The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1975 Page: 9 of 12
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called “green ones."
The names ’.’Shere” or “Chare’’
Thursday also were given to this day
because of the custom of bathing and
shaving the beard in preparation for
Easter. Bathing and shaving were in-
frequent events during the thirteenth
century.
Good Friday is the day that
commemorates Christ’s suffering
and crucifixion. Authorities are un-
certain as to how the day got its name.
At first, Christians had no special
ceremonies for this occasion. They
observed it as part of Easter and as a
time of mourning and fasting.
On this day, some churches join in
a three-hour service, lasting from
noon until 3 p.m., commemorating
the hours Christ spent on the cross.
The Rev. Barrett Renfro, director of
the Methodist Student Center, said
some Methodist churches use the
traditional three-hour service, usually
with music that incorporates the
seven last words of Jesus.
Mr. Gray said Episcopal churches
conduct similar services, sometimes
including devotion to the stations of
the cross.
“The Episcopal church tries to em-
phasize that it is important for every-
one to understand Good Friday in
order that they might fully celebrate
the full implication of Easter,’’ he
said.
Karwoski said most Catholic
churches have dispensed with the
three-hour service. She said congre-
gations now usually gather either at
noon or 3 p.m. for the celebration of
the Lord’s passion.
Numerous legends, beliefs and'
customs are associated with Good
Friday.
Some believe bread baked on this
day and kept throughout the year will
cure illnesses when taken with water.
Other American beliefs are that
babies are best weaned on Good Fri-
day; the sun never shines brightly;
breaking pottery is an omen of good
luck and shows ones house will not
be damaged in the coming year.
Mr. Gray said the Episcopal church
also has put a renewed emphasis on
doing baptism on the eve of Easter.
In Fredericksburg on this eve, citi-
zens burn Easter fires, a custom
brought there by German immigrants
around 1846. The children are told
the fires are caused by the Easter
rabbit who is making his dyes for Eas-
ter eggs by burning wild flowers.
Easter Sunday is celebrated on the
George Rodriguez, south-
side office manager for the
Southwest Voter Regis-
tration Education Project
(SWVREP), said he could
have gotten more students
to register if the SWVREP
had coordinated its effort
with the college a little bet-
ter.
“It was kind of hard to re-
gister people because it was
hard to get volunteers to
help for certain hours,” Rod-
riguez said.
“Approximately 300 peo-
ple were registered,’’ he
said.
Rodriguez received help
from Billy Fletcher and Ar-
mando Rodriguez, both
members of the Student
Representative Assemblage,
and from the Young Demo-
crats.
This was the first time the
SWVREP, now a permanent
organization, had conduc-
ted a city-wide registration
drive.
had lunch with him.
“He gave me a tour of the
Capitol building, and we dis-
cussed his past political ex-
periences in running for
Congress in the early six-
ties,” Thompson said.
Thompson, a partially
sighted student, received
funds for the flight to
Washington from this col-
lege, the State Commission
for the Blind and the San An-
tonio Association for the
Blind.
“I think it is wonderful to
know that if anyone gets in-
volved in anything he can go
places; he can do anything.
“If we had had more time,
the conference would have
been better. But it was good
anyway,” Thompson said.
He may not have had all of
the time he wanted, but
Thompson jammed many
varied activities of interest
into his Washington ex-
cursion.
Special Services will con-
duct a field trip to Southwest
Texas State University so
students can aquaint and in-
terest themselves in attend-
ing the university.
“Special Services Project
here and at St. Philip’s Col-
lege is sponsoring a tour for
its students on April 12,” Er-
nest Rocha, a counselor in
Special Services arranging
the tour, said.
“Our main objective in
visiting Southwest Texas
State University is to en-
courage our students into
four-year institutions of
higher learning,’’ Rocha
said.
Students going on the
field trip will get a tour of the
campus and receive infor-
mation regarding admis-
sions, procedures, transfer
student criteria, financial aid
information, housing infor-
mation and allied health field
careers.
Students interested in
going on the field trip should
sign up in the offices of Spe-
cial Services, room 303 Lof-
tin Student Center.
