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National Election ™ BATTAUON
'ailed In Ireland
Tuesday, February 6, 1973
College Station, Texas
Page 5
BLIN — Prime Minister
Lynch on Monday ordered a
ise national election for Feb.
pparently to strengthen his
ent’s hand for the bar-
ng with Britain on the fu-
of Northern Ireland,
nch could have waited out
maining 16 months of his
nt term of office before go-
the voters. But he is riding
ve of popularity and clearly
a reinforced mandate will
in his forthcoming talks
the British.
British government policy
ment on the future of North-
njlreland is due out in March.
British have promised to
It Lynch in advance on these
sals and the Irish leader ap-
d to have this in mind when
!!ed the snap election,
public vote of confidence
also would help Lynch’s ef-
to crack down on terrorism
keep the violence in Northern
nd from spreading across the
ler.
e election, Lynch dec'are 1 if
|ertinl if a protracted period
olitical uncertainty and in-
lility is to be avoided.”
|is government majority in the
— parliament — has been
i^ually eroded since his Fianna
I — Soldiers of Destiny —
ly was elected in June 19G9.
[is action came as Northern
Ijend was ravaged by a bloody
sectarian fighting that
H claimed at last 20 lives, with
ly 50 persons wounded, in the
t week.
Fhe savagery of this feuding
veen rival Protestant and Ro
man Catholic extremists spurred
fears in Belfast that the violence
would escalate. In Dublin it was
felt that the bloodletting would
spill over the border on a wider
scale than ever before.
Lynch has won general sup
port for his policies, including a
crackdown on the outlawed Irish
Republican Army and a major re
vamping of Ireland’s constitution.
Bait Book Review
The Exorcist
By KARL JACKSON
“The possessed” is the key to
William Peter Blatty’s best-sell
ing novel, “The Exorcist.”
Not only is the book about dem
onic possession but the supernat
ural detective story is almost as
captivating as the book portrays
the devil, himself. “The Exorcist”
is the kind of book that will keep
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&M Journalism Students Feel
'he Pressures Of Deadlines
lournalism students at A&M
feeling the real pressures of
ting deadlines.
e students, part of this se-
Iter’s Journalism 204 class, are
assignment with the Eagle
spaper. The idea was the
nchild of former Eagle pub-
er Harold Taxel. “At first he
ight it would be mainly just
mrce of student body news for
paper,” said William C. Har-
n, who teaches Journalism
the student will work in only
news-related jobs. They will, how
ever, be taking some pictures.
They will also learn to write cap
tions for their pictures and head
lines for their stories.
At the end of the eight week
training period Holman rates the
students. This rating, and clip
pings of published stories go to
Harrison. Harrison considers all
this information in order to arrive
arrison, co-ordinator of the
gram, selected the top 18 stu-
ts in last semester’s Journal-
203 class.
at an appropriate grade for the
lab part of the course.
he program, still on a trial
is, replaces the 204 lab which
fets twice a week. The students
st still go to the lecture part
the course. Out of the 10 stu-
ts, five work on the paper’s
Ff the first eight weeks and
second group closes out the
nester’s work project.
[At the Eagle, students are un-
er the direct supervision of Jim
plman, managing editor. He ar-
ffiges their work schedules to
t class schedules,
ilhey will most likely be work-
g about eight hours per week,”
lid Harrison.
The students draw varied work
ssignments at Eagle. “One day
ley might be taking some pic-
res and the next day they might
doing some editing,” said Har-
son. While working at the Eagle,
“One thing we do ask the stu
dents to do, though,” explained
Harrison, “is to submit to us an
evaluation of the program. It is
through this evaluation that we
can judge the relative merits of
the program.”
Harrison forecasts that a new
300-level course will be established
in the professional journalism
curriculum. “It will be the same
basic program that these students
are in now,” explained Harrison,
“only it will be broader.”
The program will not be lim
ited to just the Eagle, but it will
be open to all the local media,
depending, of course, on their
own needs. All journalism students
would have an opportunity to
take the course.
The students participating in
the first eight weeks of training
are Mary Millican, Jean Pfluger,
Deborah Thurman, Sally Orebaugh
and Steve Goble.
Kent Ellis, Evangelist
“I AM SATISFIED”
Often people do not want to be troubled with questions of
ible teaching because, they say, “I am satisfied with my religion.”
len certainly ought to be satisfied with their religion, but that
should not be the first and is not the most important consideration,
t is God who must be satisfied with our religion.
We may very well have met religious standards set by our-
elves or others and not have met those set by God. The Pharisees
rere satisfied with their religion, but God was not because it was
ounded on the traditions of men rather than the word of God
Matt. 15 and 23). The people described in Matthew 7:21-24 were
atisfied with their religion, but God was not because they had
ken led astray by false prophets (Matt. 7:13-23). The Laodicean
Ihristians were satisfied with their lukewarm religion, but the
iord was so nauseated by it that He said He would vomit out of
lis mouth (Rev. 3:14-17).
When we reason from false premises we reach false conclu-
ions. What satisfies us is not necessarily what pleases God.
)ften what is exalted among men is an abomination to God (Luke
6:15.) Paul wrote of some in his day who measured themselves
>y the wrong standard. “For we are not bold to number or com-
)are ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves:
mt they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and
emparing themselves with themselves, are without understand-
ng” (II Cor. 10:12). Paul did not want to be in the class of those
who measured by their standard instead of God’s, and on the basis
if this erroneous comparison commended themselves. He knew
hat those who did such were “without understanding.” This is
rue, “For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom
the Lord commendeth” (II Cor. 10:17).
We should never be satisfied with our religion until we know
from a personal study of God’s word that He is satisfied with it.
f Paul dared not to number himself among those who measured
Mily by the standard of their own satisfaction, dare we ?
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They reported expanding job op
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Many persons without high
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Further information and appli
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a reader awake until he has finish
ed it and then haunt him sleepless
with memories.
Blatty manages to move the
reader through his involved plot
with great skill and agility. At
first, the rather overhearing style
and the short, often one-word,
sentences tend to be Blatty’s fly
in the ointment. Over-indulgence
in these literary practices seems
to plague the first few chapters
of the book but with the second
part, the effect fades into a more
readable style. It is difficult to
tell if this is the anesthetizing
effect of 403 pages and the in
evitable late night reading hours
or if, with exposure, Blatty’s style
simply reads better.
The book is thoroughly re
searched, complete with many
choice quotes from several seri
ously, non-emotional psychiatrists.
The large number of facts help
nail down the book to the present
day, and Blatty’s subject choice
and style compound that theme.
They form a story that might
have happened yesterday and a
gullable or slightly naive reader
might find himself glancing at the
cover of the book to make sure
that it is fiction.
The book draws its power from
Blatty’s excellent characteriza
tions. He is able to build them
quickly and in such a way that
one can see deeply into their emo
tions and almost begin to step
into their shoes. As Blatty winds
the spring of tension tighter, the
effects are most visible on his
people. They move ever closer in
a slow and steady pace to self-
destruction. Few are to escape.
Battling the forces of evil is a
formidable task, and Blatty’s fig
ures attack it with caution. Each
member steps closer to his own
end. Some find it in death, like
the two Jesuit Fathers, Karras
and Merrin, and the producer
Dennings. Some find their end
with emotional release, only one
is able to escape from Satan’s
wrath. The possessed is 12-year-
old Regan MacNiel and the story
revolves around the attempts to
remove the deriion from her life.
Blatty gathers all his forces
to create a gripping, exciting nov
el. It is the kind that will keep
you wondering about the possi
bility of Satan entering your life
for years to come.
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