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EDITORIALS
BtBWllton
The Campus Chat
Wsdnaiday, F«b. 10, I960
State
From
Would Suffer
Poll Tax Loss
Despite Busy Schedule . .
Vaulter
Jumps High in Grades, Feet
Since Texas is one of the five remain-
ing states which still require* a pay-
ment of poll tax aa a prerequisite to
voting, there has been much discussion
aa to ita necessity and fairness.
Perhaps if more people knew the
function of the fee which they pay each
year there would be less criticism of t he
traditional practice.
Dallas county's distribution of the
fee indicates why poll taxes can be con-
sidered necessary. The $1.75 paid by all
prospective voters is split and channeled
into three different categories. Fifty
cents goes to the general fund. 25 cents
to the county, and $1 to the school pro-
gram.
Hence, if the poll tax were abolished,
the state would lie forced to find a new
source of revenue. It is estimated that
two million poll taxes will b* jiaid this
year; to abolish this tax would mean
the state would have to find a new
source for $2 million for its schools.
Moreover, abolition of the poll tax
would probably result in the introduc-
tion of a registration fee as its replace
merit. Considering the high cost of
elections held, it would be reasonable to
asaess the cost on everyone who enters
a polling booth. This would serve the
same purpose as a poll tax and would
be no fairer than the preaent tax
Nevertheless, either levy unjustly pe-
nalize* the citizen who performs his
civic duty while the non-voter is in-
directly subsidized for his civic laxity.
■—Linda Deal
Fan-Packed Gym . , .
Team Needs Support
Students who saw last week's cag<
contest between the Kagles and the Uni-
versity of Texas watched the Flock play
an outstanding game even though they
lost 89-78.
The game was played on the night
before classes were scheduled to begin
for the new semester. This fact, plus
the drawing power of the I^onghorns,
probably accounted for the capacity-
plus crowd in the student sections.
Yet in the reserved seat section of
the NTSC gym were several hundred
empty seats. This has been the situa-
tion throughout the '58-'60 seasons with
the exception of the NTSC-Clncinnati
game.
Where are the people of Denton? An
entire section of the North Texas gym
has been set apart for their use. It is
Means Mandatory Courses .
Employers
Of Liberal
All over the nation, students have
just finished or are in the process of
finishing class registration. Many have
signed up for courses simply because
they are mandatory for a degree.
A student may wnlk into such a class-
room with a negative attitude toward
the course, which seems completely di-
vorced from his major field, lie simply
cannot see how a knowledge of this par-
ticular subject will aid him in his pro-
fession.
Knowing that the course is required
for a degree, the student may resign
himself to a semester of torture and
a "D" in the course.
Have we, as students, thought
through the problem when we question
Mac's Madhouse . . .
apparent that most Dentoriites and
many NTSC students will not support
their home team unless the visiting ball
club is noted for its ability or carries a
big-name athlete.
The Kagles play in the most skilled
collegiate basketball conference in the
world. Hut they have their own drawing
fiower in the shooting of Mudd, the ball
handling of Keitzel, Byrd, Boren, and
Mcliaughlin, the set shot artistry of
Baker, and the rebounding of Crissom.
A team needs support to improve. In
the games that remain, let's see the
gym packed with NTSf students and
Dentoriites displaying a sportsmanship
that will not be paralleled in the Mis-
souri Valley conference.
Dennis Phillips
by IMVII) YATKH
( hat fttaff Writer
Whoever nai<l that athlete* usually make
I> <1 tcra<Je* ought to look around a little. He'd
And that there are plenty of fellow* like I>a-
viti ('lurk, North Te*aa pole vaulter, who dia-
prove such theories.
' lark carried a 2.4 semester grade average
last fall and an amazing 2.H laat spring. The
senior from Grand I'rairie can graduate with
honor* if he continue* at the name pace this
spring.
Asked how he maintains his high grade-
point average despite the time-consuming
track workouts, Clark, who is also a student
senator. explained, "Well, getting married
two years ago wast a big factor Married life
seems to have helped my grade* .t lot."
And, speaking of athletics, Clark ha* a lot
to brag about if he wanted to. tie hold* the
school record in pole vaulting, having cleared
the bar at 14 feet last spring in the triangular
meet between NTSC, Abilene Christian, and
Arizona State.
