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MICROFILM
BOX 8066-4924
DALLAS, TEXAS
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75205
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In The News
This Week
Tom Clark To Lecture
On Supreme Court Power
Tom C, Clark, former Supreme Court
Justice, will speak here Tuesday on
"Limits on Power of the Supreme Court."
He will apeak at 8:15 p.m. in the Main
Auditorium as the third speaker in this
year's Lecture Series.
Clark is a former Dallas lawyer and
U. S. attorney general. He retired in
June after 18 years on the Supreme
Court.
Last month Justice Clark spoke in
Dalian about an increase in unethical
conduct by lawyers, which has prompted
the American Har Association to start
an investigation of professional disci-
pline.
Clark is chairman of a seven-man
ABA committee on disciplinary enforce-
ment. Hearings are to be held in at
least seven major cities next year. One
is tentatively set for Dallas in May.
Clark said the most common offense is
misappropriation of money.
The speech is free and open to the
public.
Construction Worker Dies
After Accident on Campus
A 64-year-old Denton man died Mon-
day in a campus construction accident.
The man, O. L. Haughton, was work-
ing for the Naahert Co. on the Speech
and Drama Building on the corner of
Avenue A and Chestnut. There were
no witnesses, but fellow workers said
Haughton apparently fell from a scaf-
fold.
Haughton was still alive when found
about 9:30 a.m. He was taken to St.
Paul's Hospital in Dallas but died short-
ly after noon.
Homecoming Corsages
Go on Sale in UB
Traditional Homecoming mums are on
sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second
floor of the Student Union Building.
The cost of a corsage is $2.50 or $2.75
with Greek letters. The mum sale, which
is sponsored by Phi Upsilon Omicron,
the national honorary home economics
fraternity, will continue through Friday.
Mums may be picked up Saturday
from 7 to 9 a.m. on the second floor
of the Student Union Building. Upon
request, the mums will be delivered Sat-
urday morning
Kappa Theta To Affiliate
With Phi Kappa Theta
Kappa Theta fraternity will affiliate
Saturday with Phi Kappa Theta, an in-
ternational men's social fraternity.
Dr. Earl Reynolds, international presi-
dent of the fraternity, will present the
chapter its charter at a luncheon at the
Greater Denton Athletic Club, The local
group will be the Kappa Theta chapter.
Kappa Theta was elected to the mem-
bership of Phi Kappa Theta last sum-
Boolc Review Series
To Begin Next Week
The Book Review Series, headed by
Dr. Arthur M. Sampley of the English
faculty, will open Nov. 16 in the Busi-
ness Administration Lecture Hall at
4 p.m.
The free lectures this year are on
writers of the Southwest. The first
speakers will be Dr. James W. Lee and
Dr. Sam H. Henderson of the English
faculty.
Housing Groups To Sponsor
Dance for Members Friday
The West Dorm Association and Uni-
versity House will sponsor a dance Fri-
day night from 8 to 11:80 at the Golf
Clubhouse. A local group, the Malfunc-
tion, will play. The dance is for mem-
bers of the West Dorm Association and
residents of University House.
College Inn Plans Dance
After Friday Bonfire
The College Inn Association will spon-
sor a dance at the National Guard Armo-
ry from 9 to J1:80 after the Friday night
bonfire. All students are invited.
The band will be the U.S. Mailbag
Tickets are $1 per person. Proceeds will
help send North Texas cheerleaders to
Memphis for the season's last football
game.
Lab Bands To Complete
Informal Concert Series
The i O'Clock and 6 O'Clock Lab
Bands will present informal concerts in
the basement of the Music Hall today
and Thursday, winding up the semester's
first series of concerts,
The 6 O'Clock band, under the direc-
tion of Steve Graham, will play tonight
at fi The 4 O'Clock hand will perform
with guest conductor Joe Randacto at
4 p.m. Thursday.
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TACT Requests
New President
From Outside
Underwriting the Mean Green
Lambda Chi Alpha members Kerry Hubble (kneeling) and
Jim Hobdy add finishing touches to the Interfraternity
Council's Mean Green sign. The sign is across the street
from the Union Building. It is one of many Homecoming
boosters on the North Texas campus.
