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Vol. XII
STEPHEN VILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY,' FEBRUARY. 13, l£i>2-./' ■' '
NUMBER 19
PLOWBOY!
Well, it seems as if it had been
a long time since we have been to
a ball game; maybe it is because
wc lost the last one in a hard -way.
Boy, I have never seen a crowd go
so wild over a game in my life!
From gentle cuss words to excl-
amatory exclamations. After play-
ing two extra periods to lose by a
good margin is indeed pnough to
make one feel down and out. May
it never happen again!
But Thursday- night at Brown-
wood the Purple is out to get the
score even with the Yellow Jackets.
The Plowboys were out to get Ran-
dolph Tuesday night, too.
The season is drawing to a. close
and getting closer and eloser to
the time when the final reckoning
comes,,the last of this month, when
the tournament will he played here.
This gives the college/students the
unusual privilege of attending with
a minimum cost.
The tennis and track men have
started out in earnest,. and the
eliminations have started for the
first eight men in the tennis squad
out of 31, Out of the remaining 23
a ladder will be formed and tourna-
ment play started. The girls have
.the courts oh Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday afternoons until 5:15.
The boys have the courts the re-
maining days and after 5:15 on
the - first named. With the track
men under Coach Fraaier and the
"Racketeers" under J. E, Oliver,
the teams should be a walloping
success. Twenty some odd men re-
ported for track workout Monday
afternoon, and were put through a
light workout by Coach Frazier to
limber up their muscles. The bas-
ketball men that are traeksters al-
so are still plugging away for a
place on the 'cage five.
TENNIS ELIMINATION
SETTINGUNDF-fl W
The boys' tennis eliminations for
the first eight ranking players was
started Monday afternoon on the
courts behind the gym. The hours
that are open, to the boys are all
day'.Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat-
urday, and after 5:15 on other
days. The girls' tennis teams as
yet are only in class form, and no
eliminations have started. There
were thirty-one present at the
meeting after chapel Monday
morning and cards were drawn
with numbers written on them to
' pla£e ' each one's first opponent.
Some new material is seen gallop-
ing over the courts, but-none as
yet seem to be championship ma-
terial, The tennis team last year
met with huge success and - the
same is expected this year.
There has been no date set as
to when the games must be played
between the 'contestants, but they
are to be played as soon as possible
to start the practices and the lad-
der arrangements. Tennis shoes
must be worn, and failure to recog-
nize this rule ' will result in de-
' merits, for the courts are in no
top-notch condition.
PATTERN AND COLOR CHOSEN
FOR SENIOR GIRLS' DRESSES
TARLETDN JUDGING
TEAM WORKING TO
Every time the Tarleton Stock
Judging Team has competed in the
contest at the Fort Worth Fat
Stock. Show, it has won first place,
The team has been in the contest
four times. Each time competition
was furnished by six state teach-
ers' colleges in Texas, Arkansas
Polytechnic, and North Texas Ag-
ricultural College.
The following boys are trying
for the team, which will consist of
three regulars and one alternate:
Morgan Davis, Clarence Mason,
Arris Anderson, Henry Turney,
Claud Allison, Charles Jameson,
Bonner Ivey,' Morris Jones, Don
Wertz,- Le Roy Coppcdge, ■ Otis
Payne, and Frank Pondrom..
This group of boys works out on
every Thursday and Saturday af-
ternoon and on Sunday.
The Fort Worth, Fat Stock Show
for> this year will be from March
5 to 15.
ENROLLMENT STANDS
AT 905 FOR THE YEAR
Figures published in last week's
issue of the J-Tac concerning reg-
istration for the second term were
premature, later enrollment statis-
tics 'show. The total registration
for the year now stands at 905, ac-
cording to announcement from the
registrar's office - Monday.
The figures are higher than for
any year previous to the last three
in the entire history of the college,
and fall very little below those of
1930-31. ~ ■ . - -
CRACK COMPANY IS
TO BE ORGANIZED
i ■.
The graduating senior girls have
-had several -meetings in an effort
to decide upon a plan for. gradua-
tion dresses for the group, Butte r-
iek pattern No. 4004 has been se-
lected, and the color of the mate-
rial, near-white, has heen decided,
; but the group cannot decide upon
: the type of material to be used.
Patronize J-Tac advertiiers-
they deserve your patronage.
"The old Vidette Company will
be reorganized," stated Lieut.
George M. Davis at drill Monday
morning.
The Videttes are to be a crack
company picked from the. cadet
corps. Men from all companies will
be permitted to join. The purpose
of the new company is for exhibit-
ion on special occasions this year
and for the training of officers and
non-commissioned officers for next
year.
- The Yidettes ■ will drill thirty
minutes each Tuesday and Thurs-
day afternoons. The orders of the
War Department prohibiting the
Videttes award have been rescind-
ed and the award will be re-estab-
lished. No definite information has
been obtained in relation to the
holding of a Vidette encampment
next fall.
