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VOL 10
STEPHENYILLE, TEXAS, OCTOBER 26, ,1929
NUMBER 5
PLOWBOY!
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' -According to the dopif,", Howard
JPayj^ has tootball team. equal
to ljl&t/of jS. 'tii, 'U.-/.WV predict a
; 'Eighty;battle -for' the' Pldwbpys.
i ; ''^Ke',fi?st''six'"weeks, grades will
6ome out'before long. Don't disap-
point mama and., papa.
i|pw many- names dp you suppose
^ there will, be on the honor roll after
. the first prelimpary report? ,t,
' I Judging from' the Poliwog team,
wl^c^ wag seen, in action here last
wee^,%e pi'e'di'ct that T. C. XJ*. will
hive'& great' football team" next;
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/Didn't those Plowboys fight long
and, .hard. last Thursday '? Every
man, certainly did. his part. Men,
we are. proud of you. ,/
: It makes no difference how the
fjghts as it did, in the alst game,
we will back it.
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.Captain' Rudder * played a won-
derful game. ■•■,'
Grubs has challenged up for a
competitive di-ill next spring. Per-
haps - they will ralce up sufficient
• cotltage to play us; another foot-
ba}j;gi|B}e?':?'"?;?;? '•!: .'; 'J\.
Students, this may be the last
issue of the J-Tac. Isn't that;' a
shame. '■. ■'■
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How about putting a, little more
p ip and snap in,, the yells at the
gaines. It would ;be a grept im-
provement. .
Beat the Yellow Jacket^.
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quainted with a few of your fellow
students. Therf, in your senior year,
you will have a little something to
write ijinder your jiame in the
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''iBack in the competitive company.
Encourage the boys to cafry on
with their work. They arve working
for a 'worthy catise, and they are
really working, too. It is going to
take vfirue ' Tarleton spirit -and a
strong determination to gtick 'with
it to the last.
The T. T. S. have been putting
• out some wonderfully encouraging
signs. Good work, girls. Keep it up.
Encourage the tumbling team.
Baclc; thtf ri^w .pep leaders '.and
sponsors/ ( \
The basketball prospects are ex-
cellent. Back your team! 1
There are many good men plan-
: ning to start their training for
track soon. Rah! Track! Rah! . ,
: : V>Mter all these^ years of success;
is it possible that, the J-Tac will
;■■ be discontinued? * That doesn't
sound like. Tarleton.
.'.■■(■■■■. Work on the annual- js to stai-t
f" '< soon, We hope, -the; students back
H- the annual a little better thsjn they
h4ve the J-Tac It would be a
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Plowboys Tacjkl^
|i¥Y0Uow:J^kets. .
GAME PROMISES TO PROVIDE
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This week the Tarleton Plowboys
are preparing for what is very
likely to be their Hardest fight of
th^ season J
' On- Saturday^ Oct,'.'26, Tauleton
will iji^et Howard Payne on the
Tarleton'athletic field.
The Howard "Payne Yellow'Jack-:
,ets.hsj,ve an undefeated record be-;
hind them for this season. They
have played four games and tied
two of them; one with S. M. U.
and one with McMurray. They beat
kustin College 22-0} and San Mar-
cos 32-0. This! puis the Plowboys
at, a; great, .disadvantage and they
are playing a team that is far
above them in playing ability and
experience. The team needs the
support, of every Tarletonite. The
boys will do their very best, and it
will be a real fight from start to
finish. They are all in good physi-
cal condition and ?ire on their toes
for a real battle to go down in
-•Tarleton history.,..'-- ^
"Nig" MeCarver, fleet halfback
, of the Yellow Jackets1, is the fast-
est man in the Texas Conference.
He is' a. ten second man 011' the
track.
Captain. Baker of the visitors is
an' uncanny quarterback and. his
accurate passes and ball-carrying
hpre yon many games \ for the
BrownwQod men, ,,
; Jimmy Fields; co-captain of How>
ard Payne; is the line plunger of
the team and because of the stocky
build .arid exceptional drive, he is
a hard man to stop.
V "Hoot" Moser and Hutchinsoil
are two other backfield men of real
ability. ' ,
These men, tog-ether with a vet-
eran line, make up a powerful team
and Japs ^rp due .to see a real game
between the 1928 champions of the
Texas Conference and the 1928
State Junior College champions".-
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For The Last Tiirte
, Students of Jolin: Tarleton College, this is the last iimei ypu
will hear anything about the support of the student publication.
, After reading that first sentence you will prpbably go on to
some other Article, saying "Qh,-1 have heard enpugh: about "that
J-Tac, I don't need to subscribe foi^'The J-Tai,'^ I'^can'read' my
neighbor's paper, and besides they dO':nbt'>n€iea'.m^ subB^nlptlon.
