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EDITORIALS
Bewhiskered Dictator
The Campus Chat
Technical Work in Drama . . .
Friday. Aug. 12, 1940
U.S. Fails fto Change Black to Resume Directors Duties
Policy Toward Castro
JUnt how far can Mr. Whisker* push
Unci* Whiskers? How ton* will the lion
to th« North allow the mou**; to the
South to tweak hi# nose? At first, the
r bel in fatigues was hailed as a hero,
and then as a sort of a Wswe handler of
the truth, but now he is considered a
downright professor of lies.
Yet the official attitude of the U.S.
State department has produced only a
few reprimands and a partial cutting of
his sugar export.
In the meantime, this lover of army
clothes and .45# hax 1mten playing f'x t-
nies with the number-one salesman <>f
Communism. His younger brother. who
apparently hates neckties, has been
making rMkUhw threats that it is his
dream "to drop three atom bombs on
New York City."
When Castro, who did more than any
man lie fore him to cause the stock in
razor-blade corporations to drop, feels
that his TV audience can s|*re him, he
sees to it that his country r* ready to
face invasion by the U.S. Marines.
Besides seizing American-owned prop-
Of Freshmen . . .
erties, he continues to ignore the Mon-
roe doctrine as if it were no more than
a promise between politician*. Reliable
sources report that the Kremlin is neg-
otiating with him to install submarine
ba*e* in Cuba.
Cncle Whiskers slapped Mr. Whisk-
ers' wrists by cutting his sugar quota,
but S4i far it *eem* to have had little
effect. Most of this year's crop had al-
ready bet-n shipped into the hitherto-
uncomplaining land to the North,
('an thin one-time baseball player,
some-time economist, all-time dictator
hold his country together? Not if he suc-
ceeds in |>enetrating the seemingly in- drama department,
oenetratable hide of his doting neigh-
bor, who displays a surorisinf lack of
interest in the whole affair.
Although the odds are a bit uneven,
Mr. Whiskers hits thus far managed to
hold hi ' own. If Uncle Whiskers really
wanted to tret to the bottom of the prob-
lem, he would stop the shipment, of sur-
plus Army clothes and flood the coun-
try with razor-blade advertisements.
— Mill Foster
by HIM. FOSTER
( hat Staff Writer
When Dr. K ti rt E. Black, drama professor
at Te*a* Woman's university, come* to North
Texas thin fall, he will find hid working situ-
ation a little different from bin present one.
For the first time In eight years Dr. Black
will ayain !«• working at a co-educational
school.
"Working with male actors for male parts
ihouM a little easier as far as general ef
feet i.« concerned, hut it will not be any easier
from the director's point of view," he be-
lieves.
Slates 'Liliom'
Although he is, for the most part, a techni-
cal director, Dr. Black will direct "Liliom,"
the second show of the year for the speech and
tre, Dr. Black lists Tennessee Williams and
Arthur Miller, although be believes neither
has measured up to his earlier plays.
Some drama students seek an education in
Caps Remain Symbol
The freshman beanie at North Texas
State collage is a symbol, a tradition,
and a person*! momento.
The beanie is a symbol of a whole new
world of greater responsibility just
o|s-ning to the freshman. It tells the
world that high sehool is past and ma-
turity is beginning. It is a visible an-
nouncement that the wearer is a part
of a new group a group of young
adults.
Besides its symbolic value, the beanie
is an NTSC tradition. Yet every year
only a few freshmen don their beanies
with a feeling that it is all part of going
to college. Others utter loud complaints
that hide their pride.
Even so, the 1900 freshman class will
be a link in the chain of NTSC- tradi-
tion. a tradition which is in turn a link
in the greater American tradition.
Not only are the green and white
beanies valuable as a tradition, but they
also serve as personal mementos. Run-
ning across these caps tucked away in
drawers, the IDBO sophomores, as years
go by, can recall their freshman year
when confusion and discouragement
mingled with but were outweighed fi-
nally by joy and achievement.
Though I hey provoke many a teasing
remark and bitter complaint, the green
and while beanies should remain a part
Dr Black bold* a B.A. and M.A. from
Northwestern, and a Ph.D. from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. He has served as technical
director at the Portland Civic theatre, and
worked at radio station WNAX at YanksUiwn,
8.1).
I ompsre* Periodw
Asked to compare present drama with that
of the and W) , Dr. Black said, "Most of
the present drama is difficult to evaluate be-
cause we are too close to it." In the 20s a
great rebirth of dramatic writing began, ac-
cording to Dr. Black, and playwrighting be-
came a mature art. He named Kugene O'Neill
and Maxwell Anderson as the two leading
playwrights that contributed the most to Amer-
ican drama during that period.
