The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 65, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1967 Page: 1 of 4
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Enrollment May Drop This Fall, Matthews Says
North Texas may evprrience it# first
drop in enrollment since 1951 thin full.
President J C. Matthews discussed the
possible dritllnt of enrollment at the
Hoard of Regents meeting Monday.
If enrollment does drop below laa^
year's level, it will be no cause for con-
cern. A temporary slackening is likely
for fiany area colleges and universities
thia fall. The decline has l>een expected.
The state coordinating bourd took it into
consideration when it forecast an enroll-
ment of 20,0(10 by 1972.
Dr Matthews cited the growth of
Dallas and Fort Worth junior colleges
as one reason enrollment may go down
here. Tarrant County ,'unior College in
Fort Worth, which opens this fall, will
have about 2,600 students. El Centro
Junior College in Dallas will have 7,000.
More NTSU students come from Dallas
County than from any other, and Tar-
rant County is second as a source.
MONDAY'S HOARD meeting was the
first for new regents C. Dean Davis and
Ernest Schur. They were appointed by
Governor John Connally July 27.
In other action the board did these
things:
• Approved the sale of $1,100,000 in
property tax bonds to help finance the
building of a new library. The bulk of
the funds for the new library, to be built
in three phases, was provided in Feb-
ruary when NTSU sold $2,.'195,000 worth
of bonds. Monday's buyer was Halsey,
Stuart and Co., Inc. and Associates of
New York. The bonds were sold at an
effective interest rate of 3.1*877 per cent.
President Matthews said that $1.4 mil-
lion in federal aid has l een requested,
• OK'd plans to do some repair work
to some of the older buildings on cam-
pus. Regents approved a bid of $11)7,234
to replace ->r rehabilitate the plumbing
and hrating systems of the Laboratory
School, Music Building, Terrill Hall,
Marquis Hall and Quadrangles J'hree
and Four.
The board also heard President Mat-
thews say that:
• The $2 million Hiology Building will
1m- completed this month.
• The new Speech and Drama Build-
ing, also a $2 million structure, will he
completed by the 1968 spring semester
despite being 10 per cent behind ached-
ulf at present.
*• Foundations are lieing poured for
th< new Language Building.
• Plans for a $4 5 million 1,000-girl
dormitory are l>eing restudied by archi-
tects. The bids taken on this dormitory
in June were aliout 10 per cent over
architects' estimates and all were re-
jected,
• Architectural firms had lieen con-
tacted concerning the design for a new
coliseum A list of five firms will be
compiled for later presentation to the
board.
IN 1IIS DISCUSSION on the possi-
ble decline in enrollment, Dr. Matthews
told the regents that applications from
freshmen have followed the downward
trend. He noted that the university's
enrollment could possibly level off for
two or three years before continuing its
upward trend.
"We are already in a trend of increas-
ing numbers of graduate students and
upper classmen," Dr, Matthews said.
He also said that after the Dallas and
Fort Worth junior colleges start turning
out juniors. North Texas will continue
to gam in enrollment
Dr. James I.. Rogers, vice-president
for administrative affairs, cited another
reason that might cause enrollment to
drop the majority of the war babies is
already in college, "Generally, the grad-
uating classes of high schools were
smaller this year." Dr Rogers said
Wednesday.
He said the peak postwar enrollment
ut NTSU was 5,282 in the fall of 1949
Enrollment dropped the next two years
as veterans U-gan to receive their de-
grees. Enrollment for the fall semester
of 11)51 was 4,.US. Dr. Rogers said it
has increased every semester since then.
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NT Reaches New Low
Construction crews on the site of the new Language Building next to the
Main Auditorium have quickly erased all reminders of the old Science Build-
ing torn down earlier this summer. Construction is reaching a new peak as the
Master Plan goes into effect.
In The News
Applications Available
For Fall Card Packets
Students who plan to enroll for the
fall session can apply for card packets
at the Registrar's Office Tuesday.
The packets will be mailed lietween
Aug. 26 and Sept. 1
The card packet isn't a permit to reg-
ister n duplicate record is also neces-
sary. A student who has tx>en enrolled
for the last two long sessions and both
summer sessions may pick up his dupli-
cate record Sept. 19-21 on the second
floor of the Union Building. Others get
their permits in the mail.
