The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1962 Page: 2 of 4
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Friday, May 4, 1962
THE MEGAPHONE
Huntley Kenesson Reports
The Students’ Association at Southwestern faces a
coming year in which great strides can be made in the
realms of student government and programming. The
number of votes cast in the polls this week exemplifies
the fact that students are becoming more aware of and
more interested in student affairs. In order for our stud-
ent government to be most effective, however, this in-
terest must continue to increase. We must elect capable
and qualified senators, Honor Council representatives,
SUB personnel, and publication heads who possess a
genuine desire for and a willingness to work in their
respective offices.
The various branches of student life, the SUB, Honor
Council, and Senate, will be what the students make
them. With the capable leaders whom you have chosen,
I feel that we are headad for a very successful year,
and wish to congratulate every student, as well as each
mew officer, who took part in one of th& largest election
turnouts in Southwestern’s history.
Sincerely,
Huntley Kenesson
Via Roma
KITTY HALLMAN
T Itis is a continuation of the tra-
vel series started last week.
Rome — this timeless city is
the travel dream of thousands of
people. The ruins and remnants of
2,700 years of civilization are all
iu Rome’s out-of-doors, as handy to
the casual city stroller as Central
Park is to New Yorkers. This is
the place where Ceasai’s legions,
the Duce’s blackshirts and Mark
Clark’s GIs marched and paraded.
It was Rome that burned while
Nero fiddled; Rome where Mark
Antony rose to speak at Ceasar’s
funeral; and Rome where Charle-
Upange was crowned.
Rome is a colorful city with its
dignity and penchant for pomp. At
almost any time of the yeai\ its
streets are crowded with black -
gowned prie sts, monks in brown or
black, German student priests in
bright red gowns and missionaries
from tropical wearing white robes
and open sandals.
In addition, you may get the feel-
ing that you are invited to a police-
man’s ball, for there are probably
more cops per square foot in Rome
than any other major city in Eu-
rope. Traffic policemen dress in
immaculate white uniforms and
V.ear white pith helmets, white
gloves and shoes.
Should you be daredevil enough
to drive in Rome, be prepared for
traffic signals which probably re-
semble more your gym teacher’s
gyrations in high school than any
guidance of traffic..We found the
Lest attitude to take if the intrica-
cies of Roman signals are unclear,
is just to press lightly on the gas.
If the policeman blows his whistle
and gets blue aroufid his white col-
lar, slam on your brakes.
If you enter Rome by any means
other than auto, then the first Ro-
mans with whom you'will have con-
tact will be the taxi drivers. In
Rome the taxis are green and
black, usually standard throughout
Italy. Although prices are posted
inside cabs usually in several lan-
guages, the numerous “supplemen-
tos” are a language all their own,
depending on, the amount of lug-
gage, number of passengers, time
of day or night, but mainly on the
condition -of the driver’s liver apd
current status at home. If you are
staying at a better hotel, the door-
man will probably have change
and act as your liaison with the
cabbie to see that you don’t get
taken for an extra ride.
The Central Park of Rome is the
Villa Borgbese (officially, the Villa
Umberto). Inside the park is the
Gallery Borghese which houses the
finest collection of art in Rome a-
side from the galleries of the Vati-
can.
The Megaphone
EDITOR ...............Smith Ray
ASST. EDITOR.........Jim Croley
Judy Ledbetter
ADV. MGR..........Jimmy Guess
John W. Cardwell Staff Advisor
Photographer Horace Evans
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SPORTS EDITOR Ray Duke
CARTOONIST ...........Tom Bell
COLUMNISTS......Bebo Benjamin
Georgia Wynne
. SPECIAL FEATURES —
Kitty Hallman
RELIGIOUS NEWS Karen Busby
Dotty Kidwell
FEATURES Melinda Moses
Sue Parks
Dianne Daughtery
Lanny Naeglin
SPORTS NEWS Dwight Haley
Melinda Moses
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heads elected Tues. and Wed. Steve Raben, Honor Coun-
cil, pres. Cherry Knippa, co-chairman of the SUB.
board and Huntley Kenesson, president of the Senate.
Fred Kandeler, co-chairman with Cherry is not pictured.
Fads and Fancies AcadeillicDreSS
The center of Rome’s tourist life
and its leading hotels is centered
in a ten - block radius at the south-
ern end of the park. Here you will
find the Fifth Avenue of Rome, the
famed Via Vittorio Veneto. Paved
with fashionable sidewalk cafes,
lined with first - class and luxury
hotels and decorated with trees,
the Via Veneto has always held a
special fascination for tourists.
