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, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 19G0
THE J-TAC
PAGE THREE
Retreat
lee BSU Activity
The Baptist Student Center held
it's annual Sportarama last Thurs-
day night in the Baptist Student
.Renter. A wide variety of games
available to the students at-
tending the activity. The partici-
pants played ping-pong, dominoes,
checkers, Chinese checkers, forty-
All-Tarletoii;
Couple Due
Nomination
Nominations for "All Tarleton
Boy and Girl" will be made today,
' in the College Recreation "Hall and
- Dining- Hall from 8. a.m. to 5 p.m.,
.tlie Student Council has announc-
ed.
Each student will be allowed to
make five nominations for both
boys and girls,
Announcement of the winners-
fvill be made in a general assembly
;F6b, 16 at 10 a.m. Also, elections
of class favorites and officers to
.1111 vacancies in class offices and
the Student Conneil will be made
during the assembly. Vacancies in
the freshman class are the offices
Of secretary and treasure*.
Members of the Student Council
Will operate the polling places in
j}ie Rec Hall and Dining Hall to-
day.
interscholastie'League
Region II to Convene"
On Tarleton Campus
Tarleton State College will host
-the Region II Interscholastic
League competition, Class B, on
the TSC campus April 22-23, W.
P, Showalter, meet director an-
nounced today.
An estimated 2000 students and
parents representing 94 high
schools in 32 north-central Texas
counties will attend the competi-
tion.
There are 15 contests scheduled
tor the two day meet. Girls' vol-
ley ball, typewriting and short-
hand will be the first contests.
They will get underway Friday
. laorning. The One-Act Play con-
test will be held Friday evening
at *7:80 in the Consevatory Audi-
-ioriuni under the direction of Dr.
A, Grant.
Scheduled for Saturday will be
debate, ready writing, journalism,
4«d a m a t i o n , exetemporanpous
speaking, slide rule, number sense
and poetry reading.
Athletic events scheduled lor
Saturday will be golf, tennis and
■track and field under the supervise
. Jon of John P, Dunn, Tarletons
head football coach.
two, ring-toss, washers, table ping-
pong hockey and volley ball.
A contest was in order in which
the players put down their wins
and losses on a piece of paper. The
wins were counted and first, sec-
ond and third .place prizes were
awarded to the students with the
highest number of wins. The
awards were "gag" gifts and the
students were awarded them in a
post-game assembly,
Charles Boyd and Carolyn Far-
row were awarded the first place,
prize .of "ping-pong popper poop-
ers." Nancy Driver and.R. V. Stan-
ford were given model snorkel
ship-images of the "U.S.S. Perch"
—for being the students with the
second highest number of wins.
Gail Moneycutt and Lavonne Hall,
who won third place, were awarded
miniature monkey drummers.
Winter Retreat
The members of the BSU recent-
ly returned from a trip to Alpine,
Texas, where they attended a mid-
. winter retreat held in the home
and on the ranch of Mr, and Mrs.
Miles Pierce, The subject of the
retreat was "I Pledge Myself,"
and the object was to plan the1
calendar of activities for the
spring semester of 1960.
Those attending the retreat
were Barbara Umphres, Judy Bell,
Charles Boyd, Richard Harrell,
Martha Denman, Sandra Fincher,
Helon Blackburn, Gail Honeycutt,
R, V. Stanford, Jim JLove, Norman
Sugg, Ivey Joe Knotts, Dorianne
McGregor, Charles Fox, Janice
Starks, Jim Fowler1, J. H. Meador,
pastor advisor of the BSU, Rev.
Alan Elston, and BSU director
Bill Bane.
"The 400-mile drive was forgot-
ten and in the past once the stu-
dents arrived at the ranch," said
Bill Bane, director of the BSU
and religious education teacher at
Tarleton, The , group left the stu-
dent center at 7 a.m. Friday, Janu-
ary 29, and returned to Stephen-
ville, Sunday, January 31.
HAVE IT
'■'DRY ■
CLEANED
Miss Linda Wood is the Eter-
nas entry in the Valentine
Sweetheart Contest, The Win-
ner will be announced at the
Valentine Dance scheduled
Saturday, Feb. 13.
Wesley Foundation to
Hold Banquet Thursday
The Wesley Foundation will
sponsor a p "Sweetheart Banquet"
Thursday, February 11 at 0.45 p.m.
at the Methodist Student Center.
Frank Leach, director of the foun-
dation, said that approximately 50
persons are expected to attend the
semi-formal event. He said that
the banquet is not restricted to
members pf the Wesley Founda-
tion and that, any student or -mem-
ber of the faculty may purchase
tickets. Tickets' will be on sale
until 6:30 "p.m. Wednesday for $1
each.
The Rev. Morgan Garrett, min-
ister of the St. Mark's Methodist
Church in Cleburne, will speak at
the banquet. The Reverend Gar-
Payola Not New, Ex
SC Prexy Reveals
rett is a former student of Tarle-
ton State and served as registrar
on the Tarleton staff at one time.
