The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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Clarence, TC Janitor,
Gives British Tinfoil
The Campus Chat
TC School Scouts Honor Our Flaq
Emerson Foresaw
United States As
World Benefactor
A role for the United States of
America as the benefactor of na-
tions, a role which she may l>e call-
ed upon to assume at the close of
the present World War, was fore-
seen more than seventy-five years
ago hy Ralph Waldo Emerson, who
stood in his day and still stands
as the embodiment of the ideal
America, Dr. Floyd Stovall,, direc-
tor of English at the Teachers Col-
lege, declared in a lecture Tuesday
morning.
In the lecture, the first in a ser-
ies of five on the survival of ideal-
ism in American literature which
were delivered this week in the
college auditorium course, "Amer-
ica Today," Dr. Stovall traced the
development of idealism in Amer-
ican literature in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries to its first
complete literary expression in the
prose anil poetry of Emerson,
t'ommon Belief
Democracy, Dr. Stovall said,
arose in America from a belief in
the common possession of a uni-
versal spirit which makes all men
equal. Yet even in democracy there
is inevitable aristocracy of charac-
ter, an aristocracy that is justified
only so long as it depends upon
merit, Emerson felt.
Emerson was not altogether hf>
py with America as he found it,
calling it "superficial, a nation of
shopkeepers," but he pointed out
that the America of his day was
at the beginning of its develop-
ment, and he looked to the future
with great expectations, Dr. Sto-
vall said.
The speaker stated that Emer-
son did not regard democracy as
the end, but as the means; "mor-
ality is the true end and a state
ot things which allows every man
the largest liberty compatible with
the liberty of every other man."
More Tender Government
Emerson would have had gov-
ernment more tender and paternal,
"more thoughtful for the interests
of women, for the training of chil-
dren, and for the welfare of sick
,\nd unable person?, and serious
care of criminals" than any of the
Old World nations.
"Nor must America be content
to live by herself and care ortly for
her own," added Stovall. "He wish-
ed to see America 'a benefactor
such as no country iver was. hos-
pitable to all nations, legislating
for all nationalities. One might
suppose these words to have been
uttered in 1041 instead of 1863,
they apply so aptly to present con-
ditions at home and abroad."
At the same time Emerson be-
lieved that the individual who re-
sisted the state's encroachment up-
on his liberty was an antidote to
See EMERSON, Page 4
Fifty two pounds of tinfoil for — ■
British aid w« turned in at a K()l KTKKN'TH W.AH M MI'.KK Li'.'
Dallas center last week as the
contribution of Clarence Jackson,
negro janitor at Teachers College.
Starting his collection of tinfoil
only about a month and a half
ago, Clarence has accumulated the
52 pounds mostly in small scraps.
After a newspaper feature des-
cribing Clarence's patriotic ven
ture and asking the assistanci >f
students and faculty was publish-
ed in the Chat several weeks atfo
contributions to the cause increas
ed to a pound or more of tinfoil
a day. Besides faculty and student
contributions, Clarence was given
tinfoil by Denton and Denton
County people. Much of the 52
pounds he has picked up by him-
self. The largest single gift of tin-
foil was 4 1-2 pounds he was given
by the city.
Though he might be able to sell
the valuable tinfoil, Clarence is
very firm on that point. "I ain'
sellin' it; I'se jjivin' it to the Brit-
ish," he declares. As a result of
his collection of tinfoil, from which
metals essential in the manufac-
ture of planes will be extracted,
Clarence has also developed sev-
er! sideline collections. Some old
stoves somebody gave him started
a scrap iron pile for Britain, and
his latest sideline is the collection
of old automobile licenses. Jfe has
already gathered up nearly lftO
old car plates.
Asked how long he intends to
continue his one-man campaign for
British aid. Clarence enthusias-
tically replied, "I'm gonna keep
collecting tinfoil and iron just as
long as they need it—as long an I
jean get a'holt of it."
j Contributions are still apprec-
i iated.
THK CAMPUS CHAT. PKNTON. TEXAS. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, HM1 Z7.il
TELEPHONE 1242
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Twenty-Five Men Enroll
For Civil Pilot Training
Farmers Hold
Vital Place,
Says Speaker
Five More May Be
Accepted to Fill
Regular 30 Quota
Specialist Explains
Agriculture's Gift
In 'America Today'
Pictured above are Denton Cubs, Brownies, and Boy and Girl Scouts who officiated at flag raising cere-
monies sponsored by the third grade children of the Teachers College Demonstration School last Satur-
day morning.
