The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 11, 1952 Page: 2 of 6
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The WAR WHOOP
Thursday. Decewker 11. 1IS2
Paffe 2
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Most political observers seem to be very well pleased with the
new cabinet appointments made by president-elect Eisenhower.
The most amazing thing about these appointments however is not
the men appointed but the speed with which the appointments were
made.
In the short time since election Ike has shown an unparalleled
capacity for making quick and wise decisions. This ability natural
in the man was no doubt increased by his many years of military
service where decisions must be quick and the lives of countless men
depend on them being wise.
No other case can be recalled at least not in recent years where
a president-to-be within a short month after election has named
practically his whole cabinet. Franklin D. Roosevelt who was cer-
tainly known and justly so as a man of action still had four im-
portant places to fill after four months had passed and when they
were finally filled two of them were last minute choices.
The rapidncss of these decisions means not only that our new
president is a man of decision
have been nn over amount of politics concerned in the appointments
The rapidncss of the decisions defintely prevented the weeks or
months of speculation intrigue party disscntion and even economic
stalemate that could and often accompany political moves of this
sort.
The general's conservatism is another point this selection brings
out. Taft was called a conservative but even he is somewhat afraid
of the influence of big business in the new cabinet. The new presi-
dent is a believer in checking the invasion by Federal government
on the rights of states and private enterprises. Most of the new
members arc definitely warm to the individual enterprise system
otablc among these arc Wilson Summcrficld Humphrey and
Adams. Governor McKay has always been an advocate of states
rights.
Since the election there hs been very definitely some disappoint-
ment in the ranks of the Fair Dealers. Their theory is that Eisen-
hower owes nothing to the Republican Party and that his victory was
purely a personal one. In a sense this may be true for surely his is a
very great appeal but in any logical mind there sohuld be the real-
ization that the Republican machine was very definitely a deciding
factor in the election.
The general sees this very clearly and has affirmed his belief in
party politics time and time again. The new cabinet appointments
should make it clear to all concerned what his feelings arc once and
for all. The Eisenhower cabinet will be a Republican cabinet. The
new cabinet will be more Republican than FDR's was democratic.
There will be a friendliness toward the Southern Democrats and
some concessions will be made to them but even this if closely ex-
amined will show a recognition of parties in politics.
There are political plumbs in the cabinet of course. Men like
Lodge and Bruwncll and even Stassen wer hclpd along because of
their vast service but unselfish and unfailing service to party and to
country deserves to be rewarded and doubly so when they are
good capable men.
The future president is measured by his cabinet. Only time can
tell the true merit of the nw administration but the outlook is bright.
Peterson.
Gch4m . . . On Mat ta Cental
Should college newspapers be run entirely by a student staff or
should they be supervised by a board of cenors from the faculty or
administration? That is a question that has been puzzled over all
over the nation and according to a survey recorded in a recent issue
of Journalism Quarterly the trend is more and more in favor of
supervison at least to a degree.
Questionnaires were mailed to 181 colleges and universities in
an effort to learn how they handled the problem. The survey did
not pretend to solve the problem but it was intended to help college
administrations in evaluating their own policies in the matter.
xEightyfive per cent of the schools without an accredited school
of journalism voted for supervision 70 per cent of those favoring
supervision favored close supervision and 30 per cent favored modi-
fied supervision the survey shows.
Arguing against supervision a large Western university said:
"Freedom of the press is a part of student self-government and it is
contrary to policy (at this institution) that there should be faculty
or odministrutive censorship of the student newspaper even though
a student-operated newspaper docs make mistakes and occasionally
causes serious embarrassment."
Speaking for for supervision a small Eastern college declared:
"There are two ways of teaching a
into the water and let nature take
him' with a combination instructor
sometimes ends in disaster sometimes in the acquisition of the abil-
ity to keep afloat but seldom of any fine form. Experience seems to
show that the second method guarantees better results."
So the problem stands still unsolved.
Dke War
Entered as second class matter August 27 1923 at the Post Office at
ADiiene Texas under Act ot March 3 1878.
