The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 63, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1962 Page: 2 of 4
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PAGE 2—EDITORIALS
Nov. 3 Jaunt to Wichita
The Campus Chat
Prove Magazine Article Wrong
Friday, Auguit 10, 1962
Planning Can Clear Greeks Disclaim KKK Comparison
Way for Road Trip
Although rSNT'.s proposed Nov. 3
road trip to Wichita, Kan., has some
stumps along the way. careful plan-
ning can uproot some of them and the
rest will have to be met head on.
The senate is probably a little shaky
about tackling another road trip after
the projects have failed for the last
two years.
Last fall's jaunt to Memphis ap-
pears to have been destined to buckle
from the beginning. It called for a
1,000-mile round trip by bus and
would have cost about $1'.' a person.
The spectators could look forward to
a nonconference game in which the
Eagles were underdogs.
As if these black marks weren't
enough, the senate even toyed for a
while with using prohibitively expen-
sive airplane travel. Then at the last
minute, the entire trip almost folded
when the sponsor had to drop out and
a new one had to be located.
It's little wonder that I'SNT couldn't
even presuade 33 students to buy the
$19 tickets.
Armed with the lessons from this
failure, the senate appears to have
better than average chances of spon-
soring a successful trip.
Here are some of the selling points
of this fall's trip:
• It's a conference game with as
hot a rival as North Texas has.
• The prospects for a winning
Eagle team look pretty good.
• Travel costs (by train) plus
game tickets will run only about $13
for the round trip.
• The trip will be only about 300
miles—considerably shorter than the
500-mile .Memphis journey.
The senate is considering travel by
either bus or train. It seems that rail
transportation would offer the kind
of facilities most likely to attract stu-
dents. The> would have freedom to
move around and the whole group
could be together. Splitting up into
small groups kills the bandwagon spir-
it of the affair.
I SN'T could probably even make a
little money by selling food ami bev-
erages on the train—besides adding
to the comfort of the passengers.
Since the trip is scheduled two
weeks after Homecoming, participa-
tion may be cut somewhat. Hut Wich-
ita is the only trip that seems feasible
under the Eagles' schedule.
There are a few steps which the
senate can take to insure better re-
sults this time. It should make provi-
sions to replace a sponsor who might
have to drop out at the last minute.
It should get definite transporta-
tion plans mapped out early and stick
with them, so that students won't be
leery of investing their money in a
project that is loaded with uncertain-
ties.
This is a project in which the Sum-
mer Board can chart the course for
success. It's going to take plenty of
time to make the necessary arrange-
ments and properly promote this trip.
Starting with what appear to be
favorable conditions, USNT can sure-
ly whip up enough enthusiasm by Nov.
3 to make the trip a success.
—Hob V'eteto
Catalog Needs Clarification
Students Lose Direction
In Information Bramble
The university catalog ami the stu-
dent handbook are probably the two
most-used sources of information
about North Texas, both by current
and prospective students. At least, the
presumed purpose of these publica-
tions is to provide information on of-
ficial policy and other important mat-
ters about the university. But are they
adequate
The catalog enumerates require-
ments for graduation, yet each year
many students who conscientiously
believe they have checked every loop-
hole find after they have applied that
something is lacking. Is this entirely
their fault, or is it partly because some
information is obscure or confusing?
For example, prospective graduates
must remove grades of X or E before
applying for a degree if tin- added
hours constitute an overload. This in-
formation is imparted in the catalog
at the end of a section entitled "Ap-
plication for the Degree." Unfortun-
ately, some students do not discover
this fact until they are preparing to
make application. By then it is too
late to remove the X in time to grad-
uate that semester. No mention is
made of this requirement under gen-
eral degree requirements.
Nowhere in the catalog or handbook
can be found a definition of what con-
stitutes sophomore, junior or senior
standing. A quick call to the regis-
trar's office will answer this question.
But shouldn't a question that | ops
up that often be easy to find in the
catalog ?
The three-page index in the catalog
is little more than an alphabetized
table of contents. It lists, for example,
"auditor's fee" under the general
heading of fees. Auditing is not list-
ed. The section about auditors does
not make it clear that students en-
rolled in NTSU for credit may audit
courses.
The student handbook contains sev-
eral vague passages regarding infrac-
tions of university regulations.
"Should" and "may be expected" are
phrases used repeatedly. In no more
than half a dozen cases does the hand-
book indicate what sort of disciplinary
action the offending student may ex-
pect.
