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Our sweet-looking cover girl, with personality to match, is Dorothy Skinner. As compared to the blustering gusts of March winds that are trying to blow off her hat, Dorothy is more like the gentle breath of May breezes. She wafted in at Texas Western from Austin High about two years ago. In addition to good looks, Dorothy is an almost straight A student. We remember that she made a B once, or was it a couple of times? At any rate, Dorothy Alice, that's her middle name, can usually be found working in the library or over at the Zeta lodge where she's standards chairman. Her hobbies are golf and tennis. Her major is history and minor is English. She Jives at 3001 Frankfort and her telephone number is 5-2251. Her steady, Dan Foster, is AW A Y at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.

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SAT. MARCH I-Tri Delta Alliance bridge party fo1• the benefit of the blind. SUB Ballroom. I :00 P.M. Preferential singing of fraternities at Cotton Memorial. 12: 151: 15 P.M. Basketball game. T . W.C. & New Mexico U. 8 :00 P.M. at Colisettm. MON. MARCH 3-T. IV'.C. Women Auxiliary Meet. I :00 - 5 :00 P.M. Cotton Memorial. Beaux Arts meet. 7 :00-9 :00 P.M . Cotton Memorial . WED . MARCH 5-T.I.S.A. Show at Magoffin Auditorium by T. W.C. Players. 7 :00 P.M. THUR. MARCH 6-T.I.S.A . meetings all day at Magoffin Auditorium. T.l.S.A . dance at SUB. 9:00 P.M. FRI. MARCH 7-T.l.S.A. meetings at Magoffin Auditorium. T.I.S.A . banquet at campus dinning hall. 7 :00 P.M. SAT. MARCH 8-Continuation of T.I.S.A. meetings. Rifle team will meet at the SUB in the morning. ROTC RIFLE MEET 61h, 7th, and 8th. Will hold dance in connection wiJh T.I.S.A. at SUB . 9 :00 P.M. SUN. MARCH 9-Co11tim1atio1~ of T.I.S .A. meetings. MON. MARCH I 0- Z elca Cl11b Meeting at W omen 1 s Lounge. 7 :00-9 :00 P.M . Beaux Arts-Cotton Memorial 7:00-9:00 P.M. WED. MARCH 12- ' S.A. movies. Magoffin Auditorium. 7 :009:00 P.M. THUR. MARCH 13-Spring Football Game Stadium. 8 :00 P.M. Trans Pecos T eacher1 s Association will meet at Magoffin Auditori11m 7 :00 P.M. FRI. MARCH 14-T.P.T.A . will meet at Magoffin Auditorium and all day 011 campus. No school all day. SAT. MARCH 15- Saint Patrick 1 s dance . SUB Ballroom. 9 :0012 :00 P.M. SUN. MARCH 16-0 pera Rehearsal. 2 :30 P.M. Magoffin Auditorium . MON. MARCH 17- Saint Patrick 1s Day. 0 pera Rehearsal. 7 :00 P.M. Beaux Arts meeting. 7 :00-9:00 P.M. Cotton Memorial. TUE. MARCH IR- 0 pera Rehearsal. 7 :00 P.M. WED. MARCH 19·-0 pera (Matinee) Performance. 2 :00 P.M. THUR . MARCH 26- 0pera. 8:00 P.M. FRI . MARCH 21-0pera. 8 :00 P.M . SA T. MARCH 22- 0pera. 8:00 P.M. MO N. MARCH 24-f ea11 Leon D estine (Haitian Dan ce rs) . 8:00 P.M . Under Artist's Program. Bea11xt Arts 111eeti11g. Cotto11 Memorial 7 :00-9 :00 P.M. lr1 ED. MARCH 26- S.A. Movies. 7 :00-9 :00 P.M. THUR . i'vl ARCH 27- St11de11t Recital. Cotton Memorial 5 :00 P.M . SAT. MARCH 29--Tri Delta's dance at their lodge. 9:00-12:00 P.M. f. MO /\'. MAl?CH 3 l - Bea11x Arts 111eeli11g. Cotton Memorial 7 :009:00 P.M.

