The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 12, 1930, Image 4

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THE BATTALION
Published every Wednesday night by the Students' Association of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
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the Act of Congress March 3rd., 1879.
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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
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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! We are young-
men now, and let’s be loyal to our institution if not to anything else, for
we may later be loyal to our employer.
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