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VOL. XVIII:
QfFIOIAIi STUDENT PXJBIiIOATlQK OF JOHN TARLETOK AGBICULTUBAU COUJiGE
STEPHENyiLLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY,. APRIL 1, 1939
NUMBER .23
EXTENDED UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK P,M,
Plans Under Way for Construction of Guest
- u Rooinss for Married Friends
- ' Miss fjiicy • Ilermigari, college
nurse,-has extended-visiting hours
at the college hospital until 10
o'clock at night in response to the
requests of many of, the.patients*
sympathizers who formerly, were
asked to leave their friends1 bed-
* side at 8 o'clock.. ■ ; ■ ■ .
. "I .fully. realize the curative
: power of friendship and sympathy,
and I favor an open door te^outside
cheer," Mjss jlennjgan stated"*"""""
"The value of heartfelt sympathy
can not be measured in terns:of
. Milk of Magnesia, and it is not to
be thought that, quiet and rest ar§
greater inducements to' recuperate
than friendly footsteps in .the hall
and familiar, voices and..faces in
the rfiom, Especially- do I welcome
the patients'., lover, for hi blessed
reassurances of undying devotion
place;® the patjent in -a. frame. pf
mind conducive to . speedy recoV-
ery" • ^ , 4
Miss Hennigaji also revealed
that plan's are now undep cons.id-
, eration for' the ' construction of
guest rooms for worried friends
of the patients who think it best to
remain throughout the night, but
it is not thought th.at .tiiis. work
will be begun before next year.
Another plan ■ thatis meeting
' with general approval of patients
and their friends alike is the re-
moval of tall' shrubbery that inter-
feres with through-the-windoT,y
coiiveriatfoiigr" ~ • , !-i
jtI have for'some time cohsid-;
ered placing- 'flagstone around the
building and leading .to-j&s : lyin-
dow3,": Miss Hennigan said, "but
for tfio present we will have' to
confine ourselves to removing ob-
structions ,: bet ween the patkntsand
those who care to visit them out-
side . their windows. Visiting
through the -windows is desirable
for various, reasons. One reason is
that it ofteii, will save.the visitor
much, time "and trouble, and anoth-
er is that it. 'wili dispense with" the
formality .of:, asking permission
which.: often interrupts us in our'
work. Then,- too, the very- infor-
mality of - it all lends it chann;
it lodks .so quaint and neighborly
for one to stand outside the win-t
dow to chat and gossip with some-
one inside. T rather hope-that the
old custom • of; nightly - Serenades
outside the ' windows v/il? he re-
vived. I think it is "a ducky ige'a.-".
Another courtesy, that the hos-
pital, staff expects' to extejid to tftff
students is' a daily-report- of fhe
condition of patients. A handsome
bulletin .board' now being built in.
the woo'dshop ' under . the.' supervise
ion of C. H.'.^awsgn, associate pro?,
fegsor of' industrial arts, will be
placed either jn front" of the hos-
• pital 'or in thp administration build-
ing'. On it wiir.be posted daily a.
report".for pach individual patient,
giving ■ his^illness, his : last - tem-
perature reading, a. graph of his
■ ■ general incline- or decline of health,
and the probable date-when he will
be released from the hospital.
(See , -"Hosiyta}': Changes'5, .on
some-.-iother, -■ page.) ■ "
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1 World*s Fair X
V . - OP THE WEST ' . -f
Letters from the
Staff . ... .
Beer Flows Freely
Qi| Chorus Trip
At Honky-Tonks
' Orchids from the. chorus to Mr,
William . (commonly^called. ''Bill")
Sansing.of |{ie StephehvjUe Cham-
ber of Commerce.' Mr, Sansing
went along with the chorus par-
ticularly , for the purpose of fur-
nishing the chorus with beverages.-
and with 15 cases of "Davis' Pride"
in his car, he saw that the chorus
was not lacking at any time in this
mild, mellow beverage. Mr. Coffin
also had a few cases in his car for
his own private use.
While enjoying a few on the.side",
at the ''Roadside Inn'L in Albany
Tuesday night, Mrs. Coffin kindly-
consented to go get .some, of the
J'Davis' Pride." While she was
away R, Bertoa Coffin "played."
Hardly had she closed the car door
when Mr. Coffin began, making
eyes a a cute little blonde honkey-
tonk hostess, and .within five "min-
utes he was singing, "It Makes No
Difference Now," while, she lov-
ingly eurjed, up..Q£i. .hi&. Mee..
Just what happened when Mrs.
Coffin returned- would hardly do.
to print here.- For minute details;
consult. Mr, Sansing (if he is out
of jail at Sweetwater by- now! )
TEAM TO VICTORY
Coaeh George 0, Ferguson and
his Plowboy .marble team coasted
to an easy 10 to 3 victory this
week over the. Hornet:; from N. T.
A, C., that worthy and progress-
ive little school -which, is, located-
just a short distance to the leeward
side of Miss Lillard's hog ranch.
■ Afte.r; a shaky start when "Eyes
left" Bill Brooke succumbed to the
deadlier . shooting of- Hickey, the
['lowboys settled 'down and played
a * remarkable game of marbles.
