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THE BATTALION
THE BATTAEICN
Student weekly publication of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas,
under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
Subscription by the year, $1.75.
EDITORIAL STAFF
ROBT. L. HERBERT
C. V. ELLIS
FRED L. PORTER
J. A. BARNES
M. J. BLOCK
G. M. WRENN
W. G. CARNAHAN
J. L. KEITH
RUSTY SMITH
FRANK W. THOMAS JR.
W. J. FAULK
J. C. POSGATE ,
A. C. MOSER JR
D. B. McNERNEY
C. M. EVANS
P. J. JOHN
A. J. MILLER
H. G. SEELIGSON II
L. A. LELAURIN
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Feature Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Art Editor
Associate Art Editor
Sports Editor
.Associate Sports Editor
Associate Sports Editor
News Editor
..Associate News Editor
..Associate News Editor
... Associate News Editor
....Associate News Editor
Reporter
Reporter
BUSINESS STAFF
R. N. WINDERS Business Manager
W. F. FRANKLIN Assistant Business Manager
W. J. NEUMAN Circulation Manager
SECOND-HAND UNIFORMS
Establishment on the campus of a second-hand uniform store,
advisability of which is being' considered by the Student Welfare
Committee, would in several ways alleviate the financial strain
under which students of the college labor.
For several years at least students have been prone to pur
chase second-hand when possible those parts of the uniform, prin
cipally the blouse, dress cap and Sam Browne belt, which are sel
dom worn, and until this year little protest was made against the
practice. Price of the three articles named, when bought new,
totals close to thirty dollars at least. The same items can be pur
chased second-hand at half the cost.
As the matter now stands, students buying second-hand cloth
ing run the risk of getting inferior material, but with a supervised
shop, this risk would be eliminated and the general appearance of
the cadet corps improved at a cost very small in proportion to
that which is now necessary.
Profits from the venture, if any, might well be disposed of
so as to enrich the coffers of one of the present student loan funds
or to create a new fund. On the other hand, the business could
be operated on a prifitless basis, enabling the purchasers to buy
their uniforms at rock-bottom prices.
THE INVITATION TO THE LEGISLATURE
Should members of the Legislature see fit to accept the invi
tation of the senior class to visit the campus informally and learn
for themselves the conditions which actually exist at A & M, there
is little doubt that they will discover that rumors regarding haz
ing at A & M have grossly exaggerated the situation.
Letters indicating that erroneous ideas are held by many
people in regard to hazing conditions at A & M were recently
published in The Battalion and at that time it was suggested that
such an invitation be extended to the law-makers of the state.
Such a visit, while it might not succeed in convincing people
of the state as a whole that hazing is on a decline at A & M, could
hardly do less than correct any exaggerated opinions that mem
bers of the Legislature may have.
It will also afford the legislators an opportunity to inspect
the facilities of the college, many of which could be greatly im
proved with only a little more financial aid from the state.
That the invitation comes not from officials of the college,
but from members of the student body is significant of the seri
ousness of the students in the matter.
THE FRESHMAN AGAIN
In most of the problems of the freshmen the upper classmen
are prone to sympathize, but the one fault of the first-year class-
men which is inexcusable is their method of so-called “meal hound
ing.”
It is true that food is insufficient on some tables part of the
time but for the freshmen to leave their tables in quest of food
on a staff table, and to scramble for food which remains like 22
men after a fumbled football after huddling a few minutes until
the opposition has finished its play, not only gives to the visitors
who judge our college and its students an undesirable impression
but shows to those seated at the table a disrespect which meets no
ones’ approval.
If you cannot satisfy your capacity without standing around
staff tables, both your company commander and the mess hall
management solicits your complaints. No one who has yet gone
about such matters in the right way has failed to obtain results.
CAMPUS CCMMENT
This column is ope
iilty at A & M. Co
‘ Bat
ered unfit
Dr. T. O. Walton, President,
A & M College, College Station, Texas.