—Photo by 81 DUNN
By PAUL HODGSON
The North Texas State chapter of the
Texas Association of College Teachers
(TACT) endorsed a resolution Thurs-
day calling for the next president of the
university to come from outside of the
institution and asking that he hold a
doctorate in an academic subject.
The vote was 78-54, with 18 absten-
tions TACT has 435 members.
The resolution read in part;
"Because this crucial time in the de-
velopment of our institution demands a
president who will exert strong, effec-
tive, and impartial leadership toward
building the sort of university to which
we are all committed, we recommend
that our new president come from out-
side the institution, and that he hold a
Ph.D. in an academic subject."
The resolution was to be forwarded to
the Board of Regents, which is choosing
a replacement for President J. C. Mat-
thews. Dr. Matthews, 66, has asked to
leave the job next August
THE RESOLUTION was introduced
by Dr. Martin S. Shockley of the English
department. In the debate that followed
its introduction, attention centered on
the requirement of an academic Ph.D.
When asked if the resolution was worded
to eliminate doctors of education from
consideration, Dr. Shockley replied. "1
certainly hope so."
The Campus Chat
51 ST YEAR
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, DENTON. TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1967
NO. 14
Standardization Sought
Board Backs Uniform Calendar
By BEN VERGATI
The Coordinating Board for the Texas
College and University Systems is fi-
nancing a research program on the pos-
sibility of having a standard calendar
for all state schools.
Every college and university in the
state has been asked to participate in the
program by appointing a committee to
make a study at each school which would
then make recommendations to the board,
Hie NT8U committee is taking rec-
ommendations from faculty members
now.
SOME OF THE reasons behind the
coordinating board's interest in a stand-
ard calendar are:
• The "lame duck" period of classes
and final examinations in January fol-
lowing the Christmas recess.
• The desirability of having the fall
semester end before Christmas.
• The desirability of having all re-
ports from college and universities sub-
mitted on the same date
The North Texas faculty committee
has proposed three calendars, based on a
52-week year with the 365th day and
leap year providing a 53rd week every
six years. The extra week is used to
extend vacations or to extend a semester.
The day of the week on which Christ-
IFC Revises
Transfer Rule
Transfer students with a minimum of
12 semesters hours and at least a 1.0
grade average the last semester have
been made eligible to pledge fraternities
A grade point average of 1.3 had
previously been required.
The change was made in a constitu-
tional amendment approved by the In-
terfraternity Council (IFC) Monday. It
will allow many more students to go
through rush.
The new ruling is retroactive, which
means that students who were elimi-
nated by grades in this fall's ruah may
again apply. NTSU fraternities are hav-
ing open rush until Nov. 27.
At Monday's meeting IFC President
Bill Murphy also reminded fraternities
that all parties must I* registered and
approved by the IFC and the echool
administration The rule includes Home-
coming parties.
Fraternities will spend this week get-
ting ready for the return of alumni.
However, next week will be a different
story, as fraternities voted to work to-
gether in sponsoring an all school pep
rally
In the final action of the day, IFC
discussed the possibility of allowing
Delta Epsilon, now a social club on
campus, to become a member of IFC.
Delta Epsilon's goal is affiliation with
a national fraternity.
mas and New Year s occurs determines
the dates for the fall semester
The assumption is made that about
15 weeks of actual instructional time
(90 days including Saturdays) should
be available in a semester, exclusive of
registration, examinations and holidays.
It is further assumed that a 10-week or
12-week summer session, divided into
two terms, will be available to public
school U'achers.
The first calendar proposed by the
faculty committee begins the second
week in September and runs 17 weeks
until a break at the second week in De-
cember. It picks up again in the first
week in January and ends the last week
in January,
The spring semester would begin the
first week in February and continue for
17 weeks to the last week in May.
THE SUMMER SESSION would begin
the first week in June and run 12 wrecks
through the third week in August.
This first calendar proposal has sev-
eral important considerations, the com-
mittee indicated in a faculty question-
aire. They are:
• The fall semester does not end be-
fore Christmas.
• The spring semester is somewhat
short except that every sixth year the
extra week allows 18 weeks instead of
17.
