The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 6, 1950 Page: 2 of 4
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tElje Pong Jxprg&s
A Student Publication of Panola County Junior College
Issued Bi-Monthly
THE PONY EXPRESS STAFF
Editor ______________________________________________________________Loma Gay Hudson
Associate Editor ____________________________________________Tiny Lena Thomas
Feature Writers ...________________________Rosie Bounds, William Hemby
Reporters____________________________Ma,ry Joe Briggs, Dorothy Williams
Advertising --------------------------------------------------------Wallace Massey
w ON LEADERSHIP
Everyone can become a leader. This does not mean that
any '0;ne person can become a leader in all vocations. A study
of lives of great men and women show they possessed gifts
other than those for which they lajre remorhbered. However, if
they had not concentrated theiir efforts along one line their
names probably would have been forgotten.
It is not necessary to possess many gifts to become a leader.
Everyone has influence on another person and this influence
grows with us.
Therefore, each student should discover his point of great-
est strength and direct his influence towards some desired goal
Whether he wishes to become president of a school club
or merely a worthwhile member of the organization, will all de-
pend on the amount of influence and desire he possesses.
Students who do pot excell in scholarship often make ex-
cellent leaders. The beist leaders are those who are physically
fit, have the ability to speiak well anfdl a knowledge of parlia-
mentary procedure'.
Because a student wishes to become a leader and strives
towards this golajl, does not necessarily mean he is presumptious
or conceited. Sometimes students become interested in some
vital reforms and acquire leadership in an effort to iatchieve it.
(Often they do not realize the iextent of their talent until it
comes to light through an emergency.
THE COLLEGE CITIZEN
An Editorial
The college citizen is one that does not defeat himself and
his group by apathy. It is true thlat a college exists primarily
for what is known a*s class instruction, but formal classes are
only a segment of an educational institution. College is, in fact,
society in miniature. It will take some time before the college
student of tdday knows just why his present day actions are
paramount in determining future success. Clearly, the “follow-
ers” in our group, the unthinking hoard that follow
blindly what they do not like, what they do not under-
stand, what they would like to have corrected—those will be
the suckers for the dictators and mJatd leaders of tomorrow
Right now, they would like to see this done loir that done, but
always the other fellow is the one to act, not they. Let him do
It. We will follow the lead; that is their philosophy, and a for-
eign, un-demOcratic one at that.
A valuable college citizen contributes and co-operates,
which laire not exactly the same things as following without
thought. He does, indeed, sponsor his leaders. In this circum
Stance he initiates, reforms, and criticizes. He is wise in pro-
viding those in charge with his own time, hard labor, and en-
thusiasm. in order to bring about a college campus in which he
will profit, and not to hamper the progress of an entire stu-
dent body through his selfish lack of interest and implassive-
ness.
COLLEGE TO CONDUCT
VOCATIONAL CLINIC
High School Seniors in Panola Area To Be Guests
On. Thursday evening, M'arch 9, the cation.’
Pianola County Junior College will con-
duct a vocational idlinie, |wihilc|h will
(be attended toy high -school seniors
and! college students in this area. The
purpose of the clinic will he to ac-
quaint the student -with the oppor-
tunities and requirements of 'his (pros-
pective profession. For those who are
undecided concerning a choice for
life’s work, 'a section, “(Choosing a
Vocation,” will be Offered.
Plans now 'call ifor the clinic to open
■With .a very informal tea, -that (will be
held lin tihie college librarl, 6:30-7:00
pjm. This will he a brief get-acquain-
ted period, “to ‘break the ice”—so to
sipeak. Ait 7 p. an. in the college audi-
torium, ia variety program will he pre-
sented by the visiting high school sen-
ioris. As 'far as we know, this will he
entertainment for entertainment’^
sake.
About 7:30 IP. m. the -several hun-
dred gu/es-ts and icollege -students will
join the various -sections in which
they -are especially interested. Those
(who are undecided as to which selec-
tion they would like to attend, should
sit in on the section, “iChoosing a Vo-
places of
The -sections and their
meeting are 'as follows:
Agriculture, -Room ,108.
Business, Room 112.
Teaching, Auditorium.
Choosing ia Vocation, Main Reading
Room, Library.
Medicine and Dentistry, Room 141
Coaching, Room 124.
[Engineering, Room 123.
Homemaking, Room 142.