Dear Dr. Walton:
above us.
This jumbled condition—
will continue to exist until either
a rigid line be drawn and all of us
MADE to toe it in addition to see
ing that our brethren do the same,
or the institution undergoes a radi
cal reformation whereby the mili
tary system be abolished. Until
then each one of us, you and I,
must eventually be catalogued as a
carefree “hell-raiser” or an ambiti
ous prude.
We are exceedingly grateful to you for your letter of the 3rd
in which you express so much appreciation for the way everything
was handled in Austin on Thanksgiving Day. As you know we
usually hear “kicks” which may occur on an occasion of this sort
but at the present time there has not been a single one registered.
This is a compliment to your cadets because they made this sit
uation possible by putting on the parade two hours earlier than
it has been held heretofore. Your boys rendered a distinct ser
vice by getting up early Thanksgiving morning and pulling off
this wonderful parade on schedule time.
Over two thousand pieces of baggage were checked at the
Chamber of Commerce and so far as we know every piece got back
to the proper owner. This is another instance of the fine way in
which the cadets co-operated with us and we ask for no finer crowd
of people in Austin than your students.
Visit us often and whenever we can serve you let us know.
Sincerely yours,
Walter E. Long
Manager Austin Chamber of Commerce
Them Good Malted Milks
We Still Make Them
King’s, Whitman’s and
Pang burn’s Candies
HOLMES BROTHERS
Confectionery
FOR YOUR
GIRUS
Did You Know
By J. A. Barnes
Queen Elizabeth was the first Eng
lish sovereign to use a fork?
? ? ? ?
There is a village “O” in France,
the river “Y” in Amsterdam, the city
“U” in China, the town “A” in Swed
en, and the city “Hell” in Norway?
? ? ? ?
A bird has five times as much en
ergy as a man?
? ? ? ?
Marco Polo discovered that paper
money was used by the Chinese in
the 13th century?
? ? ? ?
The first metal casting done in the
United States was in 1642 at the
Sawyers Iron Works. It was a ket
tle.
? ? ? ?
There are the same number of bones
in the neck of a giraffe as there are
in the neck of a mouse?
? ? ? ?
Over 2,000 pieces of A & M bag
gage were checked at the Chamber of
Commerce in Austin Thanksgiving?
THE PAN
Speaking ill of the dead—
is considered nothing short of sac-
religious and yet those who are
dead to us as far as collegiate as
sociation is concerned must be
brought back and used as examples
whereby our theory may be proved.
Probably never before—
in the history of A and A has this
school experienced a year quite like
the past one. Under the guidance
of the class of ’30 we saw classes
antagonized and even divided
against themselves to such a degree
that we marvel that nothing short
of a revolution occurred. “Why must
the seniors be blamed?” you ask.
They are responsible because it was
in the performance of their duty
that so much ill will and unpleas
antness was caused.
In the peculiar A and M vocabulary—
duty, as a few other words, has a
meaning only slightly akin to that
given it by authorative texts. A
and M students regard duty as
nothing more than the practical ap
plication of their military science
courses. Strict execution of it means
a betrayal of confidences, a loss of
friendships, and a reward at the
hands of the authorities. Utter
disregard of the same nets the stu
dent possible expulsion and, at best,
banishment from active military
duty.
Thus we see—
the puzzling state of affairs that
exists on the campus today. Each
one of us, upon assumption of re
sponsible offices, must become fic
kle, two-faced and even liars in
order to maintain friendships and
at the same time save our own
hides by holding the favor of those
V
The Christmas Store
BOYS
We have the gift for “The Girl” And
The Family
“Your Drug Store”
THE CAMPUS BARBER SHOP
IN THE “Y”
WE HAVE MADE A GOOD START IN
BASKETBALL
KEEP IT UP OLD ARMY
BERT SMITH, Prop.
CHRISTMAS
Vanity cases
Bracelets
Lavaliers
Book Ends
Letter Openers
Pennants
Pillars
Sweaters
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