The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 7, 1950 Page: 3 of 8
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Reading Machine
Used in Teaching
Ever hear ol a tachistoscope ?
Tarlet'on has been using one for
several years.
An instrument for remedial
reading, the tachistoscope consists
of a projector equipped with a
shutter so that groups of words or
numerials can be flashed on the
screen for a fraction of a second
at a time.
Surveys have proved that speed
Library Displays
Old Schoolbooks
From Collection
How did our teachers learn their
three "R's?"
The library can show you how.
The library display case now
contains a collection of early text-
loooks including' hornbooks and bat-
tledores, a New England Primer,
the Art-Literature Readers which
are familiar to many members of
the faculty, a "Blueback" Spelling-
book, and others.
. The hornbook consists of a single
leaf of which was written the al-
phabet in large and small letters,
the Roman numerals, and the
Lord's Prayer, set against a piece
of horn fashioned with a handle so
that it can be tied around the neck
or waist. A battledore is a horn-
book made of wood or varnished
cardboard. .
' Also featured is a children's book.
Many years ago a gift such as a
ball or a pincushion accompanied
each purchase of such a book.
and comprehension in reading' are
closely related. The tachistoscope
encourages the reading of groups
of words rather than single words
and of large groups rather than
small ones, malting for rapid read-
ing perception.
Tarleton's tachistoscope is used
through a voluntai-y system on the
basis of weekly, laboratories.
Mr. Martin, one of those_who can
say "tachistoscope" and, in addi-
tion, run the thing, says that it
is also equipped to teach illiterates
by means of focusing illustrations
of ducks, cows, sheep, dogs, find
similar objects on the screen.
None of the TSC instructors
have yet required the use of the
tachistoscope by students, but they
are now friendishly thumbing
through its instruction booklet on a
suggestion made at the Workshop
for High School and College Eng-
lish Teachers recently held on the
campus.
Ag Journalism Class
Tours Empire Plant
The agricultural journalism
class toured the Stephenville Em-
pire-Tribune plant Tuesday.
Eighteen students of the class
made the tour. Jada Davis, Tarle-
ton ex-student, explained the edi-
torial department, and L. P. Rig-
gins conducted the group through
the mechanical department. Opera-
tion of teletypes, linotypes, and
printing presses was demonstrated
and explained.
Joining Citizens and other Business Concerns in Welcoming
TARLETON STUDENTS
, Eoth New and Old to Our Midst
The Stephenville State Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J-TAC SERVICE STATION
FAST & COURTEOUS
Corner of Melllianey & Washington
TSC DIVISIONS
PARTICIPATE IN
BOOKLIST WORK
All departments of Tarleton
state College are participating in
a national project to formulate a
asie junior college library book-
list.
The departments are completing
heir lists rapidly, according to
il's.s Lola Thompson, coordinator
or the faculty members and their
work on the project.
Its purpose -is to produce a se-
lected list to serve as a buying
guide for both newly formed and
already established junior college
libraries. The study is jointly
sponsored by the Junior College
section of the Association of Col-
lege and Research Libraries and
the American Association of Junior
Colleges.
The Tarleton Faculty will study
book facilities for their respective
departments, then submit titles of
both new and older standard works
in each field. At the national of-
fice the submitted lists will be
compiled, edited,, and eventually
planographed.
Altogether, 20 fields of study,
covering offerings of all junior
colleges, .will be included in the
list. When completed, the booklist
is expected to contain about 300
pages, 4500 to 4800 titles, and
will be available to libraries at
a cost of $5.00 or less.
Tuesday, November 7, 1950
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The College Store
First Class Rate
Given '50 Annual
First class is the rating just
received on the 1950 Grassburr,
The rating was made by the Na-
tional Scholastic Press Associa-
tion of the University of Minne-
sota, one of the most rigid' rating
agencies in the nation.
2850 was the score given the
yearbook, which was edited by Na-
ncy Howell, ex now attending the
University of Texas.
Two of the sections that receiv-
ed a rating of excellent, highest
possible, were the introduction and
faculty pages. Other features that
received this excellent score were
the pictures, pictoral detail and
portraits in the book.
The highest score received by
any one complete section in the
book was that of the senior class
section that received a score of
250 out of a possible 270.
Other scores given were 30 out
of a possible 35 for end sheets,
00 out of a possible 70 for the
division pages, 30 out of a poss-
ible 35 for typography.
The athletic coverage of the book
was termed excellent on many
counts as was the school life cover-
age.
The 1950 Grassbur r was publish-
ed using a theme'of "50 Years of
Progress at Tarleton State College"
and contained over 300 pages.
New Officers Picked *
By Flying- (T Club
The Tarleton Flying "T" club,
was reorganized at a meeting of
a new group of charter members
last Tuesday. Parrel! Jackson was
elected as president of the club;
other -officers include Bert Mc-
Carty, vice-president, Blair Good-
win, secretary-treasurer, Charles
Oliver, Sergeant at Arms and Cha-
lles Neblett, Delegate from the
Floor.
Charter members include Darrell
Jackson, Jack Sprott, Charles Oli-
ver, Charles l^feblett, Andy Pool,
John Apgar, Bert McCarty, and H.
B. Goodwin.
College President to
Be Featured Speaker
Dr. Thomas H. Taylor, president
of Howard Payne College in Brow-
nwood, will be the featured spea-
ker in next week's assembly.
Taylor who' has been president
of the Brownwood school since
1929 is one of Texas' outstanding
educators. He holds BA, MA, and
LLB degrees from Baylor and
an LLP from Howard Payne.
Dr. Smith's Book
Now in Wide Use
".Long, dull, uninspiring
these are the adjectives used by
Dr. Dick Smith in describing the
labor put forth on his book, Texas
Government. His government 806
students draw their own conclu-
sions.
This text is being used for sopho-
more government courses at A&M,
Texas University, Texas Tech,
Baylor, SMU, TCU, .the University
of Houston, and here at Tarleton.
It is a short book with a structur-
al rather than functional approach
to government.
Dr. Smith's work on the book
was done here in Stephenville, Dr.
Grant helped with proof-reading
and these gentlemen as a con-
sequence were blind for quite some
time and still have the dispositions
gained thereby.
Texas Government was publish-
ed June, 1949. MacCorkle is di-V
rector of the Institute of Public
Affairs at the University of Tex-
as. Dr. .Smith is head of the De-
partment of Social Sciences and
Professor of Government here at
Tarleton.
FOR RENT
Furnished Garage Apartment
One Block for the Campus
Jack D. English
Phone 525
Campus Corner Cafe
and Drug Store
CROSSROADS OF
TARLETON
The Rec Hall is open to the free
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day and is available for renting
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Husfcers
In Lincoln, Nebraska, a favorite
gathering spot of students at the
University of Nebraska is Hermie's
"Inn" because it is a cheerful plica
■—full of friendly university atmos- .
phere. And when the gang gathers
around, ice-cold Coca-Cbla gets the
call. For here, as in university
haunts everywhere—Coke belongs,-
Ask for it either way . . . both
trade-marks mean the same thing.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 7, 1950, newspaper, November 7, 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140437/m1/3/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.