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THE RATTLER
Friday, March 6, 1964
(Psst: We Can Be Bought)
Student election time is drawing near,
and in the spirit of free enterprise, the
RATTLER would like to announce that its
bloc vote is up for sale to the highest bid-
der. We would also like to announce that we
are accepting bids for our Editorial Page.
Rates for bidding should start at a dollar
and a quarter a column inch, however spec-
ial consideration will be given to organiza-
tions wishing to buy more than a quarter
page.
Miss Medusa, however, declares that
her column is not for sale, since she does
not believe that economics should have any
part in political representation contests.
(Poor thing, she was exposed to a case of
Normanthomas when a mere freshman.)
Gringito states that he is willing to play
down his Latin-American image for the
sake of any Anglo bloc that gives him a re-
asonable offer. J. Grindl Goolsby, editor of
the Arts Column, stated that he will not
be outdone by any enterprising gesture on
the part of Gringito, and will concentrate
on flattering reviews of Patio Flamenco
and the Mariachis down at Mi Tierra, for
any reasonable offer, that is.
If no one takes us up on this magnif-
icent opportunity, the RATTLER will be
forced to choose one of two possibilities.
First, we could resign from the Grand
Union of the Student Council and establish
our own secessionist student government
composed of malcontents and also-rans. (If
this year’s election promises to be as excit-
ing as last year’s, our group would probably
number in the thousands.)
The second course, (less dramatic but
will preclude a lot of midnight egg throw-
ing at the RATTLER office,) is to establish
a non-partisan attitude. This is an admit-
tedly dull and cowardly way out, but con-
sidering that we never like to stir up con-
troversy and are convinced chickens, we will
probably follow this line. So, you can just
forget all the fun and games about bidding
for the editorial page. No one reads it any-
way.
(P.S. The military need not apply.)
So Where Were The Critics?
It was rather a disappointment to attend The RATTLER would like to say at
the annual student assembly for the Stu-
dent Council that took place last Friday.
With all the bombast heard on campus for
the last few months, one would think that
Reinbolt Auditorium would not be large
enough t o accommodate the anticipated
crowds of students who have made it a point
to have an opinion on everything that the
Student Council has attempted.
However, there were no mofe than 40
students in attendance. Several were there
because they forgot that it was the ten
o’clock break and thought that they were
in Dr. Pousson’s Psychology 203. Well, no
matter, they were at least there and it must
be said to their credit and to the credit of
the others who came that they took an
active part in what went on.
least one time this year, that we were
highly pleased by the content and presenta-
tion of the meeting, if was just a darn
shame that the bulk of the student body
didn’t think enough of their own stake in
what goes on around here to attend. We
might take some comfort in the fact that the
number of those who attended this meet-
ing (including the misdirected students
from the Psychology class) was twice the
number of those who attended last year’s
meeting. Statistically at least, this is a mar-
velous rate of growth. Who knows, in 88
years maybe the entire student body will
wrest itself away from the intellectually
stimulating bull sessions in the cafeteria to
attend an annual student council meeting.
UP THE IRISH!
If I may indulge in a bit of chauvin-
ism—Tuesday, the 17th of March is the
feast of the glorious patron of that
magnificent nation, that civilized, ed-
ucated, gentled, enlightened, cultured,
and Christianized the entire Western
world. His praises are sung in the most
magnificent cathedrals from Rome to
Goa, and in chapels from the Arctic
Circle to the bush of Australia. The in-
fluence of his nation is felt as far as
the human voice has reached. We are
of course talking about St. Patrick and
the Irish. Who else could be that
grand ?
ERIN GO BRAUGH!
Iflllllllil'il II
Medusa
By MARILYN KUEHLER
Once again our beloved cam-
pus was the scene of riot as
mature young adults frolicked
child-like in the rare San An-
tonio wonder called snow. De-
spite the fact that it was one
Gringito was checking his tor-
tilla calendar with the hogpin-ups
on top, when he was suddenly re-
minded that a favorite time of
year was fast approaching. Stu-
dent Council elections. Gringito
mused over his last hunk of
jerky, and decided that unless
some strong candidates showed
up soon, it would be impossible
to generate any real platforms
and consequently any real stu-
dent interest. With the rush of
recent verbiage concerning the
responsibility of Student Council
representatives and officers,
some outraged and capable stu-
dents should soon make their
candidacy known.