About this same time, the community-
theatre movement began. Almost every one of
these theatres can lie traced back to this per-
iod, Dr. Black said.
HIMr
News in Review
Schwille Loses Initial Round in Suit
Michael K. Schwille, Dallas senior,
Friday lost the first round of his Huit
challenging Senator Lyndon Johnson's
right to run in Texas for two offices at
of NTSC as a symbol, a tradition, and once, Attorneys said an appeal will be
Hag llammarskjuld warned that world war
could erupt with failure to resolve ihe Congo
crisiN by pulling out Belgian troops and
allowing I'.N. forces to enler Kantanga prov-
ince.
a personal memento.
• Larry Smith
Big Business Farming . . .
Agrarian
The secretary-general made the statement
at a meeting of the ll-nalion council, where
he won i|tiick support from Ihe United Stales
for a demand for withdrawal of the Belgian
Interests Shift
"The mystique of agriculture has
gone flat, because the line between the
essentials and amenities is continuously
blurred by continued prosperity," writes
Helen Hill Miller in the New Republic.
What does this mean in relation to
our farm problem? It means that above
and beyond the crushing farm problem
in our country—the physical problem
of too much and not enough there is
an element of changing thought.
Since the pioneer days the farmer has
been held up as the perfect example of
the self-contained citizen. He has been
pictured as rising early to milk the cows
and tend the stock, lie closed his day by
listening to the whippoorwills and katy-
dids singing him to sleep.
But as this farmer is being plowed
under by a more businesslike farmer,
the public stereotype is changing.
Old type, or subsistence, farms today
produce only 18 jier cent of the market-
ed goods. Yet they comprise 70 per cent
of the farms in our country.
Foster's Forum . . .
The other 30 per cent produce 82 per
cent of the goods. These are Ihe new
farms, the commercial farms.
These commercial farms are run
strictly as big business. Their owners
think in terms of profits for the whole
company, not for just one family.
In the past, the farmer tended to be
politically irresistible. He was the back
bone of the nation. But today he is one
that lives if successful a life just
like that of everyone else in the com-
munity. The legislator and the public
don't feel the guilt implied in their auto-
matic role as "city slickers."
Hence, the farmer is no longer honor-
ed, and he may have a harder time
getting $10 billion of government money
made directly to ihe U.S. Supreme court
in order to obtain "a speedy determin-
ation of this question."
Schwille's suit claims thut his right
to vote will be impaired by the appear-
ance of Johnson's name on the Texas ..
ballot for two offices. Federal Judge Newell Post . . .
Ben II. Rice dismissed the case because
"in the opinion of this court there is
no substantial federal constitutional
question involved."
troops at the «*arlit*Nt possible moment.
• • «
Adlai E. Stevenson is almost certain
of a job if the Democrats win in Novem-
ber. Senator Kennedy has announced
that Stevenson will be a campaign ad-
visor on foreign policy, reporting direct-
ly to Kennedy. Stevenson pledged to
campaign hard for Kennedy and urged
other loyal Democrats to do likewise.
speech and drama merely as a way to earn a
living, while others attempt to poliah up their
present techniques. The overell conception a
drama instructor must implant in the mind of
his students is that drama is a way of life,
Dr. Black explained.
As far as staging Broadway hits, a college
faces many difficulties, but u play that has
been successful on Broadway can be success-
fully staged anywhere. Only a successful play
can withstand the ravages of time, Dr. Black
believes.
Letters to the Editor . . .
Local Eyesores
Precipitate Plea
For Fast Action
Dear Editor:
The Aug. 5 Chat contained some long-
awaited news for the students at North Texas.
The industrial arts department's metal build-
ing will finally be relocated. This is a big
step toward beautifying our campus; however,
we think there is more to be done.
The greatest eyesore on the North Texas
campus has remained intact, seemingly un-
noticed by the Board of Regents, but not un-
noticed by the students and our frequent visi-
tors.
In the heart of our campus stands an ugly,
boarded-up wooden building—the old drafting
building. The prominence of this building has
brought inquiries such as, "What's that used
for?" and "Why don't they get rid of that
thing'.'" This brings to our minds the ques-
tion "What is it used for?"
If it is serving no purpose in its present lo-
cation, why not retire it to a less conspicuous
and more functional place.
It is our belief that the removal of this
building would be the next logical step to-
vitrd campus heuutification. This would in-
crease the pride among the students at North
Texas. As the Chat said, ". . . pride is neces-
sary for improvement in any area of the col-
lege."
Sincerely,
Henry Castillo
Ronald Lindsey
Barrel McKinzie
PranciH Cardinal Spellman. archbishop of
New York, declared Sunday in n sermon to
15,00(1 persons jammed in Ihe Munich
Cathedral that Americans may have to pay
"a terrible price for our complacency" in
Ihe face of a I iimmiininl war of nerves that
is threatening a "death day to world freed-
om."
