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THE RAMBLER
Tuesday, March 24
1955
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Hope ~ In A World
Filled With Despair
"Away with him." "Let him be crucified." "He said he
would destroy the temple and build it in three days. Look at
him now."
The blood-thirsty mob was restless that Good Friday.
They had had no excitement for some time and the priests
had stirred them to a frenzy. This man—this miracle work-
er they called the Nazarene—this insurrectionist was on
trial.
This display of human emotions was humanity at its
-worse. Here was mob spirit, indifference, malice, unchannel-
ed energy diverted to destruction rather than constructive
purpose.
We wonder if perhaps the same crowd that cried for
this divine blood is not still alive today. We see the same
spirit leading- people to follow the crowd that created the
mob in front of Pilate's palace. We see the same cowardice
that says, "Be like everybody else. Don't be different."
The people needed excitement. These same people go to
races today secretly hoping that somebody will get killed.
Their energies are unchanneled. This unchanneled energy
today goes into such exciting pastimes as breaking windows.
The crucifixion was necessary for the plan of Christiani-
ty, for without it, our faith would be empty. Christ's death
opened the portal of life. While there is the same baseness
of humanity as was then, a better way of life was opened for
humanity.
Sometimes we wonder what place the Easter story has
in this rat-race of sputniks and hydrogen bombs, but over
all the strife come the words of hope: "He is risen."
LITTLE MAN ON, CAMPUS
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Campus Attitude Favors Eisenhower Berlin Stand,
Don't Give An Inch Say. TW College Students
iiy Larry Hiisser
President Dwight IX Eisenhower
addressed the nation on the Berlin
crisis Monday, March lf>. In this
Golden Shears
Reception At Austin
Dissappoints Students
A group of 70 boys from the Polytechnic high school
Youth Service council went to Austin Wednesday, March 18,
in an attempt to aid in the solution of this disturbing de-
linquency.
Their intentions in going were to change the wording
of several laws to make them more effective. They were
met by the senators, but their efforts were useless.
The boys went with a strong heart on this matter. The
senators accepted them as only a group that had come to
tour the capitol. They would not hear the boys for what
they had to say. Several of the men were even rude enough
to leave the room during the boys' speeches. Others sat
around reading newspapers and laughing at the boys' at-
tempts.
It is sickening to think that the representatives of
the people of the state, the ones who believe that teens are
all bad and are hopeless to change, are the kind of people
to belittle the wholehearted attempts of a group of honest
boys.
If they are going to be the "glory guys" and refuse to
take advice or aid, then we must loose respect for the high
and mighty government. If they won't Jjelp those who try
to help themselves, then what right have they to complain
about a younger generation. Maybe they should turn the
searchlight upon their own lives. —Guest Editorial
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Campus Life In Teens Of Century
Were Fun, Exciting -- Mattie East
The poised young lady who was
chosen editor of tlie Rambler for
next year in the Thursday and Fri-
day election was presented with
the Golden Shears pin in chapel to-
day.
Miss Joclla Stevens, a freshman
Christian education major, is from
Arlington.
A 1958 graduate of Arlington
high school, she was active in the
journalism department there. She
served as business manager and
assistant first page editor of the
Religious Oath Bill
An Attack On Freedom
Out of the recent controversy around' the state con-
cerning the proposed bill requiring all college professors
to sign a "non-atheist" oath, this one thought seems to
have been overlooked.
The people who are crying the longest and loudest for
young people to be taught to think for themselves and
to stand on their own feet, are taking it for granted that
the students are without strong teachings and personal
convictions when they arrive at college.
It would seem to be more in line with the old-fashioned
American idea, to which many are seeking a return, to give
the child such a strong background and confident under-
standing in the home and church before college age that
he does not swallow the ideas of all his professors "hook,
line and sinker."
Our belief is that college students, older today as a
result of being veterans, married people and adult-education
students, need a variety of presentations.
An irreligious professor might, in the long run, prove
of more value in strengthening a student's faith, if the
student has enough courage to question and examine honest-
ly the teachings.
Academic freedom would suffer if the oath were re-
quired. It would simply be another step toward combina-
tion of church and state, then socialism.
The Rambler
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office of Fort Worth, Texas, under the Act of March 6, 1897.
Published each Tuesday during the school year, except holiday periods,
by students of Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, Texas.
