The Collegian (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 23, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 7, 1948 Page: 2 of 4
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THE COLLEGIAN
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THE COLLEGIAN
Published weekly by the students of Daniel Baker College to
express the unbiased opinion of the student body; to ostnblish high
standards of conduct scholarship and sportsmanship; to encourage
greater interests and participation in nil school activities; und to
promote stronger co-operation between the students und the administration.
COLLEGIAN STAFF
EDITOR - Koger Wooldrldge
Assistant Editor - Ovalee Glover
Sports Editor Mutt 1'rultt
Society Editor - Nelda Sessions
Fashion Editor Dorothy Clements
Exchange Editor Marian Connelly
Editorials Winy l'ost Joe Grantham
Fcntires ..Marion Connolly Ted Kirby Richard Greene Charles Guff
and Tommy McClelland
Reporters Virginia Forson Jane Overby Hetty White and
Novelle McClelland
Faculty Sponsor Mrs. Helen Tost Wright
Gasoline For Mental Motors
BY I'll I L GERMANY
Gasoline for the mental motors of the people of the United States
is one of our paramount needs today although relatively few people
seem to realize it. During the last war there was a staggering
number of mentally ill cases and according to doctors many of these
cases were due to the fact that the people were not mentally prepared
for the war and the sudden change of their way of life and thinking
was more than they could stand. But had these people kept up with
the fast-moving current events and given them thoughtful medita-
tion they would have seen that it was impossible for such a powerful
nation as the United States to remain neutral. 1 believe that if all
of the people had kept mentally alive they would have been prepared
for what was to come and today the institutions for the mentally ill
would not have more patients than they have ever had in our hlstroy.
It is disgraceful for any nation to have as many mental cases
from the war as we have; but the American people apparently have
not profited in the least by this terrible mistake ns they still go about
in the same old nonchalant way assuming that they have no respon-
sibility; and u surprising number have taken the attitude of "Let
the world take care of itself I haven't time to worry about it."
If you were to walk down the street and ask everyone you met
who his representatives are in the State Legislature and in Con-
gress or what he thought about the Marshall Plan or the Ad-
ministration's foreign policy a majority could not give you
an intelligent answer. This is truly disgraceful for the most highly
educated people in the world. Unless the American people change
their attitude they are going to wake up some day and find that
they have slept too long; and that the beloved nation that they had
believed to be impregnable has been taken over by a small minority
and that their freedom and belief that all men are created equal
have totally disappeared while the citizenry were mentally dead.
A Louisiana Boy's Opinion
On Our Racial Problems
BY WRAY POST
May I say at the outset that it is good to be back writing for
this column again. I do feel a bit rusty but the idea of mixing in
a few thoughts though feeble some of them may be is a sort of
obsession with me. Don't misunderstand; the truth is that I don't
actually prefer to be the longfaced type of individual ever serious
looking continuously at life's melancholy side. No matter how bad
things get my sense of humor will get the best of me.
Right now I'm in a rather confuesd state. I can't get ..y mind
off some recent doings concerning colors colors of people. I don't
think my sense of humor will cutch up with me for quite awhile on
this matter.
I'm thinking of the Caucasians and the Negroes; of racial pre-
judice. I'm thinking of what some have said: "The Negro has his place
(lower than ours); let him stay in it."
I'm thinking of the Bible which says all men are equal.
I'm thinking of the arguments I've heard on this all my life.
I noticed that the negro was the underdog before I went into the
service.
I'm thinking of Beach Yellow I Peleliu September 19-1-1.
Negroes were there wearing Uncle Sam's uniforms. Some didn't
come out so good. Some didn't come out. They did it for this country
same as the rest; for LIBERTY. EQUALITY. FRATERNITY.
I'm thinking of now
Only recently our president introduced ns part of his platform
for the national election a Civil Rights program; I'm sure you know
what this is. I'm sure you know how and where it has been opposed
and by whom. This opposition results in undoubtedly the most un-
grateful hypocritical degenerate rotten unGodly series of attitudes
actions and words ever presented to the American people; in conection
may be noted the most brazen breach of authority yet exercised by
those who supposedly represent the American people.
Well God made black people black and white people white. I
guess he intended them to stay that way. But he didn't make ono
better thnn the other; and if one tries to be better than the other in
this life I'm sure the tubles will be turned in the nxet. Thero is
nothing good in white people that can't be found in the black; there
is nothing bad in the black people that can't bo found in the white.
What in the world is happening to us? Are we so blind that wo
can't see what is happening to our country ono founded on every-
thing God commands when it allows and invites destruction of itself
by its own people? For we are the guilty ones if we allow n bunch
of mercenary politicians to choke out anyone's rights. And by
golly it's happening right here right in Brownwood!
