THE BATTALION
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President Walton—
(Continued from page one)
they are whipped and bullied,
threatened and in various other ways
harassed and punished.
“ if you will have the kind
ness to investigate these affairs. . . .
I think you will find confirmation of
what I am telling you. In addition to
other indignities, these freshmen are
told that if they make any report to
the authorities they will get a dou
ble dose of punishment.”
The father of a student who com
pleted his freshman year at A & M
creditably writes: “ . . . Upperclass
men have their paddles and straps in
their rooms, kept without secrecy,'
which they use on the “Fish” at will
sometimes in an almost public way,
in squads, battalions and regiments,
so to speak Boys come out of
their dormitories many times crying
and suffering because of the treat
ment accorded him by upperclassmen,
his body paining him because of the
lashings he has to suffer, and he has
no friend in the management to go
to even for advice. . . . Boys are as
signed to certain dormitories where
they are compelled to stay, and yet
intruders among the upperclassmen
deliberately go to their rooms, take
them out, whip (them) black and
blue, make them get up and shake
hands with their attackers and thank
them for their licks and stripes.
“ I could not recommend that
any other father of Texas send his
son to his A & M College.”
Particularly interesting are the
charges made by a protestor who says
that if the “damnable practices”
are not stopped, he is “going to take
the matter up with the trustees and
superintendent of education.” Pre
ceding this statement is a list of
many hardships which freshmen are
reported to endure at A & M: “ . . . .
The freshmen are beaten with 2x4
boards unmercifully and tortured in
other ways, they are required to shine
shoes, clean up rooms, make up beds,
run errands, many of them useless
and unreasonable, and do every humil
iating act imaginable . . .
“One boy told me that he had to
eat under the table half the time. A
freshman is not allowed to eat pie
for 34 days and that they have to
eat what the upperclassmen leave, and
sometimes they have to go without
anything to eat at all ... .
“I know of one boy (16 years old)
that was beaten, cuffed around and
not allowed to eat except what was
left, that he lost 71 pounds in 10
days and had sores and bruises all
over him. Would you stand idly by
and allow your boy to be treated that
way by a bunch of heartless boys?”
The fourth letter says: “From vari
ous parts of the State I am receiving
letters from citizens complaining of
hazing and the extremity thereof. I
am not in a position to give them ad
vice, but the complaints are so numer
ous I feel it my duty to write you in
reference thereto ....
“It has been suggested to me that
a movement is on foot to give such
wide publicity to the punishment
which is being inflicted upon some
of the freshmen as to seriously injure
the standing and reputation of the
college and it has been suggested to
me that a movement might be start
ed in order to have the State employ
guards to prevent this activity.”
And so on, almost without end, the
accusations pour in. Upperclassmen
are accused of beating freshmen until
they are in critical condition, of
pouring gasoline on their shoes (while
the freshmen wear them) and setting
fire to them, and of countless other
fiendish acts which would do credit
to the most devout follower of Leo
pold and Loeb or Hickman.
Engineering- Profs—
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ingham, associate professor of elec
trical engineering, were the principal
speakers of the occasion.
In the future teachers from the
three schools will meet each month
to discuss the problems that are con
tinually confronting the teachers of
the college.
Various authorities have found
that a business depression tends to
increase greatly the number of stu
dents in educational institutions of
every sort.
New Hall—
(Continued from page one)
R. M. Milhollin, assistant professor
of animal husbandry; U. S. Allison,
assistant professor of agricultural en
gineering; H. B. Mills, assistant pro
fessor of entomology; Wayne E. Long,
assistant professor of mechanical en
gineering; W. I. Truettner, instruc
tor in mechanical engineering; H. P.
Hagge, instructor in biology; L. A.
Comp, instructor in civil engineering;
L. M. Haupt, instructor in electrical
engineering; J. E. Breland, instructor
in drawing; C. B. Follett, instructor
in agricultural engineering; C. R.
