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PAGE 2—THE CAMPUS CHAT
Friday, October 21, 1964
Loss Affects Fans
School Spirit Rises
With Team's Success
The deeper the Eagles move into
football season the higher becomes
their flight.
The higher their flight, the high-
er the school spirit around the
North Texas campus. In buildings
and on sidewalks people stood last
Friday and chattered about trips
to the Saturday afternoon Tulsa-
North Texas game.
A crowd of 6,000 lifted eyebrows
in surprise as they watched the
Ragles Ket off to a winning start
with a 25-21 victory against New
Mexico State. The 12-9 victory
over Texas Western was witnessed
by a crowd of 10,500.
The good playing exhibited in
the second win gave a clear indi-
cation of the Eagles' potentialities
of becoming a contender in the
Missouri Valley conference.
And they maintained their per-
fect record with a 20-19 victory
over Louisville the following week.
Nor did they let North Texans
down in the fourth frame. They
Songs, Bubbles, Cupid
made it four in a row with a stun-
ning score of 41-6 over Tampa.
Four straight wins is a s|>orts
fan's dream.
Hut then came the :*0-27 defeat
in Saturday afternoon's game.
Weary fans returned home, talk-
ing of the game with disappoint-
ment.
At the mention of Saturday's
game some fans with dampened
spirits frown and say, "The Ea-
gles have started a repeat perfor-
mance of last season."
Others say, "What is there to
do around here on Saturday
night?" Still other realize that the
Eagles can recover last week's loss
and come back with a win to stay
in the race.
It has been said that this is
possibly the finest overall club in
North Texas history.
The Eagles just might win Sat-
urday's game. School spirit is an
able booster.
—Glenoa Davidson
Profs' Lesson Plans
Stray From Subject
It is a common practice to criti-
cize the students, but what about
the professors?
Student-professor communica-
tion is one of the biggest problems
at North Texas. The best example
is the professor who is often nine
minutes late for class and walks
in only to find his students dis-
gruntled. He wonders why they
give him a look of clear hatred and
disappointment.
This category also fits those
teachers who feel it is their duty
to entertain their classes in some
ridiculous way. One professor here
(not in the School of Music) thinks
that whenever he becomes bored
it is clever to sing songs to his
class. This would not be so bad if
he had a decent voice or if he
Sang something less off-color.
The most common type of pro-
fessor griped about is the one who
just does not have the time for
New Strategy
his job. He often skips class and
frequently states his intentions of
failing the majority of his stu-
dents. He also does not have the
time for outside assistance to his
students.
Finally, there is one type who
likes to revert to the good old
childhood days—he chews bubble
gum and blows enormous bubbles
while lecturing. This gives the stu-
dents something explosive to look
forward to.
Some professors go to the other
extreme by letting their students
run over them and dominate the
class.
All of these complaints just go
to prove what instructors have
been saying for a long time—they
are in the classroom only to try to
guide students and help them
"learn how to think." This is what
the students want and most would
like to have more of it.
—Linda Walters
Original Victory Plan
Ignored In Viet Nam
"The war in Viet Nam can be
won—but not with one hand tied
behind our back" was the thesis
of an article by Hanson W. Baldwin
in a recent issue of a national mag-
azine. He said that the old winning
principle of hitting the enemy as
hard as j>ossible, as quickly as pos-
sible has been disregarded by
American political authorities in
Viet Nam. Nevertheless, the Viet
Cong have had twice as many de-
fectors and lost twice as many
prisoners of war as the United
States in 1965. However, they still
are able to fight as never before.
Baldwin, military editor of the
New York Times, asks, "Why?
What are we doing wrong?" Since
the magazine was only 300 pages
long, he couldn't list all of the rea-
sons. He gave these: too gradual
troop build-up, gearing the war to
meet the demands of the Great So-
ciety at home and not trying to
win the war itself.
