The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 27, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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FACE TWO
THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, OCTOBER. 27, 1959
Aid Appreciated
Stephenville merchants every year contribute thousands of
dollars for various Tarleton State financial needs. The athletic
ftmcl and a scholarship fund receive invaluable aid from these
Stephenville men..-
These businessmen are again digging into their pockets to
help the various campus organizations build and enter Home-
coming floats in the parade. We realize it would be easy enough
to ride a good horse to death, and the J-Tac wants to express the
thanks of the student body to those businessmen who have so
graciously responded to . the needs of the, college.
The burden of supporting a small state junior college such
as Tarleton. does not fall upon the state's shoulders,' but upon
those of the town in which the college is established. The people
of Stephenville, especially those men who have contributed so
generously to1 TSC's support year after year, have made this
school as much a part of Stephenville as is the courthouse on
the square.
One of. the few ways the students have to show their apprecia-
tion for the many good turns done them by Stephenville is to
enter whole-heartedly into the spirit of-the activities .which are
made possible by local aid/
Texas in the Future
Eight now California seems to be the number one boom area
for the nation in growth of economy, and population. People are
moving there by droves, especially, to Southern California- In
Los Angeles, for instance, people move in at the rate of two
thousand a day. The movie and television industries, which in-
fluence public mind and fashion through' entertainment, are
mainly based in the Los Angeles area. With- the help of these
industries, the California boom is even more publicized than
could be done by statistics alone.
■ With the spotlight on California, people' don't generally real-
ize that much of Texas is becoming a boom area. The Fort
Worth-Dallas area is certainly growing fast. Every year there
is a little less rural land between the two metropolises, Houston
recently become the second-ranking port in the United States
for amount of tonnage, surpassing New Orleans. It cannot be
said that only a certain part of the state is getting all the
growth. Out in West Texas, Lubbock, which had 71,747 popu-
lation in the 1950 census, is now estimated to have 145,000, A
fuller collection of statistics would show that Texas is above
the national average in growth of economy, and population. .
California shows what can happen to .Texas. Texas .has not
yet reached California's rate of growth, but it will. By the end
of the century Texas will be the leadiiig* state in the country.
A look at the map will show why. Texas is in a strategic geo-
graphic position. More trade with -Latin America will pass
through Texas than through any other state.- This is important
because Latin America will undergo .tremendous economic de-
velopment before the century, is out, . .
It is very likely that Latin America will become this country's
most important market and source of imports. The Gulf Coast
is the closest of our coasts to most- of Latin America, so that
coast would become this country's main gateway to the South.
IE Houston's rise as a port portends'what it appears to, Texas
will be the greatest trade state on the Gulf Coast.
Most of the land trade with Latin America will also pass
through Texas, once the Pan-American highway system which
is not yet completed becomes an important factor. This is be-
cause most of the United States and Canadian market for Latin
American goods lies east of the Rocky Mountains, and Texas
has most of the Mexican border east of the Rocky Mountains.
Since Texas is in the best geographic position,for trade with
Latin America, it woulcf be natural for much of the manufactur-
ing for the Latin American market to be done in Texas. When
conversion of sea water into fresh water becomes cheap enough
to be really practical, the state will not be hampered by any
hick of water for industrial use. The state's huge amounts of
petroleum and natural gas will provide plenty of power until
better sources of power come along. In short, Texas will prob-
ably become the top manufacturing state in the nation.
Because of all the factors mentioned above, this state will
someday lead the nation Jn wealth and population. This means
your children will pot have to go out of state for the best op-
portunities.
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The Column
By GARY BARHAM
While the whole world is anx-
iously watching the sway of bat-
tle being waged throughout the
world iti the cold war, there., -is
ati eternal battle being waged in
our own country which we as
Americans many times fail to rec-
ognize. 1 speak of the eternal bat-
tle of the sexes. .
A TV,station in Ft. Worth re-
cently-'covered as a news item'a
meeting of", some", international
women's organization that is still
fighting for equality of the fair
sex.
The principal speaker, a woman,
naturally, presented quite an in-
spiring address. Inspiring to wom-
en, that- is, I would have chilled
tho blood of any red-blooded
American male, much less that of
a man from one of the European
and Asian countries where the
male sex still holds some au-
thority. The' body of - the speech,
in short, was a crusade for an
elimination of all the vices which
a man holds so dear.
The kicker was this: All these
great American vices must be ol-
Phi Beta Kappas
Submit Ideas for
College Changes
Throe Phi Beta Kappas at the
University of Southern California
have compiled the foi Lowing six-
point , program to revolutionize
USC's academic and curricula-,en-
vironment:
(1) Curricula: Abolition.of com-
pulsory courses' such as health
problems and two years of physical
education..
The establishment of . a course
entitled ".Contemporary - Culture"
to .cover contemporary life in art,
music, science,' politics,, religion,
education and architure and to be
taught inter-departmentally, uti-
lizing professors In specialized
areas of research.'
An extension, of the man and
"civilization course to; - two years.
Art andK music, appreciation re-
quirements would be abolished with
their- subject matter being con-
tained in this compulsory course.
