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THE BATTALIO N
THE I VI I VI M S
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. SEEUGSON II
L. A. LELAURIN
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Art Editor
Associate Art Editor
.... Associate Art Editor
Sports Editor
.Associate Sports Editor
.Associate Sports Editor
News Editor
..Associate News Editor
..Associate News Editor
Associate News Editor
....Associate News Editor
Reporter
Reporter
BUSINESS
R. N. WINDERS
W. F. FRANKLIN :
W. J. NEUMAN
HOWARD HEDGES
Business Manager
Assistant Business Manager
Circulation Manager
Advertising Manager
ASKING CO-OPERATION
A & M students this month are being given an opportunity
to prove their interest in two of the major student activities on
the campus, the college yearbook or annual and the weekly stu
dent publication.
Members of the editorial and business staffs of the two pub
lications went to work at the beginning of the college year with
plans which called for a yearbook and a student periodical, larger
and more worthy of the college than any which had gone before.
They realized that the poor financial condition of the country would
make their tasks more difficult than usual, but they felt confident
that with the co-operation of the student body their plans could
be carried out.
It is that co-operation for which you are being asked. If you
appreciate the improvements which have been and are being made,
it is time to let the staffs know it. If you wish student publications
at A & M to continue to improve, you must lend your assistance.
How you feel or what you think we can judge in only one way
—by the results which are obtained in the present drive for funds.
Take a chance on a de luxe copy of The Longhorn. Buy a
ticket to the benefit show of The Battalion. The price of the
two together is almost negligible.
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND BUSINESS METHODS
That a full-time, salaried business manager of student publi
cations is needed at A & M is forcefully impressed upon members
of the publications staffs and others interested in student activi
ties of the college by the fact that three of the four local publica
tions are resorting to means outside of the usual journalistic field
to insure their publication during the remainder of the year in a
form worthy of the size and position of the college.
A busness manager, such as the one contemplated in the plan
for incorporation of student publications drawn up by the A & M
Press club, would have in all probability made such efforts un
necessary. Under his supervision, editors would have worked
out in advance a workable budget for the year, a budget suitable
to the amount of funds which were apparently available, and or
ganize deffort would have been made to obtain these funds.
Circulation of the publications would more than likely be in
excess of what they now are and advertising would have been in
creased proportionately. Haphazard business methods would have
been replaced by concentrated business effort and the publications
would have been placed on a business level with the firms with
which they transact business.
But such is not the case and as a result, all student publica
tions at A & M are hard pressed to complete the college year.
PREXY’S MOON
We regret the loss of Prexy’s Moon.
It is not how long that it has stood or what an easy target it
makes on dark night, but what use it is to pedestrians, tourists, and
air travelers as an actual assistance and as a guide.
Many a sleepwalker or night sergeant has lost his way in
the catacombs of A & M, and many dark alleys and other necking
places would be lightened at least so much as to give vision to
the utilizer should our moon once more put forth its rays.
But it is our loss until someone’s confidence in undeserving :
college students again misleads him to installing another beacon.
It will then be left to us to prove our worthiness by letting the
gleam be cast until at least the night before commencement.
Such full-mooned nights as have been seen this week will
not continue indefinitely, so in advance we should bemoan the loss
and attempt to regain it.
THE PAN
By D. B. McNerney
It always seemed strange—
that the literary tastes of men who,
supposedly, were seeking a college
education, should be identical with
those of the little boy who thrills
at the daring exploits of “Two Gun
Pete’ or the piratical escapades of
“Captain Snake-eye.” We find this
pitiful state of affairs existing on
our own campus.
Day in and day out—•
the campus news-stand is called up
on to furnish the literary “high
brows” with the latest and choicest
heart-throb number or the newest
and most blood-curdling murder
story. We aren’t criticising the news
stand, understand, we are simply
pointing out the trend of the A &
M mind along the literary angles.
So many good and really worthwhile
periodicals—
are published and sold for less (that
should appeal to you, if nothing else)
that we can’t understand why stu
dents should be so inconsistent, be
cause that is really what we are
when we read such ‘'tommy-rot” and
at the same time memorize formu
lae of Steinmetz or the perplexing
theories of Darwin.
Last week we stressed—
the dollar-for-dollar view of educa
tion and now we find a means where
by the theory may be put into prac
tice. If we are to gain something
outside of our regular prescribed
courses we must make it worth our
efforts.
Who knows?—
We may see the day when the much-
condemned “bull-session” will take
on all the aspects of a dignified dis
cussion group, that is, if we culti
vate a taste for high-minded current
events.
Wouldn’t you get a kick—
out of carrying on an intelligent
argument with your “pet” prof, es
pecially when it wasn’t so one-sided,
and having the last laugh ? Some
thing like “sky-ing out,” if you must
have comparisons made.
Try reading in a bigger—
and better way and let’s get the
laugh on those “low-brows” who are
so constantly confronted with new
refinements of the Aggie mind.
To Publish Anthology
Of College Poetry
Because of the proportions to which
American college and university poetry
has grown, Henry Harrison, the New
York publisher, will issue an anthology
called American College Verse.
All students who write poetry are
urged to communicate promptly with
this publishing house, so that they
may be sent full details. The anthol
ogy will be edited by Mr. Harrison
himself, and illustrated by Charles
Cullen.
Prizes of $25, $15, and $10 will be
awarded to the authors of the three
best poems in this anthology, to be
selected by a distinguished board of
judges.
Henry Harrison is the author of
Myself Limited, a book of poems
that has earned wide critical praise.
His work has appeared in over 100
pubications in the U. S., Canada, Eng
land, and France. He has been a poetry
critic for years, and is the editor of
the annual Grub Street Book of
Verse, as well as several other an
thologies. He is the publisher of Poe
try World, the monthly magazine; and
has published books of verse by Mary
Carolyn Davies, Clement Wood, Ralph
Cheyney, Lucia Trent, Benjamin Mus-
ser and innumerable other distinguish
ed poets.
Charles Cullen has illustrated
Countee Cullen’s books, and Mr .Har
rison’s Grub Street annual. His art
has been acclaimed by many nation
wide journals, including The American
Mercury, Pasadena Star-News, Tole
do Times, Newark News, Spokane Re
view, Syracuse Post-Standard, etc.
In writing for information, students
should mention the name of their col
lege. Address Henry Harrison, Pub
lisher, 27 East 7th Street, New York.
A thorough revision of the Mexican
constitution, adopted in 1917, is be
ing considered at a conference at Mex
ico City this month.
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