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THE CAMPUS CHAT
VOLUMN XIX
NORTH TEXAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. DENTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1984
Dallas Chorus
Gives Program
(iKOl I* OF MUSICIANS MAKE
IN IT! AI - AIM'EARANUE \S
FINE AIMS M'MHER
Dallas Mule Chorus. The Audito
rium, Friday, November '<411. Kdniund
I''. Boot teller, director. Amy .le an
K . M K W hil It'll, Herman Boot
Ichor, O M. StuI>1 >l<■ fi<*Jtl, I,. I*' Bohm
talk. oloisls Kli/.nhcth Knox, Tildeii
Wells, pianists. Maury ('. Jones,
organist. Presented li> the Kmc Arts
i ommittee.
\ an organisation only twn month-
old, the 1% la.- Male Chorus, in its
initial performance, proved thai a
civic enterprise of its nature can lie
attanu'il. Whilr not al its heat, the
< bonis impressed imr with its poten
Utilities, for it has some very tint'
viiiccK, The directloiwol M r Boettcher
is capable, and relative results show
promise.
I If the three groups of th'ec unntrs
eaeh |ireseiiti il hy the Chorus, the
first was f'ir the liest. The Battle
Hymn from Kien/.i (Wagner) was
sung with virility anil pomp, and was
followed Ity the colorful Red, Red Rune,
a poem of Rots-it Hums el to music
by Herbert. Sea Gypsy1, hy Tilden
Wells, accompanist for the organii&a
tiun, was lollickmg in them; with some
very subtle, and admirahly handled,
modulations.
Amy .lean Koeso, hi her first solo,
substituted an air from Wagner's
Lnhengnn for the Puccini number pro
grained. He have heard her in hotter
voice, but in her encore ti. the last
group, |ia\ni Guam's Mam'selle Marie, i
she was at her best. I
Fortunately, for the interest of the
audience was somewhat on the wan,
a nuartet appeared hi the second di
vision of the program with a medley
of popular and college songs, which
liecanie a variety turn tlial pleased
highly
Maury Jone>' two organ numbers
which began the second half of the
program, linpping Spring- and Can-
yon walls (( lokeyI, were better liked
than the Von Sonata with which the
concert was opened
My W oi Id, Stem, Mi Keese and
Chorus. accompanied hy organ and
piano, was appreciated more than the
Nun of Nnlaros (Huck), perhaps lie
cause of its charming melody.
The Hold Vaquero, liavid Guion,
was especially arranged foi the Chorus
by Paul Van Katwijk, hut the dis
cordaut yelps and shrieks were none
too pleasing. That, perhaps, isn't
Mi Van Katwijk's error I'. H.
THOMAS TURKEY TALKS
sm
ELECTION WILL
BE IN ASSEMBLY
Give Recital
MOSI.AH SHRINE CHANTERS
ARK WELL KNOWN TO
TKXAS MASONS
The Moslah Temple Shrine Chanters
of Fort Worth will appear in concert
in the Auditorium on Friday, Decem-
ber 7 at H o'clock.
Thin muHieale has been arranged
*
by President McConnell and Dean
Harris. The public is invited to at-
tend. There will be no admission
charge.
The Moslah Shrine Chanters in the
of the Moslah
TWENTY-FOUR STUDENTS
CONTEND FOR YEARBOOK
HONORARY SELECTION
FIVE FAVORITES, TWO ALL-ROVND
GIRLS AND TWO ALL-ROVND
HOYS TO BE NAMED
Dress Rehearsals
For "The Witch"
To Be Next Week
The Anal ballot of the INS Yueea
Popularity Conteat ia sch*dal*d to
be held Wednesday morning in
hly. at which time the student
will vote on twenty-four student* for
nine places of honor in the popularity
section of the yearbook, Truett Mere-
dith, editor, announced today. Ballota
are to lie passed to the student* aa
singing organisation
in Fort w„r.h The H~l l'rep ralion« linn* M«l« A.S...I-, -*
-s
Well, well, Mr. Kdwards. It is nice
to see you up so early this morning.
