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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1931)
4 THE BATTALION T HE 2 EATTA.EICN 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 R. S. COLLEY RUSTY SMITH T. S. ROOTS 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 Associate 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 R. N. WINDERS Business Manager W. F. FRANKLIN Assistant Business Manager W. J. NEUMAN Circulation Manager easily love have brought in their wake world-weary cycnicism in stead of the joy and happiness which they were supposed to bring. Already the signs of discontent are being made manifest in a re action—the swinging of the pendulum—and youth is once more trying to interest itself in world problems and once more is trying totake up the old old task of remaking the world. No doubt it will take years before something really big is done by the modern generation but when this event does occur there will assuredly be reflected in it the discontent which its author experienced in youth whatever it is, it will be an attempt to make things better for the next generation so that this discon tent will disappear—but it will be an attempt only. Youth will always be discontented. Youth will always seek new fields to conquer. Thus will youth carry on the progress of the world.—McGill Daily. Economics And— (Continued from page 1) on manufacturing, foreign sources of information, Department of Agricul ture statistics, weekly releases of the bureau of Foreign & Domestic Com merce, and Commerce Reports. In his letter to Dr. Clark, Mr. Mes senger says that the work is excep tionally interesting as each day’s work is different and one has the op portunity to meet the best sort of people in every walk of life. Mr. Messenger goes on to say that he and and Mrs. Messenger were presented in the Court of St. James last spring and also attended the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Never once do I remember hearing over the wireless anything approxi mating music.—Sir Hamilton Harty. FAMOUS REMARKS Well, well, well! So that statesman of the monumental mind and the un terrified heart of the vice-presidential ambition, that new St. George, that arch, - investigator, Representative Hamilton Fish, has again exposed the Communist menace in all its gory reality. —The Nation. Hardly a school girl is writing to day whom I do not see hailed as a lineal successor to Fielding, Smollet and Paul de Kock.—Lord Darling. Your acquisitive man is a man be come feminine.—Sherwood Anderson. Good Coffee And Sandwiches anytime— Day or Nigdit to 12 p. m. Mrs. Parkhill’s Across from Aggieland Pharmacy THE TIME IS COMING When you will need new uniforms, shirts and breeches. Slacks and Civilian suits a Specialty New Samples Just Arrived Come and see me first and save money at— North Gate of Campus next to Luke and Charlie FRANK ZUBIK, Prop. AGGIELAND TAILOR SHOP A PRIVILEGE TO BE PRESERVED Specifically with the announcement by the office of the com mandant last year that wearing hats to classes would be optional was the conditional statement that regulation headgear would con tinue to be worn to Bryan and elsewhere off the campus. Word now comes from official source that the latter part of this order is frequently being disobeyed and that unless close ad herence to the rule is followed in the future, hats will likely be made compulsory for all times. We all considered granting of this privilege last year a de cided improvement in the regulations, for it not only did away with inconvenience but elimnated most of the mistreatment which tended to make unsightly hats. By proper care and consideration we will be allowed to continue with the privilege. REGARDING THE SENIOR RING Members of the Class of 1932 this week will go through tne annual ordeal of deciding upon the ring they will designate as the official senior ring for their class, and despite efforts which have been made by class officers and members of the ring com mittee, some members of the class will be disappointed and others pleased when the meeting is over and the decision made. There is only one way that the members of the junior class can obtain the ring which will be most satisfying to the majority —and that is to make certain that they are all present and ready to vote when the matter is presented to them. Invariably after a matter of this sort is settled there are a number of grumblers. Invariably there are those who are not satisfied with the result of elections. And also invariably a large portion of those dissatisfied ones made no effort to present their side of the question before it was too late. Often those disgruntled ones do not even cast a vote. We are not asking you to let us influence your vote—though we do believe the ring the committee now has under consideration is the most practical and best looking of any ring in the history of the college—we merely ask you to attend the meeting Sunday and vote, so that when the decision is made, there will be none who can say they had nothing to do with making the decision. DISCONTENT Old men, or rather old people in general, can be roughly divid ed into two classes—those who look back on their youth as the good old days and those who regard their younger days as a time of discontent and struggle with the problems of life. Another characteristic of the older generation is to deplore the general dissatifaction prevalent among the younger generation instead of the great advantages which the latter enjoy. That faction whose youth was carefree cannot understand why the present day youth should be discontented and generally deplores this state of affairs as a sign of decadence. It is no such thing. The progress of the world from time immemorial has depend ed on the dissatisfaction of youth with existing conditions and on the effort made to change these conditions. Deeds which have affected the history of the world can often be traced back to youthful dreams of reform while those old men whose names live in the history were fired with youthful enthusiasm. Present day youth is discontented. Jazz, dance madness, and STEPPING INTO A IVIODERN WORLD Now they manufacture weather for telephone testing A test illustrating work in the Bell Tele phone Laboratories is made with the weatherometer. This device produces rain and sunshine to order, and deter mines the weather-resisting properties of telephone equipment. This test indicates an interesting habit of the men engaged in telephone re search. It is to get sure knowledge bearing on efficiency, economy, life and reliability of apparatus. Information is sought continuously during the development of a design, in advance of manufacture and of course long before the equipment gets into use. Men who delight in thoroughness of method find that the opportunity is there. BELL SYSTEM ft A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF I N T E R - C O N N E C T I N G TELEPHONES