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LIFE OF A JOKE Birth: A freshman thinks it up and chuckles with glee, waking up two fra­ternity men in the back row. Age 5 minutes: Freshman tells it to senior, who answers, "Yeah, it's funny, but I've heard it before." Age 1 day: Senior turns it into the campus humor 1·ag as his own. Age 10 days: Editor has to fill mag­azine, prints joke. Age 1 month : Thirteen college comics r print joke. Ag 3 y ars: Annapoli Log reprints joke as original. Age 3 y ar ·, 1 month: College Humor r prints joke, crediting it to Log. Ag 10 years: 76 radio comedians dis­ov r joke simultaneously, tell it accom­pani d by howls of mirth from boys in orch tra. ($5 a howl.) Age 20 years: Joke is reprinted in Reader's Digest. Age 100 years: Professors start tell­ing joke in class. Age 100 years, 1 month: Warmack hears it, prints it in Texas Ranger. 
"What did you do when her dress started coming off?" "I helped her out as best I could." -Froth 
Dear Pop, 
Everything fine at school. I'm get­ting lots of sleep and am studying hard. Incidentally, I'm enclosing my fra­
tern.ity bill. Your son, Pudg Dear Pudge, Don't buy any more fraternitie Your pop, POP. 
Perplexed Oriential: "Our children velly white. Is velly strange." "Well . . . Occidents will happen." -Voo-Doo 
Policeman: "How did this accident happen?" Motorist: "My wife fell asleep in the back seat." 
Two men were discussing the fair ex. The following conversation was over­heard: 
1st· M.-"You know, I've really got my wife tamed. She crawls on her hand and knees for me." 
2nd M.-"Yeah? And what does she say?" 1st M.-"Come out from under the bed, you coward, or I'll drag you out." 
Little Boy: Mother, I ju t cut off my leg in a thre hing machine. Mother: Well, stay outside until it stops dripping. I just mopped the floor. -Exchange 
Pledge: "Must I eat this egg?" 
Active: "You're damned right." 
Silence. 
Pl dge: "The beak too ? " 
-Caveman 
A man at a marriage bureau about to be presented to his prospective bride, whispered to the agent. 
"She's ugly, small, hunchbacked and cross-eyed." "You needn't whisper," retorted the agent, "She's deaf too." 
Man (walking into headquarters of Bureau of Missing Persons.) My wife is missing, but I'm willing to forget it if you are." -Old Maid 
Drunk in telephone booth: "Number, hell, I want my peanuts." -Wayne Engineer 
Moe: "Do you know that a single fly .can have a thousand little ones?" Joe: "No kiddin'. How many can a married one have? " 


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LETTERS 

TO THE EDITOR 

Dear Editor: Does Heman Marion Sweatt really be­lieve that he "stripped the subject of its related trappings, and confined it strictly to its limited reference to edu­cation" in the September Ranger issue? Did he deliberately endeavor to obscure his subject behind cloudy and compli­cated words and phrases? Surely Sweatt, in his studies for the Masters Degree at Michigan University, has heard of segregation, not only of animal life, but also of plant life. Beans require planting in separate rows from potatoes, because each plant needs its own peculiar CULTIVATION. Since ed­ucation, in its simplest sense is cultiva­tion of the mind, and since some noted anthropologists and psychologists of the world have published material proving that races have separate mental proc­esses, would it be unintelligent to broach the suggestion that certain segregation is mandatory in order that they may be cultivated differently? If S~eatt envisions Prairie View Uni­versity to be so far below UT in educa­tional opportunities, would not his ex­perience and education afford him some opportupity to become a leader in the building of the Negro school into an in­stituti'on comparable to UT, in helping turn out something more than "mattress makers" of would-be scientists ? UT was built by enterprising and visioned white leaders for white men and women. Here, Sweatt would mention finances. Sam Houston, Abe Lincoln, and many other leaders were noted scholars but were not rich, by any means. 
J.B. 

Dear Editor: 

H. 
M. Sweatt argues that he must attend the Law School of the University of Texas in order to obtain an "educa­tion" and not a "Negro education!" He (and his backers) have been offered the finest in education that the state of Texas could possibly afford, and this education would necessarily be commen­surate with that offered here on the main campus. 


In that Mr. Sweatt has asserted that quality exists in "inherent capacities" between the white man and Negro, we may therefore conclude, logically, that the Negro could quite sufficiently con­summate a school standard tantamount to the educational qualities of any branch of Texas University. 
Mr. Sweatt, how do 'you think the Ne­gro will ever be free of his dependency on the white man, unless he assumes a confidence in himself, and, hence, betters himself? 
Perhaps my Southern nativity directs my thoughts along prejudice lines, and, 
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LETTERS 
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then again, perhaps I am as tolerant as the next mart .. . tolerance, indeed, does not imply that the wrong attitude must be accepted. 
I would want you to feel as ured that I have a great resp ct for the Negro race, and I hold thi. r sp ct for any race which holds respect for itself. 
Accept a school of hi her ducation for your people . .. lead them in their 
truggle for eventual prosperity . . . employ your power of intelligence in this useful and beneficial capacity. Or . . . conduct your innate abilities along a line of discriminative action . .. con­tinue to add · chips to the smouldering fire of race hatred . . . the imposition of the Negro race on the white (by vir­tue .of Northern influence) will lead .to the inevitable destruction of one race! 
Edwin H. White, 
1934 San Antonio St. 

Student of Law. Dear Editor: 
Mr. Sweatt's arguments were stated quite forcefully; however, I see one glaring discrepancy in his argument. He stated that his sole motive was to get a law education of the highest type avail­able in Texas; however, when a law school was provided in Austin, staffed by the same law professors that teach at the University of Texas Law School, with excellent library facilities avail­able, he did not see fit to take advantage of that opportunity. In my opinion the opportunity to study law under those excellent professors in quite small classes should be worth even more than the opportunity to attend their classes in groups of over 200. 
Though he stoutly denies it, I believe that the evidence supports the general conclusion that his application for ad­mission to the Law School has been mo­tivated more by social purposes than by a desire to obtain a good law edu­cation. 
H. J. Dear Editor: 
As one pollster to another, let me affirm the results of your compulsory blanket tax poll (September Ranger) showing 60% of the student body op­posed to the mandatory fee. 
A imilar poll that I conducted last summer how d 62% opposed. (See Tex­an, July 24.) 
65.6% of those questioned in my poll thought that the Student Assembly, and not a faculty-dominated committee, should apportion the tax funds. 
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Capitol wraps up a neat package of varied popular musical entertainment in this new album of eight tunes by the West Coast label's top names: King Cole, Benny Goodman, Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers, Stan Kenton, Ella Mae Morse, Matt Dennis, Paul Weston, and 
the Dinning Sisters. 
Strictly light stuff, the eight tunes range from a hot session with BG to a mournful ballad by the Pied Pipers. Nat Cole and his two pals present their u ually top-notch performance on Could­Ja. Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers gang up on the oldie, School Days, In a swing arrangement with cute innova­tions on the familiar lyrics. Benny goes all out (in fact he goes too far and gets lost in several places) on I Know That Yo'll Know, but the jazz followers will like it. Ella Mae Morse offers an­other of her heavy boogie-woogie vocal­izings lifted directly from Will Bradley-Ray McKinley's Down the Road a Piece. Ella Mae goes a little further, but not much. The other tunes are merely ade­quate mu ical fare, with the exception of Vido Musso's tenor saxing on The Spider and the Fly with Kenton's crew. But it'll sell.... 
BENNY RIDES AGAIN One of the most novel ideas in record album is presented by Capitol this month in Benny Goodman's first com­pilation for his new bosses since he left Columbia Records in a huff last Jan­uary. Beginning with only a piano for accompaniment, BG add an instrument with each succeeding disc until he builds up to a full orchestra on the final two sides. Every music Jover aware of the Amer­ican scene knows Benny Goodman. Therefore, every follower of contempo­rary music should listen to this album and realize for himself that Goodman just isn't what he used to be and is definitely on the down-grade. Catch Benny's final chorus on Laz11 River and hear the mistakes and burred notes that pour out when BG and his reed gel overheated. Listen to Benny's Boogie and hear the dissonances and unconnected thoughts of his horn. Dig Pulling On the Ritz and catch those rough spots that no second-year clarinet student would be caught dead with. In nearly all the other sides Benny's blow­ing is mediocre and far below par. The only exception when Goodman is really good is on The Bannister Slide. Benny's sad vocal on the final side only adds insult to injury. Benny has never been this consistently sloppy in technical ex­ecution and uninspired in his perform­ance. Maybe it's that Hollywood sun. May­be he was ju•t trying too hard. Perhaps he cut the entire album in one session. Irregardless, on these eight tunes, Benny Goodman just isn't BG. This album's real star is Jimmy Rowles, ex-Herman Herder, occupying the keyboard. 
PROM DATE There are two major faults with this album. Firstly, you can't dance to these· souped-up college songs because of the alternating tempos, and, secondly, you'll get tired of the Paul Whitemanish ar­rangements by Jerry Gray, Tex Beneke's chief arranger. 
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Tearing his hair over this stack of pho­tographs and paraphernalia is Floyd Wade, author of Fine Arts, the second of the vocational series. A senior jour­nalism major from Tyler, Wade helps with make-up of the Ranger, collaborat­ing with Bill Bridges. Wade had his own dance band on the Forty Acres before joining the navy in '43. Now that the war is over and he will soon be a college graduate, Wade says, "I plan to marry a rich widow and settle down in Carmel, California." He's very ambi­tious. 

Joe Phipps has done a Jot of things in addition to writing Coming Home in Style, the short story which won a con­test sponsored by The Texas Book Store last spring. Phipps got his BA in speech at Trinity (Waxahachie) in 1940, before coming to the Capital City. Jn '41 Phipps was selected to speak for the University of Texas on the Fred Allen radio show. After fighting the war with the inteJli­gence service, he returned to Austin as program director of Station KTBC. Now he's taking graduate work in journalism. The guy gets around. 
When th journali m building catches on fire, which i now considered possible, and stud nt are dashing madly down the fir e capes, they will be saying, "Thanks, J. P. Porter!" After reading Porter' story in this Ranger you will know he is not afraid to tackle "hot" subj ts. H did the rec nt story about th D af chool in th Texan. A senior journali m major from Mount Pleasant, Porter i feature editor of the Rang r, and hi by-lines appear often in the Texan. He was with the 21st Ranger Group overseas and wrote for St.ars and Stripes after VE Day. 

Those who looked at the cartoons in the September Ranger will know Bill Yates, or at least that he draws funny cartoons. We sent several through last time, but a couple of the best joined our Ranger office exhibit of censored car­toon . (People who have seen these ex­amples of lewd art have laughed, but none have fainted.) Bill's a freshman architecture major from Panama City, Florida. He's been drawing cartoons since high school days. A fiyboy in the Navy, he drew for a naval publication and several magazines. 

