The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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THE
Weekly Publication of Texas’ Oldest University
VOL. XL
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY l.">, 1D4G
NUMBER 12
Southwestern U. Preaching Mission To Begin January 20
Bishops Smith
And Selecmann
NEWS VIEWS
by me
Financial and business affairs are
occupying Government’s time, energy,
and what-not now and will do so for
some time to come. Looks like a
"booming” time ahead.
But don’t get panicky—not yet,
anyway for your nickels and dimes
will not lose their value; you can still
buy a whole cup of coffee for a
nickel. Inordinate ‘inflation isn’t on
your heels yet. Turbulent times may
appear ere long, though, and it
wouldn’t hurt to give the future a bit
of serious consideration.
You may expect to have to post-
pone buying that new home, new
furniture, new automobile, new clothes
for a little longer than you anticipat-
ed, ’cause shortages may become more
crucial and acute rather than less
crucial and less acute as you grow
older by the hour. Strikes are still
rampant, and labor shortages (some
people are objecting to doing hard
work—funny people!) in some in-
dustries hamper the output and pro-
duction of needed commodities and
luxuries. And, to, there may be a
Jack of quality as well as quantity in
numerous products.
* * * *
Atmosphere is charged with explos-
ive demands for things not yet avail-
able. Money is everywhere but goods
are not.
There is one bright spot—supply
of money seems to be growing. Even
some individuals seem to be saving
money—to the tune of about $160,-
000,000,000 since 1940.
* * * *
Congressmen will not turn loose
price control soon for fear voters
back home might not like a huge price
rise. They do have to think about
constituents during election years, at
least.
So we can expect to continue to
have our black markets, ’cause people
have devised means and ways of evad'
ing price controls—just as when a
child is told he can’t do something,
that is the very thing he’s going to do
or attempt to do. Maybe we’ll have
to go back to full-scale rationing—not
that that would stop black market
but it’s probably too late to try to
move back to full controls.
* * * *
It is with keen interest and concern
that we watch the doings of the Unit-
ed Nations Organization which may
get off to a good start with its or-
ganization meeting (first General As-
sembly) in London— 6^ months
after the signing of the United Na-
tions Charter in San Francisco. We
wish that we could have a box seat
(or just a plain box) to watch the
proceedings at this gathering.
* * * *
Russia is still feeling her way along
slowly before joining up wholeheart-
edly with world organizations and
setups. Once she makes up her
mind, however, she stays with her de-
cision.
* * * *
In Japan, the United States con-
tinues to keep the spotlight and to
"run the show.”
* * * •
There are various opinions con-
cerning President Truman’s last
speech. Some liked it, some didn’t
like it, some just didn’t (indifferent);
we are of the opinion that too much
ground was covered in so brief a
time. Perhaps concentration on a
dozen phases of national and inter-
national problems instead of several
doxens might help! That’s like
glancing at the table, of contents in
a book and considering the book
read. Perhaps one phase per speech
might help, too.
Music Students
In Piano Recital
Assembly Program
On January 8th at the regular as-
sembly period a very unique and en-
joyable program was presented to the
student body. The entire program
was devoted to piano solos which were
played by Southwestern’s musical stu-
dents. Dean Meyer acted as Master
ol Ceremonies and informed the aud-
ience as to the history and significance
of the selections.
The program was opened when
Jane Munson played "Sonata Al-
legro Op. 31, No. 2” in a masterly
fashion. The next pianist was Eve-
lyn Pranglin. Evelyn played "Hun-
garian” and "Polonaise” by Mac-
Dowell. MacDowell has been stamped
as the composer closest to the Ameri-
can people.
Laura Thompson then closed the
program by playing Prelude” and
"Clair de Lune” by Debussey. De-
bussey is said to have influenced mu-
sic more than arty other person dur-
ing the past 100 years. After her
first two numbers had been played
the audience called "Boo” back to
play George Gershwin’s "Rhapsody
In Blue.” •
TO LEAD PREACHING MISSION JAN. 20
Prowlers Prove Girls
Dorms Need New Set
Of Window Shades
In settlement of the question con-
cerning the numerous reports of
prowlers in and around Sneed Hall
Mrs. Cornwall vehemently denied that
there was ever anybody in the house
who shouldn't Tiave been.
