The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 1941 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MEGAPHONE
Saturday, February 1, 1941
“WE BELIEVE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
By Derrill Lee Cates
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Fewer Rules;
More Students
It’s about time for the administration of
Southwestern university to become aware
of and come to some kind of agreement
with a large group of dissatisfied students
who live in agony day in and day out just
because of some of the undemocratic rules
that are being forced upon them.
Maybe the opening paragraph is rather
mild, but that is just about the manner in
which we mean it.. Undemocratic—maybe
the administration doesn’t think that word
fits, but there is a large group of students
who think the word fits exactly. This is
a debatable question.
Maybe you don’t realize in just what
manner this editorial is jutting, but it is
being written in tone with the surprising
number of students who failed to register
for the spring semester.
Now don’t jump the gun. We are not
saying that all those who pulled out did
so because of administration rules and reg-
ulations, but we are saying that we believe
and know definitely that a number of them
did.
Where there is lots of fire, there surely
are some sparks, and we say this knowing
the friction and dissatisfaction among the
girls who reside in Laura Kuykendall hall.
But, of course, the administration can set
its rules, and if the students don’t like them,
they can get out. But we know the admin-
istration has no intentions of looking at the
question from that standpoint. If the
authorities do, it seems that they surely
do not respect the intelligent words of H.
H. Harrison, who once stated, “When a
group in a particular business fails to sym-
pathize with youth, their business is rapid-
ly coming to an end.”
When groups of girls get around togeth-
er and discuss their problems, they make
statements like these—we don’t have fun
anymore, we don’t have any freedom that
we once had, and we don’t have privileges
we had a couple of years ago-—. It seems
that it’s about time steps were taken to
alter some rules, especially when these
sentiments are spoken just because of ex-
isting rules.
It is not just the girls who are dissatis-
fied, but a majority of the boys are discon
tented over some of the rules of the ad-
ministration. The American people are a
very independent type, and they usually
will not stay in a place where they are
dissatisfied.
During the past five months we have re-
ceived several letters from girls in Laura
Kuykendall hall telling of their grievances
because of rules that they are compelled
to abide by. Those letters were sincere in
every respect, and you could immediately
see their dissatisfaction between the lines.
We wont go into details about all the
rules which the girls dislike, but we will
elaborate on the one rule that brings the
most disgust to them—compulsory atten-
dance at breakfast seven days each week.
But if they will go to church on Sunday,
they are excused from breakfast Sunday
morning. They still have six days left to
attend breakfast. If they miss one break-
fast, then they are “campused” for 24
hours.
Some girls don’t care for breakfast, but
still they are compelled to go down and
sit while the others eat. This seems very
childish because you can’t make a person
eat if he does not want to eat. If a dormi-
tory girl has a 11:30 class and doesn’t
care for breakfast, still she must get up
and make that 7 o’clock meal or get “cam-
pused” for 24 hours.. The girls are payring
for their breakfast whether they eat or not,
so why make them attend a meal if they
do not care for it? Some girls contend
that they hardly ever eat breakfast when
they are at home; so why have compulsory
attendance when they are away from
home?
Now don’t get the idea that the girls
want all i ales lifted because that is wrong.
They know they should have certain rules
regulating their conduct, and they want
but students as well as facul-
ty appreciate confidence in their own dis-
cretion and they want freedom to develop
their "Oira IriHMvnMl 'to set Mi uwu
high standards of conduct.. It’s the child-
ish restrictions which they object tow
We say—let's all work together and cut
out those childish rules, and m tarn we will
have a student body
satisfied LADIES and
We, the Students
S p e a k
fOi
Saturday,-February 1, 1941
Sizzlin’
Scribblin’
The new semester starts and
MOKE rules. Kindergarten stuff!
The dwen l’leurtl—Sant Cobb
romance has hit the rocks. Too
bad!—felicitations.
Merriman can start to work on
somebody else now that T. K.’h
gone. Maybe she’ll give you anoth-
er chance now, Scarborough.
We got it off the top wire that
Dutch and Betty aren’t doing well
at all!
&
i
1he tau chapter of
BETA THETA PI
AT WABASH COLLEGE IN-
ITIATED THREE GIRLS
INTO THE FRATERNITY
IN I06I / •
*JARRIN’JAWN%
TEXAS AvM. ALL-
AMERICA FULLBACK
F0R.TW0 YEARS, FAIL-
ED TO EARN HIS NUM-
ERAL AS A FRESHMAN?
STREAMLINED
EDUCATION
HEAP FUN/
Martha Atm Noll
llart are being s<
Keep it up.
and Jolumy
en together.