I Inipe you have some more of that
delicious food you've been bringing
nn You know. I thought for a whil"
that you people in the big house
didn't appreciate my value to the
farm, but during the last month I
must admit that I have been quite
properly fed, sheltered, and protected.
And 1 wish to thank you for it, Mr.
Kdwards.
Kdwards? Oh, to be sure. Of course
you have, or you would never have
married Mrs. Kdwards, would you?
How silly of me. Titter-tittei gobble
You know, Mr. Kdwards, I've I wen
in love twice. Don't tell a soul, but
once it was with a comely little turklet
from your neighbor's barnyard. Mr.
Smith, I mean. Wouldn't h . e him
know it for the world. Then, and I
trust thi- is strictly confidential, 1
ers, organised about ten years ago,
have devoted most of their time to
giving concerts before the different
Masonic bodies as well as numerous
radio appearances.
Dr. (1. F. Nemitz, president, is a
well known musician in Fort Worth,
having studied abroad as well as in
the United States. He has been a
member of the Chanters for a number
of years, and, since his election last
January, he has been responsible for
For Costumes, Properties,
Sets, and LighlinK
Quite unworthy of me, I
District Five
Teachers Meet
A vesta Work Is
In Final Stage
for distribution by December lit, final
"NEW DKAL FOR IMHLIC arrangements jye being made by John
SCHOOL CHILDREN" |s sb. lion, ed -. r,
THEME OF DISCI SSION It ' planned to used a lithograph
as a frontispiece, and it will lie sent to
"A New Deal for the Public School the engraver perhaps today. She!-
Children" was the theme of the !>s ton said. This will be a deviation
trict Five teacher trustee meeting from lb style foi the past several
held in the Auditorium Saturday fo * yeai-, as woodcuts have been used
the purpose of discussing curriculum practically altogether throughout the
revision. Approximately one thousand books.
out-of-town visitors attended the all Although practically all the mater-
dav conference. < 1 to be used has been submitted, Shel- To Your Pleading That Colgat
self, for hours, if you peck at her
every moment or so to encourage her.
I never could understand people like the Chanters making many public
that So void of personality. So neg appearances, Sunday afternoon musi-
ative in character. cales and evening concerts.
I ay, Mr. Kdwards. Are you J. Oscar Webster, director, is recog-
listeiiing'.' You certainly don't seem nixed a.s one of the leading directors
to I" You stand then grinding that and musicians in the Southwest. He
wood-chopper thing on that wheel has participated in the presentation of
and I might just as well be at the a number of operas in Ft. Worth and
North Pole for all the attention I is particularly famous for his direc-
fell for a female duck what do you i get. tion of group singing. Mr. Webster
-cc call them Dutchesses trom the All right, don t notice me. If you're has been a member of the Chanters
too engrossed with that ugly wood- ' since 1and he has appeared as
yours I've always been ashamed of th't chopper to be polite I'll go where Vsoloist |K.fore many of the Masonic
there IS a social atmosphere. ruiV
go visit the Smith barnyard.
Why. of all thing-! The impudence! of lht. outstanding piano teachers and
lake your hands off mc this instant, musicians in the Southwest. Pitner
Mi. Kdwards, or I tell your wife! has many musical affiliations in Fort
Stop it, I -ay' Slop it! Help! MUR- Worth, and he is, at the present time,
I'Kb. poljr K! t,ui .-gggglc! Avkkk! director of the department of piano
————._______________ at The Texas Woman's College in
Fort Worth. He is also organist for
the First Science Church.
Virgil Whitworth, xylophone artist,
is known to all Masons, having ap-
peared in many concerts over the
State of Texas. Whitworth, while a
student in the Missouri School of
Mines, conducted his own orchestra
there. He has made stage appear-
be collected as they l*ave.