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After hi$ attempted leap from his penthouse, Alfred Bangara was taken to a ho pita! which he owned. There the doctors and reporters were unable to induce him 1 to talk, but following i~ the suicide note which h left, thinking he would kill himself: 
"I was in love with an actress nam d Martha Merker when I was a penniless youth of some intelligence. She told me i<hP would marry me only when I had made more money than she herself had. (She was making $100 a week tarring in a radio drama 'Martha Merker, girl soda-jerker'.) 
"! didn't go out am! take just any ort of job. I deliberately analyzed and in­vestigated the markets from all angles trying to figure out ju t what it was that man wanted most. 
"'After six months, I had it. was the first man to unearth the profound analysis "AFTER A MAN'S ET, HE WANTS TO PET . . . AND IF HE CAN'T PET; HE'LL BET!!" 
"I exuberantly told Martha my con­clusions, and she admitted I was prob­ably right. It was only ten years ago that I set out to open my first gambling hall on that assumption .. . "and if he can't pet, he'll BET!" 
''Soon, it was two gambling halls, five, ten, and the money was pouring in. I bought a cotton compress to compre~s the bale of twenty dollar bills into smaller bales so I could keep them in fewer banks. (I built and ran the bank also.) 
"When I had accumulated 12 million 

dollars, I set out to find Martha Merker." At this point, Bangara's note changed from typing to rough scrawl which read: 
"I'm now writing this out on the roof of my penthouse from which I expect to leap. My bodyguard has called the fire and police departments, but they'll never stop me. 
"As I approached Martha Merker'~ home, I was humming the slogan in a sort of tune ... "And if he can't Pet, he'll bet... . After a man's et, he wants to Pet...." 
''My chauffeur turned into a gateway and I noticed Martha's driveway was a four-lane highway a mile and a half in length. Across the close-cropped lawn, half a dozen colored boys were driving multi-motored lawn mowers the size of greyhound buses. I didn't even need to reach the door to decide that somehow, some way, in ten years, MARTHA MER­KER HAD MADE MORE MONEY THAN I HAD!" 
-RALPH S. MARKS 
OCTOBER 1947

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The little Ranger character you ee over on the right repre ent a new pol­icy in the Ranger. Thi doesn't m an that we are etting our elve up a law enforcer. , becau e there are ome tra­dition which imply cannot be broken. However, we'll be keeping our eye open for per ons or organization who are taking advantage of other . Look on page 22 for our first expose. 
With prices skyTOcketed to an all-time 
high, and mall GI checks amounting to 
little more than a drop in the big bucket, 
we think it i appropriate that seme­
body check d up on loan sharks. It 
wa n't easy, but we believe we have 
the good . 
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Among the comments concerning the 
September Ranger there was the ques­
tion, "What are they trying to do?" 
To explain in a few word , we believe 
the average Texas student i more ma­
tur than he used to be. It has been a 
long time since the University occupied 
only forty acre . With thi growth it is 
obvious that readers of the campus mag­
azine are interested in something be­
side joke , blood and gore. There' 
room for an occasional serious article. 
We try to publish the type of material 
stud nts lik . While a certain story 
might app al to one group, other pr ­
f r omething entirely different. Thi 
was proven when we asked people which 
story in the September Ranger they 
lik d b st. The answers varied greatly, 
including almo t every item. 
In a nutshell, we're trying to publish a magazine the majority of our readers will lik . Letters to the Editor help u fe I the pul e of the campu 
Thu far we've managed to keep from mentioning much about world problem in the Ranger. Condition change so quickly during these complicated days that we can no longer anticipate what the hell will happen next. We don't know who'll be fighting next, what na­tion i on whose ide, or whom we can trust. 
That i one of the trouble with a magazine-we have to go to pre three weeks before our ware are di played. A this column is wTitten, Molotov just inform d the . S. State Department that he frankly didn't give a damn if Pravda compar d Harry TTuman to Adolph Hitler. If we were to write a scathing editorial condemning Molotov for thi statement, how can we be ure he won't change his mind in a week and 
end Mr. Truman a case of vodka wrapped in olive branches? You see our problem. 
CHUCKLES THAT CHARGE 


LETIERS TO THE EDITOR 
RECORD REVERIE ...... . ... 

MEET THE STAFF.. 

SUCCESS STORY .... 

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS .... 


THE RANGER ASKS A QUESTION ............. "THE BUSINESS" .......................... . COMING HOME IN STYLE..... CO-CAPTAINS OF THE LONGHORNS .. NO FAIRER FLOWER............................... DOWN WITH B. HALL..-................. . GIRL OF THE MONTH .... FASHION ACCESSORIES OF THE HOUR JAZZ SESSION ..._... EDITORIAL PAGE .. 
STAFF 
ROBERT E. Y. JOHNSON, Editor 

Managing Editor: Ben Jeffery. Humor Editor: George Warmack. 
Charles Schorre. Cartoon Editor: Ed Miller. Feature Editor: 
Make-Up Editors: Floyd Wade and Bill Bridges. Exchange 
Bynum. Staff Assistants: Bill Hagman, Carl Abramson, Pie Wagner, and Marie 
Bennett. Writer Contributors: E. Gartly Jaco, Tony Guerra, 
Paul Tracy, Joe Phipps, Warren French, Bill 
Staff: Bill Yates, George Engle, Bob Hall, and C. W. Nelson. 
Alma Ricks and Marjorie Garza. Photographer: Stanley Depwe. 
and Advertising Manager: F. R. Moerke. Assistant Advertising 
George Seager+. 

OCTOBER 1947 VOLUME SIXTY 

Published by Texas Student Publications, Inc. Editorial 
Building 5. Business and Advertising Offices: Journalism Building 
cation for second cla" mailing permit pending at the Post 
Texas. 

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college of fine arts 
second of a vocational series 
In the fall of 1938, a redhead in music appreciation cla s yawned so wide she di located her jaw and had to be taken to the Univer ity H alth Service for aid. 
That was undoubtedly the la t dull moment in the hort history of the Col­lege of Fine Art , for in only a decade of existence on the campus, the enthusi­a m and n rgy of its faculty and stu­dent hav pr clud d any possibility of a imilar happ ning. 
And in their haste to create a vital, living fine art program which might enrich the lives of all Univer ity stu­den , it members were encouraged to see that the products of their labors have spill d over the edge of the forty 
acres  and  into  the  recital  halls,  mu­ 
seums, and  theaters  of the whole coun­ 
try.  

Spark for this chain reaction of cul­tural pro elytizing has been upplied by 
E. William Doty, dean of the ollege of Fine Art , who apparently manages to hold in perfect juxtaposition within him­self the sensitivity of an artist and the practicality of an admini trator. 

He has surrounded himself with 11 most impressive group of faculty mem­bers in all three of hi departments­music, art, and drama. 
Here are found a large number of capable professionals -teachers who have not ublimated their own artistic 
kills to teaching, but rather have con­tinued to produce while giving students their various formulae for succes . 
Prior to the establi hment of the ol­lege of Fine Arts in 1937, art was taught in the Architecture Department and drama in the English Department. Ma Ferguson, in her scrap with the University in the mid-twenties, lopped off an appropriation, with the result that the Music Department was severed from the curriculum in 1925. 
In March, 1935, the University Gen­eral Faculty appointed a special com-
OCTO BER 19'47 

mittee to study the problem of setting up a tine arts program for the Univer­ity. A year later, this committee com­po ed of Dr. W. J. Battle, chairman, Mary E. Gearing, H. T. Manuel, James 
H. Parke, and W. T. Rolfe, recommended th tablishm nt of a ollege of Fine Art' a a eparat branch of th Uni­v rsity. Appr v d by the niversity admini tration, the r port was translated int law by an nactm nt of the Legi ­lature in May, 1937. 
The n xt prob! m, that of finding a man to head the new ollege, was solved when the faculty committee finally chose the 30-year-old director of graduate studie in the University of Michigan School of Mu ic, E. William Doty. On April 5, 193 , Dr. Doty took over as d an, and the College of Fine Arts op n d the following September. 
Tall, boyi h-looking Dr. Doty pos­ses d a creditable r cord, both as a t ach r and a a profe ional musician, and it i perhap ignificant that he sub quently cho e teacher for the new 
·ollege who could perform similar dual rol . . He wa organist and soloist with th hicago Symphony, having studied both in this country and in Europe. After r c iving hi Ph.D. from the Uni­v rsity of Michigan in 1936, he had taught organ at the Univer ity of Illi­nois, and organ and theory at the Uni­versity of Michigan. In addition, his compo ition for organ have become a i;tandard part of the repertoire for that in trument. 
Another facet of Dr. Doty's per on­ality, however, supplied the impetus for the mushrooming of the oil ge of Fine Arts, and that i hi admini trative abil­ity. F w arti t combine uch a kill with that of their creative abilities. It must hav been no mall problem to attract leading mu 1c1ans, painters, sculptor , and dramati ts from the met­r politan area of the nation and per­suade th m to come to the plains of T xas where (with the exception of the music building) th t aching facilitie ar inad quat and th pay i low. Doubtles , he could offer th m little m r than 
his oasi in th d country. scout, he cultural watering pla with an out tanding group of teach r-a1-ti t . 
In 193 , ther were ten faculty mem­ber on hand to t ach the 129 tudents who entered the college. In the next eight year , the faculty xpanded to ninety to handle the 71 tudents who enrolled in the fall of 1946. And the 
nrollment ro e teadily through the war y ar. Thi 
total i ex­p cled to reach In hi inaugural addre in 1939, Dr. Homer P. Rainey said, 'The outhwest is rich in cultural re ource that are 
Upper right: Men's G lee Club; lower right: Cast of "Taming of the Shrew." 
TEXAS RANGER 

awaiting the application of creative abil­ity for their exploration and develop­ment.. . . Creative ability making u e of the e source material can develop all of the ba ic art ... and thu pro­vide a genuine indigenou culture which i , after all, the only genuine culture. Our College of Fine Arts is the appro­priate divi ion of the University for leader hip in the exploration and culti­vation of much of these cultural re­
ources." Three year after Dr. Rainey took office, Dr. Doty was aided appreciably when a new mu ic building wa com­pleted. Jame Francis Cooke, editor of the mu ic magazine, ETUDE, has called it the fine t of its kind in the world. For $500,000, the Univer ity got quite a structure. It wa designed by Dr. C. Paul Boner, University profes or of physics, who e acoustical theories called for suspension of the ceiling , placing the floor on spring , angling the walls so that no two ~urfaces in any room are parallel, and eliminating echo by means of oak panelling, which i non-ound ab orbing and which reflect all portions of the mu ical scale alike. It contains a recital hall seating 500, complete with broad­ca ting booth and tage elevator for raising heavy in truments from base­ment torage rooms, as well a three l cture room , forty-five sound-proof practice room , and studio office in which member of the faculty conduct individual le ons. It al o hou e a $35,000 four-manual organ de igned pe­cifically for the building. The other Fine Art building are not 
quite . o impr s ive. The Drama Depart­ment i located in the Iodern Language Building, and i only red eming feature L that dramati t who com to th ni­ver ity from umm r tock company barn find their ori ntation h r x­tremely imple. The Experim ntal Thea­ter and the Theater-in-the-Round are located there, with that cla sic master­piece of imperfection , Hogg Auditorium, serving a an adjunct for major theatri­cal procluctiom. Hogg eem to hav been accurat ly de crib d a· 't o large for theatrical production , and too mall for musical con ert . ' 
The Art Department ha recently been moved from the Old Library Building to one of the hack at Twenty-third and Duval Streets, outh of the niversity power plant. Thi is an advantage be­cause of the better lighting facilities, and because all it activitie are now under a single roof. But the move i a temporary one, and the department hope to have a permanent home when the new building program get under­way. The new quarter contain the art library and a tudent exhibit room in addition to cla . rooms and offi ' 
Radio Hous , though n t a part the oil ge of Fin Arts, off rs a de­gr e in radiobroadca ting organized on an inter-departmental ba i , and i close­ly coordinated with the planning of the fine arts program. 
From the b ginning, Dr. Doty envi­

ioned the ollege of Fine Arts a serv­ing a two-fold purpo e, that of not only training profe ional in the art of painting, culpture, mu ic, and drama, but also in contributing to the general 

