The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1970 Page: 2 of 4
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Next year's student association executive positions,
lor which petitions are available starting today, will prove
crucial vacancies to fill. Today is almost too late for po-
tential candidates to begin consideration of a possible role
in student government.
The next academic year will probably be one of the
most critical for students at Howard Payne. Student inter-
est and activity in the matters that affect them are grow-
ing currently to a new high. The increasing concern of
students here is reflected by a large number of letters to
the editor. Even some members of the school administra-
tion are admitting to students that certain situations need
to be changed as time and finances allow.
The once considered apathetic HPC student is coming
around and is now becoming concerned with many prob-
lems, many of them far beyond the campus. The leaders
of next year will have an even greater burden: that of
maintaining and increasing student interest and concern.
Hopefully, students who sign petitions next week and vote
i nthe weeks to come will consider this responsibility.
THIS WEEK'S GARNISH
Man talking about his wife: By the end of the evening
she was so tired she couldn't keep her mouth open.
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By THERESA THOMPSON
Attention is turned to the
religious state of the Howard
Payne campus as next week is
Focus Week. The focus week
program proclaims its purpose
as "To bring to the conscious-
mess of the student t?od? ;i
faculty the relationship of
faith to our times and to
issues of everyday living."
Since HPC is a Christian
school, it requires each stu-;
dent to live up to the highest
standards of Christian living.
This is at best difficult to do
and students have, on oc-
casion, failed to live up to
the high conduct expected of
them.
How do these shortcomings
appear to the world outside
of Howard Payne? What ef-
fect do they have on the stu-
dent body as a whole?
In an attempt to answer
these questions and delve even
deeper into the true religious
outlook of the student body,
the Yellow Jacket asked this
question of several of its
readers: "Is Howard Payne as
Christian in deed as it is in
word?"
LES BQBO, freshman, Dal-
las—Speaking of the general
attitude, I would say that it
is a fairly Christian school.
Of all the people I know here,
I wouldn't be ashamed of any
of them. Everybody has their
good points, but it takes long-
er to discover them in some
people than in others; There
is room for improvement re-
ligiously, but on the whole I
would never regret coming to
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RALPHENE HEAL, fresh-
man, Snyder — Some .people
rely upon the reputation of
Howard Payne to get them
through as Christians. They
take too much for granted.
CAROLYN NE SWANN,
•iophonWe,
• is
a Christian. Many-of the stu-
dents planning to go into
church related vocations seem
to feel that there is not much
more that can be done at
HPC, but that's not true. We
know, that most of the stu-
dents here are Christians, but
it is not demonstrated as it
should be.
PHIL BARRON, freshman,
Nocona—The actions of the
student body as a whole are
more Christian-like than on
other campuses. What we
claim to be is claimed as a
student body, and j, in any
group you will find those who
differ or don't follow the way,
but the majority do live up
to it.
LINDA FEU6E, senior,
Llano—The overall campus
does have a Christian atmos-
phere, but when you look at
the individuals there is a
great variety of people, be-
liefs and actions.
NORMAN CANNON, sopho-
more, Snyder—If you judge
by the ministerial students, it
does sometimes cause me to
wonder. Some people seem
more concerned with what
they can say than what they
can do. .
"How about this one: 'For you, my love, I would do anything.
To feel your embrace I would climb the highest mountain;
To taste your sweet lips I would swim the deepest stream—
ril come over Tuesday if it doesn't rain.' "
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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"'The Voice of the Campus"
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Member
Believing that freedom is a gift as well as a right, and main
taining that the responsibility to defend freedom falls upon those
who enjoy its profits, this newspaper is dedicated to the task of
uplifting and preserving the privileges of a free people living in
a free nation with freedom of the press,
Circulation — 1000
EDITORIAL STAFF
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Dear Editor:
As graduation day approach-
es, we as seniors find our-
selves wondering w'hlo the v
graduation ceremony is really
for. We are in this quandry as
we recall last year's cere-
mony. Most of the seniors left
school one and a half weeks
before graduation because they
had completed all their work,
thereby having. to return to
Brownwood for the ceremony.
Upon returning, the gradu-
ates and their families were
met face to face with a mass
exodus out of the dorms by
undergraduate students. (This
is a very misrepresentative
side of the student body.) Then
at Chime Out ceremony around
Old Main, chaos erupted in
an unsuccessful attempt to
find enough students to re-
ceive the garland.
Most HPC students have
never seen the Commencement
exercises because it tradi-
tionally takes place after they
have finished an exhausting
week of finals. Would it not
be better to have Commence-
ment the Friday preceding
finals?
We would like to see gradu-
ation become something spe-
cial to all students, but if the
present policy of having gradu-
ation after final week con-
tinues, there is little hope for
much change. We feel that all
those directly and indirectly
concerned with the matter
should consider our request, in
hopes that an adequate solu-
tion may bp reached for
everyone. While it may be too
late for this year, a new poli-
cy can be initiated for future
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Sincerely,
Connie Crimmings
Ernie Rogers
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WRITER CLARIFIES
PURPOSE# MOTIVE
Editor:
My: sincere thanks go to
your readers who have ex-
pressed sympathic agreement
to my letter in the last issue.
However, there are those who
have questioned my intent
and motives in writing. I
make a final statement and
rest my case, for now I real-
ize that most G.I.'s remain
mute after, returning from
Vietnam. One who has never
been there cannot conceive of
the situation that exists.
I wrote last Week out of a
sense of obligation: obligation
to the. memory of 30 men in
my company who died in one
week last year—30 of my good
friends who died unshaven,
hungry and exhausted in the
mud and filth of Vietnam.
That is a memory that I could
not morally allow to be tarn-
ished and discredited. May God
be merciful to those who re-
main. ■
Mitch Wilson
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LETTER ASKS
TO CLEAR AIR
EDITOR'S NOTE: James
Simecek served two years
in U. S. Navy Communica-
tions aboard the Command-
er's Seventh Fleet Flagship
off the coast of Japan and
I# months in Naval Com-
munications in Japan as a -
Seaman; before coming to
Howard Payne.
Editor, Yellow Jacket:
In regards to the letter of
February %, some things need
to be cleared up.
the first is that a person's
place in the service is de-
termined by the Department
of the Army. If he is in the
Navy, it is the Department of"
the Navy. Several factors are1
taken into consideration. One
of these is the intelligence of
the person determined by tests-
prior to induction. If a per-
son scores low on these tests,,
then he wijl not be placed i
a position' where his mental
capacity will be used. That is?
the reason why the field sol-
dier is usually a person of
low intelligence.
Secondly, the matter, , v'„
half-truths in the press is due* r
to several factors. (1.) The-
people of the United State#
will not accept things as they
are. (2.) The realities of war
today are not pleasant. (3.) If
the whole truth were stated
in the press or by military of-
ficials, it would violate the-
national security. Most things-
dealing with the military as-
pect of war is classified. This
would, if made known, cause
the United States grave re-
sults.
It is my opinion that the
letter last week was in bad
taste because the result was
that the grotesque part of the
war was forefrented instead of
allowing the better points to
remain in the audiences mind.
We as Christians should should
let the evils of the world fade
in our minds in favor of re-
membering the good.
James L. Simecek
Prison and correctional au-
thorities may be able to keep
track of their, charges with a
radio attached to the subject's
belt that automatically ans-
wers queries. A patent for the
dev% has been issued to
Harvard University's Dr.
Ralph K. Schwitzgebel and
William EL Hurd„
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