The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1959 Page: 4 of 8
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THE RATTLER
Friday, February 27, 1959
COLLEGE
Campus: USA
By John Juranovitch
Fire swept through the ath-
letes’ dormitory of TSU com-
pletely destroying the army-type
barracks in a matter of minutes.
The 85 men who were sleeping
at the* time of
the blaze broke I
out quickly
awoke one an-
other and es-
caped with only |
minor injuries.
In addition to
the loss of per-
sonal belongings
of the athletes,
equipment esti- _ _
mated at about $15 thousand was
consumed by the fire.
* * *
LORAS COLLEGE
“Mommy, Mommy! I just cut
off my foot with the power mow-
er!”
“You’ll just have to stay out-
side until it clots, Sheldon. I
just finished mopping the floor.”
* * *
The height of frustration:
She: “Handsome men are al-
ways conceited.”
He: “Not always. I’m not.”
* * *
UNIVERSITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI
Cheating today has become a
serious problem on many college
campuses. What used to isolated
instances have become common-
place. A survey at a large Eastern
university revealed that cheating
was considei'ed the “normal way
of life” by a majority of the
students.
It is evident that young people
do not fully realize the serious-
ness and purpose of a college edu-
cation or they would not regard
cheating so lightly. They fail to
look ahead and see what type of
people will run the government
and society if everyone gains an
education through dishonesty.
Many people think only of how to
get ahead in the world without
exerting the necessary effort re-
quired to reach the goal hon-
estly.
As college students we must re-
alize the importance and serious-
ness of the problem and do our
best as individuals to combat it.
We must remember our purpose
as college students and regard
college training as a privilege
which prepares us for a higher
type of living. It is our duty to
make the most of college oppor-
tunities in order to fulfill our
place in society and make the
world a better place in which to
live.
Why I Chose
St. Mary's
"... because of the wonderful
education which is given by the
Brothers of Mary and because of
the excellent law school connect-
ed with the University.”
—Fernando Lopez.
* * *
“. . . because I plan to make
the army my career and if I get
a commission from here I will
have a good start toward my
goal.”
—Ronald Elizondo.
THE RATTLER
Yan.keeph.obia Hit
It is good to see that in these days of
bipolar tensions the U.S. has chosen to vi-
talize its Latin-American relations. The re-
sults of the Eisenhower-Lopez Mateos meet-
ing certainly will help to dispel the Yankee-
phobia so prevalent in Latin America. We
must recognize that the ideological ideals
of Mexico are shared by all the countries
of Hispanic America..
The arrogant idea that these countries
are permanently backward is more than
foolish. The growing middle class in Mexico,
for example, is providing a large market for
Mexican industry. The country is an excel-
lent outlet for surplus capital and goods.
Then also, it is a rich source of minerals
and crude materials. Let us hope that the
recent meeting had more to it than the
usual diplomatic chit-chat with its formal
generalities.
The Honors Vrogram
The honors program proposed by the
Very Rev. Walter J. Buehler merits the
careful attention of all responsible students
of St. Mary’s.
The basic value of the program is that
it would provide the intellectually curious
student an opportunity to whet his curiosi-
ty on the best the University has to offer.
The program would offer the gifted stu-
dent opportunity to rise above the often un-
avoidable limitations of courses offered to
a large number of students.
The proposal is such that the program
can be integrated with existing courses,
avoiding the implication that gifted stu-
dents are handled apart from the average
student. The honors student would not be
divorced from his fellows. He would de-
vote no less time or energy to his field of
specialization. On the other hand he would
master more outside matter through inter-
departamental seminars.
These seminars could also be of help to
faculty members, who have little time for
cross-fertilization of ideas with other de-
partments.
The Rattler recommends that Father
Buehler’s plan be given serious considera-
tion by the faculty. Only through such a
program can St. Mary’s exploit its most
valuable assets—the minds of its gifted
students.
THE RATTLER
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Opinion & Comment
Sordid Success Story
The materialization of George Orwell’s
“1984” has put down tap roots in the Orient,
says the Mountain Echo of Mt. St. Mary’s
College, Emmitsburg, Md.
“Mao Tse Tung has the subjugation of
500 million people well en route to a stereo-
typed edition of the ultimate in totalitarian-
ism . . . Men live with, men, women live
with women, and the state absorbs the par-
entless children. Friends, parents, and chil-
dren are no longer to be trusted. No love,
no friendship, no loyalty exists except for
Big Brother,” says the editorial writer.
It’s a brilliant application by Mao of
Orwell’s futuristic masterpiece. Few persons
in the free world should not be able to see
the light.
Bread Casting Pays
The $200-a-year scholarship Columbia
University granted Henry Krumb 61 years
ago has proved an excellent investment, re-
ported the Associated Press recently.