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Thoatrical production schedule for the year is discussed by Gordon Minter, head of the Drama Department, and Pat Hingle, president of tho Curtain Club. Nine major productions this year will provide students with practical experience in writing, producing, directing, and acting. CENTER, Trumpet Section of the Symphonic Band rehearses under the watchful eye of Bernard Fitzgerald, associate profossor of music education. Though music building practice rooms are always full, acoustical excellence keeps the halls quiet as a church. RIGHT: Boyer Gonzales, Jr., head of the Art Department, and Charles Schorre, art editor of the Ranger, ga10 at ono of Schorre's entries for an exhibit. The artist-teacher staff offers students professional advice, thus he lping them narrow the gap between college and professional art. 
ducation of all Univer ity tudents by 
nabling th m to see and hear creditable works of art and to participate in their production, though enrolled in another coll ge of the University. 
on quently, students are giv n an opportunity to pr sent their talents to th campus and to Austin through nu­m rous fine arts organizations, including th urtain Jub, the Art Students As­iati n, the Girl's GI e Club, the Men's lub, th A apella hoir, the Sym­phonic Band, the University Symphony 
rchestra, and th Univer ity ingers. 
Many of the faculty memb r display th ir own productiv efforts in r citals, l:'xhibits, and theatricals, both on the 
an1pus and in other ection of the country, throughout the year. 
In thi manner, teachers and tudents alike are stimulated to expand their ta! nts to the limit. There also eems to b a sort of group feeling among thos in th oil ge of Fin Art that th y ar all in one way or anoth r a part f a group m v ment whi h i a 
n tantly xpanding thing, d dicated to 
p1· ading th cultural gosp I. And though som or th student conv rt are oft n a bit centric in th ir behavior, th y arc n v r bashful in th ir boasts f r th 
One of the greatest drawbacks in the entire set-up i the low wage cale of University teacher . Thirty-four of the College of Fine Arts faculty have left here for other positions in the pa t ten years, a third of whom rec~ived from ten to one hundred per cent increa es in salaries. 
Another serious handicap of course i the geographical location of the chool, being a great distance from the metro­politan areas which offer artist the greatest chances to display their talents and to observe the work of others. 
Yet in spite of these hindrances, the faculty contains an impressive group of national and international figure , among them the world' foremost Shakespear­ean production specialist, a sculptor whose work is perhaps the best now being done in the country, and a musi­cian recognized as the leading contem­porary authority on Handel. 
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, the College of Fine Arts i planning to combine the event with the Sixth Annual Fine Arts Festival, scheduled to open Nov mber 16 fo1· one week. During this tim , I ading concert artists will appear h re, student will give recitals and pre­pare exhibit , and at least one dramatic production will b presented. This type of combined production effort is in direct line with the de ire of the College to merge the talents of the thr e depart­ments a frequently a possible so that the art may be studi d in relation to each other by the performer: and by the audience participant . 
As for future plans, the University Building Committee ha approved a rec­ommendation for the construction of a new auditorium seating approximately 5,000 person , and it is planned to locate it on San Jacinto Street aero s from Memorial Stadium. 
Dr. Doty says, "This new building will partially enable us to discharge our obli­gations to the campus and to the com­munity. At present, we cannot do this." 
The College of Fine Arts has ju t about reached the aturation point in students with th present building . Dur­ing the past two years, for example, the Music Department ha had to turn down all elective tudents in applied music. 
But the College of Fine Art is not likely to be stymied for long. In t en years, it has risen to the po ition where its administrators consider it now to have no superiors in the nation among colleges and univ rsitie . The n xt ten years hould prove equally as inter­esting. 
DEAN E. WILLIAM DOTY says : 
The ollege of Fine Art welcomes the a istance of the Ranger in helping u inaugurate our tenth anniver ary with this article. 
If you come to the niver ity knowing already what a wonderful avo­cation the art afford, continue your activity by joining one of the campus Fine Art organization . 
lf you belong to the large group of tho e who have had no previous fir t-hand contact with the arts, include one appreciation cour e (Art 305, Drama 314, or 1u ic 302L) in your schedule if at all possible. 
Jn any ca e, remember that an under tanding of the art comes from continued contact with them. Plan now to attend one play, one concert, or one art exhibit each week while in school. 
One of the hallmarks of the educated man is a sense of good taste and judgment which can b t be trained through the arts. 


20 OCTOBER 1947 
THE RANGER ASKS A QUESTION 


THESE ARE SOME 

Definitely, one of the greatest needs on this campus today is a Texas Union with adequate facilities to accommodate a large student body. More recreational activities should be made nvnilnble. Bowling alleys, a large dance floor, a student-op­erated fountain room, more offices and rooms for organizations to meet in, a billiard room, a game room, and a movie projection room are imperative reauirements for a bal­anced entertainment program. Mu­sic in the Commons during the lunch hour would be a welcome ad­dition." Jim Nugent, president of Ml A. 



" omething must definitely be done about the Union Building. 
nmpus organiz.at.ions need more / rooms !or their meetings. Somw clubs hnve had to move from the Union to regular classrooms, wbei-e real programs are impossible. ~nd end schedules at the Union prevent lots of clubs from holding parties and dances, what with only two rooms large enough. Even the Main Lounge is overflowing with stu­dents during class hours. Perhaps a
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solution could be found in enlarg­ing the Union Building and its fa­cilities so that eve·ryone can en­joy them.'' Mary Buck, oenior Span­ish major from Austin. 

"The greatest need for this Uni­versity is a fairer method of select­ing the Board of Regents. As it is Unless the governor is a very con­scientious •man, the University's policies .will be controlled by the Governoo and his associates. Why not restrict the regent positions to men in various professions and walk.& of life, and to place their aP­pointment in the hands of the peo­ple. We need regents whose primary interests should be the welfare of the University and the students." Ben R. Leonard, sophomore BBA 
tudent from San Antonio. 

.. We need a campu• chest and more interest on the part of the students In extra-curricular activi­ties, but there is also a dire need for better hous ing. The University should heh) promote the growth of more dormitories and co--0p hoW1es. As a member of a co-op, r think lhe experience of living and work­ing cooperatively is wonderful." Bazel Little, Wakonda Co-Op, sen­ior home economic• major from 
chulenbura-. 

With a record nrollment alr ady past the 17 000 mark, and with grip and p tition being irculat d daily, th dit r of aw fit to have eight tud 
que tion •What do the 

When Tony Guerra approached the ht tu­dent , he asked them to con ider the niv rsity as a whole-buildings, faculty, recr ational a tiviti s, student-faculty relation , curriculum parking lot , etc. 
The an wer , as we xpected, ar intere tin and varied, and while th y may not tir up the admin­istration or campu leaders, all eight are ertainly food for thought. ompare these with your own idea . 
TYPIC·AL REPLIES 

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"Th 0ere are lots of needs on the 
campus, such as a bigger faculty, 
more buildings, and friendlier re­
Jations between students. H owever, 
one of the biggest needs is a better 
-'method of registration. l hnve no 
1 solution, but registration should 
be more organized, safer. and less 

/ 	confusing. Anything would be bet­
ter than the recent terrifying or­
deal." Sue Williams, Zeta Tau Alpha, 
sophomore education major from 
Beaumont. 



"We need an over-all campus 
grading system--all grades curved 
the same way or by the same ba e. 
We also need a system whereby 
those students that make the highest 
grades could be exempted from the 
ordeals of final examinations. This 
privilege would give students n 
gonl and an incentive to study a 
bit harder. Also, students should 
be allowed to see and examine 
their final examination papers aft­
er the grades have been pasted. We"d 
like to know what we missed on 
the test." Nuel Childs, pre ldent of 
the Pre-Law Society. 



"The campus needs a better­
trained faculty and more harmony 
between the administration and the 
faculty, but I believe one of the 
greatest needs at the present time 
is a different seating system at 
football games so that students 
don't have to stand in lines two 
hours prior to a game to get sea ts 
on the ten-yard lines.'' Polly Watts, 
Alpha Delta Pi, Junior psychology 
major from Houston. 



"What do we need at the Uni­
versity ? A new name, for we are 
hypacrites i! we call it the Uni­
versity of Tex.as when a lot of 
Texans cannot attend because 
they're second-class citizens even 
if otherwise Qualified. I also think 
we need a more friendly atm01!phere 
on the campus and its environ­
ments." J. R. Lujan, senior soci· 
ology major from Marfa. 



