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The North Texas Daily
Weekly Summer Edition
53RDYEAR
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, DENTON, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1970
NO 83
Regents Appoint Carter Temporary President
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John L. Carter
By OWEN CARTER
Daily Editor
The Board of Regents during their
quarterly meeting May 29 accepted the
resignation of President John J. Kamerick,
who will assume the presidency of the
University of North Iowa.
John L. Carter, vice-president of fiscal
affairs, was appointed by the board as
acting president in the event that a new-
university president cannot be found before
Dr. Kamerick'sdeparture.
Board chairman A.M. Willis appointed a
five-man regents committee to facilitate the
selection of a new president. The committee
consists of Bruce Street, E.C. Pannell, Dean
Davis, James Lawson and Willis. A
committee selected by faculty members will
coordinate the selection with the regents.
The presidents of the Alumni Association
and the USNT wiil serve as ex-officio
committee members. Willis indicated the
search for a new president will be a nation-
wide effort.
Carter appeared to be startled by his
selection as acting president. "I wasn't
expecting an announcement of this type,"
Carter said. He was called into the regents'
meeting room 40 minutes after the board
closed the meeting to the press for the
executive session. The announcement was
made some 15 minutes later.
Willis stated that Carter will serve as
president only until a successor can be
found. "He does not aspire to the
presidency," Willis said, "and understands
that he will not be considered for permanent
president." The wording of Carter's
appointment left some speculation that the
board was leaving open the possibility of
applications from within the
administration.
Other actions taken by the regents
included:
Approval of a total estimated budget
of $26, 252, 988 for the fiscal year beginning
in September. The budget represents a
record expenditure for NT, some $2.3
million over last year's budget.
—Approval of fiscal regulations for a
period ending Aug. 31, 1971. The
regulations incorporate former policies
modified to include changes adopted by the
Texas Legislature in 1969.
—Approval of a number of personnel
changes including the resignation of G.W.
York, registrar and di ector of admissions,
to accept a similar position with Tarleton
State and the hiring of Howard L. Gates as
director of university printing.
—Made several chairman appointments
in the College of Business Administration
pending a restructuring of the college. Dr.
Glen L. Taylor was appointed associate
dean cf the college; Dr. Horace Brock to
continue as chairman of accounting: Dr.
David Fitch to continue as chairman of
finance, insurance and real estate; Dr. Hale
Newcomer, acting chairman of marketing,
communication, and international business:
Dr. tilvis Stephens, acting chairman of the
new department of personnel, industrial
relations and law; Dr. Vernon Payne,
chairman of business education; and Dr.
Henry Hays, acting chairman of the new
department of management and decision
sciences.
Approved a faculty development
(sabbatical) leave program. Although
funding will be at a low level, paid leaves
will be available for some faculty members
when the leave will contribute to
professional growth.
Deferred until a later date the approval
of a policy regarding patents and copyrights
on materials developed by NT researchers.
Approved an amendment to the Code
of Student Conduct providing for the
expulsion of students forcefully occupying
university buildings, disrupting classes or
destroying university property. The
amendment was presented to the regents in
the form of a petition signed by 21 members
of USNT.
Approved a change in the name and
status of the department of library services
from a department of the College of Arts
and Sciences to an independent School of
Library and Information Services.
Adjunct professorships for Dr. Carter
Alexander, Dr. Stephen Kim/.ey and Dr.
G.G. Raun were approved. All three will
work in biological science.
Approved the sale of $150 thousand in
revenue bonds for golf course
improvements to the First State Bank of
Denton at 6 percent interest. The contract
for renovation of the Golf Course was
awarded to the firm of Don January and
Associates on a bid of $ 135, 850.
News Capsules
Drought Ends As Lincoln Park Goes Wet
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Jury Rules Corzine
Capable To Stand Trial
In a decision late Tuesday night, a five
woman, seven man jury ruled that Gary
Don Corzine was of sound mind and
capable to stand trial for the slaying of
Robbie Doreen Birthright, a TWU coed.
Corzine, 17 and Noah Dale Butler, 19
were indicated for the slaying of Miss
Birthright on April 17, "by running over
her and dragging her with an automobile
and by striking and beating her with fists
and hands," the indictment reads. Dist.
Atty. John Lawhen is seeking the death
During Tuesday afternoon's sanity
hearing, Corzine was described by defense
attorney Emmitt Colvin as being "unable to
aid his attorneys in preparing a suitable
defense." Corzine shifted in his seat and
smoked cigarettes as his mother, Mrs. June
Robinson gave testimony concerning his
condition. As the trial progressed, Corzine,
apparently bored, read a paperback copy of
"True Grit."