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LETTER TO EDITOR Editor, El Burro: May I call yo11r aflentirm lo page 12 of the fart is.me of El B11rro and the edi!or.r' 110/e which I q110/e: "(Since mch i11dig11alio11 and rerwl111e11/ greeted last 111011th'r article 011 modem art, we are giving certain Texa.1 IF est em st11de11ts .w111ethi11g which - perhaps- can be 1111der.1tood without too 11111ch .1Jraini11g of the i11tellect.Editor.r.)" Since this iss11e was co111 piled by the previo11s editor, and the editors' note is signed in the plural for111, I asm111e 1h,1t editors" refers to Linda Hassel r.md associate John Rerhy. This reflects, to me, the r pi1ef11l attitude of a child who has created something amid gleef!!l handclapping at his ow11 cleverness, only find it unwanted and unappreciated by his fellows. The infere11ce being that since we didn't like the article 011 modern art, we're Jlttpid. My humble suggestion to the previous editors is to avoid the subject of intellect as long as they display such childish spite toward us for not applauding their work wildly. Printing such editorial notes reflecJs not adult intellect, but adolescent immaturity. Sincerely, CHESTER McLAUGHLIN

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Dear Editor, I have always had to struggle for the better things in life, and what few pleasures I do have, I've gotten the hard way. One of these pleasures used to be re<!ding El Burro, Texas Western's (pitui) magazine. Once I could depend upon it for a good old fashioned belly laugh, at least once a month. It seems that a few fanatical fugitives from the Joycian movement have: gotten a strangle hold on El Burro, and print it solely for the pleasure of their own little artistic minds. Perhaps some kind Samaritan will clue these mis-led individuals in on the fact that the Joycian movement has long since been flushed down the d r a i n . The "chain of thought" or "stream of conscience" trend is as obsolete as the square wheel. I presume also, that the Editor was trying to be funny in his article: "Babbitt ain 't dead, boys; he just went to college." Let me say this: you are about as comical as a broken leg. You headed your timely little article with a q u o ta ti on from Nietzsche. That sounds, to me, like a bad case of: "The whole world is crazy, except me and thee, and sometimes I w o n d e r about thee." I say to you, that it is about time we all came down to earth, and started viewing things proportionately from a normal, rather than an abnormal point of view. Sincerely Jim (.30-.30) Leasure Tis same Leasure of Weekly Quizz fame-ED

It was with a sigh of relief that I read in the Prospector .that El B11rro has decided to fulfill its primary function by once again beco111i11g a college humor magazme. I have just finished reading the last is.we, and f or sheer mob appeal, it should get some kind of award. I think I speak for the majority of s.tudents 011 campus when I say that 011r patience has become extremely thin with TWC's AVANT GARDE, who have taken advantage of the difficulty of obtai11i11g material for the magazine t o gleef11lly heap all so1·ts of intellec.tual mbbish, obscure cartoons, and artistic abortions on our poor plebeian heads. Jtvhat a 11•aste of tim e and money.' Of course, there were a couple of honest poem.r in the issue that even the most rabid poetry-hater could appreciate, and the cover was a beaut. But these cheerful touches were overshadowed by the cries of the self-appointed pseudo-Men,.kens who would be mrprised at the e11ormo11r 1111mber of 11s who also get a kick out of going to concerts'a11d the ballet a11d who enjoy an occasional dose of go od literatme. But we also like f ootball and the Charles.t on and scotch & soda a11d dirty stories . So I am gratified that we are once again lo be treated as healthy h11ma11 beings. The i11tellectvals had their chance ; let's get bark to " reflecting !h e collegiate panorama." Sincerely, WARREN R. Hov1ous

CONTENTS Special To Be or Not To Bee·······---···-····-·······--···--·----·-········-·········-······-·····-·························-Page 8 Degree Plan Orgy.........................................................................................................page 10 Social Whirl. ..........................................................................................................................page 12 Saga of Harry's Statue ..........................................................................................page 14

Articles The Once Over .................................................................................................................. page 5 Welcome T.1.S.A .............................................................................................................page 6 Welcome Southwestern lnvitational... ..................................................... page 7

Pictorial Without Words ..................................................................................................................page 16 Poolosophy ...........................................................................................................................page 17 Snaps ..........................................................................................................................................page 20

