The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 54, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1967 Page: 1 of 6
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North Texans Speak Out
Master Plan Rates Skeptical-to-Hopeful Comments
Students and toucher# ifave opinion*
ranging from skeptical to hopeful Mon-
day when questioned aliout the new cam-
pus Master Plan. Most were favorable.
Unveiled on the anniversary of North
Texas' emergence as a university, the
Master Plan includes anionic its major
points:
1. A pedestrian-oriented campus with
a I-an on automobiles
2. More parking lots surrounding the
campus.
High-vise dormitories
4. A 10,000-seat coliseum for fine arts
programs as well as athletics.
5. A more scenic campus incorporating
fish ponds and fountains and centering
on the Administration Building.
THE MASTER PLAN, drawn up by
Houston architects Caudill, Hewlett and
Scott, was officially announced Monday.
The first full presentation was made in
the Campus Chat, in the alumni news-
paper North Texan and in area news
media. It must be approved by the Board
of Regents to Lake effect.
The plan foresees NTSU's growth to
20,000 students, with expansion to 30,-
000 covered in an extension.
dene Wyttky, a freshman industrial
arts (architecture) major from New-
York, N.Y., said, "1 am glad to see that
the Master Plan calls for concentration
of construction within a limited area.
1 have never understood why so many of
the universities in the South arc spread
out over such a large area. The master
plan aeems to utilize land already in the
immediate campus area, but I do feel
that the campus should be so arranged
that it is a distinct area to itself and
not intermingled with residential areas.
I think future dorms, both boy's and
girl's, should be built in one particular
area."
JO ANNA BOYI), a sophomore from
Lewisville, said of the proposed dormi-
tory complexes: "It's fruitless to build
so many new dorms and try to get all
the students to live on campus. Not every
student can afford it."
Betsy Burnett, a Kermit freshman,
also commented on the new donns. "They
need to |>end more money on classrooms
instead of donns," she said. "You go into
the Auditorium and worry about leaning
against the wail; it'll fall down."
N'evile Stocked, a sophomore English
major from Dallas, also thought hous-
ing had been overemphasized but said,
"It's a good thing to require freshman
men to live in dorms."
STOCK EN, A commuter, praised the
off-campus parking proposal but sug-
gested that "some kind of motorized
shuttle system should lie considered" to
help commuters get to class.
I>ude Skiles, a San Antonio music ma-
jor. said of the parking plan, "I'm anx-
ious to see if it works out. Off-campus
parking would be an ii.convenience but
I suppose we'll get used to it. It will be
a lot easier to l*eautify the campus when
they get rid of the cars."
STUDENTS CALLED for more enter-
tainment facilities, even in the light of
the proposed coliseum. "TWU has an
indoor swimming pool and we have io
go over there to swim." said Steve
Spraggins, a Fort Worth freshman.
Becky Burkarth, a junior elementary
education major from Dallas, wasn't tot-
ally pleased.
"I think it is wrong to exclude a new
auditorium from the Master Plan," she
said. "I think the idea of eliminating
campus traffic is good. It seems wiser
to me to stop construction of dorms for
women and to allow junior and senior
girls to live off campus. I noticed that
there is no provision in the plan for
construction of sorority houses. I feel
this is a mistake. The laddscaping plans
for the campus are impressive."
DELAYNE HAIL, a junior French
major from Tyler, had only one com-
plaint. "I think I'm in school 10 years
too early. I have heard that the facilities
of your school help determine the amount
of influence your degree will have after
graduation. It is apparent that the
Language-Government Building is due
some improvement, and since 1 Hm ma-
joring in French, 1 am very interested in
seeing such improvements made."
Faculty members were also enthusias-
tic.
Dr. Stanley K. Hamilton of the speech
and drama department said he has faith
in the planners. "I've seen them at
work," he said, "and know they are seri-
ous and well-trained people with the
good of the university at heart."
1>R SAM H. HENDERSON of the
English department said he had not had
a chance to study the plan in much de-
tail "However, 1 like what I see on the
surface." he said. He feels that if the
funds are made available the plan will
be adequate for future needs
Dr. Jess ("earley, director of physical
education and athletics, is particularly
pleased with the prospect of the new
coliseum. He stated, "It will help athle-
tics in preparation for the programs by
eliminating conflicts in the use of facili-
ties." He said it will also help the seating
problem at big basketball games
DR. L. PA DEN NEELEY of the busi-
ness adnunistration faculty said the Mas-
ter Plan wouldn't tie a major factor in
attracting teachers, "but it would l>e
foolish to assume that potential faculty
members would ignore facilities available
for teaching ."