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About 300 people were re-
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registration drive on campus
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M. Sgt. Mike Williams,
medic at Ft. Sam Houston,
will conduct the seminars.
Also discussed at the meet-
ing was the lack of members
in the association.
“We need a membership
drive, possibly a ‘beer bust’,
to acquaint the SAC veterans
with our organization,’’
David Garza, association
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Donna Hessong and Byron Weiss, enrolled in the
college’s child development center, play with an
Robert Thompson’s re-
cent visit to the White House
accomplished more than
just increase his knowledge
of development in science
and technology.
The trip gave the sopho-
more a chance to tour the
White House, the Smithso-
nian Institution and Capitol
Hill, plus talk with govern-
mental dignitaries including
U.S. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez.
“When you go to Washing-
ton, D.C. you’ve got to forget
that you’re just one person
coming to see it, and leave
the thrills behind,” Thomp-
son said. He added, “You’re
just honored to be there.”
The 20-year-old spent five
days at the capital as one of
18 students selected
nationwide by the Federa-
tion of Americans Support-
ing Science and Technology
(FASST) to attend a White
House conference March 6.
ond year of its existence.
Hoyt said although there
are six full-time and three
part-time teachers, enroll-
ment has swamped the
department.
“We could definitely use
another instructor,’’ Hoyt
said.
“We try to have different
cultural backgrounds among
professors to give stu-
dents different views. Also,
I believe we have the only
Latin-American philoso-
phy course in the city taught
by a Latin-American,” Hoyt
said.
Although it is true job
opportunities for philosophy
majors are limited, the same
is true of almost all liberal
arts courses, Dr. Harold B.
Hoyt, philosophy depart-
ment chairman, said.
“Perhaps it is more true of
philosophy than other
courses, since philosophy is
mainly a teaching field,’’
Hoyt said.
Philosophy is more helpful
in all areas than a prepara-
tion for a profession, Hoyt
said.
Hoyt said about 90 percent
of all philosophy majors
teach. However, courses in
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Holy Week and Easter Sunday are
times when rabbits, church atten-
dance and clothing stores profits all
multiply at an unusually rapid pace.
However, the Rev. Melvin K. Gray,
chaplain for the Episcopal Student
Center, said this holiday is much
more.
“Holy Week is a time of recalling a
most extraordinary event,” Mr. Gray
said.
Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy
Week, is named for the ancient cus-
tom of carrying palm branches on this
day, in commemoration of Christ’s
entry into Jerusalem.
Early Christians did not observe
Palm Sunday until about the tenth
century. Today, it is observed by al-
most all churches.
Rosemary Karwoski, associate di-
rector of the Catholic Student Center,
said most Catholic churches have a
blessing of the palms and a pro-
cession to commemorate the events
of this day.
“In reality, Palm Sunday is our first
day of celebration in remembrance of
the Passion,” Karwoski said.
Today is Thursday of Holy Week,
known as Maundy or Holy Thursday.
This day is associated with the Last
Supper, the Agony in the Garden and
the arrest of Jesus.
Some believe the day arose from
the incident of Christ’s washing the
feet of His disciples, and His com-
mand to them to follow His example.
Many churches conduct commun-
ion services on Maundy Thursday. In
one California church, 12 persons
take communion together in a setting
similar to that of the “Last Supper” as
painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
Karwoski said most Catholic
parishes celebrate the Lord’s supper
in the evening on Thursday.
“The liturgy calls for the washing of
the feet of 12 persons from the parish.
At the end of the mass, the Eucharist
which is kept in reserve is placed on a
special altar and the parishioners are
encouraged to spend some time in
prayer to commemorate Jesus’ time
in the Garden of Gethsemane,” she
said.
The day used to be called Green
Thursday because priests wore green
vestments on this day and public sin-
ners who were being “restored” wore
or carried sprigs of green and were
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Weinberger, secretary of
Health, Education and Wel-
fare.
The half-day meeting in-
cluded discussions on inter-
national technology by Dr.