Thomas (T.C.) Hill Dies
Of Heart Attack at 66
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m.
today at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
in Denton for Thomas (T. C.) Hill, 66,
a long time employe of the University
Store.
Hill was the first full-time stock room
man at the University Store. He had
been there 10 years.
Hill died Sunday of a heart attack
while attending church services in Dal-
las. He was there to assist in installation
services of a former pastor of Pleasant
Grove Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Othello;
two sons, Maj. Fred L. Hill now serving
in Vietnam and Joe A. Hill of Port Ar-
thur; two daughters, Mrs. Narvelle Wil-
liams of Denton and Mrs. Opal Ford of
Port Arthur; 18 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Burial will he in Oakwood Cemetery
in Denton.
North Texas To Host
College Board Exams
North Texas has been designated as a
College Entrance Examination Board
(CEEB) testing center, Dr. Edward C.
Bonk, director of the Guidance Office,
said Wednesday.
Beginning next fall, high school stu-
dents applying for admission to North
Texas will be required to submit CEEB
scores. In the past, students have been
The Campus Chat
50TH YEAR
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, DENTON. TEXAS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1967
NO. 65
Off-Campus Housing Changes
To Affect Apartment Dwellers
By RANDY CAMERON
North Texas is revising its off-cam-
pus housing policy for the fall semester.
The change will affect all apartment
and housing units that rent to NTSU
students. The revision involves the cate-
gories of students who rent apartments
In the past, apartment owners have
been able to rent to "couples and men,"
"couples and women," "men only" and
"women only." The new categories are
"couples and women," "men only" and
"women only," Thus, married couples
and single men will not live in the same
unit.
Owners of apartments have been re-
quested to notify the university as to
which category of student they wish to
house.
The request was made in a letter from
Dean of Students William C. Lindley.
Lindley said the purpose of the change
was to develop a closer relationship and
better understanding lxttween North Tex-
as and owners and managers of apart-
ment*.
LINDLEY ALSO stated in his letter
that "it is hoped that this effort will
result in more adequate housing for
students, more satisfactory operation
for owners and managers, and decreased
problems for all concerned."
There have been a few complaints from
couples that lived in complexes that also
contained single men. But Lindley said
no specific incidents were responsible for
the change.
"The purpose of the change is to
create better living conditions for all
concerned," the dean said. "We feel
that couples and men, as well as manag-
ers and owners, will be happier under
these conditions."
Lindley said he has received a number
of replies from apartment owners and
Dentonites Sign Petitions
Council Decision Challenged
required to submit American College
Test (ACT) scores. North Texas will
continue to give ACT tests. One is
scheduled to Ik- given Saturday at 8
a.m. in the Main Auditorium. The exam
takes about four hours.
BSU Vacation School
Overwhelms Volunteers
After a preparation day program that
enrolled only two children in Vacation
Bible School on Saturday, Baptist Stu-
dent Union workers were overwhelmed
when 108 showed up to enroll Monday
night.
North Texas Baptist students are hold-
ing Bible school for Mt. Calvary Baptist
Church in Denton. The students were
told by the pastor that they could ex-
jxvt 50 to 60 students in the nightly
Bible school this week. The BSU had
received donations from area churches
and prepared for 100 youngsters, hoping
to enroll that number of students by
Friday night.
Monday night's classes opened for en-
rollment at 6:30 and children poured in
for Bible school. They ran out of sup-
plies, teachers and space, according to
Rev. Britton Wood, BSU director.
Subcommittees Bring
Students Entertainment
The eight faculty members of the Stu-
dent Activities Committee have been as-
signed to subcommittees to work on
bringing the student body better enter-
tainment.
The assignments were made at a meet-
ing July 27. The group also made plans
for a street dance in front of the UB
Friday, Sept. 27, from 7:30 p.m. until
10:30 p.m.
Those named to subcommittees were:
Films, Dr. Don E. Beck and Dr. Regi-
nald Westmoreland; Dance, Dr. L. Paden
Neely and Dr James L. Carrico; Enter-
tainment, Dr. Lee Knox and Dr. A. Ray
Stephens, and Recreation, Dr. Paul F.
Smith and Dr. L. Fred Thomas.