Dr. Jack Scroggs, director of the hi*
tory department, put it this way.
"I think it is a wonderful idea that
we have finally started this kind of plad
instead of a hit and miss plan. It is
an extremely well-thought layout of
planning throughout the entire project.
And Dr. Reginald C Westmoreland of
the journalism department got to the
core of another problem when he sa'd,
•'It will take u icreat ibal <>f adjustment,
but you just cannot have 25,000 to 3(),l>0(>
people dodging traffic to get to class."
The Campus Chat
50TH YEAR
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, DENTON, TEXAS WEDNESDAY. MAY IC. 1967
NO. 54
Weeks Describes U.S. Creed
Of Rough Work, Relaxation
H> IIARDIE DAVIS
It was a searching day.
One speaker took a searching look at
the American temperament.
Another speaker did a bit of soul-
searching for his own university.
And the university searched out its
top students and three distinguished
alumni and paid them tribute.
It was the sixth annual University
Day, commemorating the day on which
Governor Price Daniel signed a bill mak-
ing North Texas State College into a
university. The bill was signed May 8,
1961, and since then the school has cel-
ebrated on May 8 or the first week day
after May 8.
THE DAY was also marked by official
announcement of the Master Plan, a
building program that covers North Tex-
as State's growth to 20,000 students.
Things wound to ii close with a well-
received concert by Stan Kenton's Junior
Meritum Calls
18 Honorees
By CARMEN DENNIS
"Don't settle for less than the best in
your education," Dr. Dika Newlin urged
Monday as she addressed the 17th an-
nual Meritum Calling-Out ceremony.
Dr. Newlin, a member of the music
faculty, said that today's university wo-
man would find unique opportunities and
unique challenges awaiting her upon
graduation and that she should utilize
these to help remove discriminatory bar-
riers against her sex.
Eighteen women received red roses and
engraved invitations to signify their ac-
ceptance into Meritum, senior honor or-
ganization. The ceremony was part of
the University Day honors schedule.
The new members are Di Ann Batson,
Roybeth Blackburn, Ann Cook, Diana
Chase, Connie Danncr, Shirley Grubbs,
Diana Handley, Mary Beth Herring,
Beverly Hoffman, Linda Gayle Killion,
Sandra Mayer, Carol Lynn McGowen,
Joyce Perkins, Sandra Samples, Patsy
Welch, Carla Whitworth, Cindy Woodruff
and Peggy Wallace.
A special membership was awarded to
Dr. Imogene Bentley Dickey, dean of
women.
Dean Dickey was instrumental in
founding Meritum in 1950 and has been
sponsor since that time. Mrs. Barbara
Colegrove and Mrs. David Webb also help
sponsor the organization.
Candidates for Meritum membership
are selected on the basis of scholarship,
effective leadership and service.
A reception for parents of the new
members, faculty and administration was
held in the Crystal Room of Marquis
Hall after the ceremony.
Roses? They Meritum
Meritum, honor society for senior women, greeted 18 new members to their
ranks on the steps of the Main Library Monday. They received red roses and
engraved invitations. ~ Photo by 8t dunn
Neophonic Band i'rom California.
President J. C. Matthews began the
celebration in the Main Auditorium by
presenting Distinguished Alumnus Cita-
tions to three NTSU graduates.
They were:
• Dr. Benjy Brooks, a pediatric sur-
geon and medical educator in Houston.
• Dr. Edwin Foster, a bacteriologist
from Wisconsin.
• Dr. Wiley Housewright, dean of the
school of music at Florida State Univer-
sity.
DR. BROOKS was the first woman
to he honored. Dr. Housewright is the
twin brother of Riley Housewright, who
received a Distinguished Alumnus Cita-
tion in 1966, the first year they were of-
fered.
The day's searching began when Ed-
ward Weeks, editor of the Atlantic
Monthly for 28 years, spoke on "A
Creed for Americans." It continued at
the afternoon Honors Convocation when
Administrative Vice-President James L.
Rogers asked , . But Is It Really a
University?"
"This country was founded by people
who preferred to live dangerously rath-
er than stay home and suffer," Weeks
told the University Day audience in the
Main Auditorium.
He the idea of getting the tough
job done and then sitting back to re-
lax was true of the pilgrim and sea cap-
tain as well as the Texas oilman of to-
day.
