The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1954 Page: 2 of 4
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THE WESTERNER WORLD
Friday, April 30, 1954
US Women Sport Weird
Hair; Resemble Animals
The female population of the United States seems to be fast turning into a
bunch of Equus caballuses, Canises, Anaiinaes, and street urchins, if the way they
fix their hair gives any indication.
Translating the above-mentioned Latin into something more readily under-
standable, American women of today seem to resemble horses, dogs, ducks, and
urchins more than women. Even though fashion “experts” declare that the “pony
tails” and “poodle cuts” are obsolete, one still sees plenty of those styles around.
Two other quirks of designers’ imaginations that are a little newer than the
two just mentioned are the “ducktail” and the “Italian street urchin’’. In the form-
er, the sides of the hair are swept back to form a little curl just like that of a duck’s
tail. The urchin’s hair is about an inch long all over the head and loosely curled,
so that no matter if she has been speeding down the higway in an open convertible
or just finised combing her hair, it looks messy, regardless.
Nowadays, a poor boy doesn’t know what will meet him at the door when
he comes to pick up his date. She may be a brunette with an “Italian cut,” a
blonde with a “Veronica Lake Bob,” or a redheaded “Pixie.” Oh well, variety is
the spice of life, they say; but all this color and style changing is rather overseason-
ing the whole thing, isn’t it?
Where will this switching around lead? Will next year’s styles be the
“angora goat look”—long flowing wavy manes—or the “bald eagle look”—no hair
at all?
Gossip Poisons Minds, Hearts;
Is Often Disguised As Friend
IT crept up to me disguised as a friend. IT forced itself into my outer ear,
through my eardrum, up my auditory canal, and finally into my brain, poisoning it.
I could have stopped IT there, but temptation spoke loud inside me, and I
did not stop IT.
Time and time again, IT left my mouth to be multiplied, turned into many
variations, and to poison other minds.
Several times I heard IT again, being passed from mouths to ears, always
disguised as a nice, friendly person. Each time IT was passed, however, IT became
worse.
Now, I am a victim of my conscience for permitting this menace to live to
poison other minds.
Will IT overrun LHS? Will gossip continue to poison the minds of students,
or will some kind souls stamp IT out?
Don’t you become a victim of your conscience as I have. Kill IT today.
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Correction . . .
Editor’s note: An incorrect statement was made in the editorial
concerning cheating which appeared in the last issue of the
WESTERNER WORLD. The statement, which read: “Just last week,
a stencil and a main copy of an English test were taken from a teach-
er, with the intention of copying the answers,” is not correct. Nothing
was stolen.
WE HEAR . . .
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The little girl showed unusual inter-
est in the church wedding and suddenly
turned to her mother with a puzzled
expression.
“Did the lady change her mind?” she
whispered.
“Why, no, what makes you think
so?”
“Cause she went up the aisle with
one man and came back with another,”
she replied.
—iThe Cat’s Tale
Sulphur Springs High School
By Don Washington
through whose lips lies never pass:
those who tell the truth, and those
who talk through their noses.
—The Gauger
White Oak High School
☆ ☆
Mr. Penny (to butler): “Please an-
nounce Mr. and Mrs. Penny and son.”
Butler: “Three cents.”
—Yellow Jacket
Kermit High School
☆
☆
☆
☆
Students of Sulphur Springs High
School are hollering “Hooray — the
yearbooks are here!” Three hundred
annuals made three hundred students
happy. Won’t be long until ours will
be here.
—The Cat’s Tale
☆ ☆
There are two types of people
In Spring, Earthworm
Is In Constant Danger
Xs Gardeners Go Wild
Spring is here. The birds never sang
sweeter. The grass is green. The
flowers are budding. People are anx-
ious to get out-of-doors and work in
flower beds and gardens.
Pity the poor earthworm.
Once again, his earthly domain will
be watered into a shapeless mass, then
bombarded with tons and tons of seeds
and bulbs. Once again, he and his
“crawly” descendants will be in con-
stant danger as the “spring-crazed”
population goes wild with shovels,
hoes, picks, knives, spades, and any
other sharp instruments suitable to dig
with.
