The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 60, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1961 Page: 2 of 4
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PAGE 2—EDITORIALS
Despite Jolts .. .
City, Colleges Work
For Mutual Benefits
During the process of zoning Denton
into nine types of property areas in ac-
cordance with its master plan, the Plan-
ning and Zoning Commission has run
up against the old college town buga-
boo, school-city relations.
Several home owners in the college
area protes «*d the zoning of the high-
density dwelling district around the
school, fearing the extensive construc-
tion of large apartment houses catering
to college tenant#.
One woman went into great detail
about the nuisance aspect of student
neighbors. She wrote the commission
that she has found college renters row-
dy, inconsiderate and immoral and that
she certainly did not want any living
next door to her.
Apparently, she and other local j>eo-
ple have beer, acquainted with some of
the less desirable students of North
Texas and have formed their judgments
of all students accordingly.
However, sometimes students are
just as prone to be unfair in their criti-
cism as these Denton residents. Some
collegians seem convinced that Denton
business j>eople live solely by parting
naive students from their allowances.
Obviously, both conceptions are based
on limited and unfortunate experience, nated.
The realistic student knows that most
Highways, Lakes . . .
Safety Officials
25 Will Die on
Predict
Fourth
The Texas Department of Public
Safety predicts that on Tuesday more
than one person an hour will meet vio-
lent death in Texas.
The July Fourth prediction—25 vic-
tims in 24 hours—is based on past holi-
day experience, which includes not only
traffic accidents, but also drownings,
hunting accidents, homicides and sui-
cides.
During holiday periods, more jx'ople
will naturally be on the highways—and,
of course, crowded roads breed more
accidents. Records also show that at
least one law violation is involved in
nearly every highway accident.
Safety de|>artment officials plan to
add 15(1 patrolmen from other divisions
to the regular highway patrol force. Hut
they still estimate that 11 |>eople will
die in highway accidents on the Fourth.
What can 1k> done to reduce the toll?
One definite contribution all drivers
can make toward greater highway safe-
ty is legal driving. Surely this is not
For Retirement . . .
too much to ask—especially when hu-
man life is at stake.
Hut not all of Tuesday's deaths will
occur on the highways. Drownings,
ranking second on the fatality list, are
expected to take nine lives.
There will lie more |>eople on Texas
lakes this year than ever before. This
should warn boaters to take extra pre-
cautions during their aqua holiday—
specifically, by being sure not to over-
load or over[K)wer lioats and by seeing
that a life belt is provided for each pas-
senger.
YVe Iwlieve that the safety depart-
ment has set its estimate too high. It
will be up to each North Texan to help
prove that the prediction is wrong.
And if safety regulations and traffic
laws are observed on the Fourth, it
will be wrong.
Already seven North Texans have
died in highway accidents during the
current academic year. Let us not have
No. 8.
—John York
Firm Trains Employes
Life begins for many |>eople at many
ages. College students feel that life is
just beginning when they graduate. As
many a class has been told at commence-
ment, "This is just the beginning of
your education when you graduate from
college." Some do not find their life's
work until 40.
As a nation with an ever-increasing
number of "oldsters," we now must
solve the problem of how to help those
over 65 who have retired. These "gold-
en years" are all too often a disappoint-
ment and an economic burden to
young and old alike.
One large corporation has set out to
train its employes for retirement. This
is not accomplished by sweet talks and
a pat (in the back, but through a sub-
stantial program with a lot of thought
and planning t>ehirid it. The program is
based on a feeling of moral obligation
to our society.
W hen an employe of this corporation
reaches 6.'5 he can apply to his supervi-
sor for permission to lie excused from
work one hour a week to attend this
Golden Years Seminar. This one hour
per week is considered working time.
Attendance at the seminar is strictly
voluntary, but employes who decide
to attend the weekly sessions will be
the first chosen to do any part-time
work which the corporation may re-
quire from time to time after the em-
ploye retires.
