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Volume 1, Number 11,
JOHN TARLETON AGRICULTUAL COLLEGE,- A BRANCH OF TEXAS' A._&M/ COLLEGE • • Stepieriyille,•.Xe#s,.'Apj?,^0, 1920.
STUDENTS' COUNCIL
MEETINGS
The students meet every Wed-
nesday at the chapel hour and
discuss problems'.of-interest to
"the college. Week before last the
J-Ta'c was the subject and the J-
Tac staff was on the program;
Riley Yarbrough, Clinton Burnett,
Lucy Lee Young, Zelda Tubbs,
"and Barton Lawson made short
talksi'and told the students what
could be done to promote the in-
terest of the college" paper.
Last week the subject was the
Grassburr, our annual. Johnnie
"Winters; Margurite Carlton, Blan-
che Clark, J. G. Marr-Jind others
spoke. A plan was presented and
adopted^ by the students and "is
given below. ■ . •
Plans of Organization
I. The editor-in-chief, business
. manager, treasurer, ■ and literary
editor shall be elected from'an.d.
lay the senior class at the begin-
ing of each school year.
,2. .Th^ assistant editor and
busineg^ianager shall be elected,,
from by the junior class at
the beginning of each school year.
3. Athletics: shall be" represent-
ed by one person active in school
sports. Said'' person to be elected
by- , the Students'- Council. This
person given the power to elect
a helper- from each department of
athlectics. '
4. '.' Kodaks .shall be represented
By one- person elected by the
Students' Council. Said person to
be helped by representatives from
respective classes.* Each class
shall elect,, its o\yn Representative,
.5. " The "calender shall be rep-
.ifisentfiOy: one person ■'elected by
' the Students' Council. Said per-
son to choose helpers if desired.
6. Jokes sfiall be represented
by one person elected'by the Stud-
'•■tfho' sh i; re:she
jojcea from representatives of re-
spectivev classes.
Y. : Pine arts shall be represent-
ed by one person elected by, the
Fine Arts department "with the
power to chpose helpers if needed,
8.;" Cartoons, shall, be represent-
ed by one person elected by the
Students' Council. Said person
given the power to' choose all cap-
able of doing such service,
0. Three persons shall be elect-
ed from and by. each'respective
class. . One of these persons shall
fee the class historian; one shall
.fee class kodak representative; one
shall fee class joke representative.
These three shall constitute ..an
advisory 'committee to the cliass
in league with the editor-.in-chief
of th.e annual. - They shall, see that
each member of the class has his
picture made also the number of
pages wanted in the annual and
the number of students Wanted on
each page, '
10. An advisory committee to
the staff consisting of two faculty,
members (male aiid female) shall
be elected by the Students Coun-
cil.
II.' All selections to be approv-
ed by the faculty, or'faculty com-
mittee appointed by the Dean. .
JUNIOR PICNIC
HOWARD PAYNE LADIES'
GLEE CLUB VISITS TAR-
LETON COLLEGE,
The Junidrs did get to have a
picnic: Saturday night, and tell
. the world we had some fun. A-
bout 6:30 we met at the college;
a few minutes later we scrambled
on a truck and started to ■ Valley
Grove. From the amount of noise
we mad.e all the town knew that
some . great event was going to
take place. It did, soon after; we
arrived, (If you don't believe it
ask-Bill and Cl&ude abput their,
fearful encounter with that wild
animal.) . After being entertained
: " "with the latest songs by Maurine,
Claude Kay and Vernon, we ate
lunch. The boys made a swing,
after. swinging awhile and doing
f' all those, other "picniciiig things,"
'our excellent chaperon, Miss Walk-
er, reminded ug-that is'was time
. . to g9. home. We came home
feeling > much better because we
: , . had, gone.
The college had as its guests
Friday, the Ladies' Glee Club of
Howard 'Payne college of Brown-
wood,. , Some of our Glee Club
boys had looked forward to this
pleasure for several, weeks; for
you know they had sung at H. P
The .girls came up to our expecta-
tion in appearance and in the qual-
ity of their entertainment. Mr,
Cameron Marshall is an able.di-.
rector as was shown by the splen
did finish of the club. Much in
terest was added to the concert by
two studies in crayon and sung
by'Mr. Marshall, the last being
the -'Swanee River", and by the
colonial -costumes worn by the
girls during the last half of the
program. '
The program consisted of the
following numbers:
"Heart of Mine,"
"Lead Us, 0 Father."