(Law, Room 113.
Niursing, Periodicals Room, Library.
Ministry, Men’s 'Faculty Office.
Following the sectional meetings,
hot dog and -cake party will he held
in the College Cafeteria .
(We are mlalking a special plea
our own student body to talkie an ac-
tive part in tihlis clinic by attending
the meetings and by being the perfect
hosts and hostesses, making every-
one feel at home and at ease. Tall
this affair. Let everyone know we
are having it. BE THERE. Make
point of letting your college instruc-
tors know (that ydjil are there and are
profiting from the clinic.
WH AT WE KNO W
(Or What We don’t Know)
ROY ANDERSON, ROBERT WIL-
LIAMS, (GUY BROUSSARD, and
BOBBY MYERS have gone hack to
high, school . . . We censure in the
istrongest -terms this quaint practice
•of robbing the cradle. (Some of us are,
you know, slightly older than- we
think. Take stock and -give the ieolle-ge
-girls a Chance, and while we are on
the subject of patriotism and Charity
begins at home and all that sort of
rot, we would like to encourage the
dormitory hermits to forget the girls
back home. We have been all over
OVERTON, and we didn’t see a sin-
gle thing that couldn’t be forgotten
with a sweep of -the eye of a Panola
Co-ed. That gal lhaok home in OVER
TON is talking 'his last name too ser-
iously. (SUITER is another traitor . .
ANN is -all right and iwe Congratulate
you on your taste, hut hoy, look us
over oult -here a bit . . . CARSON die
very well on the home campus. And
here we 'give a bouquet Of roses tc
JAMES GRAY. Good old -boy. He
finds plenty on these thirty-five acres
to interest him. We understand he
presented FAE with a -valentine. Se
how Simple it is to please -these girls I
They don't demand convertibles and
a -big bank account - - just a valen-
tine and -kind appreciations will do.
JUANOtA WEDGEWORTH is one
girl who has staked a claim and made
good. BUB-BA knows not to stray
from these home grounds. WEDGE-
WORTH has offered to conduct a
course for you girls on how to 'keep
them down on the farm once you get
them . . . iROSIE just doesn’t -care,
or else She (believes in social secur-
ity. Her method is to have three stea-
dis at home on the same week-end.
And look at IMARY JETER, -dara
lovely, and secretive. Who knows
what she is thinking? iShe’s caught
something -worthwhile, and what’s
more, no one -knows who it is. It’:
amazing What class ring can do
for either -male or female, especially
when it’s from -the opposite -sex. Now
FRANKIE 'CO'OKRELL confided in -u-s
that her new class rfl% was just ‘like
a shot of -vitamins.’ . . . iSipring fever
strikes it’s victims in strange ways,
and we see that iROY KNIGHT is no
less susceptible than the rest of us.
He’s been going around mutteriu
something -about “(SUE” to himself
and carving her n'ame on -all his desks
.... Approximately a week -ago there
descended a buzzing sound over P. J.
C., an'd then with equal intensity it
gathered momentum and became f
slow rumble. The whole female pop-
ulace was in an uproar. Simultaneo-
usly there came walking down the
hall the instigator of it all .- . . ED
POST! We are happy to say that
school has now resumed it’s regular
activities as ED has already nabbed
steady .... The cutest, shortest, cou-
ple we’ve seen since Heck was a p-uf.pl,
is ANN VAND1GRIIFF and NORMAN
BISHOP . . . There’s one of our stu-
dents we’re earnestly worried -about
DONALD DEESL It seems he’s sud-
denly gone a stark raving fanatic; over
ENGLISH! Bverytime he has a free
moment he sticks his head into ar
English book and iwe positively know
he’s not sleeping . . . TEDDY MfBL
LER has developed1 a quiet, conten
-ted, disposition an'd some say -that the
■love bug has bit -him, hut -gee gals, it
-must be ib-ad. Have you noticed that
you have to repeat everything 3 times
before !he hears you? What a daze
WALLACE MAS-SE'Y -denies ii-t was
“she” who was (driving his Car the
other day. Well, all we’ve got to say
■Is— “If it was a he instead of a she,
-then we’re -all as blind as we can be!”
