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J-TAC
VOL. XIV,
STEP RENVILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1934.
NUMBER 10
PLOWBOYS TO PLAY RANDOLPH HERE TONIGHT
PLOWBOY
The Tarleton cagers are still
marching along the road to victory,
piling up point after point and as
usual almost doubling the score of
the opponents. The quintet made
the trip to Terrell where they 'wal-
loped the Bulldogs 42-25. The trip
was hard on the team, being made
through the rain and slush, and the
turn-out was small. The team wont
ahead and smashed through as us-
ual hut they could have done even
better with good, support. By the
time this is printed the Plowboys
should have another victory against
Hillsboro chalked up to their credit.
Next week the Purple and White
will meet Decatur, on Tuesday and
Weatherford on Friday. Both of
these promise to be tough games
and the boys will need support.
Last of all the Plowboys meet N.
T. A. C. again. That's enough said
about that game. A game with Ran-
dolph may be arranged for tonight.
Let's see the old pep, gang. We've
got a championship team, let's have
a championship rooting section.
The track team is steadily work-
ing toward perfection. Each day
sees a few seconds cut off of their
time. Decker and Hamilton are
burning up the cinders on the 440,
Gage shows pretty work on the half
mile, you all know what Sweeten
did the other day, and of course
there is Longley on the mile. Many
others are working steadily and
showing beautiful form. All the
boys are working hard, and doing
without many things in order to
bring glory to old John Tarleton.
Give the/n an encouraging word
and show them you appreciate their
work.
Keep up the pep, ye Tarletonites!
The Texas colonists recognized
no moral difference between priv-
ate and public obligations.
To sue an honest but unfortun-
ate debtor, who was not able to pay
a debt, was condemned as an out-
rage in early Texas colonies.
GRADEPOINT AVERAGE
IS HIGH AMONG TERM
HONORjOLL GROUP
James Joiner Heds List With Fifty-
Seven Grade Points—Viggo
Miller Is Second
Jim Joiper heads the list of hon-
or students with a total of 57
grade points for the first semester,
and Viggo Miller follows closely
with 55. Others on the semester
honor roll and the grade points
each made are:
Geneva Abbott, 48; Alma Kuth
Ator, 31; Lily Barbato, 37; Hale
Barfoot, 34; Jake Barken, 47; Sam
Bass, 36; Cleo Black, 35; Ben
Blanton, 31; James Everett Briggs
46; Mrs. Bessie Brown, 45; Mor-
dine Brown, 36; Morine Brown,
36; Edward Allen Burns, 37; Lynn
Byrd, 31; Raymond Caudle, 32;
Weldon Clark, 44; Henry Clay
Cook, 30; Wm. Bryant Cowan, 44;
John M. Craddock, 47; Norris Gar-
land Davis, 48; Wilbur Dittrich,
35; Ross L. Elliott, 30; Verona
Flatt, 35; Claborne Friou, 34;-
Eeuben Friou, 37.
Erma Lee Gilbreath, 31; Alice
Hamilton, 38; Lynn Hassler, 39;
Esther Homeyer, 34; Needham
Horner, 30; Burke Horton, 54;
Irene Howington, 37; Robert Cleo
Joplin, 30; H, D, Kay, 32; Burette
Keng, 48; Carroll King, 41; EInora
Larson, 40; Mildred Lawson, 34;
Charles Littlepage, 34; Grainger
Mcllhaney, 38; Junius Markem,
35; Walter Markem, 40; Seott
Martin, 41; Lee Arval Mieara, 37;
Doyle Elmo Miller, 3!); John Mil-
ford Mitchell, 44; Ellen Nix, 31.
Harold Padgett, 33; Vernelle
Perry, 34; Josephine Peters, 50;
Bernice Phillips, 32; Willard Pool,
34; Bobbie Louise Price, 36; Rob-
ert Reinheimer, 37; Ruth Rice, 31;
Mildred Richardson, 30; Rebecca
Robinette, 39; Quin Rounsaville,
32; Ernest Lloyd Scales, 37; James
F. Skiles, 31; Carolyn Slaikeu, 41;
Mary Bob Snoddy, 32; Dorothy L.
Taylor, 32; Iva L. Trewitt, 37;
E, S. Tunnell, 32; Rodger R. Tur-
ney, 37; Thomas Cedric Walton,
40; Virginia Watkins, 33; Arbutus
Watson, 37; Edith Wharton, 34;
Hinyon Whitworth, 44.
J-Tac Staff Will No Longer See Fort
When Recreation Building Completed
The Recreation Building has
started going up instead of down,
and that is encouraging, because
for several weeks students would
stand on the brink looking down
at the potential recreation build-
ing. Even the dirt, rocks, boards,
and wooden chimneys have yet to
take on the aspect of a building.
Even as this is .written a door has
gone up, but the point is not quite
clear—why should there be doors
when the workmen walk right over
the walls?