UB Director J. Harold Farmer said no
more meetings are planned until this
fall when student members of the com-
mittee return.
By MICHAEL HOPKINS
Dentonites are signing petitions this
week in an attempt to reverse a July 25
City Council decision to reopen Oakland
Street through Civic Center Park. The
street has been closed two and a half
years.
City Councilman L. A. Nelson wants
733 signatures in his office by 5 p.m.
today so he can require a public vote
on the council's 3-2 decision to reopen
the street. Nelson charges that the
decision was hasty and conceived in
secrecy.
THE REOPENING QUESTION wasn't
on the July 25 council agenda. The
crowd was small after 63 homeowners
left when they learned that a proposed
zoning change had been dropped. Only
19 persons were left in the hall at 9:15
p.m. when the action started.
Councilman Marvin Loveless made the
motion to reopen Oakland through the
Civic Center by widening the street and
rebuilding a bridge near the new Com-
munity Building northeast of the Square.
(Oakland street runs parallel to North
Locust Street. It goes into the TWU
campus on the north and dead-ends in
front of the City-County Library.
NELSON AND former mayor Warren
Whitson, who were not i for re-elec-
tion in April when the three other coun-
cilmen were elected as "By The People
League" candidates, tried to argue
against the proposal.
"I earnestly hope that this city coun-
cil will let the people decide in a direct
vote if we are to cut up Civic Center
by opening Oakland." Whitson said.
Loveless countered by saying the April
election was a referendum on the ques-
tion. "Those seven candidates (who fa-
vored reopening the street) received 74
percent of the vote," he said.
In the election that unseated Whitson
as mayor — because three Denton Char-
ter Association candidates lost — the
victorious "'By the People League" can-
didates favored opening the street. They
were Loveless, Jones and Martin.
THE MOVE TO HAVE a public vote
failed and Loveless's motion, which
called for work to start Aug. 15 — a
week after the next council meeting —
passed when the new councilmen and
the mayor outvoted Whitson and Nelson.
Bids are to be accepted at the Tuesday
council meeting.
"Oakland Street was the most publi-
cized issue in the campaign," Loveless
said this week in an interview. "I think
the people want it open and that it is
logical that it be opened; we don't have
enough streets in Denton."
The "By the People League" was to
have a meeting Thursday night in the
Civic Center park to discuss a position
on the move to call an ordinance elec-
tion. The league favored the opening in
the April election.
AFTER THE JULY 25 meeting, Whit-
son called the vote hasty and said he
was "disgusted with the high-handed
methods used to hire an engineer and
call for bids."
Three days later Whitson and Nelson
began a countermeasure. At noon Fri-
day, July 28, they called a special meet-
ing in the Community Room at the Den-
ton County National Bank and the 100
seats were filled when the meeting be-
gan at 8 p.m.
Nelson explained to the group that
lie wanted get signatures on an initiative
petition to estahlish a city ordinance pro-
hibiting any streets through Civic Cen-
ter. He said 733 names of registered
voters were needed.
The petition cannot lie certified before
the meeting Tuesday when bids are to
be taken, but Nelson said he believes the
other councilmen will delay the bids
until after the position is OK'd. He said
he is not planning to get an injunction
to slop the work.
almost all are happy with the policy.
"The response has been very favorable
for choosing one category or the other,"
he said.
Although the program begins this fall,
apartment owners may still rent to any
category of students to whom they have
made prior commitments. However, they
will not be able to rent to any new ten-
ants not in the category they have cho-
sen. Lindley spid that the change would
be gradual in this sense, but that the
objective is to carry out the plan as fa.;t
as possible.
LINDLEY SAID that there is more
than enough off-campus housing to ac-
commodate students and that the change
will not involve any housing shortage.
He also said that couples wishing to
rent an apartment where nonstudent men
live may do so.
There will be no pre registration hous-
ing clearance requirements for couples
or for upperclass males. Freshman males
and ail single women remain the only
students who must have housing cleared
prior to registering.
Concert Set
For Aug. 23
As a climux to a musical summer,
the Lab Band is planning a concert
for 2:30 p.m. Aug. 23 in the Mu-
sic Recital Hall.
Band Director Leon Breeden said
the 20-piece group will play "a
good variety of music, but the def-
inite program has not l>een chosen."