• ♦ *
Senator John F. Kennedy, Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, declared
that he would rather lose the election
than court the support of labor leaders
James lioffa and Harry Bridges. Almost
investment in price sup|>orts in l! 60- at the same time it was reported that
fil than he did in 1968-59. he was trying to track down labor lead-
Agriculture is losing its appeal to a er bosses (ieorge Meany and Walter
nation full of the fatness of today where Reuther by telephone. The senator had
bread the staff of life—is avoided be- been tipped "that they might be miffed
cause of its calorie content. because he had not contacted them
—Laura Ballard since his nomination."
Party Platforms Beckon to
In Absence of Usual Father
Voters
Image
prove
Current World Economic Situation Surpasses
Former High With America in Leader's Role
b> HIM, FOSTER
Chat Columnist
As the present decade opens, so does the
path to the brightest opportunities offered a
new college generation. The crystal-ball ganers
predict that the national product will jump
to more than $600 billion in
IDflO. the highest the world has
ever known. Since the popula-
tion la expected to increase to
800 million by 1970, economists
expect a $700-billion economy
in 1970
But this bright future is not
confined to the U.S. alone; It
was shared in I960 hy most of the world's
industrialised nations. Western Europeans
built again m many housing units as the U.S.;
France paid off a $212.5 million debt; Britons
were beginning to buy two car* per family;
two British automobile companies moved Into
Africa, and Japan became a creditor nation
instead of a debtor nation for the first time
since World War II.
Two Keaaon*
There are two reasons for this prosperity:
doeite of the people to better themselves, and
a free-economic competitive system In which
to pursue that desire. The U.S. low-markup,
high-volume style of operation is spreading
throughout the rest of the world. Western
Kurope ia the first among the foreign nations
t adopt our economic structure As new skills
are born of the modernization, the American
pttoJB for high wages is taking hold.
Our bualnosainan was forced to compete with
ha had formerly sold to.
Salesmen from Europe and Japan have jumped
on the new markets growing there, and not
only can they match him in quality they often
undersell him.
hu-< gone up from about $12 billion to almost
$.'!0 billion. The Japanese businessman is so
confident of his abilities that he wants nil
trade restrictions lifted.
Evidence that the pinch is felt is found Another growing land closer to home is
by CHARLDEAN NEWELL
Chat Columnist
For years psychologists and sociologists huve
been saying that the average American votes
for an imuge to be President of the United
States. Principally this image is of the father
type. Consequently, party plat-
forms go unheeded, and the "all-
American father" becomes Pres-
ident. Dwight Eisenhower, for
example, fitted the father image
considerably better than did his
egghead opponent, Adlai Steven-
son, both in 1952 and 195f>,
But the 1960 election year may
different for two reasons. First, the
voter has no father image to look toward.
Both John Kennedy and Richard Nixon are
too young to convey a paternal picture. Sec-
ond, issues arc important this year, and every
plank in the party platforms has significance.
Thus the voter is going to be forced to examine
what both political parties have to offer.
The platform committees of both parties,
under Democrat Chester Bowles and Repub-
lican Charles Percy, drafted these planks;
The Republicans promised a resolute foreign
policy stressing affirmative goals—national
security, a just, world peace, solidarity in the
Western Hemisphere. They opposed the recog-
nition of Red China and its entry into the
United Nations. The Democrats also promise
to work for world peace and to furnish diplo-
in the compact cars introduced to offset sales Mexico. The Mexican national gross has jump- mats who will create a new image of the U.S.
of the foreign car* that took a big bite out of et| front $1 billion to $9 billion in the last 10
the Detroit market. The American business- years.
man began to build plants abroad to meet
competition on the spot. All told, by the end
of 1959, some $29 billion had been invested
overseas.
New Indintlries
Throughout West Germany, old military in-
stallations have been converted into light in-
I'.S. Leader
With more and more foreign nations tasting
the pie of free enterprise, more and more
have determined to stay for a whole meal. Be-
cause it was one of the first countries to es-
tablish the system, and because its economic
strength is built on free enterprise, the U.S.
They do not want mere co-existence with
totalitarianism.
The GOP national defense plank empha-
sizes a constant effort to keep up with tech-
nological change and Soviet aggressiveness;
the Republicans are willing to increase de-
fense expenditures. Whereas the Republicans
claim the U.S. is second to none in military
strength, the Democrats say the Eisenhower
administration has allowed the Soviet Union
ment intervention in labor affairs and pledge
an effort to increase the federal minimum
wage rate and extension of its coverage. The
Demos are rather outspoken on labor. They
premise repeal of the authorization for right-
to-work laws, limitations on the right to
strike, and an increase in the minimum wage
from $1 an hour to $1.25. They severely crit-
icized the Republican Taft-Hartley lalior law,
saying it has weakened unions.
