The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 10, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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"SERVING TARLETON STATE COLLEGE SINCE 191
Box 337, Tarleton Station
SENIOR CLASS
MEETING
JANUARY 12
12.30
49th YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1961
NUMBER 14,
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SHINE 'EM UP — Three members of the Wainwright Rifles put
i' high gloss on their boots as they prepare for their trip to
Washington, D. C. The cadets are (from left to right) Lynn
Forest, Ed- Bradshaw and Cheater Davis. Photo by Moser
200 Students Will Visit
TSC for UIL Instructions
A workshop conference to pre-
pare local high school students for
the annual University Interscho-
lastic League contests will be held
at,.Tarleton State College Satur-
day, Jan. 14. Approximately 200
Students are expected to visit the
campus, where they will have an
opportunity to receive the instruc-
tion and criticism of college in-
structors from both Tarleton and
the University of Texas.
During the first conference
participation with the UIL, Tar-
leton will be the scene of panel
discussions, demostrations, and
talks which will deal .primarily
■with sections of debate, declama-
tion and oration, poetry reading,
extemporaneous speaking, ready
Two Debates on
Slate for TSC
Club Tonight
The T55C Debate Club 'wi.ll stage
two debates on "Should the U. S.
A ((opt a- Compulsory Health Pro-
gram" tonight at 7 in the Science
Building
Bill Henderson, club secretary,
said that -the, debates on this vital
question should prove to be quite
informative.- Subject material for
the debates was obtained from the
Washington, D. C., Chamber of
Commerce.
A political dignitary from Ste-
pheimllo will choose the two win-
ning teams, A third debate will
be" held sometime in the near fu-
ture,
The members of the team who
will see action tonight are Mike
McNeil and James McDonald vs.
David Cole and Bill Graves, and
J'udi Reid and Jaylan Kelly vs.
Robin Nesmith and James Lath-
writing, journalism, drama, num-
ber sense and slide rule. The pur-
pose of the workshops is to help
contestants by giving them con-
structive advice before the tests
are" held; - - - J - ■
Instructors from the University
of Texas who will assist the Tar-
leton faculty are Dr. Loren Win-
ship, chairman, Department of
Drama, who will be consultant in
the drama section; Professor Rex
VVier, Speech Department and de-
bate coach, who will as.sist in the
debate section; Professor Jim
Hurst, State Director of Number
Sense, as an advisor in the num-
ber sense division.
Other instructors are Profes-
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WAINWRIGHT RIFLES TO MARCH
IN D. C. INAUGURAL PARADE
Tarleton's Wainwright Rifles
have been selected as one of six
units from Texas to participate
in the inaugural parade in Wash-
ington, D. C., Jan. 20, when Pres-
ident-elect John F, Kennedy takes
the oath of office.
The Rifles were picked from
more than 300 organizations from
Texas who made application to
appear in the parade. The other-
units include the Texas A&lVi
College Band, the University of
Texas Longhorn Band, Southwest
Texas State Teachers College
Band of San Marcos, Nederland
High School Band, and Fisher
County Mounted Sheriff's Posse.
Forty TSC cadets will march in
Mardi Gras to Be
Theme of Last
Social Dance
The Etemas social club will
sponsor the last dance of the fall
semester on Saturday night, Jan.
14 at 7:30 in the girls' gymnasium.
Prices are $1.00 per couple, and
75c stag.
The theme for the dance is
"Mardi Gras." Decorations will
include balloons, confetti, and
streamers. To carry out the
theme, masks will be given for
favors to those attending.
Dress will be light semi-formal,
and .it is not a flower occasion.
The music will include "new and
old favorites" in recording's.
The new members of the club
will be presented at this time.
College
Calendar
Thursday, Jan. 12 — Basketball,
TSC vs. Wharton, there.
Friday, Jan. 13 — Basketball
TSC vs. Victoria, there; Junior
College Livestock Judging Con-
test.
Saturday, Jan. 14 — Basketball,
TSC vs. Del Mar, there; Student
Activities Conference,
the 2 Ms mile parade. In addition to
the Wahiwright's, the group mak-
ing the trip to Washington include
Lt. Col. L. W. Sherrod, ROTC
PMS&T; Capt, Joseph Burkett,
Wainwright sponsor; and Mr. D.
