The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 28, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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THOSE PLOWBOYS
BEAT N. T. A. C-
TIIE
PLAN NOW TO
ATTEND THE PRESS
CLUB DANCE
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VOLUME XIX,
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1939
NUMBER 11.
NEW HANGAR FOR
AIRPORT NEARS
COMPLETION
A hangar for Stephenville's new
airport, to be used in John Tar-
leton College's civilian pilots'
training: program, is nearing com-
pletion according to Yates Stafford
of Stephenville, airport manager.
The hangar building:, a one-story
frame structure with a metal roof,
will be 40 by 60 feet in dimen-
sion, which is considered large eh-
ough to house five training planes.
Planes, which are to be fur-
nished by Roy Taylor, Fort "Worth,
will arrive as soon as the building
program is completed and the
equipment is set up. At least two
planes will be brought here, Staf-
ford said, depending upon the
number of Tarleton students who
enroll for the flying course. They
will be two-passenger, high-wing
Aeronca monoplanes.
City, Jaycees Pay Cost
The eity and the Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce each is sharing
half the expense of constructing
the hangar for the airport, accord-
ing to Grady Littleton, president
of the Jaycees. This will be all of
the expense required except for
the planes, which Taylor will fur-
nish. ■.
H. R. Harvel, Stamford, and
Roy Taylor's brother, Kilgofe,
have been approved by the Civil
Aeronautics Authority as the fly-
ing instructors for classes, Staf-
ford said. The C. A. A. also has
approved tlie flying field and the
entire airport is expected to be
ready for ground school work to
commence soon.
Although the time for starting
the aeronautical training has not
been definitely fixed, preparations
are being' made so that classes
can start on a moment's notice.
Actual flight training may not
stfirt until the beginning of the
second semester due to the many
details to be worked out that
would make an earlier start im-
practical. Private flight lessons
will begin immediately.
The airport, which contains ap-
proximately 75 acres, known as
the old Army landing field, is lo-
cated seven blocks north of the
campus. As soon as tfie field is
approved by the proper authori-
ties, army and government planes1
will be permitted to land. This
will allow many of the government
pilots who are ex-Tarleton stu-
dents to visit the campus.
A weather vane built entirely
out of steel by E. A. Blanchard's
farm shop class, at John Tarleton
College hag been erected on a steel
tower, separate from the hangar,
at the airport. Corner markers for
the field, now being constructed by
the farm shop class, will be placed
soon.
Runways are being leveled by
the City street maintenance crew
and the entire grounds are being
prepared for safe use in the land-
ing and taking off of any type of
plane.
On To N. T. A. C. With Tarleton Military Band
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no exception.
The Tarleton. Military Bnnu has been' present at ttlodt of the
They are planning to be there 100 per cent sircm?.
In thi> picture loft to rtuht. are:
First Row: John C. Kays. Graham; Ernestine Finnig'an, band sponsor. Eldorado; Jack Lauderdale. Cisco; Marvin Zindler,
Houston; Jg£ Dyson, Stephenville; Billy Joe Hall, Midland; Ro'oert T. Heaton, Stephenville; Creel Grady, Erownwood; John
Molloy, San Saba; W. M. Streekert, Browtiwoc-d.
Second Row; Norris Hamiltorij Austin; Victor Daniels, New London; EJvnc-st Green, Ranger; Sam Partlow, Liberty i William
Wayne Adamson, Tea«ue; Earle McSpadcten. Teague; Joe Hedri k, Stephenville; Edward Koerlin, ftaymondville; Bill Lehmberg,
Brownw«xid ; Hubert Koons, Wharton.
