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2 THE BATTALION THE KATTAIJCN Student weekly published by the students 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. Member of The National College Press Association. Exclusive reprint rights of this paper are granted to The College News Service and to The Intercollegiate Press. Advertising rates on request. Subscription rate $1.75 per year. EDITORIAL STAFF CLAUDE M. EVANS PHILIP JOHN M. J. BLOCK D. B. McNERNEY W. J. FAULK R. L. HERBERT C. E. BEESON J. L. KEITH RUSTY SMITH W. 0. SANDERS Editor-in-Chief .... Managing Editor Associate Editor .... Associate Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Staff Correspondent Art Editor Cartoonist Cartoonist Reportorial Staff: R. A. Wright, R. L. Elkins, E. L. Williams, G. M. Dent, Lewis Gross, E. C. Roberts, H. G. Seeligson. BUSINESS STAFF B. G. ZIMMERMAN Advertising Manager TOM C. MORRIS Assistant Adv. Manager TRYGVE BOGEVOLD Assistant Adv. Manager E. M. LIEM Circulation Manager GEORGE C. BRUNDRETT Assistant Circulation Mgr. Drinking Fountains The Y M C A is to be coinmended for its endeavor to supply a bit of much needed equipment for the student body by its move to purchase a refrigerating drinking fountain for the use of students and visitors on the campus. The effort is not only one which every student should support by attending the benefit show to be given Wednesday evening to partially defray the expense of purchasing and installing the fountain, but is one which might be taken as an example by those who are here to look out for the welfare of the students. Until recent years refrigerating fountains were located at two convenient places on the campus, but both of these, one because of its destruction at the time Hart hall was constructed and the other because of neglect, have been abandoned. At present there are only two places on the campus where ice water may be obtained, one through the generosity of Casey’s and the other the mess hall. Would not a couple, or still bettei*, four or five well located fountains not only be convenient to our students but to our visitors as well ? Campus Martyr No. 1492 The expulsion of the Columbia Spectator editor for his continued criticisms of campus conditions has stirred up a tremendous and rather unfortunate furor about freedom of the undergraduate press. “Liber alism has been tampered with!” cry his supporters, rushing to the cause with lawyers, Times headlines, excited petitions, rowdy mass- meetings, and attempts to strike. If for no other reason than that they laid themselves open to the attacks of alarmed and rather irra tional student propagandists, the Columbia University officials made a mistake in ousting this man preemptorily. Any college editor will defend the freedom of the collegiate press, and its right to liberality; but the bogey of a college administrative censorship is, in this college and we believe in most similar institutions, the product of silly talk. It is hard to think that any college adminis tration would turn its wrath upon an editor who criticized fairly, employing facts, and acting rationally. In reality, the much-maligned administrations welcome constructive and well-founded criticism; we can cite no instance in which this was not true. It is hard to sympathize, therefore, with this new martyr of cam- put journalism. Every item of evidence points to his continued abuse of college officials and institutions with little or no basis in fact. His campaigns were sensational copy. Did one of them benefit Columbia students? Did one accomplish any appreciable reform? Did one stop long enough in its ranting to offer constructive plans for reform ? The truth is that radical editorials are not the product of men who weigh circumstances and fact. It may be a misfortune to be a “yes” organ for lack of need of scathing exposes, but a worse fault is a per petual facility for shouting “no.”—Penn State College. Vanderbilt Jr. Pokes Ridicule At Need Of College Education (College News Service) URBANA, 111., April 26.—“Col lege ... is pure popycock from start to finish.”—Cornelius Van derbilt, Jr., ex-millionaire, journal ist and non-college man. Replying to this and “Neil” Van derbilt’s added remark that “it (college) simply isn’t essential in the struggle for success,” The Daily Daily Illini at he Univer- sit yof Illinois last week declared; “Of course a college education is not essential, but it can hardly be said to be valueless. A man can -do quite well without one, but it is a contribution which cannot be disregarded ... a training in how to live.” Chemical Engineers Inspect Refineries Thirty-six Chemical Engineers, under the supervision of Professor M. K. Thornton, and accompanied by Dr. C. C. Hedges and Jesse Hal- tom visited the refineries and oth er industrial plants of Houston, Beaumont and Port Arthur, on their annual inspection trip, last week. A chartered bus took the party from Houston to Beaumont Mon day, where the Magnolia refinery, International Creosoting Company and City Water Plant were in spected. At Port Arthur, Tuesday, the Gulf and Texas Refineries were toured and different distillation and refining processes studied. The last day of the trip Wednes day, was spent in Houston, inspect- Campus Girl Marrys Ex-Student Saturday Night In Brownsville Anouncement has been received of the approaching marriage of Miss Hattie Mae Ayers of College Station to William C. Vertrees of the class of ’30 in Brownsville, Sat urday, April 30. The bride-to-be is well known about the college and a graduate of the consolidated school. She has been employed by the Bell Tele phone Company here. William Vertrees graduated hex-e in a course of Agriculture and has since studied Horticulture in the University of California, and is now engaged in the citx-us fruit business in the valley. Following the wedding a trip will be made across the border for a wedding supper. ing Sinclair Refinery, Texas Cot tonseed Oil Company, Portland Ce ment plant, and the National Creo soting Company. Pi’actically every phase of Chemical Engineering as employ ed in the state was reviewed and inspected on the trip, which supplemented theoretical studies throughout the year. Colleges— (Continued from page 1) educational formulae and, in sev eral cases, (e. g., the Universities of Chicago and Wisconsin) entire ly radical departures from the beaten path. Here are a few selected “inner” symtoms of mutation: ODD THINGS AND NEW—By Lame Bode 1f)lKlNG PlCiUREG W£f?