The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1963 Page: 2 of 4
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THE YELLOW JACKET, APRIL 5, 1963
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POINT AND COUNTERPOINT
BAYLOR VS. BAKER
BY J. a BEVERS JR.
The recent resignation of Paul Baker from the Baylor drama
department has incited what may be more publicity than it was
worth. Baker's reputation has become something or a legend in
the Southwest's theatrical circles. When he decided to quit the
Baptist school, all the news media were flooded for days with
the adventures of the man and his eleven followers. What the dozen
decided to do, as we all know by now, was to leave the confines
of Baylor.
FORTUNATELY
Fortunately for Mr. B., there is no fear of having to bat the
wolf from the door, since he was offered (within the hour) a posi-
tion with Trinity University. Hence, what we hear hereafter from
this dramatist will be emitted from either that Alamo city school,
or from his illustrious Dallas Theatre Center.
Obviously, there are some basic issues to be probed in the
case of Baylor vs. Baker. The one which bounces forward first in
the minds of most persons is the apparent question of censorship.
Regardless of the pleas of some to promote the contrary, there
seems little reason to believe that this topic was removed from
the scene in question. The facts are clear: Eugene O'Neill's prize-
winning play, "Long Day's Journey into Night" was produced; its
producer (Baker) was asked to close the drama, Baker refused and
subsequently resigned.
CENSORSHIP
In regard to the censorship discussion, there arise several points
which could be interesting. First, why did Baker sponsor a play
which even the most casual observer would have recognized as
containg material contrary to the established traditions of the
Baylor administration? Secondly, why was the play allowed any
time at all? If it had to be stopped, why was it permitted to stay
on the stage? Was it halted because of definite and strong convic-
tions of the administration, or was the abortive move made because
of outside pressure?
Among the other aspects of this real-life drama is the topic
of whether or not Baylor had any right to apply the pressure it
did. The legal points could hardly be disputed, but perhaps some
will see fit (many, in fact, already have) to question the validity
of lopping into an apparently fine production because of what some
^consider "offensive" language. Here, again, it would be interesting
for someone, somewhere, to come up with a few simple answers
to some obvious questions: Did Paul Baker have any idea at all,
back in the days when he began to instruct beginning dramatists
at Baylor, that the school had objections to "foul" language? Had
this topic never received any statements from the administration
concerning its own feelings? Was this not discussed many, many
years before? ^ *
The problems of the world at large may be indeed complex,
but in this particular situation, there seems to be one question which
could completely close out the case and perhaps let us all put our
minds at ease about it; really, gang, where were the adults atrthe
Waco school when all this mess was going on?
Academy Corporation Men Pledge
$50,000 Toward Quarter-Million
Bffiw si
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A pledge to raise fBO.OOO1 by
the end of the year through per-
sonal gifts and solicitation, was
made Monday by directors of
the Douglas MacArthur Acad-
emy of Freedom Corp., organiz-
ed to aid the proposed academy
at Howard Payne College.
The young Texas businessmen
who will seek to raise a quar-
ter of a million dollars within
the next three years to under-
write the building for the acad-
emy, authorized expenditure of
funds immediately to roof and|
caulk the building to be reno-
vated as the basic unit for the
academy home. This is the ad-
ministration building on the
Daniel Baker College campus,
which is now a part of Howard
Payne.
Appointed to a building com-
mittee were Don Friend, Uvalde,
chairman; Hobby McCall, Dal-
las, and Othal Brand, McAllen,
with two additional members to
be chosen from new directors
to be added to the corporation.
Dr. Guy D. Newman, HPC pres-
ident, will serve as an ex officio
member.
Following a report from Mc-
Call that the corporation char-
ter had been granted March 18,
the directors ratified minutes of
their two previous organize
tional meetings, including the
election of officers.
Brand is president of the cor-
poration, with McCall as vice
president, Dr. McDonald W.
