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PAOE TWO
THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1938
J-TAC
Official Student Puljlicat'on John Tarleton Agricultural College
Published Weofely by Students of John Tarleton Agricultural College
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Honest Abe
(In the 12lh of this month the citizenry of the
nation will pull their usual routine celebration of
the birthday r.f one of the few Americans who is
recognized the world over.
Banks will close their doors to catch up on back
work, politicians will work themselves into a fren-
zy over the noble fact that they too were born in
lug cabins, and Junior will trot across the stage
■of Public School No. 7 and recite The Gettysburg
Address for a bored audience and mama.
AH the fuss and furor seems rather inconsist-
ent when we remember that Abraham Lincoln was
a simple, democratic man who simply went about
a difficult job in a kindly, natural manner, lie
would be the last person to desire a public display
of insincere emotion instead of our merely giving;
him credit for performing a near-impossible task
in such a way as to guide the destiny of a nation
a.lon£r the one road that led to the position we
now hold.
Senior Class Gift
Memories arc part of the heritage mankind has
received from ancestry antedating recorded his-
tory. As mankind emerged from the shadows, he
at once began establishing monuments that would
cause him to be noted by his progeny.
From the crude pictorial drawings of valiant
hunt.err. depicted by dim lines on the walls of the
cave homes of our own forefathers l'> the majestic
pyramids of Egypt, geological and written historv
are testimonv of the eternal popularity of nu-
merals. Lite, trom one viewpoint, is hut u memor-
ial whose cornerstone is set at birth and whose
apex is reached at death, having its ultimate suc-
cess depending entirely on its builder.
Sentimentality is the matrix for anoUier form
of memorial. By stripping the cynical attitude of
a lew of oui" college "Mucker Poseurs,"' one finds
that a considerable amount of sentiment resides
in all college students. The desire of a parting
class, prompted by this sentiment, to leave a re-
minder of its activities on the campus is very
worthy. It is an expression of appreciation for
two ol the happiest years we are allotted in our
three-scorc-and-ten. An attempt should be made,
however, to .select something of intrinsic value as
well as of sentimental import.
Soon the Senior C lass of '38 will decide on the
memorial. You are admonished to consider logical-
ly and contribute freely. Various suggestions have
been made as follows:
Rock-station for the night watchman.
Neon lighted "John Tarleton" atop Davis Hall.
Plaque commemorating our basketball record.
Construction of new tennis courts.
When the lime comes for a decision, be prepar-
ed to offer your suggestion, and let's leave .some-
thing really worthwhile.
— _— oo
For Men Only
Boys. Valentine's Day is nt..\t Monday. Don't
forget your sweetheart on that day. She won't be
expecting anything expensive or pretensive; she
knows very well that most Tarleton students are
not any too well fixed financially, A bos of candy,
a card, a word,—any of these will do.
Rare Guns, Knives
Preserved In Acid
Hydrochloric acid, better known
to the chemist as 1101 but called
muriatic acid or spirits of salt by
the layman, is indispensable to the
hobbyist whose purpose in life is
to fi!i the walls of his den with
guns and knives of every shape,
sbe, and form imaginable an/!
some kinds not imaginable by any-
one except their inventors.
Guns rust; the older they are,
the more the rust accumulates,
and, usually, the older they are the
more valuable they become. Muri-
atic acid will eat that rust. It will
also cat. the gun, lock, stock, and
barrel, if one is not careful. First,
the rusty spot en the gun or sword
is washed with the acid, quickly
followed by a bath in a Foda solu-
tion to neutralize its action. This
leaves the gun—or sword—nice
and clcan. Then in a few short
minutes it will rust again.
To prevent this re-accumulation
of rust, the gun should be polist-
ed. A brisk rubbing with a soft
rag will do. Then it should be gone
over with a coat of gun-blueing.
After that, it is ready to be placed
on the wall or in the case along
with the rest of old weapons as far
as rust is concerned. Of course if
some well-meaning rat chewed
half the stock off, that is a case
for a wood-carver, not a chemist.
It is never advisable to pour acid
down the barrel. All of it might
not be neutralized by the soda
bath, and the acid would began
eating at the gun from the inside.
No case has ever been known when
a gun was eaten up over night; no
collector has ever reported going
into his gun room and finding a
blank spot on the wall where a
gun used to be but now eaten Up
entirely by the unchecked action
of muriatic acid, hut it is advis-
able not to pour acid down the
barrel, just the same.
Of course hydrochloric acid is
used for many ether purposes. In
the laboratory it is indespensable.