Third How: H A. Reusing. CranfiLIg i Berkley Thompson, Stephenville; J. Lewis Evans, Stephenville; Tommy Whitley, Mineral
Wells* Pat Yalhant, Rising Star; August H. Behling, Albany; Anon Cunningham. Brownwood; Burney Garvey, Livingston; Dan
Price Rochelk; Ewell Hart. Beaumont; Charles Prater, Hamlin; Bob Motley, Monahans; Morris White, Eastland,
Fourth Row: Joe R- Hays. Graham ? Cyrus Cathey, Hamilton; James Sikes, Stephenville; Raymond Tleman, Prlddy; An&elm
Tibbs, "Valley Mills; Winston Blacklock. Munclay; E. G. Bailey, Dexter, Mo.; Alan Studer, Rob&town; Hershel Davis, Bluff Dale;
B. D. Dobbins. Dublin; Ernest Shillinburjj. Jr.. Dublin; Bill Mc'rou?h, Hamlin.
Fifth Row; Red. Simpson, Brady; Robert Eaton, Comanche; Fred Jennings. Kerrville; Evell Byers, Wintera; Burl Wiley, Jr.,
Brady; Olin Johnson, Stephenville; Billy K. Dawkina, Dublin; Tfmmio Williams, Hamilton; Henry LaMaster, Perryton; Inland
Home, Perryton.
Betty Hobin, Frances Brown,
and Bobbie Lee Graham were
guests of Bobbie's grandmother in
Seymour during the week-end.
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CALENDAR
FOK THE WEEK
TUESDAY
Lecture in the Auditorium
Preaa Club Meeting
Bonfire and Silent Pep Meeting
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 7th
Butchea Program in Auditorium
SATURDAY
DECEMBEE S
Frees dab Dance
MONDAY
DECEMBER 11
Utopian Club Meeting
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Rifle Competition
Slated Tough For
Team This Year
With its shoulder to the wheel,
the rifle team, under the coaching
of Sergeant Jack D. McCullough,
19 putting in some long hours- and
hard work so that they will be
adequately prepared for the shoul-
der to shoulder combat with N. T.
A. C. sometime in January.
The N. T. A, C. match, which
wil include one at Tarleton and one
at Arlington, will be the only
shoulder to shoulder match, the
others being- telegraphic in nature.
In the telegraphic matches, scores
are exchanged through the mail
after being certified by a member
of the faculty of the respective
schools.
Invitations for matches have
been sent to schools in several
states, including Oklahoma A. &
M., Stilhvater, Oklahoma; New
Mexico A. & M., State College,
New Mexico; New Mexico Mili-
tary Institute, Roswell, New
ico; and Dayton University, Day-
ton, Ohio.
Tarleton will also have two five-
man teams entered in the Kan-
dolph Hearst trophy match, which
is fired by teams throughout the
army, and includes some of the
toughest competition in the United
States.
Prominent Institute
Names Dean Davis
As One of Sponsors
According- to Dr. S. D. Myres,
Jr., director of the Institute of
Public Affairs, Dean J. Thomas
Davis has been named as one of
the sponsors of that Institute.
The first meeting for the 1939-
1040 season will be held in Dallas
on December 2, at which time
Josephus Daniel, United States
Ambassador to Mexico, will speak
on "Democracy in the Americas."
The season topic for discussion is,
"Testing- of Democracy."
LAST MINUTE NTAC FIWVSH
Two N.T.A.C cadets were just
caught on the Tarleton campus
in tlie near vicinity of the bon-
fire. As this issue of the J-Tac
goes to press these two cadets,
a cadet private first class and
a second. lieutenant, are being
treated to haircuts "Tarleton
Style.''
22 Cadet Promotions
Added to Those An-
nounced Last Week
Additnoal promotions announc-
ed for the cadet corps last week by
Maj. James D. Bender, P. M. S. &
T., included those of Homer D.
White to be second lieutenant, of
Earl MeSpadden, Jarrod F. Cole-
man, and Alan Studer, to be ser-
geants, and of 18 corporals.
Corporals announced follow:
Company A—Guy Wilie and Geo-
rge T .Smith; Company. B—R. P.
Chalfant and P. J. Lindsey; Com-
pany D—E. W. Sutton; Company
E—Glen Carry, Robert Sabine,
Leon Blalock and Gordon Rohe;
Company F—Lamar Kay, Fred
O'Keefe, Billie Kemp, Allen Cox
and M. Bell; Band—Charles Pra-
ter, Anslem Tibbs, Creel Grady
and Charles Elwood.