During World War II, when Mark
Clark’s soldiers entered Rome, th^y
headed right for the Via Veneto,
but in those war-weary days, in-
stead of Cadillacs and Alpha Rom-
eos, the Via’s grassy plots were
rutted with the tracks of tanks, half
tracks, jeeps and six-by-sixes.
From the edge of the park, cafe
tables line both sides of the Via as
far as the Excelsior Hotel. Often
they are sci tightly packed that only
a narrow lane is left for the pedes-
trian running the glare-gauntlet.
Doney’s, next door to the Excel-
sior draws the flossy trade, but in
GEORGIANNA WYNNE
The school term is rapidly draw-
ing to a close. For some graduat-
ing seniors this is the most wonder-
ful thing that could ever happen
and for others it signifies pure
hell (if you will pardon the term).
On one hand there are those who
are prepared to meet the challeng-
es they must face, and on the cither
there are those who are frighten-
ed at the responsibilities that await
them. It is the latter group that
we will concern ourselves with at
the present. They are those who
find themselves standing at the
gate of the realistic world wonder-
ing, “What am I doing here?’’
They are those who, on the inside,
are crying, “But I’m not ready
yet!” It’s almost like standing on
the threshold of death, the only
difference being that they KNOW
what they are facing when they
step through that doorway. There
is the wanting to go back and start
over, for they realize that they
are unprepared.
Now, it’s not that the realiza-
tion has. suddenly hit them like
some kind of bomb. They have
knwn for some time this day
would come. When they were jun-
iors they probably thought, “Well,
I have one more year. If I study
real extra special hard, I can
make it. I’ll be prepared.” But
when that senior year rolled around
they found that they just didn’t
have the time. And then there Vas
the time when they were sopho-
mores — oh, that old sophamore
slump. “Ive got two more years,
to get down to serious business!”
But the saddest part of all was
Centuries Old
Via Venteo you might see anything
or anybody from your high school
history teacher to Liz Taylor on her
way from a spaghetti dinner, or
one of her picnics with her present
lover.
As the dust of war settled, Rome
moved into postwar peace as a
movie colony. Roberto -Rossellini
produced “Open City”, then “Pshs-
an.” Hollywood soq^i got the idea
that Rome’s classic! monuments
idr set.
Subscription ........ $1.00 per year
were one big outdo
Many hotels and restaurants will
prove to be a pleasant part of your
stay. From June until October, sun-
ny day or starlit night, Romans
head for the outskirts of town to
dine. Best known and probably
most expensive of all these estab-
lishments is the Palazzi, which in-
habits a villa which formerly be-
longed to Claretta Petacci, Musso-
lini’s mistress, who met a violent
end in northern Italy, her head
hanging down alongside her lover.
If you still have some energy left
after sightseeing all day, around
5 p.m. it is traditional (sometimes
romantic) to have tea and watch
the sunset at the Casino delle Rose
in the Villa Borghese.
In a city renowned for its foun-
when they were freshmen. They
came with the idea of studying, but
no one else seemed to be studying
so they played and they played
and they played. It was all one
big happy game and they had
time, time, time!
And now? Now, it’s, “HIT the
road Jack cause you can’t go back.
Time was swifter than you thought!
tains the Tevi Fountain is the big-
gest and best known. If the age-
lessness, immortality and beauty
of Rome has gotten into your blood,
then on the eve of your departure,
hurry over to the Trevi Fountain.
There is an old legend which says
that if that night you throw a coin
in the fountain, you will be destined
to return some day. Let’s hope it
is true, for I certainly want to go
back.
THE DAIRY
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HICKORY BlIRGER.Our Specialty
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The history of academic dress
goes back to the 14th Century in
England when a “Ipng gown” was
the dictated apparel.
Through the years the styles
have changed only a little. A long
black gown is appropriate for hold-
ers of all degrees. The gown for
the Bachelor’s Degree has printed
sleeves; that for a Master’s De-
gree has oblong sleeves; and that
lor the Doctor’s Degree has bell
shaped sleeves. The material of the
gowns may vary from very light to
very heavy according to the weath-
er.
Hoods and caps may also be
worn. The holder of a Bachelor’s
Degree may wear a three foot
hood; the holder of a Master’s De-
gree, a three and a half foot hood;
and the holder of a Doctor’s De-
gree, a four foot hood.
Only Doctors may have trim-
mings on their gowns. These can
be velvet bands on the sleeves or
facings down the front. Any degree
may have trimmings on the hood.
