The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 29, 1955 Page: 2 of 4
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THE RAMBLER
29 HfjarcM
*De&fette @&tct
Spring is definitely in the air in spite of the vary-
ing readings of the thermometer in lexas. The sea-
son was officially ushered in at midnight on Monday,
March 21. .
With the changing of the season have come also
changes on the college scene. The campus is taking
on the lush green color of spring and summer that has
been so lacking during these last years of drouth.
The trim, dark winter clothes of the campus coeds
have blossomed into the colorful sguaw dress and
bright, full cottons of summer. Vying with the girls
for color attention, the boys are taking on rainbow
hues in their pink and lavender shirts and socks.
Sudden attacks of spring fever are noticeable
among the students, especially during class time. The
urge to go fishing, take a hike, go on a picnic, or |ust
sit and snooze in the sun is strong.
Sprinq, of course, is the time when a young man's
fancy turns, to quote Tennyson, to thoughts of love.
At a coeducational college it would be hard to tell the
time of year by this test. At any rate there do seem
to be more twosomes on the campus during social
hours lately.
Our poets have evidenced the impact that spring
makes on the individual in their many lyrics to the
season. Tin Pin Alley has made many a fortune on
popular tunes touting the loveliness of springtime.
What imaginative person has not been stirred to
some sort of creative expression of his appreciation
of the season's beauty. Spring is a time of fresh-
ness, of new beginnings that seem to promise a bet-
ter future.
"Hope," says the Psalmist, "springs eternal in the
human heart." With the upsurge of new life in nature
every year a renewal of this eternal hope for a better
tomorrow is once again in the thoughts of men.
Spring! It's wonderful!
...
Teaching is the greatest professional challenge in the world
today. When teachers stop teaching, all other professions will
cease. A nation is no stronger and no weaker than the people
who compose it; and it is the responsibility of the teacher to
preserve this strength by producing worthwhile, useful citizens.
It is through education that citizens attain the maximum
amount of perfectability in all aspects of their daily living.
A field that is not farmed soon becomes wild and overgrown
with useless matter which drains the soil of its richness and gives
nothing in return. If it were not for education, people would
fail to recognize any similar waste in their patterns of living.
Education therefore is a controlling force.
Pupils in a classroom may come from uneducated homes,
and they may never come under the influence of a preacher.
Their future, therefore, lies in the hands of the teacher. In
order to influence them morally, the teachers themselves must
have high moral and spiritual standards. Moral education is a
primal necessity of social existence.
The teacher and student must combine all the contributions
of the past, the abilities of the present, and the hopes of the fu-
ture. For the preservation of our Union they must conscien-
tiously discharge the"great branches of our public trust, faith-
fully to preserve it, wisely to administer it, and vigorously to
improve it. In their hands lie our future at home, and our
congderation and dignity abroad.—Ed Cooper in McMurry War
WhVop.
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THE RAMBLER
Entered as second-class matter September 17, 1947, at the
post office at Fort Worth, Texas under the Act of March 3, 1897.
Published each Tuesday during the school year, except holi-
day periods, by students of Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth,
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ELECTRORtA
CEFfclCrERATOfc^
A WOVJ BEING-
LITER ATU RE
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Think About It...
By HENRY CALIIOUN
Palm Sunday is the anniversary
of the triumphant entry of "Christ
into Jerusalem. On this great day
many people sang praises of the
Messiah as they threw their coats
and palm branches down before a
donkey which He rode. The voices
of men, women, and children
shouted with joy—praises to IIo-
sannah.
Several <jlays later some of these
Same peoffflT allowed Jesus to be
persecuted Iwd crucified. We are
ready and willing to condemn these
traitors. Yet, how often have we
done the same thing. How many
times have we sung the praises of
Jesus Christ on Sunday, and then
gone out and crucified Him all
during the week: Whenever we
let immoral thoughts, evil desires,
greed, hate, spite, and prejudice
Ramblings ....