At each of these weekly meetings,
one of eight topics which the corpora-
tion feels are the keystone of its semi-
nar is discussed by a guest speaker,
various members of the corporation's
law firm appear to answer questions on
wills, selling houses and making out in-
come tax returns. An official of the lo-
cal Social Security office tells the how.
why, what and when of getting that
government check. An officer from a
bank suggests investments for what-
ever money the employe has saved. A
geography teacher describes the good
and the bad of the retirement areas in
the country.
An insurance executive explains why
the policies Isiught at age 35 may not
be applicable to retirement. The local
official of the U.S. or State Employ-
ment Service tells of jobs available in
the community. Another time, a pastor
or psychiatrist speaks to the employes
al out the values that lie in retirement
beyond the practical business of Social
Security and jobs—like taking time to
lie kind to others or helping those less
experienced.
What has all of this to do with us as
younger members of the society? Many
students now on the campus will soon be
executives of large companies and it will
l>e up to them to solve the problem of
retiring employes. Some of us will In?
more directly concerned through mem-
tiers of our own family. The rest of us
must realize that these retired workers
have much to offer in experience and
advice. Surely all their years of experi-
ence are not to be ignored and dis-
missed.
We must take the attitude that these
"oldsters" are as anxious to be consid-
ered useful and contributing citizens
aftt-r retirement as we are to have them
be independent. If they cannot be guid-
ed to help themselves, then we will find
them a hindrance rather that a help
to our economy.
—Jo Baker
JASXAMV. APRIL,
JULY. OCTOBFR
The Campus Chat
THE WORLD CALENDAR
Avery year the tame
PKBfttAJtY. MAY. MARCH. JtW*.
AL'CLST. NOVEMBER SEPTEMBER. DECEMBER
Friday, June 30, IMI
In 1967 ...
Dentonites are helpful, sympathetic
people who work daily to make their
city a foster home town for collegians.
This was evidenced by the active sup-
port given by the fieople of Denton to
North Texas' cam|>aign for university
status.
In turn, the realistic Dentonite knows
that the schools are the lifeblood of
the city. Before the coming of the col-
leges Denton was much smaller than
some of the neighboring towns that it
has since far surpassed in growth and
prosperity. Without them it would be
"just another one-horse town," as one
city official put it.
In addition, colleKe personnel and stu-
dents have contributed many services to
the city. NTSC students serve on Den-
ton's fire-fighting force, and NTSC
teachers have put their special know-
ledge and training to work on communi-
ty projects.
For the most part, the full-time and
the part-time citizens of Denton work
smoothly together for the good of both.
The little jolts such as those encount-
ered by the Planning and Zoning Com-
mission are the exception rather than
the rule. With closer cooperation and
deeper mutual understanding perhaps
even these exceptions may be elimi-
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WANT TO BE up to date? If present plans go well, the new World Calendar will be
adopted in 1967. Enthusiasts for the four three-month sections of 91 days feel that this
new calendar will make life more systematic and simplified.
Notes From Nancy . . .
Coffee Drinkers Demonstrate
Bold, Bashful UB Techniques
-Nancy Keil
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By NANC Y FIKK8
Kver nit in the Union Building Coffee Shop
and watch the people who come to the door
and peek in? All type* of faces offer a wide
variety of expressions.
At the first of a new .semes-
ter a freshman curiously
comes to the door and takes
a look, lie seems to tie staring
into the meeting of a secret
cult, tie looks wonderingly at
the brightly shirted groups at
long tables, does he dare to
open the door and enter the
den of ho-knows-not-what? Never! The fresh-
man retreats as if he has gazed upon the for-
bidden and hopes hs face wasn't recognized.
The next face framed at the entrance is
that of the person who has one "good buddy"
on the campus. He hopes this friend has al-
ready found his place in the coffee society
so that he can join him. This person's look
is one of deep concentration, lie remembers
his friend had on a red shirt hut there are
so many. With u sigh he turns, bumping into
one of the regulars on his way in. The un-
successful candidate for entrance tries to
cover his confused exit by looking hurriedly
at his watch and mumbling some reason for
leaving.
