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VOLUME XXI
NORTH TEXAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, DENTON, TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1987
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Students Hear Dr. Harry W. Laidler In A ssetnbly rj^rmui
T.C. Debaterh: They (let a Big Kick Out of Arguing
I'm nlt-nt Roosevelt took turn-
■it frum tin- Supreme Court and
other battle fronts this week to
i ill another Mast at one of the
in - t iii'p-ning questions of the na-
'ii. that nf farm tenancy. asking
< htfi.-'s to save the American
'I "f individual farm ownership
hi inguig Federal millions to
>• it.ran agriculture. Declaring
: hiit "A nation w ide program un-
• i Federal leadership with the
i istanci of states, counties, com-
'.iF.ities, and individuals is the
■ niution," he presented the
•■'iposal.- <if his special committee
in I arm tenancy of
<<o> eminent purchase of good
I mm land to lie sold on liberal
credit term-- to selected clients who
would undergo a period of trial
lending to eventual ownership of
the land.
Kederal nnd state purchase and
retirement of about 100,000,000
acres of poor crop land and as-
-ist nine to families mm inn from
this to better Innd
loans to alntut I,.'100.000 tenant
. no -hare-cropper families to help
inn ease their standard of living
and enable them lo compete with
others.
t (instruction and operation of
decent places to live for itinerant
farm laborer*.
t real ion of a farm security ad-
ministration under the Secrelarj
of Viniculture to direct the Fed-
tial farm program.
Many of you -ay, "SO WHAT?"
imt realizing that the nation as
i .1 hole cannot prosper until agri
culture, still the backbone of our
economic order, prospers. The sit
nation is summed up by Roosevelt
in his statement that "For the
past ten years the number of ten-
tin every year has increased about
100.000. The agricultural ladder
for these Americans ha- become
< treadmill . When fully held,
the total farm population no longer
can feel secure when millions of
• uir people have lost their roots
from the soil, action to provide
ecurity is imperative and will be
generally -ipproved." F'or the first
time in years American agriculture
r- getting consideration, and the
providing for at least a partial
solution if the problem of tenancy
will foster the general improve-
ment and stabilization of economic
America
Ihe old ipicstion of "What'* in
a name?" wus raised again by
l.jnn Talent, relief client of St.
I.ouis, as In awaited the twentieth
visit of the stork, wondering what
be could use for a name that he
hadn't used already. Which might
he another argument for birth con-
trol.
t'ustomarv procedure was re-
versed in a New York court this
week when Joseph Muntyou. ac-
cused by his 19-year-old daughter
of reproving her harshly for stay-
ing out till II p. m. and associat
ing with girls who smoke, win in
turn reproved by Judge Rucrich:
"Those horse-and-biiggy days are
out moded. Young people usually
tart enjoying themselves at about
II o'clock. I advise you to mod-
ernise your ideas and loosen up
your restrictions." Which, to say
the least, is unusual language from
a member of a group which on the
whole is the most conservative in
the land
Pictured above are eight members of Mrs. Olive M Johnson's debate squad. Reading from left to
right, they are: top row. Helen \nglin Judy Ann Stevens. Lucy Dec Owens, and Anna Roth I'atterson.
bottom row. I 'rank Stegall. l.lo>d Bond, Rogers Tee I. and John L. Sullivan. Anglin. Stevens. Stegall. and
liond will enter the Trinity Invitation Touranment a W uvahachic Kriday and Saturday.
House Committee
Submits Summer
Appropriation Bill
AMERICAN A: The postman
throwing mail in incinerators be-
cause to deliver it hurt his feet
. . . Motorists placing old parking
tickets on their cars so the police
won't tag them, and the police get-
ting wise and changing the color
of the tags . . . Youngsters. In-
fluenced by Ihe automobile workers,
staging a ait-down strike in a drug
store for free candy and gum . . .
Training police in public speaking
to compete with motorists who per-
sist in talking hark . . -An infant
being shaken to death by a roomer
l whose hand it had Mtten.
\ii appropriation of $.V2,(i!*f> was
rifoinmended to the State l«egis-
lnture by the House appropriu
t ntis committee Monday for the
maintenance of North Texas State
Teacher- College this summer The
appropriation, part of the bill to
provide for the maintenance of
late supported institutions, was
based on last summer's enrollment
figures.