Jury selection for the murder trial
proceedings are expected to take place the
remainder of the week.
Blind Students Ask
For Help With Lessons
Volunteers are needed to read to two
blind students, Marion Cunningham and J.
W. Brown, during the summer. Many texts
are not available in Braille, so the two
students must have their reading
assignments read to them.
Students who would be interested in
volunteering to read should call Kenneth
Schmidt of the Texas Commission for the
Blind at 387-9922.
TB Unit To Give X Rays
To Students. Faculty
The Dallas Area Tuberculosis
Association mobile X-ray unit will be on
campus June 17-18 The unit will be
stationed in front of the Union Building
from 9 to 12 in the morning and from 1 to 4
in the afternoon.
The unit will be open to all students and
faculty free of charge except those students
planning to do student teaching. They will
be charged a $2 fee for tuberculine
identification cards, which are a necessary
requirement to do student teaching.
Testing Center Schedules
National Teacher Exams
North Texas State University has been
designated as .i test center for administering
the National Teacher Examinations on July
18, Dr A. M. Conekin, director of the
Counseling Center has announced.
College seniors preparing to teach and
teachers applying for positions in school
systems which encourage or require
applicants to submit their scores on the
National Teacher Examinations along with
their other credentials are eligible to take
the tests. Last year more than 107,000
candidates took the examinations, which
are prepared and administered by
Educational lesting Service of Princeton,
New Jersey.
The designation of North Texas State
University as a test center for these
examinations will give prospective teachers
in this area an opportunity to compare their
performance on the examinations with
candidates throughout the country who take
the tests, Dr. Conekin said.
7,222 Receive Diplomas
A record 1,222 graduates were awarded
diplomas June 3 at the 80th annual spring
commencement.
The deans of the respective schools
conferred degrees on 1.019 candidates for
the bachelor's degree, 170 for the master's
and 33 for the doctor's degree.
A total of 112 seniors graduated with
honors, 34 with high honors and 78 with
honors.
Dr. Willis M. Tate, president of Southern
Methodist University, (SMU) delivered 'he
commencement address at the 8 p.m.
ceremonies at Fouts Field. This was his
sccond commencement address at NT. In
January, 1954, as vice-president of SMU,
he spoke to the winter graduating class.
In his speech. Dr. Tate said, "We live in a
day when contagious hysteria and social
pressures can completely anesthetize a
person's power to reason. In such a state,
man finds it hard lo 'come to grips' with
difficult choices."
Dr Tate stressed that "with pressures on
universities from business, finance and the
New Left, the educated man must be able
and willing to think and bring reason to all
problems which confront him."
Dr James W. Morgan, minister of the
First United Methodist Church, offered the
invocation and benediction. The Brass
Choir performed the processional and
recessional under the direction of Leon
Brown.
Among the 170 master's degrees
conferred were the first eight graduates of
the NTSU Center for Studies in Aging
The center, directed by Dr. Hiram A.
Friedsam, chairman of the department of
sociology and anthropology, is supported
by federal grants from the U.S.
Administration of Aging and will enroll its
third class this fall.
Of the 33 doctor's degrees awarded, there
were 17 for the doctor of education and 16
for the doctor of philosophy.
Of the 17 Fd.D candidates, five were
awarded degrees in secondary education
and four each in college teaching,
elementary education and administrative
leadership.
Five of the Ph.D degrees conferred were
in the field of chemistry, four in counseling
and personnel administration, two in
elementary education and one each in
secondary education, musieology, music
theory, biology and marketing.
Mobile Homes End Dry Spell
June 30 will mark the end of a 30-year
drought in Denton County when the first
liquor goes on sale at Lincoln Park, a
mobile home oasis.
The sale of all forms of drinking alcohol
was approved by a vote of 24 to 4 June 2.
Lincoln Park is the brainchild of a Dallas
attorney, Parks W. Bell, mayor of the newly
incorporated city. He plans to open a liquor
store that also will carry a large wine
selection as well as a big beer store with a
drive through window.
New Building
Deadline Set
For August 11
The $2 million plus general classroom
building now called the Social Science
Building has had its share of problems,
but North Texas's first fully carpeted
building is scheduled to meet its August 11
deadline date.
The building has been set back by a lire, a
truck strike and various other problems.
The fire did the most damage to the
building, damaging most of the chalkboards
and completely destroying all of the air
control devices. Much of the ceiling and
duct work had to be replaced. The fire was
not believed to have been accidental.
A trucker's strike has also been one of the
major problems in completing the building,
said Joe Tawater, clerk of the construction
workers. As a result of the strike, many
needed materials arrived far behind
schedule. The plate glass which is to be
installed at the east and west entrances has
not arrived, and it may not be installed
until after the semester has begun.
