The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 5, 1956 Page: 2 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 23 x 18 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
it i
CMTOtiALS
Grows Board for Play
The Campus Chat
Actor Sacrifices Clean-Shaven
•ays, "It's a terrific play Thoae who have
read it have all given enthusiastic reports."
Although Bigelow ha* airraid) been grow-
ir>g a be rd for hts role for nearly ten
months. he intends to shave it off as toon a*
the play i* over.
"Aside front the ribbing I've ) eeti gettinif,
it's lieen quite uncomfortable," he explain*.
"Angel ia a perfect example of the type
by VICK1 MAhhfcY
Um middle of February. Ben Bigelow
growing • beard bo wear in hi bom*
town of Fort Worth on Christmas day.
But Bigelow, North Texas student, won't be
for Saint Sick in (www. Ha ia
acheduled to play the comedy lead of Angel in
"Snow Job," a two-act drama by Karl Buah
which ha* it* Christmas day premiere at the
Majestic theatre m Fort Worth.
The product ton will feature an ail-college
senup-ofeatKma. cast.
The piay. a Live Theatre production, ia
frurrt on fact and concerns the Navy I-each ■
master * part in the Imhort amphibious land-
is* and the Hamhung evacuation, which took
place during the Christmas seaaob of 1W 0
The author, who participated in the Ip--hoi)
invasion and who waa one of the two sur-
vivors of his particular group, is portrayed
in the play as Duff.
Bigeion, who is himself an Army veteran,
Remember?. . .
Local Sororities
Plan Campaign
To Collect Toys
I Year Ago
Dec 7, 1V&S . . . Campus sororities are now
in the midat of their annual Christmas toy-
raising campaign. ... "A Child Is Bom" will
be Supper Theatre's annual Christmas show.
. . . Marilyn Agan and Joe < annon will rep
reaent North Texas at a Texas A ami M stu-
dent conference on national affairs and for
eign policy. . . . The first campus concert of
the year will b« presented by the A Cappella
choir Wedneaday Don Halter, four-letter
quarterback for the Kagles, was recently
named to the Associated Cress Little All-
American third team.
5 Years Ago
Dec. 5, 1961 . , . The campus-wide drive
for Korean relief, sponsored by the Student
Religious council, closes today. ... A case of
chicken pox en the carnpui., contracted by a
coed during a trip home, has been reported
by the health service . Gaudy costumes
wiil replac* sorority uniforms Tuesday night
when the six social groups present the an- _ _ . as I
nual Intersorority Stunt night. . . . Coach rTOm Udk tO MdpIC
H. G. (Pete) Shands' veteran cage squad ______
dropped Texaa A and M Monday night, 4ii U
. . . The union building is wearing a Yule
tide eoatume this week through the courtesy
of two carapua organizations. . . . The Great
chorus will present a greater portion of Han-
del'a "Messiah" Dec 16.
19 Years Ago
Dec 6, 1946 ... A special train will be run
to Houston for the Optimist bowl game when
the Eagles meet the College of i'acific Dec.
21. / . . The 1V47 Yucca will contain the
largest class section in the history of the
publication. . Ten North Texas debaters
are fighting for sweepstakes honors at East
Central State college in Ada, Ok la. . . . Jim-
my Stewart stars in
of pi - - I f t.- portray, and I feel that in
order to give a got*! performance, I should
live the part," he added
"He is a down-to-earth guy who has a good
time everywhere he goes. Originally a tough
guy from the slums of New York City, An-
get has now settled down to a certain extent
ar><! find-v that service life i for him."
Bigelow finds the other characters "very
human and realistic in their characterizations
of people who have been caught up as part
of a major conflict.
"Although their jobs may not always be to
their liking, since they are all typical service-
men, they are part of a planned operation
and naturally do what is required of them."
Bigelow *s portrayal laat fall of Duke in the
Greater Fort Worth Community Theatre pro-
duction <<f "Stalag 17," by Donal Bevan and
1 Imund Trscinski, was responsible for get-
ting him the part of Angel.
Bigelow i* very happy over getting the
part Me feels that every good role adds more
! a potential actor.
At the last rehearsal I felt very relaxed
confident, and 1 give the credit to the
North Texas speech department. The role
would have <een very difficult had 1 not
learned h« w to relax and control my nerves
whiie on stage." he said.
