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THE RAMBLER
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Welcome ta
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Welcome to-texas Wesleyan College!
It is always thrilling to greet a new student body to
the warm, triendly atmosphere of our campus. This
atmosphere is the combined achievrnent of the ad-
ministration, the faculty, the staff, and thoj^udents,
themselves.
The traditions and ,the spirit of TWC are among
our proudest possessions. We trust that you will
'enter into your relationships with a great purpose to
meet and enlarge these cherished goals.
With such a spirit we can be certain that this will be
a most profitable and satisfactory year to you.
Cordially and sincerely,
Law Sone, President
LITTLE MAN OM^AMrUS
by Dick Bible?
fyruutt *7lie jbea+i
To the new students we extend a hearty welcome to
the Texas Wesleyan campus. We hope that you find
at the College the^inspiration, academic opportuni-
ties, and spiritual value^ that will make your experi-
ences here rewarding ones." We know » tFfs^ the
friendships that you make will last throughout "'your
lives.
We welcome back the former students. It is a
pleasure to resume our relationships and work toward
finer achievements each year.
The opening of the school year is always inspiration-
al and we look forward with you to the most success-
ful year of our history.
J. E. Cox, Dean.
tfiam *7lie (lawJden.
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Tor' many students .on TWC campus this fall, the great ex-
perience of campus life is just beginning. This period can be
one of the happiest and^the most memorable of all^our life.
associations, new experiences, and new ideas vail I be yours
in the coming months.
TWC offers many advantages to the student by being a
comparatively small college. You will find that you are more
than just a name on a class roll. At TW you are an individual
l^to the faculty as well as to the student body. They are in-
terested in your plans as you progress, academically and
socially.
f-riends are easy to make on a small college campus.
are a part of things from the beginning of the semester
w!:t become acquainted with the faculty in a way that
pv.'.ible in large classes cf the big universities.
Smaller classes are a definite advantage to the student.
ClaSsrqpm discussio.ns often take the place of the formal lec-
ture, and the student gains from the^-e^pressed opinions of the
other students.
Since TWC is a church-related college, Christian principles
and practices are a part of ,the campus.way of life. The vari-
ous religious organizations are for the interested participation
of the students. Your Church away from home can be found
within easy reach of the campus.
The social clubs and departmental clubs* v?ill offer chances for
further development of your major interests. Chapel programs
offering good speakers on timely subjects will broaden your
understanding of civic and national issues.
Sports and dances help to round out a program of activities
that seek to develop the complete life of the individual stu-
dent. Through the many traditional events of TWC campus
life, you will find that you are catching the spirit of the school
£rW it will become a part of your life experience.
The Rambler welcomes all students to the campus, and wishes
for each a good year of activity and of study. May all your
expectations of college life be fulfilled.
You
You
not
The fellow who sits down on the job and frets over how much
he hasn't got is likely to remain that way.—Greenwood (Miss.)
Commonwealth.
The human brain, we are told, starts working the instant you
are born and never stops until the moment you try to introduce
your wife to an old friend'and suddenly discover that you can
not remember either of their first names.—Mattoon (III.) Jour-
nal-Gazette.
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy,
but it's good, too, to checkup once in a while and make sure
you haven't lost the things that money cannot buy.—George
Horace Lorimer.
All education should be directed toward the development of
character. Sound character cannot be achieved if spiritual
development is neglected. I do not like to think of turning out
physical and mental giants who are spiritual pygmies.—Baptist
Observer.
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Busy Student Body Prexy
Is Man of Many Interests
College
Calendar
By KIT1I KL'ATKVi
John Ed Francis, student body
president of TWC for 1054, is u
busy person with many interests.
The summer has not been an idle
holiday for the energetic senior.
Until August 11 he remained at
the College as one of the admission
ience for his ambition to enter the
ministerial profession.
