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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1930)
4 THE BATTALION Published every Wednesday night by the Students' Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Subscription Price $1.75 per year. ALL ADS RUN UNTIL ORDERED OUT. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Bryan, Texas, under the Act of Congress March 3rd., 1879. Member of National College Press Association All undergraduates in the College are eligible to try for a place on the Editorial Staff of this paper. Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors who are interested in journalism for its own sake, are urged to make themselves known to some member of the staff. EDITORIAL STAFF L. W. JOHNSTON Editor-in-Chief S. C. GIESEY Associate Editor Y. B. GRIFFIS Associate Editor P. A. DRESSER Sports Editor C. WILLIAMS Associate Editor R. L. HERBERT News Editor C. V. ELLIS Associate News Editor W. G. CARNAHAN Assistant News Editor J. A. BARNES Assistant News Editor M. H. HOLLOWAY Columnist S. A. ROELOFS Columnist BUSINESS STAFF LESTER HANKS Business Manager D. W. SHERRILL Assistant Business Manager J. A. REYNOLDS Circulation Manager CAPS LOYALTY After two or three days of discussion we find that the verbal fight about the uniform question is still raging lustily in the “bull sessions” and elsewhere. Advocates of the proposed new headgear are loud in their praise of the overseas cap because of its light weight and general handiness while the opponents of the garment are just as noisy in their condemna tion of the whole affair. The situation is extraordinary. No one ever thought greatly about hats here before except, perhaps, when they have become mixed up in the Mess Hall. We are inclined to favor the Old Hat Party with our support. Ordi narily we welcome any kind of change, but we have seen the children at tending some of the so-called Military High Schools wearing overseas caps and we were not greatly impressed with their excellence in military dress. They still resembled children and the caps enhanced this resemblance. If this were a school for women we might be led to believe the Corps guilty of searching for lost youth or something. It has been held by these exponents of change that one very desirable feature of the caps is the ease with which they must lend themselves to dry-cleaning. This is true, but the Corps has shown itself skeptical of any kind of cleaning in times past, and we venture to prophesy that the caps would be little better than rags in a few months of wear. What is the matter with the old campaign hats, anyway ? yhey have been worn by more Aggies than ever boasted the golden eagled ring we did not cast away. They will shed rain and keep the sun out of one’s eyes, and they have covered army men a long time. OVERCOATS To be able to see one’s thumb, especially if that member is sore, is almost always an educational advantage. It makes foresight and breadth of view. We, happy lads at school that we are, have a live example in our own experience of the truth of this platitude in the recent balloting in the Main Building. Not often are we fortunate enough to enjoy such an object les son. For many years now the Corps has been accustomed to shiver in im provised and multicolored wraps during the invasions of chilly weather which this school is so peculiarly obliged to suffer. People thought and thought and thought about it, but Summer always sauntered up from the Tropics before anyone could act, so that there was manifestly nothing to do about the situation until the next year. This may sound absurd and ridiculous now that the question is about to be settled, but it is a very dull child that thinks it can teach its grandmother to suck eggs in a few days, and the same mixture of digested experience and instinctive respect pos sessed. by the child is pretty certain to be found in the attitude uncon sciously assumed by contemporary reformers toward the surviving cus toms and thought of a past day. But we have acted now and soon we will know whether the hand was sore enough for bandages or whether we will let it freeze every winter as has been our habit. As we have stated, things like this make for breadth of view. Cer tainly anyone formerly viewing the Corps on a cold day would have had their view of A. and M. enlarged.... But we have acted after so long a time. We are improving. We have often heard of the loyalty of certain men to their organiza- t‘cn, homes, institutions cr What not, and each e:say on their loyalty is expressed in aesthetic and flowery words that force our imagination to play upon these men, as heroes. No, we hre not hero worshippers, but such loya.ty must be commended upon. Here upon the campus of our beloved in stitution the word “loyalty” practically means nothing to the members of the student body. He doesn’t stop to consider the advantages of being loyal, and gradually we find him drifting into the state of being nonchalant. To have a “don’t give a damn” attitude is approbrated in “bull sessions” and to activities that pertain to the individual directly. However, there are nu merous phases of assistance that each man on this campus can donate to his class, organization, and to activities that help make our college one of high standing and to keep it as such, we can readily state that such assistance falls into the domicile of loyalty. To bo loyal is not a task. A little extra time is all that is necessary, and why can’t we all extricate a little time from the unnecessary duties to those which are really worth while, and in the end be of benefit to the individual as well as the element supported. People have the impression that to be loyal is only a waste of precious time and that they in turn would reap no benefits. r lhat is untrue, for loyalty is rewarded, even if it is months afterwards. There are many odd things that the executive asks the young graduate to do while in his employ, and every move is watched by the executive as the young man is carrying out his wishes. He may do them in a sour and disloyal attitude, and those kind do not last on the ladder of promotion very long. Nevertheless, if the young man is loyal and cheerful about his extra work, he is at once judged as a man of ability and with respect for his concern, and the uphill climb is rapid. He is rewarded! 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