The summer appropriation for
all the -tute schools, which was
for represented an in
crease of more than $50,000 over
the figure for last summer and
was virtually as large as had been
suggested by a committee of state
Collegi pi, -ulclits It was based
on student enrollment, with the
-mailer schools receiving a larger
l>ei -tudent allotment than the
bigger ones
President \\ J. McConnell at-
tended the hearing for the appro-
priation- in \u tiii Monday and
has remained for the meeting of
the Teachers Collegi Presidents'
Council there this afternoon.
Brenholtz Scores
Shortcomings of
Modern Church
"Christianity is a dismal fail
ure." said Dr. Harold Brenholtz
at the regular meeting of the Y
M and Y W C. A. last Friday
evening and then he continued,
"as it is practiced today."
The catch comes, according to
Dr. Brenholtz, when we realize
that true Christianity has never
lieen practiced ."ince Christ him-
self was on the earth.
"I haven't heard a sermon in fif
teen years," he stated, "in which
the preacher gave fairly anil
Hi|u:uvly the lesson that Christ
gave to the rich young man when
he told him to go and sell all his
possessions and give the money to
the poor."
Church Vgainst the Oppressed
It was pointed out that every
church points with pride to its
rich benefactors, while at the same
time these rich men gain their
wealth to the detriment of their
employees and the consumers.
The Presbyterian Church usually
delights in announcing the million
dollar gifts of the Mellon family
and never dare to think of how
many more millions go to the Mel
Ion pockets.
"And it is no wonder that when
ever a revolution is started." con
tinned Dr. Brenholt*. "that the
first institution that is destroyed
is the church, for the church has
(See SCORES CHURCH, page 2.)
Bradshaw Praises
T. C. Atmosphere
"One whitr of the atmosphere of
North Texas State 1'eachers Col-
lege is invigorating and spicy
enough to givi any ex student a
new lea-e on life when he comes
back from afield." is ihe opinion
of I ra S l-ii ads haw of the govern-
ment department, who returned to
Teacher- College thi- year to teach
after several years away from
the i ampus. "The contact with
somi of my former teachers, the
collegi' traditions, and the activi-
ties and attitude of the student
body in general stimulate in more
ways than one."
Mr. Bradshaw. who has had a
wide expeirence with college life,
having attended school in three
tales, speaks with the authority
of tine who has known North Texas
State Teachers < 'ollcgc for a con
stderahle numbci of years. lie
got his fust faste of college life
here as a -tudent and was a mem
In r of the stuff of the Campus
Chat in it infancy, acting in the
capacity of assistant editor-in
t'hiel durimr the first year that
the College's weekly publication
was in existence.
"It is noticeable thai the activi-
ties of this school are well-balanced
and wholesome." Mr. Bradshaw
further tate.-. "The educational
and social development are well
coordinated and forward bulking
The administration of the school
encourages this in building solidly
:e- it goes. It is easy to under-
stand why some of our ex-stud
dents are numbered among the
'eadint. teachers and administra-
tors of the State. This ts no long-
er a local institution but a least
I'Ctioiiai m prcstigi and influence.
It has forged to the front ami eas
tly takes its place as the leading
chool of its type in the South-
west. Its reputation reaches much
beyond its physical shadow."
In connection with his recent
gift to the State Historical Col-
lection of a complete file of the
Chat t"oi I he first year of its pub
lication. t'.'li! and 1017, Mr Brad
-haw -ays. "I have turned these
over to 1>i Kingsbury to fill in
the first and only big gap in his
tiles of this publication. My in
teres! in the Chat and the school
.'iiu-cil mi to etain these copies,
and I am more than glad to do-
nate them to the Historical Collec-
tion where they may be enjoyed
by thi' College at large."
FRESHMEN. NOTICE!
Debaters Slate
Tourney for This
Week at Trinity
Seal assignments for the
second semester will be posted
on Ihe bulletin hoard by Miss
( lark's office by Tuesday, so
please be sure to go by to see
where you are to sit and write
your assignment in your note-
book. Attendance will he
checked at Orientation Wed-
nesday, Feb. 24.
Mrs. Miry H. Wesson.
, Four debaters of the College
debute team and their coach, Mrs.
Olive M. Johnson, will go to Wax-
ahachie to take part in the Trin-
ity Cniversity Forensic Tourna
ment there Friday and Saturday.
Competing will be a men's team.
Frank Stegall and Lloyd Bond,
and a women's team, Helen Ang
1 in and Judy Ann Stevens.
Debaters from the College will
also participate in a forensic
tourney sponsored by Southwest
Oklahoma Teachers College in Du
rant, Okla., the lirst week in
March. Late in April the College
will send debaters to the regional
tournament of the nalionul Pi
Kappa Delta competition, a! the
College of the Ozarks in Arkansas.
