The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1927 Page: 2 of 4
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Entered as second-class mail matter ,at the postoffice in Stephenville,
Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Editor in Chief.,.,..
Associate Editor
Assistant Editor .
Sports Editor,
editorial staff
Exchange Editor -
Faculty Adviser....
_.W. C. Wilcox
Wayne Kay
-Jack Overton
-Rex George
Jack Abbott
Irene Ellis
Business Manager.
BUSINESS STAFF
Assistant Business Manager
..Jim Bridges
Paul Allen
COMING EVENTS
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Through the ages it has been said that, "Coming events cast their
shadows before." Nebuchadneezer had this premonition when he saw
the hand writing on the wall,'and we are of the opinion that Ceaser
heard Buntus sharpening his sword, likewise Napoleon felt that Wat-
erloo was the last time around: for him.
We are not phophets, nor sages, but for those, who read editorials
we can give you a sure tip that you may expect something of the un-
usual in next week's J-Tac. i
So get ready—wear ^our spurs to chapel next Friday and expect
anything, ' , „ V
P. S. DEPARTMENT
In the hear future the Public
Speaking department of J. T. A. Cs
under'the auspices of Miss Lil-
lard; will stage a pageant at the
Methodist church, in the interest
of superanuate endowment entit-
led "The Fruits of His Labor," by
Mattie Carruth Robertson. This
pageant is to consist of local tal-
ent. , The characters to be chos-
en from Young People's depart^
ment of the Sunday school. All
students are urged to be present
and bring their friends.
Saturday night the debating
team goes to Howard Payne to de-
bate. ■ Friday, April 1, they go to
Abilene to defeat McMurray, a
senior college.,. Again April 12,
Decatur comes here. Then April
15 we go to Weatherford for the
THIS ESSAY
It seems that the English pro-
fessor assigned the writing of. "a
personal essay" for Monday. Most
of the students accepted the
charge stoically, knowing that the
theme woifld" be written between
nine and nine-fifteen Sunday
night. But "not so with the author.
He knew that his high grade, earn-
ed by hard' work, could only be,
maintained by hard work; ~ and
taking this serious viewpoint of
the assignment he was genuinely
worried by his absolute inability
to write a "personal essay."
The difference between gentle-
men and a rogue is largely if? the
company they keep. The differ-
ence between an honor student
and a moron is the thoughts they
have. And the difference between
down his room, with his notebook
in his left hand, and his Eversharp
in his right, grinding out this mas-
terpiece. And let him tell you
why. He usually writes lying in
bed, but this is occupied by; his
roommate asleep in a diagonal
position. .There are two tables in
the room.: One is littered (with
toilet artciles, College humors, and
thirty-nine assorted books not in-
cluding a dictionary. The other
table is the center of a thrilling,
noisy, wild, and profane forty-two
game, interrupted periodically by
knock-out fights and . exchanges of
partners.
Thus it seems that chairs, table,
bed, and-solitude are unavailable.
But this is ;not the case, in the
next room prevails' silence, and all
other conditions and advantages
th%t lead to supposedly perfect
study, jf ever such existed, in this
asylum but; I remain here, sitting
on a trunk and writing in a note-
book on my lap, because it's more
fun.
Moral for students: "Never let
business interfere with pleasure."
Moral ,for teachers: "Blessed
are the merciful."
ESSAY
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This was written by a senior for
Miss Mahan ^o grade as an essay.
While writing it, after writing it,
and while reading, it he concluded
that it was' not an. essay. ■ The
staff agrees most thoroughly; it
is NOT an essay. Te be exact,
definite, and final it is hot any-
thing.
Any way the senior sloughed it
off on . the J-Tac because he
thought ,we might print it,—and
we're going to1—1 not because we
like it or think it has -merits but
because we would like to illustrate
how love or liquor .affects some
people.
We might add that since his
title is "Luck," he may consider
himself lucky in having this ap-
pear in the paper:
"ON LUCK"
I was born during a panic year,
1907, and my whole life has been
a continual panic. Financial?
Yes, .in a way, but mostly a crisis
of ill luck, of course, has a bearing
on financial matters,
My first piece of ill luck was
that of being born. Th^t, to most
s*nd was unlucky enough to have
to write ah essay I am lucky.
At least I am lucky in being the
most unlucky person in the world.
-Believe me, Mr. Howell surely
knows his '^stuff." He can tell
from a distance of two and three-
fourths miles when a cadet has
his J. T. A. C. collar ornament on
thfr wrong side. He has .a sixth
sense which tells him. when a cou-
ple of cadets" are out riding with
some strange girls, and the next
day after such an occurence, the
two boys ;are itlways posted for
the following offenses; Out of
town without a permit; out after
hours; out of unifOrpu
Now gentle .reader, do not get
the idea from tlie above that there
has recently be^n a scandal in our
school. I merely used the exam-
ple of the two boys to illustrate
the high grade of efficiency of our
dear registrar. Yesterday I had
my shirt eleaned and pressed and
while the shirt was ip the tailo^
shop, I wore another which had
no It. 0, T. C. patch. As luck
would have il;, I had to meet Mr.
HowelL I thought he would not
notice that I lacked' such a small
item. But he did. Believe me,
he surely knows his "stuff."
Miss Fellman: "See this is the
Girl Scout's\ pin."
Yelma Watson, after looking at
it awhile, innocently asked, "What
does' G. S. mean."
, Miss Fellman: "Girl Scouts of
course."
