The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 13, 1932 Page: 4 of 4
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PAGE FOUB
THE J-TAO
TEACHERS WORKED TO
EDUCATETHEMSELVES
To those who are working their
way through school now, it may be
some consolation" or perhaps in-
spiration to know that some of the
faculty members also had to work
for their education. These are
some of the things they did:
Dean Davis loaded a wheeled-
scraper while the Frisco road-bed
grade was being built through Tex-,
as, . picked cotton, cleared land,
milked and watered cows, fed and
watered one horse, did the market-
ing for a boarding house, cut fire-
wood and stove-wood, and carried
it in, made fires in the morning,
tutored other students, cut atove-
wood for- faculty members, and
shined shoes. He attended Denton
State Teachers' College.
Captain John Smith collected
accounts, shoveled snow, fired fur-
napes, played on athletic teams,
and worked on farms. He attended
Peabody College;
Mr. Eaves sold books in sum-
mer, worked in comptroller's office
in Austin compiling delinquent tax
records, waited on tables and so-
licited boarders for a big boarding
house. School, University of Texas.
Miss Gough did sewing from the
age of fifteen until her graduation
from high school, and taught
school thereafter. School, Univers-
ity of Texas.
, Mr. Doremus shoveled snow, dug
cellars,' mowed lawns, washed
cases in museum, did commercial
testing of concrete, was assistant
teacher in geometry and labs in
materials* testing, surveyed power
line in zero weather, supervised
laying of asphalt paving, ran har-
vester binder on farm, helped tear
down buildings, wheeled concrete
in a wheelbarrow in the construc-
tion of new building, took a job
with' state highway department as
rodman, later as transit man, and
did street paving. The summer fol-
lowing his graduation, Mr. Do-
■ remus got his first "real job" at a
' salary much lower than that of
some of the ones he had during his
school days. School, University of
Nebraska,
PLOWBOY BASKETEERS MEET
RANDOLPH, HOWARD PAYNE
The Plcwboy cagers battle the
Randolph cagers. in Cisco Tuesday
night and Howard Payne in Brown-
wood Thursday night. Students al!
remember the game last Wednes-
day night at the Tarleton gym. with
Howard Payne, in which Tarleton
came out with the little end of the
stick. The game was continued for
two extra periods, to enable one
side or the other to gain a lead ac-
cording to the five-minute rule.
During the second extra period, the
Plowboy defense, seemed to sag
and then break to pieces. The fight
was kept hot and fast for the en-
tire length of the game and through
the first extra period, First a play-
er on one team would make a shot
that the game seemed to depend
upon, and then another would be
rung up. Out to even the count, the
Plowboys. should turn in a whale
of a game in Brownwood. The
Randolph team has1 one defeat on
record at the hands of the- Plow-
boys this season, a 26-23 one ey-
tra-period game.
Subscribe for the J.-Tac,
your, college paper.
It is
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Week-End
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t HERE and THERE Z
On Monday morning Mr. Tidwell
made this announcement: "There
will be no chemistry lab this week
until Thursday, Is that clear? Lab
classes will meet on. Thursday and
Friday, but not'before then.". Hen-
ry "Tuffy" Turney then spoke up:
"Teacher, will we have lab this af-
ternoon?" 1
Did you ever call up a person
over the telephone and have that
person greet you by saying, "It's
me, oh Lord"? Well, Zelma Nash
did. N
If you had someone to call you
asking for a date, gave the date,
and then came down later and
dragged him off to church, and all
the time it was really some other
boy3 that did the phoning, and. he
didn't know anything about it,
what' would you do if you faund
out all about it? Well, you prob-
ably Wouldn't even know that you
had. been made the subject of a
joke, although your date would
have realized it the minute you
dragged him off.
Uncle Moody had. to withdraw
that offer of memory 'books for a
score of or more, for too
many such scoves were shot. How-
ever, Little Bull Kgrrola was for-
tunate enough to win a little bool;
entitled, "My Recipes and Those if
My Friends." Did he have.a fur,::y
look on Jiis face whjii Une hand-
ed him that book?