"Before 1 tame to North Texaa, 1 had al-
n ost no knowledge of the ■stage. Now I feel
trial I have a broader insight into the acting
profession," he added
Or finally from Bangor, Me , Bigelow
joined the Army in 1951 before -ompleting
high school Before he was discharged in 1953,
h«' had passed work through the General Ed-
ucation division equivalent to that done by a
Viirh school graduate.
After attending a school in Maine, Bigelow
came to Texas with his mind made up to be-
c"rne an actor. He intends to study method
a. ting and his greatest aim in life is to study
a! the Actors studio in New York City.
Bigelow says that he will need three or
four years of study at the Goodman Memorial
theatre in Chicago to qualify for the Actors
studio He added that the Goodman theatre
has the reputation of having one of the best
voice and diction teachers in the business.
Bigelow will appear soon as Joe Summers
in the Wesley foundation production of "The
lottery."
He tias also lieen cast as Carl in the College
Wednetdey, Dec. 5, 1954
US Oil Suppffd *° ^
■ace£ujwpsian-dmii-'ucan Giliantt
Once mure it is time to a*k ourselves
the name old question, this time with a
new meaning.
Where do we go from here ?
Western Europe is frightened, and
justifiably so. The oil shortage,
brought on by the Suez crisis, is al-
ready being felt. Throughout Europe,
the economic squeeze is getting tighter.
Even the stolid liritish people aie
beginning to falter in their customary
conviction that somehow, no matter
what. Britain always will "mudd* •
through."
In France, the gasoline shortage is
acute. Motorists wait for hours in long
queues for a gallon of precious gaso-
line.
A war psychosis has swept through
Scandinavia, where emergency meas-
ures revive grim memories of 1939.
The last oil tankers to pass through
Suez have unloaded at British ports.
Gasoline rationing is scheduled to
start a week before Christmas. The
output of English coal, now more des-
perately needed than ever, has fallen
810,000 tons below normal in the past
11 weeks.
Above all this unrest in Western
Europe is the jagged crack in the
Franco-British-American alliance.
Recent events in the Middle East
have shaken the alliance to its founda-
tions.
The best hope for the U.S. and her
allies to re-establish a strong, secure
front against Communist aggression is
Eisenhower's recent offer to supply
France and Britain with petroleum.
Also, the current crisis in Syria may
help to draw the Western allies to-
gether again.
Although the French and British
BEN BIGELOW
. . bearded actor
I'layers Laboratory production of "Hoopla blame US for squeezing them out of the
Hir Leben. Suez canal in the first place, they con-
Ti. -c's for Snow Job' may be purchased demned us more strongly for refusing
at the First Methodist church. 201 S. Locust, to help our own allies with ofl ill a tiflU
and at the Methodist house at North Texas. of crisis.
The price is 5« cents for students and $1 Anglo-French bitterness was aimed
for adults Proceeds will go to the Hogg primarily at the U.S. rt'fu.sal to ship oil
Foundation for Mentally Retarded and Deaf to its allies until they had pulled their
Tri-Kutu Photo
Children. To date, 1600 tickets have been sold,
according to Bigelow.
troops out of Suez. Behind this was the
spreading fear that the United States
Hollywood May Rejuvenate Theatres
by Fit \N< KS GRAVES
FOR AWHILE. Hollywood leaned to-
ward gangster pictures Then came the
western, which reached its heights in
"High Noon" and "Shane."
N'ext movie moguls concentrated on
the processes by which the pictures
were shown rather than on the con-
Np Time for Comedy" tent. That eye-straining monstrosity,
at the Dreamland Wednesday . . . Parke-
Dans Pharmaceutical company has granted a
81000 fellowship to North Texas
the three-dimensional film, died a
quick and not-too-soon death when the-
atre patrons liecanu' tired of paying
Did You Know?
Trophy Room
Forensic Club
Contains
Awards
Did you know that the trophy roopi in the
student union building contains more trophies
from the Debate and Forensic club than from
any other activity on the campus ?
According to William II. DeMougeot, as
siatant professor of speech and drama and di-
rector of forensics at North Texas, debate
and forensic activities have been associated
with thia campus for a little over fifty years.
