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THE
CHATTER BOX
Christine Fitzgerald
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VOLUME XVIII
NORTH TEXAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, DENTON. TEXAS, THURSDAY. JANUARY 18. 1934.
NUMBER 14
"Pretty is as pretty does," and did
our favorites do themselves up in
grand style Saturday night? They
were presented at the annual Junior
dance by Louis Higginbotham, the
Yucca Editor. As each beauty came
out of the Igloo to be int'oduv«<i, any-
one could have been well assured of
the fact that he was actually seeing
.* dream walking!
Everything went lovely Saturday
night until that < Well, you know
there has to be ONE in each crowd!)
person had what it takes to walk
brazenly across the floor and tat; one
of the favorites during the dance that
was exclusively for them. The UN-
lucky girl and her escort handled the
rather nasty situation gracefully,
though. It seem,* that things like
that can't be avoided all the time, but
his absence was noticed after inter-
mission.
"Doubt
Difficulties were made to meet—
greet--and b«at!
Whom
Now that we have the straight
about the tagging at the dance, lets
look at it from the "tagger's" view
point. It seems that he ami his bud-
dies made up a pot of $1.00 (a nuar
ter each) to be given to the one who
could muster up the nerve to tag
After that particular dance the boy
ingled out Jackson and offered
"splits" on the money received
Everything supposedly has its price,
but, after all, 1.50 is rather low for
a dance with one of our favorites,
and rumor has it that Jackson
haughtily refused. . . .
you
Speaking of dance dates has
something drastic happened to this
much heralded McKensie-Smith ro-
mance? Peggy Darnall was the "lucky
girl" Saturday night. What he* hap
pened to those wedding bells?
will,
Despise not any man and do not
spurn anything; for there is no man
that has not his hour, nor is there
any thing that has not its plan
Habbi Ben Azai
but
There is only one proof of ability
ACTION.
NEVER
There is n red-headed lad on our
campus who is getting fan mail! His
anonymous admirer seems to be
lover of flowers and with each love
mossive sends a pressed pansy There
should lie an explanation for such
adoration, but your guess is m good
as ours—
your—
The favorites were announced Sat-
urday night because the plan* mis-
carried for keeping the winners
secret until the year book came out
It seems that too many knew some-
thing they weren't going to tell
and one of the little "nigger*" fell
out of the proverbial peanut shell!!
Oh, well, that's the way with secrets
- they have a way of leaking out.
self!"
Dell Antwiler has turned out to be
the "bouncing baby" boy that his
mother wanted him to be. His bounc
ing is done during that beginners
dancing class that meets in the gym-
nasium. The Baby happened to be
Helen Johnson- and now the story
is out! It'* come to a pretty pass
when Helen Johnson can't even crash
a dance any more—
! ! ! !
This basketball team of our; should
come for their share of the laurels,
At first the interest was a little lax
as was easily shown by the tcarcity
of spectators, but that Simmons game
certainly pepped up the lagging
spirit! The Austin College game
turned out nicely with a acorn of 38
17 in our favor. Get behind that
team!! They need you!!
C—B
Honorable Mention:
Who: Bert Moore
What: Male, or Junior, which do
you prefer?
Where: In the Chatter Box becauae
he is really "around the campus."
Why: Because of his coitageous
grin, everybody likes him, lie's NO
sissy, helps run a fraternity md isn't
RUN by it!—'Nuff said, be
is a good Sport!
DR. BRUCE GIVES
FAREWELL SPEECH IN
ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY
ROOSEVELT AT WARM SPRINGS
"WHY WE DIFFER"
IS SUBJECT OF
MORNING TALK
IS EX-PRESIDENT
TELLS THAT EVERYONE IS
DIFFERENT AND NO TWO
PEOPLE ARE ALIKE
Term's Work Will
Cover Full Year
A beginning course i n PI
Chemistry will be offered d iring the
second semester. This das • will go
at double speed and in one semester
will complete a year's wr rk. This
class comes daily from thr.-e to five.
Also a class will begin the subject
of "History of Chemistry.' This
s one semester course.
Dr. W. H. Bruce, President Emeri-
tus of North Texas State Teachers
College, who is this year completing
his fortieth year in Texas schools,
and who holds a distinctive position
among the great educators of Amer-
ica, gave his farwell address to the
student body in assembly Wednesday.
Because the Board of Regents has
passed a resolution prohibiting Dr.
