The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 7, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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Rap the Rebels;
Slap Schreiner
36TH YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1956
NO. 15
Plowlines
By JAMES NORMAN
Now .Is'' the time for all good
girls to come to their senses!
Why? It's Leap Year of course.
The. fact is, "are the members of
the female sex on the Tarleton
campus aw-are.of the fact"? Some!
are' I'm sure, but whether you |
girls .rekjize.it <ir not,' Leap Yeorj"
anjl the automobile are here to'
Ktay. .S5o—as Jackie Hallee, engi-i
iu-ering major from Brady sighed,!
"Here. I am you lucky girls, catch)
me." .'
• Doe3 anyone.know what Leap
.Year • really is'/; The astronomers
of^Jitfius Caesar's time in 46 B. C. |
aettied. the solar 'year at 385 days
and six hours. At the end of four
years these hours - make a day
-Which was in turn added to the
fourth year. (Complicated wasn't
it?)
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PAUL JUSTICE
assistant aports editor
The wooing idea of Leap year
arose, from superstition in the 10th
century. In 1228 a Scotland law
was enacted which read:
"It is statut and ordaint that
during the rein of hir maist blissit
Mageste, for ilk yearne knoivne as
Iepe yeare, ilk mayden ladye of
bothe highe and loive estait shall
hae liberie to bespeke ye man she
likes, albalt he refuses to taik hir
to' be his lawful wyfe, he shall bt;
mufcted in ye sum ane pundis or
less, as his estait maybe; except
and a wis gif he can make it appear
tluit he is bet.rothit.une ither. wo-
man he.then shall' be free."
Perhaps more colorful and just
was an' additional law enacted a'few-
years later," Everiejadie that goes
a wooing' must weare a scarlet
flannel petticote, the edge, of
whiche must-be elearlie seen; else
no man neede paye forfeit,"
Although there is little similar-
ity between the 1956's and the
3 288's, the same tradition still i
holds true. Almost every girl dur- \
ing this onee-in-four-year phase |
runs through her pre-oceupied mind
the thought of catching a man.
Leap Year, judging from the
.point of view taken from the Tar-
leton students ,seems to mean
several different things to dif-
ferent, people. I
Beth Russell, liberal arts ma- i
jor. from Houston, took this out-j
look, "Leap Year is fine but the
same things hold true in any year."
(Beth captured her man before
-Jan. 1 — gig em, Aggies)
John Smith, business adminis-
tration major from Maimi, was
rather pessimistic in his view to-
wardLeap Year. John said, "Wo-
men do' all the chasing' but look
who pays." (true or false)
Here are some more worthy
quotes taken from the student
body: Bonnah Brawley, education
major from Glen Rose says, "Seems
as -if men are just as hard to
catch in Leap Year, as any other
year. But there iy no harm in try-
ing 'any old time. Every year is
-Leap Year in my estimation."
- Sylvia. Ford, library'science'ma-
jor, from1 McGregor,.. "It's, great if
you have. got. the nerve to take ad-
vantage .of . it/'
' Hubert'Viii^Sft, .mathematics ma-
jor from Kopperl, "Men beware."
()iie of the most • interesting
quotes was given by Dr.. Dick
Sinitfej' head of- the social science
department. Dr. Smith stated, "I'm
highly in favor of it and am open
to all offers.'' (look out Dr. Dick)
Leap Year comes and goes but
the idea of trapping a man holds
true in every year. However, whet-
her its Leap.Year or some other
year, take heed to this advice,
"Look before you Leap."
LONNIE THOMPSON
, . . acting news editor
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SUE WOODS
. business manager
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VEItNA GIBBS
. . . exchange editor
Five Students Named
To Student Paper Staff
J-TAC appointments, consisting
of five Tarleton students, have
N
EWS IN A
UTSHELL
ALGIERS—French Premier Guy
MoIJet has arrived in Algeria on
his peacemaker's mission to the
French-held North African terri-
tory.
WASHINGTON—American dip-
lomats are considering a Russian
charge that military balloons have
been sent carrying radio equipment
and cameras over Soviet territory.
AMARILLO, Texas—West Tex-
as residents were digging out of
snow drifts today in the aftermath
of their worst blizzard in half 3
century.
WASHINGTON—The Senate has
begun its/last-ditcli battle over the
controversial natural gas bill.
PITTSBURGH — top negotiat-
ors for striking Westinghouse
workers vote today on a federal
proposal for temporary settlement
of a 113-day dispute.
