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Matthews Retires Aug. 31
By KANDY CAMERON
Chat Editor
"I used to be a gotnl teacher I
don't know if I Mill am or not, hut
I'm sure yoinn to find out this
fall"
—J. C Matthews, Auk W68.
President J. C. Matthews, after 17
years in the presidential chair at North
Ti xas State University, wil! retire Auk.
V and assume teaching duties in the
School of Education.
The 67-year-old president relive<i some
ol the hitch points of his career in an
interview with the Chat earlier this
week, but as usual Dr. Matthews'
0 oughts were more on the future than
on the pant
★ Matthews Honored ★
Portrait of a President, 1951-1968
Retiring President J. C. Matthews will see this portrait by Victor Lallier un-
veiled in a formal presentation ceremony this afternoon. Lallier has also painted
nine U.S. presidents, five Texas governors and other notable citiians including
evangelist Billy Graham and Gen. William C. Westmoreland.
President J. C. Matthews will be hon-
#
ored today in a special public program
beginning at 4 p.in. in the Music Recital
Hall.
The tribute will be highlighted by the
presentation of a portrait of l>r. Mat-
thews to the university by E. C. Pannell,
vice-chairman of the NTSU Board of
Regents. Victor I.allier, a Dallas artist,
painted the portrait.
Dr. Matthews is scheduled to receive
tributes from the community, as well as
from all branches of the North Texas
family alumni, fatuity, student body
and regents.
W ('. Orr, president of Denton's First
State Bank, will be the community
spokesman. 11. G. Wells oi Fort Worth,
p 'swtent of the Alumni Association, will
represent the ex-students Dr. Mary Eve
l.yn Huey, professor of government, will
speak for the faculty. Charles Dixon,
student body president in 1967-68, will
represent the students Ben 11. Wooten
of Dallas, chairmun of the Board of
Regents, will bring it tribute from the
university's governing board.
The Campus Chat
51 ST YEAR
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, DENTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1968
NO. 65
Graduation Set Next Friday
For Record 1.204 Candidates
By SUSAN JORDAN
Chat Staff Writer
North Texas State brings another aca-
demic year to a close next Friday, Aug.
23, breaking a graduation record and
sending the campus into its annual three
weeks of dormancy.
The year's third commencement exer-
cises will start at 8 p.m. at Fouts Field.
Twelve hundred and four candidates are
seeking degrees this summer, up from
1,135 in 1967. ('undulates for bachelor's
degrees number 688, while 495 lire mas-
ter's candidates and 21 have applied for
doctorates.
North Texas had 665 graduates at
Winter Commencement and 984 at Spring
Commencement. Thus the total for the
year is 2,863, a record and an increase of
298 over last year.
FINAL EXAMS, which could delay
graduation for some, will be given at
regular class hours Aug. 23 for all stu-
dents except degree candidates, who take
them Monday. Monday is a regular class
day next week
Dormitories will close for the summer
session Saturday, Aug. 24, at 5 p.m. Wo-
men students who will l>e unable to go
home for the break can contact the Dean
of Women's Office for aid in finding a
place to stay in Denton during the break
Monday will be the last day for stu-
dents currently enrolled to ask that
card packets be mailed to them. Those
Physics Profs
Will Attend
Zurich Meet
Dr. Jim R. Sybert and Dr. H J. Mack-
ey of the physics faculty, who have
spent 10 years studying electrons, will
tell what they have learned Sept. 3-5 at
an international conference in Zurich.
Dr. Sybert and Dr Mackcy, sponsored
by the physics department, will present
a paper describing "how the scattering of
electrons on a surface affects resistiv-
ity," Dr. Sybert said.
THE PAPER IS a result of research
done in a lab in the basement of the
Physics-Mathematics Building. Basic
tools of research are an 8,000-pound mag-
net, a bottle of helium and electricity.
When placed in liquid helium, the sample
gets very cold and the activity of the
electrons is easier to study. A sample is
placed in the helium and lowered into the
magnet. Tests are made with instruments
to record the activity of the electrons.
Results of the tests made on the differ-
ent samples of metal are analyzed and
compared to find out how the electrons
act in different kinds of metal.
Only 31 papers will be presented at
this conference. Dr Sybert said, "Ex-
perts in the field are invited to present
papers. We were invited because of work
done in the last 10 years."