■ and "Lady 0' li&ie" by the club.
"Villanello" and "The Little
Brown Owl," by Miss Adelle Ray.
"The L&fus Flower" and "Gray
Days" by;||ie club,
"CalmNight" and "To ., a
Nightengale"-. by Mrs. Gilliam.
"Lift • Thine Eyes"1 and "My
Dreams" by the club.
-The . last half consisted, of mel-
odies of the Southland;. as "Lovers
Old Sweet Song", "Cafry.. Me Back
to Ole Virginia", a study in cray-
on and song, "Old Black Joe"-,."I'm
a Longing Fo' Yb' ", "Kentucky
Babe", '"Sleep Little Baby", "Mam-
my's. Pickanniny", and ."Swanee
River.". - ,
- The w.boys- and girls of our Glee.
CluBs had the pleasure ol'^ifjctfng
the young ladies at a reception
given at the conservatory after the
concert.
FACULTY FOR TARLETON
SUMMER: SESSION
MR, WILSON RESIGNS
Mr, R. Ev Wilson, who has 'been
business manager for the 'John'
Tarleton Agricultural college since
last October, has submitted his
resignation to. take effect on June
1, Mr. Wilson has rendered, most
excellent service for the college
sincehis connection with it. In
addition to 'his work as business
manager pf'the college, he has al-
so been in charge of the girls'
dormitory, doing all the buying
and employing all labor, and su-
pervising the work. Under his
management, the college has
vouchered all its old-- debts, , and
the dormitory has progressed from
that of a losing proposition to
that of a cash basis from (month
to month. Mr..Wilson, during his
connection with tihe college, has
entered most heartily into the va-
rious activities of. the college stu-
dent body. He has been an ear-
nest supporter both in spirit, and
financial help to the; various ac-
tivities 'o'f the students.
Mr. W. J. Wisdom, business man-
ager of Thorp Springs Christian
college, has been selected to suc-
ceed Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wisdom is
eminently qualified to render most
excellent service for the college,
and comes very highly recommend-
ed by those, who are able to' speak
positively concerning his ability.
Mr. Wilson,has not-only been of
great value to the college as its
business manager, but has been an
advisor for the business manager
of the J-Tac, and has helped to
push- the student activities. We
appreciate his willingness and
ability that he has always shown
in "such. •
THE LATEST
. Have you seen James Houser the
last day or two?' He has been the
center of attraction with the lat-
est way in haircuts. There have
been many theories advanced,as
to why. Some say that he did it
to .please a certain dormitory girl,
others think he is starting "some-:
thing new among "the boys, wltile
others say he wants to make the
man with the forelock represent-
ing opportunity real in J. T. A. C.
The following instructors of the
college will assist in,the conduct
of the summer'school, which will
be held from June 21 to August 18.
" E.'L. Reed, physical geography.
J. L. Riley, trigonometry* -and
sloid geometry.
Mrs. W. Chamberl;n, grammar,
literature, composition .and rhet-
oric. ' „
Neal Gearreald, psychology and
history .of education. ' --
In addition to the /regular fac-
ulty members of the .college, the
following have been selected for
the summer normal faculty
Superintendent, J. S. Lane, Co-
manche, Texas, chemistry, physics:
and methods.
Superintendent S. L. Wolfe, Dub-
lin, Texas, Agriculture, U. S. his-
tory, and Gen. history.
Superintendent W. C. Hatter,.
Lott, Texas, arithmetic and geog-
raphy. ■ ' .
Miss Mary Marrs, Stephenville,
Texas, plane geometry- and alge-
jfara.
Superintendent T, H. Howard,
Granbury, Texas, Texas .- history,-
civics-and bookkeeping1.
Miss Bertha BizzeV, Waco, Tex-
as, primary methods, spelling,
writing, reading. ..."
TEN COMMANDMENTS '
OF I, T.,'A„;C.
DR. GIDDINGS DELIVERS
: GREAT SPEECH.
One of the dormitory-girls has
learned the rules of this' institu-
tion and is giving them" iu a brief
way so that you niay profit. \
1. Remember- the rules '"and dq
not break them. " -
2. Honor the professors.-
3. Thou shalt not cut class.
4. Thou shalt kno-- thy lessons.
where on the campus
6. Thou Shalt not be put of thy
room, after 7:80 p.m.
7. Thou shait not go to public
dances.
8. Thou shalt not go to the show
on. Saturday night. •
9. Thou shalt go to church on
Sunday night. ' i . .
