The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 104, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1974 Page: 1 of 8
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57TH YEAR NO. 104
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, DENTON. TEXAS
FRIDAY. APRIL 19. 1974
Committee
Will Select
Yell Squad
Severinsen
May Appear
Briscce 'Bets’ Against Horses
ABILENE (AP) Gov. Dolph Bris-
coe said Thursday, "As a private citi-
zen, I'll vote against the pari-mutuel bet-
ting referendum."
In a news conference, Briscoe said
pari-mutuel betting is not an issue in the
governor’s race, but state legislators
should be “responsive” to the results
of a betting referendum on the May 4
primary ballot.
Briscoe said he is “concerned about
organized crime getting a foothold in
Texas.” He added, however, he is not
relating that to pari-mutuel betting
alone.
The betting question was raised earlier
by one of the governor’s opponents, Mrs
Frances Farenthold.
Asked if he considers her to be a ser-
ious threat to his re-election, he said,
“1 take any and every campaign as a
serious campaign."
Mrs. Farenthold has opposed pari-
mutuel betting
Briscoe also responded to Mrs. Faren-
thold’s claim he had “sold" political
appointments to contributors. She had
said Briscoe had appointed 18? persons
to state jobs who had contributed
$247,000 to his campaign.
"We did not in any way cross-check
to see if any of these appointments were
contributors," he said, claiming a major-
ity of his appointees had made no con-
tributions to his campaign
Briscoe was in Abilene to attend a
ground-breaking ceremony at Hardin-
Simmons University.
Republican candidate for governor
Jim Granberry of Lubbock called Bris-
coe a "loophole governor" in a speech
at Abilene Christian College Thursday.
Granberry, former mayor of Lub-
bock, is opposing Odell McBrayer of
Fort Worth in the Republican primary
Trumpet Man
Doc Severinsen. femous for his rather unusual
wardrobe as well as his band on "The Tonight
Show." is currently being sought as possible
entertainment for next year's Homecoming.
Students To Honor Shuford
By TIM JONES
Daily Reporter
Saturday night will be a very special evening for C. E. (Papa)
Shuford, chairman of the journalism department, when 250
of his past and present students gather at the Hotel Adolphus
in Dallas to commemorate his retirement.
Shuford's retirement, effective Aug. 31, marks the end of
a 37-year career devoted to molding the journalistic abilities
of hundreds of students.
To further honor Shuford's achievements, today's issue of
the Daily is dedicated to hint
Through his efforts, the journalism department developed
from a dream to a reality with the construction of a perma-
nent home for campus publications in 1948.
Many alumni, now famous journalists, will attend Satur-
day's banquet. One of them. Anita Porter, a freelance adver-
tising writer, will be the featured speaker. Ms. Porter, who is
currently employed by the cosmetics firm Lanvin-Charles of
the Ritz will be coming from New York to talk to students
about how to enter the advertising job market and about her
years as a student under Shuford.
The top students in the journalism department will also be
honored at the dinner and this year’s C. E. Shuford award
for the outstanding area journalist will be given. This award
is presented by the North Texas chapter of the Society of Pro-
fessional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, a national journalism
society.
The program will close with an acknowledgement of Shu-
ford’s achievements and a reading of Shuford’s aw ard-winning
poetry. _J
By NANCY REY NOLDS
Daily Reporter
The Green Jackets will have a retire-
ment tea for Rita Pilkey of the health,
physical education and recreation facul-
ty, the group’s sponsor for 14 years,
Sunday at President C. C. Nolen’s
home.
Miss Pilkey’s retirement will mark
the end of a teaching career that has
spanned 45 years. She has spent her last
28 years here teaching recreation.
SHE WAS graduated from the old
Bryan Street High School in Dallas
where the Crozier Technical High
School now stands.
Miss Pilkey got her B S. in physical
education at NTSU in 1929 when it
was known as North Texas State Teach-
ers College. After her graduation, she
taught in various Dallas junior and
At Festivities
Doc Severinsen, Johnny Carson’s
best-dressed band leader, may appear on
campus next fall as part of Homecoming
festivities.