• Then? is little time for handling
grades after the spring semester.
• The summer session follows im-
mediately the closing of public schools
except that every sixth year a week
intervenes.
THE SECOND calendar proposal be-
gins the academic year in the third week
in August and runs for 17 weeks through
the second week in December,
The spring semester begins in
the middle of January and continues 18
weeks into the second week in May.
The summer session begins the first
week in June and lasts 12 weeks through
the third week in August.
Important considerations listed were:
• The opening date for the fall se
mester is the earliest that will still
permit a 12-week summer session.
• There would I* no break between
the summer and fall sessions except for
a week every sixth year.
• The 17-week fall semester would
end l>efore Christmas.
• Christmas vacation would compli-
cate the work of turning in grades.
• The spring semester would be flexi-
ble.
• Summer sessions would begin im-
mediately after public schools close
• College staff members teaching the
second term of summer session would
lose vacations at the change-over
The third calendar would begin the
fall semester the third week in August
and run 17 weeks through the second
week in December, allowing a midse-
mester break until the middle of the
second week in January.
THE SPRING SEMESTER would last
18 weeks, to the second week in May.
This would leave a three-week break
between the spring semester and the
summer session.
The summer session would begin in
the middle of the first week in June and
continue for 10 weeks, ending in the
second week in August,
Important considerations in this third
type are:
• The opening date for the fall se-
mester would be the last week in August.
• A 17-week fall semester would end
before Christmas.
• Christmas vacation would complicate
getting grade# in.
• The spring semester is flexible.
• Summer session would be two terms
of five weeks ach.
• In order to obtain six hours' credit
in a five-week term, classes would have
to cover 90 minutes a day, six days a
week.
• Teachers would probably lie paid for
10 weeks instead of 12.
YDs, YRs Launching Drive
To Register Voters for 68
North Texas Young Democrats and
Young Republicans have l>egun their
voter registration drive in Denton Coun
ty and will l>egin registration on cam-
pus at 9 a.m. Monday on the second floor
of the Student Union Building
YD members have already registered
about 200 voters in this area, ranking
them second in the statewide YD regis-
tration drive
NT students who are 21 years old or
will have their 21st birthday in the next
year have until Jan 31 to get on the
list of eligible voters
STUDENTS HAVE an option of vot-
ing either in their hometown, as absen
tees, or in Denton, providing that the
s'udent has lived in Den'on at least six
months liefon- the election
Voter registration applications will be
available Monday in the UB. An eligible
student fills out the form and mails it
to his county tax assossor The registra-
tion slip will show the student eligible
to vote after the date on which he will
have lx en a resident six months
YD and YR voter registration plans
include canvassing dorms, telephoning
qualified voters and, possibly, a carpool
for voters who lack transportation to
the tax assessor's office.
DISTRICT JUDGE William C. Boyd
note;) that students may vote in Denton
County "if you have been a resident of
Denton County for six months and a
resident of the state for a year . or
you may register at home "
County Tax Assessor 0. N Seagraves,
questioned about voter registration re-
quirements, said, "They have to be 21
sometime in '68 they (students)
can register anytime, but they should
register in their home county "
SUMMER VACATION need not affect
a student's residence He can legally be
considered to be a permanent resident of
Denton who visits his parents during
the summer
In addition to their voter drives, both
NTSU political clubs will have meetings
tonight.
Frank Crowley, Dallas County com-
missioner and likely Republican candi-
date for Congress in his district, will
speak to the YRs on "Outlook for the
Republican Party—'68" at 7:30 p m. in
Room 154 of the Rusiness Administration
Building
Miss Jerry Simpson, national comnut-
teewoman for the Young Democrats of
Texas and delegate to the national con-
vention, will speak on "State YD Organi
zation Texas' Role in the National YD
Convention" at the YD meeting at 7:30
in Room 174 of the same building
I
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Council Increases
Science Courses
Six hours of science are to be
added to undergraduate degrees in
the College of Arts and Science,
effective next September
"This will not affect anyone en-
rolled in the university now," said
Dr. J J. Spurlock, vice-president
of academic affairs.
The Faculty Council voted to
change the current science require-
ment from six to 12 hours that
is six hours of biology and six
hours of chemistry or physics.
