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Techic’s senior adviser was just telling him that the Black Barons were being
beaten by the White Barons. One Black Baron had found a way to avoid de—
feat by reading the front cover of his Technette.

 
 

" E went to the bookstore.
5 ‘Do you have any‘drag
ons?’ he asked.
. “ ‘Funny thing you asked that
son,l came the reply. ‘As it hap—
pens we’re having a pro-inventory
sale on dragons. l can let you
have a big, green, vicious one,
cheap. By the way, are you a

‘veteran? You can’t get dragons

on your Cd Bill until your third
year.’ -.
“Not being a veteran, he paid

l ' cash for it, and after getting his

dragon stamped by the man at the
door, he returned to the battle.
“You can see what happened.

The tide of battle changed; the

'-l31acl< Barons won. Now, they
g still have the dragon and hold him
' over our heads to keep us in sub~

mission. l, who was once a White
Baron, have to wear my heavy
keys as a symbol of my inade-
quacy in the ‘Battle of Activrty,”
as it is now called.”

”You mean that all those guys

on campus that are wearing keys
are White Barons .3" asked

.. Techie.

-~..

uOh nol Not at all. At least
not in the true sense of the word.
They were in the battle but they
gave up easily and, although they
still have to wear keys, they re-
ceived high positions in student

affairs in return for their sur»

render. They are nothing but
puppet leaders.

”As long as they show no initi~
ative they can remain in office. in
this way the Black Barons and
their dragon are assured of having
all dances fail, no attendance at
assemblies or athletic affairs, and
most of all, a newspaper that has
the knack ol saying nothing in a
profound way."

“You can see, Techie, that
these men are really worse than
the Black Barons themselves.
These men are to blame for
everything.”

”But what do you do about
it?" asked Techie. “Are you just
sitting back and letting things con—
tinue the way they are?” '

“it appears that way to you,”
but actually big things are going
on all the time. Two of our gen—
erals escaped the yolre oi inactiv—
ity and right now are laying plans“
for an uprising. The day of no
tivity is not too far of .”

”But how will we hnow when
they arrive?", said Techie err»
citedly.

   

 

 

“As legend has it, you will
lmow them by these signs. They
will be gay, handsomedebonair,
student leaders, and will hold
high student offices. They will be
loved by all and hated by none.

~ Their motto will be "To accom~

plish the laugh is the primary conw
sideration.’ They will be noted
for their song and dance routines
during registration, and-lot their
talent in the art of strip tease.
They will be witty, carefree, and
extremely intelligent and the most
well rounded students on campus.
They will succeed in all endeav~
ors and last but not least they will
be preceded by a horse in the
cafeteria.”

uBut ‘Campus Leader,’ " said
Techie. “There are two students
now, who "

"1 know, Techie. There are
two students who tit this descrip—
tion, but they have not made their
plans known yet. Maybe they
are the true leaders and maybe
they aren’t. ll they are they will
act within the next week; if they
aren't, we will just have to wait
a little longer. But don‘t worry,
they’ll come eventually.w

lnsignia ban,
Questionable

The ruling passed by ITSA which
bans the wearing of emblems, letters,
and insignia foreign to Illinois Tech
leaves some question in the minds of
these writers as to the legitimacy and
logic of the measure. The arguments
brought forth by Honor I, proponents
of the law, simmer down to a petty at—
tempt to remove from the campus any
letter or emblem that would detract
from the glory of that awarded by the
Tech athletic department.

Honor I in the past demanded that
they be allowed to approve all Tech
emblems. Now they have gained,
through the action of ITSA, the sanc—
tions of the administration discipli—
nary committee. Thus, it becomes a
“criminal act,” subject even to dismis—
sal from school, to Wear apparel not
appealing to the “athletic I.”

Questioned as to Whether he thought
the decision was a reflection of student
opinion, James Gafl’ney, ITSA presi;
dent, stated, “I’m not concernedwith
the majority opinion. I vote for what
i believe is best for the students.” Ob-
viously, Gaitney believes the students
require the guiding hand of the “pro—
tecting Father” to insure ethical con—
duct.

In the interests of student welfare
and peace of mind, we promise humbly
to approach the almighty Honor 1 to
gain permission to wear discharge butu
tons, class rings, tattoos, and mono»
grained BVDS.

John W. Scannell
Melvin Wt. Friedlander

 

my ht? suenesm

would still smell as bad. With apolo-
gies to Shakespeare, I want to answer
some of the questions hurled at me
about the. Grim Fairy Tale we. are ‘conn
eluding this week.