Dr. Ray Lewis of the Alumni Office
announced Thursday that the Home-
coming Committee has voted on next
year’s Homecoming theme and is in the
process of contracting Severinsen and his
band to supply the Homecoming enter-
tainment. A written agreement has not
been made.
NEXT YEAR’S Homecoming theme
will be “North Texans One and Indi-
visible,” Dr. Lewis said. The theme
continues the tradition started a few
years ago to represent one of the six flags
under which Texas has been governed
each year, ending with the American
flag for the National Bicentennial in
1976.
“Right now we are pursuing having
Doc Severinsen and his Now Generation
Brass with Today's. Children come to
North Texas,” Dr. Lewis said “Right
now we have a verbal agreement from
him and, although no contracts have
yet been signed, he has indicated he will
come.”
If Severinsen and his band sign they
will appear at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18,
Lewis said. Severinsen’s group is com-
posed of 11 musicians and eight singers.
Tickets for the concert will be $4, $6
and $8, Lewis said, if the contract is sign-
ed.
THE COMMITTEE also discussed
the function which will honor next year's
Silver Eagles, those who were graduated
from North Texas 25 years ago, he said.
“Last year we only had a Friday night
dinner. This year we want to have some-
thing more special and at a time when
more of them (the alumni) could at-
tend,” Dr. Lewis said.
The next Homecoming Committee
meeting will be Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in
the East Lounge of the TU B. Lewis said
Study Eyes
Dorm Fate
Alternatives
What is to become of Crumley Hall
once the Temporary Union Building
(TUB) moves to its permanent location
may be decided by a feasibility study
being conducted by the firm of Jarvis,
Putty and Jarvis.
According to Dr. Mervyn Stelter,
director of housing, the study is being
done to determine “whether or not
Crumley can be modified ”
The study is investigating the possible
use of Crumley as an overnight accomo-
dation, he explained. In addition to this,
Crumley would also have s; lice for of-
fices, small meeting and lounge spaces
and a faculty club.
Dr. Stelter noted that the range in
cost of the project ran from a minimum
of $597,000 to a maximum of S1, 154,000.
“If a need is evident, further study
will be developed and finally work will
begin,” he said. “The earliest that the
work could start would be 1975.”
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Cheerleader try outs and selection
will be held today at 4 p.m. on the east
side of Kerr Hall, according to Jerry
Holmes, Student Government Associa-
tion (SGA) rules and elections chairman.
Holmes said the selection committee
will be made up of a member of the bas-
ketball team, two members of the foot-
ball team, a representative from Talons,
a representative from Green Jackets,
a representative from SGA and several
ex-cheerleaders.
The contestants will be judged on five
categories: cheers, stunts, tumbling,
jumps and splits. In the category of
cheers, the contestants will be graded
on personality projection, general ap-
pearance, voice projection, smiles, arm
motions, coordination, knowledge of the
cheer, timing and rhythm and general
execution.
For stunts, the judges will look for
confidence, coordination, timing execu-
tion and overall style. Tumbling will
be graded on balance, sharpness, execu-
tion, overall appearance and confidence.
The judges will grade coordination,
height and style, enthusiasm and general
execution in jumps.
In the cheer category, the contestants
will be rated on a scale from one to
eight for their performance of a required
and an optional cheer. From zero to two
points will be considered poor, three to
four, fair; five to six, good; and seven
to eight, excellent.
The other four categories will be rated
on a scale from one to four. Poor will
get one point, fair, two; good, three; arid
excellent, four. The contestants will then
be rated on their total number of points.
Patty Gay, SGA executive secretary,
said that no specific number of cheer-
leaders will be chosen. Instead, the com-
mittee will choose what they feel will be
a well-qualified group.
“This group of cheerleaders will prove
to be one of the best collegiate squads
in the slate,” said Bill Bolden, assistant
head resident of Kerr Flail who has been
coaching the cheerleaders during their
camp. “They will be doing a number of
new things. They’ll not only be cheer-
leaders but entertainers.”
Bolden said the try outs will be open
to anyone interested in attending.
Official Will Speak
At Commencement
Wayne E. Thomas, Hereford attorney
and member of the Coordinating Board
of the Texas College and University
System, will present an address at the
84th annual commencement May 14.