In addition, DeMougeot said that North
Texas won the national championship for de-
bate in IMS at the West Point Invitational
tournament.
Twenty-four students represented North
Texas in competitive tournaments last year.
Already Zt persons have participated in in-
teracholastic events this year. DeMougeot sa'd
that North Texas and Baylor have the lar-
gest number of persons in Texas to represent
their school in these events.
Students of North Texas won every after-
dinner speaking event they entered last year.
DeMougeot expects the students to place first
in the event again this year.
Representative* of the Debate and Forensic
club have attended the Central State college
tournament at Edmond, Okla.. and the Texas
Women's tournament in Austin this year. In
addition they competed in tournaments at
Texas Tech in Lubbock and Southern Meth-
odist university in Dallas.
At the latest tournament at Edmond, Okla ,
North Texaa students Wayne Callaway and
Mildred Williamson won first place :n the
division of the debate tournament In
rto representative* from North Texaa,
from If other schools participated
-At
its have received one
for individual events
psiat, we are doing bet-
t declared "So
* people ac-
e added that he is
this year.
•re will be
A tmd M and
■rt deride which eae they
Monday at 1 p.m. in room 31# of the speech
department in the historical building There
ait? .12 members in the club this year.
The debate topic for this year is: "Re-
solved. That the United States should dis-
conti:,ui: direct economic aid to foreign coun-
tries. "
With the Alumni . . .
Graduate Joins
Teaching Staff
WANl>A JEAN (THORNTON) ARNOLD
JR., who graduated in August, is teaching in
the San Antonio school system
FRANCES KTHEI. ALLRED of I .a redo
teaches in the L. J Christen junior high in
I.«r^1 Miss AIIred received her B A degree
in 1937.
Word was received re««ptly that MRS
ELIZABETH (ALLRED) KEITH, who re
ceived her B.S degree in li'17. died in a Da!
las hospital Mrs. Keith, of Argo, Ala., had
taught in Texas, New Mexico, and Alabama
THEODORE WILLIAM MATTHEWS.
Ii«.'i5 graduate with an M.S. in psychology, is
now working on his Ph.D. at the University
of Colorado.
MR AND MRS MARION L. MASSEY are
living in Dallas where Masscy, a 19M grad
uate, is a senior student in the School of l-aw
at Southern Methodist university. Mr*. Mas
sey is the former MARGARET ANN PARK-
ER. who graduated in 1955.
FAT K RE ITER HOEl.ZEL, graduate of
1950, is working in Dallas for an oil and gas
company
HAL B. LANE JR has been discharged
from the Air Force at Chanute field and is
ftvw tear rung science and mathematics in the
!>enton high school.
SHIRLEY LOUISE -PATTERSON is a
senior in McCormick seminary's division of
Christian Education, where she is studying
far her master * degree in church social work
8ha received her B.A. degree in 1966.
$l.2f> to be stabbed to death by native
spears.
Along came Cinerama, Vista-Vision,
CinemaSeope, and Todd-AO.
So, having made the viewer feel a
part of the picture, Hollywood is now
concentrating on keeping him there.
"The longer the better" seems to be the
currently |>opular film theme.
FOR YEARS "(ione With the Wind"
stood as a sort of movie milestone—not
just partially I>ecause of its length.
Hut all records must be shattered. It
was inevitable that some producer
should stumble across a copy of "War
and Peace" and. seeing that it was
more than a thousand pages long, de-
cide to win an Academy Award by film-
ing it. And film it he did with an eye on
this year's Oscars.
To transfer Tolstoi's work to cellu-
loid required omitting many of the
characters and some of the meaning.
This the producer, director, and stars
did with seeming ease.
ANOTHER PRODUCER, searching
for a currently popular book, came up
with "Giant." It has everything—
enough story to stretch out 3 hours
and IS minutes, a beautiful heroine and
a handsome hero, and extremely harsh
criticisms of Texas. The latter was
enough to convince him.
Even "Friendly Persuasion," which
was not advertised as an extra-long
movie, caused many viewers to wish
for softer chairs before it was over.
IF THE LOMG-MOVIE craze doesn't
end soon (although such Hollywood
crazes as staying sober and marrying
only once usually die out quickly), the-
atre managers will have to equip each
patron with a pillow.
