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EDITORIALS
Hendry's Hi-Jinks
The Campus Chat
Wednesday, May 9. 1956 ^
Odds and Ends
Jokes Provide Conversation Items
by JOYCE IIK.MiHY
Probably the only topic more in
America than the weather in an old joke.
Whiwrrrr the conversation begin* to drag or
stop* completely. someone suggest*,
tell joke*."
The first n.urid ih always dull because
people tell the old reliable <>n' - that everybody
ha* already heard while they think of how
to clean up the on<- they like best. Why is
it that the only joke* which come t-i mind iri
an emergency are the one you heard at a
slumber party or a tag beer bust?
Seem* rather ridiculous considering the fact
that jokes, <arU>ons, und comic strips are
part of almost everj American'* iiy life
Hundreds of people will leave the front page
until 10 o'clock coffee, but they have t<> read
the funnies as toon a O" paper arrive
When one of the paper- 'ri rny home town
Id.uifht the lK".«t comic strips used by its com
pctitor, it gained thousands of the latter'*
subscriber* overnight
At a journalism curiventi«n la I pring. the
mint widely attended session was the one
which starred Milton Caniff. artist of the
Steve Canyon comic strip.
At Christmas time dozen* of families buy
liennis the Menace cocktail napkin* as a
just in ca-te gift because everyone seem* to
enjoy thern, even the non cocktail drinkers.
Probably the most veil-known personalities
in the I'.S are comic Urip characters Every
one ha* heard of Little Orphan Annie and
I'oifo During the last presidential election
hundred- of people wore "I Co Pogo" buttons
religiously. arid they (tiobably will again next
November.
When liaisy Mae married l.il' Abner it al
rnosl created a national revolt. The marriage
bei-arne the topir of nation-wide polls and
magazine articles
Itesides this stir, AI f'app has ha<l hi*
hare of influence ori the Aimrican public,
fternernhei when Hhmoos were all over the
place? Kvery child under 10 years had a
hmoo replica They floated around in bath
tub. all over the nation and even in public
swimming pool*.
Ha die Hawkins dance are observed by al
tnt",' all high -school*, and someone comes as
l.il' Abner or liuixy Mae to practically every
masquerade party that is held.
When Capp had a contest to select I *na
the Hyena several years ago, he was flooded
with entrant*. Cities were forced to hold in-
dividual contest* arid sent their best example*
on to the national judging
Capp'* counterpart in the field of humorou*
literature seem-, to be Max Hhulman, who
rank* high on most collegians' preferred read-
ing list*. Hhulman has gained much of his
popularity by pointing out the humor in col-
lege life. For instance,
•Who'* that?"
"Cirl I used to sleep with."
"Shocking* Where?"
"Physics lecture."
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Reporter 'Solves Crime,
Writes Story of Heroism
limoMnsiAA S&ama Qlloqical
Qn Kipdjwqsm (Bomb JmJtA
Thin week's hydrogen liomb tests in
the Pacific s| otlight I hi' uneasiness
arid dissatisfaction of many Ameri
cans.
Afraid of radiological dangers and
lielieving that (In- time has come to
cease development of nuclear weapons,
some citizens of this country arc in
cerely protesting th«- tests. l!ut their
reasoning, logical as it mav sound, is
very impraclical.
Other nuclear weapon* are being
developed and tested consistently in
other parts of the world, including
Soviet Asia, and the I'nited Stales
must keep abreast of the times.
.Since Russia is developing those
weajions, the United States govern-
ment has informed the world that
there is no other course except to be
prepared for nuclear war.
The II bomb tests have been tabbed
as highly confidential. American war
ships and warplancs were its signed
patrol duty to keep wandering fishing
I km 's awav from the menace of con
lamination, and no foreign observers
have been invited.
While secrecy cloaks much of (he
test series, there has been a great
amount of publicity released on the ac-
tivities, and a large group of radio,
new«pa|K r, and television men were
invited to witness the tests.
Officials explained that the reason
for the publicity is two-fold. The people
of the I'nited States will know what to
expect jn ca-e of a nuclear attack, and
Ru < ia will think twice before she de-
cides to launch a nuclear war on this
count r- it the pre cut tests receive the
right amount of publicity.
Communist boss Khrushchev an-
nounced recently that Russia had al-
ready dropped an II bomb from a plane
and commented on the fact that this
country's plans for such an event were
still in the future.
With Russia scoring first in the
nuclear weapon tests, claims that the
United States should stop experiment-
ing with the hydrogen bomb are high-
ly illogical. Willie Jacobs
Got Start on Talent Show for Freshmen
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Journalist*, like movie stars, have had a
legend built up about them. People picture
a new-paperman as be in if an amateur sleuth
who g. e- around solving crimes and getting
a by lire on the front page of pie paper by
writing the 'tory of his heroism.
