The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 21, 1937 Page: 1 of 6
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OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF JOHN TARLKTON AGRICULTURAL COLLEUE
vol, xvix.
STEPHENVIliLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1937.
MTJfflLEEK 1.
620 DINERS TO
TAKE MEALS IN
DINING ROOM
Boys Added to Serving
Staff Of Cafeteria
After Change
Sixty-four tables wore set up
to accommodate the 625 Tarleton
students who reported to their
assigned places at the dining hall
this week.
For the first time not only girls,
but also boys are employed as ta-
ble hops. Last year each waitress
was responsible for , two tables.
This meant that they were requir-
ed to arrive at the dining hall
about SO minutes early and that
the service was slow. This year
each waiter and waitress is given
five minutes in which to set one
table. They eat their meals after
the regular meals are served. This
arrangement doubles the employ-
ment which gives aid to a greater
number of students, gives them
more time, and speeds up service.
Tarleton students walk across
newly refinished floors in the din-
ing hall and eat from an assort-
ment of new dishes. Another cook
has been added to the kitchen
staff.
Bugle calls to meals come, for
the fir.-t time, through a loud speak-
er, A microphone attachment
makes it possible for the mana-
ger's voice to he heard easily for
making announcements and call-
ins' attention from the table hops.
These improvements have been
made for the comfort and conven-
ience of Tarleton students who
take their meals in the "hash
house".
1050 STUDENTS
ENROLL IN WEEK
John Tarleton College has an
enrollment of 1050 after a week of
registration, A. M, McMahan, busi-
ness manager of Tarleton has an-
nounced. This represents an in-
crease of twenty percent over last
year's enrollment.
The larger increase is credited to
the girls. Lack of enough dormitory
space for the girls has made it nec-
essary to convert the Marston edu-
cation building into a residence for
women studefits. While this build-
ing is being; remodeled, a few of
the rooms in Lotta Moody hall are
housing three girls.
Registration began last Monday,
and a few late comers are still
straggling in. Classes began Wed-
nesday at eight o'clock, and ii.
Berton Coffin, professor of voice,
led the song for the first chapel
service at eleven o'clock.
All parts of Texas are represent-
ed in this year's enrollment—the
Panhandle, the Big Bend Country,
the Plains, the Gulf Coast, East
Texas, and Central Texas. There
are also a number of students from '
out of state, and there are one or j
two foreigners registered. i
Cadet Corps Votes
To Have Sponsors
The cadet corps voted on Friday
to have sponsors for the coming
year. Major James D. Bender, P.
M. S. & T,, let it be known, how-
ever, that unless the sponsors' uni-
forms were completely paid for,
the girls would not be elected and
what money had been paid would be
refunded.
The cadet corps responded so
quickly to the call for money that
the choice of girls will cause the
biggest question and uniforms more
of a detail.
Each cadet wil pay 25c, which
is obligatory, and then will be per-
mitted to cast 8 votes in any
manner he wishes to distribute
them among the candidates. The
girl receiving- the largest number
of votes will become Regimental
Sponsor, the girl receiving the
second largest will become spon-
sor of the band, and the remain-
ing six will be placed in the com-
panies according to height.
CAMPUS CHANGES
MADE AS SCHOOL
INCREASES SIZE
Tank And Homes Built
As College Store Is
Remodeled
Dorothy Davis
Wins Audition
In competition with musicians
from all parts of the United State?,
Dorothy Davis, IP"?, Tarleton
graduate and daughter of Dean J.
Thomas Davis, this summer won aj
scholarship to the Chicago Musical j
College in the school's audition held 1
last .Tune. . j
Tin; scholarship entitled Dorothy!
to vocal tuition for the summer1
term of the Chicago music school.!
She was a student of R, Berton i
Coffin, voice teacher of Tarleton
College, while she attended this
school.
Dorothy, who was sponsor of the
lOfJC-'"? T.i.!,-fo,: bar.,!, is now at
tending the University of Texas
where she is continuing' her musical
training.
Charlie Wilkins
Returns to JTAC
Charlie Wilkins is back! After
spending a year working on his
Ph.D. degree at Texas Agricultural
and Mechanical College in College
Station, Charlie K. Wilkins has re-
turned to Tarleton to assume his
former duties as Registrar and
Dean of Students.
Mr. Wilkins first came to Tarle-
ton during the 1927-'28 season as
Assistant Professor of Economics
and Socialogy. In 1930 he was made
Registrar, a position he held until
ho took leave of absence last fall.
