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THE TAYLOR TIMES
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, *1944
FEATURES - - - EDITORIALS - - - COLUMNS
It’s
Up
To
You
By Walter Vanderpool and Jack Payne
We want to take this opportunity to thank
you who have given us encouragement in the
writing of this column designed to improve
our campus life. We are indeed grateful for
all the helpful suggestions and criticisms that
have been received, and exhort you to give
us more. We are not writing only our opin-
ions, but we intend to present the views of
everyone who may be interested. For that
reason we solicit your support and co-opera-
tion.
The students on this campus seem to have
one failing. That is taking a problem to a(
person who has no jurisdiction over its con-
trol. Too often each of us finds ourself
guilty of speaking harshly of someone who
cannot answer our query even though he is
not acquainted with the handling of the situ-
ation and probably has no authority to do so.
It is easy to criticize and "blow off steam ’
while we are surrounded by persons who agree
with us. It is even easier to win out and
convince everyone that the other guy was
"all wet.’ It might not be so easy if the
party of the first part were there to stand up
for himself.
On the other hand perhaps the faculty and
administration is also at fault. We have
found in many cases that there is no one
that can give us any satisfaction in reply to
our needs simply because he is not willing, or
perhaps is so modest he believes it should be
brought to the attention of someone else. We
have termed that "passing the buck’’. We
question one person, are referred to another,
who refers us back to the first party. And
we always end up by visiting one or two
persons who are seemingly the only ones cap-
able of taking a stand. We know from these
latter persons’ own statements that they do* not
appreciate the fact. But they arc willing for
us to call it to your attention. Really, you
have been swell, but with the correction of
this perhaps you could even raise yourselves
in the level of a college student’s eyes, if that
be desirable.
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During the semester someone’s toes may get
stepped on, as they have in the few articles
that have already been published. But every-
one is willing to face the issue fair and
square, and try to work it out. We don’t
want our toes to get stepped on, but if we
do find ourselves in error we hope you who
may be offended will at least come to us in
person, by letter, or any other way (sans
death-dealing weapons) and discuss it with us
as friends and fellow workers. If a point
is the least bit debatable, we invite your views
and we promise no censorship of it to conform
to our views will be made. We believe this
can be a channel of good if it is carried on
in a wholesome manner and is participated
in by you, the staff and students. IT’S UP
TO YOU!
It Could Only Happen
On This Cpmpus
"Of all the boys I ever knew, there never
was one like you,’’ is perhaps the inward ex-
pression that many of the boys in the unit,
and some of the girls in Mood Hall think,
or thought about Pvt. Billy Peavine Mounts.
Peavine, as he was commonly called around
the campus was not known as well as
many of the boys from the unit, but those
who did know him really thought the world
of him. Although he kept pretty busy with
his studies he managed to make a few of the
parties, and it was on these occasions that
he got to meet many of the students.
Peavine was originally from Pampa, Tex-
as where he graduated from high school in
that city. After he went to the University
of Texas and signed up as a pre-med student.
He worked his way through school down there
by working for the Bowen Bus Company.
He was sent to Southwestern by the Marines
but was put on in-active status while ha had
a correctional operation. He reported back
down here last March and resumed his stu-
dies. For some reason his operation didn t
do him much good, but he didn’t ever men-
tion it, never complained, went right ahead
with his work. Finally the medical officers
got word of this so he was ordered to the
Naval Hospital,^ in Corpus Christi. He re-
ceived information that he would not be sent
back here, but might meet his buddies in
Parris Island next November. Well, this is
where the story really starts . . .
Peavine left on the 6:50 a. m. bus last
Friday morning. But just before he left is
what I am referring to as COULD ONLY
HAPPEN ON THIS CAMPUS . . . Th.s
writer and another Marine was driving Pea-
vine down to the Alcove in the Navy Pick-up
about 6:30 a. m. and when we got half way
to town we noticed four Southwestern co-eds
walking in the same direction. We stopped,
and asked them where they were headed and
they said they were going down to see Pea-
vine off.
