The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 1971 Page: 1 of 8
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MEGA PHONE
VOLUME 64 Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas 78626 Friday, March 12, 1971 * NUMBER 23
Student
Congress
The entire meeting was spent discussing
the “Report of the President's Committee
on Religion and Religious Life.” This
report offers changes in the in the present
degree requirement in religion. On eof the
recommendations is the substituting of
Philosophy for three of the six hours
required in Religion.
One of the most important suggestions of
the report was the institution of social and
academic internships. A social internship
would consist of possible tutoring to un-
derpriviledged children, work in Day Care
or Vista centers, or work in ghetto areas.
An academic internship would be given
according to the department of the in-
dividual. For example, a Business or
Economics major may be placed in a
bank.
These programs would hopefully give
students a different kind of social ex-
perience. Since most students at South-
western come from white, middle-class
backgrounds, the internships would be an
attempt to bring the individual into contact
with social and economic surroundings
with which he might now have been
familiar.
Internships could be taken during the
regular school year, during January, or
during the summer. Some conflicts with
this plan was pointed out by some of the
representatives. For instance, a student
holding a year round job might suffer from
being forced to take an intership. It was
also thought that January may be too short
for the student to take full advantage of an
internship.
Other representatives felt more options
were needed regarding the religion
requirements. For example, possible
requireing a course like Christianity and
the Secular World. No student presently
enrolled at Southwestern will be forced to
These new requirements if passed will be
put in the new catalogue. It was decided
that more discussion was needed.
Faculty Votes
January Term
Optional
Dean Clifford announced Tuesday,
favor of a new semester calendar. As a
result, the January semester was made
optional to both students and faculty.
The new calendar will consist of a fall
semester, middle or January semester,
and a spring semester. Previous to the
vote, the January term was considered
part of the fall semester. The new fall
semester will begin August 27, 1971, with
December 23 to be the last day of
examinations. Following thifs ,will be a
completely optional January semester
beginning January 3 and continuing
through January 22. This term will be
entirely the parogative of each individual
professor and student. During this middle
term, the student will be entitled to persue
the normal three hours. The spring
semester will resume on January 27, with
May 26 being the final examination date.
Dr. Clifford noted that the change was
simply an installing of more time into the
fall semester, thus giving it equal amount
as the spring. This provides sufficient
time for all involved without using the
January term as part of the fall semester.
He also added tuition paid at the beginning
of the school year would cover only the fall
and spring. The January course will be an
extra expense.
BILL AND DAVE as they looked entertaining for the GDI study break Tuesday night.
Landlord-Tenant Bill
Representative Carlos Truan of Corpus
Christi has introduced House Bill 362 in the
Texas Legislature to establish by the law
the rights and responsibilities of both
landlords and tenants and to provide
simple remedies for violations.
Tim Alexander, who is with the Housing
Commission of the University of Texas and
was instrumental in the preparation ol the
legislation, said “The Working with
Representative Truan, we made several
modifications to cope with problems being
encountered by students and other
tenants. The Bill is fair to all. I hope
students around the State will urge
legislators to vote for H R 362 ”
Ed Windier, Executive Director of TISA,
said “Texas Intercollegiate Student
Association is vigorously supporting H. B.
362. I personally know of many instances
where students have been unfairly treated
by landlords who apparently believe that
students do not have the knowledge/time
or money to defend themselves. In one
such case, several girls were living in an
apartment together. The landlord
became unhappy because he objected to
the length of the hair on several boys that
came by to study with the girls. In an
attempt to force the girls to move, the
landlord engaged in a campaign of
harassment. He called them on the phone
continuously and entered the apartment on
numerous occasions during the girls’
absence to go through their things and
leave notes. He finally ordered the girls to
leave. They refused and he brought suit to
oust them. The court ruled in favor of the
girls. But, by then, one of the girls was
suffering from the stress and strain, so
they all moved. That is an extreme
example but students are continually
denied recovery of deposits and required
to pay unnecessary damages.” Wendler
went on to say “It is important to keep
everything in perspective. Most landlords
lean over backwards to be fair to their
tenants. As in everything else, it is a few
bad ones making it unpleasant for
everyone. That is why we are supporting
H.B.362. It is fair to all.”
According to TISA some of the major
provisions of the proposed legislation are
as follows:
1. Neither party can be required to
comply with any condition not supported
by a reciprocal obligation on the part of
the other party.
2. Landlords have 30 days to return a
deposit or a detailed list of damages. A
criminal penalty is provided for willful
retention of a deposit.
3. Retaliatory evictions and rent in-
creases are prohibited except under
carefully controlled circumstances.
4. Tenants can not be evicted or ex-
cluded from the premises except by valid
court order.