During this time the post was
filled by Gabe Lewis.
In 1925 Wilkins received his B.
A, degree from North Texas State
Teachers College at Denton and in
1929 received his M. A. degree
from the University of Texas.
Tarleton students and faculty
members are happy to have Mr,
Wilkins on the staff again, and,
he, with a big smile, stated that
he was "just more than glad to
be here."
To The Students of John Tarleton
Agricultural College
I am most happy to extend a cordial welcome to
every studenL upon the opening of this which seems
to be one of our most auspicious occationa. Except for
the threatening cloud of war, which young people luck-
ily and happily do not observe so seriously, this seema
to be one of the most auspicious occasions in the his-
tory of our institution.
The good name of this institution has extended far
and wide and its reputation is borne upon the lips of
literally hundreds of ex-students who have wrought
diligently to obtain a start in life here, and who are
making a grand success out in the great world of socio-
logical and professional life.
A college cannot be better than its students. I am
much pleased to see you begin with your courteous
manner and disposition, with your happy attitude, and
with your ambition to succeed. We want to help you
and we will be glad to do that very thing if you only
let us do so,
Sincrerely,
J. THOMAS DAVIS,
Dean,
Just take a look around the
campus all you Tarletonites and
note the Registrar's and Business
Manager's new homes, the 75,000
gallon water tower, the enlarged
college store and post office, and
ever so many needed and attrac-
tive improvements.
The new home of Charlie S.
Wilkins, Registrar, has just re-
cently been completed and is lo-
cated in Ilunewell Park, imme-
diately south of the girls' dormi-
tory. A, M, McMahan, Business
Manager, is also in his new home
ner the boys' dormitory.
The college store and post office
addition is now complete (and
just how many of you uppor-class-
men have tried unsuccessfully to
barge into the back entrance?}.
The extension comprises a wing
for the post office, another for
uniform storage, a new west en-
trance and also extended counter
space in the .center section. The
post office may now lie credited
with 7-12 boxes in comparison
with last year's total of 432. \
!
Work To Begin j
The $75,000 appropriation for ■
an addition to the science build- .
ing has been approved and con- ;
struetnn work will probably be- !
gin the latter part of this month, j
The new addition will comprise u j
three-floor south wing, providing
more library space on the first
floor, and laboratory and lecture
rooms on the second and third j
iloot's A vdy.
At the south end of Hays Filed j
is now located the new 75,000 gal- j
Ion, 75-foot water tower. City wa-
ter is turned into the tower in-
stead of directly into Tarleton
mains, thus furnishing the water
supply for the entire college.
Work on Tarleton's new dormi-
tory unit for girls is expected to
begin sometime in the near future.
The new dormitory will be con-
structed similarly to Lotta Moody
hall and will house 56 girls. It
will bo located north of Moody
hall, connecting with Lena Lewis
hall to the east and being situated
on the site of Mr. Brooks' former
home, which unfortunately was
"Gone In a Flame" this past sum-
mer, Current plans are for com-
pletion of this unit for next sem-
ester. j
Girls In Quarters j
The present new girls' dormi- |
tory (alias the Education Build- j
ing) is very up-to-date in all res- I
pects. The rooms have been model-
ed after those in Lotta Moody
hall, each having two clothes clos-
ets and n lavatory and being fin-
ished in attractive green plaster-
ing.
Perhaps the most remarkable
discovery to upper-lassmon is the j
change in Tarleton's dining hall
service. All those hc-mon table
hops (with due apologies to the
opposite sex) are quite the pre-
ferred table talk. There are now
r>2 tables in constant use. and i
there is also a fifty per cent in- j
crease in the number of hops. It's
"Bigger and Better Service" for j
Bob and Betty Co-ed.
P. K. Don't overlook the remod-
eling and refinishing which has
bet'n done in the offices in the ag-
ricultural building,
Welcomes All
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Friday afternoon Dean J. Thomas
Davis officially welcomed students
to Ihe fall lerni.
PEP MEETING CALLED
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT
TO SEND OFF TEAM
There will bo an initial pep-
iiieeting Thursday night at 0:!10
p. m. in ;he gymnasium at which
lime thv student boyd will turn
out to sfivo the Plowboys a
"send-olf" to their first game of
the year with A. C. C. in Abi-
lene.
