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EDITORIALS
The Campus Chat
Wednetddy, Oct. 30, 1957
In British Empire Games . . .
Coed to Swim for Queen Elizabeth
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by fill.I. H ANK INK
Wht'it .Inn*' Alltaon, a frwihman from Fort
Worth. learned to swim at the age of 8 at her
tnt'i f n« in 1 hu-mgo, no <>n< expmlmi that
ih* might someday bp asked to appear I*'fore
the Quo ii of England a* a #yn< tironiMfl wirr>-
iror
But Mi s Allison ha* l«* n asked to «wim
for tbt <^u«wn at the British Empire (imm**
during the «umm«r of 195*. Her trip will in
ciudr a lour of Finland. Germany, Franc#,
and other famous countries throughout Eu-
rope
Because of her partinpation in the ' ana
dian meet held laat year, Mi* Allison re-
ceived the Invitation from the Queen tc go to
the British Empire Games. Only the top swim-
Tripe and Trivia . . .
Teletype
Accepted
b> JIM CVI'ON
' &" 0"r
Isn't that a clever way to begin a col-
mer« in the Canadian meet were invited to
go, and she proved to b# one of them.
Miss Allison has not derided whether she
will jfo to the event*, but nyi she would en-
joy the trip.
At 'he it if*- at 7, Jane took le««>ns from Dor-
othy ' oiler Edward", who wa< twice entered
n the Olympic*. Mra. Edwards taught her at
Fort Worth and is still teaching there.
For four years Jane studied under the di
reetion of Beulah Gundling in Cedar Knpids,
la. Mrs, Gundling I* the number one synchro-
nixed swimmer in the nation, thinks Jane
Mist Allium entered the Texas meet of the
International Academy of Aquatic Arts in
VJftfi She captured third place in synchronized
swimming She also entered 'he Michigan
IAAA meet and took third and fourth place*.
In the I^iuisiana IAAA meet he won second
arid third places.
In f'eterstxiro, ' anad*. at the < anadian Sa
tional meet, held in August of this year, Jane
placed seventh She is the third American to
enter the Canadian meet. There were 25 sw.m
mer« in the event when she entered,
Mb* Allison has given swimming exhibi
tiorit at Viriton and Trear, la., and at M<
Comb, III Thin past summer she gave a syn
chromed swimming exhibition at Illinois
Teachers college At each of these she swam
before a large audience
For the last three years Mis* Allison ha
studied with Mm. (junding during the sum
rner vacation. They have developed new rou
Machines Code
Techniques of
Upsets
Writing
umri 7
At first glance you might think I'm
Maying dirty words or k>vir'vr uncom-
plimentary directions. Or maybe you
think I caught my finger in the shift
Vey.
Or maybe you think it, doesn't mean
a darned thirty You're right!
For years we have been burdened
with interpreting: such meaningless
symbols of writers who force us to
strain our imagination, or who are just
too yellow to put their ideas into under-
standable words
We're not yellow. And we have found
the secret of the system and we're going
to expose the whole mess!
While stumbling around (as usual)
the other clay we came across a teletype;
machine. This contraption looks much
like a typewriter at least the keyboard
does but there's a secret.
The keyboard I.KTTF.KS are the
same as those on a typewriter The
secret is the SYMBOLS,
The keyboard has 26 keys for letters,
but the same keys, after punching the
shift key, are used as symbols The
shift key doesn't change the letters
from lower case to upper case like a
typewriter because all letters are upper
tines and ideas for synchronised swimming
competition.
Jane hat taught swimming, both school
fiurws and private ieasona, for the past five
year She love* the sport and is « nthusia-«tic
about teaching it.
"My lug dream n> to see North Texa-i have
a beautiful indoor pool in the near future,"
•he a> "It would be wonderful to develop
y rich ron I zed swimming here."
In synchronized swimming one takes either
an i'l -n or muiii and then expresses the idea
with a costume, dance, or an expression. The
idea et to music, is expressed in water in
the form of a routine. Costumes vary with
each routine.
Mother makes all my costumes, and Had
always take- toe to the meets," Jane added.
"They take a great interest, iri my swimming."
Mi Allison studies dancing to keep her
body in condition for the sport, .She also uses
dancing movements in her act.