5. Landlords are required to try to relet
the premises if a tenant should move prior
to expiration of a lease. The tenant is not
responsible for remaining rent if the
landlord does not make a reasonable
attempt to relet.
6. The landlord’s right to enter the
premises is limited.
TISA urged all students to write their local
legislators at the State Capitol and urge
them to vote for H. B. 362 to put an end to
abuses around campuses.”
Expression V Contest
It’s not too late! You can still enter
Sponsored by the university’s chapter of
Pi Delta Epsilon, the contest is open until
March 25. So, gather up all your creative
stuff and enter by sending it to the
following pesons:
Photography: color photographs, photo
essay (minimum 3 prints), special effects,
Mark Goodman, Box 244.
Illustration, Barbara Brown, Box 22.
Poetry, John Bigley, Box 3.
Short Story, John Bigley, Box 3.
Judging will be done by off-campus
persons qualified by their experience in
the various categories. Prizes will be
awarded to first-place winners in all
categories.
The illustration category will be based
on the following poen by William Carlos
Williams. Works are to be done on paper,
but participants may use any medium
suitable. The finished products should be
prepared as if for display, with matte
board or other similar type of mounting
material. Illustrations may depict all orU
part of the poem-the key word is
IMAGINATION!
Flowers by the Sea
When over the flowery, sharp pasture’s
edge, unseen, the salt ocean
lefts its form -chickery and daisies
tied, release, seem hardly flowers alone
but color and the movepient-or the
shape
perhaps-of restlessness, whereas
the sea is circled and Sways
peacefully upon its plantlike stem.
"Hughie" Comes
To Coffeehouse
The March 16th attraction in the Union
Coffeehouse on the Southwestern
University campus at 8:00 p.m. is Eugene
O’Neill’s “HUGHIE” directed by Clyde M.
Phillips, Actor-in Residence and in-
structor in drama in the School of Fine
Arts.
This one-act play, set in a hotel of the
late 1920’s, tells in a humorous way of one
man’s loneliness. His attempt to relate,
communicate and be needed is a never-
ending struggle for this individual ( “Erie
Smith, a teller of tales, played by Phillips)
Playing the part of the hotel’s night clerk
is Jon Wood, Westwood Ranch, Liberty
Hill, a senior.
In addition to being a talented and
versatile actor-director, Phillips is also a
feature writer. An alumnus of San Jose
City College and San Jose State College
where he studied theatre arts, Phillips has
been a “working actor” for the past 12
years, performing in each of the 50 states,
touring Hawaii and Alaska two different
times and also Japan and Korea.
A member (and past president) of Delta
Psi Omega, dramatic fraternity, and a
senior member of Actor’s Equity
Association, Phillips has served as actor-
director with the Bishop’s Company pf
Burbank, Calif., Inspiration Players of
Santa Monica, Calif., Alpha-Omega
Players of Dallas, Texas.
Phillips has played leading roles in
productions at Old Globe Theatre, San
Diego, Calif.; Theatre Eat, New York
City; Tanglewood Barn Theatre, Winston-
Salem, North Carolina; Paul Bunyan
Playhouse, Bemidjii, Minnesota; Front
Street Theatre, Memphis, Tennessee;
Odessa Globe of the Great Southwest; and
other theatres in this country and abroad
Versatility is Phillips' forte, for he has
played roles depicting a variety of
characters in their late 20 s to their late
90 s. He has had roles in ACID WINE,
FRUGAL NOON. GLASS MENAGERIE,
MY FAIR LADY, DEATH OF A
SALESMAN, TAMING OF THE SHREW.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC, AN ENEMY
OF THE PEOPLE. GIDEON, CAINE
MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL, WON-
DERFUL TOWN, AH WILDERNESS. ST
JOAN, THE PRISONER, THE WORLD
OF CARL SANDBURG. SPOON RIVER
ANTHOLOGY (19 roles), SLIGHTLY
HIGHER ON THE WEST COAST (20
roles), numerous Shakespeare roles and
others.
Prospective
RAs
There will be a meeting of all
prospective Residence Assistances for the
men’s dorms Tuesday evening. March 16,
at 8:00 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge. All
candidates for these positions must attend
this information meeting Failure to at-
tend the meeting may result in forfeiture
of candidacy unless Dean Woodward is
notified in advance.
$100 Essay
Underway
Contestants in the J. Frank Dobie essay
writing contest are: Barty Banks. Nancy
Bode. David Clifford. James Foster.
Thomas Richardson. Rosmari
Roquemore. Nancy Schleier. Karen
Sherwood. Don Tromplon. Ann Tyrrell.
Diana Weeks.
A dinner meeting with the full contest
committee and all contestants Thursday
night allowed the contestants to meet
informally with many souce people.
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