Robert Pharr became so enthus^
iastic during his eontest with Frito
Gonzales that he actually permit-
ted himself to fudge a litle bit,
thereby forfeiting the match.
. The.othef -gpme was dropped by
Torn :(CuaUy Tritcbard who stop-
ped in. an he 'way to -Arlington at
the Dutchman's ' to buy a • "soft
drink." When Pritchard aligned his
sights,, heVs^w two ' marbles' in-
stead of one and invariable shot at
the wrong one, - ~. -s
_ Coaeh Ferguson announce^ tjiat
this was the eighty-ninth consecu-
tive victory for .his-Farmerg,';' T
The,; gani§. was.; |utrodiace<{to
Tarleton": by Ferguson himself,
shortly after Dean Davis and Miss
Lena, Lewis 'finished cutting the
grassburs on the campus,; .
Dean J, Tiwirtas Davis of John Tarleton College, who has resigned
^ iiis position .hero" for the position of principal of Gutter wash High
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WILKINS SCANDAL INVESTIGATED
BY FEDERAL OPERATIVE, HOLMES
Wilkins Refuses to "Talk" to FBI Operative,
Philo Holmes, Special Invesgitator
Thursday morning Federal Operative Philo Holmes, arrived
from ihe Washington headquarters of the FBI to investigate'
certain rumors .concerning one Chaplea S. Wilkinp, esrtwhile
registrar of John Tarleton College. There has been some sus-
picion concerning Mr. Wilkins for several years since the un-
pleasant publicity he received when investigations were made
pertaining to the report that he had been smuggling gin-flavor-
ed chewing gum to the students. ■ ■
■ Friday morning, after spending the previous day in con-
sultation; made 'in " strict secrecy, Investigator Holmes is
quoted as saying: "/ -
"The FBI has been, receiving information that this "Wilkins
is' a. suspicious character. The latest rumor reported that he
was makipg attempts, to sell the boys life-like false. faces to
be worn in all Military Science classes. It seems that the faces
alj bear an expression of intense interest and after being put
on, the wearer c^n putwardiy miaintin an expression of spell-
bound admiration while .behind the mask, the cadet can do
anything that, he wants, to. Why, it would revolutionize the
entire . school system! Several1 of the boys have fallen victim ■
to. the nefarious scheme of this inoney-mad imposter He has.
not ^dnjitted anything yet, but we have overwhelming evidence..
I'm certain that I saw one of the young men wearing a mask
this morning. His face had a distinctly false appearance," ■
Dean Davis says: "I was, so upset yesterday morning when
I learned that Charlie was at" it again that I could not eat my
egg. I always eat an egg in the morning."' ?
When we went in to' inerview Mr, Wilkins,- he was backed
into the . corner shouting at the* top of his voice. The perspira-■;
tion.ra'n down his face, but they could'nt make, him admit
anything, ' : '/ ■ _
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Ouya houghtta hatta ouya erewa
oirigga pta eadra omethingsa,. idn'-
tda ouya? Ouya houghtta hatta
ou'ya erewa oingga ota eadra ome-
thingsa, idn'tda ouya ? Ouya - hour
ghtta hatta ouya erewa bingga;6ta
eadra omethingsa, idn'tda ouya?
Ouya houghtta hatta qyya erewa
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New Courses To Be
Inaugurated At
TarUion College
The fact has been made public
that' a new course is soon to be in-
augurated into the curriculum at'
John's .Institute. This course, How
tq Become the Life of the Purity, An
Nine Short Months or /, Too, Was
Ojiee <i Wq,tlflowerr is predicted to
become' one of the most popular
and worthwhile ones in Tarleton. ■
y^/phe class' is destined to be in-
sti'ueted in a somewhat novel way,
A number of teachers, ■ all past
masters: of the manly art of pro-
voking laughter, have been selected
and will, teach the class; alternate-
ly, One-of the -first and foremost
instructors will, be oui' Dean, the
venerable. John Thomas-'Davis him-
self. , His. own particular method
of provoking spontaneous gaiety is
to'wiggle his ears and look cross-
eyed. Mr. Davis says of thia—I'm
just a scream-when 1 get on one
of. my. tares. Some times I just
flop my ears, and then other times
J. get down and crawl around and
wigglq my ears while I' go.like' a
donkey. I can also look cross-eyed
which just , kills the other guests.
T only hope that. my. students can
attain the great heights that -. I
have.. j ' ;
Among the other potential -'in-
structors . are the eminent James
OHie Ferguson, who really lays
'em in the aisles by. playing a- hot
mandolin; -Robt. E. Lee' Eaves,
who does barnyard imitations; in-
terspersed with a few ,of hia' bet-
ter (?) jokes; ,2A McSweeny, who
whoops/em. up with a few ,of his
snappiest card tricks', and Prof,
Reddin,-who slaps 'em sleepy'with-
his imitation of a drunk padet. - , ■
-. All these methods of bringing, a
party to life and becoming the. cen-
ter pf attention in five - short seo-
onds have been tried and .tented,
and we 'know that these men are
truly'experts in every, sense,of the
word.' - - • . -
TWO UNPOPULAR
LASSESLASSOED
Get away, ye lad's! Two of our
erstwhile campus unpopular lass-
ies are on the loose again: Mrs.
