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42nd YEAR
NORTH TEXAS STATE COLLEGE, DENTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY. MARCH 20, 1959
NO. 40
FHA Girls to Meet Here Saturday
Fete for the Gods
Eighth ROTC Ball to Attract Hundreds
—Chat Phofn by RATTGH
EIGHT GREEK GODS similar to these will be part of the decora-
tion scheme of the military ball Saturday night in the women's
gym.
Saurday night the women's gym-
nasium will be transformed into a
"Garden of the Gods" as the Rotter
M. Ramey club unfolds its eight
annual ROTC military ball.
The sides of the ballroom will be
lined with .'10 trees tinted with
blue and green and illuminated
with soft blue spotlights.
Eight pale blue gods will each
stand nine feet tall representing
the ancient Greek gods of the uni-
verse.
A pool surrounded by grass, fo-
liage, and (lowers will be centered
in the foyer with the goddess of
astronomy gazing into the water.
White columns will encompass
the bandstand and bandleader
Curly Hroyle of Fort Worth. Trees
will form a background for the
band.
One table, which will seat ap-
proximately thirty honored guests,
will be covered with taffeta and
garlands of natural green, pale
glue, and glittered greenery. White
carnations, mums, lillies, and other
flowers will be used in arrange-
ments.
Both the guest table and refresh-
ment table will hold floral arrange
merits intertwined in candclabras.
Serving will be done from a cut
glass punch bowl and silver serv-
ing dishes.
To complete the decorative pat-
tern, 750 ferns are being flown in
from Washington to be used
throughout the ballroom and foyer.
Jim Tom Cordon, a sophomore
cadet from For' Worth, is in
charge of decorations.
About seven hundred people, in-
cluding cadets and their dates, Air
Force personnel, and guests, are
Reed Seeks Screening Group
For Cheerleader Applicants
A screening committee for cheer- I At present, yell leaders are se- the senate rules, but would not al-
leader applicants was proposed by : lected by student ballot, but there ! ter or amend the USNT constitu-
Larry Reed, Spearman, president is no limit on the number of can- tion. According to Winnie Mcllroy,
of the post graduate class, at a didates. Reed pointed out that the Bryan, president of the senate, all
meeting of the USNT senate Tues- existing method of choosing cheer- constitutional amendments have to
day night, but action on the pro- leaders can conceivably result in a voted upon by the entire student
posal was deferred. "popularity" contest. body.
In a written motion, Reed Bug- "With a screening committee, The student legislators declined
gested that a committee of three we would have better qualified {to take action on the proposal at
non-students be established for the j candidates for cheerleaders," Reed j the Tuesday meeting. Under sen-
purpose of judging candidates for said. | ate rules, the motion will be read
cheerleader positions. For committee members, Reed j again at the next meeting and will
Reed said that the proposed {suggested the following persons: voted upon at the March 31 ses-
committee would select 12 finalists j The athletic director at North sion.
—6 boys and 0 girls—who would : Texas, the editor of the Denton j In other senate business, Len
vie for the posts in an all-College j Record Chronicle, and a faculty j Mehinney, Denton, sophomore class
Rehearsals Continue
For Morality Drama
election.
Sargent Releases
Names of Players
For Two Comedies
Director James Sargent has re-
leased the cast for the College
Players' late April production of
"Teahouse of the August Moon,"
and on Wednesday, surrounded by
students building flats in the drama
workshop, he described "The Maid
Within the Garden," a play to be
given for Lab school students on
April 15 by speech .'140 class mem-
bers.
Enrique Touceda, Dallas, will
handle the Sakini role, one which
Marlon Brando played in the movie
version of "Teahouse."
Jerry Sones, Weatherford, will
play Colonel Purdy, Kliseo Marti-
nez, San Diego, will be seen as
Captain Fisley, and Phil Barnett
will play Captain McLain.
Carol Swinburn, Tulia, will play
the femme lead of Lotus Blossom.
Alary Lee York, Dallas; will enact
JHiss Higa-Jiga; Jack Ellis, as Mr.
Oshira; Richard Zapeda, as Seiko;
Jack Gulledge, as Hoka-Aido, and
Steve Linn, Sweetwater, as Suma-
ta.
