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THE LONE STAR LUTHERAN
Friday, October 13, 1961
Bell
We just want to confirm an opinion that has been circulating
around the campus the last fpur weeks: It’s great to hear the sound of
the victory bell for a change!
TLC’ers and the community have been rung the news that TLC
lhas a winning team. It’s strange how ears pop up at the dull but fresh
sound of the victory bell. Apparently TLC wanted last Saturday night’s
game more than the undefeated Lobos did. And, there is little doubt
that we want that game tomorrow night.
We are solidly behind you coach, and we are backing each mem-
ber of the team. It’s great to hear the sound of the victory bell for
a change!
Highlights
Bv DIANA VAN DYKE
Book
The value of a personal paperback librai’y is increased in this
day of library shortages, heavy bound volumes, and the slender purse.
A student can build a comprehensive library, including many of
the classics, numerous reference books, and a wealth of good fiction,
at a relatively low cost. Such a library-can be accumulated in a short
time by the conscientious student.
It is useful to keep in mind the distinctions between the two
great classes of paperbacks and the ways in which they are distributed.
The long established, lower priced, “mass market” lines, priced
at 25 cents, are .now .nearly all fiction of the lower class. However,
some fine writings are available among these editions.
The more recently developed higher-priced paperbacks range from
50 cents up. Most of these are non-fiction. Entire volumes such as
handbooks and desk references are typical examples of this group.
Such paperbacks can be bought for as little as one-fifth of the hard
bound cost.
Actually, unless a student is building a fancy home libiaiy suitable
to Dewey and posterity, it would be more profitable to concentrate
on a wider variety of paperbacks than to shelve a library with leather
bound (beware of fingerprints . . . don’t ruin the “set”) editions of
classics. There is something derogatory about a formal library. It
just isn’t readable.
Furthermore, the trend toward this form of paperback libraries is
shown by the fact that over half of the entire book industry s receipts
are attributed to the sale of paperbacks. This figure was close to
$1,2C0>CC0,00C) last year, according to a report in the New York
Herald Tribune.
In any good college bookstore today, a strong paperback depart-
ment is indispensable. If you waded through our bookstore, you
can see that it carries a fair line of essential paperbacks.
Buying a book is one of the easiest of all habits to contract. Such
a habit is difficult to break, fortunately. Even the cure of the past-
a slender pocketbook — is no longer effective.
Candle
No doubt you have heard about
George Bernard Shaw’s play
Androcles and the Lion which
will be presented Nov. 10-11 on
the'TLC campus. Many of you
will need no advance preparation,
but many of' us more “shockable
Christians” could do with a little
forewarning so we can view the
play open-mindedly.
To begin, Shaw was an admitted
Socialist. In his prologue, which
is longer than the play, he j
lauds wholeheartedly the chan-1
table communism practiced in the
early church, while he carefully
discredits Christ, its institutor, as
a religious fanatic. But then, we
are all subject to irregularity of
opinion, and, as thespians pro-
claim, “We are not putting on the
prologue, but the play.”
The play is based on the old story
of the Christian man who pulled
a thorn from a lion’s paw and was
spared from death in the arena
when the lion remembered his
kind deed. In an attempt to be
brief, I supply you with two dif-
ferent views of this play:
1. The story, which revolves
about the doubts and failings of
Christians about to face martyr-
dom, is written to make us con-
scious of our own shortcomings as
Christians.
2. The story is a mockery of
faith, and seeks to prove that all
Christians, no matter how devoted
will ultimately deny their Christ
to save their own necks.
At any rate, the martyrs in
this play hardly display the cour-
age of those in Quo Vadis.
The play is a comedy. You will
leave the theater either bursting
with laughter or with a bitter
smile on your lips.
World Report: Berlin
By HAROLD SAGER
U. S. Intelligence sources announced Monday that- Russia had
placed 24 clusters of anti-aircraft missiles in two concentric circles
of 12 clusters each around the city of Berlin. The missiles resemble our
Nike-Ajax variety and are capable of firing conventional warheads
only,. U. S. forces said that the placement of missiles around Berlin v
introduced “an ominous new development” in the Berlin situation. ?
