The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 13, 1954 Page: 2 of 4
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After many years of listless indifference the
American public has finally awakened to one
of .the most critical questions America, present
and fui ure, has to face. What has happened
to ec&cation In the United States?
,j With the ' Standing Roorrv. Only sign hung
& out in most of the nation s public schools, our
educators are faced with a challenge of titanic
proportions. The job has never been bigger.
Yet our schools, serious critics have complained,
have been failing our children in many ways
too vital to overlook.
The question of what should be taught in the
public schools has become pin-pointed on the
question of progressive education versus tradi-
tional education.
We have solved the problem of who should
be taught, but fiie answer of how they should
be taught has not been so readily produced.
Our schools exist primarily for the purpose of
giving intellectual training for the youth of our
nation. If the schools fail to give thjfe yoiit'h
the .pepe'ssary training, who is to do it1? ^
Critics have raised the cry that our public
schools are lowering the academic standards
of the colleges, universities, and the intelli-
gence of the nation by teaching too many pro-
gressive education ciourses, commonly referred
to as "snaps," or "breezes."
These courses, which include marital rela-
tions, humanity courses, raising and rearing a
family, and how not to be divorced in three
months after marriage, are far more important
for living than standardized theory. Our na-
tional records testify to the fact that such cour-
ses are not "snaps."
Critics of progressive education maintain
"that only' the standard liberal arts courses
should be taught."" But of what interest is His-
tor II, when the newspapers scream daily of the
breaking of the sound barrier, and the advent
of the atomic age, and when the latest news-
paper files tell of wars more destructive than
the sum total of all the wars recorded in His-
tors II?
Of what use are English, Physics, and other
such courses if the student cannot apply them
to his present life? Theory should be taught,
but with a liberal, if not decided amount of
practical application.
Being able to apply what has been so meti-
culously memorized in the classroom will develop
latent skills in the student, and etch more se-
curely in the students' minds the practical as-
pects of subjects taught the students.
With a well-rounded education of practical
application of needed subjects for everyday
living and a thorough knowledge of the sub-
jects closely aldn to-the talents of each stu-
dent, the student is better equipped to enter
life with a few tools of wage-potential.
These courses are what the student expects
from a public schools education: courses of
study that will aid in his quest for "social se-
curity." The student desires to have a satis-
fying knowledge that he will be able to pro-
vide for himself, and perhaps for a family, in
the future. These are the wants for which ,|be
present day student thirsts.
Given these basic desires, plus a foundamen-
tal preparation for everyday living, the student
will have a well-balanced prespective. With
these basic requirements satisfied, the student
will have an easier time finding his niche in
the hurly-burly of this world.
And with a firm foundation in "conscien-
tiousliving" the public school graduate has the
proper mental outlook and relationship for liv-
ing to search pwtJthe higher levels of culture, -•
—LAUREN SMITH, NTSC. ...
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"AT THE CLOSE OF the Sabbath, as the first day of the week
was drawing, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to the tomb.
But a great earthquake took place; an angel of the Lord came down
from Heaven, and went and rolled away the boulder and sat on it.
"-•-"His appearance was like lightning, and the raiment white as
.snow. For fear of him the sentries shook and became like dead men;
but the angel addressed the woman, saying, 'Have no fear; I know you
are looking for the crucified Jesus. He is not here, He has risen, as
He told you He would. See, here is the place where the Lord lay.
'Now make haste, go to His disciples, and tell them that He has
risen from the dead and that He precedes you to Galilee; you shall
see Him there. That is my message for you.'
"Then they ran quickly from the tomb in fear and great joy, to
announce the news to His disciples. And Jesus Himself met them
saying, Hail! They went up to Him and caught hold of His feet and
worshiped Hiftr."—-Matthew 28: 1-9 (Moffatt)
"I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though
he. were dead, yet Khali he live."—Jn. 11:25.
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Tfexas Wesleyan College begins the obser-
vance of Easter following classes Wednesday,
April 14, and will reconvene Monday, April 19.
Just as January I marks the beginning of a new
calendar year, each Easter Sunday is a good
time to begin a new religious year.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ has been
observed almost in the same manner since it
occurred. At first, there was much contro-
victory on the actual day that He arose on a
victory on the actual day that He arone on a
Sunday. Finally, it was decided to observe the
day on the Sunday after the first full moon
following March 21. Easter is the name of the
Goddess of the Dawn.
Too many times Easter is interpreted only as
a holiday by students, a time to buf new dress-
es by women, a time to see a streamlined fash-
ion show by others, or simply an Easier egg
hunt for children.
Thus, Easter is a good time to mate an ac-
counting of our religion during the past year
and to resolve to make it more active during
the coming year.
Literature
From The Student's View
*p(e<z<& *)tt "Daniel4 "DagAaude
By I)AN KLEPPER
Any of you married males
ever had to shove old Shep out
of his domicile and take over
for the night? IkSi&does it feel
to lead a dog's life—sans the
unavoidable disagreabjeness of
fleas?
What? You've got fleas, too?
Don't worry, brother. I've never
seen an attached male yet who
didn't have to scratch good 'n'
hard to keep his little life-
brightener in those feminine
pretties.