Published weekly during tho school year September through May
except for stated vacation periods by the students of McMurry Col-
lege Abilene Texas.
The War Whoop is a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Asso-
ciation and the Associated Collegiate Press.
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Hdltor
Aaaoclat Editor
Society Editor
Bporta Editor
itaLtura Editor
Builneea Manager Robbie Jay
Photographer David Barroa
Reporter!: Richard Adami. Teddy Aiilter Jimmy Campbell Ed Cooper
Jimmy Forahey Herahel Homer 1.1s Lujan Pcctr Renfro Jarrell Sharp
Tlwlnm Tucker Byrdle Weat.
but it shows that there could not
person to swim: (1) to throw him
care of itself or (2) to provide
and life-guard. The first way
Wkoop
Wayne Daniel
Pel Peterion
Irla Kendall
Will Whit
Jack Hamoton
BACK IN THE FILES
B7 ROBBIE JAY
Dee. 13. IMS
Campus Queen will be crown
ed Saturday night All-school
banquet is cornation scene. Also
a princess and duchess the run-ncrs-up
will be presented.
Die. 12. IMS
McMurry speech department
presents "Everyman". After final
performance the cast met at Mrs.
Grimes the director for a party.
Main subject was discussing the
pros and cons of their perfor-
mances. Dec. 4. 1947
McMurry Missouri Valley in
Boys' Ranch Bowl game. The
Vikings hold an undefeated and
untied title. The Indians are tied
for conference champs.
Dec. 9 1949
Five Indian footballers named
All-conference. McMurry's coach
Wilford Moore was selected as
"Coach of the Year" in the Texas
Conference.
Dm. 9. 1949
Galleon ready for distribution.
The magazine contains 30 pages
of stories poems essays and
sketches by McMurry students.
Dec S. 1950
McMurry has only Texan foot
baller to make first team. AP
names Brad Rowland to "Little
All-American."
Dec. 14. 19S1
McMurry baskcteers get sea
son underway. Tribstcrs hit the
road meeting St. Edward's there
with home games slated with
Widwcstern and Shepard AF.
CAMPUS EXCHANGE
ACC Symphony on TV;
Tech Gives 'Messiah'
Br LIZ
According to the Optimist the
ACC symphony orchestra made
its television debut on WBAP-TV
in Fort Worth. Selections ranged
from "Andante Cantabile" to
"Deep Purple."
ACC also observed Sadie
Hawkins week. All traditions and
rules of etiquette were cast aside
and the girls made all the ad
vances openly. As everything
returned to normal the boys
continued their not thankless
tasks of opening doors paying
bills and doing the little niceties
they had been receiving during
the preceding week.
The Texas Tech choristers
combined with the Lubbock
Symphony Orchestra to pre-
sent the Christmas portion of
Handel's "Messiah" announc-
ed The Toreador Texas Tech
publication. The performances
were held in the Lubbock
High School auditorium.
The Prospector newspaper of
Texas Western College is con-
ducting a poll to get college
men's opinion on the "Fire and
Ice" girls. Seems that this
"something new" has come forth
recently in the Revlon lipstick
ads. One of the questions is:
What qualities in your opinion
make the Fire and Ice Girls?
Maybe some of you boys would
like to get in on this. . . .
Texas Western College also has
a blind Japanese girl as a stu-
dent. Her father has started a
home for blind girls in Japan
and she hopes to return and teach
the girls useful things when she
returns to her native country.
Although she is totally blind she
has great ambitions.
A course In "tree making"
has been added to the extra-
curriculum of Del Mar Col-
lege. According to the Fog-
horn the scenerr of the plar
f
Arc deciding majority of Amer-
ican college students to transfer
to Frankfurt University when
they read the opening paragraphs
pf a story by Guntcr Friedrichs
editor of Frankfurt's scandal
sheet Der Kcrnfrage. Here's how
it starts:
"A German student is com-
pletely free ... At Frankfurt
University arc studying about
5000 students. There is no one
living in dorms fraternities or
rooming-houses. They all have
their own rooms on rent without
any kind of regulations or re-
strictions. "And there is no student party
inside and outside of the Univer-
sity without alcoholic drinks.
