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THE H-SU BRAND
Friday November 4 ItSS
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By Marshall Doke
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EDITORIALS . . .
Welcome &zeA ta An 9npaved
We of the BRAND staff take this oportiinity to add
our word to all the other welcomes which have been ex-
tended to the alumni on this annual homecoming day.
We're glad you're here.
We think you will be amazed at some of the visible
improvements around your old school and even more
amazed and pleased with other strides forward which can-
not be seen.
Probably the first thing you noticed as you came onto
the old 40 acres again was the jncrease in the amount of
grass. We present students are very proud of this and try
to avoid walking on it as much as possible. This grass is
part of a master campus landscaping and development pro-
gram which when completed should give us a campus we
can all be proud of.
Perhaps the chief stride forward which cannot be seen
is the constant improvement of our faculty. Dr. Reiff has es-
tablished a policy of going after the top. man available in
a particular field and then interviewing less qualified teach-
ers on down the line. This policy has enabled him to bring
many eminently qualified instructors into the fold of our
faculty.
Another advance which is notable to us as students is
the progress which has been made in the last year in the
field of student government. Marshall Doke now president
of the Student Association goes into detail on this in his
Council Corner also on this page. These are merely three
examples of entirely different types which will we hop'e
serve to show you that "things are looking up all over."
Gave Man Jacticl
The inspiration of this editorial can be attributed en-
tirely to the instinct of self-preservation.
Monday night some harmless little Halloween spook
sent a large hard rock hurtling through the BRAND office
window.
If it had hit anyone of the five in the office there is lit-
tle doubt that it would have killed them. It was coming so
hard that it traveled clear across the room and caused a
large dent in a beaver board on the opposite wall. A person 's
head was six inches on each side of where it struck.
Now you may not like our paper but the civilized
method of telling us so is to write a letter to the editor in
which you can get as nasty as you please without using
profanity. These rock-thr owning tactics went out with the
cave men.
Seriously it is difficult for us to understand what im-
pels people to vandalism. What is ever accomplished by the
destruction of property? And above all the person on the
other end of this little missle could see several people in the
office and must have known the chances of hitting someone
would be 'great.
We are quite sure this was done by a group of junior
high age kids because it is incomprehensible that anyone
'any older would do something like this.
We're not trying to condemn practical jokes and even
enjoy" one ourselves occasionally. But this boulder-heaving
is a different matter entirely.
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By Bill Neal
"A perfect judge will read
each word of wit
In ihe same spirit that
iis author writ." Pope
As we sit down to write this
little episode the Cowboy band
is going strong on a political tour
of the dorms in behalf of their
candidate for freshman represen-
tative Steve Marshall. The tour
was complete with music elabo-
rate speeches and cheers. Pretty
good campaign technic no? This
rally has been the only campaign-
ing done in the recent election
and is certainly commendable.
Well we knew it would happen
only we didn't expect it so soon.
This judo for the girls has just
got to go. Perhaps you have no-
ticed the large gash that Scoop
(McPherson) has been sporting
over his left eye results of this
thing called judo. We propose
(and Scoop heartily agrees) that
all girls taking judo be forced to
wear a sign symbol or tag of
some sort to denote the ones
which are dangerous. Surely they
shouldn't be left to roam the cam-
pus at will and let loose to prey
on the general public.
At least the above mentioned
incident gave yours truly the
qhance to be a hero. He quickly
applied first aid (straight from
the ROTC classroom) to the poor
victim with amazing skill which
probably saved his life. The moral
to this little story is be sure
your buddy pays attention in
ROTC classes. Anyway Scoop will
probably get the purple heart and
maybe I can get another achieve-
ment badge towards making an
eagle scout.
SAVE THAT CONFEDER-
ATE MONEY BOYS. THE
S'OUTH SHALL RISE
AGAIN
Mike Cochran who writes the
sports column has been having
all kinds of troubles and woes of
late especially with his "coin"
(which picks the winners of foot-
ball games theoretically any-
how). In light of this fact he asks
that we put in a good word for
him and tell everyone that he is
sweet and lovable and that he
really does try. But we have a
strict policy against anything like
tnat.
Another quiet and sweet little
gremlin named Vickie Rogers
(who has an amazing capacity for
slipping into odd situations) has
had enormous amounts of fun this
week with a box of rubber candy.
It was very surprising when Vick-
ie suddenly got so generous Mon-
day morning and kept trying to
give away candy. The candy look-
ed very real and tempting and
as a result she was successful in
trapping many unsuspecting vic-
tims. A tremendous uproar in the
rear of chapel Monday can all be
attributed to Vickie. Offering
candy to everyone on the aisle
she was immediately taken up by
Benny Walker who being the
greedy soul that he is grabbed
a large chunk and almost choked
on it before he discovered some-
thing was amiss.
What's this we hear about
Freeda Ware being engaged to
a handsome fair-haired boy in
New Men's Dorm?
Our "Quote of the Week"
resulted in a tie this time be-
tween Mary Lou Proctor and
Max (Groucho) Marks. Proc-
tor talking about enrolling
in ihe marksmanship class
said "I think I'll go over to
that rifle-fixing thing just for
kicks."
And Groucho was excitedly'
speaking of two kals "Badly
mopping ..." Go man. Go.
Advertise through the BRAND
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results.
