The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1958 Page: 1 of 4
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NORTH TEXAS STATE COLLEGE, DENTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY. APRIL II, 1958
NO. 45
Greeks to Battle in Sing-Song
GREEKS DANCE while Diclc Penner, Sun recording artist and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha,
provides the music. The dance, held in the women's gym Wednesday, was one of the highlights of
the annual Greek week. All students were invited. —ch t Photo by knight
Girls' Dorms
Will Sponsor
Spring Formal
With the theme April Love und
spring flowers us decorations, Mar-
quis, Terrill, Oak Street, and
l^uads 3 and 4 will have their an-
nual spring formal dance Satur-
day from 9 to 12 p.m. in the Great
hall in Terrill.
This is the first year for the
quads to he included, which will
make the dance the MTO(J formal,
according to Mrs. Urcie Timblin,
director of women's dormitories.
Music will be provided by 'Fea-
sor and the Aces. Also included in
the entertainment will be the Fore-
Sites, a singing group.
I'unch will be served throughout
the evening.
Only girls from the MTOQ dor-
mitories and their dates will be
invited to the dance,
Next Week . ,
To 15 Top Coeds on Campus . . .
Thetas to Present Awards
Annual awards to the top 15
coeds on campus will be presented
Tuesday at the Matrix Table ban-
quet at 6:30 p.m. in the Crystal
room of Marquis hall, Jackie Bren-
nan, Kemp, publicity chairman of
Theta Sigma Phi, said Wednesday.
Seventy-three girls have filed
for the honor, Mrs. Charline Feris,
Denton, president of Theta Sigma
Phi, announced Wednesday.
Judges for Contest
The top 15 girls were selected
Thursday by Dr. A. M. Sampley,
vice-president of the college; Dr.
Imogene Bentley, dean of women,
and Mrs. Dude Neville McCloud,
sponsor of Theta Sigma Phi.
Five girls from each of the three
upper classes were selected on the
basis of scholarship and partici-
pation in college activities.
The 15 TCOC winners must be
present at the dinner in order to
receive their award, according to
the rules governing the TCOC
contest. Tickets for the Mutrix
Table banquet will be on sale
through Saturday in the Campus
Chat oflice and in the news service
office on the second floor of the
journalism building, said Mrs.
Feris.
Annual Award
The annual TCOC awards are
sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi,
national journal'sm fraternity for
women. This will be the fourth
Top Coed on Campus presentation
Senate Slates Election Date Change,
Votes on Rules Committee Proposals
Jan Tyler, Clifton, vice-president
of USNT, announced Tuesday
night that the date for the spring
elections has been changed to
April 23.
The change was made because of
Greek week, Tyler said.
Student Wins Prize
In Folklore Contest
Meredith Hale, graduate Span-
ish major from Dallas, recently
won first prize of $25 in the an-
nual student paper contest spon-
sored by the Texas Folklore so-
ciety.
Miss Hale's paper is entitled "I
Heard It on the Border" and con-
sists of a collection of folk tales
she heard in El Paso. It will prob-
ably be published in the 195'J so-
ciety magazine.
The paper was written in Dr.
George Hendricks' Knglish 385
class in the summer session of
1957. Any student in a senior col-
lege in Texas is eligible to enter
the contest, and the student who
wins is automatically elected the
student vice-president for that
year.
The Texas Folklore society held
a meeting during the Raster holi-
days at Sul Ross Stvtte college, Al-
pine, where Dr. Martin Shockley
of the North Texas Knglish staff
College Receives
Educational Fund
For Driver Training
North Texas State college has
received its fifth grant for sum-
mer scholarships to train high
school driver education teachers
from the Allstate foundation. The
$2500 award was announced by
the foundation's sectional repre-
sentative in Dallas, Albert A. Ing-
els.
Scholarships of $100 will be
available for at least twenty stu-
dents to study in either the first
or second six-week term of the
summer session, W. A. Cooper,
NTSC driver education instructor,
said this week.
Fourteen of the grants will go
to students in the beginning driver
education course and six will go
to students in the advanced course
to be held during the second six
weeks.
Interested applicants should con-
tact Cooper at the department of
health, physical education, and
recreation. Applications will be
considered in the order received on
the basis of the individual's quali-
fications.
was elected vice-president of the
society. Dr. Shockley, who was the
only North Texas representative
attending, has been active in the
society and has served as chair-
man of its resolutions committee.
As vice-president for the 1958-
59 year, Dr. Shockley will serve
as program chairman at the next
meeting, to be held in April.
Dr. Hendricks said Wednesday,
"The Texas Folklore society is de-
signed to make new people inter-
ested in folklore. Texas is really a
gold mine in folklore and hasn't
been tapped much yet."
