The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, March 28, 1952 Page: 4 of 6
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EDITORIAL
Campus-Site
T!.e WAR WHOOP
Friday March 28 1052.
by Will White
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SERIES
One taxU ta t& Otfot
My right to worship God as I please makes it
my obligation to inspect and protect that right for others.
My right to speak and write freely in praise or criticism
of public officers or to ihucusn public issues
makes it
my obligation to study and inform myself before expressing
my opinions.
My right to seek from my government corrections of
wrongs to state a grievance or to ask relief
from oppression makes it
my obligation to ask no more for myself than I would grant
to others.
My right to be secure from trespassing on my own prop
erty makes it
my obligation to refrain from trespassing upon the property
of others.
My right to be tried by jury if legally charged with a
crime to be punished but once for one crime
to refuse to testify against myself and to be
free pending trial except for a capital offense
make it
my obligation to withhold judgment of others until the court
has acted and to serve m a witness or juror
when asked to do so.
My right to vote to travel to get an education and to
make my living in any lawful way makes it
my obligation to defend the Constitution under which these
rights are guaranteed to obey the laws of the
land to exercise my suffrage intelligently and
to make myself self-supporting. Exchange.
&6ie TtemacMitic Opponent
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Annr Clclik Hut tiMii't il driiym-d (imply to intoitn rather than to prett'iit opimunt.
Taking the spotlight in Democratic politics now is Senator
Kefauver from Tennesr.ce who appears to be President Tru-
man's chief rival for the Democratic nomination.
One asset of the Senator's thanks to his Senate Crime In-
quiry is a well-advertised name. He is also the nation's first
serious dabbler in a new brand of political magic the power
of TV.
A small-town boy brought up at Madisonville Kefauver has
missed few chances to get ahead in the world. Inevitably as
an ambitious lawyer he found himself in politics. Uninvited by
the party leaders he filed for a vacant congressional seat at a
special election and unopposed won both the primary and the
election.
Definitely a New Dealer he began to get national publicity
as a rare specimen in the House a Southern liberal. Kefauver
came out against poll taxes he voted against appropriations
for the un-American Activities Committee championed labor
advocated congressional reorganization and was one of the
first congressmen to come out for the idea of "Union Now."
Having won in the New Hampshire primary the senator is
an important factor in Democratic politics. Next to Truman
he is to the voters one of the best known politicians in the
party and one with energy and ambition which are two
good assets.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
Your readers young and old
mv cordially invited to write me
if they wish to correspond with
congenial English-knowing friends
in Germany.
Every reader writing me Is at
liberty to enclo.se as many letters
ns he or she wishes to haw friends
over here to whom I shall pass on
the communications. This service
is entirely voluntarily and free of
charge.
On my waiting list I have sev-
etal hundred German applicants
deWrous of making friends with
people living in your country. For
every one of your readers I can
llnd a friend of the same age and
educational or social standing.
Yours in international
Friendship
A. M. Braun.
International
Correspondence Bureau
Anna-Maria Braun
Munchen 15 Llndwunnstras.se 126a
Germany. Bavaria U. S. Zone
(Ed's Note: Miss Braun also en-
closed four German stamps in her
letter. Students wishing to write
may pick up these stamps free at
the War Whoop office.)
(Cough cough) Students over
the campus (cough cough) have
lieen m iking all kinds ol uncnm-
pllmcnliry romaiks (cough cough)
about "Old Man We.ither" ever
since sandstorms became I he fad
ictmqh cough)
"My asthma can't stand much
of this" "I'll have to have a pledge
down to .shovel out the diit" and
"When will this West Texas type
rain cease?" were Just a few. At
any rate the Reservation popul't-
lion Is w. Mulcting If the dust howl
of the eaily "HVs is not back
It is therefore with nauseated
o. tills that we d.-dic.ite the fol-
lowing "Desert Drama" to the stu-
dents who have suffocated during
the past two weeks
Altl ANI BABA AM)
THE rOHTY SANDSTORMS
Act I
(We see two men In the middle
of a s'indduued region in a terrific
snulsloim. All is a frail thin lad
while Baba Is strong-looking and
tall. They are leaning at :i0-degree
angles against the wind.)
All: Lot il tarry a while Baba
I cannot go on. The sand is filling
my lungs and the oxygen content
is not quite high enough. (Kneels
and pulls his cloak around his face
as the wind whistles on and the
saint stings like a million desett
scorpions )
Baba: Arise Weak-One we have
a mission to accomplish. We are
due at the Ron-Day-Voo in 30 min-
utes. Do you wish for the Slave-
master to have you lashed?
All: His Wildcat-wlth-nine-tails
can cut no deeper than this Devil
wind and sand.
Baba: (pulling All to his feet)
Come Weakling we must away.
All: It Is done Friend but
wouldst that we had brought our
Camels I fear I am about to have
a "fag fit."
Act II
I Fifteen minutes later. Same
characters. Same sound effects.
Setting fifty paces further Into
the desert.)
Back in the Files
by Sara Norman
Sept. 10 1928
Largest enrollment expected for
1928. Five hundred students ex-
pected to register for 6th annual
opening of McMurry as nine month
grind of work education recrea-
tion and a new chapter In history
Is started.
