The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1962 Page: 2 of 4
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Page Two
Friday, March 30, 1962
THE MEGAPHONE!
Trip To The Moon
Leaves Most Cold
KITTY HALLMAN
Scientists keep telling us that
men will be strolling around the
moon one of these days, but the
t- p still isn’t dinnertime conversa-
tion in most circles. In fact, the
Lest, way to find yourself looking
for « roek to crawl under is to
s* ip some total stranger and ask
ldm if lie would like to go to the
moon.
Chances are he will look at you
v. iih narrowed eyes, glance around
t:» he sure you are actually talking
to him — then look behind you
fur the man in the white coat. If
he is kind, ho will probably mum-
b!-\ “No. thanks.” and just walk
no i.v If you insist on- answers
th u you may get them. But they
v. d! he tinged with suspicion, amus,-
ii ut and sympathy.
kor instance, one person said:
“No. That is not the kind of ad-
v.u'ure I am interested in. There
is enough here on earth.’’ But his
i .k said something like: "S p m e
pc iple surely can think of strange
v. ay-, to spend their time.’
His companion refused to take
1! whole thing seriously. “I would
n like to go. Tread in the morning
l1 <pcr that the climate is not too
g d there in the spring.”
Another, obviously suspicious of
s uieoive who had nothing better to
than run around asking silly
((c ations, merely replied: “No, I
; • rot the kind who likes to travel
at /and much.”
1 wo other women questioned are
e g <ng those nice people who be-
1 . e one should always treat the
<Y anged with kindness. They smil-
ed and said they just had not
tf uglit about it much. When they
were prodded, however, they
decided they were not interested.
Another gentle woman explained
F diently: “Well, you see I have
tvo children and T would not want
to go off to the moon until they
ice grown and could go with me.”
She added that she would not be
P5aiming a vacation on the moon
until she sees, space ships with
proven safety records.
When forced into an answer, Mrs.
X advanced the opinion that men
ere intended to mind their own
business here on earth. ‘‘I think
ii° God had intended for us to go
to the moon, he would have made
a road for us,” she said. “The only
time i I'd like to go up is when I
die” I kept wondering if she had
ever hard of the new7 highway sys-
tems and how they were built, but
at the same time she was wonder-
i ig about me.
By the time you have questiond
The Megaphone
EDITOR Smith Ray
several adults and you are tired ol
being looked at as though you had
your clothes on backwards, stop a
couple of teenagers. The younger
generation and their mobile ima-
ginations apparently have given the
subject of space travel muen more
serious thought Uuei their elxlers
have.
“1 have always wanted to be the*
first person on the moon. ’ a fresh-
man said. ”1 definitely want to go
sometime before my life is over.”
“I’d like to go sometime if I can
find enough money,” a classmate
agreed.
If you are lucky, you may run
into some adventurous soul who
does not think the moon should be
admired only from afar. A sopho-
more would like to “go up and just
look around.” He kept asking, with
careful patience just why the ques-
tion was being asked.
You will probably feel completely
squelched by the time you have
talked to ten or twelve people. You
will he looking around, too. to see
if there is a white-coated man fol-
lowing you. And if, at last, you run
across somebody who gives you a
serious, thoughtful answer without
a strange,look, you will think he
is crazy for taking you seriously.
Bebo Babbles
After a long paose that apparent-
ly refreshed...I have returned, but
briefly, to wield an unwieldy
amount of type to fill space in our
exaulted campus rag. A blend of
multiple factors have combined to
bring this pot pourri of gossip and
whatever to all open minds on
campus...
First of all a mate to my some-
what unambitious committee to in-
form them of meetings...Saturday
this) at 3:HO p.m. for sing song
practice in the card arej-f of the
SUB..and next Tuesday at the “reg-
ular” meeting time of 4:30. Now to
more universal topics...of s^rts...
Who was it that held a party on
the site of the well known as ad-
vertised) Booties not long ago?
About dancing in Big R! City
councilmen, city aldermen, office's
alll. .Cometh to announce tlhat
dancing cometh before a fall....
Dedicated to a certain B|ill....How
was your first trip to Mamies? Iced
tea, coffee, or milk?
Delta week has again begun....
and is almost done..thank the pow-
ers that he. CERTAIN male ani-
mals on campus give thanks, and
anxiously await Saturday afternoon
....Parking in the rear!
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Mr. Huntley Kenneson. Chairman
Finance Commission of Student
Senate
Box 70, S. U. Station
Georgetown, Texas
Dear Huntley:
As Director of the Bishops Me-
morial Union one of my responsi-
bilities is the securing of merchan-
dise foi* the IJnivrsity Store. I
have been asked by the Student
Senate To report on our policies,
and I will be happy to do so.
We older our textbooks directly
from the. publisher. Many compan-
ies have branch headquarters in
Dallas, but the majority of them
operate out of New York or other
points in the East. As the hymning
of each school term is approximate-
ly the same throughout the United
States they are flooded with order
from stores such as ours. This
makes it ncessary to send our re-
quest for books at a much earlier
date than registration day. South
western does not have a summer
term which means that our faculty
scatters to the four winds for the
summer months. In early May each
faculty member sends to me the
information regarding the text
which he prefers to use for the
following semster; this informa-
tion is given to me in early De-
cember for the spring semester.
The professor must also indicate
the number of students which lie
predicts will be enrolled in each
class: this gives me the number of
bc«ks that I should order. It is ex-
tremely difficult to predict exactly
how many students will register for
each particular class. Some profes-
sors are optimistic, others are pes-
simistic regarding the interest
which will he shown in the course.
