The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1928 Page: 2 of 4
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SERVICE
LET US SERVE YOU
DURING 1928
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.TWAINS.-NBT
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
THAT ARE FOREMOST
IN ENGINEERING '•
Entered as second-clan's mail matter at the po3toffice in Ste-
phenville, Texas, . urider the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879- r
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Assistant Editor
AssociateEditor .......
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Faculty iidyiser
Graduate Associate
• Exclpnge. EMitor
Feature. Editor
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gabe Lewis
Robert Wood
Lurlyne Sellers
....R, L. (Ned) White
Eleanor Atkinson
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.... Charles Ferguson
Weldon Hart
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Assistant Business Manager
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Editorri^Chiei
Assistant ^Editor
Associate Editor.
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Norinan Peyton
^ re Mclvin Tucker
Feature Editor, Sumner Editor, Sports Editm-;,.....:.r-.H_ugh Bolarid
Business Manager Edison Powell
Assistant Business Manager Bragg Stockton
E?cchan£e Editpr;1_ J. 'J. Bresenham
•■KS
;::: ; - the:;engineers in time of :war
; • tpif© ugefuihess1 of engineers is not confined $9 the :buildihg pf
^Hdges,: dams^ihpugeSi and., other ./projects- o|-; similar ; nature iri
:tim6s of' j?eace, b.vit in times of J^ar, .^li0n, problems of - serious
nature .face;;the country, the analytical..brains of engineers are
called in to sei-vice. .The men whb, buiji^the/, dams, dug the. ca-
nals, and planned: moiistorous buildings: in time.; of -peace, laid
' aside their regular jobs and made the : tables for the various
: branches,, of' artillery to use in1 thbirrde&tl'uctiye bombardments;
where accuracy-to .tita ■ f'Nfch" necessary.' Thesame
meniriade -possible the rapid establishment',pf huge' army camps
by: theiri'irigeniousip.lanning of the' necessary, light plants, newt
£ige disposal, and other things necessary for'the sanitation of
the 'meri^ y The motor, transport sgrvipe looked to; the engineers
the proper means of transportation. Along ^it^ the; infan-
try in the decisive^ battles were the engineers who mside the ad-
vancement of the "Dough Boys" possible by the building of pon-
i'fco.oii bridges, the establishment of . proper ,communication de-
. vices, and the solving of similar problems. . . >y
The .chemical engineers were never more active. They
prepared destructive gases; and at the same time were forced
to find substances that could be used in defending our troops
;: from: similargases prepared by the enemy.
Thus it can clearly be seen that the bngirieer is as serviceable
■in'war ap^n-peace^and that the major problems fall to him. The
credit and honor, however, go to those who take advantage of
the problems that have been solved by the men who make the
world move. vV''";''
No engineer is ever given credit for,some successful artillery
; | bombardment. No? is he given a thought when thie infantry
• stages a great advance over, country where they could never go
•• :i : ; i Without thV;iible assistance of the engineers. But these men
seeking praise. No person who is really striving for
;;'th|welfare^ of,.th^ country has time to thii^ of«such'trival^ ab-
V - v:; stfact; ;thmi^. '; ;At the same tiirie the engineers solve the prob-
": :}eW that otWrs deem impossible. / -
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CHOOSE A CAREER
' Ifaye yoji made your plans for a career, or are you constantly
^changing from course to course and doing poor, work in each
''/oh.& of them? ;,
,Y"
If you have not, why don't you sit down, take stock of the
'J. subjects you like, of the things you like to do outside of school,
1 ' ai>d of ypui* abilities, and then choose a life's work in accord-
■ ance with these. Then plan your' school work and your reactions
.-with'.'ihiB aim in view, but, above all things work toward your
goal at all times. (' :'
THE MEN WHO WORK
Not long ago while I' was
^spending a.', part pf'jpy vacation
;t in. South Texas,..! ichanced to
pass a group of , men at work.