New case of L. M. (Jove-making)
on, the campus: Pete Lambert and
Florine Richardson,
You say that thi$- place is stale,
that there's absolutely'nothing do-
ing, that you are gcing crazy )f
something doesn't happen. Why
don't you go oat and look at the
things ail around you, and get
some pleasure out of-them?? Ste-
phenville isn't such a large place,
but here as well as everywhere else
there are people, and they are the
most interesting 'things in the
world. This is • not recommending
that you loaf around down town,
but* if you would just wander
around down there some time and
observe the people in tha-stores
and on the streets, and listen to the
things they say to each o'Aer, you
might iind that life is not so bor-
ing after all. <r
Isn't it awful when you start out
interviewing somebody expecting
toi get a big news scoop, and find
the^ report of the marriage is only
a beautiful fable?
Wolston says he's trying to find
out about this thing called love.
Somehow or other there's always
some devilment going on in the
dump. Tonight, Novalyn Drake,
with only her two bare hands and
a broom, captured alive a mouse,
length, two inches, including tail.
Then the heartless creatur ^picked
up the poor mouse, which was
shaking like a leaf, ■ he was so
scared, and carried him all the
way downstairs, and dumped him
outdoors.
TARLETON EX-STUDENTS
MARRY SUNDAY AT LEYITA
Auneeta Huckabee, who graduat-
ed from Tarleton last year, was
married to Lefty Thomas, student
of 1930, on Sunday, January 31, at
eleven o'clock in the Methodist
Church, Levita, Texas.
After the ceremony they left im-
mediately for Mrs. Thomas' home
in Ireland, Texasj where they were
honored with a dinner. ■
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas will make
their home in Tolar, where he is a
teacher in the high school.
Mrs. Thomas will be remember-
ed as athletic sponsor and Aggette
president of last year.
THE CROSS DRUG STORE
PHONE 36
THE HOLT DRUG STORE
PHONE 71
COLLEGE TAILORS
"You Must Be Pleased"
PHONE 4491
WASHINGTON LOVED
SPORTS, EXCELLED
IN HORSEMANSHIP
George Washington was born at
Bridges Creek plantation, West-
moreland County, Virginia, at ten
o'clock on- the morning of Febru-
ary 22, 1732, From, both parents
lie came of fine ancestry, branches
of both the Washingtons and the
Balls being recorded in English rec-
ords for centuries.
George's first schooling came un-
der a convict servant whom
George's father had bought,
George Washington's father im-
pressed on his son the importance
of exercise and developed in him a
strong love of sports and the de-
sire to play every game to-win. He
loved all games. He was a leader
in. vaulting, running, jumping,
pitching quoits, and throwing the
bar, and he excelled in horseman-
ship. George was strong of body,
grave of spirit, with a full sense
of responsibility; a seeker . of
knowledge always, with an abiding
love for the great outdoors.
The following is a list of some
rules of civility and decent behav-
ior in company and conversation
copied from the early writings of
George Washington. These were
chosen at random from the list:
1. Jog not the table or desk on
which another reads or writes.
2. Keep your nails clean and
short, also your hands and teeth
clean, yet without showing any
great concern for them.
3. Show not yourself glad at the
misfortune of another, though he
were your enemy.
4. Superfluous compliments are
to be avoided.
■ 5. Discourse with, men of busi-
ness should be short and compre-
hensive.
6. When a man does all he can,
though it fails, do not blame him.
7. Be not hasty to believe fTying
reports, to the disparagement of
any. ,
8. Take heed that you approach
not to any uncleanness. '
9. Associate yourself with men
of good quality, if you esteem your
own reputation, for 'tis better to
be alone than in bad company.
10. Think before you speak.
11. Treat with men at fit times
about business. .
12. Be not curious to know the af-
fairs of others.
13. Be careful to keep your prom-
ise.
14. Speak not evil of the, absent,
for it is unjust.
15. Let. your recreations be man-
ful, not sinful.
16. Labor to keep alive your con-
science.
George Washington, v/as six feet
two inches tall in his'stacking feet.
He had well ■ developed muscles,
large bones and joints, long arms
and legs, and wide shoulders. His
face was long, with a large,
straight nose, blue-gray eyes, high,
round cheek bones, and colorless,
pale skin. He had dark brown
hair.
The following was taken- from a'
letter written about Washington by
a friend and companion-in-arms:
" In conversation, he looks you
full in the face, is deliberate, defer-
ential, and engaging. His voice is
agreeable rather than strong "
Another writer wrote, "No one
can stand in his presence without
feeling the ascendency of his mind,
and associating with' his counten-
ance the idea, of wisdom."
