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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1950)
T Batt Increases to Six-Page Daily This Fall Clayton Selph MM Dave Coslett Co-Editors | * ” T ' - ■ ' ^ % : : : SljSsillSS: !•:■: . 0. Tied! Dean Reed Managing Editors John Whitmore In an effort to more completely fulfill its dual role as both the campus student newspaper and the news medium of the City of College Station, The Battalion will increase in size this year from four pages daily to six pages Tuesday through Friday. Monday’s edition will con tinue to be four page edition unless news breaks and advertising war rant more pages. Heading the editorial staff of the six page, 1950-51 Battalion will be Co-Editors Dave Coslett and Clayton Selph, senior journalism ma jors. The history of the two editors on The Battalion closely pai’allel one another in their four year climb to the top student editorial posts on the campus. As freshmen the two headed The Little Batt published at the A&M Annex, Selph serving as editor and Coslett as associate editor. Coming to the campus the following year, Coslett became a member of the feature staff and was named feature editor during his junior year. Selph moved into the post of copy editor his sophomore year and served as co-editor of the 1949 Summer Battalion. Following the summer editorship, he was named managing editor last year. Managing Editors Named Top appointive posts on The Battalion this year will go to John Whitmore, Dean Reed, and L. 0. Tiedt, who have been named manag ing editors. Whitmore and Reed will head the production end of the paper and serve jointly as feature editors, a modification of last years staff organization. Tiedt will head the editorial department and serve as editor of the editorial page, which will be developed along the lines of other daily papers this year. Whitmore is a senior journalism major from Houston and began his Battalion career at the Annex with Selph and Coslett. He served as a news editor on last years Battalion and spent the summer as an “intern” on The San Antonio Express. Summer Co-Editors Reed is a junior journalism, major from Pasadena, who served as an editorial writer, sports writer and news editor last year. He was editor of the Freshman page in 1948-49, and served as : 1950 Summer co-editor. Tiedt, a junior ag journalism major, from La Grange began his Battalion experience as Managing Editor of The Freshman Page and last year was a copy editor, and news editor. He was co-editor of the Summer Batt during the first semester. Top News Editors Appointed Heading the Battalion’s three news departments this year will be Sid Abernathy, campus news editor; Frank N. Manitzas, sports editor, and Joel Austin, city news editor. Abernathy is a junior ag journalism major from Rusk and was a Battalion copy editor last year. He served as second semester co editor of the 1950 Summer Battalion. Manitzas is a junior Physics major from San Angelo and began his Seventy-Five Years of Progress . . . * Anniversary Day Is October 4 By FRANK DAVIS A&M’s 75th anniversary obser vance will be opened officially Oct. 4 with a celebration similar to the opening exercises at the college Oct. 4, 1876, 74 years ago, accord ing to J. J| Woolket, director of the anniversary committee. On the steps of Old Main, one ef the college’s two buildings then, the first ceremony was held before the faculty of six, the student body of less than 50 and some 300 vis- ’itors. Gov. Richard Coke was the prin- »ipal speaker, and President Tho mas Gathright responded to the governor’s talk. State Affair ■The celebration this year will be held in Kyle Field and is planned as a state affair. A large re presentation of state officials and members of the legislature are ex pected to respond to the 25,000 special invitations sent out, Wool ket said, as well as former students ami friends of the college. This year Gov. Allan Shivers will be the principal speaker at the ceremony. The program will began at 10 a. m. with a parade by the cadet corps. That-afternoon an open house is planned 'at the Memorial Student Center. Also planned are tours of the college for visitors, and a re ception by President M. T. Har rington. Anniversary