A determined feminine face appears next.
She locates her "man" and makes a beeline
for that table. He had told her to meet him
here this morning and the fact that his table
is already occupied by two coeds does not
alter her direction.
A frat man approaches and gives the ap-
pearance of a horse wearing blinders. His
eyes scan one table and one table only. If
he fails to see someone who would recognize
his handshake, he turns on his heel and exits.
Would he go on in and sit at another table?
To him there are no other tables.
Sometimes a student makes it all the way
in and realizes the person he was heading for
is someone else. Instead of the wrist watch
as a means of escape he uses the clock on the
wall. He casts an anxious glance in its di-
rection and seems suddenly to remember a
With the Alumni . . .
Exes Tour Spain,
Work for Paper
Reports from the alumni find them travel-
ing in Spain, working as journalists and get-
ting married.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kepeda are touring
Spuin. Their home is now in New York City.
Mrs. Zepeda is the former Ruth Gill. Karly
this fall the Zepedas became the parents of
a daughter, Chris.
Johnnie l.ou l.ooney, who received her B.A.
in January, is now working for the Hay Cities
Publishing Co. of the Chula Vista (Calif.)
Star News. She has worked on several special
editions putting out fashion, real estate and
automobile dealer tabloids.
Joyce Carol Yearout. *59 journalism grad-
uate, will iw married July 1 to Albert Levy.
She has been working for KRI.D in the pub-
licity and promotion department
Janet Williams is water front director at
Camp Andre Clark in Pleasantville, N.Y. Miss
Williams will return to North Texas in the
fall to work on her master's.
Hon I,. Rives, a 'tot graduate, has joined the
Bibb law firm in Marshall. After graduating
from North Texas, he received his LL.B. de-
gree from the University of Texas.
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very important engagement. Coffee appears
a minor subject at this moment.
Finally the veteran arrives. He nonchalantly
approaches the door, casually opens it and
enters. He studies momentarily the layout and
threads his way toward a seat. He steps aside
for a few coeds to pass, but he doesn't get
stuck behind a whole sorority trying to leave
at the same time.
He selects a table equipped with a sugar
container and someone who smokes his brand,
lie is naturally devoid of matches and nickels.
This man is smart. He knows the ropes.
Those hopefuls outside the door who didn't
make the grade look at him with awe.
By MIKK RABUN
How would you like to wake up some morn-
ing and And your birthday had disappeared?
If you were born on the 31st day of certain
"long" months, this could happen to you. In
fact, it might have happened to you this year
if backers of a proposed new World Calendar
had had their way.
Now the target date for the change is lt B7,
says Miss Mary Ruth Cook of the mathemat-
ics faculty, who has lieen a World Calendar
enthusiast for a num-
tier of years.
Why 1 J#67 ?
Because that's the
next time a year will
start on a Sunday.
Given this proper
send-off, the new
World Calendar
would keep time in
its place with four
three-month sections
of ill days (13
weeks) each. The
.'Hifith day would be a
world holiday known
as Worldsday and
would come between
December and Jan- MISS COOK
uary. Similarly, during leap years a l.eapyear
Day would l>c fitted in between June and July.
Neither would be designated as a day of
week and thus the calendar would l>e kept in-
variable.
As for 31-day months, these would not dis-
appear. The first month of eech ill-day quarter
would contain 31 days: under this system
January, April, July and October would run
31 days and all other months would have 30.
For the first time in history there would be
a Feb. .'to. and there would be no March, May,
Auk- or Feb. 31. The birthday* of people born
on these days would vanish.
Principal advantage of such a system? It
would simplify business and governmental
schedules, explained Miaa Cook.
Wandering holidays under our present
"grasshopper calendar" cost business and
workers millions of dollars a year. One survey
estimates the loss to workers at $461 million
annually. With holidays falling on the same
day of the week every year, work schedules
could be planned precisely.