Fourteen feet is the Missouri Valley con-
ference record held by James Grnham, Okla
hotria State, when that school was still in the
Valley. Clark get* another crack at this rec-
ord May 14, at the conference meet in Wich-
ita. I.H.it spring he came close, clearing 13
feet 7 inches to take first-place honors along
with teammate Tommy Black.
Among other meets where the North Texas
Do You Remember ? . . .
Prefer
Arts
Extras
Degree
the discretion of these people who set
down the requirements, even though
they may seem contrary to our per-
sonal reasoning?
We could, of course, simply take the
courses we like and which pertain dir-
ectly to our subject of concentration.
Or, we might simply go to some kind
of trade school where only specialized
courses are offered.
The reason we don't is probably that
we know our chances of getting hired
and moving up rapidly are better if we
have a degree as opposed to a certificate
of completion. This evidently means
the potential employer also prefers all
the extras. —Jimmy Darnell
Newcomer Weeds Out Unsafe Topics
by I ON McHOWKI.I.
Chat Columnist
Greetings! As a newcomer to these spaces,
thia writer wishes to extend salutations to
any hardy souls whose morbid curiosities may
have prompted exploratory scanning of our
deathless prose.
Writers of columns have,
since time immemorial, been
plagued with n common head-
ache upon the eve of their de-
but- namely, "What the gory
heck will we use for subject
matter?"
This columnist is no excep-
tion, to say the least. His nights have been
sleepless and his tiny brow has been wrinkled
in bitterest consternation since learning that
one ot his duties would lie grinding out a week-
ly column effort to appear here.
I have moaned and wailed, cried and bled,
pulled my hair and gnashed my teeth. But all
the moaning and walling and crying and bleed-
ing and pulling and gnashing has been to no
avail—here I ait without subject matter.
Being a youth of a rather chickensissy dis-
position, I do know several things which I
won't treat. I won't write about i . ros and
eona of Greek affiliation. I won't t >: >und the
virtuea or lack of virtues of eating etitaMiah-
ments. These things are dangerous. And I am
moat craven.
I might atop here and inject a brief explan-
atory note. The frequent uae of "we" and "us"
and "our" which follows probably needs a bit
of explanation. You aee, Chat columnists have
been known to have the life expectancy of a
party key when they step upon the toes of
t£ e high and the mighty.
The use of the editorial "we" is, therefore, a
brilliant product of my cowardly gray mat-
tar deaigned to give the hostile reader a false
tmpreaaion. The hostile reader—it is hoped—
will gain the impression that we (1) are a
hoet of folks rather than a single, scrawny,
bespectacled "before man" in a muscle ad who
hates violence. Aa we said, wa are cowardly.
A niea, safe topic is our aim. Like . . . first
impression* of NT upon the t.Hnsfer student.
We are a transfer student. NT made a first
Impression upon us.
Campus Echoes . . .
Trinity Trustees
Hike Dormitory
Costs to $875
A proposed change in student expenses has
been passed by the finance committee of the
bonrd of trustees increasing room costs to
$390 and board to $41)5 per year. They are
now (275 and $450 u year, respectively, mak-
ing the increase of both $100. University Presi-
dent James W. I.aurie stated that he felt the
board would not raise tuition "though perhaps
we should." The president referred to the ap-
proximately $900 a year that is actually spent
on each student at the university. Present
tuition, $660, is supplemented through other
sources which make up the $330 difference.
—The Trinitonian, (Trinity)
• * •
A grant of $12,400 has been received from
the National Science foundation by Texas A
and M, S. A. Lynch, head of the department
of biology and geophysics, has announced.
The grant will be used to support a summer
science training program for secondary school
teachers. —The Batallion
• •
Registration is a part of the paat for an-
other semester. Student attitudes during reg-
ular registration, as usual, probably have killed
a near-measureable portion of some profes-
sors' academic Ideals. Sometimes it becomes
too painfully obvious that the days and houra
lr which classes meet, as well as the instruc-
tor's personality, are weighed most heavily
when students choose courses. There is, of
course, no law preventing such a procedure.
