The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1953 Page: 2 of 4
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THE
RANGER
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1953
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibler
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Miss Adah Louise Staph
ver there were small hills with lar-
ge oaks. There were a great many
with the first lady contest.
Born in Laredo, Paula moved
with her family to San Antonio
when she was only three years old;
“Oh I’m so sorry, Class—I see by my watch I’ve lectured
past- the bell again?’
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SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
1300 San Pedro Avenue — San Antonio 12, Texas
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STAFF
y
and next,
year she will be back at SAC ta-
king an active part in campus a-
been cast only in strictly drama-
tic roles, and he would like to ha-
an hilarious comedy
these turbulent times, San Pedro
Park was a favored meeting place
for recreation and instruction.
In the late 1700’s it was des-
Something to Remember
Lost: One constitution. Has
or heard of it ?
Last December the primary steps
(Editors’ note: The following theme was writ-
ten by a Korean Veteran who is now attending
SAC. His thoughts are such that we are re-
producing them here.)
Two to four years ago a certain few of
your friends and neighbors left (either vo-
luntarily or involuntarily) for war. Some
were sent off with large parties; others
were merely home one day and gone the
next. They were all of young manhood, a-
bout the age of most of you. Not unlike most
of you, they had friends. They had close
friends, well chosen friends, carefully mol-
ded out of the years of their youth.
Now I do not wish to tell the individual
story of these men; each is a separte book
of it’s own. Rather, I wish to tell how these
friends of their youth dissolved during their
absence and what these men came home to.
One man from a neighborhood does not
affect the tempo of that group much. And
that is how these men leave, one at a time.
There is always another to take their place.
But the man who leaves remembers that
group, just like it was. He remembers the
boys he used to pal with. He remembers the
girls that he used to date. He remembers the
parties, the plays, the picnics; he remembers
the houses, the hunts, the hot-rods; he re-
members the movies, the moon, and the mu-
sic. He remembers that these were the ha-
ppiest years of his life; and he dreams of
'Yanagucma' or San Pedro
|. gone,”
Dreams Dissolve Into Facts of Reality
returning to this happiness, just the way
that it was.
Then our hero returns. Time did not wait
for him. The trees grew larger and the hou-
ses older. The new street has chug-holes, the
old one is new. The old hang-out has been
torn down so the expressway could come
through. Mary has married, John moved. Be-
tty is in college, Bill in the Navy. Oh, Burt
was killed in a car accident. Bev has a ba-
by. He is a stranger in his home town.
His dream has dissolved into the facts of
reality.
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.Liasi uecemoer me primary steps were
taken for a new constitution for the SAC
student body. The constitution was presen-
ted to the student body via the Ranger, then
dropped into obscurity.
SAC is badly in need of a revised basic
plan or constitution, and, needless to say,
time is running out for approval of it. Will
we just forget the whole idea and finish
this semester to let next year’s student body
write the guide, or will we leave something
for them to remember us by, something to
work by?
Editor-in-Chief Herbert Walker land i '
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After the establishment of the
a weary old man with garrison, settlers began straggling
in from various parts of the world, gift to San Antonio College, Paula play a leading role on Broadway,
unique combination of Burt Suprun, sophomore drama-
Joe Bill Jacobson to old Camp Verde, near Bandera,
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of Spain in this part of the “New
World.”
They named the springs 'San
Pedro which means St. Peter, and
called the site the “Gates Of Hea-
ven.”
The town of San Antonio was
now coming into being, first as
a rancheria of peaceful Coahuil-
tecan Indians, then as a camping
ground of explorers, missiona-
ries and conquistadores; this spot
had now added the culture of no-
ble Spanish families.
Friendships were formed, poli- consequently, San Antonio is home
tics emerged, wars were fought to her. She attended both elemen-
and flags were changed. Through tary and high school at Alamo
Heights. While in high school, she Game of Chess,” in which" he
was a member of the National co-starred with Allen Actor last
Honor Society and was a majo- year- In the past, he says, he has
cribed as a place of beauty and rette in the Spurs, pep squad.
With the coming of spring, ve a role in
Paula can usually be found indul- someday. Burt is currently presi-
ging in one of her favorite acti-
vities: sports. Especially does she
enjoy tennis and badminton.
Next week Paula will be taking
Paula Combines Beauty, Brains;
Burt Suffers ‘Broadway’ Fever
Alamo Heights High School’s With the ambition to someday
dent of Delta Psi Omega and
Treasurer of the Speechcrafters,
and will represent SAC in the 1953
Forensic meet in Tempje, Texas,
in the near future. He placed in
last year’s meet at Kilgore in
dramatics interpretations.