The ordinary candy counter will have
to undergo a revolution to provide
nourishment for people who come to
spend the evening. Perhaps each the-
atre seat could be equipped with a vi-
OBVTOUSLY changes are needed if
Hollywood continues its latest cam-
paign against television.
The buildings themselves will have to
lie enlarged. Cigaret fiends cannot be
brating unit for relaxing the patrons expected to sit for four hours without
during intermission. Of course such for smoking. And it might hurt business
the customers to be overcome bv smoke.
chairs would be coin-operated.
Among the Bulrushes . . .
Yule Log
might be tempted to leave Europe
alone, and agree with Russia to a gen-
eral withdrawal.
Eisenhower's offer of oil came none
too soon. As a result of the offer, Al-
lied troops may now leave Egypt and
the Suez on schedule.
We are fortunate that aoti-Ameri-
canism in Europe had not jelled into
policy before the President made his
offer.
If the U.S. had stood aloof too long,
mending the Western alliance could
have become an almost impossible task.
For once, we have made a move in
the right direction.
Where will we go from here?
—Bill Sloan
SenuL&Jtafi TleaAi fcnd,
yi&cMAilabiA Champ
Qn Study Giiitud&A
With the end of the semester less
than two months away, it is time for
most of us to stop and take stock of
just what we are doing and what we
are going to do this semester.
Most of us started out with big ideas
and plans: "This semester I am going
to turn everything in on time, study
for tests in advance, never cut class,
and. . . ."
Hut somewhere we detoured and
now we suddenly find that we are
about three papers behind, that some
of our test grades leave much to be de-
sired, and that somehow cuts surely do
add up.
It's too late to rectify past laziness
and carelessness, but we can change
our study attitudes.
Most of us should sit down and dis-
cover precisely where we are falling
down. The next step is obvious—do
something about it.
If there are any back papers due, we
should turn them in as soon as possi-
ble. Then we should work on the
themes, reports, and term papers that
have already been assigned but aren't
due yet. The night before a term proj-
ect is due is not the time to begin work
on it.
It is too late to remove the cuts that
we already have—the only solution is
to make an honest attempt to attend
class regularly.
We should remember that we have
less than two months left. We will be
back about two and a half weeks after
Christmas before finals begin Jan. 22.
Unless the majority of us realize how
near .we are to the end of the semester
and make some radical changes in our
study habits, we are going to get ex-
tremely sad and regretful when grades
come out. —Donna Reitz
Completes Seasonal Joy
Despite lll-Fated Hunting Expedition
by JERRY MOSES
(S*lf-A*|wliitr<' Fmitmsa Caaiuwiarl
To the woods, freshmen, to the woods! Deck
the halls with Boston Charlie, for 'tis the
Yule season, when everyone is in good spir-
its! And what is Christmas without boughs of
holly and mistletoe cluttering up the home?
Who can be properly merry without the Yule
log, huh? "•
I repeat: to the woods, freshmen, to the
woods! For everyone hath good cheer when
tramping the fields in sunny autumn after-
Campus Echoes . . .
Austin Chief of Police Serves
As Unofficial' Date Bureau
A I'niversity of Texas coed has been scar-
ing away some of her dates lately, but entire-
ly against her will. When going through en-
rollment. she wasn't sure of her new phone
number—but decided to list it on all her cards
as she remembered it. Now men «h6 call her
get a masculine-sounding, husky-voiced an-
swer. The Daily Texan advises date-seekers
to hang up promptly and informs them the
unknown voice is the Austin chief of police.
The Campus Chat
R.«>ai !*4 >our«*Iwm kulMlns
rACEMAKEK < TIMKS
Al t. AMI Klf'AN 32 TIME*-
BILL SLOAN
Ttitvhon* : C-STU. «*«c_
M'ortxr SovthwOTUni Jovnullta <
FRANCES GRAVES
•dttor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
DONNA REITZ JERRY MOSES JIMMY JONES
oHtcrtal*
soil HEARKRl IN MARY Ht'NTER
NANCY EDWARDS
DON FULLER
plN'toarmptor
JONELL HODOSON
ASSISTANTS
BILLY COOKE
nltturiali
business orncE
St'E SMITH
rirralatiM
cliff ROCKWELL
M-tWtttaa
CARROLL ORIOOS
CULLKN HOUGHTAUMG
e*P
Sl'SANJTEBB
T>.. C*a
Chat. rtoSmt *f Nartk
■ pwiam naWMtlr
• *rr Wdrwa, sM Frhiajri Sarin* Wmt
hiwh I tHrmate Mar aaS wnfcK
Friday) 4aria« tk* naaa Main.
