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The Campus Chat
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NORTH TEXAS STATE COLLEGE. DeNTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, JULY 21. 1961
Veteran Shuns New York Met
To Promote Opera Production
— Page 3
NO. *2
July Enrollment
Shows Increase
Over Last Year
m
Registration figures at noon
Thursday were 3,268. This its h
gain of 400 over the total for
the Name time in I960, Presi-
dent J. C, Matthews said.
After two and a half class
days in the second six-week term
last year, <2,858 students had reg-
istered.
Official registration was last
Monday, but late registrants
cause the totals to climb steadi-
ly each year.
"We do not consider registra-
tion closed as long as students
are enrolling," President Mat-
thews said.
The latest figures represent
a decrease from the first six
weeks' enrollment of 4,109.
"The second six weeks in the
summer is always under the
first," J. K. Tompkins, associate
registrar, said.
Mrs. Urcie Timblin, women's
social director, and John Sul-
livan, West Dormitory director,
both reported fewer residents in
the dormitories, but agreed
that this, is normal for the sec-
ond halV of summer sessions.
'NTSU' Prompts Change
In Trading Post's Name
UNIVERSITY STATUS brings lots of changes. One of these is the appearance of tha North Texas
senior rings, which will be available Aug. 29 at the Student Trading Post. The UB store win undergo
a change of its own when it becomes The University Store this fall.
In English Courses . . .
Teachers Resort to Reports
The famous words of Francis
Rucon that some books are to be
tasted, others to be swallowed
and some few to lie chewed and
digested are still true, l>elieves Dr.
Joseph Mersand, principal lectur-
er and consultant for the 1961
English Workshop.
Thus, Knglish teachers of to-
day have moved away from test-
ing to determine whether a book
has been read and have turned
instead to the book report, he said.
"Hook reports help to build the
vocabulary and give practice in
selecting significant details," Dr.
Mersand told a group in the Ed-
ucation-Home Economics Build-
ing Tuesday afternoon. The work-
shop will continue through Thurs-
day.
Students are beginning to rea-
lize the importance of being abk>
to communicate in all phases ol
life, explained Dr. Mersand. Not
only do the students use writing
in their college career, but they
also find effective writing essen-
tial when they enter the business
world, he said.
Teachers of literature today
have a wider range to exploit be-
cause of the greater variety avail-
able, he noted.
"When I went to school some
40 or 50 years ago, the teachers
spent all their time on five or six
classics, thus killing the students'
love for literature," the speaker
commented.
Dr. Mersand gave the group
pamphlets containing ideas and
Teamwork Tops Rivalry,
Health Speaker Asserts
"Coopei ation as a way of life
is superior to competition," Dr.
J. 11. Dougherty asserted Wed-
nesday before the Health Educa-
tion Workshop.
Dr. Dougherty, professor of ed-
ucation and formerly director of
the clinic when it was called a
child growth and development
workshop, said that the coopera-
tive efforts of students on a work-
shop project are of far more value
to the students than competitive
efforts.
He said that the moat important
thing about a person is his atti-
tude toward others, and that these
attitudes are passed on by the
workshop process of learning.
Student Responsibility
In the workshop method of
teacher training, the responsibility
is placed on the student rather
than the instructor. This is of
benefit to the student because he
is able to learn better human re-
lationships, and because he is able
to contribute to a group.
Dr. Dougherty was the first of
a series of speakers who will pre-
sent different aspects of the health
education problem to the members
of the workshop.
Other Speakers
On Thursday, Dr. Earl Arnold,
professor of education, spoke on
"Group Processes in Educational
Leadeiship," and Dr. Donnie Cot-
teral of the physical education
faculty is scheduled to speak Sat-
urday on "Health Instruction."
Lewis Spears, consultant for the
Texas Education Agency, spoke
on "Psychological Aspects of
Ten Films To Offer
$50 Scholarships
Two $60 scholarship* will be
made available from Ten Films
this fall. Dr. G. W. Linden an-
nounced this week. One will go to
an art major, and the other to a
philosophy student.
These scholarships will be
awarded each long semester on
the baais of student need and
Ability. TV recipient must carry
a full class load.
Students interested in applying
for the philosophy scholarship
should contact Vice-President J.
J. Spurlork. Application for the art
scholarship should be made
through the art department.
Safety Education" this morning.
