THE BATTALION
THE EATTALICN
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
M. J. BLOCK
T. B. KETTERSON
G. M. WRENN
J. L. KEITH
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
Associate Editor
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Associate Editor
Art Editor
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Reporter
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R. N. WINDERS ....
W. F. FRANKLIN
W. J. NEUMAN ...
BUSINESS
Business Manager
Assistant Business Manager
" Circulation Manager
PACIFISM
Immediately or very soon after the close of every war there
arise organizations of pacifists instilled with the idea that miltary
preparations are not only superfluously carried out, but tend toward
international war instead of international peace. The events suc
ceeding the past war seem to be no exception.
The pacifist plan is obvious, but its complete carrying out
will require both federal and state legislation, either of which will
likely be hard to obtain. They seem to have but one idea in mind,
that of reducing the costs of operation of the government, but
to attack our national defenses— an organization so deficient at
the start of the last war that over a year’s preparation was neces
sary to send into battle men so incompletely trained that casual
ties among both officers and enlisted men were outrageous—seems
a short sighted policy. To advocate that no preparation is the
best defense against war brings the policy even closer to the eye.
Outside the question of preparedness, which is of course the
principle issue, there lies the point on which any man with military
training will agree, it being that military training is an invaluable
asset in colleges and universities because it encourages discipline,
develops orderly habits, and contributes to physical well-being.
We too hope with the pacifists that America is through with
war, but to disband all defense in the assumption that the hopes
are well founded, finds no basis in the best of modern American
thought.
IN RESPONSE
Often it is said that it is possible for one to become so inter
ested in his work that any mention of it in any other than a com
plimentary manner will be taken as a slight to his workmanship.
We fear that this is the case with our contributor, the librarian.
In our editorial of the last newspaper issue we made no
reference to the library other than that without some additional
form of entertainment besides smoking and “bull,” little induce
ment would be given for voluntary gatherings of the sort conducive
to more “good fellow” relationships so necessary for better co
operative group leadership.
The library is admittedly no place for a real senior club
room, but one situated elsewhere would be an invaluable asset to
the class.
We truly meant no offense; but attempt was made to show
the importance of the loss of the senior club room. We still main
tain that the loss is great; and that our contributor had his feelers
a little too far forward.
I knew W. J. Bryan intimately and there can be little or no
doubt that too much water hastened his death. I often sat beside
him at a banquet. A silver pitcher holding a gallon of water would
be placed before him. He would not only drink the contents of
this pitcher but have it refilled and drink the second one also.—
Carter H. Harrison.
The government of Bolivia has taken money from the budget
of its war department this year and added it to the budget for
education.
Slang, like profanity, is the resource of those whose vocabulary
is limited.—William Lyon Phelps.
CAMH0JS COMMENT
This column is open to signed contributions from members of the student body
faculty at A & M. Contributions must be either typewritten or legibly written in ink,
and The Battalion reserves the right to refuse publication of any contribution consid
ered unfit.
WE TAKE ONE ON THE CHIN
Dear Battalion:
I was interested in your suggestion of pool tables in the
Library lounge. Even after fifteen years of it, I am constantly
confronted with new refinements of the Aggie mind—I always
welcome each new installment of enlightenment.
I am afraid that for the present we haven’t enough money
to carry out this great work. Meanwhile I can’t share your high
brow contempt for “cigarette smoking and bull,” both of which I,
for one, consider as among the chief ingredients of human happi
ness, and one of which is not the least important ingredient of
all student newspapers—except, of course, The Battalion.
Sincerely,
Thomas F. Mayo.
COLLEGIAN A.
Notable Happenings in, the College World
POOR FRESH WOMEN!
According' to a ruling of the soph
omore co-eds, the 75 entering fresh
man women of the business school in
City College, New York, are prohibit
ed from wearing lipstick, jewelry, or
similar refinements. They are also
ordered to wear bows of lavender and
black ribbon on their left shoulders
for' six weeks, and must know every
college song and cheer.
* * *
A(L)BIE’S IRISH ROSE
The signing of Benny Fried
man as backfield coach at Yale
brings to mind the story of Abie’s
Irish Rose, as Adam Walsh is
now line coach at the New Haven
school. Friedman and Walsh are
off to a good start, and are al
ready agreed upon using the
Rockne system of play. ■
Lucky Students.
A royal decree has closed all univer
sities in Spain for a period of thirty
days. All other means of pacifying the
striking students were exhausted.
“Revolutionary tendencies of the stu
dents” was one of the reasons given.
* * *
Ha, ha, Profs!
NICE OF THE GIRLS, ISN’T IT?
Asked as to whether they
would permit their escorts to
drink, a group of co-eds at Ohio
State University responded that
it was all right just as long as
the escorts could keep on the
sidewalk, and not forget to take
them home after the party.
Which confirms a neaking sus
picion that after all, the co-eds
care more for the party than for
their “date’s” company.
* * *
EFFICIENCY INDEED!
In the Queen’s University
Journal, Canada, is noted the fol
lowing witticism: “Efficiency in
a co-ed is that quality which en
ables her to make up her mind
and mind her make-up at the
same time.”
The new diplomacy can when it
wishes be as obscure, though more
vocally obscure, than the old.—Sir
Austin Chamberlain.
The evils of the world are many,
\and one of the greatest is immodesty.
—Cardinal Hays.
When a man use the word “some
time” he usually means not in his
time.—Senator Blane of Wisconsin.
Columbia students had the laugh on
their professors last week when 10
faculty members handed in their an
swers to a test prepared by The Spec
tator, student paper, and the highest
grade was 55.1. Only four professors
completed the forty questions asked,
and 43 refused to take the test at all.
That the professors have a tendency
to bluff as well as students was shown
by an answer to the question, “Name
three Brahms compositions.” The an
swer was “The first, second and third
sonatas.”
* * *
GRAPEFRUITER OF YALLEE
DROPPED FROM HARVARD
The action taken at Harvard in
dropping young James Angier from
school for allegedly participating in
the throwing of fruit at Rudy Vallee,
the crooner, might or might not have
been justified. In any event, the many
admirers and hissers of Vallee’s warb
ling will have new fuel over which to
argue.
Station “Wright” Again!
Will Sunday, Ted Snoozing and Gra
ham Cracker, the three mis-named
broadcasters at Yale who were send
ing contraband speeches through the
air not so long ago, purported to come
from various professors at Yale, have
finally been stopped, much to the re
gret of the nearby listeners, who got
a great kick out of the plagiarized ad
dresses. The Radio Commission had
to transfer its activitieg from Colonel
Henderson of Shreveport and the Gland
Doctor of Kansas long enough to quiet
the new menace at Yale.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express out heartfelt
thanks to the student body of A & M
College for the lovely flowers and for
the sympathy extended us in ouj -
sorrows.
MRS. J. W. HANNA AND
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