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PAGE 2—THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY
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'Valiant' Reconstruction
Becomes an Adventure
'Meaner Than a Junkyard Dog'
Photos by VINCE HEPTIQ
Easy-going bartering and a six-pack of beer will
increase your success in finding used parts and
getting a good price on them. Jim Rider, manager
of JC's Auto Salvage in Fort Worth, believes in a
king taking it easy. Jimbob, his watch dog co-
worker, is not quite as easy to get along with.
An Editorial
Athletic Goal Needs Help
Will there be a "Mean Green Explosion" this
year or just a fizzle?
The "explosion" is the first promotion for
athletic support since the Athletic Council made a
recommendation last January to seek admission
to the Southwest Conference.
Since the council's action in January, Dr. Bill
Miller, faculty representative for NT, has com-
municated on a one-to-one basis with faculty
representatives from Southwest Conference
schools. The faculty representatives vote on con-
ference membership.
Among the faculty representatives, the bottom
line for consideration is athletic support. The key
to that support lies with the student body.
There is no doubt that the athletic program has
been built to a competitive level by Athletic Direc-
tor Hayden Fry and the rest of the athletic staff.
NT's athletic program is worthy of considera-
tion for membership to the conference. However,
no matter how good the athletic program, without
support it cannot survive.
The faculty representatives will not even con-
sider a school for membership that is not able to
support its own athletic program, especially when
that school has the fifth largest enrollment of any
university in Texas, as NT does.
The "Mean Green Explosion" is focused on
generating enthusiasm among the faculty and
community. Thus far the promotion is primarily
aimed at the football program.
In that respect the program is working, but it
must do more. It must include the student body in
its promotion if it is to get full support and the
support that is generated must be for the entire
athletic program, not just one segment.
On the other hand, the student body itself
should take some initiative in supporting the
program. Student orientated organizations must
do most of the promoting for students, if they are
to get involved. The students must decide for
themselves whether or not Southwest Conference
membership is a good idea.
The "explosion" has good intentions along
these lines but it remains to be seen if they will be
followed through. The student body, however, has
not gotten started.
Southwest Conference membership would
greatly reduce the problems of scheduling athletic
events that an independent school has. It would
greatly improve recruiting possibilities.
Not only would conference membership be
beneficial to the athletic program, but it would
also be a benefit to the academic program.
Since the recommendation to seek conference
membership last January, the College of Arts and
Sciences has examined its core curriculum to
make it comply with Southwest Conference stan-
dards and to bring about long needed improve-
ments in the academic program. Some improve-
ments have appeared in this fall's general catalog.
The notoriety that NT would gain through con-
ference membership would attract more high
quality students as well as more high quality
athletes.
The athletic program is strong and competitive.
Now the support, especially that of the student
body, must follow this lead.
—ROBERT HESTER
When they graduated from high school, many of my
friends received a car as a graduation present. I was
surrounded by brand-new Novas, Cutlass Supremes
and Firebirds.
I got a typewriter for graduation.
But a year ago, I bought myself a car. Like anyone
else, I love my first car in spite of its faults. It is a 1963
Valiant, one of the sturdiest cars ever made. And what
a bargain!
THE PERSON that I bought it from had long ago
pronounced it dead and was about to have it junked.
Then I came along and snatched it from the grave for
a whopping $65.
Being a female, who as a child was given only dolls
to play with, I had little previous experience !hat could
apply to bringing a car back to the land o. the living.
The extent of my automotive knowledge was how to
fill a car with gas—and I have trouble doing that
sometimes.
A dear friend came to my aid offering direction and
superior mechanical knowledge. Our deadline for get-
ting the Valiant in good running condition was in
three weeks when the fall semester would begin.
So for one week we went on an extensive scavenger
hunt. We searched the junkyards for a steering
column, a carburetor, an automatic choke, gear ar-
matures, an air filter, etc.
I NEVER learned so much in such a short period of
time and had so much fun doing it. I had never even
been in a wrecking yard before. My first trip was near-
ly enough to convince me never to go again.
We drove to the bad side of town. (Junkyards are
always on the bad side of town.) Feeling very unsure
of myself, I got out of the car and innocently ap-
proached a vast heap of rusted metal, vaguely twisted
in the form of cars.
My friend called out, but no one emerged from the
small run-down house on the lot. Just then I spied a
Valiant in good condition about 20 yards away. 1 went
ahead to investigate the Valiant while my friend
knocked on the door of the house.
I had taken about 10 cautious steps through the
mud (tunkyards are eternally muddy) when I heard a
chain dragging across metal. I froze.
A GERMAN SHEPHERD leaped out of nowhere
and headed straight for me. Now I know exactly what
a junkyard dog is. This one had only one eye, a blood-
curdling snarl, a severe case of mange, huge fangs and
was getting too close.
I let out a yelp and lit out for the car. As 1 slammed
the car door behind me, I saw my buddy standing on
the porch of the house. He stopped laughing long
enough to yell, "He's on a chain."
The animal had stopped at the edge of the yard.
Feeling foolish, I said, "Let's get out of here."
My friend started toward the car and surprise, sur-
prise. He barely made it to the car with his life.
I learned two valuable lessons: Never underestimate
the length of a chain, and he who laughs last, laughs
best.
LATER EXPEDITIONS proved much more
productive. A certain expertise is required to com-
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municate with wrecking yard owners. Easy-going
bartering and a six-pack of beer will increase your suc-
cess in finding parts and getting a good price on them.
