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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1930)
THE BATTALION yS The Student Forum AN APPEAL FOR THE PRODIGALS Something like one hundred and fifty years ago a group of our illus trious fore-fathers gathered and de clared themselves free. Their’s was a just cause in every American’s eyes but to those who favored monarchs and the English system of govern ment our patriots were what we “moderns” might express as “grip ers.” And so it will be with some who read this. We are just a bunch of “gripers,” knocking every establish ment of law and order and other wise making ourselves most undesir able. Still, we have our views and firmly believe them to be sound and just. We believe in laws and lawmak ers, and punishment for those who deliberately break these laws, but we do NOT believe in a method whereby the guilty are brought before a ques tioning board and humiliated. If a man is guilty and admits it, he should be, in our estimation, punished ac cordingly, without being oi'dered be fore a so-called “court” and cross- examined in third-degree fashion. If this board bears the name of “court” then it should act accordingly to all the ideas that the name implies. A widely known auhority on the Eng lish language, Webster, defines it as a place where justice is administe ed. We don’t believe that justice is the act of bringing a man before a tribunal and forcing him to undergo ■ ■ ■ - Tra,v.w,-»rT-" relentless questioning without a spark of defense. Justice, to us, means a fair chance for both sides; more like the Greek lady holding £ pair of scales while blind-folded. Of course this idea is a little higher than that implied here because we know that the men we speak of would not be capable of administering that sort of justice. Speaking to us day after day, walking with us, talking with us, are men who harbor the very ideas we ate opposing. Men who com pose just sUch a court and who value the exercise of duty far more than the friendship of a school-mate. Do not mis-interpret us. We believe in duty and that it should be carried out but we beheve that the performer should question the advisibality and soundness of his act. If it is against his principles he should be man enough to express himself. Every “Take Soundings” before you graduate . . . . On entering strange waters the careful navigator always takes soundings to make sure he is in the right channel. And that’s a good thing for college men to do, too, before they enter the world of business. best work and go farthest. Perhaps it is engineering—perhaps it is merchandis ing— or law. Your natural aptitudes point surely to the kind of work you should do after graduation. There are many channels—many lines of work—which can be fol lowed. But there is one particular channel where you can do your Take your “soundings,’’make your decision now—industry likes men who know what they’re about and where they’re going! vesrerM M SINCE 1882 MANUFACTURERS FOR THE BELL SYSTEM 5 ill! I'M i STEVE & STINKY | HOT HAMBURGERS | AND DRINKS j j Open Every Night ’til Twelve. I Next to Waldrop’s Campus Store. f * 4 La Salle Hotel Barber Shop MODERN SANITARY EXPERT SERVICE Bryan, - Texas DR. LAMAR JONES DENTIST X-Ray Second Floor Gity National Bank Building Telephones: Office 698; Res. 464. BRYAN, TEXAS »%• •X* •j* *1* •I* *1* *1* *1* *1* *1* •I* •I* *a a *1* -I* % CADET HEADQUARTERS { For the best Eats and Drinks. J || Package Drugs and Sundries. ■I* Newest Pipes and Freshest Tobacco. 4 One 15c can of tobacco Free with L each pipe purchased, for a limited time. | WM. L. POWERS ! |! (Next to the Dixie) J; •X* *1»*3**1* *1* *1* *1* *2* *1° *1*•X* *o**1* •I* *1* *1* •I* *1* <§><§K$*e><s><$><3><$*§><s><$><5^><s><e>^ Campus Shoe Shop Serving A. & M. Since “81” BRYAN NURSERY AND i FLORAL CO. ? ★ ★ ★ * ★ ★ * *• ★ ★ TELEPHONE 266 1 R F. H. REICHERT ★ Student Representative ★ * J 122 Hollywood **-**-*-***-*-fc-**-**-**-Mi ***-fc **-Me THEM GOOD MALTEDS WE STILL MAKE ’EM King’s, Whitman’s and Pang- burn’s Candies. I Holmes Brothers Confectionery