The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 8, 1941 Page: 2 of 4
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This Week's Editorial
Thanks To The Lions Club
It takes more than a student body, faculty and a group of administrative 1 stand upon the mountainsick
oil huts to make a college. It takes people to promote the institution and to
publicize and support its ideals, advantages and for what it stands. &
The East Fort Worth Lions club is one of these organizations and has
done its utmost to promote and supupryTexas Wesleyan college.
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They have used their influence to have the college program promoted
and publicised, they have given of it,heir time and their money to help
beautify the campus and the buildings.
On every special occasion they have some member or members of the
TVS C student body or faculty at their meetings, and each year they honor
the basketball, football and golt teams of Texas VVeslevan at a luncheon.
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And once every,year they set aside a special day as TWO day in the
East Side Lions club. Last week the college was honored in this way and
the organization heard Rev. Marcus Chunn speak on the advancement and
accomplishments of Texas Wesleyan college in the past five vears.
This is our simple sort of way of expressing our thanks and the thanks
of the student body, the fueulty, and everyone connected with TWO to the
East Fort Worth Lions club.
The Collegiate World Exchanges
RatrMinq,■ RAyme
and watch the'Reaves
Blown by the wind.
Red leaves
Dashing off to some wild, colorful adventure
Madly blow from place to place
Then drop suddenly to the eartfT
To dull obscurity.
Brown leaves
Flutter slowly down
Rest at last upon the ground
Are torn to pieces by the wind
And scattered aimlessly.
I remember the leaves in the Spring
Green with life.
I wonder—
Did they know their destiny?
v—Claris Glick
Miss Glick is the daughter of Dean Walter
R. Glick. She formerly attended TWC and
is now teaching in Itasca, Tex.
By Associated Collegiate Press
"Durir/; the last two decades the idea of participating
in numerous out-of-class activities has been growing.
So have opportunities in this direction.
"The school and college newspaper and public press
have stimulate this ideal. Playing on the football or
baseball team or being known about the school or col-
lege as a leader in ever so many extra-curricular activi-
ties makes good news items. These also afford interest-
ing topics of conversation for students outside the class-
room and an escape from worries over classes.
"In most high school and college groups, excellence.,
in scholarship alone does not get a student very far
in the estimation of his school or college mates. The
bookworm is not important on the campus.
"AS a result, many of the ablest scholars in high
school and college are wearing themselves out trying
to do too many things. With only so many hours a day
at their disposal, they keep up their scholastic standing,
if they do, by using hours for study that they need for
sleep* or relaxation. " .
"These same students are '^sometimes "drafted" by
...various organizations of the Community. Usually the
student in most activities at school is also in most in
the community. While in the long run his participation
in community activities i§ of more permanent value
than participation in activities at school, the larger
pressure to be in many things and> excel in them comes
from the school. » " .
"The pity of it is that teachers at school and parents
at home encourage the over-conscientioUs, over-eager,
over-active student.. All too mapy of these choice youths
are breaking down from over-work.
~ "I wish we might persuade the youth in high school
and college to use his head and not be carried away
by temporary pressures for popularity. Then he would
resolve to select one major activity and try to do well
in it and not dissipate his energies over many. All else
being equal, he should choose an activity in which he
must work and play with a number of his fellows and
learn to get along with them. Of course, if he only
knew, he might grow most in this direction right in
his classroom and regular school work, by cultivating
the nice amenities of social grace toward other stu-
dents, and always being considerate of ^be;ir rights and
feelings.
"Just a small portion of the student body leads the
activities and stands out in them. This very fact takes
some'bf the good personal c^alities from the lonely tim-
id student who needs such experiences most.. Parents
and teachers should by persuasion, and in some in-
stances by coercion, see that certain youths engage in
fewer out-of-class activities and that a much larger
group of them participate in these activities."
ATLANTA, GA.—(ACP)—The board of regents, that
control the state's university system, has named a com-
mittee to look into what one member terms a "wide-
spread belief among citizens of Georgia" that.state and
federal governments should support them.
Regent John J. Cummings told the board the univer-
sity's professors and teachers should instill into their
students the idea that, people must work for a livelihood
and not expect something for nothing-.
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The Rambler
Entered as second-class mail matter at the Post
Office in Fort Worth, Texas, under the Act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1879.