TEXAS RANGER 
~~THE BUflNESS" 

B'f /. P. P~ 

Wanta borrow five bucks? Or maybe a hundred? Just leave us your gold teeth and a lien on your blanket tax and we'll gladly introduce you to the Incognito Finance Company, one of Austin's most enterprising entrepreneurs. 
W  E'VE  r  cenLl y  m  L 'om  p  
and,  in  Lh ir  own  way,  
I uKin  ssm  n  wh  run  a  v  ry  profit­ 
nhl  l •an ing­ Ci'\LubIL·hm  n  in  down­ 

lh ir place of busin Finance om1 any. kind of cleaning hment these g nLI m n and s veral of their friends ar running. 
W do hav in mind a sp ific loan · mpuny in downLown Au Lin, on that has du ·al d a ·onsid rabl numb r of 
niv ' '" iLy sLudenLs r c ntly, and al th appropriaL Lim• w inL nd Lo publiciz Lh ir name and uddr ss a xL n iv ly as pos ibl . Rig-ht now, Lh ugh (th lib I laws of T xas n ce · itating a sL althy a1 proa ·h v n wh n ·talking I an hark ) , we are going to confine 
ur remark to a critique of their busi­n ss thics, and a re ume of vidence the diLors of th Rang r have collected againsL th m. 
Thi c mpany, and ·w b Ii v thers, t , mak harg s for th us of money which ar far in xc · of what a stu­dent should have to pay for th I an. Th s charg s f r th mo t pa rt are not 
THE ATI' R EY 
E ERAL AY : 

I want to ·incercly comm nd The Texa Ranger and Travi ounty Altom y P rry L. Jone on their public-spirited effort to rid the ,\ustin area of per. ons charging usuriou -, unla\I ful intere t rate on money loan, . 
r pledge to The Ranger and to 

ounty Altom y Jon the full . upport and a. i lance of this De­partm nt in th pro ecution of their ca. c. 
PRI EDA IEL 

lab led inter sL. ome may argue that 
th y . tay within th letter of th law. 
Iowcver that may be, the r suit i the 
mc-Lhc tudent instead of paying a 
)l 10 p r cent on his loan pay a toll 
would tally up to b many times 
p r cent intere t. 

people we have in mind, whom w ·~ ll the Mes rs. Blank, appar­cnLly ha a flail· for (among other thing ) int ·or· d coration. n th wall of the Incog o Finance ompany th re i a mural, .Jingly executed in red, yellow, blue, an green, b aring the fol­lowing inscriptio 
"We are here to end your friends to us!" 
This hospitabl us, Au tin being the and w hav d cided th M srs. Blank r quc t in fact, air ady told some friends ab ut Lhis finance Attorney General Price Dani 
tance, Travi ounty Attorn 
L. Jon s, and W. E. N ly of th iff's A sociation of Texa , to nar few. And now we're going to tell too, how you can borrow som fr m the Incognito Finance 
Or could have, p rhaps we should ·ay. Bccau e om of our fri nd and par­ticularly th ounty Attorney, w re somewhat unsetlled to hear about Lhc way the Incognito Finance ompany has b en int rprcting the ethics p rtaining to their profc sion-not to say th laws. It app ar that th Blank boy~ havt• been exacting a toll for th use of money -interest, "bookke ping fe ," "loan in­
urance," etc.-that totals finally as much as the amount of money borrowed, or more. 
So, hortly befor this i uc of the Ranger came from the pr s. es, ounty Attorney Jones filed a uiL, at the r ­quest of the Ranger editors and in th name of the people f T xas, t enJ 111 the company in qu tion in an attempt to protect niversity tud nt and oth rs from the practi s of this ompany. Th cas will be tri cl in Di lri L ourt al an 
arly dat , and we sugg st you ke p an ey on the Daily Texan for subs qu nL detail . 
To recapitulate briefly, a number of University tu I nl~ hav • b ·ome fed up with hearing reports of som Austin 
padding their wallets with mon y 

22 
OCTOBER 1947 

The editors of the Ranger have but one purpose in publishing this expose : the warning of University students to stay away from loan companies that charge ex­cessive rates. One company is being brought to court in an attempt to show that violators of the state loan laws CAN be prosecuted, even with a tragically weak law. Be sure you know who you are dealing with before you borrow mon ey. Th~1 e are rep­utable loan companies in Austin who will welcome this opportunity to get rid of those who are giving their entire profession a bad name. We hope this article will help to distinguish the fair from the unfair.-TH E EDITORS. 
picked from the all-too-empty pockets of su ceptible student . And they have done omething about it by gathering enough evidence to bring charges against one such company. 
The three p r on who have collected the evidence which will be u ed to prose­cute the Incognito Finance Company are William H. Smith, senior journalism major and a night-editor of the Daily Texan; William B. Mo eley, student in the Nixon-Clay Busines College; and the writer of this article. These three will te tify in District Court as State's witne es. 
Although any embryo lawyer knows 
that it weakens your case to let the 
opposition know anything about your 
own testimony ahead of time, the Ranger 
iR going to print a partial account of 
the transactions between the three stu­
dents and the finance company in ques­
tion as an illustration of the way clients 
of the e places are treated. 
• * * 

Al 11 :05 o'clock Saturday morning, 
eptember ~'.), J . P. Porter entered the 
office of the Incognito Finance ompany 
and reque~ted a loan for $100. The man­
ager, Large Blank, was talking to a 
N gro man and woman, the latter ac­
companied by two children. He was 
~eated at his desk behind a glassed-in 
counter, but came to meet Porter as he 
ntered. The latter intimated that his 
ne d for the money was a bit of bad 
luck at poker, and that the main rea on 
he came to the finance company was 
that he couldn't let his parents know 
about the loan. 
The manager at once as urned a very 
"confidential" air. He poke in a very 
low voice and said that a loan probably 
ould "be arranged,'' and then asked 
Porter to wait while he fini hed with 
his other clients. 
At 11 :20, Small Blank, entered from 
the street door and offered to wait on 
Porter. 
Porter plied out an application blank. 
but Small Blank aid it would be neces­
sary to have the title papers to the car 
which wa to be s curity. Before he left 
to secure the car papers, Porter asked 
what papers he would have to sign and 
what rate of interest he would pay. This 
is the answer he got: 
"Oh, just the usual paper -the ones 
required by law. Don't worry about the 
iHtere t. We'll ju t charge you a regu-Jar fee for handling t he loan. \'I c don't actually make the loan, you ee, we just handle it through the bank for you." 
( ote: According to County Attor­ney Jones, this is one of the favorite dodges used by loan sharks. They claim that the money charged for mak­ing the loan is not interest but is a "brokerage fee." The applicant, sup­posedly, pays a certain amount to the lender, and the lender in turn acts as "broker" in securing the Joan, and then keeps the fee for his services. There is no law in Texas to prevent a "broker" from charging $1,000 to arrange for a $10 loan if the borrower will agree to such an arrangement. But court prece­dent has shown that, in the past, judges and juries will not accept a loan hark's naive contention that he i not actually lending money but is "acting as a broker.") 
Returning at 12:10 p.m., P orter igned 
the following papers, after first finding 
it neces ary to urge Small Blank to fill out all the empty pace : 
(1) 
A "customer draft" (i.e. blank checb.), with the name of an out-of-tate city already tamped in. Thi wa both 

igned and endor ed. 

(2) 
A certificate of title for automo­bile. 

(3) 
Two copie of a chattel mortgage on the car. 

(
4) A "brokerage contract" ( ee above). 

(5) 
An "in. tallment agreement," which stated that if one payment were late then the entire balance of the loan immediately became due. 


Porter received the 100 in ca h from Small Blank, with the following intere t agreements: 
(a) If r epaid in 45 day or le the charge would be $17. THIS \ 0 LD BE A I TEREST RATE OF 136 PER CE T I A YEAR'S TI 1E. 
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( "IJl'i JI p 

Even when Jodie Watson was a little tyke he had what folks in Red Oak 
11 

a cloud-hankering. Jodie never wi head 
f h" s e 
or anyt mg real, like most of us k'd 
1 

wanted. Nothing real like a pony or ~ new wagon. Jodie just wished. 
"I'm going to India," Jodie would say "I'm going to sing songs about India,; Then he'd plunk on his old guitar a~d sing all about some place he had never 
even been to. 
Jodie, like lots of farm kids, never came to town till he started to school The'rest of us were standing outside th~ school building that first day when from down the street came the plunk-plunk­plunking of guitar strings and a long, mournful howl. It was high and whin· ing, and sounded a lot like that East Texas song leader who used to sing at the camp-meeting grounds in the sum­
mer. 
We looked around and there was the dirtiest, snottiest-nosed, little kid you ever saw. He was walking toward us, banging on his guitar, and singing: 
There'll be happiness in Heaven When the roll is called up there. There'll be shoutin' and praisin' His name. 
There'll be lots of good friends waitin' 
When we reach the other side. 
There'll be a real camp-meetin' over 

there. Oh­There'll be happiness in Heaven When we reach the other side. There'll be a real camp-meetin' in the sky. All the kids were clapping their hands and stomping their feet when he finished. 
We found out about his tic that first recess. You know. Some people stutter or pull at their ears before they . can 
me I JI 

say a word. When Jodie spoke he had to be plunking the battered, old, five­strin~ guitar that he always carried. 
"Where do you live?" Leo Barney asked him. Plunkety-plunk-plunk, said the guitar. "On the East Fork,'' Jodie sang out, "in a three-room hC'.'lSe." "What does your daddy do?" "He plants cotton." Plunkety-plunk. "He raises hogs and sells milk to the Peters." Plunkety-plunk-plunk. "And we have an old mule named Sadie." "What do you do with your old mule?" "We plow with Sadie." Plunk-plunk­plunk. "We ride old Sadie." Plunk­plunk-plunk. "If she ain't too tired." We got pretty used to Jodie after that. Every afternoon when school let out he went all through town singing songs that he'd made up himself. Even in cotton picking time and early spring when farm kids usually help out at home, Jodie was in town. Singing all through town. Making up songs about Good-Eye Carrington who didn't see too well, or · Mrs. Potts who was a little bit queer. It was a rainy spring afternoon, too wet for plowing cotton, and most of the farmers from roundabouts were squat­ting in front of Peters's General Store. As usual, one of the men had mentioned Claude Barker who had run off to Dallas about seven years before. Claude's family had all died out. And when he finished high school he walked over to the highway and flagged down somebody driving north in a high-pow­ered car. "I'm headin' north," Claude had said, "to see the sights." Mac Peters had finished telling the story, and all the men were still shaking their heads. They sat on their haunches, looking at the ground. The rain had died down so there were only a few drops here ar.d there. 
John Henry Wilkinson-he's been con­stable for God knows how long-said that was when he first saw that Jodie Watson was yearning. The kid was standing there, his eyes all bright, and 
one  of  his  hands  sort  of  patting  the  
guitar.  John  Henry  watched  him.  He  
saw  Jodie hit the strings.  
Plunkety-plunk-plunk-plunk,  said  Jo­ 
die's guitar.  