10. Thou shalt not talk" in the
library., . ,
BIG FRESHMAN-PICNIC
Saturday evening, .April. 10, a-
bout fifty Freshmen, chaperoned
by Miss Mahan, went to the nine-
mile bridge for a picnic. The
crowd met at the "Dump" about
5:30 and from there they went to
the picnic grounds in eight cars,
ranging in'size from Jiggs'' Ford
to Wymond's Cadillac. , ' . ■
When all the crowd had gathered
a fire was built and the weenies
and. bacon were- brought forth and
roasted-:Over the fire. These eaten
(or in some way disposed of) the
sandwiches were opened. These
followed the same route that the
weenies and bacon went, arid then
came the last and best part of-the
lunch. Green and Cecil were sta-
tioned at the ice cream packer, and
they filled their pqsitions;well, for
everyone had all he .could eat.. .
After some games and songs the
cars were loaded and the home-
ward journey started. One of the
chief features of the return voy-
age was the impunity with which
Skipper" Perry piloted the good
ship "Overland" over the stormy
seas between the port of embark-
ation and the port of debarkation.
U. S. ARMY OFFICER
REVIEWS TARLETON TROOPS
Capt. W. G. Jones of San An-
tonio was here Wednesday to see-
what kind' of work is being done
by the Cadet Co.rps in J. T. A. C.
From 1:30 to 2:80 he watched the
two companies go through their
various performances. He made
but few remarks about the. work pf
the companies; it is believed, how-
ever, that his report-will l3e one
that will mean something to us.
..If .he.could see the boys carry
the belts, packs, guns, etc., around
that were received last week, he
would-have many interesting 'and
lunny things to report.
It was the pleasure of the stu-
dent's and faculty of John Tarle-
ton Agricultural college- and- the
citizens of. Stephenville to have
with them oil Wednesday evening,
April- 7,"XJr. Franklin H.; Giddings,
Of Columbia University, professor
of sociology and history, of Amer-
ican civilization!'
-. At, six o'clock the , young. ladies
of the foods classes served .a- deli-
cious dinner to. Dr. Giddiings- and
four other guests. The "dinner
rQOin of the , . food - department
with its Beautiful . appointments
•was ^ very attractive place qii this
occasion. At, eighth o'clock pre
ceding the lecture by Dr.' Gid-
dings-there werei several musical
numbers given by the college glee
clubs,"and students, of the music
department.' . The distinguished
visitor was much pleased with the
efforts of .the' students to enter
tain him, :a;hd 'before beginning
his address :spoke- of- the, fact that
ah education should, carry with "it
the ability. of the individual to
give to .the world something, in .re-
turn for what he had received.
The lecture which'. Dr. Giddings
d^livered_ was - a very interesting
and' thought-provoking discussion
of the subject, "Dangers Threaten-
ing our" Civilization," Prefacing
his. remarks by'the assurance that
he is not an alarmist, nor -evan a
pessimist, the .speaker brought all
the powers of a highly, trained and
well informed mind to bear upon
the grave problems that confront
the world today, discussing " them
in a .chcerful, - wholesome unbiased
manner,.,. .
" As a proof of the.fact that eVeh
our boasted civilizatioil may""not
prove imperishable, Dr. Giddings
mentioned the destruction of other
and older ;iviiizatior,c. War, I"*:
asserts, is caused primarily by
racial differences, hepcC, so." Jong
as these racial- differences <:e3iist
there will likely, be: strife .atnong
the races. Thus it ' is that he
thinks that it m reasonably prob--.
able that we shall have Other wars
in wliich America will participate
—wars compared with the one
through which we haye just pass?
ed will soon only be a skirmish..
The lecturer made very plain to
his hearers the;politieal and econ-
omic conditions/of the ambitious
Japanese people", and hinted ,at
what might result if Japan were
to absorb China and ipake an al-
liance with Russia and Germany.
To*, him the desire-of .the yellow
race to dominate world affairs
seems reasonably -probable,' and
constitutes one of the dangers that
which confront civilization. ,
Another, danger, Professor Gid-
dings thinks, lies.in the revolution-
ary element which in almost ev-
ery, nation is seeking to overturn
the existing order of things, so-
cial, industrial and political, "and
to set up class rule, which is- not
democratic. - ' " - !
. The third danger - which the
speaker mentioned -is the- fact that,
our democracy is in>many respects
not a-democracy at a}l. Misled by
that precious clause in-our declar-
ation of independence we have e-
volved the idea -that equality is
democracy, and our country is suf-
fering from this error.