Campaigning for the election
will begin Thursday, when candi-
dates may put up their signs. The
signs must be down by April 22.
On April 22 there will be an
all-college assembly at 9 a.m. to
introduce the candidates to the
student body, Tyler stated. Cam-
paign speeches will be made by
students who are running for the
offices of president, vice-president,
and secretary of USNT.
A special session of the senate
was called Thursday at 5 p.m. to
vote on three proposals presented
by the election rules committee.
The proposals accepted are that
write-in candidates may file up to
one hour before the election; no
candidate who is disqualified can
become a write-in candidate, and
all signs must be down by 0 p.m.
instead of 8 p.m. the day before
the election.
An installation banquet will be
given at Pat Boone's Country Inn
April 29 at 8:30 p.m. to install the
new officers.
Tyler also announced the ap-
pointment of Gaynelle Babb, Fort
Worth, as a senior senator.
at North Texas.
An award will also be presented
to the most outstanding woman
journalism student at North Texas.
Mrs. McCloud will award this
honor.
Weldon Owens, columnist for
the Dallas Times Herald, will be
the guest speaker for the Matrix
Table banquet. Owens is the au-
thor of a column, "Cross Country."
Owens, a former night editor
of the Waco News-Tribune, for-
merly owned his home town pa-
per, the Teague Chronicle. He al-
so established the Stephens County
Times in Breckenridge and pur-
chased the Breckenridge Daily
American.
The Dallas columnist has also
worked for papers In Liverpool,
Manchester, and Dublin in Europe.
Dr. Bentley will present the
awards to the TCOC winners.
Ilonorees will be presented with
engraved metal discs.
Special guests for the occasion
will be college administrators,
members of Theta Sigma Phi
alumni chapters in the Dallas and
Fort Worth area, and members of
the Texas Woman's university
student chapter, Miss Brennan
said. Dr. Sampley will give the
invocation at the banquet
Violinist, Hypnotist Will Appear
In Two Fine Arts Presentations
Two fine arts numbers, featur-
ing a concert violinist and a world-
famous hypnotist, will be pre-
sented on the campus next week,
Dr. Sam McAlister, chairman of
the fine arts committee, announ"ed
Wednesday.
Marjorie Fulton, violinist, will
present a concert in the main audi-
torium Tuesday at 8:15 p.m., and
on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. Dr.
Franz Polgar, hypnotist, will ap-
pear with his show of mental gym-
nastics, "Fun With the Mind."
Dr. Polgar's show will also be
in the main auditorium.
Dr. McAlister emphasized that
students with student identifica-
tion cards would be admitted free
to these programs. Others will be
admitted with fine arts tickets or
$1 at the box office.
Miss Fulton is the wife of Un-
distinguished baritone of the Met-
ropolitan Opera association, Mack
Harreil. She took up residence in
Dallas last year and has been
playing concerts in the Southwest
while establishing her own pri-
vate studio.
For the past seven summers,
Miss Fulton has been a member
of the faculty of tin.' Aspen, Colo.,
School of Music and a solo per-
former in the Aspen Music festi-
val.
Miss Fulton will perform as a
soloist for the first portion of her
program and for her last number
she will perform with the NTSC
Symphony orchestra directed by
Dr. George Morey.
Miss Fulton's program will open
with Sonata in E Major by Han-
del; Sonata in D Major, Opus 94
by Serge Prokofieff; Nocturne in
C Flat Minor, Chopin-Melstein; La
Plus Que I,elite, Debussy; I,a Ca-
pricciosa. Franz Hies, and nt a fi-
nale Concerto in D Major, Opus
(!l, Beethoven, with the Symphony
orchestra.
This will be Dr. Polgar's Kith
consecutive annual appearance
here sponsored by the fine arts
committee with the exception of
last year, when he appeared with
the Denton Kiwanis Club min-
strels. His show will feature mem-
ory stunts, telepathic feats, hyp-
notic tests, and "mystifying men-
tal miracles."
Event Ends
April Fete
by HERMAN KELLY
ToniKht'a sintf-sonp, featur-
i"K the 16 campus fraternities
and sororities, will climax
North Texas' annual Greek
week.
The event will begin at
7 :30 p.m. in the main auditor-
ium, and a large representa-
tion of students and Denton
citizens is expected to attend.
Judges for the affair will be
William Gardner of the North
Texas School of Music; William
C. .Milliliter of the Knglish stuff;
Miss Geneva Scheihing of the Tex-
as Woman's university music fac-
ulty, and Mrs. I,. G. Russell, a
Denton high school music instruc-
tor.
'Fessor Floyd Graham will emcee
the song sens Ion, and special en-
tertainment has been planned be-
tween the various numbers by the
fraternities and sororities, ac-
cording to Joyce Dean, Kilgore.
