The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 3, 1962 Page: 2 of 6
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March 3, 1962
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THE PROSPECTOR
Censorship
LITTLE MAN O^gAMPUS
Vs Creativity
Around Campus
By MIKE RYAN
THE PROSPECTOR
Calendar
12-17 Children’s Play.
15-17 Children’s Theatre Con-
ference.
Com ing
Events
It was a very inspiring sight.
I also noticed that a number of
students stopped to pay tribute
to their nation’s flag.
16 Don Shirley Trio
22 TWC Lecture Series.
26 Mid Term.
The Liberail Arts Building is
getting all fancied up. The addi-
tion of plants around the Haw-
thorne Street entrance and the
shrubs in the front add to the
building’s beauty.
Speaking of the LA Building,
that crossing is one of the most
dangerous things that I have
seen in many a moon. I would
think that an accident insur-
ance salesman would have a
field day selling to pedestrians.
As I said in an editorial, I
think that we need signs tell-
ing motorists to yield to ped-
estrians. Just about every time
that I have been in that area
of the campus, I see people try-
Looking
Jackward
By BOB HEMPERLEY
Variety show come off very well this year. My congrats
go to this year’s winners: the PE Majors, Kappa Sigma
and the Tri-Delts.
I would also like to congratulate all of the other people
who put on skits. A lot of work went into rehearsing
and writing the skits and often audiences do not realize
"Fur WE COMDNT STUDY FOR TH' TEST, TEACH — We HAPPA
SELL CU2 ECOK5 TA PUT GAS /
The business of magazine and book cen-
sorship is an issue that has created a lot of
interest in the last few months. Last week,
a case of attempted censorship hit the cam-
pus.
In last Wednesday’s El Paso Times there
appeared a rather inflated article about a
TW student who had presented a petition to
a local church. He was attempting to get ac-
tion against El Burro magazine for its use of
an article in which the name of the Lord was
taken in vain.
Much confusion has resulted from the ar-
ticle in the Times. The article led one to be-
lieve that the petition had a number of signa-
tures on it. At last report the petition bore
only six names.
It is true that El Burro did run the article
containing the offensive words (offensive, at
least, to six people.) We do not condone nor
do we encourage the use of these words in a
college publication. However, we would not
condemn a publication for using them.
The words appeared in a short story that
was a take off on J.D. Salinger’s book, “Catch-
er In The Rye.” Words similar to the one
that El Burro used and in many cases worse
are used in Mr. Salinger’s novel. The novel
is presently used in an English course taught
on this campus.
The main question, then, is whether a col-
lege publication, slated for a general audi-
ence, should be allowed to print matter of
this type.
If it is in the form of a piece of creative
writing, and if the intention is not one of
smut, we would have to let the matter go.
If a work does contain such words, the
words need not become the center of interest
in the article. Also, if a person did find an
article or an entire publication objection-
able, that person would not have to continue
his reading of that publication.
Surely if one reads any modern work of
fiction he is apt to find objectionable pas-
sages or words. The reader must therefore be
mature enough to accept such things as ne-
cessary elements an author uses to achieve
his purpose.
If one goes to an art gallery, he is likely to
see paintings of nudes. If he jumps to an ex-
treme and says that this is sinful and bad
for him, he is missing the whole point of
the painting . He sees only nakedness, not a
painting.
If one reads a book by Hemingway, Faulk-
ner or Salinger, he is likely to come across
some vulgar language. Here again, one can
jump to an extreme. He can see only the
vulgar words and miss the whole point of the
book.
A broad-minded person can read such a
book without sinking to the depths of sin.
The fact that a person reads such a book or
magazine article does not mean that he must
approve of all of the words used therein. It
doesn’t mean that he too uses them.
We see no reason why a magazine or book
should be censored for printing material that
is clearly intended to be creative, not obscene.
this.
I was rather surprised that
Alpha Epsilon Phi didn’t pull
a win. I think their skit was
one of the most professional
and best looking of the skits
that I saw. I didn’t get to see
all of them as Around Campus
went back stage for a While to
get a better idea of just what
goes into one of the Variety
Shew skits.
All in all, the evening was
very enjoyable and it was cer-
tainly well worth the 50 cen-
tavos that each person gave to
get in.
March 8, 1947
Al Schiermenz will be the Engineer can-
didte for president of the Student Associa-
tion, with Barbara Dodson, Bobbie Lane
Wiggens and James Scott in the running for
vice-president, secretary, and treasurer re-
spectively, Larry Hillyer, campaign manager
and committee chairman announced this
week.