Radio Players
Will Present
Patriotic Drama
Members of the Teachers College
radio class will gfve a patriotic
original drama, "Forever Free,"
over the regular Cap and Bells
program over KDNT Tuesday,
June 24, from 2:30-3:00 o'clock.
Psychology Club Keeps Up Fast Pace
In Effort To See New York in 30 Days
See Dempsey's Place,
Heart Diseases
Lead All Other
Causes of Death
g<
Up in New York City where cars |
in and out on any side on a
six-lane boulevard and you "upset
Modern physicians are begin- *'"*'<• '«>«■ "iiles" if you alow down
ninir to appreciate the fact that to 30 miles per hour, 8f members
, , . Ithvy must know what sort of in- «'f Psychology dub of the
The drama begins with the in- aividualH they are dealing with in Teachers College are staying on
vention of the printing press by order that they n1lly know what Il,M' twentieth floor of the Ken-
Gutenberg on June 24, 1440, | disorders to expect in them, Dr. ImoM! ,Iotel at time and
tells of the need for knowledge janu,s Shirley Sweeney of Dallas, i spending their days seeing New
and the fear of the people and BMOciatl. profe or of clinical medi- Vork "«* «ivinK N,'w Yorkers a
the clergy, how the battle for free 0jn(. at College of Medicine, ehance to see that species of Amor-
dom of the press was won, anil gay|or University, said in a talk 'earis called "Texans."
what the radio, the "speaking Oliver-d last Thursday morning Dropping in to dance at Jack
press," has done and is doing in at< tho Teachers College. Dempsey's, favorite night spot for
disseminating news in the program Presented before the auditorium Uncle Sam's sailors, and askinii
of defense and the keeping up of | ,.0urse, "America Today," Dr. that a number be dedicated to "*cv-
the morale. j Sweeney's talk stressed the devel- j en Texas gals," the venturesome
The drama will picture the com- opnH.nt 0f a new constitutional Texas group "got plenty of nau-
mcnts of Kaltenborn, the speech of theory of disease which holds that tical stares" from sailors who al-
thc president on defense, the certain so-called diseases are not ways "get a kick out of Texans,"
launching last week of the North ,rU(> diseases but "disorders" that Miss Edith McElheny, graduate
Dakota, and will give inside pic- appear to be constitutional and ; student of the college, reported in
tures and imaginary broadcasts which are brought to the surface a letter to the publicity office this
from the biggest bombing plant in by the "pull and strain" of our week.
'Santa Monica and from an army ; modern livimr. See New York From Ton
camp. Bob McDonald of Iowa Park, Most Diseases Under Control _ . M v l t tu
-....i, .«„<{, « t nf ontlovn will! Seeing New York from the
Practically ail of the bacterial ^0p 0f ffo Empire State Building
diseases, the causes for which were Jin,| the heavenly bodies from Hay-
discovered in the decade following dt,n planetarium, taking a boat trip
187G, are now under complete con- an,und Manhattan Island, climb-
trol and could be almost wiped out inK ,o the top of the Statue of
il medicine had the full coopera- Liberty, taking a tour of the "mad
turn of the public, the speaker ile- HCIewv Stock Exchange' when
In Chemical Blast
Twenty-five students have been
enrolled in the civil pilot training
course for the summer, and five
others may possibly be accepted
to fill the quota of .'10, it was an-
nounced Wednesday by Fred Con-
nell, ground school instructor.
Other progress made in the field
of CAA on the local campus was
the completion of the last of the
(light examinations by five stu-
(Juoting Secretary of Agricul- dents, Connell said. Nine students
ture Claude R. Wiekard, who said of the spring semester class have
| that the food raised by American yet to pass their ground school
farmers may yet decide lioth the examination, but the remaining
j present war and the peace that 2H students enrolled in the flight
; follows, D. O. Davis, information training have received their pilot
'specialist with the Soil Conserva- licenses, Connell said.
: tion Service, Fort Worth, told a Test To Be Completed
I Teachers College audience Friday The completion of the list of
; morning that American farmers summer trainees was wailing for
more than any other group in this the physical examinations of 88V-
j country are passionately devoted eral applicants to be finished in
j to Democracy. Dallas Wednesday.
In his talk on "America's Con- The list of trainees who have
I t ributions to Agriculture," deliv- been accepted for summer training
jered before the "America Today" follows: John L. Blair, William
auditorium course, Davis asserted Harry Brooks, Williams 8. Bry-
that the American farmer has, in ant, Gordon K. Carpenter, Harold
the time that he has worked, gone Eugene Cave, Sidney Boyd Chad-
i further than the European farmer well, Harold Chrisman, Wingfield
throughout his entire history. Galbraith, George Marvin God-
I'rogress in a Democracy dard.