Freshmen and Senior, be
there;
GIRLS TOLD OF
CAMPUS RULES
Engineers Merge
With FSiysics Dept.
Adjusting itself to several chang-
es, the Tarleton Engineering de-
partment is enjoying the largest
enrollment that it has ever known.
With figures standing at a posi-
tion Saturday that showed a 20
percent increase over last year's
engineering roster, the newly ac-
quired physics division of the en-
gineering department is beginning
its classes and work in its new
home.
Formerly the physics department
has met in the old hpysics build-
ing where it was a separate depart-
ment, but after the untimely death
of Capt. Harry A. Baker, who
headed that department for 20
years, the equipment and operating
facilities of the physics labora-
tory were moved to larger, brigh-
ter quarters in the Science build-
ing,
The combined departments are
known as the Department of En-
gineering and Physics, headed by
Professor H. C. Doremus. Prof.
Doremus will teach all physics
elapses himself.
Two new types of physics courses
ary offered this year, a typo suit-
able for engineering students in
which the use of calculus is
employed, and a physics course I
designed to fit the needs of those \
students of arts and pre-medical
eouisfs.
HONOR AWARDS
PRESENTED TO
'36-'37STUDENTS
Sixteen Freshmen Get
Scholastic Honors
Last Year
Ohio Composer To
Teach Music Here
A. V. Blalock Wins
C.M.TX. Honors
A. V. Blalock of Beeville, who
graduated from Tarleton last
spring, was selected as the out-
standing C. M, T. C. man for
1937.
He will go to Washington, D. C.,
this fall to receive from the Secre-
tary of War the Pershing medal
for distinguished attainment in mil-
itary science.
A. V. was a student of agricul-
ture while in Tarleton, but he is
better remembered for his work
on the drill Held and as Business
Manager of the 1937 Grass burr.
Miss Hearon Explains
New Regulations
For 1937-'38
At a meeting held in the parlor
of the girls' dormitory Wednes-
day night, Miss Lucile Hearon,
matron, discussed Tarleton rules
affecting givl students and called
attention to several new rules to
be enforced this year.
The most important of the new
rules gives girls permission to ride
in cars until 7:00 p. m. Others,
affecting only dormitory girls, are
the observance of quiet hours from
7:40 p. m, every night but Sat-
urday and Sunday, and paying a
fifty rent deposit for the use of
the kitchen during the year.
M iss Hearon suggested that girls
who become homesick wait at least
four weeks before going home for
a week-end and recommended that
girls read the book "Co-Etiquette"
which will aid them in adjusting
(hemsflves to campus and dormi-
tory life.
In a brief outline of the purple
book Miss Hearon remarked that
in a short time the girls would ac-
quire the "ten-thirty feeling", and
(hat the easiest way to become ad-
justed to Tarleton rules and re-
gulations is to practice the golden
uile, doing unto others as you
would have them do unto you.
At the close of Miss Hearon's
talk all the freshmen girls intro-
duced themselves, telling why they
rame to T:n'leton. As is customary, |
William P. Grant of Brecksville,
Ohio, composer, pianist and organ-
ist arrived here Sept. 1 to com-
plete the staff of the Tarleton mu-
sic department,, ile nlis 'nie vacan-
cy left by the resignation last June
of Mrs, Albert T. Luper, the form-
er Elisabeth Mayhcw, and assumes
the duties of the position, namely,
teaching public school music, piano,
music history, and certain theoriti-
cal classes.
Grant comes to Tarleton highly
recommended by music authorities
as a fine pianist, a composer of
some note, and a successful teach-
er in the fields of public school
music, theory, and piano.
He received his Bachelor of Mu-
sic with honors from Capital Uni-
versity, Columbus, Ohio, and took
his Master of Arts degree from
Ohio State University.
A present Grant has nearly fifty
compositions to his credit, three
of these being orchestral selections.
Several of his compositions have
been presented by various symph-
ony orchestras throughout the
North and East.
Non-athletic awards were pre-
sented this summer to thirty-
two distinguished stuednts from
John Tarleton College for the long
session, 1113G-!17- Honors were
equally divided between last year's
seniors and juniors, sixteen from
each class.
High seniors were Sain Vena-
ble, valedictorian from Colorado;
Lorena Miears, salutatorian from
DeLcon, and Let a Mae Scott from
Stephenville, This list is based
upon a minimum of 81 grade
points with no failing grades.