The contested places are enumerated
by the ballot as follows: Ave Yueea
Research and sound effects will be '•vorites, to be arranger according
combined to make the
of John Maaoliold's translation
Wiers-Jennsen's "The Witch by the favorite section are named. Thay
College Players, authentic to six- are: Misses Margery Hendrixaon,
presentation J" ph??Cal ',eaU'y by '***
two all-round girls; and two all-round
wl Iwiys. Fourteen candidates for the
teenth Century Norway. The play, in
the College Auditorium Thursday
night, December t>, will be the tirst
I'aura Bea Adams, Sue Dillon, Rose-
mary Cecil, Artemisa Thomas, Mary
Elizabeth Windle, Tillie Hall, Evelyn
McFatridge, Mary Willis, francos
Ves, it is a cold morning. I
you're preparing to cut some wood, horse pond over behind the mule barn.
If you got behind that lioy
liki you should, you wouldn't hpve affair.
to worry about wood. I've always think.
contended that Johnny is old enough Have you ever noticed Alice, the
to have a little responsibility handed tortoise down in the cornfield, Mr.
hi way But there. I ee you don't Kdwards? It's a strange thing about
appreciate my advice. Alice. She can remain perfectly ex-
llave you evei been in love, Mr. pressionless, all tucked inside of her-
offering of the group for this year. Cunningham, Millie Graham, Batty
Rubye Davis, Charles Shuiuakcr and ■ I.acewell, Helen Mitchell, and Annette
David Ratlitf have the leading roles.
Dress rehearsals for "The W itch"
will Ik.- held on December 4 and 5,
and will be closed to everyone except
those with special invitations to be
present, according to Mrs. Hardy, di-
rector.
Final preparations ale being made
fraternity rets Students Rebel
in rhymei) wire . an
rut loses game Against Huey
HAMILTON, N V. About a week H \T(i\ RtllMiK, I.A., Faced with
previous to the Colgate Ohio State rebellion on the part of the school's
With the Avp*to scheduled to go
completely Into the hands of the print-
er the end of next week, and be ready T<mI ,,usi K- "P"rls announcer, journalism students, Louisiana Statt
picked Ohio State to win. rniver-ity officials have abandoned a ances and is renowned as a radio rt-
An hour later a rhythmed telegram move to place a censor in charge of '"t. He has selected a few old favor-
froni Colgate reading this way My Th« Reveille, student publication. Iteg for his number on the
Dear Ted Husing: As to Your Choos- ... program.
A letter criticizing Senator Huey
I' Li tu:'- efforts to make Abe Mickal,
Wt
ing that Colgate will lw Losing
Have One Hundred Dollars We an
Not Using, and if You Surmise Your s,al' Tiger halfback, a state senator
Prediction is Wise, Fork t'p Your caused the trouble, A member of the
Hundred and Well lake V ouse (itiys. faculty was appointed to censor 'he
(Signed) The Beta House, Colgate , . ,
imper last week.
I ntversiM
Husing wired back this jingle "As ,,ean of Administration, James F.
Will
Other prominent musicians who will
appear are: A. J. W^lie, baritone;
Jesse Martin, tenor; Ralph Bishop,
baritone. Bishop is owner of Radio
Station KFJZ, and he will sing "Bells
of St. Mary's" as a duet with Mar-
tin.
Leatherwood. The five condidatas for
all-round girls are: Missoa Bessie
Pearl Payne, Cindy Rushing, Carole*
Blackburn, Dude Neville, and Mar-
garet Frisby. The Ave candidate*
for all-round boy arc: Jcunny Sto-
vall, William Short, Albert Zcratehe,
Rhoads MusUin, and Charles Shu-
maker.
