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The Battalion
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TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1956
A Statement of Policy
No iron-clad rules exist by which a newspaper is run nor
is there any desire for them. Such rules would prove more
damaging than protective.
There are, however, certain general principles that de
termine the overall policy of a newspaper. Even though The
Battalion is primarily a student newspaper, the aim of its
editors will be to guide its policy so as to adhere to the same
principles that supposedly are the ideal for all newspapers.
Since there is a thin line between freedom of the press
and the legal restraints such as libel, newspapers have adop
ted their own code of ethics to serve as guides and touch
stones for self-regulation.
These practices, while allowing a fair, accurate and
complete report of the news, are guaged to the standards of
taste and decency of the average citizen.
Adopted by the American Society of Newspaper Editors,
The Newspaper Code of Ethics is as follows:
1. Responsibility—The right of a newspaper to attract
and hold readers is restrcted by nothing but considerations of
public welfare.
2. Freedom of the Press—Freedom of the press is to be
guarded as a vital right of mankind. It is the unquestionable
right to discuss whatever is not explicitly forbidden by law,
including the wisdom of any restrictive statute.
3. Independence—Freedom from all obligations except
that of fidelity to the public interest is vital.
4. Sincerity, Truthfulness, Accuracy—Good faith with
the reader is the foundation of all journalism worthy of the
name.
5. Impartiality—Sound practice makes clear distinction
between news reports and expression of opinion. News re
ports should be free of any bias of any kind.
6. Fair Play—A newspaper should not publish unofficial
charges affecting reputation of'moral character without op
portunity given to the accused to be heard.
7. Decency—A newspaper cannot escape conviction of
insincerity if while professing a high moral purpose, it sup
plies incentives to base conduct.
Board Approves Appointments
Why Sen. Estes Kefauver
reads The Reader’s Digest
Yf magazine like. The Reader's Digest takes Up ivhere
school leaves off. It touches on an impressive, array of
significant subjects. It throws a white light on the issues
that confront us. It educates as it entertains."
In May Reader’s
Digest don’t miss:
CONDENSATION FROM BEST SELLER: “HOW TO LIVE
365 DAYS A YEAR.” Half of those seeking medical
aid can blame badly handled emotions, says Dr.
John Schindler. Here he contrasts the damage done
by flare-ups and worry with the healing power of
good emotions, and gives 7 steps for cultivating a
happier disposition.
THE CURIOUS CUSTOM OF GOING STEADY. C amcron
Shipp describes the elaborate rituals and taboos of
modern teen-age social life.
THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING OTHER PEOPLE. Before
we judge another, we should ask: “Might 1 not be
as bad or worse if faced with his troubles?” Clar
ence Hall shows how amazingly our souls are en
larged by searching out the best in others.
WHAT WOMEN DON’T KNOW ABOUT BEING FEMALE.
“As a doctor,” says Marion Hilliard, “I don’t be
lieve there is such a thing as a platonic relation
ship between a man and woman who are alone to
gether a good deal.” Here are her reasons.
Get May Reader’s Digest
jj at your newsstand today—only 25&
43 articles of lasting interest, including the best from leading
magazines and current books, condensed to save your time.
The Board of Directors of the
Texas A&M College System, meet
ing Friday here, approved the fol
lowing appointmants:
System Administrative Offices
Comptroller’s Office, J. A. Amis
Jr., attorney; Charles Cosper, as-
stant auditor.
Texas A&M College
Agricultural Education, Mrs.
Lena M. Mays, secretary; Agron
omy, Mrs. Avys W. Locke, steno
grapher; Biochemistry and Nutri
tion, Tollie Williams Jr., labora
tory helper; Daily Husbandry, Mrs.
Marlene S. Berryman, stenograph
er-bookkeeper; Ralph R. Harris,
research assistant; Poultry Hus
bandry, Roy C. Funguy, graduate
teaching assistant.
Biology, Ronald S. McCarter,
technician; Chemistry, Dr. George
H. Crook, assistant professor; His
tory, Claude Roberts Jr., instruc-
ton; Modern Languages, Mis. Olga
Otero Mora we, stenographer; Oce
anography, Newton W. Cunning
ham, acting instructor; William
W. Hildreth Jr., assistant profes
sor; Kilho Park, graduate teach
ing assistant; Lawrence E. Truppi,
graduate teaching assistant and
graduate research assistant; Phq-
sics, Harold N. Ballard, instructor.
