The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 27, 1928 Page: 2 of 4
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THE PLOWBOYS BACKED
BY TAELETON SPIRIT
ARE INVINCIBLE
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STAFF
Editor-in-Chief
Robert Wood
Oran Stovall
Business Manager
Society Editor ....... i . - Hazel Porter
Sports Editor — — Weldon Hart
Faculty Adviser ,___
„'„ Eleanor Atkinson
MILITARY COURTESY
The sufc'ject of military comtesy includes more than the salute,
; for it: embodies all courtesies ordinarily given in civilian life.
The manly deference to superiors is merely recognition of con-
stituted authority and does not imply admission pf inferiority
any more than the respect for law implies cowardice. ' We are
in a military schoql; and in addition to observing the ordinary
courtesies, we must obey the military regulations. The hand,
salute should be given at all times on the drill field when two
cadets meet and-in the limits as prescribed in the regulations
. When one meets an officer1 oti the campus, it is unnecessary to
salute; but when he meets one a block from the campus, he
should salute in a military fashion. The cadet who, through
timidity, a sense of personal awkwardness, or envy, refuses to
salute or fails to'salute properly, in a negligent or unspirited
manner, is closely akin to one who fails to tip his hat to a lady
or remove his hat when' inside in the presence of ladies. The
regulations say that salutes will' be. exchanged between cadets,
college authorities, officers of the army, navy, or marine/corps,
national guard or reserve officers when in uniform, and cadet
officers upon meetin, passing near, -or-being addressed at' all
: places other than those stated.
Contrary to the general belief, saluting does not prohibit the
exchange of .greetings or any speaking.
; The salute is, as' a rule, practiced only by men in uniform, A
courtesy often overlooked is the courtesy to the flag or colors.
When the colors pass, everyone should salute. The uniformed
cadet should execute the'jhand salute, or, if armed, the rifle
salute. The civilian should remove his hat and hold it over his
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. heart with the right hand. The ladies should salute by placing;
the right hand over the heart, facing the flag, arid standing erect.
' These Saluteg should all be executed at a position of attention,
facing the flag. When the flag is being raised or lowered, the
. position, of attention is assumed. < . , •
These are things everyone should, and probably does know;
but there is a Iaxness prevalent that should not be permitted to
exist. Courtesy helps to build character.
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+ SHORT TALKS BY +
+ FACULTY MEMBERS ♦
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POPULARITY VERSUS FRIENDSHIP
Just this past week I heard a freshman girl remark that one
of her friends had become suddenly very'popular. The explana-
tion, she told me, was that her friend remained on the campus
much of the time, and in this manner became acquainted with the
- cutest and handsomest boys in school. The same girl, also re-
marked that one is very little noticed who does not enter into
rthis campus life.
In all probability she was right.
Much the same conditions have existed in the past and will
probably never cease to exist. This girl who is popular for popu-
larity's sake will take her place along the side of the others of
her type who have passed on before. The campus of life will
. likely prove to be much larger than our campus here; but her
popularity, when brought to the proper test, will be found to be
. full of tiny holes through which the grapia of true friendship
will pass. i ■■■■■'.
What, then, will buoy us up in the outside world? Certainly
it will not be the popularity that we gained on the pampus in
Tarleton!. Our snicere friends will buoy us up. Our classroom
records will give us that recommendation. Our reliability, will
, Carry us to the top. Popularity for its own sake is shallow. True
friendship is as deep ap only true love can be.
DON'T REAp THIS
Tfais article contains nothing
which will be of interest to you,
and you are wasting your time
by reading it. There is nothing
which, is the least entertaining
or beneficial. It was written
merely to fill up space, and to
see how many people there are
who, like you,, have nothing to
do but read such stuff as. this.
This is. the most foolish thing
you have done today. Maybe
from now on you will refrain
from continuing to read some-
thing after you have been warn-
ed that: there is absolutely noth-
ing in it, This is the end of this
article; we have absolutely
nothing to say. i
J. THOMAS DAVIS SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASS EXTENDS
WELCOME ALL STUDENTS
All students who do not at-
tend Sunday school are cordial-
ly. nivited to the J.' Thomas,
Davis Class of the First Baptist
church. The attendance of every
Baptist student, and any others
who wish to come, is earnestly
desired, and certainly will be
appreciated by the class. You
need to come every Sunday, and
the class. needs your co-opera-
tion. .