Kvery reporter dreams of something like
this happening to him, but few ever live
through such an experience.
Campus Echoes
JIM HAMPTON
North Teias comedian
Curfew Prank
Fools Women
At University
The residents of a women's dormitory at the
University of Kansas were recently read an
ultimatum The gist ot it was that because
of the offensive display of affection found
shortly prior to closing hours, the administra-
tion was prohibiting men from calling at
women's residence halls after 6 p.m.
Continuing, it said that the administration
felt that students had misused their privilege
of freedom and that the ruling would be ef-
fective until such time as the administration
felt thut the students were better able to show
their maturity as members of the university
family. It was signed by the dean of women.
The women were still mulling over the new
ruling when an April Fool sign wan carried
in. —llaily Reveille
* * *
An American at a Paris wedding asked,
"Who's the groom?"
"Je ne sais pas," was his answer.
Later in the day he was visiting a cathedral
where a funeral was in progress and asked
an attendant, "Who died?"
"Je ne sais pas," was the reply.
"My stars'." exclaimed the tourist, "lie
c.'h«t I'hou. by WEYMOUTH surely didn t last long.
Reflector
Not long ago, a young sports reporter
realized his dream of a "Big Break." It
happened right here in Texas.
A reporter for the San Antonio News, Dan 3
Cook, took an anonymous phone call that ^
gave hi m his big chance.
It was a tip-off to "the biggest robbery 1
pulled since the Brinks' job." Someone had
robbed a Houston safe of $200,000, the tip- 1
ster said. He gave Cook the address and car 3
license of the robber.
Cook got tight promoter Jimmy Parks, a #
"special" deputy with gun-toting privileges, j
and the two took off for the scene of the
crime.
After finding the address, that of Edwin
Koy llamlett, an auto salesman, the reporter
and the deputy demanded the stolen money.
When llamlett denied knowing what the two
were talking about, they proceeded to rough
him up a bit.
They finally left the house in the salesman's
Cadillac with $K8i> and the address of Ham-
lett's boss, a used-car dealer, Jimmy Hicks.
On the way they pocketed $1000 that was in
Hamlett'x glove compartment.
The two San Antonians forced Hicks to
surrender $1200. They taped the two victims'
hands and mouths, but before leaving they
took the tape off their mouths.
Cook and the San Antonio deputy got away,
but the next day the reporter decided to let
the Houston police in on his big story. They
weren't at all sympathetic and jailed the two
sleuths, charging them with armed robbery.
It looked as if another reporter's big chance
had been muffed.
However, three days later the police ad-
mitted that there had, indeed, been a safe
robbery, totaling not $200,000, but $.'500,000.
llamlett, an ex-convict, was charged with
burglary, along with an ex-jailmate, Harvey
Marley.
Reporter Cook, out on $10,000 bond, en-
joyed a triumph much beyond his dreams.
His story with his by-line was carried, not
only in the San Antonio News, but on front
pages all over Texas, and by the Associated
Press wire service.
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l JOVCK IIKNDRY
When Jim Hampton v,n« asked U> help out
with the lleiiton March of Ilimes benefit, show
last spring, the omedian agreed quickly, con
sidering himself the show's most willing
usher.
The day of the benefit he changed his mind.
I ri a store downtown he saw an advertisement
which read "Acts by Pat Boone, the South-
ern Belles, and Jim Hampton."
"Jim Hampton. That's me!" he recalls his
reaction
When the initial surprise wore off, Hamp-
ton raced home with JO minutes remaining be-
fore his scheduled appearance and came up
with the dating routine he now uses
"When I first came off stage I thought I
had really been a big success. Then l realized
that my pants were unzipped. But everybody
laughed so I guess it was a success of some
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fort. At least I was undaunted," he said.
That shock was not unusual fot the young
comedian whose whole career in comedy ha.'
been a series of surprises.
His first surprise was a request by ("hi
Omega President Shirley Blakely that he ap-
pear on the sorority's freshman talent show.
"I had never done any comedy routines
then I fall, 19S5) other than the usual living
room clowning," he explained, "so I told her
she was crazy. She was going with the presi-
dent of Kappa Alpha, which I was pledging,
so she told me I was crazy. I went on."
Saturday night stage show, at TSCW, in
Gainesville, and at many dances over the area.
Last month he appeared on the Intercolle-
giate Talent show at Texas A and M which
featured 16 acts from colleges in Louisiana,
Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
"Every time I do an act it seems to be a
bigger break," Hampton said. Following the
show at A and M he was approached by a rep-
resentative of WFAA in Dallas who was fa-
vorably impressed with his act.
