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PAGE FOUR
THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, .FEBRUARY 29, ,1944
O.W.L.S. Have Rush
Party February 25
The O.W.L.S. held a very infor-
mal rush party Friday afternoon,
February 25, 1944. The group met
at the home of Miss Jones, the
club's' sponsor, and then went to
town where they crowded into the
drug store for frosted cokes. The
crowd then went to the picture
show to see "The Iron Major." Af-
ter the show most of the girls went
together to see Dr. Polgar. It was
a full afternoon but lots of fun.
The girls who attended were
Bessie Pemberton, Beverly ■ King,
Elsie Hummel, Mary Ferguson,
Joy Brokaw, Charlene Counts, Jo-
ann Edwards, Mary Jane Frasier,
Dorothy Teddlie, Clarice Thomp-
son, Nomi Vanhooser, Doris Jor-
dan, Mary Nell Leath, Martha
Enjoy a Delicious
HAMBURGER
made to suit your taste at
MAJESTIC
Sandwich Shop
Morris, Martha Oxford, Marion
Speer, and Maxine Stracener, who
are members, and Betty Logan,
Louise Sellers, Dorothy Estes, An-
gia Ruth Ivey, who were rushees.
Campus Club Elects
New Members
Mrs. Zeddie Edgar was hostess
to the Campus Club Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 15. During a business meet-
ing, officers for the coming year
were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. A. H. Wilcox;
vice-president, Miss Lillie Lillard;
recording secretary, Mrs. Edgar;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. J.
Spangler; treasurer, Miss May
Jones; parliamentarian, Mrs. T. A.
Hensarling; critic, Mrs. G. 0. Fer-
guson; reporter, Mrs. R. Berton
Coffin; executive committee, Miss
Mary Marrs and Mrs. A. A, Mc-
Sweeny; student loan fund treas-
urer, Mrs. S. F. Davis; federation
counselor, Mrs. J. Thomas Davis.
D.S.T. Entertains
Rushees Tuesday
Make This Your
HEADQUARTERS FOR
GIFT MERCHANDISE
BARNES' STORE
5c to $1.00
Miller Cleaners
Phone 84 695 Tarleton
"Wear Clean Clothes"
It*.--. Phone 5SX
W. R. Hlekey
Phone 336
A. D. Fulbright
Realty Company
Real Estate, Leases, Rentals, and Loans
First National Banlc Building:
Office Phone 330 P. O. Box 631
6
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Tuesday, February 22, from 6:30
to 7:30, this semester's rushees
were entertained at a tea dance in
the little auditorium by the D. S. T,
Club. Cookies, sandwiches, olives,
and punch were served to the fol-
lowing guests: Dorothy Stigler,
Mary Frances Holcomb, Angia
Ruth Ivey, Louise Eaves, Marijo
Neely, Rubye Jo Smith, Jean Bai-
ley, Kathryn Hicks, Betty Lewis,
Mary Helen Whiteside, Dorothy
Estes, Milowee Adams, Marcelle
Kuhn, Wynona Dee Elliott, Billie
Cain, Androgene Campbell, Sue
Powell, Geraldine Triplett, Bernice
Mills, Beatrice Anderson, Elizabeth
McGeown, Norma Ruth Belcher,
Marjorie Owens, Billie Lou Wil-
hite, Wanda Choate, and Jimmie
Nail.
The club president, Jo Joyce Fritz,
introduced the guests of honor,
Mrs. J. Thomas Davis, Mrs. G. O.
Ferguson, La Rue Gibson-, en ex-
club member; Miss Faye Floyd, the
club sponsor; and the present club
members, Rubye Lee Tackett, "Pol-
ly" Pollard, Marylu Killebrew, Ca-
mille Lester, Frances Redwine,
Marjorie Whitfield, Rubye Ken-
nedye, La Verne Thomason, Jo
Hutchinson, and Janice Coonrod.
Dancing furnished the entertain-
ment for the remainder of the
evening.
white satin ribbon. For something
old she wore an heirloom bracelet,
for blue she wore a blue ribbon in
her shoe, her prayer book was bor-
rowed, and her trousseau was new.
Following the ceremony a recep-
tion was held at the Long Hotel.
Those attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Longley, Jane Eidson, Alice Will-
iams, Reba Anderson, Ted Frison,
Martha Works, George Erzinger,
Norma Pollard, and the bride and
groom.
Out-of-town guests included the
parents of the bride, Alice Will-
iams of Hockaday, Martha Works
of S. M. U., and Reba Anderson of
Baird.
After a short trip, Cadet and
Mrs. Fritz will return to Stephen-
ville to finish this term at Tarleton.
Call a
Phone 323
"YEA, PLOWBOY"
LONG HOTEL
Mr- and Mrs. C. S. Long
Joyce Longley Weds
Cadet Wilbur Fritz
Miss Jo Joyce Longley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J, F. Longley of
Abilene, became the bride of Cadet
Wilbur Fritz of York, Penn., in a
ceremony Sunday morning at nine
o'clock at the Baptist parsonage.