• Apparently jit was an crew of
surveyors; who were pl^aring
■ brush in order that they could
'■y- run a line. They were all work-
ing hard in the hot, July sun,
l;; ; ,'a^d their clothes .were wet vitfr
; ^perspiration, 'bu^ they did: npt
stop. I; v/ondered where the
; C boss was who had charge of the
men. : It was riot, long before I
; i"'^und piit,V.; A passerby inform-
ed me that one of the men who
. was swinging an axe was the
^ ^j*residenfr; of ;a- railroa^1 that he
.;;^3S an.:, oid'!,engineer, arid that
>' ? fe':,T^as ip'ersQoally: superyislng
some work for his road.
That made me think.. My Re-
gard for the engineering was
raised a thousand per cent.
Since that time I iiave learned
more of engineering, and'I have
always found that the same fact
is evident. . The' engineering
profession promises nothing
but work. ' The, engineers are
men of much work and few
words. •
This is an essay of a mule
that was handed in, by an "Ag.'y
student; -V.
Have You a Knock Coming?
On mules we find two legs be-
• hind, '■
And two we find before,
We stand behind before we find
What the two behind be for.
! ^ H. c:,DOREMUS 'i:v
Director of Engineering Depart-
ment.
A. A, McSWEpNY- , . ■;
Director of Mathematics Depart-
' ■ ment..
$«?($&*
HARRY. A. BAKER
Director of Physics. Depai-tment.
A KNELLOGY
(ByPercy G.-Smith. Wells,
■ River, Vt.) ' • 1
The sunset tells, the knOll of
parting day, t '•
The' chainman carelessly winds
up the tape.
The transitman now homeward
plods his way ,
A threatened thunder shower
to escape.
The axeman swears as barb
wire, tears his pants,
A clumsy rodman falls and
, breaks the rod,
The levelman now does a Span-
ish dance,'- y
On stirring up some wasps be-
neath the sod.
Back yonder in /that wooded
. swanip and bog,
Is our external secant and P. I.
The chief had shown while look-
ing up his log, •
That sort of hutnor not describ-
ed as dry. .
The stakes across that meadow
were left out,
A sign, "No Trespassing" was
up to warn,
An irate farmer'..put.-us'all' to
rout,
Because he thought the line
went through his barn.
Some tales of engineers the
senses thrill, ■
Of burying a dead man iri the
. ■ street,' . . ' '
Of making; streams of water
run uphill,
Or how a chainman dropped a
hundred feet.
A railroad survey stirs the
countryside, , ' :
The man in boots and corduroys
adored, „
His right of way is five or' six
rods wide,
And when he leaves, forgets to
pay his board.4
Some future time when esti-
riiates are read, ,
While standing on this very
spot, right , here, ■
Some contractor or other will
have said:,. ,
"Here lied a most uncivil engi-
neer."
engineering'S'
' ■' % PRACTICALyoCATION
, i '.Engineers Jpec;au,s,e'tfiereVar'e,
things yet ,t,o be." With this
; f e.e ling 'the r ea 1 [ e ngirie e.r; pjati s
his life work that he will riot
only g^ih' for ihiin^lf a.fortune
M't"^alsq'^cQristr^
that ,y "vyill;,: ^erye^ a n lt i;n d
throi^gh.: the:y;age's - after; hs: ■ i|-
past' and gone. The feeling
and knowledge that material
things : arc being done under
the guidance of hi? own hands
is ;ta' source of happinessand
.joy,: :;;:^I.ari' liyes.,a" shoa*t iWhilei,
parses, 6h,';iarid,;is: for^otteri; by
the/ world.';-'\:^ihstib,::'d6(B,8
•ler? Should a sacrifice . be
mad,ev,' ,shoiuld ,Vgre4t f.worlcs :; fee
doriey, shduld;hiei),;labqr.and::die
for the feiierajiohs toicqihef:
■; s A; student^ is an"':;T^rletqn'.; a,
'fewA;} short; years, graduates,
passes on,, and is forgotten.
