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Tuesday, April 26, 1966
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Wanderin
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
By Larry R. Jerden
This weekend I stayed on
campus, something that is very
rare, if not downright miraculous.
The purpose was to study, and,
after being “volunteered” for OD
duty for the fourth time this
semester, I did manage a little of
it.
But the most outstanding oc
currence of the weekend, for me,
came Sunday afternoon. I was
sitting bleary-eyed in front of
the Batt-tube, when a special
came on about Beethoven.
I first thought about just turn
ing it off, because Ludwig just
never really moved me. But, on
second thought, I had a hunch
that may, just maybe, Schroeder
was right. Maybe here was
greatness.
There definitely was.
Ludwig von Beethoven was
great in many respects, and his
life was tragip. The tragedies of
his life may have been the very
catalyst that brought out his
greatness, I don’t know. But I
do know that he was a man who
had a sensitive soul, who was
alive to the world around him,
and could turn his deepest emo
tions to music by simply walking
in the woods and letting the music
come forth from his mind.
He said he didn’t create, the
music came as an inspiration and
was created in him. Which brings
me to the thoughts all this started
in me:
Where are today’s Beethovens?
Where are those men who
spend enough time alone to re
flect on, and create from, the
true world around them? Where
are they who are truly creative?
Are our times rushing at such a
rate that those who would pause
to reflect on what is around them
never have the time, but must
always be meeting new demands
of society.
But the story of Beethoven had
onee ffect that was stronger than
all others: it made me, as millions
of others doubtless do, desire
more than ever the chance to
create. Be it writing music,
painting, or releasing what builds
and is inspired inside them on
paper, the urge to create is great
among many who never identify
it for what it is.
For me it is writing, and as
I began to think of writing, I
began to ponder communication
in general. From there, it was
but a step to consider what is
doubtless the greatest fault of
man. The one area that causes
so many of his troubles: the lack
of communication.
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PAKDNER
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The Showdown
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CAMPUS
CLEANERS
No, I don’t mean the fact that
many of the world’s people speak
different languages or dialects.
I mean that words and language
are, at best, an imperfect medium
for relating feeling to another
person.
How many emotions and shades
of emotions have you felt and,
trying to relate these feelings to
another, have given up in frus
tration, saying something like,
“There are not words to tell how
I feel?”
And that is precisely the truth.
There are no such words. As long
as man relies on words, communi
cations will remain imperfect.
There is but one alternative, if it
can be realized, and I think it can.
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
My congratulations to whoever
made the splendid decision to
collect 40 cents from each and
every member of the Corps living
in the Duncan Area for water
fight damage.
I understand that the “powers
that be” felt that this was by far
the best manner in which to pay
the cost incurred in the fight, for
in this manner the Corps is learn
ing the value of money. What
better way could possibly exist
to learn the value of 40 cents?
I learned, for it meant that I had
to forfeit my allotted cokes for
the rest of the week (Wed.,
Thurs., Fri., and Sat.), but I gave
it up gladly, even though I wasn’t
present for the fight. (Ah, how
I rue the decision to go out to eat
that night.) Nevertheless, I feel
the 40 cents a mere trifle to pay
for the privilege of having water
fights.
As for teaching us the value
of money, in this manner we have
learned its true value, far more
effective than taking it out of the
five dollars solicited from each of
us at the beginning of the year
for Corps and Outfit funds,
which we all promptly forgot
about. This 40 cents hits close
to home. Congratulations once
again!
Still, through the blissful state
at which I have arrived from
being allowed to contribute, comes
one gnawing fear . . . Did we get
to pay for the water we wasted
also?
Michael E. Stover ’67
“I don’t think I can stand it if you say ‘holy something-
or-other’ just one more time!”
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ESP.
But not of mere words. Of
feelings. I personally carried out
ESP experiments a few years
ago, using playing cards, that
gave results up to 75 per cent
successful identification.
Man has made tremendous
strides in his mastery of the
psysicval universe, and yet has
taken such pitiful, faltering steps
in conquering his mind. If there
is ever to be a time of peace on
this planet, man must completely
understand himself and his
neighbor.
Students eligible to obtain
schooling under the new “Cold
War” G. I. Bill may pick up appli
cations at the Student Affairs
Department.
Veterans Advisor Bennie A.
Zinn revealed that all veterans
who served with the armed serv
ices for more than 180 days since
Feb. 1, 1955, may be eligible for
Cold War G.I. Bill benefits.
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I fail to see how Larry Jerden’s
trivial remarks on the “God is
dead” issue (Battalion, April 13,
1966) could be dignified as an
“article on Christianity,” much
less termed “outstanding.” Mr.
Jerden had apparently read the
article in Time magazine which
appeared a few days before his
column, and little, if anything,
else on this subject. He certainly
could not have read anything of
Altizer’s or any of the other pro
ponents of this theological posi
tion, as he showed a pitiful lack
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Editor’s Note: Mr. Jerden saysB^ 10
he didn’t read the “Time” article B 68 ' 6
until later, or anything by AltizerB m ’ n
himself. He did, however, read 1
a number of passages from Jos-1
hua, II Kings, and Isaiah. He w00 ^ s
suggests that you look at their 8
“position,” as well as Altizer's, ■
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The Battalion: Bgix
I have a suggestion as to what ■ thi
we might show for the feature at B nor .
next year’s Muster. It is a well-B^ ev
known fact that Aggies loveB g (
tiger-flicks, so how about some- p,
thing like “Thirty Seconds Over c
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Maybe more people would come
to Muster, atid stay for ^e flick. B,
Maybe the powers that be could B
even make us pay to get intoB^
Muster. After all, such a fine B r ^
movie. . . . B 6 1
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