The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1947 Page: 2 of 4
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The Lone Star Lutheran
Tuesday, January 21, 1947
Page Two
Parade of Opinion
By Associated Collegiate Press
Degree or Not Degree?
“ONE of the smartest men I know went to col-
” lege with complete disregard for degree
or grades—taking only those courses he felt
would be of use to him when he started earning
his living.” A college graduate with a Master s
degree said this. He also expressed the opinion
that he would have been better off had he done
the same, s ' - .
As it happens, a comparison of these two
men and what they are now doing is simple.
They both work for the same firm in Fort!
Worth. The one without the degree has a me-
diocre job at mediocre pay and there is every
reason to believe he will remain mediocre the
rest of his life.
The one with the Master’s degree is the
head of the department. His future is a bright
one. Then why does the college graduate feel
that way? Perhaps his subconscious is still
resenting required courses, a topic under rer
peated fire on campus from vets hurrying to get
out of school. Some of them will follow the
course of the "degreeless” man.
It is perfectly natural to resist require-
ments of this nature, and obviously a college
degree assures no man that he will be a success
in life. But what the college graduate quoted
above missed entirely is that a whole life is
made up of many parts. Even though he is un-
aware of it, his degrees, with all their required
courses, have given him mental stature he would
not have gained otherwise.
(The Skiff, Texas Christian University)
*****
Just Kids
instance, he would say that the United States
and England are like parents of an ornery little
boy, played by Russia. The parents suggest
something and the little boy protests violently,
“I won’t, I won’t.”
Then, just as a razor strop seems the only
solution, the little boy suddenly gives in and
the domestic scene once again is peaceful.
Russia declared for months that she would
never give up the veto on any matter. Some
unpublicized pressure was applied and sudden-
ly Russia changes her mind and says that she
will relinquish the veto power as far as the atom-
ic bomb and arms control committee is con-
cerned.
And, don’t overlook this . . . neither the
parents nor the little boy are always personified
by the same countries. The English speaking
countries have played the stubborn little boy
role with effectiveness, too.
(Daily Kansan, University of Kansas)
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Co-editors_____________________Durwood L. Fuchs
Loren Fisher
Business Manager--------------Malcolm. Hoffman
Sports Editor____________________Henry Lehnhoff
Circulation Manager_________Arthur N. McDougall
Faculty Sponsors______________Prof. H. E. Gibson
Prof. R. Fiehler
EDITORIAL STAFF
Aurora Byerly, Betty Pfeuffer, Martin Obst, Fritz
Treptow, Jean Engelhardt, Iona Mae Roth, Paul
Rode, Tommie Nell Holmberg, Bill Stroman, Char-
lotte Ulbrich, Joy McKinney, Augusta Keil, Berna-
dine Fehrenkamp, Barbara Hansen, Frances Berry,
Betty Copeland, Jonell Britsch, Cordula Baethge,
Bonnie Powers.
Published monthly during the school year by
the student body of Texas Lutheran College, Seguin,
Texas.
Member
Associated GoBe6*ate Press
Address all communications to the Lone Star
Lutheran, Texas Lutheran College, SegUin, Texas.
Subscription price: $1.00 per year.
Campus
Heartbeat
By Durwood L. Fuchs
This issue of the Lone Star Lu-
theran completes the. first semes-
ter files of Volume 28. During
this first semester of the 1946-47
school term, the editors, with the
help of the staff, have endeavored
to bring campus news and fea-
tures to the students of Texas
Lutheran Col-
lege. The editors
h. a v e received
seme criticisms
and comments
on various arti-
cles printed in
the pasit three
issues. Many stu-
dents have ex-
pressed the desire that the Lone
Star Lutheran be published more
often. Under present conditions
the editors do not see how this is
possible. Unless the further de-
velopment of ‘organizations brings
more activities to the campus, and
unless those activities merit the
added advantage of increased
news coverage, the Lone Star Lu-
theran will continue to be a
monthly, four-page publication.