Other distinguished students
were Joe Autry, Stephenville;
Pauline Auvenshine, Mount Pleas-
ant; Burnell Bennett, Dublin;
John Buekner, Cleburne; Merle
Davis, George West; Donald
Francis, Marlin; Elton Geeslin,
Stephenville; Eugena Gentry, De-
Leon; Benn Arnold Glcason, Hi-
co; John Morris Hammonds, San
Antonio; John David Harper,
Santa Anna; Faydette Jones, Ste-
phenville; Mrs. Lucile Martin,
Morgan; Zack Miles, Presidio;
Patsy Mae Murray, Stephenville;
Alvin Price, DeLeon: Myrl l'rich-
ard, Breckenridge; Tom Ray Rob-
erts. Cowell; Milton Schank, Ham-
ilton; Li>iii.< Taylor, Colorado; Lu-
ther Thompson, W&dsworth; O!-
ien Turner, Voss; Arthur Wygy,
Fort Worth; Willard F. White,
Dublin; Elnora Wilcox, Stephen-
ville; Margaret Wilson, Dallas:
and Ilcrsehel Winslet. Dal
Make your plans now to go to
Arlington for the big Turkey Day
game.
Peak ROTC Year
Seen For Cadets
Prospects for an outstanding
cadet corps stood at the highest
peak that they have had for many
year, as the third drill period
was completed. The amount of
material covered more than doub-
les that of last year which was
one of this school's best.
Major James D. Bender, P. M,
S. & T., set up a new schedule for
the drill which greatly accelerates
the training and removes tile slack
that has been so apparent at the
beginning of each year. Organiza-
tion was completed within the
ranks upon the first day and in-
struction in the school of the sold-
iers was begun immediately. All
of the major errors made last year
in organization have been eliminat-
ed as far as possible and as a
result the cadet corps is expected to
bo running smoothly in shorter
time than is ordinarily necessary.
Fish Finds College Life Hectic;
Rates Tarleton "One in a Million"
"fish" girl.s were asked by the
seniors tn refrain from wearing
make-up for one week and were
given orders to wear white pique
dresses to the first football game.
Latham, Clegg, Poe
WiH Lead Yells
After a very heated political
campaign near the close of last
year's school year, Billy Latham
was selected as head yell leader
for John Tarleton's cheering sec-
tion for athletic contests.
Latham's able assistants are
Herman Poe and Bernard Clegg,
and with three such noise produc-
ers Tarleton fans should not only
see a great show, but also be in-
spired to fight 'till the final whistle
has blown.
"I'll take vanilla!"
Such would be my retort if I
were faced wiih a query concern-
ing my impressions of college.
Although college life may be quite
Ihe thing for a senior, the life
of a freshman during the first few
weeks, is, in my opinion, definite-
ly not a "bed of roses,"
After hours of standing in line
in the sun to be registered, during
which time murmurs of "Oh, my
feet!" were prominent at times
when cries of "Why don't they
hurry up?*' were not being heard,
I wended my weary way to the
dining hall. Another hour of
standing in line, this time to be
assigned to a dining hall seat, was
to no avail, for my seating was
changed again the next day.
Polishing shoes and ironing un-
iforms for able-bodied seniors
when one is "snowed under" with
work of one's own, is definitely,
not among life's blessings as far
as I'm concerned.
The first call I received on the
"buzzer" proved to be, not from
a young swain eager to date me,
but two senior girls whom I hail
previously, and erroneously, it
seems, numbered among my
friends. Their desire to see me
was for no other reason than to
dispatch inn for hamburgers, li-
brary books, and other commodi-
ties.
Tf a health inspector were to
visit this institution of higher
learning, it might be difficult to
convince him that half of the
young ladies were not anaemic.
Such is the appearance of the
freshmen girls when forced to
wear no coloring other than that
bestwoed on them by Mother Na-
ture.
Though these are cold facts,
please do not gather the impres-
sion that I do not like Tarleton.
The amazing friendliness of ev-
eryone and the kindness and sym-
pathy of the instructors, to men-
tion only two items, more than
make up for these impositions
which I have mentioned; and I am
sure, though we would face the
guillotine rather than admit it,
that every freshman girl would
feel "left out" if she were not
hazed a bit. So, though I would
prefer vanilla if you asked me, I
sincerely believe that Tarleton is
"one in a million."
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 21, 1937, newspaper, September 21, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140300/m1/1/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.