Published by the Students of T$x6m \yesleyan College
Texas
FoVt .\Vqrth<
by Frances Hallow
According to the Parrakeet, Poly high
publication, the Monday after Perry Sandi-
fer became the father of a six and three-
fourths pounds girl, the band played "Dad-
dy." Sandifer and also his wife, the former
Delia Morgan, attended TWC.
* * *
Barr—"So you have been cured of your
insomnia? It must be an immense relief."
• Carr—"You said it. Why I lie awake half
the night thinking how I used to suffer from
it." —The Parrakeet
* * *
From a tolumn titled Verse or Worse by
David McKee of the Skiff comes the follow-
ing:
Chapel Notes
Ideas are thick as leaves on him
And words come in profusion.
The best part of his speech is this
"And now, friends, fn conclusion."
* * * ,.
v What did the big firecracker say to the
little firecracker?
My pop's bigger than your pop!
—The Collegian
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A decreased enrollment from that qf last
year is reported at Texas College of M5nes
and also Daniel Baker- The East Texan
from East. Texas State Teachers college
mentions a noted defiency of boys on the
campus. Only conclusion to be drawn is that
they must have been caught in the draft.
* *
"I won't get married until I find a girl
like grandpa married."
"Huh! They don't make them like that
these days."
• "That's funny. He only married her yes-
terday."
—The Texas Citizen
* * *
For those students who are not so smart
in math, an optional math lab will be held
every afternoon at NTAC according to the
Shorthorn. It seems to us that this sort of
thing might be popular on this campus also.
n. * * *
ESSAY ON MAN
At ten, a child; at twenty wild;
At thirty tame, if ever;
At forty wise; at fifty rich;
At sixty good; or never.
—Swiped
Here's to the soldier and his arms,
Fall in, men, fall in
Here's to women and her arms,
Fall in, men, fall in. **
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—Sheridan.
* * *
There was a young fellow named Hall.
Who fell in' the spring in the fall,
'Twould have been a sac} thing
If he'd died in the spring
But he didn't—he died in the fall.
—Toaster's Handbook.
* * ■ •
There was a young lady named Maud,
A very deceptive young fraud;
She never was able
To eat at theHable,
But out in the pantry—O Lord.
—Toaster's Handbook.
Qanvfzui Jtatel
by Helen Hoote
Mrs. Rose Lee Lisenby, head of the divi-
sion of language and literature, looked quite
spiffy wearing a gardenia corsage last week.
Cowboy boots were much in evidence at
the football game Satuftay. Betty Lou Fos-
ter, Ruth Housewright, and Jane Hardin
were among those who wore them.
George Spahr, former. Ram guard from
Trinidad, is visiting on the campus. He is
now a second lieutenant in the army air
corp at Oregon, V
Don McHindricks, ex, also from Trinidad,
was seen at the gamp.
Bonnie Weidon made a lovely Koro prin-
cess Friday night and says that her main
interest is pretty clothes.
Mr. Theo Moberg, endowment secretary,
has a hard time determining whether or not
it will rain. He carries his raincoat, but Tex-
as weather just won't be consistent.
Baptist students says that Frank Bounds
is seen with a new girl at church every
other Sunday. I wonder if he has a motive?
Gingerbread and small rolls are the pride
of Jeanette King and Margaret and Marjor-
ie Lee in their foods classes. Preparing for
the future?
Literary Corner,
By Vlrfginla Hale
A volume verse entitled "New Poems of
1940" was recently critically reviewed by
Ann Mae Thompson in the Sunday Star-
Telegram. The book, a collection of more or
less academic poetry by writers under thir-
ty, is more apt to appeal to students of
poetry than to the general reading public.
According tb Miss Thompson the putstand-^
itfg feature of the work of these young
poets is a verbosity which reveals an aston-
ishing acquaintance with Webster's Un-
abridged. She asserts that the essential dif-
ference between these young people and the
poets of past generations whese work ap-
peals to us as classic is that the older poets
were forever seeking to build a more ideol
1 civilization than that in which they lived,
while the poets of today seem satisfied mer-
h ely to tear down their inperfect civilization.
In her review Miss Thompson says,
George Barker is especially pessimistic, and
he is the largest contributor. In his "First
American Ode" and his "Second American
Ode" he paints us a pretty sorry picture of
ourselves as he sees us, and his sight is
amazingly accurate."
Interesting to note is the fact that, most
of the poets represented in this anthology
come from the New York area — some via
Britain.
* * *
"Conversation at Midnight" by-Edna St
Vincent jtaillay, has my personal recommen-
dation to readers. It is dialogue, clever dia-
logue in verse — indeed, it is .almost a play.