"We have not set victory as our
goal; our objective has been the
negative one of persuading the
enemy he cannot win," he said.
Twelve years ago, the French
were humiliated and driven from
Southeast Asia by their defeat at
Dienbienphu. The enemy can be
expected to do its best to defeat
and drive the United States out
in the same manner.
First, look at the least possible
way of effectively winning the war
—"The Big Bomb." Should the
United States give consideration
to the controlled use of nuclear
bombing of North Viet Nam with
advance notice to civilians to evac-
uate the target? This threat alone
might bring a quick surrender from
Hanoi, but along with this it might
bring Red China, with an excuse,
into the Vietnamese conflict.
The United States today has on
duty 16 Army divisions and four
Marine divisions. Of this force,
eight divisions are already deploy-
eel overseas. About half of the oth-
ers are tagged and equipped to de-
fend Europe and cannot be sent
elsewhere.
This leaves four active Army
Divisions, three Marine divisions
and some unready reserves to un-
dertake any irtvasion of North
Viet Nam, to hold South Korea or
Thailand if attacked by Red China,
and to strengthen defenses against
Ri'ssia if they should move against
any members of NATO.
So this leads back to the original
rules of victory — untie the other
arm. On the other hand we can
withdraw from Southeast Asia or
— in simpler terms—surrender.
—Allen Crenshaw
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The Campus Chat, •tudent newspaper of
North Texas State University. Is published
semiweekiy (every Wednesday and Eriday)
during the kmc terms September through
May and weekly I every Eriday I during the
summer session, June through August, en-
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and school vacation*.
Editorial statement* of the Campus Chat
nflsrt the opinion of student writer! and
not nareasarlly that of the North Te>*a
Only Letters Link Couple, Children
Nigerian Family Will Be Separated 8 Years
David Olaniran shows the colorful dress of Nigeria.
— Our Readers Say —
Discipline Appeals Board
Needed To Protect Rights
From Roger Durham, Box 8421:
In one of its rare moments of con-
structive action, the Independent Stu-
dents Organization is currently advo-
cating the creation of a Student-Faculty
Discipline Amtcal Board to review the
decisions of the student deans in disci-
plinary cases. Such an agency is long
overdue at North Texas.
The administration labors under the
impression that an application for ad-
mission to North Texas is equivalent to
a waiver of one's constitutional rights.
I'nfortunntely, the majority of the stu-
dent liody is unaware that once a young
woman reaches the age of 18, it is no
one's business but her own if she chooses
to spend her leisure hours in someone's
apartment. Neither this university nor
any other state agency has the legal right
to interfere. The legal aspects of the sit-
uation. however, seem to have escaped
the administration's attention. They in-
sist upon punishing coeds for such activ-
ities.
Under the circumstances it would seem
that to rely on the administration for
justice would be the epitome of folly.
Perhaps the proposed board of students
and faculty members would be able to
moderate some of the administration's
unjust and arbitrary decisions.
From: Susie Hamilton, I*. O. Hox 8251
After I read Glenda Davidson's article
on the "masquerade" of many college
students, 1 laughed. Then I got angry.
1 suppose that 1 am not used to such
narrowmindedness in a college student.
I am a conformist, I admit it. I don't
brag about it . . . and I respect people
who wear what they want to and dress
like they feel. If the way they dress of-
fends some people then those it offends
may think their own style of dressing
might offend those who dress differently
from them.
Perhaps the casual skirt and blouse
offends the woman who wears wild
clothes. Should the conformist change
her style because it offends a noncon-
formist? If not, then why should the
nonconformist be expected to change?
If I don't care for a boy in bell-bot-
tomed pants then I can avoid seeing him.
Hut, I don't have the right to gripe about
it anil ask him to conform to another
way of dress.
After all, he isn't hurting anyone. If
he likes to dress differently, to be origi-
nal, then no one should condemn him, ex-
cept, of course, the narrowminded who
populate this land.