Technical director will be An-
drew Dierlam, Hawkins. Playing
the Japanese villagers will be
Frances Beck, Wilda Snow, Linda
Harrison, Linna Counts, Billy
Newman, and Bob Holman.
Speaking of the April 28-May 2
play, Sargent said, "This will be
the biggest technical show we've
had on this campus."
"The difficult problems we are at-
tacking immediately," he corn-
; mented. "The impossible ones may
take a little longer to solve, but
[ everybody is working.
"The Maid Within the Garden"
I is a type of nursery rhyme story.
I "On the order of '4 and 20 black-
it birds baked in the pie,'" Sargent
f illustrated.
The speech class was working on
the "old woman's shoe" Wednes-
day, making it and other scenery
of cardlioard.
Bob Gerlach will play Simple Si-
mon; ("lair Lumet, the maid; Jerry
Sones, the king; Dixie Stevens, the
old woman ir. the shoe; Judy Bo-
gan. Little Bo Peep; Sandra
representative from another school,
such as Texas Woman's university,
Texas Christian university, or
Southern Methodist university.
By having non-students as com-
mittee members, Reed said, there
would be less tendency toward fa-
voritism.
The committee would conduct
tryouts for all yell leader hopefuls
and then narrow the field down to
12 students. From this group, the
student body would elect six cheer-
leaders.
Reed pointed out that his motion,
if passed, would effect a change of
president, proposed that the sen-
ate erect two school promotional
signs, to be located on highways
just inside the Denton city limits.
The billboards would read:
"Welcome to Denton, home of
North Texas State college. Mis- ;
souri Valley conference football
champions, 1958. United Students I
of North Texas."
Miss Mcllroy assigned a commit- !
tee to investigate the costs of such '
signs and instructed senators to re- i
port on he project at a later meet- ; Lowrance,
ing.
Rehearsals are in full swing for
Supper Theatre's last production
of the season. The play, "livery-
man," will be piesenteil April 2
and It in the UB cafeteria.
"Everyman" was written by an
unknown author, and according to
Kliseo Martinez, was probably
written in the latter part of the
15th century.
"Kveryinan" is a morality play,
and Martinez pointed out that dur-
ing this great period of Marlowe
and Shakespeare, many such plays
were forced into oblivion. "Kvery-
inan" was exempted from this fate.
This play will be presented in
a different manner than any other
Supper Theatre production. The
difference will be a special em-
phasis on color in costumes, make-
up, and lighting. The cast, will ap-
pear in modern dress, using dif-
ferent colors in association with
the different types of characters
in the play.
The title role will be played by
Robert Gerlach, a sophomore from
Dallas. Gerlach is president of Col-
lege Players, and has appeared in
"Volponc," "Joan of Lorraine," and
has performed the leading roles
in Supper Theatre's "Kl Cristo"
and "The Bald Soprano."
Martinez, a senior from San
Diego, Tex., will play the part of
Riches in this production. Mar-
tinez has played the leading role
in "The Man Who Married a Dumb
Wife," "Volponc," "Kl Cristo," and
"A Sleep of Prisoners." Martinez,
managing director of Supper
Theatre, is included in Who's Who
in American Colleges and Univer-
sities.
Other members of the cast in-
clude Frank Hill, Abilene, as God;
Richard Zepeda, Denison, as Death;
Phil Harriett, Richardson, as Fel-
lowship; Robert Graham, Houston,
as Kindred; Sam Benson, Fort
Worth, as Cousin, and Clair Lumet,
Dallas, as Good Deeds.
Also, Paula Putman, I'oynor, as
Knowledge; Peter Becker, Roches-
ter, N.V., as Confession; Carol
San Angelo, as Beuty;
Mary Jane Cherry, Omaha, Tex.,
-Press Time Chatter-
Captain Davis Receives Promotion
#Capt. Milton C. Davis, assistant
professor of air science, received
a promotion to major this week,
to be effective Aug. .'10
Captain Davis is a regular of-
fiier in the Air Force and has
been at North Texas for a year
and a half. He graduated from the
University of Omaha and is now
studying toward a master's degree
here.
The captain serves as detach-
ment training officer in addition
to his teaching duties. He is mar-
ried. has three children, and is a
Rotarian and a Mason.
Captain Davis said that he was
elated about the promotion but
that "the time will certainly creep
by from now until Aug. 30."