Some of the men jumped up, others jerked their heads around to see what was the matter. But all they saw was Jodie. Jodie, dirtier than a twelve-year­old has a right to be, his mouth open, and one overall leg ripped to his knee so you could see a honey, little shank. 
"Jodie, what's wrong?" said John Henry. 
Jodie looked around at the men. He was scuffiing his big toe on the floor­boards like he was ashamed for hitting his guitar right after they'd been talk­ing about Claude Barker. Then he hit his guitar another couple of licks and stepped off the porch onto the soft, muddy ground. He didn't even look back. He went up Main Street toward the East Fork, not even seeming to care when he stepped in mud puddles. 
That was when we were in the sixth grade, and right after that was when Jodie changed. 
Sometimes we'd ask Jodie to sing some of the old songs he'd made up. But, like as not, he'd say he didn't re­member them. No more songs about Good-Eye Carrington or Old Mrs. Potts. No more songs about Red Oak that we knew so well. 
"Make us up a new song then, Jodie," said Leo Barney one day. 
Jodie stopped looking at the sky and looked at us for a minute. He raised his right hand the way he always did when he started to sing. His fingers came down on the strings. Tub-thump. 
It was flat. Jodie opened his mouth, but no words came out. 
"It won't come,'' Jodie said, and the guitar said, tuh-thumpity-thump. Jodie. looked like he might cry. "I want to sing a song but it won't come." Tuh­thump. "And a song's gotta come." 
Then Jodie dropped out of school. We didn't miss him much. The teachers had stopped letting him keep his guitar in the schoolroom, and he couldn't talk without that guitar. 
But Jodie's not being in school was his luck. He got to see Claude Barker up close and the rest of us kids didn't. John Henry told us about it. 
John Henry was passing the time ,of day with some of the boys in front of Peters's on a May afternoon. Jodie Wat­son was there too. 
Suddenly a couple of shots rang out from the First National Bank over across the street. John Henry and the other men said they felt frozen stiff for a minute. Then they saw someone run out the back of the bank and jump into a car that had its motor running, and head toward the Dallas highway. 
"Come on, boys,'' John Henry called, and ran for his car. "Let'« get him!" 
Mac Peters, Old Man Patterson, and George Butts crowded into John Henry's 1932 Chevrolet, and roared out after the bandit. 
It wasn't till they reached the highway and saw the Dodge a good half-mile away that John Henry noticed Jodie, hanging on the running board, pulling the siren cord. His guitar was slung over his shoulder and the wind was blowing it against the side of the car, nearly pulling the kid off-balance. John Henry leaned his head out the window. 
"Jodie Watson,'' he shouted, "you got no business with us chasin' a dangerous man! You might get shot! Then what'd I tell yore fambly?" 
But there wasn't any time to stop. If they let the car ahead get out of sight the robber might get away. Old Man Patterson pulled out the extra gun that was kept in the car. They were getting ready for anything that might happen. 
They passed Johnson's Hitchin' Post by the big north curve and saw they were gaining on the robber. A bullet zinged past the car. 
"That crazy fool is shootin' at us," John Henry shouted. "Duck down, Jodie! Keep yore head down!" 
Old Man Patterson was the first to 
recognize  the bandit  when  they  closed  
in.  
(Continuel  on  Page 42)  

CO-CAPTAINS 

OF THE LONGHORNS 




It's quit• an honor to be chosen by the vole~ of LC'ammates as a leader of a Texas football squad, and Max Bumgardner, 1947 Longhorn o-aptain. was nattered, a Imo ·t nabbergasted, at what he con­sid •rs his gr •ate;;t thrill a· an athl te. 
At \ ichita F'alls High ch ol, the 1 an, rugged Bumgarcln •r was a captain and lettered three years on th f U all team. II was a four-year basket­hHll I llermun th re, a nd feller cl twice as a tra ·k­man, winning di ·tri ·t high point honors in 1940 whil pa1·ti ·ipaling in the hurdles, discus throw. sh t put, and pole vault. 
Ile play cl on the fine fre~hman football team at Texas in 1941 , and won his first "T" in 1942 behind 
'o-aptain Wally cott. After mi sing three ·ea­sons as an Anny combat ngineer in Europe, "Sum­my" was ba ·k alt rnating with Dale Schwartskopf n th ·great 194 1 v n. Winning a first-string 
h •rth  n  Blair  h 1Ty's  t  am  thi ·  year  was  quit~  
a  joh  in  its •lf.  The  stand ards  for  ends  are  pr  tt~  
high h  r  .  

l nder and swift, Bumgardner ha;; b •n called Tt>xas' 1est pas"-r c iving end since Malcolm Kut­n r. ix f t, tw and on -half inches tall, Max w igh d l ss than 1 0 pounds in 1946. B cause o: this la k of heft, Bumgardner was us d a lmo t n­
ir ly on offt-nsc th n, but he has pi ·keel up t n pounds this summ r and ha · been turning in a fin , slashing d fensiv game this fall. 
But over and abov his all-around ability a­an athlete, Humgardner has b n praised as a gr at l adcr. Bully .ilstrap, his present end coach, thinks th qui •t-spoken "Bummy" has the qualiti ;; for a ·'finl• aptain." He rates high among-his t am­111ale-, has an ~ven temp r, and a warm smile . 
.\l 24 Bumgardner is mani d and has a 3-year­old boy and a girl 6-m nths-olcl. He is a senior and a Phi Gamma Delta. A Physical Education major. l.fomgardner plan. to give professional hall a twirl h fore ,; ttling down o roa hing. 
-P L T IL<\ 'Y 
Ra ymond Jones is no tranger Lo f otball fans nf Th niv r:sity of Texas. The chant, "We want .Jones," becam a byword with Longhorn supporters last year. When touchdown driv s bogged down in the shadow of the en my's goal po ts, "Big 32" was always good for those la t few ya rd>< to pay­dirt. 
This :;eason the former u tin High Star i~ back at his fullback post as co-captain of Blair hc1Ty';; fir t T xas t am. At 1 5 p unds h is lighter than most coll g fullbacks, but his terrific drive has cause I coach :; to tab him as the be;;t short yardagl' plung r in the Univ rsity's hi Lory. 
Ray came to th campu in 194 1, a quiet, black­hair d kid with a che ·t covered with medals. As a seni r with the Maroons, he had won All-State honors as fullback on the football team, placed in the 120-yai·d hurdles at the state track meet and lc>ttered in basketball. 
While Crain and Layden were lcadin r Lhl· varsity 
to national acclaim, Ray was teaming with Max 
Bumgardner and Allen Lawler on the freshman 
team. He was one of the captainl'l in th ycarlin).!s' 
18-7 win over the &M fish. 
Ile I tt red the next y ar, working b hind Roy 
:Vlc:Kay -.~t fullba k, but 194:l found Ray in the 
Navy. t Gr at Lak s he sta1T d on th team 
whi ·h upset tre Dame 19-14. 
Last ,·ea:on Ray wa back with the Longhorns. 
II made seven touchdowns to take second place 
in confcren ·c s oring and spark d the lagging Texas 
irround game. 

l n May the 25-year-old co-captain married Betty 
Jane Moreland of ustin. senior BBA major, 
he now calls Jiou$l n horn '. H will spurn profes­
,.,ional football ffer , preferring lo go to work as 
,.,o n a he graduates. 
\\'hat team would h like most to beat? "That';; 
ea. y," say;; Ray. "Rice, of course." 
-BILLY HOL RAK 
OCTOBER 1947 

No Fairer Flower 

Maybe Ethelreda sits next to you in class. 
If you haven't met her-you're lucky. 

Gordon Dangle had had a particularly rough time in hi applied chiropody lab (th one that dealt with real feet, not to be confu ed with pure chiropody which deals only with ab tract feet) and wa ru hing aero the campu to­ward the nearest beer, when uddenly hi rtain course wa interrupted by a melodiou "yoo-hoo' . Before he could hid hi wallet, he wa confronted by Ethelreda von Trottinghor e, one of the r igning belle of the campu and pride of a ·ertain organization that hall for d n y' ake remain nameless, whom h had not een ince he was bucking to be the ping-pong team's Bluebonnet Belle nominee. 
"Of cour e, you're going to the thing tonight," said Ethelreda in her most f tching tone , once she had deflected Dangle from hi path. 
"What thing?" he asked with an air of mild curio ity. 
"Oh, the thin they're having after th football game. I forgot ju t what it i , ut I know it will be fabulou . I'm going." 
"You are," Dangle breathed a sigh of !'Ii f, "With what lucky man?" 
"I really don't remember," cried Ethel­reda nthu ia tically, 'but omeone i taking m . I alway go to the thing ." 
"But ar n't you ju t a little curiou to know how you'll get ther ? ' 
"Oh, I'll go in a convertible. Someon with a convertible i taking me; ome­on with a convertible alway takes me." 
"Well, who took you to the last thing?" 
'Goodne , darling, I ju t don't recall. 
n ver remember who take me, but 
omeone alway doe . I'm popular." "But don't you remember who you have your dates with." "Oh no, that's uch a bother. Beside , I alway have one o I don't see why I hould clutter my mind." "W 11, how do you know who:: calling for you?" 
'I ju t nev r do! But every evening I just o and sit in the parlor and ooner or later omeone come with a converti­ble and I go." 
"But you never know who?" "If I did it would take all the sur­prise out of it." 
"But don't m n keep calling you up for date ?" 
"Graciou y , th y keep calling all the time. That how I ju t know I mu t alway be going to o out." 
'Don't you ever make two date for th £ame evening.' "I uppo e that must happen ome­tim , maybe e en three or four." How do you get around that?" 
·'Darling, you'r o illy. I ju t go out with the fir t man that come with a convertible, and tell the hou mother 
o tell anyone el e tha I'm in bed wilh a ick headache. · '\\'ell, who fraterni ~-pin i. tha1 you have on? " 
' Oh omebody or oth r'. , I really don' know. I ju took it out of my box. I have a couple and thi one goe with my outfit. I wonder what hou. e it i ? 
Omni cient Dangle knew, but ·aw no rea on for clarifying th problem in her m;nd. All he wi h d to do wa. make a quick getaway. 
'If I ee you at he thing," he said. "I'll introduce you to your date." 
"That would be o nice," he aid joyou ly. ' They mu be nice fellow· if you get to know them conver ationally." 
'Im ure they are,' aid angle back­ing away, 'Well, o Jong.' 
But a light had come into Ethelreda' eyes. "Where are you going?" he a ked. 
Dangle hied a little 'I really don't remember, but I know that it' very important." 
''\Vhat a coincidence' he quealed "I don't remember where l wa oing either. I had a date I think but I don t remember who with or wh re. He II wait though, o let' me and you go have a 
teak at the Hitching Po<t." 
"But it' only ten o clock in the morn­ing,' Dangle prote ted, "Wha do you want with a teak? 
Oh I don't wan one, but it doe o 

much good to be een at the Hitching 
Po t. Be ide everyone tell me it' an 
honor to be een with me o I'll le you 
be honored. If you pick up a bottle of 
cotch on the way." 
Dangle wa de perate, but _uddenly a 

light fta bed in hi mind. 
I'd ju t love to go, ' he aid, but I 

ju t remembered I've got to get to 
work.' 
'Oh, don't both r," he aid airily, 

"you-you've got o get wh re?" 
·To work!' 
·'Oh ' he ·creamed in horror, '·do 

you work?" 
·Waiting table ," ·aid Dangle ith 

he bland air of a liar. 
"Well get away from rue then, who 

do you think I am to be een with a 
man that work , you ocial climber." 
-\\ARREN FRE, H 

