The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1961 Page: 3 of 4
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THE MEGAPHONE
Friday, September 29, 1961
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Page Three
Fads and Fancies
GEORGMNNA WYNNE
Since the election of the fresh-
Snan class officers is well under-
lay, I think it fitting and proper
tb Btate my ideas on the “art of
Winning an election.”
Itere are a few major facts to
reniember when choosing someone
to be a candidate
. (1) Select someone that nobody
Ifnows very well (thus it will be
impossible for anyone to object to
iim)
)i) Be sure your candidate has
Bo platform (thus no one can dis-
agree with him)
(3) Be sure yoar candidate fs at-
tractive ('good looks count more
than good sense)
(4) Choose someone who has no
ideas of his own (then you can be
he power behind the throne)
Now that you have the perfect
person, clearly in mind, how do you
go about getting him elected?
First of all, organize a group of
zealous followers Who will be will-
big to laud the many merits of the
Worthy candidate. Take it on your-
self to be a busybody, find out how
your collegues are thinking. Then
tactfully submit to them the name
Of ,your candidate, forming his
Character in terms of their think-,
ihg. For example, if you come up-
on a group of students who think
the hohor system is the most won-
derful institution ever instituted,
then your candidate thinks the hon-
or system is the most wonderful
institution ever instituted. If you
dtiarioe upon a group who thinks
the honor system stinks, then your
Candidate thinks the honor system
stinks.
ALWAYS use the process of
Mock voting! Never be satisfied
with only a part of a group’s vote-
get it all, even if you must resort
to bribery.
If you are in a sorority or frat-
ernity, make sure you have secur-
ed ALL those votes. Then go to the
sorority or fraterrflty you are best
acquainted with, this group has
a candidate stffckiog aildther post,
promise hirm the ifujl support of
your followers1 ip return for his
group’s support!
Play one group against another!
If you know of ally two groups
who are at with each other,
go to one' then another, promising
support fbr each’s candidate— al-
ways plaPfMf up the figt that Joe
Doe or PIM M& Of the enemy
is a strobe ontertder. Stiis way you
can makp cdrtihi they are not elec-
REHE ARSING SCENES FOR “EVENING WITH
SHAKESPEARE” at Central Texas Area Museum in
Salado on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. are two pro-
fessors of drama and speech at Southwestern Universi-
ty, Dr. Angus Springer (standing at left), head of the
department, and Charles Taylor.
ted. (This, probably, is the most
effective stratedgy).
Dig into the opponents’ personal
lives and find old skeletons in their
closets. Everyone has an old skele-
ton hanging around somewhere.
And last but not least — NltVER
involve your candidate in discus-
sions on important issues! Keep
him away for fear that someone
will find out that he really has no
stand at all.
Try it!! It works!!
Religion News
For the Week
SUSAN PETRY
COMMENT
Chaplain David Switzer again
scored a direct hit on some of
the “righteous ones” of our campus
in hie chapel address Tuesday,
“Honesty in Worship.” Using the
biblical passage concerning the
woman at the well as a point of
departure he pointed out that sub-
stituting an interest , in religion for
being religious or Christian was not
honesty, for without a felt involve-
ment there is no worship — wor-
ship being defined as a dynamic
experience between God and man
of which the church service is sym-
bolic. Honesty with our fellow man
and with God. is essential and the
prerequisite in either case is fel-
lowship. “Walking into the Chapel
is net a substitute for righteous-
ness!”
Bob Bryant Urge*
Student Decisions
SUSAN PETRY
Wednesday evening’s first Chal-
lenge program sponsored by the
S.C.A. featured Bob Bryant of the
Christian Faith and Life Commun-
ity in Austin speaking on the Chris-
tian student in the world of today.
He spoke of the mdod of the
times as an image of thp way we
think life is and which asks a ques-
tion in relation to that image. These
moods also have an emotional tone.
To live authentically, we must un-
derstand our moods — not be ruled
by them. Furthermore, the college
campuses are the birthplaces of
the moods of the times.
At the present time there is a
shift taking place in the world
mood, and we may react to such
a change by hiding, becoming cyn-
ical, or rebelling. We are prone to
do these things because we find no
security in our world, for that in
which we have placed our trust is
no longer sure. Essentially, w e
don’t know who is in charge of the
world.
