The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1931 Page: 2 of 4
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SHE MAO
Published. "Weekly by the Students of John Tarleton. College
Entered aa second-class mail matter at the ostoffite in Stephenville,
Texas, under'act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Subscription Bates: Per year. : _$2.Q0
Address all communications to The J-Tac, Tarleton Station, Texas.
STAFF
Editor i—i ^...Wocdroo Jackson
TEMPORARY STAFF
Assistant Business Manager..___ Ray Duren
Sports Editor- ~ - : ^—— -_-Carl Hardin
Society Editor ;■ — Alixe McAlpine
Feature Editor - . Maty Waurina Hunter
Exchange Editor ! ■.—.Waldo Relninger
News Editor _ . Tria Mae Tate, and Nellie Mae Killian
EeportersiCoreta G. Smith, Annie C. Bristol, Osborne Apple, Leola Wood,
Rosamond Langdon, £>, W. Wilcox, Keith Kelly, Will Port Hall, Soger
: Seaman.
Your Alma Mater
During the football game last Friday, a number of fresh-
men were observed to rise very reluctantly when the band
,commenced playing "On Ye Tarleton." This is the wrong
way to begin a, college career, if you want to really make a
success out of your college days. The study of text books is
not all that four years, or two years, of college life should
Impart to students. Learning how to associate with your fel-
low men and how to beconrie a leader in society, and: acquir-
ing a polish that borders on exactitude are also major factors
which, together with the instructions' received from the study
of text books, should make up what a student: receives from
his college career. . [
• A person that.starts to school in a> lackadaisical, manner
.-frill not succeed in all of these: requirements. He. may make
good grades, but he will not be well enough, equipped to be-
come a civic leader in his community. A civic leader should
not only be able to lead his community in the various' social
relationships, but he should already have received the pre-
paration that will enable him to mould the characters of the
young people in that community and'be an uplifting influence
in the lives of the older people with whomi he comes in con-
tact. The beginning of your college career is the time to start
preparing for this task.
When that band starts playing your college song, you
should rise immediately, come to attention, and, if you have
on your ca,p, take it off. "On Ye Tarleton" is not just a col-
lege song, in the literal sense of the phrase, but it is your col-
lege song. It is for you and for your fellow students*in Tarle-
ton. Not only should you observe the customs of the college,'
but you should take a part in some phase of college activity.
You may think that, you are not capable of doing this, but
that is what you are here for—to prepare yourself in order
that you may be fully capable of performing some active duty
in later life.
Do you realize, new students, that you will not be in col-
lege very long? In just a short time, you will be out in the
wide, wide world struggling to assert yourself in the business
world, in some chosen profession, or in society. Then, if you
have not made the most of your college days, you will regret
to the very depths of your heart that you did not try just a
little harder to prepare yourself for future life. You will
realize, if you are. rejected for somfe coveted position, that
you should have done better while you had a chance.' Now
your parents have the responsibility of taking care of you. In
just a few years, you are not only gong to have the respon-
sibility of taking care of yourself, but you are going to be
forced to assume the heavy task of being responsible for some-
body that you will love very dearly that will be entirely de-
pendent upon you, not only of making a living, but holding
some place in society that she may have a happier life. Is .
there any reason, then, that you should not be loyal to YOUR j
school, which is your Alma Mater? You have just as large a J
share in your Alma Mater as anyone else. Why don't you '
make the best of it? If you will treat your Alma Mater right,
it will treat you right.
Try, then, to be as loyal to your college in every way as'
you would like for your best friend to be to you; try to find I
yourself as early as possible in your college career before it is \
too late; make.your actions beyond reproach by anyone and.
bring your physical, mental, and moral standards up so high I
that you will be respected and spoken well of by everyone. If
you do these; things, you will never regret it, and you will al-
ways love your Alma Mater for helping you to find yourself
as you should.
With The Exchanges
Since football is in the air, pep
squads have to be formed by the
student body "who are not ort the
team.
The McMurray pep squad went
into action last Friday by perform-
ing, several maneuvers during' the
half of the game with the Yellow
Jackets. The National, colors and
the school banner were carried at
the head of the procession. The
maneuvers ended up with the for-
mation of a huge "M." All this ac-
tion took . place on the Howard
Payne field where the game was
played.
Albert T. Mason, Jr., donated,
thirty-five volumes to the library
of Wesley College. Harold Pattillo
gave a similar gift and Ralph Flad-
ger of Dallas presented one Hun-
dred and nine volumes. The above
donations were reported by Mrs.
Kate Bumann, librarian.
' Oklahoma College for Women
will have a magazine instead of an
annual this year. This magazine
will be published with money ob-
tained from the student activity
fee and no additional charge will
be made, to organizations or indi-
viduals. The magazine will not con-
tain any advertising, but will have
pictures and stories giving a sum-
mary of the college year. A new
editor will have to be elected as
the editor elected, Miss Sarah
White, has not returned to school.