Held, HPC academic dean, sec-
retary, and W. Frank Smith, the
college's comptroller, as treas-
urer.
in his first official report to
the director*, Smith reported
that the academy fund now to-
tals $11,372.46. Designated de-
positories for the funds were
the Citizens National and First
National Banks of Brownwood.
A resolution was adopted in-
viting the executive committee
and other related administrative
officials of the college, together
with the officers of its. board of
trustees, to attend future meet-
ings of the corporation's dir-
ectors.
Dr. Newman told of plans for
filming "The Common Glory,"
Paul Green outdoor pageant
staged at Williamsburg, for use
by the academy.
Reports were also heard from
Glenn Biggs, Abilene, chairman
of the corporation's committee
on promotion and development;
Marvin Stetler, Midland, chair-
man of the committee on mem-
bership; Frank Dill, Houston
architect, on plans for the
academy building, and Col. Rus-
sel Fudge, acting director of
the academy on plans for its
academic program, which opens
National Society
Initiates Members
Twenty-seven new members
of Kappa Delta Pi, national
honorary society for men and
women in the field of education,
were Initiated Saturday at the
Howard Payne club's spring
luncheon in the Embassy Room
of Brownwood Hotel.
Dr. A. J. Quinn, head of the
Department of Religious Educa-
tion; Dr. Frances Merrltt, chair-
man of the Division of Profes-
sional Studies, and officers of
the club conducted the initiation
ceremony. Officers include Rus-
sell Berry, Waco senior, presi-
dent; Peggy Conklin, Bangs
senior, vice president; Ann Mul-
lin, Irving senior, historian, and
Mrs. Berta Quinn, assistant pro-
fessor of education, treasurer.
Dr. Merritt is counselor of the
group, and Dr. Quinn is initiat-
ing officer.
Initiates include Mmes. Grace
Behrens, Dorothy Carter, Clau-
dean Cervenka, Eugena Cotton,
Mary Jo Holley, Helen Lange,
Nita Morris, Jacqueline Podraza,
Charlotte Smith, Pauline Smith,
Martha Fortune and! Karen
Dodds; Elvira Burrows, Lois
Chrisman, Anna Gray Davis,
Robbie Gay Davis, Kay Farmer,
Pat Fuston, Jackie Hendrick,
Peggy Nettleship, Ann Stovall,
Eunice Urbina, Thomas Dean
Brown, Kenneth Barr and Dale
Byerly.
More than 60 persons attended
the luncheon and initiation.
The next meeting of the club
is scheduled late this' month,
when a coke party will be the
setting for election of new of-
ficers for 1963-64.
HP Voice Teacher
Represents Area
Mrs. Sara Baker, instructor
of voice at Howard Payne Col-
lege, will represent District
' Seven at the Texas Federation
of Music Clubs convention now
in progress in Fort Worth.
A mezzo-soprano, she will sing
during the concert tonight at
Hotel AdOlphus. Her accompan-
ist will be Mrs. Leota Bartholo-
mew, also of Brownwood.
Selections Mrs. Baker will
sing are Mon Coeur A'Ouvre a
fa voix, and aria from "Samson
and Delilah" (Saint-Saens) and
"The Little Shepherd's Song"
(Winter Watts).
Mrs. Baker holds the bachelor
of arts degree from Judson
College to Marion, Ala., with ad-
ditional muBic study at West-
minister Choir College, Prince-
ton, N. J., and the University of
Southern Mississippi.
She has taught public school
music, has served as the choir
and youth director for the First
Baptist Church in Scottsboro,
Ala., has been a church soloist,
and has taught at William Carey
College in Hattiesburg, Miss.
next fall.
Next meeting of the directors
was set for noon, Saturday,
May ll, at the college. Addition
of members and expenditure of
funds by the corporation are
subject to approval by the How-
ard Payne trustees.