TEXAS RANGER 

Do~n 


"You an't tear down old B. Hall. Why that's wh re I lived om of the happiest days of my life wh n r wa at th Uni­v r ity." 
"But Mr. . E. Lumna , it' th ulc r on an oth rwi b autiful campu ." 
And . o the fight ha. ontinued for many year . Raze B. Hall and re­place it with a structure blending with its modern neighbor . o let it stand as a symbol of the gloriou history of Th niver ity of Texa and a hrine to th m mory of a past ra of th chool. 
quatting betw n arri on Hall and th ol gy Building, B. Hall survey lh mod rn growing campu · lik a vet­eran circus 1 phant, tired of th crowd whi h have surround d it for year . 
Fifty-s v n y ars old, B. Hall' hi ­t ry read like a commentary upon the 
niversity it Ii. on truction began in April 1 90 upon th building which hous d many famous men and was later to be called "the citadel of democracy" because of the number of independent and working student who lived th re. 
amed aft r olon 1 Georg W. Brackenridge, Brack nridg Hall soon became known as imply B. Hall and has r main d o through th year . 
On th top floor of th building, was locat d the niver ity's first radio sta­tion, W M. In room 201 the chool 
ong, The Eyes of Texa wa written. 
w tud nt . fresh upon th campus, 

28 
By Bill Smith 
look with amazement upon the structure which has urvived the years of improve-, ment and building at the University. 
Is it a storage place, a work hop for the lawn mowing crew? No, new stu­dent and visitor to our campu , this is our own B. Hall. In it we proudly hous , of all place , the University Health Service. This department care for the health of the tudent body and in such a building it must be quite a job. 
On e ing B. Hall for the fir t time Patricia Brown, fr shman Engli h majot'. from Hou ton aid, "Although I can see that th m n who lived there during 
B. HALL-PRO AND CON 
Reasons for Keeping It 
I. Tradition 
Rea ons for Wrecking It 
1. 
Antiquated architecture 

2. 
Poor ventilation and heating 

3. 
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4. 
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5. 
Fire hazards 

6. 
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their days at the University would nat­uarilly hate to see it torn down, I be­lieve that its incongruity with other buildings upon the campus necessitate its replacement with a more modern 
tructure." Consulting our The auru we translated and found she meant B. Hall must go. 
Also we find located in maje tic B. Hall the offices of the assi tant to the Dean of Student Life. Here the plans for campus extra-curricular activities, club , fraternitie and sororities are for­mulated for a 1947 group of students amid 1890 surroundings. 
And woe unto the student who draws a clas room in magnificent B. Hall. More woe unto the professor who mu t carry on his lectures in the building. 
With doors that seldom stay latched and windows that rattle with each zephyr of wind that wafts across the campu , both teacher and tudent have a gay time in old B. Hall. 
Shak speare clas es held last year were interrupted by such un-orthodox an wers to Juliet's paging of her boy­friend as the dripping of a leaking radia­tor, the squeaking of someone treading the stairs up to the second floor, and a loo e window pane in a loose window. 
Hal Lohre , petroleum geology major from Miami Beach, Florida, gave his ideas for a better building. "I think the Univer ity has very few traditions for 
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OCTOBER 1947 

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Since our September Girl of the Month was from Dallas, we think it proper and fitting that Norma Scheble from Fort Worth is the October Girl of the Month. A senior art education major, she belongs to the Art Association, the NTAC Ex-Students Club, and the Fort Worth Club. She's an Independent and very, very friendly. Norma came to the Uni versity with an art scholarship, and some of her art work was exhibited last year. Her secret ambition, she confides, is to be a hostess on a modern air liner. Pho tograph by University Studio. 
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Som  m st  xciting and  timulating mu  ic  
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many year can b found in th "jam e ion that 
unday afternoon fr m 2 till 5 at lub 
an Antonio highway. Hal Lobree, oil g ol gy major from Miami, originated th e si n in S ptember wh n h decided that Austin's b sl mu ician , cattered among the everal local band , ,;hould get tog th r once a w ek to play th· music they really lik d. 
Jam u ually informal gathering' wh r birth to n id as 
The informal es ion u ually b gin wh n two or more jazz musicians tart improvi ing up n a known m Jody, and oth r mu ician j in in wh n th y arriv on th en . Solo are u ually di tributed equally and in turn, with an arti t allowed to blow a long a he wi h s upon a particular tune. Thus new musical phras s, m Jodie pattern termed "rift's", and rhythmi on pt ar born and devel­op d in uch gatherings. Thr ugh su h stimulation, a soloi t quite often hit up n a sudd n riff. Th other oloi t tak it up in th ir turn and build up it harmonic potentialiti gradually until an in­ten e emotional pitch i attained that literally end the arti t "out of this world" in musical ecstacy. 
Jam se ion are the spirit, heart-beat, embryo and e ence of jazz music. Without uch democratic gathering , jazz would ultimately tagnate into the pre ent terile Tin Pan Alley a sembly line of "popular" ballads such a are heard on the Hit Parade. Jazz without its jam se sions is like t he University without its students and faculty. With it jam ession , jazz will remain America's only original and most vigorous art form. 
Below are ix local musician caught in action at Club 81 rec ntly. Left to right, top row, are Clint Taylor, Pat Lee, Bud Mathew ; bottom row are Hal Lobree, George Meyer, and Jimmy Shiller. 
-E. GARTLY JACO 
OCTO BER 1947 

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(Continmid from Page SS) 

(b) If repaid in four months, in four monthly in tallm nts of $32.42 each, the charge would b $29.6 . THIS WOULD 
BE A  I  TERE  T RATE OF 89 PER  
CENT.  
*  *  *  

On Tue day morning, S ptember 23, Bill Smith accept d a loan, al o for $100, and set up as in Porter's case for four month. , with a total charge of $29.6 . This again would be an INTER­EST RATE F 9 PER ENT. Smith al ·o put up his car as security, and ~igned the ame papers. 
Smith aid that he was "cleaned" by the manager, Large Blank, who was "quite understanding and cordial." Th secretary in the rear of the office kept a phonograph going with soothing waltze whfle the bu ·iness was being transacted . 
.. .. * 

On Wednesday morning, Septemb r 24, William B. Moseley accepted the third loan needed as evidence, also for $100 and at slightly less than the inter­est charges cited above. The security was, again, his car, and the same papers were signed . 
* * * 

You may be wondering why o much trouble has been taken to secure evi­dence in three different cases, when it is certainly apparent that the interest charged in the first instance was illegal. 
At this point, then, it might be appro­priate to mention the state law with which Texas tries to discourage Joan sharks. It's about time for a good joke, anyway. 
To say the Jaw discourages loan shark practices might be overly euphemistic, not to ay dowmight inaccurate. The law is so difficult to enforce that for all practical purposes the usury em­poriums have what amounts to police protection. 
Passed in 1943, the law has a tricky bit of grammar which lawyers refer to as the "habitual clause." It seems that no person can be punished for practic­ing just plain old unadulterated usury. It has to be "habitual" usury. "Habit­ual" is defined as three separate in­stances within a six-months period . 
In other words, the first time a loan shark exacts 1,000 per cent interest from Grandmother Machree he can do it without fear of prosecution by the State. The second time he is also within the law. Only on the third instance can he be brought to the sagging bar of justice, and then ALL THREE cases must be conclusively proved before he can be penalized. 
The penalty? There is no fine. There is no jail term. The loan shark simply is forbidden to make loans again under the same name. He can then move a couple of blocks down the street, change 
(Continued on Page 35) 
OCTOBER 1947 

his i:dgnboard, and end out new invi­tations to pro pective clients. 
There is one other tatute which ha. been invoked with a little more succes . Thi is Arti le 5073 of the ivil Code, and it permits a per on who ha b en charged u uriou inter st to file uit within two y ar after payment, and if the ca e i prov d !i an re ov r twice th amount of th unlawful int r­e t. ually, however, the co t of hir­ing a lawyer to handle the ca (it is a private civil suit) i more than the 1~covered interest would be. There i no other penalty which can be a e sed the loan _hark. 
When the ca e to enjoin the _Incognito 
Finance ompany has been decided, pri­
vat lawyer will then file suit to re­
ov r twice the amount of the usurious 
inter t. Some of the best attorneys in 
th . tale have already offered their serv­
ice fr for thi purpo e. 
Among the per. on , other than the Ranger staff and the three main wit­n s R, who hav helped most in getting th information anrl advic are James 
S. Mahon, third-year law tudent anrl pr id nt of the Tejas lu ; arl Smith F'itzg raid, senior bu in !:-student ; Ralph L ach, night-editor of The Daily Texan, and his wife, Gloria ole Leach; anrl Jo White, Texan di tor-in-chief. 
Principal ource of information and advic were the State Attorney General's D partrnent; the Travi ounty Attor­n y's offi ; the Sheriff' A sociation of T xa ; the Austin Police Department; and the Travis County Sheriff's office. 
The mo t important information from these agencie. concerned the anti-loan shark laws and the way-they have been enforced in previous case . The manner in which the current ca e ha been plann d and prosecuted wa decided by th Ranger editorial taff. 
You may wonder what rou ed all this 
sudd n interest of the Ranger staff in 
inv tigating loan sharks. The idea for an 
article warning student again t usuri­
ou practice fir t developed after re­
p rts reach d this office during registra­
tion w ek of s v ral tudents having 
he n victimized. 
Many peopl doubtle remember the 
articl in the Daily Texan la t spring 
about the Turki h tudents who were 
taken in by Austin loan hark . Latin 
American tudent , too, have been fa­
vorite quarry of the loan sharks, who 
take advantag of the foreign students' 
ignorance of Texa law· and financial 
cu toms. 
But one f the m ·t unhappy a pects 
or the problem i that th loan hark ' 
client le is not limit d to tho. who <lo 
not know the law'. The victim i not 
limited to any ocial cla or intelligence 
quotient, becau e the hark doe busi­
n ss on the principle that any penon 
in dir need of money will pay almost 
(Continued on Page .'J6) 



