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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1941)
.A >V S . I * . r v 1 M i , / s THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941- Signal Corps Offers Chance for College Grads as Officers THE BATTALION The War Department has made arrangements to take a limited number of college graduates into the Signal Corps Reserve with sec ond lieutenants ratings. Other than a college education or its practical equivalent in elec trical engineering or electronic physics applicant must have the following qualifications: 1. Be civilian or enlisted person, nel i" any component of the Army of the United States in either ac tive or inactive status. 2. Be unmarried without de pendents between 21 and 36 years of age and be able to meet the physical standards prescribed for appointment as Reserve officers. 3. Accept active duty outside the Continental United States if necessary. Personnel commissioned under this authority will be ordered to active duty at Fort Mammouth, New Jersey, for a brief course of military instruction. Their train ing will be continued at other lo cations to be designated. Upperclassmen Attention! Dig Down In Your Trunks And Get Those OLD BOOKS And Trade With Us BEST PRICES OFFERED Loupotfs Trading NORTH GATE Aspirant Journalists May Take New Courses English Department Supplements Curriculum With Journalism Subjects Two new courses in journalism are to be added to the English Department this year. During the first semester, a new course in in terpretative writing will be offer ed. This is a course for advanced reporters. It is a continuation of straight news writing but recog nizes the fact that there is grow-’ ing importance to interpretation of certain types of material which has news value but is too com plex for the average reader. During the second semester, a new course in specialized forms of writing is to be offered. This course deals with interesting and proper writing of feature stories, special columns, reviews and var ious types of editorials. The course also teaches students how to read newspapers and magazines with maximum appreciation. In addition to these new courses, the English Department will again offer a course in beginners news reporting and a course in news editing. The beginners news re porting course includes a study of the fundamentals of news report ing. It deals primarily with a gen erally accepted newspaper style book, the value of accuracy, proper evaluation of material used in news writing and the importance of con ciseness, simplicity and brevity in reporting material of current inter est. A &M Board of Directors Pass Resolution on E. J. Kiest Beat WHEN YOU WANT GOOD FOOD THINK OF COLLEGE COURTS COFFEE SHOP WE SPECIALIZE IN Steaks Sea Foods Sandwiches • Operating Managers V. V. Mercer J. Mit. Lee “I have no light to illuminate my pathway into the future save that which falls over my shoulders from the past.” —Patrick Henry A SYSTEMATIC SAVINGS PLAN GUARAN TEES THAT WHEN YOU BECOME THE OLD MAN YOU WILL BE SELF SUPPORTING. SEABOARD Life Insurance Co. HOUSTON, TEXAS W. F. MUNNERLYN, ’26, Dist. Mgr. Associates: H. E. Burgess, ’29 Sidney L. Loveless, ’38 Paul L. Martin, ’39 Plans for a Greater A & M Designed / t As Former Students and Board Meet The Board of Directors of A. & M. in a recent meeting passed a resolution on the death of one of its members, Edwin J. Kiest, of Dallas. The resolution follows: In the passing of Mr. Edwin J. Kiest Texas has lost one of her most useful and distinguished citizens. For more than a half century Mr. Kiest made notable contribution to the development of the great city in which he lived, but he was not content to stop there. In many direct ions his interest was State wide, and perhaps the most striking evidence of this was the devotion with which he serv ed long and faithfully as a Director of the A. & M. College of Texas. The college was very dear to his heart and, in his quiet way, he helped many poor boys through the institution. Mr. Kiest was regarded by his associates on the Board as a never-failing tower of strength. During the last months of his life he was in failing health, but Street Takes Spencer’s Position William E. Street has been se lected to head the department of engineering drawing, succeeding C. Spencer, resigned, Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the school of engineering has announced. Street, who replaces Spencer, is a native Texan. He took his de gree of bachelor of science in elec trical enginering and master of arts in engineering education at Texas Technological College and has been serving in the drawing department there since 1928. GREETINGS AGGIES Check Your Needs And VISIT OUR Military Department You Will Find Hart Schaffner and Marx Tailored UNIFORMS AND SLACKS ARROW SHIRTS and TIES FLORSHEIM SHOES FREEMAN SHOES JUNIOR CAPS FRESHMAN CAPS LEE COVERALLS INSIGNIA GLOVER FINGER TIP WOOL COATS GLOVER LEATHER COATS ALUGATOR RAIN COATS Many Other Items You Will Need BULLOCK-SIS Bryan’s Popular Price Cash Clothiers THE FRIENDLY SHOP regardless of doctors’ orders he attended all Board Meetings of the College and performed faith fully every duty assigned to him. He was a man of strong char acter and convictions and al ways had the courage to fight for what he thought was right. BE IT RESOLVED that this testimony regarding the charac ter and service of Mr. Kiest be recorded in the minutes of the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College of Texas, that a copy be furnished to the press, and that a copy be sent to his fam ily. Student Laborers Make Honor Grades A high percentage of A. & M.’s distinguished students are employ ed here as part of the student labor program, Wendell R. Hors ley, Chairman, Student Labor Com mittee, announced after an analy sis of student personnel records for the last year. During both the first and sec ond semesters 641 student were dis tinguished in their scholastic work. Of this number 273 of them or 42.6 per cent were student labor employees. In order to distinguish, a stu dent must have a grade point av erage of 2.25 and