The candidates were nominated
through a straw vote last waah in
which the entire studant body was
oil the vorious divisious of the pro-
iodies in Texas and other states. ^ 9duction. Under the direction of Miss
uuy Pitner, accompanist, is one Lois Pearman and Miss Muriel Wil-j'nv^te^ to Participate.
liams of the home economics depart-
ment, costumes for "The Witch" have
Tho*e Hated
are the unquestionably popular on**
as indicated by the returns. Ballots
were counted under the supenriaion
been completed, and are as nearly of a member of the faculty. The
authentic as is pussible to create final ballot will be counted by faculty
them. Krie Marshall and Anna Mae mernbers exclusively, according to
., , . Meredith.
Hudson, senior home economics ma- i ,,t,. , ..... _ _
1 "The memoers of the Yucca Staff,"
the editor said, "are well pleased with
the outcome of the nomination. We
Dr. L. A, Woods, state superin
lendent of public instruction, was the
principal speaker of the morning ses-
ion, talking on "The State Depart-
ment in the New Deal." lie discussed rulor of
ton still asks that any students in the Bi
College who have any material they Not
would like to submit for publication, will Soon Lose Their Status as Prog .j,^
leave i( in the Avesta box in the Cor- nosticatahs. Please Let Me Know,
I Will Forward the Dough lif,wl afU''' "'«" b<?rs of th.
The mini tiers on the program have
been divided, according to the direc-
Broussard, acting in the absence
1 Leading, I Have a Hundred I'm the president of the institution, James tor, into three groups of classical,
'i Needing. I loar that the Beta- y| Smith, informed the editors of semi-classical and folk songs, which
Reveille that the censorship had w'" "Pl"'ni ■li-
the Administration Building, And
the work of the department and some
of ilv plans for education in Texas.
The visitors were welcomed by Dr.
W J. Mil onuell, president of the
College, after a short musical pro-
gram opened the program. Dr. J. C.
Matthew of the education depart
incut, who is curriculum consultant,
spoke on "The New Deal for Chil
dron." Miss Marie Finney, represen
bring it by the Avesta Office in the (Signed) Ted Husing." School of Journalism, headed by J.
basement of the Manual Arts Build- "Hundred Coming, Keep Wires || Cutler, Jr., Shi Sigma, journalism
ing, or band it to some member of the Humming With Disastrous New actively le-.olled.
lie i> especially anxious Ohio's Succumbing," taunted Colgate,
poetry by the student Husing, wiring the money, advised:
Avesta tuff
to examine
aut hors.
Much material of particular interest
to the Southwest has been received,
"I tell You This to Bring You
Pain, The Beta's Met Will be Husing's
Cain. I'm sorry My Football Krudi
Sei ,NKW DKAL Page Two
and it is (-■;peeled that in the plans a cation Will Cost You Most of Next
Southwestern atmosphere will per ' erin s Tuition.
The game was
I III. VIcCONNKI.l, TO
In W J. McConnell, Presidev: of
the College, left Saturday for Cat
v est on to attend a series of stiC:' edu
rational meetings.
The first of the series will be a
meeting of the Hoard of Regents for
the Stall Teachers Colleges, the nrm
cipal purpose of which is to eonsidci
the bids on the dormitory project
During hi stay, he also will attend
the convention of the State Teachers
Association and take pari in th"
Denton Teachers College baii(|Uet to be
held Friday, November ;<u, at
in the (ialvez Hotel
played. Colgate
lost 10 to 7. A few minutes later
Husing received this gay surrendei
"Congratulations. You Broke The
Bank. As Prognosticatahs We Are
Rank." (Signed) The Betas,
W. A. \. DEI KCATFS
ATTEND MFKTINC
W. A. A delegate's who went to San
Antonio last week to attend the mci
justice to the contribution, and it will I"'**" I'cderation of ' ol-
also be mole suited to the magazine. Women returned Sunday.