* * *
Gringito was crossing a bust-
ling campus pathway (near the
library) when he noticed two
stump speakers radiating
Americanism, truth, light and
beauty. They were familiar
men from newspaper pictures
minute of 8:00, the majority
of the student body could be
found crouching behind sick
snowmen, manning window-
fortresses and pelting fellow
students and faculty alike with
the ice form of sheer joy. Many
of us in skirts were at the
mercy ot the heap big war-
riors and found snow in our
hair and clothes and just about
everywhere. At the 10:00 break
all the weary and happy fight-
and magazine coverage, but
not a single student stopped
to listen. Though anathemas
and altruisms rained from the
two orators, no one would pay
them any attention. Cadet
Wedge, mistaking one of the
speeches for the national anth-
em stopped and saluted, and
another student in hasty de-
parture, rushed off to buy a
mother’s day card. Gringito
leaves the interpretation of this
scenario to any and all who
are wondering why some things
on this campus are . . .
Gringito was in the cafeteria
when a new group came in bear-
ing posters which read, “Hey
look. We are neat. We are Chris-
tian. Why aren’t you up-to-date
too. Aren’t you an intellectual?”
Gringito didn’t see one newspa-
per or chin drop noticably. But
then PhD’s don’t always wear
college rings.
ers piled into the cafeteria
hungry for hot coffee, and dis-
played wet shoes, socks and
coats. Talk about perked-up
spirits!!!
With increasing interest we
have been watching the girls with
the little white berets run around.
True to their nature they have
politely said “Yes, M’am” and
“No, M’am” to their esteemed
superiors, and have in general
boosted the Greek spirit around
the campus. Alpha Pi Epsilon
should be proud of the wonder-
ful girls who are pledging.
* * *
Dear hearts, listen! Tomor-
row is the final act of Spirit
Week, (talk about free plugs!)
starting with the box lunch and
climaxing in the dance. Hope
to see all our friends and
enemies there!
* * *
Que paso? Where were all the
frats and people who had pro-
mised cars for the Car Caravan?
Poor little fish! They worked so
hard to make it a success but
came up against a stone wall.
However we must say that the
school spirit at the Trinity game
was really refreshing. After
hearing so much about student
apathy we were happy to see
the general enthusiasm at the
game. Perhaps we’ll get there
after all. . .
* * *
Maybe I’m chicken,but the
thought of being matched with
someone by the brains of a
computer scares me! It’s a
good way to find out who has
the same interests and stuff,
but it’s kinda frightening in
a way. Just to please the KC’s
we’ll get a bunch of girls and
guy* to sign up, and then note
what happens. ...
The Spectator
■By GEORGE ASHLEY-
Yes, this IS a student council Assembly! No, you may NOT nail it to
the chapel door!
The Dipper Speaks,
Lauds Everybody
Dear Editor,
I would like to take this op-
portunity to express my deep ap-
preciation and thanks to all of
the students who participated in
the Dribblethon. Without their
help and encouragement this
event could not have become the
success that it was. The crowd at
St. Edward’s that evening was
tremendous and the support
shown our team at the Trinity
game exemplified the excellence
and true spirit of our student
body.
Our basketball team has
demonstrated its outstanding
ability and true spirit by re-
presenting us as our accom-
plished champions. Congratu-
lations, gentlemen.
My thanks are in order to my
colleagues on the Student Council
who are your able representatives,
and who have done an outstand-
ing job not only on the recent
Dribblethon but throughout the
past semester. They have demon-
strated that responsibility and
maturity which you recognized in
them by your election to the high-
est office that can be given to a
student.
Your council will not climax
its tenure with present accom-
plishments however, but plan
to continue and enlarge its pro-
gram. On the agenda for this
spring is the biggest and pos-
sibly the most elaborate Spring
prom ever undertaken by any
college.
We would like to bring your at-
tention to. immediate affairs and
encourage you to participate in
the remaining Spirit Week Ac-
tivities, which this year, for the
first time, are being sponsored by
the Freshman class. In addition
to the pool tourney (which should
turn out to prove where some of
our students and professors spent
most of their youth), this evening,
Saturday’s events will be sparked
off by one of Woodie’s Famous
Chicken Dinners in the Pecan
Grove.
For your dining pleasure,
you will be entertained by the
cool sounds of A1 Sturchio’s
Dance Band. In the afternoon
there will be a baseball game
from one ’till three followed
by a tug of war which will give
the freshman the opportunity
of dumping such heavyweights
as Mike Allaband, Larry Zoppi,
and yours truly. Depending on
the weather, the week’s activi-
ties will be climaxed by a giant
spirit dance in either the Pecan
Grove or the cafeteria. We hope
to see you all there.
Sincerely,
Mike Dipp,
Student Council Pres.
Blasts Library’s
Closed-StackPolicy
Dear Editor,
A large part of the educational
process depends on the individual
student getting in the habit of
using the library. He should de-
velop the habit of reading, not
only to meet a book report re-
quirement, but to satisfy intel-
lectual curiosity. In order to do
this one must be able to browse
in the stacks, for this both sat-
isfies and stimulates intellectual
curiosity. At a school such as St.