Ball In the evening there will be an Anniversary Ball with a name band furnishing the music at the Grove. - Nov. 9, the date of the inaugu ration of President Harrington, is the next major highlight of the observance. There will be a review of the BE RICH WITH SAVINGS Buy At SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE • Books • Hobby Crafts • Records • Supplies WHY WAIT? ... Be Rich Today SHAFFER’S Book Store Across from Post Office N. Gate College Station cadet corps on the drill fieM in the morning, followed by an inaugural luncheon at Sbisa Hall for dele gates from leading colleges, uni versities, and junior colleges in the nation and guests, honoring Pres ident Harrington. Hannah is Speaker Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State College and one of the outstanding land grant col lege presidents, will be the prin cipal speaker at the luncheon. Dwight D. Eisenhower, presi dent of Columbia University, will be the main speaker at the inaugu ration ceremony which takes place at 3 p. m. in Kyle Field. Following the ceremony, there will be a president’s reception in the Memorial Student Center. Another highlight of the obser vance will be the annual muster April 21, staged by students and former students as a homecoming for all A&M men similiar to the one held in 1946. MSG Dedication A part of the muster will be the formal dedication of the Memorial Student Center as a memorial to A&M men who died in World War I and II. Some other highlights of the year long observance will be the dedication of the New Beef Cattle Center on Sept. 29 and a visit to the campus Oct. 20 by Dr. Robert Miliken, noted physicist of Cali fornia Institute of Technology. Dr. Miliken will speak at a gen eral assembly session, as well as at the staff conference of the Ag ricultural Experiment Station. Open House Changed A college open house on April 27 has been separated from the Par ents Day scheduled for May 12. A historical display prepared (by the Architecture Department as well as other departmental dis plays will be a part of the open house. On Parent’s Day, academic and military awards will be made. Also occurring in May is the an nual Cotton Ball and Cotton Pa geant. On March 28-April 7, the School of Arts and Sciences will signalize the work done in each of the de partments in the school, with a program designed to bring into the anniversary activites a large num ber of students and to bring visi tors to the campus. MS—Engineering Likewise the periods from March 9-10 and March 12-17 will be given to the School of Military Science and Tactics and School of Engin eering, respectively, for similar purposes. An agricultural and veterinary medicine open house will be held June 25 until June 30 under the supervision of the Agricultural Extension Service. Almost every gathering and cere mony during the 1950-51 school year will be keynoted by the anni- yersaryf theme, Woolket said, and nearly all the short courses and programs planned are being in tegrated with the 75th anniversary plans. Special Seal A special anniversary seal has been prepared for use on mail sent out of the college and on publica tions issued during the year. Also aiding in publicizing the an niversary year, Woolket said, is a special cancellation which the post office began using Sept. 1. ACCREDITED BIBLE COURSE -Fall Semester- (Register at Religious Education Table) (G hours of credit in Bible are allowed toward a degree) Course 305—OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTER STUDIES Section 500P : - -F—9—Anderson Course 30G—NEW TESTAMENT CHARACTER STUDIES Section 500S T—10—Fowler Course 309—EARLY OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY Section 500T ....Th—10—Fowler Course 312—THE GOSPEL OF JOHN Section 500M Th—8—Smith Course 313—SURVEY OF NEW TESTAMENT Section 500L T & Th—10—Smith Section 501Li : W & F—8—Smith Course 314—SURVEY OF OLD TESTAMENT Section 500N M, W, F—10—Smith Course 318—THE BOOK OF ACTS Section SOOT *...Th—9—Fowler Course 319—EPISTLES OF PAUL Section 500K T & Th—8—Sneed Section 501K -M & W—10—Sneed Course 320—THE BOOK OF REVELATION Section 500M T—8—Smith Course 321—THE GENERAL EPISTLES Section 500R T—9—Sneed Course 323—THE LIFE OF JESUS Section 500V