"Students greet their professors
in class by knocking with pen-
cils on the desks. If they arc not
agreeing with their professor
they will demonstrate their con-
trary oponion by scraping with
feet."
LUJAN
that the college is producing
required a realistic tx. The
difficulty involved was that
the trdee had to be climbed
walked around on. and jump-
ed from. Seems the cast came
thorugh the ordeal without
any seroius mishaps but all
agreed that "only God can
make a tree."
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FILM ANNOUNCED
"Captain Courageous" starring
Freddie Bartholemew will be the
featured movie of McMurry Film
Society Tuesday night announces
Bill Adams chairman.
The scientific method has ap
p ntly gone too far at Baylor
l ersity. Students going to the
biL gy building have narrowly
escaped being hit by a flying cat's
liver or some other animal in
nard.
K fgWMOF STRANGERS
WHU Wr-r-fcKlO HAY YOUR
DELINQUENTS! HOME LOAN
HftYMENTS IF YOULL SIGN
'ONTUE DOTTED LINE'.'.. CHICK
THEIR OFFERS CAREFULLY
WITH THE MORTGAGE HOLDER
OR WITH THE NEAREST VA
REGIONAL OFFICE
aar;asrfSTiafiSf.
aA i'!w1'ltvPeSK'tK
reel
Br WAYNE DANIEL
I can see it all now. Frau Schac-
fcr iss cntcrink und iss flashink
big smile at us und iss sayink
Gutcn Morgen" and ve iss all
playink mit der pencils der five-
stroke roll-off. But ven she iss
sayink ve iss havink test over ir-
regular verbs ve iss scrapink der
feet (unless der shoes iss havink
crepe soles in vich case ve is his-
sink mit der mouth Hcrr Fried
richs iss explainink.)
Ven ve iss gcttink out of der
class ve iss goink to der roomink
house vore der landlord Herr
Tyson iss tcllink us iss permitted
der vater fights und der room-
stackink at all hours of der night.
Ve iss goink to our room and iss
drinkink der mulcem to der heart's
content. Oh to be in Frankfurt!'
But let's read the rest of the ar-
ticle before we decide to transfer.
Freidrichs goes on to say: "Ger-
man universities expect that a
student will do the most import-
ant part of his studies at home by
reading books. Courses have only
the functions of introductions.
There are no textbooks. The pro-
fessor names a certain number
of books. The student has to
decide what he wants to read.
By this way it is possible that
a German university has about
six months vacation during a
year. But a serious student has to
study rather hard during this
time."
Reminiscing about the nine
years he spent in high school
Friedrichs recalls that he start-
ed when he was 10 and was re-
quired to take nine years Eng-
lish six years Latin four years
of a third language (French
Italian or Spanish) one year
biology five years chemistry
nine years geography six years
physics and nine years of mathe-
matics. In addition he had to
take sports history German re-
ligion music and drawing.
All of which brings Friedrichs
to the conclusion that there are
differences in European and
American schools. We'll say!
Friedrichs continues: "Many
students renounce certain classes
if the professor is not outstanding.
They will register for the class
and prefer to read good books
in the field at home. There are no
tests and examinations between
the studies. After three to four
years the student will pass a big
and different examination to
get the master degree.
"He will apply for permission
to take the examination if he
has the feeling of being well-
prepared. But almost 30 per cent
will fail and can repeat the exam
after a certain time.
"You can get only two acade-
mic degree at a German univer-
sity the masters and the doc-
tor. Between German and other
European universities is no hard
difference."
Well I guess I've given up the
idea of transferring to Frankfurt
I don't sprecken ze Dutch any-
way English is hard enough!
The Daily Reveille Lousiana
State University views the honor
eystem there with a slightly
jaundiced eye. "It seems" says
the paper "that the teachers have
the honor and the students have
the system.
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