A crime against the student himself must be
involved, however, when desire for knowledge
is trampled beneath a search for "the leiaure-
ly college life." -—The Daily Texan
Texas vaulter won wa* the Fort Worth Rec-
reational. There he cleared 13 feet 6 inches.
At Grand i'rairie high school, he posted 12
feet 3 inches to set a district record. He
also competed against record-holder Graham
last spring in the Texas relays and finished
aetond behind him. Graham, who vaulted in
the 1956 World Olympics, wa* on the All-
American track team last year.
Hexides pole vaulting, Clark can be counted
on to hold his ground in events such as the
broad jump, the javelin throw, and the high
jump. Of high jumping, Clark comments, "I
only enter this if no one else on the team can
enter. The best I've ever done 5 feet 10
inches."
Asked to explain the reason why he can
l erform so much better in pole vaulting than
in high jumping, Clark said, "They are en-
tirely different. Pole vaulting requires moie
use of the upper muscles. High jumping de-
mand* emphasis on the leg muscles."
He pointed out that Coach Winton E. (Pop)
Noah, NTSC track coach, stresses rope climb-
1940 Yearbook
Selects Students
For Who's Who
20 Years Ago
Feb. !), 1040 . . . Thirty-two students were
selected this week as representatives for
Who's Who on the campus in the 1940 Yucca,
Charles Cox, Who's Wieo editor, announced.
•Selections were made by the heads of the re-
spective departments on the basis of schol-
arship, personality, and extracurricular activ-
ities.
15 Years Ago
Feb. 9, 1945 . . . Lt. K. T. (Smoky) Stover,
un .'X who lost his life in World War II, was
recently featured in a lilm released by 20th
Century-Fox, "The Fighting Lady." . . . "Sus-
pect," a three-act psychological melodrama,
will be the major dramatic presentation of
College Players for the spring Production
dates are set for April 5 and 6.
5 Years Ago
Frank I'erri, Hollywood director, said that
he would definitely use three students in a
series of television films to be made in the
near future after he saw the Supper Theatre
production of "No Hemlock in My Cup." The
student* are Marilyn Agan, Dallas; Betty
Fitzpatrick, Decatur, and Ed Pilloy, Dallas.
. . Two Hearts and Tra La-La, a now record
by Pal Boone, student from Nashville, was
released by the Dot Record company Mon-
day. Boone said that about four thousand
copies have been sent to disc jockeys all over
the country.
It
U
ing and the use of barbells so his pole vault-
era can develop their back and stomach mus-
cles
Besides breaking records, Clark has also
broken legs, in the spring of his freshman
year, he broke his left ankle, and the next
year he broke a bone in his right leg, alias-
ing the MVC meet as the Kagles lost the title
by 3% points.
"When falling." Clark explained, "a vaulter
is supposed to relax and roll with the fall.
Both times, I wa* stiff as a board." Admitting
that he was beginning to feel a little shaky
after the second mishap, he says that now
he never worries about falling wrong. "I've
learned the hard way," he smiled.
The trick to pole vaulting, according to
Clark, is remembering some fourteen different
single movements and then practicing them
until they become automatic. Among some of
the movements which borrow elements of
other sports are running as a sprinter, jump-
ing and springing as a high jumper, keeping
one's feet in the right position as a diver, and
pushing as in weight lifting. The vaulter must
tlso master equilibrium in space.
It also helps to be tall, the 6-foot 2-inch
Clark added. "The tall boy has a definite ad-
vantage over the smaller boy. He can grab
a pole higher. This enables him to awing over
the bar easier." Clark grabs the pole at the
13-foot 6-inch mark. The world's record holder
grabbed his at 13 feet 11 inches.
Clark also pointed out that a good pole ia
very important to a jump. "This new pole we
have this year will really help me. It's got a
good deal of elasticity and a lot of spring and
snap," he said. And as for worrying about
poles breaking, it's foolish, he added. In nine
years of pole vaulting he call only one pole
snapping.
Clark got rid of a major nuisance in hia
pole vaulting when he discarded his glasses
for contact lenses which he has been wear-
ing in practice without any difficulty so far.
"Glasses bothered me very much. They al-
ways fell down on my nose or halfway over
my eyes," he said.