£ SHOWN IN N£W YORK CrfY 30 Y£P)R$ RGO coNfRiBurec ey (UfR£9 CROEn j# <£>* „ Mff.X oj Oakland, Cal. - V' . f ! :/ h m SH0Nf£sr ' NRME IN 1HE WORLD..- S M U could make 48 feet with little effort. What future records “Honk” may set up remains to be seen as it is very unlikely that he has reached his peak or will do so even this season. His failure to beat his mark in the Rice meet may be attributed to the fact that he had not practiced for more than a week. With his success in the past it is likely that he will easily beat his best put this season, in the conference meet. In any event he has already beaten any put by either Burke or Sprague, both of whom appear to have reached their peak. Election— (Continued from page 1) w y<.\ RRE HO WM£RIH£S IN 1H£ W0/V£(?IN£ $1R1£ (MICHIGAN) 1H£ GERMAN VJORP SS. £OR TANK IS SCHUT2ENG/?ABfN l/fRNICHfUNGSflUfOMOBI/ © McClure Newspaper Syndicate 9£f 1. The movement opposing com pulsory class attendance. Within recent months, the Uni versity of Illinois—under its new president, Harry Woodburn Chase -has abolished a rigid cut sys tem, making students responsible only to individual instructors; Minnesota U. has taken similar steps, with one of its colleges (edu cation) going so far as to allow unlimited cuts; Michigan State has eliminated the negative credit for excessive cuts and has substituted a plan whereby best students are granted the privilege of voluntary class attendance; Idaho has abol ished penalties for class absences; many other colleges are experi menting with new class attendance plans, designed to stimulate stu dent responsibility. 2. General attacks on grading systems and credit hours, both by faculty members and students, with neither knowing exactly what to do. Some suggest granting degrees observation; still others would de- to students on the basis of personal pend upon comprehensive exami nations. There is a general inclina tion toward this latter suggestion, with or without course grades; North Dakota U. this year will for the first time demand that liberal arts and education seniors take comprehensives in their major fields. Columbia’s School of Jour nalism plans to institute a “pass- fail” system. 3. Introduction of tutors; Har vard, Yale, Princeton and Wiscon sin are conspicuous examples. At Lafayette College in Pennsylvania a system of fraternity tutors or advisers was instituted this year. 4. Introduction of honoi’s courses for students adjudged capable of guiding their own studies with faculty advice. 5. Suspension of class recitations two weeks prior to final examina tions—-Haiward, Yale. 6. Extension of courtesy privi leges to “roving” students who wish to attend certain classes and lectures without credit, in addition to scheduled courses. Syracuse U. approved this idea last fall. Not a comprehensive survey of all the new movements nor even, perhaps, the most outstanding cur rent examples of educational change, these “symptoms” never theless sei’ve to indicate something more far x-eaching than the usual year-by-year advances of educa tion. The War retarded education; the depression appears to be a stimulant. Soroity Monoply Causes Seven To Quit Annual Staff (College News Service) BERKELEY, Cal., April 26.— Seven sophomore staff members of the University of California Blue and Gold, students’ yearbook, last week resigned in protest against the appointment of a Pi Beta Phi sorority members as women’s man- agee for the annual. The seven declared that, while recommending the appointment of Gwendolyn Beaver, instead of Helen Lang, the Pi Beta Phi mem ber, they were primarily concerned with the sorority’s asserted four- year monopoly of the managerial position. Prices Reduced On Football Tickets In Most Conferences (College News Service) General reduction in ticket prices for admittance to intercolelgiate football games are being almost simultaneously announced in vari- out parts of the country. The Western Conference is the latest to announce cuts, with prices for conference games to be drop ped from $3 to $2 next fall. Non conference game prices are to be cut from $1.50 to $1. Similar reductions in admission prices are to be effected both in the West and in the East. Trackman— (Continued from page 1) marked that he would better the conference record during the con ference meet. This remark seem ingly was taken as a boast by El bert “Slime” Turner, Houston Post scribe and a student at Rice Insti- tue, who replied that Irwin was probably at his best and that eith er Burke of Rice or Sprague of was elected. Kohler In Landslide Winning in a virtual landslide, Kohler, sophomore sprint ace of the track team this year, easily scored the most decisive victory of the election. His total votes reach ed 751 while that of T. N. Gerrald, his only opponent, was 185. As junior representative on the Publications Board, Kohler will serve for two years, filling the po sition which will be left vacant this year by Bob O’Connell, who will succeed B. L. Jones as senior member of the board. The board, comprised of junior and senior representatives, editors of the four college publications and members of the faculty, will select advertising managers for the com ing year, positions which generally were filled last year by student election. Ballotting at a Glance Chief Yell Leader Goodrich 585 Durst 237 Owens 100 Brundrett 29 Editor of The Battalion Dent 605 Gross 217 Batjer 125 Junior Representative 01 Publications Board Kohler 750 Gerrald 185 America’s Youngest Grand mother Through a contest conducted by a food store exposition held in Washington, the youngest grandmother in the United States has been found. She is Mrs. Louise Skelton of Potomac, Va., thirty-four years old; and she is shown in this photograph with her daughter, Mrs. Colene Acheson, seventeen, and her grandson, who is one year old. Glee Club To Tour Plans for the second annual glee club tour in the state was made public today by director F. K. Beach. The club will appear in San Marcos for one concert, April 29, and then go to San Antonio where they will appear for several con certs. Tiger Rookie Joyner White, flashy Texas league outfielder, is one of the most promising rookies of the De troit Tiger squad that is training at Pala Alto, Calif. 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