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1955
Current Investigation Reveals
Y Dope Traffic Across Border
—Editorial Page
(la de |9th YEAR
The Campus Chat
NORTH TEXAS STATE COLLEGE. DENTON. TEXAS WEDNESDAY. OCT. 19. 1955
Eagles Record First Victory
By Downing Hardin-Simmons
—Sports Page
NO. 10
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lor Nuclear Research
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Oak Ridge Institute Grants
Admission to North Texas
Membership in the Oak Ridge Ridge, Tenn., at the time, attend- gram. Admission of North Texas
Institute of Nuclear Studies was ing a meeting of sponsoring insti- and Mehary Medical college of
gianted to North Texas Tuesday tutio^s of the organization. Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday brought
•f'ern-ion in a unanimous action
by the council of the institute.
ICollege authorities were notified
at the action by T. F. X. McCar-
thy, information director. Presi-
dent J C. Matthews was in Oak
The institute is a nonprofit edu-
cational corporation owned by 23
southern universities. It is the ma-
jor avenue through which these
schools participate in and support
the nation's atomic energy pro-
Accident Victim Dies
Funeral Held Sunday
I Funeral services were held Sun-
wy afternoon for Mrs. Ben Mer-
ftii Simmons, wife of a North
fiexas studcit, at the Travis
ftroet Methodist church in Sher-
fan.
M's. Simmons died in a Denton
logpital Friday night from inju-
res received in a four-car colli-
lion Oct. 7. She never regained
knsciousness after the collision.
; Her 9-month-old son, Ben Alli-
|>n Simmons, died in the accident.
■ is. Simmons was returning from
fort Worth at the time of the ac-
ident, having taken her child there
Iir medical attention.
The accident occurred south of
jenton ori U.S. highway 377 at
Ss20 p.m. The four-car collision in-
Mdved a pickup truck driven by
lilborn Woodward Tenley, Den-
im; Mrs. Simmons' Chrysler; a
#•50 Ford driven by Fred E. Ab-
lier, Arlington, and a 1952 Pack-
d driven by Clyde Albertson
totter, rushing, Okla.
A murder without malice charge
Wis filed Wednesday against Ten-
driver of the pickup which col-
ic
i Denton County Attorney Robert
I. Caldwell Jr. said Saturday that
■e penalty for murder without
ialice carries a maximum peniten-
lary sentence of five years.
The victim of another accident,
fat Holland of Tyler, is still in
It. Joseph's hospital in Fort
ij'orth. Miss Holland was injured
jet. 7 when the car carrying her
tfid four other coeds collided with
i vehicle going toward Arlington.
Most seriously injured of those
Bvolved in the accident, Miss Hol-
ed head-on with Mrs. Simmons'
land received a skull fracture and
cuts around the face.
Another coed, injured in the
same accident, Sandra Bourland,
is recovering at her home in Abi-
lene.
Frat to Announce
Award Recipients
Two members or pledges of Del-
ta Sigma Phi will be awarded
$10(1 scholarships at a banquet in
Hubbard hall tonight at 7:30, fra-
ternity officers announced Sunday.
The basis for presenting these
scholarships will be achievement
and financial need, the latter hav-
ing the greater bearing on the fi-
nal vote in choosing the students
who are to receive the awards.
The annual scholarships will be
known as the Brent Jackson schol-
arships as a tribute to the late
Jackson, who assisted the group
in forming a foundation for a stu-
dent loan fund. This fund is made
up of contributions from alumni.
W. 0. Woods, dean of men and
sponsor of the Interfraternity
council, will present the scholar-
ships. Col. J. B. McCauley, chair-
man of the Student Aid Fund
board, will be master of ceremo-
nies.
Francis Wacker of Denver, Colo.,
executive-secretary of Delta Sigma
Phi, will be present, along with
Lloyd Rohde of Dallas, a member
of the board of governors of the
fraternity and chairman of the
fraternity's endowment fund.
the number of sponsors to 34
Dr. Matthews said that scientific
research projects at North Texas
will benefit greatly from the re
lationship with the institute. He
pointed out that a number ot
North Texas scientists have al-
ready been working at the Oak
Ridge national laboratory in re-
cent summers under it* research
participation program.
