St. Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 26, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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Picture, Assessment
Delay Slows Publication
According to yearbook editor
Bill Reynolds the TOWER, first
annual published by students in
ten years, will an incomplete one
unless more cooperation is given
the staff.
Thirty per cent of the students
and seventy five per cent of the
faculty have failed to have their
pictures made, said Reynolds.
Two weeks ago a notice was
placed in the ECHO stating that
a box would be placed in the
University Library to receive stu-
dents’ snapshots. One lonesome
picture was dropped in.
Edmundo Nieto, treasurer of
the Tower, reports that nearly
half of the student body have
failed to pay their assessments.
Austin Alumni
F4, Pannell Named Vice
Horkin, Mengden, Habiger
Induct First Degree Men
Initiation of candidates, into
the Knights of Columbus is
scheduled for Sunday, March 2,
the first day of Founders Week,
and March 23. Twelve candidates
will receive the first degree Sun-
day morning, and 20 candidates
are to be given the second and
third degrees two weeks later.
Grand Knight Pat Horkin will
induct the first degree men into
the Council in 216 Administra-
tion Building. He will be assist-
ed by Charles Habiger, deputy
grand knight, and Hip Mengden,
chancellor. Initiations will fol-
low a Communion Breakfast in
the dining hall.
Second and third degrees will
be exemplified in the Knights of
Columbus hall in Austin in the
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Shear, Clipper Thugs on Loose;
Even Lawnmower Under Suspicion
“Haircuts Incorporated”. Much has been said of Crime Clubs,
Killers For Hire, and Murder Incorporated organizations but the
first mentioned corporation has been comparitively unknown. This
novel little group have taken it on themselves to distribute free, un-
wanted haircuts. They must be unwanted. No one could will such
—-*:«a thing on himself.
First victim of the clipper gang
was Wildhoss Kane. He put up a
heroic defensive battle, judging
from appearances, for his head
resembled a strip of grazing land
on a sheep range.
“Turtle” Bolka was next. His
top piece extremity bore striking
resemblences to the artistry of
Kane’s. What makes the case
more mysterious, and symbolic of
Chicago gang activities, is the
fact that neither would squeal.
Turn stooly—they said.
Brother Silverius
Replaces
Not balmy weather but bur-
den of class schedules last week
caused a shift in dormitory pre-
fects. Brother Silverius, CSC,
treasurer, replaces Brother Fer-
gus, CSC, professor of Business
Administration in both the day
and evening University.
ST. EDWARD’S
Horkin Gets Law
Degree From Texas
Pat Horkin, professor of Pub-
lic Speaking and debate coach,
received his bachelor of laws de-
gree last Monday from the Tex-
as University Law School.
Horkin was graduated from
St. Edward’s in ’38. He was ap-
pointed a Faculty member here
in ’39 and was elected Grand
Knight of the University Knights
of Columbus Council iin the same
year.
Chuck Kane, demon advertis-
ing solicitor for the TOWER, re-
cently put Dale Carnegie and his
theories on salesmanship ■ to
shame. Entering the toughest
store in town from which to get
an ad, Kane nonchalantly shrug-
ged his shoulders, fixed his tie,
and told friends he’d be out in
half an hour with a half-page
advertisement.
Twenty minutes later that su-
per salesman Kane emerged,
flicked an ad receipt in his com-
panions’ faces, and began the
long and tedious tale on how to
crack the tough ones.
Only phase of the previous
procedure he forgot to narrate
was how the store salesman sold
him a suit that cost just twice
what the owner had just put out
for the TOWER ad.
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dents interviewed stated that
exams are a help rather than a
drawback. Nearly 55 per cent,
nevertheless, say that there is
room for improvement in the
method of testing knowledge.
Reasons most often mentioned
in defense of students in favor
of final exams are exemplified by
these typical comments:
“Exams make me work. I nev-
er study until I cram for finals.”
—DePauw senior.
“They help me catch up with
things I may have overlooked in
a course.”—U. of Pennsylvania
junior.
There are many, many stu-
dents, however, who disagree.
This is what some of them say:
“Exams work me up into a
President; Committees
Chosen at Meeting
Eddie Joseph, prominent Aus-
tin business man, was elected
president of the newly organized
Austin St. Edward’s Alumni
Association last Tuesday at a
banquet held in the University
Refectory. Weldon Pannell is
vice-president and Ed Fleming,
secretary.
The new officers have chosen
the following committees:
Publicity: Gus Strauss, chair-
man; Pat Horkin, Emmett
O’Shaughessey, Thorny O’Con-
nor, Charles Farrell and Tony
Burger.
Telephone and membership:
Weldon Pannell, chairman; Leo
Ermis, Frank Rovello and Clif-
ford Mihm.
Constitution and by-laws: the
Rev. Paul J. Foik, Chester Koch
and Joe Macken.