School system schedules could be made out
on a permanent 1 asis and governmental agen-
cies could plan activities for years in advance.
But what about the disadvantages of the
plan?
Life would tie more humdrum, would have
less variety.
And certain religious organizations oppose
the idea of a Worldsday on the grounds that
a seven-day week is sacred and should not be
tampered with.
Then there are the calendar makers. What
would they do for a living?
But Miss Cook feels that the advantages of
the World Calendar far outweigh its disad-
vantages. She feels this so strongly that she
has made speeches explaining the project to
civic clubs and other organizations.
The calendar will be discussed this year by
the Economic anil Social Council of the United
Nations, where action on it has been pending
for the last few years. The project has l>een
pushed by a worldwide committee with head-
quarters in Canada.
Should the United Nations approve the new
calendar, each member nation would vote in-
dependently to decide whether it wished to
change the present Gregorian calendar.
By I'.ifi? life could become more systematic,
more stereotyped. And you could lose your
birthday.
Jerry's Jabberings . . .
Gray Pouter Pigeon Spoils Polo Game
By JKRRY CASTLEBERRY
In all the remaining years of my existence
if I ever once arise early in the morr.ing anil
notice a mucky gray pouter pigeon firmly
implanted on the window sill, staring at me
intently in its puffed condition, I shall im-
mediately return to bed and stay. A pouter
pigeon is my omen of bad luck.
I only noticed the little fellow for a short
time before he flew away. But even then I
had the strangest feeling he was laughing at
me. At any rate, I dressed in my finest attire
and scurried off to pick up my date.
This w .s the day I was to see my first
polo game!
We had a 100 mile trip and I wasn't anxious
about wasting time, but as usual my date
was late.
Finally we were off! But not for long. While
busily talking with my late date, I ran two
stop signs and a stop light— at least that's
what the officer said as he handed me a tick-
et.
Back in the car again I was confronted by
my late date laughing at me. Suddenly she
resembled the pouter pigeon, all puffed and
swelled and grinning, with only two black
holes for eyes.
"Bah," I said, and we were gone again.
We did arrive, however, and were seated
News in Review
World War III Threat Looms
Over West Berlin Situation
West Berlin again threatens to be-
come a powder kog that may plunge the
world into World War III.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev this week
said that he would definitely sign a
Danzig as the means for peace. However.
Washington officials have chastised Mans-
field for making such a rash statement
without first conferring with Kennedy.
Republican Sen. Styles Bridges said
peace treaty with East Germany which on the problem: "If history has taught
would shove the United States out of us anything it has shown that where
that area for good.
President Kennedy still held firm and
said that the United States would de-
fend its position in West Berlin at all
costs. The city, which is an island 110
miles from the nearest point on the
border of the free West, has been the
source of the question all the free world
asks: Will the United States give
ground on West Berlin?
Democratic Sen. Mike Mansfield has cur-
rently been harping on a "free city" like
peace is concerned there can be no vacil-
lation or retreat."
high in the bleachers. Poor Date started com-
plaining about sitting on something and not
la-ing comfortable; she wanted to move down
a bit. Well, she was sitting on something all
right: a wad of melted bubble gum as big as a
lemon. As we moved out she strung bubble
gum all over the four people sitting to our
right.
"What the heck," cried one big hunk of man
as the sticky-mess spread across his finely
tailored suit.
"Very sorry, sir," I chuckled discreetly, and
wildly started plucking bubble gum from the
clothes of the first two victims. Poor Date,
realizing what had happened, whirled instant-
ly to offer assistance; her dress flew out and
struck some fellow, who was sitting below us,
smack in the head. In a matter of seconds
his hair was stuck fast to my date's dress.
Startled, he jerked his head to the side caus-
ing some of the gum to grasp the hair of the
woman sitting to his immediate left.
"Oh, no!" I gasped, and retreated to offer
help there.
At that moment a woman weighing around
300 pounds was trying desperately to make
her way through the throng of people while
carrying four tall-boy cokes. I tripped over
some fellow's No. 12 and grabbed, just
grabbed, for assistance.
