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NORTH TEXAS STATE COLLEGE, DENTON. TEXAS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1955
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In Dallas-Fort Worth Region
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NO. 4
Sabres, Band
AFROTC Divisions to Hold
Activity-Planning Sessions
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defeat
Organizational meetings got un-
for t|derway this week for the various
tO'ing Idivisions of the Air Foi'ce ROTC
in a t rograni, according to Capt. James
in Mei#V- Geiger, information officer for
ill to A he local unit.
fonferenl "Most groups are still in the i
to haw'ocess of getting settled," he said
?ak snafM'inday. Groups under the
AFROTC program are the Sabres,
jband, Ramey club, and athletic
teams.
The Sabres, drill team of the
[North Texas unit, elected Bill Per- i
json commander at the first meet-
ling of the group last Wednesday
might. Staff Sgt. Robert McNatt
N travel;* Sabre sponsor this semester.
H'L j The initial meeting of the cadet
' l>x*niarching band was held Thursday
night, called by band director
(George Burns. Cadet Maj. Lee
[Nicholas will be commander of
this year's band, and Capt. John .
Scale will be sponsor.
Plans are being made by officials ,
the Roger M. Ramey club to
rk with the United Fund cs.;n-
Jiaign this year by raising funds
for needy persons in Denton and
penton county.
The club is also making prepar-
ations to sponsor the uale of all
football programs at the Eagles'
lome games this season. The cadet
jkelling the most programs will be
awarded a cruise in a jet airplane
and a flying trip to Miami, Captain
Geiger explained.
The Ramey club, whose member-
ship inculdes all students enrolled
in the ROTC program, will be
headed this year by Cadet Lt. Col.
Richard Brodie, president. The or-
ganization was named for Lt. Gen.
Roger M. Ramey, a former resi-
dent of Denton, now Air Force
ommander in the Far East.
Approximately fifty boys have
reported to cadet Gary Capps,
fcoach of the ROTC intramural
football team. Capps must cut the
squad down to the maximum num-
ber of 18 athletes allowed to re-
t.f ti
Jwork
main on the roster, The program
will be under the direction of the
athletic officer, Maj. Bobby R.
Taylor.
Captain Geiger added that the
issuing of basic uniforms last week
was completed in only two and
one-half davs, a record time for
the unit. The entire process was
undergone without confusion, he
said.
Uniforms to be issued to con-
tract students this year will in-
clude for the first time a summer
outfit. Short sleeves and a bush
jacket will be features of the
new attire. The uniforms are ex-
pected to arrive soon, and will be
issued upon arrival, Captain
Geiger said.
Barton to Speak
On Debate Topic
Dr. Sam Beal Barton, professor
of economics, will speak to mem-
bers of the Debate club this after-
noon at 4 in the Studio theatre.
His talk on the official debate
topic, "Resolved: That the non-
agricultural industries of the
United States should guarantee
their employees an annual wage,"
will be followed by a discussion of
the question.
Today's meeting will be the ini-
tial work of the club, assistant
sponsor William B. DeMougeot
announced Thursday. He also
stated that the public is invited to
attend.
Debaters are preparing for the
first debate tournament, a prac-
tice meet, to be held at Texas
Tech in Lubbock Oct. 28-30.
DeMougeot revealed that mem-
bership has jumped to 43 foren-
sic enthusiasts, 17 of which worked
on the North Texas debate team
previously.
Candidates File
Friday Set as Petition Deadline;
Collegians to Vote Wednesday
Six freshmen, 8 sophomores, 10
juniors, and 8 seniors had filed pet-
itions with the Elections board
Monday, Bill Smith, USNT vice-
president, announced.
The fall All-College elections of
class officers and senators will be
held next Wednesday, and all pet-
itions must filed with the Elec-
tions board by 5 p.m. Friday in
order for candidates' names to be
placed on the ballot.
Write-ins
Write-in candidates must sub-
mit a statement of intention to
the Elections board by 8 p.m.
Tuesday.
Freshmen
Announcing their candidacy as
freshman officers are Stan Neuse,
presidential candidate; Bill Hanks,
vice-president; Beverly Martin and
Joan I I e y, secretary; Lucinda
Prather, treasurer, and Barbara
Ross, senator.
Sophomores
On the sophomore slate are Joe
Don Baker and Bill Townsend,
president; Ann Hall, secretary,
and five senatorial candidates,
Charles T. Warren, Dave L. Camp-
bell, Sandra Bureh, Berk Kaufhold,
and W. A. (Dub) Brown.