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"THE BU$1NESS" 
(Continued from Page 35) 
any intere t rate to get it. And the mis rable truth i that he takes most of hi un arn d gain from those who 
·an 1 a, t afford to pay. Thi fall, with price of everything a tudent must have , till on a sharp upward pi1·al, Austin loan sharks have b n preparing for a lucrative semester's "businc s." In the hope that tho e who will find it nee ssary to bo1Tow mon y m b p rsuad d to av id known loan [harks, and in ord 1· that th good repu­lations of th bank · and of I p;itimatc loan companic may b pro ct d, th Ranger ha attempted to illu trat with a case again t one company just what can be done by other -individuals and organizations-who are concerned with the !'<a me prob! m. lf1 * * It i. well lo rememb r that there arc rnme legitimate loan companies in AuR­tin which do render a needed service. While in mo t ca e their rates of in­l rest run lightly higher than those of hank~, it i. g nerally recognized 1hat 
t.h y will, n oc asion, lend money to p r. ons who r ally need it, but who could not get it from a bank. It i~ Rometim s worth 10, 12, or perhaps 14 p r cent interc t to be able to get the money. 
If you find it necessary to borrow money-and we are speaking now pri­marily to students who may not be familiar with the business firms in Aus­tin-our advice is to go to a bank if at all possible. The honest Joan companies will back us in this advice, because they know that the small amount of business th y might lose by such advice is less important than the bad reputation which loan companies as a whole are getting by the activities of the dishonest organi­zation and individuals. 
Banks are regulated by state and fed­eral code " They are closely supervised and their interest rates are fairly uni­form. 
If it i impossible to get a bank loan, then ask the bank to recommend a legiti­mate finance company. Usually t hey will be very glad to give such direction . 
Or if you prefer, go directly to the 
loan comany and ask their interest rates. 
A legitimate concern will gladly give 
the information without a moment's hes­
itation. All you have to do is remember 
that the lawful interest rate cannot be 
more than 10 per cent, computed over 
a y ar' · time, plus one· dollar for each 
fifty dollars, which is allowed as an 
"inve tigation fee." 
If you have reason to doubt the hon­
:;ty of a company, ask the County At­l rney. He has a list of the firms who have charged usurious interest rates in the past. The Ranger has a copy of this list which may be checked by anyone who makes the request in person. 
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OCTOBER 1947 


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"THE BU$1NESS" 
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Above all, if you are offered a loan at unlawful rates, report the name and addre s of the company to the County Attorney or to the Ranger office so that others may be warned. The ca e against the Incognito Finance Company which will be called to court in a few days is, we sincerely hope, only the start in a campaign that will, as the Attorney Gen­eral says, "Rid the Austin area of per­sons charging usurious, unlawful inter­est rates on money loans." 
The battle i joined. The People of Texa are on one side and the loan sharks on the other. The People are taking the handicap because the usurers have the advantage of a poorly-written law. But the People have the advantage of being honest and in the right. 
Watch your daily paper for a play­
by-play account. 
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He gazed admiringly at the beautiful dress of the leading chorine. "Who made her dress ?" he asked his companion. "I'm not sure, but I think it wa the police." -Analyst 
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Beta: Lend me $5 and I'll be ever­lastingly indebted to you. Phi Psi : Yeah. Thats what I'm afraid of. 
Girl customer: "Doe this lip tick come off easily?" Jerk: "Not if you put up a good fight." 

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"Oh darling, I love you so. Say you will be mine." She looked into hi. eyes. "I'm not rich like John Brown, and I haven't a car or a home like he could offer. But I do love you and want you terribly." ft -I i 
"I love you too, dear," she whispered, "but tell me, where is thi11 man Brown?" 
"Is this ice cream pure?" 
"Pure a the girl of your dreams." 
"Give me a pack of cigarettes." 
Breathes there the vet with purse to broke, 
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Who never to himself did joke, 
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T know that check will come today." 
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1st Student: Writing home? 
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1st Student: Mind making a carbon copy? -Flotsam 
"I don't lik you1· boy friend at all." 
"Why?" 
"He whi tie dirty songs." 

"Daughter, that fellow who walks with you through the park doesn't look very polished." 
"Well, I'll admit he's a bi rough around the hedges." -Flotsam 
Cu tomer: "Are those eggs strictly fresh?" 
Ginsberg (to his clerk): "Feel those eggs, Jake, and see if they're cool enough to sell yet." -Awgwan 
"What happened to that cowboy you married?" "Oh, he went back to his horse." 
B. HALL 
( ontirttt6d from Page 28) 

a ·chool of it · age and ize,'' Lobree said, "and therefore B. Hall is something to b pr erved. Howev r, the building 
hould be completely remodeled on th inside and new steps and out ide fix­tures installed, leaving the shell of the building intact." 
When a rotting or damaged board I aves a spac in the walls of the build­ing, it was and still is replaced by a new plank. Figur are not available to show the number of r maining orig­inal boards in the buildi•g. 
On a strong windy day, some students have sworn they could feel a slight sway­ing movement while they sat in class. They were highly undependable schol­ars, however, and the swaying ensation may have been caused by biological re­actions to a stimulus, or some other rea­son. 
Perhaps the most famous among mas­terful B. Hall's trademarks are its two staircase -one at each end of the build­ing. 
Now many are the famous men who have trod the creaking stairway to the top of the structure and we have no intention of detracting from their fume. But, the groans from the steps seem to be an indication that the stafr · them­selves think they have cani d their full share of famous and infamous men. 
A senior law student from Sa11 An­gelo, Pat Murphy declared, "With due respect for tradition and the memories associated with B. Hall, the alumni should realize it is an eye sore on the campus and is obstructing the progress of the University and the permanent b auty of the campus." 
The "Old Ironsides" of the University ha been stoutly defended by some of the former students who lived there. However, two of them stated they thought the time for its removal from the campus has come. 
Dr. DeWitt Reddick, professor of journalism, said, "I think B. Hall has served its purpose nobly and well, but the time is now here to give it a decent burial." 
Another ex-B. Haller, Dean of Student Life Arno Nowotny had this to say. "One of the grandest men who ever served at the University was Dean T. 
U. Taylor. In his book entitled 'Fifty Years on the Forty Acres,' he says he was present when the first brick was laid in old B. Hall and hoped he would not live to see it torn down. 
"He has now joined the eternal chap­ter of UT exes and he would agree with all old B. Hailers," the dean said, "that the time has now come for B. Hall to be removed." 
She: "Do you really love me?" 

He: "What do you think I've been doing . shadow boxing?" -Urchin 
OCTOBER 1947 

RECORD 
(Continued from Page 8) 

This collection of campu ology fea­tures The Eyes of Texas in a jump ar­rangement that will make your scalp tingle. Fort Worth's own Tex Beneke adds to the confu ion with his gravel voice and torrid tenor ax. Frankly, '"'e think you II like Anchors Aweigh, The Victory March of otre Dame, and On Wi8consin the be t. Sorry, Tex. 
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trunge What A Song Can Do & My Friend Irma. 
Benny Goodman' extet give out with the be t jazz thi month with Mel Pow­ell' piano and Red Norvo's vibes shar­ing olo honors. BG i better, but Powell and _ orvo still better on Hi~ Ya Sovhia &Bciby Have Y oti Got A Little Love To Spare. 
Best novelty platter is Nellie Lutcher's He's A Real Gone Guy. This ri ing new singer has a heavy jazz beat and feel­ing in her powerful voice, and i worth watching in the future. 
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"How kind of you," said the girl, "to bring me these lovely flower . They are so beautiful and fresh, I believe there i some dew on them yet." 
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"It's Claude Barker," he said, aston­ished-like. 
"What'll I do?" Mac Peters asked. 
"Don't shoot him," John Henry told 

him. "He's still a Red Oak boy. Shoot at his tires." 
Mac's first shot sort of chipped the pavement behind the car; the second bullet zizzed through the grass beside the road; but the third one rammed in­to the right rear tire of Claude's car. The Dodge didn't low down and top like they'd thought it would. It swerved to the right and then swerved back to the left. It skidded to a stop and made a road-block. John Henry had to slam on his brakes to keep from hitting Claude's car. 
Before any of the men with John Henry could do anything, they saw Claude Barker standing a few feet from Jodie Watson, with his pistol pointed right at Jodie's head, and a money-bag hanging from his belt. 
"I don't want to kill the kid," he said. 

Everybody sat there, just flabber­gasted. Jodie was looking at the pis.to! and then at Claude and then back to the pistol again. 
"All right. All you folks get out of the car," Claude said, and his voice was high and nervous. He reached over and pulled Jodie and his guitar from the Chevy running board, but he 'kept the pistol aimed at Jodie's head. The foul' men crawled out slow and dropped their guns on the ground. 
"Now back away," Claude said. "Walk on down the road a piece." And all the time he kept that g·un pointed right at Jodie. 
"Claude, you're makin' a mistake," John Henry said. "Just give us back that money and I know we can straight­en this out." 
Claude didn't answer him. "You too, kid," he said to Jodie. "Get over there with the cops!" 
Jodie just kept staring at Claude like he couldn't hear. Claude was unhitching the money-bag from his belt. He tos ed it into th~ front seat of John Henry's car. When he turned back, he saw that Jodie was still standing there. Claude nudged him with the gun he was carry­ing. 
Jodie turned and backed over toward 

where John Remy was standing. Then 
all of a sudden Jodie hit his guitar. 
Plunkety-plunk-plunk-plunk,. it sang out, 
clear and strong. Then he opened his 
mouth, and the words seemed to roll out. 
Claude Barker! Claude Barker! 
Why don't you come home? 
Claude Barker! Claude Barker! 
Why did you choose to roam? 
Robbin' banks is no life for you; 
A lonesome life you'll surely rue. 
Claude Barker! Claude Barker! 
Why don't you come home? 
(Continued on Page 44) 
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John Henry said it was just like an angel singing. He said that· Jodie had never sung so well. It was better than when he used to sing sometimes for services at the Mount Zion Baptist Church, or for the Saturday night square dances. John Henry said that the men nearly forgot what they wer-e there for. J<;>die sang so pretty, he said. John Hen­ry aid there wa n't a single dry eye in the whol crowd-except for Claude. He picked up the guns on the ground, pitched th m into the Chevy, slid into the front seat, and pulled aw~y. 
"Dawggone,'' Mac Peters said. "I thought sure we had him after I knocked out that tire." 
"Yeah," John Henry said. Then he got thoughtful the way John Henry does. "Never thought a Red Oak boy'd turn bank robber,'' he said. "'Specially 
. agin his own folks." "I don't know,'' said Old Man Patter­son. "You gotta admit he done a mighty n at job." "Yeah. He done a mighty neat job," Mac Peters said. "But at least somethin' good come of 
it,'' said John Henry. "What's that?" asked Mac. "Him,'' said John Henry, pointing to 
the boy. Jodie was smiling, his eyes were bright as new pennies, and he was beating on his guitar. Plunkety-plunk-plunk, said the guitar. School was out · by the time they changed the tire on Claude's car and came back into Red Oak. All the men and boys were at Peters's, loading guns into cars, and forming a posse to chase Claude. John Henry pulled up in front of Peters's. "Where do you-all think you're go­'ing?" he said. Everybody was shocked for a minute, what with the robbery and Jodie begin­ning to sing again. Finally one of the farmers who was there said, "Why, after Claude Barker. The bank folks say he stole three thousand dollars." "'Tain't no use," said John Henry. "He's headin' north and we couldn't catch him noway. I'll phone the Dallas sheriff. He'll pick him up when the time comes." Some of the men were disappointed. They wanted to try to catch Claude, but John Henry quietened them. "He's still one of us,'' he said: "I saw him, and he ain't got the sand out from 'tween his toes. He's still a Red Oak boy." The next few days Red Oak was loaded with people-state troopers, reporters,. and sightseers. Most strangers in Red 
(Continued on Page 46) 
OCTOBER 1947 

