The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 21, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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'RANKER!'
Published Weekly by Tarleton Students
33RD YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1952
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FFA Leadership Tests
Slated Here Nov. 15
.... FFA Leadership Elimination
Contests for Area IV will be held
at Tarleton State College, Novem-
ber 15.
Six teams will compete in the
Tarleton Contests, which will be
■"directed by J, B. Payne, super-
English Department
Designates Hours
The English department has
started the regular sessions of
reading hours for this semester,
These sessions will be every two
weks on Wednesday afternoon at
4. The first reading hour'was held
last week when Miss Dollie Marie
Glover read her paper of the re-
view she made of Streetor's "Real-
ity."
. The next reading hour will be
Wednesday, October 22, at 4 p. m.
when Ralph H. Walker will read
from "Essays of Shakespeare."
The department is considering
selecting the best three themes of
the whole English department each
week and asking -the students who
wrote the best themes to read them
Pt the reading hour that week.
Students and faculty members
are urged to attend these reading
hours for entertainment and enjoy-
toent,. "
P-TA Convention
Held on Campus
Over 300 women of the first
district of the Texas Parent Teach-
ers Association held a one-day con-
vention on the Tarleton campus
Thursday.
Meetings were held in the Tarle-
ton Auditorium,, and the group
> ate lunch in the college dining
hall. President E. J. Howell wel-
comed the convention delegates at
the opening session.
r Theme of the convention was
"Training leaders for education in
family living.".
Los Cobbs Will Award
Annual Scholarships
Two scholarships are to be
awarded by the Los Cobbs within
the near future. These scholarships
will be worth $25 each. ■
The two boys selected to receive
these scholarships are Lloyd Gene
Yocham, freshman pre-vet major
from Rankin, and Don Bowles,
freshman pre-vet major from
Austin.
These boys were selected on the
basis of their grades.
CALENDAR
Tuesday, October 21— ,
Ex-Aggie Club meeting, Boys'
Gym, 6:30 p. m.
Tuesday, October 21—
Owls Club meeting, Miss Jones'
home, 6:30 p. m, ^
Tuesday, October 21—■
Eternas Club meeting, Girls'
Dorm, 6:30 p. m.
Tuesday, October 21—
' Civic Series program, main
Auditorium, 8 p. W.
Wednesday, October, 22—
Barons and Coronas club meet-
ing, Art Lab.
Friday, October 24—
Pep rally, by the cariiion, 10:30
p. m. .
Saturd^i October ;25-^
V" [r: Fjiothiay game/wfjBfa; Ranger,- Ji v
" there, 8 p. m.'
visor of Vocational Agriculture in
Area IV. Each distsrict in the area
will send one team.
Winning team in each contest
will compete in the annual State
FFA Leadership Contest, to be
held in December.
Six separate contests will be
held. In the Greenhand Division,
open only to students taking voca-
tional agriculture for the first
time, will be chapter conducting,
farm skill demonstration, and FFA
quiz contests.
Contests in the Chapter Farmer
Division, open to members regular-
ly enrolled in an all-day class of
vocational agriculture, will be
chapter conducting, farm skill dem-
onstration, and radio broadcasting.
Banners will be awarded the
four high teams in each event, and
certificates of participation will be
given to all teams entering the
State Leadership Contests.
Districts comprising Area IV in-
clude the Abilene District with 12
chapters, the Coleman District
with 17 chapters, the De Leon
District with 11 chapters,, the
Wichita District with 16 chapters,
the Oil Belt District with-15 chap-
ters and the Strawn. District with
i0 chapters.
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Seals Will Lead
Freshman Class
Eddie Ray Seals, musi'c major
from Stepheriville, was named
president of the freshman class in
a recent election.
Cordelia Flanagan, elementary
education, from Ballinger, was
elected vice-president.
Rosemary Spindor was elected
secretary. Rosemary is a business
major from Stephenville.
Other officers are: Jimmy Ruth
Bone, treasurer, from Stephenville,
and Frances Shuffield, reporter,
also from Stephenville.
Student Council representatives
are: Charlene Lewis, Margie Mc-
Clesky, Bill Puryear, and Kenneth
Jordan.
ADULT COURSES
OFFERED NIGHTS
Adult night courses are now be-
ing offered at Tarleton. The cour-
ses have existed for several years;
recently, however, there has been
a new emphasis placed on them
because of increased publicity and
announcements.
The courses are taught in the
new agriculture building and new
shop building. Two Sections of typ-
ing and one section of business
English are taught in the agricul-
ture building, and courses in auto
mechanics, welding, beginning
woodwork, and blueprint reading
are taught in the shop.