SUBSCRIPTION - School Year $1.50
Editor Joe Norton
Assistant Editor Joella Stevens
Sports Editor - Joe Johnson
Editorial Assistants Larry Rosser, Mort Franklin
Morgue Editor Patricia Kyser
Faculty Advisor Mrs. Joann Langston
Advertising Manager Vance Engleman
Reporters: Tommy Brown, Jerry Spalding, Patti Wooley, Sharon
Lemon*, Larry Rosser, Tommy Huff, Sara Bridges, Mort Franklin,
Patricia Kyser, Ann Arnold and Don Sanders.
by Tommy Huff
A college girl in 1917 had a
floor-sweeping skirt, starched col-
lar and long, carefully brushed
hair.
She "mooned" over Wally Reld
instead of Elvis Presley, and she
read Elinor Glyn instead of Jack
Kerouac. Makeup was not quite
proper and bobbed-hair was scan-
dalous. Gym suits were never seen
on campus, and pep rallies were
wild and wooly and strictly for
men.
Mrs. Mattie East, assistant pro-
fessor of social science and herself
a college girl at the University of
Texas in the 'teens' of this cen-
tury, smiled with a pensive glow in
her eyes.
"$t«:Wffs very much like it is to-
dstf," s$e said, "with the exception
of the surface things. A girl in
1917 was just like a girl in 1959."
"If there was a difference, it
would be this: people had more in-
ner capacities for happiness then.
It didn't take pretty clothes, fan-
cy cars, things like that. W^ had a
glorious time—a lot 'fun—and
we didn't miss the things we didn't
haye."*^' "
Elevator Tickets
"When I was a freshman," Mrs.
East continued, " "elevator tickets'
were all the rage. There was an an-
cient old freight elevator on the
campus. Sophomores would button-
hole the gullible freshman and sell
him a ticket for it." She laughed,
"I never bought one, though."
Mrs. East remembered her happy
days in the girls' dormitory.
("They just tore it down a year or
so ago," she said. "It was sad to see
the old building go; I spent such
wonderful times there.") "Of
course we had our studies, which
were much the same as they are
now. Perhaps more old-fashioned."
"Much fugitive midnight oil was
burned for last-minute cramming,
but what I remember most vividly
was the 'spirit.' We did things to-
gether."
Saturday night was stunt night,
Mrs. East explained. The girls
who did not have dates would meet
in the parlor and do all sorts of
"silly, wonderful things." They put
on plays, did imitations, and it was
not unusual to see a squeaky-voic-
ed Romeo wooing a giggling Juliet
to the mirth of a shrieking audi-
ence.
Young Lochinvar would come
riding in on a stick horse, or a
bizarre gypsy would read palms
and predict dramatic and hilarious
futures. "It was gay and imagina-
tive," Mrs. East says, "completely
improvised at the last minute."
"There was a game of 'follow
the leader' we had at meal times,"
she recalled. "Our food was placed
at strategic points in the dining
room and the leader would locate
it. Salad might be under a table,
and we would troupe under the
table, load our plate with salad
and then look for the meat under
the staircase. It was very exciting
—and we had a hearty appetite by
the time our plate was filled."
Campus Pageants
Mrs. East remembers many prc-
grams and activities. "We did more
of that sort of thing then. We had
campus pageants. All the girls
would dress in Grecian costumes—
long white robes with our hair
flowing over our shoulders—and
dance by candlelight."
"Wc made visits to the Confed-
erate home and entertained the
veterans. I recall one particular
pageant at Clark field. Our gym
class gave it, and we were dressed
in Russian costumes. In lieu of
spotlights we had girls with flash-
lights — 'fireflies' — who weaved
among us as we danced. It was
very effective."
Mrs. East spoke of Elizabethan
plays given on campus lawns. "We
had a promenade around the cam-
pus—everyone in costume. I had a
huge pleated collar and a heavy
red velvet dress—it was something
to see."
World War I did not affect cam-
pus life much, Mrs. East related.
The only problem it presented was
a lack of young men. College boys
gave up their books and pennants
for uniform, .and many a young
love was blighted. Things were
easier at the university, however.
Army Camp Near
"There was an army camp near-
by," Mrs. East said, with a twinkle
in her eye, "and lots and lots of
men. They used to come to the cam-
pus in groups. I remember many a
midnight serenade. We were for-
bidden to look out the windows—
but there were curtains to peek
behind. It was quite romantic."
Summing it up, Mrs. East smiled:
"It was a different time, and it
seems strange to us now, looking
back, but — a young girl is a
young girl no mqfter the year."
address lie expressed a guarantee
that the United States would not.
back down on the Berlin question.
He also said that the United States
should not go into a panic program
of spending for defense. He said
that with NATO forces the western
powers were prepared for any
eventuality.
