The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1968 Page: 2 of 4
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CAMPUS CHAT
JERRY SMITH, editor
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LETTERS FROM RRADEAfl: Tha Chat
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Prof's Survey Rates Polls
Beck's Research Reveals Suprises
Friday, December 20. 1968
In Stomachs, Pocketbooks
Missed Meals
Create Problems
The average coed living in a dormitory this .semester paid $369,
in return for which she received her lodging and approximately
325 meals. Right?
Wrong.
Few—if any—eat their full quota of meals. Many eat as few
as two or three meals per week in the dormitory, forced to go with-
out or to buy a second meal elsewhere by class or work schedules.
An average of 74 cents per meal is indeed inexpensive, but the price
mounts rapidly when double payment—the second payment usually
NOT inexpensive—is added. Meanwhile, the meal-skippers become
undernourished, poor and angry.
Why, they ask, can't we eat in any dorm or in the Union
Building, so that we may choose the one closest to our classes or
work?
Because, the administration reples, each dormitory dietitian
receives the amount paid in by that dorm's residents for a food
budget. They do not have the money for others to eat there.
Then why, the meal-missers continue, couldn't we have con-
tinuous serving, all day, in the cafeterias? That answer is obvious:
extra wages would have to come from somewhere.
OK, say the meal-missers, how come we can't have meal tick-
ets, with all food money placed in a central pot and dealt out to the
dorms ?
Becauk , weep the dietitians, then we would never know who
was coming to dinner: we would never know how much to fix.
But do the dietitians know how much to prepare now? Sup-
posedly, they are simply talented guessers as to how many dorm
dwellers are in class, at work, on a date or simply disgusted with
the quality of dorm food. In reality, they sometimes goof, and the
last hopefuls to appear for a meal find themselves stuck with left-
overs left over from left-overs, watery red gelatin salad and the
bottom scrapings from the ice cream servers.
They say, however, that with the present system they can
make reasonably accurate estimates of the number to be served.
But the meal-missers are still unhappy, with either stomachs or
pocketbooks hollow. Obviously some sort of middle road is needed.
Meal tickets, purchased at the first of each semester, with
extra tickets still usable in succeeding semesters, would be the
first choice of those forced to miss dorm meal. They would prevent
the necessity of having to pay twice for those missed meals.
If meal tickets could be issued for use in one dorm only, the
dietitians' gripe would be by-passed. This system would not end
every difficulty connected with the problem, of course, but would
go a long way toward the solution relatively painlessly.
The idea should be worth some study by the new committee
recently set up to recommend improvements in the food service
Probably the biggest proponents of any such change will be the
dormitory representatives; hopefully the chairman, Vice-President
John L. Carter, and Mrs. Rachel Mays, director of the Food Service
Office, will not ignore the starving hordes—or the hordes with
indigestion, those who do get to eat in the dorms. —Sue Pettit
In Student Protest
Violence Shows
Lack of Maturity
One characteristic of our time that is noticeable throughout
the world is the confrontation between the generations. It is par-
ticularly a characteristic of students in the United States.
Last spring students, protesting the way the older generation
administrators were running things at Columbia, closed the school
down. This summer college-age crowds disrupted the Democratic
Party Convention in Chicago with their organized marches against
the so-called organization they want to change. And not long ago
San Francisco State reopened after being closed off and on for a
couple of months because of student protests.
Students iri many other universities of the nation, including
North Texas, have indicated by their demonstrations that they
want to be a part of the political process. They voice strong dis-
agreement with many of the things going on, such as the war in
Vietnam and the crisis in the cities.
But on the North Texas campus, the students are more con-
cerned with getting a part in the administration and policy-making
processes of the university. The students for the most part have
the maturity to participate in the administrative policies of the
campus.
Students do have a right to voice their opinions on aspects of
politics, college administration and world situations that will affect
their destiny, but the biggest problem they find in voicing their
opinions is telling society what they actually do want.