Mr. Krumb, a mining engineer who
died recently, left the university more than
$6,000,000.
It’s better to give than to receive—
and it’s deductible.
Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor —
Feature Editor .
Staff Artist
Columnists
STAFF
A. P. Carter, Jr.
_____Luis Davila
__Manny Spector
-i_John Donohue
ee Lytton
____Gene
Burke and John Juranovitch
Makeup Editor ___------Pat O’Neil
Reporters—Bro. Paul Donogliue, S.M.,
John F. Houston, Jr., Lone
Castillo Bob Leavitt, Dick
Renter. Carl Wanke, Paul Van
de Walle and Rudy Casanova.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Business Manager---Don Beere
Advertising Manager--Ed Martens
THE RATTLER is published every
other Friday during the school
year by the Journalism Depart-
ment of St. Mary’s University,
San Antonio 1, Texas. Member
Associated .Collegiate Press, Cath-
olic School Press Association,
Texas Catholic Journalists Work-
shop. Moil subscription $1 p6r
year. Phone: GE-2-7821, Ext. 57.
5 Rattler Staffers
To Go to Austin
Some 200 journalism teachers
and students from 14 colleges
and universities will meet at the
University of Texas March 12-
14 for the Southwestern Journal-
ism Congress 29th annual con-
vention.
Delegates from, StMU will in-
clude Mr. Charles O. Brown, mod-
erator of The Rattler: A. P. Cart-
er Jr., editor, and Rudy Casa-
nova, Jack Donohue and Jim
Barta.
Speakers will include John
M. Henry of Des Moines, Iowa
Register and Tribune, public af-
fairs director, author and column-
ist; Jack Haskins of the Satur-#
day Evening Post research de-
partment, Philadelphia; and Miss
Mary Kimbrough, St. Louis Post-
Dispatch columnist and Everyday
Magazine feature writer.
-•-
Council Proposes Two
By-Laws Amendments
Following are proposed amend-
ments to the by-laws of the stu-
dent -ouncil, published here for
the attention of all students prior
to council action on them a week
from Monday. The two amend-
ments state:
Amendment to Section 5,
Article I of the Student Coun-
cil By-Laws:
“. . . Election shall be by: (1)
written secret ballot, such bal-
lot, to be of a type which will
permit the detaching of the
voter’s signature at the time
the ballot is deposited m the
ballot box; or (2) a voting ma-
chine. In addition to compiling
a 1 i s t of eligible studential
voters, the Student Council will
announce the methodology of
the election prior to the offi-
cial filing by candidates.”
Amendment to Section 6,
Article I of the Student Coun-
cil By-Laws:
**. . . The candidate for Rep-
resentative-at-Large receiving
the most votes in the numeri-
cal candidacy for which he
filed, shall be declared elected.”
Short Shorts, Long Shorts,
Medium—Any Will Pay COD
Do you go Poe? Do you find
no fault in Faulkner ? Do you
think Hemingway tres gai—and
De Maupassant m a g n i f i que ?
Then this is for you. Yes, O.
Henry, Irwin Shaw, J. D. Salin-
ger, and you. If someday you
want your name listed with such
immortal company, this may be
your first break.
The 1959 all-StMU short story
contest sponsored by the English
department is underway. The
deadline is March 21, only three
weeks away.
The contest will pay prizes of
$15 for the best story written by
a St. Mary’s student, $5. for the
second best, and $2 for the third.
In addition the winners get rec-
ognition, publicity, and advice
about marketing their stories.
Last year, 25 stories by 21
authors vrere submitted to the
contest, one of three creative
writing events sponsored here
annually by the English depart-
ment. The winners were Gerald
Haby with an entry entitled
“Stumpy,” Charles D. Turner for
“Loose Sleeves,” and Richard J.
Daigle for “Desperate Joker.”
The 25 entries involved all
sc.. ‘.s •'f situations, a wide variety
of characters, and many ingen-
President's
Fortnight
March 3—Attends meeting of
Chamber of Commerce develop-
ment committee, Hilton Hotel,
norn.
March 5—Gives invocation on
opening of Estate Planning In-
stitute, sponsored by San Antonio
Bar Association and St. Mary’s
law school, Hilton hotel.
March 8 — Addresses faculty
members, 11 a.m., Reinbolt Hall
101.
March 10.—Reads citation for
Albert Hirschfeld, recipient of
San Antonio’s N.C.C.J. chapter
annual award at testimonial din-
ner, Hilton hotel.
ious schemes of plot development,
said Bro. Anthony Frederick, S.
M., chairman of the department.