But I've seen a fey dogs who
didn't have it so bad. Just think
•—no bills, no books, no profs
handouts, a pat on the head,
tall trees, and" a little canine
Marilyn Monroe down the
street.
Why, if I could just yawn as
long and just as hard as most
dogs can, I'd probobly feel a
lot better.
And my old pot hound back
home can eat more, sleep more,
and dig a bigger hole in the
flower bed than all the rest of
the family put together.
Originally he was a pointer—
good on birds (when rabbits
stayed out of his way)—-but
he's going on 12, which is about
84 years old compared to a hu-
man's life, and now he's on a
pension.
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And I guarantee you that no
old-age pension will keep me in
as much grub as that dog eats.
(I'll never be able to draw so-
cial security — ean't stand
work.)
And talk about a doghouse—
that hound has more square
feet of panting space than we
have room in our apartment
with the porch and garage
thrown in to boot.
His domain was formerly a
chicken house, cow lot, milking
stall, hog pen, and my budding
taxidermist shop. But the chick-
ens died from the colic, hogs
caught the cholera, the cow
went dry, and the taxidermist
company stopped sending my
lessons because I was behind on
payments. So we went out of
the livestock and stuffing busi-
ness.
Since we were living in the
city, Pop figured that we had
better keep the dog penned up
but still give,, him plenty of
space for exercise. So we spent
several hundred dollars on a
cyclone fence.
But when I started training
the hound, I decided thar if he
were going to bo a good hunter,
he would have to be able to
Jump fences.
So I taught him to jump-
high. Now he goes over that
fence like a turpentined cat,
especially when Marilyn trots
by the house.
Then when we turned him
out to pasture after he started
running over birds, Pop figur-
ed he could partially pay for
his keep by barking at prow-
lers (since he howls all night
at nothing, anyway).
But again, when I started
training him, I decided that he
shouldn't bo gun-shy. So I be-
gan with a .22 and worked up
to a shotgun, shooting over his
head while he was eating,
which was most of the time.
Now the Missouri's nine 16-
inchers wouldn't faro him when
he's asleep.
So see, fellows, it's not so had
leading a dog's Ufe—providing
you train yourself right.
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BY LAWRENCE COY
One of the most famous writer^
of the 18th century in England was
Jonathan Swift, \vho "cade use of
bitter irony to expose the disgust-
ing and sordid side of human na-
ture," as Douglass 3. Me&d ob-
serves in his introduction to "Gul-
liver Explains Warfare," a chapter
from Swift's famous Gulliver's
Travels, which was published in
1726.
Swift's fictitious character "Gul-
liver" traveled a great deal. In
one of his "travels" he finds him-
self in a land governed by the
Houyhnhms, a race of benevolent'
horses; the creatures which repre-'
sent human beings in this strange
land, are known a Yahoos. Gulli-
ver has not been present very long
before*#!®! learns that he is a Yn-
N»
hoo. In self defense, he . tries to
"tell his host (who is addressed as
©"Your Honor") about the exalted
position of Yahoos in other coun-
tries. In trying to explain the
wonders of European culture, he
gives an exultant account of Euro-
pean warfare. Throughout ''the
essay there is a strong undercur-
rent'of irony; so that Gulliver is
made to mock his own world.
Modern readers are almost sure
that Swift foresaw the future when
he wrote this essay. The bitter
truths which he set forth regard-
ing humanity strike just as force-
t fully today as it could have in the
time in which he wrote. Of course
Swift imagined the character who
i^ speaking, but one may be sure
that Gulliver expressed Swift's own
ideas and emotions.
Among the many causes for war
which Gulliver explains to "His
Honor" is difference of opinion a-
mong the people of the world.
Swift explains that wars caused
from this difference of opinion are
often long, furious, and costly. He
Is quick to state that the differ-
ences usually ari6e from something
Insignificant or trivial.
When Swift states that: "Poor
nations are hungry, and rich na-
tions are proud; and,-pride and
hunger will evec-be at vaMande,"
he is stating one of the chief caus-
es for war, even in the 20th cen-
tury when the ecoonmic situation
Is often a determinant in the rela-
tionships among nations.
After Gulliver finishes his ex-
planation, his Honor refuses to be-
lieve that such situations and
ideas can possibly exist among
creatures capable of thinking. The
Implication here of course may be
that man is incapable of thinking
except in terms of consideraton
for himself. His Honor, the bene-
volent Horse, attributes the fully
of man to the very characteristics
which Gulliver has exalted in his
explanation. The faculty of'^eas-
on seems to be the root of all the
folly which Gulliver has unwittirfg-
ly exposed. The only consolation
his host has is tthat even though
man is in a shameful state, yet na-
ture has left him "uncapable of
much mjschief." His Honor con-
tinues by iJsfcTng that: "For your
mouths lying flat with your faces,
you can hardly bite each other to
any purpose, unless by consent.
Then as to the claws upon your
feet before and behind, they are so
tender that one of our Yahoos
would drive a dozen of yours be-
fore him. And therefore in re-
counting the numbers of those
who have been killed in battle, I
cannot but think that you have
said the thinsr which is not."
