Articles – The Campus News – 11/21/1975

For those of you who saw a plastic zeppelin flying over TCC last week, and wondered what was going on, here’s the story: The zeppelin was part of a promotional gimmick for Nekoosa-Edwards new paper machine, the Enterprise II. “The people at Nekoosa-Edwards are pretty excited about the new machine which will quadruple their paper…

Jefferson, one of the most historic spots in Texas, will host the TCC Players tomorrow night in the bicentennial play “The Contrast.” Susan Wise, teacher at Jefferson and one-time drama director at Midland College in Odessa, saw the play when it made its debut Oct. 17. Consequently, she asked Mrs. Parsons if the cast would…

Employment opportunities of 100 per cent is one benefit of graduating from TCC flight school. According to Larry Gordon, flight instructor, “TCC students who have graduated with an Associate Degree in Aviation have all found employment.” Upon completion of the program a person is awarded the Associate Degree in Aviation which enable him to graduate…

To the Circle-K Club, Evidently, the members who were responsible for your so-called ‘record-hop’ did a very poor job. I was somewhat stunned upon arriving last Friday night to find the doors locked and no available explanation around. If you are going to advertise an activity around school by putting up signs and the like,…

By Ben House Sounds of laughter were heard at Plymouth Colony in the autumn of 1621. The Pilgrims who had arrived the year before had endured a hard winter, tilled the stubborn soil, and established a colony. As the leaves on the trees changed from green to red and brown, William Bradford called for a…

TRICKY DICK’S PICKSFriends have been told privately by Richard M. Nixon that he feels the 1976 presidential winner will not be his hand-picked successor, but rather Sen. Edward Kennedy, who most feel still will not run. PESSIMISM TOPS OPTIMISMFor the first time since questions concerning America’s future were first asked of U.S. citizens, most feel…

Patricia Hearst — the name alone brings a negative connotation in most people’s minds. In a country proud of its fairness to the felon, where a person is innocent until proven guilty, this one name is an exception. The public, through the efforts of a top-notch press, has already tried and sentenced her without mercy.…

1975 is the Year of the Woman. This supposedly means that women are finally taking steps to be free from male domination — free to be themselves, not just “Joe’s wife” or “Johnny’s mother.” Women are now following in the footsteps of blacks and other minorities in asserting their rights in a white, male-oriented society.…

WHAT IS A KING? — Libby Smith, who plays a handmaiden in “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and Barry Crain (narrator) discuss the king who had a clothing problem. Cathy Bonner portrays the child in this production which is a joint effort of the music and drama departments at TCC.

I NEED MY CLOTHES . . . So sings Thom Ragland who portrays the emperor in the musical which commemorates Hans Christian Andersen’s death 100 years ago. The musical is based on Andersen’s fairy tale about how an emperor is taken advantage of by the people in his court and a little child sees through…