"It helps to develop a rhythm in the body,"
she nays, "and synchronized swimming is, in
form, a dancing movement." Khythm is neces-
sary iri the synchronized swimming.
Besides her swimming, Jane enjoys horse-
hack riding. Sh" has ridden in several rodeos.
She dances, is a water skier and an ice skater.
She love* to travel and has been in almost
ever} state in the Cnited States. Her trips in
elude tour to Canada, Cuba, and Mexico.
In April, l! 5s. Miss Allison intends to enter
the IA AA meet in Wisconsin, Later that same
month she will travel to Oklahoma for another
meet,
In January she will enter the Texas Ama-
teur Athletic union meet.
This 'n' That
(Doha ddminhJjiaio/i JjlaIa
JindinqA vf Sdrwol Sufwsuj
Upperclassmen
With Use of
American high schools have been un-
der fire from college presidents for
many years.
Authorities on higher education de-
plore the lack of adequate preparation
for college.
In a recent survey of secondary
schools all over the nation, Dr. U F.
Marschner, an Illinois research adminis-
trator. came up with some interesting
facts.
Marschner began by finding out
which high schools had produced the
most scholarship-winning students and
then asked principals how they did it
Records of the largest awarding in-
strument, the National Merit Scholar
ship program, proved that out of 29,550
Did You Know . . ?
Clarke to Name
Two Candidates
For Fellowships
Did you know that Dr. C M. Clarke, direc-
tor "f teacher education, has la-en named as
the liafin offictr tn nominate two candidates
for the l 5k Danforth foundation fellowships?
The Danforth foundation is an educational
institution established in l!ir.| for college sen-
ior men arid recent graduates who are pre-
paring themselves for a college teaching ca-
reer. It offer* financial assistance to the fel-
low according to the individual' need
An appointment is for one year, with ex-
pectation of annual renewal throughout the
years of graduate study if the graduate rec
ord is distinguished.
Selection for a Danforth fellowship is niade
on th<? basis of outstanding academic ability,
personality congenial to the classroom, anil in-
tegrity and character.
Three hundred and seventy-seven men and
women (during 1 ft 5"-54 women were ap-
pointed) now carry appointments as Dan-
forth fellows Eleven are now Danforth teach-
ing fellows, fellow* who have their doctorates
and now are u-tu hing.
Of the coeducational or exclusively male ac-
credited colleges in the Cnited States, <55fl have
submitted nominations for these appointments
within the past six years.
One of the main purposes in the program
of Dan forth graduate fellowships is to offer
the fellow "a relation of encouragement"
which will enable him to become a mature (>er-
on and a teacher of the highest educational
ideals.
Mithin this "relationship of encourage-
ment," the fellows are invited annually to
study for a week with distinguished educa-
tional and religious leaders.
Ail Danforth fellows will participate in the
annual Danforth foundation conference on
teaching, to be held at Camp Miniws.nca in
Michigan next .September.
Of particular interest U> the foundation are
applicants from the areas of natural and bio-
logical science*, social sciences, humanities,
and all fields of specialization to be found in
tit* undergraduate college.
public and private secondary schools,
only :?H produced 20 or more finalists
in the program's competitions for some
1300 four-vear collage scholarships in
the last two years.
Some of the things that, make an ex
eel lent secondary school, as disclosed by
the research project, include hard work
for students coupled with tough grad-
ing. One school required three hours
homework per student a clav.
Other schools stated their policy as,
"When in doubt give the lower grade."
California schools stressed rewards
for achievement It was noted that equal
honor and recognition were given to
good students and football players.
The importance of dedicated teachers
was emphasized, along with allowing
faculty members to use their own tech-
niques.
Special classes for brighter students
were recommended to insure that gifted
students not be held back by slower
ones.
In only one case was the school's phys-
ical plant mentioned as a major rea-
son for excellence. . ome schools studied
even lacked and auditorium and used
their gymnasiums for assemblies.
Two Texas schools were named to the
elite corps of top-ranking institutions.
I'alias' Highland Park high school
and the Mirabeau I! Lamar senior high
school in Houston were recognized as
matching the nation's best.
