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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1933)
\ THE .BATTAL ON EDIT Faith HP 1 i Whit is faith? Acrording to our prriont conception, faith |i the ■nfailiitj r belief in tha integrity and ability of some person to successf illy any sittiation that may come under his jurisdiction. One Of the fsndamental qualities of that vagary known as human nature is faith. To live a full-rounded and happy life a human being must have an ideal of some description in which to place his trust The^ successful operation of our national gov* securing the faith and-confidence of the people of the United In oar cs»n government, that faith was sdcceesfuhy destroyed by the it iepublkan administration. The people lost faith in our as the guiding hand of this nation’s destiny. Such an o*cur- e pU ced insurmountable obstacles in hk path, and he was entirely )e tc accomplish those things which he had hoped to do. Such a situ- n fayed President Roosevelt when he took the oath of office last iturda) at noon. If President Roosevelt’s only accomplishment during term of office is ths restoration of faith in the government, and has a ready done much toward gaining this ent^ then his tenure of wi 1 have been a success. For the corps of cadets, we extend our sympathy to the parents, relatives, and friends of W. F. Lawrence, our friend and follow student. The Poor Boy In Collect’ it hsL been traditional with the democratic form of government for to point to acquaintances or relatives with pride as the men who tv* worked themselves up into high positions, and who secured educa tions by Iworking their way through college in their spare time. The qf successful men who have worked their way through rollegi- tuccess has b« rn pointed out as an example of the superiority oar pitosent type of government. And in direct contradiction to this the proposals of the state legislator*—that of charging tuition I at a I state maintained colleges. At professional schools, the type of student most common comes >rer families or families with moderate means, he has a defi nite purpme in mind aa evidenced by his choice of school, and is of the type that -as a rule finds it necessary to work part time to secure money for ^<1iu-gth>nai purposes. With an additiolul burden of high tuition foe* this class of student will be effectively eliminated. This additional ftacle stakes it almost an impoaaibility for this type of student to )Uin th* type of professional education they might desire, and the af e location that moat materially benefits the state. It cap hardly be a source of pride to any government to know that A haa redtricted the education and consequent development of trained ited men who would be of great benefit to the government and >uid ref sy more thaa a thousand-fold the expenditures required for ieir educ stion, had they not been burdened, discouraged, or prohibited ikons gelt ng an advanced education. A more reasonable, not altogether t opian, ' lew would ba that the state should aid and finance these men every necessary wajr. It" is not unreasonable to ask that the state ■elect the most competent and promising yoang men and take the bur den of th >ir education upon its own shoulders, paying for their edu cation sin * it is the one that realises the greatest benefit in the end. Prom nent educators ponder and discuss seriously the evils of eol- on, the lack of seriousness in college students, and the exiat- “p I ensure madness” in colleges. The answer is here. By making the mast i if college educations prohibitive to the more earnest, poorer atadeafts t» wham a college education is desirable, colleges have become converted into exclusive, ultra-smart reaorta for the children of the rfdt with i k trend toward the ultimate elimination of the serious, objec- Mw student;', With the addition of the further burden of high tuition fees, the •Ur s on a downward grade. Elimination of the poorer classes ffom higher educational institutions means the ultimate end of those iastitution i by 'making them mere halls of pleasure for the wealthier class, who abuse rather than use, the advantages at their disposal and jrn to he state little or no benefit for the facilities they have ap- |ted unto themselves. JL. Campus Personalities RUN-OFF IN GENERAL t MARCH 8, M ELECTION Draw a line through name nlcjjndidah* not voted for. T. F. MAYO A aad M College Librarian Thomas F. Mayo waa born March 27, 189S, at Columbus, Mississippi. There he spent his boyhood days, attending both grammar and high school in that city. Upon gradua tion from high school, he entered the University of Mississippi and received his B. A. degree from that institution in 191S. Following his graduation from college, ‘Tommy,” as he is known to his friends on the campus, chose to teach and coach athletics as a profession. He followed this for one year in the Oxford, Mississippi, High School. He received a Rhodes Junior repreaffiUtive on A. P. M< Irvin A SIGNED I _ EXTBA BALLOTS MAT BS BAD it Publication Board E BATTALION omCE Random ’Ritings 11 i iiiAi B * 4 i BY CARLO BALD ASS A R! i I * There is comodt-rsble propsjfsnds being circulated arbftid the cam pus in the contemplation of pro posing radical changes in the es tablished management of A and M. No doubt some of these changes will foster the growth of this in stitution, but at first glance the individual is apt to magnify the conditions as they now exist. Maay schools throughout -the country have been confronted with the pn>b of decreased enrollment and PRESS CLUB BEN SHOW the decrease at A and M of about Cornell University is 200 students over last year is not of such critical nature as to be coma alarming. There are only a few of us perhaps, who cannot re call eases where some particular friend was unable to attend this college because of existing econo mic conditions It has been rumored that A and M is not a member of'the Ameri- Scholarship to Oxford Univeraity can Association! of Urtiveriitiea be- Coeducational? In a ricent issue of the Battalion there appeared an article by a fdrmer stident, W. A. Ortolani, in which h* presented reasons why A and M College should be made co-educatiortal. We are quoting below and entered there in the Fall of 1914, and received a B. A. degree in English Literature in 1916. Returning to the United States, h« came to A and M College in September. 