Then Robert Voyer of the David
Graham Hall Foundation, spoke
on "Reaching the Public with
Health Information."
plans for the teaching of litera-
ture. One of these listed a 12-
point plan for stimulating student
interest.
The consultant emphasized that
it is necessary to develop an un-
derstanding of the necessity for
effective writing early in the
term.
"Then the student will realize
that communication, whether writ-
ten or oral, must be clearly un-
derstood by all," he concluded.
Dr. Mersand is the author of
the book "Attitudes Toward Eng-
lish Teaching," which gives a
study guide on the different mass
media. In compiling material for
the book, Dr. Mersand asked teach-
ers and librarians in every state
how they felt English should be
taught and how they rated the ac-
complishments of students in Eng-
lish.
A former president of the Na-
| tional Council of Teachers of Eng-
lish, Dr. Mersand now serves on
the executive committee. He edits
the National Council's "Studies in
the Mass Media."
Dr. Mersand has taught at
Queens College and at Columbia,
Syracuse, Cornell and New York
Universities.
Dr. Hagan To Do
Summer Research
On U.S. Indians
Research on the American In-
dian will take Dr. W.T. Hagan,
history professor, all the way from
thi Oklahoma reservations to
Washington, D.C., between now
and August.
Dr. Hagan, who left Tuesday for
Oklahoma, will do research on
police service on reservations and
at the Library of Congress and
the Commission on Indian Affairs.
His leave of absence is financed
by the North Texas faculty re-
search grant. The research proj-
ect is an extension of a paper Dr.
Hagan presented three years ago
on Indians. He plans to expand
the findings into a hook.
Dr. Hagan has had two other
books published. "History of the
Sac and Fox Indians," a part of
the Indian series, was published by
the University of Oklahoma Press
in 1958. In March the "American
Indians," a history of the white
man-Indian relationship over the.
past ,'{5 years, was printed by the
University of Chicago Press.
Dr. Hagan received his A.B.
from Marshall College, Hunting-
ton, W.Va., and his Ph.D. from
the University of Wisconsin, Mad-
ison.
Renovation Work Begins
On Auditorium Building
Anticipation of the first university year is creating a
mild revolution all over the campus.
"The University Store" will l>e the official name of the
Student Trading f'ost after Aug. 29 when North Texas' uni-
versity status takes effect.
At the same pace of transformation, face-lifting proj-
ects are already under way in the Auditorium and Manual
Arts Buildings, preparing them
to accommodate the increasing
number of students expected in the
fall.
Even the senior rings have been
altered and will bear the "NTSU"
trademark. Delivery date is set
for Aug. 29.
Same Store Policy
The Trading Post's name change
will not affect store policy, Man-
ager A. B. (Swede) Swenson said.
Nor are any major personnel
changes foreseen.
But after fall legistration, no
checks will be cashed without a
student's presenting his photo
identification card, Swenson said.
Heating lor Auditorium
At the north end of the cam-
pus, workmen are already install
ing a new heating system in the
Auditorium Building. Soon more
extensive refurbishing will begin
when painters and electricians
move in.
The Manual Arts Building has
been undergoing a complete face
lifting since last spring. When
finished at the end of the sum-
mer, the building's interior should
fill the hill for its new occupant,
200-seat auditorium, a large gal-
lery, 12 classrooms and various
darkrooms, storage rooms and of-
fices.
The two new women's dormi-
tories, Crumley and Bf iConnell
Halls, are scheduled for a mid-
August completion.
And off campus, the transition
continues as merchants begin to
amend their signs in preparation
for the big change to university
status this fall.
No Instant Shift Seen
In Teacher Certification
Recent announcements about proposed changes in the require-
ments for teaching certificates will have no immediate effect on
students already working on their degree requirements, President
J. C. Matthews pointed out this week.
His comment came after information from Austin earlier this
month indicated that the number of courses in professional educa-
tion required for a provisional teaching certificate would be re-
duced. The anticipated date for the change would be September
1962.
Dr. J. W. Edgar, commissioner of education, has invited the
various presidents of Texas colleges engaged in teacher training
to indicate whether they wish to be heard on 'his proposed change,
Dr. Matthews said.
Representatives of the Association of Texas Colleges and Uni-
versities also have l een invited to speak. Dr. Matthews serves as
chairman of the steering committee for this group.
The president said that specific details of the proposed changes
will not be known for "quite some time."
"In the meantime," he added, "we will proceed with our present
plans."