At least ten students must be
interested in order for a class to
be offered. The meeting time of
the classes is arranged to suit the
convenience of the students and
teacher. All subjects ■ are offered
for credit, but any course may
be taken non-credit.
SOCIETY ELECTS
CHANEY AS HEAD
Rolene Chaney was elected presi-
dent of the Scholarship Society at
a meeting held recently.
Jimmy Stewart was elected to the
post of vice-president. Other, of-
ficers elected were El Ruth Banlc-
ston, secretary-treasurer and Fran
Maas, reporter.
Dr. O. A. Grant and Miss Doro-
thy Pittman were named as spon-
sors for this year.
Members of the Scholarship So-
ciety are Jane Bailey, El Ruth
Bankston, Betty Benton, Lowery
Bills, Duryl Bird, Rolene Chaney,
Jean Derrick, Shirley Dittmar, and
Mildred Hale.
Also Joan Henry, tirmi'lee Hold-
ridge, Betty Howard, Sondra Kee-
num, Mary Paul Keith, Jane Kil-
lingsworth, Betty Sue Lee, Fran
Maas, Larry Marks, Nancy Mob-
ley, and Martha Robbins, ,
Also James Slay, Jimmy Smith,
Jimmy Stewart, Mary Rose Tem-
pl.eton, and Wayne Williams.
NOTICE!
A special meeting of the Senior
class will be held at 12:30 today.
. This meeting will be held in the
rLitJlg^A^ditoriam, ".It jte ;very >.im-
portant.
Directories Soon
To Be Published
The student directories for this
year are now being printed and
should, be ready for sale immedi-
ately. They will be sold for 25c
each.
The student directories are being
published by the A.W.S. Council,
and they will contain the names
and addresses, of all of. the Tarte-.
The A.W.S, is an organization of
girls.on the campus, and they have
as their president Mildred Hale:
Other officers and members are:
Ermilee Holdridge, vice-president;
Mary Rose Templeton, secretary-
treasurer; Martha Robbins, re-
porter, ani< Betty Jo Benton,
Sandra Keennm, Mary Beth Tun-
nell, and Nancy Anderson, The
proceeds from the sale of these
directories help make, possible a
scholarship for a girl which the
club gives every year. The council
has also made possible a Townsters
room in lower Gough where the
girls who live in town may go be-
tween classes or during off periods.
These directories may be pur-
chased from any member of the
council, at the College Store, and
at the office in the Girls' Dorm.
Tarleton Student
Chosen for Choir
Mary Ann Tucker, Tarleton sen-
ior, has been chosen as a member
of an 80-voice youth choir selected
from colleges all over the state of
Texas.
Bill Nix, an ex-Tarleton student
now attending A&M, will also sing
in this group.
The choir will make its initial
appearance at the annual meeting
of the Texas Baptist Student con-
vention in Dallas, October 31 to
November 2.
Trio to Give First
Series Show Tonight
The Tarleton Civic Series will
present the Charles Roberts-Schulz
Trio in a concert in the Tarleton
Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. This
is the first Civic Series program
of . the year.
This Trio1 brings together Mr,
Schulz, concert harpist; Mrs.
Schulz, soprano; Mr. Nekolny, bar-
itone; and Miss Leona Koehler,
pianist.
Schulz, who is president of the
Amercan Guild of Harpists, car-
ries his own harp with him in his
station wagon. He is ranked among
the leading solo harpists of the
nation. During World War II, he
wrote and produced his own show,
"Pear-Shaped," for the Red Cross.
It. was a great success, and he
toured many army camps in the
-MRS. ROBERTS SCHULZ
Wright Is Prexy
Of Officers' Club
The first meeting of the Cadet
Officers' Club was held Wednes-
day, Oct. 15, at 6:30 p.m. At this
meeting the members elected their
club officers -for this year.
Those elected were the follow-
ing: President,. Cadet Colonel Rus-
rell Wright; Vice-President, Cadet
Lieutenant Colonel Roline Cheney;
Seeretary;*Ti;easurer,,Cadet Captain
Jiirimy. Stawiater;- >Kep°yt,ei,*,:
Cadet 1st Lieutenant; Billy Little.'
DISCUSSES PLANS
The ^ first meeting of the Stu-
dent Council was held last Wed-
nesday, October 15, Tommy Huds-
peth is president of the Student
Council, i
The group discussed plans for
the Corps Trip, Homecoming,. N-
Tac Week, and a good-will tour
to Arlington. Officers; elected at
the meeting were Kitty Corder,
secretary-treasurer and Gretta
Laughlin, reporter. Billy Bob Dunn
is vice-president of the Student
Council. . ,
Senior members of the Student
Council are Mary Beth Tunnell,
Cross Plains, Gretta Laughlin, Ok-
lahoma City, Catherine Corder,
Burnet, Wayne Williams, Bertram,
and Kenneth Fry, Fort Hood.
