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VOLUME XIX
NORTH TEXAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. DENTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1984.
FRANCES PERKINS
TO SPEAK AT T.C.
FRIDAY, OCT. 12
labor executive
AUTHOR OF SEVERAL
HOOKS; RECEIVED !H. A.
DECREE FROM COLUMBIA
Frances Perkins, secretary of labor,
will lecture in the College Auditorium
Friday night, October 12, as th«- first
Kmc Art* number, according to l<r.
Sam McAlister, chairman of tK>- com
mittce in charge.
The lecturer, who has been active
in social work for a number of yearn,
in a graduate of Ml Hulyoke College
and received the degree of master of
art., from Columbia University. She
was executive secretary of the New
York Commission of Safety from I'.HL'
to I1M7, was Iccturei in sociology' in
Adelphia College in 1911,
Miss I'erkin.s Was eXClltivc secretary
of the Consumers' League, 191(1-12,
and director of th«- New York Council
of Organization for War Service in
1917-19, and has been a member of
the New York Industrial Coninutti*
since 1929 She is the author of
several books on sociological subjects,
including "The 1'roblcm of Mi i
cant lie Fire Hazards," "A I'lan for
Maternity Care," and "Women a:
Employers."
Other programs will l<e announced
after the first committee meeting,
which will be held thi week, Dr.
McAlister said.
Four Students
Named on Senior
Class Committee
y.rrolzki' Strahan. Swenson and
Yarhrough Nominated to
Consider Officers
The Senior Class at its initial meet
inif of the yai Tuesday selecteii the
members of the nomination committee
who will select students foi Un
various class office*.
Only a small percentage of the
cla-.- vva present., when Ben I', vs.■ iI.
president of the junior class last year,
called the meeting to ordet The four
students who were placed on the corn
rnittee were Albert Zerctzke, Jake
Strahan, Suzanne Swenson, nn.l ••Y'da
^ arhrough. After this group has
checked up on the standing in hours
of prospective class officers, there will
be another class meeting in which the
committee will present their nominee -
for the consideration of their class-
mates.
Announcement of the next meet
ing of the class will be posted at an
early date, according to those ,n
charge.
SOPHOMORES
All students of Sophomore stand-
ing or above, who have not had their
degree plan made out should report
to the Dean of the College and com
plete their plan at once.
It will be necessary that each stu
dent have his brown book with him
before his plan can be outlined.
T. C. Post Office
Information Is
Given Students
The following Information for
students has been received by the
( anipiis ( hat from J. T Baylcss, sup-
erintendent of the Teachers College
Oost office.
" I be window is open from eight
o'clock in the morning till noon from
one to live o'clock in the afternoon.
On Saturday the window is only open
till noon. Mail i* received three
time daily except Saturday and Sun-
day as follow at seven and ten-thirty
o'clock in the morning and at thrce-
forty-five o'clock in the afternoon.
All mail leave:- at the same hours.
Mail is put in boxes on Sunday and
holiday by nine-thirty in the morn-
ing.
"Box r *nt is forty five cents for
thret months. Two persons may share
one bo\ togi iher. All mail should
be addressed to the box number, T.
C. Station. If mail i delivered by
cai i ler, it diould be addressed to
-tree! and numlier. Money orders are
if sued and cashed, letters are re
gi.-tered. and parcel post packages arc
received for dispatch. Parcel post
package -hould not lie sealed and
should .lot contain any writing if
they are to go a- fourth class niail.
All mail should lie fully prepaid and
addics I'd plainly, and should show
the coder's return add res*.
"Any othei information will gladly
be furnished."