Mary’s where closed stacks are
a rule, the student’s only con-
tact with the books is via the card
catalogue; and anyone who has
tried browsing in card catalogues
can affirm that they do not in-
vite one to linger or return.
The effect of closed stacks,
then is to make a trade school
out of what is supposedly a
liberal arts institution. One is
discouraged from acquiring the
most valuable mental outlook
that can be developed in school:
the love for and familiarity
with good (or bad) books. If
one has gotten in the habit of
reading, his college years have
been well spent. If not, he might
as well have gone to a business
college.
This devotion to the wisdom
found in the printed word is,
moreover, one of the few things
which distinguished civilized man
from a savage gnawing on a bone.
The ancient Hebrews, violent in
nature and living among barbar-
ian neighbors, did not for naught
stress the importance of literacy.
If the objection to open
stacks is that the “kleptos” at
St. Mary’s would make off en
masse with the books, the solu-
tion is simple. There is only
one exit from the library, and
here a checker could be placed.
(Trinity and S.A.C. having
more honest student bodies, do
not even need a checker.) This
is normal procedure at many
colleges.
If the objection offered is that
the stacks would become disar-
ranged, the solution is again
simple; the people now hired to
fetch books for students could,
relieved of this responsibility, be
used to keep the stacks in order.
This too is normal procedure at
most colleges, including S.A.C.
and Trinity. If the objection of-
fered is that there is not room
for open stacks, then why not
do away with the study hall in
front and move more of the
stacks there?
This last answer might in-
volve expense, but if needed
the money could be appropriated
from a “nice to have” but other-
wise useless Diamondback. And
finally, seeing the importance
of open stacks in a “community
of scholars,” is it not worth
any expenses and bother to es-
tablish and maintain them?
Henry B. Leopold
Unfair to Chiang?
Mr. Editor:
“Recognition of Red China—
Yes” by Henry Leopold is a
most misleading article on the
China situation. It is misleading
both to the student body and
to the general public. Mr. Leo-
pold was most unfair in his at-
tack on the Nationalist Chinese
Government and in his defense
of the Communist Regime.
First of all his accusation
that the Nationalist Govern-
ment is utterly abhorrent to
the Chinese people is most
FALSE and UNFOUNDED.
Secondly, the Communist Re-
gime IS NOT supported by
the Chinese people. Also, the
Communist Government DOES
NOT and CANNOT offer a
brighter prospect to the Chin-
ese people.
I think Mi\ Leopold is very mis-
informed, and I suggest that he
study some Chinese history and
learn some facts on the dif-
ferences between the National-
ist Chinese Government and the
Communist Regime and what
they can offer to the Chinese
people and to the Free World.
Yours truly,
Vincent Lin
Chaplain Despairs
Of Rattler Staff
Dear Sirs:
I write to protest the inclusion
of my name in your staff box as
“spiritual counselor” to the Rat-
tler. It is true that I once agreed
to act in the capacity of chap-
lain for your staff. But I beg
you to recall that I did so on
the clear understanding, between
your business manager and my-
self, that the position would be
salaried. It was also agreed at
that time that I would be allowed
to write a regular column of
spiritual advice, to be entitled
“Dear George . . .”
I now find that both promises
were made with tongue in cheek.
The entire staff of “clever” pseu-
do-sophisticates, I am told, is
convulsed with laughter at the
simplicity with which I believed
these promises. But I do not find
this in the least bit funny. I had
already written my first column,
in reply to a question by a co-ed,
“Is every atheist a drunkard?”
My answer was, “Not neces-
sarily, Kitty, but you can bet
your bottom dollar every drunk-
ard is an atheist!” It broke my
heart to be told that my story
was thrown out and replaced
by a report on fraternity beer
blasts.
Well, I just wanted to tell all
you irreverent people where to
get off, but on second thought
I don’t want to be uncharitable,
so I’ll pray for your conversion.
Yours for a better tomorrow,
George Goolsby
Girls Grateful For
‘Use of Office’
Dear Editor,
The girls of Incarnate Word
College Avould like to thank the
Student Council of St. Mary’s for
the use of their office during the
basketball game between OLL
and the Word. We' really appre-
ciate their generosity and hospi-
tality, it will always be remem-
bered. We thank you very much.
It is very conducive to the
building of good will between the
schools.
In the future however, we sug-
gest that a dressing table and
an attendant be installed.
Thanks again,
Marion Stockton
FOR THOSE who have not seen “Dr. Strange-
love” yet, I strongly admonish you to invest a
buck and a quarter in some of the best film satire
that has ever appeared before my jaded old eyes.
Its satire cuts with rapier jabs and chops like a
headsman’s axe. Contemporary thinking in the
realm of thermo-nuclear weapons and the men
who are responsible for it is taken to task and
soundly trounced.