After his return from Illinois, hf>
attended the older youth camp nt
Glen Rose. His various trips forc-
ed him to be separated for a tlm<>
from his pet parakeet, Barnabas
"I have to start all over teaching
him to talk each time I get home,"
counselors. Leaving his-work in r>r . KfJ r,,mark(.fli -He's so young
the office, he attended the work- '. .. ....
shop of the South Central Jurte
"I don't see how any of you can expect good niark.s in this course
—The very fact that you enrolled for it shows you don't have a
very high I.Q." <-
STUDENTS PLAN TRIP
xVolpone' at Theatre '54
Called \Superb Production'
Students from TWC who will at-
tend the offerings of Margo Jones'
Theater '54 summer season this
week in Dallas are due a rare treat
in the company's presentation of
the classic play, "Volpone," by Ben
Johnson. Written in 1605-06 and
published in 1607, the play had its
first performance in the Globe
Theater on Bankside, London, and
was repeated at Oxford and Camb-
ridge, biAb of which universities
share its dedication.
In 1928, Stefan Zweig adapted
the play to German, removing the
archaisms of Elizabethan English
Jnd cutting the length of the play
to a great extent. The farce re-
mains, however, essentially Jon-
son's.
John Denney creates the title
role of Volpone, or "The Fox", and
Charles Braswell, remembered by
many students for his fine portray-
al of Mr. Ford in the theater's pro-
duction of "The Merry Wives of
Windsor," plays the role o£ Mosca.
Dr. and Mrs. H. Howard Hughes
and Dr. and Mrs. Karraker, all of
the TWC faculty, attended the
evening performance cn September
8. "It was a superb performance,"
reported ^pr. Hughes, "both from
the standpoint of acting and the
stage effects."
Evening performances will con-
tinue through September 19 with
matinees on September 15, 18, and
19. Among those planning to at-
tend in n group from TWC are*My-
rna Neal, Irene Cederval, Jack
Sanders, Libby Forsyth, Ruth
Keating, Miss Burkett, Mrs. How-
FW Assistant Supt.
To Be First Speaker
For Future Teachers
Dr. Bruce Shulkey, assistant su-
perintendent of the Fort Worth
public schools, will be the guest
speaker at the first meeting of the
Future Teachers of America organ-
ization, Thursday, September 23, at
7:30 p. m. in the second floor parlor
of the Polytechnic Methodist
Church.
Students from all classes are eli-
gible to join the organization. Any
student interested in the education-
al field is welcome to attend. The
aim of the club is to keep potential
teachers informed on current
trends in education. Dr. W. J.
Karraker and Mrs. Mary Craig are
sponsors of the group.
The dues for the club are $3.25
per year, payable by November.
The dues include a year's-.subscrip-
tion to the Texas Outlook and The
National Education Association
Journal, both of which are the of-
ficial publications of the state and
national organisations.
Officers foiflk'rA for 1954 are:
president, Rutn Miles; vice-presi-
dent, Frances Lewis; secretary,
Wanda Tye; treasurer, Bob Mc-
Quitty; parliamentarian, Linda
Smith; librarian, Charlotte Aller-
ton; and reporter, Rudene Latham.
ell, Bill Haley, and Jimmy Watson.
As soon as a definite day for the
trip is docided upon, it will be an-
nounced on the bulletin boards.
diction of the Methodist Church at
Fayetteville, Arkansas, as a dele-
gate from the Central Texas Con-
ference. At this meeting, he was
elected chairman of the planning
com m it tee for 1955
From Fayetteville, he went to
Napierville, Illinois, to the Nation-
al Conference of Methodist Youth,
accompanied by Billy John Stiles,
a recent graduate of TWC and for-
mer student council president. Bil-
ly John is a youth member on the
National Board of Evangelism of
the Methodist Church.
The highlights of the Youth Con-
ference to both young men were
their meeting and conversing with
the prominent Japanese Christian,
Toyohiko Kagawa, and hearing the
missionary, Olin Stockwell, who
has recently returned to the United
States from behind the iron cur-
tain.
Attending two sessions of the
World Council of Churches Con-
vocation was another important
part of the itinerary for the young
men. John Ed's participation in
youtlj, activities of the Methodist
Chui'eh Is good background exper-
—; rrrrs
yet that he can't talk, Just gur-
gles."
John is a social science major
and has been assistant editor in
1952 and editor in 1953 of
TXWECO. He was president of
his freshman and sophomore class-
es, two offices that have acquaint-
ed him with the student council ac-
tivities. He is also active In MSM
and Wesleyan Singers. He hopes
to enter Perkins Theological Sem-
inary after his graduation.