B W Mckenzie. Postmaster
lis J. T. Haylc-s, Superintendent
T. C. Station
T. C. SPONSORS
FAIR EXHIBIT
CKAHA.V1. COTTERAI. AND
JOHNSON IN CHARCE
OF ckockams
Phe r>>acher's College contribution
to the DenUtn County hair programs
will l given Thursday evening at 7
o'clock at the fair grounds. The com-
mittee in cha'ge of this program is
■ nmpo- I'd of Floyd (iraham, director
nt' he I C Band Miss Donnie Cot-
teral of the physical education de-
partment; and Mrs. Olive Johnson of
thi spe>>eh department
The pr 'gram to be given at that
time consists of the following iiuni-
bei - "Gateway City March" Band;
"Best Loved Southern Melodies"—
Band Indian War Dance -direction
ot Mrs. Johnson; "Slim Trombone"—
Band; "Sobbin Blue " Band; Physi-
cal Kducation Tumbling Team and
stunts direction of Miss Cotteral
and "Aviation Tournament" Band.
MAJOR CHANGES
NOW COMPLETE
According to Dr. McConnell, the
n.aii part ot the change* in the Au-
ditor. , i|i ha- been completed. There
re only the painting of the Au-
ditorium proper and changes in the
curlau s, drops, and cyclorama The
painting will probably not be done
until the Thanksgiving holidays, due
lo the necessity of scaffolding which
cannot be set up and taken down for
the various activities for which the
Auditorium will be required.
PAPERS TO BE schools fight
n7ti proposed tax
BAND FEATURE amendments
SUE DILLON AND STACE
RAND TO APPEAR
ON I'ROCRAM
By Mary Elisabeth Windle
Presenting Floyd (iraham incor-
porated in an even better stage show
than was planned for last Saturday
night. This performance consists of
four parts: a musical prologue, a
news reel, Sue Dillon at the organ,
and "Collegiate Capers" on the
stage.
The musical prologue, "A Cycle
of School Days," features Kenneth
K. Smith, Martha Len Henderson,
Billy Floyd Brooks, Joe West, Nancy
Jane dates, Virginia Craig, Marcella
Henderson, Pete Gates, Bill Penry,
Rosa Ina Stewart, and Betty Ruth.
JTue Dillon will be at the organ
agj.in this year, playing new tunes
for her audience.
"Collegiate Capers" will be given
on the stage, featuring the South-
we-t's leading male trio, The W. F.
A. A. Bumble Bees. "By popular de-
mand we are bringing this singing
trio back to the music lovers of Den-
ton," says (iraham. - The band
will present "For All We Know," in
the Stage Band's own original man-
ner. "The Three Dancing Ingenues,"
in the persons of Kdna, Jenna, and
Nancy, will be presented. "College
Melodies" presents that future T. C.
fullback, Jack Sisco, Jr. He makes
a touchdown iri a way you have never
seen before! Last in this program,
welcoming our old fiddle player, Hy-
ntie Laufer, back to the Stage Band,
the orchestra presents "Hymie and
His Piccolo," a numlier written for
Hymie by the orchestra's former
pianist, Sam Parker.
The picture, "Wharf Angel," -star
ring Dorothy Dell, Victor McLaglcn,
Preston Foster, and Allison Skip-
worth which was scheduled to be
shown in the Auditorium last Sat-
urday evening, will Ik* shown this
Saturday instead, according to I'. E.
McDonald who is in charge of the
shows. The show will begin prompt-
ly at X o'clock and the audience is
asked to be in their seats by that
time.
Minn Nell ParMtey Urgaa That
Tax Amendment be Voted
Down by People
Miss Nell Parmley, deputy state
school superintendent, has received
from the State Department an article
the purpose of which is to deft^at the
promised constitutional amendment
which is to be voted on in the Novem-
ber election. Miss Parmley states
that she has appointed a chairman of
publicity in each county of her dis-
trict to see that the newspapers are
supplied with this material to put
before the people. Schools have pledg-
ed their support, and on October IK
ami 19, Mr. L. A Woods will be in
this district to speak at rallies held
m Wise. Cook, Grayson, Montague,
and Denton counties, to solicit the
support of the people against this tax
limiting amendment.
A copy of the proposed amendment
will be run in next week's edition of
the Campus Chat.