Regular Letters to The Editor Jokes Slag and Tailings High Grade Concentrate

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EL month to welcome numerous visitors who are in addition, with us on campus for T. I. S. A. convention and the rifle meet. There are various entertaining stories done in pictorial sequence for students who might be in a rush to look through the magazine and not have time to read the short articles. Gerrie Sue O'Shaugnessy turned out the swell cartoons for the story on Boy Rogers and Harry S. The editor took a hand in whipping out some crude stuff for the degree plan story. (It was an emergency) Skee Strain will carry local gossip in her new social w ~ i r l which begins this month and Lucius Casillas came across with his usual fine pictures to add a touch to the poetry page that is lacking this month in material. You just can't get those poets to turn in their stuff. Finally, there are plenty of snapshots around campus and the usual assortment of jokes to round out the issue.

* * * AT THIS TIME the staff of the magazine takes time out to pledge itself to give the TW students what they most desire, humor. Serious articles will be carried to give our mag depth and short stories will be carried in every issue.

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IT'S A LIE that there aren't goodlooking girls at TW. In order to do away with this fallacy, El Burro will carry pictures of some of the more attractive and relatively unknown beauties on campus, every month.

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IN MARCH, an issue at which we are already hard at work, El Burro will bring out the traditionsteeped Engineer's job. The West side boys have gone all-out to give TW studnts a super production which will carry color on the inside pages. A coup le of cuties have already been picked to grace the cover and back page. Confident that the students will go nerts over the March issue, the printer has been notified to turn out a few more copies. We're willing to bet that not many of these issues will be found lying around in the SUB.

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AT THIS TIME the editor takes the opportunity to thank the small but hard-working staff that helped turn out this issue. Bob Bagdon, our new business manager, has done a great job for the short time in which he has had to go out and sell ads to finance our mag. El Burro staff had adopted the policy that no one gets their name on the magazine who didn't contribute to it. Too much deadwood has been carried in the past. This term the nonworkers are being given the axe. Until our super issue in March . Begorrah !

Architect A. I. A. 1013 FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING EL PASO, TEXAS

FRANK LADY President Baylor University

Welcome T .I.S.A.

EVELYN HARGROVE Secretary Austin College

HAROLD BRANNON Vice-President Texas Tech

KENNETH WIGGINS C11l11tre C111d Enter1t1i11111en1 Texas A & M

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JACK MOREE Treasurer

MARY ANN SZOKE Exec11tive-S ecretary Texas Western

by Diane Jensen TWC IS BEING GIVEN a chance to show true Western hospitality on 6-8, when it plays host to representatives from 30 Texas colleges and univ ties. These delegates are members of the Texas Intercollegiate Students A ciation which in their last convention at College Station in 1951 voted to at TWC this year. This is the biggest meeting of this type that Texas Western has ever pla host to, and in accordance, many plans were made to give the visiting stud a truly Western welcome. Purpose of the T.I.S.A. is to create better students and faculty relations to find solutions to problems facing today's student government leaders. cussion and exchange of ideas as to solutions of student government. In the spring of 1948, T.I.S.A. was organized. The University of Hou student government under Bill Bradbury's direction made an attempt at or ization but statewide response was not sought at the time. The first and founding convention of the T.I.S.A. was held April 23, 1 at North Texas State College with Dick Barneby of North Texas presid. Delegates frcm twenty-three colleges attended the initial meeting at which constitution was drafted and officers were elected. At this first meeting d gates discussed such problems as election procedure, student government, nance, honor system, and union building support. The second convention was held at Baylor University in 1950. At this c vention delegates met to discuss problems confronting student govern leaders. Bill Hamilton of TCU introduced a motion that said "membership ' T.I.S.A. shall not be denied or abridged to any qualified college regard! of race, color, or creed." It was promptly passed by the convention. Last year the Association met at Texas A &M College. There two TWC J dents were elected to serve as officers. President of the T.I.S.A. is Frank l..J Baylor University; Hollis Reynolds, Executive Vice-President, TWC ; Mary A Szoke, Exerntive - Secretary, Tlf/ C; Harold Brannon, Vice - President, Te Technological College. Other officers are: Evelyn Hargrove, Secretary, Aui College; Jack Moree, Treawrer, University of Houston ; E. J. Richey, Parr mentarian, Stephen F. Austin College; and Kenneth Wiggins, Cultural Entertainment Chairman, Texas A & M College. TWC has been honored by the fact that T.I.S.A. is holding its conventi here this year. Its being here is a complete advantage to us. In order to sh T.I.S.A. that the students are behind it, all TWC students are urged to att the General Assembly. Let's all do our part in making our visitors at home giving them a warm welcome.