Bruce from teaching more than six
months of each year. He will retire
from active teaching until next sem-
ester when it is hoped he will return
to the College.
"Why We Differ" was the topic
discussed by Dr. Bruce in his talk.
"If red were the only color," Dr.
Bruce said, "we wouldn't need the
word 'color' in the language. Nature
is unique and it provided for the
modifying of species and individ-
uals."
He pointed out that each individ-
ual has wrapped up in him the heri
tage of the entire ancestory from
both sides of his family.
"We have our similarities," Dr.
Bruce stated. "If a Chinese or Jap
anese were here all of you would look
alike to him, and if you went to
China or Japan all of the people of
that race would look alike to you
There is a family resemblance that
parents do not see because they are
accustomed to it."
Dr. Bruce explained the difference
between twins and fraternal twins.
He said that although duplicate twins
are presumably alike, they differ.
"The Bach family of Germany ex-
tended through eight generations and
produced twenty musicians. There is
one thing sure that we can not inherit
that which our ancestors have not
possessed.
"It would be ii miracle, a positive
miracle, if two things in nature were
exactly alike," he said.
The speaker said that it was a hard
matter for a man to sign a letter in
a disguised hand that could not be
detected because no two people write
alike.
"If we had the same talents and
the same aptitudes there would be
no skilled surgeons; aii professions
would lag. When a person is bom
into the world he knows: 'I have an
identity that will follow me always.
1 come here for a purpose. There is
something for me to do."
Dr. Bruce said that each individual
has his ambitions as well as his ap-
titudes.
"Each one of us has something that
no one else has," he pointed out. Let
each one of us take himself as he is
and lie satisfied. You arc responsi-
ble for what you have and each one
of you has enough. We can recog-
nise that we accomplish from every
other creature in the world."
ADULTS' NIGHT
SCHOOL OPENS
DR. ('It A l(i REPRESENTS
COI'LEGE; EDUCATORS
HELP IN WORK
Dr. V. Y. Craig, of the education
department, represented the College
last night at the opening of the Adult
Night School at Krum. Dr. Craig
spoke to the people upon the sub-
ject "That Thing That We Are Not
Compelled to Do is Most Worthwhile.")
This is the first school of this type
to be organized in the county. There
were seventy-five people at the open-
ing meeting, most of whon enrolled
in one or more courses. T. C. has
agreed to cooperate in any way pos-
sible.
Teachers for the school are sup-
plied from the Welfare Relief Roll
of the county, and are from the ranks
of the unemployed teachers. They
are paid by the government out of
the C. W. A. Funds.
The school is superintended by
Supt. Langston of the Krum High
School. The idea of the school wa
conceived by Langston because of
the number of people out of work.
Not all of the people attending the
school are jobless, however, for some
of them are the business men and
housewives.
Through the cooperation of the
superintendent, teachers, heat, light,
and the building have been furnished
to the people free of charge.
Courses i n business arithmetic,
bookkeeping. lOngliHh, ami radio in-
struction have been organized, and
there are enough calls for home ec-
onomics and manual training to or-
ganize classes if teachers can be
secured; therefore the school hopes
to get two more.
The school meets three hours every
evening, from 7 to 10 o'clock, for five
nights a week. There will lie no credit
received for this work, save the bene-
fit derived from it by the people at-
tending the school.
County Superintendent Yarbrough
was also present at the meeting. He
has been authorized to put eight
teachers to work under the W. A.
There has been some talk of organ-
izing a similar school in Denton.
y*- -M.
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ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHDAY
TO BE CELEBRATED HERE
WITH PRESIDENT'S BALL
PROCEEDS TO GO :
FOR INFANTILE
PARALYSIS FUND
A birthday ball in every community in the United States in honor of
President Roosevelt on his 52nd anniversary on January MO is planned
by a committee of national leaders headed by Colonel Henry L. Doherty.
The proceeds are to go to an endowment for the nation-wide work of the
Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis the presidency of
which was the only outside interest r.etai; i>d by Mr. Roosevelt when he
entered the White House. Above shows Roosevelt dining with child pa-
tients at Warm Springs. Among nearly 100 leaders on the national com-
mittee are General Pershing, Cardinal Hayes, William Green, Owen D.
Young, Will Rogers. Will H. Hayes and Edsel Ford.