Why a. fairy tale? Why a “Dragon
of Apathy"? First of all, fanciful stein
ies can sometimes carry a moral more
effectively than a learned editorial. The
“Dragon” is just a butt for the harp»
ing once carried on in these colunms
to the effect that our student body was
apathetic, their activities trifling and
mismanaged and that campus leaders
were inefiective.

The story outgrew the minor proporn
tions it was designed for and ran in

three issues. As a
W good smash-bang end--
ing, it would have
been terrific to
parade a Mardi Gras
style “Dragon of Ap-
athy” about the comm
1 pus and submit it to
' the indignity of being
. killed off on the eve
of the All-Star I‘M-IF
game and following dance.

But what Happened? No one was in a
position to afford a dance this evening,
least of all this newspaper. Our dragon
idea went “flooey” when the price tag
on the nearest healthy dragon read

 

 

flu, little Reb missed cartoon inserts
for the last installment of the story.

ing. Does the Dragon have the last
laugh aftgr all?

Now the question, “Well, if you don’t
like the setup, what better ideas have
you got; who are your ‘generals'? In
answer to that, I would like to write a
long“ editorial. Seeing how successful
our comic—book tirade has been, it
might conceivably be about. "Buck Tec-
hawk in the 25th Century.” ‘

“APATHY” BY ANY OTHER NAME ~

$300. Downed by EE lab reports and ’

So, here we are, Without a. smash end-'

 

  

  

 

To the Edttor:

The smoldering embers of national
politics are bursting forth in full flank
mg glory. Campaign pots are aboil.
Obviously, election year ts well under»
way. As is their custom and“ privilege;
all American ciitrrens will talk politics,
arguing: merits of candidates, parties,"
platforms.

To best perform‘his civic duty of

 

interest and participation in public

affairs, the citizen must develop an in;—
quiring attitude; he, must learn the
issues; he can then vote in
accordance with his ghiflkiflg
on these issues. This esirable
W attitude toward civic rospcn»
sibilies should be acquired early in» life.
At IIT, precious little attention is
given to citizenship. Sure, we’have‘wsome
fine PS courses (PS 420, for example)
but inadequate organized campaign
oratory—wetectioncering, in other words!
Let’s lift the ban on freedom of political
speech at Technology Center! .
Part-time Non-partisan.

   
 

 

   

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The president ot a large ciirpora-
tion married his secretary, who was
at least a generation younger than he.
sziety pages were filled with news
of the wedding. That is, all except
one. That paper got its headlines
mixed up and above the wedding; story
was this headline: “ULD POWER
PLANT RESUMES OPERMt‘lON.”

Chaucer and I wrote a dirty story,
Bawdyfland lewd from thestart,
But mine, people said, was porno-
graphic,
And Chaucer’s was classical art.

A gold digger (tied, and all of her
worldly possessions, including a par-
rot, were being auctioned off to the
prilblic.

“What am H uttered for this beam
ttfu] bird?” quizzed the auctioneer.

“A dollar,” bid a bystander.

, “Two bucks,” roared another.

“Make it five,” crooked the parrot,
“and I’ll give you a kiss!”

-k' h" u‘c"

lat Babe: “I married a man on the
fire department."

2nd Babe: “Volunteer.,?”

lst Bebe: “Nope, Paw made him.”

A sninster: and her brother were
talking togethernfiuid the spinster of
a nephew, “it he were my kid, l’d’"~——
“Just a minute, sis,” said the brother.
“it he were your told you’d be so busy

 

eenlatnhrg you’d do little else.”

 

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News items concerning the illness
of a prominent citizen say: “He is
confined to his bed with a trained
nurse.”

Going into a lingerie shop to buy a
brassicre for his wife, the customer
found it was necessary to know the size
wanted. The friendly clerk tried to help
him out of his difficulty.

“How about the size of a grapefruit ‘2”
she asked.

“No, smaller,” replied the customer.

“About like oranges ‘2” hopefully
asked the saleslady.

“Nope, smaller,” replied the customer.

“Then, how about eggs ‘2” put in the
clerk.

“Yeah,” said the customer, “fried.”
:: x— a

A girl standing on the street corner
and wearing a low cut. V«»neck sweater
was approached by a male student.

He asked: “Is that ‘V’ for Victory?”

Replying, she said: “No, that’s for
virtue, but it’s an old sweater.”

Chic clothes are garments so designed
that you can be seen in the best oi"
places. '

The stun you love to touch is. usual-
ly covered up.

“Darling, 1 am groping»: for words.”

“Well, you won’t. find them there.”
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