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THE RATTLER
Friday, September 16, 1960
WHAT FRESHMEN WANT
Economic Knowledge
It is a generally acknowledged fact that few fresh-
men go to a particular college in search of knowledge.
They usually choose a school because of convenience or
friendship. The only really definite aim they have is an
economic one.
Ours is a highly organized nation which allows little
leeway for any uneconomic whim or unproductive fancy.
Growth in it does not usually incline one to consider the
subordinating of economics toward ideals such as Beauty
or Truth. The image makers are more considered with
creating a need: they are for "the brighter day.”
It is the duty of all members of the artificial com-
munity called the university to investigate values.
This is especially true in a Catholic college for a
prominent economist has claimed that, on the average, a
graduate of a non-Catholic college' makes more money
than a graduate of a Catholic college.
This may be a serious matter. After all, we did agree
that most people go to college to improve their chance
©f obtaining material wealth.
PROTESTANT LEADERS EXPRESS
Doubts About Kennedy
Five dubious points form the text of a statement
issued by the National Conference of Citizens for Reli-
gious Freedom, led by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale on
whether a President of the Roman Catholic faith could
"withstand altogether” pressures that might be exerted
by his church.
The statement assumes that the church, a "political
as well as religious organization,” would exert extreme
pressure on the president to follow policies favorable to
the church in foreign relations and matters relating to
the Vatican.
Strangely enough, the president will follow and give
consideration to pressure organizations instrumental in
affecting foreign policy. Conceivably, any time the pres-
ident agrees with and enforces policies of a certain group
he could be accused of being controlled by that group.
Catholic president or not, that man will be denounced
as the "tool” of special interests by the opposition party
and his enemies.
The article claims the Catholic church, whenever it
has been in a position of power, has suppressed Protes-
tants, thus going against our policies of religious toler-
ance. It might be well to note that protestants of most
pre-revolutionary colonies withheld the right of Cath-
olics to vote or hold elective offices. And, should the
TJ.S. refuse to elect a Catholic president because of the
feeling that his religion is incompatible with our form
of government, then those voters are stifling freedom
of religion.
It points out that the Catholic church feels that only
it is the "true” church. Conversely, atheists and agnostics
point out that most churches claim to be the "true”
church and this is their major failing.
The statement stresses that Kennedy as a Congress-
man in the House of Representatives sponsored govern-
ment aid to parochial education, but as a Senator has
voted against such bills. It questions how long this
change of face will last.
It might be answered that Kennedy did what he felt
was politically expedient. Or, it might be that Kennedy
felt the Senate bill failed to meet certain necessary stand-
ards compatible with his political position.
Lastly, the article claims a Catholic president could
not, because of canon law7, participate in interfaith meet-
ings and would need ecclesiastic permission to worship
in a Protestant church.
The latter may be true, but the Pope disproved the
first claim when he called for an Ecumenical Council
which invited the clerical leaders of the world’s major
religions to discuss Christian unity.
Articles asking for objective consideration toward this
campaign’s very real religious issue invariably present
a prejudiced point of view. Protestant and Catholic alike
must bear with these articles, but the enlightened Chris-
tian will search far beyond bigoted words.
THE#RATILER
ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Opinions expressed in The Rattler are those of the editors
or of the writer of the article and not necessarily these of
the University administration.
Editor________Frank Jessie Jr.
Associate Editor____Lone Castillo
Business Manager_Sam Buchanan
The Rattler is published every
Friday during the school year by
the Journalism Department of St.
Marys LnJversity of Texas. San
Antonio 1 Member Catholic School
Press Association Texas Catholic
Journalists Workshop. Associated
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$1 per semester. Phone; GE-2-7821.
JFK Flos Latin Issue
"Security of the United States
depends upon Latin American
freedom,” Democratic president-
ial nominee John. F. Kennedy
warned the jammed throngs at
Alamo Plaza here this week.
With this thesis, Kennedy in-
jected a new issue into his whis-
tlestop campaign against Repub-
lican standard bearer, Richard
Nixon.
By JACK SMITH
It would seem a shame to pan
the 1960 issue of the Diamond-
back, StMU’s annual. But it de-
serves it.
The beauty of the Diamond-
back lasts only as far as its
inside cover. The cover, black
with red and grey blocks giving
the annual’s name, is attrac-
tive though conservatively eye-
catching.
The inside cover has excel-
lent appeal. The color photo-
graph of St. Mary’s campus
is beautiful, even if a little
fuzzy and with part of an air-
plane strut showing.
The table of contents page is
the first of a long line of pic-
torial blunders. From hundreds
of available pictures of the ad-
ministration building of StMU
the worst of the lot must have
been picked. Its space is devoted
to telephone wires, the adminis-
tration building, and road pave-
ment with the wires and road
winning most of the space.
Lack of Imagination through-
out the annual is rivaled only
by the poor photography and
And on this Latin American
topic, Democrats contend that
Nixon appears to he vulnerable.
