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THE J.-TAC
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1959
Student leaders have-at last recoznized one of the basic-pro-
blems facing TSC. Furthermore, they have begun, an effort'.-to
do something about it. The problem ia the lack of student.body
coordination, - . "
Sophomere class president James Rivers • and cither -student
body leaders have begun a-worthy project-. to provide social
.'activities which will keep students on the =-campus over; the
weekend, and they are to be congratulated. ■■ ,
Every Saturday afternoon, there is an'- air'.of 'excitement,, ou
the campus. It is as if every student is teeming with, eagerness
to begin an exciting weekend schedule of activities. Anyone who
happens onto the campus after elass*es are adjourned; at , noon
Saturday can not only detect, but .feel the; excitement .in the
ail'.
' Yet, the weekend passes, in nearly every instance, without-.
[ so':much as a .single dance or party of, oue.sort or another
. available for the entire -student body to 'attend. The .students
are left to find whatever recreation they can. - .
-Since no activities are planned, students return- to their
hometown to find their fan. This is natural, but indeed un-
fortunate. Under this circumstance, college teiida to assume the
- aspects of' an. eight-to-five job for"many students. But for those
' who do not live near euough to go home every -weekond, there
. is- only the dreariness of the campus-to" take the place of the
weekend sessions with friends which were so common back
home.. ' -
One o'f the enjoyable aspects of college is a feeling of belong-
ing. A dreary campus affords no such feeling, and the TSC
campus becomes quite dreary with a large number of our
, relatively few students leaving every weekend.
Those who leave the campus are' missing as much as those who
. must stay here over the weekends. The most lasting friendships
■ and acquaintances of our lives will be made while we are in
college. Our "old gang" of high school buddies will inevitably
fade i!it;o obscurity from our lives. By leaving the college com-
munity at every opportunity, students miss many: opportunities
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The Column
By. GABY 0ARHAM
for social contact afod formiilg .friendships. And
by failing to
organize-a social program-wliich'will keep students 011 campus
through the weekend, the. student body is robbing- itself of
golden opportunities. - - j
In a-'school as small as Tarleton, the need for h[common bond
is magnified'.. If- thei'e is no common bond to h^)ld the entire
body of students together, the result will be the! formation of
a number of in-groups and cliques, and the college spirit and
beneficial social contacts will become dormant. J
The solution to the problem facing the students is a schedule
of wejekend activities which. will offer something for those
students is a schedule of weekend activities which will offer
something for those students who must remain in Stephenville.
and which will induce students to remain.on campus.
Full advantage should be taken of the anticipation the
students feel over the weekend which lies ahead. A Saturday
afternoon 'dance would start the weekend off with a hint of
things to come. Follow the dance with a hayride or some other
-enjoyable function-, and'the weekend will be well on the way to
being a successful one! ' • '
There is an unlimited number of . activities which can be
scheduled to fill not only the normally dull Saturdays, but the
entire weekend. One answer to the financial question posed by
sponsoring, some more expensive and unusual activities such as
barbeques and parties of various h-pes is a concert by the band,
with the band and the sponsor splitting-the profit from the con-
cessions-. - ' . ■ • - ,
The way isropen for one of the richest social experiences any
TSC student body has ever known. But to reach the goal, the
students must realize that it will take some sacrifice and willing-
ness on their part. "Whether a rejuvenated social program is at-
tained depends on how badly the students want such a program.
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FACULTY ADYISOK
. fteporiets . , , Wanda North, Judy Davenport, polarcs ,Carpenter, Eldora Edmomlson,
Eddie Baftvilte, Guy Golden, liimavl BUfwell, Patsy Cowley, Eoyco Baas,? .Martha
Cuiloni, Fatfjy Creel,. J. H. JVlfudor, Waiter Earl, Sunela Kifekafcec, Charles Newborn,
Sant tlussell, June Taylor, Sandra' Ttner. Charles Turner, and Stanley Weinberg;,
lege is the opportunity to observe
first-hand the customs of differ-
-.■lit societies.
Take tho society at Vernon, Tex-
hh fot- example. I made' a weekend
trip with Frankie Burkhart to his
home in that fair city last Satur-
day. I use the term "fair" loosely,
and you shall soon see why.
We had been in town a full five
minutes, and we were going to
the Dairy King, or whatever the
.•ounterpart happens to be in Ver-
lon, when driver Burkhart noticed
:he car behind him blinking his
lights.
We pulled into the Dairy Some-
Ihing-or-other, and Burkhart said,
'Kxcuse me just a minute. That's
sue tf my buddies back there. I'm
H'oing- to go say hello." It was
ibvioUH that he was glad to see
.he man, because he got out with a
4'i'in a mile wide.
It was obvious that the other
fellow had been looking for Burk-
hart, although as yet I'm not sure
how glad he was to see him. With
Lhe headlights from the car behind
glaring in his eyes, Burkhart got
out of the ear and extended his
hand. .
The other fellow extended his
hand too. There was a tire tool in
:t. .1 could see there must be some-
thing wrong, even though I had
never been in contact with . the
social cutoms of Vernon before.
The smile had vanished " from
Burkhart's face. In its place there
was now a sort of glassy stare. I
would have asked if that is the
-■ustomary greeting between two
old buddies, but I didn't think
either of them was paying much
attention to what .anyone was sayr
:ng. Least of all me, who was way
down in the floor-board lest ,the
feHow start flailing wild.
Mind: you,'I'm not cowardly, and
I'll gladly Indian -wrestle the first
man who says I am. When I had,
come'to the conclusion 'that Burk-
hart was getting tired of being so
sociable out there in the rain, I
figured I'd better get out and
salvage, what I could for his folks.
They hadn't seen him since early
September.
