The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Faculty Executive Committee Votes "No Fish Day"
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VOLUME XIX.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1940
NUMBER IS.
Senior Class Will Present Carnival
Saturday With Willdns As Feature
REGISTRAR, HIS
"BUDDY," AGREE
TO BE "NIGGAS"
First in a aeries of programs by
the Senior Executive committee
will be given Saturday night in
the gymnasium in the form of a
carnival with Charlie S, Wilkins
and another prominent faculty
.member as the "nigga ibabies" ap-
pearing in a comical feature, ac-
cording to an announeem&nfc made
Saturday morning by Joe Hanna,
member of the committee,
The registrar and his "buddy"
have consented to protrude their
heads through a cut place in. a
piece of canvas for the conven-
ience of students, who will be pro-
vided with three missiles for a
nominal fee which will go to-
wards supporting the senior class.
"Members of the committee urge
all seniors to join in the fun and
frolic," Hanna said, "and also we
cordially invite all members of the
Junior ealss aa well."
Another incentive for attendance
Saturday night \yill be the ticket.
Tickets will go on sale immediate-
ly and can be obtained from any
member of the committee or from
the College Store.
Included also in the evening's
'entertainment are bingo games,
penny pitching, nail driving, for-
tune telling, and some other at-
tractions which are still in the
developing- process.
"That old carnival atmosphere
will prevail," Hanna guaranteed.
James Curtiss Brown, president
of the Senior class, is chairman of
the committee.
Merle Proctor Given Director's Trophy
CHORUS LEAVES
ON ANNUAL TRIP
APRIL FIFTEENTH
"All aboard for points South,"
might well be the theme of the
Tarleton College Singers, who will
leave April IB on their annual
tour.
This year the singers will trav-
el south, and will sirfg at approxi-
mately fifteen towns. The exact
itinerary will be announced .after
arrangements are completed.
Last year the group toured in
"West Texas and gave concerts in
16 West Texas towns.
E. Berton Coffin, director of the
organization, has been training
the singers for the past three
weeks for the trip. To quote Mr.
Coffin, "The chorus is a better
balanced organization than any
Tarleton has had since I've come
here. Members are all working,
and we are going to be able to pre-
sent a memorable program, I
think."
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CALENDAR
FOE TUB WEEK
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Basketball
Hillsboru va. Tarleton—Here—7:30
Press Club Meeting—J1 :QG
SATOHDAT—
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4" NTAC vj. Tarleton—There.
* Senior Otaes Carnival-—Gymnasium
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For scoring 535 points out of a possible 600, Merle Proctor, left, is
shown receiving the director's trophy from Prof. A. J. Sp angler, direc-
tor of the agriculture department. Proctor -was awarded the trophy for
winning the general livestock judging contest held here recently. Prof.
O. H. Fraaier, who teaches animal husbandry and who coaches the
livestock judging teams, is counting very much on Proctor's assistance
in winning the annual contest at the Fort Worth Stock Show.
Confucius Say: Cow Stick in Mud Is
Stuck Until Geology Class Come to Rescue
Prof. S. F, Davis' Geology 306
class observed National Hoy Scout"
Week last Thursday afternoon,
turning in their daily good turn
by removing a Jersey cow from
a mud hole.
The class was on the third stop
of one of its more or less infre-
quent field trips, and was observ-
ing the wonders of erosion in a
canyon on a farm north of town
when one of the members of the
party discovered the bovine's piti-
ful plight. Weak from exposure to
the elements, she was mired in a
small pool of mud and water
near the dammed-up end of the
canyon.
Class Couldn't Wait—Cow Saved
Professor Davis- and Jarrod
Coleman immediately departed to
inform the owner and get some
instruments for extraction, bu£ jthe
more kindhearted members of tlje
class couldn't wait, and a crude
but effective means of removal
was started. A human chain was
formed under the capable super-
vision of Gordon Rohe, Mack Hop-
pock, Prentis Ray, and several
other individuals, in sympathy
with the cause of the Jersey, and
by dint of much pulling, straining,
and grunting, the heifer was soon
removed from the water and mud.
Remarkably, the cow failed to
blow either of her horns, although
much pulling was done by grasp-
ing said protruberances.