Commercial muriatic acid is yel-
low and is used for making bleach-
ins: powder and in soldering, but
to the gun collector, those usages
are minor.
It's All In The
Day Of Orderly
Perhaps you have heard the
sfatinienf that an orderly is a boy
with a position. If you have heard
that statement, you have heard at
least one untrue fact during your
life. An orderly is a boy with a
•TOR (in capital letters.) It. is a
.job that is boring, tiring, tearful,
painful, distressing:, grievous. ♦dif-
ficult. disquieting. troublesome,
and arduous.
There are today many misled
freshmen orderlies. They are un-
der the impression that an orderly
receives fifteen cents an hour. Per-
haps he does, but the money comes
from an entirely different source
than from the fiscal office of J. T.
A. C.
It' anyone wishes to try to make
make some boy believe lie is a
mind-reader, he should start by
telling him that lie has been an
orderly. The above fact is perhaps
the easiest in history 1o guess the
truth of. The process of guessing-
consign of giving one glance at
the buy. If lv looks to he about
t Weiii.y-five pounds underweight,
he has undoubtedly been a card-
and-it'ltej- carrier for at least a
day.
An orderly gets to miss his class-
es (except drill. It is quite an
honor to go into your own class
and deliver an "At Once" card.
There is one good fact about be-
ing- "office pup." That is that the
pup receives a new pair of shoes.
The school docs not. buy the shoes,
hut nobody is allowed to go to
school without shoes and fifteen
million miles of walking in one
day will wear out any pair of
shoes!
Persons who are eligible to be
orderlies should change their
names to something that doesn't
start with a letter which will des-
tine them to this "Honorable po-
sition."
Daughter: "Mother, do you want
me to put the parrot on the hack
porch ?"
Mother: "Absolutely not! Your
father is repairing the car in the
back yard.
CAMPUS CAMERA
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C.v:i- ;■ • A
ARTHUR KAHL.ER
COACHES fooibai.l AT DiC'K-
!M.you course: am;> -;-v ; ft
ball at BROWM UMiVFrXlTY/
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n PRESIDENT OF KNOX COLLEGE,
liOWA STATE COLLEGE AT AME5\ IS THE YOUMGEST COLLEGE
IOWA, IS THE GEOGRAPHICAL PRESIDENT IN THE COUNTRY.
• • • CENTER OF THE -iTAT-E. ■ ■ ■ HE 13 33 YEARS OLD/
Quoth The
Freshman...
"I thought we were finished re-
viewing these Generals and Cap-
tains, Why don't they leave us
alone and let us suffer in peace?"
These words were heard from
every nook and corner of the cam-
pus during the trying days before
the fateful day of inspection. In
the armory cadets feverishly pol-
ished their rifles and shined brass,
leather, ami all paraphernalia.
They fearfully practiced Ihe man-
ual of arms with emphasis on in-
spection arms. Tarleton cadets
were, indeed, in a turmoil! The
freshmen who hail never suffered
the harrowing experience of an
inspection were in a state of ter-
ror. They had vivid ideas of the
torture they would have to under-
go during- the inspection, They
were sui-i that the whole thing
was" devised for their special dis-
comfort.
A ceo rding to some freshmen
fid'; whole drib1 business is "scur-
vy," They say that there's no sense
of a squad's having to turn cor-
ners oui on a level field with no
ramus to turn. They also say
that a straight line is the shortest,
distance between two points and
that they could get rifles up on
their shoulders much faster if
they could do it in their own way.
To these dubious freshmen, I
give this advice:
Do not ho discoura>ri.:iJ„ mv JiMlc ninn.
Hut t'H tWl vvU what t( <ic>.
that the mit_'hi.y ...i[v
Writ; /ificf a nut Jike you J'1
Many freshmen will assure them-
selves that T'm a vile traitor to
the cause, and what have you?
They'll I "•] i we that 1 have no
hear] whatever. lint they'll be
wrong. Some of the filling I sav
and Ihe opinions I ollVr are'
straight from the orders (riven
me by a patronizing (call him
'vhai you like) senior. He haunts
iue day and j'ieyF;f. ffe teaches nic
right from wrong and punctuates
his sent1 nccs in the wrong places.
Please bear with me and extend
me a little sympathy in my mo-
ments of trial and tribulation.
EXAM HLLNDEIiS
A characteristic of the Elizabe-
than Aim was rebirth of human
nature. '
An example of alliteration is
"The big haby bawled over his
grade."
