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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1954)
Page 2 THE BATTALION Friday, September 24, 1954 14 Years Experience Battalion Staff Is Named For This Year’s Publication A staff which totals more than 14 years of experience on The Battalion will put out this year’s papers under the guidance of Co- Editors Harri Baker and Bob Bo- riskie. Baker, a senior journalism ma- Thc documented history of Tex as A&M is growing by leaps and bounds says Prof. D. B. Gofer, college archivist. The archives was established four years ago and since that time the archives office has received hundreds of historical documents and is receiving more each day. Gofer is an authority on A&M history. In the collection are four books written by Gofer on the early history of A&M, told through the lives and activities of the men who administered and served the col lege from its opening in 1876 to 1905. Former students throughout the state and elsewhere have sent in historical documents, some dating back many years and some up to the present. Complete Guide To Hand Loading HILLCREST HARDWARE jor from Memphis, Tenn., started with the paper his freshman year. During his sophomore year he was city editor and last year was cam pus editor. Last spring he was elected act ing co-editor after the resignation For example, Louis A. Hartung of San Antonio sent a scrapbook of 1925-29, carrying the signatures of 165* classmates, pictures, pro grams, ticket stubs and other his torical data, showing student life at that time. Mrs. W. E. Joor of Houston sent in biographic notes on her uncle, William Lorraine Bringhurst, the sixth president of the college, and an autograph of W. B. Philpott, class of 1884. A picture of the 1896 football team was sent in by Dr. and Mrs. Tom Coke Hairston of Columbus. Rides For SA Ags The San Antonio A&M Mothei’S club transportation chairman has written The Battalion asking that her address and phone number be published so San Antonio students will be able to get rides to and from San Antonio. She is Mrs. E. W.ulfe, 503 Mission sti’eet. Her phone number is LE-2-4894. of the former co-editoi’s. He has worked for the Memphis Commer cial-Appeal and has edited the Big Bend Sentinel, weekly newspaper of Marfa. He was summer Bat talion editoi'-advertising manager. A Woxdd War II veteran, Boi’is- kie is a native of Bryan. He started his work on The Battalion his sophomore year and has been sports editor and news editox\ He was elected with Baker last spring as acting co-editoi\ This summer Boriskie worked for the San Angelo Standard-Times. He is also a senior journalism major. Managing Editor Another senior journalism ma jor, Jon Kinslow will be the Bat talion managing editor this year. A native of Dallas, Kinslow has three years experience on The Bat talion. He has been city editor and was managing editor last spring. He has also worked on The Dallas Morning News as a reporter. Sports Editor Sports Editor Jerry Wizig, a senior journalism major, has been working on the paper since his freshman year. He has woi'ked on the sports staff all thi-ee years and last year was sports editox*. This summer, Wizig, who lives in Waco, worked as a police reporter for the Galveston News. News Editor Ralph Cole, junior agricultural journalism major from Muenster and Don Shepard, senior agi'icul- tural journalism major from Jei*- myn, will be news editors this yeai 1 . Both men began their Bat talion wox-k last spring. In addi tion to his news editor duties, Cole will also cover the city news. Women’s Editor Mrs. Nora Burge, a native of Paris, Texas, is the woman’s editor this yeai\ She came to The Bat talion from the Pains News. Her husband, Bill Burge, is senior ar chitecture major. Mrs. Bui-ge attended Texas State College for Women. Reporters Reporters for this year will be Jim Neighbors, Welton Jones and Dick Rabe. Neighbors and Jones are freshmen journalism majors and Rabe is a sophomore who wrote inti’amural athletics last y ear * Advertising Manager John Hubei’, Korean war veteran and a graduate student from Tex arkana, will be Battalion advertis ing manager. He is married and has two sons, one of whom was born Monday. His advertising salesmen will be Charles Ritchey and Samuel L. Dunlap. Also on the Battalion staff this year are Miss Kerstin Ekfelt, Miss Betsy Burchard, and Maurice Olian. Miss Ekfelt is how assistant wo man’s editor, working mainly on compiling a cookbook to be pub lished by The Battalion sometime before Christmas. When this is finished she will become a feature writer. She is a senior at Stephen F. Austin high school in Bryan. Miss Burchard, a senior at A&M Consolidated high school, will write The Battalion’s weekly “Hi, School” column of news at CHS. She will also write some news and features about the school. She is editor of CHS’ newspaper, The Round-Up. Maurice Olian will write A&M Consolidated sports for The Bat talion. His stories will appear on the sports page, several times a week. He is a senior at CHS. The staff is incomplete, and will be added to during the year. “Positions are always open, and anyone who wants to work is in vited to come by the office,” said the editors. The Battalion office is on the second floor of Goodwin hall. Agriculturist Staff To Meet Agriculturist staff members, and students wishing to work on the school agriculture magazine, will meet in room 2B of the Me morial Student Center Tuesday night after yell practice, F. E. (Sonny) Tutt, editor, announced yesterday. I Tutt said that prizes may be awarded for the top story in each issue. The United States imports around eight million pounds of dried daisy blooms annually to make pyrethrum, an insecticide. _ _ $ The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $9.00 per year or $ .75 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Ac© of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. BOB BORISKIE, HARRI BAKER Co-Editors Jon Kinslow... Managing Editor Jerry Wizig Sports Editor Ralph Cole, Don Shepard ; News Editors Nora Burge Woman’s Editor Kerstin Ekfelt Assistant Woman’s Editor Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent Maurice Olian A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent John Huber. .Advertising Manager Larry Lightfoot Circulation Manager Tom Syler, Russell Reed, Ken Livingston Circulation Staff awards next week for federal service in the College Station- Bryan area. The awards, presented by the Civil Aeronautics administration, will go to B. C. McCallum, seated, and P. B. Lflore, standing. M. J. Richardson, not shown, will also receive an award. Receiving 10-year awards will be Frank F. Dunn, Claud M. Grace, M. C. Powell, and Vernon W. Turner, all from Bryan, Paul J. Bell, N. Miles Payne, Bobby Clay and J. C. Stewart, all of College Station. College Archives Growing, Cofer Says WU&T It) VO' DOH4‘ _ T14’ SKC.CEDK.IC? Al»4*T VO' ufe-KBLD TUAT YOU MOsl-REqS CAM TAH.E R.O.XC. A AM EA-ECTIVE? 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