Ph.vs. Ed. Club To
Sponsor All-Star
Revue Thursday
A 'Teachers College all-star n
vue will be presented at llatri-
Gymnnsiutn Thursday night at
7:H0 p. m„ under the auspices of
the Physical Education Profes-
sional Club, featuring a galaxy of
glamorous and well-known stars
of gridiron and campus. Johnny
Stovall, All-American halfback,
is to be master of ceremonies.
Featured on the bill are such
bits as Lee Roy Neal, who, under
the stage name of El Roy, pei
forms tricks of magic. Two dance
teams, Doris Martin and France
Hardisty. and Rowe Meador- and
Kelly Jones will give tap num
hers. Fred Parker will present
comical readings. Elizabeth Ed
wards will present piano selections
and Miss F.dith Kubcek will di
red a quadrille folk dance. Thi
College tumblers will perform and
a boxing match will also be a
part of the prt-. ram. Floyd Cira
ham's "Aces of ( ollege Land" will
provide music for the evening.
The program has been adver
tised as being one of the most en
tertaining of the year. Physical
Education Professional Club mem
bers are anxious that all students
attend. Admission will In- l.Tc.
Herman Buekner /«
( ampun Visitor
Herman A. Buekner, who !>•
ceivcd his B A. degree here in
IP,'10, was a visitor on the Campus
Tuesday, stopping here while en
route to New Orleans to attend
the meeting of thi' National Edu-
cation Association. Buekner is now
superintendent of school* in H«v
thorne. California.
New Projects To
Get Underway Soon
For NYA Workers
NYA plans for the new semes-
ter include numerous projects
vv Inch are to be started in the near
future, according to word from
the local NYA office. Campus
workers for the Federal student-
aid program have been helped to
-tay in this college by a sum total-
ing well over $18,000 allotted us
l>\ the National Youth Adminis-
tration. This money lias been
-pent in keeping worthy students
in school by employing them in a
wide variety of jobs.
Projects now in operation include
-pecial remedial classes in the
Demonstration School, construction
of a rock garden at the athletic
icld, recerational help on play-
' grounds, research work for various
teachers in different departments,
.mi many others. An inventory of
all College squipment was recent-
ly completed, This was under the
j supervision of Dixie Boyd, Busi
in — s Manager of the College.
Projects scheduled to get under
way shortly by the NYA office
include a tree planting project in
rampus beautification, child-health
survey in the Demonstration School
and several projects in co-opera-
tion with the Resettlement Adtnin-
1 i-it rat ion Office in Denton under
Mi Pat Neff Roberts, Adminis-
trator.
Cast Completed
For Next Drama
Of College Players
Final casting for "The Ameri-
can Princess." next production of
the College Players to be pre-
sented March 11. was completed
tl\is week when three new actors
were added and one change was
made in the cast. Lee Conway,
will take the part in the play of
second footman in Dolly's home;
Hearon Buttrill will double in the
parts of secretary to the king and
second guard in the British Mu-
seum; and Harry Black will double
in the p. -ts of first footman in
Dolly's home and first guard in
the British Museum. Elleece Taylor
has been chosen to replace Judy
Ann Ste'.ens in the part of Ma'ni
Susan.
Because of the large number of
characters in the play, casting has
become difficult, according to Mrs.
Myrtle Hardy, sponsor of the
dramatic club, and selection of a
few cast members was not possible
liefore this week.
"The American Princess," which
was written by Mrs. Olive M. John-
-on of the Speech Department of
the College, is a three-act romance
iiased on the love affair between
former King Edward VIII of Eng-
land and Mrs Wallis Simpson.
College Broadcast
Hour Is Changed
The hour of the collegiate pro-
gram broadcast regularly over Ra
dio Station WFAA has been
<'bang"d to Monday nights from
,i: Ifi to 10 o'clock. J. D Hall, di-
rector of publicity, has announced.
The series, known as "(in South-
western Campuses" has been heard
•ii Wednesday evenings at 11 • 80
■'clock.
Mr Hall has asked faculty mem
Iters lo leave suggestions for new*
■ind features concerning the Col-
lege in his box in the faculty ex-
change by Saturday afternoon of
each week.
T. r. II \NI) DIRECTOR
PRAISES ORCHESTRA H ALL
Lecturer
A nation's sick-list is not a problem in which only a patient and a
physician are interested, for an important third party, the public, it
also affected by the illness of individuals, Dr. Harry W. Laidler, author
and social philosopher, member of the New York bar, and director of
the League for Industrial Democracy, asserted in an assembly address
here yesterday in which he urged
the enactment of state health in-
surance as the public's best weapon
against the waste and devastation
wrought by disease.
