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THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1945
THE J-TAC
Official Student Publication of
JOHN TABIiETON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Stephenville, Texas
Published Weekly by Students of John Tarleton Agricultural College
Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postoffice in Stephenville/
■ ' Texas, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. '•
Advertising Bates—Local 30c column inch, foreign 40c column iach.
Address all Communications to THE J-TAC,' Tarleton Station,- Texas
Editor, i ...
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Society Editor —,
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L.Charles Meals
Dudley McDaniel
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Carl Dry
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,_l.'.(:Lllliah Ashorn
Miss Westbrook, Mr. Edgar
REPORTERS
Lou Davis, Betty Ellis, Beth Croft, Larry Carter, Scotty Wylie, If ell
Poe, Helen Gray, Mildred Coats, Wilma Chaffin.
WARS OF PJ3ACE
At last Japan has finally decided to end her world-eonquering
dreams. The atomic bomb has made the Japanese government
officials feel that it is imperative that they give up in order to
have something to give up. >
' The war—the actual fighting—has ended, but there are, many
other wars to fight. They are the wars of peace—the wars against
'disease, ignorance, unemployment, poverty, fear, insecurity.
These are the wars which we, the youth of today, are to fight.
We are going to have to fight these wars to maintain peace. That
is why it is important that we continue with our education—s6
that we may be adequately equipped to fight these wars—not
.wars of actual killing arid bloodshed but wars for the betterment
bf mankind—for the security of world peace where every man
will be proud to say that all men not only are created equal, but
are' equal.
, GOSSIP TOWN
Have you ever heard of Gossip Town,
On the shore of Falsehood Bay,
Where old Dame Rumor, with rusting gown,
Is'going the lifelong day,
It" isn't'far'to Gossip Tow
Town,
For people,who want to g6.
The Idleness train will take you down,
In just an hour or so.
The Thoughtless road is a popular route,
And most folks start that way.
But it's steep down grade; if you don't look out,
You'll land in Falsehood Bay.
You .glide through the valley of Vicious Fold,
And into' the tunnel of Hate,
Then crossing the Add-T.o bridge, you walk
Eight into the city gate.
The principal street is ealled They-Say,
And I've Heard is the public well,
And the breezes that blow from Falsehood
Are laden with Don't-You-Tell.
In the midst of the town is Tell-Tale-Park,
You're never quite safe while there
For its owner is Madam Suspicious Remark,
Who lives on the street Don't Care.
Just back of the park is Slander's Row,
'Twas there Good Name died,
Pierced by a dart from Jealousy's bow,
In the hands of Envious Pride.
From Gossip Town peacfe long since fled,
But trouble, grief and woe, '
And sorrow and care you'll meet instead
If ever you chance to go.
—Author Unknown—The East Texan
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Lieut. Paul Pausky, stationed at
Camp Hood, spent the past week-
end on the campus. Pausky was a
student here in '44 and '45. He was
a member of the' Lords and Com-
moners Club and very popular in
Various other activities.
Carl Birdwell, Jr., student here
in '44 and '45, who is now in A.
and M. College, visited on the
campus last Saturday.
Jack Harding of Stephenville,
now in the Navy, spent his leave
here with his parents and wife.
Harding was in school here, in '42
and '43. His wife is the former La-
■verne Thomson.
A. L. Casparis of the Navy, vis-
ited on the campus last week. He
reports back to San Diego soon.
Jeanne Crossley of Eastland was
on the 'campus'last week, making
plans to return thisvfall. .She is a
member of the O.W.L.S.
Jack Fountleroy, '36 graduate,
and his wife, formerly Yetta Belle
Byars of '37, visited Tarleton re-
cently. Jack, a sergeant in the Air
Corps, has reported to the West
• Coast by this time. Their eighteeri-
months-old daughter, Lynn, was; to
be left in the care of her grand-
mother at Breckenridge while they
toured around on furlough.
X The Slide-Rulers
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The C. E. 402 class has been figur-
ing vertical and spiral curves.
The C. E. 404 class has just
completed some utility maps of
the campus showing the location
of the water,' sewer, and steam
lines underground and the electrics
light and power lines in the steam
tunnel. This class has also furnish-
ed campus map's to the horticulture
class for use in marking the' cam-
pus shrubbery. They measured the
steam pipes from the power house
to the auditorium in preparation
for the installation of- new steam
pipes next summer. This involved
surveying in the dark of the tun-
nel. Two members of the class re-
ceived minor injuries by bumping
their heads on the top of the tun-
nel. One Of the class problems has
been the location of an imaginary
railroad spur on the campus.J
Husband: "Well, my dear, I have
carried you safely over all the
rough places of life, haven't I?"..