A large purse and lots of pockets will help you get
an even better price—the five-finger discount.
The next two weeks were spent leaning over and ly-
ing under the engine with grease up to our elbows. We
succeeded in creating a fairly reliable automobile from
a jumble of parts. I literally had taken apart and put
together my own car. It gave me a terrific feeling of ac-
complishment.
But the final test was getting an inspection sticker.
The first four attempts were extremely discouraging.
The horn wouldn't perform, even when asked politely.
Then, the headlights started drooping. The final blow
was when the windshield wipers quit.
After a couple of hours of compassionate coaching
by a sympathetic gas station attendant, the Valiant
finally pulled itself together and passed with flying
colors.
Being an old car, it takes "vacations" often. It
broke down the last day of finals before Christmas
vacation, and it came back on the job two days before
the spring semester started.
The Valiant took another break the last day of
finals before summer vacation began, and it was ready
to go the day I registered for the fall semester.
MY VALIANT has cost a grand total of $200. It has
a crooked steering column, a bench front seat (but it's
a two-door car), bad gas mileage, rust speckled paint
and a temperamental starter, but it gets me where I
want to go.
It may not look pretty, but it's my car. Of course, if
you want to make an offer, 1 might consider selling.
Kellen Hollow, Ky. (AP)—Want to learn how to
make a dried apple doll, play the harmonica, forecast
the weather by crows or cure snake bite with a home
remedy?
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RALPH WININGHAM, editor
GLORIA BAGLEY, business manager
Andy Jackson, news assistant
John Marchess, news assistant
Marllynn Jones, news assistant
Jon Whltsell, photographer
Vlnce Heptlg, photographer
Elise Knox, photographer
Joseph Mazza. ad salesman
Karen Rich, ad salesman
Mary Henry, news
Marsha Tunnell. news
Nila Dunaway, editorials
Bonnie Bradshaw, editorials
Darrell Goolsbee. amusements
Ruthanne Brockway, amusements
Rob Hester, sports
Phil Rogers, sports
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There's an old saying "absence makes the heart
grow fonder" and Rosemary Wichita Buchwald,
Denton senior, hopes it's true.
She and Max Buchwald have been married only a
month but will be living in different cities this
semester.
They didn't plan it that way. Even though Max
graduated from high school a year ahead of
Rosemary, she finished high school in three years and
planned to race through college in time for them to
graduate together.
BUT MAX was accepted into dental school a year
ahead of schedule. So he has moved to San Antonio to
study at the UT Health Science Center while
Rosemary has enrolled for 21 hours this fall so she can
graduate in December,
Both will be entering the job market at ages when
their peers are usually still in college. Max is 21 and
Rosemary is 20. But Rosemary will be ready to enter
fashion merchandising next spring while Max will still
be in dental school. And that will be the first time in
seven years that she has gotten a jump on Max.
The couple began dating in junior high school but it
always seemed Max's schedule kept him just ahead of
Rosemary throughout their school careers.
Their busy schedules have left them with only two
regrets: Max didn't get his diploma from NT and
Rosemary had no time for extracurricular activities.
"I MISSED a lot. Now, I tell other people 'don't
rush, take your time,' " Rosemary said.
Max would have been the third member of his fami-
ly to graduate from NT. His sister, Deby Buchwald
Redle, finished in 1975, and his brother, Trip, finished
in 1976. But Max said he hopes to work with univer-
sity officials on a plan that would apply part of his
first-year dental school credits toward a bachelor's
degree at NT.
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Love Will Survive
Max and Rosemary Buchwald have only been mar-
ried a month, but the honeymoon is definitely over.
Because of school they will be living in different
cities this semester—Denton and San Antonio.
Then head for the hills.
The hills of northeastern Kentucky is where you'll
find John and Mary Lozier practicing and teaching
the arts of Appalachian lile passed down to them from
their parents and grandparents.
THE LOZIERS still live pretty much like their
parents did before them on their 35-acre farm tucked
away in the hills of Greenup County.
Each weekend, they play host and teacher to a
group of Ohio State University students taking a
course on Appalachian I-olklore under the university's
Creative Arts Program.
"They come down and we talk to them about the
old arts and crafts," said Mrs. Lozier.
The students are treated to hearty hill dishes-fried
dried apple pie, corn bread, biscuits, fried sausage and
Mrs. Lozier's own canned vegetables and fruits.
I HE KITCHEN of the farmhouse, built before the
turn of the century, has been modernized with an
electric stove and running water but the cooking is still
that of an earlier era.
Mrs. Lozier shows students how to prepare good
food in addition to teaching them quilting, dollmak-
ing, doctoring and whittling.
Her 68-year-old husband is an expert on farming
the hard way with a small hand plow and a hoe. He's
also a music expert, using his harmonica to play the
rollicking tunes and ballads of an earlier time.
Sometimes Mrs. Lozier, 63, sings along with the
music and the two have performed on OSU's
Columbus, Ohio, campus several times.
Neither of the Loziers made it to high school,
"I HAVE an eighth grade formal education and my
husband has about a fourth grade," Mrs. Lozier said.
I went to school in a one-room schoolhouse in Rock
Creek that had eight grades," she added.
Despite the absence ol formal education, the couple
keep the college students spellbound with knowledge
they've acquired.
"They seem very interested," said Mrs. Lozier, who
has raised five sons of her own.
We do a lot of the things we do because we do it
the way our parents did it, but there's a scientific
reason behind most of it," she said.
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