When the cow was half way up
the bank, Professor Davis return-
ed with some ropes and the own-
er, and the heifer slid up the
rest of the embankment in nothing
flat. When the class departed the
cow was still down, but the boys
hope their good deed wasn't in
vain.
Pauline Snyder Plays Rare Italian
Violin Made in 1730 by Famous Artist
One genuine Guadagnina violin
—value $1,000.
Owner of this rare instrument
is Pauline Snyder, Glen Rose, a
student of violin and piano in the
conservatory.
Miss Snyder's Guadagnina was
made in 1730 by Joannes Baptista
Guadagnina, who was a pupil of
the great violin maker, Anton
Stradivari, and one of the first
generation of a numerous family
of violin makers.
His violins are finely designed
and covered with a rich, dark var-
nish, Miss Snyder's violin is, ac-
cording to Harold J. Bluhm, pro-
fessor of violin, a particularly
fine example of his skill. The pre-
cision with which it is made, the
choice and proper seasoning of
the wood, the fine varnish and ex-
pert workmanship make it very
valuable.
Mis& Snyder's father bought the
violin for her in 1938 from a
Chicago musical firm.
Eight Officers, One
Private Awarded
Citation Cords
Eight cadet officers and one
cadet private were awarded cita-
tion cords Thursday afternoon at
retreat parade by Maj. James D.
Bender, P.M.S.&T., for excellent
meritorious service for the schcfol
year of 1939-40.
Those receiving the awards were
Col. Robert Throckmorton, Lieut.
Col. John Phelan, Maj. Joe Gracey,
Maj. Bill Ellis, Capt, Philip Bible,
Capt, William Reiley, and Pvt.
William T. Jones, Volunteer officers
who received awards were Maj.
Edward A. Emmett and Lieut.
McRea Hill.
This is the first year In the his-
tory of the Tarleton cadet corps,
that citation cords have been
awarded. They will be worn at all
times with the uniform blouse.
Two Suspects Held
In Connection With
Varsity Shop Theft
Two suspects were arrested
last week in connection with the
burglarizing of the Varsity Shop,
owned and operated by Ike New-
man, last Saturday night, An in-
vestigation disclosed that approx-
imately $24 in cash and about IB
cartons of cigarets were missing.
An attempt to open the safe was
unsuccessful.
One of the suspects, who had
been arrested previously in con-
nection with Perry Bros, burg-
lary, which occurred several weeks
ago, posted bond of $1500; but the
other has not been able to make
bond up to date.
Burglary charges were filed in
justice court, pending an investi-
gation by the grand jury when it
again convenes.
Big Game Hunter,
European Traveler
To Speak In Chapel
When the Rev. E. L. Miley,
new pastor of the Stephenville
First Christian church, speaks in
assembly nest Friday morning,
he should know what he is talking
about. An enthusiastic sportsman
himself, he has chosen for his sub-
ject "Sports and Sportsmen."
The Rev. Mr. Miley was a var-
sity basketball player on the
Transylvania . University team
while he was a student there.
Since graduation lie1 has become
interested in big game hunting,
and can tell of many hunting ex-
ploits in Canada and Mexico, Golf
is another sport he enjoys.
In addition to these interests, he
has traveled through many Euro-
pean countries.
But more than sports and trav-
eling, he told Gabe Lewis of Tar-
leton College, he likes young peo-
ple. In fact he likes them so well
that he found that one child of
his own was not enough; he adopt-
ed and reared four others.
His Friday morning talk will
be his first appearance before the
Tarleton student body.
Hedrick Is First
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Cadet to Receive
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Commutation
Doesn't Know How To
Spend It; But Some
Have Big Plans
By DAVE TIPTON
Joe Hedrick of Stephenville,
freshman pre-med student who
tootsi a clarinet in the Tarleton
band, received the first of 633 uni-
form commutation checks for the
first semester on Wednesday of
last week, the first day the checks
were issued.
Hedrick, whose father manages
both the Palace and Majestic
theaters of this city, says he does
not know just what he will do
with the "filthy lucre," but for
the present he thinks he will salt
it away and hold on to it.
