Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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C' . . . auefuw Jnumtfz Estate . M ' , D' l,l',I4I to Rlhltl -tfudgel, litts Riehert, Xyhite, Keith, Trout, Nlelilroyg liiyerl, l.oeyy'en, Slater, Knox. Skinner pointed hy the president ol' the eol- lege, and the editor ol' the puhlieation under eonsideration. This made. in ell'eet. three hoards with over-lapping membership sueh as the present hoard. The editor and husiness manager ol' eaeh puhlieation was eleeted hy the student hody. This was ehangxed in I929 to a hoard eomposed oi' one student repre- sentative eleeted l'rom eaeh sehool on the eampus. the editors and husiness managers ofall puhlieations, the llead ot' the College Puhlieations Depart- ment, an alumnus appointed hy' the presidenl ol' the college. one t'aeulty memher appointed hy the president and the general manager ol' student puhlieations. This hoard appointed editors and husiness managers. ln handling student puhlieations, the hoard aets in a superyisory eapae- ity. passing on general polieies and setting up aims and methods and ap- proying employees. So far as possihle the hoard leayes the responsihility for day to day yyorll on the puhlieations to the ollieers. llloyy'ey'er. the hoard has final author- ity in all eases. Steady progress has heen made in improving the puhlieations, the mem- hers ofthe hoard helieyfe. During the past few years this progress has heen made in spite of the ditlieult linaneial situation. lievenues for all puhliea- ljtlgl' tions have heen ent to ahout one-hall ol' their liormer ley'el. Itigid eeonomy has heen neeessary to keep up the seryiees and in some eases to expand them. This has handieapped the puh- liealions in their attempts to huild up the stalls. So many ol' the students on this eampus must earn at least part ol' I their expenses that l'eyy' ean deyole the amount ol' time neeessary to holding: a non-paying position on one ol'the puh- lieations. With the deereased rey- enues, the puhlieations haye heen un- ahle to pay so many stall' memhers or as high salaries as in preyions years, t,onsequenlly many eapahle students interested in puhlieations haye heen unahle to oualil'y l'or the adyaneed positions. lloyyeyler, there has heen an exeeptional spirit ol' loyalty and a eompetent though small stall' has heen maintained at all times. Une ol the l't'SIltHlSIllllIllt'S ol the hoard is the operation ol' the tlillol- legian printing plant. This plant is oyyned hy the tJ'tlollegian l'uhlishing tlompany. a non-prolit eorporation regularly' organized and ehartered under the layys ol' the State ol' tlllla- homa. yy'ith the entire student hotly as stoellholders. The eorporation. ol' eourse, is under the hoard ol' Ilireetors ol'the tlorporation yy hieh delegates t he aetual operation tothe Board ol. lluh- lieations. The manager ol' student puhlieations is aet iy'e superyeisor ol' the la its the Plant. During the past ten yet puhheations haye paid lor the equip ment needed to puhlish pai Nlt ,y tht daily mer. and sueh student printing .s the Xglgiieyator. The plant eontains . idel l'rinting: presy x s tapahlf ol printing: .lsmott papers per hour. a llat ved press lor magazine yyorly. tyyo hnoty pes. a paper eutter. easting lm type and other smaller equipment needed. thily' the laet tht il the pl int . 1 is owned hy the puhlit-ations has in idf L ihle yyith the eontinued seryn-es poss' thf itduud uni nn I i it tn ally all ol 1-, .x ' ., ,Q D.l.'.. the yyorlx is done hy students yyho 2 thus enahled lo help meet their eol Tflllt' t'XIbt'llSt'S. lt is the hope ol the hoard memhi Is that they yyill he ahle lu huild np a .stem ol' training lor the yario NN positions on pnhlreations yyhieh yyill 'iye eyery amhitions student an op 7-. portunity to deyelop then' 'thility and i u hy regular promotion giye them iii tttflllllttll tor t'llIt'tt'tll and loyal yyt ill l X neyy responsllnhty lor the houd is passing on neyy puhlieations yyhn h 'ire estalyhshed on the tam sl' pus oups. The hoard desires lu giyt 'iir representation to all student in terests on the eampus and lu proyidf the hest possihle pnhheations yyit h tht llll2lltt'liil support allorded.

