The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 21, 1958 Page: 3 of 8
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TUESDAY, .OCTORKK Z-I, IOBS
THE J-TAC
PAGE THREE
•Future Missile Career
Lt. gol: Clyde Young', Brigade
Commander and the military de-
partment's Cadet of the Week, is
an aeronotical engineering- major
from Eastland.
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CLYDE YOUNG
Cadet of the Week
Remember to listen to a personal
interview with the Cadet of the
Week very Wednesday afternoon
at 1:05 P.M. over radio station
KSTV.
Eberhart Finishes
Air Force Basic
Airman Third Class Ronald Eb-
erhart, member of last year's J-Tac
staff,-visited the -campus lasi
week. After graduating l'ast spring
ho enlisted in the Air Jtorce on
July. .18 ' and completed his basic
training lit Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio.
He is' to be stationed at Mal-
str&m Air Force Base, Great Falls,
Montana, as an information spec-
ialist.
Waters Is Aggie
Livestock Judge
Bill Waters, last year's Wain-
■wright Rifle commander, was one
of tKe members of the Texas A&M
livestock judging- team that judged
the stocker and feeder calf sale at
Fort "Worth last wek, it .was an-
nounced by Ted Gouldy of WFAA.
Waters, was viee-.president of the
student C.ancil and a member of
the TTP's l'ast year.
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Phone L-4100, Stephenville, Texas
. Col. Young is very interested in
engineering. After finishing- at
Tarleton, ha plans to further his
studies at Texas A&M. When asked
what field of engineering lie would
like to go into, Young had a ready
answer. "Missies," he replied.
The nineteen-year-old, red-head-
ed cadet came to Tarleton because
if its high scholastic standing and
the' friendliness displayed on the
campus. He thinks the ROTG very
important in his life. "Even if
you don't plan a mjlitaiy career,
the ROTG helps to prepare you
for a better civilian life," he stated.
Young- is a member of the track
team here at TSC. He pole vaults,
high jumps, and runs the hardies.
He also plays intramural football.
Referring to his hobbies, Young-
said, "My school work doesn't
leave much time for hobbies, I
g-uess I like to hunt, draw, and
work on my Ford better than any-
thing else."
Asked about his choice in girls,
Young had only one preference—
that she be from Eastland and be
named Charlotte Vaught.
Morrill Stuck Not
On Math But
In Elevator
It was bound to happen!
The first victim of the newly
installed elevators in the Adminis-
tration and Science bulidings was
Vernon II. Morrill, assisant pro-
fessor of mathematics at TSC.
Professor Morrill reported that
recently he was "trapped" in the
Ad. Building elevator for several
minutes when a faulty fuse caused
the elevator door not to open.
Pondering' his plight, Morrill said
he tried to force the door open
but just an he began his planned
escape a voice from outside asked,
"Is someone in there?" Pie shouted
back that there was and that the
door would not open. Mrs. Eliza-
beth Kilg-ore of the business office
summoned the electrician who
opened the door.
Mon ill said it was fortunate
that Mrs Kilgore was trying to
use the elevator since it was the
beginning of the noon hour and the
building is usually deserted at
that time.
Professor Morrill commented
wryly, "I'm glad that it was on a
week day and not Saturday after-
noon—I might have been locked
in for two days.".
The electrician gave Mr. Morrill
instruction for opening the elevator
door if the same situation should
ever arise again.
THE
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Stephenville, Texas
Member F. D, I. C.
Quips
and
Quotes
Would you attend Tarleton
State if ft should becomea four
year college? Why?
Miss Vetlyn Lee, s sophmore
secondary education student from
Glen Rose said, "Yes. I like Tarle-
ton." Sho added that it would make-
furthering' her education easier,
since she is a commuting student.
.Lee. Bradley, a sophmore civil
engineering student from; Poolvillc'
said that he would like to complete
his education heve.-i1.ihSnk..Ta£rIe-
jton is a good school and-I'd like to
be a member of the first graduat-
ing class, -
'. Miss Ruthe Gidd^ns, a freshman
liberal arts student from Rio Vistas
said .that - yes" she would like to
attend Tarleton for four years
because, "It fit< me; I like it
here."
Lane Hafley, a freshman engin-
eering student from Fort Worth,
said, "Yes. I like the sports and I
wouldn't like to change schools."
i@y-Girl Relationship
(Editor's Note: This is the second
part of a story on Ibrahim Sulai-
man in which he discusses life in
Iraq compared to that in the Unit-
ed States. Last week's story gave
the location of Iraq and told of
Sulaiman's family.)
CAMPUS LAUNDRY
Finished Work, Rough Dry and Wet Washed
Alterations, ROTO Patches Sewn On
Also Dry Cleaning Picked Up
Acrosa fToiri Auditorium.. Dial Jj-5314
Beggar: Have you a nickel for
a cup of coffee ?.
Studen: Oh, I"ll manage some-
how, thank you.
Man's best friend is the dog.
The best kind of a dog is the hot
dog; it feeds every hand that bites
it.