A Rambler reporter was sent
out to get the opinion of the'stu-
dents on the Berlin question. Ask-
ing six students for their opinion,
he learned that most of the ones
he asked believed that Mr. Eisen-
hower had not offered any new
idea.
Barry Clarke, a junior religion
student from Jamacia, believed that
the President had only reaffirmed
his position that no concessions
should be made on the Berlin ques-
tion. He agreed with the President
on this.
He further said that he believed
the Russians were raising a bluff
on the question. While he empha-
sized that the Western Powers
should not lose sight of the fact
that Soviet powers might not be
bluffing, Clarke asserted that if
the United States should not be-
come excited at each Soviet bluff
and alter its economy to meet the
bluff, the United States would soon
spend its way into bankruptcy,
thus making itself more vulnerable.
Clarke answered the reporter
when he asked if the U.S. were
ready by saying, "The President
says we are."
Miss Pat Kyser, a Fort Worth
sophomore, said that if the United
States backs down on this, the
Soviets will try something ,,|
">f we jrive jin inch," Mi . Ky.,
said, "they'll take a mile."
She believed that not .nuirl,
sideration of the desire ,,f r I
German people has been taken
Reunification under a doim.rrat;.|
rule, Miss Kyser thinks would bi
desirable.
Miss Kyser expressed a belief I
that a war with Rush: ,r
evitable unless the Ru<-i v
to think more about the oonse.
quences. In such a case, Mis Kyser I
asserted that she did not tfel
United States was ready, becaugj
she believed the men in ' many
would be trapped.
Don Sanders, a junior Kng.l
lish ..student, remarked t)j(|
President did not say anything new
at all. He only reaffirmed what I
he has said in the past.
Gene Moore, a sophomore, was
emphatic in his opinion. He wasl
disappointed in Mr. Eisenhower'sI
speech. He said that as far as he I
could see, all the President said I
was that we were in trouble.
He disagreed with the presi-1
dent's emphasis "on missiles. "Wel
can't win a war with rockets,"!
Moore asserted. "Despite what the I
President said," he continued, "weI
are not up to the strength for |
fighting."
Moore said that war was not I
inevitable, but he believed that the
United States has lost constantly
under the Eisenhower tenure in |
office.
He said that he believed theI
Communists didn't want a war any|
more than the Western world".
HOT IN HERE
Wife leaving movie, to husband:
"I wish just once they'd have as
good a picture this week as they're
going to have next week!"
—The Reader's Digest
Joella Stevens
school newspaper and was selected
as a member of Quill and Scroll,
national journalism society, for
four years.
In addition, Miss Stevens won
third place in a state and a na-
tional feature writing contest.
Other activities include being a
number of the Amicitia club, Y-
Teens, Devotional council and
camera club.
Entering TWC last fall, Miss
Stevens served as a candle holder
in the Old Student-New Student
Wedding. In addition, she has been
reporter for Omega Chi, a member
of the Golden Rule Committee and
MSM and assistant editor of the
Rambler.
She pledged Deka social club and
was presented by that organiza-
tion Saturday evening at River
Crest Country club; during pledge-
ship she was president of her
pledge class.
Space Cadets Shrink Solar System,
Sun Crowds Rambler Editor's Desk
"What ho, fellow space cadets,
let's shrink the universe!"
This is not an cxerpt from a hor-
ror movie, but an experiment on
our campus.
Mrs. Ann Arnold, senior, in con-
junction with Dr. W. E. Ward,
chairman of the division of science,
made this suggestion:
Imagine the sun a ball, nine feet
in diameter, and position it in the
Rambler office. The earth would
be a one-inch ball (although now
they say it is pear-shaped), and
would be properly put in the sawed-
off tree in front of the adminis-
tration building.
The moon, a pea, would be in
the trash can by the tree (which
doesn't seem like a square deal or
the Good Neighbor Policy, if you
know what I mean) and Mars
would be in the fine arts building!
We'll put Venus in the library,|
Mercury in the church, JupiterJr
the faculty apartments and Nep-I
tune in Armstrong hall. Vramis!
would grow fat in the homo eco-l
nomics building, Saturn would beI
in the auditorium of the PolyI
Baptist church and Pluto woulol
block the northeast entrance to the|
parking lot.
The actual distances be tweet I
these astronomical bodies is. howl
ever, fantastic. For example, thfl
sun is usually some 93,000,000 aver f
age miles away. A bullet fired at|
the sun, if it retained its muzzle
velocity, would take seven year? tc|
reach target.
So, space cadets, before y«|
seriously entertain • thoughts oil
"blasting off," may I suggest tha!|
you pack a lunch.