1916 as a member of the teaching staff. He was granted a leave of absence to serve as an intelligence officer in naval avia tion for eighteen months during the years of 1918 and 1919. Upon receiving his discharge he again entered Oxford University snd re ceived s B. A. degree in Modern History in 1921 and a Master’s de gree in English in 1922. Again Mr. Mayo returned to A snd M College as a professor snd ’ continued here until 1927 when he went to Columbia University and taught for s year. He is now a member of the English department of A and M and College Librarian, having held the latter position since 1919. Mr. Mayo is now com pleting his doctor's dissertation. “Epicurus in England.” which, when completed, will entitle him to cause our staff of instructors and professors do not have a sufficient number of iaggsaa to meet the re- f that association, are unfounded aa the information and data, riy of the engineering will substantiate, i In engineering, practical exper- A —® is regarded so highly that of the instructional staff age expected. to get a considerable pdrt their preparation for teach- if% $n>m the field of experience. Aa a%esult of this, the number of cqglayering teachers holding do- ffsoar above the Master’s Degree M small. one .H. jdf the oldest engineering in the nation and is often as the leader in engi- education. Massachusetts of Technology is among in engineering edu- and is probably without a {p certain graduate engineer- taprk. A comparison of de- till >bs roa gfees held by the full professors of eng^ieering of these institutions with thou* held by the engineer- ilty of the same rank at A^anttM College fails to show lack ot training hare. ENGINES BING WHS N. A. nd M. CotmII last, of Trrh. laac of Torh V Cawsartw TaarWM Staffs af ths Vaisnatt; sf Tssas With That sf ths Tat as A aae M Mbs* With Raised Yaeaf, FR D’ lariM, Haary Anaette, Car* ~ aad K M. WsMiar. Froei a Luauals, It. Directed by A C Aabrty, by Cad by Cad i » school or e*< A AND M S •s# Bach. I'NIVEBfMTV Of TEXAS Naaa Bach. Master Ph.D. Associate PuifssaatB.—i.— Asst, sc Adjaact PVof. last rate era It— Supt. Shops and Tetora TOTAL I 4 4 Deeres frosa Inatitu. lion Where TrAchmt Deeres froai other IssMlaileai i 17 PALACE THEATER ONE DAY ONLY, TUESDAY MARCH 21 an article by A. S. Porter* Dallas, snother former student, which I * Pb.D. degree in Literature from Columbia University. Mr. Mayo is a bachelor snd lives on the campus with his mother. appeared in the Texas Aggie, the former students' newspaper J “It is my opinion thst young women should be allowed to enroll A sad 11 when: (J I 1 he professions for which young arih are trained at A and M ad* taken up by a sufficient number of woman to demand it. (21 The Legislature provides dormitories and other facilities for thg use of vomen students. , 1 (3> V hen there are no other schools maintained from state funds solely for t he training of young *omen. <5> V hen the Liberal Arts school at A and M is enlarged rather than etimir sted entirely, as it should be. (BV V'hen all the Creek Letter sororities and fraternities are allowed to trganize on the campus so that groups of students can band together pr marily for social functions snd can'in so doing “snob” every eat not belonging to their group. Aasuminc (Sat Graduate Instruction would only to giren to PTofaaaoca and Asso ciate Prof Wanes. A Snd N as cowparcd wit* iVsaa University would hare tto fallow ing aroilaUa taactom: |1 A AMD M U or T PSD i J XjR i 1 Master . II ■ ■ 1. «M|i . 14 _li I Tf;i . t No Degrsw Try J. *! Bridge Tournament Benefiting Cotton Net proceeds amounting to 1100 were derived from the Cotton Con test bridge tournament held at the Bryan Country Club on Friday, , ^ . ..... . = . . , , March 3. Members of the gen- , of A .od Mtod.r.._of f.r moro .m|K,rU^o ^ comm , tt „ “ o: the above discussed subjects. Bnck and mortar alone fall: , ... .. , ,, ... . _ i i j nounceo that tne party rt eg making a school great. Petty jealousie* among heads of lent i are detrimental to the college, the; welfare of which should rYirsttonsideration. A and M should not be the training ground f<k yeung nstructors who. after securing an advanced degree there, go to some good position with another school. This doe* not mean that th*re ehouU not be a pruaing of some of the dead timber in the faculty when sue h s necessary. We need more permanent, highly trained, co- tive. spirited instructors. last, but by no means least, the edrollment should not de- beeatise the football team has not won a championship since 17. We farmer students should not have to listen to thinking people that A and M is going down fast” K. s. portbrJ . Dallas, Texas The biggest snd finest crop of revolution* you ever saw is sprout ing all ova* this country right now. —John A. Simpson, president of the Farmers Union. T was a suc cess due to tha active interest tak en by residents of Bryan snd Col lege Station and by the whole hearted cooperation‘shown by mer chants of the two communities. The two reception rooms of the Country Club ware gaily decorated for the occasion. E. W. Ramsey, Garland, designed the decorative travel posters and A. E. Bryant, Corsicana, president of the Agro nomy Society, eras assisted by oth er members of the society in their arrangement A picture of a large steamship bearing the name 8. 8. Cotton, was hung above the mantel of the fireplace in the main room. Festoons of Spanish moss hanging from the ceiling beams completed the decorations. . . _ . Music for dancing waa furnished The mom Europe pays the Unit- wjth ch4 b g* Cwnpu, Ser- ed States, the leas likelihood is * 7 there of that Assuming that graduate instruc tion would be given by no teachers below the rank of associate profes sor. it will be notsd'that A and M has four Ph.D’s compared to one Winners Is Success *• "" „ of T "* - •" d nineteen with the Masters degree 1 j compared to fourteen at the Uni- ^ versity. A tabulation of the highest de grees and years of teaching of the- members of our teaching staff who are actually giving instruction, in cluding those in f related Sciences, are as follows: 27*/i , have Ph.D degrees. 69'* have Master’s'degrees. 14% have not received a second degree. The list shows an average col lege experience of fourteen years. This college is St present giving more graduate work in engineering than the University of Texas. 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