The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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"SERVING TARLETON STATE COLLEGE SINCE 1919"
Box 337, Tarleton Station
42ND YEAR
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1962, STEPHEN VILLE, TEXAS
NUMBER 4
Campbell, Baker, Bakke, Young
Win Class President Elections
.Class, meetings were held Wed-
nesday, September 26, for the
purpose of electing class office) s
and student council representa-
tives.
Elected as the first president of
a. Tarleton senior class in over
fifty years was Hugh Campbell,
history major from Robstown.
The new president gave this state-
ment: "Those people elected wish
to thank the class for bestowing
such honors. It is their sincere
wish that the complete senior class
may function in unity and digni-
ty. Let us all continue throughout
the year with the keen interest
shown in our first meeting."
; Other senior officers are Tay-
lor Danniel, vice president; John-
ny Franks, secretary-treasurer;
Roy Seal, reporter; Toby Land-
.man, sergeant at arms; and Bob
White, LaVetu Hoard, Bobby Sul-
livan, and Linda Woods, Student
Council representatives,
Senior sponsors are Dr. Dick
Smith and Mrs. Joy Terry.
Heading the junior class will be
Dick Baker, pre-dental major from
Belton,. who served as president
of the sophomore class last year.
Mike Morton was elected junior
vice president; Karen Sue Shoe-
maker, secretary-treasurer; Cora-
lea Rhoads, reporter; and John
Rig-gs and Kenenth Pressloy, stu-
dent council. Class sponsors are:
Miss Sandra L. Wadsworth and
Dr. Robert L, Keighton.
Sophomore chemistry major
from Iredell, Otis Bakke, WW's
elected president of his class. Oth
ei sophomore officers are Denni I
Hancock, vice president; Luine
Heizer, secretary; Anji Pearce,
Holmes Benge Selects
The Grassburr Staff
. The staff of the TSC yearbook,
the GRASSBURR, has been an-
nounced by editor Holmes Benge.
. Associate editor is Renee Dyess,
and business manager is Nolan
Pike.
YreshWen~to '
finish voting
A meeting of the freshman class
will be held Tuesday, October 2,
in the Main Auditorium to elect
the remaining class officers, stu-
dent council representatives, and
sponsors.
President Robert Young urged
all freshmen to be at the meeting
to help elect the leaders of their
class..
Class editors are Paul Lessard
and Bill Guinn, seniors; Renee
Dyess and Nolan Pike, juniors;
Diane Forney and Suzanne Palm-
er, sophomores; Billie Burns and
Marrijo Gleason, freshmen.
Working with the pictorial sec-
tion of the annual will be Suzanne
Palmer, Diane Forney, Judy Creel,
Billie Burns, Janet Crow, and Bill
Guirm.
Military editors are Paul Lei-
sard and Nolan Pike, and organi-
zation editors are Gretchen Sch-
midt, Linda Hastings, and Melissa
Baskett.
Bonita Gadbury is sports editor,
and Johnnie Moss is in charge of
the personalities section.
TSC Rodeo Scheduled
For This Week-End
The Rodeo Club will have its
annual fall rodeo Oct. 5 and 6 at
the Audie Murphy Arena. Show
time is 8:00 p.m., announced Dub
Crumley, presidentof the club. '
The Rodeo planned for this year
is bigger and better than the one
held last spring, which was said
by the audience to be one of the
best Tarleton rodeos in the history
of the club. The same producers
will be used as for last year's
spring rodeo, which will be the
McPIood and Smith Ranches of
Fprt Worth,
The major events scheduled will
include bareback riding, calf rop-
ing, barrel racing, wild mare
races, and bull riding. There will
b.e three special events, which will
add additional excitement to this
year's rodeo. Friday night of the
events there will be a bull scram-
ble for the cowboy contestants,
and Saturday night a calf scram-
ble for children 12 years and un-
der. Crumley add, "Both nights
there will be a goat sacking event
for the women's social clubs of
Tarleton."
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treasurer; Judy Allen, reporter;
and Carol Seilhiemer, Larry
Burns, and Roy Baldridge, student
council representatives.
Sophomore sponsors are Dr. O.
A. Grant and Mrs. Barbara Alaup.
Robert Young, agriculture ma-
jor form Arlington, was elected
to head the freshman class. The
only other offices filled at the
meeting were girl student council
representatives. They are Barbara
Waldon, Ann Wheeler, and Linda
Sudderth_ The rest of the fresh-
man officers will be elected at a
later meeting.