Juniors
Junior candidates are John Turn-
er, president; Jerry T. Johnson
and John McLain, vice-president;
and seven students in the senator-
ial race. They are Jim Stephens,
Ronald Roberts, Don Gobin, Mal-
colm Dade, Barbara Saxon, Jessi-
ca Klinglesmith, and Bob Dyess.
Seniors
Seniors filing petitions are H. B.
Cox and David Grigsby, president;
Ray Barlow and Ronnie Ballard,
vice-president, and James Bennett,
E. J. Harris, Frances McClcllan,
and Cynthia Davis, senators.
Candidates for office may ob-
tain petitions at the USNT office
in the union building. Undergrad-
uates are required to secure 25
signatures front members of their
respective classes, and graduate
candidates must obtain 15 signa-
tures of graduate students.
Posters
Campaign poster) may be put
up on the old campus area, bound-
ed by Hickory street, Avenue A,
Avenue B, and Chestnut, at 8 p.m.
Thursday. They must be removed
no later than 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
Campaign rules prohibit placing
posters on college buildings, within
the union building, or on its front
lawn or slab.
Candidates ate held responsible
for conducting their campaigns
Political Groups Slate
Initial Fall Meetings
Student political clubs have
scheduled initial meetings for the
year with elections and get-ac-
quainted activities planned, club
officers said Tuesday.
A film entitled "Henry Lends a
-Press Time Chatter
Vice-President Reveals Deadlines;
Sigma Xi to Organize on Campus
Today at 5 is the deadline for a
|hange of schedule other than a
drop and for incoming students
Who want to register for a full
"load, according to Vice-President
A. M. Sampley.
A $2 fee will be collected for
each change in course or session.
Dr. Sampley also pointed out that
|advanced standing examinations
will be given on Monday and Tues-
|day.
1 An organizational meeting for
local chapter of Sigma Xi, na-
tional honorary graduate research
iiociety, will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday in Masters hall.
Dr. I). .VI. Morris of the biology
acuity, president, invited Denton
esidents who are Sigma Xi mem-
>ors to attend. Plans are being
nade for installation ceremonies
n October.
# Members of the faculty research
(committee will meet Thursday at
ill a. m. in the office of the dean
if the Graduate School, Dr. Robert
chairman, announced
B. Toulouse
Monday
The committee will consider re-
quests by members of the fa-
culty for research grants for the
present school year.
Dr. Toulouse will also be mod-
erator for a panel on school archi-
tecture to be held at College Sta-
tion Sunday and Monday. The pan-
el, sponsored by the Texas Assoc-
iation of Junior Colleges, will be
composed of prominent school ad- j
ministrntors and architects.
Dr. Toulouse will be accompanied I
by James L. Latham, candidate for
doctorate degree at North Texas. !
• •apt. Jack Erwin, U.S. Marine
Corps procurement officer, will be
on the campus Oct. 10, 11, and 12 j
to interview students for the Ma- I
line Corps officer candidate pro- i
grams.
Undergraduate students are eli-
gible for a platoon leaders' class
program, and seniors and graduate
students are offered either an
officer candidate class.
0 An award of $300 has been
given to North Texas by the Con-
tinental Can company as a result
of one of the company's scholar-
ship winners attending school here.
Three $1000 scholarships are
giver by the company each year
to children of its employes on the
basis of competitive tests.
Charles Whipp of Orange, jun-
ior accounting major, received one
of these awards in 1953. He is
given $1000 each year that he is in
school.
Hand" will be shown at the first
meeting of the Young Republi-
cans to be held Oct. (! in the study
room of the maual arts building.
President o! the organization,
John McCown of Itasca, has out-
lined the work of the club for the
year. The group will work with
the senior organization in the local
and national elections, and will
assist the Republican party in can-
vassing votes.
Plans are still under way for the
Young Republican:, and the Young
Democrats to woik jointly on a
poll of Denton in connection with
the approaching presidential elec-
tion.
In addition to McCown, Young
Republican officers for the year
are Pat Harberson, Sanger, vice-
president, and Malcolm Dade,
Greggton, program chairman.
The first meeting of the Young
Democrats will be held Thursday
at 7:30 p.m. in the study room of
the manual arts building. The
eloction of a vice-president is
slated for the meeting. James W.
Riddlesperger of the government
department is sponsor.
according to elections rules set up
by USNT.