John Ed is enthusiastic about the
council's plans for the coming year,
and looks forward to a profitable
association with the students as
president of the student, council.
"Through~planning of the differ-
ent activities," he says, "we hope
to increase friendliness and to cre-
ate a true school s*on the cam-
pus. We reawM*tWt the council
will take the initiative, but it's up
to the members of the student body
to give it the push."
Walter Lynn, head of the voice
department, and George Anson,
head of the piano department, have
returned from spending the sum-
mer on Bois Blanc Island in Lake
Michigan.
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LITERATURE
Devil, Daniel Webster Debate
In Benet's Classic Short Story
By JIMMIE RICHARDS
Although Stephen Vincent Benet
was more interested in poetry than
,in prose, there is at least one of his
\hort stories which deserves to be
among the "classics" of American
Literature: "The Devil and Daniel
Webster." His great epic,. John
Brown's Body, had a million-dollar
sale and gave the author a greater
fame than any other twentieth-cen-
tury poet had attained in 1928. In
this poem, as in the short story un-
der consideration here, he uses ef-
fectively native elements of his-
tory, folklore, and humor.
With great skill Benet sets forth,
in "The Devil and Daniel Web-
ster," a tale of the greatness of
Daniel Webster's oratorical prow-
ess, the weakness of the Devil, and
a touch of the austerity common
among the pioneers of New Hamp-
shire. The Qtory is written with a
humorous touch which makes the
plot very unreal; yet, through this
fantastic yarn, the reader can al-
most experience the events as ac-
tually happening before his very
eyes.
The story begins with farmer Ja-
bez Stone's viewing the world
through the eyes of a hard-luck
struggler who seemed always to do
the wrong thing, no matter how
hard he tried to do otherwise. At
the peak of his discouragement, he
proclaimed that life was so bad for
him that he would sell his soul for
two cents. After saying this, he
realized that he, as a Christian, had
made a terrible mistake; and the
next day around supper time there
came to his door a soft-spoken,
dark stranger searching for him.
Jabez Stone knew, of course, who
the man was; yet he kept peace
with his^family by saying that the
man was merely a lawyer. Then,
in privacy, Farmer Stone* talked
and bargained with the dark
stranger. At last, terms were
reached whereby Jabez Stone sold
his soul to the man, whom the
reader now knows to be the old
Devil himself.
In a quite mysterious manner,
Stone's hard luck and crop failures
suddenly ended, and he became the
envy of every farmer in his com-
munity.
Stone's prosperity continued and
finally, just before the Devil's con-
tract came,t«s a close and Jabez was
to be taken off, the farmer rebell-
ed. He decided that, since he was
a free man in the United States,
and since he was still in his heart
a Christian, he did not have to ful-
fill his contract with the Devil. He
knew, however, that he was not
strong enough to save himself a-
lone; so he hurried to present his
case to the greatest, smartest, and
most resourceful lawyer in the
world, Daniel Webster.
Dan'l listened and finally agreed
to take the case; yet he explained
that first there were a few minor
matters^ be taken care of: some
150 pending lawsuits and a few de-
tails to be settled in The Missouri
Compromise. It is at this point
that Benet shows his skill at in-
corporating historical material.
When questioned by Jabez as to
whether he thought he could take
care of the matter, Waster re-
plied that there were two things
he had never left unfinished: a law
case and a jug of whiskey. Here
the reader recognizes that Benet is
making use of folklore of New-
England.
Finally, at the stroke of mid-
night, old Satan appeared ready to
take the soul of!'jahez.Stone. At
•this-point, in'Hhe stdjfy as told^r-
iginally by the gfreat^Elizabethan
dramatist, Christoph'&r ■ .Marlowe,,
Faust (who is the Jabez Stone of
the story) is not fortunate enough
to have the help of a master-ora-
tor.
Webster argued and pleaded Ja-
bez's case, but the Devil won on
every turn and at every point.
Finally, Webster insisted on a
trial; and it was through this and
by the decision of the jury—who
were, incidentally, all dead and ap-
peared from Hades—that Jabez
ultimately was found ' innocent;
and the Devil was never again,
thanks to Daniel Webster, allowed
to enter New Hampshire.