O God please let our scientists and engineers find a way to get
other planets quickly so that these mad people won't tear up what
is left of our little world so that these our brothers can spread out
nnd realize that thero is plenty for everyone so that wo may live In
peace and worship Thee as we wish.
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Growls From the
Bell Tower
Believe in fortune telling the
past the future and the present
problems solved In a few minutes?
Well If you are us sceptical as I
am at least you may find the ex-
perience interesting.
The other day I decided to risk n
glimpse into the future and pur
chased a one-dollar palm-reading.
Seated at a booth with my left
palm ut-strcutched and sipping a
coke I heard a breif summary of
my past and future.
The palmist put the crisp dollar
bill in her left shoe stroked my
palm once gently nnd began. . . .
I am to be very rich my future
is in the West I have met my wife
should change my profession to
that of medicine will live to reach
eightly and will make n fine hus-
band. So the fortune teller said.
These facts came not from my
palm (for she took only one quick
glance) but from other sources
probably from my eyes; she looked
me steadily in the eyes throughout
the rending.
As a result of this reading I give
fair warning to all girls about
nineteen who are smnll have ncr-
blondc hair nnd grayish cut-like
eyes. A girl fitting this descrip
tion whom I hnvc met but know
only slightly will come into my
life very suddenly nnd I will mnrry
her. I hnvc one other clue; she is
industrious and is engaged in some
sort of schooling.
Since I was born in January I
am the silent type very sensitive
and should choose my feminine
companions from those born in
September. I get along best with
September girls.
I missed much of the reading be-
cause she talked fast. I did gather
that I have hud one unhappy affair
in the past like very truthful peo-
ple and will undergo n change in
my career. I well settle down soon
and instead of running around will
sit und think of wnys to put over
big business deals deuls in live-
stock and real estate.
I have often heard that these
people arrive at some amazing con-
clusions. She did tell be one thing
I thought unennny. She warned
me about my health said that I
had experienced liver trouble when
I was young nnd that in later years
I should have to undergo a serious
operation unless I followed the
prescription she gave. (At the age
of eight I was in bed with a hot
water bottle for two weeks with
an enlarged liver).
To avoid the operation nnd keep
my health I am for seven consecu-
tive nights to take a lurge helping
of olive oil with the juice of two
lemons and then take n dose of
epson salts each morning at 5:00
a.m. (This cure to be repeated sev-
erul times)
This report has been written im-
partially so you can take it as you
like. For myself there are two
questions that have been bothering
me and I am seriously considering
making a return trip to find the
answers. Will I be able to make a
date for Saturday night nnd HOW
ABOUT MY MATH?
Student Poets
TRANQUILITY
The wood is clothed in trembling
leaf and blade
And boughs reach down to touch
the eurth below.
And I may rest beneath in cool
and shudc;
There I muy watch the clouds drift
to and fro.
The tranquil silence does engulf
my soul
Atid brings n pcucr that can't be
told
In words by one wliose life has not
u goal
Of understanding Nature's mes-
sage old.
As I relax amidst this peaceful
scene
And try to deal with questions
deep;
My thoughts are clear yet seem to
stray and lean
To simple things which need to
reap.
If I could spend each day and hour
ns this
My troubles I might easily dismiss.
Herman Buby
Herbert Hoover headed Ameri-
can war relief work in Belgium
during the First World War.
Iron flonts on mercury becuuse
the specific gravity of mercury is
greater.
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Compliments
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1008 Austin
Phone 2870
DEPARTURE
The thobbing of motors fills the
air
The runway flashes past beneath
our plane
As if abandoning all curthly care;
Sky-bound we rise ubove mirth
und puin.
As cities' spires nnd palm trees
fade from view
And henvon'8 dome encloses our
smnll sphere
In reverie the old days come anew
And well-remembered faces seem
quite near.
A million pleasant mem'ries crowd
the mind
Of joyous moments vivid but too
few
A lovely dark-eyed girl left behlnd-
Her laughing eyes her kiss remem-
bered last
In retrospect The pleasnnt mem'-
ries fade
Returning but ns dreams of days
long past.
Tommy McClelland
DREAMS
Of to be left nlonc when the moon
beams
Withut a core to slow my mem-
ories. To roam the hills the vales and
mcudows green.
My heart is filled with stings like
those of honey bees
Thut fly and hum und hide among
the leaves.
This incandescent flame of gold
that seems
To burn my heart nnd drink the
crimson stream
And calls upon my soul
To linger here u day till no one
knows
That I have sailed the fleecy whites
ubove
And then inhale a breath of air
that flows
From out a night of music and of
love.
These dreams of mine stand and
stare und glow.
Frank A. Nix
SUNDOWN AT SEA
While sailing far out on the wind-
tossed sea
We work till last we hear the
clanging bell.
