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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1930)
2 THE BATTALION on the table jit's / '^'vr/x n a csgaretie iVs Judge a TREE by its fruit.” The endless de tail of ageing tobacco, blending and cross-blend ing, the standard Chesterfield method, is not: what interests you. But its "fruit”—keener, spicier aroma, true mildness with unmistakable tobacco "character” -—is just the one thing that smokers can judge by— TASTE above everything Taste / fi © MILD ... and yet THEY SATISFY C^hesterfield Myers Tobacco Co. Interesting Facts Found in Old Regulations By J. A. BARNES In searching for something to be printed in The Battalion this week, we ran across what will probably prove both interesting and, in some respects, amusing—an old copy of the College Regulations of 1883, a “Fish Bible.” We will not attempt to make a complete comparison of the “Laws” then and the “Rules a,ud Regulations” now; but will try to give an unbiased opinion of a few phases of the various sections of the two books. Under the “Military Regulations”; we find such things as this: “There shall be an inspection of the battal ion under arms every Sunday morn ing when the weather permits, ac cording to the form prescribed in the Regulations of the United States Army.” So, it is quite evident that the authorities now are not spring ing something new on us. “Dinner at 1:00 p. in. Call to quarters for study at 30 minutes after return from sup per. Tattoo, at 0:30 p. m., Taps—sig nal to extinguish lights—at 10 p. m., Call to quarters is sounded at 8 a. m. and release from quarters at 4 p. m.” There probably were no such things as “Movies” then and the students needed more sleep and less time for studying. However, if they had to turn in 30 minutes after supper, they had just about as much time as we have now to study. This, in the opinion of the writer, was a default because a few minutes after supper is almost necessary in order that one may be able to g-et a little of the ex cess “Bull” out of his system before he starts to delve into the theories of calculus or thermodynamics, thus eliminate any unnecessary visits to the room next door to keep the other fellow from writing the sweetest pos sible letter to the “Sweet young thing.” The unifonn then was gray and the cadets acting as officei's wore the same badges as the officers of the same rank in the United States Army. Everyone wore “slacks” with a black stripe down the side and was required to “wear the hair short.” Some of us may have thought that “drowning- out” was practically a new thing, but even then the Regu lations read, “No cadet shall throw water or missies from the windows or into the halls . . .” And last—but not least, “No cadet shall play on any musical instrument on Sunday, or during study hours on any other day.” Cy L.eland, T. C. U. speed mer chant, will flash his wares on the hard boards in New York soon. i THEM GOOD MALTEDS | i WE STILL MAKE ’EM J X King’s, Whitman’s and Pang- x x burn’s Candies. ^ I Holmes Brothers | Confectionery <$>
