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The World’s Hungry Youth
A Challenge To Our Nation
To what kind of future are we heading
in these closing years of the 20th century?
What kind of problems will we face in
attempting to insure the role of the United
States as leader of the free world?
The answers to these questions are many
and complex. They make the future of the
world appear as one of revolution, misery
and hunger.
Dr. Eugene L. Smith, executive secretary
of the World Council of Churches in the
U. S., said the world is threatened by hoards
of “Hungry, angry and unlettered teenagers”
at the Annual Assembly of the Texas Coun
cil of Churches Tuesday.
He said 40 per cent of Africa’s popu
lation is under age 15, with Zambia harbor
ing 80,000 unemployed youth; Nairobi, 20,-
000, and Lagos, 500,000. Half the people
in Latin America are under 20.
What is the significance of these figures
to us in prosperous America? Mainly the
age of these individuals.
When we reach maturity and take over
the reigns of this nation, they will be doing
the same thing in theirs. They will look
through eyes that are pained with sickness,
feel hunger from morning till night, and
move with muscles that are sore from mal
nutrition.
And what will they see across the ocean
in America?
Food, freedom, a population that works
very little in proportion to what it has. A
nation that professes Christianity, yet hoards
most of the world’s wealth while the majority
starves.
They will not see that we have earned
these luxuries, only that we have them
while they have not. That we profess free
dom from want to all mankind, yet share not.
The answers? Like the questions, com
plex and difficult. Dr. Smith advocates the
reentering of society by the churches. They
can help fight the poverty and ignorance
problem at home, serve as the voice of
conscience for nations, become channels for
responsible discussion of world affairs, help
lead developing governments in the ethical
issues of building an economy and give
more support to their own mission programs.
Giving away what we have earned will
not solve the problem, giving away what
we have learned will. Only when these na
tions have the opportunity to solve their own
problems can they take their place in a co
operative world. We have the knowledge.
It is to our advantage as well as theirs that
we share it.
Stop the Presses
It looks like they’re really go
ing to go through with it after
all. Madison Avenue has struck
down Dizzy Dean in his prime.
After years and more years of
providing the most entertaining
baseball broadcasts around, he
has been let out to pasture pre
maturely because he doesn’t fit
someone’s narrow-lapel-minded
idea of the proper image for
his sponsor.
That sponsor just happens to
be Falstaff, an outfit whose pro
duction has increased approxi
mately one thousand per cent in
the years Diz has been entrusted
with their image.
Jerome Hannah Dean has act
ually become an institution, a
true showman and a national folk
ATTENTION, SENIORS
All seniors who wish to
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March 23rd.
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By Lani Presswood
hero. When word of his dismissal
reached the public, you notice
that NBC and Falstaff both were
mighty quick to pass the blame
off to a behind-the-scenes ad
agency.
It seems ironical that baseball,
currently suffering from a
steady tailspin in popularity,
should lose a guy like Dean just
when they need his revitalizing
showmanship the most.
People could say many things
about Diz but nobody could ever
charge him with being dull. More
than one easy-chair baseball fan
has admitted that he tuned in
the game more for Diz’s perform
ance than for the actual contest
itself.
It takes an entertainer to pull
that kind of following and at
heart that’s exactly what he is.
Sure, he’s one of the game’s
all-time pitching greats and a
knowledgeable commentator and
analyst. But he’s also got one
of the freshest, honest and most
natural personalities in television
and it comes across the airways
so well that you almost can’t help
but feel you’ve known him all
your life.
Ah, the Dean style. How many
hours on lazy Sunday afternoons
have the country’s diamond fans
spent enjoying it . . .
One of his greatest virtues in
the broadcasting booth was en
thusiasm. From the first inning
on, he gave the impression that
there’s nowhere in the world he’d
rather be.
And how many trademarks
does this guy have, traits as
familiar and as reliable as an old
pair of houseshoes. For instance,
you could always count on him
to good-naturedly harass his
booth partner off and on during
every game.
He also reminded his audience
every now and then that he “was
a pretty fair country pitcher” in
his time, a boast that somehow
never grated even a little bit.
Diz always took up for the
pitcher and was never happier
than when a hurler could get
himself a base hit. And when
a player booted the ball, Dean
flatly said he booted it. He
“called ‘em as he saw ’em” from
the booth and was never shy
about expressing his opinion of
an ump’s call.
He also didn’t hesitate to say
howdy to a buddy celebrating a
birthday and would read all sorts
of wires over the air, even those
which cut him down.
Then if a game started drag
ging he would launch into his
inimitable version of “Miller’s
Cave” or “The Wabash Cannon
ball,” something you just can’t
quite see Lindsey Nelson ever
doing.
Diz also tossed the language
around pretty freely. A man
“slud” into third when Diz was
at the mike and the English
teachers who protested his pres
ence on the air only succeeded
in publicly exhibiting their own
petty intellectual snobbishness
and artificiality.
But these pedants have finally
been granted their wish. Dizzy
Dean doesn’t fit into the groove
of predictable conformity so the
powers that be have ushered him
out of the picture.
Yeah.
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Associate Editor Larry Jerden
Managing Editor Tommy DeFrank
Sports Editor Gerald Garcia
News Editor Dani Presswood
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“If they crosseed a potato with a sponge, it might not taste
good, but it sure would hold more gravy!”
Local Juvenile Delinquency
(Continued from Page 1)
during the year boys are charged with contributing to the delinquency
of a minor.
However, drinking and possession of alcohol by minors have
caused little trouble. Godfrey said he realizes many boys alter theit
drivers licenses to avoid the 21-year-old minimum age limit for buying
liquor, but said the liquor control agent and local police have handled
the problem well.
Godfrey said he once came upon several “fish” who had parked
their car and were busily becoming inbibed. Godfrey simply made
them pour out the remaining four cases of beer.
“Their faces indicated that they were hurt more by that that
by having to pay a fine,” Godfrey noted.
The numerous motels in the area have caused some problems
with boys and their dates.
“Some motels will rent out a room four or five times a night,"
he said.
But the courts cannot use hearsay evidence to close down suck
establishments. The parents of children involved usually fear their
child’s loss of reputation and therefore will not press charges nor
allow their son or daughter to testify.
Nevertheless, the presence of the university also brings with it
great advantages and herein lies the reason for the low delinquency
percentage.
A larger than average number of residents are permanently set
tied and are not transients. The staff of the university has families
that are generally intelligent, well-educated and law-abiding.
Therefore the community is stable and educated to a large degree
and thus a good community in which to raise children, Godfrey
believes.
In a recent report to Judge Barron, Godfrey concluded by stating,
“The cooperation and assistance of the Bryan and College Station
Police Departments, the Sheriff’s Department, Liquor Control Agent,
and the Department of Public Safety, combined with the efforts of
the Boys Club and the Brazos County Counseling Service are to he
commended for their help in reducing the number of children referred
to this department and to the Court.”
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