Jtin* Itir -aek Aurart. a«pl dating mil* aa:
MiititMllM tiwiuSi ib4 ochanl waiiaa
Editorial ftiHwiiiu of Dm C« r— Chat nta(
tit* occnloa at irrim nSm aaS Bat um
•ariir that nt U North Tnu Stat*
xtm vr •tratlaa
LETTER* FROM R&MHER8: T±* CSatS
roam Wttan frnaa laiiti ■ hat naar*ai tha
right to HH when iwratar* Lrtt*n abaaU ha
■VMi hat tfc* arntar-. initial* will ha aaa* If
fciWM m wiai >a— Malta* April IE IMf
*t th* patu oSn la Daataa aaS*r tha act af
March 1. 1(TI
br Matlaasl ASvwtMae «■■! ■.
rata*. 11*111 ■ il h aall — H
The coed used the chief's unlisted number by
mistake —ACP
• * *
Adam was the first electronic engineer,
mainly because he furnished spare parts for
the world's first loud speaker.
—Statesman
• * *
A fellow m Honolulu collected n good night
kiss that really packed a wallop. As he
hugged his girl friend, a coconut fell 40 feet
off a tree and smacked him on the head The
amorous one woke up in the hospital.
—The Battalion
• • •
Iowa State if the originator of the folio*
ing definitions: .
Socialism: If you have two rows, you give
one to your neighbor.
Communism If you have two cows, you
give them to the government, then the gov-
ernment sells you some ir.iik.
Fascism: If you have two cows, you keep
the cows and give the milk to the govern-
ment; then the government sells you some
milk
New Deal ism: If you have two cows, you
shoot one and milk the other; then you pour
the milk down the drain.
Nazism: If you have two cows, the govern-
ment shoots you and keeps the cows.
Capitalism: If you have two cows, you sell
one and buy a bull. —Student Prints
• * *
Overheard in a car outaide the Cluh 400
You drive. You're too drunk to sing.
—The Sheaf
noons, looking occasionally for mistletoe . . .
or holly . . . or just any o" excuse to be cut-
ting class.
Winter's brisk breath blew mightily the
day of my first, bough-gathering outing. My
cheeks turned pink from the brisk wind as
Passion Flower dragged me merrily through
the wilds. Passion Flower was an Indian prin-
cess an Apache, I think—going to school on
the exchange plan.
"My people will own this land again," she
•oud. gently picking me up in a fireman's
carry.
"t'gh," I said, my cheeks turning a cherry
red.
".lust as soon as our next oil well comes in."
I told her I would he glad when that hap-
pened. adding that I couldn't see why we
needed it in the first place.
She dumped me lightly into handy thicket
as she spied the first holly bush.
"I found some holly," she said, gently pull-
ing the bush up by the roots.
"t'gh," I moaned softly, my cheeks turning
a pale blue.
We continued on our merry journey, chat-
tering away happily: Passion Flower and my
teeth.
"Mistletoe!" she screamed hystericRlljr.
I shivered.
"l!m-m-m, boy! Mistletoe!" she gtffflsd.
jumping up and down beneath the branch of
mistletoe.
I stood there,
knees shaking
Finally, my courage broke, and I ran down
the hill, through the glade, sobbing wildly ss
I dragged the Yule log behind me. (And just
how else would you drag it?—Ed.)
That was a merry Christmas, sittin* before
the > ule log, carefully d«ctortag ssy ftesi-
hitten feet hack to life.
And Pasaion Flower returned with the first
spring thaw.
W rite me a verse, my old machine,
I lack for an inspiration;
The skies are blue and the trees are green,
Ami I long for a long vacation."
The Typewriter's Song.
my teeth chattering, my
1 «•
I*
I
\
I
' I
Cil
ill
ira
c <l
ell
. ..
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Graves, Frances. The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 5, 1956, newspaper, December 5, 1956; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth306870/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.