Dormitory residents are subject to
additional rules and usually pick up
details about university regulations
that those who don't live in dormi-
tories never learn. Those who live off
campus seldom know any more than
what the handbook says.
Simple common sense should indi-
cate some things that are "not done."
But in many other cases, students
learn of a university regulation only
after they have broken it.
Where can a student go with his
unanswered questions? The handbook
tells this in a section on administra-
tive offices. There are listed concise-
ly the general duties of each office.
But students who call or visit may
receive incomplete, erroneous or am-
biguous answers if any answer at all
—from a secretary whose boss is busy
< r not in.
Faculty members or other officials
may steer a student wrong through a
lack of knowledge of every university
regulation.
How is a student to know when he
has complete and accurate informa-
tion about the things which may de-
termine whether he can stay in the
university—or whether he may get
out ? Perhaps a cross-referenced cata-
log index and additional written |H li-
cies which are readily available to
all students would eliminate some con-
fusion and contradiction.
-—Mary Harris
The Campus Chat
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lidlUilial ttalMnwita of th Campua Chat reflert
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t-oma* letltra from rvadm. hut reaervn the
right to «lit when nei-awaary. letter* ahould be
aigned
Kntered *• aecond-i-la** matter April It. 1*49,
at the I*ait Office at Denton. Te«a«. under the
Act of March X. !«?
Represented hy National Advertialng Service*
Inc. Suhacriptton rata*.
delivered hy mall —... II PlU ta«
l > FKI/ION COCHRAN
"Fraternities profess ideals thut sound
very much like Phi Beta Kappa—scholar-
ship. etc.- and then turn around and act
much more like the Ku Klux Klan."
So .said Brock Brower in his article "Fra-
ternities" in Esquire lust October.
But not so at North Texas. Nor over the
nation generally, according to George Starr'
Lasher, who answered Brower in the Shield
and Diamond, Pi Kappa Alpha's quarterly
publication.
l.ashcr said such things as good social
conduct, higher standards of dress, improve-
ment of campus activity, cooperation in the
improvement of scholarship and helping
maintain school spirit are fraternity inspired.
Not Ku Klux Klan activity, in other words.
AS FOB NOHTII TEXAS, a recent Chat
check showed that only 11 Mi per cent of the
more than 7,000 students were Greeks lust
spring. Of that small percentage, scholastic
ratings were relatively good. The all-frater-
nity grade point average last spring was
l.ti us compared to the all-men (indepen-
dents) average of 1.3.
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While making thut higher grade average,
the 10 fraternities on campus provided their
members with a well-rounded social life.
And that- with an emphasis on scholarship
is what they're here for.
Brower, in his condemnation of fraterni-
ties, suit) the entire system "looks like it's on
the way out." Then he cited eight examples
of collegiate chapters (in the north) that
broke ties with their national offices.
•ilOKSNT IT HOUND SILLY." Lasher
asked in his reply, "to say 'the fraternity
system reeled under the impact of a rebellion
of collegiate chapters' and then cite a total
loss of only eight out of nearly 4,000 chap-
ters?"
Again, North Texas fraternities -rather
than disintegrating- are growing in num.
her and size.
Take Sigma Phi Epsilon, for instance. In
the spring of lil'il they had 32 pledges. Last
fall they had eight. (Spring pledge classes
generally run larger than those of the full.)
Last spring they had 48.
The new 50-man dormitory they're adding
could well symbolize the growth of the en-
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tire system here. For the Sig Kps aren't
North Texas' only growing fraternity. Ac-
cording to members of the following frater-
nities, their growth over the pust three long
semesters runs like this:
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA — with 1.0 pledges
in thut period—has lost only 12 members to
graduation, reported Milner Duval, Denton.
I'i Kappa Alpha gained 1!) members after
graduates were subtracted from the pledge
totul, said John Cochran, Dallas.
Sigmu Nu hud 10 pledges in the spring
of 19(11, 12 last full, and 22 lust spring, a
definite increase. (Their number of grad-
uates wasn't available.)
I'hi Kappa Sigma: 38 pledges and 10
graduates, according to Fred Hutchison,
Houston.
The others- Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma,
Theta Chi, the Ueezles, and Delta Sigma
I'hi—can probably show similar, if not in
some cases, better results.
Statistics, true. But they tell a story.