Failure of the Kennedy-Gromyko and Rush-Gromyko talks to establish
some grounds for settlement further darkened the prospects for
bringing peace to the city.
As the present focal point of the Cold War, the Berlin situation
has been cussed and discussed by almost everyone. Each person just
has to have a sagacious “what we should do is opinion or else be j
blackballed as an untutored nincompoop. Thus, many have spoken
and, of couse, opinions vary.
To simplify (a crime I know), on one side there .is the “get rough
with Russia” element. They advocate no compromise and deem it
essential that we make known to all the world our intentions of holding
West Berlin at all costs.
On the other side of the fence are the “peacemakers.” For them
the conference table becomes a religious altar where somehow th»j
woes of the world are laid out and solved by men who checked their ^
hats and national interests with the girl before entering the conference.
The result is that the good ol’ middle road is once again being
followed. The administration is seen threatening with armed forces
while at the same time holding open the door for negotiations. Such
a policy not only helps appease the extreme elements in the U. S., but^B
it also allows room for French and British policy on Berlin.
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HORSEFEATHERS!
TLC is committed to the principle that young men and women
bare now and will always continue to have religious needs in higher
education—ethical, spiritual, holistic—as well as need for develop-
ment in social understanding, in scientific thinking, in linguistic skill,
in aesthetic perceptivity, in physical wholesomeness, and in critical
objectivity and acuteness, ft believes that incorpoi'ation of all these
aspects of being into a coherent, whole, and God-dkected personality
is the peculiar duty and opportunity of a church-related college, and
its first responsibility to society.
The comprehension and acceptance of Christian values tluougn
systematic study of the Holy Scriptures and by daily experience in
Christian living is one of the objectives of this college as stated in
the catalogue. The college also aims to develop each one’s individual
gifts for Christian leadership as well as to integrate personalities
through a vital Christian faith. .
(Scannings from the TLC catalogue)
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Letters to the editor are al-
ways welcome! Each communi-
cation must carry the signature
of the writer. But we will with-
old it if so requested.
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STEINBECK YES
Dear Editor,
In Highbrow Highlights, Lone
Star Lutheran, Sept. 29, 1961, the
question was asked “why aren’t
there any Steinbeck novels in the
library?” Putting aside the
thought that this may have been
a facetious reference, the library
staff would like to point out that
the library has six important nov-
els of John Steinbeck, all fully
catalogued, with additional titles
on order.
Yours truly,
Warren Lussky
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NO WING DEVOTIONS
Dear Editor,
The religious apathy on
this “Christian College Campus”
makes me ill. I wonder, if it
weren’t for compulsory Convo and
the fact that so many people would
like to impress their friends by
attending evening vespers occa-
sionally, whether this campus
would even appear as Christian. I
attended a vying meeting at which
we discussed whether or not to
have wing devotions, and -you
should have heard all the excuses
for not having them. Only two
ventured, at the risk of being pub-
licly ostracized, to advocate the
cause. Finally we agreed to have
voluntary wing devotions once a
week. Maybe we could find five
nr inn minutes to take off from
our busy schedule to worship God
together once a week. This dis-
cussion and this agreement was
on our Christian College campus!
Krushchev says he will sur-
round us, and we will drop into
his lap like an over-ripe apple.
I- can see where he is right if
such indifferent feelings are not
only fostered, but freely exposed
with no feelings of guilt to all
around at a church college where
you would expect to find true fol-
lowers of Christ. What’s to be-
come of us if the majority of us
feel that we are too busy to praise
God?
Name Withheld
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ARTISTIC CONVO
Dear Editor,
This column on Convo last week
brought much student reaction,
both positive and negative—most-
ly negative.
I think everyone will agree that
Convo is what we, the students,
make it. The trouble is that the
making of it is being taken out
of the students’ hands. While be-
ing told how to sing correctly, the
students are rebelling and losing
interest; they want to sing and
pray as they feel moved, even
though it be incorrect.
The faculty, in its effort to
make the service artistic, has not
heeded the students’ cries that
they are not being inspired. And
after all, Convo without inspira-
tion is as sounding brass or a
clanging symbol . . .
Diana Van Dyke.
Lone Star Lutheran
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