Dr. Laidler's subject was "Is
Health the Public's Business?—
The Case for Socialised Medicine."
He was introduced by Dr. S. B.
McAlister, member of the College
lecture committee which brought
Dr. Laidler to the Campus.
Health Ik Public's Business
"It was first considered that ill-
ness concerned only two individu-
als. the doctor and the patient." Dr.
Laidler said. "But then we saw
the spread of epidemics, as popu-
lation increased and great centers
of population came into being. It
was seen that the public has an
interest in illness. Health serv-
ices maintained by cities, countries
and stutes began operation, and
we have seen many of these epi-
demics of the past disappear. Es-
pecially is this true of contagious
disease epidemics," he declared.
"The public health service, how-
■v.
Dr. Harry W. Laidler. well-
ever, is far from adequate," he bnown author and lecturer on so-
maintained. He cited statistics f'*' *nd economic problems, t>poke
prepared by the Committee on the 'n assembly yesterday on the topic
cost of medical care to show that Health the Public's Business?"
presenting is a faroofal manner
(See LAIDLER. page 2.) the case for socialised medicine.
First Chat Reveals How
Newspaper Got Name
(Editor's Note: The following
feature, which tells how the Cam-
pus Chat got its name, is reprinted
verbatim from the first issue of
the Csmpus Chat, printed on Oct.
25. Iftlfi.)
Speaking before a meeting of
the Texas University Student As
enibly, (ieorge E. Hurt, director
• if the l,onghorn Band, asked the
issembiy to give its help in se-
curing a band hall similar to that
«f North Texas State Teachers
College. Hurt highly recommended
a hall of thi' type of the Teachers
College Orchstra Hall, saying that
one like it was badly needed there
It was a tense moment in the
office when the Athletic Editor
came in with the important-look-
ing box from the bulletin board,
where it had lieen gathering slips
with suggestions for the name of
the new weekly. (As in the case
of any other infant, the naming
was an important event in its early
life.) The staff sat around the
room in attitudes of hushed ex-
pectancy, while they waited to
hear Mr. Masters read the sug-
gestions from over two hundred
students.
Slowly, as one who feels the
vast import of the question that is
about to he decided, he picked
up the first slip, and read sonor-
ously. "The Normal Headache!"
Then cnmc "The Laughing Liszie,"
"The Normal Lemon." "The Sun-
shine Special," and "The Radia-
tor," in quirk succession. As Mr.
Masters read on. there came out
of the box the most conglomerated
and hetrogeneous mixture of ani-
mals that the world has ever
known. Rattlers, lizards, coyotes,
lobos. bison, ragbits in fnct every-
thing that walks, flies, or crawls,
from a boll-weevil to a bull moose.
Even n baby elcphunt wa- named
This medley of appellations almost
caused the staff to stampede
All Types of Names
About forty slips were very con-
servative, and contained such
names as "The Normal Gazette.
"The Normal News," or '"The Nor-
mal Weekly," while others, from
students evidently infected with
germs of romance, suggested
"What the Moon Said." "The Dew
Drop," or "The Dripping Foun-
tain."
Among the last of the two hun-
dred names were these. "The Tex-
as Ranger." "The Mustang," "The
Flashlight." "The Searchwarrant,"
"The Quirt," "The Mesquite." "The
Outcast," "The Bucaneer," "The
Trail." "The Coyote," "The Bison."
"The Texas Rattler." "The Fron-
tiersman." "The Jitney." "The
Submarine."
"H'm," said the frivolous dam-
sel. "that sounds like the plot to
a thrilling 'movie'. Just put in a
few and's and the's and it will run
like this:
"The Texas Ranger, mounted on
a dashing Mustang, with a Flash-
light in his hand, a Quirt hung
on his saddle-horn, and a Search-
tSee NAMING CHAT, page 2 )
Peabody Teacher
Surveys College's
Art Curriculum
Miss Grace Sobotka, member of
the art faculty of George Peabody
College for Teachers, Nashville,
was on the Campus yesterday
surveying the curriculum of the lo-
cal art department in the interest
of the General Education Board.
In individual conference with art
instructors of the College, she
checked over the art curriculum of
the College as shown by the Col-
lege bulletins and the teachers'
content outlines.
Miss Sobotka is one of a num-
Iter of professors who are making
this survey in state universities,
women's colleges, and teachers
colleges. The work is part of a
broad attempt to analyze present
curriculums.