Feb. 21 1930
McMurry's first Galleon came
off the press this morning with
Lucille Gist as editor. The literary
magazine will be cnteied In the
forthcoming TIPA contest which
is scheduled for March .'!.
Nept. It) 1081
A deep hole In the Southwestern
University Pirates' football field
cost McMurry College its first foot-
ball game of the season last night
the Indians bringing home the
small end of the 7-6 score.
In the final quaiter quarterback
Roe Green intercepted a Pirate
pass and was racing for an Indian
touchdown when he stepped In a
hole on the 20-yard line. He was
10 yards ahead of the nearest Pi-
rate at the time and wrenched an
ankle In the process.
Feb. 4 1988
Out of approximately 280 stu-
dents a recent survey shows that
60 per cent are not working to
pay any of their expenses through
school while the other 40 per cent
are working for at least a part of
their expensea
Will Whim tdltot-ln Chid
Anne Clark Atioclate Editor
P.elty Stephen! Buiineti Manager
Claude Morriton Photographer
Harold Maplet Carloanlit
Scott Brookthire Sportt Editor
Marian Pachacek Co-Society Edltr
Int Kendall Co-Society Edito.
Wayne Daniel Feature Edita
Chlel Typltt Oby McGlaun
REPORTERS Bob Eppi luther Walker Jere
lawrencr Dsn Ramtey Wayne Paiker lou
Jean Watkint Sally Owent Sam Norman
Richard Adamt Olio Mitchell
Baba: It is true Let us make
haste!! (They run)
All: (Running Inside and closing
door behind himself and Baba)
Praise Be! We arc arrived!!
Baba: You are again correct
Oh Brilliant Star of the East but
Dr. Hunt Is gonna be plenty mad
about us being late for education
class.
(Curtain)
affhler
Ali: Stalwart One I cannot con-
tinue. I cannot breathe (gasps).
1 am faint (passes out and sand
quickly piles up around him).
Baba: (to himself) Curses this
mouse of a man will cause us both
to be late 1 cannot carry him in
this brisk breeze. I shall have to
give him at Uncial assumption
(digs All from under sand dune
and begins to press life back Into
the limp sand-saturated form.
Soon Ali begins to breathe again
in shott gaspy mudballs.).
Ali: uislng sluggishly and wip-
ing coat of sand from epidermis
of his eyeball) A thousand thanks
Protector of the Small may all
your Christmases be white- sand
Act III
(Fifteen minutes later. Same
characters. Same sound effects.
Setting fifty paces further Into
the desert.)
All: Behold there is the meeting
place Just ahead!
TOTEM POLL
SENIORS GIVE VARIED OPINIONS
ON COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS
This year for the first time graduating seniors are required to take
"comprehensive tests" covering the work they have done in their major
subject.
There has been considerable discussion for and against the tests.
Below is tecorded what some of the seniors themselves think about It:
SHEP MOHLER senior ministerial student: "Throughout the coun-
try schools of high si'halastlc standing require the passing of compre-
hens.ve tests both oral and written in a student's
major field before he Is allowed to graduate. These tests
give light to the effectiveness of the teaching methods
b.'iug nied and the scholarship of the individual stu-
dent. I feel that they should be given at McMurry and
In due time should Include all the courses that a stu-
dent has taken in hit major field. The results will be
far reaching."
BARBARA DOUGLASS senior speech major: "Un-
der our entrance catalogue no mention was made of
comprehensive examinations. However if they are to
go into effect I think that we as graduating seniors
will benefit by them. By these examinations we will be
able to find our weak points n our major fields and
know what further background we need. Also these
will be a check on the offered curriculum. I do feel that we should be
told exactly what to expect."
JURI NOU senior math-secondary education major:
"In my opinion the comprehensive examinations will
help the standing of McMurry College and it would
not hurt the seniors if they will be required to sum-
marize their knowledge in their major field. I hope
that the teachers who give the examinations will not
become pedantic and require the details rather than
an overall and generalized outline."
ANN BYNUM senior business administration ma-
jor: "I feel that these tests are entirely unnecessary.
Testing should be done in class while the student is
taking the work. If this work has been properly taught
and the student properly observed the instructor al-
leady knows what the test will reveal. In giving these
tests the administration is violating its contract with
the students since these tests are not listed in the
catalogue as a requirement for a degree."
BOBBY LEE CARTER senior PE major: "I be-
lieve first that the use of the comprehensive tests is
somewhat of a breach of contract. The school catalogue
is an agreement between the student and the school
and I take the following from said catalogue: 'A stu-
dent who enrolls under the terms of this catalog may
graduate after meeting the requirements herein even
though the rules may be changed during the other
years of his attendance at McMurry College within six years of his first
enrollment.' Secondly my belief is that these tests are redundant and
a waste of time and effort.
BONNIE McDONALD senior organ major: "I did
not mind the actual taking of the test at all but it
seems that once a student has passed a course he should
not be required to take still another exam over the
course. When those students who are now freshmen
become graduating seniors there is going to be an
awful lot of material to be covered. If a student gets
flustered and nervous and fails to pass the test would
he then be required to repeat a course and remain in college an extra
m
Nnu
m
Bynum
Carter
McDonald
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The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, March 28, 1952, newspaper, March 28, 1952; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth100871/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.