"There is a possible connection Silas Johnson, !• red Layton Jr.,
lietween this fact and the dif Wilbur Ross Undsey Jr., Garland
ference between the two forms of Robert Matthews, Norman Miller,
government under which the George R. Morris, William Neale,
American and the European farm- Weldon O'Dell, William Potent Jr.
ers labored," the soil conservation Maxie Ben Scale, Harold Lowell
speaker said, pointing out that far• Seamans, Jack Sewell, Ellison
more progress could be expected j King Slaughter. Willie Herman
from a free democratic farm pop Sonntag, Harv. — •" '
ulation than from one which fori''°e Windham.
centuries were serfs, living under! Paused Exams East Week
a system which holds many of j Studellta who completed their
them in practical serfdom. 1 examination last week were
Norman Abernathy, Edwin Gor-
don, Jayne Kingston, William C.
Empire Building; Burl Rogers Dies
Learn Psychology, Too gums Received a'fSTdw^riilte'farm pop-1taf, B r*ey Wilson Toon, and
sing the national anthem.
Dallas School Director
Attends Music Lecture
j nun ui nw |fu>Hiv, nit* n|K'ann «««-- i HCI'CWV
Miss Marion Flag*, director of c',u'ed. pointing particularly to the brokers "stand in a little circle of
music in the Dallas Public Schools, extraordinary achievements of elevated steps and scream furi-
was among a group of Dallas vis- medicine recently in the use of the OU8jy at each other," with the pres-
sors who attended lectures of Dr. «*®-called sulphur drugs. ident of the cotton exchange con-
James Mursell at the music audi- '!'u® diseases such as colds «jUotirig them, the NTSTC group
torium of the North Texas State "" !na!° "ot t C0n'iuer js crowding every possible ex-
Teachers College Monday. p DISEASES, . age 1 perience into the thirty-day visit
they are spending in New York
City.
Out at "Little Syria," where
thousands of Syrians live "just as
native as in the old country," the
group had an authentic Syrian
dinner including chunks nf lamb
. , cooked on a spit— called "sheesh
McConnell, Matthews, wa " 1 l"''v,<Texas history Kabab," and a weird mixture
U / • • /- rr ii am' *hey as librarians could wrapped in grape leave, an ex-
Mct7inniS, orrrtlths, do more toward building a Kreat amp|® „f the finely developed arts
D,_ „_L a C — a.Lai,t community library by having the 0f Syria, according to a Syrian
DraaCK, /\re jpeaaer* right attitude toward their com- waiter.
Hear Organ Concert
In Trinity Church where they
heard an organ concert, the group
saw the graves of such illustrious
men as Alexander Hamilton and
Library Auditorium Is Filled
As Clinic Is Closed Saturday
the
Carlisle, D. B. Purington and two
new instructors.
Twenty-cijrht students, including;
TH, ^ ...-.I.Hbr.ry J-'f ^*£*£££3
;-k" * <■ —
students of library service, closed
Saturday with a session devoted to
the use of local and non-book ma-
terials in the school library.
Folklore Movement
The speaker designated the folk , _ . , _ . _ _ _ A . _
lore movement the most interest- Rnh*rt * ulton. On Saturday they
„ , _ . ing movement in American liU;ra-; "popping at .lacy s and . aks
Speakers Saturday morning were turfi ^ ^ ^ {|1 JexM and enjoyed watchmr some of the
R. R. Douglass of the co lege li-, ha%.p ^ mmt int,.rf>!,tin(r folklon. fexas group Jump almost three
brary service department; Mrs.
I know anything al out.'
feet trying to get off one of "those
The Mortal Storm
Is Saturday Show
A race for life with the Gestapo
will be witnessed by N. T. S. T. C,
showgoers when Marsraret Sulla-
van and James Stewart portray
modern German horror in the
"Mortal Storm," Saturday night
show in the college auditorium.
Special arrangement of "Tne
Three Bears" performed by the
Aces of Collegeiand will highlight
the stage show, which will include
a song by Nancy Graham and a
soft shoe dance by Theresa Cor-
coran.