Dixie Lee Ray, assistant
secretary of state for inter-
national and oceanic affairs,
on the outlook for space with
Dr. John Naugle, deputy as-
sociate administrator of the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NA
SA), on the status of U.S.
health care with Weinberger,
and on the energy situation
with two people from the
Energy Research and
Development Association
(ERDA).
“We talked about how
ERDA and NASA are meeting
the problems of today, such
as health care, facing the
challenges of tomorrow, and
finding solutions.
“Programs of NASA, pres-
nationalism, atomic wea-
pons and other things,”
Hoyt said.
Philosophy became a
separate department two
years ago. The enrollment at
that time was about 700 stu-
dents a semester. Before be-
coming a separate depart-
ment, philosophy and
psychology were combined
into one department.
The department expected
in five years to have an en-
rollment of about 1,000 stu-
dents a semester. That figure
was surpassed in the
department during the sec-
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The Veterans Association
will sponsor a six-day emer-
gency first aid seminar here
beginning March 31.
Plans for the seminar were
made at a recent meeting of
the association which meets
at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. every
other Friday in the Blue-
bonnet Room of Loftin Stu-
dent Center.
The seminar will be con-
ducted from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30
p.m. March 31, April 2, 3, 7, 9
and 10 in the Fiesta Room of
LSC. Enrollment is open to
all students here and regis-
tration is free.
Basic anatomy and
physiology will be offered
March 31.
Common emergencies,
including treatment of
poison victims and those bit-
ten by insects, snakes and
animals, is scheduled for
April 2.
Control of hemorrhage, a
one-hourseminar, will follow
common emergencies the
same day.
Symptom recognition and
traumatic injuries of the
chest and abdomen are to-
pics for April 3.
The April 7 seminar fea-
tures heat injuries and in-
juries to the head, face, neck,
spine and extremities.
Cardiopulmonary resusi-
tation is the April 9 seminar.
A three-part April 10 pro-
gram includes emergency
childbirth, breast examina-
tion and testing.
ent and future, use satellites
which look down at the earth
to aid in mineral resource
development, agriculture
and surveying geographic
areas,” Thompson said.
After the conference, he
said the delegates toured
Capitol Hill and the White
House.
“We toured the Red Room,
the Green Room and the
East Room, where the
President’s television mes-
sages are delivered and the
affairs of state are discussed.
“The East Room is not
open to the general public,”
he added.
“After that we toured the
Smithsonian Institution and
spoke with Michael Collins,
one of FASST’s board mem-
bers and an astronaut on the
Gemini 10 and Apollo 11
space flights,” Thompson
said.
He said he called
Congressman Gonzalez and
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church are baptised on this day.
Mr. Gray, who is also associate rec-
tor at Christ Episcopal Church, said
that church makes an attempt to es-
pecially include the children on Eas-
ter.
“On Easter Sunday, the children
process through the church as we
sing joyous hymns,” Mr. Gray said.
Dave Medders, director of the Bap-
tist Student Center, said although the
Baptist church does not specifically
have planned activities for the Easter
Season, some churches do have sun-
rise services.
“There really aren’t any planned
activities for Easter in the Baptist
church, because we believe every
Sunday ought to be a celebration for
the resurrection of the Lord,” Med-
ders said.
Sammy Swim, director of the
Church of Christ Bible Chair, said the
Church of Christ belief ig similar to
the Baptists’.
“The resurrection merits more than
once a year observance,” he said.
Many customs and legends as-
sociated with Easter have adopted
Christian meaning, although they
were originally pagan beliefs.
Eggs are associated with Easter
and regarded as a symbol of resurrec-
tion, because they hold the “seeds of
life.”
Actually, the hare, not the rabbit,
should be honored on Easter. Easter
is a celebration dependent on the
moon, and the hare has always been a
symbol for the moon.
The idea that the Easter bunny laid
the eggs came from Germany. This
belief is said to have originated from
the fact that rabbits are prolific and
therefore a symbol of life.
Some believe the custom of wear-
ing new clothes on Easter Sunday
dates back to the time when the new
year started in March and new clothes
were worn to signify a new begining.