Entertainment: Fred Kinane,
chairman; Francis Johnson, the
Rev. John J. Reynolds, Charles
Delaney and Hubert Polansky.
__ Exes will meet every other
Ru’uesday at 6:30 p. m. for a din-
ner meeting.
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University Band Plays
For Pre-Lenten Hop
Preceded by extravagant pub-
licity and an indomitable ticket
campaign, the Science Dance last
evening found member Scientists
nimble footed and joyous heart-
ed at a job well done. Swaying
to the rhythms of Jack Orr’s
Orchestra in the Knights of Co-
lumbus Hall, they could look
back on two weeks of the most
extensive placarding the campus
has known in recent years.
Stair landings, telephone
booths, even class room doors
bore pungent indicators for the
dance-minded student that a pre-
Lenten frolic was underway.
Within a Mardi Gras setting of
multi-colored streamers and soft
lights, couples danced. A central
candelabra of many balloons re-
flected the rhythms of the sway-
ing bodies.
“This is the nicest dance the
Science Club ever promoted,”
chirped cherubic Jack Powers.
From the reaction of the danc-
ers, they agreed with him.
UNDERWEIGHT???
Walsh Receives
Novel Treatment
—SEE REYNOLDS
Many are called, but some just
don’t weigh enough. Anyway
that’s what “Hidehead” Walsh
found out when he underwent
an examination for C.A.A.. Die-
tician Reynolds, S k i n h e a d’s
roomie, concocted a remedy.
Water, bananas, and sinkers—
that’s his prescription for those
who hardly tip the scales. His
system works too. Ask Walsh.
As the latter’s hairline is reced-
ing so has his weight been fail-
ing, but Reynolds fixed that—
at least temporarily. The almost
behaired one, although undergo-
ing many inconveniences, made
the required weight and had
three pounds to spare.
His hairline is still receding j afternoon on March 23. The Rev.
though. No one has a remedy for I S. F. Lisewski, CSC, Ph.D., is
that. | included among those candidates.
Harry Grant, Tenor,
Entertains Students
Students, Faculty Ready
Plans for Solicitations
Toward $50,000 Goal
Retarded by no word from No-
tre Dame and neglected as a
topic of campus conversation by
students, the Gym drive is far
from a dead issue. This is the
opinion of University authorities
to date.
Because no announcements
be made without official appro-
bation of the drive project by
the Rev. Thomas A. Steiner,
CSC, American provincial of the
Congregation of Holy Cross, in-
formation relative to Drive de-
velopments has been negligible.
But planning and work have not
ceased, informed sources are
quick to add.
Neither have student leaders
abandoned the project. Already
possessed of a thousand dollars
toward the $50,000 goal, sugges-
tions for lessening that distance
are practical and manifold.
“We started this thing. It’s up
to us to carry it through,” is the
way one Junior phrased it.
Definite approval is expected
from Father Steiner shortly. Un-
til that time, all reported an-
nouncements must be branded
rumor and conjecture.
K. of C. Dance
Orchestra Played, Few
Danced; See Editorial
For Additional Comment
Attending the recent Valentine
Day Dance sponsored by the Uni-
versity Knights of Columbus and
held in the K of C Hall in Aus-
tin were seventeen couples.
That’s all!!
An appreciative if scattered
audience heard Harry Grant, ten-
or, in concert at Abbey Theatre
on February 12. Grant is a ne-
gro singer from Austin.
Particularly enjoyed by the au-
dience were “I Feel Like a Moth-
erless Child,” and “Swing Low
Sweet Chariot,”
Students Admit Benefits of Finals
But Majority 'Just Don't Like 'Em'
“Exams are a help, but we believe some other alternative should
[ be found to test a student’s knowledge in a course.” Thus answered
the majority of college youth to Student Opinion Surveys of
America interviewers when questioned on the merits and demerits
of final examinations.
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nervous state; I don’t remember
anything.” — Wooster College
sophomore.
“Examinations are not a true
evaluation of one’s knowledge.
It is better to learn by daily
study than cramming for the
final.”—U. of Denver sophomore.
Two Planes Secured
For Second Semester
The C.A.A. course for the sec-
ond semester began Tuesday
night at St. Edward’s, with
ground school classes in naviga-
tion and meteorology. These
classes will be taught every week
night from 7 until 8:30, said the
Rev. John Lane, CSC, director
of the program.
An improvement over the first
semester is the fact that two
planes, a Portafield and a Pieper
Cub, will be used for flying in-
fractions which are scheduled to
begin Thursday.
Those passing the required
physical examination and inter-
viewing board are, Miss Mary
Ann Collins, Gene Farley, James
Geraghty, Edgar Walsh, Bill
TF Reynolds, Tom Wheat, Albert
Cotton, Bedford Perry, Joe Op-
penheim, and James Krause.
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