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PAGE TWO
THE J-TAG
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904
Get a
Hare you ever noticed how some people seem to work and
work but still never accomplish very much, while others seem to'
put forth much less effort and find success around every corner?
The difference betweent hese two types of people is having a
goal.
Those who always have success are always working toward
something; they have a goal. They don't waste extra effort by
doing unimportant tasts, because they know exactly what they
iire working toward. With their goal always in mind, they can
make it important to themselves and thereby achieve it.
Those of us who have no goal in life can be likened to a car
going down a road that leads nowhere. Nothing that is done ac-
complishes very much because it is not leading up to somethng
really important in a person's life — it doesn't further him to-
ward his goal.
Each of us should decide what we really want out of life and
start to work toward it. We need something to work for, or our
work does us no good. With a goal in life, we are moving ahead;
W'thout one, we are heading down a dead-end street.
Take an interest
To' really enjoy living, we must- take an interest in life. We
can't let events and occurances pass us by, or we'll go' through
life without getting anything' from it.
Take classes for example*'. , . we will all enjoy our courses
Shore'(and learn more from them) if we really take an interest in
them; We need to look at our classes as places where, we can
learn; something, not as a place to kill time three hours a week
to get some credit.
This goes for extra-currctilar activities too. When there is a
dance or a program or another event on campus, we shouldn't
miss it just because we think ahead of time that we wouldn't
enjoy it. When something is presented for our benefit, the least
we can do is take enough interest in it to attend.
° Moist' of all, we need to take an interest in our college. If we
merely drift through school without giving much thought to it,
Tarleton will never be able to be as good a college as it Can be.
Life is what we make it. We mustn't let it pass us by just be-
cause we don't have the initiative to make it just as great as
it could be.
LITTLE MAN .-ON. CAMPUS
"^OJNP# LI KB A V6K.V COIf^S —\M5 ,
PlPN'f HAVff MO&BRN VfiMCS I WAS IN' ecWOOl *
The' J-Tac, official student newspaper of Tarleton State College, is
published in Stephenville, Texas, weekly on Tuesdays during the
regular fall and spring semesters with the exception of School holidays
and the three summer months. Publisher is' the Empire-Tribune.
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TO THE EDITOR
" Dear Editor:
Probably this letter has no
place in the J-TAC since it does
not pertain to Tarleton State Col-
lege, this newspaper, or the stu-
dents here. This letter is a protest
against the way three Tarleton
students were treated on tho cam-
pus of a neighboring college.
On Friday niglitj January 10,
we went to this particular college
because one of us had personal
business with a student there; but
upon arrival at the girls' dorm, a
group of angry students from the
athletic dorm, told up to "get the
hell off the Hill." We tried to ex-
plain our business there, although
it involved none of them, but
they would only believe that since
we were from Tarleton we had
come there to make trouble and
"raise hell."
Not only were we ushered off
their campus, but also we were
escorted out of town by several-
of these child-like students of
higher education. They had also
tamporcd with the car we had
gone in, which really illustrates
their childishness since if they
had wanted us to leave so badly
one wouldn't think they Would
try to slow down our means of de-
parture.
In the past, Tarleton has been
criticized from a variety of short-
comings, but at least one can
say Tarleton has a friendly stu-
dent body. We, at Tarleton, wel-
come students from any college;
from anywhere; and certainly
never to our knowledge in the
history of Tarleton Stated College
has any student visiting this cam-
pus been treated with such rude-
ness as were shown at this parti-
cular institution.
We would like to take this op-
portunity to express our deepest
sympathy for this' college and,
any other college that maintains i
a student body such as we wit-
nessed during our' brief visit
there. — John Handle.y, John Lat-
ham, and Steve Foro.-
/Vc^W/e eMexi/iicJz
A Panamanian's View
Of Panama's Trouble
Due to the current condition in
Panama, I have decided to devote
this week's column to an interview
of a Panamanian student here at
Tarleton. It is often true that, even
with our system of free press, our
stories of foreign affairs may dif-
fer greatly from those of the peo-
ple actually involved. Recognizing
that every story has two sides, that
most problems develop from mis-
understanding, and that we have
a wonderful opportunity to hear
another angle of the affair, I ob-
tained the following interview
from Alberto Kelso, a sophomore
from Panama City.
Alma Mater
The National Institute of Pana-
ma, which is the school that went
over to the American high school
recently over the flag question, is
Alberto's former alma mater. He
said that lie didn't know if the
group involved were communistic-
ly-orientated or ncit, but that there
were a number of students in the
Institue who were. Of course, these
Students keep their political affi-
liation secret, and it is impossible
to know who they are.