Several times during the season, the
earthworm will be forced to go through
the embarrassment of being caught by
a pair of grubby hands, and scrutinized
by a pair of intruding human eyes;
maybe -even dissected.
It’s a sad story. But sadder still, is
the fact that the households of earth-
worms possess no way to defend them-
selves except by their looks—which
affect only a few people.
During the spring, the earthworm
clan leads a dog’s life.
Forest High School has a Fire Fight-
ers service club. They help conduct
fire drills and see that all the doors and
windows are closed. The organization
consists of 18 boys.
—The Forest Echo
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An American was talking to a newly-
arrived visitor from Holland.
“What does your flag look like?”
'“It has three stripes: red, white, and
blue,” he replied, and added, “At home
we say the colors have a connectigr;
with our taxation: w_e turr rgijTwfTen
we taJ^^p^t'Thern> white when we
get the bills, and we pay till we’re blue
in the face.”
“Sounds just like here,” replied the
American. “Only we see stars with it!”
—Kat’s Klaw
Del Rio High School
Food For Thought
The kingdom of God is within
you.
Luke 17:21
When you are filled with self
doubt and in the grip of your in-
feriority complex, don’t give up,
saying, “I can’t do it, I haven’t it
in me.” You do have a very big
“it” within you. You have the
Kingdom of God within you.
God has placed in your person-
ality all the ability you need.
You have only to believe in your-
self, and strength within you will
be released.
In saying the text, try it this
way, “God’s abundance, peace,
and power are within me. I lack
for nothing.”
Norman Vincent Peale.
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By Gloria Waller
Congratulations to the five newly-
elected student body officers. The job
placed before you is one of great im-
portance, and we know that each of
you will take your responsibility and
do the best work possible.
However, we realize that it isn’t
through the work of these five people
alone that we can have a good high
school and keep up the standards set
by classes who have passed on before
us, but through the work of each West-
erner.
Girls Predict Future
What will the future school days be
like? Three girls from Northbridge
High School in Whitinsville, Mass.,
asked a number of students how they
felt about the matter.
According to one girl interviewed
we shall eat food pills instead of the
tempting and delicious foods of today.
The pills may be more nourishing, but
what about not being able to taste and
smell our favorite dishes?
The day begins as usual, but when
we go to the closet we find short flared
skirts of everlasting materials for the
girls and tightfitting pants similar to
those worn by ballet dancers for the
boys.
Shoes with wings for balance and
skull-caps with antennae for communi-
cation anywhere in the universe will
also be worn.
Ultra-Modern Courses Offered
Courses offered in the ultra-modern
school will include driver education for
piloting of rockets and jets, electronics,
anatomy of robots, astronomy, geog-
raphy of planets, and how to survive
on planets, one interviewee stated.
More classes will be devoted to sci-
ence and mathematics, with languages
also coming under an equally important
heading. Many students will take two
languages, two sciences, and some form
of advanced mathematics.
On the sports scene, the sports of to-
day will be most widely played with
the main competition being between
space academies. Dancing will take on
new and more jazzy steps, but waltzes
will remain popular.
Now that you’ve had a look into the
future, maybe, what do you think of
it? As for us, we’ll just stay in the
year 1954.
Calcium Hides Scenery
Just for something on the humorous
side we picked up the following quota-
tion from Student Life. It appeared in
the December, 1926, issue of the Car-
dinal News in Wauwatosa, Wis.
“Perhaps if the feminine element in
the high school . . . (would not apply)
the calcium so heavily the scenery
would be more pleasing to the eye.
Like billboards, too much drug-store
complexion hides the beauties of na-
ture.”
Good luck to those students who will
enter in the state meet in Austin next
week end.
ACHIEVEMENTS UNBELIEVABLE
Howdy, Westerners!
PotSlfejy you read the small article in
the WW a few weeks ago announcing
the fact that the paper had recently
won an All-American rating for its
publications during the fall semester.
What the article did not tell was what
that rating meant. All-American rat-
ing for its publications is the top na-
tional honor awarded high school news-
papers. The WW was one of the
seven publications representing schools
with an enrollment of 1400-2000 from
all over the U.S. to receive this rating.