ThOy are1 only trying tp get: some extra subscriptions; Tliat is
not the case. We are not going to beg you for1 subscripiidns "aiiy
longer. That stage has. passed, and this Article spells "firiis"
■to any talking or Writing that has been done '"""" 1 , . } f f
Even after the many'talks in chapel, not ov6r a half £t! doz-
en students got far enough away -from' their old Scottish an->
cestory to subscribe for said publication. Yon think that; we,have
been ("kidding" you about stopping this paper, but'th^t st&e^ ""^"
4: ■ merit as to the publishirig of this weekly paper is the absolute
■f and whole truth-. ; v ' ' ■' ..
¥ " \ Without a football team you would be lost;' without an an-
■f nual you would be out-of-place; withOUt a 'b'ed to sleep in you
: would feel neglected; but compared with these, things, you will
-f be lil^ce ari airplane without' jWings. Arid on top of that, if yoii
■f (J&'ncit take this last warning, this airplane ig going to go down
■f because of lack of fuel. Fuel must b& had, ^hd subscriptions are .4
+• the only thing, upon which it can live. . %, \ : 4
■f This may seem like-a "black-hand" warning; but just tlje ^
-f same, if you do not heed this epistle, you will find yourself with^ 4
-f out a student paper. Try that for awhile. 1 ' ,, -f
Questions
Answered This
Issue of J-Tac
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1. What is a friend?'
2. Who Is our next opponent
in football?
3. What is. the new column
started in the J-Toc-
4. What is the purpose of re-
crgani. ing the old Videttes ?
5. Who visited on the campus
the last week-end ?
0. What college function will be
held Oct. 31? . , ' |
7; Who is going to avenge the
band V .. , , '■.... . -
8. What part of the fair was en-
joyed by the cadets; arid cd-eds ? •
9. Why did N. T. A. C. win first
placeT fri the band competition?
10. WKo kept Nabors from scor-
ing what looked to be.'a touch
dowp; jn ..the T.. C, U. and Tarleton
game ?! ,, >
-; Jl, Why does any one fail to,
subscribe for the J-Tac?
12. What bsrid concert was en-
joyed by all attending;on Oct. 22?
1.3. What kind of ways are the
Plowboys going to stop on Oct.
26 f; k'. .
14. What, does every ex-stu-
dent think of Tai'leton? r
"I wont to the dentist yesterday"
"Does the tooth still ache?" -
"t don't 'know- he kept it."
0!d Videttes Are
COMPETITION TO BE HELD
DURING BOYS', WEEK AT >
FORT WORTH ' 1 /
An annouricement was made ■ on
the drill field lasf Monday by -Cap-
tain Mulcahy to the effect that
Tarleton had accepted a challenge
to: a competition drill between
"crack" companies from Arlington
01* North Texas Agricultural Col-
lege. Ap. £ irasnlt .-of' thip announce-
ment,, work, was begun immediately
on the organization of a "crack"
company.
Captain Mulcahy seemed to think
that it is one of the greatest op:
portunities that has ever been pre-
sented to Tarleton, The company
from- Grubbs "will be made up of
Weill trained meii; sq their defeat
will be Tarleton's glory. The-new
company will have extra drill on
non-drill mornings and on Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons; The peri-
od on non-drill mornings will be
taken up .with calesthenics exer-
cises. " , - . '
' Captain Mulcahy placed some'
restrictions on the cadets desiring
membership in, the company. Only
cadets of five-fobt-six inches to
six feet in height will be eligible.
As. .ari extra restriction, all cadets
mwst be passing all their work!
The meetin^of these two compa-
nies will, no doubt strengthen the
spirit of competition Between Tar-
leton and Grubbs. 7 •
AGGETTES
, The Aggettes met on last Thurs-
day night for their second meet-
ing of the year. Everyone danced
for a while. Then Miss Fellman
discussed the woriieri's athletic' as-
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sociation to be held at Canyon, in
December, She, and Lavere Neely
told of last year's trip tb Fort
Worth. ■ ■ J. '
The secretary, Elaine' Townsend
read the minutes of the last meet-
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A very interesting program was
rendered by Misses Lorene Green
and Hope Corbett. Miss Green
rendered several readings arid
Hope several ipiano solos. A^ter
this program everyone danced un-
til 8:30 o'clock, :
Program Success
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SOLOS, WERE FEATURES
OF CONCERT
Tarleton has.! been honored by the
presence . of the United -States
Marine .Band the best '; organized
band in the world and composed of
the most talented men., The band
began 'making tours in 1911, but
this is the first extensive tour that
it has made. The band was organ-
ized in 1809. It was. composed' of
fifteen Italians .on board; an Anieri^
can warship in Italian v?aters. They
came to America) on the ship and
were detailed to the Marine Corps
at Washington, ' - ■ • ;
The'present leader, Captain Tay-
lor Branson, began his dictatorship
on'April ,27, 1927, and is the first
leader ' whose parents are . both
Americans. ■■ : : .