Studenfs don't know what kind of administration they want.
All they know is the kind they don't want — and this is not
enough. Perhaps if the students would present alternatives to the
way the older generation ip doing things, the alternatives could
truly be considered and the world could be changed for the better,
all the way from world politics down to the policies of college ad-
ministration. But they should not protest the way things are until
they are ready with answers to the problems. —Hardie Davis
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It) CHARLES HKIM
Chat Staff Writer
Dr. Don H« k of NTSU put a different
kind of yardstick on voters in the 1968
presidential election.
He found, in results just released, that
voters measured up in some instances
and provided a few eyebrow raisin* sur-
prises in others.
"The data consistantly show that in
the sUite of Texas, George Wallace lost
support from September to November
and in that same time, Hubert Humphrey
gained popularity while the Richard Nix-
on image remained constant," l>r Heck
explained.
1)H. BECK'* statement came in review
of the results of a "semantic differen-
tia!" questionnaire he conducted with the
aid of student assistants to supply data
for the research project, which was initi-
ated to explore the attitudes of groups
toward the three major candidates.
The project was designed to dig be-
neath the surface of routine political
poll-taking and measure the depth of
feeling voters held toward these candi-
dates. For this teason Dr. Heck prefers
to call his questionnaire a survey.
"I shy away from using the word
Readers Write . . .
'poll'- instead, we conducted a scientific
survey in an effort to gain a more per-
ceptive qualitative evaluation than could
be obtained from simpler questions as to
who one is 'for' or 'against,'" said Dr.
Heck, a member of the speech and drama
faculty.
EACH PERSON included in the sur-
vey was contacted twice—the last time
shortly before the election to measure
any shifts in attitudes that may have
occurred as a result of electioneering.
These 3,000 individuals were asked to
choose among a series of bi-polarized ad-
jectives, such as "wise-foolish," or
"weak-strong," separated by a scale. In-
terviewees were instructed to place a
mark somewhere along the scale, to in-
dicate in relative terms how they asso-
ciated each quality to the three candi-
dates.
No attempt was made by the NTSU
researchers to compete with polls aimed
at forecasting the outcome of the elec-
tion, Dr. Beck pointed out. "We were in-
terested not in the candidates or issues
but in the study of attitude changes,"
he said.
The survey was designed to measure
this attitude change in three ways: (1)
the strength of shift. (2) the magnitude
KAs Challenged
To Name Virtues
From Lois Wetzel, Box 8186
Maty McQueen's letter challenges the
Kappa Alpha fraternity's use of the Con-
federate flag as a symbol, calling it a
permeation of racism. The editor's note
explained that the KAs say the Old
South had positive virtues.
Now you have done it, Kappa Alpha.
Either let the campus hear exactly what
those positive virtues are, or take that
"filthy rag" down!
From Ralph Briscoe
O great pink bubble of journalistic in-
difference I salute you. You are perfectly
representative of the almost universal
mindlessness of the NTSU student body.
You have no opinions, present no worth-
while ideas and attempt to offend no
one.
IN A TYl'ICAL recent issue your
"Opion Analysis" column (NTSU stu-
dents have'opinions! ?) contains: 1) an
in onclusive diatribe which, in brief, ex-
presses the "opinion" that males have
the inherent ability to grow beards while
females do not- this is clearly the pro-
duct of a remarkably perceptive mind!
2) ten paragraphs of uncensored literary
fervor extolling the virtues of the march
intf band, cheerleaders and similar sweat-
oriented institutions on campus. It takes
guts to write like that around here, don't
it folks!
Yes, college life is carefree, isn't it?
Junt go to class, to Dallas on weekends
and save your money so someday you
tan pledge which means you can buy a
whole bunch of keen friends who also
like to drink beer and enjoy the favors
of those great plastic idols of American
womanhood, the sorority chicks.
