The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 5, 1957 Page: 2 of 4
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THE RAMBLER
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Tuesday, November 5
St&4ce6
A certain scientist recently assertecjMliat the cur-
rent crop of young people are a bunch of--'„'sissies.'
What does this "man of knowledge" base his state-
ment on? What is his purpose for saying it?
Could it be that the older generation sees that the
young people of today are taking over many jobs
With'their new and faster methods of doing things,
and are assuming many more responsibilities than did
those of the yester year?
It is true that we do not have to walk from three to
ten miles to school every day; we do not have to get
up every morning and chop wood to build a fire.
rj Another eccentricity we have gotten away from is
fighting Indians every time a twig snaps. These
points prove absolutely nothing in regard to whether
a man is a man or a woman is a woman.
\
. Young people of this^fa do have many more op-
portunities than those who came before us, but it
takes more than merely an opportunity to acquire
something, it takes the will power to get behind this
and take advantage of it. Today's generation is
proving this statement in many ways. . Look at our
own campus—most of the students work, and many
have done so even as far back as high school. In ad-
dition, psychology is proving that young people are
maturing at an earlier age th§p they have in itae past.
Our set has a feeling of independence gfimn early
age also. "
As an atomic age group let's challenge this^cien-
tist or any other person to prove that th.e'.crop of
young people of today are a bunch of sissies! 9
We may have a softer life but it would be hard to
prove we're softies.—Joe Norton.
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Determination,'that's the word the announcer kept
throwing at us as Lew Burdette kept throwing some
of the same at the Yankees recently. Determina-
tion is what a feller's got if he does something he
can't do. Without it the Eimpire State Building could
never have been built and the Sputnik could never
have been launched. With just a little less of it Daisy
Mae could never have caught Li'l Abner and Al Capp
would never have been famous (nor rich either). With-
out determination Mr. Matthis would never be able
to convert some of the heatherns that visualized a
square root as the base of a tree that doesn't dig
the jive.
Just as the Yankees kept bouncing their own brand
of determination back at the Braves so do some of
the students seem equally determined to go on as
heretics and undergraduates. The story is told of
the young man studying to be a teacher who made
this statement after lettering three years on the soph
intramural team, "I thought for a long time that high
school was going to keep me out of college, but now
It looks like college will keep me out of high school."
A little less determination and he might absorb
some of the knowledge floating around the halls of
TWC for it's a cinch the professors, like Lew Bur-
dette, are determined to keep on throwing it up
there. Don't major in freshman English . . . try his-
tory.—Law Stfljkes. $
The Rambler
The Voice of TWC
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Entered as second-class matter September 17, 1947, at the
post office of Fort Worth, Texas, under the Act of March 3,1897.
Published each Tuesday during the school year, except holi-
day periods, by students of Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth,
Texas.
SUBSCRIPTION — School Year $1.50
Editor ~l Joe Norton
Assistant Editor ^-—Virginia Hailey
Sports ISditor —-/I Mort Franklin
Business Managor - i\ aA— Bill Thrash
Cartoonist — — - Doyle Flynn
Photographer Robert Prltchett
iTat^ulty Advisor . Mrs. I^Wfra*Jenkins
Society Editor Nancy Plemons
Special assignments editor Betty Emanuel
Exchange editor Mary Hickman
Morj$flte editor Vera Brown
Editorial.staff —— Mary Ann Noland,
JSjwtfTalkington and Bill Thrash.
Reporters : Relton Bennett, Jim
Bowman, David EVans, Janice Hooks, Bill Ramsey,
Larry Rosser, Larue Barnes, Sharon Brown, Tommy
Brown, Danny Martin, Mickey Moyer, Law Stokes
and Carlone Evans.
"MSM
Letters to the Editor
Dear. Editor:
An article appearing in last
week's paper has caused much con-
troversy on our campus. This
article concerned the Lettermen's
Association and their request that
all students at TWC who have
lettered previously in some other
institution retrain from wearing
that letter Wi our campus. Any
student who has earned a jacket
or letter is naturally proud of it.