There are seven principal characters whose
accupations range from stock-broker to
priest, from artist to Communist. They dis-
cuss from their varying viewpoints, politics,
war, women, love, religion, philosophy, art,
music, and sports in a way which is a rev-
elation of modern life.
"Renascence," "Fatal Interview," and "A
Few Figs From Thistles" are other of Miss
Millay's works.
* * *
Henry Beetle Hough, author of "Country
Editor," has a new book on the market, now
called "That Lofty Sky." The "lofty'sfc'y," a
quotation from Tolstoy's "jWar and Peace,"
is the-lofty sky above the®feouth American
veldt and mountain lands.
The story and characters are almost un-
believable but they provide good entertain-
ment with a love triangle, a murder, comic
German agent, and a handsome young Nazi
naval cadet.
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And So The Light
By Martsar.-t Pm.l
There among the bleak shadows of y..
he regained consciousness All nrr.u,,,, avk ,n'«l
CORNY
Baby ear of corn: "Mother whdre did i
come from?"
Mama ear of corn: "Hush, dear, the stalk
brought you."
—The Rattler
Qxddw. iPAeaW
Black haired, brown eyed Gordon Collier,
president of the senior class, will wear the
Golden Shears
this week.
He is a Fort
Worth product
and graduated
from Poly High.
Gordon was elect-
ed president of
the YMCA this
year, but had to
resign when he
was chosen for
the senior office.
Col'ier , An assistant in
biology, he is a science majtor and is in-
terested in sports, science, and religiou'Siac-
tivities.
The Rambler staff and the Guardians of
the Golden Shears are happy to present Gor-
don with the Golden Shears this week.
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' RAMBLER STAFF
Editor Norman Rowland
Business Manager Paul Burge
Associate Editors Francebeth Gibson, Helen Hoote
Society Editors D'Arcy Lasater, Grade Brabham
Club Editors _.r Lynelle Kebelman, Jack Hoskins
Amusements Editor Fenr^, Leach
Dramatic Critic ... Dorothy Dean Wilson
Radio Editor *a~l T. E. Stafford
Literary Editor J. Virginia Hale
Sports Department Bobby Schutts, Dorothy Vinson
Exchange Editor Frances Ballow
Reporters: Edgar Rabun, Clifford King, D'Arcy Lasater,
Gracie Brabham, Bobby Schutts, J. W. Force
and T. E. Stafford.
Sponsor F. C, Leach
Solicitor 3- — Mrs. Varine Robinson
By Alfred M. Ewtng
On Aug. 14, 1941, nearly 450 years after
Columbus laid his weary eyes upon the
shores of Cuba on Oct. 27, 1492, this writer
with othere beheld the skyline of Havana
that rises from' the rtefp blue water. The
water front is unique in that not a tree
or flower grows beside the houses which
face the ocean, and which stand without
space between them. The usual guess is
that the houses are centuries old, although
actually they have stood for only 30 years;
the .mist that sometimes covers the ocean
front accounts foi/^tli&iF., weathered appear-
anCC" )
As afiltfSmtet^JLhe^.narrow bottle-np'ck
hapbrfr of Havana, on the left, Morro Cas-
tle stands guard with its high massive walls.
Grim and weather-beaten since 1597, it is a
gray-stone battlement pockmarked by age
and bullet; on the right one can almost jump
ashore. This one time sea defense, though
relentlessly attacked by zealous waves, will
stand for centuries. It is now used as army
headquarters. Guides give imagination full
play as they recount thrilling stories of the
happenings of bygone days, but most of
what they say is true.
Had Cqlumbus, in search for gold, been
with us we wonder how he would hqve re-
acted when we walked down tfie sti'eet and
Cuba's $17,000,000 twelve-year-old capitol
came into'^ew with its golden dome glit-
tering in the sunlight. Its 24-carat diamond
which is the zero milestone for Cuban dis-
tances is set in the floor beneath the gol-
den dome and sparkles when seen from any
angle.
Columbus would also see a great Cuban
city giving evidence of the strange blend of
the new creeping in and choking out the
old, because existing side by side are cus-
toms and odd habits of the ages.
New buildings are conspicious among the
old structures as a gold filling in, a front
tooth .... Multihued houses . . , . Weather-
dullejLstotte buildings .... Red tiled roof$
. . Family wash atop the roof fluttering
ift the breeze Roofs serving as a place
hang clothes, as playgrounds for children,
as a scene for a
family gathering
in the evening; as
a place where one
may relax and
enjoy the refresh-,
ing breezes and
soft beauty of the
night.
