The SMU Campus, Volume 46, Number 28, January 06, 1961
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wmmi m £• m S. M. U. LIBRARY (Eampua Published Semi-Weekly by SMU Students' Publishing Company No. 28fE Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Friday, January 6, 1961 46th Year Dean Answers Drinking 'Response' Before Senate Student Senate members Tues Swift emphasize, however, that "drinking problem." It was un day night heard Dean of Univer the student must not be attending derstood that no "disciplinary sity Life Bill Swift firm vague an official University function off counseling" would come for the implications contained in the campus when he imbibes. act of drinking, but University University's new drinking policy. The Senate "Response" state administrators do reserve the Swift, appearing before the Sen ment graphically spells out stu right to counsel students with ate during their regular weekly dent conduct that warrants Uni "problems." PONIES HUDDLE IN HAWAII—SMU footballers Glynn Gregory (half meeting, answered a "Response" versity discipline. The University back) and Jerry Mays (tackle), huddle with hula dancer Iwalani statement drafted by President approved statement reads, "Al Registration Activities Koanui on arrival in Honolulu Sunday to play in the fifteenth annual Doug McLean and the Senate. though the University cannot and Hula Bowl game January 8. Gregory and Mays will play on the West The Senate's "Response" was does not condone drinking in any To Begin January 26 team against all-stars from the eastern part of the nation. prompted last December by . an way, an SMU student will be Registration for all students announcement of the new SMU judged, counseled, disciplined who were enrolled in SMU dur drinking policy by Dean of Uni only on the basis of conduct and ing the fall term will be Thurs versity Life Mayne Longnecker. not on the act of drinking per se." day, January 26, while new stu The new policy, actually a new This statement indicates, ac dents and transfers will register SMU Debate Team interpretation of SMU's long the next day, January 27, accord standing no-drinking rule, made cording to Senate officers, that ing to Registrar Douglas Conner. students liable for disciplinary improper conduct, whether or not action from the University only it results from overindulgence, Undergraduates in the schools will warrant University discip To Make T.V. Debut in the event of "conduct unbe of arts and sciences, business, and coming to an SMU student." line. But ONLY improper con music are to pick up their regis Members of the SMU Debate, television program, "Confession," Swift's statement to the Senate duct will result in disciplinary tration packets and permits in Team will meet the University the first network program to indicated that the consumption action from the University. Rooms H and I of the Student of Houston the last Sunday in originate locally from the South of alcoholic beverage by a student Swift told the Senate that Center between 8:30 a.m. and February in their initial appear west. His most recent television off campus was not an "unbecom counseling would, however, be 4:45 p.m. on January 25 and 26, ance in Sinclair Refining Comp production is the series, "Con ing" action. Both Longnecker and carried on. for students with or on January 27 between 8:30 any's new TV series, "Young troversy," an hour-long discus and 12 noon. America Speaks." sion program dealing with burn Students in the schools of en The series, which will be the ing issues of the day. gineering, law, and theology first intercollegiate debate tourn SMU's team record this year in HUMOR SECTION IS FINAL LAUGH should pick up their permits and cludes first and second-place ament ever televised, will include As a rather backward bow to this rapidly fleeting fall packets in the dean's office of fourteen Texas universities and wins at the A&M tournament, their respective schools. colleges competing in a 13-week which Craig termed as "our larg semester, The Campus, in its final production of the semes Law school students, who are tournament beginning January est win," a second-place win at ter, presents a special humor (?) section designed to cause registering now, may pick up 15. the Southwest Conference Meet a chuckle or two before the final two weeks of darkness their packets in Room 149, Storey The SMU team, whose members and wins at Alabama and Mill- Hall. Students in theology school have not yet been named accord saps tournaments. descend upon this University. begin registration following their ing to Debate Coach Jim Craig, The debaters, which are divid —The Editors last exams, which run from Jan will debate the question: "Resolv ed into two teams, have tentative uary 19 through January 27. En ed: That the Merit Rating System tournament dates at Harvard, gineers may secure their packets o f Automobile Insurance B e Cincinnati and Louisville, Ken Students Propose between January 25 and January Abolished in Texas." tucky. 