The Collegian (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 13, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 30, 1952 Page: 3 of 4
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April 80. 1952
TBI OOUJDOIAK
Plfil
Parade Of
Opinions
FEATURES OE ASSOCIATED
COLLEU1ATE PRESS
COLLEGE STUDENTS AIN'T
SO HOT . .
From the Idaho Argonaut Univer-
sity of Idaho:
There was a time when Dear
Old Dad reached down into his
sock s'o that Junior could go to
college and everyone would look
up to Junior as u man with a fu-
ture and a person to be admired.
Well Dad is still reaching into
his sock but it the present trend
continues that will be the end of
i ho comparison.
Bowl At
Maple Lanes
111 W. Adams
Ph. 2587
Meet Me At
WAISMAN'S
where all the gang goes
to buy their
SCHOOL CLOTHES
WAISMAN'S
DEPARTMENT STORE
HARRY FORD
QUALITY
MEN'S WEAR
SIS Center Ave
"Shop With !JsM
GILLIAM
RADIO SHOP
Recording A Specialty
OPPOSITE THE
POST OFFICE
Brownwood
. . . The simple fact is that Mr.
Clock Puncher and Mr. Plumber
like many of his fellow travelers
do not mentally doff their cap
when the kid from college struts
by. The butcher and the baker
know darn well that they make
more money than the new grad
and some ol' them are pretty sure
thai they are smarter too.
. . . The college playboy finds-
it easier to drag his feet than it
is to learn. He discovered through
the years that it's easier to con-
vince the instructor that his exams
are too hard than it is to sit down
and dig and the easy weekend 1b
just another time to relax instead
of a chance to get a return on
Dad's investment.
... It doesn't take a mathe-
matical genius to see what will
happen when and if the "good time
charlies" invade a campus en
masse But we won't attempt at
this time to go into the subject of
national educational standards . . .
It might be a good idea though
tor the average college student to
take a look at himself and see if
he measures up. Some hard work-
ing students' can be given a black
eye and can lose a lot ol! earned
prestige by the action of the col-
lege "oof-offs."
PUBLIC SERVICE . . .
The Syracuse Daily Orange re-
cently came up with one of those
time-saving aids to students. It
declared: "Entering Maxwell and
climbing to its fourth floor stu-
dents will find it to their advant-
age (o use the left side of the
steps. They must climb 101 steps
if they go on the right side . . .
but only 100 on the left."
WALK DON'T RUN . .
A recent fire at Ames Iowa
turned up a bit ol' irony among
the ashes. Only thing salvaged
from the fire which killed one and
injured seven was a publication
from Iowa State College telling
how to prevent and combat fires.
OLD STORY . .
Throwing a jaundiced eye on
coming student elections the Daily
Texan printed this "unclassified
ad": "Wanted: Several thousand
voters' who won't be led like sheep
this spring but will vote for cam-
pus political candidates on the
basis of their merits."
MOST THOUGHT PRO-
VOKIJNU HEADLINE . . .
From the Roosevelt T o r c h
Roosevelt College 111.: "50 Beauti-
ful Girls; 25 Lovely Costumes."
REVELATION OF THE WEEK
From the Royal Purple Wiscon-
sin State College: "Energy is Es-
sential for All Work."
THAT OLD HONOR SYSTEM
Will the honor system work at
Tufts College (Mass.)? That is
what the Tufts Weekly asked a
number of sliidents and here are
some of the replies:
"As has been shown at other
colleges an honor system is fool-
proof. However there is' one thing
essential for the proper function-
ing of such a system namely
honor . . ."
"'Yes it can work . . . The suc-
cess of this system used by 10 per
cent of the colleges in the U. S.
depends primarily on the student.
At Boston University there is' a
blind instructor. No one cheats in
his class . . ."
"i don't think it would work at
Tufts because the whole philos-
ophy of the faculty and so of the
students stresses grades in cours-
es instead of knowledge gained in
them.
"This puts so much pressure on
the student tluit ho has to excel in
tests no mutter what means he
uses. The system is more practi-
cal in small informal classes than
in large classes where the inevi-
table few would betray the trust."
". . . We ourselves should be the
policemen if some system could
be devised by which each of us
was responsible to ourselves only
i believe the plan would work."
TWO 'KEEKS I OK THE EDITOR
When a group of students at
Bethany College West Virginia
tried to oust .student editor Robert
T. Spitzler from his post on The
Tower they underestimated the
victim.
Spitzler brought his own cheering
section along when he appeared
before the student board of gover-
nors' to argue his case. The board
left him "free to edit the paper as
lie sees fit with no strings at-
tached. Spitzler had been charged with
being too rough oj the faculty in
his editorials. His articles it was
claimed "over-criticized distorted
facts dwelled on minor points
and did not represent student
views."
As editor ol The Tower snapped
Spitzler "my prime objective is
to criticize." His editorials he
said were intended "to prick the
bubble of complacency" among
-students at Bethany.
FINAL EXAMS? THE
PROFESSORS SAV ES . . .
The Daiiy Texan University of
Texas reports that four-fifths of
the professors there favor final
exams.
Some of the dissenters felt that
"A" students should be exempt
from exams as a reward for work
well done. A few wanted term
papers to take the place of finals.
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Gene Wyatt; top row left to right
Sleepy Boyd George Luck Tex
Wyatt Buster Storey Larry Free-
mon and Joe Boyd.
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The Collegian (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 13, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 30, 1952, newspaper, April 30, 1952; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth100368/m1/3/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Howard Payne University Library.