Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-26
PATRONS APPROVE
NEW RULES
President Miner Receives Many Let
ters Speaking in Highest Praise
OF Regulations to Prohibit
Snobbery.

strong Endorsement to the new regu
iations which have been announced
by Col. X. r. Miner. president OF the
college, and which have to do with the
truly democratic policy that exists al
the college.
The new regulations promulgated
by the president state that presents
must not be given by the under class
men to the senior officers of the cadet
CORDS; that sponsors shall not be Sc
lected by cadet organizations: that
the X. X. club and the Swastika, two
dancing clubs of the college, must be
abandoned; and there are certain
other things that go to bring about
better discipline in the college. In his
letter to the patrons of the college
announcing these new regulations Col
onel Miner stated that it was desired
that this college be for the poor boy
and the rich boy alike. and that no
clubs and organizations and customs
should be allowed that would estab-
lish different grades of boys by rea-
son of one being able to spend more
than the other; and he called atten-
ton to the fact that democratic
spirit pervades the cadet corps and
should do so. Since his letter went
out and the new rules have been pub
lished all over the state letters have
begun to reach the college on this
subject. which are very interesting.
Here are some of them:
F. B. Miller. New Ulm, Texas: II
am very much in favor and heartily
approve of the new rules that you are
to enforce at the college in future. 1t
is a splendid idea and ] am sure the
patrons generally will approve of it
j. r. Eanes. Comanche. Texas:
"Your letter advising of the change
in rules at the A. & NJ College re
ceiyed. We have carefully noted same
and please allow us to say that we
most heartily indorse the change and
hope that the new rules will be strict
" enforced, both in letter and spirit.
We feel that this is a great step and in
the right direction. We soon hope to
see A. & M. one of the greatest
schools in the South"
w. A. Mcmillan, Calvert, Texas:
your letter received and noted, and
while ! presume no reply was expect
ed, vet want to express to you my
approval OF the action of the faculty
in adopting the rules for the ensuing
term, for do thoroughly acquiesce in
the opinion of the faculty that the
practices mentioned in your letter
have a bad influence in many In
stances on the student body and es-
pecially so when boy is trying to
make his own way through school,
and he feels ike he Is not on an equal
footing with those who have means. |
feel deep interest in the success of
A. & NJ. College, and shall take pleas
IRE In doing all ! can 30 promote the
schools best interests. | wish for you
a most successful session in 1910-11."
r. X. Walker. secretary Texas
board of pharmacy, Gonzales. Texas:
Your letter Of September II has been
duly received and beg to assure yJu
that most heartily agree and concur
in the decision of those in authority
at A. & NJ. College to frown upon Sc
cret fraternities or any combinations
that create caste or tend to show par
TALLY not earned by merit and in
trinsic worth. | am college graduate
and fraternity nina. but will never
indorse Greek letter fraternities again
in any educational institution, for the
reason that lines are drawn that work
hardships upon many boys qnstudents
of limited means who are seeking an
education | also rejoice that A. & NJ.
has abandoned all forms and ceremo-
MES that contribute to preference of
one student above another which is
not founded upon Justice and true
merit placing the student of moder-
ate means upon equal footing with
his more wealthy associate. | appre-
ciate so much the good that my boy
has received at your institution and
the Improvement he has made, and
the fact that he is ambitious to get
an education is most gratifying to
me-"
T. j. Mcmillan. Anchor Texas:
Your recent letter in regard to GER
ain rules and regulations recently
adopted by your faculty has been re-
ceived Permit one of your plain
farming citizen patrons to say that
lie most heartily indorses and com
mends every word and sentiment
therein expressed or implied We have
th' It Or -eascls % believe that the
teaching and carrying out of the prin-
ciples therein enunciated by the pres
ent head of our great A. & NJ is the
secret of the schools unbounded pop
ularity and rapidly widening sphere
of usefulness. Individual. corporate
and national profligacy are receiving
a nationwide rebuke at the hands Of
the plain, common people who see
that ours is fast becoming a govern
ment of the interests and by the in
terests. This is evidenced by the ire
sistible wave of insurgency sweeping
through heretofore 'Gibratlars of the
System Your kindly. quiet. but none
the less firm administration. your eff
fective enforcement of discipline:
your adjustment of the despicable
system of petty tyranny of the under
classmen by the upper classmen. to-
gether with this purely democratic
move, can. but the more firmly fix our
faith in your executive ability and
convince US Of your devotion to the
principles we love From a very much
wider range We have ii. but both my
sons every day assert that the board
of directors could never have secured
an executive head for A. & NJ. equal
to Colonel Miner The first week in
August | met my son, s. A. Mcmillan.
who graduated from the A. & NJ in
1909 We spent a month in Missouri,
as he was returning from the graduate
schol at Ames, la. Such a picture he