Man-About-Moscow Urges Comrades
To Prepare For May Day Festival
by Don Sanders
There are only 36 shopping days
until M»y Day, Comrades! May
Day is, of course, the day set aside
to recognize the glorious Revo-
lution.
The man-about-Moscow will be
entertained by parades of military
might and by impartial speeches
praising the efforts of Comrade
Krushchev and crew and denounc-
ing such counter-revolutionary re-
Methodists Offer
Marriage Adyice
The Fort Worth Area Council
of Churches announced one-evening
marriage preparation clinics for
engaged couples and newlyweds to
be held in Epworth Hall, the youth
activity building of First Metho-
dist church.
The clinics will convene on the
third Thursday of each month
through June—from 7 p.m. to 10
p.m. There will be <« registration
fee of one dollar per person.
Three hours of information and
inspiration directed by a skilled
team (minister, doctor and mar-
riage counselor) will give new in-
sight to young married couples.
There will also be a question and
answer period giving personal ap-
plication to what is learned.
The clinic is planned especially
for couples, but one may come
singly when necessary.
This brief, but informative
school, is completed in one three-
hour session, leaving the student
with valuable counseling notes, ad-
vice on resource and study mate-
rials and referrals to more de-
tailed counseling sources.
Future dates for the sessions
are April 16, May 21 and June 18.
actionaries as Bulganin and Beria.
(Last year the non-partisan talks
were pro-Bulganin, Beria). Of
course, it is understood that these
speeches, parades and demonstra-
tions are spontaneous.
Carefree, fun-loving MVD agents
will escort the "non-spontaneous"
to re-education in the winter won-
derland of Siberia, where both
spiritual and physical shortcom-
ings are sympathetically analyzed
and treated by competent coun-
selors.
For physical weakness there is
a body building course at state
expense, which consists chiefly of
lifting buckets of salt out of mines.
For the uneducated and mis-
informed there are programs of
headbeating and starvation to
iriake clearer the glories of the
Soviet.
By starvation I refer, of course,
to "voluntary fasting for medita-
tion on the errors of former ways."
Come nightfall the man-about-
Moscow may dine and drink and
visit one of Moscow's excellent
ballets, or such films as "1 Was
An FBI for the Party." American
films like Tobacco Road and Chi-
cago Confidential, showing typical
everyday life in the decadent cap-
italistic United States, are also
available.
So, Comrades, stock up on Vod-
ka, straighten your pictures of
Stalin and Lenin (which, of course,
we all have in a prominent place
on our living room wall), and pre-
pare to meet May Day in the
proper spontaneous spirit. It is
not necessary, of course, as the
case of Ex-Premier Comrade Molo-
tov well shows. Despite his lack
of enthusiasm he still has govern-
mental position — ambassador to
Outer Mongolia.
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Tuesday, March 24—
Mid-term exams
Wednesday, March 25—
Mid-term exams
Easter holidays start after classes
Monday, March 30—
Dormitories open
Tuesday, March 31- -
Classes begin
Spring rush for girls begins
12 noon
S a.m.
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1 WORLD
•by JOE NORTON
Several boys from Poly high school felt that they were e istrea'-l
ed when they appeared before the state legislature last week. Ihetfl
hoys appeared before the legislature to make suggestions com , nnncl
several bills which are before the senate. Some of the bills woiiMI
lower the age limit of prosecution for the handling of narcotics, ctc
Some of the senators got up and left, which caused the i'"ys !,'l
think that they were disinterested. However, Sam Kinch, Aus m <-'or|
respondent for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, said that ".Senators!
frequently have to leave hearings for short periods to take trlephonfl
calls from constituents, present other bills before other committee?!
and take care of office details."
"Defense Secretary McEIroy has told the House foreie"
affairs committee the United States will fight with everything it
has, including ground troops, if war broke out in Europe." (FN S1>.
'A reliable source* said that this was the essence of a secret
meeting last week when this committee 'unexpectedly went be-
hind closed doors.'
Previously, Representative Hays of Ohio demanded that 'l,f
administration explain the President's news conference statement,
that this country had no intention of fighting a ground war in
Europe.
"Police for two days have not. been able to find Sgt. Phil T < -I
Chief High tower said Saturday.
"Coker and Detective H. L. Stephenson have been impli' !i'<i '^1
two hoodlums in at least three burglaries, Ranger Capt. .'ay Bank-1
said Saturday in Dallas." (FWST).
Detective Stephenson received papers Friday notifying him "I
his suspension, and officers were attempting to locate Spt.
to give him his suspension notice, also.
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