Rev. Mr. Smith officiated.
The room was decorated with
white blossoms. Mrs. Coffin, pian-
ist, and Morton Cahn, violinist,
played the nuptial music.
Miss Jane Eidson, roommate of
the bride, was the maid of honor,
and Ted prison, roommate of the
groom, was best man.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. She wore a navy
blue suit with white accessories.
She carried a white prayer book
topped by white carnations set in
"BAX"
BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS
Lords, Commoners
Hold Rush Party
The Lords and Commoners Club
held its rush party Friday, Febru-
ary 25, at 6:30 in the Dormitory
Parlor. A few of the rushees were
not abl eto be present because of
conflicts. Jane Eidson and Frances
Redwine served refreshments.
The rushees included these: Mar-
vin Stewart, James Smith, Bud
Higgs, James Lee, Jack Winn, Joe
Harrell, Alvin Little, George Ep-
pler, Joe Pair, Billy Moore, Alton
Wilhite, Bob Freeman, Jerry Hall,
Donald Deere, John Bob Lowe,
Harold Scherz, Ralph Futrell, Billy
Bunting, and E. C. Bodine.
The old members present include
these: Lord Chancellor, T. P. Rob-
inson; vice-chancellor, Paul Paus-
ky; secretary-treasurer, Ben Le-
Norman; knight of portals, Ellison
Tom; and Billy Walker, Joe Grum-
bles, Elton Porter, Jim Elkins,
Wade Carter, Bob Lewis, Glenn
Mann, .Billy Butler, and Ollie Alex-
ander.
The club sponsor is Captain Mc-
Cullough.
HIUHM'MM'f
JOKES
Two non-academic members of
the Randolph-Macon women's col-
gele staff, Lynchburg, Va., have
been with the school ever since its
founding in 1893. The two are Mr.
Burks, superintendent of the build-
ings and grounds, and "Aunt
Maria," for half a century a maid
in the college dormitories. ',f
The Tale Of The Soldier Is Told
Keeps One Busy
"A fellow has to be a contor-
tionist to get on these days," says
Mr. Wilcox. "First he has to keep
his back to the wall, and his ear to
the ground. Then he must put his
shoulder to the wheel, his nose to
the grindstone, keep a level head,
and have both feet on the ground."
Aviation Cadet Francis J'. Brock
is scheduled to receive his silver
pilot's _ wings and officer's bars
soon at the Pampa Army Air Field.
"What are you doing down in
the cellar?" demanded the irate
rooster.
"If you must know," replied the
hen, "I'm laying in a supply of
coal."
Did you miss the train sir?
No, I didn't like its looks so 1
chased out of the station.
—The Covred Wagon
Dissatisfied Patron: You know,
these doughnuts disprove a geo-
metric theory.
Waiter: How's that?
Patron: The whole is bigger than
any of its parts.
—The "Houstonian"
Have a "Coke"=A thousand miles is not too far to come
or being friendly with a Chinese cadet
Chinese flyers here in America for training have found that so simple
a phrase as Have a "Coke" speaks friendship in any tongue. East, west,
north, south, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes, — has
become the happy bond between people of good will^
, BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-CQLA COMPANY BY
TEXAS COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., Stephenville
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ti
"Coke" ~ Coca-Cola
It's natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia-
tions. That's why you hear
Coca-Cola called 'Coke".
I have writ a poem and it's a dilly;
Please forgive me if it's a trifle
silly.
Concerns a soldier—there are many
such-
Thought the girls liked him very
much.
Asked a pretty lass for Saturday
dance;
Thought he—no other— had the
best chance.
With hair all combed and brass
fresh shihed
Strolled to her house. What did he
find?
Another cadet, he had the date;
Our soldier found he didn't rate.
Now this is the end of my little
spree;
But for lack of £ime I'd have poems
three.
The author declares him a Tarle-
tonite true;
To prove the same—his pennies
are few.
to be leaders in all walks of life:
to fose yourself in generous en-
thusiasm and cooperate with
others for common ends; to learn
manners from students who are
gentlemen, *&nd form character
under professors who are Christ-
ians: this is the offer of the Col-
lege for the best four years of
your life."—William De Witt
Hyde, Harvard '79, reprinted in
the Wartburg Trumpet.
"Our country is not going to be
any better than our school system,
We cannot afford an ill-educated
electorate. ... The movies, the
radio, the press, and the advertise-
ments play up and down on the
child's nerves and apply to him
that most insidious' of regimenta-
tions, mass anesthesia. Against
this deadly passivity, our schools
are the only, bulwark." Fortune
magazine in the July issue outlines
the place of education in our soci-
ety and criticizes the limiting of
the scope of education because of
lack of funds.
