The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 9, 1947 Page: 1 of 4
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Cage Season Opens
Tonight Against
Weatherford
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Christmas Program
To Be Presented
Thursday Night
Vol. XXVIII
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1947
Number | ^
Faculty Dinner Slated
Monday Night With
"25" Club Initiaton
Initiation of Hal C, Doremus,
bead of the Engineering Division,
and J. E, Redden, Professor of
Mathematics, into ,the Tarleton
"25" Club at the annual banquet
for the Tarleton faculty and em-
ployees in the College Banquet Hall
Monday night will expand to 20
the membership in this unique or-
ganization.
Made up of faculty and college
employees who have served 25 or
more years for Tarleton, the club
last year took in five members—
C. H. Dawson, Andrew J. Doyle,
Laura Fellman, Mattie Walker,
"and It. G. Rich. ,
Others belonging to the "25"
Club are Dean Emeritus J. Thomas
Davis, G. 0. Fergerson, Lula C.
Gough, J. W- Foote, Charles W.
Froh, S. F. Davis, C. H. Hale,
Pearl Mahan, Mrs, Lula P. Martin,
R. A. Clark, Monroe Wells, J. A.
Bland and Sherman Edwards.
Oldest in length of service is
Charles Froh, retired head of the
fine arts division, who has 36 years
of service to his credit. George O.
Ferguson, associate dean emeritus,
has served for 34 years.
Next year the banquet will honor
seven new "members: Dean E. J.
Howell, Mrs. G. E. Woodward, Miss
Mozelle Hillswick, R. L. Eaves,
A. A. McSweeney, Miss Mary
Marrs, an# Miss Lillie V. Lillard.
Chairman-of the banquet com-
mittee is W. Doyle Graves, with
C. H. Dawson in charge of the
'program/ Frank 0. -Mooseberg in
charge of the menu, and Miss Lee
Edwin, Terry is in charge of the
decorations. ' t
Dean E. J. Howell will, give a
welcome and presentation, address
and Christmas carols will be'sung
by the group. To make the evening
apiore interesting/ the program and
menu are to remain a surprise.
COMPANY 'C' HAS
LEAD IN DRILL
Cadet Company "C" u#der the
leadership of Cadet Captajn N. R.
Hart has accomplished an out-
standing degree in drill. They
have captured the honor of being
color company and ,carrying the
guidon streamer for two weeks in
succession. In Passing Revjtpw all
of the cadet companies march by a
reviewing stand and are judged
by their smoothness of appearance
and snap and precision in march-
ing..
The corps has been marching
every week but November 25 was
the first date that the companies
were judged officially. It will be
continued throughout the year.
Deadline Set For
Senior Pedigrees
Deadline for seniors to £urn in
their pedigrees for the 1948 Grass-
burr is Dec. 13, according to Nolan
De Laughter, editor.
"Pedigree blanks have been
placed on the writing shelf of the
Tarleton postoffice and also a box
is there to pyt the completed form
in," says De Laughter. "We would
like to have each senior provide
the most complete information pos-
sible about himself, including any
■clubs to which he belongs, any
honor rolls he has made at Tarle-
ton, any offices or honors he has
received, Or other distinctions," he
added.
New Zealanders follow the Eng-
lish custom-in traffic laws.
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Dec.* 9—Aft^r- dinner dance, +
Dec. 9™BasketbaII game with
Weatherford — here. , -V
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Dec. 11—Christmas, party in. girls -4-
dorm sponsored by house council. 4-
'Dec. 12—Music department Christ- -V
maa program,
+; Dec. 13—OWLS and Silver Keys
dance—rec hall.
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Dec. 15—Faculty banauet
•+• , banquet hall.
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College
AGS HEAR TALK
ON AGRICULTURE
BY DALLAS MAN
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Assembly Draws
Large Group of
Local Visitors;
"The way in which natural re-
sources are developed, controlled,
and used to promote the well-being
of man is a good measure of civili-
zation," A. L. Ward of Dallas,
stated in a Tuesday afternoon ad-
dress to an agricultural assembly
at John Tarleton College,
Speaking on "What's Ahead for
Agriculture," Mr. Ward, who is
Director of Educational Service
for the National Cottonseed Prod-
ucts Association, declared that if
Texas, the Southwest, and America
are to enjoy real, prosperity, agri-
culture and industry must work
intelligently ^together.
"Higher prices are 'the greatest
threat tq all business but the cure
for higher prices is more produc-
tion," Ward pointed out.
He listed three "musts" to the
prosperity of America: abundant
low cost production in agriculture
arid industry, efficient distribution
and selling, and a working togeth-
er of agriculture and industry.