You can not blaMe him for want-
ing to wear this symbol of his
hard work, which he so richly de-
served. j
if^is not trt£ Letterman's CluL's
privilege or anyone else's to tell
anyone what he should or should
ot wear, who is to say what
someone else should wear. Does
(he Lettermen's Club know that a
fashion co-ordinators license Is
needed to J.ell people what to
wear?
I have talked to various people,
male and female, included and
not included in this predicament
and the consensus seems to be
ThCvchT VOL)'l) LlK£ /?• KbaO
THaT10ok> Auywiiy st-ot.
Can Students Read News?
TWC'ers Have Their Ideas
by Mort Franklin
"One of America's foremost jour-
nalists and news commentators,
Walter Cronkite, of CBS radio and
TV, has said that colleges and uni-
versities should teach students how
to read newspapers.
With this in mind, several typi-
cal TWC students were questioned
on their newspaper reading habits,
particularly in reference to head-
lines. Most agreed that, they read
the stories whose headlines catch
their attention.
When asked whether they were
alarmed by the headlines of to-
day, most said that even though
the headlines were in some in-
stances on the sensational side,
they believed the situation in the
world was not so bad as it would
appeal1. »
Jack Harrison, Fort, vyorth^soph-
omore, said he knew that most
headlines are written to gain the
reader's attention and to sell
newspapers. He has a knowledge
of the newspaper industry, be-
cause he is a district* manager for
the Fort Worth Press.
When asked what stories they
read, most indicated they wanted
to know what sort of a world they
would live in a few years from
now, and said they read stories
about world, national, state and
local governmental, economic, pol-
itical and related affairs.
History in Making
Raphael Nesmith, a graduate
MEET THE FACULTY
2 Business Profs Active
In Baptist Church Work
by Larue Barnes
Mr. Milton F. Gardner, born in
Swenson, Texas, received his BS
and MA degrees from Hardin Sim-
mons University. While a stu-
dent there, he was a member of
Phi Gamma Mu, Honorary Social
Science Fraternity, and the Arco-
nautics Club. He joined the U. S.
Navy and became an aviator.
His teaching career, began as
he taught at Aspermont, Texas.
In 1949 he was an instructor at
Hardin Simmons University. In
addition to his teaching, Mr. Gard-
ner has also served as Lunchroom
Manager at Tahoka, Texas. He
came to TW to teach in 1956. He
is noW attending Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
Another instructor in the busi-
ness administration division is Le-
Roy Ford. He was president of his
senior class at Southwestern State
College in Weatherford, Okla., and
a cum laude graduate there.
After teaching in the public
schools of Delhi, Oklahoma, he
joined the civil service and went
to Washington, D. C. where ho
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worked as personnel officer. He
began teaching at TW last year,
and at present is attending South-
western Baptist Theological Semi-
nary.
Milton F. Gardner
LeRoy Ford
The Common Cold
by Law Stokes
Perhaps you've wondered why it is
That more* folks don't grow old.
The reason is they never learned
To face the common cold.
They just give up and then give in,
And let life pass them by,
For some folks fear the common cold
More than"they fear to die.
The common cold's an ailment
That's incurable at best.
It beats a tempo in.your head,
Then settles in your chest,
The'nose is swollen, throat is sore,
The eyos are pained and red.
The tongue takes on a chalky look;
Then pressure's on your head.
Each breath becomes a torment,
\ gust of air, a wheeze,
The chest contracts and then expands,
And then you cough and sneeze.
The world is full of common cures,
And when you've used them on ya,
There is no cure for common colds,
So hope yon get pneumonia.
student and a history major, ex-
pressed a particular interest in his-
tory making events in the world.
He said he likes to keep informed
in latest developments, which can-
not be covered in texts.
Janis Davenport, Fort Worth
freshman, said that, the lighter side
of the news Was refreshing to read
but it had importance also, as
many of the light, featurized stor-
ies were about events and develop-
ments that would have a great
bearing on the world of the im-
mediate future.
One such instance is the takeoffs
on Sputnik, which have a more
serious undercurrent.
More Human Interest
The human interest stories
should be carried in a newspaper,
states Carroll Alderman, Cleburne
freshman. He reads the lighter
side of the news first, then the
comics, and then settles down to
read one or two stories about the
Middle East, or some similar story.