The four Junior Class members
are Margie MeCleskey, Stephen-
ville; Bill Puryear, Weatherford;
Kenneth Jordan, and Charlene
Lewis, Laredo. ,
Stewart Gordon, Miami and Wil-
rna Barber, Mineral Wells, repre-
sent the Academy.
Dean Paul A. Cunyus and Miss
Lee Edwin Terry are sponsoring
the Student Council.
Ex-Aggie Club Meet
Will Be Held Tonight
A meeting of the Ex-Aggie Club
will be held toijight at 7:30 in the
Boys' Gym. The purpose of this
meeting is to organize the group..
, ...Any,: stHdent >vhpV. haS attended
••A;
in this clufe.
South with it.
His compositions range from
sonatas and popular ballads to
classical ballets. His enchanted
harp ballet began its nation-wide
tour in 1952. Throughout 1951,
Mr. Shulz had his own television
show twice weekly on station
WBKB. It was called "Music in
the Night."
Tuesday night's program will
also consist of duets by Mrs. -
Schulz and Mr. Nekolny, accom-'
panied by Mr. Schulz on either the
piano or the harp. Nekolny was
winner of the 1951 Chicagoland
Music Festival. He has broad ex-
perience in radfo, television, and
concert stage. His opera repetoire
is outstanding. He has performed
leads in "Carmen," "Bartered -
Bride," "Street Scene," "La Travi-
ata," "I'Pagliacci," "Cavelleria
Rusticaha," and "Aida," with opera
companies in Chicago and New
Orleans.
Nekolny was also soloist for two
years with the Music Appreciation
Hour on radio network originating
in Chicago. He has appeared as
soloist with Baton' Rouge, Louisi-
ana, Symphony, Lyra Singing So-
ciety, Philharmonic Vocal Quar-
tette, and the Back Festival of
Chicago. In addition, he has made
many appearances singing the
,Slessiah in Chicago. ;
^Mi'sr Robert-Schtirz is hailed' by;: -
critics as possessing an unusually ,
beautiful voice. When she was 12,
she was awarded the Carl Fisher
Gold Medal, She made her debut
recital in Kimball Hall, Chicago. '
Since then, she has appeared with"
the Knickerbocker Quartet" and
has portrayed leading roles in Gil-
bert and Sullivan Operas,
Miss Kohler has been soloist in
such oratories as "St Matthew
Passiffh," ".Messiah," "Elijah,"
many Bach cantatas, Vaugh-Wil-
iiams, DuBoid-Hayden, and others.
In 1§50, she became a prima donna .
with the American Opera Com- (
pany. Her first role was that of
Marguerite in Gounod's "Faust." '
She is also a gifted pianist and
has iappeared in a symphonic eon-
cert at Orchestra Hall. She sang
Elsa's Traum from "Lohengrin."
Miss Koehler has toured for eon-
cert .bureaus throughout the entire
United' States.
Tuesday nights program follows.
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My Romano*- . - Rodgera
.Getting to Know You "The King and
I"— — -- *—- 1 .-^Rodgera
Love Me Tonight ."Vagabond King"
— ———Fri'm]
Miss Koehler. Mr. Nekolny,
Mr. Roberts-Schuls
II
Zueignung.., Strauss ■
O Du mein holder Abendstern
"Tannhauser. ^ .. .Wagner
Into the Night „-_„Edwards
Old Man River , "Showboat"—*.„„Kerii ;
Mr, Nekolny-
III
The Brook—, „ Boisdeffre-Schulz
Etude- « . >- -^Ghopixi-Schula
Begin the Beguine .Porter
Mr. Roberta-Schulz
IV
My Lovely Celia - «„.,,.-MunrO
Vissi d'Arte__ "Tosca" ..-Puceini
LaVie en Rose French Ballas Louiguy
Habanera,, ^ _ v, Ravel
Miss K<x&2er
.V
"Wanting You .'-New Moon" ^-Bomberg
, Duet with Harp "
INTERMISSION
VI <
Annie Laurie ^,Welsh Air
Mattinata— . - ^LeontyvaUo
\\ Mr. Nekolny
VII
Blue Moon_ « _ .^Rodgera '
Wiffenpoof Song- _ _ Minnegrade
- Songs in the' Night-, : : ;.Salzedo
' ' . Ml*.' Roberts-Srhulz
• VIII
Ode from song cycle. ...."Evening Song"
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.'Bill.. —- ;*'Shawbpat".._,-_—v— Kern
Yours is my Heart Alon^--. —Lhhar
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 21, 1952, newspaper, October 21, 1952; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140497/m1/1/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.