THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940
Number 23
lucts Forum
HOWARD COLLEGE
Ubrary
JUNIOR CLASS COITION
Staurarb Crmtsmi
MIRROR OF CAMPUS LIFE
A Junior
Speaks —
Commentator this week is .Martha Merck,
Eoflish major.
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
Whilc looking through a book the
other night (not studying — don't get
excited), I found a question some¬
thing like this: "Why should we
stick to a rigid code of man-made
don'ts?" You know, there might be
food for thought there. . . We stick
so closely to the conventional, the
fashionable, the stylish and the up-
to-the-minute's of the day, and we
dare not overstep the bounds of the
multitudinous man-made "do’s" and
"don'ts." On our own campus we
conform to the majority rule for
fear of what someone else will
think or .fail to think of us. Why
not be different — an individual —
and let people stare, if they must?
Personally, I like the attitude ex¬
pressed in that old verse:
“Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone,
Dare to have a purpose firm.
And dare to make it known.”
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Eh bien! suppose we just consider
this a nice round table discussion
and talk on the time-worn but in¬
teresting subject of the generation
to which we belong. As never be¬
fore youth must battle for Its ideals,
and we DO have ideals! Let the
world talk of degradation (going to
the dogs, in simple language), and
rave about this younger generation;
we believe it is the general social
order that is becoming worse, not
the young people. Yet we, the
youth of today, realize the dangers
feeing us and probably the greatest
of these dangers is the fact that we
have hardened our consciences
against what is right and what Is
wrong. Even the few still soft and
impressionable consciences have
been allowed to become putty in
the hands of a hardened world.
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We here in the United States like
to flout our freedom before the
world and say, "We are Americans!"
I’m as proud as anyone of that fact,
but isn't it leaning a bit toward the
Pharisee type always to be thank¬
ful we re what we are instead of
someone "over there"? Maybe we
haven't stopped to think that we
might have been one of “them,”
Uiat they too are living human be¬
ings with hopes, dreams, and ideal*
as well as courage and convictions,
and that they might even be thank-
lul they're not one of "us." I’m
glad we rejoice in our hearts and
«fere to shout our freedom aloud,
but I wish we would actually be
Ihe broadminded Americans about
which we shout so long and so loud!
Sometimes I get angry with the all-
felk and no-action spirit of our na¬
tion. We don't have to fight for the
other fellow, but we could give of
our money and keep quiet about it.
°h yes. we give, but not unless we
get a luncheon, a lecture, or even
a small button in return.
Suppose we brash up on our local
“lor for a time. .. All in the good
°e Howard spirit, I too have com¬
plaints, suggestions and grave criti¬
cisms about which I can become
extraordinarily loquacious. For a
long time I have thought that the
Student Senate should set aside
definite . mounts of money each
fear for non-frat organizations (ex-
eluding those already provided for. If
“y> in order that these clubs might
P*ve an Entre Nous page, entertain
soc‘als, and carry on beneficial
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BURNS
Honor System Is
First Forum Topic
“ Honor System Up To The
Students Dean
Tells Group
"It is up :o the students," was
Dean P. P. Burn’s sentiments to¬
ward the qutjtion, “Should Howard
have an honor system?” when he
spoke before the “Howard Round
Table," new campus forum group.
Monday afternoon in Renfro Hall.
Assuring the students of faculty
support shoi ild this system be
adopted hen, Dean Burns stated
that the ge;n ral feeling among all
the student ; that cheating is
“taboo," wouid be necessary before
the system :ould be successfully
established.
In discussing the situation exist¬
ing at Howard, the conclusion
reached by he participants was
that Howard should have the sys¬
tem if it can be worked out satis¬
factorily.
Pleased with the attendance and
results of the first forum meeting,
Ilus Hallford, :haiman of the forum
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Successful
Parley Held
Yesterday
Career Discussion Led By
Outstanding Leaders
' Of Birmingham
The Career Conference, held an¬
nually by Hypatia Honor Society of
Howard College and Mortar Board
of Birmingham-Southern College,
met yesterday afternoon at the Tut-
wiler Hotel. The meeting was very
successful and a large group of high
school and college girls received the
benefit of some very fine talks.