The rfbwer
houses have built-
in garages. Cuban
}' fjrug-stores^hnnd-
le only drugs, and
close at Six p.m.
Ewing r "*in Havana, except
one which is designated C8 remain open all
night and Sundays; {he stores take turns
remaining open.
Houses have been numbered several times
in different eras and this presents a puzzle.
In giving directions it is best to specify old
style or new style or give the nearest inter-
section. Neither do house numbers follow in
sequences. Number 15 may be three blocks
from Numbjgi^l instead of a few houses.
The streets are narrow' and sidewalks
tiny, only 18 inches wide. On one side ped-
estrians on the streets brush people stand-
ing in the doorways or windows while on
the other side the bus sidesweeps them.
Messenger boys have bent the handlebars
of their bicycles in arcs less thari the body
width, so they can squeez them through
small openings. It is customary to walk in
the streets; sidewalks are used only as safe-
ty zones to let some vehicle pass as one
flattens himself apprehensively against the
wall.
The ground floor of many houses is often
set back some distance and the second story,
called, the first floor, is built out over the
sidewalk, thus forming a broad arcade with
heavy, supporting columns of masonry ris-
ing from the curb. The residences on the
upper floors are usually protected by a fan-
cy iron door at a landing about midway up
the stairs.
In older Spanish hostelry, the half door
(in height) afford privacy yet allows air
circulation; ceilings are 18 feet high; bal-
conies, and wood shuttered doors are to be
seen everywhere; jnosaic tile flooring ,and
mosaic walls are plentiful, for Cuba has one
of the largest mosaic tile factories in the
world. There are no built-in closets and the
walls are of painted plaster, without bene-
fit of wall paper.
An old-style Cuban kitchen would widen
tfte eyes of any American woman. A stove
is often mistaken for the sink. Built of mas-
onry, the top is of ted tile which are plac-
ed several iron grates to hold charcoal fires.
The stoves remind one of a bridge 6'r tres-
sel with supporting columns between arch-
es. The ashes drop into the arches through
a funnel into a receptacle or on the floor.
For a dish rag the Cubans separate the
fiber of a rope, which he soaps, and uses
for scouring.
The Cubans appear to be heavy eaters;
any one course is nearly a meal. A pint of
consomme, three eggs, a man-sized portion
of peas, a huge helping of white rice—this
is the entree—the waiter thinks Americans
must be invalids. The delicious main course
of a topical meal consists of yellow rice with
saffrort colored port, seasoned with tomato,
onion, green peppers, and garlic; for dessert,
half a fresh pineapple. Bread evidently
comes by the yard, for rolls are as long as
one's arm and not much bigger around.
Many cafes in continental style spread out
over the sidewalks. Food is different but
good. Prices in the market open one's eyes.
Think of buying large, fresh pineapples at
ten cents a dozen, soft shelled crabs at fif-
teen cents a dozen, and limes for ten cents
a hundred. ,,9 , » „
(To continued next week)
around hi
wreckage and scattered pieces of t|0()ll
his heavy head to peer into the gra\ no
rounded him.
He saw at a little distance a loonm;
aroused his dazed mind with curiosit
here all alone? As he dragged himself i; .
he found it was a crumpled airplane
ing out from under it he saw an an. w
there had been other passengers ah.,an
The knowledge that his name had
drawn in the lottery of death marie !
Then stark realization came. What
Where did he live? Where was he j
gone. His trouser pockets furnished no • u,.
A light mist was falling. It was ctarl
air caused him to heave heavily as he
must find someo'ne who would know \« h, i
others were.
As he pulled himself to his feet, sh-irn
through his body dulling all other sensatie
and loneliness.
He didn't know which way he went, n
about, sometimes with a rather eacrer
n % twisi
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Yiiudk. /lev-Lew-
, A Review From
'NOAH WEBSTER'S SCHOOL MASTER TO AMKRICAl
by Harry R. WarfeJ
you i-an
was born il
•:reat-granilj
!y mouth,
graduati
when 111
" by Eldon Lewis
From any source book or encyclopedia
the following information. Noah Webste
Connecticut October 16, 1758. He was th
son of the governors of Connecticut and
childhood was spent on his father's farm. Hi
from Yale university, and became a lawyt
was admitted to the bar in 1778.