Howard Swindle linn ii s;:i m iiiiiiiii iii§|| mi iiiHiiiiiiimiliiiiiimiiiiiiiiillWIiiiiini^
Mistaken Husband
Has Bad Weekend
ANGELA lJENN A
BILL RAINHOI.T
JOHNNY HENDRIK
ALICE TY1.ER
liuainra* manager
sales representative
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Sfl'SrRIPTION RATf I" snmnlly
It was just a bad weekend, that's all.
The Eagles lost their first game, the
Cowboys could manage only a tie and I
got accused of being a wife-stealer.
Well, it wasn't as bad as it sounds. It
was my friend's wife. Maybe that doesn't
sound quite right, either.
I spent about two hours trying to ex-
plain to my friend, his wife and most of
all, .lanie. She's my wife. They weren't
convinced.
The whole situation started innocently
enough. We called the other couple to
go to the State Fair with us. Since his
wife was seven months pregnant, we
didn't go on the roller coaster or any
other rides. However, we did visit every
exhibit in the whole place from the
blue ribbon pickle judging to the swine
breeders' booth.
As we were leaving, one of the secur-
ity guards at the women's building told
.lanie about a demonstration of the "Kit-
chen of 1970" in tho building, nrui ahe
dragged us :u that, direction. The secur-
ity guard caused my downfall.
About 75 people were crowded around
the kitchen display, but with Janie and
our pregnant friend running interfer-
ence for us, we got a front row view
right in the middle of the crowd.
The exhibit was interesting. The push
of a button raised the middle of the kit-
'••• ' 'hie. revealing a dishwasher The
"Homemaker of Tomorrow" shovetl the
dirty dishes into the washer without
getting up from the table.
Well, that's not getting to the story.
Anyway, there was a big mirror across
the room that was really a disguised
even. I saw Janie in the mirror and she
was wearing a white sweater. I looked
at the display a little longer and thought
I'd tell Janie something.
I was going to say, "Darling, I'm going
to get you a kitchen like that for Saint
Patrick's Day."
I reached my hands around the waist
of the white sweater in front of me and
said, "Darling, I'm ..." My friend's
pregnant wife let out a shrill scream,
and at the top of her voice, said, "I'm
not your wife."
All 75 people looked at me and thought
I was some kind of woman chaser. The
woman next to me looked at me, then
at my pregnant friend, then at her purse.
Her husband caught her arm just as she
was about to hit me with her purse.
My friend, when he had figured out
what the comotion was all about, looked
at me, Janie glared at me. The crowd
stared at me as we lefU -first Janie and
her friends, then, three paces behind, me.
I still haven't been able to clarify the
situation to my friends or my wife.
Security is having understand'^
friends and a reasonable wife.
By DAVID SMITH
David and Kike Olaniran of Nigeria
haven't Been their three children in four
years, and they probably won't see them
for at least four more.
That's how long it will take Olaniran
to complete his graduate work in biol-
ogy at North Texas. Mrs. Olaniran is a
sophomore accounting major.
The Olanirans and their children, aged
8, 0 and 4, keep in contact only by writing
letters, Olaniran said.
"THE OLDEST is now in school and
they report that he is doing very well,"
Mrs. Olaniran added.
Olaniran received his bachelor's degree
in biology from Wayland College in
Plainview. His goal is a Ph.D. in micro-
biology and a teaching job in one of the
three state-supported Nigerian medical
schools.
Before coming to the United States,
Olaniran spent 12 years as a junior high
geography teacher. He explained his
switch to biology by saying, "I just had
an interest in it."
Nigerian schools closely resemble those
in America through the junior high level,
Olaniran said. After junior high, the stu
dent may either attend four years of
hij>h school or enter a teacher-training
college.
THE OLANIRANS chose teacher
training and received teaching certifi-
cates,
Heyond the high school and teacher
training level are five state-supported
universities offering bachelor's degrees.