As a general, measure of prepar-
edness, for the wars that may
come, Dr. Giddings advocated 1 a
rigid system of physical training,
which, while it,.would eliminate
much of the labor such as w.e.
spent in getting _pur men ready .for
the last struggle, would prove -a
valuable asset in time -of peace.
After the lecture Dean Davis
arid his wife held an informal" re-
ception at thhe music studio for
Dr. Giddings and the faculty mem-
bers,. Punch was served and
pleasant conversation formed the
closings, part of a very delightful
evening's entertainment. / . -
Money is toeing raised for a
beautiful fence for our ball ground
It is to be of white steel, and will
be of credit to J. T. .A. C. and Ste;
phenviile. .
BASEBALL TEAM STILL WINS
' Smee our last issue, our nine won':
a game ,from .Daniel Baker and
two. from ^Abilene Christiaft-' col-
lege. The games with Daniel Ba--
ker was hard fought throughout.
Great interest, was shown by' the
student body. James House? was
dr.essed "as: a gfrl and led an' bid'
mtile'about through the cheering
crowd. A , card on, the mule-dis- ;
pliayed. these • words.,'" "Tarleton
Will get Daniel Baker's goat, and
this aint nO bull". The coach'had
a 'surprise for us and pitched
Johnnie Winters. This was his
first game to ever: pitch, but. he.
proved- equal to- the occasion;-'and
everybody . playing good ball, the
game, ended with a score of, 2-1
in favor 'of Tarleton. v - ;
SOME'-FINE CATTLE
- ' " ON THE FARM-.
Hardwick, Mass, Marcih 15, 1920.
Prof. A. I,. Darnell,
Stephenville, Texas, " -
Dear Professor; ■ V
In May 1918-.you will-recall that
you purchased from us "some heif-
ers and a bull, Mixter Leader. I
think thatiyou may be interested
in the. following facts about'the,
sires of'Leader. ,
" Yeoman's,.King of the'.May is
turning out. to be oner0f the best
bulls in' America., .-He- is getting
exceptional progeny. Several h.e'if-.
ers.-have sold for, above $250;0 at.
public sal'^s., We have-about one-,
hundred and ' fifty . of - his daugh-
ters and there ar'e a.number, under'
test at present. We are hoping'to
make this bull; the record bull of.
the.breed- His-da.ugthers, are milkr
ing unus.u^-.lly well,, several having
maijle oter fex hundred pounds of
fat as' heifers, . < • -
The dam of Leader has complet-
t-"o *_ ° r oufc.de
milk -623.7 p6unfls> fa| in feaiss
AA._ .This..cow was sired'by Duke
of Waumesit who has . sired- such'
cows.as Duchess Ruth, 850 pounds
fa.t in class AA, and Bessie Hard-
wick of Admoiit 647 pounds fat
in -.class.' A.
We have recently sold a daugh-
ter of Duke for' $5000 and have .
refused a very tempting offer for
the jlam of .your c^lf. ' ■
1 .".ope "that the bull is turning
out a" good individual, and is get-
ting some good stock."—Yours very
truly, J, S. Clark. '>
BADLY MIXED
As an illustration of what can
happen, we cite the mixup of the
Bangor (Pa.) News some time ago
when thhe printer got a wedding
and an auction salp mixed up with
the following result:
■William. Smith, the only son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, arid
Miss Lucy .Anderson , were dispos-
ed of at a public auction at my
farm one mile east, in the pres-
ence of seventy guests, including
two mules, and" twelve head of cat-
tle. . '
Rev. Jackson tied the nuptial
knot - for :the parties, averaging
1250 pounds on hoof. The beau-
tiful home of the bride was deco-
rated with one sulky rake, one
feed grinder and two. sets of work
harness,- nearly new, and just be-
fore the ceremony Was pronounc-
ed the -Mendal and Sons wedding
march was rendered by one milk
cow, five years old, one Jersey cow
and one sheep, who carrying, a
bunch of brides' roses in her hand
was very be'autiful. She wore one
light spring wagon,- two crates, of
apples, three-racks ,of hay, one
grindstone of mouseline de soie
and trimmings' with about 100
bushels of spu'ds.- The'bridle cou-
ple left yesterday on -an extended
trip. Terms, spot cash.
Ta,rleton's big annual picnic, is
being planned today. Prepara-.
tions are being made to have it at
Alexander. Be there 'and enjoy it.
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