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Show WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, September 25, 1953 Two ? f Published weekly by the Journalism Class of Westminster College, relating news happenings of the school and voicing opinions of the students. All Operation Brainwash The following daring expose printed for the first time in any newsEditor : Sam Taylor paper brings you an exciting, on the Associate Editor Bert Jansen spot account of grueling experiences of innocent 18 and 19 year old Business Manager Frank Slater boys and girls, we will give you a clear understanding of the horrors of season,' Operation Brainwash. Well, here it is. The first school newspaper of the 1953-5- 4 and we hope, the first of many papers concerned with the doings, probThis assignment was not easy. In lems, and welfare of the Westminster College student body. order to get authentic information The paper this year, which incidentally is yet unnamed, is a prod- right from the scene of action this d Westminster Journalism department with Mrs. reporter had to actually go through uct of the Patricia Lees at its head. Writings in this issue have been done by the horrifying experience, risking members of the class. However, it is the hope of the staff of the paper the inevitable, sentencing his very and the journalism class in general that the entire student body will life to four years of labor in the feel free to submit articles at any time. Only by doing this can we strange recesses of Westminsters the students. of voice is a be and to aim of that the the paper, accomplish halls. The plan for coming issues is a very busy one. It is the hope that First we were all herded into a an issue can come off the press at the end of each school week. The big room, squeezed into hard, boxpaper will be printed by the Sugar House Press, and we hope, be like seats where we were told to financed mainly by advertising solicited from various business houses fill out forms pages and pages of by our business staff Other financial arrangements will be made if neces- cleverly-worde- d questions whose subtle aim was to drain us of every sary to keep the papers coming. . This space will be reserved each week for short editorial comments bit of information we had. It was befrom the staff, and forum letters from interested students. This is the funny to see the faces of those wildered boys and girls many place for gripes, hopes and ideas of any student at school. We urge all were looked some frightened, of you to cooperate with us here for better understandings in the school. tears filled feminine eyes, We, the class members and staff, are very humble in our positions. boys, yet in their teen, cast quick We will gratefully accept your articles, news leads, and most important, glances toward the door, escape youi suggestions for making this a better paper. We have the full cooper- written on their faces. Alas, there ation of the school administration, the printers, the student officers and was no chance to escape; guards we have an enthusiastic class. All we need now is to have the stpdents as teachers, watched every stand behind and support the paper. Adding these things together, we move we made. Hour upon hour can get no less that a good news sheet doing the part it should do in we sat there matching our wits school life. against these prying monsters. Many of the uninitiated weakened and gave out the right information, but Student Work Program You! Hey, most of us Were too clever for that. Our answers too tricky. We kept A total of 57 students applied telling ourselves we mustnt crack Ideas? for work at the Job Placement De- Any under this third degree. Finally it have and 24 of the of college Hey, you, you got any good came to an end. partment the applicants were put to work, ideas? I mean ideas for a new name; Exhausted to the point of breakaccording to a report to the presi- for our new school paper. It was down we were allowed to go. Freedents office from Howard D. Pen- decided that our paper would be a dom at last? Oh, my no! Now we four page printed weekly, rather were forced to drag our bones out der, job placement director. to a cemented area where our torMr. Pender, who has been in than the old mineographed. sheet we tured minds were undermined with contact with the businesses of the had last year. We also decided to maddening music. Round and round town for some time, has been very get a new name; a name that would we went dragging limp females reflect our school spirit and with whose eyes were Jassy with near helpful in supplying students who want work with part-tim- e work on that bring the .student body closer collapse. Just when we hoped to drop dead and end it all the fiends and off the campus. Following is to gether. gave us refreshments which revived rundown of the figures complied in It seems that this year is pro- us temporarily. This went on far Mr. Penders office. ducing lots of new things for your into the night. Number of students who applied Westminster students with the promLuckily I escaped. While one ise of a new student union and the of the guards was preoccupied pickfor work, 57; number of jobs filled redecorated dorms and class ing up a plate of cookies (poisoned, by the office, 24; number of jobs newly no doubt) I crept into the bushes on campus, 49 (18 filled by the de- rooms; therefore the members of and under cover of night, sneaked the Journalism class felt that the the to partment); number of students who away quietness of my lonely were referred to jobs but did not paper should be redecorated, too. room. Peace and quiet restored my take them, 11; number students who Also, the name, Campus Crier, is slipping sanity and dawn found me were referred to jobs who have not sorely objected to by the Alums back at my post grimly determined reported on results, 8. Three stu- Association because it was insti- to finish my assignment. dents, according to the report, ob- tuted without their consent, and they The world must know what was tained their own jobs. wouldnt give their consent because behind the curtain. I . saw that many Mr. Pender stated that filling they thought the name was to child- had not fared as well as I. Most time due to the gas war ish, so what else is there to do, huh? of them had cracked completely. In tion jobs were rather slow at the So, if you have any ideas, turn em various were now wanstages they now in progress in Salt Lake City. in to the book store now. dering aimlessly around. My blood newly-forme- , des-para- te, dis-guish- Got sta-prese- nt i ed lieu Students Two $100 scholarships for 1953-5- 4 are available to freshmen or transfer students enrolled for the first time at Westminster. Briefly, the requirements are the memorization and recitation of the 107 an- swers to the Westminster shorter catechism. A student is eligible only during his first year, at Westmin-ster. Applications must be made in writing to President Palmer; recitations will be judged by a faculty member. Scholarship funds are furnished through the Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church. Book Store to Ad as Classified Department The College Book Store in the lobby of Converse Hall will serve for the present time as the classified department of the Westmin-te- r College paper. Students and faculty members can buy classified . advertising at that place when they ' wish. LOST ads, WANTED, FOR SALE and other similar types of ad- vertising will be sold at the rates of three cents per word, or a minimum'' of 35c. Please hand in readable copy as you wish it to appear in the paper. boiled when I saw what had hap- pened. Some cases had been pushed across the border and could easily be detected among the others. Poor devils, there shirts were on back- ward, pant legs rolled up to their knees. Jn their dizzy state of mind they had confused socks and boots. Even the girls were bewildered and unmatched as to stockings and k shoes. The shame of it all was these poor, gibbering idiots were forced to wear red ties, and carry little bags of rocks, marking them in a class by themselves to be shunned at all times. As I stood there, I Isaw a guard approaching with a deceptive smile on her face. I had been warned about women 3nd was not to be snared. Turning quickly a slipped through an open door and started across the narrow hall. A shrill cry went through the air, rough hands grabbed me, I was jerked from my feet and slammed to my knees to bow before my captives. I had openly walked on the sacred W.. inlaid in the floor, a trap for fools. A tiny brush was thrust into my hands, a bucket of water sloshed at my side, a curt command left no doubt in my mind what was expected of me. I meekly began to clean my teeth. J |