DUB CRUMLEY
Queen Will
Be Elected
Wednesday
Students will go to the polls
Wednesday to elect nominees for
Homecoming Queen.
Nominees will be selected from
a list of all eligible girls on camp-
us. To be eligible a nominee must
have either graduated in the up-
per half of her high school class,
scored highon the entrance exams,
or have maintained a 12-12 grade
average in college,
Neal Ator, chairman of the elec-
tion committee, stated that stu-
dents will be able to vote in the
rec hall or the dining hall.
Each votee will be allowed to
circle ten names on the first bal-
loting. Then nominees receiving
the most votes will be finalists in
a run-off to be announced later.
In the final voting everyone will
cast one vote, and the candidate
receiving the most votes will be-
come Homecoming Queen. The
queen and her duchesses will be
presented at the Homecoming
Game between TSC and Hender-
son State on October 20.
The Student Council wishes to
thank and make apology to those
students who handed in petitions
in the first balloting last week.
Because there were only foul' pet-
itions turned in to the Dean's of-
fice, that method of nominating
candidates had to be changed to
one which will be used this week.
Sophomore Prexy
Calls Meeting Of
Float Committee
There will be a meeting of all
members of the sophomore class
who are interested in working on
the homecoming float at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday in the conference room
of the library-
All class officers are on the
float committee, and any other
member of the class who wishes to
work on the committee should be
at the meeting.
President Otis Bakke said that
he hoped many of the sophomore
class would participate in this
phase of class activities. "We need
all the ideas and plans that any
member of the class can give us/'
Bakko stated.
Barbara Waldon, freshman physical education major from Clyde,
is the first entry in the Miss JTAC Contest. This shapely coed is
being sponsored by the J-TAC.
MANY FOREIGN
STUDENTS ARE
AT TARLETON
Tarleton State College has a
total of 36 students from foreign
countries enrolled this year.
Of these 3G students, 11 are
attending TSC for the first time
this year. Only one of them is a
girl, who is outnumbered by 35
boys.
Twelve different countries are
represented on the Tarleton cam-
pus, and Iran has the largest
number of students from one na-
tion, eight. Also represented are
Hong- Kong, with three students;
Mexico with five; the Philippines
with one, and Belgium with one.
Those countries from Central
and South America include Pana-
ma, which has six students; Nic-
aragua, four students; Costa
Rica, two students; Peru, two stu-
dents; and El Salvador, Brazil,
and Columbia, which have one
each.
The 11 freshmen are Ricardo
de los Santos, Mexico; Firooz
Ghaffari, Ira<n,; Manuel Flores,
Mexico; Peter Ingouville, Brazil;
Alberto F. Kelso, Jr., Panama:
Manuel Leon, Peru; Fernando Mo-
rones, Mexico; Parviz Parizad,
Iran; Alberto Rubio, Panama; Fe-
lipe Virzi, Panama; Juan Zavaba,
Nicaragua; and Kohan Saleiman,
Iran.
(Continued on Page Four)
Barbara Waldon
Is First Entry
In J-TAC Contest
With Miss Barbara Walden, the
J-TAC begins its annual Miss J-
TAC contest. All organizations^
are urged to submit their entries
for the title as seon as possible, ;
An entry need not be sponsored
by a formal club. The rodeo club,
football team, the Grassburr,
the student council, and other such :
organizations, including the social
clubs, are urged to submit entries. .
After all the nominees have
been announced, the voting will be
by the student body at one cent
per vote. Jars will be available
over the campus for depositing the
"votes.
There is no limit to the number.
of votes per person that can be
cast for a candidate. Miss J-TAC
will be presented at a dance to be
sponsored by the J-TAC staff.
Class Pictures Are
Still Being Taken
At Miller's Studio
Class pictures for the GRASS-
BURR are still being made at
Miller's Studio in downtown Ste-
phenville.
The remainder of the schedula
is as follows:
Freshmen, N-Z: Oct. 2, 3 (Tues,
and Wed.)
Seniors, A-Z: Oct. 4, 5 (Thurs,
and Fri.)
Sophomores, A~M: Oct. 8, 9, 10
(Men., Tues., and Wed), N-Z: Oct.
11 12, (Thurs. and Fri.)
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