The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1965 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE 2—THE Camp.S CHAT
Friday November S, 1965
Editorials
NT: Growth, Action
No tht-me could havt*
propiate for the 1! 6;
fill ni'>rt' a|>-
Homecoming
than "North Texas: Where the Ac-
tion Is " And exec visiting the campus
this weekend will undoubted I > ^ sur-
prised at the "action" that has been
going t n at North Texas
Perhaps no other college in Texa> is
growing as fast as North Texas. The
1956 Chat reported that a record 5.29M
students had enrolled
This year the Chat reported a rec-
ord enrollment of IS,.143, an increase
of 1,46ft over 1964. and 2.541 over
1963
Kxes visiting the campus will t>e
surprised not only at the increase in
students but at the formidable con
struction going on at the university
l.a.-t year Maple Street Hall, a dorm
housing about 700 girls, was opened
A new dorm of about the same «iz«
Clark Hall, is under construction
Private construction firms are also
involved in the growth The College
Inn. a private dormitory for men that
houses nearly 500. was completed last
year This semester a new wing was
added. The University House opened
to students this fall, and houses 100
Some People
Do Care
Isn't it strange how one decent act
by an individual can renew your faith
in your fellow man "
Some amount of talk and controver-
sy has been spurred recently by a ser-
ies of Chat editorials and articles con-
cerning student apathy.
Whether cheating should or should
not be overlooked, whether waste pap-
er is or is not thrown on campus i.-
another matter—what is concerned
here is what happens when a real
emergency arises.
One North Texas student, who pre-
fers to remain unnamed, met just an
emergency Sunday evening. A sim-
ple relation of events should suffice
to put the point across
The student and his <late were en
route to Denton from Fort Worth
when they came upon a car wreck
The demolished car was surrounded
by people. When they reached the
scene they realized not one of the on-
lookers was making an attempt to
help the injured people from the
wreckage; not one was offering to
call police, let alone to carry the vic-
tims to a hospital.
With little hesitation thev helped
the three most severly injured—all
teen-agers—into the car and drove
them the six miles to Denton. Only as
they entered the city limits did they
see an ambulance going toward the
wreck, and still later a police car
The student met the emergency,
though involment might bring both-
ersome legal problems, though the car
upholstery would surely be ruined by
blood, though the process would be
time consuming, and though he could
expect no reward.
Thank goodness for people like this
North Texas student and his date—
sympathetic individuals among the
apathetic many They make life worth
living.
—Anna Porter
complexes have
loupes and study
university-owned
students The two
their own cafeterias.
rooms, much like a
dormitory
So exes who have been away from
North Texas will find their alma mat-
er growing at a surprising race Cer-
tainly the\ will have to acknowledge
that North Texas is really "where the
action is "
-Fernando Pinon
We Welcome
Valid Criticism
As the voice of the student body,
uur carnpu- newspaper should tie com-
mented on and criticized freely by the
students And it is.
Hut is this criticism based on good.
!i gical observation* and thinking, oi-
ls it criticism for the sake of criticiz-
ing "
.V a member of the staff. I have
been fortunate in talking to a number
of collegians lately who have some-
thing to sa> aliout (he ('hat.
Some of this criticism has been
ust and well-founded, such as that of
poor editorial matter
For the most part, howe\er. the
criticism ha.- been laid along these
lines: "It's a t>-rribl - newspaper, it's
lust not ver\ good."
When these self-appointed critics
have beer: asked to specifically list
the faults of our "miserable rag." they
have been unable to do
Perhaps the pa| er's critics are try-
ing to sa\ that the ('hat doesn't meas-
ure up to what THKY personally con-
sider a good college paper They are
invited to write the Chat ami list
their objection.- and suggesions for
improvement
.1 A Ramirez
News in Review
1915-1940-1965 Campus on the Go
North Texas-Where the Action s Always Been
H> ( YN Til IA I.ISK
A* the Homecoming them* *ays, NT.St'
is "Where the Action Is." Indeed, this is
where it ha* always Iieen, as is shown by a
giance in the Campus Chats of this year's
honored classes. 1915 and 1940.