Well, Peavine was just tickled pink that
anyone, especially some of the damsels from
Mood Hall would see him off . . . All of these
girls were good friends of Peavine, nothing
outwardly personal existed between them and
Peavine, ft tn just plain platonic friendship
Back Talk
August 28, 1944
Mr. Pat Henry
Editor, Tht- Megaphone
Southwestern University
Georgetown, Lexus
Dear Mr. Henry:
As a member ot the Board oi I rustees and
as a graduate ot the Southwestern University,
1 receive tin' Megaphone.
I believe that congratulation is merited. 1
notice a continuing betterment in the publica-
tion Its articles are interesting. Its editor-
ials are good. Its humor is splendid, and the
other features are timely.
With the best of wishes, 1 am
Yours very earnestly,
WILLIAM H ATWELL
United States District Judge
Dallas
BORROWED
The University of Minnesota Memorial
Stadium got its start when a cheerleader
passed the hat at a football game, asking
the crowd to help pay for a huge stadium
to be erected in honor of the Minnesota
men, at that time, were fighting in World
War I.
Capital University s library in Columbus,
Ohio, recently received a portrait carving in
oak of the hand and shoulders of Martin
Luther, made in Switzerland 38 years ago.
When a new fire escape wa$ planned for
Last ball on the Northern Montana college
campus Harve, WPB would release no iron
or steel for its construction. So now East
hall boasts a fire escape made of wood! At
any rate, NMC students contend they can
reach the grqund before the escape burns
down.
Ely Culbertson, bridge expert and author,
opened this year’s lecture series on Contem-
porary Social Thought at Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio, with a discussion on his plan
for world peace.
When Indiana recently met Wisconsin on
the Hoosier gridiron, two representatives of
the Royal British Navy were on hand to see
their first American football game.
Denison is one of the few colleges or uni-
versities that has three branches of the armed
services on its campus: the Army, Navy and
Marines.
'Butter vs. Oleo” was the University of
Kansas’ Roundtable topic last week over radio
station KFKU. Speakers on the Roundtable
program were Leslie Waters, assistant profes-
sor of economics; Miss Viola Anderson, pro-
fessor of home economics; and Richard Wag-
staff, of the Jayhawk creamery.
A twenty-five dollar United States War
Bond is being offered by Campus Comments,
student newspaper, for the best editorial sub-
mitted to it suggesting how Mary Baldwin col-
lege girls can further participate in the war
ef fort.
Largest in history is this year’s freshman
class at Georgian Court college, Lakewood,
New Jersey.
On October 25 Oregon State college cele-
brated its seventy-fifth anniversary.
Monticcllo college, Alton, Illinois, opens its
106th academic year with the largest enroll-
ment in history.
The University of Texas library, largest in
he South, has doubled in size during the
past seventeen years.
There s a new prerequisite for admission to
Croatian universities, according to the Nazi-
controlled Zagreb newspaper, FIrvatski Narod.
No girl student will be admitted to any uni-
versity unless she can offer proof of 12
months service in the Nazi female labor ser
vice.
Students at the University of Utah started
off their new semester with "Hello Week,” a
unique orientation period. Hello tags were
distributed for each student to wear his name
during the week. A sidewalk running from
the rostrum to the union building was desig-
nated as "hello walk,” taking its name from
the tradition that all persons passing one
another on the walk give out with a lusty
greeting.
Eight soldiers in foreign language
studies at the University of Minnesota
agreed that in any language donating a
pint of blood was a good investment and
made a trip to Minneapolis blood donor
center.
BATON HOUCK, I-t (A(T)—Coutsi-
ana, which annually produces about half
the muskrats trapped in the IT. S., has dis-
covered another use for the fur-bearing
rodent.
University of North Carolina's College
of War Training has the same relative po-
sition in the university as any other aca-
demic school.
that moved them to leave their warm beds
on a near frosty morn, get up, dress in the
cold of their rooms, and then walk a half
or three-quarters of a mile to see someone
off like this.
We understand that Miggie Storm was
the instigator of the deal, but I don t think
she had to use much persuasion to get ’B-oo
Barkley, Moppy Easley, and Louise Jackson
to go with her. I think that June Jenson
wanted to go along also, but she was just
to sleepy. This makes us think a lot more
of the girls at Mood Hall. It' was something
little that these girls did, but in reality we
wonder if it wasn’t something great?