Campaigning
The use of a public address sys-
tem is prohibited before 5 p.m. and
after 7 p.m. Candidates should
make arrangements with Dr. Har-
old Farmer for the use of the UB
slab for dances anil rallies. Dcm-
| onstrations which might interfere
with street traffic must be direct-
ly cleared with the chairman of
the Elections board and the stu-
dent deans.
Campaigning within 50 feet of
the polls during election day is
prohibited. Candidates must re-
move or repair all damaged signs,
posters, or other stationary mat-
erial within eight hours.
Expenses
Expenditures for campaigns arc
limited. Class presidents may
i spend $20 and other class officers
| $15. These expenditures will be
evaluated on tl.o basis of the value
; of the material and service used
1 in the campaign rather than on
i the amount of money actually
spent.
Any person or persons seeking
to contest or question the election
must file a protest or petition for
disqualification with the attorney
general within two weeks follow-
ing the elections.
Ballots
At the voting station in the un-
ion building students will be band-
ed a ballot upon presentation of
an activity ticket. Comparison of
the student's signature on the card
and his ballot will be made to
establish identity.
Ballots will l>-ur names of all
candidates and spaces for write-in j
candidates and instructions for '
voting.
Unofficial tabulations will be i
posted during election day in the
union building, and official results
will be announced as soon as they J
are available.
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Election
Mexico Show
Tops Program
For Fine Arts
ELECTIONS MEAN POSTERS and handbills at the college
press. Director J. D. Hall and Arthur Thompson, pressman, ex-
amine posters as they come off the press.
Ghat Photo l>y NKAI,
Fiesta Mexicana, first fine arts
program of the fall, will present
a complete theatre presentation of
Mexican popular dances, musij,
anil song, according to Dr. Sam
McAlister, chairman of the fjne
arts committee.
The performance will begin at
8 p.m. Oct. 7 in the main audito-
rium. Admission will lie by student
activity card o(* by ticket fsold at
the door.
One of Mexico's contributions to
tbi' entertainment world in the na-
tive dances developed there
through the years. No other coun-
try can boast of a greater host of
original dances, anil Fiesta Mexi-.
cana will present a number'iii*ruc
South-of-t he Border style.
Native costumes and the splen-
dor of Old Mexico will be brought
to the campus for an evening,
press releases on ibis program
point out. Director of the group
is Miguel Lardo de Tejada, one of
Mexico's leading conductor-com-
posers.
Other events booked for appear-
ances later in the semester are Tex
Beneke and his orchestra and Dr.
F r a n ■/. P o I g a r, internationally
known hypnotist.
Senate Will Regulate Sale
Of Items for Homecoming
Operating with the minimum
amount of senators present to
form a quorum at the regular
Tuesday night session, the USNT
took on the duties of regulating
sales of mums, ribbons, buttons,
and other items for Homecoming.
President Joe Cannon, Mexia,
suggested that because of unreg
ulated sales last fall which re-
sulted in confusion among several
campus organizations, a system
should be inaugurated whereby a
maximum of two organizations
would lie allowed to sell any one
Homecoming item.
As Exes Return
Calendar to List Festivities
Oct. 8 was set as the deadline
for committee plans at the kick-
off meeting of Homecoming com-
mittees Thursday at 4 p.m. in
the union building cafeteria.
All campus organizations plan-
ning Homecoming festivities are
urged to start plans rolling iin
mediately and get complete re-
ports turned in for the calendar of
events. Information is to be turned
in to members of the calendar of
enter floats in the Homecoming
parade should contact one of the
members of the parado committee,
Garland Brookshear, Col. Jerome
McCauley, Lee Knox, Jesse I'ick-
rell, or Mrs. Heien Wright. This
committee must approve all float
plans.
Dr. Harold Farmer, director of
Registrar Releases 2.0 Honor Roll
Completing the list of honor
roll students are the names of
those who made the 2.0 roll, re-
leased today by the registrar's of-
fice.
Following is a portion of those
of- i listed by the office. Subsequent
ficer candidate class or the air lists will bo published in future
editions of the Chat. Students a,e
listed by permanent student num-
ber.
North Texans on the 2.0 honor
roll are William Lee Abbe, William
Herman Adamson, Bill Judd Ad-
dington, Nancy Pat Alexander,
James Mack Ausburn, Rinee
tub to Lead * IS
'/.Rally, Parade m ™
jpn Thursday
A combination parade and pep
rally will be held on the campus
Thursday night as a send-off for
|he football team before it leaves
'for Saturday's game against the
iDniversity of Mississippi, Jim
Davis, Rally club president from
Dallas, said Tuesday.