Another problem is the bush facing being
done to the building. "It is a slow process,"
Tawater said, "but it makes the finished
building look very nice."
The stairs in front of the building were
due 10 months ago. and they have just
arrived," he said. "It is the supplier's fault
that they are so late, but that throws us in a
bind," Tawater added.
The carpeting is scheduled to be put in
within the next two to three weeks, he said.
"It is going to be a tight squeeze moving
in, but it will be done," he said.
The building, which was designed by
.larvis-Putty-Jarvis of Dallas will cost an
estimated $2,219,848, according to John L.
Carter, vice-president of fiscal affairs. The
total cost, which is expected to be higher,
includes land acquisition, architectural fees,
surveys, and equipment. Bonds totaling
$1,935,000 have been sold. The remainder
will he financed in other ways.
The building, which is located on the
eastern edge of the campus across from the
Education Building has three stories and a
basement.
Within a couple of months an "on
premises" establishment will be opened that
will serve beer and pizza with "family type
fun", according to Mayor Bell.
Lincoln Park, with a population of
around 250, is composed largely of young
families with most of the residents in their
early 30s or late 20s.
Mayor Bell stated that the prices will be
"right down the line with those in Dallas,"
and the stock of the two planned liquor
stores will he as complete as any in Dallas.
A 1965 ruling by the Texas Supreme
Court opened the way for Lincoln Park.
The ruling said that the old attorney
general's opinion on wet precints within dry
counties was not correct and that it was
okay for justice precincts to go wet in dry
counties. There have been several attempts
to go wet since the 1935 election that voted
Denton dry, but all efforts had failed —until
now.
Beer was allowed to be sold in Pilot Point
briefly about three years ago on a
technicality. But the town quickly voted
itself dry again.
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LINCOLN
NT Open To Summer Workshops
Summer workshops for elementary and secondary teachers
and junior college counselors began with the first summer session
and will continue throughout the summer.
Four of the institutes are sponsored by the U.S. Office ol
Education and funded by grants totaling more than $125,000
from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Other workshops
are sponsored by the School of Music, the women's division of
the department of health, physical education and recreation and
Dr. Sarah La w Kennerly ofThe library service facultv
The NSF series began June 6 with a mathematics institute for
30 selected Fort Worth elementary teachers One of nine such
workshops conducted throughout the United States, the NTSU
program is being taught by Dr B G Nunley of the mathematics
faculty.
June 15-24 the sccond half of a sequential institute for high
school economics teachers will be offered. Participants who
began the program last summer will return to complete the
program directed by Dr Kendall P. Cochran, chairman of the
department of economics.
The general science institute for junior high school teachers,
including courses in earth science, general physical science and
bio-organic chemistry and astronomy, will be held Jun 15 to
Aug, 14. The program is directed by I> R B I scue ot the
chemistry faculty and is designed for teachers with at least three
years experience who have little formal training in science
Sponsored by the U S Office of Fducation. the econd group
counseling institute for junior college counselors will be luK 1 3
Aug 14. Under the direction of Dr. Gam I aiulreth of the
counselor education faculty of the College o; Fdiuuiion, the
workshop is designed to improve the professional competence of
the junior college employees as group counselors.
Workshops conducted by specialists in the School of Music
began with the electronic piano workshop June 4-19.The course,
open to piano teachers in public schools or private studios, is
being conducted by MissNancy Stephenson of the music faculty
A band director's workshop including classes in conducting,
instrument repair and literature for hand will be conducted by
NTSU band director Maurice McAdow July I 3-17.
July I 1-29 Merrill Ellis, resident composer, will conduct the
seminar in electronic music composition for the composer who
wishes to learn more about the electronic media.
Miss Evelyn Messmore and Dr Louise Alton of the music
faculty will conduct the elementary music education work shop on
the same dates.
The women's division of the department of health, physical
education and recreation is conducting programs in movement
education, taught by Mrs, Noeline Kelly of theUniversity ofTeuis
at IT Paso, and modern dance, instructed by Mrs. Sandra Harris
Combest of the physical education faculty. The modern dance
program began June 6 and will continue through June 19.
Also sponsored b\ the division is a summeT workshop in track
and field which began June 8 and will end June 18, I he course is
taught by Dr. Nell C. Jackson of the University of Illinois and
former coach of the United States women's Olympic track and
field teams.
July 11-24, Dr Kennerly will teach a two-week accelerated
course in school media centers for school librarians. Emphasis
will be on the selection, evaluation and administration of non-
print media.
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