"PEAVINE is gone from this campus,
but he is not, and will not be forgotten.”
Navy War Bond Cartoon Service
Editorials...
Even in the midst of battles, men’s minds are troubled
by the thought—“Is this the last war? Will the next gen-
eration have it all to do over again? What can we do to
put an end to the successive wars between the tyranny of
autocrats and the self-rule of democracy?”
We established the American way of life by the War
of Independence. We reaffirmed these principles by suc-
cessive wars. But—if this is to be put into practice in our
not to reaffirm it again, but to put in into practice in our
own lives.
The other day I heard a speaker say: “No dictator
usurps power. Power always passes by default.” War
always comes when democracy grows weak. First Greece,
then Rome. And now twieft in the past generation we
have had to fight for our live^.
We say we believe in the principles set forth in the
Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution of
the United States. But do we always remember that Amer-
ica is the proving ground of what these principles may be
made to mean—of the practical ideal of brotherhood. We
have most of the national, racial and religious groups
represented among our citizens. How we work out the
every day living together of thege groups is the test of how
the world can work out cooperation, of whether or not
this will be the last war.
Unless we can work together, within the confines of
our own country, giving to all an equal opportunity to uti-
lize their God-given talents, we are not true Americans.
Unless we can afford to give all the talents, we are as
individuals, inspired and not handicapped by their back-
grounds, national, racial or religious, we the unfathful
to our past heritage and we are preparing the ground for
another war.
The first place in which to demonstrate our beliefs
in the ideals of democracy is in our own lives. We must
guard our own thoughts. We must set a seal upon our
own lips. We must learn to seek the good—not the evil
in our neighbor. We must try to understand him. Above
all, we must judge him as a fellow American upon his own
merits, not as a member of any group.
America is not any one class or religion or group.
America is all of us—incorporated. If we would realize
that we are all shareholders in democracy and that it is
up to each of us individually to see that it works, we would
give a demonstartion of concerted action that would prove
so completely the power of our life that subversive move-
ments would fail by comparsion .
It is up to us to decide whether this is the last war!
THE ROAD BACK
___THE MEGAPHONE
VOL. XXXIX SEPTEMBER 9, 1944 NUMBER 9
STAFF BOX
Editor............... Pat Henry
Assistant Editor . . . lister Tooley
Sports Editor____Curt Wilkinson
Eee'ure Editor..... Don Spector
Society Editor....... Jean Smith
Cartoonist ...... Ttay Crolcer, Jr.
Feature Writers—James Griffin,
Mary Eois Rap$. Glenna Gardiner,
Mandy Eou King. John Parnell,
Cecil Aycock, Jean Curtwright, and
Yvonne Cain.
Published by the Student’s Asso-
ciation of Southwestern University,
Georgetown, Texas. Issued weekly
during the school year, except
during vacation periods and holi-
days. Entered at the postoffice at
Georgetown, Texas, as second class
mail matter, September 26, 1906,
under special provision of the Act
of March 3, 1879, and accepted for
mailing at special rate of postage
provided for in Section 1103, Act
of October 3, 1917, authorised Aug-
ust 20. 1918.
Scuttlebutt
Tough about you, JOHNIE ORR! Looks
as though you’ll have to shake off all thole
admiring women and settle down now that
PHYLLIS is here.
★
BILL STORM gets our vote for man
about Mood Hall! What do you know about
that, or is anybody surprised?
★
Of course, ROSEMARY HOLMS AND
ALLENE GRIFFIN are still getting around
plenty. Who said the ferpale was the weaker
sex.
★
MARIANNE REDDICK .s seen first with
JOE HARRELL, then DAISY SIMON, and
lastly, FLOYD PRINGLE. What gives gal?
★
BUDDY GRIMES and DIXIE LARSEN
are still going strong. BUDDY’S strength
fails now and then, but he gets up and stag-
gers on.
★
JON WARE is back on the campus, and
still getting around with the fleet.