Anything To Please The Navy
At Denison there have been some
complaints from the Navy men on
the campus aboui; the fish on Fri-
day nights. -Said one sailor, "It
really isn't so bad once you get
used to the smell, but I can't wait
four days for it to blow away or
I'd starve," One fellow went to
a local restaurant to escape the fish
but apparently was somewhat dis-
satisfied with his substitute, 'I'
asked for my steak rare, but they
just crippled it and dragged it in."
War Fund Drive Now Under Way
A new drive to secure funds for
the United War Chest is now being
conducted. The goal of the cam-
paign is to secure $125,000,000.
Money goes to the Red Cross, U.S.
O., Community Chest, and similar
organizations.^
Students desiring to help the war
effort in this manner should pre-
sent their donations to Mr. Carl
Birdwell, who will give a receipt
for the amount contributed.
(The Houstonian)
Look, God, I have never spoken
to You—
But now—I want to say, "How do
You do?"
You see, God, they told me You
didn't exist—
And like a fool—I belived all this.
Last night from a shell-hole. J saw
Your sky—
I figured then they had told me
a lie.
Had I taken time to see the things
You made,
I'd known they weren't "calling a
spade a spade,
I wonder, God, if You'd shake my
hand. , ,
Somehow—I feel You will under-
stand.
Funny, I had to come to this hellish
place
Before I had time to see Your face.
Well, I guess there there isn't much
more to say,
But I'm sure glad, God, I met You
today.
I guess the "zero hour" will soon
be here;
But I'm not afraid since I know
You're near.
The Signal: Well, God, I'll have
to go— "
I like You lots, this I want You
to know—
Who knows—I may come to Your
house to-night—
Though I Wasn't friendly with You
before,
I wonder, God, if You'd wait at
your door.
Look, I'm crying; me—shedding
tears;
Well, I'll have to go now, God-
Good-bye.
Strange, since I met You, I'm not
afraid to die.
Look, now, this will be a horrible
fight—
"To be at home in all lands and
ages: to count Nature a familiar
acquaintance, and Art an intimate
friend: to gain a standard for the
appreciation of other men's work
and feel its resources behind you
in whatever task you undertake:
to make hosts of friends among
the men of your own age who are
Waiting
There are others who yearn
For their loved ones' return,
But none half so much at I.
For we were not bereft
Until the day you left—
Now we are wondering why?
Why should it be we
Who're apart by sea,
And many miles of land?
The answer is naught
Till the war is fought
And peace is close at hand.
We'll be happy once more,
As we have said before.
Until then, we must pray
For less murder, less strife—■
Decreasing loss of life—
And your return someday.
—By A Student
JOHN TARLETON COLLEGE
The founding of -John Tarleton
College was made possible by a be-
quest from John Tarleton, a pio-
neer citizen of Erath County, who
in 1895 left the major part of his
estate to be used to . establish a
college at Stephenville, Texas, for
the education of worthy young
men and women.
The college was opened on Sep-
tember 3, 1899. In 1908, a bequest
from Mrs. Mary CornrWilkerson.
an Erath County citizen, made it
possible to erect a modern brick
dormitory for girls. In 1910, Mrs,
Mollie J. Crow of Stephenville be-
queathed money for the erection
of a new brick building, completed
in 1915, which structure is now
used by the Home Economics De-
partment of - the College,
In 1917, the people of Stephen-
ville donated to the State of Texas
the entire school plant to be used
as a nucleus for founding a junior
agricultural College of Texas. This
donation was accepted by an Ac*
of the Thirty-fifth Legislature of
Texas and approved by the Gov-
ernor on February 20, 1917.
By 1941, the faculty had in-
creased to eighty members, the stu-
dent body had reached an annual
enrollment of 1345, the scope of
work offered at the institution was
proportionately broadened, and the
total capital assets of the college
plant had increased to more than
two million dollars.
In 1926, the College was admit-
ted to membership in the Associa-
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Southern States.
Today, in addition to the above
affiliation, Tarleton holds mem-
bership in the Southern Associa-
tion of Junior Colleges, the Ameri-
can Association of Junior Colleges,
the Texas Junior College Associa-
tion, the Association of Texas Col-
leges, and American Council of
Education. By this recognition of
its standard, this institution takes
its place among the first-class col-
leges of the nation; its graduates
are admitted with full credit to
any of the universities of the land.
QUOTABLER QUOTES
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
"Extravagance in any form, by
citizens or by government, imperils
the war effort. Individuals are
asked to reverse their habits of
spending if inflation is not to des-
troy their substance. The same
obligation rests upon the govern-
ment. If we proceed without waste,
if we increase our productive pow-
er, if we decrease our expenditures
for non-essentials, we can not only \
survive but survive without bank-
ruptcy. This can be done if con-
siderations of political advantages
are put aside, only if government
curtails its own activities as it ex-
pects citizens to curtail theirs, j
only if the government makes its
policies consistent with each other." ;
—Dr. Henry M. Wriston, president'!
of Brown University, emphasizes i
the point that extravagance helps j
Hitler,
"... A Fashion By-Word!"
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