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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
Why Don’t You Shut Up?. . .
If you aren’t one of the people who
booed at the basketball game last weekend
or whistled at the actors in Guion Hall
last week, you can stop reading right here.
Now, you guys that are left. Let’s dis
cuss those two incidents a bit-
On the basketball game, you had some
gripe coming. The officiating was the
poorest we have seen during the last two
seasons of SWC play. Further, two-fifths
of the TU starting team seem to feel that
sportsmanship should be confined to the
stands in basketball games.
Fortunately, however, you aren’t on
the Texas basketball squad or bound by
their theories. Even if the officials had
come out in orange and white uniforms
there would have been no excuse for the
extremes to which the audience jockey
ing was carried.
Everybody likes to hear the gay clam
or of the crowd. But neither coaches,
players, officials, or students enjoy the
booing. And whistling while players are
taking their free throws is strictly in the
kicking-a-man-while-he’s-down category.
And now about that Guion Hall de
bacle. What is the matter with you people
anyway? Are you abnormal? Are you
frustrated? Or do you just want to be
seen and heard?
Everyone paid the same price to see
the play. While you paid your four bits to
come and star in the production, the rest
of the audience paid to see the cast origi
nally billed.
All parties concerned would have been
better off if you had given your money to
the March of Dimes and stood on a street
corner, making faces at the pedestrians.
The players could have acted, the audience
could’ve heard, and you could have gotten
more attention, which is what you must
want anyway.
Whatever your motives were, here is
the Cold Turkey as to your results. This
is it. After about one more season of this
sort of static in Guion Hall, all the pro
fessional and amateur entertainers in the
country will have the word on Guion au
diences. The professionals won’t subject
themselves to that sort of ridicule at any
price, and the amateurs darn sure won’t
come here and be heckled for free-
There you have it, lads. Either contain
yourselves during the productions and go
out in the street and do your handsprings
during the intermissions, or shortly you
won’t have any entertainers to annoy.
In an earlier play, Shakespeare spoke
of the “voices of a thousand fools.” He
must have thought they were all out front
last Monday night.
On Overbalancing the Scale .. .
It is quite well to donate billions of
dollars to the peoples of various countries
of the world, but it is mad, socialistic and
contemptible to invest billions at home.
It is mad to give pensions to the old
who, in the twilight years of their lives,
find themselves distressingly dependent
on their children, but billions go to serve
a reactionary, militaristic government in
Greece.
It is socialistic to enable a hundred
million Americans to have the kind of
medical care that they cannot now afford,
but billions have been sunk in defeated
Nationalist China.
It is contemptible to build better high
way systems, more hospitals, and more
rural power lines, but fourteen billions of
dollars will be spent next year on the mili
tary establishment.
The Passing Parade . ..
The following is an interesting little
report, slightly delayed, on the late, re
vered, national election:
The Republican National Committee
rolled up a deficit of $228,938 during 1948.
Its year-end financial report, on file
today with Congress, showed a total in-
★
For guns or gifts overseas, we always
have enough money. For people in our
own country, we just can’t afford to do
anything.
Without doubt the various loans to
other nations are fine and noble and
worthwhile. Without doubt we need an
effective and adequate military establish
ment.
But let us not turn our backs upon the
people of America and spurn the duties
we owe to our own people.
The requirements at home are just as
vital, though apparently not so urgent, as
those either in other countries or in our
armament program.
Let us realize that a balanced program
at home and abroad should be pursued.
Both are interdependent. The neglect of
one is to jeopardize our position to keep
both strong.
come of $2,507,396 with expenses totaling
$2,736,334.
This probably isn’t the first losing
horse these sportsmen have backed, but
we’ll bet this is the biggest and most un
comfortable barrel they have ever gone
home in from the tracks.
★ ★
SOCIAL NOTE in the East St. Louis HEADLINE in the Socorro (N. M.)
(Ill.) Journal: Chieftain:
“The bride’s only jewelry was a double “Sound Call for Revival
strand of pearls worn by the groom.” Of Cemetery Body.”
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Picture of Joe Lopercenter enjoying a Guion Hall presentation.
Sticking My Neck Out . . .
Atrocious Manners Shown
During ‘Romeo and Juliet’
By TOM R. CARTER
In line with the present course
in manners being taught cadet
seniors, I should like to point out
a deplorable situation that exists
on our campus. One which per
haps will give the seniors another
topic for discussion among them
selves, the lowerclassmen, and
non-corps men as well.
What I have reference to is
the conduct in Guion Hall when
a performance is being given.
The atrocious manners exhibited
during the play, “Romeo and
Juliet,” will serve as a good ex
ample. In one of the most dra
matic portions, where Romeo
takes poison to kill himself,
some rude person had to make
a gurgling noise. Perhaps he
thought this added a bit of real
ism to the performance, but it
only annoyed the actors and
those around him.
To be sure, the performance was
nothing to brag about, but the
performers were working under a
handicap and deserved the atten
tion of the audience.
Rattling of paper and talking
during some of the scenes was also
particularly vexing, especially
since it was quite difficult to un
derstand some of the actors.
If these inconsiderate people did
not want to hear the performance
they should have waited until the
end of the scene and then quietly
slipped out. And if they don’t care
for dramatics, they should never
have been there in the first place.
Or, finally, if these people decided
to “grin and bear it,” they should
have remained quiet so that others
might have enjoyed the perform
ance.
Then there was another element
present—small children who occu
pied the first few rows. I think it
is nice to start children out young-
in life, teaching them the cultural
things of this cruel world, because
it will be a definite asset to them
as they grow older. But, there is
Think of This
“The removing of those things
that are shaken . . . that those
things . . . not shaken may re
main” Heb. 12:27-13.3
At the time of the great earth
quake in Japan in 1923 many of
the buildings and homes in the
cities were destroyed. However,
one of the large church buildings
of Tokyo was not hurt. That same
church has also managed to stand
intact all through the last war. A
true Christian life will stand un
hurt among the snares of Saltan
through this world just like that
church has stood through the dan
gers of war.
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a limit to all things.
Some of the children might have
appreciated this particular play,
but generally speaking, Shake
speare is not considered a child’s
author. If these younger ones are
allowed to attend these perfoTm-
ances, they should be escorted by
their parents or else he made to be
have.
It’s true that the young are mis
chievous. We all know this be
cause we have been young our
selves. However, a play of this
type should not be attended by tHh
younger set unless they arp, going
to behave. It was very annoying
to try to hear the players above
the almost constant chatter of the
children present.
In the future, I think we would.
do well to watch our conduct a
little more closely, especially at a
performance of this sort. Consider
ation of the other fellow is a great
virtue and one that we should try
to practice daily. Anyway, I&t’s
practice it when we go to Guion
Hall.
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