One of the highly contested planks for both
With the Alumni . . .
Baldwin Writes
Article in East
FRED D. BALDWIN, a graduate student
at Princeton university, is the author of an
article in the July issue of the Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography. Baldwin
received his B.A. from North Texas.
The article is entitled "Smedley D. Butler
and Prohibition Enforcement in Philadelphia,
1924-25." Baldwin has previously received a
Wood.-ow Wilson National Foundation fellow-
ship and a Charles G. Dunlap fellowship from
Princeton.
JERRY McWILLIAMS, '59, will take over
r.s head football coach at Trent high school
Ibis fall. McWilliams was an all-district end
at Trent in 1958.
JAMES A. MOORE of Gainesville, '60, will
teach all junior high school choral music classes
in Sherman this fall. This will be his first
teaching assignment.
parties is civil rights. The Republicans called
for "aggressive action to remove the remain-
ing vestiges of segregation or discrimination
in ail areas of national life" and approved
sit-in demonstrations but not by name. The
Demos also made sweeping promises of govern-
ment-enforced equality for Negroes in vot-
ing, schools, jobs, housing, and public facili-
ties. They named 19113 as the deadline for be-
ginning compliance with the Supreme Court's
school desegregation decision and promised a
federal Fair Employment Practices commis-
sion. Sit-ins were approved specifically by the
Democrats.
Regarding housing, the Democrats advo-
cated "the right of every family to a decent
home" and specifically called for a big increase
in federal housing aid. The Republicans would
encourage home-building by private enter-
prise.
"A sound fiscal basis" for medical care for
the aged was called for by the GOP, which
promised federal grants to finance sta«.e health
aid programs. The Democrats' plank reads "the
right to adequate medical care" and promises
a federal program of medical care for the
aged, built into the social security system,
along the lines of the controversial Forand
hill.
The Republicans remained conservative re-
garding federal aid to education and rejected
proposals for helping to pay teacher salaries.
However, they promised federal aid in con-
struction of school buildings. The GOP still
maintains that the primary responsibility for
education rests on local communities and the
states. In one of many shows of liberalism,
the Democrats pledged federal assistance for
both construction and teachers' salaries.
dus trial plants; France's war ravaged city of |<H(ked upon th(. lwil|„ for thp rpgt of U) ovprUke th„ u s in many fipldg. Henc<>
Rouen has been brought up to three times Its the world that practices the system,
prewar industrial-production capacity; the land
opposite Venice's drowsy lagoon has emerged
as one of Italy's four industrial centers, and
at Anzio, Italy. Colgate-Palmolive built a new
$10 million soap and cosmetics plant.
Because of the new economic strength, many
European nations have felt confident enough
to lower some of their trade harriers. The
Common Market (West Germany, France,
William McChesney Martin Jr., Federal
Reserve hoard chairman, said, "The United
States faces the '60s with the world by the
tail, with every opportunity to be a leader,
provided it is willing to engage in sound prac-
tice."
the Demos plan a program to deter both limit-
ed and general aggressions, and they promise
to strengthen foreign alliances.
The Democrats advocate a Utopian force-fed
5-per-cent economic growth rate and plan in-
creased federal spending programs to encour-
age greater employment and production. The
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ASSOCIATE Et'TORS
CHARLDEAN NEWELL
editorials
■ILL FOSTER
amuaementa-arttrltlea
LARRY SMITH
GOP will rely on the free enterprise system
Business will reach new height* in the inter- „nd prorT)iHe a broadly based tax reform,
national markets. World trade will lie the rule Claiming that GOP policies have forced a
Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxem- rather than the exception to most nations in |,jK decline in farm income, the Democrats
bourg) was such a success in its first year the future. Service, goods, deliveries will be promised to work for full parity ("nothing
that Britain. Portugal, Switierland. Austria, handled on an international basis just as if |eM than 90 per cent"), thereby jacking up the
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark formed their th*y were sold to a firm across town. ro„t 0f (Jm ,farn, program, already at $6 billion,
own "Outer Seven." This gave the last-named Competition is nothing new to the United On the other hand, the Republicans plan a
countries the same benefits of a mass market States; it is the framework upon which the farm program built around a giant land re-
and freer trade. entire nation is built. And through competition, tirement program. Both parties plan increase*]
Meanwhile some of the other nations of the the world will be made a better place for food for peace programs as a means of using
free world are hurrying to cat4:h up with Eu- everybody. The future has never looked to farm surpluses.
rope. In a tingle decade, Japan's national groat bright The Republicans plan a minimum of govern-
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