633 Checks Amount to $3,108.
A check up at the fiscal offce re-
vealed that of the 633 commutaton
checks to be issued, amounting to
$3,108, only 60 had not been called
by Saturday morning.
Long lines of cadets formed at
the fiscal office during the greater
part of Wednesday to receive
cheeks. Greatest rush came be-
tween classes when cadets had
only a few minutes to get their
cheeks and rush to classes.
Some Pay For Annual
Next resting place of the "fin,"
or parts thereof, that each cadet
drew varied with different boys.
Some only got to turn their checks
back, turning four-fifths, back to
go to pay for their Grassburr.
Others planned to pay off out-
{Continued on page four)
Council Says
"No" to Brown
Student Bill
Student Council Votes 6-2 Against Proposal
To Place Cadets, Coeds on Discipline Com-
mittee; Strong Hint Measure May Be Re-
opened in Spring
The Student Council Wednesday night voted a 6 to 2 decision
against. J. Curtiss Brown's bill) calling for student representa-
tives 011 the faculty discipline committee.
Hotly contested by a majority of the members of the Council
who gave specific reasons for thinking the bill unnecessary and
unfeazable, Brown's proposal went hopelessly by after he had
presented a very logical point of view as to the advantages of
such a move.
Though the bill was defeated,
there was strong hint after the
Council had adjourned that there
was a possibility of the measure
being reopened when the student
leadership convention takes place
in the spring,
Kathleen Collum was the only
member absent. Brown and Dick
Eddleman favored the bill; a small
group opposed it, and other Coun-
cil members were uncertain how
to vote.
In his opening address to the
group, Brown gave his points very
clearly, statihg that though he. did
not feel the present committee was
unable in any way to judge dis-
cipline among the students, it
would be practical and democratic
for students to be represented by
fellow students. He continued that
it was his opinion that students
go before the committee "seared
to death," and, in order to "get out
of a trap," frame stories and lie.
If they were represented by some
student whom they knew, someone
who knew their habits and ideals,
they would have a tendency to
tell the truth, he continued.
In opposition to Brown, several
members of the Council wanted to
know "what is wrong with the
present committee?" Other oppo-
sition arguments were that stu-
dents would not want to accept
the responsibility of serving on
the committee, and that second-
year college students, were not of
the mature development to act
wisely on weighty decisions.
Suggestion was made that the
issue be put before the students
for a popular vote, but it was
quickly vetoed.
There was also a strong hint
that if the Student Couneil had
passed the measure and presented
it to Dean J. Thomas Davis for
aproval, he would have acted fav-
orably to the vote.
"GUINEA," RAGAMUFFIN WHO PICKS
UP COINS ON GYM FLOOR, IS THE
MYSTERY MAN OF TARLETON
Who is he,, this little ragamuffin,
freckled-faced boy they call "Gui-
nea," who pushes the bloom in the
gym between halves at basketball
games?
Surname Is Garrett
His surname is Garrett, his
father is a paper-hanger, and the
gym has been his hangout for
years; but with the exception of
this meager information, the per-
sonal history of the boy is a blank.
At the half of each game,
"Guinea" appears with his broom
and starts going over the floor of
the gym. There is an air of expec-
tation about him, for he knows
that soon there will be "Pennies
from Heaven," and he is not dis-
appointed, As the pennies start
raining down upon him, he crawls
about upon his hands and knees,
clutching the coins and catching
them in the air as they fall to him
on the floor. His sparkling eyes
and beaming face are ample re-
ward for the generous spectators
who throw the coins.
Shakes Broom—Out Fall Pennies
Guinea even has something on
the girl in the fairy tale who
found money when she dusted
under the rug; all he has to do is
shake his broom and out fall the
pennies.
Some say he takes the money
home to his mother while others
say that he spends it all for food
when the game is over.
But now the hearts of the stu-
dents are heavy, for no Guinea
appears at the basketball games.
The question is no longer "who is
he?" but "where is he?"
Students of Farm
Machinery Class
Are Well Equipped
Through the good will and cour-
tesy of John Deere and the J. I.
Case Implement Companies, the
Tarleton farm machinery depart-
ment is supplied with the latest
farm equipment.