TWO GOSSiPERiS
1 WANTED—A real man with
curly black hair. The first.to sat-
isfy these qualifications will be
accepted by—Velrria Watson.
P. S. From what was seen on .
the campus last Friday afternoon,
it seems as if the above ad would
be unnecessary. We saw you.,.
Velma! , , " . ■ ■ *
Can anyone tell me why Mabeth
let out such an unearthly yell the
other night when she got in bed?
A suitable reward will be given
for the information.
How, oh how do you work it,
Tressie ? Top many specials!
We wonder if Dutch Robinson
and Mary Louise Pulliam are
campused, They won't tell, yet
they act suspicious, ' ~
Scottie and Fern, what's the. at-
traction at the hospital ? Not fry-
ing to take the mumps in hope of
leaving this cruel, cruel world?
We wonder why Edith and Anna
Laura slept in the hall a few Sat-
urday nights ago.
Starr is back on the campus,,..
So Lucille has ceased to look lone-'
some and downhearted.
Nell: One Saturday night
when Pauline had a date) "Now
Pauline, do tell me-who you've got
a date with tonight."
Sinclair: (Pauline's spokes-
man,) "You shouldn't be so curious
Nell."
Nell: . "I won't be curious. Now
tell me." ' •
. We'll be c-ing you again. •
DO YOUR
EASTER
SHOPPING
We Have a Complete Stock
Your Friends .
R. E. COX DRY GOODS COMPANY
Show Up the Bunch From Company A
district, meet of the Texas Junior
College Oratorical Association.
Say students do you know who our
debaters are ? /They are none oth-
er than Will Hurtt and Lester
Smith. Gang, give them a slap on
the back, encourage them on and
let them'know the student body is
behiiidthem. We have champion-
ship in basketball and football, so
why not in debating. ,Put Tarleton
on the map in debating. We know
they will win, but a little hand-
clasp will not hurt, it will help
them, by letting them know we are
all behind them. What about it
gang? Think it over.
Miss Lillard received word from
Robert Sutter, an old student who
is now teaching in Albany, Texas,
and perhaps some of the old stu-
dents will remember him, he was
a popular student; and topk a
leading part in "Come Out of the
Kitchen," year before last. He is
now coaching this same play in
Albany.
THE ART CLASS
This time as I looked in at the win-
dow I saw the same group, but also
some new ones. Margaret Lee re-
marked, "Miss Wilson, I can't do this
ole oil right." )
Bernice Boone is good'on oils. Nor-
rejl Speej; is rushing through water
colors to get to oils.
Mrs. Clements, Mrs. Blakeney, Mrs.
Graves, and > new one, Mrs. Carlton,
were all in earnest about their work.
- j heard Miss Wilson 3ay to Wilma
Wren, "My, Wilma, you're a fast
worker."
It seems that I've looked in on the
same day. I'll try to slip up on a dif-
ferent group next week.
an honor student and a failing
one is in the authorities whose ad-
vice they seek. A failing studeni;
usiially gets the help'of a slightly
better student, in writing his
themes. A passing student uses
the advice of his teacher. And
a still better student 1 augments
this advice with the impersonal,
but no less valuable, help of writ-
ers long dead and gone,- whose
priceless works have stood the test
of time. A
So he read some essays by Ad-
dison ajid Holmes, and,reread the
essay departments of White and
Heydrick, These proved of value
in helping (him understand the
thing he was going to write, but
still left him uncertain of a sub-
ject. ''
Through forty-two games, a dress
parade, several meals, and a movie
the question haunted him, '<On
what shall I write my personal es-
say?"
Until Sunday morning. , He had
visited a Sunday School class that
was alniost missing that fierce
morning of wind and steet and ice,
and was still haunted by the ques-
tion^ "On what shall I write, my
personal essay?"
He spoke pleasantly to the dean,
respectfully to the preacher, row-
dily to the cadets. And through
preaching the question still haun-
ted him, "On what shall I write
my personal essay?" _ Talk about
your "one increasing ptfi-pose"-—
this essay is the climax of one. It
was toward the end of preaching
that, the inspiration struck him:
why not; write on this agony—I
mean this essay?
And so it is that the author finds
himself slowly parading up and
people, is a very happy state, but
to me it issued in a; term of years
when Fate held the winning hand
and I was pawn.
Now, ill i luck affects different
people ' in several different Ways.
Some take it as a burden, others
try to overcome it, others curse it,
still others shrug their shoulders
and say, "What's to be will be,"
I was of the latter class..
All my life I've h^d the most
continued spells of bad- luck. The
Spanish-American war was fought
before I was born, and the World
war ended before I was of age. I
anight have been lucky enough to
be killed or at least severely woun-
ded.
The government moved all the
Indians to reservations -—those
that Bill Cody didn't kill—so I
missed my chance there. What
could have been better luck than
the shaft of an Indian arrow right
through my noble heart? And
yet I missed it.
Cowboys were passed by the
time I was old enough1 to shoot.
No two gun stuff for me. Think
of the thrill of holding up the
Deadwood stage that my goddess
of fate cheated me out of?
Automobiles were invented. I
was born under a star of agility
pnd bad luck. Since my. luck held
out and my motive power inereias-
ed, I was always ill-favored enough
to escape being the hero of a motor
accident.
I tried to be a regular feller at
college and accumulate a row of
demerits like a war debt; but be-
cause I was- unlucky enough never
to be caught' I navigated college
with no demerits. While at col-
lege I took a course^ in English
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It will be a delightful Easter Greeting.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1927, newspaper, March 25, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139986/m1/2/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.