The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. [41], No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 1, 1948 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 40
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS,
TUESDAY, JUNE l, 1948
NUMBER 31
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HARNEST ELECTED STUDENT
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Paine shown explaining painting to Jim Bob Galloway, Megaphone reporter.
PROPHETIC PAINE PAINTING PRINTED FOR PUBLIC
“Oh, Why Did I Awake And
When Shall I Sleep Again?”, a
picture by Joseph Polley Paine, a
member of the faculty of the
Southwestern University Fine Arts
School, was reproduced in the
magazine section of the San An-
tonio Express this past week.
The painting is in traditional
style symbolic painting depicting
the veteran of this second World
War standing in a morass of
blood and carrying a large coin,
which represents the economic
system whid .l he fought to save.
The nydra, representing the vari-
ous elements which tend to hold
back his recovery to the state of
normalcy,, is completely surround-
ing his footing. He is also holding
a lily, which denotes the worth-
while ideals which he managed to
preserve.
Looking over him is a huge eye,
the embryo of which is symbolic
of the veteran’s mother, who ac-
tually ijftfis a true sympathy for
him and his problems. The tear
exuding from the eye is typical
of tl te many tears shed by the
mothers for their sons in the ser-
vice. Alongside is a crystal ball
in which he is trying to determine
the future.
Overlooking the straining sub-
ject is the Deity on his throne,
who also shows puzzlement as to
what is going to become of it all,
and surrounding I' Sm are asps of
various sorts, which are the evils
that are in constant evidence, two
vultures, the propaganda which is
always connected with war, a
skeleton, for the death which
must come to all eventually, and
the dove of peace, which is as*
cending to the reigning Deity.
The original painting is a
thirty by twenty-four inch oil pro-
duction, and Mr. Paine first con-
ceived the idea for it while he was
in North Africa in 1943. It de-
picts his own feelings and reac-
tions at the time, and is some-
what prophetic of tl ve situation
as it is at present.
It was exhibited in the Local
Artists’ Exhibit in San Antonio
in 1947 and then in the Texas
General Exhibit later on in the
same year. At present, Mr. Paine
has f e painting at his home, and,
if anybody would care to see the
original, ’ te said he would be glad
to show it.
Megaphone Staff
Adds Another Fox
Thle Megaphone has adopted a
mascot! Why it did or what the
new staff members name is has
not yet been determined, hut the
fact remains that she has been
added.
Clifton Anderson of Austin and
a junior here came into the Me-
gaphone office the other day car-
rying a huge box,.in which there
was a fox, sub-junior size (that
is, about three inches high), and
a thermos bottle • in which was
carried its milk. It was so small
that it had' to be fed with an eye-
dropper, but all the noise and ex-
citement got it so upset that it
refused to eat widen mealtime
came. That may be some sort of
reflection on Southwestern stu-
dents, because, as a rule, it takes
quite a bit to upset the untem-
permental stomach of a fox.
But, anyway, due to remarkable
similarity of the animal and that of
the Megaphone sponsor, it was
decided that the Megaphone had
to Wave it as a mascot. At least,
the sponsor was accused of de-
ciding it for that reason.
So, if you see another harassed
looking fox (besides the journal-
ism prof) running around trying
to find a place to hide, it will pro-
bably be Andy’s protege. Don’t
kick herr but feel sorry for her,
as anybody worfld go nuts +n that
joint.
“AS YOU LIKE IT” SCORES
TRIUMPH ON S. U. STAGE
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Medley Wins Goosetr ee-Morgan Award
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Tuesday night, May 23, brought
the final presentation of Shakes-
peare’s comedy “As You Like It”
presented by the Mask and Wig
players of S. U. The superbly di-
rected play was the final 194S
directing task o. Dr. Helmuth
Hermann on the campus.
The play was the climax of
many weeks toil done by the Mask
and Wig players. The costumes
were made by the students, as
was the scenery. Jack Salyer was
in charge of scenery, with Stuart
Van Orden at the head of settings
and costumes.
Stan I. McClure, senior student,
was business manager and also
played; Touchstone, the brilliant
fool in Shakespeare’s play to
please the people. The play was
tl ia aftermath of exactly what the
title epresses. “As You I.ike It”
was written to please all, with all
the final denouement resulting in
an outcome of events “as you like
it”.