The theme of this story was used
in the nineteenth century' by the
great German poet Goethe; but it
was left for Stephen Vincent Benet
to gi%'e the story an American set-
ting and a rustic atmosphere which
not only brought the story up- to
date, so to speak, but assured the
author of a more definite place of
distinction among the "masters" of
American literature.
Monday, ]
8:00 a. m I"r•;
■ ate registra
9 00 a rn Fr<
Fellowship
Building.
10:30 a m. F-
lowship It;
1:30 p. m Fr ■
lowship Ha
5:30 p. rn Fi
Party. M.
Admlnist rut
T tii-sdu v.
8:30 a m. F.-< >
Fellowship }'
10:30 a. m, Fr.- >.
lowship Hai!
1:30 p. rn Fr-.1
Fellowship !!.•
2 30 p. m. Ri g1 ■ • r
tration to V-
ship Hall.
3:00 p. m Fr" ' r:
5:30 p. m. All
games on
rangle. *
Wedrte<wl;t\ . v, j.
8:00 a. m All
7:30 p. rn. Re , .
7:30 p. m. Town Cir! a
Town Girls P.
Thursday, Septerntwr U
10:30 a. m Opening a , ,
Fine Arts Audit', rhrr
1:30 p. 91— 9:00 p. Fr-'* .— 1,
by Varsity Th aitr }yejj.
body Invited..,
Free ice crearn by A■.*v
following the show.
Friday, September 17
7:30 p. m. Church En»< .-msest
Methodist, Po!v M-'.heiit
Church.
Baptist, Poly Bapt.-'. Ch.rd '
Presbyterian, Poi> Pr'itt.
terian Chimb
Assembly of God.
Temple.
Saturday, September U
8:30 a. m Registration f-r grids-
ates, evening and Sat:rfcj
classes.
8:00 p. m. AH college Ir..':rrai
Dance, S'ud'-n? t'n.of: Build-
ing, Art Davis Band
Sunday, September
10:50 a. m. Texas Wesleyar. Or*
cation, Poly M<-fh : '
"Join the Church IHy" ir
campus church'-"
Tuesday. September 21
10:40 a. m. Old Sv^d-r.'-N"*
dent Wedding in
Auditorium.
7:00 p. m. Thespian
Speech Building
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Polytechnic Presbyterian Church
3540 EAST ROSEDALE
SUNDAY SERVICES:
Sunday School 1 9:*5 A M
Morning Worship 11:00 A. M
Youth Fellowships 6:30 P. M.
Evening Worship - " ;30 P. *•
Recreation for Youth at the Youth House C;30 P vt-
WEDNESDAY EVENING:
Choir Practice ":30 P. &
Mrs. Jim Wright, Weatherford,
wife of the Democratic nominee for
U. S. Congress, is the former Mary
Etheyn Lemons, who attended
TWC In 1941 and '42.
Let's stop kidding ourselves —
Speed is the common denominator
of all traffic accidents.
A
Polytechnic
Baptist Church
» Just West of the Campus
SJ +
A Church for Christ
A Program for YOU-th
PROGRAM
SUNDAY—
9:30 A. M .SUNDAY SCHOOL
10:50 A. M MORNING WORSHIP
6:45 P. M .TRAINING UNION
1:50 P. M - - EVENING WORSHIP
7:00 P. M TEACHERS and OFFICERS MEETING
WEDNESDAY—
1:00 P. M TEACHERS and OFFICERS MEETING
8:15 P. M._ PRAYER MEETING
Visit Student Center for Recreation and Refreshments
DAILY .9:00 — 5:30
POLYTECHNIC METHODIST CHURCH
EAST ROSEDALE AND COLLARD
Invites You To'
Church
September 17—7:30 P^M., Nautical Party,
Fellowship Mall.
September 19—9:30 A. M., Coffee and Sweet *°k
Older Youth D^pt.
10:50 A. M., T. W. C. Convocation
Rev. T. Lee Miller, preaching
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5:00 P. M.t Youth Choir Rehearsal
6:00 P. M., M. Y. F., Supper and Vespers
7:30 P. M., Evening Worship
Dr. Hayden Edwards, preaching
8:45 P. M., Older Youth Fellowship at Parsona9«
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