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THE BATTALION
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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
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.... Managing Editor
Associate Editor
.... Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Feature Editor
Staff Correspondent
Art Editor
Cartoonist
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Reportorial Staff: R. A. Wright, R. L. Elkins, E. L. Williams, G. M.
Dent, Lewis Gross, E. C. Roberts, H. G. Seeligson.
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B. G. ZIMMERMAN Advertising Manager
TOM C. MORRIS Assistant Adv. Manager
TRYGVE BOGEVOLD Assistant Adv. Manager
E. M. LIEM Circulation Manager
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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—
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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:
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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—
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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—
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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.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
April 26.—Gifts totalling close to
$1,000,000 were made to Stanford
University during the past month,
it was disclosed this week by Act
ing President Robert E. Swain in
a report to the board of trustees.
The largest single item was a
$750,000 addition to the Univer
sity’s general endowment, given by
the Carnegie Corporation.
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