Perpetual Lease
Naturally, Alberto is very. con-
cerned over the situation. He said
that he feels that the real sig-
nificance of the demonstration is
the same as that of any demonstra-
tion—to gain attention. He thinks
that this current issue concerning
the' Panamanian flag is just a
superficial matter. The real issue
concerns the perpetual lease of
the Panama canal. This has been a
sore spot with the Panamanians
ever since the contract was signed
in 11)03. He said that it was ne-
cessary to go all the way back to
that year to understand their at-
titude on this mutter. In short, it
seems that the contract was ac-
tually signed by a recalled Pana-
manian ambassador who lacked
the authority to do so. When the
new delegation arrived in Wash-
ington to discuss the matter, the
contract was already signed. The
Panamanian government has been
trying to change it ever since, but
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REPORTERS — KAY PILCHER,, MACK. UQok, BENNY JONES, JESSIB TOH-
UNSON, CH1U3 BEUTELMAN, JEElilf CARS WELL; ALFRED MENGER '
In looking through issues of
last year's J-TAC the other day,
one editorial really caught my
eye. It concerned the transition
period that Tarleton was passing
through, going from a junior to a
senior college. Optimism really
ran rampant through the story,
because it left the idea that the
transition period would be a very
short one.
Of course, hindsight is much
better than foresight, so it is
easier to see the error in that j
year-old story now than it was
then. When predicting things, it
is often a habit to look so com- ■
pletely on the bright side of j
thing's that the real issue gets';
lost somewhere behind the rose-1
colored glasses. Be that as it may, I
the fact remains that Tarleton is'1
still going through this. stage of
transition.
Take maturity for example. In
age, our student. body becomes
collectively older when each jun-
ior and senior class gains in size.
But still, we find ourselves at |
times being treated like the "boya!
and girls" that we were supposed
to outgrow when we became' col*
legs' "men and women". Really
now, why do we mature students
elect each year an All-Tarleton
Girl and All-Tarleton Boy? If we
want to be treated like adults, we
might at least give ourselves (or
at least those we honor) more ma-
ture sounding names. Here it is—
the biggest honor in popularity on
the campus — and it's worded
practically the same way that
most high schools word it. Really
now, there's not anything wrong
with saying All-Tarleton Man and
All-Tarleton Woman is there? If I
that offends anyone, we could at'
least consider All-Tarleton Lady
and All-Tarleton Gentleman. I j
admit that those phrases aren't j
exactly what we would want eith-!
er, but at least they give the hint
of a pbssibilty that we might be j
above the "Boy and Girl" cate-
gory. . I
Perhaps alot of this is just tra- j
ditioh — things have been said
this way so long that doing it the .
same old way year after year has
gotten to' be a habit. Well, biting
fingernails and chewing on pen-
cils are habits too, but we don't go
around advocating them just be-
cause people have been doing
these things year after year,
(Continued On Page Five)
each time they send a delegation
to Washington to discuss it, the
U. S. gives them money and sends
them homo.
The thing that the Panamanians
seem to dislike most about the
perpetual lease is that it never
gives them the opportunity to as-
sert themselves as a sovereign na-
tion. Also, the military government
of the canal zone is annoying to
them. It seems as if it were a com-
pletely different country. They
feel that a Panamanian worker in
the canal zone is not given th#
same opportunity as an American'
worker.
Alberto said that Panama did
not want control of the canal—they-'
seem to be well satisfied with;
American control except iu a few
areas. Their answer to the prob-
lem would be a ninety-nine year
lease, which would enable them to'
change a few articles and assert
their sovereignty. This would make'
them feel more like a country than'
a colony. .He feels that the popu-
lation like the United States, and
appreciate the aid given them,
Anti-Communist
Since Alberto's father is a sen-
ator in the Panamanian National:
Assembly, I thought that he might
be in a position to answer a ques-
tion concerning the danger of
communist infiltration in Panama.
He replied that in his opinion this'-
is no danger. Every communist
who is found out is immediately
put in jail. He says that their gov-
ernment is doing everything pos-
sible to prevent infiltration.. The
Russian' magazine, "U. S. S. R.",
which is distirbuted widely in the
United States, is prohibited in
Panama. The only place that the
communists have made any head-
way at all, is in the mountainous
region of Panama, which is popu-
lated by Indians. It seems that the
communists have taken advantage'
of the Indians' ignorance, and have'
taught them selected materials.
Also, from time to time, commu-
nist forces have supplied these In-
dians with guns with which to
raid farms and towns. This is tho
area in which some concern lies.
This interview proved very in-
teresting to me, and helped per-
haps to shed a bit of understand-
ing On the matter. In these times-
of cold War and bitterness, it seems
all the more ugly when we stop to
consider that there are people—
even students—such as we who be-
come involved and hurt because of
misunderstanding.
Mardi Gras, Dance;
Is Sponsored By
L&€?&arid Etemas
The Mardi Gras Dance, an-
nually sponsored by the Eternaa
and the Lords and Commoners
social clubs, was held in the Girls'
Gym last Saturday night. The
semi-formal event started at 7:3(>
p.m. and continued until 11:30;
The decorations carried out the*
festive theriie of the Mardia Gras:
The ceiling was draped with
multi-color streamers, and a pin*
ata full of confetti and ballons
was suspended over the middle of
the dance floor. Individual tables
were candlelit and held noise-
makers and streamers. Murals ac-
cented the area surrounding the
band.
The band which provided vari-
ed dance music throughout the8"
evening' were- the Strut recording"
artists, Ramsey Horton arid the'
Silver Tones,, from Baylor Uul®:
versity.
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