It should be noted that each of the
schools is situated in a community with
a higher income and educational level
than the national average.
The community and parental attitude
cannot be denied as an important factor
in achieving good schools.
Though the results of the project are
riot earth-shaking, they do provide a
comprehensive answer to one of our old-
est problems public education.
Herein may lie the key that will un-
lock the tremendous untapped resources
of the youth of our nation.
—Margaret Faulkner
case to begin with. But when the shift
key, or the key marked "figures," is
punched, you get all those symbols on
the copy.
To explain the system further, let's
take a simple word and go through the
procedure. Like "DOG."
The up|«T case symbol for "I)" is a
dollar sign ($), "O" is the figure nine
(!•), and (&) is the symbol for M(J".
"Put them all together and you have:
$< & same as "DOG."
'let it?
I'his secret is too big to let everyone
know so it might not be wise to put out
the entire code. But just, a few more
examples.
Since this is autumn and since the
pigskin fever is high and since the Ea-
gles have won two games in a row let's
take the word "FOOTBALL."
First we start with I*' <1 I), O (II),
O <«>), T (5), B (5 Ml, A (-). L LV4),
and L ('■> I) Now stagger back through
that line and come up with the symbols
and vou have I l<)955 K-f? 43 4 "FOOT-
BALL."
But there is one little catch to the
system. The letter "S" on the keyboard,
when punched in upper case, comes out
the sound of a bell. In fact, the word
"BKLL" is printed on the key, and to
make the code complete we must find
a way to put the bell sound in print.
'Cause how can we code dirty words
without the li-tter "S"?
But for the time being it seems bet-
ter to leave out words with the letter
"S," even if we have to stick to nice
words.
This thing works just the opposite
with symbols, too. Take the comma for
instance, which comes out N in lower
case. So. to give out a coded hep-cat
phrase: &!> -,N &<)-—or "GO MAN. GO."
But that's enough for now. Too many
hints and some of the faculty might
start catching on, and that would de-
feat the code's purpose, for only
SMART people are supposed to be in serious parking problem that continues
on the KNOW. increase on and around the campus
So, taking a chance on one more lit- area.
tie word, we will say that this is ALL, So severe is the parking problem that
the FINISH. It's COMI'LEiTE, GONE, it is almost impossible for a student
•$,'{ (end) with an H a.m. class on Monday, Wednes-
(R&Aa CkcJUM 1A.S' i>£ 'Uhyinq
JwJd&h (BaJtih (jJilh Sipxia
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JANE ALLISON
poses in swimming costume.
Confuse
Campus
Freshmen
Linguistics
by I'KRBV TEAOUR
I'm sure that many of you freshmen are
still naviiiir trouble understanding some of the
linguistic phrases that are accepted at North
Texas.
I can recall my first few weeks on thix cam-
pus It was almost like being in a foreign
country (actually I was, as I come from deep
Kast Texas). I listened with amazement a.s
students talked to each other in a very fluent
languuge. It was English, but, the usage of
the words were so deranged that well, I just
plain couldn't get the gist of what was being
talked about.
One of the first things that I noticed was
thai all of the old timers were using the
same phrase when they met someone on the
campus, It went, like this, "Hey man, what's
happening?" I'm sure that many of you felt
as I did when I thought that people around
here were dumb as oxen It seemed as though
no one knew anything, for people were ask-
ing others whether they knew anything. It ap-
peared to rue that if this were true everyone
was going to flunk out, for ignorance war,
truly widespread in these hallowed halls.
I finally said something to an upperclass-
man about this and he practically split his
sides from laughter at my greenness. Then
he explained, much to my amazement, that
this phrase had taken the place of the very
ditticult-to-say "hi." and "how are you?"
I couldn't get the relation between this
statement and "hi" but I decided that 1 had
better try it. I was walking out of the UK
when I met, a guy coming into the building.
I tried to utter the greeting, but I almost
locked my jaws trying to replace it with "Hey
men, w hat's happening?" However, after many
mistakes I finally excluded "hi" from my vo-
(pahkini} Siiwodion (i)u\asma
(2a 71 J *fsda ^aowinq (painA
As the North Texas student body in-
creases in size, so grows the intense and
day. and Friday to find a decent park-
ing place at any time later than 7:30.
