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2 THE J-TAC'
Tuesday, Dec. 1 1,1951
POINT OF VIEW
BY MARILYN FRi\ZIEit
J-TAC Featui%Editor
According to an article appearing in the
December issue of MOTIVE magazine,, there
are two great festivals celebrated in the month
of December. "The first is celebrated by the
commercial world and -is called Xmas."
Christmas is, as'everyone knows, a celebra-
tion of the birthday of Jesus.
- Xmas, obviously, is ajelebration with Christ
removed and substance X put in his place.
,It is' too easy' too o^ten to become one of
. tluf. many who ■ celebrate Xmas. Substance X
' the presents that we .receive the parties we
■attend and- so • on, crowds- out the thoughts'
that"should .rightfully be in pur 'minds this
time of year.
; The celebration of Xmas is naturally a field
day for the stores- and shops. But does all the
money spent on expensive presents, rationalize
the. number of lives lost, the number of hearts
broken?
There has been,much dispute on.what is the
true spirit of Christmas. It has definitely been
defined as "the spirit of giving'." This defini-
•tion neglects to-say the giving of what.
We all, no matter what the condition of our -
financial funds, have something that we can
give to others, whether we realize it or not.
This -substance can be named in one word ...
ourselves.
s
"Dancing with you is like . is like walking on air!
Sure-Kill Method
Do you know the best Way" to ruin your
Christmas Holiday? It's a. very simple matter.
You have only to climb into your cars and head
your respective ways at a very un-respectable
rate of speed. This is a "sure-kiil method."
Pardon me if that seerns rather morbid, but
it does seem that some students try to stretch
their luck like a rubber band. They don't seem
to realize,that they will stretch it too far some
day and it will snap —■ and they may be doing
ninety miles an hour- on a crowded highway
' when this happens ' ;
. "'y-*-, "
This type of student is endangering not only
his own life, but all those who come in contact
with him. Whether they are riding with him or
whether they are the children that are not
watching the traffic. It seems that fate often
plays bitter tricks on people, and the person
/ who drives with wild abondon seldom injures
himself in case o'f an accident; Usually it is
the innocent. V
When we speak of Chritmas spirit we usual-
ly think of the joy of trimming trees,, buying
•gifts for friends''and loved ones, and: enjoying,
.-the company of-.those we. vyish to be with. We
; also think'of the spirit of, giving.
Let's use the spirit of giving in our driving
;by remembering it's better to get there safely
at a slower rate of speed than not to get there
at all. Let's have a safe', sane and merry
Christmas. P. M.
Ancient But Honorable Rec HaU Characters
For ■ the people who celebrate Christmas
rather than Xmas, the Golden Rule is doubly
to be applied during the Christmas season. The
practice of doing- unto others what we would
have them do unto us can be stretched to cover
an-immense span of territory.
It would mean being patient and kind when
the saleslady in a store is ■ swamped with
customers and can't get to you at once. It
would mean pitching inland helping various,
organizations in aidipg' persons who would
have? ri'o Christinas unless they received aid.
It would mean sending a CARE package to
someone across the world. It Ivould mean, smil-
ing jind being friendly, even though you wouid
like to bite heads off right and left. Trite,
though true, is the adage that "thy thing that
costs the least and does the most is a smile."
Celebrating Christmas does not mean giving
upall festivities. It simply means having fes-
tivities that are gay, but don't eliminate the
true jrneaning and thoughts of Christmas.
Which of the great" festivals that occur dur-
ing December that one-celebrates is up to each
individual to choose as lie wishes.
Think it over and decide; Christmas, or
Xmas. M. F,
The 11)49 December issue of the
J-TAG carries an article entitled
"Hunewell Loses Trailer Houses."
The trailers had been' purchased
by the college in 1946 to pro-
vide a place of residence for
the married veterans. At that
time, over half the students, of
Tarleton were veterans, and a
large nuniber. of these were mar-
ried. The veterans could not stay-
in town, because of : the shortage
pi apartments.. ,
Th'e "trailers, 52'of them, were
of two-different sizes. The larger',
ones:-being Used by veterans with
children, and the small ones by
married veterans -without children.
The only' suitable site for these
trailers when they were purchased
was in the edge of Hunewell Park.
But before the Federal Public,
Housing1 Administration would ap-
prove the moving of the trailers
to this area, maps and location
plans had to be drawn showing
every tree in the park,, the loca-
tion of each trailer, the' ground,
contours and the location of the
water) sewage and. electric lines.
Approximately 58 students ac-
cepted bids into Tarleton's social
clubs during the same month.
Three''-'students made the "A"
honor roll and 40 made' the' "15"
honor roll for the first nine weeks
that year. For the "A" honor roll,
of the • fall semester at Tarleton,
a grade of 92'or better was. re-
quired in every subject;' for the
"B", a grade of 84 or more., ? •
The following is a direct quote
for the. benefit of the present cad-
ets:
Thursday, December 8 the 700
Cadets of Tarleton lay down and
wept It was really a pathetic
sight. I hate to see grown men
(and hovs too) cry. These they are
poor things, simply broken heart-
ed." "It rained"
Does the recreation room in your own home
sport chairs with cigarette burns, coke bottles
all over the floor and full of cigarette butts,
and chewing gum under and on the tables?