Pretty good, huh? Congratulations to
the Publications Department for their
work.
Congratulations also to the newly
elected student-body officers. Walter
Schuler feels like a has-been. And con-
gratulations are in order for the stu-
dents who participated in .the regional
contests last week (good luck at state
to you winners) and the VIC groups
for their showing in the state meet at
Austin, especially Betty Hadaway, who
was voted the outstanding girl in Texas
VIC.
I didn’t get to see last night’s per-
formance of the junior play, but from
what I’ve heard, it was a big hit. I
wouldn’t miss tonight for the world!
Da Vinci Far Ahead Of Times;
Successful In 5 Major Fields
By Carole Jean Delaney
Models of 24 practical inventions of
Italian Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519),
which reach far into the future from
the Renaissance period during which
they were perfected, are being exhibit-
ed through May 16 at the Texas Tech
Museum.
These inventions are only a fraction
of the achievements of the most vers-
atile genius the world has ever known
—a master painter, sculptor, engineer,
scientist, and inventor. To further
understand da Vinci’s work as a
marked contribution to twentieth-
century culture, it is necessary to
examine his life, his mind, and his
almost unbelievable achievements in
five major fields.
Da Vinci Plans Great Feats
In mathematics, science, and engi-
neering, his mind was one of the keen-
est the world has ever known.
By Carolyn Tapp
With only five weeks remaining of
this school year, we find Westerners
busier than ever, getting ready for
graduation.
Celebrating last Friday night at a
dance given at the Lubbock Country
Club were Ann Humphreys, Walter
Schuler; Sandra Crouch, Brown Hold-
en; Beth Davidson, Larry Merriman;
Becky Barfoot, Tommy Davis; Pat
Lindeman, Morris Scales; Mylinda
Proctor, Johnny Taylor; Pat Rainer,
Jack Boggess; Annette Rose, Monte
Hasie; Suzanne Porter, Steve Allen.
Also present were Jette Evans, Mjke
Wofford; Rita Riggs, Van Horn; Carma
Jean Williamson, Jimmy Thrush; John-
anna McFarland, Pat Hartsfield; San-
dra Hendrix, Charles Moore; Mary Gail
Heatly, Dale Ball; Beth Gordon, Don
Rutledge; Myra Kay Rhyne, Larry
Bridges; Sherry Erickson, Glenn
Woody; and Sharon Millican, Richard
Wiesen.
Campaign Parties Held
Getting in on the fun in a hayride
Saturday night were Mildred Bransom,
Melvyn Barham; Kay Burnam, Don
Kerr; Sandra Couch, Jack Boggess;
and Mylinda Proctor, Walter Schuler.
Campaign parties for the elections
found Ann Pendley, Wilma Edwards,
Beth Butler, Bennett Davis, Joe Dale
Bryan, Kary Mathis, Jimmy McLaugh-
lin, Carolyn Leftwich, Pat Stanley,
Mary Ann Sharp, working at Pat Rain-
er’s house. Jerrell Snodgrass was host
to Larry Merriman, Butch Lawrence,
Beverly Ellig, and Sharon Millican.
Working at Janice Newsom’s house
were Barbara Batton, Sharia Pepper,
Joy Herod, Beth Gordon, Sidney Stone,
Robert Koonce, Dave Allen, Houston
Powell and Bill Lowrimore.
Nonette, Richard Give Party
Nanette Crosby and Richard Wiesen
were hostess and host at a dance given
on Nanette’s terrace. Daters included
Marilyn Warren, Robert Beasonoverf
Jean Shawver, Bjlly Wienke; Jane
Shawver, Ronnie hurt ell; Nanette, Bill
Pittman; Helen Smith, Jack Tipps;
Linda Taylor, Jay Wood; Annette
Rose, Fred West; Carole Jean Delaney,
Sonny Allen; and Patsy Painter, Torry
Anderson.
