The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 1959 Page: 1 of 4
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42nd YEAR
The Campus Chat
Professor Encourages Students
To Study in Other Countries
— Editorial Page
NORTH TEXAS STATE COLLEGE. DENTON, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1959
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Symphony. Chorus to Give Premiere of Heritage
Thursday, Friday and Saturday . . .
College Hosts 199 Schools
In Three-Day Regional Meet
District 7-AAAA brought five
high schools to the North Texas
campus last week for intcrscholas-
tic league competition, and Thurs-
day 190 schools from classes 2-A.
1-A, and 3-B will he here as the
campus hosts the second meet in
as many weeks.
The regional meet will end Sat-
urday at 4 p.m. with presentation
of awards in the union building au-
ditorium. Winners will 'ravel to
Austin for the state finals in all
classes May 7-10.
According to Dr. Harold Farmer,
director of the union building and
general supervisor of the meet, 50
high schools from approximately
thirty-two northern counties will
arrive on the campus for 2-A com-
petition. Class 1-A will bring 50
more, and class B will bring 99.
Competition wil' be held in jour-
nalism. track anil field, ready writ
ing, declamation, extemporaneous
speaking, shorthand, slide rule,
poetry reading, debate, typewriting,
number sense, one-act play, tennis,
and golf.
Tennis events will be held Thurs-
day at the tennis courts. Competi-
tion in golf will be held Friday and
Saturday. Track and field will be
held all day Saturday at Fouts
field.
All journalism competition will
be held in room 101 of the journal-
ism building. Ready writing will
compete in room 11(5 of the educa-
tion building and room 112, audi-
torium building.
Declamation competition will be
held in rooms .101 and 304 and the
Studio theatre of the historical
building, and rooms D and E, union
building. Extemporaneous speak-
ing. room 308, historical building,
and the UB auditorium; shorthand,
room 10K, business building; slide
rule, room 125, Masters hall; poet-
ry reading, Studio theatre, histori-
cal building; debate, rooms 302
and 306, historical building; type-
writing, room 106, business build-
ing; number sense, room 201, phys-
ics buitding, and one-act play con-
testants will be notified a> to time
and place.
Saturday in District 7-AAAA
competition, in which the winners
advanced to regional competition
Thursday through Saturday at
Southern Methodist university,
Denton hitch school edged Garland
for top honors in literary events.
Highland Park high school won th«-
traek and field championship, as the
Scotties broke three meet records ;
and tied another.
Denton took first place in spelU |
ing, declamation, slide rule, and de- j
bate. Garland won typewriting,
shorthand, poetry reading, and ex- j
temporaneous speech. Declamation
was divided into a junior and a sen-
ior division, and Denton was vic-
torious
Team totals in track and field
were Highland Park, 68 1 3 points;
Garland, 45 5 6; Denton, 201 a;
Sherman, 18 13, and Denison, 2.
Fire Guts Parked Car
On Avenue A Tuesday
A 1956 green and white Oldsmo-
bile belonging to Charles Ray
Turner, junior from Longview,
caught fire and burned while
j been the cause of the fire.
It was evident that the blaze
i started in the interior of the car.
parked on Avenue A between Chest- The "Pholstery was demolished, and
streets Tuesday at
nut and Prairie
11:3'- a.m.
AI Raabe, senior from Dallas,
was sitting in iiis car across the
street when he noticed smoke bil-
lowing from the burning car and
called the fire department.
Turner did not return to his car
until 12:15. He said he had parked
his car at 8 a.m. and was in the
barber shop when the fire trucks
passed. "1 heard the trucks go by,"
he said, "but I didn't think it was
my car."
Firemen could not determine the
cause of the blaze. Turner said he
doesn't smoke, so he doesn't think
a smoldering cigarette could have
the heat from the fiames shattered
the windows, melted many plastic
and metal fixtures, and peeled paint
on the outside of the car. The mo-
tor was not damaged.