Noting that Texas has 20 mil-
lion acres of crop land and 90 mil-
lion acres of pasture land, Wqrd
cited figures showing'that Texas
ranks extremely low compared to
other'states in the per acre yield
of cotton, corn, peanuts,' sweet po-
tatoes, grain sorghums, and oats.
"Texas must improve her aver-
age production per acre and per
animal," Ward declared. "In- the
agriculture that is ahead, those
who fail in their stewardship of
the land and fail to increase pro-
duction at lower costs will be un-
able to compete. They will have
to seek some other employment,
and turn the land over to those
who have the ability and skill to
give the land the care and atten-
tion that it must have to yield
abundantly; to those who have the
knowledge and skill and organiza-
tional ability to secure the abund-
ant production at lower cost,
"As the lower producers in Te?£-
as and other states are force$K>ut
by those who are more skillful, the
state yields will be increased and
agriculture will become profitable
to those- who stay in agriculture."
Ward ended his /address with
quotation: "The future belongs "to
those who prepare for it." .
A. J. Spangler, Tarleton's Direc-
tor of Agriculture, presided at the
assembly of agricultural students
and introduced town visitors wlio
included Ralph Moser,' teacher of
vocational agriculture at Stephen-
ville High School; T. A. Hensar-
ling, Executive Secretary of the
Texas Poultry1 Federation; G. D.
Everett, County Agent; Ben Mc-
Collum, President of the Stephen-
ville State Bank; Henry Clark, Ste-
phenvipe mayor; and John Wil-
kins, local John Deere dealer. One
out-of-town guests, T, C. Richard-
son of the' 'Farmer-Stockman" in
Dallas, was also an interested
listener.
Horse Magazine
Will Describe
Tarleton Rodeo
Pictures and a story on the rodeo
presented recently by the Tarleton
Rodeo Association will be featured
in this month's issue of the "Back
in the Saddle," a magazine devoted
exclusively to horses and publish-
ed at Cisco, Texas, by C., Davis.
Copies of the magazine may be
obtained at the Service Drug Store
in Stephenville on or after Dec. 15,
The story\ of the Tarleton 'rodeo
was prepared by Evelyn -.firuce,
Tarleton journalism student. Pic-
tures were taken by Bax.
Performers On Friday Night
Prominent entertainers in the special Christmas program to
be presented on December 12 by the Tarleton Fine Arts depart-
ment are the musical quintet above. Left to right, they are
Dale Blackwell, Cleon Denison, Clarence White, Paul Greenwood,
and N. D. Cooper. —Photo by Bax.
He who fears being conquered is
sure of defeat.—Napoleon,
West Texas Today ,
Praises Tarleton
In Special Story
The current issue of, "WEST
TEXAS TODAY features- an ar-
ticle by J. W„ Clements, pioneer
Stephenville ' newspaperman, on
Stephenville and John Tarleton.
The front cover of the magazine
which may be' seen ih the, .library
centers a large air view of Tarle-
ton's administration building, and
insde is a picture of Tarleton's
Poultry farm.
The article speaks of Tarleton's
high rating; its broad,- practical
and cultural curriculum; the com-
munity services of the agricultural
divison, and its current. growth
and expansion under the admin-
istration of Dean E. J. Howell,
i Promoting and practicing bal-
anced farming and ranching has
helped'push the population -x>f
Stephenville to an estimated 10,-
000, Clements points out.. Pie
particularly mentions peanuts, beef
and dairy cattle, fruits, nuts, and
vegetables. Industries listed are
a dress factory, mattress factory,
peanut shelling plant, cheese plant,
wholesale grocery, peanut ware-
house and the banks.
Herring Talks on
"Mass Psychology"
The man who saw the first atom
bomb dropped spoke to Dean Davis'
Current Affairs classes at 8-10-
11 a.m. Tuesday.
Mr. Herring is mayor of Breci^
enridge and was a Colonel in, Gen-
eral MacArthur's staff during the
war.
He addressed fifty or more
students in each of the three
classes on "Mass Psychology." The
talk was very interesting, and gave
the students a clearer picture of
the foreign countries.
Mr. Herring was honored at a
luncheon in the banquet hall and
at 4:15 p.m. spoke to the Stephen-
ville P. T. A.
Change Made in
Paying Bus Fares
A change 1 in policy of paying
bus fares will go into operation on
the city busses beginning Decem-
ber 1, according to A. C. Bobbins,
owner and manager of the City
Bus Line. Patrons will be re-
quested to drop their own fares In
the meter boxes instead of per-
mitting the bus drivers to do so.