One of. the. first things that
Ibrahim Sulaiman mentioned notic-
ing about American customs was
the relationship between the sexes.
"They are , always together," , he
said. In. his .land there are three
classes, lower,/middle, and upper!
In the uppe'r class relations be-
tween . the . sexes are somewhat
similar to what they are here in
that they may have dates. In the
middle class, ~ however,. before a
boy can go with a girl he must tell
his father that he woul like to
marry a certain girl.
Technicalities
Then the father or the family of
the boy, goes to the girl's family
and tells them that their son would
like to marry their daughter. If
an agreement is made, they meet
for the first time before represen-
tatives of both families. They
never see each other alone until
they are married.
In the lower class, however, the
negotations between the families
are made by the mothers, and the
meeting's are very much the same
Dawson Influences Campus
His Work All Over School
The influence of G. H. Dawson,
associate professor of the indust-
rial arts department, can be seen
in many places on the Tarleton
campus.
Dawson has been teaching' in
Tarleton's woodworking depart-
ment since 1921—which makes
this his 37th year of instruction.
In his 37 years here Dawson has
,super\ised construction of many
useful furnishings for the campus
through student labor. Among' his
projects are the chairs and rostrum
of black walnut on the stag'ie in
the Main Auditorium. One of his
classes built the counters and book
shelves ' in the. college ' store—in
fact, everything in the store but
the metal fixtures. The tables in
the chemistry laboratories and
those in; the negineering- depart-
ment can also be accredited to
Dawson's group.
Another of the projects of the
woodworking' department was the
huilding' of GG chest of drawers
for the Women's Dormitory, which
were place there when the dormit-
ory was remodeled.
Dawson says that the most per-
fect pieces of work he has re-
ceived in his years of teaching- is
a 25-year-old' table lamp made of
approximately 300 pieces of wood.
It is made up of six different kinds
of wood—holly, maple, her gum,
Few Traff ic Rules
Broken on Campus
The main traffic violations on
the Tarleton State campus. are
committed by people who do not
realize they are. breaking a rule,
according- to Registrar Stuart
Chilton. -
According- to Qhilton the most
common, violations are parking in
a no-parking' zone or parking- over-
time-limited area. - Other common
violations include parking in re-
served areas and on the wrong- sido
of the street."He said tliat .there
had been very few violations thus
far on, the campus and .that stu-
dents were doing: a good job of
careful driving, ' .
The; type of action taken .against
a stiident for .traffic violation de-
pends upon, the, ty.p^ q£ .violatlon,
according to (jtiilton, \ Some • ara
more severe than others.
cedar, walnut, and cherry. The
pieces were g'lued together to
from a perfect pattern and then
molded by a lathe.
Dawson said that any student
making' a project pays for the
material after it is completed if
he wished to keep his handicraft.
There have been bedroom suits
and dining room suits, made by
students of woodwork.
In all the years he has been
teaching', there has never been an
accidcnt more serious than a
laceration. Dawson is proud of hi
record. He blames accidents on
ignorance and " carelessness and
attributes his success in keeping
them down to careful observation
of the students and his teaching
them the. know" the machines.
The woodworking' department
includes its own drawing' and math
classes, as well as machine for the
actual wood jworking,
as in the middle class.
When asked if they attended
parties together, he answered that
such a practice was unheard ot'.
Either the party was for the boys
or for the girls. In the lower
classes there are no parties at all.
The predominate religion in his
country is "Islam" or the Moslem.
The second group are the Christ-
ians, >with the Catholics slightly
outnumbering the Protestants.-
Foods
The foods there are too, very
similar to ours. They eat beef,
mutton, chicken, and fish. They
eat more rice than we do, how-
ever. He said that at his home
they eat rice twice a day. The only
big' difference he notices is the
fact that the Americans have more
vitamins in their foods.
Men's sports there include soc-
car, basketball, track, hand ball, ■
tennis, arid ping pong. He said
that within the last three years
there had been a great growth in
baseball popularity, because' of the
American engineers working' in
the factories there.
Women's sports are very limit-
ed. In high school only they play
volley ball or ping pong and some-
times swim.
His hometown, Baghdad, has a
population of about 80,000, His
country is broken up into fourteen
states.
Horse Racing
Up until about three months
ago, one of the most popular
sports was horse racing'. But upon
the death of the king, the new
prime minister passed a law that
there would be no more races and
that the tracks were to be made
into athletic fields.
Another thing' that he noticed
that seemed to stick out in the
Americans was the fact that boys
of 10 or 17 were smoking in public.
In his country a youngster never
smokes in public until the ag'e of
21 or 22.
Inquiring Mind
In contrasting our age group
with those of his country, he said
that between the ages of 1G and 19
boys in his country became inter-
ested in all political matters and
kept up with every development.
Here, he said, the average young
man is satisfied with what he has
and knows.
When asked if he ever became
homesick, his mustache curved into
a gmile and he said, "Yes, for the'
first two or three days. But when
I reached Tarleton and made some
friends, it didn't bother me much
any more."
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