Helen Braack, librarian at Wood- John A Umax,. work jn ther- MTJ?'"? " Tl"' T'' "' Wa'k;
row Wilson High School in Dallas, jB cow was h.ghly "td||hl,r^ ^ ^
and Dr J. C. Matthews director ja<v| , thp vjsjti crjtjc who sti l "it isn t down to your price "
°/i * tra,n,,nR ^ ^ also termed Walter P. Webb of the Chinatown and a Chinese opera
, About 300 people packed the li- UnivPn,ity nf X,.xa(( thl, num^.r where orientals attended and
brary auditorium and stood in the ofl(, prof,of 1;,,^.^ sute* his- racked watormelon s«ds with
aisles ,or tne Saturday session. . . natjon to<lav" their front teeth during the show
Dattglaea Speaks
I . , """"'~T "Texas in way below the middle PSYCHOLOGY, Page 4
Douglass spoke on Preparing ,|n() of xUt(„ \n th,. amount <lf
Non-Bo ik Materials for Use in the mon„y fr>r f)0ok„ ani, library
service," the speaker said, and
pointed out that too often educa-
School Library," Mrs. Braack or
"An Experiment with Local Ma
' k* k'*"ary. tjon Huffcred from mass production
and Matthews on "Cooperat.on of methf(d)| an<1 )ark of creativ(> „n,.r.
sretic leadership and was content
to look to Harvard and the East
Teacher and Librarians in the Col-
lection and Use of Local Ma-
terials," in place of J. P. Moore of
ran worm.
John McGinnis, literary editor rt Hoole Opens ( linic
the Dallas News and editor of the The clinic was opened Friday
Southwest Review, told an au- afternoon by the chairman, Dr
dience of nearly three hundred Fri- William Stanley Hoole, after which
, day ni^ht that he wouldn't have a *be parti- ipn'mg librarian* wer<
janitor in a Texas library "who CLINIC, Papf 4
College Notice
All college time slips for
the month of June must be
turned in to the business nf-
June 2H, in order that stu-
dents may get their checks
on Thursday, Juiy 3. If the
office Is closed, time slips
may be left in Mr. Boyd's
or Mr. Caldwell's exchange
box directly in front of the
office
The problems of the American
Funeral services for Dr. Burl fa,.llu.r ari. n„t primarily techni-
Rogers, graduate of the college CB, prot,i,.mMi |jul Hocial and eco Overton, and Val Selc.
who died last Friday from burns noinjc problems over which he in i The summer class of CPT is
received from a chemical explo- ({lvj(|U!)iiy has no control, Wiekard third class trained at the college,
sion at the General Analine Dye „ai<j after listing an impressive Flight instructors include Rolfe
Works, Grasseli, N. J„ were held jjBt u^hnical achievements of
Monday afternoon at Alliany, American agriculture.
Texas "But those social and economic
He is survived by his parents, problems are being solved and will! '-wo girls, passed flight and ground
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Rogers of be solved by the democratic jjov- examinations week before last anil
Albany, his wife, and two sisters, eminent under which we live," Da received their pilot licenses, said
Ruby Rogers and the former \ vis said. Connell, in the spring semester
Hope Rogers. Information Increase , lr"'n'"K PC' "«d-
, . . Requirementa for entrance in the
rhe explosion occured a week! With every additional farm mec- couriMj ,.a|| for ,he student to
before his death as the resu. of hanir.ation and advance in eeien- have complete() at |,,aHt one year
an ex,ierime.it he was perform- {ine aKri«.u|ture there is an in !<(f work anH t,, ,K. ah,^ to
I"*; K,;ur other men were less crease in the wide variety of tech-1 |m8^ a phy„icH| c.xamin tion. It
seriously burned. niealinformation which the Amur-1 wi„ t.oun, HH „ix MmetU-r hours
Rogers rweived his bachelor's ican farmer must know, the speak-1 credit in science, physical edu-
degree from TC in 11)35 and mar- er pointed out. But agriculture, he, eution. or as an elective toward
ried I/nene Ij ne of Pros,H-r in add« d, still demands hand and «ni-in bachelor's degree.
August of that year. He received mal labor, and today "folks and ________
his master's degree from the machinery must work together." .. ^, ,
University of Texas in 1989 and Pointing to some of the most un-1 | y/Q ColleCje Q^irlS
his Ph. II. from the same insti- usual developments of American ^
tution last year. He was a mem- agriculture, Davis pointed to bees Q L J I J T Q°
Iter of three honorary chemical that, swarm at the proper time, j OCn6CIUiGCi IO Olny
srK'ieties and last year spoke at. hens that rise under artificial light
the meeting of the National at 4 a.m. the year around and pro- j I njalljae OflPra
Chemical Society in Philadelphia, duce from 200 to .300 cgjfs a year, j i
. a ■ and plants that are raised without
Among those from Denton who . ' .
attended the funeral were Dr.; tST United
and "" * * " ""
Jame
Smith. L'i uul'du a 'bis week.