Dramatic CUb
Takes
After Try-Oats
Forty-five Student* Cbeaen far
Membership According to
Director of Clab
College Chorus
To Start Regular
Rehearsals Soon
Mian I'arrill, Director, Will
Announce Activities for
Coming Year
Mrs. ( riddle To
Teach in Borger
The Teachers Collage mixed choru:.
will start regular rehearsals every
Monday, Wednesday, and F.iJby
afternoons at 4 o'clock, as soon as
the repair work in the Auditorium iias
been completed, according to Miss
Lillian I'arrill, director of thi chor-
us
"We are anticipating a most suc-
cessful year's work, due ina'nly to
the fact that there is to m such an
excellent array of male vokir.. The
chorus has always had goo I female
voices, and we have good •.•••I'son to
believe that our chorus this yeai
will at least equal, and probably sur-
pass the best chorus that thu Col-
lege has ever bail," said Mis< Par-
rill today.
Complete plans for the various
activities of the chorus will be an-
nounced later, according to the il'rec-
,or.
Approximately forty-five members
for the Dramatic Club were selected
in the try-uuts which were held last
Friday ev rung and Tuesday after-
noon, according to Mrs. Myrtle Har-
dy, director of the organisation.
Of the fifty-five candidates for
membership, about forty were chosen
Friday evening; five of the ten ap-
plying for membership Tuesday after-
noon were admitted. These try-outs
were not, as had been previously an-
nounced, in the form of preliminaries
and finals. Only one try-out was held
for each prospective member.
Mrs. Hardy states that, of the
forty-five members selected, ten are
old ones. She says that she believes
that she has discovered some real
talent among those |>eopie and that
some creditable talent should be pre-
sent in the new group.
The first meeting of the Dramatic
Club will be held in the Auditorium
tonight at seven o'clock, at which time
the Club is to be organised. Regular
meetings are to la- held on second and
fourth Tuesday evenings, beginning
with the second Tuesday in October.
Casting for the Club's first pre-
sentation of the year, "The Witch,"
by Wiers-Jensen, will begin at that
time.
A list of the names of memliers
selected is to be found on the bulletin
board at the entrance to the Admin-
istration Building, according to Mrs.
Hardy.
FORMAL CONVOCATION iM
HELD IN AUHTOKMi
WEDNESDAY MORNMG
DR. J. D. BAY
B SPEAKER AT
FRSTASSKMLY
matthews named
county chairman
of study group
Dr. J. C. Matthews, director of
student teaching, was named chair-
man of Denton county curriculum
study group at a meeting at C. I. A.
Monday evening. Fifty-five represen-
tatives from the district attended.
This is a plan of organization of the
state department of education and
this district, consisting of Denton,
Wise, Cooke, Montague, Collin and
Grayson counties, is the first to or-
ganize. All chaiimen of the counties
will organise study grr.ups ill their
respective school centers. The plan
will require three years to be carried
out; the first for study, the second
and third years for putting into oper-
ation the results of the study, ac-
cording to Dr. Matthews.
BAPTIST PASTOR
PRESIDENT INTRODUCM
DR. BRUCE AND T. C. AD-
MINISTRATIVE STAFF
Only Three Days
Left For Frosh
To Get Pictures
Table Located in Corridor of
Adminint ration
Building
Dem. School Buys
Original Prints
For Class Rooms
Tedious Process of Devouring
Treatises Begins Once More As
Students Get Down To Books
Bv Hymie
Again we are honored with the
presence of a vast contingent of
gluttons for knowledge. These dem
r/.ens with an insatiable fervor for
an education make themselves ipiitc
conspicuous twice annually, but, for
some unsurmiseable account, it is
quite obvious that their presence on
the campus has become a predominat-
ing factor. In every nook it is quite
evident that he (or <he) is in our
pleasant midst, and, to be more
precise, we shall soon see that "they
abound in plenty." Can it In- supposed
that they, somewhere in their high
school curricula, have come to the re
ali/ation that to acquire culture they
must undergo the process of educa
tion. which will eventually tend to
make th'm nobler, happier, stronger,
and wiser? We hope that they have
also realised that in order to be called
educated they must l>e partially
civilized. The latter we may take
for granted.