Six J-Tac Staff
Members Take Trip
To Star "Telegram
Music Department Is
Represented At
San Antonio Meeting
The John Tarleton department
of music, with 35 other music de-
partments from over the entire
state, will be represented at the
meeting of Texas Asociation of
Music Schools at San Antonio
Friday, December 1.
Tarleton became an institutional
member of this organization last
year.
Charles W. Froh, dean of music
at Tarleton, will attend and re-
present Tarleton at the meeting.
The initial trip to Fort Worth
to visit the Star-Telegram in or-
der to study the different depart-
ments that go to make up a large
daily, was made last Wednesday
by six members of the J-Tac staff.
Those who went are Jay Rogers,
J-Tac editor; Elaine Scott, asso-
ciate editor; and Wilburn Salmon,
Delane Roberts, Bill Bethea, and
Philip Larrimore, reporters.
The trip was made possible by
the invitation of Upshur Vincent,
Star-Telegram agricultural edi-
tor, and through the courtesy and
eo-operation of Bill Sansing, sec-
retary of the Stephenville Cham-
her of Commerce, who provided
transportation for the six mem-
bers.
Each of the six, upon arriving
at Vincent's desk, was shown the
different departments and later
assigned to reporters, copyreaders,
or editors to learn as much as pos-
sible' from watching and listening
to them as they did their work.
The second trip of this sort will
be made by six other staff mem-
lei's soon.
Short Course In
Salesmanship To
Start December 6
A short course in salesmanship
will be conducted by Jack D.
Brown, member of the T. C. U.
faculty, in the Tai]wlon auditor-
ium December 6, 7, and 8. This
course is being given by the Short
Course Division of Texas Chris-
tian University in cooperation
with the Stephenville Chamber of
Commerce. Enrollment is open to
everyone, classes begin at 7:30 p.
m. and continue until 10 o'clock,
two lessons being given eaeh
night.
Topics studied will include how
to act, what to say, when, why,
proved methods of closing inter-
views, personality types, influence
of works, creating interest, de-
velopment of desire and the psy-
chology aspects of selling. This
course has been given in many
cities of Texas with a large at-
tendance and reports say that it
is both unusual and instructive.
Jack D. Brown is a former Ste-
phenville boy, and was a student
at Tarleton when it was the Mc-
Ilhaney Academy,
Tarleton students are especially
invited to attend the courses-.
Davis Attends Teachers' Ass'n
Dean J. Thomas Davis, after the
JTAC-NTAC Thanksgiving game
Thursday, will go to San Antonio
where he will attend the State
Teachers Association during the
holidays.
Silent Pep Meeting And
Huge Bonfire Will Climax
JTAC Pre-Game Activities
lampus Christmas
ro Offer Hearing
Of "Messiah"
Contributing to the happiness of
Christmas season is always Christ -
mas music, of which George Fred-
erick Handel's oratorio, "The Mes-
siah," is a truly glorious and well-
loved part.
This year students at Tarleton
and the people of Stephenville, like
students and residents of man;,
another college city or town, will
have the opportunity to hear the
entire Messiah.
The "irialielujah Chorus," per-
ips the most familiar selection
ora the oratorio, will be sung ol
"'n campus and perhaps on th^
December 16 radio program by
Tarleton's Mixed Chorus.
In addition, a hearing of the en-
tire oratorio will be offered by
the Gramophiles, which will pre-
sent recorded performances On the
afternoon of December 17 at 4:15
o'clock and again on the even-
ing of Deceniber 18 at 7:15 o'clock.
"The Messiah" is perhaps the
best-known -and most-loved ora-
torio by Handel, peer of oratorio
composers and another of the
great musicians given to the world
by Germany. The oratorio is a
dramatic poem sung by soloists
and chorus, and usually of sacred
nature.