The magazine will come out after
the May Fete in the Spring.
Freshmen must be brighter this
year, according to an intelligence
test given to them at the Oklaho-
ma College for Women. The grades
showed remarkable improvement
over those made last year.
(Exchange Editor's note: We
know that they are dumb, however,
All freshmen are green no matter
what grades they make.)
(Editor-in-Chief's Note): The
Exchange. Editor is a Freghman.J
Students of Abilene /Christian.
College will hear Mary Garden,
famed opera singer, on November
2. T. N. Car swell, secretary of
the Abilene Chamber of Commerce,
is sponsoring the appearance of
the famed singer. . Other persons
who are to be featured on the mu-
sic program in November are Dor-
is Kenyon and Clare Clairbert.
Teachers Judge at Tolar Fair
The annual Tolar Fair was held
October 1 and 2. On the first, day
of the fair the exhibits for poultry,
- crops and home economics were
judged. The judges were Mr, E. C.
Johnson, poultry; Mr. A. J. Spang-
ler, crops; and Misses Lorraine
Yarbrough and Mattie Walker,
home economics. On Oct. 2 there
was a Future Farmers of Texas
dairy judging contest in which
Richland Springs won first place.
Fifty-five boys from Dublin, Proc*
tor, Kichland Springs, Millsap and
Tolar entered the contest. E. J.
Powell, instructor of the winning
class, is a former Tarleton student.
On' Monday, Mr. H. N. Smith
and Mr, A, J. Spangler helped Su-
perintendent A. V. Price of Gordon
in picking out calves for a feeding
project for his agriculture class.
Mr. Spangler was to visit the vo-
cation;:! agriculture classes of San
Saba, Cherokee and Rochelle Wed-
nesday, Thursday, and Friday of
this week.
J.A.P.S. Club Has First Meeting
The J.A.P.S. Club held its first
meeting in Rosamond Langdon's
room at the dormitory last Satur-
day night This meeting was a very
informal social gathering, the pur-
pose of which was to instruct the
new members about the club. The
old members present were Mary Jo
Slaughter, president, 30-'31; and
Rosamond LaUgdon. New mem-
TESTS
To anyone who doesn't know
what it is all about, the students
of Howard Payne college have been
undergoing several mental opera-
tions this week, this being1 the end
of the first month when examina-
tions are in order.-Yes, everybody
had to get down and study whether
he wanted to or not. Books that
hadn't been opened before saw
dayiight for the first time. Pencils
that hadn't been sharpened were
moistened on the end of the tongue
whiie the ruminating one strove to
get the machinery of his rusty
brains to running. Ah, yes, it was
a sad affair for some—a glad affair
for others. To the student who had
been keeping an eye on his books
and the other on pep meetings and
ball games, there was nothing
amiss—but to the poor one who
hadn't kept either eye open in class
or out—it was just too bad. Any-
way, the tales tomorrow will tell
the story. Those letters of the al-
phabet which are turned in to the
high officials of the place and are
recorded mean quite a lot when the
final reckoning takes place. Be-
ware, poor one, and keep in mind
that it is better to keep up than to
Photographs J* oems,Pianos and That Air
of Comfort Pervading Teachers* Offices
Reveal Varied Personalities on Faculty
Many people express tfcetr per-
sonality in the way they talk, in
the way they dress, or in the way
they walk. 'Any of these may be
affected, but there is nothing that
express people's individuality ; as
their personal rooms or the places
in which they do moat of their
work. Some, people have to have an
" atmosphere" in their work shop
■—others simply create one where
they are.
There are people in this college
like that. Take Miss Lillard's
studio. One could easly tell the
kind of work she does in the. way
her office is arranged. It is large
and comfortable looking without
seeming' crowded, and yet it does
not have the cluttered up.appear-
ance that some people's homes
have that are called comfortable.
A . person with no chemical
knowledge whatever ■ could tell
that Mr. S. F. Davis was con-
cerned with the gas laws and
Mendeleffs arrangement of the
elements. If not. from the many
books and charts in the office, he
would be certain to know from the
flower pot resting in a beaker in
the window.
The three men teacher? in the
Biology Department share the
same office. Dr. H. B. Smith's
desk has photographs of-his little
boy above it. Captain John Smith
always has an assortment of let-
ters scattered over his desk. The
J-Tac staff offers a button to the
person getting a copy of the poem
above it as it cannot be read up-
side down and one cannot get be-
hind the desk wMn Captain John
is there and there is no occasion
to when he is not. Mr. English has
not been in Tarleton long enough
to ' expose any of his personal
traits.