REGISTRATION
NEXT SEMESTER
SATURDAY IT ENDS
BUSINESS OFFICE WILL RE-
CEIVE FEES AFTER JAN-
UARY 22 FOR ONE WEEK
CHARTER WILL
BE PRESENTED
NEXT SEMESTER
OFFERED 11Y GROUP
Students now attending classes in
the Teachers College and who ex-
pect to continue their work during the
second semester should not fail to
have schedules approved by each
INSTRUMENT IS DESIGNED
FOR ERA OF COOPER A
TION BETWEEN STUDEN-
TRY AND FACULTY
Prize Awarded
Three Students
For Contributions
Last Stage Show
Of Semester To
Include Pit Show
Prizes for the test A vesta contri-
butions were awarded Saturday night
at a party given by Miss Mattie Ella
Cravens honoring the A vesta editors
and contributors.
Shirley Lingo wan announced win-
ner of the poetry prize and was
awarded a copy of "Faust" presented
by the Teachers College Store. Truett
Meredith received a college pin, the
gift of Dyche's Drug Store, for writ-
ing the best short story in the pub-
lication, and Margarotte Garrison, the
writer of the best freshman essay,
was presented a fountain pen by Pen*
ders Supply Store.
Prizes will also be offered for best
writings in these fields published in
the winter number which will come
out sometime early in March, and the
A vesta offers grand prize of $-ri
each for the best short story, essay,
and poem published throughout the
year.
Material is already being submit-
A full hour of enjoyable enter
tainment is promised by Floyd Gra
ham and his Stage Band when they' «.,) „n(t w„rk j„ WP|J un,|,.r wty for
appear in the Auditorium this Satur-jfh<. wint,,r number.
day night in the last show of this;
In the pit the selection "The Student MuralH Nearly
Prince" (In Heidelberg) by Sigmund
Romberg will be featured.
Headlining the stage show will be
Bill Ardis and Nancy Jane Gates in
an original dance number presenting
"The Tall and The Short of It."
"Bugs" Rogers will appear in a
"Comedy Song and Dance" which,
according to Graham, is "a scream
from start to finish. Don't miss this
treat of high class singing and dane-
ini
in
Completed by
College Artist
According to Ronnie Williams, local
artist, the murals which he Is point-
ing for Teachers College are nearing
completion. The Murals, painted
under the provision of the CWA, are
In two sections and depict the influ-
ence of the teaching of the early
." "Chubby" Kombiatt will dance missionary priest* in Southwestern
a new number, "A Bundle of America over the primitive agricul-
Smiles."
ture of the Indians. The other panel
The stage band will musically pre- shews the modern scientific methods
sent "My Temptation", a popular hit of attacking agricultural problems
«f Mm 4uf. "Otl l*a • Night.and the results of their application.
Owl", and a novelty "Tired" fori Williams hopes t have the muralr*
which special lighting and stage ef- ready for hanging near the middle of
feet* are produced. February.
,'M i. ,.1'iS]
The meeting of the Student Coun-
cil Wednesday afternoon consisting of
a number of committee reports after
teacher sometime ibis week before|which the group separated into var-
Saturday, January 20. Those who "•"* committee* for the completion of
desire to change from one teacherj remaining business.
to another in the same department j The Constitution, which has been
should se« tile heed of the depart-)'he main work of the Council since
ment. Those who desire to schedule' '* organisation last fall, will lie pre-
additional subjects should also see H,,nleil at the faculty meeting the lat-
the head of the department. Those ter part of the week. At that time re-
who are undecided as to what courses presentatives of the (.ouncil will go be
they are to take should call either f"r*- th"' faculty to discuss with that
at the office of the dean of the col- >'"dy the proposed provisions of the
lege or at the registrar's office. 'barter.
The teachers will be busy with' "Th<' instrument as it was given
examinations during the week begin- ,,!< 'U!*' wus unwieldy, and we
ning January 22 and wil! not he avail w,"r,' "f 'J"' opinion tha it could be
able for approving schedules during abbreviated arid still retain the fund-
this week. (omental principles aiming towards
The business manager states that "Cooperative College Planning." With
his office will lie ready to accept 'his in mind, the Charter was cut from
fees any time during the week Is-gin " 'en page npnuscript, technical in
ning January 22. detail, to a four page instrument with
This matter of registration should simplicity as its theme, (Jayton
be attended to during the times spec- Potter, president, states.
ified. January 20 is first day for the j Die f'rRt assembly program of the
meeting of classes and not registration coming semester will lie in charge
,lay jof the Student Council. At. that time
Those who are not now in attend- n program will Is- presented together
ance in the Teachers College should with " discussion of the Constitution,
secure registration card and approval '^n<' "tudents will have an oppor-
of schedule, and pay fe« s any time 'unity to offer suggestions. The fol-
lowing assembly program will con-
sist of a debate upon the advisability
of adopting the constitution in this
college. "These programs will have
entertaining numbers as well as the
business discussions. It is the duty
of every loyal student to bo at Imth
of these assembly periods n order
that he may know as much as possible
of the impending charges in the part-
icipation of the students in the ad-
ministrative work of the college."