THE MEETING is sponsored by the
International Union of Pure and Applied
Physics and the Swiss Physical Society
Dr. Sybert said, "The world experts on
solid state physics will be there."
Fourteen of the 31 papers to be pre-
sented are from the United Slates
These papers will be published in a
special issue of a physics journal after
the conference.
requesting packets later must pick them
up in the Administration Building. They
will be available at the Registrar's Of-
fice until Sept. 16. After then, they will
be distributed on the third floor of the
Administration Building.
DURING THE BREAK, the Main Li-
brary will be open Monday through Fri-
day from eight to five. It may open on
Saturdays also, hut will be closed on
Labor Day.
The Union Building, including the
University Store and the Snack Bar. will
close at 5 p.m. next Friday until 7 a.m.
Sept. 16. The Post Office will maintain
its regular hours.
Faculty members and candidates for
graduation may pick up regalia Wednes-
day in the basement of the Laboratory
School Gymnasium. Students not in res-
idence arid those who can't check out
Coed Injured
In Chem Lab
A junior home economics major, Linda
McAlpine, 19, of Lewisville, was burned
by sulphuric acid in a chemistry experi-
ment in Masters Hall Thursday. She wis
taken to Flow Memorial Hospital and
was listed in undetermined condition.
Miss McAlpine suffered burns on her
face and the upper part of her body, a
hospital spokesman said.
Another student also suffered minor
acid burns on her arm in the same acci-
dent, said Dr. J. L. Carrico, head of the
chemistry department.
The accident occurred altout 10:30 a.m.
Thursday in a chemistry 132 lalairatory.
Miss McAlpine was taken to the NTSU
Infirmary, then transferred by ambu-
lance to Flow.
regalia Wednesday may pick it up after
the rehearsal Friday.
Graduation rehearsal begins at 9 a.m.
Aug. 23. It is required for all who will
get degrees at the ceremony Candidates
do not take regalia to rehearsal, with the
exception of candidates for doctor's de-
grees, who take their hoods
Diploma fees must be paid by Monday
Candidates who wish to receive their de-
grees in absentia must submit written
applications to their dean by 5 p m. Tues-
day. If a candidate fails to file for degree
in absentia and is not present at gradua-
tion, he must file another application for
a subsequent commencement.
RETURNING STUDENTS will have a
24-day break before registration liegins
for the fall semester on Sept. 17. Dorm-
itories will open Sunday, Sept. 15, at 9
a.m., with the first mea! being served at
noon.
Other important dates for the fall se-
mester are:
Saturday, Sept. 14, 9 a.m.—General
faculty meeting, Music Recital Hall.
Monday, Sept. 16, 8 a.m. Orientation
for new and transfer students.
Sept. 17-19- Registration according to
alphabetical listing on schedule.
Sept. 20, 8 a.m. Classes begin.
The 21 doctoral candidates are Sharon
Jane Anderson, Ed.D. in counseling;
John B Barnett, Ed.D. in secondary edu-
cation; Bill Arnold Best, Ed.D. in ele-
mentary education; Eldon Gandy Clary
Jr., Ed.D., in secondary education; Olen
Travis Duncan. Ed.D. in secondary edu-
cation; Donald Eugene Ellis, Ed.D., in
Secondary education; David Roy Flinn,
Ph.D., in chemistry, Henry Bedford
Furr, Ed.D. in secondary education; One-
ta Roberts Furr, Ed.D. in elementary
education; Albert E. Gowcr Jr., Ph.D. in
composition; Willie Lee Hailoy, Ed.D. in
elementary education; John Richard
Hunter. Ed.D. in college teaching; John
William Read, Ed.D. in college teaching;
Emma Louise Reddick, Ed.D. in college
City Charter Revision
Possible in November
Denton voters may get a chance to re-
vise the city charter in November.
After seven months of study, the 13-
member Charter Revision Committee has
submitted ito final proposals to City Atty.
Jack Barton for final drafting. The pro-
posals next go to the city council, which
will decide which if any proposals will
be submitted for a vote. The council will
first hold a public hearing on the pro-
posals at the first or second council
meeting in September.