Basic Division, Mrs. Zola Ruth
McKeller, stenographer; Aeronau
tical Engineering, Mrs. Mary Kath
erine Hardy, stenographer; Arch
itecture Charles Ralph Colbert,
professor and head; Mrs. Edith
Ann Bates, stenographer; Geology,
Stanley A. Mosteller and William
E. Sweet, both graduate teaching-
assistants; Mechanical Engineer
ing, Robert L. Cloud, teaching fel
low; Bernard Edward Dunkle, in
structor; John A. Whitacre Jr.,
temporary instructor.
Buildings and College Utilities,
Gordon L. Currin, well and pump
operator; Easterwood Airport, Mrs.
Ruby L. Weaver, stenographer;
Fiscal Department, Mrs. Wanda
June Brown, clerk; College Hos
pital, Dr. Charles R. Lyons, sup
erintendent; Miss Billie Jean
Smith, Nurse; Library, Mrs. Nor
man Anne Koch, library assistant;
Mrs. Cora Ann Rand, clerk-typist;
Mrs. Verba - Jeanne Tinsley, clerk
typist (Texas Engineers Library);
Registrar’s Officd, Mrs. Betty J.
Smith, tabulating machine opera
tor; Student Activities, Mrs. Caro
lyn J. Pearce, temporary steno
grapher; Student Apartments, Mrs.
Evelyn D. Clark, secretary.
Arlington State College
Fiscal Department, Dennis E.
Godwin, property custodian and
accountant; Registrar’s Office,
Mrs. Margaret Williams, records
clerk; Business Administration,
Mrs. Martha Weicker, secretary;
Library, Mrs. Rebecca Hogan, as
sistant; librarian; Farm and Dairy,
Hol^ 11 ^, dairyman; Main-
Qjpe Bowman, painter.
Prairie Vk* w A. and M. College
Fiscal Office, Byron Johnson,
clerk.
Department of Education, Cas-
sie M. Starr, instructor; Depart
ment of History, Purvis M. Carter,
instructor; Marcus A. Freeman,
graduate assistant; Department of
Foreign Languages, Hattie O.
Jackson, instructor; Department of
Sociology, Samuel Garner and
Madonna Perkins, both instructors;
College Hospital, Ethelyn Beal;
part-time nurse; Joan Brooks, sec
retary-receptionist ; IC A-Liberian
Project, William M. Hoskins, cab
inet maker; Dining Hall, George
E. Higgs, accountant.
Maintenance Department, Wal
ter R. Boykin, carpenter-foreman;
l , Gxanderson Davis, painter-fore-
man; Ollie A. Nolan, janitor; Mel
vin Stubblefield, truck driver’s as-
stantant; College Exchange, Bettty
J. Carlock, clerk; Telephone Office,
Frankie M. Rigsby, telephone op
erator; Recreation Center, Burn-
adine JL. Lewis, manager.
Tarleton State College
Department of English and Lan
guages, William B. Martin, pro
fessor and head; Department of
Mathematics, William Floyd Hill,
professor and head.
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station
Agronomy, Dona J. Mayhew and
Delores P. White, stenographers;
Shirley M. McDougald, clerk; State
Chemist, Joan B. Woolsey, techni
cal assistant; Biochemistry and
Nutrition, Rara A. Hearn, technic
ian; Hans H. Lau, post doctoral
fellow; Feed Control Service, Ruth
H. Erwin, secretary; Horticulture,
Edward E. Burns, assistant profes
sor; Janice A. Jumper, department
secretary; Poultry Husbandry, Sa
rah C. Adams, records clerk; Vet
erinary Medicine, Joseph N. Beas
ley, assistant professor; Georgia
A. Cummings, technician; Substa
tion No. 2, Tyler, Charles F.
Hamm, laborer; Poultry Disease
Investigations—Center, Robert L.
Clifford Jr., associate poultry path
ologist.
Texas Engineering Experiment
Station
Josej^h C. Brusse, research as
sistant.
