The Collegian (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, October 4, 1935 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DANIEL BAKER COLLEGIAN
M 'TEXANS LET'S TALK TEXAS' CENTENNIAL."
Entered at Post Office of Brownwood Tex. as second class matter
WM. ELLIS Editor
CARL ELLIS Business Manager
TRAVIS FOSTER Associate Editor
Helen Post Wright Faculty Advisor
AND SO AD INFINITUM
Scholars over the world through all the ages since the dawn
of logical thinking have been in constant search of truth. The
purpose of schools such as Daniel Baker has been to offer help to
the youthful and the "divinely curious" in their quest for truth
truth which is infinitely more than Keats had in mind when he
stated rather narrowly but accurately as far as it goes that "truth
is beauty and beauty is truth" and no more. If you are earnestly
in search of truth and logical methods of thought you are inter
ested in the many various approaches others have made to the
problem of universal knowledge and culture. For a few examples :
Henry Seidel Canby one of the nation's foremost scholars
whose superb book of English Composition is used as text in the
freshman English course in Daniel Baker in a treatise he called
"Back to Nature" analyzes the custom or characteristic of Amer-
ican writers to use the nature theme as background from Tho-
reau to J. F. Cooper to Jack London. He says "It is the subcon
sciousness that carries tradition into literature. That curious res
ervoir where forgotten experiences lie waiting in every man's
mind as vivid as on the day of first impression is the chief con-
cern of psychologists nowadays."
Will Durant in asking the question "Is Progress a Delu-
sion ?" answers with this : "There have been wars before and wars
far worse than our Great one. Man and civilization survived them ;
within fifteen years after Waterloo France was producing so many
geniuses that every attic in Paris was occupied. Never was our
heritage of civilization and culture so secure and never was it half
so rich." .
Dr. Robert A. Millikan foremost scientist of modern times
draws intelligently the association between science and religion
thus: "The purpose of science is to develop without prejudice or
preconception of any kind a knowledge of the facts the laws and
the processes of nature. The even more important task of relig
ion on the other hand is to develop the consciences the ideals
and the aspirations of mankind."
Anatole France in a moment of self-study expressed his work
as critic as "the adventures of a soul among the masterpieces."
And so they go. Each man in his own field each one attempt
ing to interpret his own life and experience into the channels most
adaptable to advancement of man's knowledge on earth. Every
man has his own woes but for that matter every nation and every
age has its own peculiar trials and problems.
"Big fleas have little fleas
Upon their backs to bite 'em.
And little fleas have lesser fleas
And so ad infinitum.
What have you done toward self-criticism and self-analysis
that will make your stay here more comfortable and profitable for
you and others during the next few score years?
EDUCATION A FOUNDATION FOR BUSINESS!
"You raise an interesting and important question when you
ask what aims or objectives should be emphasized in the schools
and colleges of the United States.
Here in New York we have seen a great many skyscrapers
grow up in the past ten years or so. They vary in architecture
from classical to ultra-modern. But the foundations are pretty
much the same. Contractors still have to blast down into the
ground and lay the rough homely steel stone and concrete which
form the base of the skyscraper then raise the steel framework
before they can work on the marble and friezes and interior mur
als which decorate the buildings. The passer-by may never see
what a foundation looks like. But every builder has to learn that
as an ABC for his whole structure rests on it.
I think we have been forgetting about foundations in our edu
cational work paying too much attention to "gingerbread" as the
architects call it.
After the war as you know we had a wave of "modernism."
The style was to label "out of date" and "old-fashioned" anything
not contemporary creation. The fundamental lessons of life the
solid homely principles which are bred. into us as children and
upon which as a solid foundation all our beliefs and actions as
mature men and women were grounded were junked in many of
our schools and colleges in favor of "modern psychology' and "ad
vanced" theories of life religion and economics. We are expert
encing the fruits of that educational trend in some of the ill-con
sidered unsound and impracticable proposals being advanced to
day.
It is my conviction that the two most useful services which
our schools can perform are to ground the incoming generation
in fundamentals and to teach them to think.
I'd like to set down a few of these fundamentals here I be-
Have in the principles of individual initiative stimulated by the
profit motive and free from regimentation upon which our coun-
try was built and which were embodied in the Constitution and
Bill of Rights; that the home and family are the foundations of I
the State and that our children should be taught to respect them;
in church membership and conservative living; that the home-
ly virtues of self denial thrift and self-control ; that the business
of running the State should be considered as great and honorable a
career as engineering medicine or law and that our young peopie
should be trained in the science of government;
that we shall never have thoroughly competent govern-
ment or a bench completely free from corruption until our judges
are appointed for life and not dependent upon a political macmne
for re-election and our legislators chosen from tnose wno are
trnlnpfl for the rejmonaibilitv of iroverninir and inculcated with
the constitutional and moral principles according to which the
American people have indicated that they wish to oe governea.