9 Two members of the Knglish
faculty will read papers at the
21th annual meeting of the Con-
gress of College Teachers of Kng-
lish of Texas in Dallas April .'1-4.
Dr. Lloyd N. Jeffrey will read
"Wordsworth and Science," and
Dr. James M. Brown will present
"College Teaching by Television:
the Conference st the University
of Pennsylvania.
The session will be held at the
Statler-Hilton, with Southern
Meth' dist university acting a host.
®h'.ur North Texas professors
will appear on television March
28 to explain the typical subject
matter area which goes into train-
ing of teachers in Texas. The pro-
gram, part of the Texas Curricu-
lum series, is scheduled for 8:30
a m. on channel 5, WBAP.
Dr. K. S. Clifton, director of the
Knglish department; Dr. Robert
Sherman, biology and chemistry
professor; Dr. C. M. Clarke, |i-
ly Texas Society's Sons of the
American Revolution oratory con-
test to be held in connection with
the group's convention Saturday
at the Driskoll hotel in Corpus
Christi.
Knight's oration is entitled "The
People, Too, are Government."
It was chosen over two other
North Texas entries.
First prize, in the contest will
be $150, with second, third, and
fourth prizes of $125, $100. and
$75 to be awarded.
Knight will present his oration
to the convention's delegates and
guests, and a panel of judges will
pick the winners.
as Dcserction; Knrii|Ue Touceda,
Dallas, as Strength; Judith Bo-
gun, Fort Worth, as Five-Wits,
and Jerry Sones, Weatherford, as
Messenger.
Ticket reservations may be made
during the week following the
Faster holidays by calling exten-
sion .'172. Tickets for dinner and
the production are $1.75 per per-
son.
expected for the ball to make it
the largest college social event of
the year. Starting time is 8 p.m.
Hroyle and his band will furnish
dance music for the four-hour af-
fair, while 'Feasor and the Aces
will accompany various acts dur-
ing intermission. Hroyle is widely
known for his music at major so-
cial functions throughout North
Central Texas.
The Sabres, precision drill team,
will open intermission activities
ith u number of drill procedures.
As the group forms a variation of
the "Queen Ann's Salute," mem
bcrs of the Arnold Air society will
escort the Angels onto the floor.
The Angels will sing a version of
Air Force Blue with the ROTC glee
club and chorus and also will sing
Imagination. Second Lt. Beverly
Ward of Fort Worth will be fea-
tured in a solo number.
Intermission will be concluded
with numbers by the Treys, a coed
vocal group.
Panel
What
Will
Am I
Discuss
Doing'
Public Safety Officer to Talk
To Driver Education Classes
by JOHNNIE LOONSY
Approximately 160 high schools and 1(5 counties will be
represented as fifteen to eighteen hundred girls gather on
the North Texas campus Saturday for the Area 5 Future
ilomemakers of America convention.
Careers in home economics will be the theme of the con-
vention, according to Dr. Mary Kvans, director of home eco-
nomics teacher training.
I his theme will lit' carried out in the stage set composed
of an eight-foot balloon man earning jfi balloons
sent ing the possible careers.
The
repre-
Capt. M. C. Blont
on the campus March
Blont, who is in the
of the department of public safety will be
.'11 to lecture the driver education classes,
inspection and liability division, is being
brought to the campus by W. A. Cooper, director of driver educa-
tion and safety training.
Ray Blankenship, safety officer for (his district, will be
lieie again this week to assist ( ooper in the driver training pro-
gram now in progress.
"Plans are being made for an in-service driver education
teachers' seminar for this district, which will be held May 2 fr
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Masters hall," Cooper said Wednesday.
Kleven people in Denton county completed a first aid
on March 12. I lie* course was held in the men's gvm
adding "Five people took the course for the first
it as a refresher."
time
rom
course
Cooper said,
and six took
Seniors Should Order
Announcements Now
March 31 is the last day or-
ders may he taken for gradu-
ation announcements, accord-
ing lo A. B. Swenson, director
of the Trading Post. "The
Trading Post is fhe onl) of-
ficial supplier of the announce-
ments," Swenson reminded stu-
dents Wednesday.
Prices for the anounrcmcnts
are II cents for each French-
fold, .'10 rents for cardboard, (10
cenls for imitation leather, and
85 cents for genuine leather.
No fewer than 10 Frenchfold
announcements may he ordered.