Departing from his usual at-
tack on the Administration’s
handling of defense, welfare
opportuinties, civil rights and
a direct battle with commu-
nism, the "boy wonder” of the
Democratic Party ignited the
South of the Border theme in
confusing picture captions. The
annual’s theme, if there is one,
is undiscernible, but effective
contrasting of pictures and
white space holds one’s interest
until the books’ end.
Two immediate suggestions for
improvement would be the use of
more professional photography
and picture captions that are
short, informative, and interest-
ing; not confusing like the seem-
ingly misplaced names of under-
graduate students.
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September Draft Will
Snare 406 Civilians
Col. Morris S. Schwartz, state
Selective Service director, re-
cently announced a Texas draft
quota of 406 men for the month
of September.
This quota compares with a
call of 359 for August and 290
for July. The September call is
the state’s share of a national
quota of 8,000 men.
Col. Schwartz also announced
pre-induction physical and men-
tal examinations for 1,190 men in
September.
San Antonio, a city with a
large Latin American popula-
tion.
Kennedy made it clear that he
stands with the nationalistic
movements in Latin America and
he does so because “I think it
is right.”
"I don’t want to see the U.S.
do anything in Latin America
because Castro holds a pistol to
us. I want to see us do it because
it is the right thing to do,” the
Demo nominee pleaded.
“In 1954 there were 13 mili-
tary strongmen in Latin Amer-
ica—today there are only five.
And in the coming month and
years we may expect the elim-
ination of all remnants of
tyranny,” he predicted.
What Kennedy desires is a re-
evaluation of United States for-
eign policy into one expressing
the “goals, needs, and hopes of
all the nations of the Americas,
and joining their efforts and re-
sources in building the strength
of the western hemisphere.”
The Democratic hopeful,
bronzed from a scorching Texas
sun, urged a revamping of the
Good Neighbor and Good Part-
ner policies.
In the last eight years,
Kennedy observed, these plans
have led to an anti-American
feeling that has spread to
Cuba, Venezuela, Panama, and
Brazil.
“We should not extend the
hand of America’s friendship be-
cause of the good that can be
derived for the United States.
“We must do so because we
think it is right. We must do so
because the security of the U.S.
depends upon the freedom of
Latin America,” he urged.
Exploitation by the United
States for capital gain is not
the way to win the Latin
American people who are be-
ing wooed by the Communists,”
Kennedy said.
Kennedy blamed the Adminis-
tration’s policies of sending the
least able ambassadors to Latin
America. “We are standing still.
We have not forwarded the
cause for freedom,” he charged.
Democrats contend that Nixon,
who has been rudely greeted by
stone throwers in Latin America,
epitomizes U. S. exploitation
South of the Border. Demo lead-
ers also claim that if Nixon is
elected, he will continue to fol-
low the same losing policies.
Nixon has yet to offer a re-
buttal in defense of the Admin-
istration’s policies.
As election day nears Demo-
crats insist the Republican stand-
ard bearer will soft-pedal the is-
sue.
“But today,” Kennery warns,
“time is running out in Latin
America.”
PRESIDENT BUEHLER'S WELCOME
CROWD CHEERS Kennedy at Alamo.
Diamond back's Beauty
Said Only Skin Deep
The Formulation of a Mentality
By Fr. WALTER J.
BUEHLER, S.M.,
It is the pleasant prerogative
of my office to welcome all our
students—both old and new—to
Alma Mater.
St. Mary’s University is a
community of scholars composed
of students and teachers.
It has a faculty made up of
superior men who as superiors
realize their Christian obligation
to be of service to their stu-
dents. “Let him who would be
first among you become the
servant of all.”
The primary objective of St.
Mary’s University is the for-
mulation of a mentality — a
mentality strengthened by the
wisdom of the past, the intel-
lectual experiences of personal
study and the challenge of
future service.
Unless the improved and
strengthened mind is directed to
a worthwhile
objective, it can
easily become a
dangerous mind.
It is expected
then that a
good mental-
ity will reach
its fulfillment
in loyalty. The
chief effects oi
loyalty are the Fr. Buenier
direction of freedom and the
dedication of love.
The fully flexible and thor-
oughly human tradition of our
109-year-old University are
well known throughout San An-
tonic, South Texas, and far
beyond. Our students have al-
ways appreciated and respected
the freedom which is theirs.
It is our hope that again this
year our students will meet
the challenge of freedom with
increasing dedication to and
love for Alma Mater.
This love, of couise, should
manifest itself first in the daily
work of scholarship. As good
students you will realize in-
creasingly your obligation of
assisting the University to ac-
complish all its purposes. St.
Mary’s University will become
more famous and your degrees
will become more valuable in
proportion as yrou put something
back into the scholarly communi-
ty from which you have already
drawn or will draw much.
Although mentality is the
mark of scholarship, the full-
ness of living is characterized
by such a sense of responsi-
bility.
May you grow in both. Re-
ligious, social and recreational
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