The University Relations divi-
sion of the institute conducts pro-
grams in research participation,
g i a d u a t e fellowships, traveling
lectuus, summer conferences, AEC
radiological physics fellowships,
A EC Industrial hygiene fellow-
ships, and a resident graduate
program.
The institute also operates spe-
cial training, medical, and exhibits
divisions.
Sponsoring schools represented
in Tuesday's action are Texas A
and M, Alabama Polytechnic, Cath-
olic University of America, Clem-
son, Duke, Emory, Florida State,
Georgia Tech, Louisiana State,
Mississippi State, North Carolina
State, Rice, Southern Methodist,
Tulane, Tuskegee, Vanderbilt, Vir-
ginia Polytechnic, and the Univer-
sities of Alabama, Arkansas, Flor-
ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisville,
Maryland, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
and Virginia.
Students Will Choose Finalists
In Homecoming Queen Contest
Board Chairman Releases
Dates for Two Elections
-
MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT'S CABINET look over plans with USNT President Joe Cannon, Mexia,
at the first meeting of tho group Tuesday night. On the advisory board aro, loft to right, Boyd Dol-
lar, representative from tho athletic committee; Cannon; Martha Ramsey, socrotary of USNT, and
Barbara Sa*on, senator. Alto on the board aro representatives from the fine arts, publications, and
health committees, tho attorney general, and the budget officer. Chut t'hou. i.y iniAnmiui
Second Fine Arts Number
Beneke, Band to Appear Here
One of the nation's best-known
blind leaders, Tex Beneke. and his
orchestra will appear here Monday
night in the second fine arts pres-
entation of the semester, !)>• Sam
I!. McAlister, chairman of the fine
arts committee, announced Mon-
day.
Appearing with Beneke will be
comedian Wally Brown, singer
Felicia Sanders, and unicyclist
Lorraine Stevens.
Tickets for the stage show and
the dance following will he avail-
able in the union building Thurs-
day and Friday afternoons. Ac-
tivity tickets may be used to ob-
tain tickets, and no student may
attend either the stage show or
the dance without an admission
ticket.
Tickets will also be on sale for
Foreign Service to Fill 300 Posts
With College Grads Next Summer
t
h> LARK V DUNBAR
More than three hundred ap-
pointments to foreign service posi- j
jons wi'l be made in the summer,
nany to recent college graduates.
Varrick E. Elrod Jr., representa-
ive of the foreign service of the
)epartment of State, explained
o students at a series of talks last
friday.
The purpose of the talks was
ti give students an idea of what
he foreign service is and to in
orm them of the tests to be
• i v e n on Dec. 9 by another
roup from the foreign service.
,'he tests will include English,
fcneral ability, general back- ;
•round, and foreign language.)
"The examinations are immedi-
iely sealed after they are com-
•liled," Elrod stated. If students
■a the written tests, they are
Bvitcd to attend an oral board
■st in the spring. Boards for test-
g personnel will be sent to areas
re the foreign service has
fjven tests.
Robertson to Tell
Details of Event
Rhea Robertson, Dallas, will be
titerviewed on the Campus Chat
if the Air today in connection with
he plans made for Homecoming,
innouncer Camille Walton, Bryan,
taid Tuesday, The program will
>e broadcast at 5:30 p.m. over sta-
ion KDNT.
On Monday's program. Fred
dcCain, assistant line coach.
Pointed out that North Texas will
0 aiming at its fifth consecutive
rin airamst Midwestern university
hen the two teams meet at Fouts
eld Saturday night.
Last year the Eagles scored a
l -to-0 win over Midwestern, he
id. In 1950 the teams tied, and
"i 1949 Midwestern won, he
4 inted out.
The broadcasts, sponsored by
fheta Sigma Phi, national jour-
nalistic fraternity for women, are
trd each Monday, Wednesday,
d Friday at 5:30 p.m. The pro-
jam features news of the ram-
*is and interviews with students
<fld faculty members.