Although many of the students who
live on the campus and drive their cars
to class do not feel the immediate effect
of this crisis, many commuting students
dr. With the majority of the commuters
coming from the Dallas-Fort Worth
area, it is important that room for these
students be left so that they may have
time to park and get to class on time
once they arrive on the campus.
However, many inconsiderate stu-
dents drive their cars the short distance
from the dorms and occupy these vital
places. Therefore, the commuter, as he
arrives just in time for class, is forced
at times to park in uncanny and illegal
The Campus Chat
Russia's biggest propaganda vehicle Arab world against the U.S. govern ( ^
this year is unquestionably the ascen- merit. Should Russia succeed in this ef- positions in order to park at all.
sion cf her satellite, Sputnik, into outer fort, it would mean a major setback for
space. the U.S.
However, the Russians have em- Russia's most recent request is that
barked upon an important propaganda the United Nations investigate her succeeded.
offensive in the Middle East. And charge that Turkey, being encouraged
through this propaganda they are hit- by the United States, is about to attack
ting the United States at perhaps its Syria.
weakest point in world-wide alliances Despite the big propaganda push by
aeamst communism.
(iromvkct's charges that Turkey is be- m,.mf)(.rs of the U.N seem to feel that
my prodded In the \ .S. to attack Syria Svrian crisis will not provoke
constitute an attempt to turn the entire Hnother world war Some say they have
been looking forward to a chance to in
Many proposals have been made in
the past by various college officials and
the student government. But none has
The problem, as it has increased, has
become almost an insolvable one, mainly
because of the lack of co-operation and
co-ordination among the students who
Gromyko and the Soviet government, live on the campus.
It is no major task to walk to a class
on any point of this institution in a
short time. Since there are no restric-
tions on resident students parking on
I OS journalism bulhlinv
I'M KMAKKK 4 TIMK*
A LI.- AMERICAN It TtMKS
MAKGARKT FAtTt.KNKR
vestigate I urke\ because thev can then ,.arnpUS area, thev continue to do so
take a look at Syria and maybe find out jnconsiflorately. Hut the worst may be
ivi-phon* ou <aun*k>n 4 iust who is responsible for the tensions v t tr>
8outhw«at«>m Journalism rongrmn jn Middle E&ftt. *
JIM CATON
rditor
ASSOC!ATK EDITORS
PRRRY TCAOUK CHAM,INK FF.RI8
rfliturifthi nmtiMwri vtt im
At a larger university such as Texas,
freshmen are not allowed to have their
cars for on-the-campus use during their
ROY ntlSRY
•port*
THANK JOHNSTON
B!LI,Y HANKINR
ph..t«v r«|ih« r
■••tetanic
-11—
HIKE COCHRAN
II. J MILAM
rartirftnlat
The investigation in the U.N. will
probably turn out to be one of the big-
est battles ever fought. Russia will turn i.tVtire first vear
every propaganda device in its posses- -In . ' ... .. , , ...
sion against Turkey. Its main objective llvs r"U' co",f\ h'' to thl*
will probablv be to break up the Bagdad campu? ,f th" *tudents-freshmen and
pact of Turkey, Iran. Pakistan. Iraq. "PIH-rclassmen-who live here do not
and Britain, which was set up to pre- niak,> a f,'w" srm,n orifices at present
MADKLINF. WARD
circulation
BUSINESS orriCE
RALPH MASSFY
manar^r
CHARLIE REYNOLDS
awtetant
TV Campus Chat, •turi#ni ri«n*it|>ap«>r of North
Tnaa Btaia roll***, te puhliah^ aamiw«*>kly
f *T«rry W*dn **ta)r and Friday i rfi rln* th# Ion*
trrm* ?s#pt#mn*r through Mar ®n«1 w fkly
t*r ry Friday* during th* summer Mwaian. Juna
Ihrnifh August, wript during rrtliw and ex-
amination period* ana rhoot vacation*
.Oan
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Editorial «tat*m#nt* of th# Campu* Chat raflad
th* opinion of *tuda?it wrstart and nn* nara*-
•arlly that of tha North Ta«a* Btata col lag*
admintet ratio*
LETTERS FROM RBADERS: Tha Chat wal-
com** latter* from reader* hut rmrrvn tha
r*gM to trM* when nar«aa*ry letter* alumni be
vent communism in the Middle East.
