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PA6i S—WTOtlALS
Practice Makes Perfect ...
Ineffective Study Leads
To High Flunk-Out Rate
Let'# face it. The time in here when it certain |**ri<*rl.M of the day to study cer-
i harder to get into college. and it in tain subject*. iJon't overlook short, un-
harder to stay once you are in. expected chance* to study, though, for
President J. C. .Matthews preaartted 15 minutes of tjuick review each day
these figures in a speech to Denton Ki- may worth two hours cramming
wanis Club laat week. "A total of 171 next week.
The Campus Chat
Campus Political Leaders Tell . . .
t
Wednetday, Sept. 28. 19*0
Why I Am Going To Vote for
f
students were dismissed at the end of
the fall semester three years ago be-
cause of academic standing," he said.
"Two years ago the figure wan .171.
Last year 511 were dismissed."
Why are students failing to meet
college standards? The main trouble
that many students have an inade-
Don't try to do all your studying in
one long session. About 40 to 50 min-
utes of work followed by 10 minutes of
rot or change will be more effective.
Work to increase your reading speed.
Many college student* read at the rate
of 200 to 250 words per minute, when
they nhould be reading at a rate of
Kennedy
quate knowledge of how to study Dr. hUu, (](Hi North TeJCHM „ff(.rH tt r«admg
Edward C. Bonk of the Guidance Office
said this problem is one of the most
frequent facing counselors.
According to some educator* 90 jjer
cent of students entering college don't
know how to study effectively. Courses
in study skills may be taken, but the
student already has formed many
habits and has difficulty readjusting.
Like any other skill, studying effee-
improvement program through the
Guidance Office Comprehension skill
and speed iri reading are its goals.
Finally, don't just read, read with a
purpose. Ask yourself questions before
you start and watch for the answers.
Answers never mean anything unless
you understand the question. After
finishing a part of the reading assign-
tively must lie practiced la-fore it can la; rr>,'"C review what you have just com-
perfected pleted. See how mueh you remember.
Just sitting with your nose buried in learning how to read and hence to
a book for hours doesn't constitute study may la- a key to meeting the
iitudying. It isn't that simple new standards of higher education at
Instead, budget your time. Set aside North Texas —Linda Deal
Referendum Can Decide . . .
Eagle Needs Name
According to a 1962 student body vote is Scrappy. Hut it just isn t so -offi-
and a subsequent ruling by the United cially.
Students of North Texas Senate, the There has been no action taken by
official name of the NTS'! mascot is either the student body or the student
Victor. senate to change the decision of the
In a random |*<ll of the campus, how- 1952 vote. In spite of what anybody may
ever, the present student lx dy seems think, or what, the bird remains V ictor.
dissatisfied with the name. Some of Dissatisfied students, however, do
the people polled said they didn't like have a recourse.
Victor, but thought it was immaterial The 1952 "name the mascot" vote
what the bird was called. Others didn't came an « result of a petition requesting
like the official name, but had no sug- the senate to give the student Itody an
gestions. And still others had sug- opportunity to change the then official
gestions. name of "Beakey." The senate conaid-
Narnes that were suggested varied ered the matter and decided to hold an
from Heakey to Flying Vic to just plain all-campus vote.
Byrd. Other names, such as Baldy, US NT officers recently said the stu-
Aquila, Sam, or Savage, have been sug- dent body could rename the mascot in
gested from time to time. the same manner. My starting a petition
However, the name that continues to now, the request could be ready for the
pop up is "Scrappy." Student ImmIv offi consideration of the new student senate
cers, cheerleaders, football players, stu- at its first meeting after Oct. 12 ce-
dent senators, and the general rank and (ions. If the request is approved, the
file of the student body have registered student body would be able to vote for
surprise to find the official name of the a new mascot name at the llomecom
mascot was not Scrappy. ing Queen elections later in October.
Somewhere during the eight years If there's dissatisfaction over the
since the demise of the college's last live official name, "Victor," now is the time
mascot, Victor, the general student to do something about it. Just start, or
Ixidy has come to the tacit agreement sign, a petition requesting a vote.
that the official name of the mascot —Paul Reeer
Phillips' Views . . .