IT'S GREAT to be young and carefree,
especially if you're real stupid, because
then you can enjoy harassing black peo-
ple and hippies, cheer when you see a
cop club some subversive cripple on your
TV and look forward to that real big-
league football game the Vietnam War.
The Chat represents this spirit very
well. It's as American as applie pie and
the D.A.R--unaware, unconcerned and
uninterested. You don't see the injustice
and tragedy that surrounds you, and you
don't care. May God grant that someday
everyone will.
of shift, and (8) how far the shift went
These measurements covered a dispute
that has been acti.'e sine a the November
election, confirming that Nixon hurt
Wallace in Texas.
"Some |>eoplc in the state lielieved that
if Wallace had not have run, Humphrey
would still have carried the state. Our
information shows that seven out of
every 10 people who left Wallace
went to Nixon between September and
November. So, without Wallace, major-
itory support in Texas was for Nixon,
Dr. Beck said.
A SECOND dispute settled by the
findings was the controversy over the
effect of Sen. Ralph Yarlw>rough's and
Gov. John Connally's support of Humph
rey. The survey shows that Yarborough
brought in more votes than Connally
throughout the «tate
As the result of questioning various
groups represented in Texas, other inter-
esting findings were recorded. Demo-
cratic precinct chairmen in Dallas, for
instance, were found to favor Nixon
slightly at the end of the campaign. The
same was true with conservative Demo-
crats in general.
Also, through questioning members of
the Students for a Democratic Society
(SDS) from all over the state, Dr. Beck
and his associates found that the SDS
had a low; intensity of support for all
candidates, but disliked Humphrey the
least of all.
NEGRO VOTERS surveyed showed a
wide span of differences between Humph-
rey (whom they favored), Nixon and
Wallace.
"The Negro intensity of support find
ing is an excellent example of the valid-
ity this type survey has over the poll
usually taken," Dr. Beck said.
"Another reason," he went on to say,
"is that the poll isn't as sensitive as this
survey to start A'ith. So a shift in, say
Kathi Boyd
DR. DON BECK
. . . evaluates voting
the Louis Harris Poll of five points over
24 hours was more dramatic than the
one which actually occurred. Our data
shows that the majority of people who
switched to show such a jump in sup-
port from one man to the other, actual-
ly had a low intensity of support for
the candidate they favored in the first
questioning," explained Dr. Beck.
The results and initial final analysis
of the unique survey were first aired
publicly Dec. 12 on Dallas radio station
KRLD's "Comment" program.
Dr. Beck praised the work of all those
who aided him in taking the survey,
particularly Dr. Earl McCallon of the
education faculty and Jerry Waldon of
the computer center.
In the near future, after all the data
included in the research is computed,
Dr. Beck hopes to use the findings for
the formulation of a communication the-
ory.
Past Holds Secret of Spirit
It may be the crush of academics that
precedes a January graduation, or the
trouble caused us Chat staffers by the
campaign to re-do our paper, or maybe
it's just that I'm getting old and jaded,
but I can't seem to get into the Christ-
mas spirit this year.
In my younger -
days, before I be-
came a cynical old
newspaperman, I
got that old good-
will - toward - men
feeling as soon as
Sears turned on the
Christmas lights the
day after Thanks-
giving. 1
I always had my BOYD
Christmas list made up by the first of
November. One year all i wanted was a
"little Ianda." 1 asked every department
store Santa Claus in town .or one. He
would always look at my mother for a
translation and she would just shrug her
shoulders. Luckily, just before Christmas
I showed mother a picture of one in a
catalog. It was a toy piano and I would
have lost all faith in Santa if there
hadn't been one under the tree that year.
THE HIGHLIGHT of my very early
Christmases was always the pageant
that my Sunday School class put on
every year. I was terribly disappointed
because I never got to play Mary, but 1
really felt like something when I got
dresed up in my white robe with a paper
doily on my head to represent a halo to
be in the angel chorus.
