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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1929)
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Texas Supplementing the Urge to Learn In the past, very little has been placed in these columns concerning summer sessions . of school, short courses included. This is not an at tempt to urge anyone, interested only in the passing of courses, to- struggle against time and heat of the sum mer months but rather a suggestion to those really interested in learning who unfortunately have failed or might fail to complete a course or two in a session’s work. Because of the magnitude of sub jects related and necessarily requir ed in a chosen work of specializa tion, it is necessary to break up the total amount to be learned, putting part of the studies in one session of work with related advanced work following. The college curricula are devised to have subjects succeed their pre-requisites the following term thereby making it necessary for one to pass each subject of a term’s work previous to taking work of which it is a pre-requisite. It is with an outward appearance of anxiety to help and a slight in ward feeling of pity or disgust that the registering officials cope with this type of problem, which so sure ly makes its periodical appearance in students who have failed to ad vantageously use the summer in an effort to become mentally capable of handling the prescribed subjects of their succeeding year of work. Much of the compliments of outside individual educated effort and arti cles of this type, we find that the regular summer sessions of school have reached some 1122 students in 1928 as compared with 432 in 1919. We are not surprised to find grad uate students returning for one or two of the six weeks courses during the June to September period, for at their age and with the knowledge of a graduate they can capably ap preciate educational value. These in clude many who have just left a year of intellectual coaching in our state schools. A very decided attractive improve ment during the hot months is the addition of girl students in the col lege who transfer work finished at A. and M. to some college from which she is to graduate. The priv ilege of having girl students is par ticularly stressed by the college au thorities. Summer Short Courses. Summer short courses consisting mainly of the summer school of cot ton classing, the farmers short course, the short course for cotton seed oil mill operators, short course for veterinarians and the short course in public utilities, and costing each student only about $10.00 for a week’s personal upkeep, have re reived quite a stimulated increase in enrollment; the farmers short course having gained from 2961 in 1919 to reach the 3,451 mark in 1928. It is open to anybody at any age who might be benefitted from it. The last three of the above named courses are attended in a large part by men in these respective profes sional works who desire the latest developments. All attendants, young and old, who attend these summer short courses . have access to the swimming pool in ! the basement of the Y. M. C. A.; they can indulge in a little sport with a provided playground leader, or under like conditions they can participate in singing. Each night there is an early lecture by some capable and technical man, this be ing followed by a picture show. Many other forms of amusement are brought about by the individual mem bers of the classes in these short courses. Reduced rail rates can always be acquired to and from these summer specials. The Aggie gridiron cover is made of 13 ounce army duck, especially treated to make it rain proof. It is made in thirteen sections, 33 feet wide and 170 feet long, allowing a three-foot overlap at each section. This is the first cover to be used in the Southwest and its approximate cost was $5,800. 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