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6 THE BATTALION Charlie DeWare New Candidate For Office Railroad Commissioner was the only newspaper in Ameri ca published by college officials and distributed without cost to the faculty and members of the student Charles A. DeWare, Brenham, member of the class of ’10, an nounced his candidacy for office of State Railroad Commissioner re cently. For many years an active A and M man, and prominent in the oil business around Brenham, as well as conducting an insurance office, his entering the race has caused considerable comment in political centers. Speaking of his campaign, Mr. DeWare says: “My platform is capable service, patterned after the Constitution, equal privileges to all, special privileges to none.—The best interest of the people will be my guide in the many problems that come before the commission, should I be elected to this position. Northern University Finding System Successful In Allowing Students To Get Education As Fast As Is Desired (Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of four articles on outstanding cur rent developments in the field of higher education, written especially for The Bat talion by the editor of College News Service.) By James Crenshaw When Robert Maynard Hutchins announced that he was going to turn the University of Chicago up side down and remake it into an entirely new kind of institution, leading educators everywhere sat up and took notice. But so did thinking students. Here was a young man—the young est president— ready to answer in practical terms their persistent ar gument against the old course and grade systems. Recent College Man It was not so long ago that Pres ident Hutchins himself was an un der graduate, so he knew all the undergraduate arguments, as well as he knew those of the profes sional educators. He, therefore, set about re-assembling his scattered building blocks with all the enthu siasm of an inquisitive boy who has taken something apart. “An educational system based on cooperation is the thing,” he said, and arranged his pedagogical blocks accordingly. Naturally, he did not do all this alone. Even the fundamental idea was not unique. But students ev erywhere have come to admire him for his courageous leadership in up setting the traditions of a century with one fell blow and for his te merity in replacing them with what admittedly is an experiment. Chicago Plan Still only a few months old, the “Chicago plan” has, of course, de veloped a number of minor flaws, but President Hutchins is even more firmly convinced that the fun damental theory—namely, coopera tion and coordination, plus indivi dual responsibility—is practical and sound. Briefly, the plan is this: The beginning freshman enters the “college,” which offers him a general liberal arts training for admittance into the university pro per. The latter is divided into di visions, rather than specialized de partments. The upper divis ions are: the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and bio logical sciences. The graduate school is eliminated, graduate work being offered by the divisions. Six professional schools, conferring their own degrees, are retained, however—Divinity, Law, Rush Me dical, Commerce and Administra tion, Social Service Administration and Library Service. Specialized Courses In the college and upper divis ions, grades, specialized course re quirements and compulsory class attendance are abolished. Students are responsible to advisers, who en courage individual initiative. To be admitted to an uppper division, a student must pass a comprehensive examination covering his work in the college, the examination to be taken as soon as the adviser decid es the student has adequately pre pared himself. Rigid course regulations, like wise, are taboo in the upper divis ions. Lecture courses are open to large groups, with syllabi availa ble for those who do not attend. Small discussion groups under the direction of instructors provide for closer inspection of study matter. Degrees Offered Bachelor’s, master’s and doctor’s degrees are to be conferred after the student passes comprehensive examinations covering work in one of the four divisions. Students, however, may cross divisional lin es in the pursuit of problems which cover more than one field. Graduate work—except in the professional schools—is to be less specialized, since the basic theory of the new system is a correlation of elements of education. Higher degrees in the humanities division may now even be awarded for work done in two or more departments. Students Set Pace Thus the Chicago student is really his own mentor. He may progress as rapidly as he wishes, subject only to his own personal limitations. His education cannot be forced on him, but he must work for it. The Chicago plan foreshadows other similar changes elsewhere. Already Minnesota U. has inaugu rated a special college for privi leged students who want to find themselves and, therefore, are al lowed to devise their own study plans. Other developments of this type are to be expected, and they will be stimulated by a now keenly felt need for economy. Reorganization of the University’s finances on a sounder basis was a part of the Chicago upheaval. (Next: Sopho more degrees) Files— (Continued from page 1) lege. As a statement on the editor ial page of the first edition of The Reveille pointed out, the publication body. Like The Bulletin of today, the daily paper of that time carried the official notices of the college and other brief announcements and advertisements. But in