The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1954 Page: 2 of 4
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by Dick Sibleir
Dingbat Deliberations
In the course of human events, it is most
necessary to go to bed, but many find that even
then sleep is an elusive thing. Some study, some
attend the last showing of the favorite movie,
some do many other things to put off the situa-
tion of going to becJ and not going to sleep.
The technical term for this unfortunate situation^
is insomnia.
Noah V/ebster says "insomnia comes from
the Latin "in" meaning "not,' and somnus
meaning sleep. However, I have come to the
definite conclusion that it comes most consis-
tently from two hamburgers (all the way), and
two cups of java, topped with a piece of apple
pie, all consumed just before retiring.
Authorities differ as to a cure for this malady.
There is one group which formerly called itself
the "Argriculturals,," but since the AAA was
ruled unconstitutional, they were renamed the
Fuzzy-Wuzzy. This organization advocates sheep-
counting, and the method is quite successful
under normal conditions. However, if the
sleeplessness is caused by indigestion, the re-
minder of mutton will prove quite disagreeable.
Another school of thought, calling itself the
"Wet Blanket," claims that sprinkling the bed
clothes with cold water is a sure-fire remedy for
summer insomnia. This group has failed to con-
vince some doubting Thomases, due to the ex-
pensive wear and tear on bedroom slipper
leather incurred in trips carrying water from ihft1
bathroom. So they invented air-conditioning.
There are several commercial factions, each
with its own pet product that is sure to produce
sleep. One advertiser claims that a cup of hot
drink he is promoting, if imbibed before hitting
the hay, will cause drowsiness. The idea has ncri*
made much progress for, on the same page, the
company claims that its product will cause a
gain in weight. This is very well for the rather
slender people, but it still leaves the weighty
problem of insomnia for their more robust
brothers (or sisters).
There is another product that is suggested
for coffee drinkers who have trouble making
themselves healthy, wealthy, and wise. It claims
that all coffee drinkers may sleep soundly, if they
will use some "coffee—HAG." This statement
may be true but the psychological effect is bad,
because women who are getting on in years ob-
ject to the name, hag, which reflects on their
age. ,ir. :
No doubt you have your pet antidote for in-
somnia. Any new methods suggested will be
much appreciated by me, vyho nightly has trou-
ble getting to bed—and to sleep—good night.
—LWC.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about passing, Miss Freeman
-as long as I'm grading on the curve."
(?aiteye Students /4%e
la " u4. ' rfnt&Uctuttent
One of the most threatening situations now
confronting the American college student is that
of McCarthyism destroying Americanism. At
the end of World War II, the fiery, young sena-
tor from Wisconsin began a highly praised cam-
paign against the portentious foe Communism.
This campaign has now evolved into a situation
that threatens not only the foe but also'the doc-
trine it was designed to protect.
McCarthy, moreover,( has apparently become
so insensitive to the Bill of Rights in the Consti-
tution under which he was elected that the indi-
vidual freedom it implies means little or nothing
to him. This is indicated chiefly in his total dis-
regard for the rights and feelings of the indi-
viduals questioned by his committee. The atti-
tude seems to be that the mere fact a person is
questioned is enough to prove him a Communist
or a perjurer.
According to the report of a reliable TWC
student who had an opportunity to obtain infor-
mation from Washington sources, any single In-
Sduca ti&K "Pen^cct Sfoatcu;
Street* "pnUufic "Paved wit£ ?4liCi4.
A college professor told his class one day in
warning them against the misuse of education.
"A college education is a wonderful help to the
alibi shooter, because with figures, book learn-
ing, and some adroitness in the use of language,
it is possible to prove almost anything to have
been impossible."
Each of us is guilty of justification and fabri-
cation of alibis in varying degrees. As we near
the final testing period for, our semester's work,
it will be easy to attempt to form alibis, but the
student who will succeed and get ahead uses his
head not to explain why it can not be done or
was not done, but to figure out a way to d.o 'rfW
We have heard that there are many defini-
tions of an alibi. One, an alibi is like a piece
of dough that started out to be a biscuit but
ended up as a pancake.
Very often, an alibi shooter arrives at that
rpental st^te where he begins his alibi before he
begins his attempt. When he is given an as-
signment, he is careful to mention all the diffi-
culties. Unconsciously, from that moment, he
shapes his course toward failure rather than suc-
cess.
Numbers inspire pity, seldom admiration.