Come next Sunday morning
at 9 :45 and bring someone with
you,. ■ .
THE MAGIC VALLEY
By C. H. Hale
History students are familiar
with that period of American his-
tory whichj. gives an account of the
Mexican War. They will recall
that soon, after Texas was admitted
into the Union, war was declared,
and that General Zaehary Taylor
marched from Corpus Christi to-
ward the mouth of the Rio Grande,
camping at Palo Alto, close to the
present site of Broonville, and
established his base of supplies at
Punta Ysabel (Point Isabel). Near
the Eesaca de las Palmas a fort
was built and named after Major
Brown. Fort Brown was the be-
ginning of the present city of
Brownsville. The old military road
made by General Taylor's engin-
eers through mesquite, cactus and
huisache is still being traveled in
some places! Prom Fort Brown
goods were carried, by way of this
road as far west as EI Paso.
The lower Rio Grande valley ex-
tends from Brownsville to Rio
Grande City, about 100 miles'.
Here at Old Fort Ringgold, General
Robert E, Lee was stationed for a
while, and his house is still here
and occupied.
In the last few years this coun-
try has been changed from a cactus
wilderness into orchard and gar-
den and is called the Magic Valley,
At a cost of $15,000,000 a'large
part of the valley has been put un-
der irrigation, and crops are raised
and harvested throughout' the en-
tire year. >
Grape fruit is the most noted
crop. Although the history of the
grapa fruit-has been accurately
traced in tire Western Hemisphere,
no one seems to know it's original
home.
It was introduced' in the West
Indies about twcf 'hundred years
ago, Florida orange growers began
to grow1 the fruit about thirty
years ago.. Trees have been plant-
ed in the valley for only a few
years. The estimate now is that
there are 86,000 acres (figuring 70
trees to the acre) planted to grape
fruit. This would be 6,000,000
trees.
There are only three grape fruit
sections in America: Florida, Cali-
fornia, The Magic Valley. It is
generally conceded that the finest
flavored grape fruit is grown in the
valley. And the industry is' only in
its infancy.
'ENTER THE HERO'
TO BE HERE SOON
HERE AND THERE
"Think more and study less."
—Mr. Hale.
Miss Lillard to Present First Play
of Season at Early Date
THE DOPE SHEET
Thei Plowboys snapped out of it
Friday and they looked mighty
good. Now we're ready for Hills-
boro, Ranger, and what-have-you ?
Gang, don't get over-confident
about this Hillsboro game, as we
did before we played Decatur. They
have a . better team than usual this
year, and would like nothing better
than to slip up on the Plowboys.
Old Horsefly proved himself cap-
able to take Rudder's place at cen-
ter, He has a big job to do in fill-
ing Earl's shoes, but he looked good
against Wesley. i
Spearman showed that he could
do what we thought he could.
Those two Wesley backs, Port-
wood and Williams, are two of the
best who have opposed the Plow-
boys this year.
The thing to do is to keep the
pep'while we have it..
College News Stand Opens
"Enter the Hero" to- be given
soon at Majestic Theatre.
. The dramatic group of the Pub-
lic Speaking Department, under the
direction of Miss Lillard, will pre-
sent soon at the Majestic Theatre
the • one-act comedy, "Eenter the
Hero," by Theresa Helburn. This
ia a high royalty play, one that
has been very popular with col-
leges and various Little Theatres
throughout the country. It was
presented last year in Ft. Worth
to a large and very enthusiastic
audience by the Ft. Worth Little
Theatre, directed by Mr. Gardner.
It is a very charming and hu-
man comedy concerned with the ef-
forts of a young girl, Anne Carey
(Leoha Patterson) to, invent a
suitor for herself, and of the event
ual discovery of the forgivable de-
ceit Thomas Jean Rodgers play the
part of the ''hero" in the play.
Other characters are Anne Maness
and Merle Collins.
, The student body of Tarleton has
come to regard in the past then-
dramatic group as a vital part of
student activity, and those ; who
have any knowledge of the work
accomplished) by the department
anticipate their presentations with
unusual regard and pleasure;
Only tha best plays obtainable
are presented by the drama group,
and an example of this high stand
ayd is "Enter the Hero/' It is up
to the students of Tarleton to at
tend this production in order that
the best may continue as the rule.