Tuesday night a panel discus-
sion opened the week's activities.
The panel was composed of Dr.
Caroline Currie and Dr. James L.
Latham of the business adminis-
tration staff; Pat Hamilton and
Tom Harpool, Denton businessmen
and civic leaders; Dr. Emmett
('ambroji, director of the physical
education department, and Roscoe
C. Adkins of the government fac-
ulty.
"How Can Conflicts Between
Fraternities and Others Be Re-
duced?" was the topic question of
the discussion.
MARJORIE FULTON, noted
violinist, will present a concert
in the main auditorium Tuesday
at 8:15 p.m. Miss Fulton is the
wife of Metropolitan Opera
star Mack Harreil.
3.0 Averages . .
Sampley Issues Honor Roll
Seventy-seven students attained
a 3.0 grade average for the fall
semester, according to the honor
rcdl issued Wednesday by Dr. A. M.
Sampley, vice-president of the col-
lege.
They are Denman I). Andrews,
Mrs. Carol L. Cain Arant, Mildred
Armstrong, Barbara Jean Bailey,
Foundation Will Give Grant
To Outstanding Accountants
Dr. O. J. Curry, dean of the School of Business Administra-
tion, announced Wednesday that he had been notified of a $2500
grant from the Haskins and Sells foundation of New York City,
The money is to be given as a $500 scholarship for each of
the next five years for scholastic excellence in accounting.
Dr. Curry said that the program's purpose is to stimulate
higher academic achievement by accounting students and to en-
courage promising studentr, to major in this field. He continued
that the first award will be given next fall to a student now in
his junior ye,«r of accounting studies.
Fred Davis Baldwin, Shirley Anne
Ballard, Walter Austin Beck, Mrs.
llughla Fae II. Beets, Mrs. Mary
M. Staples Belcher, Edwin Leo
Biggerstcff.
Gloria Marie Binion, Linda
Brook Blazi, Bonnah Faye Braw-
ley, Mary Lillian Cox, Bobby Joe
Craig, Charles N. Dennard, Don-
ald Kay Dunlap, Julia Ann Ed-
wards, Robert Langdon Fleisher,
Mary Ruth II. Ford, Rodger Leon
Garrison, Patricia A. Glasscock,
Ernest Edgar Gohlke, Eugene E.
I hidden, Riley Valton Hampton,
Sara Beth Hatfield, Dorothy Lou
Hawkins, Nancy Jean IL Hinkle.
Martha F. Weisser Hodges,
Mary Ellen Bager James, William
Krby Johnson, Robert Lewis Jones,
Bruce L. Kersey, Tommy Joe
Knight, Norma Lynn Knobel, Jua-
nita C. LePori, Patricia Inez
Locke, William P. McClure, Cyn-
thia Sue McCracken, Larry Jeff
McMurtry, Shainus Mehaffie, Cyn-
Debaters Conclude Season
With Two Regional Tourneys
North Texas debaters concluded
their intercollegiate season last
week with "excellent showings" in
two regional tournaments, accord-
ing to W. R. DeMougeot, director
of forensics.
Five seniors compiled the high-
SOME PEOPLE will do ANYTHING for a periling place. A col-
lege motorist took refuge Thursday in ditcn near tne journalism
building to avoid searching for a better spot. At least he didn't
tie up traffic.
—Chat Photo by CARNEY
Director Schedules
Tryouts for Today
Open readings for "Blood Wed-
ding" by Federico Garcia Lorca
will be held today at 4 p.m. in room
303 of the historical building, Di-
rector Kliseo Martinez, San Diego,
Tex , announced Wednesday.
The play will be presented as a
laboratory theatre production on
May 11 in the Studio theatre.
"Blood Wedding" is termed Ix>r-
ra's best correlation between
poetry and drama by many critics.
Primarily his works are In poetry
form.
Try-outs are open to anyone in-
terested in being in the play.
Casting dates for two other lab-
oratory productions will be re-
leased soon.
est total score among 10 compet-
ing schools at the biennial Pi Kap-
pa Delta tournament held at Hard-
ing college in Searcy, Ark., March
27-2! . Gaynelle Babb, Fort Worth,
and Miles Schulze, Denton, won
excellent ratings in the men's divi-
sion of debate, and Carolyn Rai-
ford, Texarkana, and Mildred Wil-
liamson, Carthage, equaled this in
the women's division.
Miss Babb won a gold medal for
her ranking of superior in extem-
poraneous speaking, and Peggy
Stephens, Irving, won a silver med-
al for excellence in oratory.
Schulze also had a rating of good
in extemporaneous speaking.
North Texas, first in total points,
was second in the women's sweep-
stakes event, and placed third in
men's sweepstakes, which was won
by Texas Christian university.