"From the first we have been energe-
tic and impatient. The American --li-
mate made us high-strung, strenuous
and spontaneous," Weeks said. He add-
ed that Americans will go through any
hazards to get to the relaxation that
follows,
ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC of the
American people, according to Weeks,
is belief in social mobility. "Mobility is
essential in our credo, and, what is
more, we are born missionaries who l>e-
lieve that we can do a lot of good to
those people who have not yet awakened
to Democracy," he added.
Since Americans like their form of
government, Weeks said, they have
taken it for granted that other nations
would follow their pattern of indepen-
dence; but many have not.
He listed "the Soviet system, the
Arab world, the new China, and the
awakening Africa." He added that the
problem of four conflicting systems can-
not be solved, as isolationists say, "by
going it alone."
A third characteristic of the American
is his continental heritage. America's
settlers came from the old continents of
Europe, Africa and Asia where fear and
hatred were universal. Today the Amer-
ican no longer has a common enemy
to fear or hate.
Weeks said that since 1949 when the
U. S. learned that Russia had the bomb,
Forty-Two Receive Awards at Convocation
Dr. Rogers Verifies That North Texas Is a University
By BOB KISER
Dr. James L. Rogers asked an audi-
ence Monday whether North Texas State
is really a university. He then took half
an hour to tell what it would take for
the answer to be an unqualified "yes."
Dr. Rogers, vice-president for admin-
istrative affairs, spoke to the Honors
Convocation on University Day Monday
afternoon. At that convocation, sponsor-
ed by Meritum, 42 students received
awards. Also recognized were the out-
standing professors and the Who's Who
nominees for 1966-67.
In answering the question posed by
his topic, "... But Is It Really a Uni-
versity?", Dr. Rogers quickly reviewed
the problems North Texas had in becom-
ing a university by law, as well as the
qualifications it had then and has now
to be called a university.
"WHAT KIND of university are we
and what kind are we to become?" he
asked. He suggested that one factor to
be considered is the goals sought by
and for the students, among them the
"restoration, preservation, and expansion
of our culture." Dr. Rogers defined cul-
ture as "something more basic to a peo-
ple's way of life, to the determination
of life style as well as the intellectual
content of civilization."
He went on to discuss the role that a
university would play in determining
this culture. "The good university must
concern itself with the total environment
of the student, not just his contact hours
in the classroom and luU;ratory," he
said. He cited this role as the basis for
the concern that prompted the expendi-
ture of money and man hours that pro-
duced the Master Plan released Monday.
But in discussing the role of the uni-
versity in culture, Dr. Rogers cautioned
against a rising danger to this culture,
that of a strictly fun-loving society.
"Even today, on this very campus as in
all of society, we face the danger of be-
lieving that the right to the pursuit of
happiness has now been translated into
the right to be continuously entertained,"
Dr. Rogers said.
HE NOTED that one result of this
fun-loving orientation, which he sug-
gested calling a "party school philoso-
phy" was that 1,135 students flunked out
last fall and 2,110 more were on scholas-
tic probation at the start of this semes-
ter.
A second factor Dr. Rogers cited was
the amount of support obtained from
the area the university serves. He indi-
cated that this support is necessary for
continuous renewal and innovation with-
in the school. "We require support from
the entire state, but because of our prom-
inence in this area our success as a uni-
versity requires s special loyalty and
effort from Dallas-Fort Worth leaders
in promoting the resources of this uni-
versity, in equal measure with all other
institutions in the area, junior or senior,
public or private," Dr. Rogers said.
HE CONCLUDED that populace sup-
port is not enough. He noted that it was
1949 before Dallas County became the
school's largest single source of students
and 1959 before Tarrant County entered
second place.
"We must do more constructive tell-
ing of the story of this university to
make it better understood that the larg-
est university complex of the area is in
Denton, that the only source of doctor's
degrees in the area for some years was
the two Denton universities, and that
more students graduate from this cam-
pus every year than from any place
in Texas except the University of Texas
at Austin."
the American way of life has been
challenged. It cannot lie taken for grant-
ed that democracy will spread through
out the world, he said. Anil Americans
realize that they cannot get the tough-
est of all jobs over with quickly.
"IT IS CLEAR, I think, that the creed
which served us well when we were a
law unto ourselves and when our con-
tinent was an island safe from any pos-
sible attack is obsolete," Weeks said.
In each of the periods of govern-
ment when ethics were at their highest,
Weeks said, inspired leadership, a re-
spect for law anil the power of restraint
is found. Today, however, Weeks talked
about a fourth fundamental that has
become more and more compelling. He
calls it the search for a new national
entity.