Mr. Webster began his work on the "Am
tionary of Words and Phrases" in ISir) at
years of labor this volume was compTTt. ,i
best known for the dictionary,, he is a'
of a book on contagious diseases. .:•••>
first American copywright law to protect
Blue Back Speller", which was the Ann re ,t
and the source of the_Web^fer"lpcomc du:
ing of the American dictranary. \Vebst<>! n
was the father <of seven Children. He <
the age of '87.
Harry R. Warfel, the author, wroti '
studying for a Ph. D>*degree at Yale e
he attended with the aid of the Sterling K-
arship. Mr. Warfel is now the Profess li-
the University of Maryland. For his infoni.
the libraries at Harvard and Yale 1
much of ,|iis personal opinions of Webste: !
to the letters and documents furnished by
grandchildren of Noah Webster. Mrs. Koswell Skeel,
great granddaughter, who is also writing !
of Webster, furnished muci^of this mat "rial.
In Mr. Warfel's books he gives examples of the
of writing Webster did. Mr. Webster wrote on the
fairs of State, money, education, debt, a;;<
was strong in his beliefs and quick u sit ike with
pen. As an example, Mr. Warfel tells of the
Hi
erican Dio)
n.l after!
AltllOUgl
the authol
wrote "1
book, "ThJ
: text tool
; the wiiti
a rried alfl
:n 1843, I
hoi
j>uok whili
tity, whic|
anil sell
Knglish i
i on he use)
'.".it- i es.
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the greJ
kind
Preside!
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Websters"wr8te James Madison, who was'
of the United States at that time, asking f <:" a
job in Europe, so that he could complete his diction
In his letter he tells Mr. Madison that he does nofW
him or his political party.
Strange as it seems, this man, who bas
fot the literary world than any one t:
fame over-shadowed by a man of the *a::
is no relation Whatever. He is Daniel Wenster. I
Mr. Warfel, ir^his book, tries to show Noah VVeM
as doing as much for his country as Daniel We
the statesman, did.
, g VaJ
Professor Warfel has approached the s' ; iy 0
Webster from the standpoint of a student
Nationalism, and has written a well-balan.'d stt^>
Webster in all phases of his many-sided
book» is Sympathetic toward Webster, newr showing
faults of character. It shows the many things that \ 1
ster did for a young and struggling count ry.
DETROIT, MICH.—(ACP)—The th;id i
program for graduate nurses in the Detroit t,u>a
begin under the auspices of Wayne t.'nivr^ity Of'0
6 at Henry Ford and Providence hospitals .uvordl
Dean W. W. Whitehouse of the college of lib',rnl ar
The courses, six weeks long, enable gro n
who have not been active for several years to re\
;pj|fessional skills so that they may supply nur5'npJ
during the national emergency. Their help ^
because many younger nurses have entered tlv 5 j
of th army and navy, the Red Cross, and industry
ink
whitkj
Vhy u'asM
°bject, I
Anti stick.]
"h !"'d hJ
Plane, ]
'r| >in
name?!
''"nt was|
lhl' Sticky)
' ' •••! He |
!hi
'in ranI
' °f fead
vanderejl
Bne
• I and "then I
with a faltering, uncertain step. The sharp ,Ta(.M J
the crisp leaves under his feet as he walked aroused!
him from his stupor at first, then it, too, became onlvl
a dim echo to which his mind was accustomed, anil
once more he walked with faltering, uncertain step's i
While stumbling through that glooA, his blurred eyes
kept searching for some familiar object.. But always u
far as h6 could see was that lonely stretch of misty
fog.
Then, once as he drowsily turned his eyes to look
around him, his eye was caught by a dim little light J
the distance. Quite unconsciously he ;..iimd his weary
steps toward it. Soon^ there were more Msjhts. Thetel
were buildings. Few they were in number afid delapli
dated, but they were buildings.
, His mind became clearer as he approached the lights,!
He walked faster, almost running. Then there ire was
in front of a cafe. Inside there were bright lights and!
a few people. The radio blared forth. lie set his foot on
the threshhold. That radio —- what was that, the
nouncer had said? "
Mr. Adams,, tfhe well-known novelist, h,t*1heen|
aboard a plane which had crashed that afternoon, btl|
which hadn't yet been located.
His steps no longer lingered. His mitui was no longer!
dazed. He walked up to the young man at the dirffl
counter and said, "I am Mr. Adams."
Hub.
an-J
Iging
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