.Pie is firnily a product of the
Marine Band; having enlisted at the
age of seventeen and 'remaining
With it since then.
In this band are found such men
as. Arthur S. Whitcomb,' John P.
White, a native Texan; Robert E.
Clark, 'and . Wilbur D. Kneiffer.
Solos by these men on the tfoift:
bone, cornet, and xylophone were
features of; the , prograih..! ;
The afternoon program was fea-
tured by on overture tp . "The Fly-
ing Dutchman" and "A1 .Frisco."
Whitcomb's cornet splos, "Tile Pre-
mier," "Parade-of the Gendarmes,"
p di "Neapolit£\n. Scep.egso. vibrar
ted through the souls of the listen-
ers, that forgot; their worries1 and
lived in th.q ; present,; Wilbur D.
Keiffer's xylophone solos, "Grand
Valsu ISxilbante" were no le 3 bril
liant. ■, . jr..- . '' /
The evening's program. v?as fea-
tured by tHq -solos of John P.
White and Robert CJprk on. the cor-
net and trombone- respectively. The
numbers ofthis program were a
little more classical than -those; in
the 'afternoon prograjn. Both ,pro-^
grams weye .closed with "The:Star
Spangled Banner." . i
- Mr. Evans: "The first date in
history was about 4Q0 B, C."
Student: 'Wh6 >had4t?''
■Nit—"Do you believe in clubs for
Women?" .. r
Wit—'?Yes, if kindness fails."!"
Band Enjoys the
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BANDMEN OUT-MANE U-VEREB
FOR FIRST PLACE *
Although they, woii prdy. second
place,; the members of the band
enjoyed themselves to the' full ex-
tent of their' pock^tbooksv Ctony
well,-.,Jfjeadpr, Roger^.Stone,.Kelly,
and several others erilisted the aid
of representatives of tli'e fai^r' seat
in their r attempts toward, 'bank-
ruptcy. They were very successful.
I mean, the ladies were' succeissful
in; the disgorgment of the PUpses
of their companions and not that
the f>oys were successful! iri their
efforts at winning theVgreat adini-
ratiop of tjipir b^jitiful, .or o^e^r-
wise, heai-t-ensnare^s. Why, orie of
iheiii even said that Crbiriwell and
Fi'y were ^ash'ffll or timid, or somer
thing.
1 The attractions were /"great."
The. owners • of" the "Lightning"
were certainly glad tq see the uni-
forms. They .took plenty of;.nioney
out of their pockets. John and Fish
Gtiarreald say that .after the first
fifty times dts easy and comfor-
table to. ride the whizzing car, and
that one may .-'Carry.on; a "pleasant
conversation on even .the. steepest
dip,s. Well, maybe, they could ride
it fiftyrfive times, but our bank.i'oll
certainly .couldn't stand it, .
The exhibits .were fine,.too, They
were interesting and educational,
and were good, advertisements for
the businesses which they repre-
sented. The boys1 certainly raided
all tlje school 'exhibits for stickers,
By looking at their horn ca.ses, a
person couldn't tell whether they
Were from Tarleton, Siminons,
Byrne, Shamburgev or 'the Ameri-
can' Linesl ' 1 - ' ; - f'' . :'
: The Siriimoris "Cowboy band was
present in their loud gold and pur-
ple shirts, gold and purple neck-
erchiefs, teri-gallon hats,- and cow-
boy boots. Many Of the Tarleton
men are . contemplating exchange
of schools. Siriimons is. advertising
a trip to Europe this summer and
the drum major gets to wear a six-
gun-! .'Whoppeel' It!s. the. ambition
of several of the band freshmen to
succeed /that worthy, individual.
Well, we like Simmons, are glad of
their accomplishments and are
proud that they are from Texas,
biit-rWe pame to Tarleton.