The famous battle described in
"Los Miserables" was the battlc-
of Gettysburg,
At the beginning of the World
War Abraham Lincoln established
the R. O. T, C.
The woodpecker has two feet
in front and two feet in the back
so that it can perch on a tree and
peck into it.
Hamlet was a preserved type
of bov.
Lorena Miears, Gorman, was a
guest of Erma Dean Phillips last
week-end. Miss Miears was salu-
tatorian of last year's graduating
class at Tarleton.
One day little Johnny visited in
the country and his mother asked
him the next day if he saw any-
thing new on the farm,
"Yes, I did," he said, "A bunch
of little pigs chased a pig all over
the barnyard, and finally she got
tired and laid down while the lit-
tle pigs ate the buttons off her
vest,"
Archie Says:
Dear Archie,
The teacher is mad because it
took me so long to take my exams.
Console me.
Hobert Rays.
Dear Hobert,
I certainly will. You couldn't
help it because the fellow next to
you stuttered.
' Archie,
Dear Archie,
I never" associate with any of
my inferiors. Do you?
Worge Gomack.
Dcar'Worge,
I wouldn't know. I never met
any of your inferiors.
Archie.
Deai- Archie,
Since I met a certain little sug-
arplum, I can't eat nor drink,
Rorenxo Liggins,
Dear Horenzo,
Are you broke? '
Archie.
Dear Archie,
Somebody called my face a jinn.
Isn't that terrible?
Pobert Ripes.
Dear Pobert,
If you'll just look in a mirror,
you'll feel greatly relieved at get-
ting by so easily.
Archie.
Bob Burns Cast
In Lead Of Epic
rWells Fargo
u-\
Rob Burns, the Arkansas drawb
er who has' made millions laugh
in pictures and on the radio with
bis drill ■-lories about the folks
back home, goes serious for tin;
first time in "Wells Fargo," Para-
mount's brilliant story of empire
buildiuc which opens Sunday at
the Majc.stic Theatre.
Cast, with Joel McCree and
Frances Dee in the leading role;;,
Burns plays the part of a philo,
sophical frontier character who
helps McC'rea break the first trail
front St. T.ouis te San Francisco
in the early days of the Gold
Rush. Tt's a new Burns—in "coon-
skin" hat and leather jacket and,
according to reports from Holly-
wood, a greater Burns.
Burnt^' entry into the august
ranks of the screen's great play-
to si comes a little more than a
year after his entry into pictures.
For years a vaudeville and comi-
cal actor, Burns was discovered
in New York by Bing Crosby when
the latter was casting for "Rhy-
ll;m 011 the Range." Burns was
given a comedy role in that pic-
ture and "clicked" immediately.
There followed "The Big Broad-
cast of 3337," "Mountain Music,"
and "Wakiki Wedding" and Burns
was on top as a funny man. His
fame was augmented on the radio
where he appears with Bing Cros-
by and on his own and he stands
now as one of the big names of
the air and celluloid.
? ? 7
Many former Tarleton students
were here for the game with
NT AC Saturday. Among those
here were "Buzz"' Barton, Ray
Head, Harry Hawthorne, Jimmy
Jameson, Eddie Bryant, Ralph Mo-
ser, Dennis Jarrctt, Sonley llues-
tis, Billy Oliver, and Jimmy Car-
rigan, who was captain of last
year's basketball team.
Rosalie Koch was a visitor on
the campus Saturday.
Edmina Croxdale was in Fort
Worth over- the week-end.
Make Us Your Tailoring
Headquarters
Armstrong & Beene
G-Men Rove Halls
Of Science Bldg.
Here's an interesting case;
When RobeVt Pipes saw Hester
Guthrie courting an A. and M.
good Iookin* Thursday afternoon,
he was s'> homed up that he truck-
ed over to the girls' dump,, fetched
another clitic, arid courted her in
return. Robert and Hester were
hack together that night, but the
air between was a little frigid.
Trixie Ilendux, kid sister of last
year's Dixie seems to be doing
o.k. by herself. Dub Butler is
around and about with her con-
stantly. Perhaps the writer is mis-
taken, but the two seem to be
mated rather wrll.
Baby-faced little Ruth Wood,
another Paducah product, is real-
ly something to write home about.
Although she didn't have a big
sister here, she has obtained a rec-
ord of her own. W. L. Shelton, the
cadet from I'ampa, is well satis-
fied with his long-standing record,
which, at present, is Ruth's name
opposite his for every date allow-
ed. That's not bad for either
party.
