The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1973 Page: 2 of 12
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2 - November 30, 1973 - THE RANGER
Students soy transcendental meditation natural, easy
College submits three nominees for Piper professorship
Students discuss societies
Library may close Sundays
Deadline arrives
for financial aid
Applications for financial aid
for the spring semester should
be turned in to the student fin-
ancial aid office by Saturday.
"Many students are el igiblefor
financial aid. They should apply
for it," John E. Trujillo, direct-
or of student aid, said.
Students who have a C grade
average and a family income of
$9,000 a year or less are eli-
gible. Incomingfreshmenareeli-
gible for the Basic Education
Opportunity Grant program if
they are full-time students.
from all college's nominees will
be made April I, 1974.
Selection of a nominee is based
on certain criteria. He must be
a fulltime faculty member with a
three-fifths teaching load. Also
taken into consideration are the
number of years he has taught,
sponsorship of student organiza-
tions, membership in honorary
and professional societies, serv-
ice to the off-campus community
and effectiveness with students
in the classroom as well as in
person relations.
Igo, a San Antonio native, has
been a member of the faculty
-here since 1952. He earned his
bachelor's and master's degrees
The actual Mexican is not uni-
que, Rodrigo Juarez, professor
of sociology from the University
of Mexico, said.
Seven students from here were
guest speakers recently at the
Woman's Club program on educa-
tion, "A Practical Society or an
Elite Society."
Each of the seven talked about
the subjects they are studying
in pursuit of their chosen car-
eers.
khite said.
It is a simple technique which
causes full expansion of the mind.
TM does not analyze anything
while meditating. It does not try
to solve problems. It goes deeper
than that, he said.
The body and mind can become
vigorous and active because the
mind is fully alert while the body
is in deep rest, he said.
"Progress is going so quickly
today that we do not have the
full potential to use our minds
to be more dynamic and crea-
tive," Cronkhite said. Creativity
is a flowing of the mind.
"When a rose bush is planted
and then it begins to wilt, you
do not paint the dying petals red.
They also discussed their rea-
sons for choosing their careers
and what they hope to do when
they obtain their degree.
The students and the subjects
they spoke on are Bernice Jim-
enez, accounting; Robert Bell-
amy, political science; Elizabeth
Cox, nursing; Donald Smith, law
he is able to speak in another
language," Cox added.
Four faculty members previ-
ously have been named Piper
Professor. They are Dr. Majorie
Walthall, professor of music and
chairman of that department; Dr.
A.C. Bowman, professor of eco-
nomics; Henry Webb, professor
of history and director of student
activities, and Dr. Ava Josephine
McAmis, professor of chemistry.
lowing one to use the full value
of the mind, he said.
"You really use just a small
portion of your mind, but as
you continue with TM, portion
by portion of it gradually in-
creases full thinking ability and
awareness. It expands the mind
to full potential," Robinson said.
TM is good for everyone. Chil-
dren of age four can be taught
TM. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is
the founder of TM and his home-
land is in India, he said.
The two guest speakers were
from the Student International
Meditation Society, which spon-
sors the series of lectures. It
is a non-profit organization.
Juarez explained here in a
lecture given in Spanish the ori-
gin of the Mexican.
"At the turning of the Middle
Ages, Spain, moved by the hunger
to be rich, reached Mexico and
found a definite culture," he said.
Natives of Mexico never had
seen horses, iron or a wheel.
This created a servile attitude
in front of the Spanish, Juarez
explained.
continuance of opening Sunday to
be justified, there would need to
be 100 students per Sunday at
least," Wallace said.
"You have to take into con-
sideration that many schools are
facing the possibility of havingto
close down this winter, and I will
have to observe a significant need
for us to remain open on Sun-
days before I can seriously con-
sider the service next sem-
ester," he said.
Wallace said he, as well as
some members of his staff, is
still skeptical about how much
students will take advantage of
-this opportunity, and he added that
he is not surprised at the lack
of response.
"The library was originally
opened on Sunday in response to
student's requests," Wall ace
said, "and although we at the li-
brary didn't think it would be
worthwhile, we were, and con-
tinue to be, open to innovation."
Wallace said he might consider
going back to opening Friday
nights, although he has not heard
of any complaints from night
students who use it then.
Campus faculty members have
selected three instructors to
serve as this college's nominees
for the annual Minnie Stevens
Piper Foundation award for out-
standing college professors in
Texas.
foreign languages department full
time since 1964 and was a part-
time instructor for several years
prior to that.
"I feel that teaching and learn-
ing are part of the same thing.
I like sharing with others," Cox
said. *.