The two-day program was opened
IIFTTFR SPEECH TO Thursday night with a barn danci
HE OltSEMV'ED HERE VVi'4 1,1 meetings, tall.-.
and discussions of subject* of intciest
Better Speech Week, an annual oh 1,1 women athletes A Mex an ban
servance of the College, will be In Id was the feature of Friday ev.
from December f to S and a campus nmg I he principal speaker
wide campaign will be inaugurated honoree for that occasion was
meate the entire publication.
Shelton said that much material of
merit, which had been submitted for
this issue, niav be left out this time,
VTTEND MEETINiiS but used in latei isMMM, not because of
any lack of merit in the material, but
because it does not harmonize with the
atmosphere of tin is ue as well a>
some other contribution* might, so
il will he saved until a inter issue when
I he atmosphere will come nearer doing
Leaders in Chi Sigma, journalism
fraternity, Theta Sigma Phi, journal-
ism sorority, the University Press
Club, ainT n freshman sorority had
culled meetings of then organisations
for the purpose of going on record
as opposing the censorship.
Reports that lie had ordered sup-
pression of ihe lettei which preceded
naming of a censoi were denied by
Senator Long, who said he
nothing about it.
The Honorable Jesse Martin has
been requested to make a brief ad
dress. lie is District Attorney of
Tarrant County.
Floyd (iraham and the T. C. orhces-
tra have been asked to give a fifteen
minute prelude of popular selections.
FATHER OF FACULTY
MEMHER IS RITRIEI)
Charles Henry Smith, H7, father of
Mis Mamie Smith, member of the
Teacher- College Knglish faculty, was
kt,ew buried Saturday afternoon in IOOF
cemetery, following a simple service
at the First Presbyterian Church, con-
ducted hy the Rev. W. Fred Cial-
braith. He died at his home, 120
Avenue II. about I o'clock Saturday
morning, following an illness of aliout
a week. +
Funeral service* were held at the
tournaments during church of which he has been a mem-
participating were '>cr for a number of years Music was
DEHATE TRY OI TS
IIEI.D EAST WEEK
Try outs were held last week by
the Debate Club hi preparation for
Ihe electing of teams to represent
the College at
the year. Thost
See ELECTION Page Two
Di McConnell will leave Calve-ion to improve tin
Saturday morning for Atlanta. <ia , of students. A three episode skit I'hysical hducation Department
to participate in a meeting of the illustrating minor speech defect- and Columbia I niversity. Dr. William* Saturday.
Southern Association of Colleges and their cure will be pi> scnted in a
Helen Aniilin. Lillian Bee Wade, furnished by M.-* Nell Parmley with
Johnnie I om, Margaret Trigg, Ker- Miss liladys Kelso at the organ. Pall-
IIIn mill . uorih, "Pete" Peters, Hu hearers were II B. Stanley. J. W Ma-
, Hoach, Herman N'ewsome, Wil- lone, 11. I . Robinson, W. R. Stanley,
and li «" Coy, Kscoe Webb. Thomas Keim W. K. Stanford, and Wylie Pockrus.
\ndrew Wood From these the Smith is survived by Miss Mamie
will -elect ui u Smith ami his wife, Mrs Martha Mc
III- and
onvcrsational speech -'esse Feiring Williams, Head of lie debate coach will select teams at a
Kducation Uepariment at final try-out to be held at 10 a. m. l,oni November
December 1. One girl's m Indiana, and received
recently visited on this Campus team and one Itoy's team will repre- hlfi education in a private academy
Secondary Schools which meets in semhly December 5. Other projects Delegates to the convention i om sent the i ollege at the tournament
that city' through Dtcwnber 7. It is tending to make the studew mon. this school were: Kslher Maynanl, at Wmfield. Kansas December 7 and He formerly was a merchant but has
ex, ted that he will return here speech conscious will be worked out Virginia Martin, and the W \ \ - ac. ..rding in th. debate coach, been retired for a number of years O Nenl. and lat interment. His sons
Miss Kdith Kubeck. Mr Olive M Johnson. He came to Texas 45 years ago O Keefe. bearers.
jors, are assisting in the work. Other
home economics studonts also have
helped.