I grabbed her—all 300 pounds!
Cokes flew every direction. People all
Campus Echoes
A&M Receives
$50,785 Grant
A research grant of $50,786 has been given
to Texas A&M by the National Science Foun-
dation for studies of ocean currents off the
southern tip of South America.
Entitled "Surface and Deep Current Meas-
urement in the Drake Passage," the project
will be directed hy Dale F. I,eipper, director
of the department of oceanography and me-
teorology, and Luis Caepurro, a research
scientist at A&M.
The two-year study is expected to yield
factual data on the field of motion in the
Drake Passage region, on the deep water cir-
culation of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
and on the western boundary currents.
—The Battalion
The- annua' meeting of the New York City
Writers Conference will meet July 11-21 at
Wagner College on St-aten Island.
Attendance at the conference is limited to
16 members in the drama, poetry and fiction
divisions. Fellowship* of $160 Mid several
prices will be awarded to promising young
talent.
Further information can be obtained by
writing to; Administrative Secretary, New
President Kennedy said, "There's go- around were saying naughty words. Poor Date
was crying. The big lady was screaming that
I pushed her. The man with gum in his hair
was shaking his fist. One woman who had
ice down her back was jumping up and down
going. "Wooo-o-o-o, Woo-o-o-o." I was try-
ing to apologize, assist and grin at the same
time, but was only making a bigger mess out
of the already existing mess.
Completely in a state of shock and embar-
rassment, I finally gave up and hustled Poor
Date out in short order. Behind us things
were in absolute turmoil.
When we got to the car I realized that I
had forgotten to ask for a rpturo on our
gate fee. Poor Date said "'no," and shortly
we were bound for home completely disgusted.
As I drove into the front yard I noticed my
friend the pouter pigeon - and he was still
laughing.
Do You Remember? . . .
UB Acquires TV
For Student Use
9 Years Ago
June 27, 1062. . . The Student Union Build-
ing now has a TV set with a 124-inch screen,
large enough for groups to watch easily. The
set, lent to the UB by the physics department,
is to lie operated by designated personnel
only.
8 Years Ago
July 1, 1966. . . Students of Dr. Walter
Hansen's geography of the South class and
ing to be a lot more sore backs before
this is over."
• • •
Meanwhile hack in Washington, Kennedy
appointed Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor as his
adviser on intelligence and military mat-
ters.
The former Army chief of staff's first
job will he to review United State* planning
in the Berlin crisis.
Taylor will work closely with the Central
Intelligence Agency and may take over Allen
Dulles' post if the head of the CIA resigns
as expected.
• • •
Adlai E. Stevenson, ambassador to
the United Nations, returned from his
18-day tour of South America and
warned that President Kennedy's plan
for modernizing Latin America's econo-
my was a "last chance to save our hem-
isphere."
South America, he said, is trying to
help itself but the United States must
make a concerted effort to keep it away
from the Communist threat.
• • e
Disgusted with the French Government's
agricultural policy, French farmers hanged
Michael Debre in effigy.
The farmers' main complaint is that
they receive low prices compared to the
high market prices paid at retail.
Debre said that the government waa do-
ing everything possible to correct the crisis.
• • •
Chances are good that the United
States will beat Russia In the effort
to put a man on the moon, Space Chief Robert A. Miller's Texas geography class got
James E. Webb said Monday. * l«"g elevator ride as part of their geography
He estimated the cost of the project 'i«M trip—700 feet into the salt mine near
at $20 to $40 billion and the feat would Grand Saline.
be achieved in the next 10 years. S Years Ago
Webb went on to say that this per- June 27. 1968. . . Dick Whetale, captain of
York City Writers Conference, Wagner Col- formance would be accomplished it the the golf team, haa been named a member of
lege, stalen Island 1. N.Y. United States followed President Ken- the first team Ail-American squad of the
~ ~ NCAA Golf Coaches Association.
-The Daily Collegian nedy's program.
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