At Peabody. Miss Sobotka says,
the formerly distinct departments
of art, home economics, fine arts,
drnma, music, and dance have now
lieen merged into one broad art
department designed to furnish
the "appreciation background" for
elementary teachers. Other sub-
jects offered at Peabody have been
classified under three similar
broad departments science, social
science, and language
Members of the art faculty, to-
gether with former students of
Peabody who are now on the fac-
ulty here, entertained Miss So-
botka at luncheon yesterday in
Marquis Hall.
GOVBMNMElfT
was on nwrr staff
or college's papee
I In S. Bradshaw, professor of
government at the College, pre-
sented Volume One of the CiuapM
Chat to the State Historical Col-
lection and College Museum Men-
day afternoon. The gift incladss
a copy of the first Chat ever issued
.—that of October 26, 191ft—and
a copy of each succeeding iaoos
, for the first year of the Chat's
publication.
"Mr. Bradshaw's gift is the most
important addition to the ar-
chives of the College this yaar,"
Dr. J. L. Kingsbury, curator of die
collection, said after Mr. Bradrtaw
had made known his gift by bring-
ing the papers to the library head-
quarters of the collection.
Bradshaw Waa Summer Editor
"Mr. Bradshaw was associate
editor-in-chief of the Chat for that
first year durnig the long session
and became editor-in-chief of the
publication during the months of
summer school. Miss Mary Wat-
lington, Texarkana, was editor-
in-chief for the long session. Mias
1 Mamie Smith, now a member of
the faculty and on leave of ab-
sence to study in the University
i of Texaa, and at that time a stu-
dent in the College, was a member
of the staff. W. N. Masters, then
as now, was chairman of the Pub-
lications Council.
Dr. Kingsbury pointed out that,
although the files of the Chat la
the archives have been compara-
tively complete, until Moitfay,
when Mr. Bradshaw announced his
gift, the files did not contain a
single issue of the first volume of
the Chat. Since the Chat came into
existence just before America en-
tered the World War aad the
issues which make up this first
volume reflect the attitude to-
ward the war on the part of the
students after war had bean de-
clared and the drafts were under
way, this Volume One of the Cam-
pus Chat ia a very valuable ad-
dition to the collection from an
historical point of view, Dr. Kings-
bury said.
The issues which make up ths
first year of the Chat's publica-
tion contain news of the Mary
Ardens, the Current Literature
Club, the Y. W. C. A., and the
Press Club regularly as the Chat
of 1987 does.
Big Newa Stories. 1910-1917
Big news stories during that
first year includes: decision to
confer the bachelor of arts degree
at North Texas State Normal
College, as this institution waa
then called; telegrams sent by
student body congratulating Wood-
(See FIRST ISSUE, page 2.)
Mrs, B. B. Harrtf
Father Buried
Funeral services were held Tues-
day afternoon for William Monroe
Blow, father of Mrs. B. B. Harris,
who died at his home in Ft. Worth
Sunday. Burial was in Green-
wood cemetery there.
Mr. Blow and his family for-
merly lived in Denton. He was
!>«rn in Pulaski. Tenn.. and came
to Texas 5ft years ago. For the
l ast 2ft vear« he has lived in Fort
Worth.
College Calendar
Feb. 18—W, 1M7
Thursday. Feb. 18:
7:00—Junior Mary Ardena—
Mary Arden Lodge
7:00—Industrial Education Club
—Clubhouse
1 Friday. Feb. 19:
3:00~-Friady afternoon tea-
Girls Reception Room—Meets
and hostesses: The Press Club
6:30—Hill County Club—Club-
House
7:30—"Y"—Clubhouse
8:00—Marquis Hall Formal
Monday. Feb. 22:
4:00—W. A. A. tea—Clubhouse
7:00—Quintilians—Clubhouse
8:00—Gammadiona—Clubhouse
7:00—Elementary Council-
Arden Lodge
Tuesday. Feb. 88:
6:00—Mary Arden Buffet Supaer
for new members—Mary Ariea
Lodge
7:00—English Majors Clab—
7.80—8ocial Science Club—Clab-
COLLBCE PLAYERS
There will he an
meeting of the College Flay-
ers in the Audit*lam Thurs-
day night. Feb. 18. at 7 p.
1 7:80—Eagles vs. S. H. T. C.
Harriss Gym.
Wednesday, Feb. 14:
7:00—Ftoshmsit
Auditorium
7:00—Trojans—Clubhouse
Thursday, Feb, 88
7:80—College
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