The italics in the preceding may-
be meant to show what a gentle-
man his Honor was in that he
would not boldly call his guest '"a
liar!" Nevertheless, Gulliver, in
giving his learned report- to" the
above speech, succeeds in exposing
all the follies of warfare and in in-
creasing his host's horror for the
whole species. "I gave him a des-
cription,';, says Gulliver, "of can-
nons, "culverins, muskets, carbines,
pistols, bullets, powder, swords,
bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats,
attacks, undermines, countermines,
bombardments, sea fights; ships
sunk with a thousand men, twenty
thousand killed on each side; dying
groans, limbs flying in the air,
smoke, nisoe, confusion, trampling
to death under horses' feet; flight,
pursuit, victory: fields strewed
with carcases left for food to dogs,
and wolves, and birds of prey;
plundering, stripping, ravishing,
burning and destroying."
The listener became so disgusted
that he would not allow Gulliver
to finish his explanation, in which
he would have piledfAip more hor-
rors in addition to those which he
had already exultantly set forth.
One wonders how a similar ac-
count of warfare in the age of the
deadly weapons resulting from
recent scientific development would
have sounded if such a satirist as
Swift were -living today to des-
cribe the devastation possible when
such weapons are used.
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BY WAYNE
A Jewish young man ««<•«.• ask»-Vj
Rev- A. H Ackley, "Why <•».< -.'A
I worship a dead Jew
"He lives, 1 tell you, He is not ,
dead, but lives here and nov.
Jesus Christ Is more alive toflay t
than ever before. 1 van pr-ove it
by my own experiences a>. well a
the testimony of countless th'->. •
ands," Rev. Ackley ansew.-r<-1
From this experience, the evan-
gelist wrote the loved gospel '-on*;
"He lives." The first vers* and
chorus more closely depict th.
triumphant Eastei message Ui.
perhaps any other song today
"I serVe a risen Saviour, lie's
In the world today. 1 know that
He is living, whatever men mi»>
say. I *ee His hand of mercy,
I hear llis \oiee of cheer, and
just the time I need Him, He's
always near.
"He lives. He lives, Christ
Jesus lives today. He walks with
me, and talks with me, along
life's narrow way. He lives. He
lives, salvation to impart! You
ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart."
Many American Christians have
been accused and perhaps proper-
ly so, of attending church only
on Christmas and Easter. No
other day holds sucfc significance
for true Christianity as Easter
Without the empty tomb, Christi-
anity would be f<^cod to revert to
symbols, idols, statutes, trinket-
and a rigid form or method of pen-
itence.
True Christianity would have no
foundation for one's coming indi-
vidually and personally to God in
prayelr without the empty tomb.
The empty tomb" h%is Temoved all
necessity for an interlocking
priesthood, removed all necessity
for an indirect approach to God
by man.
The empty tomb overshadows,
but does not distract from, the
miraculous conception. The empty
tomb surpasses, but does not de-
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It has been said that practice
makes perfect. So be it to a de-
gree. Write one article, you be-
came an authority. Who's .this
guy, Shakespeare? What does he
know about it? In- a recent article
in the Rambler there apeared a few
well chosen, though poorly timed
words expressing a situation that
exists supposedly. Whether any
objective was reached or even
whether an objective was intended
is not clear to me (and I should
know). The title of the piece was
"Shakespeare Would Have A-
greed". Now what differenced ••••
that make to you whether Shakes-
peare would have agreed or net!
For that matter it's none" of his
business.
Individual's Taste
J&f5yfiS®Thomas Jefferson would
' have agreed too, or even George
Bernard Shaw (though that I
doubt cause he was a vegetarian).
The point of it all is that smooch-
ing, like eating soup, is an indiv-
idual matter. It's your own con-
science. It's your own time. Make
sure it's your own girl. (Stay a-
way from mine.) I can handle
this job all by myself. Neverthe-
less, here's some free advice (and
that's what it's worth.)
When you're sitting in your car
with a doll you think it cute, dc
you think that if you smooch her
will she give a hoot, or is she only
baiting you and leading you along
until you are stricken with the
painful lonesome sang of a broken
heart and disgtilted views of the
kind of gal you go with just be-
cause you choose. Is there any
way to know if she considers it a
must that you kiss her and enioy
it as if it were a trust and only a
decision to end this sad debate,
you know you must make up your
minds, it's getting kin^ late.
The Answer Comes
There's the question, here's the
answer that I'm giving now to you,
so now go ahead and read it if
you're sure that you want to. No!
I say a thousand times although I
don't believe that smooching fa so
necessary that if you don't, she'll
leave, for who wants to walk home
when you're way out in the park
and the sky is getting dark. Who
cares if she won't go with you no
more, she's not only the only peb-
ble oft the shore, and I'm sure
you'll get another girl if you
should only try. and here's why.
Why take just one when there
are many, cause there's plenty if
you want twenty. (Help yourself,
no one else will.) You will never
be alone if you will stay beside
yourself, and" that's the best com-
pany should they put you on th>3
shelf, and say that you can't leave.
Then if you have never smooched
her I am sure that you won't
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