Joe Johnson, technical director, as-
sisted hy Joe Jagoe, student in charge
of sets, has designed and constructed
the sets needed. Three sets are to la-
used; an exterior, a garden and the
outside of the sixteenth Century Nor-
wegian house; an interior, a scene
of the hall of the house; another in-
terior, a cathedral scene, which is used
in the IV Act. Various members of
the dramatic club have been working
on the sets under Johnson's direction.
The lighting committee, directed by
Morris Ward, assisted by R. L. Flow-
ers, is working on lighting effects
for the play.
Two other committees are at work
completing plans for production of
the play: property committee; Klleecc
Taylor, chairman; and make-up com-
mittee. Frances Truitt. chairman.
Miss Gladys Kelso of the music
department will furnish organ music
for the cathedral scene.
The complete cast for "The Witch"
follows: Anne Pedersdotter. Ahso-
lon's young wife, Rubye Davis; Abso-
lon, the parish priest, Charles Shu-
maker; Martin, Absolon's son, David
Ratlitf; Morete Beyer, Absolon's
mother, Cyrenc Bell; Bente, an old
servant. Alma Bowen; Johannes, a
fanatical priest, Bertram! lleflin;
Laurentlous, a priest, John Shelton; '
Claus, a priest, Charles Wheeler;
Bishop Jens, Charles Henderson,
Herlofs Marte, Kthna Anderson; Jor- C. C. Perryman, College carpenter
und, a younger servant. Martha Wei- for a number of years, was buriad in
ler; David, a townsman. Veryl Brown; the Perryman cemetery in Mon-
Jorgen, a town official, Karl Wester- tague County Friday. He died Thurs-
man; leader of the town guards, L. day morning in the Denton County
K. Bradford; other guards, Joseph Hospital, as the result of injuriM
Cox, Denver Brewer, and Sam Ram- sustained in an accident a we*k b*-
sey; a child. Nancy Jane Gates, and for*.
a sacristan, Byron Curtis. The funeral service was conducted
The mob consists of priests, towns- in the First Methodist Church, Don-
people, and high officials. In Act I, ton. ut 10 o'clock Friday morninf,
there is a mob scene in which about by the Rev. K. K. White, paster. A
twenty people are used. Those in quartet composed of Dr. W. J. Mc-
these scenes are Dude Neville. Byron Connell. J. W, Pender, Mrs. M. L.
Curtis, James I'yle, Bowman Bryan. Hutchesrn, and Miss LiPian Parrill,
Arvillc Layton, Violet Roark, Ruth sang three hymns, "Com*. Y* Dia-
Spurlock, Marcella Biggs. Bern ice consolate," "Rock of Ag*s," and "No
Bank head, Frances Truitt. Jeanctte 1 >isap|>ointmont in H*av*n."
Ridley, Nancy (iates, Billy Magar, R The body was taken owrland for
Stage Band Has
Sixth Birthday
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
AT SATURDAY NIGHT
SHOW AND BANQUET
Six years of the Teachers Collef*
Stage hand organization were brought
to a glamorous close when the
group, playing from the heart of a
giant birthday cake hearing six
candles, performed before the Tench-
ers Co.lege Saturday night audience.
As many persons as were available
who had appeared on the programs
during the period were presented on
the stage.
The si age show was followed by
a banquet at 9:30 at the American
Cafe, attended by all members of th*
stage band, and all ex-m*mb*ra and
co-performers who have appeared
with the band during the six years
of its existence.
Mrs. Louise Hutcheson, soprano,
who has l>e«n appearing with the
group since its formation in 1988,
presented one number. Other par-
See STACK BAND Page Two
FUNERAL RITES FOR
C. C. PERRYMAN HELD
about December { .
during the week.
sponsor.
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