Written in 1742, "The Messiah"
was given a warm reception by a
London audience in 1743. It was
at • that initial, pexfarmance that
the audience,, rising spontaneously
at that initial performance that
Hallalujah Chorus, established the
custom still observed today.
Officers and sponsor of the
Gramophiles club announce that
all Tarleton students, Stephenville
townspeople, and residents of oth-
er nearby towns are invited to
hear the recorded presentation of
the oratorio.
Tarleton Students '
Included on Injured
List of Collision
A head on collision several miles
north of Huckabay sent two Tarle-
ton students and eight Stephen-
ville people to the hospital Sun-
day at 5 p. m.
Immediately 'after the collision,
which happened on top of a blind
hill, the injured were rushed to the
Stephenville Hospital by private
cars passing by.
The two Tarleton students in-
jured were Billy Maddox, Gordon,
and Marvin Carr, Dublin.
Guards In Wait For N.T.A.C. Visitors
Who Goes There? Sound Off! Say
Joe Hedrick visited Tommy
Whitney in Mineral Wells during
the week-end.
"Sound off!" is the cry that can
be frequently heard over Tarle-
ton's campus when the sun takes
its leave to rain its glory on anoth-
er battle raging on the eastern
hemisphere — the Sino-Japanese
dispute.
Students are not individually
confined to the close scrutiny and
questioning by alert guards, but
faculty members and visitors find
it well to gracefully submit as
well—at least for the present,
The reason for this unusual ac-
tivity is the guarding of sticks,
boxes, logs, tires, and other in-
flammable material that make up
a huge stock back of the Science
building affectionately referred to
as "our bonfire".
Every student has dutifully per-
formed some part, be it sentry
duty, actual building of the fire,
or vocally making threats to ab-
sentees whom everyone strongly
suspectsi of having a desire to
cause a premature conflagration of
the accumulated rubbish.
It is a well known fact that at-
tempts have been made toward
this end by a northern school, a
branch of A. & M. College known
as N. T. A. C., but their efforts,
valiant and sacrificial as they
were, have been in vain.
Five Arlington students wear
caps almost constantly in order to
hide the punishment meted out by
vengeful Plowboys. The sad fact
remains, however, that N, T. A. C.
is still ahead in barber work, but
,'is we go to press the hope has
been advanced that this will not
be the case long.
Tarleton lays claim to the honor
of having been more successful in
their "blitzkrieg" on Arlington
campus} although the N, T, A, C.
bonfire still has not been reduced
to ashes. Numerous signs in con-
spicuous places of Arlington testi-
fy the loyalty of Tarletonites,
however.
PRESS CLUB TO
SPONSOR POST
HOLIDAYS DANCE
The week following Thanksgiv-
ing holidays will be highlighted by
an aH-Tarleton dance to be spon
sored by the Press club in th:
dining hall at 8 p. m. Saturday
Dec. 9. Music will be furnished by
'he College Orchestra.
News of the arrival of 14
'vran" new tunes comes to us
'ist before this edition of the
r-TAC goes to press. Included
n the music received by the
ampusite swingster3 are such
■rvninv nrnwis tunes as "Seat-
terbrains," "In An 18th Cen-
tury Drawing Room," "Moon-
light Serenade," Blue Orchids,''
and "My Prayer." Mr. Brooks,
orchestra leader, says these
tunes will be open for requests
at the Press Club dance.
A floor -show will be presented,
inaugurating a new note for this
season. Performers' names have
been withheld, but they are ex-
pected to be the hit of the night,
according to tlie entertainment
committee.
Chairmen of the dance commit-
tees are: Eddie Gaskin, ticket
sales; Bgrta Botkins, entertain-
ment; Newell Oliver, decoration;
R. D. Lancaster, posters; and De-
lane Roberts, publicity.
Press Club To Bring
T. C. U. arid Baylor
Speakers to Campus
Journalists from Texas Christian
University and Baylor University
will speak on the campus next se-
mester to members of the Press
Club and other students who are
interested, according to Rex Nix-
on, Press Club president.
