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THE BATTALION
THE EATTAESEN
Student weekly publication of
Entered as second-class matter
under the Act
the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas.
at the Post Office at College Station, Texas,
of Congress, March 3, 1879.
Subscription
by
the year,
$1.75.
EDITORIAL STAFF
ROBT. L. HERBERT
Editor-in-Chief
C. V. ELLIS
Managing Editor
C. M. EVANS
Staff Editor
M. J. BLOCK
Associate Editor
G. M. WRENN
Associate Editor
J. L. KEITH
Art Editor
T. S. ROOTS
Associate Art Editor
FRANK W. THOMAS JR
Sports Editor
W. J. FAULK
Assistant Sports Editoi
A. E. CARAWAY
Associate Sports Editor
T. B. KETTERSON
News Editor
D. B. McNERNEY
Associate News Editor
P. J. JOHN
Associate News Editor
A. C. MOSER
Associate News Editor
H. G. SEELIGSON II
Reporter
P. E. GRIFFIN
BUSINESS
Reporter
R. N. WINDERS
Business Manager
W. F. FRANKLIN
Assistant Business Manage)
W. J. NEUMAN
Circulation Manager
HOWARD HEDGES
Advertising Manager
THE FOURTH ESTATE
This is a plea for our own calling-.
It is the policy of student publications to offer complete cov
erage, but obviously this is difficult with a limited number of
contributors. It is likewise their policy to be fair to everyone, but
a dozen students cannot possible see everything, even one side of
all things and much less both sides.
—Tulane Hullabaloo.
The past two years have seen the greatest strides toward im
provement ever taken in A & M journalism fields. First, The
Texas Aggie Countryman was founded in December 1929, and
was followed shortly by the organization of The Technoscope.
The first is a publication devoted to the intestests of agriculture,
while the second is a magazine specializing in the field of engineer
ing journalism.
Then last fall The Battalion began printing every fourth edi
tion in magazine form. The newspaper editions were improved
also, better type and a bigger size page being used in addition to
much closer editing of copy.
Recently the publications board system has been introduced.
A full time business manager has been employed and even now is
making plans for the peration of the four student publications next
year.
Despite these rapid advances, however, there still is a dearth
of interest among the student body in the student publications.
All four of them, The Longhorn, The Battalion, The Texas Aggie
Countryman, and The Technoscope, have elected their editors for
next year, and these men even now are engaged in the work of
completing their staffs for next year.
Interesting and responsible positions on the staffs of any one
of these publications are awaiting those who merely will take
enough interest to investigate.
A REAL IMPROVEMENT
Probably the most advanced plan that has been given towards
improving the educational system and the scholastic rating of
our college was made recently by the faculty when they proposed
and apparently gave favorably discussion to, but did not pass on
the plan of making monetary assessments for each unsatisfactory
hour taken by the student in his course of study.
To some this may seem an unjust rule, probably because they
have not taken proper interest in a course and failed or that they
feel the instructor partially responsible. But it should be kept
in mind that all college courses are so outlined and presented that
any person of average mentality can pass any of the subjects offer
ed, provided he apply himself, and that anyone of lower than aver
age mentality should not, in the first place, attempt to obtain a
college degree. This is the basis of our educational system, and
acts similar to the proposed fee system exert a decided force in
the carrying out of this fundamental educational foundation.
It has been indicated that a higher failure percentage results
at A & M than in a large percent of American colleges and univer
sities. This is not necessarily due to more difficult courses, nor
is it reflective on the aptitude of the students, but it is indicative
of the indifferentness of the students toward scholastic attain
ments.
It is to be hoped that the plan proposed and any other so ex
cellent a plan will be passed on favorably by the faculty and car
ried out to the fullest extent of their resources.
Fix-McCord Compete
For Golf Singles Crown
George J. Fix of Dallas and J. W.
McCord, a Port Arthur product, both
of whom are members of Battery D
Artillery have won the right to com
pete in the final round of the intra
mural golf tournament for the college
singles crown, from a field of seven
candidates chosen from the semil-fin-
alists in the doubles competition.
Although eight men were designa
ted to enter the singles tournament,
G. R. Zachary of Company A Engi
neers, winners of the doubles play
off^ has since that time became a
NO MAGAZINE THIS MONTH!
In an effort to close the year with
out any outstanding indebtedness it
has been found advisable to omit the
publication of a magazine this month
in order to meet the payments of past
accounts incurred in the publishing of
feature issues. Contrary to expecta
tions, there has not been a magazine
this year that has individually paid
for itself, but through the surplus
revenue from advertising in other edi
tions, the finances of The Battalion
have been favorable for the publica
tion of the humor edition. But due to
recent let down in the advertising and
to the enormous cost of the last fea
ture edition, it was found that the fi
nancial standing of the paper would
hardly warrant another magazine is
sue.
Dr. Henry Crane and Bishop Wil
liam F. McDowell were the speakers
at special religious services held last
week on the campus of the University
of Maryland.
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member of the varsity golf team and
was therefore ineligible to compete
for the individual title.
Members of the teams entering the
semi-finals in the double competition
and those participating in the singles
playoff are W. H. Beard and G. R.
Zachary, Company A Engineers;
George J. Fix and J. W. McCord, Bat
tery D Artillery; H. C. Ericson and V.
G. Davis, Troop B Cavalry; and J.
P. Christian and J. Lair, Troop C.
Cavalry.
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