This elaborate use of propaganda by
the Russians in the Middle East is a
drive to be accepted as a major power 'P1S fnatter has failed. Now the ques-
in order to prevent many major ones in
the future.
Iti the past, appeal after appeal on
in that part of the world.
tion is coming to a head, and a major
If Russia achieves this goal, she will college restriction might have to be
applied if better co-operation from the
students is not secured.
A walk to class instead of a ride could
the Syrian crisis, even though it may be easily become a pleasure compared to a
H-pr~.,nt..i br National A<t *rti in« t«rrir«. resolved, will not be the last created by complete restriction of the use of cars
Ij.Ii i ... .ii .. * .
Jl" ,h* wr'"r'" ,n,t'"1* ^ " Im in an excellent position to push com-
munism east to India and west across
T;^";,'T^T:rT«Lr"ullr'u!. North Africa So we must assume that
•ct ot March S. 1*1* ~ _ _ -
ln<- Sutacription rata*. ,| h r ,l by mail II JJussja
—Charline Peris on the campus.
-Roy Busby
cubulury. Now when I ito home and meet some-
one mi the .street and jrreet them, they think
that I atn an idiot. I can almost hear them
sriH-kei mir. "That's the iruy that ifoes to North
Texas."
So much for that. Another phrase that I
had tn (fet interpreted was, "Key man, grab
a chick and let's rd up to the sweat box and
hoodie awhile." My first thought was what on
earth i* the .sweat box? Personally, I couldn't
see how two people could dance together in
a sweat box that is. in its original meaning.
The rest of the people were leaving the coffee
shop and asked me why I was not goinsr-
I h.ol already made one mistake and I did
not wi.nt to make another so I told them that
I didn't care to. A.s they left, 1 asked someone
what the r Weat box was, and I found out that
it was the dance room upstairs in the I' Ii
After my tirst visit, to the place, I realized
that it was an appropriate name.
I soon learned that "boogie" was the term
used to identify the form of dancing that
"everyone" does at this college. My first im-
pression of it was probably the usual one. It
looked to me like a sneaky form of the jitter-
bug. The dancers moved in a catlike manner
that is extremely hard to learn, and after
two and one-half years I'm still stumbling
around trying to learn to sneak.
The most puzzling phrase that I heard af-
ter arriving at this campus was the one used
after people have been talking with each other
and start t<> leave. One of them said, "Check
later." The other said, "Sure, check." How
could this have replaced the nationally ac-
cepted "Goodbye?" As yet I have not figured
this one out. It is possible to understand how
this goodbye phrase evolved from "God be
with you," but this has no relation to the one
used at North Texas.
These are only a few of the many accepted
phrases used by NT society. Many more are
used and possibly more wilt be created to
make the college more unique.
Who created these phrases? Who knows?
They're just here. So freshmen, watch out and
be sure you know what you are agreeing to
do before you do it.
And don't forget, the only place here that
these phrases are not accepted is in the Eng-
lish classes. English instructors simply won't
conform to the college man's expressions. Al-
most everyone else has, so I'll conform and
say, "Check later."
With the Alumni . . .
Boone to Speak
At Club's Show
During February
In the early part of next year one of NT's
most famous speech department exes will re-
turn to appear in the annual Kiwanis Min-
strel show on the campus of North Texas.
This show will lie held sometime in February.
The name of the ex? PAT BOONE.
TOMM\ HJ'GHES, another speecn depart-
ment ex. is now assistant manager of the
State Fair Musicals in Dallas. Latest produc-
tion of the organization was "My Fair Lady"
at this year's State Fair of Texas.
JERRY MOSES. NT journalism ex, has
been transferred from the Dallas UP office to
the New Orleans branch of the same organi-
zation. His wife, the former MARIAN GILL,
is a former Yucca editor.
RICHARD ALLEN MeCL'VE, 1950 jour-
nalism graduate, is now assistant director of
public relations and advertising at the First
National bank in Dallas. He is a former mem-
ber of the Dallas Times Herald staff.
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