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THE MEGAPHONE
VOL. XL
Weekly Publication of Texas’ Oldest University
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1945*
NUMBER 9
U*
NEWS VIEWS
by me
This column thought its readers
might be interested in information
concerning the losses of United
States Naval Vessels from all causes
between December 7, 1941 and Oc-
tober 1, 1945. Here be such:
Battleships ......._•...................... 2
Aircraft Carriers ........ 5
Escort Aircraft Carriers __ 6
Heavy Cruisers ...................... 3
Destroyers ........................ 71
Destroyer Escort Vessels_________ 11
Submarines ............ 52
Minelayers____________ 3
Minesweepers_________ 24
Submarine Chasers ............ 18
Gunboats ______________________________ 12
Coast Guard Vessels__________ 15
Seaplane Tenders ________________ 3
Motor Torpedo Boats _________ 69
Tank Landing Ships ___________ 40
Medium Landing Ships________ 9
Tank Landing Craft___________ 67
Infantry Landing Craft _______ 22
Support Landing Craft_____ 6
Tugs __________ 10
Tankers _____________ 6
Troop Transports................... 21
District Patrol Craft ................ 36
Miscellaneous District Craft___ 152
Cargo Vessels __________ 4
Miscellaneous Auxiliaries ________ 22
, * # *
Below is given a list of Major Com-
batant ships (including those leased)
added to United States Fleet between
December 7, 1941, and October 1,
1945:
Battleships ________ 8
Heavy Cruisers ........ 13
Large Cruisers ...... -2
Light Cruisers ....... 33
Aircraft Carriers _____ 17
Large Aircraft Carriers............ 1
Light Aircraft Carriers...........
Escort Aircraft Carriers ....... 1
Destroyers .......... 3
Light Mine Layers _____
Destroyer Escorts ............. 5
High Speed Transports ........
Submarines ................... 2
Mine Craft ........ f
Patrol Craft ............ 1,828
Auxiliaries ________ 1,541
District Craft (Self Pro-
pelled) .......... 1,372
District Craft (Non-Self
Propelled) ... 1,441
Large Landing Craft _____________ 4,094
Small Landing Craft _________ 79,125
Small boats .......... 19,366
* * *
P. S. If you wish the totals on the
above comparisons, total them your-
selves.
* * *
P. S. No. 2: If you can’t iden-
tify above vessels, merely stop one of
the many Navy men on our campus
and have him describe said ship.
( Ahem!)
* * *
After scrutinizing for some time
labor’s policies and attitudes it would
seem that history will record the past
dozen years as a period of the stupid-
est stupidity in labor history unless
some attitudes and policies are
changed for the better . . . they
couldn’t get worse. Labor is going
to lose ground that it has supposedly
gaiiled. The labor leaders should
stop starting strikes long enough to
feel the pulse of public sentiment . . .
a powerful force.
* * *
There seems to be a shortage of
leadership in national and interna-
tional affairs. Being in the presi-
dential chair does not necessarily
mean that the man is a national lead-
er. There are other qualifications
necessary for leadership . . . such as
making up one’s mind and taking a
stand of some sort even if it is the
wrong one. A national voice is
necessary. A man cannot be smaller
Navy Chorus To
Present Assembly
Program Today
The Navy Chorus has charge of
assembly today with a sing-song feat-
uring Christmas carols and other spe-
cial arrangements.
The chorus is composed of 60 boys
from the V-5 unit here. Seventy-five
percent of the members are boys new
to Navy life this semester. But their
voices, new and old alike, blend to-
gether to produce delightful tones.
Among the selections will be col-
lege songs, Negro spirituals, and pa-
triotic numbers during the first half
of the program, and the second half
will be comprised of appropriate
Christmas carols. Mr. Bigelow has
made several special arrangements of
carols for the chorus. Bill Penning-
ton will be featured in singing "Jesu
Bambina” by Pietro Yon.