North Texas State Normal College was
active, as evidenced by the nrgaruztng of
several clubs in 1916. Included were the
Panhandle Club, composed of students from
17 counties in Northwest Texas, the Far
Away from Home I'lub. for out-of-state stu-
dents: and the Masonic Club, for student
and faculty member* of the Masons
The Debate Club was going full force
too, with victories over Durant and Canyon
City normals
Debating was o popular that one .Satur-
day evening several young men walked three
miles to Center Point to hear u debate on
women's suffrage They were pleased st the
outcome, the decision was negative
The i>eils for chapel were certainly famil-
ial to the students of Normal Saturday chap-
els were perhaps the favorite with their
sing song time
Also in 11116, plans to make Normal Col-
lege a four year college thai offered a bach-
elor of arts degree were tiemg discussed by
the Board of Regents These were passed in
September liKtV
Enrollment reached a high of 3,18J> at
North Texas State Teachers College in Sep
V,
*
tember 11*40, as announced by President
W J Mc< onnell
MI'SII HI II.IHSO CONSTKI rm>
Construction on h three story music build-
ing began in the fall of The building
was needed to accommodate the almost-phe
m menal growth of the music department,
which had increased Us faculty from five to
1-t full time members
Whether the musit department agreed or
not, the danc. floors were reserved for ac-
tion p!u* Jitterbug -*ty!• The lieezles bad
an annual itterbug contest thai always in
eluded one of the favorite numlwrs, "Heat
Me 1 laddy. Kight to the liar And they call
today's music • ra/.y
The movie world also dominated the scene
Such great* as Walter HrenriaC* "splendid
characterization t Judge It •> Mean in the
colorful unkempt, fearless 1 .tw West of the
Pecos,'' and Clark Cable, Hedy l.amarr.
Spencer Tracy and Claudette < lUrt in
the biggest name cast ever to i • me out
of the California movie capital in 'Boon.
Town,'" were covered by tin- t hai
On the move were Kappa Kappa Kappa,
moving into a new sorority house at 1111 W
Sycamore, and their new neighbor- tt. ■
Talons, who also moved into new quarters lit
Ifilft W Sycamore
< OM KKIM h i II XMI'loNSHIP
Action on the football field bo ight ' ach
Jack Sisio's Kagie team the l.<p I,one Stat
Conference < hampionshii with - id vict ■
le- as ?! 0 over Arkansas A.vM and J" o
against Stephen K Austir
From li«]5 to 1;<4<| to 1North Texas
has been and is a campus on the gr >w and
or the go Indeed N'TSI where tt,<- in
t lor, is
Studenf Fire Department
Returning eies from the class of 1915 will probably remember many activities such
as the volunteer lire department. This photo is representative of the era.
Organization To Combat Vietniks
A new college organization has been form
ed to combat the "Vietniks" who have con-
tinually criticized American policies in South
Viet Nam. The group, the Student < ommit-
tee for Defense of Viet Nam, is to be na-
tionwide and bipartisan,
Thomas Pauken. a graduate student in
political science at Georgetown Cniversity.
says the organization will:
• I Petition to enlist student support
from coast-to coast to track C S. policy in
resisting Communist aggression in Viet
Nam
• 1 Conduct ami promote college sym
posiums to explain why the I'nited States
is fighting in Viet Nam. and in so doing re-
fute misinformation living disseminated by
the left-wingers
• t. Organize committees to exchange
and distribute accurate information on Viet
Nam
The anti-war demonstrations are expertly
planned they do not just happen. They
are well financed When 2(15 were arrested
in the Washington march, fines amounting
to $t>,070.!«i were paid almost immediately.
A Cniversity of California professor, ac-
tive in the left-wing demonstrations, said
recently that they spent $15,(100 for a Berke-
ley "teach-in."
These people say they would fight with
the Viet Cong before fighting for the South
Vietnamese
Free speech has been one of their battle
cries. But when General Maxwell Taylor
visited San Francisco last year to give the
American government's view, leftists at
tacked his car, blocked the entrance to his
hotel and heckled him during his speech It
happens elsewhere when government defend-
ers try to talk
The "new left" is a minority But being a
militant and dedicated organization they
make up for lack of numbers.
All this is the old leftist aim to capture
the minds of youth
BILLY AHRKNS
-Our Readers Say
Understanding of War Needed
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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From R. Sheldon Newman. Box 5244
The few words I have written will seem to
be angry They are not. I am sick with fear
at the wild spreading lack of understanding
of an issue as important to all of us as the
Viet Nam war There is no reason for us to
have so little knowledge about the world we
live in Writers for and readers of the Chat
please read
Start by reading from the selected biblio-
graphy of books, pamphlets and etc on
Viet Nam and li. S. policy listed in INTER-
COM Volumn ? number 'A May-June ltt65 pp
10-16
1 say again I am not angry -just very
sad Please read and understand war this
includes the Viet Nam war—is not in your
personal long-range self interest.
No Picket Signs
At Da Nang
From John Ford, Colonial Oaks
I recently read an article in the Campus
Chat in which a student took alignment with
Savio, the SNCC, and the SDS. That article
expressed those movements actually gave 86
per cent of their support to LBJ's Viet Nam
policy, but only in the "oh well, why not,
ho hum" attitude.