A TWC quartet sang for junior
high students at William James
Friday. Led by Jory Waldon, the
group presented some barber shop
harmony numbers done with com-
edy routines. Johnny Walker,
tenor, Waldon, second tenor, Char-
les Schneider, baritone, and Bill
Miller, bass.
♦ * *
Dr. W. A. Meacham, assistant
superintendent bf secondary
schools in T*6rt Worth, Was on the
campus Friday interviewing pros-
pective teachers fqr September job
AU Fraternities System
Posts All-Men's Averages
AKRON, O.—(I. P.)— The Uni-
versity of Akron fraternity system
recently received a pat on the back
from the College Fraternity Schol-
arship Processing service. In a
press release from this service,
Colonel Ralph W. Wilson, execu-
tive director, noted amazement at
the f?ct that all eight fraternities
on this campus posted grade aver-
ages above the All-Men's average.
"This situation is unusual among
colleges," commented Richard L.
Hansford, Adviser of Men. "Akron
is one of the few Universities in
the country where all fraternities
operate on the deferred-pledging
plan, whereby men wait a semester
to pledge, and must have made
their 2 point average before being
eligible to pledge.
openings in the Fort Worth
schools.
♦ » * *
The average golf duffer usually
has no trouble keeping score; he
just keeps adding stroke onto
stroke. But match play between
two teams using different scoring
systems can be confusing, Coach
O. D. Bounds and his Ram linkmen
discovered last Thursday at Steph-
enville. The Tarleton College
players Avere accustomed to one
system of team score-keeping and
the Rams another. The result:
no one was certain who had show
what under what scoring method.
A score of 3Vi to 2Vt, with the
Tarleton clubbers winning, was
finally agreed on.
Vic Vet says
A 61 LOAM MAY SB PAID IN PULL.
OR PAYMENTS INCGfASECAT
ANY TIME without penalty".
IF YOU WISH TO TAKE
apvantagf of either plan,
CONSULT YOUR LENPER. rtm
Stevenson's Style Unique
In yDe Maletroit's Door'
COLLEGE
CALENDAR
linger in our minds we are cruci-
fying Christ again. Whenever we
use abusive talk, mistreat another
human being, or impose our per-
sonalities on someone else, we are
crucifying Christ again.
Remember that what we do unto
the least of our brethreijk we do
also unto Christ. During the Great
Week of Passiori? let us not forget,
to do unto others as we would
have'them do unto us. Strive to
put evil out of the mind and let
it be filled with love. Pray for
enemies as well as friends, for all
men are our brothers.
During the Easter season we
might offer this prayer: Father,
forgive us for the many times we
have crucified our Savior. Help
us in the future to glorify His
Name. For Chrfst's sake we pray.
Amen.
The Poet^ As A Philosopher
"I sometimes think that never grows so red,
The rose as where some buried Caesar bled."
It was in 1859 that Edward Fitzgerald published his translation of
"The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khyvam." It was received with apathy by the
reading public, but after his'fellow poets, Rosetti and Swinburne, and
others recognized the merits of his work, the poem became a sensation,
and rose quickly to the status of what we would now describe as a best-
seller. Philosophic discussions, based on the views of the Persian tent-
maker, became the rage among the intelligentia of the English-speaking
world. Omar clubs sprang up on ever hand, to read aloud and discuss
the Fitzgerald quartrains. The views expressed by the Oriental philos-
opher, with his fatalistic outlook on life, proved a welcoilfe relief from
the fundamental puritanism of the Victorian era.
No finer tribute to Omar has been paid than that of John Hay, one
of the biographers of Abraham Lincoln, when he said that he belonged
"to that favored few who, like Lucertius and Epictetus of old, have dared
to look deep into the tangled mystery of things; sufficiently conscious of
fallibility to be tolerant of all opinions; with a faith too wide for doc-
trine, and a benevolence untrammeled by creed; too wise to be whol'f
poets, and yet too surely poets to be implacably wise." In the quartrian
from which the lines above are taken, Omar discusses the role of pain
and suffering in human life. He believes that only those who have had
these experiences can attain to real nobility of soul. Because one's own
suffering is the basis of sympathy for others, and sympathy is the basis
of love. This is what he meant when he said that the roses are redder
when planted \$iere some buried Caesar bled, and "that every hyacinth
the garden wejirs dropped in her lap from some once lovely head." —
From The Poet As Philosopher by Dr. L. H. Hubbard.