Hampton, who entered North Texas as an
art major, switched to drama and plans to
An early off-campus show was another sur- get a teaching certificate, but hopes that it
Sooner or later every good thing
gives out. Our oil sources in the United
States, and ve.s, even in Texas, have
reached the first stage of shortage.
More and more wells are developing
into dry holes and oil companies are
having to drill deeper to strike oil.
Because of all thin, crude-oil prices
are rifling and consequently Americans
can ex|iect higher prices in the future
$ood VYluAic VYl&hitA
TlaJtionA fisiCDcptiiion
(Dwiinq Jhi& (x)f&k
This is National Music week.
For those of us who have lieen ex-
posed to everything from sweet potato
week to don't forget to cat your eggs
because this is national chicken in
every jxit week, this new designation
may not evoke earth-shattt ring cheers,
but actually it's a week that may U-
easily observed.
Kven if bop is included in the defin-
ition of music, there is still enough
Untenable music around to soothe the
savage beast and make many more
things enjoyable such as studying
late at night and dating.
North Texas adds its share to stu-
dents' musical enjoyment. The Sym-
phony orchestra provides classical
music and the Jazz band provides in-
spiration for the cats who want to get
with it.
With the widespread sale of records
and the growth of the high-fidelity
industry, it is now possible to bring a
symphony orchestra into the dormi-
tory room—without crowding.
Hi-fi even makes Ixip less objection-
able.
The only thing that hasn't been im-
proved is the alleged cowboy who
strums his washboard, cries into the
bubbles of his beer, and sings a lonely
lament about Itty Kitty Blue Eyes.
The solution to this is to turn the
switch on the radio as far to the left
as possible. —Guy Draughon
fuel oil for
heating, and
in plants
for gasoline
oil used in locomotives and
that generate electric power.
At the same time, demands for pe-
troleum in the U.S. are increasing at
the rate of (i |ier cent each year over
the year before. Demands of the rest
of the world are soaring even higher
Jit rates of I I jier cent a year. The tui-
tions' |ietroleum demand already ex-
ceeds its production by about 1.2 tnil-
lioi barrels a day, and this number is
expected to increase to almost 2.2
million a day by 11I65.
To meet this demand, the U.S. is
rapidly becoming a major importer in-
stead of an exporter. American oil
companies are fleeing to foreign fields,
such as the Middle Kast and South
America, where more than half of the
reserves are already owned by U.S.
firms.
There seems to be no end in sight
for this growing problem, although
atomic energy may somedav decrease
tlx need for petroleum. Its first use
as a substitute would probably be in
providing heat for generating electrical
power, but at that, it would account
for only per cent of the oil demand
in the U.S.
And until the day when atomic
energy can be develo|>ed so as to serve
this need, which isn't expected for at
least 10 years, an increased expansion
by the petroleum industries is the only
aid for the problem.
A need for earnings to finance the
search for new oil in other countries
and to build new facilities for produc-
tion puts a pressure on crude-oil
prices. Some oil officials state that an
increase of t>0 cents a barrel on crude
oil will be required to meet this need,
and to compensate for the deeper drill-
ing and the development of the known
supplies here in the U. S.
But however you look at it. future
priies of oil and gasoline are bound
to rise. And this rise in cost and the
difficulty of discovering oil is going
to be felt by everyone.
Grady Phelps
prise for the Dallas sophomore, who was
asked to appear on the stage show of a dance.
When he got there he discovered that "I was
the show."
The occasion was his first paid appearance.
"When they asked how much I would charge,"
he recalls, "I sort of gulped in astonishment.
Before I could explain that I was strictly an
amateur, a fraternity brother volunteered,
'He might l>e able to do it for $15 and ex-
penses.' "
After the first few shows, offers to appear
on various programs in the area came in fair-
ly rapidly. Hampton has appeared on the
"is just an insurance policy." He wants to be
a night club entertainer, in the legitimate
theatre, or on television.
"I guess I'm stagestruck in a way," he con-
fesses. "You can't understand the thrill it is
to walk off the stage and have someone say,
'Boy, you were really funny!' unless you ex-
perience it for yourself.
"Before I go on stage I get sir1 wkh stage
f right and think I can't go on, but when you
walk out and those lights nre on you, it's a
whole new world and you can't leave."
Hampton blames his stage fright on a feel-
ing of "the audacity of a young punk like me
going on stage before these crowds. Then I
think, 'What if they don't laugh,' but so far
they always have."
All the members of his family have a keen
sense of humor, Hampton says, crediting them
w ith his ability as a comedian. "Comedy is the
earliest thing in my life that 1 can remember,"
he said. "Instead of wanting to be a fireman
or a policeman or a baseball player, my he-
roes were Jack Benny and Danny Kaye.
With the Alumni . . .