Engineer candidates for the representative
positions are Ofelia Izquierdo, Averill Big-
gers, Malcolm Farquear and George Kisten-
macher.
The College Players have announced their
new pledges. They are Carl Fisher, Stan Bill-
ingsley, Dorothy Jean Sweeney, Rex Harris,
Owen Bishop, Gene Adams, Joyce Hunter,
Billie McKenzie, Marilee Edwards, Mary
Evelyn Highsmith, Julia Davis, Jack Under-
wood, Jean Hicks, Jo Ann Mason, Deane Mc-
Clure, and Mary John Rowe.
Robert E. McKee, contractor of El Paso,
has made a $500 gift to the student body of
the College of Mines to be used for any pur-
pose that the student body see fit.
March 1, 1952
John Ben Shepperd, Texas Secretary of
State, will address the formal dinner of 300
delegates representing 29 colleges in the Tex-
as Intercollegiate Students Associations in
the dining hall at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Coach Mike Brumbelow’s Miners went
thhrough their first hard scrimmage Satur-
day at Kidd Field. The miners ran mainly
basic plays off their tricky T-formation but
showed evidence that a few passes may be
forthcoming in the fall.
Texas Western has started prepartion for
becoming the “Bloodiest Campus in the
United States,” with an all campus blood
drive starting March 10 and lasting through
March 18.
Fraternity rush parties continued through
the week with four affairs on the schedule.
Rush ends with preference signing this after-
noon after an hour of silence.
I didn’t mean to minimize
the importance of John Glenn’s
orbital flight. Some have some-
how gotten the idea that this
was my intent in last week’s
column. It was not.
I think that Astronaut John
Glenn is the epitome of per-
sonal courage and endurance.
He stands as the living exam-
ple of what our system can do
The fact that we perform such
feats in the public eye is an-
other point in our favor.
I just happen to feel that we
may be ignoring one of the
greatest potentials and one that
exists on our own planet. Ex-
ploration of the ocean may un-
cover untold wealths in min-
erals and food stuffs.
ee e
The following events are
those that have been scheduled
for the month of March.
1-3 Trans-Pecos Meet.
2-3 Southwestern Invitational
Rifle Meet.
I would like to commend the
ROTC Department for the
splendid manner in which they
have been lowering the flag
lately.
Last week the cadets began
to lower the flag while a rec-
onding of the Star Spangled
Banner sent its strains through
a loud speaker system located
in the SUB.
Now To Digress
By JACKIE SCHLAFLY
Speaking as a student, it seems pretty
underhanded and nasty to schedule the
Trans-Pecos teachers meeting at the same
time the Southwest Invitational Rifle Meet
convenes.
Of course, it may be just a coincidence.
But it certainly does look like someone, some-
where, hit the jackpot on timing.
One can picture this myterious someone
rubbing his dirty little paws together, grinn-
ing a nasty little grin, and saying, “Ah, ha!”
in a fiendish little way.
Expanding on the preceding remark, he
might include a statement as to the number
of targets available to the shooters if the
meetings were to be scheduled simultan-
eously.
Of course, this picture is all from a stu-
dent’s point of view. Also from a student’s
point of view is the suggestion that much
money could be saved on lodging the parti-
cipants. After all, the teachers have been
taking potshots at students so many years,
they ought to be expert enough to enter the
Rifle Meet.
Unfortunately, it works the other way, too.
Brave teachers who have withstood Pachu-
cha gang wars and cafeteria food claim they
prefer both to a 12 o’clock class.
Students who up to 12 noon have been nor-
mal, ugly, delinquent selves suddenly begin
acting like Communist prisoners being given
the old food torture, according to these tea-
chers.
The only sound to be heard above the
rumbling of stomachs is the scratching sound
of finger clawing at desks in futile es-
cape attempts. The sound deepens about
12:47 p.m., as the feet join the fingernails
with a peculiar little shuffling sound.
At 12:50 the shuffling becomes a roar as
the whole herd breaks loose and plunges
ouside.
Many teachers treasure this moment as the
time to announce, quietly and barely moving
their lips to prevent lip-reading, that no class
will be held the next class period.
With timing like that they should be great
at shooting rifles.
2 TWC Lecture Series, 8 p.m.
Magoffin Auditorium.
10 TWC Auxiliary Style
Show.
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ing to dodge their way across
the busy street.
At night, the problem, is in-
tensified. There are only two
street Lights on one side of
this street. I think that two
more should be installed on
the other side as often it is
very hard to see people in the
street trying to cross. This is
is especially so when you have
cars coming toward you with
their lights glaring into your
eyes.
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