THE "REBELLION" which Brower talked
about was mainly over selectivism urged by
most national offices. Still, even he said
Communists are antifraternity because they
feel the system is u stronghold for conser-
vatism. Why not keep it thut way, then?
At one northern college, the July 13 issue
of Time reports, a committee of nine alumni
and two seniors studied the system on their
cumpus and concluded: "Fraternities at Wil-
Summer and Smoke
liums (College) have come to exercise a dis-
proportionate role in undergraduate life."
Thut committee was dealing with a cam-
pus of I.LS4 men of whom 94 per cent of
the school's upperclassmen were eating und
living in off-campus fraternity homes.
The committee's aim? Obviously to urge
Williams "to take complete responsibility
for feeding and housing students." In other
words, get thut $500,000 u year back into the
school itself. The group wanted to convert
fraternity houses into social dorms and
smash the Creek system there.
THIS IS SOMETHING else North Texas
fraternities aren't up against. For one thing,
the administration hasn't taken action to
shutter the system. Second, the men's dorm-
itory cafeterias, at meal times, are almost
invariably full. And the dorms have few, if
any, empty rooms during the long session.
Only four North Texas chapters serve
meals in their house-—Lambda Chi Alpha,
Sigma Nu, I'hi Kuppa Sigma and Sigma
I'hi Kpsilon.
The problem for male students at NTSU
is finding a place to live, and u cheap place
to eat—just the opposite of Williams' prob-
lem.
So, obviously, the fraternity system here
is not the system in the North thut Brower
knocked. At present, it seems strong enough
und is expanding enough to say thut it isn't
"on the way out."
Post Office Offers Challenge
For Adventure-Seeking Type
By JUDY ATKINS
Since this is my last Chat column, I wish
to pitch in some leftovers that 1 have not
bad the opportunity to pass on to you. All
those things which occur to students but
do not apply to aca-
demic endeavors I
label lagniappe
(pronounced lan-
yap).
Perhaps this un-
usual nine - letter
word needs more ex-
planation. It is a
Spanish - French
word which means
something extra or
beyond that which
is required. That's
what some situa-
tions require
something beyond the call of duty.
The University Post Office is one of the
The Other Side
Tabloid Hits All-Time Low in Taste
B> PHIL VINSON
KXCLUSIVK: FIRST PHOTOS 5,000
BABIKS BORN WITH "SEAL FLIPPERS
These were the headlines over two inch-
es high that almost jumped off the page
and knocked me
over in a Denton
newsstand this
week.
The newspaper
bearing these heads
also carried on its
front page a 5-by-
7-inch photo of a
badly deformed
baby.
The
course,
thalidomide
quilizers.
pedant mothers,
limbs on babies.
story, of
concerned
tran-
which,
when taken by ex-
often cause malformed
Newspapers have given sufficient coverage
to the story and have amply warned the
American public of the drug's dangers.
But this "newspaper," a tabloid called the
National Enquirer, capitalized on the story
by using "shock" tactics to show whut the
drug can cause.
It devoted two full inside pages to the
story, accompanied by 10 more pictures of
horribly deformed children.
After looking through the paper, I be-
came convinced that it was the most ill-con-
ceived, tasteless trash ever set in type and
cast out to the public.
Advertisements are as repulsive us the
stories. One advertised photographs for
collectors of Nazi atrocity pictures.
The editors obviously dredge up the most
gruesome photographs in existence. They
show two closeups of a woman's head which
* News in Review :
Reds Explode Huge N-Blast
Amid Western Plea for Ban
Amid United St at en requests for a
moratorium on nuclear testing, the
Soviet Union set ofl' last weekend thr
second largest blast that has ever
been exploded.
The bomb was estimated by Swed-
ish scientists to be in the 40-megaton
range, second only to the AO-megaton
bomb the Soviet Union set off last
fall.
Preceding the blast, President Ken-
nedy apjM'alcd to Russia to reverse
its opposition to international inspec-
tion under a nuclear test ban treaty.
The President indicated that the
United States is ready to scale down
its inspection requirements if Russia
would negotiate.
The Soviet blast was no surprise to
United States officials since Premier
Khrushchev had announced plans for
more tests because of the U. S. series.
Following the Russian tests, Presi-
dent Kennedy said that an analysis of
the results obtained by the Soviet
Union would determine whether the
United States would begin another ser-
ies.
Russians are expected to test weap-
ons made for the air, land and sea.