Another factor which enters in-
to the publishing is complete co-
operation from the entire staff.
Some staff members appear indif-
ferent. The entire staff will have
to show more initiative and will-
ingness to work.
The editors have been criticized
on the fact that the material
printed in the Lone Star Luther-
an appears too cold and formal,
too much like the professional
newspaper. We have endeavored
to bring you the news as we
thought you wanted to hear it,
and have tried to give you inter-
esting features.
Just what would you as a stu-
dent like to see in the Lone Star
Lutheran? If you will give us an
idea of what you would like to
read, we would be more than
pleased. Feel free to tell us about
t. Make your request in the form j
}f a “letter to the editors”. Tell
us what you want;, you , have a
voice in this matter. “Silence gives
consent.”
At the recent 22nd annual con-
vention of the Associated Colle-
giate Press Association in Chica-
go, Basil L. Walters, executive edi-
tor of the Chicago Daily News,
challenged the collegiate press to
accept responsibilities and speak
out fearlessly in the interests of
developing newspapers that will
be of greater service to the Ame-
rican public.
“Actually, even the smallest
college campus, I believe, provides
opportunities for some of the, most
interesting newspaper stories that
are available in America.
“These college campuses are
the cultural centers of this great
country.” Walters said.
Is our campus a cultural cen-
ter? if it isn’t, it can be. Stu-
dents, you make the news! The
Lone Star Lutheran will print it
and make it interesting reading,
if you want it!
-•--
Weeher Hall and GD
To Get Fire Escapes
Weeber Hall and the Girls Dor-
mitory will each have a fire es-
cape to be'.installed in about three
weeks. The fire escape on Wee-
ber Hall will be attached on the
north side on the second floor and
the Girl’s Dormitory will have its
S^tO-Ofl
Cupid has been aiming his ar-
rows about the campus and what
a bang he’s created.
Cupid even braved the odors of
Chemistry lab, to aim arrows into
the hearts of Robert Berry and
lab-assistant. Marilyn Wisian, who
have become “oh, so fond” of each
other.
Zing, and another arrow or two
struck home. Fritzie seems to
have eyes' only for Billie Dean
Timm, or could it be Florence Ma-
thison? , f
Cupid keeps the Englehardt-
Hart romance going strong, and
another blossoming couple, Eve-
lyn Finke and Bill Lerich, are
destined to join them, it seems.
Even though Nolan Sagebiel
will be at Wartburg next semester
his heart will be back at TLC with
Myrtis Jacob.
Our vote for the most charm-
ing and dignified couple on the
campus goes to Charlotte Ulbrich
and Ivan Roth—aren’t Cupid’s
ways wonderful!
Another budding couple of Cu-
pid’s is the Smajstrla-Nelson hook-
up.
Gee, it might as well be spring;
it looks like love is on the wing.
But one thing, Cupid, please make
that soldier friend of Elizabeth
Schmidt’s send her his picture
like he promised.
Byerly and Lyndie Engaged
The church was quiet and the
candles cast little halos in the
gathering twilight, and, to add
to the ..atmosphere, a choir was
singing in the background. It
was the Christmas vesper service
and the setting for a great mo-
ment in the lives of Aurora Byer-
ly and Lyndie Hall, for at that
moment Lyndie asked Aurora to
be his very own.
Aurora and Lyndie are old
friends, in fact they went to school
together in Laredo, and as a
charming coincidence Aurora re-
ceived her first kiss from Lyndie.
As we all know Aurora, better
known as “Pet” on the campus,
we’ll tell you a little bit about Lyn-
die. He is a pre-medical student
at Texas University. He was in
the Marine Corps for thirty
months and served in the Pacific
area.
Aurora’s engagement V ring is
strikingly beautiful, having a large
center diamond surrounded by
four smaller ones set in gold. They
don’t know when they’ll get mar-
ried. but, it will probably be some
time next fall, and, they’ll either
live in Texas or Connecticut. So
here’s wishing a lovely couple all
the success and happiness in the
world.