Well.the rec. hall for all of the1 Tarleton stu-
dents has this sort of modern decoration.. If
a- visitor had nothing but TSC's rec. hall, to
judge by, he might wonder if he was in one of-
the college farm animal pens.*.
Seriously, the character who drowns his
cigarette in a coke bottle should be dro\vti6d
himself. Arid, the cute little, miss who is,, 4°
free with her chewing garni should certainly
be chewed quL. i - ^
. The next time, ycmv&ee^Mlary^
the, broom to keep the rec, hall clean, remember
it is our job too. You can hejp by not doing
those little things that' you certainly wouldn't
do at home. '
ing and Panting
noes
PAT MORRISON
Exchange Editor
OJliu? 31-OJar
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF
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STAFF
Editor Melba Dean Neely
Assistant Editor Joyce Short
Business Manager Sally Wyatt
News Editor Marilou Douthit
Society Editor Jerry Stubblefield
Feature Editor Marilyn Irazier
Sports Ed i I or : Lelaud Boyd
Ass't, Sports Editor Jerry Flemmons
Exchange Editor Pat Morrison
Circulation Manager Wayne Tiller
Reporters: Charlene Berna, Nancy White
■uaryiin Maroney,-ar.d Sandra.Herrell,
During' the halftime activities torials they decided nothing would
of the Arkansas — SMU gamej help) ran a story about some Ag-
while the band was lined up on gies entertaining themselves bao-V
the end of the field,- an unidentifi- in 1917 by kidnapping "Sammy,"
ed girl in a green sweater rushed a stuffed owl mascot; Kite got
out onto the field and gave the _the- owl back by sending students
drum major a big kiss. When, ask- dressed up like "visiting brass" on
ed later why he pushed the girl an inspection tour of the cadets'
away so suddenly, the drum maj7 rooms
.or said, "What would you do if you '
had a whistle in vour mouth?" ,. , . , - ,
I he big topic has been , the new
societies, buf they took a back seat
to -a new situation' at T.CU re-
cently, AM the campus clocks had
a different time, and the students
couldn't tell when to go to class
—So, they didn't. Needless to say,
the clocks were fixed, in. short or-
der.
, Ever have that tired, run-down feeling and
can't figure out why? Try- counting the num-
ber of stairs you climb daily.
TSC athletes should really be able to keep
themselves in shape the year 'round. And, I
guess the coeds- can credit their lovely figures
(?) to 'climbing the! stairs;
Students come in to their second and third
floor classes puffing and panting. Some, in
their fush, sojve the problem by simply fall-
ing down the stairs. Somebody ought to invent
a way to fall up the stairs,
Maybe someday the days for escalators will
come. Till then we have one consolation. We're
surely building leg muscles, M. M.
Quite a lot of sign, stealing goes.
on during the week before. the an-.
nual bonfire on the Aggie campus.
A merchant .in Bryan reported
that-some one had stolen-his sign,-
so he went out to the bonfire area .
to see if- h£ could ^ identify, it.
The pierchant felt that he had
found the sign and asked the mil-
itary man with him to quiz the On the campus of UT some
boys on where they had gotten it. pretty peculiar insults have been
"Son,-this sign was. stolen," the floating around. It seems that thr
militai'y man said. boys in the ^Ugly Men's Contest
"You're darn right it was stol- delight in- shirring each' other;
en," said the cadet. David "Bongo" Barnhill and
"We stole it last, year and had Neurotic Nathan seem to-be clash-
to pay 100-for it It's ours now," ing. more than any other two.
he saicL "Bango"- maintains- that the let-
The merchant admitted that he tevs in his napie stand, for ■ Bad
was mistaken and - the sign was Breath, Obnoxious, Nasty, Ghast-
from last year. After walking ly, and Obscene.
further around the field, he found Neurotic Nathan listed these as
the sign that had been stolen from his recommendations. i
him ..this year.. 1 Pogo says I am the ugliest
—;—- man in the Okefonokee Swamp,
The Rice Thresher, which once 2 Marabunta • (man .eating-ants)
promised to run an editorial on run after me.
the parking- problem on their, cam-- 8 Lena the Hyena says I'm cute.
. piis every day' until', something "4" Anthropologists claim I'm.-tho
was done about it, (After 76 edi- missing link.
Battle Scars, Teeth Marks
Have you ever been a victim of the post of-
fice > mail rush? Every morning at nine — a
cyclone occurs in the Tarleton post-office. Pos-
sibly you have received a few bailie scars,
teeth marks, and scratches at mail rush time.
Why don't we all take our time going in and
out of the post office? Chances are'the sugar
report from your girl, or that precious money
fiom home will be waiting for you until yoit
open your mail box. Sudents act insance try-
ing to push people out of their way in'the mad
struggle for their mail.
When a visitor comes in the post office at
nine in the morning his first impression would
he that, Tarleton students are a bunch of wild
Indians and people entering the post office at
any time would need a body guard:
Lets all try to be more conservative about'
entering the post office. Think about the other
person, and_ Remember not to irurry.' This would
be a great improvement in the post office .and
would cut down the acciden't rate., ' J ;
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