Wife: Yes, and I don't think you
missed any of them."
"Yes, this book will do half your
work." •
"Okey, I'll take two of them."
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Cadet Chatter i
Does Charles Meals like redheads
or is it just Mildred Rellihaxi?
Betty Hastings receives the long-
est phone calls from someone. She
won't tell us whether they're from
Bill McCann, George Wilcox, or
Gunless Gat.
"I call my sugar, Candy," goes
the song—and ' Shoup. (That's a
beautiful picture of Hazel, isn't it,
Shoup. 1) "
C. Q. was the very picture of
despondency* when he learned that
an old "beau" of Midge's was home.
I don't think he had much to worry
about, though.
Kathryn was literally walking on
air when Pausky Was here.
Mildred Coats and John L. Foust
are seen together quite often now-
adays.
• Lillian and Wilma can't seem to
decide which of them is to have
Platte, and which is to have
Murphree, Ag boys they met on
the, Aggette picnic. Let's decide
soon, girls. I'm sure the boys would
JiJce to know the decision.
The Spurlock-Burton combina-
tion is something new on the cam?
pus.
The boys certainly enjoyed danc-
ing with cute little Jean Foote who
was visiting Tiny Crouch during
"Western Week. We hope to see her
Back again.
Fred, I'd Jje ashamed if my girl
had to hit me ,on the head with a
croquet mallet every time we had
a date. That's getting quite ser-
ious, don't you think?
Boys, the reason' Rothe isn't
quite interested is because of Cas-
ey, an old flame still burning stea-
dily.
Is it true that Billie Keisling is
soon to be co-manager of a Uvalde
grocery store? W. S. Garnette is
the man to confirm this current
rumor.
Marie Hale and Roger Robinson
are finding each others' company
quite enjoyable lately if seeing is
Believing.
Charlene Sherrod certainly en-
joys riding in a blue convertible.
Congratulations, Maggie! We
feel very happy for you since the
one and only has finally returned,
Louise Jones and Wooley cer-
tainly keep the Huckabay Highway
worn thin.
Itto Ferguson was down in the
dumps this week-end. It seems that
Howard, a friend from Uvalde,
couldn't make the right traveling
connections.
Vaneta Music has been going
around with that "look" on her
face. We wonder who the lucky
guy is.
Joyce Eoff and Tex Powell are
another new couple often together.
What is this We hear about Mr.
Eaves calling John McCutcheon
down for studying—a certain
blonde (Mason.)
A little bird told Sam Browne
that Mickey Noonan is trying to
go with a local high school girl—
and with all the Tarleton coeds
who think he is "just precious."
X Home Ec News
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Last Tuesday, August 7, the
Home Ec Club met for a short dis-
cussion about the club social for
the semester.
Miss Lela Vaughan, college din-
ing room dietitian, then demon-
strated in the foods laboratory a-
new and quick method of peeling
peaches'. This new methed,- a hot
lye bath, removes the peach peel-
ing 'without discoloring the peach-
es. This method is much quicker
and easier for the person canning
peaches. The instructions are sim-
ple and anyone can follow them.
Place the peaches in a boiling lye
mixture (1 tablespoon lye to 1
quart of water) for two or three
seconds; then rinse thoroughly un-
der running water. The peeling
will rub off "easily with a clean rag.
Care must be taken to keep the lye
off. the hands.
Those attending the demonstra-
tion were Miss Walker, Lillian
Ashorn, Mildred Coats, Wilma
Cf'affin, Joyce Eoff, Nadine Mc-
Cpwah', Nelda Poe, Muriel Moody,
and B'ouise Jones.
Peace Again
The war is over. Millions of peo-
ple who have forgotten what peace
is like again live under skies un-
clouded by enemy bombers, in cit-
ies where the inhabitants go about
their respective occupations un-
afraid. Eyes which looked in terror
to the sky as death screaming down
upon them will look $gain upon
the face of their fellowman and
recognize there the expressions of
love ,and peace, glorious, glorious
peace. Tears of joy will course
down the cheeks of persons long
separate^ from those they love.
May Americans disprove the
German theory that the American
memory is short and that atrocities
suffered by American fighting men
will soon be forgotten. May we stop
to think for a moment of. those
whose ears are forever deaf to the
cries of "Peace, Peace!" and whose
eyes will never gaze on blue skies,
green lawns, and comfortable
homes. May we never, never for-
get the ..sacrifices which made our
ecstatic celebration possible. In a
world .scintillating with the joy of
peace, let's stop for a moment, only
a moment, in our mad reveling to
breathe a simple, reverent, and sin-
cere "Thank you, American youth,
thank you."