Convention Conniving Surprises Writer,
Gives Insight Into Government Setup
By WALTKR MIZK. president, NTSC Young Democrat*
When Senator John F Kennedy accepted the overwhelming nomination of
ihe Democratic I'arty in 1>m Angeles, he introduced what he termed "The New
Frontier" of the '60s
Indeed, we stand on the threshold of a new frontier. It will la? decided in the
next four years whether our nation, the United States
of America, will prove itself master of this new era. If
we are to la? victorious, we must have a leader who has
foresight, courage and the will to progress. Senator John
F Kennedy is such a man.
I*et us examine the man- John F. Kennedy in whom the Democratic I'arty
has sii justly placed its faith. He has served our nation in Congress since 1946, a
period of more than 14 years. This time has been divided between six years in
the House of Representatives, and eight years in the Senate. In 1952 Senator
Kennedy defeated Henry Ollwt Lodge by
70,000 vote* in the state of Massachusetts'
race for the United State- Senate. (luring Hen
ator Kennedy'* past service in our Congress,
he has IwaiM a respwtvd member of lioth
house*, especially in the Senate where hi*
vision ha* often focused the attention of «he
country and the Senate on major foreign |miI
icy i«um. He ha* concentrated on the problem*
of uncommitted countrleu of Africa, A*ia,
Latin America He 1* chairman of the sub-
conimittee on Africa.
Senator Kennedy ha* consistently advocated
military strength. It i* well known that under
the pa t administration we have failed in this
field We cannot afford to allow this failure to
continue. We must renew our strength and,
thu*, renew our assuredness of freedom. The
Itemocratic nominee i* the man to lead this
nation to that SMUradneaa.
On the domestic scene, Senator Kennedy wax
one of the first to advocate a plan to assure
the farmer* a fair .share of national income.
Hi* progressive labor policy includes a higher
minimum wage, increased unemployment ben-
efit*, *afer working condition* and a broader
federal housing program. Alito Senator Ken-
nedy has given hi* unwavering defense to those
rivil litcrtie* which we now find embodied in
the Paid democratic platform, including luetic
civil right* in education, housing and economic
opportunities Not to be disregarded i* Ken-
nedy'* drafting of a plan to provide older peo-
ple with housing, medical care and recreational
fucilitie*.
In view of .such a record, I a*k you, what
doe* the opposing candidate have to offer in
compari*on, except that of having had the
greatest responsibility of having no responsi-
bility'*?
In the seven primaries which Kennedy en-
tered and won, the American people saw a man
in whom they could safely vent, the leadership
of (he United States of America in the coming
crisis year* This man's strength is self evi-
dent, hi* willingness to serve already tested
and found true, his wisdom found unwanting
and his very profile that of courage, and so,
we, the Young Democtats of North Texas
State College, give to you without reservation
John FiUgerald Kennedy, the next president
of the United States.
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SO IN A 5PIMT OF PENSIVE RR0-
PENSiry, FOUNDED ON
PREMISE WE SMALL DklVF ONE FOR \
ALL TOWA^I) ONF GOAL**** a (iUM MACMIWP
IN EVEPr DOPMIT-ORY." H,Mt
News in Review . . .
By DENNIS PHILLIPS would have to avoid a roll call vote, be-
Chat Columnist cause1 the Harris-Dallas-Tarrant coali-
During our sophomore year we atten- tion could present a large enough dis-
tively sat through three semester hours Renting faction for the newspaper? to
of a required government course which report dissension in the Democratic
was allegedly designed to teach us the ranks.
organization. structure With swift political strategy, Daniel
and o| eration of state and carried his plans into execution. A state
local government. platform was adopted which differed
Mut it was not until last from the national platform notably on
week when the Senate states' rights, federal aid to education
Democratic Convention and oil depletion allowances, but no
got under way that we be- condemnation of the national platform
gan to realize that all the came out of the convention.