The fact that the car was in-
sured was not much consolation to
Turner, for he said, "It's the best
car I've ever owned."
Morey Will Conduct
Adaptation of Poem
l>> NORMAN HAXTKR
Chat Staff Writer
Ttxas' premiriv pi'rformtuuv of a composition by two
Ufilton porsonalitios is to be presented by the College Sym-
phony orchestra ami I he tlraiul chorus Thursday at 8:15
p.m. at the main auditorium.
High school orchestras from Highland Park ami Wich-
ita Falls will also lend their talents to the evening's musical
fare.
North Texas students and faculty will have an oppor-
tunity to hear the initial performance of Our Heritage, writ-
ten for chorus and orchestra b\ Miss Julia Smith, former
| NTSC coed and now a New York composer.
Vocal text for the work was adapted from a poem by
hoto
—Nowh Service
MISS JULIA SMITH, DR. GEORGE MOREY, and Dr. A. M. SAMPLEY all have a part in the pres-
entation oi Our Heritage, to be presented Thursday. Dr. Moroy will conduct the College Sym-
phony and Grand chorus in the musical score by Miss Smith. The selection was adapted from a poem
by Dr. Sampley.
Field Day Nears
Capt. Walker Attends
AFROTC Cadets Face
Jet
Busy
School;
Week
Capt.
tending
ROTC
Arnold
of new
regular
bv JOK Hl( KM \N
Henry L. Walker is at-
jet transition school,
field day draws near,
Air society begins selection
Angela, two cadets receive
commissions, and plans are
underway for awards day and
Armed Forces day it adds up to a
busy week for the department of
air science.
Captain Walker left Sunday for
Randolph Air Force base at San
Antonio for a seven-week jet transi
tion school. He stated before leav
ing that the school was a "formal-
ized course for airmen who got
their flying rating before jets be-
came popular, to qualify for jet
aircraft."
The captain said that men from
all different air commands in the
nation would attend and that the
school was the only one of its kind
in the Air Force. He added that a
minimum number of hours of fly
ing time were required per month
to qualify, and that since there war
Clark, Conant Enter
West Point Tourney
—-Newt Service Photo
MISS BEULAH HARRISS received the 'Fessor Graham award for
service to the college at Saturday night's stage show. 'Fessor
Graham made the presentaiton of the award, named in his honor.
(See story on page 3)
North Texas' contenders for the
national debate championship, Rob-
ert ( lark of Denton and Al Conant
of Waco, left Tuesday for the West
Point national tournament, where
they will compete against 33 other
schools for the title..
The two were chosen at the dis-
trict elimination meet April 3 and
•I, where they tied with the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma and Southwestern
State college of Oklahoma for sec-
ond place.
Some of the schools Conant and
Clark will be tackling are defend-
ing champions Northwestern uni-
versity, the U.S. Military academy,
U.S. Air Force academy, University
of Southern California, University
of Florida. University of South
Carolina, Fordham university, and
I >artmouth university.
The pair will be housed in cadet
and officers' quarters at the U.S.
Military academy.
Clark and Conant first teamed up
toward the end of last season, and
since that time have debated to-
gether quite successfully. Among
their victories are an excellent rat-
ing at the Bast Central Forensic
meet in Ada, Okla., another excel-
lent rating at the national Pi Kap-
pa Delta tournament in Howling
Green, O,, and first place honors at
the Golden Spread meet in Amn-
rillo and the Gulf States Speech
festival in Hattiesburg, Miss.
not enough spare time in most of-
ficers' schedules to fulfill the mini
mum, the school was a necessity.
Captain Walker received his ini
tial training at Randolph, (lew C-17
and C-54 transports during the Ko
renn campaign, and lias more than
five thousand hours flying time
which qualifies him for highest Air
Force ratings.
