Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-02-22
Col R. T.. Miner, President A. and NJ.


report of the health and sanitary con
dition Of the Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal College. beg to submit the fol-
lowing:
Since the reopening OF the college
January 4, up to February Is, period
OF Al days, the medical department
issued total of 619 excuses for all
causes. One hundred and thirty of
these were excused from class work.
The average total excuses were 10 per
day, and of these, per day were
excused from class work.
During this time we had two cases
of meningitis and five cases of measles
and other contagious diseases brought
in by the cadets. A big percentage of
the 3 per day excused from class work
was for contagious diseases and pa
tients held in quarantine. During this
period we gave nearly 400 cadets the
meningo-yaccine which was RESPONSE
BILE for large percentage of the 10
per day being excused from military
and minor duties.
From the above it will be seen that
the health of the cadet corps has been
excellent, as the average barracks sys-
TEN has more than double this
amount.
THE building we have for a hos
pital is inadequate and not in good
condition. The campus generally is
very much torn up by the heavy traffic
caused by the buildings under con-
structions and the recently finished
tunnel. The making of artificial stone
on the campus and bad roads and
walks make the campus unsightly, but
not necessarily insanitary.
THE IDENTITIES, as a rule, are well
kept and each student is responsible
for his room, the janitors keep the
halls. For the past eighteen days the
dormitories have not been in order
caused by 500 cadets leaving the col
lege and scattering refuse articles. The
conditions are now rapidly returning
to normal.
Last session our total expense was
S611 cents per student per month for
drugs, nurses and all hos
pital expenses, including the mosquito
From the above records and results
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
ege must be in a good sanitary con-
iition.
Respectfully submitted.
OTTO EHLINGER,
Surgeon"
But when one charge is refuted an
)ther Is forthcoming. What about dis
,ipline?" What have the authorities
)een doing all these years to maintain
,rder and law"
In answer to these questions / want
o say that they have been doing their
iuty, as the college records will show
Those who are expressing opinions
hostile to the Agricultural and Me
,hanical College could not bestow
more patriotic service upon the coun-
ry at large than to acquaint them
selves with the facts and then tell the
ruth. The authorities at this institu-
on maintain that no feature of a
'oung mans education is quite so inn
'ortant as wholesome discipline. In
very step of boys Intellectual de-
he must be made to feel |
hat the real man is the orderly man;
hat strict obedience to law is the |
highest duty of the citizen; that in
in school or out means |
n its last analysis anarchy.
Hazing has never been condoned by |
he faculty, but every case brought to |
heir attention has been thoroughly in |
estigated and those found guilty pun
shed. This is a military school. From |
Is organization it has had a COM
nandant, in nearly every instance an |
rmy officer and a graduate of West |
'oint. One of his dtuies is to teach |
Military science. Each cadet must |
axe instructions in that subject. In |
edition to teaching military science |
e is in charge of matters of discip- |
ne. When the number of cadets was
sss than five hundred he was able to |
erform all of his duties. Since the
lumber has reached a thousand it is
hysically impossible.
At West Point there are twelve reg
lar army officers in charge of the dis
ipline and drill of eight companies of
approximately five hundred cadets. A
one senior instructor of
lfantry, one senior instructor of cav
Try, one senior instructor of artillery
nd eight officers, one directly in
barge of each company of cadets.
Each officer in charge of a cadet
ompany inspects the rooms of his
ompany each morning between 8 and
a. m. and at night between Z p. m.
nd reveille. He inspects his company