The proposals are:
• That seven members including the
mayor be elected at-large on the place
system (there are now five members on
the council and the mayor is appointed
by the Cltv Council)
• A change of wording preceding city
ordinances. Ordinances are now intro-
duced, "The council of th* city hereby
ordains ." In accordance with state law,
it should read, "Be it ordained by the
council of the city of —
• That city elections be held on the
first Saturday in April instead of the
first Tuesday. Votes would be canvassed
on the Friday following the election in
stead of Saturday.
• That the city judge be a licensed
attorney
• That the corporation court clerk be
independent of the city secretary.
• That the charter provision for slum
clearance and rehabilitation for blighted
areas be deleted because it conflicts with
state law.
• That the utilities board be appointed
by the city council instead of the city
manager
The only proposal votes! down was one
that would have repeated a Texas Con
stitutional provision saying no city shsll
subscribe to the capital stock of any pri-
vate corporation, association, or person
or make any appropriation or donation to
one.
This proposal caused controversy be-
rause the Denton Utilities Board approp-
riates $40,000 a year to advertise Denton
through the Chamber of Commerce.
The defeated proposal died with a 6-6
vote One member of the Charter Revi-
sion Committee charged that those who
voted against it are "substituting hypoc-
risy for democracy because the city is
not adhering to the constitutional pro-
vision."
teaching; Frank Edward Robinson. Ed.D.
in administrative leadership; William
Bruce Russell, Ed.D. in administrative
leadership; Gerald Roger Taylor, Ph.D.
in biology: John William Thompson Jr.,
Ed.D. in elementary education; Floyd
Russell Vest, Ed.D. in college teaching;
Maxine A. Warren, Ed.D. in elementary
education, and t'alricia Kimberley Webb,
Ed D in elementary education.
Related stories, pictures. Pages 2,
4 and 5.
"I have been too busy to think about
my retirement very much," Dr. Mat-
thews said. "But I have had time to get
more and more excited aliout teaching
again. I guess I gave up leaching aliout
as reluctantly as anybody, and I am
certainly enthusiastic about taking it up
again."
DR. MATTHEWS will teach two
courses this fall. One deals with school
administration and the other with the
philosophy of education in a democratic
society.
Asked to nume some of the things he
was proudest of in his 17 years at North
Texas, President Matthews leaned back
in his high-backed chair, propped h knee
on his desk and paused to think a mo-
ment.
"Well," he l>egan, "I believe that many
people think about the physical things
first. These are t.he things that are easy
to measure. It is natural to think about
the physical plant going from $i5 to $55
million, the increase in faculty members
and students and the increase of vol-
umes in the Library But I lielieve I am
prouder of some other things
"The intangibles are important to me,"
Dr. Matthews continued. "These are
harder to measure and not so obvious,
but they are the most important."
THE PRESIDENT pointed to the
school's role as a university in reality
as well as in name and to the ease with
which North Texans enter graduate
schools all over the nation as l>eing two
examples of these intangibles.
"In other words," Dr. Matthews said,
"the academic aspects of the university
are those I am proudest of."
He added that these aspects were the
ones that had to be watched carefully
so that they would not become lost in
the excitement caused by the physical
growth of the university. "There was a
need to generate an interest in these,"
he said.
However, there was no need to gene-
rate any interest in another milestone
that President Matthews and North
Texas crossed together When the uni-
versity was racially integrated in 1955
and early 1956, there were plenty of
newsmen on hand determined to play
up what was then an unusual and very
big story.
But Dr. Matthews was more interested
in holding school than he was in break
ing a big story, and the interview the
newsmen were granted wa* fair and
honest, if not as spectacular as they
had hoped.
"We dtdn't think it would be fair
to anyone to blow the thing out of pro-
portion," Dr. Matthews said. "We had
studied the matter throughly and were
convinced that we were doing the right
thing. We went step by step to increase
the confidence of all involved. You must
lemember that this was a j>eriod of ad-
justment for Denton as well as North
Texas."
ASKED HOW the students had
changed in the past 17 years, the presi-
dent was quick with his answer. "The
students today are more outspoken than
in the paj t,," he said. "But so is the rest
of our society. Students change with
the mood of the country."
Dr. Matthews also believes that col-
lege students of Unlay are much more
an issue with the public than in the past.
"People are concerned about college stu-
dents because they reflect the mood of
the day," he said.