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EEN COLLEGES ANO UNIVERSITIES from the Southwestern part of the counwill meet at Texas Western College on March 6-8 where the Third Annual western Invitational Small Bore Tournament will be held. Altogether, 21 swill complete. first tournament was held in March of 1950 with thirteen teams meeting five shoulder-to-shoulder matches. The first year saw Utah State Agricul1 College take first place honors with New Mexico Military Institute rung a close second . last year's meet, Texas W estern's rifle team, playing dark horse in th eir n tournament, won by defeating Utah State for first place honors . Third e went to. ·s year no team has been picked as favorite. Rumblings from the West t show that San Francisco University is picked as one of the top teams "le the Utah State contingent will send its usual first class team. t team Texas W estern has been picked to be among the finalists due to ·r three semester unbeaten winning streak of some 47 shoulder-to-shoulder ches against college and civilian small bore teams. High score of the Westshooters for the season is 1896. 'he Chamber of Commerce of El Paso has d onated bea11tiful trophies for the 11 three teams. Also, i11divid11al medals will go the members of the first te teams. Indi vid11al medals will also be given the top three shooters in each 11e, silling, kneeling, and standing positiom. Aggregate medals will be given the top three shooters for the grand total . Altogether 30 medals will be "1ented to the virto rio11s marksmen. ~meeting of the rifl e teams will not be without its entertainment. Sororities other campus organizations have teamed up to g ive a dance in honor of visitors. Entertainment will be further bolstered by a vaudiville act put on members of the drama and musi c departments. A guided trip to Juarez is ted in the agenda of the entertainment committee. Bliss authorities have shown their usual hospitality in providing housin g meals for th e visitors. Fort Bliss is also putting its. ten-point gallery range e disposal of tournament officials. Other ranges to be used in the tournainclude those of Texas Western and the public high schools of El Paso. 1cials of the meet include members of smallbore organizations in El · officials, and military personnel. plete list of schools attending and number of teams are as follows : Allen Military Academy- 1 Arlington State College- 1 McNeese State College of Louisiana- 1 New Mexico A & MA College- I New Mexico Military Institute- 1 New Mexico University- 1 St. Mary 's University of San Antonio, Texas- 1 Tarleton State College- 1 Texas A & M College--2 Texas Western College- 2 Utah State College- 2 University of Arizona- 1 University of Louisiana- I University of San Francisco-1 University of Texas- 2 University of Utah-1 University of California at Los Angeles (tentative)

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February 25, 195 2 Whouston, Texas

Boy Rogers Ballyhoo, Cali fornia D ea r Boy, I am offering you 200,000 dollars cold cash for Rigger. I have herd of mares that need to know about the birds and bees. Rigge r wou ld be ideal bee.

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Febru ary 26, 195 2 Ball yhoo, Ca lifornia Joe Pesos Whouston , Texas Most Exa lted Joe Pesos: Had Ale Devan s pen you a reply as soon as I received your l Put letter in bullet of my trusty .45 and fired in the general d' tion of Ttxas. Knowing you important man , anyon e found letter w immed iate ly de li ver same into you hands. Sir, how dare you insinuate I would part w ith dear ole Rigger. eve r, we must always st rive to seek sense of proportion. Theref with mu ch sorrow I anno unce th at Rigger in SOLD 1 // chi11gly awaiti11g the 11100/a, B OY ROGERS BY ALE DEVAN S

Not To Bee l El Paso Herald Boast (Via PU Wire) Februa ry 26, 19 5 2 Word has been received that Boy Rogers is sel ling h is horse, Rigger, to Joe Pesos of Whouston for beeing purposes. Chi ldren of Texas and United States heartbroken. Like Horseopera, president of the ChildrenÂˇ s Association of Horse Opera Preservation Society, sent Boy a tersely-worded telegram say11g, "We protest."