Somewhere in the group, of course,
there may be a prodigy, there always
is. He must be dealt With separately.
With slight encouragement he will
soon become accustomed to the ttslioiis
proceedure of devouring treatises on
Lau fer
chemistry, or perhaps, explaining to
Ins physics instructors that their
ideal.' concerning molecular con-
figurations are all wrong. This is
well and good. It has been tried be-
fore, successfully
Again, we are usually saturated
with an enormous group of orators
and debaters who can easily dissect a
liad argument and find where the
fallacy lies. Others may become exact
thinkers, who attach a precise meaning
to every word and construe every idea
sentence by sentence, which isn't real-
ly a bad thing at all. To tins coterie of
thinker wi wish luck by sill the Gods
that he, providing of course they sur-
mount all obstacles, such as static
pedagogy, trite conventions, and in-
flexible customs.
We hope they have a firm convic-
tion that only through the enterprise
of learning can one acquire an ed
ileal ion that is essentially intellei tual,
and that the college is primarily a
place ot mmd. Also, to improve a
student's manners; acquaint bun with
lofty ideals of character; and instigate
a doctrine of ocinl service, exalts the
virtues and duties of citizenship.
Mrs. K. D. Criddle, former Dean
of Freshmen Girls a' Teachers Col-
lege, left recently for Borger, where
she will teach in the high school this
winter.
Mrs. ('riddle has been studying in
Columbia University Teachers Col-
lege the past summer where she took
personnel administration work. In
addition she studied in the fields of
comparative education and modern
Knglish history. While there she
was selected to work with Dr. Tom
Alexander, director of New College,
an experimental school in New York
City, and in the latter part of the
spring semester she was asked to
assist in interviewing all applicants
for entrance to New York College
for the coming year.
Before going to New York last
fall, Mrs. Criddle was a member of
a supervision group that visited teach-
ers colleges and high schools in Ar-
kansas, Louisiana and Tennessee in
order t« sec what schools of the
southern states are doing. During
the two weeks of the spring vaca-
tion she made similar trips in . ir-
guua, North and South Carolina,
New Jersey anil Tennessee.
Orchestra Busy
With Engagements
According to Floyd (iraham, direc-
tor of the T. C. Band, thai organiza
turn has been quite busy lately. The
orchestra played for the C. I. A.
President's reception last week and
for the Teacher's College Assembly
Wednesday morning. The band play-
ed for the Denton County Fair parade
Tuesday afternoon. Future engage-
ments of the band include playing
for the County Fair program Thurs-
day night and for the T. C. Assembly
(ieorge Medders
Is Seriously III
At Hospital Here
Calendar
Thursday, October 4
p.m. Biology Club. Science Build-
ing.
p.m. Y. W. A., College Club House
.;{() p.m.—Art Club, Manual Arts
Building
:.'to p.m. I,edlow Bible Club, Col-
lege Club House
:11 p.m. Freshman football game
with Decatur
Friday. October 5
p.m. Press Club, College Club
House
Saturday. October 6
p.m. Picture Show in the audi-
torium
Monday, October H
p.m. - Amiga Class, College Club
House
::t0 p.m. W. N. Masters Chemical
Society, College Club House
p.m. Trojans, 71 J West Sycamore
Tuesday, October 9
p.m. B. S. U. Council, College Club
House
p.m. Dramatic Club, College Club
House
p.m. Women's Faculty Club,
Mary Arden Lodge
Wednesday. October 10
p.m. Home Economics Club, Col-
lege Club House
Thursday, October II
p.m. Y. W. A., College Club House
:.'!( p.m. Kappa Delta Pi, College
Club House
Original prints by modern painters
have !>een purchased by the Demon-
stration School and will be hung soon
in the rooms of the various grades.