One bright Tarleton student
thought that the lumber lying back
of the store was shingles. Her viv-
id imagination has already visual-
ized the roof and she is always
looking in the windows what ain't
and seeing hardwood floors she will
dance on. If we could look much
longer at imaginary roofs, walls,
and floors, real hard tangible rocks
will take their place and from the
J-Tac office the windows of the
Fort will no longer be visible.
TARLETON STUDENTS
SELECTED FOR CWA
WORK AT TARLETON
23 Girls and 38 Boys Have Been
Chosen From School For Work
On College Campus
February 22 is Observed Over the Nation
/4s Birthday Anniversary of Washington
February 22 is the birthday of
one of the pioneers of our democ-
racy, and that is the reason that
thisday is set aside as a national
holiday. George Washington, being
a true American, gave his time,
Jiis money, and his life to the res-
cuing of this young nation of Am-
erica from the tyranical grip of
England from 1772 to 1779.
The early life of George Wash-
ington is known to everyone. He
was one of the wealthiest men in
America during the American
Revolutionary period, and he gave
all the money that he had to sup-
port the small colonial army. As
a result he was made commander-
in-chief and the burden of the rev-
olution was shifted to his should-
ers. Being a man of broadminded-
ness and care, Washington helped
to win the colonial independence
from England,
Washington was elected presi-
dent of the first thirteen colonies.
This made him the first president
of the United States. He establish-
ed and set to work our present-day
form of government. Not only was
he a genius as military leader, but
he was equally as great as a states-
man. He served eight years as
president of the United States;
then retired to his country estate
in Mount Vernon. There he died
in 1799.
Today we alljook back in history
to renew our thoughts of a mighty
historical character and try to
fashion our lives to his. George
Washington is gone physically, but
his fighting spirit remains in the
heart of every true American citi-
zen.
FACULTY ENTERTAINED
WITH BANQUET AT D. II.
Members of the faculty were en
tertained with a five-course dinner
Thursday evening at the Dining
Hall.
The tables were arranged in the
shape of an "O" with a sunken gar-
den composed of a bird bath, step-
ping stones, benches, and green
grass was located in the center.
A pink and green color scheme
was used. Places were laid for eigh-
ty-one guests.
The winners in the J-Tac's
weekly best article contest for''
the week ending February 10,
were as follows: Hale Barfoot
on the editorial "Likes and Dis-
likes," first; and Doris Thomas,
second, for writing "Freshman
Plans Taking School by Storm,
Develops into Part of College
ahd Likes It." Hale Barfoot
wrote the head on his editorial.
On the basis of the requirements
specified by the CWA Federal
Board, thirty-eight Tarleton boys
and twenty-three Tarleton girls
have been selected for College Stu-
dent Aid. Ten per cent of the regu-
lar college students that were en-
rolled here October 15, 1933 are
eligible for relief. At that time 611
were in the college division, giving
a total of G1 students eligible to
be CWA workers. According to the
stipulations by the Federal Board,
75 per cent of the 61 could be stu-
dents who were in jehoot the first
semester and 25 per cent had to be
ones not in school the first semes-
ter. The selection had to be based
on the ratio of the number of boys
to the number of girls in college
October 15, 1933.
The appointments of students to
CWA work must be based upon the
following three principles:
1. The student must be of col-
lege rank.
2. The conduet of the student
must be exemplary.
3. Thg selection must be on the
basis of scholarship.
Tarleton students who have been
approved are as follows: Hollis
Bledsoe, Ranee Corley, Ernest Cox,
Price Hoi comb, Leland W. Killian,
Roy Lee McCIung, Bruce Reagan,
Doyle White, Lynn Byrd, Raymond
Caudle, Don Chaney, E. L. Dau-
gherty, Illand Dutton, Odell El-
liott, Jerome Fuqua, Morris Glov-
er, Robert Glover, Oliver W. Ham-
ilton, Burke Horton, Howard -Hoo-
ver, Paul Jones, L. D. Kirby, Lloyd
Laughlin, Guy Martin, Rupert
Moon, Jack Morris, L. B. Palmer,
William Petit, Floyd Sanders,
Woodrow Smith, Lynn Spears,
Oran Spears, J. R. St. Clair, Willie
Tate, J. W, Thompson, Nelson
Curry, Paul Warren, Maxine Dur-
ham, Lucille Henry, Mariana Lan-
Ford, Justine Limroth, Maxine
Lloyd, Lois Davis, Hattie Ruth
Fulton, Lucy Howell, Ruth Rice,
Mary Soules, Mozelle Cowan, Imo-
gene Couch, Beryl Bush, Mary
Elizabeth Chandler, Doris Cowan,
Anno Roper, Vernelle Perry, Irene
Vaughan, Burl Bryant, Dwindolyn
Crouch, Verdie Browning, Ethel
Dean MeFarland, and Sadie Reed.
VALENTINE DINNER HELD
FOR STUDENTS AND GUESTS
A Valentine dinner was held
Wednesday night in the dining hall
One hundred and fifty places were
set for the dinner. The hall was dec-
orated in red hearts, and the menu,
was carried out with hearts as the
predominating feature in all of the
courses. The theme of the occasion
was a hearty dinner.
