Show STUDENT LIFE 12 alumni” and “departments” both have able champions School life throughout the country will be represented in our exchange depart- which will soon be made a prominent feature The advertising columns represent the business men of our community and neighborhood who have the spirit of the age But something else stares us in the face — our financial problem We have as a business manager a student endowed by nature with all the qualities necessary to make our venture a success But what profiteth a valiant leader if he has not a strong following Our manager needs your financial support lie cannot fill our treasury with good wishes Remember that this is your paper and whether we succeed or fail depends entirely on your support ment A Recent Happening Of late much comment has been been caused by the action of certain students of the Agri- -' cultural College in disciplining disloyal members of the institution Different accounts of the affair have been published some partly true others wholly false As this is the student organ the true situation will be presented here One evening a few weeks ago a group of A C students was gathered at the Journal office anxiously awaiting the report of that day’s game between our football team and the National Guards It came— 21 to 0 in favor of the Guards The enthusiastic students felt the sting of defeat only for a moment Soon they were marching along Main street cheering for their college and the defeated players There were however a few who joined an opposing element in shouting derisively at our institution and football team To shout for an opposing team would liave been a pardonable offense But to shout in derision at our players was to tread uncertain ground The event while it ‘did not at the time cause trouble aroused the indignation of the students to such a point that little was required to make them act A few days later an aggregation from town including students from the college The fact that students were playing in the town team after having learned the college signals and plays together with the action of certain students at the side lines furnished the necessary incentive The result was that next morning the disloyal members were subjected to a thorough shower bath in the locker room With their clothes dripping they were led before the assemblage of students and faculty Before them was held a placard bearing the inscription “Treatment for Traitors” Nothing was said against the town boys nor was there any ill feeling toward them It was natural for the humiliated ones to seek revenge and had they sought it in a more rational manner they would perhaps have had more sympathy The misguided Logan players thinking that an insult had been offered their team gathered a mob of about forty persons including a professional prize fighter who was and immediately to act as a battering-raopened hostilities Their first movement was to surround the College Dormitory Accomplishing nothing here they visited a private boarding house where several college students were staying and demanded that the latter come out and fight like gentlemen The students seemed to have an entirely different conception of gentlemanly qualities for they remained within The situation began to look serious Students were gathering the rage f the mob was increasing and it was evident that there would be “something doing” At this stage however officers appeared on the scene and the mob disbanded to meet at police headquarters on the following day The actions on both sides caused some unpleasantness and much comment Thoughtful disinterested persons could see that the affair concerned none but members of the institution and that others were not justified in taking a hostile part As to its effect upon the student body it may be said that perhaps no other event in the history of the institution has created such enthusiasm such loyalty such a spirit of good fellowship as has the present one The students now realize that they are as children of one family with one great aim — devel- played the Aggies’ second team m |