Far better to try and die, than to lie and sigh.
The better the alibi, the flatter the failure.
How shall we succeed? Buy the success with
hard work. How shall we attain advancement?
Place your shoulder to the wheel and trudge
forward.
The streets of the city of failure are paved
with alibis—some of which are absolutely per-
fect.
College education should be an inspiration
for achievement, not a declaration of an alibi.
—LWC.
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EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR
Shelby Hager Robert Hollingsworth
ASSISTANTS
Feature Editor— Wayne Campbell
Society Editor Jo Ann Corbet
Sports Editor Bob McQuitty
Exchange Editor — Jerry Itayo
Circulation Manager Kenneth Biggs
Photographer Robert Hollingsworth
Advertising Manager — Bob McQuitty
Staff for this issue Ira Thompson, Jimmy Brown,
Bill Williams, Billy John Stiles.
FACULTY ADVISOR
Miss Vornen Liles
Pay Poll Tax,
Exercise Your
Political Voice
With local, state, and national
elections within sight, the poll
tax is becoming increasingly im-
portant. Recognizing this fact,
the Jaycees, a civic organization
promoting better local govern-
ment, began a campaign several
months ago to make as many
Fort Worth citizens as possible
eligible to exercise their voices
at the polls.
Realizing that college students
should make the most reliable
voters, this organiaztion is send-
ing a representative to the TWC
campus next Friday. The poll
tax costs $1.75*
The tax is "levied on indivi-
duals between the ages of 21
and 59. Persons this year ob-
serving their 21st birthdays are
exempt. They must, however,
apply for exemption receipts.
Several poll tax trailers are lo-
cated at strategic points
throughout the downtown area,
and there are three special Jay-
cee collectors.
Revenue from the tax is dis-
tributed to three funds. The
local school fund receives $1.00,
n general revenue fund receives
50 cents and a county fund rq-
ceives 25 cents.
dividual can easily destroy the reputation of
another individual by merely accusing him of be-
ing a Communist sympathizer. A simple accu-
sation is the only weapon needed to provoke the
tactless, indiscreet McCarthy'and his committee
into their acts of character assassination.
How does this particular situation involve the
college student? He is involved because he is
a trained thinker. His vo+§s are not cast simply
on the basis of a candidate's speech or a party's
political propaganda. The college student is
supposed to be a free thinking individual capa-
ble of analyzing governmental issues.
Men like McCarthy can be curbed only
when unimpressionable individuals with properly
channeled conceptions of the political science
of Americanism oppose them not only as voters
but also as political opponents.
True, Communism in government must be
curbed, but the constitutional rights of loyal
Americans must not be disregarded in the pro-
cess.—SH.
Family Man Too
Rambler Ace Scribe
Needs 30 Hour Day
BY SHELBY ^JA'tfER
For Wayne Campbell, a studious
senior education major from Tulsa,
Okla., there just aren't enough
days in each week or enough hours
in each day.
Campbell is not only a key figure
on the Rambler staff but also is an
'A* student. Many times during
the current semester his total inch-
age for one issue of the Rambler
has surpassed 50 per cent of all
copy for that issue.
Carrying 15 hours of college
work, combined with his full-time
Wyoming University
Discontinues "Snipe"
For Shady Jokes
Publication of Snipe, humor ma-
gazine at the University of Wyom-
ing, has been stopped by the uni-
versity board of trustees. The
trustees said the jokes were too
off-color.
The magazine can continue to
publish only so long as it is not
university-sponsored. Several col-
lege magazines are operating with-
out subsidization, but Snipe, which
has just gotten in the black after
four years.,of deficit, hasn't decided
yet whether^or not to try to come
out without university aid.
Meanwhile, at Cornell Universi-
ty, the Writer magazine appears
to be heading for the same trou-
ble. A faculty committee is con-
sidering its "obscenity."—ACP.
There are those wlio say it pays
to worry—because the things they
worry about seldom happen.—ACP.
job as a psychiatric aide at the
United States Public Health Ser-
vice Hospital, he finds it difficult
to fulfill his duties as educational
and rri&sic director for the Forest
Hill B^.ist Church. Since Camp-
bell works from 2:30 each after-
noon until 11 o'clock each night,
he must schedule all church con-
ferences for around midnight.
In the past four months, he has
assisted in raising approximately
$6,000 in the church's building cam-
paign.