THE MILITARY MIND, R.I.P.
Roasted over the celluloid grill are such fine up-
standing examples of the military mind as General
Jack D. Ripper, who believes that the Communists are
trying to poison him by fluoridating the water supply.
Also memorable is a B-52 pilot who, upon receiving
the attack order, puts on a cowboy hat and winds up
riding the bomb down to the target, whooping and
fanning the horrible explosive as if it were a bronc;
an Air Force Chief of Staff whose mistress keeps
calling him on the phone while he is engaged in find-
ing ways to recall the H-bombers before they reach
their targets; and CoL*“Bat” Guano, commander of the
Airborne troops who storm Burpleson A.F.B. in an
effort to capture General Ripper and force the recall
code from him. However, there is an island of calm in
this sea of panic. An RAF Group Captain, the Execu-
tive Officer at Burpleson under the officer exchange
program, tries to preserve order and sanity while sur-
rounded by unreason. With the typically British way
of “muddling through,” he manages to get the recall
code to the President in spite of Colonel “Bat” Guano.
Politicians too get their lumps, mainly in a
“hot-line” conversation between Merkin Muffley,
the President of the United States, and the drunk-
en Premier of Russia. While the entire world is
threatened by the imminence of nuclear war, a
banal conversation ensues as the President tries
to humor the Premier. Dr. Strangelove, an ex-
Nazi scientist who is chief of weapons develop-
ment for the United States, keeps calling the Pres-
ident, “Mein Fuhrer” as his crippled right arm
flies up in a Nazi salute. Even the Russian Am-
bassador gets in on the act when he is admitted
to the War Room in the Pentagon in an effort
to convince the Premier that “we don’t really
mean to attack you, it’s just a silly mistake.”
The dialogue that goes on in the picture is nothing
short of riotous. Examples: During an altercation be-
tween General Turgidson, the Air Force Chief of
Staff, and the Russian Ambassador over a camera
that the Ambassador had smuggled into the War
Room. The President says, “You can’t fight in
here. This is the War Room.” When Group Captain
Mandrake attempts to call the President and give him
the recall code for the bombers, he finds that he lacks
change for the pay phone, and asks Colonel Guano to
shoot the lock off a Coke machine and get the change
out of it. Guano replies coldly that the Coke machine is
private property and if Mandrake doesn’t get the
President, Mandrake will have to answer to the Coca-
Cola Company.
DOUBTS AND QUALMS
The more observant will notice that symbolism
runs rampant throughout the film. One of the best
examples of this is the banquet table laid out in the
War Room, with the probability of nuclear war be-
coming increasingly greater. By using a little imagina-
tion, the scene becomes very symbolic of the Last
Supper.
To say much more would be pointless. The
only thing to do is to see it yourself. While I do
not argue that seeing the picture will make any-
one turn pacifist, underneath the fine humor,
many doubts and not a few qualms will undoubted-
ly be raised about the possibility of nuclear war.
Coach Hails Student Spirit
Dear Mr. Harrell
I would like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank the student body,
on behalf of the basketball team
and myself, for the wonderful
support we have received during
the season.
It is especially gratifying to
see the enthusiasm that was
generated for the trip to the
St. Ed’s game. I regret that we
didn’t make the trip a complete
success.
I think that Mike Dipp and the
students participating in the
“dribblethon” as well as the stu-
dents making the trip to Austin,
are to be commended for a job
well done.
Again let me express our
appreciation.
Sincerely,
Coach Messbarger
St. Ed’s Telegram
The following is a copy of a
telegram message to St. Mary’s
students from the Student Coun-
cil of St. Edward’s University.
“Good luck to St. Mary’s
University in their bid for an
NAIA playoff spot. St. Ed-
wards University Student
Council.”
THE RATTLER STAFF
Opinions expressed in THE RATTLER are those of
the editors or of the writer of the article and not
necessarily those of the University administration.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor ................................................................Thomas Harrell
Asst. Editor................................................................-.....Mike Legan
News Editor.............................................................Marilyn Kuehler
Sports Editor......................................................................Tony Copp
Copy Editor__________________________________________...________________________________Pat Miller
Staff Photographers________________________________________-________Tony Engbrock
Staff ...................Jim Lytton, Barbara Madden, Margaret Wead,
Bill Haley, Claude Zabava, Bro. Bill Christen-
sen, S.M., Terri Rodriguez, Chris Maguire,
Phyllis Koelzer, Kathy Carey, George Ashley
Business Manager_______________:_____________________________Jim Hufstetler, Jr.
Advertising_________________________________________________Bill Michel, Bill Haley
Moderator______________________________________________Bro. Arthur Goerdt, S.M.
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