; Some of the boy? went up in the
blimps arid saw the town. Cook said
he couldn't look over-the side, for
fear he might '/fall,, so his ' dollar
■wa^.lffwtic^ix! wasted.; Jhe funnjr,
sausage-lik'e lialioons ;rose rapidly-
to about eight hundred 6r a .thous-
and feet; arid1 wheri the basket tilt-
ed or swayed, ' the boys received
quite a thrill. Prom that attitude
the entire city could/be seen, and
the. fair founds looked like a bril-
liantly lightod ant hill. " 1
When we first rode into the fair
grounds, Fish Leverett wanted to
know what kiiid'of trees-those were
that had the bright yellow, red and
green leaves. Poor boy,' he didn't
know that the trees were strung
with -many electric lights. And'Fish
Meador'.got mixed'up in the baby
nursery; arid as soon' as he' manag-
ed to escape from ■ there, a cop
carried hirii to'-tKe headquarters for
lp?t children.. • ■_■/.'•
• -And' someorie; hinted-that some-
one else smoked a cigarette on the
trip, 'But—sh-h-h^-don't know for
sure; /• -'v'/:, ' ■ .
; .rWell/froin these ;fe.w lriinor joc-
currences, you can undystand that
a "good time was had by all."
This is Captain Mulcahy's last
Cadet Corps in Tarletop.
Plowboys Play
Bwfliantly ih 0e-
TARLETON SflOWS UP BETTER
THAN IN PREVIOUS GAMES
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On- Thursday,/ Oct.- 16, Captain'
Earl,'-Rudd:er'led his hard fighting
yio^boys, in, a brilliant - /Eight
Against the'T.' C. X5-1 Freshineri' who
possessed a-'Vnuiriber of wien' ,that
r.esembled Jack Rabbits, because pf
their 'spfed iri sidestepping and
operiifield running; f :
^- As ' loiigf; aj thft: plays -vyer^*;-
tiirough the line, the Farmers
showed real old hard football in ;
tackling and breaking up Fisl^ ■
glay^.' Th.e, ^farjetop- m^n(.w^rp ,Y.ei"y 1
iriucn handicappedi Ibecausey of their
lafek of! experience in' playing to-
gether;' yhe .blond-haired Plowboy,
captain was seen many times dur-
ing the game going high into the
air ..tor block those I'oliwog passes
that were so dangerous,. ( .
Roy Nabors averaged 35 yards
in .his punts whifeh was far. better ,
than the,Fish average; He piayed
a wonderful game of football, get-
ting many hard tackles. Williams
at '/ half-back ^and '-Branch' at "fuir-~
back were the. main- offensive
threats for Tarleton. They both
Were mighty good -hut couldi not
get close enough to the T. C. U.-
goalline for any^ scoring to ]be done.
Too much praise could not be g,!
to' the Tarleton linesmen for their
endless amount of courage. They
fought from th© first- whistle, to /
the las't. ^ ^ r •
, . Dan Salked, big T. C. U, end,
caught a pass, at the beginning of
the-i game and ran 30 yards, if or the -
first touchdown, The most brilliant'
play, of the game came'whehr Stell
caught a-print by Nabors on his 20-
yard, line- and raced '80 yar;ds for a
touchdown. Stell sidestepped and .
outran every Tarleton , man; This
Was a very beautiful run and was
the longest of the game. "Lopin'
Luck" Phelps of Abilene Was an
outstanding star for the Poliwogs.
His peculiar way of . hitting the
line, on end-running makes his nick-
kame an appropriate one, The old
Plowboy star, Blanat'd W. Spear-
man, was in the T. C, U, line-up
against his old buddies. He showed
UP well arid is sure to be a future
Horned P^'pg star.' Another touch-
down was rnade in the second quar- ; >
ter by Boyd, who caught a pass
and galloped 25 yards.. The other
Fish tally was made in the third '
quarter by the completion of anoth- .
er long pass. The. pass Was' made
for about, 30/y^rds,gain. • ,
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, Tarleton, , , ,
L. E. Rudder, Capt!'
L. T. Katrola
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Vaught '
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..Cooper
'Hyd«
HoWeli . .
Salkeld
, McLemore
§pearman
!,'-! Phelps
1 ; Sumner
L. G. Hickman
C. Barham ;
R. G. Bresenham ,
R. T, Sadler ,
R. E. Abbott' ( ••
Q. Thomas
R. H. Williams , ,
L. H. Nabors
Full Branch
//, - ' First Half. v
The game starts by Abbott of
Tarleton kicking off to T; ,C, U's ,
30-yard-line., The ball is /returned
5 yards.
The Fish gaip IS .yard's/at .left
tackle. Rudder/intercept? a pass
and returns 8 yards';' . / ' ./,.''
' Tarleton draws lOiyard , penalty.-
/ Incomplete pass Thomas to Rud-
der. Thomas is downed trying to go
through left tacke/losing.one yiard.
Nabors punts 35 yards to Mc-
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