Registration was from 3:00 to 4:00
p.m., the high school girls being as¬
sisted in registering by marshals
from Howard and Southern. Those
servings as marshals from Howard
were Alice Waters, Evelyn Mur-
phee, Lynette Borland, Cathryn Mc-
Kibbon, Martha Merck. Mary Emily
Wishart, Lydia • Haisten. Gussie
Burton, Ruth Oliver, Bertha Nel
Mason. Jane Doran and Virginia
Hess.
The discussions were attended by
student choice, and were held as
follows:
First Period — 4:00-4:35: Library,
Miss Mabel Willoughby; Home Eco¬
nomics, Mrs. Thomas Seay; Teach¬
ing, Miss Beatrice Hanpon; Busi¬
ness, Mrs. Victoria Davies; Med¬
icine, Dr. Sam McCarty Graham.
Second Period— 4:40-5:15: Marriage
as a Career, Mrs. Raymond Paty;
Marriage and a Career, Dean I. R.
Obenchain; Religious Education,
Mrs. Harwell Davis; Fine Arts, Mrs.
Louise Fagan; Journalism, Rebecca
Franklin; Aviation, Louise Holman.
Revival Speaker
Y. T. C. Sponsors
Oratorical Contest
The Youth Temperance Council
of Howard College will sponsor an
oratorical - contest to be held at
Ruhama Baptist Church Sunday
evening, March 17th, at
в:30.
The
contest will be held in the main
auditorium for an assembly of the
entire
В.
T. U. The award will be
a silver medal, and the winner will
be eligible for competition in the
Gold Medal Contest.
Any student who attends Howard
College is eligible to compete. Those
wishing to do so see either Vivian
Langley or Stewart Bell.
Billy Riddle To
Edit Soph Paper
Staff of Eleven Appointed
To Work On Crimson
Next Week
Billy Riddle, editor-in-chief of the
sophomore edition of the Crimson,
announces his staff for the follow¬
ing week. This will be the third
class edition to be published in the
competitive contest for this year.
Staff members for this -'dition will
be: Assistant Editor. Anne Stan-
nely; News Editor. Elizabeth Penny;
Assistant News Editor. Jerome
Crow; Sports Editor. Orville Ha use;
Cartoonist, Sam Rohde: Society Ed¬
itor, Marjorie Holcombe; Assistant
Society Editor, Bernice Brown; Fea¬
ture Editor, Jean McDaniel; Assis¬
tant Feature Editor, Sue Blanton.
Advertising Assistants (to work
with Business Manager Leon Riddle)
are Vivian Houlditch and Robert
Snow.
History Majors Note
It is requested that all seniors
expecting to graduate in May or
August, and who have majors in
the Department of History, meet
Dr. George V, Irons Tuesday,
March 12, at 10:30, room 33, Main.
This is for information relative
to comprehensives.
Junior’s Say About Spring
Ah-h-hl - W list’s that heavenly
odor? And is that a buttercup we
see, and do wc find ourselves shed¬
ding heavy
со:
ts? Why it’s spring!
Oh wonderful . lay— here it is spring
again with thi ■ warm sun in -our
faces, .blue sk es overhead dotted
with fleecy clo ids, and soft breezes
wafting sweet perfume from buds
just bursting iorth. And what do
we Juniors ha- e to say of this— we
who have pass, d through two other
spring seasons on our campus, once
as lowly freshi lan still green as the
new leaves ct ming out, again as
cocky sophomoi-es, superior to fresh¬
man and disdainful of upper class-
men.— and now! Why now we’re
Juniors, and wv're smart enough to
know you'll be considered smarter
if you keep t uiet— but we'll still
tell you how we feel about this
spring weather
"There's noth ing much I can do
about it right tow,”, says Auxford
Watkins; "durlr i spring training, but
I- hope the weather is still like this
after spring training is over about
the last of March— I'll really make
up for lost time then."
"Gee." says Olive Posey Wood.
“It makes me want to get married
again (to Billy).”
Thomas Hunter didn’t seem to
want to be quoted but the spring
days have him all right for he
mumbled something about “In the
spring," etc. You know the rest.