Olivette. Killough Bieknell has se-
cured a divorce from her. spous.e,
Mr. J. E. Bieknell of Texas Uni-
versity. Mrs, Ilafae Smith. Carr
has divorced her husband, Mr. S._
E. Carr, Jr., of Paducah.
"When interviewed by the press
Mrs. Bieknell and Mrs. Carr stat
ed that they wished to he unmar-
ried again in order to be . able to
take physical training (See-My-
New-Shoea;; ! etc.). When they
teamed that there will be.no Greek
pageant this year, the two "matrons
almost decide4 that there would be
no use' in divorcing their" spouses,
bu£ eventually ;they concluded that
the privilege, of tgking p. t.-would
be worth the. divorce.
The .two married wimmin. also
added that they greatly objected
to'the fact, that they-were not
forced to wear . uniforms. They
felt, they stated,-as jf all the uni-
formed gir|s ;vyefg looking at them
with , scorij becpiac they were not
attired in the.fi£tractive blue chajp-
bray. ' ." ' ••
We congratulate the former. Mr?'.
Bieknell and -Carr\upon their re-
spective divorce? and wish for
them much unhappiness in life. :
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Miss IAllie hillctrd
To Donate New
Axiditorium Curtains
. Miss Lillie V, Lillard, professor
of public speaking in John Tarle-
ton College, has offered to crochet
some newidrape^'ies to.fcapg in the
audjtpid^. i;Miss iijille is Qijpted
as saying, "I'm just a whiz with a
eroehet needle.-Since February iBt
I|ve crocheted 371. neckties, in as-'
sorted colors, for various, he he he,
friends of mine. lfd -just love to. do
something for" Jojm Tarleton. I've
got a little spare time, so I'll be
glad- to make some new curtains
for the auditorium. Shall I make
purple' ones, or/would you like
Roman-stripes? ;' -
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SAMMY RUEGG
IN BASKETBALL
That promising young basket-
eer—that dynamic Robstown whirl-
wind—that' bundle of vim, vigor,
and vinegar'— Captain Sammy
Ruegg-, was the hero of the hour
last Monday night when .those
ferocious Band Rats eked out a
bitterly contested 99-1 victory ov-
er Company A in the last game, of
the intramural series.
Ruegg ■ secured for himself, a
treasured place in the hall of fame
as he scored all 90 points-'and
guarded the five members of the
bpposiiig team singlehanded. The
Band Captain displayed unbounded
energy, hustle, and ability as he
slashed the-Company A defense to
shreds, He' sank shots from all
angles, from the corners,' from the
free ;tlirow' line," and from center,.
Ruegg ceased to' he'a human be-
ing and became a fighting, dashing
basketball machine that showed ,no
mercy to. its opponent^"
-Winston "Randle drove away a
certain well-know^ feline with a
free "toss in th-e last minute- of
play. • . " . - ... ■
- Basketball ' sco.uta from ' Texas
University have offered to ' pay
all of Ruegg's . expenses,. buy his
hooks, give him $500 per month as
spending money, furnish, him a. car,
and give;him a room .in Littlefield
Dormitory if he will go to Texas
and . play basketball. Ruegg -is de-
manding ia room for- his frietid,
Raymond . Franks, who will make
an extensive- study of human na-
ture at "Littlefield. - ' ..
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MARRIAGE LICENSES-^
The following have filed notice
of intention to wed, according to
the county clerk at •Si:cphenyille,
Texas: -: - - ■
Maxine" Coleman and Tid- Wafc-'
kins. ' ,- , - - ,
Berta Botkins and "Stooge".
Sterliiig,-
Virginia ■ Gregory and Eb
Luckel. - ■-
Jane Weakley - and Donnie
Brown.
Corinne Lee and "Texas Uni-
versity." , • ' ' . ;
. Dolly, Wilbanks and ■ Bobby
Kruse, . 1 -'
Emma
Redih.
Elaine
Desman.
- Dorothy Mayberry
my McKithan." '
■Bobbie Lee Graham
Berler .
Joan Kimmell . and
Scarbrough
Ellen June Warden and
bert Herring.
Ruth Cox and Harley
Scott and Burton
and Jim-
and AJ
"Stix
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Weather Report
SATURDAY
West Texas:' Probably wet, could
be dry; might snow.
East Texas: We don't , know;
We're not out there., ■ . , "
South-Texas; Probably the same
as West Texas unless -there are
some Changes, " .
■North Texas: Somewhere the
sun" is shining.
■ .North Pole: Probably snow.-.
Central West Texas: Wrflk, do
not run to the nearest window, find
look straight ahead. "
West Texas: Yr',1 tell you .more-
about that tomorrow.
East Texas: Honestly;, we don't ..
know. /
.South Te-xas: My.mind was nev-
er blanker. - . :.i
" Northi Texas: They're all Yan-
kees rap there, anyway.
N,oftli Pole: You don't caira"any-
way, Jo you? " - .'
Central West Texas: Slight pre-
cipitations. 1 : .
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