February 27, 195 2 Ballyhoo, Cllifornia Joe Pesos Whouston, Texas Villain, Forsooth, it has passed many moons since any scoundrel as low as you would put me in a bad light to embers of the Children's Association of Horse Opera Preservation Society. In my cheapest and most contemptible manner I accuse you of depriving the children of their joy-on-the-screen in order to Jet a quadruped harem have him. Besides, 200,000 letters I received from my dear little fans each contained a grubby dollar bill. Buzz of you horsefly'

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BONG-BONG-BONG-BONG. The mas~\ sive voice of Big Ben blared out at me ' he reception room was packed. The over my car radio. Four o'clock in reception room in the Dean 's office is London. Making a quick mental calalways packed. His office is on the culation, which involved the quadratic main floor of the administration build formula and Olm's law, I figured it ing and the countless thousands of to be somewhere around ten o'clock. students that wander aimlesly about Checking the problem, I looked at the often drop in to sit and rest. Some sun and sped off towards my destinamake it a regular practice of coming tion. to the Dean's sanctuary, for here, one Ten minutes later I pulled up in front may pleasantly while away the hours, of the administration building. I'd listening to the every day drama that have been there sooner, but had car goes on inside the inner office. trouble on the way over, and had to overhaul the transmission. Wiping grease from my hands I lurched into the registrars office, and crowded my way up to the counter. Everywhere, everyone was busy. The office hummed like some great machine. Typewriters clacked in unison . Bringing the book up, she wanted to Harassed looking girls darted in and know where my two co-signers were. out offices, clutching student's records I didn't bring any with me, so left my to their bosoms. Truly this was the bill-fold as security. heart of the college, where all material Then came the question I had been confidential and otherwise was kept dreading. secretly filed away. Grade books were "What do you want with your grade handed out, only through permission book? " She asked. of the Dean, along with two co-signThis was the test, with each word ers. I stood for a while shuffling my coming out one active higher than the feet, then became deeply engrossed in preceding one, I fairly screamed. 'Tm the antics of the switch-board operator. going down to the Dean's office and Deftly her hands would dart about the have a degree plan made up." board plugging in calls. Equaly as deft An electrifying silence came over the her hand would dart into a drawer, room. Type writters stopped in unison. and come out clutching a bon - bon. It finaly dawned on me why the typeWith a quick snap of the wrist she writers stopped and started in unison. would pop these into her mouth. Due to a shortage of class room space, Watching all this I nearly forgot my they were holding the beginners typing impending disaster, when one of the class in the registrars office. office girls came up to the counter and Bolting from the counter, I went reeloffered her services. ing and lurching towards the Deans I was determined to be calm about it, office. and cheerily asked for my grade book.

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"Name please?" "John Roscoe- senior- class of '52." I said, putting an emphasis on '52 for some reason or other. " Just your name Roscoe , we don't want you autobiography." She flipped back at me. Carrying my grade book across the room she would occasionally stop, break into shrieks of laughter, and show it to some typist. The typist would then look, up single me out, and break into a loud guffaw . Walking up to the receptionists desk I stood by nervously waiting for her to put down Forever Amber, and recognize me. Stirring, she finally showed signs of life. Coming to the end of a paragraph she rolled her eyes to the ceiling and said, "Gads! what a man." Then coming back to earth, she glared at me and said, "well don't just stand there Rollo, speak up." " I have an appointment with the Dean." I whispered. Then in a confidential manner I added. "The name is Roscoe, Miss. John Roscoe." " Details , Details ." she snapped. " What time is the appointment )" "Ten o'clock, mam, but I'm a little late." "Well, well, , well." She said, looking at my grade book again, and thumbing through it. "We are a little late at that, aren't we ? Only about four years and ten minutes is all." Getting up, she slunk into the inner office, where I heard a lot of low whispering, followed by an explosive, "What )" In a few seconds she came slinking back out again, stopped in front of me and eyed me up and down.