He says not enough of the stories
are optimistic, and should be about
people as well as things.
Gene Mehl, junior from Fort
Worth, reads all the headlines
first, and then goes back to stories
that cover something he is inter-
ested in. Most students in college
find it difficult to read the paper
thoroughly. All questioned agreed
that the headlines serve them to
a good advantage as a guide, and a
quick review of the world today.
From the above it appears that
students, even though they do not
have time for a thorough perusal,
can be counted to keep informed to
the best of their abilities and avail-
abilities.
Golden
Sfiears
This week's recipient of the"
Golden Shears award, Jimmy Rus-
sell, is a senior social sciehce ma-
jor from Jonesboro.
After coming to TW in the fall
of 1954, he pledged Sakkara social
club. He served as representative
to the student council his sopho-
more year. His junior year he
was treasurer of Sakkara and vice
president of his class.
This year he is secretary to the
dormitory council and senior class
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-"Thumbs Down." Included in this
group of dissenters are basketball
and football players, band and
choral members, tennis players,
speech majors, twirlers and cheer-
leaders. Out of over 1JJ00 students
only 20 have TWC jackets.
There would not be quite so
much opposition to this measure
if TWC saw fit to award mjpre
letters. But due to the fact that
no girl no matter how much de-
sire or ability she may have cannot
earn a letter at TWC, the prob-
lem has perplexed many people.
This is not a decision that one
organization should make. If it is
to be taken seriously the entire
student body should vote on it.
With hope and confidence that the
majority will do what is right.
—Barbara Day.
*******
Denr Editor,
Speaking in behalf of myself and
others who are wearing letters
earned at other schools besides
TWC, I wish to express my disap-
proval of the edict recently handed
down by the TW Lettermen's Asso-
ciation to discontinue the wearing
of so-called "foreign" letters.
I don't believe letters from other
schools should be considered fore-
ign. This can be demonstrated by
this simple illustration: A person
living in any state in the U. S>c.
puts, or at least, should put, the U.
S. flag above that of the state
where he resides. But he cer-
tainly doesn't lower his state flag
and hide it. He raises it in a posi-
tion beside the flag of the U. S.
This does not take value or pres-
tige away from the nation. Neith-
er does a letter earned at another
school take away the value of a
TWC letter. We lettermen from
other school.^ recognize the superi-
or meaning of a TW letter, but
we're proud of our letters and
want them to be a part of Texas
Wesleyan, just as all the states are
a part of the U. S.
To cut a letter from a jacket
means that the significance in
wearing the jacket is lost. It
means, also, trouble and expense
in replacing the letter, and even
when this Is done, the letter will
never look as well as It did before
removal. Many letter jackets are
not reversible, and when they are
revcysed, they are certainly not as
at tractive as when worn properly.
To sum up everything we've said,
we helieve that it is unfair to be
asked to discontinue wearing our
letters.
Bill Ramsey,
* * * * * '*..* ,f f :'
"1 think I've hear thrft song be-
fore."
"How could you miss it, they
play It every meal." These are
just two of the many statements
made by the students while eat-
ing meals in the new dining hall.
When the news came out that
the dining hall was going to be
furnished with piped music, the
students appeared to be anxious
for this new experience. How-
ever, they weren't expecting to
hear the same songs every meal.
If something isn't done soon
about this situation, one is apt to
hear one student say to another
as soon as his class is over, "Let's
hurry. They ought to be playing
'Autumn Leaves' just about (then
she looks at her watch and counts
the seconds to herself) now!"
Helton Bennett.
From the Editor',
Notebook
By JOE NOKTOJ?
! A scramble for last minute ,|J
orations, table clothes «jhj , I
.cake highlighted the afj
for several TW Press Club Jj
bers last. Saturday ns they 4 I
rated for the Miss Rambler duJ
The cake, bought from the hi
cake sale, was furnished by jii
Franklin, president of the p^J
f Club, and had to be cut with scJ
sors. Anot her last, minute seraJ
ble was getting the arch, wul
was furnished by the Poly pj
Shop for the second conseciiZ
year. |
Mary Hickman, a freshman <
didate from Fort Worth, didn'tij
the flu keep her away (mm thJ
dance. She got up and came 1
bells on.