Summer Term
Distinction List
Is Announced
The below named students are en-
titled to inclusion in the Distinction
List for the Summer Semester, having
made a general average of at least
90 per cent on a minimum of 15
hours of work.
An asterisk precedes the names of
V-5 men, all of whom are required
to take a minimum of 17 academic
hours, plus 5 Tours per week in phy-
sical training and drill. There are
30 students on the list, 15 of whom
are V-5 men.
The list is as follows: Horace
Richard Blank, Jr., 97.76; Bill Jack
Marshall, 96.00; Winfrey Anne
Strasburger, 94.94; Nettie Ruth
Brooks, 94.53; "Harold David Med-
ley, 93.87; "Victor Hugo Abadie,
93.10; William Joseph Burkett, Jr.,
92.95; Mildred Jean Rogers, 92.80;
*Irving Craig Roberts, 92.71; Tommy
Lee Miles, 92.56; *Harry Dittmar
Koepke, 92.50; "Herbert Devere Hol-
dridge, Jr., 92.40; Helen Rebecca
Tidwell, 92.40; "Richard Arthur
Sparr, 92.05; ’"John Arthur Schaf-
fer, 91.88; Mari Hannah Walker,
91.40; Howard Binford Weaver,
91.23; Robert Patterson Wilcox, Jr.,
91.12; "Richard Claus Brown, 91.11;
*Rayburn Edgar Morgan, 90.93;
"Milton Lester Peeples, 90.93; Muriel
Marie Fogg, 90.89; *WiIliam David
Moore, 90.89; John Howard God-
dard, 90.80; "Robert Murrel Ham-
ner, 90.78; "Thomas Alexander Ha-
liff, 90.70; Annie Margaret Cohen,
90.60; Elizabeth Jane Herman, 90.26;
Mary Lou Thompson, 90.12; "James
Ross Underwood, Jr., 90.04.
The totals for the men and women
in the various classes are as follows:
Freshmen Class: 9 men and 3 wom-
en—Sophomore Class, 6 men and 3
women—Junior Class, 4 men and 2
women—Senior Class, 2 men and 1
Happy Birthday
This week to the following people
who are celebrating the beginning
of a new year in their lives:
Calvin Henry Lee December 18
James Jones " 18
Susie Stewart ” 18
Mary Beth Dupree......” 19
Jack Clint Barrett ” 19
Bettye Jean Wilson " 19
Beverly Marshall .........” 20
John Watson — ” 20
Dorothy Nell Farris ..." 20
Evelyn Pranglin ............" 22
A very special birthday greeting
to Santa Claus’ little presents, Har-
ry Belford Lynn and Carolyn Ma-
rie Wyatt, whose birthday anni-
versary come on Christmas day.
New V-12 Unit
Exec Comes
From Pacific
The U.S.S. Kuykendall has a new
executive officer in the person of Lt.
Adrian V. Lorentson. Lt. Lorent-
son’s home is in Theif River Falls,
Minnesota. He has been in the Navy
a little over three years, and was sent
here from the U. S. S. Evans.
When asked to make a statement
about the school, Lt. Lorentson said
that, from what he has seen of the
school, he knows he is going to like
it.
FIVE MYF STUDENTS TO
ATTEND ILLINOIS MEET
I Heard; I Came;
.... I Stayed
By DOLORES FERENCZ
Through the course of the day,
various and numerous people notice
the absence of a "Southern drawl” . . .
or rather a "Texas drawl” .... and
they ask me why I came to South-
western .... all the way from Cleve-
land, Ohio.
I came to Texas out of curiosity
because my impressions gained from
remarks made by people and from the
movies were that Texas was quite a
fascinating place. Then, too, we read
newspapers and we read how South-
western played at the Sun Bowl and
any school that has a team that can
get to play in any sort of bowl must
be quite a school. I was curious.