DEFINITION
A Methodist preacher once gave
the definition of appetite: "We are
'appy while we are eating, and
'tite' when we are through."
Washington Bicentennial Will Be
Celebrated on Campus February 22-28
The Washington 'Bicentennial
celebration program will be observ-
ed on the Tarleton campus begin-
ning Monday, February 22, and
ending Saturday, February 28. ■
On Monday at chapel a. special
program will be given by the
Speech department. At 7:30 o'clock
Tuesday evening, Mr. R, L. Eayes,
head of the history department,
will entertain with an illustrated
lecture, "The Father of our Coun-
try." The Reverend W. H. Andrew
will speak at chapel Wednesday on
the subject of "Washington, the
Christian," and that night at 7:30
o'clock, J. O. Garrett, head of the
foreign language department, will
give an illustrated lecture, "Wash-
ington, the American." On Thurs-
day at chapel the music depart-
ment will give some popular Anj-
FORT BOYS' THANKS
' We wish, to take this method
and opportunity of expressing
our profoundest appreciation to
Miss Bierschwalc for her expres-
sion of interest in our pleasures
by presenting us with a radio
for our reception room,
—The Fort Boys.
MANYTARLETONITES
WORK FORJKPENSES
Many Tarleton students are
making a part - of their expens-
es by working at various jobs on
■the campus and elsewhere*. It is
estimated that at" least fifty stu-
dents make half or a 'major portion
of their board a,nd room by work-
ing at the dining hall and gymnas-
ium. There ar6 about fifteen stu-
dents who hold' odd- jobs on the
campus that make enough to, pay-
for their rooms. About fifty work
on the campus each week and make
enough to pay for their books. Five
firemen and six office workers are
included on the Tarleton payroll.
The majority of the boarding
houses employ Tarleton students in
preference to other helpers. The
bus is driven by one student; an-
other works at the Varsity. In
fact, on Saturday nearly every
business houses in town-has some
young man or woman among the
extra help.
Many girls help make their ex-
pense burden lighter by doing light
housekeeping. In a last year's
newspaper there was a cartoon of
a boy leading a cow'; below it was
written, "On their way to Tarleton
College."
MARY WATJRINE LEAVES ,
Mary Waurine Hunter has with-
drawn from school. She ieft here
\
Saturday for her home in Joshua.
Her place on this campus cannot be
filled. She was secretary of the Ag-
gettes, and a member of the J-Tac
staff. Besides that, she was a real-
sport.
Puppeteers Lose No Time or Motion;
Back Stage Is Like Child's Playhouse
Did you ever see everybody in a
group of people doing the right
thing at the right time? That is
just what the eight people back of
the curtain in the marionette show
did. If each one had not known
what to do and just when to do it,
what a tangling good time they
would have had. ,
Big Alice was master of little
Alice, that is,. she ' pulled the
strings for little Alice. One person
eould operate' two dolls at the same
time.
The hack stage looked like the
playhouse of the neighbor children.
The puppets were hanging in a
row back of the stage. They were
placed in the order in which they
Were to appear on the stage. It
was no trouble at all for the opera-
tors to get the dolls, just a little
fast snatching. .
The excess baggage was not in
evidence in the equipment. The
floor of the theatre was the tops
of the trunks. The* platform for
the operators to stand on was also
fashioned from trunks.
•When the show was over each
puppet was placed in a quilted sack
and packed in a big trunk. Appar-
ently the operators were not wor-
ried about the strings getting tan-
gled; they • just wrapped the
, strings for each puppet around the
handle fastened to the strings and
dropped it in the bag with the doll.
eric'an folk' iong:s, and at 7:30
o'clock in the evening of the same
day, Lieut. George M. Davis will
give an illustrated lecture, "The
Song of the Flag." Lieut, Davis
will give, a short talk in chapel
Friday on- "Washington ' in Mili-
tary Life." The week's . program
will be concluded'in a special pro-
gram at chapel Saturday.
One of a series of teas will be'
given on Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock. It will be a colonial
tea in honor of George Washing-
ton with a hundred and. fifty stu-
dents as guests. During the sem-
ester, on five different, occasions,
the Home Economics' department
is giving teas; and at some time
during the semester, each student
will be invited to attend one of
these.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR TO VISIT
J.T.A.C TEBRUARY15
Dr. Walter C. Eells of Stanford
University, editor and manages of
the American Junior College Jour-
nal, will be at Tarleton on Monday,
February 15; '.He will deliver a
short lecture at 10 o'clock at the
regular chapel period, and another
lecture that evening in the auditor-
ium. These lectures are open to the
public. . . -
Dr. Frederick Eby of the Univer-
sity of Texas, who is champion of
the four-year junior colleges and
who ranks -with Dr. Eells as one of
the foremost patrons of the junior
college, lias been invited to be here
on the occasion of Dr. Eells' visit.