Asked about the track team's chances for
a winning season this year, Clark, who is the
team captain, stated, "I've never been on a
winning team since I've been competing, but
—this year—with all the fine boys we have
should be a success, and Pop Noah is a fine
coach. He gets everyone in top shape."
Looney Tunes . . .
Garden-Variety Names Get Overhaul
We were once a student of the Greater Dal-
las-Fort Worth Slide Rule clinic an almost
coeducational institution. According to propa-
ganda put forth by the Registrar, women arc
enrolled there. We still have our doubts. But
then, we were only there two years. We are
told that there was an eight-to-one ratio of
men to women there last year the lucky
male saw a female every eight days.
The notion to become a North Texan hit
us last spring something about a young
man's fancy turning to something and we
visited the campus.
We made quite a night standing on the side-
walk in front of the (IB with eye* crossed and
tongue hanging to our knees that day. Girl-
type creatures blurred our vision. We drooled.
We kneeled and kissed the sidewalk on which
they trod. We stared.
They stared right back in utter disbelief.
It's not every day that a country boy comes
to the big city and slobbers on the sidewalks
in front of the UB. Then they ran We ran
too. After them.
by JOHNNIE LOU LOONEY
Chat Columntat
What am going to name my column?
This question poses a problem that
faces each new columnist when he
pounds out his first great, humor-filled
(or perhaps even fact-
people have names which
automatically suggest one
filled) column. Now, some
title, and there is no real
problem. For example,
with a name like "Ijoon-
ey," the obvious (prob-
ably too obvious) title is
"Looney Tunes." But all people aren't
lucky enough to have such a wonder-
fully co-operative name as "Looney."
(It finally has proved useful for some-
thing other than a topic for poor jokes.)
The unlucky ones who have plain, gar-
den-variety names must uncover some
ways to name their columns. At first
glance, our editorial page editor's name
suggested no title. Then one of our more
ingenious staffers came up with "Peg-
tales." (If you have never stopped to
figure out where we got this name, it
is a play on the word "pigtale.")
Last semester's amusements editor
had a name which also seemed unfit for
column title material, but the name
"Greta" ulways suggested Garbo to us.
It was only a short step from "Garbo"
to "Garble," with the resulting "Greta
Garbles."
With the arrival of new staff mem-
bers for the spring semester, the same
problem presented itself. The new
amusement editor's name suggested all
manners of wild titles, but we didn't
want to cast disparagements against
her honesty with such a title as "Off
the Bottom," or. more honestly, "Off
the Top." The name "Deal" also sug-
gested "Wheel and Deal" or "Big Deal,"
but our page three editor has lost too something, and after all, he is bigger
much weight for the latter to seem even than I am.
plausible. So the result was the title The obvious twist for "Don" was used
"Linda's Dealings." several semesters ago; so "Don Juan-
The spring news editor presented the dering" was also out. Now "Dowell" only
greatest problem. With a name like rhymes with words like "growl," "howl,"
"McDowell." a "Scotch-ish" title was "scowl," "yowl," and "fowl," and some-
mentioned. but we vetoed such names how they just don't seem appropriate.
- ir,.;™ i ir„;~" So after long search through the die-
as 'White Horse" or "Haig and Haig
as being irt poor taste. We then de-
cided that a rhyming dictionary might
provide a word that would go with either
his first or last name. My favorite was
"Quack with Mac," but he thought that
"Mac Quacks" was disrespectful or
News in Review . . .
tionary, we're still at a loss for a name
for our news editor's column as I write
this article. But I will assume, with
great optimism, that we will have
thought of a name for his column be-
fore this paper was printed.
Reds Open Island Beachhead
With Mikoyan-Castro Confabs
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. city to address a $25-a-plate Jackson
Mikoyan played up his country's mis- Day dinner.