have no grades below C. In commenting upon the showing made by student em ployees, Horsley said, “I believe this is a fine record.” Moser Only Player to Have Old Number Derace Moser is the only Aggie football player who will retain his" old number (42) for the coming gridiron campaign. This year, in accordance with the Naitonal Foot ball Association’s suggestion, Coach Homer Norton has numerically ar ranged his players by position. The remains of the 150 elephants and 100 mastodons on display in the A. & M. Museu*- all ex cavated within ?' f the campus. I Welcome, Aggies, OLD AND NEW It is the same old stuff, but we really mean it. And we shall be happy to serve you in a manner which you would expect from a firm that has been serving Aggies for Thir ty Years. SANKEY PARK JEWELERS 111 N. Main St. Bryan WELCOME BACK To AGGIELAND Drop Around To See Us CASEY’S CONFECTIONERY in the «Y” EATS — Drinks — Smokes A momentous meeting in the an nals of the state’s land grant col lege was held on the campus re cently when members of the col lege board of directors held a joint session with the board of directors of the former students association, during which President T. 0. Wal ton and the deans of the college staff detailed their plans and hopes for a greater A. & M.. The A. & M. Association of Former Students presented to the college directors and administrative heads a complete program which would lead to endowment of the institution, to enable it to make progress by supplementing state appropriated funds. The proposal was accepted for thorough study and later action. Walton Tell of Experimental Needs President Walton stressed the need for industrial and engineering experimentation. “Had the same support been given these fields as has been accorded agricultural experimentation through the years, Dr. Walton said “the nation’s in dustries would not now be ranged along a comparatively small area of the Eastern seaboard, and the national defense emergency would not be so acute.” Dr. Walton pointed out that A. & M. was founded under pro visions of the Land Grant Col lege act of 1862 which in a man ner revolutionized the educational concept of that day, in that it open ed the doors of higher education al opportunity to the children of the middle class; and that it stressed military training as a re quisite. “Land grant colleges in states such as Texas, where they are separate from the state uni versities, have adhered strictly to the provisions of the act with a higher degree of efficiency,” Dr. .Walton said. A. & M. Service Institution “By their nature, however, land grant colleges in general, and A. & M. in particular, have not had adequate financial backing, and hardships have resulted. In the very truest sense of the word, A. & M. is a service institution for all of the people of the state, and it is unfortunate that we have been so handicapped financially through out the life of the institution that we have been a training ground for faculty and research experts for better financed educational in stitutions.” Largest Percent of Graduates Dr. F. C. Bolton, dean of the college, spoke along the same line, declaring it the policy of A. & M. “not to have the largest fresh man class in history, but the fresh man class with the largest percent age of eventual graduates. Where as at the present time only one student out of three who enter A. & M. graduates, we hope to re verse the ratio not by reducing standards, but by better guidance,” Dean Bolton declared. Dean Gibb Gilchrist of the school of engineering suggested revolu tionary changes in the curriculum, and more intensified vocational study before high school gradu ates are allowed to launch upon the study of any phase of engineer ing. Proposed Summer Camps “I believe we should make it compulsory, “Dean Gilchrist said, “for every high school graduate planning to take engineering to attend a two-month summer camp maintained by A. & M. out in the hill country where he would be reviewed in mathematics and science by guidance experts who 'at the conclusion of the 60-day ob servation period would be able to advise the boy whether to continue in his ambition to be an engineer. “Those who are accepted then would be given two years of pre liminary training, and a certifi cate of completion of the basic courses. Then he would be given a six weeks intensive preparation for launching into the specialized training of whatever branch of engineering he was best equipped to follow. Exes Back Board All of the other deans at A. & M. and the deans of the branch col leges at Arlington and Stephen- ville spoke on the shortage of classroom and laboratory facilities, and on the situation which forces scientists to carry such a heavy teaching load that no time or en ergy is left for research work. Directors of the Forestry Service, Extension Service, and Agricultur al Experiment Station also spoke on their programs. Speaking for the former students of the college, Marion Church of search personnel; funds which might be used to keep outstand ing professors when other colleges and universities offer greater re muneration; an auditorium or Dallas, declared that the alumni would back the A. & M. Board of Directors and the administration officers in any undertaking they would launch to expand the facili ties and usefulness of the institu tion. “You be the Robinson Cru soe,” Mr. Church declared, “and we’ll be your man Friday.” Pressing Needs Among the immediate pressing needs for A. & M. discussed at length during the two-day meeting were additional teaching and re- Junior & Senior Uniforms TAILORED TO MEASURE SLACKS—Elastic .... $13.50 BLOUSE—Elastic .... $31.00 MACKINAWS (lined) $34.50 NORWOOD’S Bryan Page 3 armory or recreational building which will seat the entire student body expected to reach 7,000 this year; purchase of additional land adjacent to the present campus; erection of a student union build ing to vary the social and leisure hours of A. & M. students; and establishment of an endowment of sufficient size to supplement the state funds appropriated for the college. 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