★
Good to see JOE WHITE and DOT
PERRY, LEE TURNER and CHERRY ROB-
ERTS as of old.
★
Aha! We have seen a new and stunning
man in the person of supergood actor, HOW-
ARD YOUNG.
★
SONNY PAUL is missing ACK-ACK,
but it doesn't keep her in of nights.
★
Does WALTER MERCHANT strike you
as being slightly indeterminat about the skirt
detail?
! ★
We se you’re still keeping GOSS in the
family, CARROLLS. Bout time you came
back, though, BETTY.
★
What happened to SWITZER and JACK-
SON?
MUMME . .
★
you’re welcome.
★
ROBBIE and WALLACE??
★
S not every gal gets congratulated in
class on being engaged, huh, CAROLYN
BERRY? By the way, are you?
★
Moment Musicals
Last Thursday evening in the Church all
the members of both the young peoples’ and
the morning choir were entertained at a din-
ner preceding the usual weekly rehearsal.
Following the dinner was a short recreation
period and a song fest.
The reorganization of the Pianists Club will
take place some time in the near future. .The
membership is not limited to those students
studying piano, but is open to anyone who is
interested in piano music or learning to play.
Meetings are held monthly and the members
entertain with several of their own number
playing or hearing any of the many records
featuring the piano as a solo instrument or
a part of an ensemble. VC^e shall be looking
forward to the entertainments of this group.
Several very fine records have been added
to the personal collection of Dean Meyer.
Two records of Paderewski including "La
Paganini the F sharp Major Nocturne” by
Chopin, and two Chopin Ethuds. Also Sto-
kowski s transcription of "Sarabande” and
"Come Sweet Death” by Bach.
If when you have a moment to relax and
would like to listen to an orchestra or opera
or your favorite type of music, there are a
number of very fine radio programs that
come at such times as might find you free.
Beginning Saturday evening at 7 p. m. the
Ford Hour is on the air featuring early Am-
encan dances and dance tunes. Broadcasting
from Boston over the Columbia Chain is a
program at 7:30 that will be featuring the
Gilbert and Sullivan opera for the next six
weeks.
Sunday afternoon at Z o’clock is our old
friend the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
with its usual very fine and interesting pro-
gram. At 4:00 p. m. the National Broadcast -
ing Orchestra is on the air under the direction
of Dr. Frank IJIack. For the past two weeks
he has had as his guest conductor Toscanini.
Monday night at 7:30 the Firestone Pro-
gram broadcasts a varied collection of orches-
tra and voice numbers and the same evening
at 8 p. m. the Telephone Hour is on the
air. It is the policy of thir. program to fea-
ture some very outstanding musician each
week and have had as their guests Joseph
Hoffman and Lily Ponds.
I am sure that we can look forward to any
of these broadcasts and expect a very satisfy-
ing musical program.
Mansfield State Teachers College has
delegated a group of regular instructors
from its music department to serve part-
time in public schools of its area.
Three different speed-up plans for stu-
dents who w*ill enter the armed forces have
been made available at the University of
Omaha.
addresses. Among those who have moved
from Brownsville were Miss Alice Cade, ’40,
to Dallas; Mr. Robert T. Jack sop, ’34, to
Comanche, Oklahoma ; Mr*. C. C. Stewart to
New Orleans; and Mr. and Mrs. Byron E.
Walters to San Antonio. We should appre-
ciate the assistance of any reader who can
furnish us with correct street addresses.
If the ex-students find this sort of resume
interesting, we shall be glad to include some
such account of our visits to other parts of
the state.
OF INTEREST TO
THE EXES
The Houston Post carried an announce-
ment August 25th of the engagement of Miss
Eleanor Jewel Ullrich to Ensign Milford C.
Frnka, the wedding to take place in Miami,
Florida, September 2nd. Miss Ullrich was
a member of the Southwestern student body
during 1941-42.