Dr. Matthews feels that universities of
li>day must meet the challenge offered
by their students. "We must keep on
testing ourselves to be sure that we are
moving toward a more democratic socie-
ty," he said. "Higher education has al-
ways had the definite role of helping
us understand our democratic rights. But
now it must go farther in helping us to
understand and accept our obligations
and duties."
IT IS OBVIOUS that Dr. Matthews
intends to work toward that end in the
School of Education starting next month.
"I have already started working on my
courses for this fall," he said, rising
and walking to a pile of outlines ami
literature lying on a table. "I'm eager
to get started "
Then James Car! Matthews turned
and looked out his office window at the
sprawling North Texas campus that has
grown with him for the past 17 years.
"1 have no regrets," he said. "It was my
own idea and 1 have been thinking about
it a long time. I have seen people stay
too long, you know. But I'm not much of
a fellow for looking back—I want to
look forward."
Two Deans Change Jobs
Dickey, Woods Return to Full-Time Teaching
By H ATH I BOYD
Chat Staff
President J C Matthews i# not the
only North Texas State staff member to
change positions this fall
Dr. Imogens B, Dickey and Dr. William
G. Woods will trade their positions as
deans of women and men for full-time
teaching duties in the English depart
merit and School of Education, and W A
(Bill) Cooper will trade his 33-year job
a* an NT instructor for a fishing pole.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF the
change in jobs for Dean Dickey and Dean
Woods came at the March meeting of
the Board of Regents They requested
the charigi in order to return to teaching
Cooper began his association with
North Texas 52 years ago as a student.
The 70-year-old educator said he is look-
ing forward to a lot of fishing and trav-
eling during his retirement.
Dean Dickey came to North Texas as
dean of women in 1944 She said in an
interview- this week that things have
changed quite a lot since her first years
here.
"W'hen I first came," she said, "I had
a personal interview with every fresh-
man woman who enrolled. This has, of
course, been impossible to do for many
years.
"We also had a freshmen orientation
course that met once a week and gave
one hour's credit Staff members accept-
Curtain Rises on Nude' Tuesday
Jan Ratterree and Bruce Saperston will take leading roles in the Summer
Theater s production of Nude With Violin to be presented in the new
University Theater in the Speech and Drama Buildinq Tuesday and Wednesday.
For a review of the pl y see Page 1. J'hn o si i
ed invitations to lecture for the course.
We had people from the Library, the
Fine Arts Committee, the journalism de-
partment and the coaching staff talk to
the new students," she said.
DEAN DICKER said there have been
some changes made in her office also,
"At first 1 had a full-time secretary and
she and 1 handled all the work in the
office," she said "I now have a full-time
secretary, one or two student assistants
every hour and a part-time assistant
dean."
"There is an emphasis on a different
way of contact now," she said "It is
done through department directors and
staff The administration just couldn't
do it."
PM LOOKING FORWARD with
great pleasure to full-time teaching,"
Dean Dickey said. She w>ll teach child-
ren's literature and the sophomore sur-
vey course in literature in the fall.
Dean Dickey's successor, named by the
regents July 18, is Miss Nancy Marie
Dickens, formerly dean of women at the
University of North Dakota. She will
assume the position Sept. 1.
Dean Woods, who became dean of men
in 1948 after 11 years as assistant dean,
has also seen many changes in the opera-
tion of his office.
"In the 1937-38 year we had 875 men
at North Texas." he said "Last fall, there
were 8.750 a 1,000 percent increase
"When I was first associated with this
office 1 knew nearly eveiy man on cam-
pus personally, but the more students
there are the less opportunity to know
them individually," he said,
Cntil the creation of the Office of
Student Personnel and Housing four
years ago and the Office of Dean of
Students two years ago. the Dean of
Men's Office handled most of the hous
ing, academic, financial and disciplinary
problems of men students.
"I HAVE HAD very pleasant relations
with the top administrators, deans and
directors of departments, faculty and
students," Dean Woods said. "I appreci-
ate this very much and it will be very
pleasing to remember."
A new dean of men ha* not yet been
named.
Cooper Itegan leaching in the Demon-
stration School in 1935 He has taught
driver education in the lab school and
on the college level, safety workshops,
club leadership and first aid courses, and
was track roach for five years.
Dr James L Rogers, vice president
for administrative affairs, said other re-
tirements, assignment changes and new
faculty will b* announced at the Hoard
of Regents meeting today
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