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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1958)
The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Thursday. May 1, 1958 An Editorial Point of No Return Yesterday a new staff assumed the responsibility for The Battalion, a 65-year-old publication well respected in col legiate and professional circles. For this group of young journalists, yesterday was a point of no return. No longer are they able to pass the responsibility for decisions; no longer are they shielded by the experience and wisdom of the men they replace. The success or failure of the newspaper is now solely in their hands. Putting out a newspaper at best is a tremendous task— especially for young men who do it in addition to regular college duties. But their task is remarkingly lightened when they achieve even a small degree of success with their labor. The new staff will make some changes and being only human, some mistakes too. But so long as their ultimate goal is making Texas A&M a better university, these mis takes will not weigh heavily in the final analysis of their success or failure. The Battalion’s pupose is two-fold: service and educa tion. To fulfill these purposes and at the same time keep ever constant the goal of better A&M the new staff could find no better guide than the one written by Walter Williams, first dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, which reads in part . . . “ . . . the public journal is a public trust, and all con nected with it are, to the full measure of their responsibility, trustees for the public and acceptance of a lesser service is be trayal of this trust. “Clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy and fair ness are fundamental. “A journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true. “Suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible. “No one should write what he would not say as a gentle man; a single standard of helpful truth and cleaness should prevail for all; and the supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public service. “Journalism that succeeds best—and best deserves suc cess—fears God and honors man; is stoutly independent, unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power, constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, respect ful of its readers but always unafraid, quickly indignant at injustice, unswayed by the appeal of privilege or clamor of the mob, seeks to give every man a chance, and, so far as law and honest way and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so, an equal chance; is proudly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-camradeship; is a journalism of humanity, of and for today’s world. . .” Letters To The Editor Are You Ready For It? SPLASH DAY This Weekend In Galveston Get Your Beach Clothes Now BATHING SUITS Reversibles & Boxer Styles With MATCHING SHIRTS LOU POT'S It Pays To Trade With Lou THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and operated by students as a community newspaper and is gov erned by the student-faculty Student Publications Board at Texas A. & M. College. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M., is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. the Chairman ; Prof. Donald D. Burehard; Prof. Robert M. Stevenson ; Student members are W. T. Williams, John Avant, and Billy W. Libby and Mr. Benr Faculty members of the Student Publications Board are: Dr. Carroll D. Laverty, ntobert M. Stevenson ; and Mr. Bennie John Avant, and Billy W. Libby, Ex- officio members are Mr. Charles A. Roeber; and W. E. Kidd, Secretary and Director Zinn. of Student Publications. Entered as second - class matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Associated Collegiate Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An- The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the u spatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in ontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republii spontaneous origin publish in are also reserved. ihcation i the paper and local news of republication of all other matter here- Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester,$6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rat efsurnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA, Col lege Station, Texas. News contributi editorial office. Rooi ce. Room 4, Y ay be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the fMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOE BUSER Editor Fred Meurer ...Managing Editor Gayle McNutt Executive New Editor Robert Weekley Sports Editor Joy Roper ...Society Editor Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors Denne Freeman, Joe Callicotte, Jim Moore, John Dibattista, Jim Coston, Tucker Sutherland, Robbie Godwin Reporters Francis Nivers, Earl Doss Photographers George Wise Circulation Manager ★ ★ ★ Meet the Battman Buser Assumes Editor’s Duties With teeth gnashing and wings thrashing, Joe (Battman) Buser hovered over the editor’s chair Tuesday night and promptly at midnight plopped into the seat to begin duties as the 1958-59 Bat talion editor. Thus the blond, crew-cut lad of 20 added his name to a long list of Battalion editors dating back to 1893. Buser has had two years ex perience on the “Batt”, serving as a reporter during his sophomore year and a news editor as a jun ior. This year he became re nowned, more or less, for his column, “Off The Cuff.” Last summer the leader of “The Battmen” was editor of the Hondo Anvil Herald, a weekly newspaper in South Texas. He will take a Texas Daily New spaper Association internship with the Wichita Falls Recoi’d- News this summer. For the past two years Buser has been a member of teams of Aggies publishing weekly news papers during Easter holidays. He was junior editor on the ci'ew taking over the Liberty Vindi cator this year. He has been a member of Sigma Delta Chi, national pro fessional journalistic fraternity, for two years and served as par liamentarian during the past year. Last fall he was the A&M Undergraduate Chapter’s dele gate to the national SDX con vention in Houston. Recently he was elected 1958-59 vice president for the chapter. Buser is a member of the White Band and a former member of the Drum and Bugle Cox-ps. Other accomplishments at Ag- gieland include membership on the Student Senate and on the Memorial Student Center Public Relations Committee. The new editor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Buser of Arp. He has one brother and one sister. Editor, The Battalion I have just read the editorial about Citadel type uniforms for A&M entitled, “Why Can’t We?” I would like to ask, “Why should we?” The uniform doesn’t make the man, the man makes the uni form. You can add as many plumes, brass buttons, lace—what every you please to it and it is superficial except for the cost What’s Cooking 7:30 p. m. Baytown Hometown Club meets in x'oom 106, Academic Building, to elect officers for next yeai\ Southwest Texas Hometown Club meets in room 128, Academic, to discuss plans for annual party May 6. involved. The Citadel is a small, military school which pi'epares a man totally for a career in the service. A&M is a fairly laxge, land grant college, in reality now a univer sity, where a man can get a broad education. The militax-y training involved is only secondary to this. Therefore why should we copy The Citadel? I’m proud of the uniform we have. In my mind it stands for far more than any plume covered, brass-buttoned, expensive one ever will. Kenneth Haggard, ’58 Sincerity, a deep, genuine, heart-felt sincei'ity, is a ti’ait of true and noble manhood. —Lawrence Sterne ATTENTION AGGIES! Salesmen Wanted Full Time Summer Work SELL THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BIBLES Earn $10 To $50 A Day From the first day, immediate earnings, free training, free transportation. Work any place. For Interview Contact Robert L. 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