I believe that the ten Commandments and the Golden Rule
are as changeless as truth itself that they and the other funda-
mentals of living which I have attempted to describe above are
just as true today as they were nine centuries ago and will be cen
turies hence.
We all know that as the college graduate steps off the cam-
pus into the real battle of life he is going to run into a world of
competition selfishness and disillusionment a world in which too
often there are few principles too much loose thinking and hasty
conclusions without regard to the facts.
I believe our institutions of learning could perform no great-
er service for the country than to build under the feet of the men
and women of tomorrow a solid foundation of unassailable truth
upon which they can erect their superstructure as changing times
and conditions may suggest to teach them the value of time in
settling human problems the habit of getting the facts first and
then thinking things through." W. S. Farish Chairman of the
Board Standard Oil of N. Y. in "The Lamp."
Scrapiron s Humor
A Scribe and A Rag
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Dcuiy jiugws
It is certainly pleasing to know
that we have a scrapping team this
season; to know that they will go up
against great odds and try to win
when they are bound to know within
reason that they will get beat. That
particular team that I am talking
about Is none other than those Daniel
Baker HiU Billies. Yes they went up
against great odds laat Friday and
even though they didn't come out of
the fray with the long end of the
score we can well be proud of them
for their vain attempt. But was it
all In vain? Were they not praised by
friends and foes alike? Didn't they
battle until they dropped and then
battled some more? Of course It is
thrilling to always win; but then if
victory is not always at hand it is still
thrilling to know that It wasn't a set-
up. Those Billies won't be a set-up
for anybody this year.
In case you don't know just what
has happened to your favorite radio
program may I remind you that there
isn't any Daylight Saving Time any-
more for awhile. For that reason
time schedules have been set back an
hour and besides many new pro-
grams have taken the air for the fall
and winter seasons. The Scribes' fav-
orite comedian Jack Benny has start
ed a new series of programs and if
we ever get time we are going to lis-
ten to him some more. (Pardon me
while I throw Jerry and Truett out
of here) Well you probably al-c-.dy
know everything that I have told you
but I'm telling you anyway.
A very annoying but still a rather
amusing thing happened to us the
other night when after the Howard
Payne-San Marcos game we started
to crawl in our automobile and go
home and get a good night's sleep we
noticed that we had two flats. And
that Isn't all. Six other cars had two
flats. There they were seven cars in
a row with two flats each and as it
was rather late then the situation
became very aggravating. But as we
fixed the flats the grumblings of the
others tickled us and it wasn't very
often that we could stop laughing out
loud in order to curse under our
breath. Whoever played the childish
prank must have taken the greater
part of his wrath out on one of our
automobile tires because I couldn't
And but eight holes in it It might
be that our auto like a Hill Blllle
is built of such sturdy stuff it takes
an unusual amount of coaxing and
abuse to defeat it. Well the Rag
guesses that some people never grow
up and If they do they soon go into
their second stage of childhood.
The most unusual thing that has
happened to us however is that we
are going to school to get an cduca
Hon and going to school we find that
we don't have time to study. To make
matters worse one of our favorite
profs has denied us the privilege of
cutting chapel. I don't suppose we
can blame him but the Scribe must
And some time somewhere to work on
the Rag. More than that he needs a
little time to prepare his assignments.
Speaking of profs it Is. beyond us
how Mrs. Hall no matter bow loyal
she may be puts up with a lot of
noisy men vocalists. But Mrs. Hall Is
patient and we are sure that she will
round that wild bunch Into shape ere
long.
Spirit is higher and voices are loud-
er than we have seen them at Daniel
Baker in a long time. If that Is any
indication of a winning team we have
one. Students let's all be out to the
game tonight and help those boys
win. Doa't think that they don't need
your help btcauM they do They want
it! They've got to have it! We'll be
a seein' you there. Ring that or bell
loud and long tonight. Frosh!
We have heard that James Collins
has hopes somewhere other than at
the dorm. How're you doing Jimmy?
Conger is at It again.
In school you know.
Cleo Is back
Why hasn't Ruth Johnston bad her
name In the paper? Your spending
too much time at the "grocery" busi-
ness Ruthie!
Think how the guy at A. C. C.
would feel if he knew one of the let-
ters was ruined while Splvey stood In
the rain talking to Charlie.
Even when Harvey's brother takes
his Spanish book to the ball game
with him Harvey can still talk the
stuff to Prof.
We wonder why Nell Guthrie lied
to the editor.