"There are differences in jets
and other aircraft, but the* aren't
difficult. The school will deal pri-
marily with the fundamentals of
jet aircraft and flying with instru
•nents," he explained.
Next Wednesday at 1 p.m the
second annual ROTO field day will
get under way. Approximately four
hundred cadets will participate, and
each cadet will enter one but not
more than two events.
Kach squadron will enter every
event as a team, placing its best
qualified men in the appropriate
events.
Ninety coeds have been sent in-
vitations to an Arnold Air society
reception at t tie clubhouse tonight.
From these, 13 will be chosen to fill
the empty places next fall in th«-
Angels Flight.
From the coeds present tonight,
30 will lie chosen to appeal before
a screening board made up of two
Angels and three members of the
society. To qualify for the Angels,
coeds must have a 2.(1 grade point
average and be nominated by an
Angel or an air society member.
James Builta, Kcrrville, and
Riclm rd
awarded
Air Force
cording t<>
Feebler
regular
of Hermit
were
commissions in
reserve this week, ac-
< apt. Milton I)avis.
Captain Davis said that the two
men were chosen on a basis of a
battery of exams given by the Air
Force, academic records, ROTC
record, and their major field. He
aid, "Competition is keen. They
are a very highly selected group "
ROTC Awards day will be held
on the drill field for the first
in three years this spring Tlx
has been set for May 11,
Armed Forces day will see local
ROTC, national guard, and reserve
units in a downtown Denton parade
May 13. A possible Arnold Air so-
ciety trip i- also in the planning
stage.
time
date
Lab Musicians
To Enter Band
Contest May 1
North Texas' l.ab band, under
the direction of Dr. M E. Hall, will
go to Fort Worth May I to compete
against three regional winners in
a nation-wide dance band contest.
Last February the band came out
first in the Fort Worth area ti> win
the local contest. This qualified
them for the regional competition
to be held at the Lake Worth ca
sino.
The national contest is being
sponsored by the American Fedora
| tion of Musicians to bring America i
hack to t he dance floor to the beat |
.if live music. According to the
1 AF of M, there is a bigger demand
today for live music, as yesterday's
teen-agers discard their blue jeans
for the more formal attire of the
i ballroom.
The winner of the regional con I
test will g to the semifinals on
.May H in Chicago at the Aragon
j ballroom and from there to the fi-
nals in New York which are to be
i held in the Roseland ballroom on
| May 11.
Hands from all over the nation
are competing in 10 regional con-
tests to decide which bands will go
to the semifinals. The NT l.ab band
will compete against hands from
the University of Missouri, Uni-
i versity of Tulsa, and Sam Houston
Stat
Kach contestant will play I
Could Have Danced All Night as
the required number, an arrange-
j ment by l.erner and Loo we from
! the musical "My Fair Lady," and
in addition, a fox trot anil one other
optional number will lie played.
The filial winner will be pre-
sented on coast to-coast television,
equipped with a complete set of
Conn instruments, recorded on
Deecn on a dance ablum, and booked
in the nation's top ballrooms
through the National Ballroom as-
i sociatiori.
—Press Time Chatter—
Dr. Arthur M Sampley, college
vice-president. The poem was first
exposed to public attention in 1!>47
when it was published by the Ka-
leidograph Press in his book, "Of
the Strong and the Fleet."
Both Dr Sampley, former poet
laureate of Texas, and Mi- Smitl .
daughter of Mrs. .1 W. Smith of
Denton, will attend the premiere
presentation, according to Dr.
George Morey, conductor of the
College Symphony orchestra.
Teacher nt .luillinrd
Mis- Smith (Mrs. Oscar Viehter)
taught piano and composition at
the .luilliard School of Music after
her graduation from the School
of Music here. She now resides in
Now York where she teaches and
composes.
The work will
piece orchestra,
Morey, and the
regularly led by
feature the SB-
directed by Dr.
186-voice chorus,
Frank McKinley.
Dr. Morey will conduct both groups
in the Thursday concert.