Campbell has been so successful
as a church couselor and religious
education director that the seconds
largest church in Savannah, Ga.,
has attempted for the past two
years to persuade,4\im to move to
Georgia at a salary quite fabulous
compared to his student earnings.
Campbell, however, is so dedicated
to his ultimate goal that he refuses
to be sidetracked.
After finishing TWC, he plans
to continue to work toward ad-
vanced degrees in psychology and
counseling. Campbell is a firm be- '
liever in the theory that new con-
ceptions of psychology can be ef-
fective in church and community
counseling programs. His work at
the U. S. Hospital #will apply to-
ward his advanced degree work in
the field.
Campbell not only
as a st uderrt d- pro
but also is a hap
He is the fathe.
Deana Jo, 10,
wife, Edythe,
the most ada
ever seen. In spite of, or perhaps
because of, his rigid daily schedule,
he always manages to be pleasant
and considerate to everyone."
successful
ional man
man.
Big Man Comment
By Ira
This week we invade the Speech
Department for our outstanding
student along the 'unsung hero'
line. Last w<-«k we saw the chosen
person working when tin.- Speech
Department presented the Assemb-
ly program. H? is the one who
was in charge of the presentation,
Don Holt.
Don is a very willing and able
worker in the Speech Department,
as well as other departments on the
campus. However, it is in this de-
partment that he shines most, be-
cause he is wonderfully adapted to
speech and drama work.
He has a very valuable asset—
the ownership and good control of
a strong, deep, almost cavernous
voice. With this deep bass, he is
a good one to fill in spots where
weaker voices would leave the part'
slightly void. Don, however, can
take the parts requiring a deep
voice and do it rnarvelously.
Don has been working in the
Drama Department for several
productions. He has worked >in
"Liliom," having t>e part of the
magistrate in the court scene, and
had a vital role in the next pro-
duction, "Tartuffe." This year he
has been seen as the bank owner
of "The Missuori Legend." I found
out from a little bird that during
the last night of the production of
the' "Missouri Legend," Don was
going ' .
by thl I, A
en'., |f,.,
last muiM. ■
do it
Don is
weight aj ■.
has a >•„, :
around. !{
hulk, how. . .
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about b< •; .•
weight to on
tramural (>,.,■><,,
Also, his vi,i
to be th" V._' j
— a Cong'
natured ■< r,
friends and ,v •
a social .vif nr
of the Studor.t
tion. }{■ u •,
Methodist. r:
ford Dist;i. f, • .
making hi •
He- is oct.iv
the rampl-
est in MSM ;
Don is • ' q
field, of th'- '' •
from th"
on the (■;■;>:■
is going to
So, jt
pleasure •>,-• ,
Lid" an'i -
helping in
on to do."
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Think With Me
BY WAYNE CAMPBELL
George Washington Carver, the
celebrated Negro chemurgist, once
said, "I discover nothing in my
laboratory. If I come here of my-
self, I am lost. But I can do all
things through Christ. I am God's
servant, His' agent, for here God
and I are alone. I am just the in-
strument through which He speaks
and I would be able to do more If
I were to stay in closer touch with
Him. With my prayers I mix my
labors, antJ, sometimes God is
pleased with the results."
Scientist and Christian
A true scientist, a true Christian,
a determined heart, a keen mind,
and a steady trained hand, all were
outstanding In the' life of Carver.
Accomplishments were his daily as
he did what he knew, with what
he hs^l to work with, where he
found himself to work.
Apparently, the more modern
trend of college students is the
stand that God may be. He even
may be in nature, He may be all
of creation, but let's place our
trust, our beliefs, and our studies
In everything else first.
All through history, the men who
have contributed the larger por-
tion of advancement for the world
in a constructive direction have
realized that they were nothing un-
less God radiated His powers of
perception through, them.
Instruments of God
The greatest realization in life
is the realization that we are in-
struments of God. This may be
somewhat damaging to the ego,
but unless we attach ourselves to
the, ppwers
'si'mply anoth* r
ing no current, r,o
and—most of all—n-j
Unless we ■ h'.a.r.
hope, love, and freedc
and let these virtues v
us, we are unhappy. >
and unattached.
Harmonious Work
All of living is th?
better knowled;
tion,
how
harmony with His
His will.
Even in our da?
realize that our pov
God, each day will
cheer, aeSerr* iish
■teader foundat: n
case tomorrow.
and ?