J. W. Sorenson and the boys of
farm machinery class 402 have
equipped the implements as fol-
lows: one John Deere Model B
tractor with cultivator; one John
Deere tiller No. 220 A; one John
Deere No. 10 A hammer mill; one
J. I. Case tractor Model DC; one
J. I,. Case two bottom plow; and
one J. I. Case hammer mill.
All students who are interested
.in examining this new equipment
are invited to come down and in-
spect far themselves.
George Eckhart May
Be First Solo Flyer;
Weather Checks
Due to inclement weather, there
has been no flying at the Tarleton
airport for the past week, but as
soon as the weather permits, the
program will continue.
Up to this time it looks as if
George Eckhart will be the first
to solo. Eckhart has 5 V2 hours in
the ail*, and this added to his pre-
vious experience, about 4 hours,
makes him the logical person to
be the-first to go up. Close behind
in the last checkup are the other
students of Burr el Tibbs, flight
instructor. The fact that Mr.
Tibbs' students are ahead of H.
R, Harwell's is explicable by the
fact Mr. Harwell had an accident
some weeks ago and as a result
his students were grounded until
the plane could be repaired.
Ml TO BE
JUST ANOTHER
DAY THIS YEAR
Juniors Protest;
Pollard, Class
President, to >
See Dean Davis
President Hubert Pollard of
Junior Class was ready to talk
with Dean J. Thomas Davis this
week following announcement by
Charlie S. Wilkins, registrar,
that the Faculty Executive com-
mittee had turned thumbs down
on a "fish day" for the school
year of 1939-'40-.
Because, in the opinion of the
26 faculty representatives from
all departments of the campus,
this day tends to lead to hazing
and disruption in classroom
activity, the vote was unanimous-
ly in favor of the motion for dis-
continuance of the day. Vote wag
taken last Wednesday morning.
In discussing the issue, the com-
mittee had agreed to affect a com.
promise with the Junior class, giv-
ing them leeway to adopt any
suitable plan of celebration they
might decide upon—if it didn't
come on April I.
"The motion was made and ap-
proved that the activities of fresh-
man day be eliminated and that a
conference of class leaders and
college authorities be held to work
out a policy regarding future
freshman day," Mr, Wilkins ex-
plained.
The registrar Saturday after-
noon met briefly with the Con-
gressional committee of the Jun-
ior class, of which Pollard is prea-
(Continued on page four)
LINEN TEXTILE
EXPERT TO TALK
HERE THURSDAY
Dr. Harold K, Van Buren, one of
the few recognized exerts on lin-
en textiles, will bring to Tarleton
a collection of the work of most
of the finest textile designers in
the country and will lecture to the
Tarleton Home Economics club
Thursday at 1:30 p. m. in the
Home Economics building.
Handblocked linen textiles by
Ruth Reeves, Tony Sarg, Marguer-
ite Margentime, Ollie Scott But-
ler, Julian Elfenbein, Denise Mor-
gan, and Paul Benedict, in the
form of table linens which are in
harmony with contemporary trends'
in interior and architectural de-
sign, will be shown.
* The lecturer, a designer and an
educator in his own right, has lec-
tured in institutions from coast to
coast in the effort to bring the
American public to an awareness
of what is being accompished in
the United States by our own de-
signers. The fabrics are hand-
blocked by American artisans,
with American dyes, in American
plants, and for the most part, the
inspirations for the designs came
from purely American sources.
Dr. Van Buren will discuss in
his lecture the linen industry and
what is being done> to build it up,
as welt as the work of American
designers, and textile designing aa
a career.
The Home Economies club in-
vites students and faculty to at-
tend this lecture.
L> B. Friou, Father
Of College Cashier,
Dies At Cleburne
L. B. Friou, father of Reuben
Friou, Tarleton cashier, died Fri-
day night at his home in Cleburne,
according to word received here
Saturday.
His son, Reuben, was notified
immediately and left at once for
Cleburne.
The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon in Cleburne.
Mr. Friou is survived by his
widow, a daughter, Mrs. Jack Kel-
lam of Cleburne, and two sons,
Reuben of Stephenville and La-
reese of Houston.
Reno is where the cream of soc-
iety goes to get separated.—Ba-
tallion.
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