The others may be ordered in
any amounts.
Formal name cards are sold
al a rate of $2.75 per hundred.
Smaller orders may not be
made.
morning session will in-
clude programs presented by sev-
eral FHA chapters, a panel dis-
cussion, and a report on the na-
tional FHA meeting by Linda
Scroggins of Carrollton, state first
vice-president.
Dr. John A. Guinn, president
of Texas Women's university, and
Dr. .1. C. Matthews, president of
North Texas, will greet the group,
with Sandra Goel.ring of Henrietta,
area president, responding.
In the main part of the program
a panel discussion entitled "What
Am I Doing?" -Miss Scroggins
will be commentator with Mary
Jane Orr, Lancaster; Linda Cruze,
Denton; Sandra Sims, Northwest,
and Sherry Faith, Irving, as panel-
ists.
The morning program will also
include installation of area offi-
cers elected two weeks ago at a
house of delegates meeting in Hen-
rielta. Two Madrigal Singers, un-
der (he direction of Dr. Robert
W. Ottman of the North Texas
School of Music, will also perform.
Kntertainment for an afternoon
session will be played by 'F'essor
<iridium and his Aces of College-
land, who will also name the FHA
delegates as guests of honor at
the college's regular Saturday
night stage show.
Freedom Work Draws Praise .
Symphony
Talents in
Chorus, Dancers Blend
Impressive Performance
by NORMAN BAXTER
Chat Staff Writer
Kffectively blending their sep-
arate talents into a single mass
effort, three campus groups col-
laborated Tuesday night to pre-
sent one of the most impressive
musical programs of the school
year.
The concert—featuring the Col-
lege Symphony, Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia n's chorus, arid the
Modern Dance group dynamically
demonstrated the wisdom of inter-
organizational co-operation. Indi
vidually, the elements performed
admirably. Together, they excelled. |
At least some of the credit for ;
a successful program, however, has
to be extended to the material it- !
self. Randall Thompson' stirring
Testament of Freedom provided a
highly listcnahle sound panorama
of emotions.
Adapted from the writings of
Brown, th« pig, and Rick Touceda, rector of Teacher Training, and
Grady Wilhngham, Conley Denton, |,r. Vernon Payne, business ad-
and Frank Hill as radio men. ministration professor, will appear
Margaret Cox and Barbara „„ the program.
Burger will appear in the play, # Jerry Lynn Knight, Denton
and Judy Deaver will be the story- sophomore, has been selected to |
teller. represent North Texas in the year- j
Thomas Jefferson, the work is tho
story of America herself. Vocally
and instrumentally, the Testament
reflects a nation's spirit in her
conception, her wars, and her de-
sire for a greater tomorrow.
Fifty voices strong, the male
chorus dominated Thompson's cre-
ation as it forcefully delivered a
profound theme: "The God who
gave use life, gave us lilierty ut
the same time; the hand of force
may destroy but cannot disjoin."
Sponsored by Robert J. Rogers
of the School of Music faculty,
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia made its
first formal appearance of the se-
mester /..id also made its debut
with the College Symphony.
Dr. Kenneth N. Cuthbcrt, dean
| of the School of Music, acknowl-
edged that the work is "a most
powerful thing." He said that its
theme is as valid now as it was
when the words were penned by
Jefferson.
"The chorus felt what it was
singing," he stated, in commenting
on the evening performance at the
main auditorium.
Equally as effective and—at
times as powerful as Thompson's
number was the College Symp-
phon's interpretation of Borodin's
Symphony No. 2 in B minor. Con-
ducted by Dr. George Morcy, the
(ill-piece musical organization
played with near-professional bril-
liance and technical skill.
Several significant string pas-
sages, however, were lost to the in-
tense volume of too-hearty trom-
bone and bass sections Dr. Cuth-
bert explained that the partial oc-
casional imbalance of sections was
bi" ause of the orchestra being
slightly lacking in the number of
fling instrumentalists.
Otherwise, the sections blended
well and tone quality was high,
"The orchestra was especially ef-
fective in the first and last move-
ment's showing Borodin's breadth
of tone and dynamics," the dean
pointed out. "Technical proficiency
was evident in the second (scherzo)
movement during the rapid, sta-
cato passages."