I'.v KKNI CON WELL
Robert Louis Stevenson was born
in Kngland in the year 1850. lie
accomplished more in his 44 years
than most other authors have.
After livit|g in both Kngland and
America, ho died in 181)4 on a
South Sea Isle, He stands among
the elite of literary men, for his
writings will live forever in the
memory of children and adults
alike.
Stevenson is perhaps best known
for his longer pieces, such as
Treasure Island and Hr. JeUyll and
Mr. Il.vdc; but a part of his fame
is a result, of his short stories,
among which is his excellent "The
Sire de Maletroit's Door." It is a
story of a young Fj-ench soldier of
the early fifteenth century during
the time when Kngland tried to
rule France until Joan of Arc
helped her people to throw off the
English yoke,
In this story, Denis de Beaulieu
is the 22-year-old soldier in town
on leave. After he put his horse-
up, he went to visit his friend,
heedless of the fact that, the town
was full of mixed troops, both from
Burgundy and England. He went,
with the intention of staying a
short, while, but time passed so
that he stayed until after mid-
night.
As he was going back to the
camp, some soldiers pursued him
and he accidentally leaned against
a trick door, which opened from
the outside only. A short time
later he met the owner of the
mysterious door, Sire de Male-
troit, who after a while, intro-
duced Denis to Blanche, Male-
troit's niece. He then told them
that he had found his niece a hus-
band. Naturally both Denis and
Blanche objected, but. could not
possibly do anything about, it.
Maletroit gave them two hours in
which to make up their minds.
Denis would be killed if they did
not agree with hiiti , Denis was
willing to die for her sake so that
they would not have to be wed,
they both realized their love for
each other.
"The Sire de Maletroit's Door"
is similar to Treasure Island in
that'both are filled with suspense;
although the action in the former
is not so vivid as in the latter, the
reader can feel it hovering around
him. In both stories there is also
great romantic adventure.
Stevenson's style is unique. He
accomplishes his romantic effect
almost before the reader realizes
it. Undoubtedly," his style is well-
flavored with his many travels.
His action scenes are so realistic
that the reader is not aware of
the author's clever technique. His
choice and use of descriptive
terms help to portray the action
vividly.
The mysterious door and the
eccentric manerisms of de Male-
troit give this story an eerieness,
such as a person has when ho
walks from a boisterous sidewalk
into a dank and dusty old home.
Stevenson's brief account of
Denis de Beaulieu shows that he
is a Voung soldier who has- parti-
cipated in his first battle and kill-
ed his first man. In fhe latter
part of the story he shows his
graciousness and bravery when he
offer to die for Blanche. As one
of the main characters, he is well
portrayed.
The other important character
is Sire de Maletroit. He is pic-
tured as an old soldier who has
won many laurels. He pictures
the younger Denis ah himself when
he was young. He is a bit stub-
born, but has a sense of humor.
He seems, however, a bit difficult
to understand.
Blanche, de Maletroit's niece,'is
Rambler Files
ONE YEAR AGO
Mrs. M. Bostick Fields, TWC li-
brarian, and Miss Grace Corbin,
assistant, librarian, attended sepa-
rate sessions of the Texa^ Regional
Conference of Librarians in Min-
eral Wells. ..
The softball diamond on the
northeast corner of the campus
was lid off in correct dimensions
and the foul lines were lined.
Softball intramurals were played
on the campus for the first time
in several years.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Dean J. Elmer Cox and Mrs.
Sarah S. Works, dean of women,
put into writing nine new general
and dormitory rules.