"There is no partisanship or
politics connected with the board,"
Elrod said. In order to qualify
for the tests, applications must be
completed by Friday.
Students are permitted to com-
plete their schooling if they wish
to do so. Graduates who are weak
in foreign language may study in
the United States or abroad at
government expense.
An allowance of from $1500 to j
$3000 is made to those who go
abroad, as expenses are higher in
some places. Last year Congress
also approved an educational al-
lowance for employees' children.
Th>' government pays $4H0 per
year. The children can be sent
home and placed in private schools
if the parents prefc^ Elrod said,
"I am told that children schooled
abroad do very well at home."
Career men now hold C>5 per cent
of the top posts because of the
possibility of becoming an ambas-
sador. Foreign service does not
interfere with the draft or re
serve duties.
There are five major duties in
the foreign service which a per-
son may enter. The duties of a
consul are to help Americans a-
broad and also help them if they
want to come to America, Elrod
explained.
The economic field of the for-
eign service offer: a better chance
,
\
of employment than do other
fields. The purpose of this field
is to detect certain trends in ad
vancement. Cultural activities are
important in the foreign countries.
How people in the foreign service
act and behave will have an influ-
ence on the natives of the certain
country in which they are, Elrod
said.
In the foreign service there are
no politics "There is u mutuai
trust con i ere nee with straight-
forward mental effort, with no
hidden daggers," Elrod said.
For further information, stu-
den may contact H W. Kamp or
Dr. Sam McAlister of the povern-
i ent departrnent
A home leave of two months is
given to employees overseas every
■-even years. Annual leaves of 13
days are given each year in order
that foreign service personnel will
have an opportunity to tour the
country in which they are >tn*
t ioned.
wives and husbands oi students.
Approximately two thousand tiik
ets will be available for each uf
the performances.
.Hetieke's band has become prom-
inent since World War II Before
the war the leader was a part of
the original unit of the (ilenn Mil-
ler band which was recruited In
1 In I960, Beneke took over the
baton of the Glenn Miller orches-
tra anil since that time he has be-
come one of the nation's outstand
ing band leaders, according to
press reports.
Beneke's nickname was given
to him by (ilenn Miller. When
Miller organized his band, he
heard of a great saxophonist by
the name of Gordon Lee Beneke.
Miller wired Beneke and ask him
to come to New York. Some days
later Beneke shuffled into the hall
where the newly organized band
was rehearsing and drawled,
"lliya, Glenn. Ah'm mighty proud
to be heah." "Get out your horn,
Tex, and let's hear you play," re
plied Miller. Since that time Gor-
don Lee Beneke lias been called
Tex,
According to press reports,
Beneke has played the saxophone
in over forty-five hundred dances
and shows, has played over 100,000
songs, and sung more than 30,000
Five Homecoming ijuwn finalists will he elected by the
student body next Wednesday between H a.m. and 5 p.m. in
the Howdy room of the union building. Eddie Bufonl of Hal-
las, chairman of the Elections board, announced Monday.
From those five coeds receiving the lop number of votes
the Homecoming queen will be chosen Nov. 2 in a second all-
school election.
The 196fi-6G queen will be presented to the student body
during the half time of the North Texas-University of Chat-
tanooga football name Nov.
">. Presented with the queen
will be her four attendants,
runners-up in the election.
Campaign signs for Homecom-
ing queen candidates m a y be
posted after X p.m. Thursday, Bu-
ford stated. Posters must be taken
down by H p.m. Tuesday.
All candidates or representa-
tives from the various organiza-
tions must submit the names of
their nominees Friday between S
a.m. and I p.m. A $1 tiling fee
will lie required this year. Drawing
for positions on the ballot will be
held during these hours also, Bu-
ford noted.
The five queen finalists will ride
on the queen's float in the Home-
coming parade Nov. 5 at 11 a.m.
Campaigning will be subject to
I the rules set up by USNT for All-
College elections. General cam-
paigning rules include restriction
of the use of a public address sys-
! tem before 5 p.m. and after 7 p.m.
| and the prohibition of campaign-
i ing within 50 feet of the polls
i during election day.