The program will be selected
from works written by students
and sent in by professional arrang-
ers. "We are seriously considering
two arrangements done by students
this summer," Breeden said.
NT Student Has Idea for Bus System;
Denton City Council To Hear Proposal
By RICK KILGORE
The Denton City Council will hear a
North Texas student's proposal for a
city-owned bus system this month.
Senior Roger Durham of Dallas pre-
pared the report as a project for Gov-
ernment 495 (Municipal Organization
Guaranteed Income To Be
New College Debate Topic
North Texas debaters are going to
have money on their minds next fall.
"Resolved: That the federal govern-
ment should guarantee a minimum an-
nual cash income to all citizens" will be
the national debate topic.
The topic was recently selected.
Dr. William R. DeMougeot, debate
coach, said, "The subject is sometimes
discussed in the form of a negative in-
come; that is, one which would compen-
sate the pay of people in the lower level
income bracket. This setup would guar-
antee a sum of money to these people,
bringing them up to a minimum income.
Interestingly, this proposal has been
supported by both the extreme liberals,
as a comprehensive welfare program, and
by conservative economists, who see it
as an end to many welfare programs
now in existence."
THE DEBATE SQUAD has been re-
searching the topic long beforehand, in
anticipation of the selection of the topic.
The topic is chosen by heads of four
speech organizations around the country
and sent to debate coaches.
Each year, North Texas pick* its de-
bate squad, and an "A" team is chosen
from its members "This year, the top
team will consist of Steve Segal and Al-
an Phenix," Dr. DeMougeot said. Segal
was a member of the first team last
year with Cathy Stricklin. They became
one of the leading teams in the country.
Dr. DeMougeot said eight veterans are
expected to return to the debate squad
and eight promising newcomers have al-
ready indicated they will attend NTSU
this fall.
"The squad plans to attend about 20
tournaments during the year, including
pies ige tournaments at the Air Force
Academy and Ohk State, and one on the
East Coast," Dr. DeMou«eot said.
and Management) last fall. The paper
is a study of the economic feasibility of
a bus system for Denton. Durham re-
cently sent the report to Mayor Zeke
Martin. Martin took it under considera-
tion. "I will present it to the City Coun-
cil when I return from vacation about
Aug. 14," he said.
Durham, a 20-year-old social science
major graduating in August, said that
Denton would be the first town of its
size to begin a city-owned bus service in
recent years.
"Denton will receive national publici-
ty if the city decides to put the program
into effect," he said. "No city this size
has tried a similar project."
DURHAM, WHT) has been interested
in urban transit problems since high
school, does not think a private com-
pany can successfully operate an ade-
quate bus service here.
"Denton's last bus company lost about
$3,600 in the 12 months before it went
out of business in 1961," he said. ''A
city-owned system has the financial ad-
vantages to make it feasible."
The report says that the city will be
abie to operate at lower cost because of
tax exemptions. Municipalities do not
have to pay taxes on fuel, registration
or property.
"The people can have air conditioned
bus service and the city can make
$10,000 in profit on an initial investment
of $22,000," Durham said. In compiling
the report, city officials, General Mot-
ors representatives and publications of
the federal government were consulted.
The proposal indicates that Denton
can get federal aid for the project. Un-
der the Mass Transit Act of 1964, two-
thirds of the cost would In; subsidized by
the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
"THE TOTAL COST for three buses
and related service equipment is $65,000,"
Durham said. "Denton would have to
pay only about $22,000 of this."
The paper calls for use of present city
physical facilities to house the buses
and equipment.
Taking into consideration NTSU en-
rollment increases and city growth over
the last six years, the report claims that
a city-owned system can pay off the
original investment and buy three more
new buses in 10 years. The old buses
would still have about eight years of
service left at that time, Durham said.
"The $10,000 annual profit could then
be used for any city project," he said.
"The money would not have to be used
for the buses."
In calculating expenses, Durham said
he included maintenance, salaries and
other factors.
The route suggested by the student,
who entered college when he was 16, goes
from TWU to Denton Ce iter. There it
continues to North Texas and the Square,
ending back at TWU. Bus service would
run in each direction. The third bus
would be used for charter service and
as a spare.
"If it later seems necessary, the ser-
vice can be expanded to other areas of
town," Durham said.
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