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"P my book he >tued •t the • cover for a while then said. " Roscoe, Finishing up with the last page in the book, he signed his name to a sheet eh! knew a fellow named Roscoe once. Student up here at college, the first with a lot of scribbling on it, fixed me with another stare and said. "With year I was Dean, and headed the disthe help of God and some extremely ciplinairy board. Had him flogged for carrying on with one of the dormitory lenient instructers, there is a remote maids. No relation of yours, I hope. " possibility that you might get out in I shook my head in the negative, still August. " Touched by this sudden change in keeping my eyes glued to the wall. "Well, Roscoe, " the dean said, "We him, I wept silently as I grabbed for won 't hold that against you. Were almy grade book and the scribbled sheet. Passing through the reception room I ways glad to have you freshmen come noticed that once again the receptionup here at the very beginning of your college careers to have your degree ist had the book in her lap and was plans- · ' Slamming his fist on the staring at the ceiling. I felt like runt a b l e he roared . " What the hell, ning and shouting with joy and gaily you're not a freshman, what are you I skipped down the hall to return my doing in here getting a degree plan grade book. made out this late, for, .. When I entered the registrars office, "Well? " He yelled. a loud cheer went up, typewriters stopI tried desperately to say something, ped in unison again, and the switchbut all that came ~)Ut was a short hysboard girl tore off her head-phones and came rushing towards me. Reachterical laugh . "Oh! So now you think it funny eh?" ing me, she gripped my hand warmly, Swallowing hard, I got rid of the bublooked me squarely in the eyes and in ble gum and blurted out. "No sir, it a voice choking with emotion conisn't funny ." Another burst of hystergratulated me. Then unable to check ical laughter, and I bit my tongue trythe flow of tears she fled back to the ing to calm down . " All I want to buzzing switch-board. The office girl know is if I can graduate this year." that had taken my bill-fold for securi" Oh! So all you want to know, is can ty came up and returned it. Starting to walk off she stopped and meditated you graduate this year. For four years now you've come and gone as you for a minute, then turning around dug pleased. Taking courses i n basket into her pocket and handed me back my four dollars and seventeen cents. weaving, pottery making, early mornKnowingly, I smiled at her, signed ing bird calls and so on. Then you nonchalantly stroll in to my office three autograph books, and s h o o k hands with two familiar looking studand want to know if you can graduate this yea_r." The Dean scribbled on ents who had torq up their resignation paper and scrutinized the grade book. slips and with determined tooks on Occas ionally, as he turned the pages in their immature faces were boldly walkin~ back towards the Dean's office. the grade book, he would jerk up his head, fix me with a stare, then turn back to his scribbling shaking his head.

SPRING HAS NOT YET SPRUNG, but there is enough lurve in the air to confuse old Mother Nature herself. Pins have been swapped, second payments have been made on diamonds and the marriage bureau will never go down because of trade. Wedding bells have banged, we hope that their marriage will not do the same, for Janet McKim and Bob McDermott. This man has switched to khaki because someone asked him to .. . Mitzi Kessel and 2nd Lt. Bill Thompson went under the swords recently ... 'twas a military wedding ... Julie Ann Oden and John Hendricks are tied in one knot now ... Gerald Campbell and Barbara Joy Crawford have promised to stay together forever and ever ... Betty Gutierrez and Bob Lawrence are Mr. and Mrs. now . . . They were wed over a year ago . . . Why the deep secret . . . ?? Many of the boys on campus are saying goodbye to their old gangs so that they may enter into that institution called marriage. Dick Issacks and Wanda Walker are among the brave ones ... Pat Shaw and Clyde Anderson will also see if they can Jive as cheaply as one . . . Bud Roland has left the walls of the KPT so that he can keep tabs on Iris Ashton .. . No date as yet ... W. P. Kirby, one of our campus peacemakers, and Darlene Nystrom have set the date for May 31st ... The bug has even hit ole Footch Ragland and Dorothy Ransdale. The former business wheel of the El Burro, Les Turner and Pat Shay are getting rather serious ... Jimmy Angelos and Kathy Beys are rather close these days ... No wonder, with that beautiful ring that she is showing ... Everyone is wondering about Bob Vickers and Joanne Crockett. What's the scoop . .. Ed Lee has lost his pin to Donnie Measday, a former student of the TWC grounds . .. Ken Womeldorf and Mary Jo Nelligon have swapped glances and more recently a pin ... The women of TWC are wearing more SAE pins than the boys ... Among those in this class are Kathy Cauthen, Bob Little's, Bird Keeling, Joe Golding's, and Joy Cook and Claude Baron ... Nobody can tell from one day to the next about Gloria Anderson and Jack Funk ...