Dr. Walter R. Glick, vice-presi-
dent, was Selected as representa-
tive of TWC to attend the Anti-
Trust and Price Regulation Insti-
tute of Southwestern Legal Foun-
dation held in Dallas.
young and as fresh as the Morning
Glories; but she has her uncle's
stubbornness.
The setting is very effective. It
t$"the fall of the year, and the
wind is laden with showers and
tlie dead leaves are blowing. This
gives a person a cold, clammy
feeling. The action occurs in the
evening and night. The' locale is
the small French village in the
township of Chateau Landon.
In this story, as in all of Ste-
venson's writings, his extended
travels are of an invaluable* aid
in making his settings vivid and
his characters convincing.
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LIBRARY
Leaves Of Grass' Centennisl
Is Outstanding In Library
By HENRY CALHOUN*
TWC Library joins The Library
of Congress, The Detroit Public
Library, the Yale University Li-
brary, and the New York Public
Library in celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the original publi-
cation of Walt Whitman's "Leaves
of Grass," which first was pub-
lished in 1855 as a collection of 12
poems. Eleven revised editions
OTHER CAMPUSES
Tickets Clog Wheels
Of Justice At UV
Police handed out so maifC'
parking tickets at. the University
of Virginia recently that the
wheels of justice were clogged.
The cash register at police head-
quarters broke, and about a dozen
students with parking tickets were
sent home without paying fines.
* * * *
Each time a student parks his
car incorrectly at the University
of Cincinnati, he must pay a fine
of $2. From these fines, a fund
is developed for the payment of
free scholarships for undergradu-
ates. According to reports seven
$150 scholarships have been award-
ed for the academic year 1954-55.
* * * *
Some men students at. Florida
Southern College are currently
lamenting the fact that in certain
classes all the A's and B's are
distributed to "pulehritudinous"
members of the female sex. It is
suggested that in cases where
brains are lost to beauty, male
students should either drop the
course, fail the course, or wear a
skirt to class and wink at the in-
structor on the way in.
♦ * * *
Thirty McMurry Indian Band
members are on a 16-day travel-
ing tour. The trip includes a two-
week concert and sight-seeing tour
of London, Paris, Amsterdam,
Zurich, and Rome.
L.'-.
Were pllbli-h :!
lifetime, til.- la .i
Of great pi err:;;,
exhibit will !>•
are copies from
Charles K. }■•-
Over a period
Feinbcrg ha.*,
portant col'W' ,,n
man mami.-vi i:.• -
books in exist.'!; -.
Among tli"
manuscripts an- th
of Passage to Ind ■
Not to Create Oni\.'
Vistas," and "<4r,. -
It is Mr. Feint:.'!.:'
scholars, student
have the opportni.it,
woiik of Wall Wliii1
Poet- Poet of D- !;..
Also in honor of !!
versary of Walt, Whit
of Grass," the p. =„
tion has given TWC
the "Conservator.''
vat or" was publish'!
and contains a r:.
written by cont :
Whitman, whi'-h v
interest to Whitman
Included in the <■>.!
copy of part of a
Waldo Emerson f•
praise of young Whi'
of Grass." Tie*
called "the m< -t re-
import ant letter in /
arv history."
The Solitary Sim;
biography of Walt *
in the TWC libra;-;,
the most complete
tive biography of V,
the man and the ait
tary Singer is on
Whitman books
Allen, professor of. i
graduate school of :i
ces at New York ! "
Material for the e>
secured by Mrs. M<
librarian, and Dr.
Hughes, chairman o
of Languages and I.
feel it will be of ii
English students.
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A Program for YOU-th
PROGRAM
SUNDAY—
9:30 A. M SUNDAY SCHOOL
10:50 A. M. MORNING WORSIlU
6:45 P. M TRAININO UNKJN
7:50 P. M..1 EVENING WORSHIP
7:00 P. M -TEACHERS and OFFICERS MEETING
WEDNESDAY— n
7:00 P. M TEACHERS and OFFICERS MEETf*"
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