X IN CADENCE X
There will be a competition of
nine college freshmen cadets .Mon-
day, September 3, for the three
best trained freshmen. Three par-
ticipants Will' be selected from
platoon and three from the band.
Ribbons will be awarded to the
three ' winners at retreat parade
on September 5. The competition it-
self 'will consist of grading the
contestants on the following
points:
a. Military Science grade 15%
b. Other eollege grades 10%
c. Personal appearance 10%
d. School of the soldier, 25%
e. Military bearipg —20%
f. Leadership (ability to
instruct) .. 2Q%
The 301 students are doing their
preliminary firing in marksman-
ship. Five shots at fifty feet
which hit an area the size of a
dime is considered as a score of
100. So far Henry Cox not only
has made 100, but also has shot the
best group.' Other freshmen up to
date who have made 100 are C. Q.
Davis, Robert Crouch, and T. R.
Coston.
Each squad leader has now elect-
ed his second-in-command. These
cadets are now taking extra train-
ing along with the officers and non-
commissioned officers. Many of
them show potential leadership
abilities to be used next semester
in the large cadet corps expected-
A doctor had an urgent telephone
call from a gentleman saying his
small son had swallowed his foun-
tain pen.
"All -right! I'll come at once,"
replied the doctor. "What are you
doing in the meantime?"
Whereto came the unexpected
answer, 'Using a pencil."
ONYX
It's Here Friends
Meet and Eat
SERVICE
DRUG STORE
TRY OUR
GOOD SANDWICHES
AND DRINKS
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Enid's Entries
BY THE EDITOR
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An editor is supposed to be cool,
calm, collected. Furthermore ' he
must have in his possession a
"nose for news," a flypaper mind,
and the perseverance to gej things,
done.' Often an editor after Friday,
afternoon (Saturday 'morning)
deadline and Monday afternoon's
battle at the printing office, feels
like falling into bed for a long rest:.
I did that'one afternoon'.
As my body sank into the "cool1
sheeted mattress, 'my weary' eye
lids closed in the sleep of the ex-
hausted. Suddenly I saw the - con-
struction crew moving in to finish
the Science Building; the- Gym was
oh fire; Tarleton's Design Cowslip
Marquise had won the world cham-
pionship milk-per-year contest;
Kirby and Guthrie had been eleva^"
ed to the rank of Cadet Colonel be-
cause of their never ending inter-
est in the Cadet Corps; the J^ae
had won the Texas Intercollegiate
Press' Association contest and was
awarded the Pacemaker Award;
Coach Marshall announced1 that
his tennis team was to go to New
York to play in a tournament with
players from all over the' United
States; all the couples on the cam-
pus were miraculously happy and
contented; every' boy and girl had
time for at least two dates a week;
the numerous student activities
were very well attended.
I felt a warm glow envelop my
body. "Copy, oh wonderful copy,"
X thought. Words, phrases, sen-
tences, danced in my brain. Trying
to grasp "and retain them, I hunt-
ed for a pencjl and paper. Fran-
tically I searched, begging every-
one I saw for pencil and. paper.
Alas, it was to no avail. No pencil
or paper existed anywhere.
I awoke in a cold sweat.' Pencil,
paper—where- were they? I was '
.panic-stricken. Then it began to
dawn—I had had an editor's night-
mare. It was not true. There was
no news—no news. The memory of
that dream has haunted and will
haunt me—no news.
Space—four pages of five col-
umns each of space to" fill. Oh, well,
such is the life of an editor.
Diner Waiter: "There's a button
in my soup."
Walter (ex-printer): "Typo-
graphical error, sir; it should be '
mutton."
MAJESTIC
Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 21 and 22:
TOMORROW—THE WORLD
With •
Frederic March and -Betty Field
Thursday and Friday,
August 23 and 24:
THE KEYS OF THE
KINGDOM
with"
Gregory Feck and Thomas
Mitchell
Saturday, August 25: *
WITHIN THESE WALLS
with
Thomas'Mitchell and Mary
' Anderson ' " ' ;
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
August 26, 27 and 28;
GI JOE
Ernie Pyle's Story -
Wednesday Only, August 29: s
MIDNIGHT MANHUNT *
with
William Gargan and Ann Savage
Thursday and Friday,
August '30 and 31: "
THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG
CHARMS
' with
Loraine Bay and Robert Young
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