The new policy will improve and
speed up the bus service, Bobbins
says, and in order to expedite the
practice, each patron is requested
if possible to have his« correct
change ready when he enters the
bus, ' ' '
Students Leave To
Take Austin Jobs
Leon Roberts and Preston Nash
have recently left Tarleton to enter
special, training at Austin in the
Public Safety Department.
► Roberts, a major in pye-Iaw, has
attended Tarleton for the past five
semesters. His home is in Ste-
phenville.
Nash, also a pre-law major, has
attended Tarleton for the past
three semesters. His home is in
Quanah, Texas. Nash was an ac-
tive member in Silver Keys, social
club. '
INSPECTION OF
CADET CORPS
SLATED TODAY
Today is the day for an informal
inspection of Tarleton's cadet
corps. There will be a delegation
of Army officers from Military
Headquarters at Austin. * The
cadets-have been preparing in re-
cent weeks in order to appear
snappy before these, officers,
The corps will be inspected much
in the same order, as they are
every week by cadet officers ex-
cept that the inspection will be
much more rigid. Rifles must be
spotless, uniforms the same, the
drill must be perfect, and the
general appearance and perform-
ance . at drill of the cadets must
be without defect [or blemish.
, The delegation of Officers will
^include Colonel N. L. Soderhelm",
Military District Headquarters,
Austin.
NOTICE
Any Tarleton student who ex-
pects to be graduated in January
should notify Morgan . Garrett
prior to Dec. 15, according to-v^n;
announcement from the registrar's
office.
NOTICE
The House Council will sponsor
an invitation formal dance, Thurs-
day night at 7:30, in the south par-
lor of the girls dormitory.
Music will be furnished for
dancing and refreshments wil| be
served.
Invitations will be sent to Tarle-
ton boys to attend this social.
The population of the U. S. in-
creased about 25 percent between
1920 and 1940. •
Christmas Program Will
Feature Choriis, Soloist
Military Department
Announces Promotions
Because of withdrawal and fail-
ure to meet scholastic requirements
of other officers and the need of
more commissioned and non-com-
missioned officer, there have been
a number of promotions and ap-
pointments in the Tarleton cadet
corps. These promotions were made
under the recommendation of the
Professor of Military Science and
Tactics and with the approval of
the Dean.
The following ranks have been
posted:
To be cadet captain: M. B.
Crumrine, William R. Gee, Lee M.
Givens, Bobby J. Stigler and F. R.
Wenck.
To be cadet first Lieutenandt:
T. E. Bolding, Bobby D. Green,
J. W. Lacy, Edwin L. Logan, Ro-
bert H., Oglesby, Clement Rochet,
Herman C. Thompson, and Dick
A. Touchstone.
To be cadet first sergeant; W.
J. Cox, Stanley N. Hurt, Charles
C. Kiser, and Earl P. Wakefield.
To be cadet technical sergeant:
A. W, Beerwinkle, Walter Beer-
winkle, Robert Ct .Davis, H. L.
Everett, Billy C, Gunter, R. L.
Kennedy, R. E. Keown, James W.
McBjride,'/. W. Mogford, Billy C.
MoprW J. E. Powell, B. W. Ryan,
"Vy/C. Strawn, and C. W. Vander-
voort. -
To be. cadet'Staff sergeant: J.
F. Arrecbea, Victor Chamatt, Har-
old K. Easdon, W. R. Eastes, Da-
mon H. Graham, Jere W. Hamm,
J, R,'Hickman, James >H. Holland,
Don. E. Mc^ainesa Charles Miae,
Lelarid Neeper, H. W. Nickel 1,<
Quendon T. Olds, W. B. Owen,
Robert ,C. Sadleiy I^ich^rd R.
Strawh', Dan Trew, E. J. Vestal,
.Donald L. Whitt, Gary J. Willing-
ham,*and Dale R. Vandever.
Morton Will Go to
Kansas City Meet
Don Morton, head of John Tar-
leton's music department, will go
to Kansas City, Missouri, on De-
cember ,12 to attend ther first of a
group of planning periods to be
held before /the annual convention
of the National Music Association
in Detroit. ,
Mr. Martin' is chairman of the
committee on discussions of music
education inj public schools. He Is
also a member of the piano com-
mittee, Purpose of these discus-
sions is the, organization of work
to be done kt the Detroit conven-
tion in the spring.