Grad Gets Post
As Investigator
WINGFIELD YARBRO GALBRAITH,
graduate of North Texas, has been appointed
investigator for the United States Civil Serv-
ice commission and is now receiving intensive
training in the commission's central office in
Washington, D.C.
Former North Texas student Second Lt.
C. A. VAKDKKIN JR. was killed recently
when his plane collided with another near
Greenville, Miss.
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Belief, without hypodermic injections
of insulin, may be in store for diabetes
sufferers. Development of pills to con-
trol some forms of diabetes is moving
forward rapidly in Germany and the
United States.
bad side effects over years of treat-
ment.
The diabetes pills were discovered in
Germany some months ago. Although
the drugs are not on the market in the
United States, they are being commer-
So far. in clinical tests, the pills have cially distributed in Germany. Several
The Campus Chat
been successful in controlling only mild
diabetes. And doctors caution that it's
still too early to be certain that the
pills will work satisfactorily without
Did You Know? . . .
hundred diabetics in this country and
more than 3000 in Germany have used
the pills.
In diabetes, sugar compounds ac-
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Tv.« Campu* Chni tlu«tent n«««paper of North
? rolfcv Ift published «emi-wr«*tilY
• every WHnenla.t and Friday i during the long
t« Si'|itrmli-r through Maf and weekly
i every Frtdav) during the lummrr irmion
Jim- thr«igh Aufwt, during rrview and
r*arbitration period* and whonl vaeationa
Edtt'-rial «tat« m«*nta of !h# I'amptH ("hat refleet
thr opinion of «t<tdet,t writrnt and not new-
•arfijr that of the North Tmm State college
administration.
SCE SMITH
rireulation
I ETTERS FROM READERS; Tfce CKat
romr* letter* front reader*, but rmerv** the
right to edit when nerraaary letter* nhouWI he
«igned. hut the writer'* initial* will he u«ed if
re* tuented.
Entered a* «erond-<-!a«a matter April 1ft,
at th<r Pant office in Denton under the mrU of
Marrh II. !*?#.
Did you know that at least four North Tex-
an* may be on future United States Olympic
teams?
Although no one enrolled now is likely to
make this year's team. Bobby Mosshart, Ku-
Ifene (Fotriei FoKlcsonir, Boyd Dollar, and
Bob Burrh are definite possiblities for the
1960 team.
Mosshart, a freshman 880-yard runner,
may be one of the top men for the United
States in the middle-di tance races, if he con-
After beinK transferred to Washington,
D.C., he won the low-board title in the District
of Columbia AAU meet. Foirlesongr is also an
acrobat, so he may be a dual entrant in the
1960 world sports carnival.
Dollar's best time in the 100-yard dash,
9.4 in the NAIA meet last year, was only .1
second over the world record, but was not
(rood enough to win. Bobby Morrow of ACC
won the race. Morrow may be Dollar's chief
tinues to improve. He is the holder of the na- obstacle in making the Olympics, if Dollar
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tional high school 880-yard record. 1:54.3.
The Abilene speedster anchored the victo-
rious Eagle team in the sprint medley relay
at the North Texas relays, and was also on
the winning mile-relay team.
Foglesong, a junior from Coahoma, won the
high-board title at the West Texas-New Mexi-
co AAU meet at El Paso while he was in the
Army, stationed at Fort Bliss.
tries for the team.
Burch's best discus throw, 164 feet 2
inches, a North Texas and North Texas re-
lays record, was five feet better than the best
throw he made last year, 159 feet 5*. inches.
If he continues to improve at that rate, he
may be one of the two or three top discus
men in the nation by the time of the next
Olympics.
cumulate in the blood because the body
does not produce enough insulin natur-
ally to burn the sugar for energy.
Symptoms are thirst, hunger, loss of
weight, tiredness, and drowsiness. Be-
fore insulin was discovered in 1021. the
life expectancy of diabetic adults was
only 5 to 10 years and the standard
treatment was a diet of half-starvation.
The American Diabetic association
estimates there are a million known
diabetics in the U.S. with a possible
additional million undiscovered mild
cases. The association estimates that
three million Americans will develop
the disease sometime during their life-
time.
Doctors believe a majority of adult
sufferers could be helped by the new-
drugs. An estimated 50 per cent to 75
per cent of adult diabetics now use in-
sulin injections to control the disease.
The new pills have failed to control
the more serious forms of diabetes,
particularly that in children.
The new drugs may be started in
conjunction with insulin or the diabetic
may be taken off insulin. One treatment
is to give five half-gram pills the first
day, three pills the second day, and
two pills daily thereafter. For very
heavy patients four pills a day may be
necessary.
Two companies in the U. S. are doing
research on the pills. They expect to
have the new drugs ready for market
within the next year.
—Shirley Burgess
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