K.smi 104 journalism hnlldtng
PACKM AKF.R 4 TIMES
AM.-AMERICAN M TIMES
The Campus Chat
Telephone: I) IJ t-<l7ll. extension SS4
Southwestern Journalism conrraea
JOHNNIE LOU LOONEY
editor
DON McDOWELL
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
PEOdY SIMPSON LINDA DEAL RURLE PBTTIT
edltoriala
amuaements-activltlee
PAUL RECER
new*
JACK KILE
uiUtanU
JIMMY DARNELL
featuraa
CHARLDBAN NEWELL
JACK ADRIAN
photographer
DAVID HOLLAND LEON DULIN
cartoonists
BUSINESS OrriCE
JERRY KK'.HT
mininr
The Campus Chat, student newspaper of North
Texas Slat* college. in published semlwcckly
it*fPT Wednesday and Friday > during tha lone
terms September through May aful weekly
< every Friday) durlnt tha summer aaaalon. Jan*
tbroaab Ausust. escept daring reeiew sud ex-
amination pectoris and school vacations
Editorial statements of the Campus Chat reflect
the opinion of student writer* and not necee-
•arily that of the North Tetaa State collate ad-
min let ration.
JIMMY DARNELL
etrralatlon
LETTERS FROM READERS: The Chat wel-
contea letters front readers, hut rseervsa the
right to edit when necessary Letter* should be
• lined. but the writer's Initials will be uaed If
requested.
Entered aa second-class matter April II, lMt.
at the r* ' "ffler at Dec tor.. Texas. under the
act of March t. 1S7I.
Heprsaen ted by National Advertising
Inc. gubecriptlon rata*, delivered by mail
sile production before thunderously ap-
plauding Cubans this week. The Red
supersalesman was officially in the
Caribbean republic to open the Russian
trade exposition.
Many observers in the U.S. and Latin
America feel that the visit is actually
the "formal opening of a Soviet beach-
head" in the Americas. Russia may take
advantage of the occasion to make of-
fers to bail Fidel Castro out of his ser-
ious financial troubles.
First step will probably be the re-
establishment of diplomatic relations
which were broken in 1952. A Russian
embassy in Havana would be ihe initial
step.
• • •
Payola in the entertainment field cane
under new scrutiny Monday when Congrea-
aional investigators called former Boston
disc jockey Norman Preacott for question-
ing behind cloaed doora.
Chairman Oren Harria (D.-Ark.) of the
House Legislative Oversight committee aaid
that thia week's hearinga were only the be-
ginning of a look into repreaentative aitua-
lions which will reveal the nature and acope
of the problem of alleged under-the-table
pay menu for pluga on the air and other
forma of commercial bribery.
According to the chairman, hia commit-
tee haa been flooded with complainta of pay-
ola from all parta of the country. The ava-
lanche of mail itarted, he testified, after an
Allentown, I'a., department atore owner
testified laat November about aecret pay-
ments made to obtain plua for the atore on
radio teleriaion programa.
• • •
With a "I've never run away from
Johnson followed closely by an an-
nounced-aspirant to the presidency,
Senator John Kennedy, attended the
Western States Democratic conference
in Albuquerque, N.M., last week.
• * *
A trend to lower auto insurance liability
rates reflected this week in the action of in-
surance men meeting in New York. Some
four hundred affiliated liability companiea
whittled premiums for small and compact
cars by 10 per cent in 43 states.
This move, together with "aafe drivers"
plans in eight states, is paving the way for
cheaper inaurance ratea for many motor-
ists.
In the past few years liability ratea have
spiraled upward to the preaent-day coats
which are double to three timea that of IS
years ago. Inaurance officials now believe
the rate of increases will be much smaller.
• * e
Chiefly responsible for shoving the ratea
steadily higher have been riaing repair costs
on new cara with intricate body deaigna,
more frequent accidenta, and higher jury
awarda.
A "Made in Moscow" tag is making
an appearance in Syracuse, N. Y. Auto
firm owner Robert Castle of that city
has obtained an exclusive franchise to
market a Russian economy car in the
U.S.
Officially tabbed the Moskvich, the
four-cylinder, four-passenger sedan will
sell for about $1500. Features of the car
include standard shift, 45 horse power
motor, and top speed of 72 miles an
hour.
A franchise for 10,000 cars has been
duty comment, Texas* Lyndon B. John- obtained by Castle. In comparison to the
son moved a bit closer to throwing his $1500 U.S. price tag, Russians pay the
hat in the presidential ring. rate of $2500 at the official rate of ex-
His statement was made in answer change and as high as $6250 at actual
to questioning in Indianapolis laat Sat- rates. Russians usually have a two-year
urday. He was in the Indiana capital wait for delivery.
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