"I don't know of any greater
thrill than seeing a student speak
in another language and see the
joy on his face when he realizes
The nominees selected are
John Igo, professor of English,
Dr. Johnny McCain, professor of
history and Jessie Cox, profes-
sor of Spanish. Each is eligible
to be one of the 10 Piper Profes-
sors selected from college cam-
puses throughout Texas who will
receive a $1,000 cash prize if
chsoen by the foundation selection
committee for the award. Select-
ion of the ten Piper Professors
enforcement; Patsy Kita, home
economics; Denise Brown, nur-
sing, and John Ruiz, business
administration.
The future is in good hands
with these young people. Dr.
, Bessie Pearce, professor of Eng-
lish and assistant to the dean,
said, after the seven students
had spoken.
The two Woman's Club schol-
arship winners, Cynthia Nevels
and Pamela McCoy, were intro-
duced.
The woman's Club has award-
ed two scholarships each sem-
ester for the last 25 years, Mrs.
Milton Baugh, club president,
said.
Transcendental meditation in-
volves no concentration, no con-
trol, no effort. It is quite na-
tural and is easy to do, Jerry
Cronkhite said.
Cronkhite and Randy Robin-
son from the Student Interna-
tional Meditation Society lec-
tured here last week.
"Transcental means to go be-
yond and meditation means
thought, so TM means to go be-
yond thought into deeper areas.
For greater thoughts and energy
during the day, meditate twice
daily for 15 minutes in your
most comfortable position. TM
is part spiritual, physical and
environmental, but it is entirely
different from hypnosis," Cron-
mental potential while the body
is in a deep sense of rest.
"Meditating is not for solving
problems or thinking. Meditating
is for the sake of your activities.
Friendships and our habits are
more in harmony with all," Ro-
binson said.
TM takes an inward route and
then the mind just follows its own
path, he said.
"It is a systematic technique
to satisfy the mind which is al-
ways wandering and searching for
something more interesting and
to fill its deeper needs," Robin-
son said.
Acquired sense of awareness
and awakefulness does eliminate
stress on the nervous system al-
"These Indians thought the
rider and the horse were the
same being," he said.
"But," he said, the natives
had a magic mentality to explain
the world by inventing religion."
Slavery replaced human sacri-
fice except for the honor of being
killed in front of the gods. In
some cases, fathers offered their
children, he said.
"When women had relations
with the king, they had to become
nuns, and when the king rode a
horse no one else could ride the
same horse," the professor said.
"National sentimentalism al-
Instead you water the plant and
keep the roots deep so it can
flourish again to its fullest. The
same with your mind, you must
water your potentials in order
to expand your minds to its
fullest," Cronkhite said.
TM has an effect on mental
health. It allows a deep rest
and calmness, he said.
"It washes away all tensions,
anxieties and fatigues gained in
your system. In the state of re-
laxation your mind is alert yet
rested. When the mind and body
is relaxed and in deep rest, you
are still alert and thus you are
able to accomplish more," Ro-
binson said.
He said TM is used to achieve
If more people do not start
using the library on Sundays,
the service may be discontinued
next semester because of the
energy crisis, James Wallace,
librarian said.
"So far there has been an
average of only approximately
45 people using the library on
Sunday, and in order for the
from Trinity University and has
completed additional coursework
at the University of Oklahoma,
University of Texas at Austin,
Incarnate Word College and Tri-
nity University.
"I call my teaching method
shared enthusiasm," Igo said.
"I don't see how anyone who is
bored with the subject matter
can teach it. No two of my lec-
tures are alike."
"I never teach an average or
a norm student. I teach students.
I teach on a one-to-one basis,"
Igo added.
McCain, originallyfrom Moore
in Frio County, earned his bach-
elor's degree from East Central
State College in Ada, Okla, his
master's degree from Southwest
Texas State University and his
Ph. D. from the University- of
Texas at Austin. He began teach-
ing part time in the history de-
partment here in 1959 and full
time since 1963.
"We must constantly subject
students to critical ideas and in-
still in people the desire forfree
inquiry," McCain said.
Cox, from San Antonio, earned
her bachelor's degree from Tri-
nity University and her master's
degree from Incarnate Word Col-
lege. She has taught co I lege in the
Professor traces Mexican development
ready was racial, national and
political. The characteristics of
the native and the Spanish gave
birth to national ism and reform,"
he said.
Because the Spanish came
without women, half breeds a-
bounded in the villages. Then
slaves from Africa mated with
the Spanish half-breeds, Juarez
said.
"It was a conquest that lasted
300 years. Now Mexican rights
consist of political and econ-
omical independence, but little
identification exists in the actual
world," he ended.
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