Arrangements for use of the UB
lab for dances or rallies must be
made with Dr. Harold Farmer,
1 director of union building activi-
ties. Demonstrations which might
interfere with street traffic must
j be directly cleared with Buford
and the student deans, Dr. Into-
i gene Bentley and William G.
i Woods.
Ed Sets Nov. 1 Deadline
For Avesta Manuscripts
All copy for the fall issue of
the Avesta, college literary mag-
azine, must be in by Nov. I, Jay
Rogers, editor from Dallas, an-
nounced today.
The Avesta will he published
in the latter part of the f«ll semes
ter, and all copy must be in by the
Nov. I deadline in order to meet
printing and engraving deadlines,
Rogers explained.
Material wanted includes short
stories, articles, satires, and po-
etry. Writers should contact Itog-
ers at the journalism building or
Dr. James M. •Brown, faculty ad
visit, in the English department.
choruses. Not counting those he
made with Glenn Miller, over ten
, million records by Beneke have
I been sold. Spinning nothing but
Beneke records 2<l hours a day,
; it would take 00 years to play them
i and at the end the needle would
: have travelled the distance to the
1 moon and back.
—Press Time ChaKer -
Time Changed for Weekly Dance;
Brookshear Requests Parade Ideas
No All College dance will be
held tonight, Dean of Women Imo-
gene Bentley announced Monday.
Instead, a dance will be held from
10.30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. after
the football game Saturday. Girls
attending the dance will have 1
a m. permission, Dr Bentley ex-
plained.
Denton Selective Service Board Plans
Draft Deferment Qualification Tests
Selective service college qualifi-
cation tests, designed to exempt
college students who are in the up-
per percentile of their classes, will
lie held on Nov. 17, an announce-
ment from the selective service
system revealed this week.
Ai.y selective serviee registrant
who is a full-time student and has
not pieviously taken the test may
apply, the announcement ex-
plained. To be given at approxi-
mately one thousand centers, the
test, will consist of a three-hour
written examination.
Results will be used to provide
evidence for the use of local boards
in considering deferment of stu-
dent registrants.
Those eds wishing to take the
examination are urged to contact
any selective service board the
one in Denton is located at 235 W
Hickory for an application.
Locai Unit Not Affected
Air Force Slates ROTC Cutback
North Texas' ROTC division
in no dagger of being affected
the U.S. Air Force's potential
plan, for eliminating some of its
IHft AFP.OTC units those with
the lowest production of commis-
- ioned cadets.
' apt. James Geiger, public im-
formation service officer, stated
Debate Club to Choose
Contestants for Meet
ASSISTANT COACH Fred McCain and Camille Waltcn, program
announcer, discuss the approaching football game with Midwest-
ern university on the Monday Campus Chat of the Air broadcast.
Ch«f Hhotn by BRADFORD
Selection of members to partici-
pate in the practice debate meet
t«> be held in f,uM*iek with Texa"
Tech on Oct. 28-30 will be made
at the regular meeting of the De-
bate club at 1 this afternoon, Rex
Wier, sponsor of the club, said
Monday.
Members who go to the practice
meet in f.uhhock will probably rep-
resent "he club in the regular
meets of the year In various events
as well as debating, he noted.
is this week that the North Texas
|Jf unit has a higher enrollment tha.n
its quota.
"We are actually producing
mote commissioned cadets than
many schools with twice our en
rollment," he said East year 7(1
m. ond lieutenants were gradu-
al I from a total corps of 450
Another school in this area com
! f i sioned HI cadets out of a corps
i with an enrollment of IfiOO
Air Force officials explaine I
that the elimination cutbacks
would be gradual, in that cadets
now enrolled would not be dropped.
Statistic from the Air Force
Times, national publication, show
that approximately 100,600 stu-
dents aie participating in
! AFROTC training programs. Un-
dei the "disestablishment" plan, it
will In- mid-1957 before any
as
statistics for all of the units
the 1055 enrollments come in.
Unit cutbacks have been forecast
since 1953 when the Air Force
found itself with more AFROTC
graduates and potential graduates
than it could absorb comfortably.