things we had heard in Realising that Dallas and Tarrant
clasy alsiut the stages of state consti- Counties alone were not strong enough
tutional development and the historv of to "I*'" a fight, the Credentials Com-
the Texas legislature were less than in- mittee did not seat Harris Oninty until
adequate in aiding us to understand 'he last hour of the convention on the
the behind-the-scenes action in state basis that some of its delegates were
politic* opposed to the national candidates and
Technically the purpose of the (iov- ',la|^rTn.- (was
ernor's Convention is to write the plat- h*'hU',]- ' . ha<' • cha"™ *'> vote by-
form on which the governor will run v""ce n the shrimp industry Then the
against his Republican opponent. Ob- wv"! wnM Pounded an<1 everybody went
viousl.v, since Texas is traditionally a
one-party state, this aim takes back
seat to the election of representatives
from Texas districts to the State Exe-
cutive Committee and discussion of the
state and national platforms.
This year the latter aspect carried the
real threat. Deeply conservative dele-
gate* from Harris. Dallas and Tarrant
Counties, angered over the liberal na-
tional platform and feeling betrayed by
Johnaon'ft acceptance of its planks as
vice-preaidential nominee in I s An-
geles, were determined to open a floor
fight branding the national platform as
socialistic. The middle-of-the-road Dan-
iel-Rayburn-Johnson coalition knew
such a fight must be avoided to give the
appearance that the Democratic Party rt (:*■*« <>■<. • «•< •« north
in Texas was solidly behind Kennedy, ,r-- ZSLSSXit
Jolm*>n «nd |he national platform JSJLTSK:
Daniel. hoJdinfr the convention in the w^t ic«pt durini rt if
paim of hia hand, nought a state plat-
form with no mention of the national
a • •• m «• •« mm vnw upinHin fn llilqvni wPltf "V Ann IMK RW*
platform regardless of the differences mri* um« «t noni. t««. rum >a-
in the two. Daniel also knew that he
home -one of the briefest conventions
in history without a single roll call vote.
Harris, Dallas, and Tarrant County
delegates stood frustrated as the floor
fell from under their plans to inaugur-
ate a fight.
On the face of it this steamrolling
|k Iitics may seem undemocratic, but,
because of previous committee votes,
party leaders knew the outcome of
every voice vote l eforc it was taken.
They also knew that it was mandatory
that the press not be given the oppor-
tunity to rejstrt a vigorous floor fight.
The best way to accomplish this was to
avoid a fight entirely and so they did.
Consequently the newspajwrs had no
opportunity to record a roll call vote
that would reflect a party element ad-
verse to Johnson. Daniel had success-
fully controlled the convention.
In our days in government class, we
never realized that ixditical strategy
could l>e as exciting as pulling the |H>ny
tail of the girl that sat in front of us.
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Xikita Khrushchev is not a man to
give up easily. He is still harping on his
idea of having three secretaries gen-
eral instead of one in the United
Nations, and he says the disarmament
question won't be solved until this plan
is put to work. Khrushchev says he has
no (tersonal objection to Dag Haminarsk-
jold. but feels nevertheless that the
present secretary general is too pro-
American and pro-Western.
lie believes that his three theoretical
secretaries general should represent
the capitalist, socialist and neutral
blocs.
* •
Pro-f aslroites in Harlem Iri<*<l to attack
two rnrload* of anli-< astro demonstrators
and were prevented from doing * by New
York City poliremen.
There was srreaming and yelling and
gnaxhing of teeth between the two groups
a-« the rars transporting the "I Hate Fidel"
people moied around the hotel where ( astro
and his group are billeted.
* * •
Deep South Maptists have let it be
known that there will be no let-up in
the religious attacks on Sen. John Ken-
nedy, Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent. Kennedy's Catholicism has created
fear rather than bigotry or vindictive-
ness in their ranks, they explain.
The harxh treatment whirh they claim
fheir missionaries in Kurope and South
America have received al the hands of
Koman I alholir nations is the topmost
reason for their objection to a Koman Cath-
olic president.