Officials say they will place special
emphasis on the Soviet counterpart to
the U. S. Polaris missile.
* * *
Health authorities began a watch
in Britain after a scientist died of the
Black Plague.
The disease, also known as the
pneumonic plague, ravaged Europe in
the Middle Ages.
Authorities, fearing an outbreak of
the disease, began rushing precautions
into effect. About 40 persons were
known to have had contact with the
scientist before his death.
was torn to shreds in an auto accident.
There is little excuse for this type thing.
I've seen the "confidential" type maga-
zines and sensational tabloid newspapers,
but never did these journals go to the
lengths the Enquirer does.
Are they abusing freedom of the press?
If so, the question of censorship invariably
arises.
I sincerely hope censorship is not the an-
swer. Before it comes to that, I hope that
those who publish such atrocious garbage
will be forced off the market by an indig-
nant public.
If the public is not indignant enough to
boycott such a perverted use of freedom,
those who shout about moral decline in
America might have u good case to work
with.
Since this is my lust column in the
summer Chat, 1 feel us though some sort
of parting comments might be in order.
It's been u pretty fast summer for me,
something I can't complain about. Thut
long rest between summer school und the
full semester may go fast, too, but I'm
sun; many of us summer scholars will be
glut) to get in some loafing time, however
short it may be.
But somehow I feel slighted. I come to
the Chut office, sit at my typewriter with
fire in my eyes and columnize. The paper
cornea out and I wait. But not even one
letter arrives.
But to philosophize, it's been pretty quiet
around NTSU this summer. There haven't
been any issues of major enough importance
to really get excited about.
When fall comes, if circumstances allow,
perhaps this und other similar columns in
the Chat may be used to discuss vital campus
issues.
At any rate, it's been enjoyable to say
things I'd thought about, but never had a
chance to express publicly.
And I hope some of these things proved to
be constructive and even enjoyable at times
for the people 1 share these things with—-
the reader.
sharpest thorns in the side of students. By
the time a student fights his way through
the mob, struggles to get his mailbox open
with droves of people swarming about him
and is shoved out by the niagaru of students
into the Union Building Howdy Room, he
feels like going home to bed and forgetting
it ull.
Insult is added to injury when the effort
is to no avail and the student does not re-
ceive any mail.
However, if you are looking for an easy
way of getting out of class with an author-
ized excuse from the Hospital, the Post Of-
fice offers an appropriate setting. Just have
your box behind the glass door or low
enough so that you have to stoop down to
reach it.
Place yourself in a vulnerable position,
and almost any student will oblige you by
opening the door and pinning you to the
wall or by trampling you.
One way to outsmart the Post Office mob
is to gaze intently at the ceiling while drift-
ing in with the crowd. Then when others
start gazing curiously in the air, you must
make your move quickly and get out before
the irate group discovers your trick.
Being able to secure a place in the Union
Building Snack Bar has always been a prob-
lem for many students. The easiest way to
overcome this difficulty seems to be by
scheduling UB period at an unearthly time,
preferably opening time, and being there
when the doors open.
All these arc small irritations which most
collegians must face. And one of the proud-
est days of my college career (and career
is what it's getting to be) was the time I
figured out how to walk up the steps ut the
north entrance of the Library.
After observing others hopping, jumping
or completely bypassing these steps I de-
cided to experiment and find a simple and
reasonably dignified manner of descend-
ing and ascending them.
My formula: take one step on one level
and then two steps on the next, alternating
like this all the way.
Do You Remember?
Denton Sweats
In Heat Wave
10 YEARS ACJO
Aug. 8, 15152 . . . The Summer Concert
Band, under the direction of Manuel F.
Meyer, presented its fourth concert of the
season at the band shell in City Park . . .
The temperature in Denton soared to a
blistering 112 degrees.
7 YEARS AGO
Aug. 5, 1955 . . . President J. C. Mat-
thews announced that 653 persons would
receive degrees in the August commence-
ment exercises .... North Texas gave its
first Ph.D. degrees in music to S. M. Triekey
und Gerhardt Dom.
4 YEARS AGO
Aug. 8, 1958 . . . Bids for the construction
of a Library annex that would house 290,-
000 volumes are being considered, President
Matthews said. . . . Dr. Robert C. Sherman's
biology class returned from u two-week field
trip to the (iulf Coast .... Members of
Robert A. Miller's geography class re-
turned from a 4,200-mile field trip across the
eastern half of the United States.
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