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THE COLLEGIAN
Pat 2
Friday April 5 1940
THE COLLEGIAN
Entered at the Post Office at Brownwood Texas aa second class mat
Member
Phsocialed Gollefciate Press
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Gollefciate Di6est
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I Am Proud I Am
An American
heritage and is one of which we should be proud.
Our flag should be one of our most prized possessions.
There are few other nations that can look up to their flag
waving gloriously and say "Herein lies safety." If the thou-
sands of people who were left homeless by war had that
privilege the world would be in a very different condition
today. When I see the stars and stripes waving over my
head I feel a surge of pride run through me. I am proud
of our great nation and proud that I am a part of it. Perhaps
I may be a small part; but nevertheless I do my duty as a
citizen of the United States of America.
In our country we have freedom of speech freedom of re-
ligion and freedom of press. Our Constitution guarantees us
these rights. In the European countries all three of these
rights are being denied today. Their people are oppressed
and "cannot call their souls their own." Some of them have
no right to personal property and in a great many instances
no personal liberty. When we think of this deplorable condi-
tion we realize what a truly great document our own Consti-
tution is.
I do not necessarily believe in "America for the Ameri-
cans." I would give a home to some of the homeless people
of Europe. Of course I realize we cannot take them all in.
America is known however as the melting pot of the nations.
I do believe in ridding ourselves of all the heretics who do
not appreciate the advantages they are receiving in our coun-
try of freedom. The Communists Socialists and all other
societies of their kind should be wiped out.
Never so long as there is the spirit of Americanism in our
people will our nation become downtrodden. Our country will
prosper and continue as one of the great nations of the world.
We will not however stand for foreign nations to impose on
our rights. If forced to we will go to war to protect and pre-
serve our freedom which we so dearly gained. When our
colors pass in review I feel more than ever a sense of pride
and love for my country. Yes I am proud I am an Ameri-
can ! Kathirene Riddle.
Brownwood
And You
ness men in Brownwood who make this sheet available men
who time after time respond to our pleas for advertising.
They so patiently so consistently advertise in our college
newspaper annual program sheets placards and a hundred
and one other different methods and enable us to keep going.
Without this help all these advantages which we have would
not be ours.
We can salute these stand-bys and pat them on the back
but the most positive way of showing our appreciation is
trade with them in turn for their having traded with us.
Patronize these advertisers and let them know that you read
their advertisements in the paper. Show them in a way meas-
urable in dollars and cents that you appreciate their help.
These advertisers and friends back the school you back
them.
Students those people of the city who loyally support
Daniel Baker are our best friends. Never let it be said that
a Daniel Baker rooter rooted in vain. Give the backers of
Daniel Baker something to be proud of a fine student body
a beautiful campus and a fine athletic team to show them
that their faith has not been misplaced. Do all you can to
make them feel glad that they have helped us. If you do not
play on the team you can help in many other ways and one
of these ways is by patronizing these advertisers.
Those friends of the school who help Daniel Baker help
you. These benefits are in turn given to you and anyone who
backs this school is supporting you. You are deeply indebted
to these people who also feel that Daniel Baker is a worthy
institution for loyalty. Do your part by being loyal to them.
Hirschell Rogers.
During the past 20 years remarks an economist most de-
posed monarchs have proved to be comparatively wealthy
men. No doubt they put somtehing by for a reignless day.
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In the troubled state which
the world is in today it means
a great deal to be able to say
"I am an American!" It is our
Had you ever thought what
makes The Collegian possible
from week to week as you read
it? There are a group of busi
THE PLAGIARIST
WOE IS MCI
He wrapped me in a cloak of white
And took me out into the chilly
night;
He cutessed me with his finger-
tips And then he drew me to his lips.
He held me there for a long long
time
Such bliss as that seemed quite
sublime.
When we stopped parking and
went on to the dance
I was so wrinkled and mussed the
people stared askance.
He wus ashamed of me so he left
me deserted
While the pretty hat check girl
he flirted.
During the evening I was noticed
by a stranger
Who idly played with me and then
left me in danger
Of being tramped upon scuffed
about and crushed
Till the feeble life left in my being
was hushed.