The purchase resulted from an ex-
hibit of the works of outstanding
modern artists, which was brought
here last spring. The children
of eai li grade were allowed to
select the picture they wished hung
in their room without advice or in-
terference in any way from others.
Miss Mary Louise Wilson, who
teaches art in the Demonstration
School, stated that one reason for
the purchase is to give the children
an opportunity to live with modern
art so that they might come to love
and appreciate it.
Works selected by the children
were as follows: kindergarten, "Little
Maiden," Renoir, and "Boy with a
Fife," Manet; first grade, "Land-
scape at Auvers," Van Gogh; second
grade, "Beach Riders," Paul Gau-
guin; third grade, "Ta Matete," (iau-
guin; fourth grade, "Boats," Vin-
cent Van Gogh; fifth grade, "Red
Horses." Marc; and sixth grade
"1 >ardscapc-Big Pine," Derain. F.ach
picture will I* placed in a hand made
frame and hung in the room of the
class that selected it. College stu-
dents who are interested in seeing
them will find them there.
With but three more days in which
to sign for Yucca pictures, only a
negligible number of freshmen have
registered, according to reports from
the Yucca office. Registration is be-
ing conducted in the corridor of the
Administration Building, where a
desk has been placed for the con-
venience of the students. The actual
photographs will Ik- taken next week,
beginning Monday at 1.00 p. m. in
the Yucca Studio west of tht- Men's
; Gymnasium. The W«tkins Studio
of Denton will have charge of the
photography for the Yucca this year,
according to Curtis Wilson, business
manager of publications
"Freshmen are urged to sign for
pictures immediately," said Truett
Meredith, editor of the Yucca, in an
interview. "The importance of being
represented in the College yearbook
to freshmen cunnot be over-estimated.
A freshman's future in the College
demands, if he is to take active and
effective part among his fellows, that
he declare himself ready and willing.
Here, a Yucca picture is considered
i that declaration."
Sophomores are to begin signing
for pictures Monday, October 8, and
sophomore sittings will begin the
following Monday, it is understood.
BIOI.OCY STUDENTS
All students who are interested in
the field of biology and would like
to discuss the organization of a bio-
logical club or society are asked to
meet at the chemistry lecture room
in the Science Building at five o-clock
this afternoon, according to Rhoads
Mustain, who is seeking to organize
a club of this nature.
"The world will never
indebted it i* to education, far
cation has made the world
as no other element," Dr. J. D. Gray,
pastor of the First Bt|
said at the formal convocation
nesday morning in the Auditorium,
Dr. Gray spoke on "Bdeeatkw ami
the Texas Centennial."
He stated that a movement was bo-
gun which maiked the beginning of
the Rennaisance, which in turn
brought about the discovery of A-
merica, the reformation in Germany,
and the spirit of democracy. "Some-
one has said that the centennials are
the punctuation marks in mane'
progress."
Dr. Gray pointed out that the pio-
neers of Texas who crossed the mona-
tains and waste lands to settle in
Texas came to establish imtitatioM,
not for themselves, but for the daya
that were ahead. The speaker said
that the majority of th
were not illiterate, as is aoa
thought by modern civilisation, bat
that they were men of letters and
culture.
"When they came, they came
ing three institutions, the homo,
little white church house on on
of the road, and the little rod
house on the other side of the rood.
When we go to Dallas next year to
celebrate 100 years of progreas, wo
should stand with heat
feet unsandled because we
ground made sacred by our
fathers."
Dr. W. J. McConnell, preekfcat of
the College, introduced Dr. W. H.
Bruce, ^resident emeritus, aad the
administrative staff of the College.
Rev. William Fred Fatbraith,
president of the Ministerial Aasocia-
tion of Denton, introduced a number
of ministers during the hours. Thooe
presented were Revs. Charles W.
Fstes, J. L. Elliott, J. W. Dodd, Lyle
Price, E. E White, J. D. Gray, aad
Miss Lena Wood.
The invocation was given by Rev.
