our folded hands, let it never be said that we did not have the courage of our convictions. 5|C 5^ Morals—yes, morals has always La Salle Hotel Modern Fire Proof 100 Booms 100 Baths La Salic Restaurant and Coffee Shop Bryan’s Finest Eating Place FOR QUICK AND GOOD WORK SEE OUR AGENTS AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY DRY CLEANERS, DYERS AND HATTERS Bryan, Texas '"l, ■ ... -Jlbsa*?- •V'.-lA*** * s ome decisions can’t be put off till tomorrow! The basketball player who took very up to their senior year are still very long to decide between passing the ball uncertain what work to take up after and trying for a basket would soon lose graduation? his chances to do either. The result is that many a born artist. And the man who keeps putting becomes an indifferent engineer, and off his decision in the choice many a potential lawyer, a poor of a career may lose his chance salesman. to be very effective at anything. p( J1IL n Put yourself under the micro- Isn’t it true that not a few men scope and then—be yourself. eeme SINCE 1 8 8 2 MANUFACTURERS FOR THE BELL SYSTEM