But such is my fate; I've never
seen a man yet
Who could treat with decency his
own cigarette.
The J-Tac
CAA THEME SONG
Now if I were aviating
I'd hate to be a dunce
For flying is one subject where
You never flunk but once.
The Wlchitan
AND SOME VERSE
Campus Love Song
I swear to God I love you
I swear to God I do
And by the stars above you
I swear I do love you.
I swear by life and glory
I swear by all that's true.
And to complete the story
Won't you start cussin' too?
The Skiff
AIR CURRENTS
The last of the Flying Billies
soloed just before the Easter holi-
days thus giving wings to the
complete Billie squadron. The day
before the Easter holiday Mr.
Kersey soloed three of the trailing
Billies to complete the group.
James White Wyatt Coke and
Phillip Shaw were the last three
students to solo.
Bird season is in at the port.
Mr. Kersey flew his bi-plane down
from Fort Worth last week after
having one of the wings repaired.
The plane is a three-placed Bird
powered with a Kinner K-5 125
horse-power motor. In a test the
other afternoon the plane per-
formed excellently. Mr. Kersey
may use this plane to give instruc-
tions to those who want to receive
Type II pilot ratings.
Study is well into navigation in
the ground school classes. It may
be noted that most of the stu-
dents carry their "Bibles" around
with them all the time. The stu-
dents up until this time have
been doing fine in the ground
school work and all have passed
the tests given.
So far this year there has been
only one death in the entire CAA
Pilots Training program. There
are about 15000 students taking
this training throughout the na-
tion. This is an excellent record
and the chief aim of the CAA of-
ficials is to make cautious and de-
pendable polits of these students
through this program.
Lieutenant Jones commander of
the Flying Cadet Corps at Ran-
dolph Field flew to Brownwood
last week. In his brief stay he
stated that he was well pleased
with the development of the fly-
ing classes here. He flew an 0-43
Observation plane which attracted
the attention and interest of all
the flying students. Lieutenant
Scott is also a frequent visitor in
the port.
The flying and ground training
program will be completed some-
time in June and all who pass the
required flight and ground tests
will be given Private Pilots cer-
tificates. Each student will have
received at least 35 hours of ac-
tual flying and 72 hours of ground
THE FISH POND
All's well that ends well and so far we the poor abused
authors of this weakly column of Freshman Ferdinand are
partly healthy. After that April Fools edition we wondered
if we would stay that way. We thought at the time that we
exhausted our supply of dirt but you people just won't be
good. So don't say we didn't warn you. Speaking of April
Fool we hear that several of our mbst brilliant students took
the afternoon off at Hot Wells. For further information see
Frosh Taylor Hollis Isham and G.
Vineyard. Of course the after-
noon lasted far into the night and
it is rumored that there is a pho-
tograph loose on the campus to
prove this point.
The Coggin park is becoming
the most papular in Brownwood
outside of Bangs Hill especially
on Sunday night. Did any one
else see (CENSORED) there af-
ter church. Of course on the
week nights it is used also.
Seen haunting the Avalon re-
cently were Jitterbug Coville and
Josephine Spain. From the sample
they gave us at the All-Student
dance we are sure that it was
good. But to interrupt this happy
picture we heard that Covill has
been also stepping out with Fresh-
man Lanchester. Another inter-
esting thing happening at the
Avalon on Saturday night was
performed by Ray Gleaton. He
put on a lovely performance.
Another Freshman girl to break
into this column is Dorothy Ezell
whom we saw Saturday night and
Sunday afternoon in a Model A
touring. We wonder who she is
courting.
It has reached our ears that on
Tuesday night that Triplett and
Sawyer were seen hunting two
cents and two matches (not the
phosphorus type.)
Sid Pointer is rumored to be
that way about our cillege siren
Billie Keeler. If he only knew
her heart resides in Rising Star
in the possession of Leroy White.
Red Adams is doing a lot of that
front porch courting in Aleta
Chambers swing.
Frosh Taylor had a swell time
with Mable Sawyer at the pic-
neck on April Fool day. But they
had a much better time that night
out at Coggin Park and no fool-
ing i
Jan Owen really has a case
and we don't mean measles.