Mr. Ramsey Pollard, president of the
Southern liapfixt Convention, describes the
Catholic church as "not only a church bsit
a political entity."
Brusie s Bromides . . .
Journalist
M> JKANNKTTR HHI SIF.
I hat Columnist
Public .service institution that we are. it i.s
only fitting that we aid our campus readers in
every wny possible. Consequently, this column
will be the first in a series on a topic of vital
interest the American news-
paper. It will also be the Inst
in the series.
Few people really know how
a newspaper works. For ex-
ample, most people think ev-
eryone in the newspaper office
runs around, eyes glazed over,
shouting, "Stop the presses."
This is not so. Actually, they sit around, eyes
glazed over, wondering whon someone is going
to bring in a story to start the presses.
Another common misconception is that
stories are thrown haphazardly on the page,
with no planning at all. In reality, the news-
paper page is carefully drawn to scale on a
piece of paper called a ftummy sheet. F.very
story i~ mapped out on this dummy so that the
page is balanced and pleasing to the eye.
My first week of employment for this fine
IIY CHARLES J1DD. president, NTSC Young Republicans
Perhaps the most important issue in determining who will lie the next
president of the United States is deciding which candidate can best correlate
past experience and future sen ice for peace and prosperity.
At no other time in American political affairs has the challenge been so
great as that facing our next national leader. He must be a man
A|« that we can refer to as a "champion of the |>eopie," willing to
|Y/ On wav to f"rm subversion or tyranny.
But more significant still, we need a man who is straight-
forward in his decisions; a man whose advisory board does not
consist of lalsir bosses full of all their greed. The 35th president has to lie a
specialist on how to cope with world-wide communism. Republican nominee
Richard Milhous Nixon is such a person.
Congressional work on the Alger Hiss case first proved Richard Nixon to
be a deadly enemy to communism. Since those
early duys of his esteemed political career,
this man has stood face to face with commu-
nist leaders of the Eurasian Continent, tell-
ing of the good life on this side of the water.
Never ha- he suffered oratory defeat at the
hands of dictator or puppet. While in South
America. Nix-)n alone took on the burden of
humiliation and contempt revolutionaries and
aggressors have for the 1'nited States.
A« a House member, senator, vice-president
and head of the National Security Council,
Km hard Nixon has displayed his artful tech-
nique of leadership. He will require no "on the
job training."
I will not mention the opponent of Kichard
Nixon by name. Hut let's take a look at hi*
philosophy. I.et's take a closer look at what
he mid his party represent. Do we as citizens
feel that the time has come for our federal
government to assume responsibility for every-
thing we as individuals have taken care of
i"or so long? Are we to have the federal gov-
ernment give generous financial support to
states, through grants, for the construction of
dormitories and classrooms at our colleges and
universities? Are we to allow the federal gov-
ernor tit to pay doctor bills that we can't pay?
Are we ready for crippling labor strikes
brought on bv labor leaders such as Walter
Keuther? Are we ready tjj allow our country
to be an asylum for socialists?
I resent the $1.25 minimum wage bill put
before Congress, because it will inflate the
grocery dollar to "skyrocket" proportions. I re-
sent the Ituval County scandal. I resent the
Truman-Dean Acheson turnover of the all-
important Berlin sector. I resent the way our
great general, Douglas MacArthur, was re-
lieved of the Allied Command when he wanted
to blow up the biggest Ked arsenal north of
the :iSth parallel while thousands of Ameri-
can boys were being killed. I resent what v -s
known as "I Like Ole Joe" policy. All of these
are a part of Democratic misgivings.
I'nder the last three Democratic adminis-
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Nikita Continues Harangue
Meanwhile, back at the U. N.,
Khrushchev has envisioned himself as
the "champion" of the emerging
African nations. He is passing up no op-
portunity to win their confidence, lie trators, we have had two world wars and a
thinks, and maybe rightly so, that these police action. What did we gain by fighting
nations could give strong support to the ani' winning the global wars? This is not the
time to give the Democrats another try. What
we need is a peacetime president. What we
need is a Kepublican president.