J. Willard Ridings, director of
the T. C. U. department of jour-
nalism and the university's' news
bureau, will discuss publicizing a
big-tjniG football team when he
talks here January 30. Said he, in
accepting the invitation to speak
at Tarleton, "I believe that, in-
stead of talking in a text-book
manner about how to write sports,
I'll make it more specific and anec-
dotal, and talk about the thing I
know best—my own.work in writ-
ing Horned Frog sports."
Calvin Newton, graduate man-
ager of Baylor University student
publications, will speak at the
February meeting of the Press
Club. He Will discuss innovations
made by Baylor student publica-
tions this year.
Other Press Club plans include
sponsoring an all-Tarleton dance
on December 9 and sponsoring a
"Dr. Kildare" picture show on
December 14.
Military Band and
Honorary Company
To Make Trip
A silent pep meeting tonight
preceding the burning of a huge
bonfire just west of the Science
building climaxes the pre-game
spirit manifest by students toward
the annual grudge game between
N, T. A. C. and Tarleton. on
Thanksgiving day.
From all available reports, Tar-
leton students are planning to be
at the game in large numbers de-
spite the fact that Thanksgiving
holidays are enticing many stu-
dents to their home towns for
the holidays.
According to Maj. James D.
Bender, professor of military
science and tactics of this college,
the Military band and the first
platoon of the Honorary Company
will be at the game in full force.
Special arrangements have been
made to convey the equipment of
the two organizations as well as a
portion of their members.
The game is called for 2 o'clock
and will be played on the N. T. A,
C. field at Arlington. Tickets, for
the game are now on sale at the
fiscal office. Student tickets are
priced at 40 cents and adult tickets
are $1.00.
A.W.S, Funds To Be
Given to Girls* Band,
Council Decides
Tarleton's All-Girls' Band will
receive a gift of money from the
Association of Women Students,
it was decided at a meeting of the
A. W. S. Council recently.
Formerly the A. W, S. has pre-
sented flowers to Miss Tarleton
when she 'goes to N". T. A. C. to
represent Tarleton,-but the Coun-
cil decided that this year the
'noney could probably be more ad-
vantageously used by the band.
Also discussed at the . Council
meeting was a plan to arrange
for storage of students' trunks and
'uggage. Arrangements for Grass-
burr pictures were made.
Silver Exhibit Is
Sponsored By Home
Economics De nL
P. G. Storm, representative of
the Reed and Barton Silver Com-
pany, exhibited two table displays
of sterling and plate silver and
tea services in the dining room of
the Home Economics building re-
cently.
His visit here was by invitation
of the Home Economics depart-
ment, especially the foods and nu-
trition classes under' the instruc-
tion of Miss Lee Edwin Terry.
Mr. Storm lectured on silver-
ware and on how to recognize gen-
uine plated silver and sterling. He
pointed out that the best possible
care of good silver is the use of it,
as the polish becomes finer with
time.
Contest To Be Held
Here January 6th
In Milk Judging
The second annual Tarleton
Milk Judging and Training con-
test will be held here January 6,
1940, acocrding to Eoy B. Mefferd,
professor of agricultural educa-
tion and supervisor of Area IV. of
the Future Farmers of America,
Mr, Mefferd will be assisted by
O. H. Frazier, professor of animal
husbandry and agricultural en-
gineering, and O. T. Farmer, a
Tarleton graduate and field agent
of the Fort Worth Creamery and
Egg Company, in arranging for
the contest.
The tabulating supervisors will
be Arthur Worrell, secretary of
the school of agriculture, and
Merle Proctor, student assistant.
Hint of Thanksgiving Given
Students who eat at the Dining
hall of John Tarleton College were
given a turkey dinner with all the
trimmings Sunday. The Dining
hall was decorated with fruit and
autumn leaves for the occasion.
NO J-TAC FOR NEXT
WEEK
Due to tlie fact that the mem-
bers of tlis J-Tac staff are plan-
ning on a Wjj Thanksgiving at
home this year, there will be
no issue next Tuesday, The next
publication date ia December
12.
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