The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, March 4, 1983 Page: 2 of 8
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Hi Indians!
Well I guess it's that time of
year again. Hairy muscular legs
can already be seen walking
through the halls of McMurry and
many bikinis arc making their
debut on President's sun-deck.
At the first sign of sunshine
everyone begins living outdoors.
Even with the occassional cool
spells that late winter and early
spring bring the feeling of spring
stays in the air. Isn't spring
wonderful?
Speaking of spring tomorrow
is that very special occasion in
many women's lives: Spring Pre
sentation. Congratulations to all I
of you women who arc going to be
presented. (That kinda makes
pledging more bearable huh?) '
Other neat things that are
going to be happening around
here arc the Jump Rope for
Heart Women's History Week
Giantcrs Tour Band Tour club
picnics and many more interest-
ing pledging activities.
I see that Ko Sari kept us well
informed of the time last Saturday
and IHR kept us well entertained
with their tradition of giving Ko
Sari a hard time. Well guys at
least you can help keep life from
getting too boring around cam
pus!
I'm really glad that Spring
Break is just two weeks awayl I
know that with all the tests book
reading and paper writing we
have to do the two weeks will fly
by hal ha!
If you think it's going to be
hard to wait two whole weeks for
Spring Break think about making
it through nine more weeks until
the end of school! Actually we
can look at that in two vays: nine
weeks is a long way off from
enjoying the fun of summer' but
it's awfully close when you start
thinking about final exams.
Oh well cither way I'm sure
we'll all make it through the rest
of the semester just fine.
Have fun this week and hane in
there. At least Spring Break is in
the near future!
ALACUMBA
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Robots raid
An interesting thing is hap-
pening to our country. Thousands
of people arc losing their jobs not
because of the economy or be-
cause of competition within their
field. They can't find work
because their jobs no longer exist.
They arc being replaced by robots
and computers. They have little
education a single unnccded
skill and a family to support.
What has happened and what can
be done about it?
A hundred years or so ago
when the industrial revolution
was in full swing the few
industrial monarchs rose to power
on the backs of millions of
workers. A few people controlled
the wealth and power while
millions worked intolerably long
hours under deplorable condi-
tions for pennies. To correct these
unfair circumstances unions
were formed to ptotect the wor
LETTERS
Reader
DeurEdKen
I would like to express my
sincere thanks and appreciation
to mmy caring friends and col-
leagues here at McMurry Col-
lege. Your thoughts and prayers
following my father's death have
sustained my entire family. I feel
a great burden lifted to know that
I can come back to such a warm
loving environment that will make
the tough times easier.
A special thank you to Mrs. Eva
Caton for supporting me that
Monday night to Johnnie Kahl
for talking and to Dean Walter
Urban who made arrangements
when my muddles mind would
not work and whose special
fatherly shoulder was comforting
to cry upon.
A very special thank you to my
sisters in Alpha Psi Alpha who
packed for me stood by mc late
into the night and early morning
and whose special way- of caring i
made mc feel a little less alone. '
And to Linda Sellers and Mary
Ellen Truncate. God gave me the
two best friends ever. Thank you
so much for sticking with mc
through thick and thin.
Mere words seem so inade-
---
kers and to ensure a more
reasonable distribution of the
wealth. The unions thanks to
several favorable influences
were remarkably successful.
Today workers' wages and
benefits arc so high that they arc
pricing themselves right out qf
the market.
Workers' wages have gotten so
high and the quality of their work
has gotten so low that corpora-
tions have found it necessary to
develop replacements for hu-
mans. Automation has taken over
many fields and with the pro-
liferation of the microchip
hundreds of other skills will soon
be replaced by machines. People
with the educational background
to adapt to new situations (i.e. a
liberal arts education) and
people with high-level skills such
as engineers and computer de
thanks friends for support
quate but they are all I have. So
thank you to the McMurry com-
munity. God's Peace to you all.
Thank You
Deborah L. Begin
Senior
P.S. A short note to the faculty
and administration of McMurry:
For the last three years I have
joana unanters leave on
tours through Texas cities
Both the McMurry College
Concert Band and Chanters will
leave next week on sepcrate tours
throughout Texas.