’The windows are all barred and
the screens are nailed in,” said Mrs.
Cornwall. "There have been prowl-
ers outside on the lawn from time to
time, of course, but no one has ever
entered the house through a window.
The prowler situation could be cleared
up in no time with a set of new win-
dow shades.”
Bishop A. Frank Smith Bishop Charles C. Selecmann
Class Schedule Is
Changed For Preaching
Mission Next Week
To clear the 11:00 o’clock period
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
for religious services, the following
schedule of classes has been arranged:
Monday, January 21—All classes
scheduled for 11:00 o’clock will not
meet. Other classes meet as usual.
Wednesday, January 23 — 8:10
classes meet as usual. 9:10 classes
will not meet and the 11:10 classes
will meet instead. 10:10 classes meet
as usual.
Friday, January 25-—8:10 classes
meet as usual. 9:10 classes meet as
usual. 10:10 classes will not meet
and the 11:10 classes will meet in-
stead.
All other classes of the week will
follow the regular schedule.
The Martinet
"Worry about the past and you
waste valuable time which might be
used for looking to the future.”
Della Mae Pepper
Elected President
Of Library Club
A meeting of the Library Club was
called on Tuesday December 11, in
the library to elect officers. Those
holding offices are:
President, Della Mae Pepper.
Vive President, Bernice Nelson.
Secretary-Treasurer, Doris Zerr.
Sponsoring the club are Miss Bran-
don and Miss J&skson. All members
include Mary Richard, Louise Me
Clary, Dawn Davis, Della Mae Pep-
per Bernice Nelson, and Doris Zerr.
The Library Club has been reor-
ganized for the benefit of the stu-
dents and plans are being made to
make it successful.
The name of Kathleen Alef Hen-
ley was inadvertently omitted from
the Distinction List for the Summer
Semester. She is entitled to inclusion
with an average of 92.50 per cent on
a total of 18 semester hours.
WHODUNNIT?
“Another Language” Is Still Mystery Of Week
By BILL NESBITT
"Another Language ” the first of
four hits to' come from the pen of
Rose Franken, was presented by the
Mask and Wig in the Main Audi-
torium last Thursday and Friday
nights, January 10 and 11. Rose
Franken is the author of "Claudia,”
produced here exactly two years ago.
"Another Language” is a comedy
of modern American family life,
which made an instantaneous hit dur-
ing the season of 1932. But for
some reason, last week’s performances
failed to leave the impression with the
audience which the author intended.
All the people in the play are mem-
bers of the Hallam family, either by
birth or by marriage. Over them all
rules Mother Hallam with an iron
hand. The play is built around the
effort of one of the daughters-in-law
Stella (played by Dixie Larson), to
escape the deadly family uniformity.
The essentially comic elements of the
play are revealed in the well observed
family scenes, but the undercurrent of
genuine drama is felt when things
come to a climax by Stella’s apparent
intention to run off with her nephew-
in-law. Whether she will or not is
the question the audience is left with,
though obviously that is not what the
author wanted, when the last curtain
falls.
The action of the play moves fast.
The timing is almost perfect. How-
ard Young’s portrayal of the eldest
son is -convincing enough, as are most
of the other characters, but something
DIRECTOR
To Lead Teams
The Southwestern Preaching Mis-
sion, a part of the second year pro-
gram in the Crusade for Christ, will
begin Sunday, January 20, when
Bishops A. Frank Smith, of Houston
and Charles C. Selecmann, of Dallas,
will hold services at the First Metho-
dist Church and St. John’s Methodist
Church in Georgetown.
The program of the Preaching Mis-
sion was announced by Professor B.