, iow it reflect
to work. p!a'
A Look
Into The Pail
BY JERRY RAVI
Behind The Masque
"Saint Joan" Given 50 50 dance tn Hit nn TWC state
With the announcement last
week that George Bernard Shaw's
"Saint Joan" would be the Alpha
Psi spring production to open on
Fine Arts stage Mar. 18-19, the
Speech Department once again took
upon itself the almost impossible
job of moving another artistic
mountain.
In the past that same underdog
department has engaged itself in
similar "tugs-o-war" with its rela-
tively uninformed public that re-
sulted either in inspiration smoth-
ering ridicule or in even more dis-
astrous apathy.
It is difficult to believe that any-
one has forgotten the tragic fate
of last spring's production of Oscar
Wilde's "Salome." The echoes of
that juicy hollow sound that issued
from an upperclassman's cavernous
mouth when Salome kissed the sev-
ered head of John The Baptist still
resounds in the dome of aged Fine
Arts.
It was quite surprising during the
recent interpretive dance by Paul
Southerland to note only a few
snickers and giggles.
Perhaps the Fort Worth Press's
Jack Gordon enjoyed the superb
performance so much that he didn't
notice. He wrote in his column
that it was so quiet in TWC's Fine
Arts Auditorium that you could
have heard a pin drop during John
Edwards's reading of James W.
Johnson's "The Creation," which
was interpreted in dance by Paul
Southerland. Some students would
do well to remember that we aren't
always informed when we are be-
ing observed.
Off the record, it is interesting
to note that the daily papers do
not comn>£nt on collegiate creative
activity unless it is presented un-
usually well. Perhaps we owe
Jack Gordon an expression of grati-
tude for recognizing just such a
program.
It is to early to make any pre-
dictions concerning the fate of
"Saint Joan." A long shot in the
dark, however, would give the
Shaw masterpiece a 50-50 chance
on the ^ine Arts stage.
Manpower apparently will be the
major weakness. But one strong
point has already revealed itself.
Thanks to an exchange program
between Wing and Mask players,
the dramatic organization at Con-
vaft, the costuming will be excep-
tionally good.
Another strength is in the casting
of the lead roles. Carole Long, a
sophomore speech-drama major
from Fort Worth, will portray the
highly colorful Joan of Arc. . Miss
Long is approximately 35 per cent
of the department's 50 per cent
chance of hitting.
By Shelby Hager
Ted Spencer, a senior speech ma-
jor from Blooming Grove, is cast
as King Charles^ Spencer's ability
is fully equal to Miss Long's, but
the role of King Charles it not
equal to the title role. ' N
• • • 1
In a letter to the editor^ of ihe
Daily Texan, dormitory girls at the
University of Texas expressed their
disgust with what they termed
"childish and juvenile" dormitory
regulations, last week.
The girls asserted, "This dormi-
tory is supposed to be 'our home
away from home.' Let us tell you
that our homes are nothing like
this. We each lived 19 long years
before we came to Austin and we
got along very well with our
mothers and our friends and we
were never 'campused* for being
15 minutes late. To be sure, we
were one heck of a lot happier.
"Just what are these dormitories
—homes or reformatories?" the
girls moaned.
The girls said, "We realize that
in a group of this size rules and
regulations are necessary, but, af-
ter all, we graduated from kinder-
garten several years ago,"-—-i
Wonder just exactly (what jth*-s
girls here at ole TWC of
their "Homes Away From Home."
18 YEARS AGO
An essay ccr.was i
boys only, th j: . :
cup.
The Ran".? d- feated
lege, 30-28.
Free telephv. n-r.
vertised in the Ranvtl
Ram Trading V: ■
The first f.; t-1
was entertained a: a b:
at the Fort V.'- C.
w-ere given to
Everyone on • •:.?
passes to every r./A-
Mulkey Hali
champion of th-
Through the
Duncan Admit; ': C
pany, students v. :
chapel by an-
"Lilly's" sold -
25 cents and up. N
priced above -S."1
Rambler Remark:
Her rose was
pair of patent leather
socks were droop!'.? a?
suffering from a '■■ad •:
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Money Buys P&
For Amazed Fd
If you're like " " ' ~
who had a girlfr r
to buy her a Ch- - ' 5'
here's an idea for
Stllwetl, a stud : _
Teasers' Colt, c
students 23 cent-
while he had I •
students paid t'r •
and Stilwell c '
for his gift.
'fhen all he had
his girl it was \v
ft one too fond of .
pate.—ACP.
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