Emergency Practice Makes Perfect
For Denton Civil Air Patrol Squad
By LOUISE MINOR
The radio sputtered, "A plane
is down in the Denton area, and
four of the crew have bailed
out." Then all was silent.
Civil Air Patrol Commander
Bud Ruggia called all CAP
members and cadets to the
group's headquarters in the old
Science Building at North
Texas.
Another CAP training mission
— realistic in all except the
crash itself was about to lie-
gin. Its purpose: to prepare the
members and cadets for u real
emergency if it should occur.
In this case, the targets of
the search would not be men
who had bailed out, but crosses
of yellow material, planted al
unknown points within a 2,000
square-mile area.
EACH OK the KM) men who
would take part was deadly ser-
ious about the object of the July
8 mission.
The two main bases for the
operation were the campus head-
quarters, where the radio men
gathered for a briefing on the
plan of operation, and the Den-
ton Municipal Airport, where
planes were poised for take-off.
The search began at 12:55
p.m., and at 1:06 p.m. I climbed
into a plane with pilot James
Noble of Richardson and co-
pilot Ronnie Wesch, a sophonrnre
in Richardson High School. I
was going along as an invited
participant to get a first-hand
account of how such a search
is carried out.
AT 1:10 P.M.. we soared over
the field to an altitute of 1,500
feet and already the trees and
streams stretched as far as the
eye could see- without any sign
of the tell-tale yellow markers.
We flew over Sanger, Boli-
var, Valley View without suc-
cess. It was now 2:35 p.m., and
the plane climed to 3,000 feet,
where the air was cooler and
we could see clouds dotting the
ground in rhythmicnl patterns.
Still no sign of our targets.
In such an operation, each
plane is assigned a certain area
to search, anil ours covered -100
square miles. First we used an
expanding rectangle pattern,
flying in an ever-widening rec-
tangle, hut then went back over
the area diagonally to be cer-
tain we weren't missing the tar-
get.
AT 2:.">0 P.M. our plane cir-
cled the field for a landing. We
hadn't found a "man" in our
area, but eight planes were still
up.
As we climbed out, I heard
one pilot say, "We've found a
'man.' He's hurt, so send a car
after him."
Then that pilot, Joe Killough,
and his co-pilot, August Smith,
both of Dallas, asKed <ne to go
along to drop a message can
to the "victim."
At 3:10 p.m. we dropped the
message can to the ground unit
already on the scene, n spot
aliout five miles west of Lake
Dallas.
We rame back to the airport
and were met by S. Sgt. Michael
Munn. who told us that two
other "men" had been spotted.
AT 4:45 P.M., Bill Sparks of
Denton County sheriff's depart-
ment and Bob French, president
of the Denton County Amateur
Radio Club, found an injured
"man'' northwest of Argyle.
And only 30 minutes later, at
5:15, Bill Hughes of Denton and
six cadets found a "mar." two
miles south of Ponder. The
search was halted and called a
success.
Director for the training mis-
sion was Col. Deane Miars,
CAP (Jroup IV commander. Both
ground and air crcws cooperate
in such a search. As soon as a
plane spots a target, it radios
in and then a car of rescue work-
ers are dispatched to the area.
During the time of the aerial
operation, the U.S. Air Force
alerted all planes in the area,
and the radio frequency used
for communications was kept
clear.
Class Tour Draws
1 Man. 22 Coeds
As Charles W. Hickey boarded
a bus Wednesday, he had every
reason to believe he'd be the center
of attention on the 26-day (leog-
taphy .'185 field trip.
He was the only male among 23
students who began the journey
at 7:15 a. m.
"I'm sure we can hold it to a
minimum of fights," he said as
he climbed aboard.
Luckily for Hickey, however,
the bus driver and sponsor arc
both men.
Nelson F. Leo of the geography
department is the tour director.
He will lecture to the group as
they pass through points of geog-
raphical interest.
Most of the travelers were ex-
perienced enough to pack only the
essentials- and a camera.
"I've been on this trip before
and the essentials are all you can
take," said Eunice Wilson. "And
naturally a camera," she added.
"I hope I have amateur iuck with
mine."
Mis. Lila Mason, a dormitory
director at Bruce Hall, also had
her camera packed for the trip.