Price. Rev. Galbraith pronounced
the benediction. Miss Mary Ander-
son, of the Teachers College maak
department, played the doxology.
Members of the college faculty
marched in regalia at the beginning
of the assembly. The orchestra,
under the direction of Floyd Graham,
tendered the selection, "The Holy
City."
NOTICE BOYS!
Co-eds at Duke College were boy-
cotted recently for criticising the
table manners and actions of men stu-
dent waiters. The girls were neither
dated nor spoken to by the Duke men
during the boycott.
activity tickets
admit students
to frosh games
Foreign Language
Classes Increase
According to Dr. Ruby C. Smith,
head of the language department,
there has been an unusually large at-
tendance in both beginning and ad-
vnced courses in Spanish, French,
(ierman, and Latin this year. The
department is well pleased with this
increase, although it means dividing
classes and reworking schedules.
College students can gain admit-
tance to the Frosh-Decatur Baptist
College game tonight on their activ-
ity tickets. T. J. Fouts has announc-
ed. Public school students, including
high school a :d demonstration school
students, will be charged 10 cents,
while the price of admittance for
adults is 25 cents.
The game will start at 7:30 tonight,
Coach Sportsman has announced.
All Freshmen are expected to at-
tend.
George Medders, of the English de-
partment of Teachers College, was
reported to he in a serious condition
at the College Hospital last night.
Mr. Medders has been confined to
the hospital following a stroke of
paralysis which he suffered about
a week ago.
Notice!
The regular price of 10c
with activity tickets will admit
students tc the Teachers Col-
lege picture shows each Satur-
day night, according to P. E.
McDonald. The shows will be-
gin promptly at 8 o'clock.
Dean*s Message
It is my wish that the students of
the College lie the happiest possible
during the time they are here. If
there is anything I can do to further
your welfare and happiness I shall
deem it a pleasure to do so.
I would like to meet and know each
memlier of the student body and am
reminding you of the fact that I shall
he glad to help you solve any prob-
lem you have in connection with your
school life during the ensuing year.
B. B Harris,
Dean of the College.
Torrid Weather Doesn't Bother
History Teacher on Boat Trip
Around South American Canst
The torrid weather of the late sum-
mer months did not affect Dr. Anna
Powell of the history department,
while she cruised around the South
American coast where one wears
winter clothes and does not expect
summer's advent for several months.
Her itinerary led from New Orleans,
where she hoarded a Cnited Fruit
lioat to Cristobal to join the Tribune
party, a newspaper group. En route
she spent one day in the Cuban cap-
ital. where she saw the new capital
building erected by Machado, the
palace of the president, the fortress,
and one of the larger tobacco fac-
tories.
After leaving Cristobal Dr. Powell
had the thrilling experience of going
through the Panama Canal. Before
sailing time she had taxied out to
the locks sightseeing On guard was
a Texas, who, thoroughly delighted
to meet a person from his native
state, explained to Dr. Powell and
her party the technicalities of the
locks, thus making the trip through
a more intelligible one. In addition
to the wonder of the engineering feat,
a sight of unusual scent*, beauty was
obeerved in the lower Canal where
islands covered in luxuriant
dotted the waterway. Dr.
stated that the sight recalled to her
th' Thousand Island trip, though the
Can tl islands did i.*t have on them
the magnificent estates found on the
others.
Anchoring outside the Colembtoa
harlior, Buena Ventura, the party
reached shore by tender. Nowhere
along the west shore did the boat
dock as either the shore war too
steep or the strong current prohibi-
tive. At one small port, Mallendo,
the passengers were hoisted up over
the dock in a large chair. At other
times a tender met the beat aad too
them ashore. In the small pert e#
Buena Ventura, chief port of Colom-
bia, a town with a good future as Ma
name indicates, the sightseers found
no sidewalks or paved streets.
walked the railroad
village spread out over
and valleys and rame upoa a
cal native town with the
roofed with tin set. on
«arv because of the daily rataa. Pr
l See Torrid Weather
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