Each student may submit as
many storLb as he wishes, but all
as one entry and all under one
pen na. Stories already pub-
lished or accepted for publication
are not eligible.
Judges for the 1959 contest will
be three members of the San
Antonio Pen Women, Mrs. G. G.
Reiwald, Mrs. John Hagy, and
Mrs. Cora Carleton Glassford. All
have distinguished records of
publication by book or magazine,
said Bro. Frederick.
Playhouse Presents
'Spaceman' Satire
A New York comedy hit, “Visit
to a Small Planet,” by Gore Vi-
dal, is the current production of
the -an Antonio Little Theater
at the Can Pedro Playhouse. It
opened Wednesday night and will
run through Saturday, and then
be performed again March 4-7.
The small planet is the Earth,
and the visitor is a “superman”
from outer space. The satire kept
New York theater-goers laughing
duri- its 1957 run on Broadway.
The next play scheduled by
SALT is the modern classic, “The
Man Who Came to Dinner.” Stu-
dents interested in working on
scenery, lighting, costumes, prop-
erties, sound, or stage managing
are invited to go to the play-
house Monday, Wednesday, Fri-
day or Saturday night.
-•——-
Bro. Kreke is 84
Bro. John Kreke, S. M., re-
tired teacher and beloved campus
figure, observed his 84th birth-
day Wednesday. He was honored
at an informal party given by
the secretaries of the adminis-
trative offices. Bom in Coving-
ton, Ky., he came to San Antonio
early in the 1900’s to begin jhrs
career.
From— • ^
The Editor
So you want to vote . . . and
you’re only 18 . . . Don’t give up
the ship yet. There is is a bill be-
fore the Texas
, .Legislature
|| which would A
i amend the state '
if constitution, and
|| lower the mini-4pjjp
II mum voting age ' /
jt' to 18.
g||k Personally, I
llfik believe this to
lllll, I be a “must1
and it is long
Lllppipl - overdue ... an-
18 - year - old
is old enough to serve in the
armed forces and defend his
country; so why not let him have
a voice in its government?
Arguments presented against
the measure generally follow the
theme that an 18-year-old is not
mature. I agree that there are
some who are not mature at that
age . . . but there are some who
are not mature at 21, too. My con-
tention is that the immature will
not care whether they have the
right to vote or not, and the ma-
ture will be given a chance to
practice their maturity.
The author of the amend-
ment wrote The Daily Texan,
campus paper of the University
of Texas, that percentage-wise
Texas has the lowest number of
first-time voters of any state in
the union. In' his opinion, this
measure would help in making up
that deficiency.
* * *
The “new look” for StMU is on
display in the mainentrance of
the ad building . . . and what a
look. I almost wish that I could
quit now and come back when all
the planned improvements* are, ,
completed. Go up to the ad build-
ing and take a look . . . its free
... no admission charge.
The campus will be bounded by
Santa Maria, Fordham Drive,
36th street, and Culebra. Entran-
ces to the grounds will be from
Fordham, Culebra, and 36th. At
first glance parking facilities
seemed inadequate, but upon fur-
ther examination I found that
parking areas were hidden all
over the campus, easily accessible
from the scattered buildings.
' I guess that fhe planned fea-
tures most attracting my atten-
tion were the new Olympic swim-
ming pool, the large SUB, the
large armory, the enlarged li-
brary, and added athletic areas.
I have one bit of advice. With
the enlarged campus will come
the problem of greater distances
for students to walk to and from
classes . . . why not abolish
“PT?” ... a student will get
more than enough exercise, just
walking to class.
No kidding, go to the admini-
stration building and see this
beauty of a scale model—it will
knock your eyes out!
* * *
EXES MAKE NEWS
In case you wondered . . . news
of the activities of various StMU"
exes has reached me through
various sources.
Ed Stemac, former ac,e pitcher
for the Rattler basebal squad, has
signed a contract with the San
Antonio Missions. He joins the
Padres in Mesa, Arizona, in
March for spring training.
Bob Granato ’58, is a lieutenant
in the army stationed at Fort
Benjamin Harrison in Indiana. He
is also exercising his vocal chords
and has cut a couple of records,
“Around We Go” and “Klippity
Kloppity,” besides making sev-
eral personal appearances in' In-*'
dianapolis. His records are avail-
able in San Antonio stores.
Gob Green ’58, is in the army,
stationed in Hawaii at the Trip-
ler Army Hospital, in the troop
information and education sec-
tion. He plans marriage in about
a month.
A/3C Carl Valigura ’58, has
been stationed at Brooks AFB
here as an airborne radio oper-
ator . . . now in the process of
being mustered out . . . after six.
months’ duty.
* ► *
I’ve been wondering . . . per-
sons receiving the National De-
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