Potter concluded.
before January 20.
Announcement Made
About Text Hernials
Textbool-s for the next, semester
will be available to students as soon
as they have paid the required foes
and have complied with the usual
regulation*, according to Wm, W.
Wright, textbook librarian.
It is understood from the business
office that fees will be accepted be-
ginning Monday, January 22, inrl ('oUtlcil of Dean 8
books will be issued any time during!
the following week.
Books will lie issued at the same j
time textbooks are returned which;
have been used during the past se- j
me*ter. All books should lie brought
at one time in order that the entire
trans-action may be completed at one
time.
"Be sure to clean your books and
have them ready for inspection. We
positively will not clean them for|for th" " c ot cwl1*** "l
you. The approved schedule for the
second semester should bee presented
(iive Regulations
On Dance Rentals
Regulations regarding the care of
properties of the College for dances
were passed on by lh« Council of
Deans on January 9, 1934. They are
a* follows:
A 12.00 rental fee will lie charged
OF PICTURES SENT
ENGRAVERS RECEIVE 150
PANELS FROM THE
mi YUCCA
The arrival of the second discount
i te for engraver's copy for the
Yucca marked the completion of prac-
tically all of the panels for the 1934
book, according to information re-
ceived from l.ouia Higginbotham,
Yucca editor.
"Out of approximately 215 pictures
and panels to be used in this year's
book, all except twelve have been
mounted and sent to the engravers.
At the date of the first discount
limit, 160 panels were completed and
shipped, making possible a discount
of approximately $000," lligginboth-
iiiii .stated.
January 16 marked the second dis-
count date, at which lime forty-six
pieces of copy were shipped. All
copy submitted on or before that
date is discounted forty percent, just
ten percent less than the first dis-
count.
"The staff should lie commendcd
on its excellent work and its efforts
should be appreciated by the student
body," Higginbotham continued.
"When the year-hook appropriations
have, through necessity, been cut
lower this year than ever before,
every discount means a great deal.
The fact that the staff has put forth
a continuous and united effort hns
made possible the carrying out of
the book as originally planned."
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. James of Wat
kins Studio, which has the photogra-
phic contract, have jmt forth every
effort, to help the staff meet all dis-
counts, to the extent of working
nearly all night on several occasions,
the editor stated. The photographic
work, including the work of William
Arnold, graflex operator, as well as
the commercial phase of the work,
is usually and consistently good this
year, as is evidenced by the panels
which have been proofed and returned
from the engravers.
It is the hope of the entire staff
that this year's book will meet the
approval of the student*. The gen-
eral plan of the book, including all
the smaller details, is distinctively
novel. One of the outstanding fea-
tures of the book is the type of art
work being used. This work for the
interior of the book was done in lith-
ograph by Kenneth Hunt and is mo
darn in the extreme without being
what is often called "modernistic
art." The cover is to be almost alarm
mgly different from the standpoint
of previous Teachers College annuals.
The order of the book is original and
quite different from the convention-
al conception.
"The staff is doing all in its power
to give the students what they want
in their book. If we can raally do
that, we are satisfied," Higginboth
am concluded.
HA VE FLOOR SHOW
HOPE TO l UT GEORGIA
WARM SPRINGS FOUNDA-
TION ON A PERMANENT
AND LARGER BASIS FOR
TREATMENT OF CRIPPLES
STUDENTS TO SEE
VENUS THURSDA Y,
FRIDA Y EVENINGS
J. R. Swenson to Place Telescope
on UampiiK for Viewing
of Planet
when applying for new books. Your
following the above requirements will
help us speed along the work; your
neglect will delay all of us, "Wright
concluded.
Notice!
Any girls or young women
in the college who are planning
to make any changes in their
light housekeeping, rooming or
hoarding places for the next
semester must talk with Miss
Clark in her offiee before these
changes are made.
Dean of Women
■dances.
The decoration committee must have
a signed order from the Business Of-
fice to secure any college property.