--•--
Blumberg, Falke
Marriage Surprise
The marriage of Betty Blum-
berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Blumberg, of Seguin, to
C. A. Falke, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Falke, Sr. of Warda,
came as quite a surprise ro the
students of TLC. Both are for-
mer students of Texas Lutheran.
They were married in a quiet
ceremony in San Antonio on Dec-
ember 17.
Following a short wedding trip
to Louisiana, the couple returned
to Warda where they are now mak-
ing their home.
fire ' escape- installed on . the >west
side, second floor.
The chute-type escape will be
installed by the Southern Steel
Company of San Antonio at an
approximate cost of $1285.
Purloined or Otherwise
The Indian has two notable characteristics, mea-
ger conversation and lorig memory, and they were
never brought out more forcefully than in tne fol-
lowing tale.
An Eastern sportsman, having completed a
hunting trip in the far west, was waiting at the de-
pot for the train to take him back home. Spying
an Indian chief standing nearby, he approached
him and after pondering several moments on what
to say, finally inquired, “Do you like fish?”
The Indian looked at him in silence for several
minutes and said, “Sure.”
Then followed an awkward silence for perhaps
fifteen minutes, the sportsman being spared further
embarrassment by the arrival of his train. Waving
good-bye, he quickly boarded in great relief.
The following year, as luck would have it, the
sportsman decided to return to the same western
locale for his hunting. As he got of the train, whom
should he find standing in the depot but his old
Indian friend of the year before. Delighted, to find
someone he recognized, the sportsman raised his
hand in tribal salute and cried: “How!”
“Fried,” said the Indian.
—The Midland.
College-bred .according to the latest recipe
book, is a four-year loaf made by father’s dough ..,
and there’s nothing like a good seasoning now and
then. . . (ACP)
From Texas Christian University comes a tale
of something that could only happen in an English
class of G. I. students. Miss Rippy, the instructor,
wrote on the board, “Jack is a captain,” and went
on to explain that in this case the word “captain”
was a predicate nominative.
“Now if I said ‘Jack struck the captain,’ ” con-
tinued Miss Rippy, “what would that be?” Without
hesitation the class in unison answered, “Court
Martial!”—(ACP)
Inscribed on one of his trophies is the late
Knute Rockne’s favorite poem:
Dear Lord: In the battle that goes through life,
I ask but a field that is fair,
A chance that is equal with all in the strife,
A courage to strive and to dare.
And if I should win, let this be the code:
With my faith and my honor held high.
And if I should lose let me stand by the road
And cheer as the winners go by.
—Time.
Many a woman thinks she bought a gown for
a ridiculous price when in reality she bought it for
an absurd figure. — (ACP)
It doesn’t take long to make you hard-boiled
after you’ve been in hot water a few times:—(ACP)
The modern girl adores spinning wheels, but
she wants four of them and a spare.—(ACP)
“Shp, a man may be able to fly like a bird. But
he’ll never, never learn how to sit on a barbed wire
fence!”—The Midland
Quoted Wisdom
And now among the fading embers,
These in the main are my regrets:
When I am right no one remembers,
When I am wrong no one forgets.
—Grantland Rice.
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by
sitting around.—Life Insurance Seeing.
“It’s difficult to improve upon success.”
The virtue of justice consists of moderation,
as regulated by wisdom.—Addison.
The measure of a man’s life is the well spending
of it, not the length.—Plutarch.
Can You Say—
Can you say in parting with the day that’s slipping
fast,
That you helped a single person of the many you
have passed?
Is a single life rejoicing over what you did or said?
Does someone whose hopes were fading now with
courage look ahead?
Did you waste the day or lose it?
Was it well or poorly spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness, or a scar of dis-
" content?
As you close your eyes in slumber,
Do you think that God would say,
You have made the world much better,
For the life you have lived today?
—Taylor Cotton Boll.
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The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1947, newspaper, January 21, 1947; Seguin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth850425/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Lutheran University.