Forgotten by all who knew him
but he; pan' riot If orget^ s A '*riem7
ory 'willystaywifchhimforeyer
of .^e'va^sQeiati^hs:.^o(|u|r!ed/
and the works that he!:c1ic^' IK'
he i^' in the school o/ englneer-
ipg and copld' build! of oi^aterlal
at' hand,a' 'lagtih,g":mem6ria.i ytb
thV college^ hle wduld sticceed in
his college career as he hopes
to in later life. .: ..y^ 'V''
. •Sepiof-, . jSnigine^rs could '. ;ribt
do anytiiirig to more nearly ful-
fill this ambition than to builcl
the proposed Senior, gate at the
entrance to Tarleton., With the
spirit to do, to give, tol build
that ont drily.'! preyaijs!: in' the
•erigineers hwt in the whole of
the Senior class this will be ac-
d:oiqapiished;..'.'..The; Senior,.'..as'' a
great engineer,ywill sacrifice,
^build-for,: the; future, and suc-
ceed in'his, earnest endeavor.
SIDELIGHTS diN THE .-A
W TARLETON ENGINEERS
.( Mr. McSweeriey, :head, of the
department of mathematics at
Tarleton feels that he is doing
the world a.great justice iri: in-
creasing the standards of effi-
ciency' of engineers. While
the scheme is, rather hard on
>yqung, aspiririg-yauth&^who; de-,
sire to be erigineers for the
sake of romance rather than the
work, involved, it is very suc-
cessful. Hi's idea is to elimi-
nate the poor, engineers before
they have a chance to impose
on the unsuspecting public;
Therefore all, students desiring
to be engineers and who have a
mathematics course under Mr.
McSweeney. are advised to
show their instructor that they
mean business, y Otherwise the
"Ag" department will probably
be blessed with another "would
be", engineer. ' ";
V Mr, Redden ;knew his "okra"
when '>W? said that "Descript"
was a snaP'COur^e—if you .«napr
ped into it. . :'
Th^re, may be harder thirigs
than an engineering course. but
they haven't been discovered.
Rankin Stockton, former Tar-
leton engineering student, is a
construction ij;V superintendent.
During the past three years he
has supervised the construction
of :<mor,e, than three millions of
dollars worth of buildings. He
is a credit to Tarleton.
Mr. James'.Ga^dneri .architec-
ture teacher, drew the plans for
the "auditorium to be erected
here iri the 'neai' future. . He
was assisted hy Mr. Oliver and
Mr. poremus of the engineer-
ing department, ,
Glover, tbe> calculus: shark,
missed his calling by not study1
irig engineering. We are glad
h'o1v.feye'i;,;;.,i3$(64yae he would ;b&
hard competition for some of us
who are not so gifted or ener-
getic. '
-."V;v,' ;''M®CHA^ics,'407^ ;
•;'tyToiiday,' February 2'0',-; 192.7,the,
class iii' Me'chameS 4Q.7 'made^.a trip
to .'t.h6 .Mag-nolja:'! pumping station
near Alexander. The six class
member^made the .trip in tjhat just-,,
ly famous Dodge of Prbfessor Do-
rc;mus. This VnOble. car took the
hills'^ith^feaSe ajjd'made beaiitifvil
involute ■■ cury.^f! ' oyer' the, bumpsi:
' As; the-' class entered" the,! Slant'
•£dl:•p^l^ ^;••^^^.<>r4ered''8i^bwe4''^6^:
a^period arid a very rnihut^ irisp'ecr
tion of tlie pumping and,, power
mechanism was made. Many dis-
cussioiis, vacuum,cushions,-and herr
ring-boiie ge^s were: Raised., In
the end it was decided that the
Magnolia people were perhaps at
least: fair engineers.: The gentle^
man in charge of the plant was
very courteous and justly proud of
his work. :', ; ; y".'. I ,J
On the return voyage the good
Dodge; was steared for a westward
course. As the car topped a: rise
and defended on, a. live oak flat (not
aflat: tire); the . lookout called out
that; a squirrel was in tlie';offing.
The crew.hastily'disemharked and
gave chase. to the animal; After
a' Icings arid, grueling pursuit, in
which shoe heels and pant knees
were, lost, the squirrel was shaken
from the top of a tree. As the
poor bunny fell end over end, Joe
Barnes, the shank bone of a mule
in ; his hand, stepped . in: and.-scored
a 'perfect hit;, As a ^dn^equence. of
this lucky accident Mrs. Doremus
had great trouble convincing the
professor that she could cook wild
game the next morning'. ; , 'i
... Mechanics 407 has passed on, and
the students of the class will soon
have parted, but its. memory will
live for year to come in the hearts
of those, students, .