Candidates for graduation during the
8 p.m. ceremony in the Coliseum in-
clude 1,076 students receiving bache-
lor’s degrees, 250 receiving master’s
degrees and 35 receiving doctoral de-
grees, a total of 1,361.
The 948 December graduates are al-
so invited to participate in the com-
mencement exercises.
Thomas, a former chairman of the
coordinating board, received a bache-
lor’s degree from West Texas State
University in 1947 and a doctor of jur-
isprudence degree from UT-Austin in
1951.
He is a member of the American Bar
Association, the American Jurispru-
dence Society, and has served as direc-
tor and chairman of the board of the
Deaf Smith General Hospital. He has
also served as president of the Deaf
Smith County Chamber of Commerce
and has been a district committeeman
for the Boy Scouts of America.
Pilkey Marks Retirement
Career Spans 45 Years of Service
When she returned to the United
States after the war, she began teach-
ing at North Texas. She was one of the
first instructors of recreation. Her stu-
dents often said that they were majoring
in Pilkey, according to a Green Jacket
member. She teaches courses in camp
leadership, tumbling, folk dance and
others.
Miss Pilkey received her M.A. from
Columbia Teachers College in 1948.
SHE IS active in many state and
national recreation associations, in-
cluding the American Camping Asso-
ciation, in which she has served as both
vice-president and treasurer. She was
also named a Lifetime Campcrafter
Instructor of the association. She has
also served in the Texas Association
of Health, Physical Education and Rec-
reation (TAHPER) from 1969 to 1970.
She has served on the Faculty Sen-
ate and has been the sponsor of the
Green Jackets since 1960. “She’s great
and were going to be sorry to see her
go,” Green Jacket member Sharon
Dickerson, Dallas junior, said Tues-
day. “I’ve never been that close to a
teacher before. I just can’t say enough
about her.” Similar sentiments were
expressed by other members.
Miss Pilkey has received numerous
awards during her career. Among those
awards are Outstanding Faculty Mem-
ber of 1969-1970, a Certificate of Honor
for her work with students given by the
NTSU alumni in Wichita Falls and
honor awards from TAHPER.
MISS PILKEY lives at 818 Ave. D
with Ruth Priddy, retired North Texas
English faculty member, in a house with
about 100 trees surrounding it. She said
that they both enjoy gardening but, “I
dig the holes and she does the planting.
Also 1 cut the limbs off when they grow
over the street.”
She tells a story of the time that she
used a branch that was just cut off as a
stake for a pine tree seedling. “The
pine tree died, but the stake grew into
a rather nice tree,” she said with a grin.
After her retirement she plans to do
a lot of traveling in her Open Road
camper. “I plan to see the parts of the
United States that I haven’t seen be-
fore,” she said. “I’d like to stay in the
mountains and see the leaves turn in the
fall, which I have never been able to do
since 1 always had to be back to school.”
She also expressed the desire to travel
abroad. Specifically, she wants to tour
the islands of the South Pacific and
China when it opens for tourists.
She owns a cabin near Taos, N.M.,
where she spends a lot of vacation time.
“It’s near Colorado, near the point
where four states meet,” she said.
Photo by JUDY TURNER
Finders Keepers
Austin graduate student John Conner may be considering confiscating
one of the many lost items at Alpha Phi Omega's Lost and Found in
Room 118 of the TUB John Aman, director of the Lost and Found,
said articles must be claimed before April 24 when the office closes
Rita Pilkey
Ann Sheridan was supposed to cut the
ribbon to open a new club. She never
showed up, so one of the servicemen
suggested that Miss Pilkey do the honors
saying, “After all, what does she have
that you don’t have?” To that Miss
Pilkey replied, “Just a different dis-
tribution.”
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senior high schools until 1943 when she
went overseas with the American Red
Cross to China.
Her group did recreation work for
the armed forces in China for two years.
They had the only enlisted men’s club
that was in a tent. “We had Chinese
employes in the club and, until I learned
some Chinese, we did a lot of commu-
nicating with sign language," she said
gesturing wildly.
While still in China, actress
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