The journey will be through the
western United States and par' of
Canada and the group had to pack
for a variety of weather
"SET ON BOARD, CHIL'UN!" . . . Nelson Leo, geography instructor and sponsor for the 26-day
geography field *rip, shows Becky Whit^ner, left, of Marshall and Lana Lovelace of Sherman samples
of some of the grains the group will see <5^ring the tour. The traveling classroom left Wednesday for
points f'l far north as Canada.
Today Marks End
Of Class Changes
lodaj is the last day for stu-
dents to chnnge their schedule
other than to drop a course and
is also the desdlinc for incom-
ing students to register for a
full load, Vice-President J. J.
Spurlork said.
Saturday will he the final day
for filing applications for a
II. degree in the off-ce of the
dean of the College of Arts snd
Sciences.
Music Students Attend
Campus String Festival
Fifteen high school string mil
sicians are on campus this week
t<> get professional instruction dur-
ing the String Chamber Musii Fes-
tival.
The festival is the first in .i
series of special clinics planned
this term. Sixty band memliers
will attend the Honor Band and
Band Directors Reading Clinic be-
ginning Monday.
New Editor Plans Release
P Of Placement Yearbooks
CAP AT WORK . . . Lt. Frank Covington of Fort Worth
Civil Air Patrol and S.Sgt. Michael Munn, Twintburg, Ohio, relay
field information to the North Teias squadron headquarters in the
old Science Building.
Some 225,000 copies of the Col-
lege Placement Annual will be dis-
tributed to senior college students
through placement offices next
year, John Brooks, newly elected
editor of the magazine, said Wed
nesday.
About 500 of the annuals will
405 Boxes Due
For PO Monday
The College Post Office will in-
stall 405 new (sixes next Mondax
to take care of the expected in
crease in enrollment this fall, R
L. Smith, station superintendent,
reported Tuesday.
The three sections, each coii
taining 135 boxes, will Ik* put or
the north side of the post office.
To keep the numbers of the
boxes in sequence, three old sec
tions will lie moved d"wn and the
new ones put in their place. The
addition brings the total of boxes
to 3.000
"This is to provide for more let
ters, newspapers and parrels that
will l>e coming and going." Smith
explained.
lie distributed to North T<-\as sen-
iors next fall and spring.
Brooks, director of the Busi-
ness Employment Service, was
elected to a two-year term as ed-
itorial vice-president of the Col-
lege Placement Association, Inc. • {
a recent meeting in Kingston, R.l.
He will select three other mem-
bers of the Placement Associa-
tion to aid him in editing the an-
nual for subject niBtter anil ac-
curacy.
The annual consists of four prin-
cipal divisions: a section on coun-
seling for students, an alphabetical
listing of the firm names of 12,000
employers in the United States and
Canada, and alphabetized listing
of firm names by occupational title
and a listing of job opportunities
by states and cities.
Brimks formed the Business
Placement Service on the NTSC
, campus in 1953. He has been a
member of the Southern Place-
ment Association since that date,
serving as secretary-treasurer,
vice-president and president.
In 1960 Brooks was elected a
college representative to the Col-
lege Placement Council for a three-
year term.
The chamber music festival lasts
through Saturday and features
Paul Doktor, concert violist, as
guest clinician. Dr. (ieoige Morey,
festival coordinator, describes Dok-
tor as "one of the great violists
of the present day."
Instructors in th« week-long cli-
nic are Dr. Moray, Doktor, Rus-
sell Miller and Alnn Richardson.
Doktor, who took part in the
festival last year, has visited
North Texas several other times
us soloist and consultant. He lec-
tured Thursday night nnd will
1 take part in the final concert at
I p m. Saturday in the Music Reci-
I lal Hall.
The band workshop, which lasts
i through July 29. is open to band
directors and qualified high school
| musicians.
Classes dealing with sight read-
! ing, conducting, score reading and
interpretation on all instruments
will be held in the new Music
Building.
Lab Band To Aid
At Music Camps
Nineteen members of the Lab
Band will participate as counse-
lors at the third National Stage
Band Camps lieginning Sunday at
Southern Methodist University,
Leon Breeden, Lab Band direc-
tor, will lie on the faculty at the
camp, which is open to high school
and college students.
The NTSC band will be the only
college demonstration group si the
camp, which features the Stan
Kenton Clinic.
The week-long camp at SMU
will be followed by similar work-
shops at Michigan State Univer-
sity, East Lansing, and Indiana
University, Bloomington.
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York, John. The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 62, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1961, newspaper, July 21, 1961; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth307229/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.