The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1973 Page: 2 of 8
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Weatherford High School GRASS BURR
April 5, 1973
Teacher expresses opinion
The following editorials do
not necessarily reflect the
opinion or the feelings of the
Q'laAA. fBu'i'i Staff.
It has been the observation
of many that the patriotism in
the U.S. has suffered similar
to the spirit at WHS in years
past. Just, as we’ve seen an
uplift in the school spirit this
year, several events have
caused a renewal in spirit on a
national basis. The highlight
of this, of course, has been the
return of the POW’s and MIA’s
from Viet Nam. As we have all
watched with curiosity and in-
terest, the returning POW’s have
shown the citizens of the U.S.
what spirit and patriotism mean.
The endurance of the men in
the prison camps has called
fpr a breed of man which only
America could create—a person
who can suffer through nine
years of malnutrition and hard-
ship and come back declaring
before the world his love for
God, democracy, and the U.S.
The returning of the POW’s has
truly been a happy and enlight-
ing experience for America.
But turning from the glo-
rious side for a moment, there
is another group of men who
have not yet received a home-
coming. We see the dilemma
of the draft dodgers-the men
who have chosen to give up
Mrs. Shirley Bradley
America instead of fighting for
her. President Nixon has cho-
sen not to aJJow these men to
return at the present time with-
out paying their penalties. Why,
after all, should we grant the
same privileges to. .these men
as we have been able to give
to the POW’s? Just ask a POW
how he feels about this. After
all, the draft dodgers are gen-
erally the men who have spo-
ken out against many of the
American ideals which the
POW’s have given years of
their lives to preserve. I be-
lieve that the majority of Amer-
icans, like myself, agree with
the Presidential stand on this
issue.
Student expresses opinion
"We would like to see Mr. Brando about
accepting a-ahem-business proposition”
The Q'ioa.a. Staff re-
cently polled 77 students
regarding amnesty for draft
dodgers. Of the 77 polled:
61 were against amnesty, 8
students were for total amnesty,
and 8 students were undecided.
Many of the students against
amnesty felt that the draft
dodgers should be allowed to
return to the country but should
be forced to serve prison terms.
This is most likely the opinion
of the greater majority of
Americans, but is it a just
opinion? Certainly all Ameri-
cans should be grateful for the
return of the POW’s, but in our
post-war complacency, we
should not ignore those men
who chose not to fight. These
men were not cowards but were
instead men who were consci-
entiously opposed to killing
men for a South Vietnamese
regime which was no better
than the communist regime that
was threatening it. We were
not fighting for America in
Vietnam, but instead we were
supposedly fighting to stop the
spread of communism in Asia.
Less than 20 years ago we
fought on the same pretext in
Korea and the people of Korea
are no better off. According to
the November 6, 1972 issue of
magazine, South Korean
President Chung Hee Park
proposed to "make himself his
country’s permanent dictator’’
in early November. This move
came one week after Park pro-
claimed martial law, dissolved
the National Assembly, out-
lawed political activities by
other parties, and imposed
tight military censorship.
Terrorism and brutality are
everyday events in the "free"
state of South Korea-and this
is what American lives were
Mark Thompson
lost for? This is true in South
Vietnam also as was seen in
the last presidential election
in which President Thieu ran
unopposed. How can we blame
a man for not wanting to fight
for this? The fallacy about war
is that' millions of men kill
each other without having
animosity toward one another.
Men kill other men who could
have just as easily be their
friends if their governments
were not opposed.
It is hard to believe that a
man should be outcast because
he chose to avoid all of this
hypocrisy. A man is not a
traitor to society because he
will not sacrifice his dignity
as a human being for his al-
legiance to his country. There
comes a time when we must
develop a humanitarian philo -■
sophy instead of a nationalistic
•one, and now is the time.
Student Publications Choose 1973-74 Staff
Vicki Phillips
The JBu.'i't and DlLeF-an
Dine have recently decided on
their staff members for the
1973-74 school year. Those
who were trying out were re-
quired to turn in an applica-
tion, teachers’ evaluations,
and have an interview.
Vicki Knight and Lana
Wright will serve as Co-editors
of the JK-eEan 0-u-ve. Business
Manager will be Janet Davee
and Advertising Manager will
be Debby Plumlee. Other re-
turning staff members are Paul
Escobedo, Janet McClendon,
Molly Middleton, Holly Nash,
Pam Peeples, and Donna
Scholwinski.
Also chosen for the 1973-74
lion Oi-n-e staff are Juniors
Smith, and Janet Welch. Sopho-
mores are Chuck 'stark and
Vickie Walton. Sherry Hoy,
Nancy Montgomery, Lynn Mo-
ran, Sherri Shahan, Cindy
Williams are the freshmen who
were chosen.
Co-Editors of the 1973-74
‘Ru.nn will be Sylvia Mar-
tino and Vicki Phillips. Lee
Newberry will be Managing Ed-
itor and Susan Westbrook will
be Business Manager with Win
Brown as Photographer.
Sophomores chosen to the
staff are Danny Bedinger, Ter-
ry Lewark, Mark Muller, Dcra
South, Christi Stroud, and
Sheron Vincent. Freshmen
chosen are Jim Coody, David
Martino, Vickie Long, and
Amv Slocum.
This World of Ours
Susan Westbrook
cause of the "confusion."
At Compton High School in
Compton, California, fifteen-
year-old Willie Frazier walked
into a math class and a llegedly
tried to rob a 16-year-old stu-
dent at knife-point. After a short
argument, the 16-year-old drew
a revolver from his pocket and
shot Frazier in the chest. He
died almost instantly. Witnes-
ses said that it all happened so
quickly they were unable to
stop the tragedy. The 16-year-
old was booked on suspicion of
murder.
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One thousand, three hundred
Portland residents received
parking tickets on Washington’s
birthday this year. Though City
Hall offices were closed on Feb-
ruary 19, somebody forgot to
remind the meter maids They
worked as usual and gave tick-
ets to angry Portlanders, who
thought they didn’t have to feed
meters on a legal holiday. When
City Hall was bombarded with
telephone calls, city traffic
engineer Thomas P. James
asked district court judges to
declare the tickets invalid be-
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The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1973, newspaper, April 5, 1973; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1099427/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Weatherford High School.