The parade, first of the year, will
begin at 7 p.m. and will end with
a rally at the union building.
£oach Odus Mitchell will introduce
the football players there.
Tentative plans for the parade
include the cheerleaders, Scrappy,
torchltearers, and a jazz band. Stu-
dents are asked to join the parade
us it passes the dorms, quad, and
fraternity houses.
Route for the parade will be
from Oak Street hall east to
Welch, south to Hickory, nnd west
to Avenue B. Then it will swing
south to Sycamore, west to Avenue
C, south to Prairie, west to Avenue
D, and south to Highland. It will
then journey east to Avenue A,
north to Chestnut, and west on
Chestnut to the union building.
The route was laid out so that
the parade would pass all the
dormitories, the quad, and most
of the fraternity houses, Davis ex-
plained.
LEADING THE PARADE to the first pep rally of the year will be cheerleaders Pet Davis, Don Ry,
Nancy Franks, Rhea Robertson, Karen (Gentry, and Jim Ellis. The group will head a student send-off
for the football team before it leaves for * game against the University of Mississippi.
—Cfcat PWto by WEAL
Ayoob, William Edgar Baker, Glen
Newton Barnes, Charles Harold
Beard, James Cooper Bennett,
Barber Eugene Berryhill, Gerald
Wayne Birdwell, Mrs. Edna Bea
trice llaren Boswell, Albert Foster
Brack, Shirley Jane Brashears,
Freddie Marvin Bridges, Elzy Ray
Brown, and Evelyn Faucher Brown.
700-1100
Mrs. Wanda Joye Bryant Kirk-
patrick, Jimmy Galen Caddell,
Edythe Darlene Chaffin, Mrs. Evah
Wilson Chambless, William Ed-
ward Childers, Gerald Marshall
Church, Donald Eugene Claxton,
Kenneth Earl Cofer, Bruce Herbert
Cunningham, Wanda I<ouise Cun-
ningham, Ralph Loyd Dahl, Billy
James Daniel, and Virginia Paula
Daniel.
1401 •2.' 00
Mrs. Doris Wallace Cole Davis,
Mrs Dorothy Russell Davis, Jim
Lee Davis, Charlie Turner Daws,!
Marion Ruth Dewhirst, Mr*. Paul
ine Annie Dickey, Carl Mitchell
Dickson, George Sentell Dickson,
John William Dillingham, Shirley
Ruth Donald, Geraldine Duffer,
Patti Duggan, John Roy Dunkel
berg, Mrs. Berta Ann Embry
Crook, William Wood Ewen, and j
Conrad Glenn Ezell.
1801-2500
Bonnie Nell Fairchild, Mary Ann
Fletcher, Laymond Newton Ford,
Anne Pauline Freeman, Robert.
I^oyd Fulton, Adell Cambrell, Mrs
Patty Sue Garrett Hooper, Don
Gaston, Frankie Jo Gibson, Mrs
Mary Paul Gibson Braswell, Gen-
aru Bennviilez Gonzalez, Bobby Joe
Hackfield, John Truman Hale,
Orrie Lee Harris, and Betty Janet
Hayes.
2501-2900
James Marshall Head, George .
Allen Heiman, Clifford IjiVern ;
llelbert, Florence Anne Henderson
Bilyeu, Patrica Ann Henry, Frank
Lester Hereford, Jerry Lynn Hill, j
events committee, Miss Elizabeth
Lomax of the English faculty,
Mrs. Hilda Cunningham of the
Graduate School, or Martha Rani
sey, secretary of USNT.
Plans should include the type
of reunion to be held, the time,
place, name of organization spon-
soring it, and whether it is open
to all, or only to members of the
specific club.
Campus groups who intend to ; uni"" building activities, urged all
fraternities and sororities to place
the complete name of their clubs
on their floats, not just the Greek
letters. He said that just an 18-
by-24 inch siifn placed on the front
| or back of the float will suffice.
Billy Frank llolibs, Shirley .luriet Those organizations wishing to
Honeycutt Bevers, Ntna Jo Hoover,! entei the house decorations contest
Iris Williamson Hubbard, Betty should get in touch with Ronald
Lynn Hunter, Eugene Russell Williams, Jack Leggett, or the
Hunter, Nelda Clyde llutto, Patsy president of Alpha Rho Tau, mem-
Ruth Innerhofer, and Jo Anna Ir- j hers of the house decoration com-
' mittoe.