addition to matter of that kind, its pages al so contained campus news items, informing students and faculty members of what was happening in the social, athletic and official life of the campus. Occasional stories from other colleges and news ar ticles from elsewhere which might effect A and M were also recorded in its columns. Editorials were us ually reprinted from the larger daily newspapers of the state. As we thumbed the crisp, yellowed pages of the volumes on file in the library, we noticed a number of things which interest us even at this time. Particularly was this true of the copies of which coincide with the dates of the United Stat es’ participation in the World War. The Daily Bulletin of February 16, 1918, records the fact that all seniors who wished to enter the military service at that time or who had already enlisted would be giving certificates showing that they had. been candidates for de grees and in good standing at the time of their enlistment. It is in teresting to note that by the end of the last term of the college year 1917-1918, more than eighty per cent of the senior class had taken advantage of this opportunity. Pages of the Reveille were re plete with war propaganda and with stories of A and M men in the service. One story told of a for mer student who “had his clothing shot off of him” while crossing No Man’s Land and yet escaped un injured. An advertisement in this issue and in nearly every issue of about the same time read, “SWAT THE KAISER, if you aren’t going across, come across— buy Liberty Bonds.” In April, 1918, two airplanes crashed on the campus and the pilots escaped uninjured. The col lege was making arrangements to obtain the service of two “experts” to teach patriotism during sum mer school, and the Navy issued a call for college men, particularly engineers, offering them $2100 per year—no unemployment situation then, to say the least! And also in April, 1918, the Tex as Aggie baseball team, although it boasted only two lettermen from the preceding year and suffered innumerable handicaps as a result of injury and sickness, was one of the best in the history of the col lege. And we’ll have to agree, too, for in that year the Aggies, with Roswell G. (Little Hig) Higgin botham on the mound, shut-out the Texas Longhorns 5-0, and the Steers didn’t get a hit either! Just prior to this the Aggies had de feated the Houston Buffs with Hig pitching in what the writer des cribed as a “great game”—the Ag gies got fourteen hits and made seven errors in the game. On May 25, 1918, Guion Hall, then called Guion Chapel and As sembly Hall, was dedicated al though it was not yet completed— and one of the principal speakers on the program was Charles E. Friley, registrar then as now. It was also announced at that time that the student body at A and M represented a larger area than ever befoi’e in its history, its students coming from 7 foreign countries, 17 states and 180 Texas counties. Today the student body represents 11 foreign countries and 22 states, but we didn’t count the counties. Judging from the pages of the old newspapers, the A and M cam pus at that time greatly resembl ed an army training camp in war time. All cadets were required to practice “wig-wag” signalling and stand regular sentinel duty. Fail ure to obey orders or infractions of rules led to “arrest” and “arrest” meant confinement to one’s room except while attending class or meals—and violation of arrest meant dismissal, according to of ficial orders in The Reveille. Letters from ex-students “over there” were reproduced from time to time. One of them, written in the trenches, said that aside from West Point and Harvard, Texas A and M was mentioned more in the army than any other college— evidence that even then there was such a thing as “Aggie spirit.” And so from page to page there is material which it would require several days to read, much of it of no interest at all and much of it of no value, but still enough of it to blend together and make a vivid and interesting chapter in the history of Aggieland. El Paso Coaches Worked Together Through College Coach And Assistant Played On Same Teams Since High School Days. FORT WORTH, May 11.—When Othol Martin reports next fall as assistant to Coach Lester Brum- below of El Paso High it will mark the beginning of their eighth year of association. Their friendship started in the hills of Jack County in 1924 when tion on the Jacksboro High foot ball team where Brumbelow was already a stellar fullback. They played two years together there. Then Brum made his appearance in the purple and white of T C U in 1926. Martin followed a year later. Both starred for the Frogs, winning three letters in football. Brum was captain in his senior year and won all-conference hon ors. Martin won the annual award in 1930 as the most valuable man on the team. They roomed togeth er three years. Both boys spent a year at T C U following their undergraduate ca reers, as assistant to Coach Francis Schmidt. Last year Brumbelow went to El Paso as assistant coach. The coming year he is to be head coach and Martin again joins him, as assistant. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LOOKOUT MtU- School of the Rockies Students of Engineering who wish to make up work or secure additional credit during the summer are offered an unusual oppor tunity to combine work and recreation in Golden, the Gateway of the Rockies. July 11 to August 26, 1932 For detailed announcement of courses, write to the Registrar for Bulletin S-2. 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