Laddie, Betty Schruin’s true love,
has broken up with her and start-
ed with Idlizabeth Patterson.
What are Gene and Mary Tom
going to do now that their loves
have flown the coop.
Is Tommy Basham giving up
Bcbeooa to the Oklahoma flash?
Hayward, Crossman’s buddy, just
started to school and with Doris
McKay.
Saw Christine Chambless with
“Speedy” Clllum the other night.
He’s brother to Gillie, Chris’s ex-
love.
Why won’t Alice Plcper admit
she likes Rosebud. (That’s Ed
Stanford to you froeh.) He’s com-
ing back to see her this week-end.
Oh happy college day! But what
about the holidays and that boy in
Spur?
Byron gave Tyree a fitted case
for her birthday, but they’re still
not speaking. He’s going with
Nancy Wilkerson.
Connie Morris has been playing
the field—Tommy Wolfe, the Yank,
McMurry, Bobby Phillips and just
a lot of others we can’t think of
offhand.
Yankee’s on the loose again.
And we do mean loose! He and
Jean Melton broke up before she
went home.
Too bad, Freshmen boys—that
cutie with Hal Anderson Is sowed
up; in fact she has been going
steady with the Conroe Flash
long time.
CCAST & COAST
IN ELEVEN CAYS/
THE TRAVBJNQ SCHEDULE FOR BRADLEY
<DU£GES BRAWES RECENTLY CALLED FOR
1HEM TO PlA/ BASKETBALL GAMES IN NEW YORK
AND LOS ANGELES WITHIN ELEVEN DAYS/
THE
BOOK MART
By Roy Bland
The World’s Great
Letters
Edited by M. Lincoln Schuster
Here in “The World’s Great Letters” we have a book
that has been well worth waiting for.. Representing many
years of intensive collecting and research by Lincoln
Schuster, this book includes the most interesting letters of
all time—the crucial and characteristic private commun-
ications of the foremost people of world history—ranging
from Alexander the Great and Saint Paul the Apostle to
George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann.
have a student body composed of'a
~ GENTLEMEN.
BY GY RODGERS
From out the wreckage of the
old semester, the new one rears Its
head to be conquered by the forces
of knowledge and learning and
its’ always so—to conquer and to
reconquer those forces that would
stop us in anything. So, with
vengeance born of poor grades and
failures possibly, let’s mow down
those courses from now ’til June.
• • •
Happy hunting to the old stu-
dents who left last week and good
luck, and I hope that always In
your mind you’ll let the Southwes-
tern that Is in your heart have
Its just say In whatever you do.
And don’t lorget, too, once every
year Southwestern has a home-
coming for all Its exes.
• • •
You know, Southwestern has a
wonderful student body and her
student body is part of her life
blood; Impart of Southwestern her-
self; the one Is a part of the other;
both dependent on the goodness
of each other, and without the two
there cannot be the one.
This Inner Sanctum anthology
was compiled and published on the
basis that “Letters make the most
interesting reading in the world—
especially other people’s.’’ This
particular anthology of letters
ranks high above any of its pre-
decessors for many reasons, some
of which are to follow. It pro-
vides In most cases both sides of
tho correspondence, and when tills
is not possible each letter Is fol-
lowed by a brief epilogue, giving
the result and consequences of the
letter or a summary of the answer
to it. Each letter is preceeded by
an introduction setting the letter in
time and space; summarizing the
essential biographical information
about the person who wrote the
letter and, where revelant, about
the person to .whom it was ad-
dressed; explaining the impelling
motive for the communication and
the pertinent or dramatic signifi-
cant Circumstances. In some
cases letters never before publish-
ed or made available to the general
public are revealed here for the
first time. In time, it ranges from
the early days of recorded history
to the turbulent hours of our own
era. In scope, it covers many of
the great civilizations of history,
many cultures, and much literature,
predominantly, but not entirely,
Western. It does not confine Itself
merely to one category, such as
literary letters or love letters, but
covers the wide range of human
emotions and human interests.
Thus wo find herein—love let-
ters, taunting letters, shocking let-
ters, letters dipped in honeyed
phrases, letters written with words
of gall, bombastic letters, letters
breathing fire, letters with good
news, letters relating disaster, se-
cret letters, passionate letters,
casual letters, gushing letters, im-
pulsive letters, crafty letters, open
letters, grandeloquent letters, short
letters, voluminous letters, letters
of hatred, letters of courage, let-
ters of adoration, letters of fury,
letters people forgot to burn, let-
ters people did not dare mall, let-
ters that glorified literature, thun-
dering letters, tender letters, In-
spired letters, diabolical letters,
letters pleading for mercy, letters
that made history.