C. Schmidt, after a meeting of the
faculty Religious Committee, and
plans were outlined and committees
appointed at an S. C. A. sponsored
dinner Tuesday evening, January 8.
Assisting the Bishops will be several
men prominent in the work of educa-
tion and the church. Rev. Muzon
Bass, of Cleveland, Professor B. F.
Jackson, Jr., of Westminster College,
Captain Horace M. King, Army chap-
lain back from several years in the
Pacific, and several others will be on
the campus to assist in the various
services and activities of the week.
President Score stated that it is the
purpose of the university to make
the visiting ministers available to
church and civic organizations dur-
ing the week for such services as can
be arranged, and that in addition to
the student group meetings, faculty
meetings will be called for Monday
and Tuesday of the week at 4:30
p. m., with Bishop Smith leading the
discussion of Monday and Bishop
Selecmann as the Tuesday speaker.
Morning and evening services will
be held both at the Main Auditorium
and the First Methodist Church, ac-
cording to the printed schedule, with
Bishops Smith and Selecmann alter-
nating as speakers. The times and
places of organized house and group
meetings will be announced as soon
as arrangements are made.
The University Chapel Choir will
sing at the morning services, and as
far as is known, the Navy Chorus will
sing at the evening services. The
services will be held through Friday,
January 25.
ANGUS SPRINGER
The audience is still wondering
e * •
is lacking. When Jerry Hallam, the
only grandson (Bob Goiter), falls in
love with Stella, that is as expected.
Stella says she- loves her husband but
all her actions show that she doesn’t.
It is only logical that she will divorce
him and bolt off to marry Jerry, but
just as the audience thinks that she
is about to do just thrft, the family
sends Jerry off in a storm of rage,
Stella takes numerous cutting remarks
from the family, and Vic (her hus-
band) comes over to console her.
"Thanks, honey” she says, or some-
thing like that, and smiles sweetly.
The curtain drops. That’s all. The
audience waits for the other scene, or
act, or something else, but after de-
ciding that there won’t be any more,
they slowly get up muttering. "Well,
I’ll be . . . .” and go home to figure
it out.
Informed parties who have read the
play say that it reads well, so the dig
must go to the last five minutes of
the last act. If the characters had
known, themselves, what the point
was supposed to be, perhaps they
could have put it across. Sorry.
Maybe next time.
Cast of Characters
Mrs.' Hallam, the family Matri-
arch ................ Annanelle Hardt
Mr. Hallam, her husband
_______ Tommy Miles
Harry Hallam the second son
........... Bob Martin
Helen Hallam, his wife Sue Lane
Walter Hallam, the third son
Emerson Coleman
Grace Hallam, his wife
......... Caroline Birdwell
Paul Hallam, the eldest son
________________________ Howard Young
Etta Hallam, his wife Mollie Keyes
Victor Hallam, the youngest son
____________ Eddie Heacock
Stella Hallam his wife Dixie Larsen
Jerry Hallam, Paul’s and Etta’s
son Bob Goiter
"Another Language” was directed by
Prof. Angus Springer.
BuPers Changes
V-5 Requirements
The Navy V-12 Bulletin No. 339
(Subject A) just received by the
President’s office revises the require-
ments for V-5 Navy trainees.
Beginning with the term commenc-
ing March 1, 1946, they must com-
plete the following: (a) Mathematics,
courses through Solid Geometry,
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry;
(b) one year of college Physics; (c)
two years of English.
In addition to these changes, the
seventeen-hour minimum academic
requirement is reduced to fifteen
hours, and all students are allowed
to elect courses on the same basis as
civilian students.
Dr. Patterson Is
Included In “Who’s
Who” Of World
Dr. William M. Patterson of tha
Foreign Language Department has
received notice that his biographical
sketch is to be included in the third
edition of the BIOGRAPHICAL EN-
CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE WORLD,
a publication sponsored by the In-
stitute for Research in Biography.
Data for this publication are in-
ternational in scope, making it an in-
ternational Who’s Who. It is pub-
lished in New York.
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