Since this is the limit of Nigerian school-
ing, the majority of students who wish to
advance study in England, Olaniran said.
"We have a lot of Ph.Ds from Eng-
land. They are very proud," Olanirar.
said, smiling, indicating the possibility
of a friendly rivalry when he returns to
Nigeria armed with his American educa-
tion.
Olaniran's most difficult adjustment
to the U. S. educational system was in
an area that plagues most students—
exams.
He had not coi,;e in contact with true-
false and multiple choice exams. The
Nigerian noted that the British system
demands answers in discussion form.
"The American system is very detailed.
You have to know every word before
you can do anything," he said.
Campus Echoes
UT Suicides
Comparable
AUSTIN University of Texas stu-
dents were recently informed by the di-
rector of their student health services
that their student suicide rate "com-
pares favorably with that of other large
universities."
He went on to say that at least 1,000
college and university students will com-
mit suicide by the year's end while 9,000
will have tried and failed. Still another
90,000 will have threatened to commit
suicide.
The forecast originally appeared in
"Moderator," a national college and uni-
versity magazine. It cited "pressure
cooker" conditions on campuses as the
reason for so many student suicides.
COLUMBIA, S.C. John Detreville, 1M,
enrolled this September as a freshman
at the University of South Carolina. He
tested in the top 4 per cent in a col-
lege entrance examination recently and
scored an A in a college mathematics
course.
Detreville is the youngest full time
student in the history of the university.
OLANIRAN NOTED a further dif-
ference in the educational systems: "In
Nigeria and England there is more spec
ialization beginning at the university
level.
"You study only one or possibly two
subjects. If somebody says, 'What is the
Constitution of Nigeria all about?" you
don't know unless you're a government
major," he said.
Unlike many foreign students, the
Olanirans experienced almost no lan-
guage barrier when they came to the
United States. They were exposed to
English throughout their Nigerian
schooling.
"English is compulsory in school. If
you don't pass English, you don't get a
teaching certificate," Olaniran said. He
also credited American Baptist mission-
aries with exposing him to American
customs.
Even grocery shopping has proved
pleasurable to the couple. As Olaniran
says, "We enjoy it. One thing unusual
is the tax. You have to pay a tax on
everything," He finds little argument
here.
The couple speak often of the vast
economic differences between Nigeria
and the United States, "The average an-
nual income in Nigeria is $250 to $.'100 a
year." Olaniran said. "These people are
richer than Americans who live on $1,500
a year. Things are very cheap because
there is no money to buy them. A suit
that would sell for $75 here would sell
for about $11 in Nigeria."
ASKED IF HE OWNED an automobile
in Nigeria, Olaniran said, "No, I had a
motorcycle, because I got 120-150 miles
per gallon, and petrol sells for about 72
cents a gallon. Only a few of the very
rich can afford an automobile."
If American teachers are underpaid,
Nigerian teachers are even more so. "I
was head master at a junior high, and I
made $56 a month," Olaniran said.
Olaniran has financed his and his
wife's American educations and support-
ed their entire family in Nigeria by
teaching biology labs, both at NTSU and
at Wayland. Besides their three children,
who are staying with Mrs. Olaniran's
relatives, they are supporting Olaniran's
aged mother.
The couple have enjoyed their stay in
the United States. "People have been
very friendly, especially when they hear
my British accent. Then they want to
hear about my homeland." Olaniran
stated.
Despite the ease with which the Olan-
irans have adapted themselves to Ameri
can life, they long for the day, four
years hence, when they'll return to N'i
geria and resume life with their family.
For
Your
I
n formation
A copying machine has
been installed in tho Univer-
sity Store for student use.
The self-service Dennison
Copier makes both letters and
lepral-size copies for 10 cents.
The machine is at the rear of
the store.
A. B. Swenson, University
Store manager, said his staff
will assist in the use of the
copier.
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