Was it really Fuque that called Nel-
lie the other night or that Howard
Payne guy T
Marv Kathryn: Don't you love me
anymore?
Nubbin: Why of course honey
Mary Kainryn; wu " --
to slap your face in a week.
Frosb Cunningham: Oh 8 trick!
Where did you learn to kiss like that?
Burl: Why Just clucking at the
horses.
Post Oak: You know Matty surely
must have had a good family tree.
Frosh Williamson: wnyr
Oak: Boy note the limbs!
Frosh Mclnroe (on farm): Milking
the cow?
J. J.: Naw Just feeling her pulse.
Motorist: Officer come quickly I've
knocked down a college student!
Cop (picking teeth casually): Sor-
ry' it's Sunday you can't collect your
bounty until tomorrow morning.
Father McHorse (looking over S.
A.'s report card): What kind of a re-
port card is this you bring home?
Nothing but A. A. A. A. A. Are you
going to turn out a sissy?
Imogene Stewart: Where do all the
bugs go in winter?
niilv Klncr! Search me?
Imn No. thanks I lust wanted to
know.
Dealer: How do you like your new
radio set?
Mattle's Scotch Papa: The music is
fine but the lights are too dim to read
by.
Roberta Moore: Is that pooch a bird
dog?
Melton Smith: Sure c'fere Oscar
an' give the lady "the bird."
Some of you good people ask Reta
Young just what tall and handsome
boy she's got the S. A. on.
Sara Collins (to Skipper): Young
man don't you know when you've had
enough?
Skip: No lady I don't know any-
thing when I've had enough. I'm un-
conscious. Cleo: You remind me of Sampson.
Red: Because I'm so strong?
Cleo: No because you have the jaw
bone of an ass.
Dr. Davta (to waiter at cafe) : About
uia piana steak 1 ordered. I aut
think you would take me literally
"I'm cuttlnsr ault !.. ...
rtutti Johnston as she sat on a broken
UUIWC.
D. B. C. Band nUvtn . .
sr vvuvcn in
In park the tune "Merry Widow
ur.it.it a mi. . . f ""ww
TTia. n. uwh uirnea to a com.
patriot and asked: "How callum this
piece music?"
The second replied "Callum. He
Dead She Glad." He
A real one will appear on the writer
next week "not bad not bad." e
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The desire of power in excess caus-
ed the angels to fall; the desire of
knowledge in excess caused man to
fall; but in charity there is no excess
neither caa angel or man come In dan-
ger by It. Bacon.
The nations with a bent for war
frequently go broke on it. Dallas
News.
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CARTOON AND NEWS
Alice Earl Anderson and Blllle Kee-
ler that little doll from Cross Plains
seem to be viewing with each other
for the favor of a Yellow Jacket
freshman pal of Jimmy Moore. Alice
you got in on the ground floor but
there have been other girls in the
same fix before but Billy has just got
a way with her.
Has Irby Gleaton lost his way with
the women or hasn't he found the one
yet that inspires those lovely lines he
usually winds around them?
Pat Moore keep up the Rood work.
You've kept 'em going for several
months and the flame hasn't died yet.
We'd love to see you start Irby on the
Primrose path. Father you'd better
watch your heart.
Jane MacWilllams left a gap In the
life of Travis Foster that hasn't yet
been filled. Flash this is a mistake.
Harvey Hickman may be a woman
hater but he doesnt' decline to talk
to Sara about the little brother. He
sharpens pencils rather well especi-
ally in Political Science class.
Mary Holmes has found solace out-
side the walls of her Alma Mater.
Dallas and a fellow named Allen are
the whole story. Remember when lit-
tle Ooch has the S. A. on a Daniel
Baker reprobate?
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Women's Vanity No
More Expensive Than
Men It Is Discovered
Minneapolis Minn. Minnesota sta-
tisticians and figure-hunters have
blasted another Idea that is preval
ent among collegians:
Women students spend only 76 cents
more per month in beauty shops than
men do in barber shops! Arid she
spends only a fraction of the amount
that men spend on tobacco.
These figures were revealed in the
results or a survey of the buying hab-
its at the University of Minnesota
made by an Insurance company. The
survey showed that clothes form the
greater part of the co-ed's budget
while food Is the largest Item in the
collegian's budget.
LYRIC THIATRK PROQRAM
Friday and Saturday Buddy Rog.
era and Grace Bradley In "Old Man
Rhythm."
Sunday Monday and Tuesday
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astalre in
"Top Hat"
Wednesday "Sirens In Satin." A
stage how.
Thursday Sybil Jaaoa la "The Lit
tle Slg Shot." Bank Night.
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