Texas Transportation Institute
Charley V^Wootan, associate re
search economist.
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service
Dorothy L. Beavers, Patricia J.
Broyles, Mrs. Margy J. Turrichi,
Mrs. Mava E. Snider, all assistant
county home demonstration agents;
Hugh Lester Byrd, Roy S. Conner,
Joseph R. Croley, Alfred D. Fields,
Lucian M. McCarroll, Garland R.
Marshall, Lowell D. Richardson,
James B. Wendland, all assistant
county agricultural agents; Mrs.
Roberta H. Ash, Mrs. Patsy H.
Feagan, Mrs. Gloria H. Hall, Mrs.
Anne P. Johnson, Mrs. Nancy Os
borne, Mrs. Mary Stephenson, all
stenographers; Mrs. LaRue Shan
ahan, clerk.
Robert G. Cherry, extension eco
nomist; Joe E. Cole, associate
county agricultural agent-horticul
ture; Martin J. Cuba and Arvey
E. Lee, farm demonstration assist
ants; Ettie Musil, Mrs. Madeline
G. Kennedy, county home demon
stration agentts; Mrs. Martha
Long, Negro county home demon
stration agent.
Texas Engineering Extension
Service
Rosemary K. Burrough, secre
tary.
Texas Forest Service
Virginia Finley, secretary; Wil
liam A. Smith, associate forestry
educator; Max C. Dolato, assistant
forester and William D. Mowery,
crewman (both at Linden); Rob
ert H. Bloom, assistant forester
(Lufkin); Jerry A. Maxey, crew
man (Woodville).
What’s Cooking
The schedule for tonight is as
follows:
7:30
Pre-Med Pre-Dent Society will
meet in the Biological Science
Building, room 107. Movies will
be shown.
Poultry Science Club, MSC; pic
ture to be made at 5:15 on MSC
steps.
No Time Specified
Fish and Game Club; Ag Engi
neering Building. Officers will be
elected, and a party planned. Also
plans for Mothers’ Day exhibit
will be made.
SPECIAL!! VETERINARIAN STUDENTS;
Sale of Wrap-around and Button Clinic Jackets $2.751
STUDENT CO-OP STOKE <
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HEY AGGIES - DON’T DELAY
Now Is The Time To Buy Your New 1956 . . .
MERCURY or FORD
GOOD DISCOUNTS ON STRAIGHT SALES
MORE FOR YOUR TRADE IN
For your convenience we have tried to work out some finance
plans whereby it will make it easier for you to get your new car.
For Example:
TWO MONTHS GIVEN FROM DELIVERY DATE UNTIL YOU
MAKE YOUR FIRST PAYMENT.
— Or —
YOUR FIRST THREE PAYMENTS AT ONLY $40.00 WITH THE
.REGULAR PAYMENTS STARTING FOUR MONTHS FROM THE
TIME YOU TAKE DELIVERY.
— Or —
NO DOWN PAYMENT AT ALL IF YOU ARE A GRADUATING
SENIOR IN R.O.T.C. AND HAVE YOUR ORDERS TO GO INTO THE
SERVICE.
Don’t say I can’t buy a car, come by and see one of our sales
men at Bryan Motors, Highway 6 South. You will be surprised at
some of the deals I can work out for you. Call at TA 2-1605 in the
daytime or VI 6-7305 at night. Call for a demonstration ride at
any time. If you dont’ want a new car we always have a large
selection of clean used cars priced right.
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The Editorial Policy of The Battalion
Represents the Views of the Student Editors
The Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical Cok—_
Texas and the City of College Station, is published by students in the Office of If&e of
Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Pubi, ^dent
Is Ross Strader. The governing body of ail student publications of the A.AM. 1<: ^tions
of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Karl E Ei Cc ‘llege
Chairman; Donald D. Burchard. Tom Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student tv/^uist.
are Derreli H. Guiles. Paul Holladay. and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio memti '‘'kers
Charles Roeber. and Ross Strader. Secretary. The Battalion is published fou^* are
a week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and v Umes
and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday r acj U!on
regular school year and on Thursday during tl- summer terms and during exan; 0, ‘ the
and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday imavilr' llon
preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester ‘^tely
per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates *6.00
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College Station. Texas,
under the Act of Con
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