(2) Library: A. schedule change
demanding : that ,th -- library be
opened seven days, s* -week 'until
i2 midnight,, including Sundaf
mornings and -week-end evenings
tfmokng' should be allowed in om
of the main library study rooms
and. that undergraduate students
be allowed :use of the stacks, with
particular emphasis to seniors,
< (3) Testing.; ..Students.'.'found
cheating1 in any form dri ah examj-
(Continued on Page Six) .
iminated from the scene so that
men can dedicate to women a du
respect, which'is indicative of just
what- I have suspected ever since
I studied such historical femin-
ine projects as the ■ Temepranee
movement and others. The main
thing women are concerned with
is not the-moral state of the coun-
try, bub the moral state of men,-
only insofer as'.hat atae interferes
with what women want' men to
think of them,
The first thing they want is at-
tention. Women are just naturally
an attention-sleeking animal. They
don't worry about the harm that
can conie to. men from spending
long , hours playing cards or ca-
rousing, a little with the boys, ex-
cept for the fact that any hai-m
that comes will only mean less
attention to them.
I want to make it cl^ar that
this philosophy doesn't apply to
all women, ,and that I am not a
woman-hater just because mem-
bers of the feminine sex are con-
stantly trying to reform the world
so they can enjoy more attention.
I realize that there are many dot-
ing girl friends and wives who tol-
erate an untold amount of selfish
little vices on the part of their
boy friends ami husbands. They
are to be commended for their
long-suffering.
Because I enjoy both girls and
some occasional evenings of fun
with the boys, I hope to meet
such a doting, commendable girl'
some day. I might even - ammend
-my bachelor's aspirations,
* ' - * ' *
Heartiest congratulation are
in order to Marcia Morrison, Eliz-
abeth Brown, Kathy Keeney, Sally
Moore and Marie Swafford for
their ascendancy into the elite
circle of the five TSC coeds chosen
to become the Homecoming Queen
and her court.
It" is indeed an honor to be
chosen to represent TSC as a
Duchess, as -well. as Homecoming
Queen, and her court are a way
will be dedicated to the Ifix-es. The
Queen an dher court are a way
to show the Exes what we have
at ■■ TSC this , year, and the five
coeds the student body has honor-
ed justify the positions they have-
received.
,. The Queen and, her court are
chosen not for .-.beauty alone', al-
though one might reasonably
draw that conclusion, but for their
personalities as well. The titles
represent not just the admiration
of the student body, but the stu-
dents' sincere friendship..-. Beauty
and an appealing personality, are-
two qualities., which, are •. seldom
found in the same person. The
TSC coeds are well supplied.
FSowlsnes
-By JOHN CLAY
Comic books -are definitely-* an
influence in our society. 1 know
they're an influence, because a lot
of people hay said what a bad
influnce they are. When I- was
just nine or ten, I remember read-
ing in magazines that comic books
are a leading cause of juvenile
deliquency. I thied to real alFthe
comic books I could lay my hands
on, but I never could make the
grade as a real, troublemaker^
However, reading all those
comic books must have had some
influence on my impressionable
young mind. I must have gotten
something out of them or T
wouldn't have liked them so much.
In my first two or three years of
school, comic books were the main
reason I was eager to learn how
to read. My schol reading .books
in those grades were full of sen-
tences . that went something like.
"Run,' Dick. Run run, Dick. Run,"
Dick, run run run." Maybe- you can
see why 1 preferred comic bo,oks,
I think a good many Americans
would never have really learned
to enjoy reading if it hadn't been
for comic books. Maybe, blood-and-
guts he-man adventuures or , the.
picture .section of Playboy are
about as far as some of us un-
couth characters have advanced,
but at least we still enjoy read-
ing, 1 hope some ' of • our- Tarleton,
-co-eds, in their own reading, in-
terest, have advanced farther,
maybe even as far as. Confidential
Confessions.
Personally, I like Donald Duck,
best. The Donald Duck stories
have' more humor in them than
most of what you find in the funny
books. The Donald Duck stories
are even funnier than Superman,
who is pretty funny in his own
way.
No ' doubt Superman is not
meant to be funny, but he is.
This is because the Superman car-
toonists depend mainly- upon the
dialogue to explain the action tak-
ing place. So different characters,,
at one time or another, will , take
on narrating duties and state in
full detail what they, are doing..
Since there's often no one else
around while they're, stating ail
this, it looks like they're talking
to themselves.
Superman is a worse than aver-
age case. He can't even tie up
a criminal with r steel girder or
swallow a time-bomb- for safety's
sake, without having, to explain to ,
himself what he's doing. Don't
get me wrong.: Superman really
impresses me. While he's , accom-
plishing something in split-sec-
onds, at super-speed, he still ha
time to talk to himself. He must
have to talk a blue streuir some-
times, but his grammar is always
perfect, his statements. always^
come in. logical order, and he ex-
plains everything in very clear
and complete detail. This is what
impresses me;. I used to spend
all night on one lousy English
theme, and I never could do near
that well, , ,
Student
Council
The -Student Council met.,Mon-.'j
day, Oct 10, Jo-discuss..idana for?
Homecoming ,and- the Student v '
Body trip; / ' - ■ - "
It was decided..; that the Gh$er-":.
leaders would be in charge of SAC "
week activities., /These-,;,activities';
will include-(Jrunvbea-ting, a p^p
rally,'several dances, a'bonjfire',.'
and Homecoming. D'ay.,- >-,;
Student', trip; tickets, were given,'.?
to e$ch of tlie m'embera. A. dead-*? :•
line .pf NeVv4 was set'for'- thf'.-skle- ./• ,<(
of 450 tickets. Tickets will-.'cost -
$7.g5, making-the cost of 'the.enr,-;,--
tire trip, including other expenses, 't
about .$1,0.00, It was suggestf-d
-t]\!jt members of the Corps wear
<riass?A' uniforms, on tht? trip. ...
Vice-president Truman Bridges
reported-, that Student; Directories,' •
will be on sale in-two-weeks, after,
which the meeting adjourned.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 27, 1959, newspaper, October 27, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140688/m1/2/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.