C, DeuPree, director of public in-
formation for TSC,
Funds to send the drill team to
Washington were raised by the
city of Stephenville and Tarleton
State. Stephenville business men
and citizens contributed $2,000 of
the total.
Tach of the cadets will pay $10
to help defray the "cost of the trip.
Joe McWilliams, a sophomore
from Big Spring, is commander
of the TSC drill unit which is
part of the Reserve Officer Train-
ing Program at Tarleton.
Gene Estes, executive officer of
the Wainwright Rifles, said, "We
feel honored to be one of the units
selected from Texas, I, personally,
feel confident that the Wain-
wrig'hts will do their very best
to represent Tarleton and the
state."
Members of the unit will as-
semble at the Tarleton Dining
Hall at 12:30 noon, Tuesday, Jan.
17. The team will travel to Wash-
ington in a chartered bus and are
expected to arrive there early
Thursday morning.
Members of -the Rifles will take
some final examinations before
they leave on the trip and others
when they return. '
Millions of people will see the
drill unit on television. The pa-
rade will be shown on most chan-
nels at 2:30 p.m., EST, the day
of the inaugural.
The 40 members of the unit in-
clude: Mike C. Allen, A. C. Ber-
ing, Edward G. Bradshaw, Gary
Bounds, Harold P. Brown, Mike
Bright, Travis Carr, Edward H.
Cary, Chester Davis, Gene Estfes,
Kenneth D. Floyd, Lynn R. For-
rest, Frank O. Gibbs, Charles C,
Graves, J. L. Green, Pete Ham-
mond, Fred J. Harvey, Mark L.,
Ho]ioway, Mike J. Johnson, James
C. Karr.
Frederick- L. Keller, . Roger
Kemp, Wayne D. Kennemer,
George H. Lewis, Sam McLarty,
Joe McWilliams, F. A. Meyer, E.
C, Ming, J. T. Mosex-, John A.
Oden, illy J. Onstott, Jimmy L.
Owen, Joe S. Quintana, ' L. J„
Scluoeder, Dale L. Sides, Joe T.
Smith, E. W. Stasney, Bobby
Stewart, Eddie A. Taylor, Robert
L. Winegar.
Old Recreation
Room Now Has a
New Appearance
Sixty-eight gallons of light
green paint accounts for the
change in Tarleton's recreation
room.
A Tarleton maintenance crew
of four spent six days anil sixty-
eight gallons of paint in painting'
TSC's recreation room. The four
men painted the room during tho
Christmas holidays. The big room
was last painted in 1949. This
mai'ks the second time the room,
has been painted.
The recreation hall has defini-
tely changed. . Students like it.
Pool players also noted tv
change — "Somebody turned tho
pool tables around,"
Here
For livestock Judging
Approximately 15 to 20 teams
are expected to compete here Fri-
day when Tarleton State College
is host to the Second Annual In-
tercollegiate Livestock Judging
Contest.
The contest is being repeated
this year by popular demand. Pro-
fessor W. W. Reed, TSC judging
team coach, said this week.
Several livestock authorities
from over the state will rate the
college students . in contests cov-
ering 13 classes of sheep, swine
and cattle.
Two of the livestock experts are
Joe Sawyer, County Agent of Bur-
net County, and Dana Saylor of
San Saba. Saylor is a former Tar-
leton student and a former mem-
ber of the Tarleton Livestock
Judging team.
Colleges expected to send teams
include San Angelo, last year's
winning team, Abilene Christian
College, Howard Payne College,
Southwest Texas State, South-
west Junior College of Uvalde,
University of Houston, Blinn Jun-
ior College, and Navarro Junior
College, Some colleges will enter
both freshman and senior teams.
The TSC team will enter the
competition but will not be eligible
to win. As the host school, Tarle-
ton disqualifies its judging team
and does not announce its stand-
ing in the judging.
A livestock judging team is
comprised of three members^ and
two alternates.
Friday morning will be devoted
to the judging of the livestock and
Friday afternoon the contestants
will give oral reasons for their
judgments.
Members of the TSC Agricul-
ture Division and agriculture stu-
dents will assist in the running
of the contest.
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MISS J-TAC — Winner of the Miss J-TAC contest, sponsored by
the college newspaper, is Miss Virginia Laughlin, a 19-year-old art
student from Oklahoma City.
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