HEAGY, JONES
WIN STUDENT
ELECTION HONOR
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Thiele; Weathers
, Johnson, feller
Irby, Boney Named
John Heagy, Odessa, and Betty
Jean Jones, Ranger, were chosen
All-Tarleton Boy and All-Tarle-
ton Girl by a popular vote of 'the
students in a weekly assembly in
the -Tarleton auditorium, Novem-
ber 25,
Other favorites elected at the
same time were Charles Keller,
Dublin, and Carlene Irby, Rising
Star, as senior class favorites; Ed
Tiele, Dalla:!, and Nan Weathers,
Tahoka, as junior class favorites;
and Dick Johnson, Honolulu, TH,
and Dixie Boney, Jola, as academy
class favorites.
Each favorite will be given a
full page picture in this year's
GRASSBURR, according to Nolan
De Laughter, editor.
The election was conducted by
written ballot, under the direction
of the Student Council, who origi-
nally planned to present all the
favorites at a dance. This idea
was abandoned, however, President
Jim Whitacre, said, ;when it was
found no "date was available.
A committee of faculty members
tabulated 'the votes,
Deans Return From
Louisville Meeting1
Dean E. J. Howell and Dean
Emeritus J, Thomas Davis return-
ed Friday from Louisville, Ky.,
where they attended a meeting of
the Southern 'Association of Sec-
ondary Schools and Colleges*
They left on Nov. 28 to attend
the three-day convention of the
Association, going and returning
by rail.
Ex Heads Purdue
University Dept.
John M. McCage, Tarltton gradu-
ate, was recently appointed pro-
fessor in charge of the electronics
department in the Electrical En-
gineering School at Purdue Uni-
versity, West Lafayette, Ind. (
He is the son of Mrs. John Cage
of Stephenville. y
By ED PALMER
Five scenes including more than
50 students will feature the an-
nual Christmas program in , the
Tarleton auditorium Thu t s d a y
night, according to Don Morton,
Music Division head.
The curtain rises at 8 p.m., and
the A, Cappella choir begins the
program singing "Let Blessed", by
Tschesnoloff, and "From Heaven
Above" by Christiansen.
The choir includes Joan Baucum,
Dale Blackwell, J. W. Bradberry,
Mary Katherine Brannon, Betty
Brewer, Billy Chamlee, Grace Clay-
ton, Joy Dabney, Cleon Denisori,
Margaret Greenwood, Paul Green-
wood, Helen Grubs, Lesley Harris
James Holdridge, Ann Jeanes,
Lewis Keith, Martha Keller, Jo.
Miller, John Neel, Martha Nor-
man, Martha Patton, Richard Per-
ry, James Sones, Charles Vander-
voort, Charlotte Watson, Nan
Weathers, Lila Whitefield, Jean
Whitfield, Waylan Whitfield, Mari-
anna Yarbrough, and Tom Spen-
cer.
Soloist J. W. Bradberry, senior
voice major will render three
selections: "Gloria Patri", by Pal-
estrina; "Lamb of God", by Christ-
iansen; and "O Holy Night", by
Adams.
Helen Grubbs, singing "Jesu
Bambino" by pietro Yon, will be
the other soloist on the program.
Both of the soloists, who will ap-
pear between scenes, are exper-
ienced singers*
A quartet which includes Martha
Patton, Margaret Greenwood, and
Betty Brewer will sing "The Shep-
herd's^ Christmas Song" by Luvaas
and "Jloyous Christmas Song" by
Gevaert. All girls are from Robert
Hutchinson's class in voice.
The program will be directed
by Don Morton with sequence and
lighting done by Robert Hutchin-
son and scenery by Robert Probst.
A brass quintet which will play
during the evening will be under
the direction of Randolph Foster.
Hart Will Speak
To Abilene Group
. J. A. Hart, Tarleton publicity
director, will talk at the District X
meeting of the American College
Public Relations Association in
Abilene on December 12-13.
Subject of Hart's talk will be
the Tarleton Science Building
Amendment which was passed in
November, 1946. Featured ad-
dress at the meeting of college
publicity directors of District X,
which includes all of Texas except
El Paso, will be Walter Humphrey
of Fort Worth,
Don't Take A Chance—Know and
Obey Traffic Rules.
Picture of Dyess as Tarleton Student Given Yet Post
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W. W. Baxley, Stephenville business man, presents Harold Clark, newly re-elected vet post commander, with a portrait of
William E. Dyess, for whom the,,Tarleton post ^as named. The picture shows Dyess as a student at Tarleton. Other offlcera
of the William E. Dyess Legion'Post No. 487 installed at the recent'meeting by.P, C. Stacey, District Commander shown from
left to right: Raymond Doggett, vice^commander; Jack Donaldson, adjutant; Bill Higgins, finance officer; Ken Garrett, chap*
Jug" Garrett, service officer; Charles Kennedy, parliamentarian, and Joe Richards, sergeant-at-arms. —Photo by Bax*
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