27 in Room 115, Caruth Hall. The fourteen teams, seven from Other schools participating in Questionnaire For Southwest Conference schools the Sinclair tournament include: and seven from unaffiliated Baylor, Rice, Texas Christian, Parking Problem I schools, will participate in seven Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Univer weeks preliminary debate, with sity of Texas, Abilene Christian Three senior SMU students, MIGHT the last six weeks being given to College, North Texas State, Zeke Zeanon, Bob Ireland and elimination rounds for the win Hardin-Simmons, Lamar State, Jack Jackson have proposed ADD . .. • ners of the preliminaries. Stephen F. Austin and Southwest to Hemphill Hosford, University Texas State. provost, that as part of the sen by DAVID HUGHES Sinclair will contribute $1,000 ior class engineering project deal to the scholarship fund of each ing with the campus parking week's winning college and $500 Directorate Plans Retreat Some of us discovered over the problem, a fact-finding question holidays that religion hasn't com to the scholarship fund of each Some 40 members of the pre naire be distributed in the classes week's losing college. pletely vanished from Christmas sent and next semester's Student and answered outside class so that in favor of commercialism. Santa The telecast, which will be the Center Directorate are planning classes would not be disturbed. and several of our friends were first live show to originate from a retreat to a "surprise destina The questionnaire will probably obviously celebrating the pass- the new WFAA-TV studios in tion" tomorrow morning. Stu be distributed i n February, Wyatt . "young america over. Dallas, will be moderated by Jack dent Center officials said Student Senate Representative speaks'1 AND . Wyatt, Dallas advertising and Wednesday. George Pool saicL With the Vacation over so easy, public relations executive and Student Association President Questions asked will probably widely known television pro Doug McLean will speak to the deal with how far students walk And we give it a backward look, ducer. group about the "Student Center's to class, if they move their cars President Invited It makes us feel ever so quesy Responsibility to the SMU Wyatt has produced a n d and if they live on campus, Pool To realize we didn't look at a moderated a nationally famous Campus." said. To Big Celebration An invitation to head an im book. pressive list of speakers during AND ... SMU's.Fiftieth Anniversary Cele Another development of the bration has been extended by the new year was the road sign before Holiday Mishap Injures Professor the Turtle Creek widening pro University to President Dwight ject which read: "Main road open sources were contacted Wednes Eisenhower, The Campus learned A quail hunt on horseback In the last five Christmas re to traffic while detour is being day to ascertain what other ac Wednesday. ended in severe injury to an SMU cesses, three persons died in fatal repaired." cidents had occurred. math professor December 27. accidents involving SMU stu SMU officials would not elabo AND ... Though no fatal accidents oc - Robert A. Hassell, assistant dents. At least' two were per rate on the information, but one We wonder if there was any curred, several less serious road professor of mathematics, suffer manently injured. ~ administrator did confirm the re connection with Xmas expenses mishaps did happen. ed a sacroiliac injury when the The national holiday death toll, port. and the coed who was writing a horse he was riding fell into a A green Pontiac smashed into 1,100 fatalities as of Wednesday, It is expected that an an check in the book store Wednes depression by the side of a road. a boundary post south of McEl- continues to climb as New Year nouncement of Eisenhower's ac day singing — "Rubber ball I'll " "It looked like level grass by vaney Dormitory just before the figures are still coming in. ceptance or refusal of the invita come bouncing back to you . ." the road," Hassell recoun id from holidays began. The driver, pos Of this total, 800 were killed in tion will come from the school AND ... his hospital bed Wednesday. The sible injuries and other details traffic accidents, 77 in fire and during the next two weeks. We are pondering the propo- njath proifessor was in traction, of this collision were unavailable the rest in miscellaneous acci The invitation was sent about ganda spread by the Communist Where he expected to remain for Wednesday. dents. 488 persons died during the two months ago by an unnamed people which preaches that the "several weeks." Several other student-driven SMU alumnus who delivered a capitalists get weaker eacjh year. Christmas holiday; so far, 358 ^ As a follow-up to The Campus automobiles were involved in letter from SMU President Willis Come to think of it, we seem to series on traffic safety prior to holiday wrecks resulting in little deaths haye been reported over Tate to the.