Enjoyment and labor go hand in
hand and the Mechanical Engineers
are happy to do their part; toward
niakijig up a. successful Department
of Engineering for John .Tarleton
College,. ■ y:.''■
A CASE TVHERE OLD MAIDS
, MAD1C GOOD CHAPERONS
: On February the' twenty-first
'.four Tarleton students chaperoned
by five of the progressive old maid
school teachers of this institution
enjoyed a day of pleasure and mer-
riment at the college farm. The
morning sun had risen high into the
^k'y before the party .left'the cam-
pus for the day's enjoyment, but
lost time was soon forgotten) arid;
all found enough to do to gain that
old time picijic . appetite before
lunch time. Each person had a
helping hand in the preparation of
thc lunch .which had been so ardent-
ly. ; planned. by. . the," <lisapp6iiited
housekeepers,- ' ; i.. , • 1 '
The nleriu- consisted- of steak,
broiled to perfection over the glow-
ing'embers, by Miss> Mahan; coffee
faVored bj^Miss-Lewisj- prepared by
pouring cold water over ground
coffee in a kettle and'- placing the
same on the: lire to heat; onions
peeled by Liieili: Kyle and Faye
Loveles^;, bearis, boiled by Miss
Ford; butter swiped by Melvin
Tucker, one piece of steak cooked
separately for Aunt Lucy by Jim
Gardner, Miss'Mahan and the to be
consumer; the table properly set
with cakes, preserves and candy, by
Aunt Lucy; and Miss Gough fur-
nished us with interesting talks on
? ??growing from the dead wood
at this time of the year.
The lunch was pronounced a
howling'success by Miss Lewis af-
ter she' had removed the last dozen
cakes fro mthe box and coipplained
about her poor relishment for foods
prepared out-of'doors.
After the eats had been exhaust-
ed except the bones Miss Ford kept .
picking on, we were favpred by a
talk on how to become beautiful by
Miss Lewis, and why I-'arh going to
adopt twins by Miss Mahan. - Be-
fore Aunt Lucy gave us a talk on
proper picnic etiquette, Miss Mahan
gracefully removed the butter from
near, the fire by placing her foot
in the container of molten fat and
sitting it topsy turvy on mother
earth. ■ ^ -y ". ■ •■' v.' '-
: The time of departure soon arriv-'
ed and sent us homeward full of
new ideas, and hoping that we may
some day be rolled down the street
in a baby buggy big enough for
two by, the fond lover of children,
njentioned above.
.' Mary Lee. and Faye were so'
interested in knowing what the;
new faculty member looked like
that they had a boy go ifl his
office arid falk to him in order
that they might see him when
he lowered the,, paper from in
front of his face.
; EXCUSE ME !
'THE OLD RELIABLE
.WATCHMAKER '
j. a. sherrill
Harris Bros. Grocery
Where Most People Trade ■
y- Phone 287 ' ; . .;
Office phone 423-2 Rings
Res, phono 423-3 Rings
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X-Ray Pictures ,,of All' Kinds.
Taken '.
North Side /y Stephenville
IT PAYS— -
TO HAVE YOUR SHOES
REPAIRED
W. P. NEWSOM
: Belknap Street
OK. S. I). NAYI.OK
Over Holt's Drug Store
Office 130 Residence 30
Armstrong- & White
CLEANING, PRESSING
ALTERING, DYEING
WHERE
THE
COLLEGE
STUDENTS
TRADE
WE KNOW HOW
Phone 254
HILL'S SHOE SHOP
HILL'S MAKES OLD SHOES
LOOK NEW
yt r ~nt r innt rr -pnt n nff n i
DISHONEST help is never tempted to |
steal your check book. " |
oj-staie bank- :; I'
: . Stephenville, Texas
pGINBpAi'S LUMBER YARD
We carry a^ complete line of Tube Paints
'y-:: .. ; and Oils
Also a complete line of Building' Supplies,
; STUDENTS ACCOUNTS SOLICITED—
This bank always caters to the small as well as the large
accounts arid cordially invites all the students who have
checking accounts to consider this strong bank before
forming their local banking- conection..
The Farmers-First National Bank
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