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tY1.e:y1i-zvi' li. Tnotvr . . clzuirnntrz of' llze hoard 'rt'nr:N'r publications at the Okla- homa QX. and Xl. tlollege are under the direction ol' the Board ol' l'ublica- tions. For the past two years this board has been set up and functioned under regulations laid down by the administration ol' the college. This spring an amendment to the Student Constitution providing l'or this organ- ization was submitted to a vote of the student body and ratilied. Three publications are under the direct supervision of the Board. They' are the yearbook, The Bedskiu: the daily newspaper, The Daily' U'flol- legiau: and the humor magazine, The Aggievator. Beally there are three separate boards, one for each ol' these publications. but with overlapping memberships. There are eight members of each board with six ol' these members serv- ing on all three boards. These six members consist ol' two elected stu- dents and l'our faculty members. The faculty members are the llead ol' the College Publications Department, who is chairman ol' the board: the dean ol' men: and two members appointed by the president ol' the college to serve at his direction. The other two members ofeach Board are students e the editor and business manager ol' the publica- ..73o.cvLd af .9'uEZicatian . . . By CLEMENT E. TROUT tion under consideration. The general manager ol' student publieations is the secretary ol' the board. tlne ol' the general student represen- tatives is elected for a two-year term at the general student election each year the same as any other student ollicer. The student representatives must be juniors at the time they are elected since they serve on the board tor two years. The editor ol' each pub- lication is elected by the student body at the general election from those can- didates approved by' the Board ot' Publications as qualilied for the posi- tion. The business managers are ap- pointed by the board. All ol' these editors and business managers must meet the same general qualilications as all other student ollicers and in addition have the teclmical qualilica- tions for the specialized work of the publication. These requirements in- clude at least one year of experience on the publication for which the in- dividual is a candidate and a grade point average ol' l.I25 for editors and of l-point for business managers. The editor and business manager ol' the Bedskin nmst be seniors at the time ol' taking ollice in September. For the past year the six general members have been Arthur l.oewen, senior student: tlarl Letlere, junior student: Nlr. tleorge Il. Wlhite, ling- lish Department, and Dr. J. l. Keith. Dairy Department. appointed faculty' members: Dr. tl. ll. Nlclflroy, Dean ol' Nleu: and tllement li. Trout, llead ol' the l'ublications Department. The editor and business manager serving on the board controlling the Bedskin are .lames Skinner, editor: and Floyd tludgel, business manager. For the llaily tftfollegiau they are liarl Bich- ert, editor: and l.inl'ord Pitts, acting business manager: and for the Aggie- vator, Joe lxnox, editor: and Balph Slater, business manager. Baymond Bivert is tleneral Nlanager ol' Student Publications and Secretary' ol' the Board ol' l'ublications. The board is organized to give the students' control so that the publica- Draftecl New Constitutional Amendment. lnsured Fair Play tions will be really student activities. but have enough faculty members on it to give stability and balance and to insure continuous regard for the future welfare of the publications. The Board maintains close supervision of the business all'airs through the general manager ot' student publica- tions. Since the board is tinally responsible for all finances, and the business ol' the publications amounts to several thousand dollars per year, the board members individually. can- not give the time to make the de- tailed checks needed. Therefore. the general manager is employed l'ull time by the board to carry this de- tailed responsibility. lle is respons- ible to the board and not to the in- dividual publication. Included in this work is the supervision of the tftfol- legian printing plant in which the Aggievator and other student publica- tions as well as the U'Collegian are printed. The Board of lublications has I changed form three times during the past ten years. The organization several years ago provided a live-man board composed of two students. one elected each year for a two-year term, the Head of the College Publications Department, one faculty member ap- Ti-KYXIUXIJ lf. iiIYHR'l' . . knows lltNlJl'I.lllIiltt1 Page Z0

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Cldmimbftmatiae .7203 wwf: . . . Stillllilililt Stinonos . .N'fflfI'.N'll'I'l.tlll. P.I'f't'llII.t'l'. Pdtlculof' -1 illli Fall ol' HMS brought to the doors ol' gXg'g'ielalltl some lltttt ager. excited new students. A great many were freshmen and a fewer per tent were students transferring l'rom other colleges all over the lnited States. into the initiation ot' all ot' these students as to the ways of 'Nggielandu came the testing and admission devices ol' which Dr. Iioyer is in charge. liach new student was required to take a psychology and lfnglish exami- By BERNICE HORNBECK nation regardless ol station. rank or ability. Mso the Personality Questionnaire played an important part in the program. This question- naire is Dr. Hoyt-r's own compilation and he has constantly been at work, besides attending to his numerous other duties. trying to improve this particular part ol' the testing program. tlther placement tests were giyen for yarious departments in the college, such as. chemistry and mathematics. The College Ifxaminer and Director ol' Admission is not only one ol' the most important positions to he held on the campus, hut takes a man ol' . exceptional ability. and M. is fortunate in having Dr. ltoyer who has had considerable experience along this line and with the yarious types of testing machines which are needed in tahulating their information. The ollice and people who work under Dr. ltoyer's supervision are teeming with industry. They compile and super- vise all entrance tests which are given to students entering A. and Nl. for the first time. They spend a good deal ol' time checking on high school transcripts, and evaluating transcripts of transfer students. Among other things, they supervise the work on the llollerith machines which are used in tahulating results. The State-wide Gives Freshmen Tests Testing Program is another activity which very elliciently is giving a sunnnary ot' all the seniors in high schools. Dr. Hoyer is also interested in a study known as the follow-up of entrance tests. Freshmen grades and their entrance scores are correlated under this plan. lle also follows up the student morality in respect to how many students drop out of school and the reasons. The department also seryes on various faculty Committees and has charge of numerous Statisti- cal Studies for the facility members. ln the last respect a Bureau of Statistics is kept for facility members who express a need, for their services. The willingness of the department to cooperate is very noticeable and their services are indispensible to the col- lege. So the freshman come from all corners of the state, and sometimes the world. little caring or even know- ing thal their complete past scholastic record is in the hands of Dr. lioyer and his associates. After Dr. .ltoyer has signed their admission cards. they may think they are through with this phase of the college, but the same people are constantly and in- dustriously working to keep a close tabulation. Dr. Itoycr ol' the :Xdministratiye Ilescarch Department and his stall' at work tahulating Freshman test results I JZJYQ . ' i Page 22