After searching through catalogues
and making inquiries about various
colleges, I decided upon Southwest-
ern, and immediately started search-
ing for Georgetown on the map. My
father discovered, too, that a friend
of his had visited Georgetown several
times and liked it very much. I
knew then that there must be such a
place if someone had actually been
there.
I am glad that I did come so far
because I think "you all are swell.”
“Another Language”
Cast Get Fancy
Back Rubbing Jobs
So you thought that the cast for
Another Language went to the Ad
Building Auditorium every night to
rehearse! Apparently that’s not all.
It seems that Tommy Miles and
Pinky” Hardt (Maw and Paw Hal-
lum) were on the stage, the rest of the
cast indulged in some nearly profes-
sional back-rubbing jobs.
Dixie Larson always throws her
heart and soul into whatever she does;
so, when she worked On Boogie Mar-
tin, she was about to either relieve all
backaches he might have had or give
him one he’d never forget. The sad
thing is that we’ll never know which
it would have been, for, about the
time she was really getting worked up,
Boogie had to go on stage, even
thou£^ a little bent.
Bob Coleman did a fancy hack rub
on Caroline Birdwell; but Eddie Hea-
cock told him that rubbing wasn’t
the thing. He proceeded to show
how the job ought to be done by hit-
ting the back of Caroline, of course,
firmly, with the edge of his palm,
first at the shoulder and then work-
ing down. That was fine until he
began to get a little rough and had
to be called off.
Five students from Southwestern
university will leave Georgetown next
week by bus to attend the Methodist
Youth Fellowship National Confer-
ence, which will be held at the Uni-
versity of Iillinois in Urbana from
December 28 to January 1.
Annanelle Hardt, president of the
MYF; Mary Lee Cannon, state con-
ference vice-president; Bill Jack Mar-
shall, vice-president; Bob Oglesby,
and Peggy Isbell, secretary, will at-
tend the conference at Urbana as
representatives of the Southwestern
university organized. Fifteen hun-
dred delegates from universities and
colleges all over the United States
are expected to attend.
Speakers of all nationalities from
all over the world will be heard. The
main purpose of the conference is
to disseminate information to the
representatives so that they might
return to their respective campuses
end improve upon their chapters of
the Methodist Youth Fellowship.
Christmas Meaning Is
Told By Rev. Ber^ uist
Rev. Carl Bergquist told : nterest-
ing story of his home town at Christ-
mastime in the chapel service last
Thursday morning, December 13. He
painted a beautiful picture of the old
church at the time of the Advent
Vesper Service, describing the market
place with its evergreen trees, its hugh
Christmas tree loaded with gifts, and
of the multitude of people who gath-
ered there.
Christmas today, he continued, is
celebrated with the giving of pres-
ents. More and more, Christmas is
becoming a commercialized affair.
"At Christmastime are you stirred
in spirit, or are you in a dither of
preparation?” asked Rev. Bergquist.
This Christmas let us prepare room
for Christ along with our prepara-
tions for Christmas-giving. Let us
have a fine clean heart, a kindly
spirit, and let Christ be born anew
this Christmas.”
Kappa Sigs Rename
Chapter To Honor
Lt. Melvin Price
At the last meeting of The Hous-
ton Alumni Chapter of Kappa Sig-
ma, it was unanimously voted to
change the chapter name to the Mel
Price Chapter in memory of Lt. Mel-
vin Price of Georgetown. Melvin
Price received his B. A. Degree from
Southwestern University in 1936.
Among Other Things . . .
Polgar Mystifies Audience With Hypnotism
By FRANCES CONE
On Thursday, December 13, Dr.
Franz J. Polgar, renowned in the
field of hypnosis, telepathy, and psy-
chiatry, entertained a highly recep-
tive audience. He presented "Mir-
acles of the Mind,” a program which
included an experiment proving his
exceptional memory, the finding of
his pay check, an informative discus-
sion of hypnosis, and a demonstra-
tion of the latter.