While attending the Kepublican National
Convention, I witnessed the proud, but humble,
family of the candidate as he received the
nomination. Their man was a man of the na-
tion. A man of courage. Nixon is a govern-
mental expert. Nixon is a proved statesman.
Nixon has not been set aloft by inherited for-
tune. Nixon realizes the need for restraint on
the federal government through conservatism.
I.et's elect him.
U. S. S. R. in the U. N.
* * *
Friday the nations of (ihana and fiuinea,
both Communist inclined, staged a walkout
after Pierre Wigny, Iteigian foreign minis-
ter. responded lo the vicious attack against
Belgium l Khrushchev.
• * *
The Denton Record-Chronicle has
officially gone on record as a supporter
of the Republican Party's election ticket
of Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot
Ijodge.
A Sunday editorial noted the "vast
foreign relations experience of Nixon
and I.odge" and said the newspaper be-
lieves the COP platform is the "only
one that will prevent further moves to-
ward socialism."
* 41 •
From Naples comes *ord thai Soviet spy
tra lcr« are haunting the blue MHiterran-
eait. There are eight Kussian subs whirh
now claim Ked Albania as home port These
fake fixh-finders keep a clo44e watch on
movements of the I?. N. Sixth Fleet. In
turn, the watcher* are watrhed by another
watchbird: the t'. S. fleet.
• * •
Pentagon pipelines have said that A former managing director of the Supper
the Navy brain trusts are working on a Theater will be in the first production of the
new, highly sensitive infra-red detector Fort Worth Community Theater's
which will help patrol planes find season. DAVID MAYKF.KY, ex-NTSC drama
enemy subs that may be submerged major, will appear in the two-act comedy,
deep under water. The device can sense "The cirls in 509." While a student here,
the heat from a sub's engine, whether Mayherry had the lead in Supper Theater and
it be conventional or nuclear-powered. College Players productions.
Endures Hunger, Hospital
journalistic enterprise was enlightening. I had 10:30—have stories approved and sent to
planned to vary the content of my page. I had Pr'nt shop improperly marked.
planned to make it sparkle. I had planned H—cut II o'clock class.
never to use "I" in my column. But it didn't « picture for page; draw cartoon.
. . , . . . . 11:20—submit cartoon.
take long to destroy my il usions, and I soon , . . . .
12—skip lunch; eat candy bar.
eaine to be grateful to get anything at all. 12:30—have print shop reset stories improp-
At any rate, a typical day in the life of a erly marked.
page editor goes something like this: '—cu* * o'clock class.
ft -get up; skip breakfast. 1:30--read galley proofs using incorrect
<5:15- -arrive at Chat office.
With the Alumni . . .
Grad Assumes
Editor's Duties
North Texas graduate LEON FLEMING is
the new editor of the Sweetwater Keporter.
He was formerly wire editor of the San An-
gelo Standard Times.
LT. CAL E. GREER was graduated from
basic jet pilot training schi>ol at Webb Air
Forco Base. He has been reassigned to an
aerospace unit.
proofreading symbols.
2—no more classes to cut; go back to print
.10 . go back to dortn to get bobby pin to vhop; fall over pipe protruding from floor; go
to college hospital.
pick lock on Chat office door.
<5:45--write headlines.
7—go to U.B. for coffee.
7:06—pick lock again; door locks automatic-
ally when closed.
7:15- rewrite headlines.
7:30—re-rewrite headlines.
R—cut 8 o'clock class.
8:30—Lumumba is at it again; rewrite News
in Review.
9—cut 9 o'clock class.
9:30--have stories turned <iown.
10—cut 10 o'clock class.
3—escape from college hospital.
3:15 watch page being made up; editorials
too short; columns too loi.g.
3:30--cut columns; add to editorials; ruin
page design.
4—-everything still too short; decide to make
up difference by running "The Campus Chat"
in extremely large type.
4 :15—receive severe beating from irate print
shop employees; return to college hospital.
5—eat good supper at college hospital.
5:30- decide to quit job and stay at collefe
hospital.
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