*.‘A Treasury of The World’s
Great Letters” is a book In which
one can browse around in with
pleasure, but more than likely one
(Continued on Page 3)
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26, 1907, under provisions of the Act of March S, 1879, and accepted
for mailing at special rate of postage provided for In Section 1108, Act
of October 8. 1917. authorized Aiiggn il, 1918. ____________________
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THE STAFF
Editor-In-Chief ..................... . ....
Associate Editor ..............................
1M CUV
Lorelce Daniels
Business Manager................................John L. MoreUe
Society Editor ...................................Jonlsue Cogdell
Sports .............................. T. K. Sanford, Byron Record
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Reporters: Ray Lawler, Walter
Patricia Quinn,
Miss Annabel Murray
Gerry Stone, Wayne Dunson,
God bey
S°=TERN
Joan Furrh envying everybody’s
gray hair . . . llal’s joy over the
return of Jane . . . Tommy Wolf’s
“this year’s” disgust over an 88 In
physics . . . the Chicken that left
tho egg in the mail box in the bus-
iness office . . . Gwen Pickard's
perfect love letter . . . The tired
feet and backs after registration
day. The “go to breakfast blues’’
of the G. and L girls of L. K. Hall
. . . The sad state of affairs brought
on by the transferring of Hilly
Moore . . . Pat Vanderbilting
around on registration day . ,
Ward throwing jacks around—
“hello” Ro . . . The worry and glee
about the averages . . . The joy of
MoreUe and Mints when singing All
Hands Up For Dr. God bey . .
. . . Ixrverne at home with that
mean ol’ flu . . . The hustling of
the Band for the tour . . . Jane,
B. D., Ford, Hedge, and Carl prac-
ticing for a new play . . . Kitty and
Tommy still going together . . .
Basham asking Patsy to the Slg
blow-out next week—Two to One
Cab asks Becky . . . few new faces
and still fewer old ones . . . Carl
and Ford profing art classes . . ,
Ann Stlmson removing the cama-
flauge from her nose . . . Nixon
and Newell happy last week-end
. Adeline and ByrOn taking the
vows . . . Joe Sneed “quituating”
with a 93 average!! . . . The boys
moving out of the Mule Barn . . .
McKay seeing her West Pointer
last week-end . . . S. U. students
watching the Mexican dance Sat-
urday . . . Gunn getting out of the
dining room too quick and break-
ing his nose . . . Ernest cooking
breakfast for some of the L. K.
Hall girls who stayed over for the
holidays . . .
Roy Bland working the telephone
operators overtime calling Fran-
ces Nixon (he uses Pi Gamma Mu
as an excuse, but we know . . . . )
. . . Jane Nixon getting pinned to
a Sigma Alpha Epsilon up “North.”
Artful Glances
ADELINE WAI/TERS
The big news of this week is the
wholesale invasion of the Texas-
Oklahoma General Exhibition of
Art by the Southwestern university
art department. In addition to
the works of Carl Benton Comp-
ton and Mildred Norris Compton,
which are Included in this show,
Ford Ainsworth had two paintings
accepted and Carl Bergquist had
one accepted. This was one hun-
dred percent acceptance of the
paintings sent from here.
This is especially notable as
Southwestern university was ex-
ceeded In representation only by
Dallas and Houston. This achieve-
ment is somewhat comparable to
the winning of the Southwest Con-
ference in football.
A great many changes will be
noticed in our art department this
semester. Not only are there n
great many new faces but one
entirely new course, Interior decor-
ation, taught by an entirely new
member of the faculty, Mildred
Norris Compton. From the num-
ber of pupils signed for this course,
it seems that it will be an interestr
ing addition to the curriculum.
By the time you read this col-
umn, the art department will be
In full swing. In fact. Bob Phillips
.JJDMj overcome by a surge of ambi-
tion and started a series of wood-
cuts the day after registration—a
phenomenon almost unheard of in
this quarter.
We noticed
HI
that Mr.
TUW
Compton
WorEThgT
EXES’ CORNER
Rolland
Reports
“Red” Roark, ’36, who defeated five op
ponents in the summer elections and took
time off during the runoff to attend man-
euvers with the Third Army at Alexandria,
La., is reported to be doing some fine work
as a newly elected state representative
from Temple, Texas.
“Red” served as superintendent of
schools at Andice, Texas, and later was
program director for station KTEM at
Temple. For the past three years he has
been in the insurance business and is now
only 28 years of agey
* * i *
Mrs. H. W. Comick/ ’32, (formerly
Elizabeth Carothers Gould) has recently
moved from Georgetown to Austin where
her husband, who created a fine reputation
in Georgetown as a dentist, is continuing
his practice.