Fashion is hitting the high note this spring and the latest word from Paris, New York, Dallas and of course, El Paso, the fitted jacket, full skirt and big bows on blouses are the rage ... Quilted skirts are fresh and pert looking in loâ€˘:ely prints and stripes . . . That's another thing that is really in the spotlight ... Stripes can be found on anything including petticoats ... The hats this year are their dizzyest . .. Small and petit, fitted for the poodle cut, they are found to have small what-nots and little sprouts coming out of the top ... Straw and velveteen are combined in these hats ... Velvet and velveteen, once retired to the dedar chest when spring came, are now all year round fabrics . ... The somber blues and blacks are no more ... Any color is the style ... If one can think up a color and put it into a dress, it's the style .. . Shoes, gloves and handbags are being shown in lovely pastels this year ... In this fashion column we not only cater to the women, but the men will learn what is the latest ... of course they will keep on wearing what they have had on for years, oh well ..... Plaid jackets combined with colorful trousers are found from New York to California . . . The golf links are providing the styles now .. . fancy hats with plaid bands about them are quite popular ... Shoes are canvas with rope soles, or tennis shoes with loud colors imbedded in them seem to have the men quite wild . . . However I suppose that levis will predominate the campus for many years yet to come . . .. .

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13 WHAT IS POETRY ' "TH ERE IS PREVALENT today, a serious misunderstanding in regard to poetry, " wrote Archibald Mac Leish. No truer words were ever written . Poetry is a word which, to most of us, stands for a generalized idea of all poems ; a summary of all the poems we know something about and those we do not know anything about. As such it is a useful word, but it is only a word . And it is not a word which stands for any one thing that we can point to and say, "There it is ." A few people have realized this- in fact, MacLeish has pointed out that a poem must be, not mean. In other words when the word " poem" is used, it should signify the experience which the reader creates in his mind by using the words of the poet. So the purpose of poetry is not to escape life, but it is to help one rediscover the significance of life in all its various forms. And without preaching, poetry sets us face to face with life for an experience whose end is, as Robert Frost says, wisdom . Now the logical question to ask would be, "Why not just state the experiences of life in prose?" Contrary to mistaken impression, the poet is not trying to make beautiful what might be plainly stated in prose. He is expressing emotion by finding a set of objects, a situation, or a chain of events which will be the formula of that particular emotion. Then when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked. As Coleridge stated in T able Talk , "Prose- wordsÂˇ in their best order; poetry -the best words in their best order." So the difference between prose and poetry is profoundly a difference in the manner of thinking. Only after understanding the true meaning of the word "poem" can we begin to appreciate the great variety and richness of our poetic heritage: For as long as consciousness exists, poetry will continue to exist! SALLY KRAUSE

CROSS - STITCHED Oh, button what th e purpose Had the Sewer in mind To cross-stitch your face Causing you .to be so blind? To cling more firmly In tmth to be sewre? Expressing co11ld it be The ageless stmggle to endure? For the frail threads of labor l nterwoven make, A man's innermost core Of sorrows, joys, and aches. Too bad that yo11 can not see The reason why By being bound we are free To live or die. - SALLY KRA USE

THE WORLD IS MINE The world is mine to roam where I will, God never built a fence around any hill. Among pastures ever so green, Upon God, my fate, my trust I lean. For this everyone should know, Where the heart the mind must go To seek and find a place of grace Where there's peace and of sin, no trace. LUCIUS CASILLAS

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"So your brother is a painter, eh?" "Yep." "Paints houses, I presume ?" "Nope, paints men and women." "Oh, I see. He's an artist." "Nope, just paints women on one door and men on the other." !fec...J"

The teacher had spent most of the morning telling the class something of the wonders of nature. At the finish she said, "And isn't it wonderful how the little chickens get out of their shells?" One quick-witted lad went her one better, "Teacher, I think it's far more wonderful how they get into the shells."

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Always a sucker for attractive bait, our aquatic brother went off the deep end and got caught on the quick-trick cigarette hook! But he wormed his way out when he suddenly realized that cigarette mildness can't be tossed off reel lightly. Millions of smokers have found, too, there's only one true test of cigarette mildness.

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