The Froh brothers* studios, are
somewhat similar,: as is to be ex-
pected. In. each there is a piano,
a picture or two of some famous
musician, and a good deal of cigar
smoke. As Mr. Garnett Froh does
a good deal of painting and pre-
pares his own canvas, he usually
has paint buckets,tubes, and an
easel up where he can work be-
tween lessons.
sunlight, twilight, candlelight and
then sunlight again right before
the finals.—Amen.—Yellow Jacket,
Howard Payne .College.
lights each night is better than
catch up and that a little electric
bers present were Eugenia Pike,
Lois Boone, Katherine Rogers, Ruth
Askew, "Dink" Golightly, Florence
Bryant, Loree Moser, and Evelyn
Kiachen, Mabel Boone, Waldine
Buchanan, and Gladys Keith, for-
mer J.A.P.S.'s and^ Juarea Tubbs
were also present. Miss Dexta King
has been selected as" the new facul-
ty advisor for the club.
Refreshments were served con-
sisting of cheese and olive sand-
wiches, potato chips, frozen cherry
salad with whipped cream, cheese
crackers, devil's food cake, punch,
and WATERMELON.
+ HERE and THERE %
Was there pep and spirit at the
game Friday? There was. Was the
team grand? It was. Are w© back
of them all the time in every way?
We are.
The demonstration at the dining
hall Friday night was good. We
have Temple to thank for. that.
Nothing he does lags.
Notice freshmen: It ia always
advisable to yell at football games.
One Fort freshman states that
he wouldn't trade any man in the
Fort for all the men in the uni-
verse, that every guy there is all
right. Folks, that's the spirit. Try
to like everybody; or if that
doesn't suit you, try not to find
fault with anybody. The Tarleton
spirit consists of every member of
the student body feeling , closely
bound to every other member, and
you can't have that feeling if ev-
erybody knocks everybody else.
Change of subjects—it seems
that a report of Dorothy Stock-
ton's initiation into the Les Lu-
nettes got out before' the deed was
done.
Bonner left the bus at the rail-
road station.
. If you hadn't thought of it be-
fore, Annie C. Bristol is a real
sport.
. Ask Mr. Eaves to explain the
difference between a good boy and
a nice boy?
Mary Waurine was going to fee
very clever and smart by giving
six cents to the Student Loan Fund
so that it would be $59,960,30 in-
stead of $59,960.24, but she found
out that the amount changes every
day on account of accumulating in-
terest.
Did Mr. English have a pleasant
time in Temple?
Little Red says that when
Brother Red tells him to get away
from the phone so that he can use
it, he always tells his girl good-
bye.
Cadets got a break for once
when they got a chance, to glance
at the Aggettes a few minutes
while they were dancing.
Which reminds me-
One freshman femme: What:
does Aggette mean?
Another of the same caliber : It's
just like hero and heroine—Ag-
gette is the feminine of Aggie,
Fish Watkins in a note to the
good looking girl, on the campus:
"Columbus took a chance and so
can I. How about a date to the
show Saturday night, Hon?" ,
■ Fish Watkins to good looking
blonde: "How about a date tonight,
Sugar?"
Good looking blonde: "Do you
really mean it?"
Fish Watkins: "Uh-huh."
One girl at the dining hall lisi>
ening to good radio music: "That
music almost makes me believe I'm
eating in some fine hotel."
Fish Kinchen: "Yes, just clooe
your , eyes " „ , , ^
Fish Lambert: "Yeah ,and you'll
miss your mouth."
LES LUNETTES ORGANIZE;
ELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR
The Les Lunettes met for the
first time this year on September
16, in the home of Miss Elizabeth
Long on Clinton Avenue. The pur-
pose of this meeting was to elect
officers and to introduce the new
pledges into the club.
Lula Mae Goodwin was elected
president; Beverly Keyser, secre-
tary; Virginia Barekman, treasur-
er; and Luceil Moss, J-Tac report-
er. Miss Titia Belle, Blanks, pro-
fessor in the Department of Home
Economics, was elected faculty ad-
viser for this year.
The new members selected. for
the JLes Lunettes are Dorothy
Stockton} Beverly Keyser, La Vern
Loveless, Ina Mae Tate, Elizabeth
Long, arid Lee Edwin Terry. The
old members that are back are Lula
Mae Goodwin, Virginia Barekman,
Madeline Funkhouser, and Luceil
MOSS. ;
This year promises to be one of
the best in: the history of the club.
Lynch's Shoe Shop
GOOD WORK AT FAIR PRICES
Shoe and Boot Repair
THAT GOOD GUXF GASOLINE
AND SUPREME MOTOR OIJi
We Want a Part of Your Business
Robbins & Phelps
East Washington
MAJESTIC THEATRE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH:
"ARIZONA"
—WITH—
LAURA IiA PIiANTE AND JOHN WAYNE
(Vivid Portrayal of Army and Navy Football Game Followed
Army and Navy Ball)
SUNDAY AND MONDAY, OCTOBER 11-12
« A FREE SOUL "
—WITH—
NORMA SHEARER
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