Sunday-night daters were Margie
Hatton, Butch Lawrence; Lois Taylor,
Wade Wolfe; Carolyn Syms, Joe Sam
Bryant; Rose'Nell Koen, Craig Lee
Austin; Toni Bannister, Don Powers;
Margaret White, Techsan Kenneth Ap-
person; Gayle Hunt, Dub Sampson;
and Kathy White, Gordon Graves.
VIC Sweetheart Returns
Diana Smith, VIC sweetheart, re-
turned last week from the VIC state
meet in Austin.
Other twosomes over the weekend
were Joanne Pinkston, Jim Brahmer
from Phillips; Kaye Aker, and Jimmy
Allday; and Ann Humphreys, Chuck
Key.
That’s all for this week, folks, see
you next issue.
Be sure to tune in on KDUB-TV,
Channel 13, today at 5:45. At that time
the Inter-School Citizenship Council
will present its last program in a series
on “Accepting Responsibilities.” To-
day’s program will be a summary of
all the other programs. Remember to
watch it.
See you next week.
Your Pal,
Wes
Da Vinci planned great engineering
feats such as the control of the courses
of two major Asiatic rivers. He
glimpsed secrets of nature that were
not revealed until hundreds of years
later. He invented and put to practical
use an air-conditioning unit, two ma-
chine guns, a military tank constructed
to resist cannon balls, a hydraulic
pump, a lathe, and a printing press, to
mention only a few. He even built an
automatic drum which, when wheeled
along the ground, tripped five spring-
powered drumsticks on either side
which determined the rhythm of the
beats and made the noise. Da Vinci
mapped and constructed fortresses and
bridges. He even perfected a heavier-
than-air flying machine which needed
only an efficient motor to make it
practical.
However, da Vinci realized the cool
reception given his too-advanced ideas
by his contemporaries. He took the
precaution to write his manuscripts
from right to left instead of left to
right, making his many notes and
memoranda practically illegible.
Genius Tells Stories
But da Vinci didn’t stop with un-
heard-of feats of science and engineer-
ing. As a painter, he produced two of
the world’s supreme masterpieces, The
Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, the lat-
ter for which he is universally famous.
All this from one man, around the
same time that Columbus was explor-
ing the Western Hemisphere.
The personality and charm of the
genius was in keeping with his bril-
liant mind. Crowds followed him
through the streets of Florence, his
birthplace. He held them spellbound
with stories, jokes, and songs while he
studied the varied expressions on their
faces. Often he bought caged birds for
the sheer joy of freeing them, or
matched his strength with that of some
wayfaring ragamuffin. Always his in-
quisitiveness and a love for the un-
known ruled his life. A giant among
giants during the cultural, awakening
of the world, Leonardo da Vinci, mas-
terful painter, sculptor ,engineer, sci-
entist, and inventor, died in France in
1515.
Today's Thought
Thought of the day: It isn’t falling
into the water that drowns a man; it’s
staying there.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor — — Gloria Waller
Associate Editors------Sondra Stone
Charda Pierce
Page Four Editor------j0an Pollard
Sports Editors-----Mary Gail Heatly
Paula Smith
Exchange Editor------Joan Pollard
Feature Editor-------Nona Gregg
Special Reporters------Bill Sparks
Carole Jean Delaney, Steve Noble
Leona Spradling, Jo Marie Boothe
Lonnie Jones
Cub Reporters------Jack Boggess,
Glenda Ingram, Denevee Turner, Mary Sue
Wilson, Joyce Thrush, Lora Kerr, Gwynella
Bennett, Jolene Caffee, Earlene Gott, Ann
Welch, Suzanne Wilson, Carolyn Tapp,
Lucretia Breazeale.
BUSINESS STAFF
Advertising Manager----Lonnie Jones
Assistant Advertising Managers — Beth Gordon
Von Dee Hamilton
Advertising Salesmen------Fred West
Lilburn Smith
Mary Sue Wilson
Carolyn Tapp
Jaok Boggess
Circulation Manager----Glenda Ingram
Bookkeepers------Joe Dale Bryan
Rita Seay
Photographers-------Don Allgood
Thomas Rodgers, Lilbnrn Smith
Dlreetor of Publieations--Mrs. Dick Cosby
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