And 1 would have done just that,
if I hadn't gotten a second look
at that tire tool. It was one of
those jobs with four arms. One
for a handle, and' the other three
for dirty work. He could have
shellacked me arid still had enough
punch left to send out invitations
to Anyone who filt like joining the
party. Or anyone who just hap-
pened into it, like ol' "Beat" Burk-
hart did. •
shell shock. I was still wondering
what a man does to. his enemies
in that part of the country..-
. It wasn't but a few seconds until
someone who. knew the social
customs around there arrived and
grabbed the tiro tool, from Burk-
hart's old buddy. I came out of
the floor board with a single
bound. "What's the meaning of
this ? " I inquired; The r.awly ar-
rived third party could tell from
the tone of my Voice that I meant
business.
He immediately identified him-
self as friendly, and- we shook
hands and watched the struggle
continue for a while. Just as I
had suspected it would, the worm
began to turn when Burkhart's
friend's crutch hud been denied
him. It was not long- before Burk-
hart was fully aware of what was
happening. For the first time
since he had gotten out of the car
to shake hands, I think.
The excitement of the meeting
was beginning to subside, and I
thought again of my obligation to
Burkhart's folks to get as much of
him home in one piece as possible.
I certainly wanted to make a good
impression on them the first time
I was to meet, them.
With tho help of the fellow who
Was still holding the tire tool, and
a few pepole who had accumulated,
I, got Burkhart off the ground.
Burkhart by this time was re-
gaining full consciousness, and
ominous threats were- bouncing
around just as the tire tool had
done earlier. My main concern at
the monerit was getting him out of'
By John Clay . ^
: There are more animals "-than .
you'd-think'running loose on 'the
Tarleton campus. One of them is ;
Warfield;: Dr. William Martin's i;
dog, who only .has to • cross the •;
street.-to-get here, since the Mar- ■
tins live just off the campus."- -
Warfield is more on the' intcllec- '
tual side than most ahimalsi"! At
least he likes to! come to .elassi ^
Any, class. ;He just, walks ita;' 5lie
teachers, don't seem , to appj^iftte"
his interest, Dr. Martin espjeiialfy.^'
Though lie's fond of Wafcfield,vhp .
feels he has 'to draw a line, sonte-'
where.
Warfield, came up to his class-
ro'dm one time, and Rfartm . •
promptly collared him. He; put the
dog in, his office and shut; the idjbpr
on hiiw, Then-he.wentfback.tb-liis
class. "Unfortunately, he had' pick- ;
ed the wrong- sdlution':tp thefWar-V;,.
field - problem.! . Warfield; started-
complaining, - arid every instructed V---
on the floor had, to, compete^-for !.-
the;- ,ears.-of. his' -students, JVIartip^.,,;,:
whose;,•.classroom-:'ig, :righ,t-; across
th'e hall -from*,his' office, got "the -
worst' of ■ it.: The les^; attentive. of -,-
his : students probably paid more ..."
attention- to'what the ';dog'had,-tp,.<
say. ' ' :V--
; I think I'm at least partly to i'
blame for Warfield's' canipus .wan-
derings. - When he was just a pup, •'
lie always wanted - to play. ,He -.
would bounce all over any 'visitor'-.
who came around. A friend ' oj,h
mine was rooming in back of the- -
Martin's house, so. whenever' I1-- '
went to see him, I got the visitor's
treatment, too, Dr, Martin told hie
the best way I could stop War-,
field from jumping on me a|j the
time would be to give him a sharp"'
slap, the way he did. I couldn't get!
mad at Warfield, he liked me more,
than most people do, so I never
had the heart to slap him away.
Since tljen, I have become one
of his faVorite humans. He started
following me' across the streetf'-and
onto the campus. Now he goes.
across the street any time. Hav-
ing an adventurous, out-going per-
sonality, he would probably Ti'ave
started across the street' anyway,
but I think he wouldn't have start-*5
ed so early if I hadn't influenced,
him-. I feel a bit guilty about this/
Ie his eagerness to get wherever!
he's going, he doesn't always look
for cars. He may get run oVer,
some day because I started hint
crossing streets.
If any of you drive past Dr.
Martin's" house, the second one
beyond the Catholic church on the
way to town, please don't Brive'
fast; A little black and whiterdog
may take a notion to visit thtr
campus right while you're ap-
proaching. - ,
tnere before any more of his old
buddies showed up.
This accomplished, I set about .
finding out if what I had just
witnessed was a customary greet-,
ing. just between old friends
around'his part of the country; It
was indeed a relief to hear him.
say through his cracked teeth and '
swollen grin, "I think he lyust
have made a- mistake, I've never
seen him before."
I forgot all about trying to re-'
member who I knew that lived, in
Vernon.
FOOTBALL GAME
A surprising , number of the student body failed to see one ■
of the best football games played at Tarleton Memorial Stadium '
in a good.whilevlaat Thursday night.: : ' ■ !; . ....
The Pldwboys came through supei-bly, but■'unfortunately-rth'e '
students did' not meet "their obligation so, well., Whether" the
team is riding on top of a prodigious winning, streak or-not
should have no el feet' upon our willingness to go to the games!'
Studeiits.should- be not just willing, but eager to1 attend',;the
ball games. When a freshman team from, some college as dis|aiit
as Hardin-Simmons has almost as large'a backing, at.the field.aa
the Plowboys have student body representation for home gtfffiesy.';,
it is rightfully dscouraging. Abilene is not so distantthat many ! '
fans would drive the distance'to see their team play, we
realize. But for as little interest as is shown varsity, scrubs
to approach the .support we give the only football team here at '
Tarleton is to* reflect upon the student body.
The turnout of the student body is indicative of school pride.
When the students attend the ball games, it helps the school,
the team, and the students themselves, by getting them into the
spirit of things. Go to th<* game this week.
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