The appropriate colors for the
different fields are: Agriculture-
Maize; Arts, Letters, Humanities—
White; Commerce accountancy
Business — Drab; Dentistry — Li-
lac; Economics — Copper; Educa-
tion — Light Blue; Engineering-
Orange; Fine Arts, Architecture -
Brown; Forestry - Russet; Journ-
alism — Crimson; Law -Purple;
Library Science — Lemon; Medi-
cine — Green; Music — Pink; Nur-
sing —Apricot; Oratory (speech)-
To the Editor,
During my visit to Southwestern
University as Willson Lecturer,
several students asked for a list
of books on Africa for their rea^
ing.
These are some books which I
suggest to the reader for whom
Africa is largely unknown:
John Gunther’s INSIDE AFRICA
(Harper & Bros. 1953) Even though
the political scene has changed
greatly since this was written, it
is still the best overview of Africa.
G. McLeod Bryan’s WHITHER
AFRICA? John Knox Press, 1961) *
A study of Tropical Africa in termf
of the sewn great movements: trib-
alism, Islam, Christianity, national*
ism, racism, Communism, and edli- *
cationalism.
George W. Carpenter’s TH15
WAY IN AFRICA ( Friendship
Press, 1959) A paper-back, short
but comprehensive, with special in-
terest in the Christian impact on
Africa, in as much as Dr. Carpen- *
ter spent over a quarter of a cen-
tury as a missionary, mostly iu
the Congo, in Africa.
Noni Jabavu’s DRAWN IN COL-
OUR (John Mlurray, London, 1960)
A personal account of life in South
Africa and in Uganda by an Afri-
can woman who went from her _
home in South Africa to visit her
married sister in Uganda.
Camara Laye’s THE DARK
CHILD (Collins, London 1954; a-
vailable as Fontana paperback) A
beautifully written autobiography
of a young man from French Guin-
ea,-describing his childhood in the
bush, his time in the bush school
and his tribal initiation into adult-
hood. 1
For those students who want a
scholarly authoritative book oaa
many aspects of African life, I rec-
ommend the two volume book
TROPICAL AFRICA, by George
H. T. Kimble, The Twentieth Cen- .
tury Fund, I960.
I wish you half the job in your
reading of Africa as I have had
in my monthfr in Africa, and if my '
wish is fulfilled, ;you will he richly
rewarded Thank you toWSt sincere-
ly for the c^rdiaUv^come you
students and /faculty^ members of_,
Southwestern, gave me during my’
happy days with you.
Silver Gray; Pharmacy — Olive
Green; Philosophy — Dark Blue;
Physical Education — Sage Green
Public Administration including
Foreign Service — Peacock Blue;
Public Health — Salmon Pink; Sci-
ence - Golden Yellow; Social Work-
Citron; Theology — Scarlet; and
Veterinary Science — Gray.
MSM News*
Sunday morning will be the last
of Dr. Ledbetter’s series ‘ Sex,
Love, and Marriage.”
Dr Ledbetter will speak about
marriage under unusual eiicum-
s.tances as when both partners are.
still in school.
This program will begin at 9:30.
This Sunday evening Dr. Clifford
presents his lecture on Tennessee
Williams to the M. S. M.
Dr. Clifford will deal mainly
with “Glass Menagerie”. Evening
program begins at 6:30,
FOR SALE
LP Record Albums.
Excellent Selection - Almost New
felling at big discount!
Judy Thornton
Kurth Hall - Box 225
Faithfully yours.
Kenneth I. Brown
Executive Director,
retired
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
TO ALL STUDENTS:
On Wednesday of this week over
4C0 students voted in the election
of new Student Body Officers. This
was a near - record breaking turn-
out. Never before this year have
so many students gone to the polls.
I, personally, take this as an in-
dication that our student body is
becoming more and more aiware of -
its responsibility for student self- t
government. Next week the Honor
Council will present an amendment
for student ratification. This is an- '
other opportunity for us to show
our willingness to take more of the
responsibility for OUR Student
Government.
T nrprp all students to vote FOR
the Honor Council Amendment.
Don’t let this amendment fail a
second time!!
Bernie Sandberg
Choir to Sing
In Beeville
The Southwestern University
Choir will sing at the First Meth-
odist Church in Beeville at 10:45
a.m. on Sunday, May 6.
At 7:00 p.m. the 'choir will give
a “ervice in Song” at the First
Methodist Church in Corpus Chris-
ti on Sunday, May 6.
The public is invited to hear this
outstanding choir directed by John
D. Richards, Dean of the South-
western University School of Fine
Arts.
Included on the program will be
music from the sixteenth, seven-
teenth, nineteenth and twentieth
centuries and also some spirituals.
This 50-voice choir is composed
of students from various sections
of the^ state and other parts of
the nation. The group* has ij^de
frequent tours throughout the _
west.
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