An American belief is that good
luck can be ensured for the year by
wearing three new garments on Eas-
ter.
It is believed that eating ham on
Easter Day is the survival of an early
England custom when gammon of
bacon was the principal food used to
show contempt for the Jewish prac-
tice of abstaining from pork.
Karwoski said certain ethnic
groups in the Catholic church bring
fresh baked bread, eggs and ham to
the church to be blessed fortheir Eas-
ter meal.
The meanings of Easter are numer-
ous and varied.
Mr. Renfro said death and resur-
rection have double meanings for the
Methodist church.
“Through celebrating Easter, we
try to make the cross and open tomb
contemporary events. They are not
only things that happened to Jesus,
but they also happen to us,” he said.
Mr. Gray said there has been a re-
newed emphasis on the resurrection
as the crucial factor of the Christian
church.
“It’s all rather meaningless if you
can’t believe that,” he said.
Karwoski said human beings are a
people that have a need to celebrate
special events in a special way.
“We need the vivid reminder of that
important event of Easter,” she said.
Easter rabbit during class this week. The furry crea-
tures bring joy to children on Easter Sunday.
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TheSWVREP will continue
conducting periodic voter
registration drives.
Between periodic voter
registration drives the
SWVREP will conduct lec-
tures and workshops to edu-
cate people on their rights as
voters.
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“The 18people are not the
top ones in the organization,
but the most active ones
which contact other people,
forming a web of communi-
cation between students,
government and industry.
“It might be an old cliche,
but it’s true that communi-
cation is the key to under-
standing,” the journalism-
public relations major said.
FASST is a nation-wide,
non-profit, non-partisan,
scientific and literary stu-
dent organization with 47
chapters serving to aid
communication among stu-
dents, industry and govern-
ment.
Thompson flew to
Washington March 5. The
delegates met with the na-
tional advisory board of
FASST at its national office.
The conference began the
next day with a luncheon and
a speach by Casper W.
Philosophy chairman says BA jobs low
philosophy and logic are re-
commended for data pro-
cessing majors, nursing ma-
jors and law majors.
Hoyt said philosophy
courses here are becoming
increasingly popular.
Judging by booksales,
study of philosophy also has
become popular in other col-
leges and even outside
school, he said.
“Always in the history of
the world, when the world is
unsettled, people turn to
things like philosophy and
religion. Were going
through a transition in the
world now, with the rise of
medical first aid meeting
president, said.
There are approximately
4,300 veterans enrolled here,
but only 11 are paid mem-
bers of the association.
“Because SAC is a two-
year college, student turn-
over is tremendous, and
membership in the organiza-
tion has dropped off,” Garza
said.
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first Sunday after the first full moon,
following the spring equinox. The
date for this annual observance was
set at a meeting in Nicea, Asia Minor,
in 325 a.d.
Easter is both a Christian and a
springtime festival. Christians did not
observe Easter until Gentiles re-
newed a celebration of the pagan
spring festival that welcomed the
turn of the “happy season.”
Some believe on Easter morning
the sun dances, and those who rise
early can see this performance. For
this reason, churches developed the
Easter sunrise services.
Hot cross buns have been as-
sociated with Good Friday for cen-
turies. Some believe this tradition
is an outgrowth of the ancient
pagan sacramental cakes eaten by
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Rabbits, church attendance multiply at Easter time
Anglo-Saxons in homes of their
goddess “Eastore.”
In ancient times, if a person ate hot
cross buns on Good Friday, he be-
lieved his home would not catch fire
in the next year. If worn around the
neck as charms, the buns were be-
lieved to ward off shipwreck and
other unfortunate events.
Holy Saturday is the mourning
day — the day of Christ's death.
Karwoski said on this day the
Catholic church is bared. She said
the church stands empty all of Satur-
day until the Easter vigil services
Saturday night.
“The church is like a tomb on Holy
Saturday,” she said.
Karwoski said this is the main Eas-
ter service for the Catholic church.
Any persons being received into the
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