The decision does not affect stu
dents not in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
Dr Spurlock said this action
was taken in "recognition of the
increasing importance of science."
The change reduces the number of
elective hours.
Those student* currently enrolled
will follow the requirements of the
catalog of the year in which they
enrolled or any later catalog that
they wish to use.
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"The pur(K>se of the resolution was to
unite the faculty behind a distinguished
educator brought in from the outside and
to prevent internal politicking for the
position," Dr. Shockley said. "I feel, and
I believe a great majority of the faculty
feels, that this institution at this time
does not need another president in educa-
tion If this institution is to outgrow its
teacher college image, we need, at this
time, a scholar who can establish our
image us a university."
THE BOARD OF REGENTS has ap
pointed a selection committee to find a
replacement for Dr. Matthews. Regent
E. C. Panriell, a member of the commit-
tee, said recently that "we're looking
for a man that we can put before an
audience and say, 'There's the best uni-
versity president who can be found,' "
The position is "wide open," he also
said, but the committee hasn't consid-
ered any candidates. Such consideration
will come after the group sets up its
guidelines, Pannell indicated.
The TACT chapter here meant for its
resolution to be considered as one of
those guidlines.
The Regents will also get the ad-
vice of a faculty advisory committee set
up to transmit student and faculty feel-
ings to the board. The student govern-
ment president sits on the committee,
which has a faculty nember from every
major division of the university.
North Texans
Will Choose
Queen Today
North Texas students go to the polls
today to select the 1967 NTSU Home-
coming Queen.
The candidates are Connie Danner,
Diane Willis and Gienda Henderson
They were selected from a field of eight
nominees in elections two weeks ago.
The polls will remain open until 5
p.m. today, with three voting places
available. Booths are located on the sec-
ond floor of the Union Building, first
floor of the Main Library and on the
campus across the street from the UB
"WE ARE LOOKING for a big turn-
out," said Mary Burns, Elections Board
chairman "1 would love to see 4,000
people vote this time."
Fall elections saw a record 3,266 vot-
ers go to the polls. That total topped the
1966 mark by 475.
The Homecoming Queen will be an-
nounced by USNT President Charles
Dixon l>efore the bonfire Friday night.
The new queen will light the bonfire at
See Homecoming roundup. Page
6. and concert story, Page 5.
Fouts Field Talons service organiza-
tion has asked for volunteers to help
with the bonfire.
"The same election rules used for the
earlier eloclion will be in effect at the
Homecoming Queen runoff." .Miss Burns
said Monday. "Elections Board members
will l>e at each polling place every hour
that the polls are open, and there will
be no campaigning within 50 feet of the
polls. Elections Board members will
count the ballots," she added,
MISS DANNER, who polled 884 votes
in the first election, is a senior, a mem-
ber of Angel Flight, Green Jackets, and
Chi Omega social sorority. She was se-
lected North Texas Relay Queen last
spring, is a Yucca Beauty and is listed
in Who's Who in the 1967 Yucca She is
sponsored by Arnold Air Society and Chi
Omega
Miss Willis collected 469 votes in the
first election She is a junior, a varsity
cheerleader and a member of Alpha Phi
social sorority. She is sponsored by Del-
ta Sigma Phi.
Mis* Henderson had 375 votes in the
first election She is a sophomore, mem-
ber of /.eta Tan Alpha social sorority
and orphans service chairman of the
Association for Childhood Education
(AEC). She is sponsored by Zeta Tau
Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
MISS HI RNS also said. "The Elec-
tions Board is planning to look into the
possibility of separating the election of
senators from the Homecoming Queen
elections.
"The Homecoming election draws
too much attention from the very im
portant senatorial elections." she said
"The Home oming election is l>eeoming
much too large, and it is outgrowing its
methods "
Miss Burns pointed out that "last year
we had only five candidates for Home-
coming Queen; this year we had eight."
The biggest problem in separating the
two elections is the time element. "1
started working on this election ached
ule the day I wan appointed Elections
Bosrd chairman." Miss Burns said, "and
1 just don't see where we would have
time for two separate elections.
"But because some improvements must
be made in the procedures, we are going
to look into it," she said.
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