The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 22, 1972 Page: 2 of 4
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THE WAR WHOOP
March 22. 1972
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AwocUl Editor
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Mary Norman Butinnt Manager
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Pat Bennatt Sponsor
The Turtle Shell
Show Up Sign Up Speak Out
By STAN KUCHARSKI
The political rally planned
next week isn't just to impress
the voting students of McMur-
ry College the rally is for you
to become informed to register
and to vote for the candidate of
your choice
Towards this goal the War
Whoop is doing its fair share
that is letting the candidates
use the McM press to air their
opinions and state their views
on the issues of today.
In this issue we have Mary
Ida Hofhcinz and Ben Barnes
in other issues we hope to have
Frank Calhoun Mrs. Hofheinz's
opponent in the race for State
Representative Preston Smith
and Ralph Yarborough.
Wc will present this news to
you as impartial as wc can make
it and when possible in the
words of the candidates them
selves.
You're big boys and girls now
you don't need someone to think
for you and so we won't try.
But you must take the first step
which is to get informed.
Attend the political rally next
Tuesday at 6:30 register to vote
and then bring back the "pow-
er to the people" as a militant
friend of mine used to say.
"Christ" Production
Thursday March 23
"Overall the play sets forth
dramatically the meaning of the
Passion in words and images
understandable by the ordinary
people of a modern industrial
city" director Gary Eldrldge
explained his current endeavor.
"Christ in the Concrete City"
is a play which attempts to por-
tray the passion of Christ from
three points of view. The cast
of six Eldrldge and Dr. Earlc
Winters presented the produc-
tion at the Fine Arts Festival
for the Polk Street United Me-
thodist Church of Amarillo on
March 19.
The play has also been sch-
eduled for College Worship on
Thursday March 23 at 9:30 in
the Ryan Fine Arts Building.
Stylized make-up of a mosaic
pattern was used to make the
faces and hands of cast mem-
bers John Blackwell Karl Heist
Deborah Holder Mike Meador
Pat Welch and Teresa Moring
appear to be stained glass win-
dows. In addition camera slides mu-
sic and other modern media
were incorporated into the dra-
ma to add to the significance.
Originally written by P. W.
Turner as a religious play
"Christ in the Concrete City"
has been performed mainly in
churches in the Southwest area.
Gubernatorial Candidate Ben Barnes
Discusses Platform Issues
Ben Barnes candidate for the
office of governor made the
following statement during his
official filing for the Texas
Governor's chair on January 31
1972: "I want to create an edu-
cational system which will make
'great minds' want to come to
Texas to teach and do research."
In the matter of reform Ben
Barnes both as House Speaker
and as Lieutenant Governor has
initiated legislative reforms to
make the Texas Legislature
more responsive to the will of
the people. He has fought for
joint rules for the Senate and
House which would govern con-
ference committees so that ten
men would not have the power
to write behind closed doors
most of the major legislation
such as state appropriations.
As far as constitutional revis-
ion he believes constitutional
reform remains one of the un-
solved needs of Texas. Barnes
supports annual sessions of the
Legislature a strengthened Exe-
cutive Branch and basic revision
of our 19th Century Constitution
to allow state government to ef-
fectively function.
Concerning the 18 year old
vote issue Ben Barnes has sup-
ported lowering of the voting
age and was the key mover be-
hind swift Senate ratification of
the 26th Amendment to the Uni-
ted States Constitution during
the recent legislative session.
Ben Barnes believes that en-
vironmental protection is one of
the most Important Issues of the
1970's. He stated "In no other
aspect has the United States fail-
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the abuse of the environment."
He calls for strict enforcement of
existing anti-pollution laws and
advocates new legislation to save
the environment
He believes that colleges
should develop more vocational
education programs. Also vo-
cational and technical training
should be among the top prion-
tics facing Texas In the field of
education.
On the question of integration
and busing Ben Barnes' record
on human rights is clear and
consistent. He has long been out-
spoken against discrimination
and bigotry in all of its forms
He has opposed busing children
for the sole purpose of achieving
racial balance in the schools be-
lieving that this is self-defeating
and unfair to parents and
children of all races. He has
criticized the wobbling confus-
ing policy of the Nixon adminis-
tration on this issue.
Holy Week Services
To Show Special Film
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Holy Week services will
be held at 7:15 P.M. March
29 30 and 31 Dr. Bert Af-
fleck minister to the college
announced.
The services will be held
In the Munger Sculpture Gar-
den in the Amy Graves Ryan
Fine Arts Building.