We would like to take this op-
portunity to welcome all of the
Alumni to the campus again. Ac-
tivities for the Homecoming this
year have been made which prom-
ise to make this year's activities
the most successful of recent
years.
Our nuroose in this week's ar
ticle is to give a brief summary
of the activities of Student Gov-
ernment on our campus in the
last year. The Council feels that
tremendous strides have been
made in this field and would like
for all Exes to become familiar
with its progress.
New Constitution
The most significant achieve-
ment since last year's Homecom-
ing has been the adoption of a
new Constitution for the Student
Association. This was the first
time in some twenty years that
the Constitution has been appre
ciably changed.
One of the more important ele-
ments of the new document is
that a faculty representative of
the Administration is no longer
required to be present at meet-
ings of the Council in order for
their meetings to be official. The
Constitution states that the "Leg-
islative power of the Student As-
sociation . . . shall be exercised
in accordance with the policy of
the University." This places the
burden of responsibility upon the
University to provide a represen-
tative at the meeting to define
policy.
Terms of Office
Another important change is
the changing of the term of of-
fice for student officers. The term
of office is now from the first day
of May to the following thirtieth
day of April. This enables the
newly elected officers to organ-
ize and to officially begin plans
for the following year.
These changes along with sev-
eral others provide us with a
Constitution which we feel will
facilitate Student Government
- MOORE
By BILLY
What makes you think your
ROTC shoes are worn out?
When I step on a dime I can
feel if it is heads or tails.
She: You're the nicest man I
have ever met.
He: Aw tell it to the marines.
She: I have dozens of them.
Sweet little thing: Your heart
is beating like a drum.
Cadet: Yeah it's the call to
arms.
How perfectly splendid to think
that you are one of the heroes
who went over to die for their
country.
No Ma'm I went over to make
some other guy die for his.
The new cadet wasn't exactly-knock-kneed
but when the top
part of his legs was at attention
the bottom part was still at ease.
First cadet: (bragging) When
our company does present arms all
you can hear Is slap slap click.
Second: When ours does pre
sent arms all you can hear is slap
slap jingle.
First: What's the jingle?
Second: Just our medals.
Major: Suppose you are on your
post one dark night. Suddenly a
person comes up behind you and
wraps two arms around you.
What will you call then?
Cadet: 'Let go Honey.
Scene: A Dorm.
Characters: Two cadets.
Got a pen I can borrow?
Sure Pal.
Some paper too?
Guess so.
Going past the mail box?
Uh-huh.
Wait till I finish this letter.
Okay.
Lend me a stamp?
Yeh.
What is your girl's address?
What's the first thing to do
when you clean a rifle?
Look at the number.
Why?
To be sure it's my rifle that I'm
cleaning.
much more effectively in the fu-
ture. Another progressive step in our
student government is the office
which has been established as
the Student Association office.
The University provided a room
in Mary Frances Hall which the
Council has furnished. This of-
fice will enable the Council to
keep detailed and accurate rec-
ords of all correspondence and
activities and will undoubtedly
be of great assistance to future
Councils.
Consolidation
Perhaps of greatest interest to
the members of the Alumni is
the consolidation of the Home-
coming Sweetheart with that of
the University Queen. Our Queen
this year will be crowned the
night preceeding the Homecom-
ing game she will be presented
at this game and she will rejgn
over all Homecoming activities.
TJiis was done to increase the
honor and prestige of the person
who is elected University Queen.
The most recent step in the
development of student govern-
ment on our campus was the Ad-
ministration's granting the re-
quest of the Council to. allow stu-
dent representatives to sit with
the University's policy determin-
ing committees.
Students on Boards
Two students will now sit with
the General Affairs division of
the Administrative Board and two
additional students will sit with -the
Academic Council.
We feel that the basis has been
established for a much stronger
student government in the fu-
ture and we hope that members
of the Alumni will realize the
importance of the activities of
the past year.
The Student Council who plan-
ned this years Homecoming ac-
tivities would appreciate any
comment from the Exes concern-
ing possible improvement of next
I years activities
HUMOR -
D. MOORE
What's the matter with you
private?
I have a pain in my abdomen.
You mean stomach. Didn't you
know that onoly second lieuten-
ants have abdomens?
Examining doctor: Do you have
any scars on you?
Cadet: No sir but I do have a
cigarette.
And there Son you have the
story of your dad and the Great
War.
I see Dad but why did they
need all the other soldiers?
Why didn't you get behind a
tree when they began firing on
you.
Get behind a tree? Why there
weren't even enough for all the of-
ficers. Tough Sarge: No one gets lib-
erty this afternoon.
Voice: Give me liberty or give
me death.
Sarge: Who said that?
Voice: Patrick Henry.
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Chapel Schedule
Monday Student Council in
charge of devotional and pro-
gram. Recognition of Univer s i t y
Queen.
Wednesday Devotional Prof.
Leon Marsh. Speaker Hon.
Omar Burleson U. S. Congress-
man from Texas 17th district.
Friday Veterans Day Program
Dr. Albert Lunday program
chairman.
PRAYER OF THE WEEK
By Mary Smith White
Dear Lord this hurried day
Give me a quiet place
To feast-
Not for my body
But for my soul . . .
That I may reach
A higher peak;
Forgetting
The wrongs and mistakes
Of yesterday
And pressing toward
A bright tomorrow.
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