Representatives of all junior col-
leges of Texas and of the educa-
tional department of all Texas col-
leges and universities have been in-
vited to be present. ■
■ Both Dr. Eells and Dr. Eby have
made exhaustive studies of -the jun-
ior colleges.
MAGICIAN SCHEDULED
ON LYCEUM NUMBER
The forthcoming lyceum sched-
uled for February ,18, presents Ru-
pert Howard, brilliant British stu-
dent of magie, author, and lectur-
er. The program is a unique fea-
ture which is novel as well as
worthwhile. Being a student of
magic all his life, Howard presents
his' subject . "Magic Through the
Ages" excellently., Demonstrations
of his subject given to illus-
trate a number of the characteris-
tic exploits of magic accomplished
by famous magicians since early
times. The history of magie and its'
development since the beginning of
civilization up to the present day
are traced in an interesting man-,
ner, according to advance informa-
tion.
Magic has been a great influenc-
ing factor in world' ristory for
more than six thousand years. In
■illustrating his topic,1 Mr. Howard
executes some of the most fantas-
tic deeds of historical 'prowess of
magic rfrom many countries of the
world. Ancient, historical Egyp-
tian magicians are revealed to the.
audience by the artist. He starts
with Egypt; then goes to the mag-
ic of Greece and,Rome, and out-
lines the position of magic and su-
perstition in some primitive relig-
ions. One of the most interesting
exhibitions is his version of . "Magic
in the Middle Ages," when it held
sway over the medieval courts of
kings throughout Europe, A num-
ber o-i the masters of magic are
shown to the audienpt? through
some of their most famous tricks,
beginning with Houdini. Mr. How-
ard introduces to the public well
known magicians as: Anderson,
Herman, Maskelyne, and Houdini,
the miracle man of magic.
JACK BUCHANAN !S
ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF FINEARTS CLUB
The Fine Arts Club met last
Tuesday night, and was entertain-
ed with an unusually interesting
program. The piano numbers in-
cluded, "Hop, Skip, Jump" (Mac-
Leachan) played by. Marie Wells;
"Capricarite" (Wachs), Louise
Truett. A. violin number, "The Ro-
sary" (Nevin), was played by Ella
Frances Chandler, The Boys!
Quartet sang two numbers, "Ken-
tucky Babe" (Giebel) and "Little
Close Harmony" (0,'Hara). ■;
The program was concluded with
a talk by Miss Lillard on preser.t-
day drama stars. After her speech
she. passed around photographs of
some prominent-actors and actressy
ea of today. The club enjoyed hav-
ing Miss Lillard present, and her ,
talk was much enjoyed.
■ The ■ nominating,.committee ap-
pointed by Robert Blair, president ,
of the Fine Arts jClub, consisted of 1
Mack Cresw-ell, chairman, Anna ■
Ruth Thurman and Dorothy Lynn
Taylor. They nominated tw-o can-
didates for each office. The mem-
bers' of the elub -voted on their
choice of the two. The following
officers were elected for the last
semester: President, Jack Buchan-
an; vice-president, Grady Little-
ton; secretary and1 treasurer,' Thel-
ma McAninch; prep reporter, Inez
Earl. /
Gwendolyn Williams was award-
ed the medal given to the student
who makes the highest average in
at least four1 subjects.
Dorothy Lynn Taylor, violin stu-
dent, won the medal awarded high
school students.
Miss^ Lorraine Foster, soprano
singer of New York, visited in the
conservatory Thursday!
■ Miss', Foster is a Georgian by
birth:, she was educated . in the
National Conservatory of Music,
Panama, under the direction of Dr.
Narriso G array. Through the ad-
vice of Guiseppe Bomboschek, Di-
rector of the ^Metropolitan Opera
Company, New York, she sang .
throughout Italy, Sicily, Switzer-r
land with marked success.
The Girls' Sextet and the Boys'
Quartet broadcasted from Dublin
Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Several vocal solos, "The Rio
Graqde" "The Landslide," and "A
Big Brown- Bear" were sung by
Mr. , Gough. "Serenadin' , Sarah"
and "Rose of My Heart", were sung
by Ethel Hamilton, student of Mr.
Gough. Charles and Garnett Froh
played two of their duets. Daura
Palni'o sang two numbers, "Down
in Caroline" , and ' "Sleepy Time
Down South." The program was
an hour in length and well enjoy-
ed," 1
TRACKSTE
S START '
TS
Monday afternoon track enthusi-
asts and those who have ambitions
to be on the Tarleton track squad,
came out to the figld and prac-
ticed. Twenty men reported for
workout and this number will be
increased after the basketball stfe-
son is over. Coach Frazier put the
men through a light workout to
limber, their muscles, and gave
them a little talk on what. he ex-
pected them: to do in order to do
their sport as well as possible. The
prospects for a nifty relay team
look probable, and with a few old
men back the season gives the
promise of being highly success-
ful.
THE WEATHER
By Gum
Allows as how. it is fair
enough.
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