This order must be presented before
noon of the day on which the dance is
to be held.
A member of the decoration com-
mittee must make a cashable check
to the Business Offiee or leave a
cash deposit before a* order for the
use of properties will be given. If
a check is left, the signer must be
notified at the time that the cheek
is made that it will be put through
channels for payment unless the order,
signed by Mr. Yerby and Mr. Wingo
as a receipt for the return of proper-
tie*. is handed to the Business Office
by ten o'clock of the morning follow-
ing the dance.
If the weather is pretty and the
sky is clear on Thursday and Friday
evenings about six o'clock, J. R.
Swenson. head of the geography de-
partment will mount a telescope on
the campus so that a good view of the
star Venus may be obtained, Venus
is at a peculiar stage at this time of
the year, and will soon change to
he our morning star. Venus, for the
past year has been our evening star,
but now is gradually reducing and ap-
pears as a thread. On February fi,
the star will pass lietween us and
the sun, and then Venus will shine in
the morning till the sun rises. As
it is now, Venm shinss hi tha avMlay
when the sun goes down.
According to Swenson, he will set
up the four-inch telescope on the east
side of the Campus between the Lib-
rary and the Power house, and will
in- glad for anyone who is interested,
to look through the telescope. Venus
changes her position in regard to the
sun once every 645 days, so this oc-
casion is really an unusual one.
As a part of the nation-wide cele-
bration of President Roosevelt's 62nd
birthday, the people of Denton are
planning a Birthday Ball which will
take place at the Harrias Gymnasium
January 80. The proceeds derived
from the ball will go toward the
creation of a permanent endowment
for nation-wide work by the Warm
Springs Foundation for Infantile Par-
alysis.
AIhiiiI 150,000 persons in the nation
are partly or wholly crippled by the
ravages of infantile paralysis and
most of them could be greatly liene-
fited if adequate facilities existed, ac-
cording to a statement by Roose-
velt. To help provide those adequate
facilities a Birthday Ball in honor of
President Roosevelt will he held in
every community in the nation on
January .'10.
President Roosevelt said i n his
statement:
"In spite of the great strides of
medical science and the many gen-
erous gifts to preventive medecine
comparatively little has been accom-
plished in helping to restore to active
useful citizenship the more than
300,000 people in America who are
partly or wholly crippled. About
half of this number are victims of
infantile paralysis. Most of them
could lie greatly In-rie.fited if adequate
facilities existed.
"Placing the Georgia Warm Springs
Foundation on a permanent and much
larger basis, means not only effec-
tive work among more patients there,
but eventually the establishment of
similar centers in many other sections
of the country.
"I think most cripples, children or
adult, arc worth taking ar. interest
in. Economically, restorative work Is
sound; humanly, it is righ*. It is
reaching out to a field which no other
agency is now adequately caring for.
We need pioneers."
Colonel Henry L. Doherty of the
committee says:
"This is not the usual kind of drive
for funds. Our committee is not sol-
iciting a large amount from any per-
son. We ask only that our fellow
citizens spend a part of their usual
and normal recreation budget on the
President's Ball in their own com-
munities on January 30, not only as
a personal tribute to the President
for his xealous and unselfish devo-
tion to Warm Springs, but also for
the purpose of having a good time
without increasing that week's expen-
ditures. It is a small thing for us to
do for him."
Oran D. Bell is chairman of the
local Birthday Ball Committee. Plans
are being made for an elaborate stage
show for those who do not care to
dance. This ball is not sponsored by
any particular organization, but i«
a part of the nation-wide movement
The committee hopes to send a checV
for $500.00 to the President, whic)
they hope the President will person
ally endorse and return to be adde.
to the State Historical Society col
lection. There will be room for all a
the dance. Floyd Graham and hi
hand will furnish a large part of th
program.
CANADIAN LADY
OF PARLIAMENT
. WILL SPEAK HERI
Hon. Agnes Macphail of the Car
adian Parliament will speak in th
college auditorium in the foreno<
of Tuesday. January SO. Definii
announcement of the hour of the a
dress could not be made at this tim
but it will probably be given at tl
It o'eloek hour.
Hob. Macphail is one of the iea
ing women of Canada. She was e
gaged to appear at the college la
year but unexpectd length of the st
sion of tha Canadian parliament pr
vented her filling the Texts engaji
ments which were made at that tin
I The public, as well as the facul
and student body, is invited to atte
this lecture.
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