The morning- was pretty, the sun
was hright, the room was gradual-
ly clearing of suitcases. Yes, Car-
lisle was leaving . . . Lapse of
time: three hours later—The wea-
ther was still clear, the sun still
shining, and the room was gradu-
ally being filled with suitcases.
Carlisle was back to stay. Moral:
That's what Tarleton (or is it
Buddy?) means to one co-ed.
Perhaps it's an odd sight, but
the readers will aeree that Doro-
thy Mayberry makes a cute pic-
ture dancing with her "steady,"
Max Rohe. That's a sure sign that
the heart can be big no matter
how small the person.
We were all sorry to see the ex-
tended courtship of Grace Oasbeer
and "IBooger" Bryant draw to a
close. The two had decorated the
campus for nearly a year. Her
consolation is H. A, DcFord. It
was too bar! for Booger, Grace, but
after a!! one has one's self to
think of.
It seems that "Big Mac's" pres-
ence here has given "Little Mac"
confidence. Paul is seen holding
hands with Gladys Bradley. You
can't: miss the sight—it's a daily
exercise for two sets of hands.
Christine Stark, a resident of
the Education ikimp, and Claude
McGlocklin. who I ives in (own,
keep the buzzer and telephone
busy. Perhaps it's the weather and.
the general spring-like atmos-
phere, but most likely it's love,
•T. B. Everidge, after escorting a
selected number of Tarleton's co-
eds, has finally st,](.t.ted Sue Wag-
goner for his O A O. (One and
Only). Some of his first picks were
Azalea Whisenhunt and Trixie
Hendrix.
Although Hoy .Jean Miears' pic-
ture still take-: up a small space on
a certain C0-cd's dresser, she has
added the picture of Paul White
(seen in a baskelbal suit.) Whai
huM' you to say for yourself. Irma
Dean1' Can this be true?
Many people will agree that
blende Gladys Lightfont isn't hard
to look at, hut agreeing with this
statement is all that you cadets
will be allowed to do, because Jim
Met (.y has taken a lease on hei
heart.
We neglected to mention last
week that Iluckow is among taose-
they - left- - behind - them. G.rry
Caujpludl has refurned to the par-
ental fireside in Hamilton.
We're back to what must always
happen — an ending—but before
we go, we want to mention a case
which sin. uld put all you fickle
love-birds to shame: Delta Reo
Holdridge and Dei-roll Haford
have been "steadies" for over
three years, during which time
they have never quarreled or gone
with anyone else.
"Never mind, I'll have the G-
Mcn do it."
Whenever anything needs to be
done in the department of engi-
neering. ]J. C. Doremus, head of
the department, merely turns the
task ever to the G-Men. Now ev-
eryone knows that Mr, Doremu?
and J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, have not joined hands in sup-
pressing national crime and solv-
ing the problems of the John Tar-
1< ton department of engineering.
The term G-Men ordinarily ap-
plies to the agents of the FBI. the
name was given them by a certain
notorious gangster because tliey,
the agents, are government men.
Mr. Doremus has within his call
several government men to per-
form various and sundry ta-ks,
hut there tasks do include
shooting- it out with kidnapers and
bank robbers. Instead they per-
form the simple tasks of ordinary
NVA students, for that is just
what thev are.
"The term, G-Men. was adopted
in an effort of humor,'' Mr. Do-
remus paid. "First the students
were C-WA students, then FERA.
and now NYA. We had a time
k( oping up with their names, so
we call them G-Men to simplify
matters. After all, they arc gov-
ernment men too, aren't they?"
Mr. Doremus does not know who
originated the term.
"Some <>f us," Mr. Doremus con-
tinued, "consider that life is seri-
ous and difficult. This difficulty
and seriousness may be alleviated
by different forms of humor. In
the words of a famous writer, "He
found him jeering in order to save
himself from untimely tears.' We
have our own forms of humor in
the engineering department. An
engineer's life isn't an easy one."
When someone says. "Let. the G-
Mcn do it." one need not look for
a Sherlock Holmes to come slip-
ping into the room or for a group
of husky agents to como dashing
in swinging sub-machine guns
right and left, but one may see
meek Tarleton boys performing
the simple duties of an NYA stu-
dent. After all, as Mr. Doremu>-
lias said, they are government
men. are they not?
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Paul Lukas
Thursday and Friday
"52nd Street"
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Ian Hunter
Pat Patterson
Saturday
"Big Town Girl"
with
Claire Trevor
Donald Woods
Sunday and Monday
"Wells Fargo"
with
Jcel McCrea — Bob Burns
Frances Dee
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