Maureen Whigham was natal
Miss Rambler of 1957 at the daitJ
and Joyce Chapman was runJI
up. In addition to Miss HickmaJ
was Shirty!
candidate
the other
Brown.
In charge of decorations for t!
event was Mary Ann Noland. H«]
helpers were Bill Thrash, Jam
Hooks, Virginia Hailey, Davil
Evans, Janet Dotson, Pat Mafe
and Mort Franklin.
Joyce Glover was in charged
music and was assisted by M
Lyle and Sylvia Mancil. Georg]
Baldoek was in charge of pubjj.
city and exhibited his talent 1
chapel last Thursday when |
dressed as an Aggie dater and aa-
nounced the dance, ™
The school calendar put out kg
the sophomore class went on sail
Monday. Calendars are to be soli®
in the SUB during the morningjg
and they «ucan -he obatained (rati
any member of the sales comitiw
tee at any time for 50c. Ineluifil
on the committee are the chaiil
nian, Myrna Morrow, and Evil
West, John Massey, Charitsl
Thompson, Joyce Banks, Calvin
Hornsby, Carolyn Bowen, Dn>|
Fisher and Martha Johnson.
* * * *
There has been a change in tel
dining hall music lately. The M
morning or two, the usual earM
morning music was featured. Howl
ever the type has been changed-:!
suppose they didn't like the bacojl
doing the bop to "Wake Up I.ittfeJ
Susie?"
* * * * I
Keith Burns was startled thti
other morning to hear a terrific
bang when he opened the doortoj
his room. It seems ns if p
one had accidentally caught a|^feW:
piece of string on his door. Aa-|gt
other part of this accident
that the other end of this piece of be ,Sp0
string was caught on an emptyf
coke case. Tt just sn happen^
that on top of this cuke case »«j
a can of coke tops. Accidi
will happen!
* * * *
Decorations for th
banquet last Thursdn
tured a glow in the
A mural of this type
ried out the Hallowei
was truly a sight, to
lots of hard work \V'
. fiasketiffll
• night iSJ'l
lark pai»l I
if paint cafF
n theme.8|
l„<hn'il, aril
nt into 3
Thanks,
Rams.
to BSU for honoring
Outward Expressions
of
Inward Impressions
Jimmy Itussell
representative to the student coun-
cil. Active in Thespians, Russell
has been in several TWC drama-
tic productions.
A 1954 .graduate TMr, Jonesboro
high school, he was active in base-
ball, football and basketball.
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by Bill Ward
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return f'0"1
following after thee: for whither thou |oest, I will go; and «l"'rr
thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people* ami
God my God.
Where thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried: ,hr
Lord do so to me, and more also, If ought but death part thee
me. (Ruth 1:10-17).
Someone has said that ^ny man who»-thinks marri'a^u^ a
proposition doesn't undersland\one ofytrfy things: Women are fractions-
Marriage, K it is worthy of'ttw'Tuune. it not a 50-50 propositi^
succeed, it must be as least a 60-40 arrangement, with each P»,tw
assuming far more responsibility than he or she expects to receive"
return.
All too often, individuals rush into marriage, confident that
ave privileges, rights, and special dispensations. An awareness of tWu
own responsibilities is completely forgotten.
Successful marriages are the result of each partner minimizM
even forgetting -his own rights; and maximizing—-actively concert'3
^ tng on—his responsibilities.
Prayer
Our loving Father, • bless our holv marriage. Fill our clip*
overflowing with thy Spirit, so that we may love unselfishly, constantly
and loyally. Open our eyos to the best in each other, and let P»tUTl
reign supreme in our hearts. Let forgiveness be the cornerstone of <
marriage, and understanding the mortar. Amen.
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Thought for the Week
r Marriage is meant for the mature, for the unselfish, and for ,w|
responsible.
I.... Mt"f ^far^'S ''Prayor for Newlyweds" was published in the Au
issue of The New Christian Advocate, Chicago.
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