WASHINGTON—President Eis-
enhower has flown back to Wash-
ington for a morning talk with
Secretary of Stat# Dullea.
been announced by Stuart Chilton,
J-.TAC adviser.
Sue Woods of Dallas replaced
Sally Wyatt, business 'manager,
who resigned at mid-term. S'ue,
freshman liberal arts major, is a
1955 graduate of ITillcrest High
School in Dallas, Her Tarletoh
honors include, former assistant
manager of the J-TAC) freshman
vice-president of the Agg'tsttes, and
the Girls' Rifle Team. Sue is also,
a member of the OWLS social club
and an active member of the Bap-
tist Student Union.
Paul Justice, Groesbeck fresh-*
mail, was named assistant sports
editor. Paul, is a journalism major
and served two years as sports
editor for his high school paper,
Lonnie Thompson of Huckabay
was appointed acting news editor,
Lonnie, a journalism major, was
recently named, on Tarleton's 'B'
honor roll. In high school, he re-
ceived awards in dramatics and
attendance." .
V.erna Gibbs, Mason freshman,
was named exchange editor.' A
journalism major, Verna served as
editor of her high school annual
and paper. She is a member of
the Coronas Club and is a repre-
sentative on the Girls' House
Council.
Jorge Castillo, student from
Nicaragua, was appointed to the
position of acting circulation man-
ager. Castillo is ■ an agriculture
major.
TSC, Glass Favorite
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Nominations Today
By BARBARA RICHARDSON
Nominations for AIl-Tarleton
and - class fayorites- will. be made
today when the freshmen and sen-
'This k .Tarleton'
Released Recently
A public information bulletin
titled, "This Is Tarleton," came
off the press last week.
The 16-page pictorial booklet,
with the help of two 'typical stu-
dents, chosen by member of the
Bulletin Committee, shows one
around the campus.
Its purpose is1 to answer the
questions asked by high school stu-
dents about to enter college, and
their parents. 1
According to Stuart Chilton, di-
rector of public information, there
are 10,000 of the bulletins, 8,000
of which will be sent to senior high
school students who.will graduate
in Hhe spring.
Mrs. Mary Sue Staig, acting in-
structor of social science, and Mr.
Chiltcn worked, with photographer
J. C. Mitchell'. of Bax Studio,'.to
give prospective students an-idea,
of . the extra-curricular" activities
offered,'at Tarleton.
The 8J4 by 11-inch bulletin has a
four-color front cover. The art
wdr Icon- the threecolor back cover
was done by Carl Puett of Fort
Worth, under the direction of Mrs.
Marjie Baxley, head of the depart-
ment of art.
Instead of the usual black and
white, pictures the inside of "This
Is_ Tarleton," was printed in a
midnight-blue ink.
ior-classes meet.
■The senior class .will meet in the.
JLittle Auditorium in, the Munic
Conservatory while the freshman
class will meet in the Main Audi-
torium. Time for both meetings is
13:30 p. m.
"Only senior students are eligible
to be elected AIl-Tarleton," Ken-
,neth' Kendall, Student Council
president, announced Friday after-
noon. following an extended meet-
ing of the council Friday.
Those elected AIl-Tarleton Will
not be eligible to run for class fa-
vorites.
The four senior boys and the
four senior girls receiving the
highest numbei- of votes from both
classes will have their names
placed on the o^ieial ball'ot for
AIl-Tarleton. Students will' cast
their votes for AllTarleton favor-
ites Thursday. Ballot boxes will he
in the Ree Hall and the College
Dining Hall, Kendall pointed out.
Class fayorites will be chosen
Friday at 12:30 p. m. from those
nominated Tuesday. The senior
class will meet in the Little Audi-
torium again and the freshman
class w.ill meet in the Main Audi-
torium.
The results of the elections will,
be announced each day after the
ballots have been counted, announ-
ced Diana Lanier, Student Council
secretary.
Official Notice
Tarleton students were reminded
today by the . Fiscal Office that
second installments on room and'
board are due on or before Feb. IB.
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UNABLE TO APPEAR—Miss Wool'of 1956, Jan Turberville
of Texas University, who was scheduled to appear in a style
show at 6:30 p.m. today in the parlor of the Girls' Dorm,
will be unable to appear because of illness. The style show,
in which four Tarleton girls were scheduled to participate,
was canceled.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 7, 1956, newspaper, February 7, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140587/m1/1/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.