The play was revised by Dr.
Hormann from its original five
acts into the less lengthly four
acts presentation seen on the S.
U. stage.
Ohris Medley, a newcomer to
the Southwestern stage, for her
portrayal of Audrey, was pre-
sented the Goosetree-Morgan
Academy award. This award,
which r as become a tradition on
the campus since its founding id
194J>, is presented to the beSt sup-
porting actor or actress of each
major production. The presenta-
tion was made by Stan McClure,
hplder of bhe award for his char-
acterisation of Officer O'Hara fn
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Organizations Offer
Scholarship Awards
Two young people in Texas will
receive fellowships valued at
$2,509 each in public health edu-
cation this year, it was announc-
ed recently by the Texas State
Federation of Women’s Clubs and
the American Cancer Society, who
are awarding the 'fellowships.
Candidates must be between tf.iie
ages of 22 and 40 inclusive, must
have a BS or BA degree from an
accredited college or university
with three semesters of biological
science and' chemistry and the
same in education Nor sociology
plus other requirements of bhe
specific schools from which the
applicant graduated.
The Texas Division fellowships
are open to any resident of Texas
who can fill tihtese requirements
whether he be man or woman, ne-
gro or white.
Additional information can be
had by addressing:
American Cancer Society,
Texas Division,
2310 Baldwin Street,
Houston 6, Texas.
Pre-Registration:
Complete Story
Registered: 22S individuals of
•. arious sizes, shapes, and colors.
Morals not mentioned.
Fourteen applicants for pre-re-
gistration. No background mater-
ial available.
I. R. C. Holds
Last Meeting
Dr. Carl W. Bergquist gave a
very interesting and informative
talk on “Sweden’s Place in the
World Today” before the Inter-
national Relations Club which met
in its last meeting of the current
semester Monday evening, May
25th. Preceding Dr. Bergquist’s
talk, there was a short business
session during whicl t officers were
elected for the coming year.
Officers for the ensuing year
will be as follows: Betty Pace,
who automatically holds her of-
fice of President as chairman of
the World Relations Commission
of the S. C. A.; John Yoaman,
Vice-president and program chair-
man; Elaine Carson. Secretary-
treasurer; Evelyn Schmidt,
Corresponding Secretary; Jerry
Mattl’iews, Publicity Chairman.
Sweden’s role in world affairs
today is a subject upon which Dr.
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Finch Addresses
Ex-Students At
Banquet
The S. U. Ex-Students’ Associa-
tion held a banquet at the Laurel
Heights Methodist Church m San
Antonio, on May 19. The occasion
was the Annual Conference of the
Methodist Church.
Among the notable guests pre-
sent were John Lb W' veler, Di-
rector of the Living Endowment
Fund and member of the <dass o:
'08, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Locke,\,
Bishop A. Frank Smith, Dr. E.
A. Hunter who is editor of the
Southwestern Advocate and a
member of the Board of Trustees,
Dr. Edmund Heinsohn who is a
member of the Board of Trustees,
Dr. and Mrs. George C. Baker.
The banquet was attended by ap-
proximately 110 ex-stwu s.
The principal address was given
by Dr. William Fino'iu Mr. Wheel-
er spoke on the Living Endow-
ment Fund. Announcement was
made of the additional gift to the
Perkins Chapel Fund. The A
’Cappella choir of Southwestern
furnished the music for the oc-
casion.
Seniors Lampoon
Faculty Members
The senior class starred in as-
sembly last Tuesday as they pre-
sented the “Senior Take Off”.
Master of ceremonies, Johnny
Hassler, got things underway by
giving a brief introduction, and
presenting Dean Ullrich, alias Carl
Williford. Dean Ullrich was con-
ducting a psychology class and
he chose as his subject of bhe day,
“Things Which Aren’t Are and
Things Which Are Aren’t” In the
middle of his lecture, he was inter-
rupted by Dr. Luksa (Harold
Spann) who informed the dean
that his classes were dull and
boring. Dr. Luksa then offered
suggestions for the improvement
of the classes, such as using li-
brary references.
The next scene was a round ta-
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Texas POW’s
Meet In Houston
On June 19, the Texas Prisoner
of War Club will meet in Hous-
ton, with Amon Carter, Jr., pre-
siding. Such luminaries as Gener-
al Jonathan Wainwright and Tex-
as’ own Admiral Chester W. Ni-
mitz are expected to attend.