Dr. Polgar’s check for the perfor-
mance was hidden in Dan Daven-
port’s left s)ioe, while the psychiatrist
remained outside the auditorium, un-
able to see or hear the procedure. A
thAn the office he holds. There is' very few minutes were required by
too much mediocrity, we need leader-' Dr. Polgar to find his way to Dan,
ship and we don’t care from what seated in the left section of the audi-
camp it comes
Democratic, or
on t care rrom wnai waieu m u» no nvuuu un ——
.... Republican, i torium, and remove from his shoe the
what-you-will. 1 pay check.
Following the completion of this
amazing feat, Dr. Polgar conducted
a discussion on telepathy and hyp-
nosis. Questions were asked by mem-
bers of the audience and answered by
Dr. Polgar. He explained that
though telepathy and hypnosis have
been shrouded in mystery, they are
really sciences and can be very bene-
ficial to humankind.
Then a demonstration of hypnot-
ism was presented for which Dr. Pol-
gar desired approximately twenty
volunteers. At this request, the
stage was swamped with eager stu-
dents—two or three times the re-
quested number. Dr. Polgar elimi-
nated those whose minds were not
open to relaxation. With the remain-
ing subjects, the psychiatrist per-
formed several amusing and amazing
experiments.
George Bradley, hypnotised from
the audience, was assisted to the
stage, where he awoke bewildered by
his surroundings.
Among the incidents occurring
during this phase of the evening’s
program were all those on stage be-
coming intoxicated and having a gay
old time after drinking a glass of
water, two sailors smoking very bitter
cigarettes, (plain cigarettes of course)
and Bab Martin making a perfect
Frank Sinatra. Bob, in fact, was so
well hypnotised that he continued to
be dazed far into the night.
The audience left with a feeling
of awe that such things could be pos-
sible. It was agreed that Southwest-
ern was indeed fortunate to see so
great a scientist.
Navv Unit Gives
j
Saturday Eve
Variety Show
The Navy Unit here at Southwest-
ern presented a very entertaining Va-
riety Show Saturday, December 15th,
at 6:45 p. m. The idea for the show
came from the very talented Bill Cor-
ley. Bill, incidentally, is now at
Camp Wallace, Texas, getting his
discharge.
The cast of the show included such
personalities as Warren Wisdom, Bob
"Never-Wake-Up” Martin, Delores
Duerson, Sandy Tyson, George Spiva,
Divie Larsen, Howard Young, Roger
Davidson, Jimmy Bertman, and Bill
Pennington. The Navy Dance Band,
which is all Navy with the exception
of Grant Scoggins, an ex-serviceman,
played intermittently, "Elks Parade,”
"Solitude,” "Waiting For the Train
To Come In,” and "It’s Been a Long
Long Time.”
A very amusing skit called "Home,
Sweet Home,” was presented with
Bob Martin as the husband of Delores
Duerson and the father of Sandy Ty-
son. Sandy was courted by hand-
some and debonair Warren Wisdom.
In every skit of this type, there must
be a junior, and George Spiva filled
this part with the air of a veteran.
Not a veteran actor, but rather, a
veteran junior.
Dixie Larsen and Howard Young
gave a very lovely specimen of ball-
room dancing. Then Bill Penning-
ton, the Frank Sinatra of tKe Navy
Unit, thrilled everyone with a few
songs. After this came a piano-drum
duet by Bob Martin and Roger
"Krupa” Davidson. A combination
of "Begin the Beguine,” "Tico-Tico.”
and "Out of This World” with a
voodoo effect was their contribution.
A highlight of the evening’s pro-
gram was Miss Rosemary Millholin’s
exhibition dancing.
Between acts Bill Corley, the Mas-
ter of Ceremonies, and gag-man
James Bertman provided some very
amusing moments. These jokes left
everybody feeling in a high mood and
very pleased with having such novel
entertainment here at Southwestern.
NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS:
If you have not returned your
Duplicate Record Book to the
Registrar’s Office, please do
so before you go home for
the holidays.
PEARL A. NBAS.
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