Miss Eugenia Hughes of Fort
Worth, who was a soloist in the
; St. Matthew Passion presented re-
cently on the campus, and who has
been a member of the A Cappella
i Choir for a year, wiil have a small
solo part with the chorus and Miss
Jacalu Hearne of Fort Worth, a
. . # j Luu.. member of the A Cappella Choir
heavy piece of wood hittin* .. " . . .
against a wowlen box sounds like . , ^
the chopping of wood; a plumber's; ^iss' Hughes and other Fort
suction pump can be dashed Worth ^ W(.r„ ,mroducod by
against the floor U give the sound Mfl f M McCrary of Ft. Worth
- .. . ©f honwi noofji. A cylinder with , f —, . .
The first radio class ever or- woodl>n „|atlt hjttinK HKainlt can- f"1 T^rsday ni«ht when Miss
ganized in Texas, the Teachers. ^ thp d f wjn(| Helen (.lesson. Metropolitan OfH-ra
College radio class, which gives] ^ the trickeries l*Ur' WM *lto P«""«*ed-
Two NTSTC music students will
„ . - th participating this week in the "Op-
ind Mrs J L. Carrico, Addie Mae Wf)'rjd j,,* pV^'uction of dairy cat-j'T* ""d.er .th® SHta.r"'' .in
Curbo, L. P Floyd, Dr. an.l Mrs. tl(. Hrnf, animaUi jn th). Her- "r ,WI f' K r t« . °h
James Spurlock, and Mamie ford lir|>f row and in awlw, ahw,p, muntc atj.he Teachers College, said
see FARMERS, Page 4
Radio Class Will Do Series
For U.S. Soil Conservation
Thirteen 15 Minute
Dramas To Be Used
All Over the Nation
weekly broadcasts from KDNT. of th<1 microphonc in reproducing
has been invited to do a ser.es j thp NTRTr radj() ciaM<
of thirteen 15-minute drama re-! expcrjfn^nts with a number of dif-
cordings for^ the Soil Conservation forpnt and ,i(lten to the . , . . _.
^rwhSh '"""nd th" 0""u"h lh' Accepted for Show
of Agriculture which are to In- mJcrophoIMf .doptln* it Re- r
Ingram's Painting
used nationally, Mrs. Olive M.
microphone
I pea ted radio performances with
Notice of the acceptance of Sam
Ingram's water color, "Texas
Johnson, speech director of the jtjl chanjft,,, jn musical backKround
college, baa announced. h#R Uu h, m<.mbers of the radio ^ .. . . .. .
The playi.were written by Morse ^ to t„ twf) turn t bl«s NatJP"Rl ^ atfr
Salisbury, Chief of Radio Service, in --j,,. (. ~jv„ „ "-njit second"' °'or Exhibition, which will be
j: S. Department of Agriculture,Lhan of r,.rord which would ,H. shown this summer in the Fine
Washington. 1). C and require ,m (hl<. if „n| onp turn table Arts (.allery in San Diego Cah-
sound effects ranging from the were UMKj forma, has been received by Dr.
blowing of wind and sand, to the. , , C.ora Stafford, head of the art fac-
activities found about a lumber Rehearsals FteRin Monday ujty 0f Teachers College.
cemp felling of tries, hammer Rehearsals will begin Monday.; ft in the first time, according to
blows, nawing, forest fires
Found Sound Fffectn
• Already by experimentation the
class has found methods for mak-
ing a number of sounds which
June 23, on the first four of the Dr 8ufrord> that a Denton Teach-
dramas, which have already been 0rg Rrt gtudent has had a work ac-
received by Mrs. Johnson. Six cepf^ for a national jury art
oollege students who have hail xhow inKrami a sophomore from
experience both in radio work and HouRtoni*l8 one 0{ the outstantlinft
must be used as a background for dramatic productions have already majorg „t the college this year,
the dramas. The crumpling of eel- b en selected for the^casts of the jg now in Mexico with Max
lophanc between the fingers makes """"" rc .adr up ^most piBkr commercial pnoiograp'ner.
the sound of forest fire; the manip- entirely of men. The boys were se- where he is doing a aeries of paint-
ulation of a sheet of iron by two lected, Mrs. Johnson said, because jnjp, for entry in four important
men at opposite ends sounds like the voice of each registers an en- regional and national art shows,
thunder; the dropping of salt on
tirely different tone over the mi- Two of hi(l water
were in-
paper directly in front of the ml- erophone. Frit* Kimbrell of Den- ciudrd this year in the Texas Ok-
crophone is reproduced as rain; a Sec RADIO CLASS, Page 4 lahoma General Exhibition.
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