North Texas' chorus and or-
chestra will also combine musical
forces for the final number of
the concert, Coronation Te Duin,
written by William Walton. Ac-
cording to Dr. Morey, this music
was penned especially for the coro-
nation of Queen Elizabeth II
Highland Park
Opening th" program, the «>0-
picce Highland Park high school
orchestra will play Schubert's
famed Unfinished Symphony, No.
X in H minor. The orchestra, con-
ducted by Miss Doris Griffith,
will conclude its part of the con-
cert with Symphony No. I by
i Brahms.
Directed by Dale Hrubaker, the
Wichita Falls high school orchestra
is to offer three musical selections
for patrons of the free concert.
Wichita Falls musicians will play
Handel's Overture to Pharnmond;
•lesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, a
Bach Roberts composition, and the
Overture to Orpheus in the Under-
| world by Offenbach.
Thursday afternoon, School of
Music faculty will conduct instru-
mental clinics for the visiting high
school musicians, Dr. Morey re-
ported.
Following the concert Thursday
night, a reception honoring Dr.
Sampley and Miss Smith is to be
held at Marquis ball.
Toulouse Heads Grad Association;
AP Exhibits Prize-Winning Photos
Smoking Increases Chances to Develop Cancer . . .
Cancer Claims Thousands
of V ictims Yearly
by CHRIS ZWVHI.KN
"Seventy-five thousand need-
less deaths occur each year from
cancer," was emphasized Satur-
day at a meet ing of teat hers and
members of the American Can-
cer society on campus.
"These deaths were needless
because the majority of cases
could have been cured if found
and treated in time."
The control of cancer and the
possibility of reducing needless
deaths through public education
was the theme of the meeting-
Chairman I/ewis Spears of the
Texas Education agency re-
marked that the main function
of the cancer society was to in-
form the public of the seven
dangers of cancer and what
should be done to help the in-
dividual to control it, if it oc-
cured.
The seven danger signals
were: (1) unusual bleeding or
discharge, (2) a lump or thicken-
ing in the breast or elsewhere,
(3) a sore that does not heal,
(4) persistent change in bowel
or bladder habits, (5) persistent
hoarseness or cough.
(ft) Persistent indigestion or
difficulty in swallowing, and 171
change in a wart or mole. A
doctor should be consulted if
any one of these symptoms
should Ian? longer than two
weeks.
Several of the day's speakers
stressed the importance of early
examinations if the signals de-
velop. More often the dangers
do not indicate cancer, but only
a physician can be sure. If some
cancers are detected and treat-
ed in time, they may be cured.
"The control of cancer is a
personal responsibility. It takes
two people yoi. and your phys-
ician," said Dr. Tom Oliver,
M I)., Waco, in the film "The
Other City." Kach person should
have an annual physical check-
up and see his physician prompt-
ly if any of the danger signals
should occur.
Cancer claims the lives of
more children between the ages
of 1 and 14 and young people
between the ages of 20 and 24
than any other disease. Only ac-
cidents kill more youngsters
than cancer does, it was pointed
out by Mif<j Gertrude Linn, di-
rector of cancer education, Texas
division of the cancer society,
in stressing the importance of
public education.
In explaining what cancer is,
Miss Linn remarked that it is
not one disease but many, with
each type acting differently. The
human body is made up of bil-
lions of tiny colls which grow
in a controlled, orderly way.
When the cell" start to grow in
an uncontrolled, disorderly way,
the cells are cancerous.
These cancer cells sooner or
later break away from the orig
inal cluster and move through
the lymph canals and blood ves-
sels to other parts of the body
to set up "colonies." She added
thnt unless cancer cells are dis-
covered before the colonization
begins, and are removed by sur
gery or destroyed by radiation,
"it is an almost hopeless task to
wipe them out completely."