An item of interest to a great number of
Southwestern men who are in the Air Force
is the recent death of Mr. Killis A. Abell who
was a civilian flight instructor on the campus
several years ago and from whom many of
our men in the Air Forces received their
initial training. No details of the death
of Mr. Abell were available, i
The Reverend Ray Lawler, ’43, who left
the Southwestern campus to attend the Drew
Theological Siminary has returned to Texas
with a group of young people who compose
the cast for a radio program known as "Youth
for Christ”. This program has been chan-
neled through station WIP, Philadelphia and
is to be reproduced in a series of Church ser-
vices in Texas.
PFC Douglas M. Benold, ’43 was a visitor in
the ex-students’ office last week. He is now
enrolled in medical school in Houston where
he has been since leaving the Southwestern
campus last year.
Pfc. Benold asked to have the Mega-
phone sent to him so that he might keep up
with campus affairs.
Col. Cecil H. Childre, ’30, has received
his appointment as commandant of the
Brooks Field twin engine advanced flying
school according to announcement in last
weeks newspapers.
Col. Childre was first commissioned at
Randolph Field in 1938 and has advanced
rapidly, attaining the rank of 1st Lt. in 1940
and in 1942 became a captain. This elevation
was followed a month later with the rank
of Major and early last year was given the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Last June he
earned for himself the rank of full colonel
and is recognized as one of the principal
builders of the AAF navigation training pro-
gram.
Readers of the Megaphone have no doubt
noticed the announcement in last weeks paper
of the approaching marriage of Miss Martha
Jane Shaw to Lt. Arnold Caswell. Lt. Cas-
well received his degree in Fine Arts in 1942
and Miss Shaw was among the graduates this
past spring.
Readers of Texas dailys were delighted
last week to read the splendid tribute which
Governor Coke R. Stevenson paid to the late
Col. W. Thomason Jr.
It will be remembered at the time of Col.
Thomason’s death last March Gov. Stevenson
ordered the flag flown at half mask in honor
of thij distinguished Marine, artist, and
writer.
The announcement by Gov. Stevenson re-
ferred to above was in connectioh with an
appointment of a Texas representative to be
present at the launching of the U. S. S. Thom-
ason in San Francisco next month.
Col. Thomason was one of our South-
western ex-students and the holder of the
honary degree of Doctor of Literature, con-
ferred in 1938.
HERE AND THERE IN THE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Two weeks ago it was the writers privi-
lege to spend a few days in the lower Rio
Grande Valley and while there we gleaned
bits of information about a great number of
Southwestern Exes. Among the pastors vis-
ited on this occasion were the Rev. Kermit
Gibbons, ’31, who is serving in very splendid
fashion at First Methodist Church in Browns-
ville; the Rev. Stanley Haley, ’17, pastor of
First Church in McAllen; a number of the
pastors were attending a Conference meeting
in Kerrville and we were unable to contact
them. Without attempting any particular or-
der we list a few interesting items which we
think will be valued by the readers.
Mrs. R. E. Millen, ’30, the former Miss
Winiford Hasness, is now living in Watkins
Glen, New York where her husband is editor
of a daily paper. She has a daughter 14 and
a son 1 i years old. Lonnie Morgan, class of
39, is now married and his wife is living in
McAllen. He deserted the football uniform
for the uniform of the U. S. Navy and has
for the past two years been serving in the
Southwest Pacific. Irving A. Patton, ’3 5, is
office manager for one of the large fruit
pectin companies in McAllen. Miss Ruth
Purl, ’26, is the office cashier for the McAllen
telephone company. Henry D. Whittenbury,
class of ’40, is now stationed in Camp Lee,
Va. He has been in the Army about two
years and is undergoing training in OCS He
has a daughter a year and a half old. Jim.
C. Whigham, ’36, is employed as a laboratory
technician doing both clyntral and commercial
laboratory work in McAllen. Mr. Leo T. All- (
britten, ’30, who was formerly with the junior
college in Brownsville is now in the Army and
we were unable to ascertain his exact where-
abouts. Flight office I. J. McCook, Jr., ’39,
is stationed at the Brownsville air field with
the ATC. His duties have - been with the
Ferry Command flying heavy bombers to their
destination. We found that a number of Our
Exes have moved and perhaps some of our
readers can Kelp us in securing their present
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