Wallace, instructor in geology; Miss
Mary Rice, Miss Josephine Stewai't
and Miss Mary Jeanne Seringer, as
sistant librarians.
Byrd E. White, Dallas, vice presi
dent of the board, presided at the
meeting; other board members pres
ent included W. G. Lacy, Waco; H.
C. Schumacher, Houston; W. A. Wurz-
bach, San Antonio, and W. T. Mont
gomery, San Antonio.
A & M Livestock—
(Continued from page one)
day by winning all championships and
first places. Saddle horses took one
first and three second places, while
Percherons were first, second, and
third.
Members of the faculty and stu
dents who made the trip were D. W.
Williams, head of the department, D.
S. Buchanan, head of the swine and
animal nutrition division, R. N. Mil-
hollen, head coach of the judging team,
and the entire squad from which this
year’s international live stock judg
ing team will be picked. These men
are: D. W. Sherrill, Kerens; L. T.
Burns, Yoakum; D. H. Taylor, Victo
ria; J. R. Couch, Grandview; H. M.
Carter, Stephenville; K. W. Totten
ham, Brenham; N. G. Schuessler,
Llano, and H. E. Smith, San Angelo.
Measurement of noted brains at
Cornell University has demonstrated
that women are equal mentally to
men.
There are only 27 moving picture
theatres in the provice of Szechwan,
China, although the province has a
population of sixty million people.
YOUR FOLKS OR SWEET-
HEART WOULD ENJOY
READING
THE BATTALION
See NEUMAN or WINDERS
In Bat Office, 121 Main Bldg.
Winners of Rodeo—
(Continued from page one)
Jacksonville; D. S. Inglish, Bonham;
J. C. Gilbreath, Hereford; T. W. Wal
ker, Ft. Worth; R. W. Rowley, Mar
shall; and W. P. Stephenson, Flores-
ville, was victorious over the mounted
team entered by the Cavalry.
Fish Hodges was awarded the prize
given by T. K. Lawrence for winning
first place in the wild cow milking con
test. In the cadet jumping competi
tion, R. M. Welsh, San Antonio, on Dr.
Pepper won first place with W. L.
Combest, Olton, winning second place.
T, K. Donalson, Kyle, won the first
prize donated by A. M. Waldrop and
Co. for the bronco riding, and Fish
Ray was accorded second mention.
Next to Blue Moon Filling
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ODE TO SPIRITS
I googles my, whiskey and I sips
my wine;
I swizzles my beer and I thinks
it’s fine.
Let reformers rave and call me a
sot,
I laugh when they call me a hound
of the pot.
I pick up my bottle and take a long
pull
And feel the delights of being glor
iously full.
To feel the stuff hit you and your
fingers get numb.
To get all dizzy and feeling dumb.
And not give a darn if the world
goes flooey
’Cause I can sleep in the gutter,
nice and goovey.
Oh, I could rave forever of the joys
that come
To the devoted votaries of ol’ De
mon Rum!
—Commodus Parenthias.
CALDWELL’S JEWELRY STORE
BRYAN, TEXAS
CONGRATULATIONS
TO
THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB
FOR
THE BEST RODEO EVER PRESENTED
AT A & M
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Students from twelve countries are
registered at the Princeton Theologi
cal seminary.
Dr. Jean Betzner of Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University, believes
the present methods of teaching Eng
lish composition to children in prim
ary grades tends to hinder rather
than to develop their creative literary
talents.
DR. A. BENBOW
Dentist
OFFICE OVER 1st STATE
BANK.
PHONES: OFFICE 275
RES. 635
BRYAN, TEXAS
Campus Barber Shop
In the “Y”
DO NOT FORGET YOUR BARBER WORK BEFORE
YOU START TO ARKANSAS
BERT SMITH, Prop.
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attention is g-iven to their needs and desires
so that it will not become necessary for any
of them to leave the campus to make a pur
chase.
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and in fact everything, is complete.
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