* * * *
We were pleased to have a visit from C.
O. Boatman, ’23, Port Lavaca, Texas,
Horace King, ’22, San Antonio, and B. F.
Jackson, ’29, Ft. Worth. These gentlemen
were on the campus to make plans for the
Annual Pastors’ School to be held here next
June 2-13. Horace King is president of
the Southwestern Club of San Antonio and
B. F. Jackson is vice-president in charge
of the Central Texas Conference Ex-Stu-
dents’ Association.
* * * *
Dewey Mayhew, ’22, recently resigned
as head coach of Abilene High School.
Dewey had led his teams to two state
championships, had gone to the finals
another time, and had captured six dis-
trict titles.
* * * *
Wilbur Wright, ’ll, was recently elect-
ed president of The Morris Plan Bank of
Dallas. Wilbur, as many of you will re-
member, was at one time registrar at
Southwestern. He actively participates in
the affairs of the Ex-Students’ Association,
and is now on the Board of Directors of
the Southwestern Club in Dallas, after
having served as the president of that club
last year.
* * * *
E. E. “Red” White, ’14, wrote us last
week. Red is now pastor of St. Paul's M.
E. Church at Springfield, Missouri. His
letter says in part: “Keep Southwestern be-
fore us, and we will try to keep it going.
The four years I spent there will never be
forgotten. We are pleasantly situated and
find a splendid membership here.”
* * * *
W. B. Slack, ’18, writes from New Or-
leans to convey his best wishes to all his
old Southwestern friends. We noticed in
his church bulletin, which was enclosed in
the letter, that his sermon subject was to
be “WHAT GETS YOUR LOYALTY
GETS YOU.” The check which Brother
Slack also enclosed was proof to us that
he practices what he preaches. Active
member Slack is now serving as pastor of
The First Methodist Church at New
Orleans.
♦ * * *
Friends of the Rev. Donald B. Doak, ’07,
will regret to learn of his death last De-
cember 11. Brother Doak was superinten-
dent of the Mangum District, Mangum,
Okla.
* ♦ * *
The former Margaret Stokes, ’14, (now
Mrs. W. W. Carr) is now living at Quarry
Heights, Canal Zone, Panama. Her hus-
band is a colonel in the army and is en-
gaged in his duties there.
* * * *
One of the best Southwestern get-togeth-
ers that we have had this year was held
in Dallas during December. The 106
Southwesterners present elected as offi-
cers for the Dallas Club H. Grady Spruce,
president; Mrs. Lucile Snipes Adkisson,
vice-president, and Mrs. Mary Thompson
Voyer, secretary. Caradine Hooten, Mrs.
Lorraine Marshal Simmons, Prof. S. H.
Moore, E. B. Germany, Dr. Angie Smith,
Ruth French, John Benton Lindquist, Mrs.
Mary Ella Bigbee, Wilbur Wright, Mrs.
Pearl Wallace Chappell, Dr. David W.
Carter and W. F. Foster were elected to
serve on the Board of Directors of the club.
Others present for the occasion were
Jack Snipes, J. J. Price, Mrs. Mary Dysart
Price, Mary Wills Nix, C. M. Powell, Edith
H. Fletcher, Mary Sue Bullock Hemphill,
Andrew Hemphill, Lanham Croley, H. A.
Hudspeth, H. E. Gable, Mrs. H. E. Gable,
Mrs. Mattie Sue Barton Cantrell, Leona
Sealy, Mrs. Rose Nelson Hughes, Dr. Glenn
Flinn, Mrs. Glenn Flinn, Mrs. Madge Coop-
er Quebede&ux Waterston, Tass Waterston,
Buddie and Mildred Foster, Mrs. Ruth
Hale Rice, Reuben IV. Gray, Nancy Riley
Hutchison, O. S. Thomas, R. L. Brewer,
Lois Weir Smith Fine, Mary Margaret
Goeppinger Pepper, the Rev. and Mrs. Bol-
ton Boone, Judge Tom L. McCullough,
Kate Orgain McCullough, R. F. Young,
Mrs. Lilly Pnee Yoosg, A A. Coda^ Khdir
Dixon Cocke, Judge Wm. H. Atwell, Mrs.
ysmsimy
some very interesting series of
sculpture pieces as well as the
single figures. When queried
about this, all Mr. Compton would
say la: “They’re coming In batch-
Hagard, Maggie Grimes Burges, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Egger, Ethyl Lehmberg, Pearl
Riley Whatley, Dr. Wm. Mood Knowles,
Willen Henry, J. S. Henry, Carrie Denson,
Dr. Robert Barton, Mn. Stella Foster
Moore.
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