Bucky it's nice to have an Owen
around but doesn't it get a trifle
monotonous ?
We heard that a J-Tac man is
beating P. Shaw's time. Perhaps
if Philbert would wear his Boy
Scout uniform he would have bet-
ter luck.
One of our White House swains
better known as Whiskey Lewis
has been seen consistently in the
company of Lucille Kilgore. We
never knew that his chapel seat
was in the Freshman section.
We wish to take this oppor-
tunity to thank our fans for the
lovely postcards sent to us this
week. The pictures on the front
of the cards were lovely but if
"Bill" will come around and see
us over a milk-shake (on him or
her) we would like to delve into
the written matter with him.
To prove to you dear readers
that we have a sporting nature
even though we lost our con-
science after we started this col-
umn we offer you this chance to
keep your missdeeds out of print.
For every printable item on some-
one else we will not print one
about you. Please see the editor
about this matter.
Disrespectfully
ROD AND REEL
training.
The Billies and the Jackets are
planning to have a dance together
sometime soon. The two clubs
will get together for what is
known as a "Solo Hop." Each
student will invite a guest to this
affair.
Now that the young birds have
their wings we will see where
their hearts are flying. After the
wings have been passed out to the
finished pilots there will be not-
iced several "angels" around the
campus. It is a legend that the
wings serve as well as an engage-
ment ring. We shall see we shall
see.
m i
Catholic University of America
has organized the nation's first re-
ligious round table for law stu-
dents and lawyers.
From The Bell Tower
April Fool is passes . . . Spring
training is 'over . . . Swimming
season has begun and we soon
will be thinking of spring elec-
tions. We have a new idea not
really new as most coleges elect
their officers by this method at
least their publications officials.
We think that those persons
who desire a college office should
be allowed to campaign for the job
us most elections are carried on.
Let the person who desires the of-
fice "throw his hat into the ring"
and enter the race for the office
he wishes to fill. This would elimi-
nate having to hold the elections
ull over again the next fall when
those elected resign the positions.
This would also eliminate those
persons from holding office on
the merits of popularity only
who have no real talent for the
work. It has always been true
that a person works at anything
that he wants to do much harder
than for something which was
virtually pushed on him and he
felt he could not refuse.
Another advantage of this po-
sition is that the person who is
elected in the spring rather than
the following fall has a much bet-
ter chance of doing a good job. It
is hardly fair to elect an editor
of the paper on September 20 to
put out his first issue one week
later or elect on annual editor
after the time when most of the
photograph sections should have
already been completed. Electing
students who really want to edit
the publications would eliminate
this possibility.
This method of carrying on elec-
tions is just an idea and a very
good one or so many colleges
would not be following it. It would
require an entirely new set-up for
methods of nomination. But mi-
nor details would come once the
basic structure of the plan could
be decided. What do you think
about the matter? Are you en-
tirely satisfied with our present
arrangement of nominating and
electing the leaders of the college ?
If you have any opinions on the
subject pro or con let us hear
about it. Will you?
Considering the general swift-
ness of time it is wise for us to
begin thinking about the perma-
nent good we are making of our
time. If one feels he is really
doing a worthy piece of accom-
plishment then he will not be so
begrudging when hours days
weeks and years get away from
him.
As college students we are no
longer part of an age which is
still looking for a miracle to
change the trend of our lives. We
realize that our guiding star has
already begun on its path toward
the end of our years. Most of us
have a fair idea of what our lives
will be from now on. On the whole
we have decided what our life's
work is to be or at least we have
a general picture of what we
would like it to be. Taking for
granted that this is true we do
have the necessary goal toward
which we can work day by day.
Are you accomplishing steps
which lead you forward? Does time
have no meaning for you or are
you conscious that action in this
stage of our lives is the prere-
quisite of all our later achieve-
ments ? Does it neither worry nor
sadden you to think that you are
placidly sitting like an audience
watching time pass in front of
you or that you are filling that
time with unworthy frivolities
which can afford you no real val-
ue? This thought is or should
be one of greatest concern to our
Daniel Baker students today.
Have you ever thought about the
matter?
Have you entered the tennis
tournament sponsored by The Col-
legian? There is still time. The
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