A sweetheart and a beau will
be elected for the banquet. Stu-
dents will make nominations Mon-
day at Vespers and will vote on
Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Planning committees were ap-
pointed for the event. Named on
the- foods committee were Donna
Lowery, Brenda Hutson, Barbara
Burke, and Dorothy Phillips. Joy
Lynn Cornell and Priseilia Mor-
ton comprise the decorations and
program, committee. Don Neu-
mann, and Francis Ferguson .are
the members of the speakers com-
mittee, and Kare-n Robinson is in
eharge of publicity.
697 West Tarleton
Dial L-&122
Parking Permits
Now Available in
Office Dean Says
Students who have paid their
parking fee for the spring sem-
ester should come by the- informa-
tion desk in the Registrar's Of-
fice advised the clerk in eharg#
and present the fee receipt, Ceil
Ballow, Dean of Men, Announced
today.
Students who have not paid the
fee for the spring, semester should
go by the Fiscal Office and pay
the $2 fee prior to coming to the
information desk in'the Registrar's
office. New students and students
bringing automobiles which have
;not been previously registered here
should also bring information con-
cerning- the license number on the
automobile, model and make of the
auto, Mr. Ballow pointed out.
Copies of the rules and regu-
lations concerning' registration and
parking of vehicles on the campus
may be obtained at the informa-
tion desk.
Friday, February 12, is the
deadline for registration of all
vehicles on the campus, Mr. Bal-
low pointed out.
A former Tarleton State College
student body president and music
major, Eddie Ray Seals, visiting,
his home in Stephenville recently,
said tho "payola scandal" was not
a new development in the, record
business. Seal's a member of the
"Commodores" ■ quartet of Arthur
Godfrey show fame, is in a position
to know. His group has made more
than 20 records for major record-
ing companies since 1956, includ-
ing the hit song, "Ridin' The
Train," which led the record rolls
through the South in 1956. "Peo-
ple in the entertainment business
have known about payola for a
long time. It was an accepted part
of the business."
Although Seals does not agree
with the ethical principle involv-
ed, he does not believe that money
can make a hit tune. "The hit is
in the grooves,' 'he remarked, and
if it was merely a matter of money
the big companies with almost un-
limited capital would have had
more hits than they have in the
past few years.
A graduate of Stephenville High
School, Seals has been with the
Commodores since1 they organiz-
ed in 1954. He attended Tarleton
State in 1953 and '54 .and served
as president of the Student Coun-
cil hia. last year. After a summer
session at North Texas State,
ho "went on the road." He has.been
.on the road ever since with the
Commodores working out of San
Francisco.
Joe Sones, another Stephenville
lad, joined the Commodores two
years ago. Between the two of
them, Seals and Sones double on
eight or nine instruments for the
quartet's special routines, Seals,
in addition to singing, writes
songs and does the group's ar-
rangements and special material.
Besides the Stephenville music-
ians, the group is composed of Hal
Smith of Searcy, Ark., who plays
the bass and drums, and Charlie
Speed of. Mobile, Ala., who plays
bass. Seal's primary instrument is
piano and Sones plays the guitar,
trumpet, banjo and drums.
The Commodores have had some
outstanding engagements since
their formation five years ago.
They have played the* Holiday Ho-
tel in Reno and the New Frontier
Club in Las Vegas. "Most of the
people around here (Stephenville)
will remember, us for our Arthur
Godfrey shows, Seals said.
Asked whether or not Godfrey
was a tough man to work for,
the young1 singer considered the
question thoughtfully and replied,
"No, he keeps you in the' dark
about when you are to play, but
I think he is just a man who knows
what he wants, and generally gets
it."
The Commodores are kept busy
making records and playing to
various clubs and night spots on
the West Coast. "We are booked
quite often by military bases,
Seals explained, and we do a num-
ber of commercial recordings."
These, he explained, are those
selling a .product or radio station
or the little numbers that come
just before the news and weather
reports."
Seals considers style one of the
most Important qualities an indi-
vidual singer or group should have
to be a smash, hit in, the entertain-
ment business. But he said, "The
public is pretty fickle and the mor-
tality rate for singing groups is
high," It takes more than a little
time to learn this business, he
said. Most of the young men going
into it are pretty naive ... I was."
Coronas Hold
Forma! Initiation
In Wren Room -
Formal Initiation of the Coronas
pledges was held Jan, 13, in tlie
Wren Room. Barbara Burke, presi-
dent of the club, presided over the
meeting and Nancy Driver led the
pledge.
The new officers, Carolyn Reed,
secretary, Polly Guykendall, trea-
surer, and C'athey Vaughn, re-
porter, were installed by the of-
ficers of the previous year dux*-
ing- a candle light ceremony.
A dessert plate and coffee were
served after the ceremony.
MAJESTIC
BARBER SHOE
Wado and A, O. Holley
SHOE SHINES
MAJESTIC
Tuesday and Wednesday
Operation Petticoat
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
The Rookies
Sunday and Monday
The Mouse That Roared
PALACE
Tuesday ami Wednesday
Rio Bravo
■ , Thursday-Monday
Happy Anniversary
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 1960, newspaper, February 9, 1960; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140696/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.