Andrew B. (Swede) Swenson,
vi n.
2901-3300
John Stewart Jerome, Mary
Johnson, Anne Ella Jones, James
Gordon Jones, Mary Jean Jones
Page, Richard Jordan, Donald
Duane Kurges, Patsy Ann Kelly,
Shirley Ann K'-rrip, Sandra Sue
Kennedy, <'arl Robert Kennemer,
Milzi Carolyn Kicrsky, Irma I<eota
Knowles, Clyde Coliom Kochnc,
Catherine l.ewis Koerth, and Dan-
iel I.eo Kohut.
3301-3700
Mary Ruth Lanier, Arlene Wills
Lanri, Mary llightower Larson,
Robert lleridron Lawrence, Clifton
Dale Leomons, Marlene Litsey,
Mary Alice l«oridon, Edna Laeuna
Easlcy Ixive, David Ross Maberry,
Bailey Bcnnie Mahlman, Jimmy
Charles Marks, Kathleen Francis
Martin, and Margaret Virginia
Woodson Mellee.
The senators present concurred
with Cannon and agreed to set
up a committee to Judge the op-
plieations from all Interested or-
ganizations.
According to the plan, represen-
tatives of organizations wishing to
sell Homecoming items must apply
to the USNT office before Tues-
day. All applications will then be
considered by the special USNT
committee and recommendations
will be made to the senate. The
senate will then designate no more
than two organizations for the
sale of each Homecoming item. The
organizations will be selected on
the basis of best qualifications.
The organizations committee will
consist of chairman Jimmy Gage,
Denton; David Grigsby, McLean;
Claudette Yancey, Austin; Carol
Weeks, Dallas, and Mickey Sewell,
Iowa Park
In other Tuesday night action,
Cannon submitted the temporary
appointment of Eddie Buford, Dal-
las, to the senate for approval as
chairman of the Elections hoard.
The senate unanimously approved
the appointment.
The senators were reminded that
a meeting of all candidates for
election to the senate will be
held in the union building audi-
torium Friday at 5 p.m. Election
rules will be fully explained at that
time and the duties of a senator
will b< clearly outlined.
Somewhat skimpy committee
reports were made by the remain-
ing active members of the present
lame duck body. The committees
that progress had been
Library Provides Charts of Stack Area
To Aid Students in Locating Books
Drawings of the library stack
area have been made available to
all students at each loan desk of
the library to help them in locating
books, David A Webb, head librar- ! problems
ian, said Monday.
Each desk has drawings of the
separate floors in its department.
These drawings are punched in the
margins to enable students to clip
them in their notebooks and write
in the numbers of the stack areas
in which they arc most interested.
Webb reported that the real test
for the new open stack idea will
manager of the Student Trading
Post, announced at the committee
meeting that he will make arrange- reported
inents to get supplies needed to j made on the plaque for Scrappy's
decorate floats or houses if groups cage, construction of a suggestion
will contact the Trading Post. Or box to be placed in the union huild-
derx should be placed as soon as ing, and improvements to the
possible, he added. i USNT office.
Pat Boone Has Hit Working
With New 'Front Door' Disc
Pat Boone, currently one of the Ain't It a Shame, watched his new-
hottest vocal performers in show pffort, At My Front Door, sell
business, apparently has himself .
,. . .. ' 134,000 records during the first
another hit working.
, .. .. _ , three days after its release.
The former North Texas stu-'
dent, still riding high with his; Another rhythm-and-blues num-
- ber, it is backed by No Arms Can
Ever Hold You on the flip side.
According to Billboard's latest
ratings, Ain't It a Shame is the
number two song in the nation.
The disk is rated in the top 10 in
15 of the 23 major cities in the
| nation.
The record holds the number one
spot in Denver and is in the lead
spot in Toronto, Canada. It la the
number two popular song in New
York City and San Francisco.
Others ratings given to the rec-
ord, according to Billboard, include
number three best seller in atone,
number one on the nation's joke
boxes, and the second moat played
record by disk jockeys.
come later, when more students
begin to use the library. So far
the open stacks have been very
successful with only a few minor
appearing. Webb ex-
pressed his satisfaction with the
students' co-operation and their
conduct in the stacks.
In previous years only graduate
and upperclassman students were
permitted in the stacks. Under the
new system all students get their
own books and periodicals from
the shelves, with books being paged
only for handicapped students.
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