THE YELLOW JACKET
"The Voice Of The Campus"
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Member
Circulation — 900
Believing that freedom Is a gift and not a right, and maintaining that
the responsibility to defend freedom falls upon those who enjoy its profit*
this newspaper Is dedicated to the task of uplifting and preserving the
privileges of a free people living In a free nation with a freedom of the press
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Larry Causey
Associate Editor Larry Crlsman
Sports Editor Bill Harper
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Wanda Powell,
Vela,
Elena
Bailey, Morey Mast.
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager ,
Faculty Advisor
Madge Greer, Peggy Nettleship,
Pat Finney, Jerry Perkins, Don
['Prepaninq &or
^ke 3)<J6f Slack
We must say, this has been a stimulating Democracy-in-Action
Week. What with Princess Catherine Caradja, "the woman who
never learned to give in," and the dynamic Paul Harvey, to begin
to name them, the week could hardly go wrong.
Starting this Monday, we could begin preparing against what
our focus week evangelist Howard Butt Jr. this year dubbed "the
let-down." It will always come, he said.
NO SACRILEGE
And we feel it no sacrilege to compare DIA Week to Religious
Focus Week. As HPC President Guy Newman said Monday, the
DIA program is inseperable from traditional Baptist beliefs. DIA
,is orthodox Baptist, if you please. But, we were saying, after every
height comes a let-down.
This year we possess more to fight against this let-down than
last year, as last year we had more to fight with than the year
before. Increasingly, these DIA programs are instilling in the stu-
dents a more concrete view of life today. DIA, or the spirit of DIA,
has grown to give even our scholastic program a more specific
and detailed approach to the student's place in the world today,
in our Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom which opens this
fall.
UNDERSTANDING
This outlook we will carry at least unconsciously into our vo-
cations. As we become more concerned, we will perhaps find we
have learned something about how to express ourselves to our
friends, and then to our legislative representatives. These abilities
we will owe to the unique DIA program.
And as it is unique; so we enrolled here at Howard Payne
have a unique opportunity: to learn practical ways to join in our
nation's defense against the clutching Red hand of subversion.
(Who QYas
Mo ^Zriumphec)
People are fools for entertainment. They'll go anywhere or
do anything for laughs. This would be fine if it were not for the
fact that usually their interests are expensive.
This illustrates a pathetic point. They can't seem to entertain
themselves without spending money. But what is there to do for
free? Try this suggestion. Watch other people blow money. It's fun.
SATURDAY NIGHT
For instance, Saturday night Jack Walton and Martha Rogers
went bowling. Just like everybody there, they were seriously in-
volved in the sport. That is, just like everybody but one. This
reporter was lurking in a concealed spot watching what took place,
and between chuckles, recording what he saw.
After selecting a ball, Walton assumed a rigid position, con-
centrated momentarily, and began his approach. With an almost
professional flick of the wrist, he curved the ball admirably into
the gutter. Of course this demanded explanation, so he shook his
hand and sucked his finger. His expression pled he had wrenched
his hand. However, his injury was not too severe because on the
next ball he blasted the pins for a spare. Arrogantly he slumped
into his chair and telegraphed a mental "Ah, it was nothing."
FEMININE REBUTTAL
Not to be outdone, Miss Rogers picked her ball, and glanced
at Walton with a "If you think that's good, watch this."
She eyed the pins with determination and slipped daintily
down the alley. Yes, she slipped. She had dust on her shoes. Never-
theless, she did manage to send three pins sprawling, and like a
true professional, she spared on the next ball.
This was too much for Walton. He was destined to prove the
supremacy of the male sex. He determined to display something
spectacular to awe his fair lady. He did. While waiting for his
turn, he was savagely bitten on the posterior by a member of the
beetle family. -LARRY CRISMAN
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
Fat Finney
Don Newbury
The Yellow Jacket Is published every Friday momlnr
examination weeks, twice a year, and holiday*. Baskally i student publication,
the paper is under the auspices of Howard Payne College, Brownwood, Texas.
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