A unique bit of dance pageantry
came to life when eight perform-
ers from the Modern Dance group
presented their symbolic impres-
sions of a Spanish bolero, Knglish
country dance, French loure, and
American square dance.
Directed by Miss Peggy Black-
mori, the group gave the first per-
formance in the Southwest of Paul
Creston's Dance Overture. The
number was accompanied by the
orchestra.
Flutes, oboes, and bassoons ac-
counted for much of the effective-
ness of the orchestra's opening se-
lection, "The Mastersingers of
Nuremberg, Overture," by Wagner.
In fact, the entire woodwind sec-
tion was outstanding throughout
the entire work.
Amarillo
Graduate
Vocalist to Present
Recital Here Tonight
lie will conciude his program with
Sauguet's Polonaise.
by MARY NELL UNDER
Walter Foster of Amarillo will
give liis graduate voice recital at Foster has sung with the Ama-
8:15 tonight in the main auditorium rj||„ Symphony and was guest so-
building. Foster will sing selec- j |()jgt with Shreveport Symphony,
tions from six different languages i 11WHS a|MO KUest soloist with the
including German. French, Russian,
Hungarian, Swedish, and Polish.
The bass-baritone has studied
Wichita Falls Symphony in its
concert production of "I a Boheme."
He has sung with the Fort Worth
with Walter Allen Stults, Miss Glo- Civic opera and he appeared in all
ria Steppe, and at prem nt is study-| of the Dallas State Fair Musicals
irig with Frank McKinley. j in the summer of 1958.
Of the 14 selections to be sung j Miss Mildred Armstrong of Al-
by Foster in his recital, only one, | pine will accompany Foster.
Mary Helen Stewart of New
- _ ,ill, , . , _ , _ . _ Chit rh<it/ by IIAUGH
SPRING WILL OFFICIALLY be here Saturday, but pert Carolyn Cats, freshman from Dallas, it gat-
ting a head start on out-of-doors recreation in this week's sunny weather.
An die feme Geliebte by Beetho-
ven, has lieen performed here be-
fore. Foster will sing two numbers
by Mussorgsky, Svetik Savishna
and Videnye.
Continuing in his repertoire, Fos-
ter will sing Mi otdoknyem by
Rachmaninoff and Kak korol shot
na voynu by Koeneman, Also in-
cluded on the program are Piff
Paff by Meyerbeer, Maganyossiig
by Kodaly, Tejakakja by Tansman,
Regnet slar och slar ett littet hus
by Kilpinen, and Vad sokcr du p&
stranden by Lindberg.
Foster will sing I.e Renderfous
by Tomasi, Invocation by Schmitt,
and Ballade-Nocturne by Milhaud.
Boston gave her graduate voice re-
cital Thursday night at the audi-
torium building. Miss Stewart sang
in German and French and con-
cluded her program with spirituals.
The soprano has studied with
Gwendolyn Wright Jones at the
University of Texas, and now stud-
ies with Miss Mary MrCormic of
the School of Music faculty, tile
was accompanied by Alan Bost-
wick of Ardmore, Okla.
Miss Stewart sang three num-
bers by Handel, Angels Ever
Bright and Fair; Farewell, Ye
Limpid Springs, and Oh! Had I Ju-
bal's Lyre.
1,'sing the German text she sang
Allerseelen by Strauss, Mcine
Liebe ist griin by Brahms, and Die
Lotoshlume and Frtllingsnacht by
Schumann.
From the French composers she
chose Depuis Le Jour from the op-
era "Louise" by Charpentier, Beau
Soir by Debussy, Les Roses d'Ispa-
han by Faur6, and Chanson Triste
by Dupare.
A Nun Takes Veil by Barber,
The Dreamy Lake by Griffes,
Brigid's Song, and Even Though
the World Keeps Changing by
Diamond were drawn from the con-
temporary field.
Ending her program with spirit-
uals, the soprano chose I Want
Jesus to Taik With Me by Boatner,
Oh What a Beautiful City as ar-
ranged by Boatner, I Stood on de
Riblier of Jerdon by Burleigh, and
My Good Lord Done Been Here by
Johnson.
Miss Stewart won the Negro
Artist Award of $400 in 1956 at
the Dallas State Fair Negro
Achievement day. She haa made
two appearances with the Dallaa
Symphony, and is the alternate in
the Amarillo Symphony contest
for vocalists and pianiats.
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