I wonder which type of American a Ma-
rine at Chu Lai would rather share his fox-
hole with ... the "oh well, why not, ho
hum" American, or an American dedicated
to ending the war and getting home?
As for those "students who are making
an honest effort to render a realistic peace
in Viet Nam" . . .well, they are already in
Viet Nam carrying an M-16 rifle.
You won't find a picket sign at Da Nang
Graduate Student Supports
Revised Library Hours
From Peter M Stephan. 1112 Broadway
Mary Tatum's editorial of the 2Uth has
helped to place the library hours predica-
ment in a brighter spotlight than hereto-
fore As a graduate student with a carrel
full of books and a need for ready access
to reference materials, I would applaud a
more extensive weekend library schedule.
It is greatly to tie hoped that the efforts
of the ISO and the USNT will gam suffici
ent momentum to bring this acute problem
to the attention of those vn a position to
take corrective action. Please advise the
leaders of these two organizations that they
have my wholehearted support in this mat-
ter.
Fraternities Thanked
For Helping With Carnival
From Mrs. K. B. Huffman Jr., 3520 Ingleside
Dr., Dallas
On Oct. 30 it was my very great pleasure
to meet and work with many members and
pledges of several of the fraternities on
your campus. These young men volunteered
their services for the entire day to help
bring a few happy hours to hundreds of stu-
dents at the Denton State School for re-
tarded children.
The occasion was the annual Halloween
carnival I am privileged to sponsor for the
handicapped children. May I go on record
as saying that | feel that your fraternity vol-
unteers were a fine group of young men;
without them it would not have been possi-
ble to bring so much happiness to 1,200 less
fortunate human beings.
The Campus Chat
Ron 6297. NT Station. Dan ton. Tnu 7S2U3
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T« i State Univeraity. ia publiahed went i weekly
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terma September through May and weekly (every
Friday) during the aummer «m«iun. June
through Aucu t. except during review and ex-
amination perioda and achool vacation*
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the opinion of atudent writero and not necea-
aarily that of the North Texa* State Univeraity
adminiat ration
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Entertainment—1940 Style
Dancing it one activity that will probably be ever-popular on college campuses.
This photo, taken in 1940, shows a student Sadie Hawkins Day dance at North Tesas.
Jim Duffy
Obstacle Ahead
For Fraternities
Telephone: M7-4III, exUnaton St«
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Despite all the problems North Texas fra-
ternities have had to face in the last couplt-
of years, the biggest obstacle to their fu-
ture life on campus may soon be thrust on
them.
That obstacle is racial integration. Under
the Civil Rights Act of l!Wi4, colleges re-
ceiving federal funds are responsible for
assuring that fraternities on their campus
do not practice racial discrimination.
A statement recently released by Commis-
sioner Francis Keppel, of the U S. Office of
Kducation. says:
"An institution that maintains a frater-
nity system as part of its activities and over-
all program is responsible under the civil
rights act requirement for assuring that dis
crimination is not practiced by fraternities
in the system."
His views are baaed on Title VI of the
act and administrative regulations issued by
the Department of Health, Kduration and
Welfare (HEW).
Title VI prohibits subjecting a person to
discrimination "under any program or acti-
vity receiving federal financial assistance"
on the ground of race, color or national
origin. The HKW regulation requires col-
leges and universities receiving federal funds
to submit certificates jf compliance with
the provision.
No social fraternity on this campus has
a Negro as a member. I realize fraternities
are highly selective groups, and so they
should be. Any organization that opened its
membership to any person who applied could
not possibly maintain the necessary gooi'i
public image Even the university does not
admit all applicants.
I know of one fraternity on this campus,
however, whose national by-laws specifiraI
ly state that only white males shall be ad-
mitted to memlrership This sort of obvious
discrimination will soon be eliminated.
But what of the underlying discriminn
tion in the minds of the men responsible for
choosing pledges after rush each semester
How do you stop something that has been
instilled in a person throughout his life? You
don't.
Brown University in Providence, R. I., has
temporarily solved the problem by requiring
all student membership organisations to fib-
annual declarations of non-discriminatory
practices signed by the officers of the or-
ganitation.
This may fill the bill for a while. Most
colleges and universities, including NT8U,
will probably institute a similar procedure.
But what happens if someone decides to buck
the system?
Perhaps a Negro will go through rush and,
because he didn't receive a bid, file suit on
grounds of racial discrimination. How could
a fraternity ever prove there was no such
discrimination?
I^t's hope it doesn't happen. I.et's hope
fraternities realize there is no need for rac-
ial discrimination. But let's pray do one ac-
cepts a Negro merely to comply with the
law. In my personal opinion, that would
he worse than outright discrimination.
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