My office orders the number of
books requested by the professor
and allows three weeks for de-
livery. We no not guarantee that
the books will be Imre in that
length of time, but merely say that
this is the average amount of
time which the procedure requires.
There is the possibility of a delay |
either ,<at the publishing house or
in route.
When the books arrive at flu
University store, the publisher’s
invoice gives us the list price' by
which we mark the book. It is only
natural for a student to feel that
his textbooks cost too much. Fre-
quntly his text purchases will be
the first book purchases he has ev-
er made. The answers to the qus-
tion “Why are books so high?’ fe
low.
Books are p ublished by firms
whose personnel arc interested in
making a living. Most students are
able to attend school because their
parents engage in some sort of
profitable activiitty, so there is
nothing wrong with this. Book costs
from the publisher’s viewpoint are
caught in a vise that takes at
least 26 pet for the printing and
binding costs of the books, 15 pet
for the author, 20 pet. for the pro-
motioned expense, 20 pet fox* the re-
tail store, and 20 pet for them.
Books do cost money, but they cost
no more than is absolutely neces-
sary Competition between publish-
ers will insure this. It is not likely
that basic texts will ever be paper-
bound and sell at paperbound book
prices: Paperback books are made
possible by large volume printings
and large volume sales. Most texts
have a short life due to reprints
or new editions.
Most college stores do in the
neighborhood of 50 pet of their busi-
ness in new txtbooks. The average
operating expense is around 23 pet
To put this, another way, the high
volume on texts twice a year caus-
es' the store to operate at a profit
during only two months of the year
During all other months .it operates
at a loss and there is a scramble to
sell enough other merchandise to
alleviate the loss.
Books that will not be used again
on the Southwestern campus are of
no value to the University Store.
Hf there is no chance of resiling
used books, there is no reason for
our “buying them back.” If a sem-
ester or perhaps, a year elapses be-
fore a particular course is taugh
again, there is the great possibility
that a new edition will be on the
market and the old, used ones be-
come worthless. For this reason we
operate under th following policy:
ONLY THOSE BOOKS WHICH
MAY BE RE-SOLD THE FOLLOW
ING SEMESTER MAY BE
BOUGHT FROM STUDENTS.
The used books are bought for
half of the price paid by the stu-
dent. This is a service commonly
offered by stores throughout the
country. For the convenience of our
students we allow Follett’s Book
Company to buy on our campus
during the Final Exam week of the
spring semester. They buy all used
texts to be used again anywhere
in the United States.
Another policy we have regards
the buying back of books during
the semester you are using them.
ONCE YOU BUY A BOOK IT IS
YOURS AND IS NON RETURNAB-
LE UNTIL THE END OF THE
SEMESTER. Should you drop a
course, we are happy to buy the
book from you when you present
us with your drop card. Any mark
in the book makes it a used book.
We therefore are (forced to buy it
back for one-half price. This is
again a safety policy on our part.
Worthless books are of no value
to us. In other words, remember
to scout around the dorm and find
that cheap used book before you
buy a new one in the University
Store. We have nothing against the
bargaining that goes on in the
dorm. We just insist that you do
your shopping before you buy!
I hope that this “report” has set-
tled rumors and fictitious state-
ments. We aim to give the stu-
dents of Southwestern University
the best possible service.
Sincerely,
Miss Connie Clendenin
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Since what this column needs
seems to be a bit of organization:
a reminder! The street in front of
the SUB will be blocked off at 4:30
<snf nrrlnv_afternoon, .so unless
someone wants, their wonderful Mo
del T stuck...heed this warning.
Horace Evans
Wlf for” STREET DANCE.
PALACE
Open at 2:00 p.m. Daily
H0EFMAN & SON
Phone UN 3-2641
TITURS., FRI., SAT.
MARCH 29, 30, 31
Where so many College People Shop
SPORTS EDITOR Ray Duke
CARTOONIST........Tom Bell
COLUMNISTS ... Bebo Benjamin
Georgia Wynne
Si’ECIAL FEATURES —
Kitty HaLjman
RELIGIOUS NEWS Karen Busby
Dotty Kid well
FEATURES Melinda Moses
Sue Parks
Dianne Daughtery
Lannv Naeglin
SPORTS NEWS Dwight Haley
Melinda Moses
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sociation of Southwestern Univer-
sity, Georgetown. Texas. Issued
weekly during the school year ex
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as, as second-class mail matter
September 26. 1906, under special
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and accepted for mailing at special
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When is Koala Bear going to find
someone to share bis house in flu.
tre e tons . ; . It’s been fair < Fair-
t end weather for love.
Spring has sprung and in the
snare moments between “Vital
and “i evolution"; > ’ seminars, ra-
tu ais. committee meetings, con
«bilution changes, elections, studen4
directories, initiations etc. tc. etc.
can't pus folks me finding fleeting
moments, to see one another. Say.
what happened I ;• the spring fever
of years past. VAe'vc still got it. ..
i ut books don’t seem to take this
into account!
Cher items of note.....
The “open door” at Kurt.h ...
Boogie’s new head dor...
Outlaw seranades...
Style Show....
(check the models)
Kurth dance (in the lobby)
Mr. Score’s affinity (for the Twist
The KA s perpetual Open House
and etc. and etc. and etc.
I dedicate this to all aspiring
journalistic endeavors... in hopes
that this serves as a DON’T NOT!!
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The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1962, newspaper, March 30, 1962; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth634804/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Southwestern University.