THREE COLLEGES TO
COMPETE IN ONE-ACT
PLAY CONTEST HERE
The Tarleton Players Will Present
"Casualties" In District Com-
petition Friday Night
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make possible your paper.
The Tarleton Players will com-
pete with Weatherford Junior Col-
lege and Ranger Junior College in
the district one-act play contest,
of the Texas Junior College Public
Speaking Association in the Col-
lege Auditorium at 7:30, Friday
evening, February 23. The contest
will be judged by representatives
from the Fort Worth Little Thea-
tre, the winner going to the State
contest, March 2, to compete with
the winners of eleven other dis-
tricts.
•The Tarleton Players won the
State meet two years ago, and re-
ceived the first medal for girls and
second medal for boys. They won
second place three years ago. The
girls also won first medal at that
time.
The play4to be given Friday eve-
ning will be "Casualties," a tragic
war story with the following char-
acters :
William Smith, the War Veter-
an; Opal Butler, the Woman; Geo.
Gregg, the Doctor.
-CONEERENCETILT
WILL GIVE TARLETON
WEEK-END PRACTICE
Five More Conference Games Are
Scheduled, One at Home,
Four Away
Tonight a team from Randolph
Junior College of Cisco will come
here to engage the Tarleton Plow-
boys in a non-conference basketball
game. Even though the Plowboys
played Hillsboro Junior College in
a conference game here only last
night, it is expected that they will
win handily over the team from
Cisco.
The Plowboys played Randolph
at Cisco on January 11, winning
by the overwhelming score of 45-9.
The Tarleton quintet will play
only one more conference game at
home, that being the one with
Ranger Junior College in the Plow-
boy gymnasium on February 27.
The Plowboys have conference
games away from home with Deca-
tur, N. T. A. C., T. M. C„ and
Weatherford.
DANCE MONDAY EVENING
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
Approximately 110 couples and
30 stags were present at the semes-
ter formal dance Monday night in
the Gym. The grand march started
at 8 o'clock with Dean and Mrs.
Davis leading. Taps were blown at
11 o'clock.
The Gym was decorated with red
crepe paper, red hearts, and red
balloons which hung above the
heads of the dancers. The stage
was an old-fashioned garden set
with lattice and red hearts grow-
ing on mistletoe. The programs
were in red and silver.
During the intermission a floor
show was featured. Five couples
waltzed in old-fashioned costumes
to the music of the violin quartet,
and Beverly Keyser and William H.
Smith did a Spanish tango.
Punch was served during the ev-
ening.
Resist Saying Things About Your Tie
And You Are Well Prepared For Lift
What this country needs is, after
all, not a good five-cent cigar; it
is a girls' regulation black tie, per-
fect in place and in proportion.
To begin with, a regulation tie
is never in the right place at the
right time. When you want to wear
a chambray, it's on your white
MOST FORGETFUL PROF.
MENDS CLOCK BY WINDING
J ust another absent-minded
professor. Miss Lewis states
that history 302 is greatly hon-
ored by having the most beauti-
ful girl in Tarleton, the most
handsome man, and the most
forgetful person. She seemed to
think that she herself held the
claim to the most forgetful per-
son because of an amusing Inci-
dent which occurred. She pos-
sessed a small clock which had
accompanicd her awaking every
morning for ten years. Upon
awaking one morning she dis-
covered to her horror that the
clock was stopped- She oiled and
warmed it and worked on it for
some time but all efforts were
in vain. She mourned for several
days while trying unsuccessful-
ly to make up her mind to pur-
chase a new electric clock. Fin-
ally after about 10 days of
morning, while caressing the be-
loved clock, she chanced to start
winding it and the clock imme-
diately started running.
pique; when the last bugle has
blown and it's the morning for ba-
con, it's, on the clothes closet floor
with your hat box on top of it.
When you powder your face it
is a ready—nay? an anxious—re-
ceptacle, and becomes so thorough-
ly immersed it becomes as spotted
as a Plymouth Roek chicken.
Any tie would be knee length if
given sufficient time and discour-
agement. Baste it up to the correct
length and it develops elastic pos-
sibilities; knot it all around the
collar .still it droops disconsolate-
ly below the belt; but cut it off to
the right length and that after-
noon in chemistry lab you will di-
minish it irreparably with acid.
Wash it nicely (it wiJI run in the
water and fade all over your nice
undies) and at dinner it will fall
in the soup; leave it dirty and your
roommate will identify it as heta
by the egg she got on it last Fri-
day.
In truth, there is nothing good
about a regulation tie unless—oh.
yes! if you have sufficient will-
power to resist saying words at a
time like this you are eminently
prepared for any catastrophe that
may occur in later years.—M, 3. D.
The campaign of 1836, from the
Colorado to the San Jacinto, may
safely challenge the most search-
ing analysis by the most competent
masters of the art of war.
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