A film "The Man Who Had
to Sing" created by Milan
Blazekovic will be the basis
for College Worship March
30 0:30 a.m. in the Social
Hall of Radford.
The animated film in color
is about a happy little man
who meets disaster after dis-
aster because he incessantly
sings a song that is unagree-
able to the world.
Holy Communion will bo
served in observance of
Holy Thursday.
E'Hand That Rocks
The Cradle"
By STAN KUCHARSKI
The Women's Conference held at the Starlitc last Saturday
was quite educational for me. Among other things I learned
were: that the laws in Texas are still inadequate in regards
to single married women's rights thai the "protective laws"
passed several years ago are in reality a pain in the neck as
far as protection goes.
I learned that women are no longer afraid to speak for
their rights and with two women lawyers as speakers for
the conference and at least one political candidate for state
office I learned that women were "rocking the cradle with
one hand and rocking the boat with the other."
A very prominent Dallas attorney Mrs. Hermine Tabol-
owsky told of the inadequacy of Texas' laws in regard to
women's rights. Among several cases she told her audience
were:
The case of the young co-ed who married a GI stationed
in San Antonio. She automatically became an out of state
resident under the domicile law and thus she had to pay
tuition rates as an out of state student even though she was
never in her husband's state of residence.
Case two: The wife of a traveling salesman who was on
the road at the time found she could not get an emergency
operation for her son who took ill suddenly in a small Texas
town without having her husbands signature on a form at
the hospital. Finally after the highway patrol helped comb
the state where the husband was and on verbal orders over
the telephone the operation was conducted. Meanwhile the
child might have died.
Case three: A man who deserted his home and left his
wife and three children took up with a girl in another town.
Being the generous sort he gave his new girlfriend the rights
to his former home. When the girlfriend came to possess her
house she evicted by court order the man's wife and chil-
dren and took possession of the house. It seems that when a
man deserts a home the property is still transferable accord-
ing to his desires.
Other educational matter revealed to me came from a
math professor who stated how unfair the textbooks are for
the elementary and secondary school children. Girls are
taught to be housewives nurses and other "in their place"
roles. Girls are not encouraged to be doctors lawyers or
administrators.
The speaker noted that in her son's 1st grade reader the
only mention of a female name in the title of any of the
stories is "Wanda the Witch."
Abortion and Job Discrimination were also subjects discus-
sed and action was urged by all the women present to get
informed get involved and get out from behind the doors.
My feeling after the sessions were over was one of simple
amazement that only a handful of women speakers could
cover such great areas of concern to women both in Texas
and the country.
"You've come a long way baby" may sell cigarettes but 1
feel that these women have come a long way and will con-
tinue to go much further in their struggles for equality.
"The hand that rocks the cradle will rock the world." En
garde!
Jesus Movement
By STEVE MARTYN
With the coming of what many
have said to be the greatest
Christian revival the world has
ever seen countless individuals
are discovering the contempor-
ary relevance of the BIBLE.
Having long been stuffed away
en dusty shelves the Holy
Scriptures have been thrust into
prominence in the past few
years. This recent popularity can
largely be accredited to serious
minded young people who are
seeking true guidance in life.
The Jesus person today wants
his faith to be based on what
is clearly Biblical. A common
criticism of this stance has been
"he believes that every single
word of the BIBLE is literally
true" and that "God inspired
the authors as if they were a
bunch of tape recorders." Now
the Jesus person as John Stott
has pointed out does believe in
the divine origin and inspiration
of Scripture but at the same
time he recognizes that parts of
it are intended to be figurative
and he does not subscribe to a
mechanical theory of inspiration.
With the new translations of
the gospel into the language of
the modern world the Eternal
Truths of the scriptures are il-
luminating countless lives.
The book speaks for itself by
saying in II Timothy "The whole
Bible was given to us by in-
spiration from God and is useful
to tench us what is true and to
make us icalbe what is wrong
in our lives; it straightens us out
and helps us do what is right.
It is God's way of making us
well prepared at every point
fully equipped to do good to
everyone."
State Rep. Candidate
(Continued from Pago 1)
pie of this state I will work to
make the government of Texas
one of rational order dignity
integrity competence and com-
mon sense."
Mrs. Hofheinz is running her
campaign strictly from contribu-
tions "I will not make any com-
mitments to special Interest
groups. This will have to be a
low cost grassroots campaign
financed by the citizens of Abi-
lene who are disgusted with the
current condition of our state
government" she stated. "To-
gether we can prove that the
voice of the people can still be
heard in Abilene."
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