M, W, F—11—Smith Section 501V M, W, F—8—Sneed Course 324—THE MAJOR PROPHETS Section 500W M, W, F—9—Sneed Course 325—THE BOOK OF JOB Section 500S T & Th—11—Taubenhaus Course 327—UNITY OF THE BIBLE Section 500R M & W—11—Brown Batt work in the sports department as sports editor of the Freshman Page. Last year he was a sports news editor. Austin to Replace Edwards Austin will replace Curtis Edwards as city editor of the Batt this year. Edwards has been named corps chaplain and chose' not to con tinue in a full-time position on The Battalion, this year. Austin is a sophomore business major from Alice, and was editor of The Freshman Page last year. He was named to fill the city editor post because of his outstanding work in that position on the Summer Battalion. Organizational plans for this year call for dual heads of each one of the above news posts, but appointment of staff members to fill those jobs will be delayed until about October 1. Editorial Assistants Assisting Tiedt with editorial duties besides the co-editors will be Carter Phillips summer editorial assistant and Tommy Fontaine, sen ior ManE major. Sports- coverage for the Fall semester will be handled by Harold Gann, Ray Holbrook, R. G. DeBerry, Dick Peyton, John Gottlob and Joe Blanchette and Pat LeBlanc, Annex sports writers. Sam Molinary, last year’s Batt photographer, will serve as chief photographer this year assisted by Bill Hites and James Barnard. Amusements will be covered part-time by both Herman Gollob, now Commentator co-editor and Fred Walker, summer amusements editor. Returning Staff Writers Backing up the city news editor will b^ returning staff members Emil Bunjes, Jr., Bill Mebane, and Dudley Hughes. Other returning news writers this year are Bob Boyd, Bob Hugh- son, Marvin Matusek, Frank Davis, Jim Anderson, Tom Rountree, Raymond Rushing, Kenneth Wiggins, B. F. Roland, Walter Tahamachi, John Tapley, and Bert Hardaway. Returning Feature Writers are Ray Williams, Wayne Davis, Ches ter Critchfield and Bill Thompson. T h F BATTALIO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1950 Page 3 AGGIES... Have you tried our values?? • SUMMER SERGE • PANCHOS • PINKS « MQ43 JACKETS • FATIGUES • O. D. PANTS * COMBAT BOOTS • COVERALLS THE PICK-UP SHOP 418 N. Main Bryan P0 Moves Into New Quarters The Sub-Station Post Of fice at the Memorial Student Center is now open and is carrying on its normal func tions Besides the 1,585 post office boxes transferred from the old South Station at Campus Comer, an additional 1,458 new boxes and related equipment is due in now and will be installed as soon as it arrives, according to Ernest Gregg superintendent of the Sub-Station. These new boxes will bring the total to 3,043 boxes and are ex pected to be sufficient for all stu dents desiring them. Freshmen liv ing in dorms 14, 15, 16, 17, and Walton Hall and students living in Milner should rent their post of fice boxes from the main post office at North Gate, Gregg said. Approximately 850 boxes in the old bunch brought over from the South Station are unrented, as are all the new boxes. PEACE PRAYERS Prayers for a Christian Peace will continue Friday from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Bryan, the Rev. Vern Swartsfager said, THE A&M PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH YOUR COLLEGE CHURCH NORMAN ANDERSON, Pastor GEORGE SCHWARZ, President Presbyterian Student League — Weekly Program — Church School 9:45 Morning Worship . . . .11:00 Student League . . . 6:30 Christian Fellowship .. 7:30 — Significant Events — Simultaneous Evangelistic Meeting, Sept. 24-30 Host to Presbyterian Student Association of Texas and Oklahoma, October 6-8 Religious Emphasis Week, February 12 - 17 The Church is one block north and one west of the Greyhound Bus Station at North Gate Pastor’s office in Y.M.C.A., Telephone 4-9207 This will be your Church during your College years, and we welcome you most heartily to its worship, fellowship and service • IN THE SERVICE OF CHRIST AT A&M • 1 VISIT BRYAN'S NEWEST STORE 1 EXCLUSIVE LADIES READY-TO-WEAR, SHOES, SUITS, COATS, SKIRTS, BLOUSES, HOSE, PURSES, MILLINERY, LINGERIE, TOPPERS . . . JUST EVERYTHING FOR THE WOMEN. 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