I think the angel chorus was where
they put all the k'ds who had no talent
for the big parts and who were most like-
ly to wave at their mothers and mess up
the performance.
Santa Claus is what makes it easiest
for little kids to get all excited about
Christmas. I don't know exactly how old
1 was when I discovered that the old
elf should actually be named Louis, like
my dad, but I know that I put on an act
of believing for at least a couple of
years.
Mother bought us the original old
Gene Autry recording of "Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer" one Christmas
about lfi or 17 years ago 1 was really
impressed with the legend the song told.
That Christmas Eve, as I lay wide-eyed
in bed waiting for morning, I saw a tiny
red light sliding across the sky toward
my house.
It was just an airplane, I suppose
now, but I was sure that it was Rudolph
himself guiding old Santa to my chim-
ney. It was the biggest thrill my 5-year-
old brain had ever experienced.
BUT NOW I don't think my 22-year-
old brain would get fired up if Rudolph
in person walked right through the Chat
office door as 1 nit typing this.
Christmases past were beautiful. We
all need a little childishness, a little blind
faith in San'a Claus, to enjoy it now.
Christmas is a feeling that you can't
fake, but most of us are too pseudo-
sophisticated to even try to fake it.
. . . Jerry Smith . . .
Editor Lists Requests
For Campus Scrooge
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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Traditionally, this space in the final
issue before Christmas has been filled
with Yuletide columns written by journ-
alism faculty members. But this year
Scrooge once again reared his ugly head
and said. "Faculty columns. Bah. Hum-
bug,"
The 1!H 8 model of
Scrooge on the NT-
SU campus did not
take the normal ap-
pearance of the
wrinkled old skin-
flint, but appeared
instead as a greedy,
four-headed monster
that went by such
initials as AAUP,
USNT, SDS and YD SMITH
instead of using a regular name.
True to form, this four-headed Scrooge
ipolled the Christmas spirit of all he
came in contact with. He was so greedy
to have the Campus Chat, the student
newspaper at NTSU, turned over to his
own student followers to use as their
own personal propaganda sheet that he
accused journalism faculty members of
controlling the ('hat and suffocating stu-
dent expression.
THOSE ACCUSATIONS «, irritated
the faculty members that they decided
to forego their annual Yuletide stint at
the typewriter. That is why this column
may seem like sour grap*s to some. It is.
The furor created by the attempts of
the four-headed Scrooge to take the Chat
from journalists put such a damper on
my Christmas spirit that when 1 sat down
to make up my Christmas list I wrote,
"Wish everybody a very un-merry Christ-
mas arid a terrible New Year."
But then the spirit of Christmases
Past paid my conscience b visit and I had
second thoughts about my Christmas list.
Here is the revised li«t 1 forwarded to
Mr. S. Claus, c/o North Pole:
To the Amazing Amalgamation of Un-
united Profesors (AAUP), bring the
ability to investigate thoroughly and to
take criticism without complaint.
TO THE Un-rep resented Students of
North Texas (USNT). bring a govern-
ment that will give them a student ju-
diciary before it tries to put them on
faculty tenure committees.
To the Students for a Desolated Socie-
ty (SDS). bring a more democratic beat-
ing and a dictionary that defines democ-
racy as rule by the majority, not the
clamoring minority.
To the Young Demons (YDs), bring
the ability to determine demagogues from
democrats, to know their leaders.
To President John J. Kamerick, bring
a quieter spring semester.
To everyone else, britjg peace on the
campus and goodwill among all.
For
Your
Information
Any .student enrolled for
the fall nemester of l'.lfiS must
have an ID card before he
can obtain a card packet for
enrollment in the spring se-
mester of 1069, according to
John Hargrove, NTSIJ busi-
ness manager.
If the ID card has been
lost, a replacement may be
obtained at the Business Of-
fice for $f>
"Save time and avoid con-
fusion at enrollment time by
replacing lost ID cards now,"
Hargrove said.
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