In the past we have tried to per-
suade God to manipulate our me-
chanistic world and change the
course of history. With the ar-
rival of the Depression and the de-
vastation of World War 0 and the
A-bomb came doubt in this kind
of God. As we approached the
1950 s people were waiting, and
Potter’s Wheel
To Spin
t The gallery of the Alma Thom-
as Fine Arts Center at Southwest-
ern University houses a father-
daughter exhibit Oct. 3-5, announc-
es Bob Lancaster, director of the
gallery and head of the art depart-
ment in the university School of
Fine Arts.
John N. Frank and his daugh-
ter, Miss Joniece Frank, of Sapul-
pa: Oklahoma will have a three-
* day show of their sculpture and
ceramics. The exhibit of 20 to 25
works is open to the public. '
Frank, president of Frankoma
and Gracetone Potteries, will give
a demonstration - talk using the
potter’s wheel in the Alma Thom-
as Theatre on the campus at 10:00
a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Frank will be available for in-
formal conferences and instruction
in the Alma. Thomas Fine Arts Cen^
ter on Oct. 3.
filially they began to take action
on their own. This is evidenced in
the active part students have play-
ed in such projects as the ‘Sit ins.”
We were ready for action, but still
we didn’t knew where to begin. Th#
one consolation in this is that wB
are finite, and there is no way ta
escape it. The mood of today might
be called the Anxiety of Fullness.
We have so many chances and the
decision is up to us.
As students we must make thi#
decision for the future and stick to
it. To do this««requires discipline.
Yet life is lived in the present, you
argue. True, but life is lived toward
the future, and our decisions are
directed toward the future.
Following the speaker S.C.A.
held a business meeting d u r ing
which the opportunity was given to
make a commitment of member-
ship in the S.C.A.
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor
Ilf the column “Cavsapatriae”
continues in its present direction,
I think THE MEGAPHONE would
be wise in dropping it.
When someone implies that be-
ing a patriot and being a “one
worlder” (to use a rather John
Birchean term) are mutually ex-
clusive, I must question his under-
standing of patriotism. When he
compares the United Nations to
prohibition, and calls it an “in-
ternational debating society” I
[•think him a lover of catch phrases
and poor drawer of comparisons.
When he makes accusations with-
out backing them up with anything
but personal feelings or secondary
sources, and these accusations
ihave the ability to stir public feel-
ing, I feel he is overstepping hig
editorial privileges.
1 For the sake of THE MEGA-
PHONE if nothing else this sug-
gestion is respectfully made.
Yours truly,
Frank Rodden
Notice
Fall Preachng Mission
October 10-11
Mr. Bob Priehan
Wesley Foundation
University of Texas
AN INVITATION
ALL FRESHMEN WOMEN
AND ALL INTERESTED UP-
PER CLASSMEN ARE INVIT-
ED TO THE KAPPA PHI ROSE
TEA OCT. 1, 1961, FROM 4-5
IN THE FACULTY LOUNGE.
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Is Ours
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"MSM-•-—-
The MSM this week will begin
the two study groups after break-
fast and opening worship at First
Methodist Church. Dr. Spellman’s
group which has been limited in
enrollment and is now closed will
begin it’s stqdy of the Book of
Romans. Rev. David Switzer and
Mr. Joe Rose will be leading a
study of Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s LET-
TERS AND PAPERS FROM PRI-
SON. This week’s topic will be
“The World Come of Age — Are
People Growing Less Religious?”
This class is still open.
The Evening MSM beginning at
5:30- with “Dine-a-Mite” will un
dertake one of the service projects
discussed last week. The group will
meet at St. John’s Church.
KAPPA CHI
All life service and ministerial
students are urged to attend the
first meeting of Kappa Chi at 6:30
p.m. Tuesday, October 3, in the
RAC.
And who was the Freshman boy
who’ saw the Ad building walking
down 12fh St.
And what about those Freshmaa
girls and their pink head lights?
'W'i i . vn S* a
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The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1961, newspaper, September 29, 1961; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth634157/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.