# Friday at 1 p.m. has been set
io; the deadline for float ideas and i
other forms of parade representa-
tion to be turned in to G. R. i
llr.Miksheiir of the School of Busi-
ness, chairman of the parade com-
mittee. Representatives of float
sponsors will draw for positions in
the parade at 1 p.m.
# Or. Kobert It. Toulouse, dean
of tin Graduate School, will attend
a conference at Texas Christian
university Friday and Saturday to
discuss opportunities of students
for fellowships and scholarships.
Dr. Toulouse announced that.
I eon Nedbalck, West; Tiimnra
Dower, Memphis, Tenn.; I, iicy
Davis, Brady, arid Alta MiiIMiiks,
Brownwood, will accompany him.
0 Dean Frank II. (.afford re-
quested Monday that, all January
1 raduates in the College of Arts
and Sciences turn in their degree
applications a< soon as possible.
0 Sigma Xi, a national faculty
re.'.wirch fraternity, was organized
on the campus Thursday night,
with Dr. It. O. Berry, professor of
animal husbandry at Texas A and
M and a graduate of North Texas,
us installing officer.
Dr. John S. Chapman, dean of
postgraduate medicine at South-
western Medical school, Dallas, |
addi.ssed the club. The North
Texas club is the fifth to be organ- j
ized in Texas.
0 Two faculty members from the
School of Education will attend the
Texas Conference on Teachers Ed-
ucation which meets Sunday'
through Tuesday in Mineral Wells.
Dean A. Will Blair and ('. M.
("iirkc will represent North Texas
at the meeting.
0 A meeting of district seven of
the Texas Library association
will be held Saturday in Wichita
Falls, David A. Webb, librarian,
stated Monday. The purpose of
the meeting is to discuss pre-
paration" for the annual con-
vention of the association to be
held in Austin next spring.
Webb and Miss l.otlie Brashears
will attend from North Texas.
0 A meeting of all freshmen stu-
dents will be held Friday at 0:15
p.m. in the main auditorium, Ron-
nie I'crre'l, class president, said
Tuesday.
Band To Play
At Half Time
Of Home Tilt
Cotteral Wins Special Honor
For Work on Sports Festival
Dr. Donnie Cotteral, director of
the women's physical education de-
partment, was committee chairman
of the Denton Sports festival
which was chosen as all-state win-
ner by the governor's Texas
Festival committee this week, ac-
unit ! cording to the Associated Press.
is completely removed from
pus.
Air Force officials said that 38
of 52 schools having the lowest po-
, tential production were visited. Ot-
I ficials are checking the production
Dr. Cotteral also won a certifi-
cate of merit, one of four awarded
to individuals on the committee.
Earl Meadows, state chairman
of the Texas Sports Festival com-
mittee, said in a letter written to
Gov. Allan Shivers, "Pointedly,
long-range benefits have already
been established by many local
groups and organizations. This
mny lie specifically illustrated in
the attached report received from
the city of Denton."
Accomplishments of the pro-
gram, which is a part of a state
plan to promote interest in sports
and recreation, included the estab-
lishment of three summer play-
grounds the first time in seven
years that Denton has offered
children an organized playground.
Making their initial appenrance
Saturday night will be the 103
members of the largest marching
band in the history of the college.
Maurice McAdow, director of the
hand, announced Monday. The oc-
casion will lie the football game
with Midwestern.
"We think that the half-time
show will Ik- of interest to every-
one, especially the students," said
McAdow. The theme of the show
will he based on the hit parade
and will feature several numbers
which are at the top of the parade
at present.
The half-time exhibition will also
feature Irene Newcomb and Sue
Young, majorette*. The show will
close with the traditional mono-
gram, NTSC, and the playing of
I Glory to the Gieen, McAdow ex-
; plained.
The band will give the tradi-
I tional pre-game ceremony which
| includes a fanfare, a salute to the
visitors, and the playing of the
alma mater, followed by the form-
ing of the block letters NT in
which formation the band will
move off the field.
The Midwestern band under the
direction of R. E. McKiaki will
open the half-time show Saturday
night.
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