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Page Two
Friday, April 3, 1964
THE MEGAPHONE
i Letter To The Editor
April 2, 1964
Mr John Wallace
I Editor, MEGAPHONE
| Southwestern University
• Georgetown, Texas
j Dear Editor
I The Student Senate recently passed a proposed new con-
t stitution of the Southwestern University Student’s As-
sociation. This constitution has since been approved by
j the Student Life Committee. On April 8, 1964, this pro-
! posed constitution will be placed before the Students’
‘ Association for final approval. I strongly recommend
-r—Muit this constitution be approved.
| The new constitution will not radically change the pres-
| ent constitution. The purpose for drafting the new con-
j stitution is not to change the present system of govern-
i ment, but its purpose is to bring the constitution up to
date with the current situation. The wording of the new
| constitution is more precise. The responsibilities of the
j officers is more clearly defined. The purpose of the or-
ganization more adequately stated. These changes may
j seem small, but they will allow the organization to be-
j come stronger.
i The adoption of this constitution is a step towards more
j responsible student government. It will not immediately
j change the position, power or status of student govern-
j ment on this campus, but it will allow changes in these
; areas to take place. I urge each student to acquaint
[ himself with the proposed constitution, and to voice
| his opinion on April 8th.
I Sincerely yours,
j John Brockman,
Senate President.
"Seven Days' About Hanky Panky"
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY is an ad- . sonant with the provisions of the
venture suspense movie about hanky
panky in high places. Burt Lancas-
ter is General Scott, head of tine
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Kirk Douglas
is his aide, Colonel Jiggs Casey, and
Fredric March is President Jordon
Lyman. If is ail about how Douglas
uncovers a military plot to take ewer
the government of the United States
and to install Lancaetef a& Prcodcnf
There are two unusual things
about SEVEN DAYS: the first is,
that despite What seems to be the
implication of the film - there are
no bad guys. Put it this way: ev-
eryone is motivated by the Consti-
tution and by the highest ideals of
American citizenship.
Lancaster, tor instance, believes
that the Constitution has been be-
trayed by March who has negotiated
a chsaimament treaty with the Rus-
sians, and he believes, therefore,
that his conspiracy is entirely con-
OonStHution.
Douglas believes that the proper
Constitutional oom-em of the mili-
tary are military matters alone,
and that the military should leave
politics and political matters to Ihe
nonmilitary. And March as Pres-
ident is under oath, of course, to
support the Constitution.
And because there is certain
amount of merit in each position,
we end up without a villain. Lan-
caster is only superficially a villain.
You might think that he is wrong
in objecting to the peace treaty, but
I think you should forget the actual
politics of it.
people support him (he is shown to
be a veiy popular general)- and the
fact is they do.
Because it’s established early in
tiie game that the treaty has the
support of only 29 pot of the Ameri-
can people. It is certainly true that
Lancaster is guilty of doing things
in an unorthodox way, but he makes
a very convincing argument that
You might think that Lancaster
does show a certain amount of con-
tempt tor the democratic processes
in trying to install himself in the
White House in such an unorthodox
way, but he is sure the American
THE MEGAPHONE STAFF
JOHN WALLACE. Editor
ROBERTA O’ NEILL, Asst’.
Editor and Make Up
KNOX TYSON, Feature Editor
LANNY NAEGELIN,
BILL DANSBY, Fine Arts
Editors
JESSE WILLIAMS,
BRONWEN MORGAN, Religion
Editors
DAVID EASLEY,
TOM VICKERS,
JOHN WALKER, Sports
Editors
SARAH MILLER, Student
Union Bldg. Events Editor
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Manager
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Advigor
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So unlike DR. NO there are no vil-
lains, and that’s why March can
say, as he does, that no one is really
guilty, that only the times are guil-
ty, and tiiat men liave lost faith in
men.
It is an attractive idea, a sort of
dispersion of responsibility - no bad
guys. But then there would be no
good guys, or maybe everybody is
a good' guy. That’s a nice middle
position. At the same time, it’s very
sophisticated, and veiy contempor-
ary.
It is also I think the essence of
democratic thought: in that no one
opinion is given greater weight than
any other. But I don’t think that this
is a movie in praise of democracy.
Winch brings us to the second un-
usual point.
The second unusual thing about
SEVEN DAYS is that though we are
dealing with the safety or, rather,
defense of the country, we are never-
theless not given one piece of usual
business in movies of this kind: and
that is the defense of the citzemy
of tiie country
You see the Republic is saved (I
am not giving anything away) by a
fluke, an accident - by means, in a
way, as high-handed as the intended
coup itself. You don’t get, therefore,
'the usual speech about how we sav-
ed it, you know, the little guys, guys
like you and me.
But actually that is what democra-
cy is all about, so if we are to be
saved in a high-handed1 way - if, in
other wordis, the defense of the
Republic is equivalent to an attack
on the Republic, if everything can-
cels out - that’s hardly reassuring*
It’s certainly nothing in praise of
the Republic. I would say the poli-
tics of tins picture is more than va-
guely unpleasant.
Nevertheless it’s all good fun-
danger at the top. You know: the
old Shakespearean and Aristotelian
j idea (with presidents instead of.
;kings). Lots of business at the!
Pentagon and at the White House to
give a ring of authenticity so that
you don’t look at the implausibili-
jics. Douglas and Lancaster clench
their jaws.
March, who is probably our best
president after Spencer Tracy, looks
tired, but that seems to be because
everyone drops in on him late at
night. There is apparently no First
Lady. .‘ Y
Faulkner Hamed
T. Y. 6. Chairman
WASHINGTON, D, C. The ap-
sophomore at Southern Methodist
University, as chairman of Texas *
Youth tor Goldwater was announc-
ed jointly today by James Harff,
National Director of Youth for Gold-
water, and by Rep. Richard Mor-
gan, Chairman of the Texas Gold-
water for President Committee.
Faulkner, a chemistry major at
S.M.U., is on the Dean’s List and is
a University Scholar. Before attend-
ing S.M.U., Faulkner founded1 the
Young -Republican chib in Shreve-
port, Louisiana. 4
In announcing the -api ointment,
Harff said, “Larry Faulkner is typi-
cal of the intelligent and1 productive
young men who have been inspired
by the conservative philosophy sym-
bolized by the candidacy of Senator
Goldwater."
Faulkner predicted that the Preisd- *
dent’s home state would support
Senator Goldwater in November. "I
intend to enlist every interested
young Texan, on every campus in
the state, to work tor a Goldwater
victory. I am proud to be part of
the Goldwater team."
Faulkner is a member of Phi Eta
Sigma, national freshman honorary
fraternity, and is a National Merit
Scholarship finalist.
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