Oak just ask the best road to the main highway. These people wanted to hear all about the robbery. And every min­ute of the day you could hear Jodie singing the story of Claude Barker. His voice carried all over town, and nearly everybody spoke as to how good it was to hear him again. 
But ·after a week or so the visitors stopped coming. Claude was making news in other parts. He'd robbed the bank in Maypearl. Then he'd robbed one in Wortham; then, Wills Point; and in Cooper, and Forney, and in Turpen­tine. Newspapers called him "The Lone Wolf." Cowboy singers on the radio sang songs begging Claude to give himself up. 
When chool was out in the afternoon us kids went to the big swooping curve north of town. We knew that sooner or later Claude would have to pass that way. After all, he was from Red Oak, and the last anybody'd seen of him he was going north. He had to come back. 
School let out for the summer holi­days, and that meant we could spend the whole day at the curve, looking to the north down the highway, watching for Claude. But no matter how early we got there, Jodie was always the first one by the road. He'd be there, his back against a live oak tree, plunking on his guitar. 
All day long we would watch, J odie singing and plunking, and the r est of us taking turn about looking down the highway to give warning if Claude was coming. We knew that when he came, he'd come in style. He'd be driving a Cadillac or a Packard, a Studebaker or a Buick. And when he came, we would recognize him a long ways off. 
Jodie didn't seem to have any fun at all. But the rest of us ctid. We made up a game and played it. We called it -"Claude Barker." 
We sent a watcher to the middle of 
the road. He'd look all the time to the 
north. We could see about as g.ood as 
he could, but we played we couldn't. 
"Here he comes now," the one who was 
watching would yell. "Here comes 
Claude Barker driving a low, red Pack­
ard." 
The rest of us would slide down the 
embankment and run to the middle of 
the highway, all of us but Jodie Watson. 
Jodie just stretched bis neck, and looked, 
and there wouldn't be any plunk from 
his guitar. 
Down the road half-a-mile away we'd see a low-slung, red car spraddling the white line in the center of the asphalt. As the car came closer we'd maybe see two or three heads through the. wind­shield. Then we'd shuffle back to the top of the embankment to watch some more. We knew that when Claude came he'd come alone. 
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Claude Barker, like lots of folks, made 
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hi biggest mistake when he left Texas. He went into Louisiana and robbed a bank or two. 
It was a hot summer day when word came that laude was dead. The story spread through the county. All th farmers packed up their families and came to town. Us kids heard it out at the north curve, and ran all the way back to Peter's. All of us but Jodie. He was still on the embankment, looking at the car that came from the north. 
Folks from all around were gathered at the store when we got there. No one 
aid anything much. It was quiet, just the hum and buzz of people being to­gether. 
All afternoon we stood there, think­ing, and not talking hardly any. 
It was getting close to sundown and some of the farmers had started load­ing their wagons when we he~rd a long wail and the slow, mournful beat of a five-string guitar. We looked far up Main Street and there, walking toward us, came Jodie Watson, his. guitar plunk­ing clean and strong. 
Somebody started clapping his hands; 
next thing, just as natural as could be, 
everybody was clapping and stomping 
his feet. Some people-not many, but 
some-started cheering and yelling. But 
as Jodie got closer, we were all keeping 
time and listening to him sing a new 
song: 
By a bayou 	they found him, Claude 
Barker. 
Claude Barker! 
Drinking from the waters of the 
swamp. 
Oh-h-h ! Claude Barker! 
Without thinking what they did 
They, filled him full of lead. 
He will rest in the arms of his Lord . 
All us boys went to the north curve early the next morning. But Jodie was there before us. As we came through the pasture, we could hear him singing. His voice was sad, and so clear it nearly made you tremble. 
None of us went home for dinner. We were afraid Claude might pass by while we were gone. But it was getting along in the afternoon when we finally heard the sir ns. We'd pictured all along how we'd slide down to the highway and ru h to the middle of the road, just like we had in the game we'd played. But everybody just looked at everybody else. Then we walked to the edge of the em­bankment and looked down the highway. Jodie was singing his song. And it was mournful peace and quiet. 
There were 	two motorcycles coming 
toward us. 	Behind them was a long, 
black car, all trimmed in silver. We 
knew then that this was Claude Barker 
-coming home alone, coming home in 
style. 
Claude's funeral service in the Mount Zion Baptist Church was the biggest in the history of the county. People came in T-Models and Studebakers, by horse­and-wagon and in Hud ons. All for a boy who had gone out to see the sights. Nobody in Red Oak has ever had a funeral like that to this day. 
As a special number, Jodie sang a new verse to his ballad, and there were tears in most folks' eyes when he fin­ished. 
Not long after Claude was buried, Jodie Wat on walked out of town. ~e was carrying hi guitar, and over his shoulder he'd hung a b8}1danna haAd­kerchief tied together at all four corner" Jodie came by Peters's on his way to the main road. 
"Where you goin', Jodie?" said John Henry. 
"I'm headin' north," Jodie said, and his guitar went plunkety-plunk. "I'm headin' north to sing some songs." And Jodie walked on down the street. 
"If a kid's got an honest-to-God, soul­gnawin' cloud-hankerin'," said John Hen­ry, "he'll never get shet of it in Red 
Oak."  And  all  the  men  nodded  their  
heads.  
It's  been  twelve  years  since  Jodie  

left. We haven't even heard anything about him so he must not have made a name for himself the way Claude did. But some Red Oak folks think Jodie will be coming home before long, and ing about where-all he's been. 
John Henry said that the other day he. passed by the old north curve. He said the embankment was crawling with kids about twelve or thirteen years old. One of them was down in the middle of the road, John Henry said. This kid was looking toward the north, and as John Henry walked by he heard the boy yell out, "Here he comes now. Here he comes in a long, gray Cadillac." 
Two stuttering blacksmiths had fin­ished heating a piece of pig iron, and one placed it upon the anvil with a pair of tongs. 
"H-h-h-h-h-h-hit it,'' he stuttered to his helper. "Wh-wh-wh-wh-where ?" asked the other. "Ah, h-h-h-h-h-hell, we'll have to h-h-h-h-heat it ·again, now." 
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It portrays symbolically the slovenly look 
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FRANK DOBIE is important. The particular flavor of Dobie's character and p rsonality-th individuali m, the forthrightness, the flair for the picturesque and the dramatic -cannot be duplicated. 
Aside from th se per onal qualiti s, Dobie is important a a symbol. H is a ymbol of traits in the Texa charac­ter which are be oming all too rar with the passing of the years. He is hone t, plain-pok n, colorful. His field of vision is broad, and he looks ah ad with intelligence and courage. His usual in cription, when students come to him with a copy of one of hi book to be autographed, is: "H re's to fr minds!" J. Frank Dobie has ju t that: a fr e mind-a mind gen rous, to! rant, loving humanity and de pi ing inju tice. 
• Dobie is important a · a ymb I of Texas liberali m-011e of the few remaining symbols. 
Wh n Dobie' name is mentioned, the fact that he is a T xan is as well-known as his name. And his name is probably better known than that of any other living Texan. Hi books-oronado's hildren, The Longhorns, A Texan in England, and the others-his numerous articles and the articles about him, his lectures, his teaching in England at 
ambridge and the army university, his service with 
UNESCO, have made him, in the minds of many peopl 
all over the world, a ymbol for Texas and Texans. 
Because of his connection with The University of Texas, he has brought to the University, as well as the state, a kind of publicity which adds lustre to the school and to the state. 
Th re is another kind of publicity which has given to 
others the prevailing picture of the state and its people. 
B cause of the rarity of well-known Texans who have 
Dobie's best qualities, the loud-mouthed, bragging, intol­
rant "typical T xan" is accepted much too readily. That 
kind of publicity need to be countered by the picture of 
another type of Texan: that is why Dobie is important. 
Dobie's dismissal from The University of Texas will 
m an that students here have lost the chance to know the 
man and to study under him. That is important, but more 
important is the loss to the entire University, to some ex­
tent, of the prestige which Dobie's continued publication 
and his continued activity in many other fields would bring. 
That pr stige will not be entirely lost, because if Dobie 
i not referred to as a niversity of Texas professor, he 
will probably be referred to as a "former" University of 
Texa · prof s or. But what will people think of The Uni­
v rsity of Texas if they are reminded by that phrase that 
Dobie was di mi sed by the school to which he has brought 
a flavor all its own? Perhaps they will think that those 
who run the University and the state no longer appreciate 
the fre mind, the individualism, and the tolerance which 
Dobi r presents. 
N xt year J. Frank Dobie-if his as ·ociation with the 
University has not been permanently severed-will be eligible 
for modified service. Under modified service, he will be re­
quired to teach only half a year. That is what he asked to 
do this year, but the interpretation of a rule may make that "impossible. Whatever Joss might come to the University this fall by his absence from the teaching staff is certainly overshadowed by the possibility of his entire loss to the University. His importance as a teacher is certainly overshadowed by his importance as a symbol. 
J . Frank Dobie is important to the University and to Texas. Texans will not forget the loss. Nor will those Texans who still harbor free minds forget the symbol. 
'48 

L AST month thousands of students from all over the United 
States convened in Madison, Wisconsin, and produced an instrument that may well be the opening wedge for the most far reaching exchange of ideas, which after all is the very heart and soul of education, that American schools have ever experienced. 
Out of this convention came the first constitution of the United States National Student's Association. It sets up a national confederation of college and uni­versities that will direct their unified efforts at: 
1. 
Promoting a planned exchange of ideas between mem­ber schools (already the University has received a detailed plan of the Campus Chest drive at the University of Wash­ington. This plan will form the basis of a similar drive at the University). 

2. 
More equal distribution of and procurement of more exchange scholarships to foreign countries (the east has long monopolized most of these scholarships). 

3. 
Setting up student governments on campuses where none exist. 

4. 
Planning a cultural program that will enable schools to pool resources in obtaining topnotch speakers, dance bands, symphony orchestras, plays, and other outstanding entertainment features. 

5. 
Coping with problems of discrimination and adjusting curricula to fit students needs. 


In writing the constitution NSA delegates left a great deal of autonomy to regional and campus divisions. This means that the burden of making NSA a successful organ­ization, capable of fulfilling a great gap in student life, falls directly to students and their elected officials on this and other colleges campuses. 
The constitution will come up for ratification here imme­diately after the new .assembly is elected this month. There­fore it becomes the duty of all candidates and their con­stitutents to carefully consider and thoroughly familiarize themselves with the possiblities of this far-reaching project. 
OCTOBER 1947 


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