Marion Cowden doesn't care who
knpws that she's really enjoying
this "only it makes me want to
saddle up 'Duke' and go riding
instead of meeting 8:30 classes."
Grady Hutchison wants to hiber¬
nate. “This weather’s really won¬
derful." he says, “but it does make
me sleepy, 'specially in sociology
class.”
"I wants go wading!” Japple
Bryant called out, and skipped on
down the earn pus smiling1 'most
bright as the sun.
Margaret McClellan js tennis
minded and says, "Oo-oooh, do I
ache this morning!”
Billy Gwin is all in for these cam¬
pus courses you're so often accused
of cutting class to attend, and he
says, “Gosh, I want all the classes
to be held out doors, everybody on
the campus."
Eddie Welch states he's a sleepy
head, too, and he adds. “I'd like to
sleep in all my classes. This weather
really gets me!"
Jane Purser adds the final note
to spring and it’s a reminder to all
the rest besides us Juniors. She
said: "Spring! — My. impressions?
This A.M.— It's great to be alive!—
My head is in the clouds;— This
P-M.— dejection, my head is in a
book — reason? — impending term
paper."
And so adieu? After this edition
you'll find us Juniors taking less
notice of these spring days— rea¬
son? That's right] Impending term
paper* s
Evangelistic
Services Held
By Dr. Bowen
“More Abundant Life” Is
Theme of Sermons
In Chapel
Monday morning the Religious
Emphasis Week on the campus
started with a song and has con-
tined all week in such a joyful man¬
ner. The speaker is Dr. Claude
Bowen, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Opelika, Ala,
A full week of activities is being
carried out under the auspices of
the Baptist Student Union and the
StuderjjJ Senate and Dr. Bowen has
been heartily received in each meet¬
ing. Monday night the Women's
Christian Volunteer group heard
Dr. Bowen speak in the living
room of the Boys' Dormitory. Tues¬
day night personal conferences were
conducted by Dr. Bowen in Renfroe
Hall for the boys there. Wednesday
night was sorority and fraternity
night with Ruhama Church mem¬
bers as guests. Tonight Dr. Bowen
will speak at the vesper service
in the girls' dormitory, and Friday
night will be the closing service
with everyone invited. The Friday
night meeting will be held in thej
chapel. i
Dr. Bowen’s theme for the week
is taken from John 10:10, "I am
come that ye might have life and
that ye might have it more abund¬
antly." This theme has been de¬
veloped in an admirable way by
Dr. Bowen. Monday's sermon was
developed around 2 Timothy 2:9,
and Dr. Bowen built the talk on
the following four points: the gospel
is not bound by age; the gospel is
not bound by attitude; the gospel is
not bound by time; the gospel is not
bound by location. The central
theme was illustrated by the
speaker with many stories and an¬
ecdotes.
At the beginning of the sermon
Dr. Bowen spoke of the statue of
Bro. Bryan at Five Points, and of
how Bro. Bryan through his life
has made religion mean something
fine. Dr. Bowen stated that religion
is sometimes presented in Such a
way as to be offensive and its is
not that way at all— it is something
beautiful and attractive.
Paul did not say the gospel was
easy. We don't want an easy re¬
ligion. Any kind of life won't take
the message— a man ha» to be sin¬
cere, has to be ready to foUow
Tesus Christ. There are hundreds
of people who are not willing to
give up worldly riches and careers
or anything that is in the way, to
follow Christ.
“It doesn't take old men to be
good Christians — young men and.
women can have the dynamic force
of Christianity." In other words, .
age does not lifnit the gospel.
“Every man and women in the
world has the right to interpret life
and the gospel.” The gospel is not
bound by attitude.
“The same demands that Christ
made of us when He walked on ihe
earth is made of us now.” The
gospel is not bound by time.
Dr. Bowen has stated that he has
no truths of religion; he came for
one simple purpose and that pur¬
pose is to make religion real to the
students on the campus. One re¬
quest he made of the students,
which was, “Don't live through
these years and waite your life— the
world needs a man and a young-
lady to guide and lead it."
The speaker t* a -graduate of the
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