The question of whether to
smoke or not to smoke was
discussed briefly by several
speakers. In summary, it was
estimated that a man who
smokes two packs of cigarettes
a day has about one chance in
1(1 of developing lung cancer,
while a non-smoekr has only one
chance in 270 of having the dis-
ease None r f the speakers who
discussed this stated emphati-
cally that smoking is a cause
of cancer "because the medical
profession is still debating this
question." Kach did say that the
more cigarettes a person smoked,
the more likely he was to devel-
op the disease.
Dr. Robert It, Toulouse, dean of
the Graduate School, was elected
president of the Association of
Texas Graduate schools in a le-
ccnt meeting held in Houston.
Dr. Toulouse served as vice
president of the organization last
yea r.
While in Houston, Dr. Toulouse
also attended a rn eting of the
Deans and Directors of Supple-
mentary Programs, which deals
with the NT correspondence pro-
gram. Mrs. Heltie I'riddy of the
correspondence office also at-
tended and was elected secretary
of the organization.
• • •
Winning news photographs fiorri
the state-wide competition spon-
sored by the Associated Press are
on display in room 101 of the
journalism building this week.
The mounted displays were
placed on exhibit by Raymond Hoi
b-<K k, a member of the AP <taff
in Dallas who teaches a course in
journalism in the evening
Included in the winning photo-
graphs are two by Normsn Hrad
ford, an ex-student now employed
by the San Angelo Standard
Times.
• •
Varsity cheerleader hopefuls are
to meet at Fonts field today at
3:30 p.m. for preliminary tryouts,
according to l.arry Reed, Spear-
man, post graduate class presi-
dent.
Kntrants will perform a number
of yell routines in front of a com-
mittee of three which will select berly of the education department
from 12 to 10 candidates for the
I student body election May '">.
Reed said that the number of
'candidates on the May ballot will
depend upon the number of stu-
dent- who participate in ,he try-
outs today.
If more than 16 girls take part,
in the preliminary competition to-
I day, 8 coeds will be picked as
finalists for the May election. The
same rule applies to male entrants.
If less than 15 boys or girls
participate, only 12 names (0 boys
and girls) will appear on the
May ballot, Reed explained.
• •
Miss Glenrfa Lynn Brown, Fort
Worth, will represent North Texas
at the 45th annual spring festival
of Texas Wesleyan college on May
o
Miss Brown is a sophomore Eng-
lish major anil is a member of
Junior Mary Arden, Chi Omega,
and an associate member of Sigma
Tau Delta. She was a freshman
representative for the Women's
Forum council last year and was
a Yurca Beauty nominee.
• • •
North Texas was chosen as the
site of the 19fifl convention of the
Future Teachers of America, ac-
cording to l)r. C. S. Blackburn of
the education department.
Dr. Blackburn attended a meet-
ing in Austin Saturday to plan
the future meeting. Two other
sponsors of the club, Mra. Beaa
Towns*nd and Miaa Ruba Jo Wlm-
and Karen Burns, Midland, student
secretary of the Texas FTA, also
attended the meeting.
Brooks Announces
Work Interviews
John M. Brooks, director of the
School of Business employment
service, announced Monday that
four outside businessmen and one
businesswoman are scheduled to
visit the business office for job in-
terviews with students this week
and the first part of next week.
Roy Appleton, advertising man-
ager at the Denton Record-Chroni
cle, will be here today to interview
persons interested in advertising
sales work.
Thursday Miss Jan Johnston
from Neiman-Marcus will be here
to interview women retail trainees.
Vita-Craft Southwestern Sales
incorporated will send D. I). Snider
Friday to look for full- and part-
time salesmen.
Monday's visiting businessman
will be W. Dean Stewart of White
Stores incorporated. Stewart will
interview accounting majors.
H. J. Lankford, New England
Mutual Life Insurance company,
will hold a group conference Tues-
day in room BA-210 at 1 p.m. H*
is looking for life insurance aaiea-
men.
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