The program consists of a busi-
ness session on Saturday morning
^at which pending legislation will
be discussed, and on Saturday
night the annual dance will be held
in the ballroom of the Rice Ho cel.
On Sunday morning, memorial
services will be held, which will
ho followed by a boat trip down
the channel to the battleship Tex-
as, which was recently made a
state s! trine.
Any former prisoners of war
who are interested are welcome
to attend.
By H. Sheppard
Final returns in last week’s
all-sdi tool election run-off show
that Charley Harnest was elected
president of the student body for
the year 1948-49, Joe Stansell
was elected vice-president, and
1 Frances Deekard was elected stu-
jdent body secretaiy.
Harnest polled 313 votes against
his opponent Bill Ayres’ 253. In
the vice-presidential race Joe
I Stansell polled 304 votes, against
j Weldon Mays’ 202, and Frances
: Deekard defeated Helen Earl
' Black for the post of secretary
328 to 231.
^ In addition to the (lection of
j student body ofiicers a special
election to select the student body
representative for the Jesse Dud-
ley West Loan Fund was held.
Jake Shelley was elected; gather-
ing 309 votes to Eldon Mays 238.
Altogether there were 572 votes
cast. This constitutes 79'of the
student body and is the largest per-
centage vote east in any recent
election at Southwestern. A stu-
dent spokesman stated that the
remarkable turnout of voters was
due in large part to the untiring
efforts of the Student Senate to
stimulate interest in student af-
fairs.
It is not known at this time
what provisions the Student Sen-
ate will make as regards the ini-
tiation of the new ofiicers, or
when these officers will be in-
stalled, but it is believed that their
initiation will take place shortly
after the beginning of the fall
term.
The student body also went to
the polls last week to elect their
representatives to the student
senate for the forthcoming year.
In tihe junior class elections, for
senior senators next year, Dwight
House led ll.e winners with 55
votes. He was followed by Bill
Foster with 52, Dana Green with
51, Rebecca Tittle with 44, and
Jo Ann Jordan with 41. Although
the senior class is allowed six
senators, newly elected student
proxy Charlie Harnest is a jun-
ior, and, as student body officers
also serve as members of the stu-
dent. senate, he will occupy one of
the senior class senate seats.
T e sophomore class was allow-
ed only three seats in the senate,
and both the newly elected vice-
president and secretary are mem-
bers of the sophomore class. Hen-
ry Sheppard led the candidates
with 77 votes. Sheppard was clos-
ely followed by John Foster who
polled (54 votes, and Barbara Ward
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Students of at least junior clas-
sification who have not already
done so, should call at the Regis
trar’s office and fill out a degree
card indicating tTtoir major and
minor subjects and the degree to-
ward which they are working. De-
gree sheets can then be prepared
for their convenience. Duplicates
will be mailed to those requesting
them. Others may obtain their du
plicate copy when they return *t>r
registration.
Three S. U. Profs
Attend Demo Meet
Three Southwestern University
.acuity members attended the
State Democratic Convention as
delegates in Brownwood last week.
They are: Miss Mary E. Fox, Dr.
George C. Hester, and Miss Pearl
Girls’ Chorus Sings
At First Methodist
The Southwestern Girls’ Choir,
under tide direction of Mr. J. D.
Richards, furnished the music for
the evening worship service at
First Methodist Church or. Sun-
day, May 23.
The program consisted of four
numbers. Included were “Vere
Languores” by d.otti, “Invocation
to St. Cecelia” by Harris, “Lacry-
mosa” by Mozart, and “Morning
Hymn” by Henschel.
Dr. William Morgan, pastor of
First Methodist, complimented the
choir on their singing. He also
commented on tf le large crowd at-
tracted by the choir.
Barb Girls
Elect Officers
The Independent girls, in a
meeting held on Monday, May 24,
had an election of officers for the
coming year.
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JMeas.
At time of froing
three delegates had
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to press, the
no eoinments
Those elected were
Mangrum, president;
Brucks, vice-president;
Mildred
Darlene
Mildred
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to make rourrmiTig
of the convention.
the outcome
Willman, secretary-treasurer, and
I,ola McGauT.ey, sports captain.
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