The Concert Band under the
direction of Mr. Tommy Fry
leaves Wednesday on a five-day
trip which will take them to
concerts in six cities.
The Chanters a 40-voicc choir
under the direction of Betty Karol
Wilson leaves Friday on a five-
day trip which will sec them sing
eight times in seven cities.
The Band will perform Wed-
Career forum
set for Monday
The McMurry Alumni Associa-
tion's annual Career Connection
a program in which college stu-
dents and professionals get to-
gether to discuss career choices
will highlight careers for women
this year in conjunction with
Women's History Week.
The Career Connection sched-
uled for Monday from 6:30 until 8
p.m. will be held in the Ryan
Fine Arts Building on the
McMurry Campus.
Representatives from five gen-
eral career areas business edu-
cation humanities medical and
social sciences will be on hand
to answer students' questions
about their chosen career fields.
In an effort to tie the program
in with Women's History Week a
large group of women profes-
sionals were invited to join the
panel. Among those women on
the agenda are a female stock
broker geologist building de-
signer educational administrat-
or goldsmith veteranarian and
psychologist.
WAR WHOOP; March 4 1983
job market
signers will flourish while those
with a substandard education and
an unneeded skill will perish. The
poorly educated wage-earners in
LARRY
KIM
many fields may soon find that
they arc no longer the backbone
of society but are a positive
hindrance to society's progress.
What is to be done? Because of
stubbornness and a fear of
change I don't think there is any
hope for the current generation of
laborer. As the president of the
United Mine Workers recently
told Congress "Mine workers
want jobs in mines." But as for
the next generation there is hope
if we handle things right. Educa-
tion must be stressed even more.
There is no place for the unedu
Heard an awful lot about the
problems that social clubs tend to
cause. Though wc have ideas and
traditions that are a bit different
there is one Important aspect that
towers over all the others. That is
the unity and friendship felt in
social clubs. Wc as members
support each other in our lives'
activities. I never felt it as much
ncsday afternoon at Ballinger
High School. Concerts arc sche-
duled Thursday in Brownwood
and Brady High Schools. The
Band will play twice Friday at
Killccn Ellison and New Braun-
fcls High Schools. The members
will take Saturday off to do some
sight-seeing in San Antonio
before performing Sunday
morning at a United Methodist
Church in San Antonio.
The Band will return to
McMurry late next Sunday night.
The highlight of theMcMurry
Chanters' tour will be Saturday
afternoon in Lubbock when the
group will perform for Bishop
Louis Schowcngcrdt's Conference
on Evangelism. Bishop Schowen-
gcrdt is the leader of the North-
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cated in the world of tomorrow.
Emphasis must be placed not on a
specific skill because skills
needed today may be useless five
years from now. Emphasis must
be placed on learning how to
learn. In the future all people not
just the upper echelon will find
that they must be able to adapt to
new circumstances and responsi-
bilities quickly and easily. This
mean a good education.
The coming world holds many
promises for America. It is quite
possible that the United States
could lead the way in accom-
plishing the greatest and most
glorious things ever witnessed by
man. But if it's not done very
carefully so that all people arc
included wc may find that our
great enterprise is bogged down
and sabotaged from within. And
that moment of great potential
may pass unnoticed.
as I did when my dad died.
Twenty women were in my room
packing sorting supporting and
caring about me in my time of
need.
Please don't ever take that
from us. Wc need social clubs to
live and to survive.
west Texas and New Mexico
Conference of the United Metho-
dist Church which owns and
operates McMurry.
The choir will first sing Friday
night at First United Methodist
Church of Big Spring. Appeari
ances are scheduled Sunday at
first United Methodist Churches
of Brownfleld and Seymour The
Chanters will sing the following
Monday at Austin Ave. United
Methodist Church of Waco
Tuesday at St. John's UMC of
San Antonio and Wednesday at
First United Methodist of San
Angelo.
The Band will cap off Its tour
with a concert March 15 In
McMurry's Radford Auditorium
at 8 p.m.
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telephone number is 692-4130
(Ext. 379 or 376.
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of the Texas Intercollegiate Press
Association.
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