America, like no other nation in the
world, is made up of numerous people
of foreign blood. "It is a unique and
vast experiment, and in our national in-
terest we must work it out successfully.
For we cannot have a strung arm abroad
if at home we have a weak heart," he
added.
Weeks said the most common mis-
take a foreigner makes is concluding
that Americans are uniform. He said
that today we are a heterogeneous na-
tion embroiled in the process of self
determination. Out of this struggle
comes the fourth fundamental of Weeks'
creed the urgency to assimilate and
be as one.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, Weeks
said, and with these chancer, come as-
similation. All of the people from Af-
rica, Asia ami Europe must lie brought
into the mainstream of American life.
From this process of assimilation Amer-
ica has gotten many great men. "This
EDWARD WEEKS
is the fruit of the process of ours,"
Weeks said.
Vet at the other end of tins process
are the problems it causes Weeks said
Many of the minority groups are un-
educated and Weeks said that the un
educated are not assimilated into the so
ciety us easily as the educated. Weeks
sees education as a means to unify Amur
ican Society.
America was the first country to pro
vide free education for all and Weeks
said that America's hope for the future
is revising the system so that it will !>.•
meaningful to all classes and give younvr
leadership t!*e opportunity to grow.
Weeks said that the reason education
is the hope of the future is because of
the new dimension in the Vmerican
creed that what men hold in common
is so much more important than that
which divides them "
In The News
Fish Authority To Speak
Today in BA Lecture Hall
Dr. ( arl L. Hubbs, a world-renowned
authority on fish, will speak at 3 p.m.
today in the Business Administration
Lecture Mall. His topic will I*. "Man.
Water awl the Semi-Arid West."
Dr. Hubbs is professor biology emer-
itus at the University of California's
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
San Diego.
The lecture is the first sponsored by
the J. K. G. Silvey Society, a group of
former students of the distinguished pro
fessor of biology at North Texas.
Dr. Hubbs has been active in research
since 1915 and has published hundreds
of papers.
Dr. Hubbs' interests lie in the tax
onomy, distribution, ecology, variation,
like history and evolution of fish. He is
also interested in fish biology, conserva
tion, marine birds and mammals, physi-
ography, oceanography, climatology and
human ecology.
USNT Banquet Tuesday;
Officers To Take Oaths
New officers will be sworn in and the
annual 'Fessor Graham award will be
presented at the USNT Senate banquet
Tuesday at the Greater Denton Athletic
Club.
Charles Dixon of Piano will take the
presidential oath. Troy Phillips of Win
nshoro will receive the vice-presidential
reins arid Ellen Stricklin will become
secretary.
The 'Fessor Graham award is given
each year to a faculty member who the
senate believes has made the greatest
contribution to students of North Texas.
Dr. William R. Garner of the government
department received the award last
year.
In addition, a special award will be
given and senate faculty sponsors will
l>e recognized
Skits presented by senators represent-
ing their classes will provide entertain-
ment for the banquet. Members of the
administration, USNT and he Campus
Chat's USNT reporters are invited to
the gathering.
I SN'T Vice President Cathy Stricklin
called the banquet a reward for a y.-ar's
labor as a senator.
"The free steak dinner is your reward
for a year's hard work," she told the
senators at the May 2 senate meeting.
The senate allocated $;«M) to finance
the banquet.
Lab Band Fails To Reach
Finals at Miami Beach
Leoo Rreeden and the 1 O'clock Lab
Band returned from Miami Beach Sun-
day after failing to rvach the finals of
the Intercollegiate Music Festival.
The three-day event completed six
months of competition from schools a-
cross the nation.
The Big Band class was won by Ohio
State The combo division was won by
San Fernando State College, while Lou
Marini s Quartet of NTSU was elimina
ted in the preliminaries.
Draft Board To Get
Students' Numbers
Mai • students who filled out the Selec-
tive Service card in their card packet
at registration time will have their class
standings sent to their local draft hoards
as soon as grades are in.
Registrar George Stott said Monday
that the information will also be sent
to each student
Stott said the usual guidelines used for
students to lie deferred are: At the end
of their first y.-ar they must be in the
top half of their class, at the end of
their second year they must be in the
top two-thirds, and in their third year
they must 1* in the top three-fourths of
their class.
Class standings are not reported on
graduate students and students of pro-
fessions such as medicine, dentistry and
law Only satisfactory or unsatisfactory
performance is reported on these.
Stott said the draft boards use the
class rank ami the results of the Selective
Service Qualification Testa to determine
student deferment.
North Texas is among those colleges
that report class standings without re-
quests from the students.
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