The young drama enthusiast vi-
sited New York City last summer
and while there attended several
Broadway productions, including
“South Pacific”, “Guys and Dolls”,
and “The King and I.” This no
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; ca- Tritt, is a i • - - - ~
me. The missions were constructed beauty and brains. tics major, will enter the Univer-
Chosen as one of the 10 most sity of Texas next year.
country of mankind’s faith in God. beautiful girls on the campus, Burt has been active in drama-
------ „—s rang clear and sweet. Paula was runner-up in the final tics ever since he entered SAC in
The Springs gushed clear and judging for the First Lady con- September, 1951, as he has been
plentiful, telling their story of test- And two weeks later she a member of the Speechcrafters
God’s goodness in nature to man- was named to membership in Phi for two years and has starred in
kind. Theta Kappa, national junior co- most of their productions. He has
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Islanders Open 'Gates of Heaven'
In Original Papayan Rancheria
The Indians called it “Yana- In the spring of 1718, Father
guana.” We call it San Pedro Park, Olivares, :
the park across the street from a vision, walked barefooted with
San Antonio College. three Indian guides from the Soldiers, priests'and pioneers
Domingo de Teran, coming up Rio Grand to “Yanaguana.” His j— mi—
from Mexico with a group of sol- purpose was-to convert and teach telling their timeless story to the
diers and Franciscan monks in the Coahuiltecan Indians. With ( ■ 2
1691, described it thus: “The-coun- their help he established a chapel Their bells
try was very beautiful. We ente- naming it the “Mission San An-
ted a stretch which was easy for tonio de Valero” in honor of St.
travel and advanced on our easter- Anthony. That mission is known
ly course. Before reaching the ri- today as the Alamo.
This was in the month of May.
In that same month, a soldier of
fish, and upon the highlands wild fortune, Don Martin, brought with
chickens. On this day there were him a party of soldiers and their
many buffaloes. So many that our families from Mexico and set up
horses stampeded and forty head a garrision near the Springs in
this small outpost of civilization.
The garrison was small but
mor-
ran away.”
The present site of San Pedro
Park was then the “rancheria” of a strongly built of stone and
group of friendly Papaya Indians, tar. The thick walls had small
In the 20 years that followed slits in them which served as o-
Teran’s discovery, news was slow- penings for arrows to be shot thro-
ly spreading to other parts of the ugh. There were frequent raids
world about the green and plea- from unfriendly warriors of the
sant valley with the spring that Apache and Comanche tribes,
flowed from a rocky ledge. Because of the high ground to
Captain Domingo Ramon, an ex- the north of the springs, it was
plorer, described the springs as discovered the enemy warriors had
“large enough to supply a city” in an advantage in their attacks.
1716. Therefore the garrison was mo-
Spain took special notice and ved farther south.
suggested to its representatives The original fort still stands
in Mexico that the spot be pur- on a slope in San Pedro Park. It
sued as an outpost encampment, is known as the Presidio de Bexar.
test. And two weeks later she
was
Theta Kappa, national junior co-
In 1730, Spain took a positive II®fe honorary ' < ’ — appeared iTsuch
step in the colonization of this scholastic frater- Sta. ' I “ “Anti-
fertile valley with the abundant nity> glk gone,” “Through
bubbling springs. King Philip V Blonde’. 1W - The Night,” “A
commissioned 15 families of the Paula 1S in this JE. I. Game of Chess,”
Canary Islands (Spanish subjects) lssue taking her g| , and’ more recen-
to settle and make fast the claim third picture a- > iSf '> T- '^""f '■ tly, “Hay Fever”
ppearance i„ The * and “Aria Da Ca-
Ranger this year, ! A P» "
probably some- JBLO His steriing
thing of a record for campus per- performance as David Bliss in the
sonalities. Her first appearance Speechcrafter’s production of “Hay
was at Thanksgiving, when she Fever” last fall is still remembe-
perched atop a cornucopia to add red by most drama fans. The ta-
to the beauty of the season. Her lented Suprun recalls that he has
second picture was in connection been killed on the stage no less
than three times, as he was stab-
bed to death in last year’s “Throu-
gh The Night” production; poiso-
ned by Allen Actor in “A Game
of Chess”; and recently he was
the victim of strangling in “Aria
Da Capo.”
Burt’s favorite role was in “A
! was
tranquility. Travelers on “The Ca-
mino Real” — The Royal Road
which reached from Old Mexico
to The Mississippi — stopped at
the park for rest and cool water.
During the War between the
States, camels that had been im-
ported by Jefferson Davis for use
as transportation in the arid south- part in the national convention
were lodged in San Pedro of Phi Theta Kappa,
Elizabeth Cook, Florence Patla, “cowboys.” Their presence there
Tk K* r» tt ' , -----------’ ——w.xJ attracted so much attention from * - -
O le, Roy Middleton, Hazel Turner, Alan Sadovsky townspeople that they were moved -flairs. After that she will conti-
nue her education on the Forty
Acres at Austin.
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