A close intimacy of, General
Washington's was with "Light
Horse" Harry Lee. Lee was in Con-
gress when he heard of the death
of Washington, and to him is giv-
en the credit of coining the famous
words, "First in war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of his coun-
trymen."
It is a well known fact that per-
sons of unusual force of character
are apt to have enemies as well as
friends. .This was certainly true in
the case of George Washington.
Later in life, however, those who
had posed as enemies went, out of
their- way to deny all antagonism.
E
What
James H. Stewart, '31, principal
senior high school and coach of
athletics at Sidney, Texas, is smil-
ing knowingly these days, for his
boys' basketball team has just won
the Comanche County champion-
ship.
' Miss Fleda Tunnell, '29, '.is a
member of the faculty at Duster.
Miss Dora, Fay McPhail, '26, a
member of the faculty at Sipe
Springs, has recently decided to
marry and try housekeeping,
Dalton Pilcber, '31, is high school
principal and coach of athletics at
Sipe Springs,
Faith Elliott, '29, is the teacher
of English at the Downing senior
high school,
R. V. Leasley is the principal and
Miss Earlean Hilley is the assist-
ant teacher at the Fairview pub-
lic school, near Comanche.
Paul H, Holdridge, '30, is prin-
cipal at Oliver Springs and has as
his assistants Mrs^ Holdridge and
Dale Howard, class '31. .
Hezzie Dean, '30, is principal at
Robinson Springs. Miss Opal How-
ard, '30, is a member pf the faculty
in the same school.
Chas. F. White, '30, is the prin-
cipal of the Noodles school and has
as one of his assistants, Miss Lu-
cille Jones, '30.
Miss Laura Whatley,, '30, is now
Mrs. Charlie Nelson. Mr. Nelson is
a young business man at Duster,
where Mrs. Nelson is a member of
the public school faculty.
Mrs. Alta H. Morrison, '29, is
spending the winter at Kopperl,
Texas.
Knowing half of your subject
doesn't help much—it's always the
other half you need.
PERSONALS
AND OBSERVATIONS '
Lowell Van Zandt spent the
week-end at home and came back
looking rather sleepy-eyed.
Ardis Gaither is thinking about
joining with Tony Sarg's Marion-
ettes. He seems- to think that he
would get along better as a puppet
than as a cadet.
Boys, you had better not carry
a week-hearted girl to see "Frank-
enstein." You know you would hate
to be forced to get up in the mid-
dle of the show and carry her out.
You might miss an exciting scene.
The best policy is to just let her sit
there and the faintness will prob-
ably turn out to be only "play
like." ' ■ ,
Pete Lambert is working on an
invention that will exempt him
from drill. He believes that with
the wonderful mind he has and a
little work he can place a puppet
in his place in the ranks, and op-
erate it by a string from his room
in the fort.
Has anyone noticed the glowing
love light in Bullet Katrola's eyes?
Betty Co-ed and Red' Gilliland
composed a very beautiful little
song in their spare time- at the
Dump Sunday night.
Hilary Moore returned to his.
home in Victory Monday night af-
ter winning a tennis match, from
A. p. Livingston.
HOSPITAL NOTES
. The list from the hospital'seems
to increase every week instead of
decreasing as we would have it do,
Many of the students have been
rather sick with cold infections and
colds. There were eight students
in the hospital over the past week-
end and at the present there are
still seven.
The list this week includes tlie
names of Bob S. Smith, F. M.
Ensley, Lawrence Roach,' Cather-
ine Sutherland, Ferris Carper, Day-
ton Carrell, Irene Lauderdale, Vera -
Lamar, Ernest Scales, Carlton;
Cole, Amma Dare Adams, Stella
Hammack, Bessie, Lee Mitchell,
Marieta Bell McCauley, Claud Mer-
cer, Bernard Vine, Annie Ruth.
Jones, Ruth Souther, Sedale Folio-
will, Clodah Petit, M. D. King, Mae
Duren, Nell Cull well, Annie C.
Bristol, Helen Whitten, Maurice
Mitchell, Annie Laura Vannatta,
Byron Miller, Dewitt Blanton, and
Gregory Leuty.
Let's all try to makei next week
lighter on the nurses. If you feel -'
that you are taking eold, do some- -
thing about it before it. gets a
head start on you.
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We appreciate the patronage of
Students during the past year and
we ask that they continue to trade
here.
, VOTE FOR .
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For Sheriff
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Office Over Ladles' Store
South Side of the Square
PHONE 204 ;
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