This group, accompanied by De-
Mougeot, was joined by a group of
underclassmen accompanied by Ben
A. Chappell of the speech and
drama department for participa-
tion in the Southern Speech asso-
ciation tournament at the Univer-
sity of Houston March 31 through
Friday,
In competition with 30 schools
from 12 states, the junior men's
team of Robert Clark, Denton
sophomore, and AI Connnt, Waco
freshman, won a rating of superior
in debate with five wins and one
loss. Clark also won •• °uperior
rating in interpretation.
thia C. Sewell Minter, Jerry Bur-
nett. M inter, Jerry Wayne Morris,
Betty Jane Nash, Sylvia Gail Nor-
ris.
John Virgil Richards, Carl Stan-
ton Rogers, Carolyn Jean Roper,
Virginia Ann Puffin, Thomas Leo
Ry Wanda Lou Samek, David
lluff Sewell, Michael Walker Sew-
•■11, Carolyn Ann Simons, Michael
Homer Simpson, Mrs. Eveylyn M.
Lewallen Spence, Kay Spurlock,
David Marvin Stallings, Jon Sted-
man, Janis Pitts Stout, Ellen
Carol Thompson, Freda C. Thomp-
son, Marvin Karl Traywick, Mary
Lucelle Tucker, Jerry Lee Voor-
hees, David Hugh Watkins.
Ruth Mackey Watson, Walter
Keith Weatherby, Edna Eurlene
Willinms, Genevieve Elizabeth Wil-
liamson, Robert John Winn Jr.,
Martin Gerald Wolf, Phyllis Marie
Wood, Thomas B. Woods, Charles
Patrick Woosley, and Teddie Jo
Zorns.
Professors Attend Meets
In Texas, Kansas Cities
Meetings in Waco, Wichita Falls,
and Fort Hays, Kas., have been
drawing representatives from the
North Texas School of Education
this week.
New graduation requirements
for Texas high schools wore dis-
cussed Thursday at Wichita Fails
in a meeting of some forty public
schools superintendents from the
Wichita Falls area. Meeting with
the officials were Dr. A. Witt
Blair, dean of the School of Edu-
cation, and education professors
Dr. Paul Smith, Dr. John W. Plun-
ked, and Darrcll Dunham.
Participating in the annual Tex-
as Society of College Teachers of
Education meeting at Baylor uni-
versity in Waco Thuisday and to-
day have been Dr. James 11. Dou-
gherty, Dr. A. A. Daniel, and R.
L. Proffer,
They have been explaining the
education program at North Tex-
as, including the programs in ele-
mentary and secondary education
and requirements for teachers and
students in qualifying for teaching
various subjects.
Three types of teacher education
programs are being explained at
the meeting. The North Texas pro-
fessors have represented the col-
lege as a "university-type organi-
zation with a separate School of
Kducation." Stephen F. Austin has
represented n teachers college, and
Abilene Christian college has ex-
plained its program as a church
school.
Dr. C. M. Clarke, director of
teacher education on the North
Texas faculty, will discuss ways
of improving the teachers' services
to student teachers today and
Saturday at an education confer-
ence at Kansas State college in
Fort Hays, Kas.
Press Time Chatter
Fred Baldwin to Receive Scholarship;
Three Chemists Will Journey West
Fred Baldwin, Marshall, has of the Petroleum Accountant
been awarded a Woodrow Wilson
fellowship for the studv of Ameri-
can United States history at
Princeton university, it was an-
nounced April 2.
The one-year grants for out-
standing seniors interested in pre-
paring for college teaching pro-
fessions were made to 1080 stu-
dents by the Woodrow Wilson
Nation Fellowship foundation,
# llarold W. ( line. Fort Worth,
was among six accounting stu-
dents from Texas colleges and
universities honored at the fourth
annual student recognition night
Society of Fort Worth Tuesday.
A senior accounting major, Cline
was selected by the faculty for
"scholarship and leadership abilit-
ies," according to I)r. Horace R.
Brock of the accounting faculty.
# C. E. Shuford, director of the
department of journalism, parti-
cipated in a panel discussion held
Friday night at the Dallas Press
club.
The panel, composed of journal-
Ism faculty members from Texas
Woman's university, East Texas
State College, Southern Methodist
university, and North Texas, dis-
cussed the problem of attracting
more young people to the journal-
ism profession and to journalism
education.
The meeting was sponsored by
the Dallas - hspter of Sigma Delta
Chi, national professional journa-
lism fraternity.
# Three North Texas chemistry
professors will attend the national
meeting of the American Chemical
society in San Francisco Sunday
through Friday.
The professors are Dr. J. L.
Carrico, department director, Dr.
Price Traitt, and Dr. J. J. Spar*
lock.
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