Care to produce artistic settings,
costumes and presentations has
seemed tp be the object of Miss
Lillard. Opportunity for mental
growth is reason enough to claim
it as a duty and a: privilege to sup
port her productions. Remember
that the activities of the drama
group of the Public Speaking De:
partrnent a part of Tarleton.
"C" COMPANY NOTES
It's a big job, this learning to
drill with rifles, but we're going
to make our company the best on
the field this year. The efforts of
all the men, and the attitude of the
new men, especially, is going to
put us "over the top" in good style.
The responsiveness of the company
to the extra' drills is a good index
to the spirit of the men.
\ Here's our goal for the year; to
be k the best organization on the
field, and to have the excellent
company banner waving on our
guidon, staff before the year is out;
"B" Company has had it long
enough; and, as "A" Company
couldn't take it from them last
year, we are choosing ourselves as
the next proud possessors.
So let's keep up the old spirit,
gang, arid "keep on keepin' on."
This is a new company of new
men, but we're going to show the
other companies a few things be-
fore its all over. Let's go, "C"
Company!
B. S. U. CONVENTION
MEETS AT ABILENE
The small wooden structure by
the post. office has beer; finished,'
and the news stand whicn occupies
the building (is now open for busi-
ness. The stock consists' of daily
papers, magazines, candy, chewing
gum, and such. This news 'stand
is owned and operated by Nat
Franklin and E. L. Roteii, both
prominent students, who intend to
pay part of their expenses through
this venture. "Student trade is so-
licited and appreciated. '
The B. S. U. Council met
Monday night for the second
business meeting of the year,.
Several thjngs were discussed',
but the most important thing
was concerning the B. S. U. con-
vention which is to be held in
Abilene on the twenty-sixth,
twenty-seventh, and twenty-
eighth of this month. There is
to be representatives from every
college and university in the
State. We all know that Tarle-
ton is the best junior college
anywhere,, then let us help
prove that and have more rep-
resentatives at this B. S. U. con-
vention than any other college.
"Where there is a will there
is a way." Let's right now be-
J gin to plan to go, for Friday
I week is not far off, TheVe are
| some six or seven who have .al-
j ready signed up to go. We want
j to be there in grand style and
j push Tarleton over the top in
B. S. U. work in full fashion. I'm
going—-are you ? .
"Check up on your rifles,"
shouted an officer.
"Check good," murmured a
cadet.
. We. had drill with a chill in
it Monday.
We. wonder what Beowulf
would do if he were here.
When the other buildings
have steam, it's just too bad if
the Fort doesn't have it.
Several visitors ;were on: the
campus Sunday,
Von has taken every course
offered except clothing and
home gardening.
The annual staff has been
elected.
, Mr. Neely is still dealing in
demerits.
Wonder how Gabe is getting
along at A. ari<J M?
Several students and faculty
members enjoyed the circus
Saturday night."
Boy, wasn't that game a dan-
dy last Friday? Down with
Hillsboro!
The cadet corps has a much
better start than the one of last
year. Organized efforts of of-
ficers and men and a few hours
extra drill will do wonders for a,
cadet corps.
Fish: "Know anything about
Chaucer?" ,
Ging: "Is he a freshman?"
Let's just, keep on staying in
there, ;
How were your grades?
He: "Going to the fair?"
Her: "What fair?"
He: "Papa says 'fair here to-
day and tomorrow'," -
See the oiie-aet play, ''Enter the
Hero" to be given soon at the Ma-
jestic Theatre. It is d very enter-
taining comedy, one that every
Tarleton student will enjoy from
beginning to end. It will be the
first production of the drama group
of the Public Speaking Department
and you must not miss seeing it.
Minister (at chapel): As I
gaze about this morning, I see
many bright, shining faces.. :
Then about three hundred
powder-puffs made .their ap-
pearance. ' i .
Every member of the B. S„ TJ.
is urged to come to the meeting
next. Thursday evening at fivje
o'clock. The meeting -is to be
held in the old chapel hall in
the Home Economies building..
Don't fail to come.
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