I guess we’re jjuist going to have to
accept the fact that GLYN JOHNS
TON has a steady gal -ait home after
all ‘cause every time one of us gals
even looks at him CrosS-eyed he holds
up -two or three letters from home tc
prove it . . . iSbme people just can’t
be convinced. 'Now take (STANLEY
DRR for instance. (He’s planning on
building -a new and shorter road to
•S-HADLjOW. jWe’ve always 'thought
(that the longer they were the better
(Eh kids? . . . We’ve tried' for ages to
find out what’s cooking with JOE
HARRIS and CHARLES LEWIS but
-all we know is that 'CHARLES is sJ
sleeping and resting, and -along with
JOE, staying out of the news -and sup-
posedly, away from girls . . . P. J. C.
-has1 lest another eligible hatch hut
not to a 'CHS student, ju|St -an alumni
of CHS. DON CHURCHILL has been
seen -acourtin’ l-ittle JANE CAa.
MAOK but there's- still hope gals. We
don’t think Ihe has taken her for a
ride on hi-s motorcycle yet . . . Now
-don’t ever -say the sweet, silent type
can’t snare -em. FANNIE BALDWi
has -caught a great big h-unk o m-ar.
but we can’t -for the life of us find
out (who -the lucky (fel-low (is . - Wg
-hear that HAZEL and GEORGE don
-see eye to eye anymore and we have-
n’t heard' of a reconciliation rumor
yet . . . (SONNY WESITiMlORELANE
has developed1 a certain affinity for
dictionaries, this interest simultaneo-
usly withj a new MERCURY . .FR
KIE GOICIKRIEiLL, tail, alluring, exo-
tic, icy and -sophisticated is the re*
suit of her current hoy friend . MARY
TOM stops (talking long enough to
stare over her glasses, emit a long
loud sigh and exhort about GARY . .
MAC BLAIR lean -tell you someth'
about that GARY RUN . . Meanwhile
BUDDY TERRY Is seen in his i-
spare hours, making -a B-line also fo
dear ole 'C. H. iS. ... 'It htas (been said
that -MART 'ORAWiv ORD isn’t a wo-
man - hater, but just doesn’t care for
the opposite sex! . . . LOUISE - WAL-
KER j-us-t (is (too quiet to be true. W,
can’t ever seem to find anything ou4
about her. -Some of us should rr
-down to (QENTER some time -and see
what’s cooking down -there . . To
those who have not already heard
MARY TQM (CLARK is giving free
dancing lesisons in the auditorium
every day with miusic (furnished by
whoever she can rope in to pl-ay . .
It has (been requested by a unanir
decision -that REAGAN CASSIT!
should continue to be MR. YARIBO
ROUGHS’ substitute -in the future. In-
teresting lectulre eh? MATH was nev-
er like that . . . Now -for the choicest
bit of news. Girls, MARGARET
CHADWICK has been holding out on
you. -Did you know that she has secre-
tly all but become engaged to a SIG-
MA IOHI man (from iSMU. This man
is -a combination of MONTY CLIFT,
GUY MADjlSON and SCOTT BRADY.
MARG met this -luscious (Combination
of a man on her recent trip to HOU-
STON -and -it’s said that Carthage was
never like this. MARG -confided to
us that if anything was ever “the real
Itbing” this iw-as -an-d from the ultra,
ultra, sparkle in her eye it’s not hard
to (believe. 'Take it (from us, we’ve
seen trhie love andi we dtfc this new
man in M-ARG1S -life (MR. IT. I’m sure
the whole school is as happy (for
MARG as twie are. And may -we here-
with ibe quoted as saying, “If you
don’t want IhJi-m MA-RG, shove him
over to us.......ooooooooooooh!
May we 'say in closing, dear and fai-
thful friends, watch your steps be-
cause we are around every corner, in
every -desk and most especially, where
you least expect us, and, may I add,
with our eyes and ears wide open.
Until next time then,
YOU GUESS WHO
Students Requested—
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-owe the balance on their annuals.
The price of the annual is $3.75 for
'students -and the balance is due imme-
diately. (Subscribers -are requested to
make their payments in the library.
If the lag among a few continues, it
will be necessary to set one last final
date of payment, which |w|ill mean that
some students and faculty members
will lose their deposits, and their an-
nuals will be sold to others. Under
no conditions CAN ANY REFUNDS
BE MADE.
THE PONY EXPRESS
Mon., Mar. 6, 1950
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Hudson, Loma Gay. The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 6, 1950, newspaper, May 6, 1950; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508075/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Panola College.