Then all is done nnd stored nway
and we
Can now enjoy the pleasure of our
food.
This passed I always wonder out
on deck
To see a sight which comes but
once each day.
On land or sea us we may plod
our way
On moutuins high and valleys low
'tis clear
But from no place on God's great
land is there
Such glory os such splendor ns is
here
When old Man Sun casts his lust
ling'ring ray
Of red sunlight which gleams
across the sea
And sends all of his glory there to
me.
Ross Wilson
THE CHURCH HELLS
In the stillness of the evening
When twilight now is fading
When the breeze blows cool and
restful n my brow.
Softly then with clean and ring-
ing tones
The church bells chime their even-
ing hymn
Culing men to worship in the sac-
red shrine.
The darkness of the night falls all
about.
The breeze now blows so cool
umong the trees
Making them to nod in approval of
the invitation.
Oh weary heurt of mine whoso
burden lies so heavily on me
Rise up from deep within me
Bring to me song so restful so
peaceful
A song that brings. me happiness
As the hymn the church bells ring.
Marilyn Wilhelm
ono began.
Yet how It traveled outward strik-
ing cool
And mossy stones that lined every
bank.
I snw my image shuttered as each
stone
Struck at the mirrored face. I was
alone
Yet felt me strangely two one In
tho dark
And chilly wuter; one alive the
cause
Of the others being. In this little
pause
While I sat there in thought the
ripples ceased;
And ns I gazed my wonder in-
creased For there instead of mine I snw
your face
My spirit's image in its rightful
place.
Mildred Mendcnhal
WANDERING
O to be left alone
Without n thought or care
To roam the hills and meadows
green.
Just who wouldn't dare?
If only I could flog this flume
This incandescent flame of gold;
That burns within my heart
And beckons to my soul
To invade the shores of happiness
And abide a century there.
Comprehending thnt which is for-
gotten I might Inhale u breath of air;
This is my cull O Lord
Muy I find where this trail lends?
Don Mngncss
REVERIE
I sat there casting pebbles in the
pool
Wutehing the widening circles us
they ran
To meet the edge. How small each
Capo Town Is neur the southern
tip of Africa.
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THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD
When I consider how the world Is
made
The way the trees und plants do
grow
The way the flowers bloom In
every friendly glade
The way the wind does swiftly
blow.
Then I can see the Mighty Hand of
God
As Ho desires controls of man und
wur
As He moves out with man upon
the sod
He begs nnd pleads for war and
strife no more.
I know that this Great Hand does
rule
The wise the dumb the blind the
fool;
And yet I wonder how we can the
message bear
Of the strength or God to those
who do not care.
Rex Sellers
Tailless Manx cats come from
the Isle of Man.
France first began work on the
Panama Canal in 1881.
Mury Eddy Baker founded the
Christiun Science Church.
Light travels at the speed of
18032-1 miles per second.
Bell Tower Tales
Well here wo are again with just
oodles of goslp. Yes we konw
all and tell all.
Seen at the show Sunday night
were: Dorothy Clement and Joe
Moore Pete Tackett and Nildn
Sessions Ray Jones and Babs Tay-
lor. Betty Ellis had a date with a
Jerry Watkins from Cross Plains
Saturday night and Annette Maul-
(Jin went with "Dunk" Brown from
San Saba.
Sherron Lee and Patsy Cava-
naugh went to the show Friday
night nnd to Church Sunday night.
Seen out at Steve's Thursday
night were: Buddy Wller and No-
velle McCelland.
Dwain Lusk took Donnie Row-
land to Eastland with him for the
week-end nnd from what we gath-
ered we judge that Donnie had a
swell time with a certain girl.
Matter of fact Dwain stated that
he almost had to pull Donnie away.
Carroll Tutom and Wanda Wil-
helm "Dog" Willingham and Jamie
Cox went to Cisco Friday night.
Mert Cox Phil Germany and
Robert Moyers were at First Meth-
odist Church Sunday night. They
had special seats on the rostrum.
Fine to be included among tho
clergy.
Sunday afternoon Nelda Lafferty
Carroll Tatom and Mary Sue Fore-
hand were at Church.
Marvin Moore and Byrlene Law-
less were at the show Saturday
night and at Church Sunday night.
Foy Dickinson was in Ft. Worth
over the week-end also "Dog" Wil-
lingham. Other couples seen at church dur-
ing the revival were: Elmer
Thompson and wife MR. and Mrs.
Rny Todd and Mr. and Mrs. Dub
Dillingham.
John Marshall Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court did more to
clarify the intent of the U. S. Con-
stitution than any otherman.
Numismatics is the science
dealing with coins and medals.
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The Collegian (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 23, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 7, 1948, newspaper, April 7, 1948; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth100322/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Howard Payne University Library.