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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1930)
6 THE BATTALION man implied in this discussion has authority enough to question his duty and can demand an explanation of its fitness. We have conceded the fact that these men we speak of are NOT wholly in favor of this method of “administering- justice.” If they are, God help them, because their lives are surely to be friendless and duti ful ones. There seems to be an overwhelm ing desire on the part of everyone on the campus to better our conditions. Everything is being investigated and reorganized, if necessary, that is, ev erything except our only semblence of “Student Government.” This should have been our first object but it seems to have been sadly neglect ed entirely. Why can’t we rebuild this department in such a fashion either to give each “victim” a fair trial or else make it a board with the purpose of administering punishment without ,the personal contact with the one to be punished ? Above all, either live up to the name “court” or else abolish it entirely and choose a more truthful title. We read in an earlier edition of The Battalion that the idea of the individual was not respected here on the campus. Here is the idea of a few individuals. Few, because only a minority have had the experiences we have had. Our forefathers believ ed their ideals and despite the odds, won out. Somewhere we have heard that history repeats itself. Inventor Says Too Much Sleep i Recuperation from lack of sleep may be attained through the power of will, Thomas A. Edison, 83-year- old inventor said recently, in com menting on recent “sleepless tests” conducted at Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. “A person can get used to any thing, even to loss of sleep, if the will power is sufficient,” said the man who during the height of his great career, frequently made “three or four hours of sleep,” suffice him for days at a time. The Colgate tests reached a ten tative conclusion that not even ex tended sleep could compensate imme diately for the loss of vitality pro duced by extended loss of sleep, but Edison said: “I got used to it, and did not feel any fatigue. However, I am not so active now, and take an average of seven hours sleep out of every 24. I realize I cannot work as hard as I used to, although my mind seems to be just as alert.” LARGEST CENSUS SOON TO BE TAKEN WASHINGTON.—With practically everything all ready for the biggest Census in the history of the United States, Census officials are now car rying on in the public schools of the country an educational program destined, it is believed, to make the parents see the need for properly answering the questions to be put to them after April 1, when the Census starts. More than 100,000 persons have been trained to take part as enumer ators and counters in the Census, which is expected to last from two weeks to a month. Heckscher Gives Views on Wealth Desires to Abolish Surplus for the Bet terment of Children. Riches are of use only to be given away, August Heckscher, New Yorl< financier and philanthropist, told the students of Rollins College recently in an address here. “What use is money to me,” he asked, “unless I can give it away ? Why do we have that faculty of be ing able to amass what is called wealth, just to leave it to our de- scendents to corrupt them, to make them less worthy ? “We should protect those who come after us, because they may not be equal to the fight, not as brilliant in their efforts, or may not be as keen to succeed as we are. But apart from that and the necessity of keep ing enough under our fingers so that the important things we want to do may be done, nothing else is needed.” YOUTHFUL INDISCRETIONS? A Mew Chicago Shy scraper ^ | HIE Palmolive Building, Chicago, although completed -1- only a short time, is already a famous odice building. It is served by 12 Otis Signal Control Elevators for pas senger service. In such an outstanding structure as this it is imperative that nothing but the finest equipment be used and Otis Elevators with their world-wide reputation for safety and reliability, were the natural choice. Over 75 years research and manufacturing experience are behind Otis Elevators, which are made by the same organization that has pioneered the way with every im portant development and major improvement in the entire field of Vertical Transportation. One of the early phases of Vertical Transportation OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE WORLD