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Attend Shakespearian
"Romeo and Juliet"
On Saturday
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J-TAC
New Students!
Welcome To Tarleton
From J-TAC Staff
Vol. XXVIII
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1948
No. 18
Tarleton Students
Shiver and Shake in
Freezing Weather
Tarleton campus shivered under freezing temperatures last
week. Highways leading into Stephenvill'e were dangerously
iced, and bus travel was stopped. Students and facujt# who
left Stephenville for the weekend were forced to take JVIonday
night trains.
It was one of the worst ice and
snow storms in recent years. As
freezing mist and snow glazed the
campus, Tarleton pedestrians and
cars slid helplessly on ■ glassy
Walks and streets. This week many
are nursing sore backs, legs and
arms from falls.
Many were forced to abandon
cars in ditches ,and arrive late
to final examinations. It was saf-
er walking than riding. To make
walking less dangerous 'on the
campus, the college maintenance
department hauled in dirt $ n d
scattered along the most travel-
ed walks.
Those living in private homes
were inconvenienced first by fro-
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I Campus Chatter +
By BILL JACKSON
Weatherbeaten:
New Yorkers with their 25 inch-
es of snow, Coloradoites with their
53 below in tempatures, and Cali-
fornians with their frozen sun-
shine all had much in common
with the many frozen Tarletonites
of the past week.
. But if I were asked to pick the
coldest kpot on earth during the
intense cold, my choice most cer-
tainly would have been Boys Dom-
itory No. 1.
Last week there were tall, fro-
zen Tarletonites — short frozen
Tarletonites—fat, .frozen Tarleton-
ites—slimy 'frozen Tarletonites, all
with their own ideas as to what
should be done about the fuel cri-
sis. Along \yith the bitter moods
came the gayer moments—the us-
ual snow rollings, snowball fights,
.and sledding. Wearing apparel
varied. Wise ones wore baseball
and golf shoes while the, unwise
are more wise, especially in spots.
Character Sketch:
A vigorously outspoken person
on the campus is one* James L.
(Bud) Welder of Fort Stockton.
Bud is as personable and individ-
ualistic as one is (apt to find here
or anywhere for that matter. He
is typical of the ^radical element
found in every college. An above
average student who thinks with
a high degree of logic, likes comic
"books, and is a "professional miso-
gynist—yet always a gentleman.
That is the character analysis of
my good friend, Bud Welker.
Shakespeare':
In apparently an ageless drama
of tragic love 'the Clair Tree Ma-
j o r Company presents Shake-
speare's "Romeo and Juliet" in the
auditorium next. Saturday night.
It goes without saying that one
and all should be found there when
the curtain rises at eight. This is
Shakespeare's only tragedy where
the main characters die because
offate. His usual pattern was to
have the main characters die be-
cause of a flaw in character—
thereby cleansing the play—but
he broke this idea to prove to
friends thai he could write a love-
drama such as were being writ-
ten in his time.
A superb play came from his
efforts, and a superb performance
is in the offing for Shakespeare
lovers. ■
Three Sons of A&M
Faculty Register
Three students enrolled in Tar-
leton for the spring semester are
sons of professors on the Texas
A&M faculty.
They are E. L. Williahs, whose
father is professor of industrial
education; and Bill Mogford and
Luther Jones Jr., both of whose
fathers are professors' of Agro-
nomy.
Two of the three were enrolled
here last semester.
zen water pipes an<J later by burst
pipes. The college burned- coal in
order to conserve gas for Steph-
enville residents.
♦ Breakfast SIjow ♦
Sponsored By SSC +
+ In Dining Ijall *
'A Tom Brenaman's Breakfast
in Hollywood took place this
morning in the Tarleton Dining
Hall.
Sponsored by the Stephenville
Study Club, the hilarious event
drew large crowds of women in
ridiculous hats, many of whom
were accompanied by their hus-
bands. i
Prizes were awarded to the
grandmother, the most recent
bride, the mother , of the largest
number of children, the mother of
the youngest baby, the lady' who
married at the earliest age, the
eldest guest and the smallest man.
Stephenville - merchants donated
the awards.
KSTV broadcast the program.
Proceeds fyom' the show will go
to the girl scouts.
Merit Council To
Hold Examinations
For Welfare Jobs
The Merit System Council,
which serves as a "clearing house"
for positions in 'the Texas Em-
ployment Commission and the
State Department of Public Wel-
fare, will hold open competitive
examinations on February 28,
1948, for a number of positions
now ppen in both agencies, accord-
ing to Chas. C, Gardiner, Director
of the Merit System Council.
Positions to be filled by the De-
partment of Public Welfare con-
sist of Field Workers, Child Wel-
fare Worker, and Senior Child
Welfare Worker, Junior Stenogra-
pher and Key Punch Operator.
Openings existing in the Texas
NOTICE I
The All Tarleton (Dance
duled for tonight has been
celled. The dance was to
featured the Swing Cadets,
dolph Foster, director* of t
dets, stated that the appe
of the band would be at the
tary Ball, Feb. 14.
sche-
can-
have
Ran-
ante
ili-
Employment Commission are for
Interviewers, Claims Examiners,
Technical Draftsman, Clerk-Ty-
pists, Stenographers, and Clerks.
Qualifications for these positions
vary from school graduation to
college work and experience ^re-
quirements.
Gardiner pointed, out that appli-
cation to take an examination
must be made on an offical appli-
cation blank, which may be ob-
tained by writing the Merit Sys-
tem Council, 808 Tribune Building,
Austin, Texas, or from the Em-
ployment Commission and Depart-
ment of Public Welfare local of-
fices located throughout the state.
"The closing date for submission
of applications is February 7,
1948, and applications postmarked
after midnight on the closing date
will not be considered," he said,
Gardiner also stated that these
examinations present to people the
opportunity for permanent em-
ployment with the Texas Employ-
ment Commission and the State
Department of Public Welfare.
Revised BAE reoort on U. S.
farm mortgage debt shows' j{>4.7
hiiiinn*; for 1047, in comparison
with $6.5 millions in 1940. Texas.
California, Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin are top states in vol-
ume.
Hot stewed apricots spread over
plain or coffee cake increases ap-
petite appeal.
Jim Whitacre and Nedra Jones,
above, were recently awdrtled the
William E. Dyess Memorial Schol-
arships. 1 ' , •
GUNYUS,PAYNE
ON AG BOARD
Receive Honor At
Abilene Meeting1
Associate Dean Paul A.<Cutjyus
and J. B. Payne, FFA Supervisor
of Area IV with headquarters at
Tarleton, Were elected to the Board
of Directors of the Texas Agricul-
tural Workers' Association at its
21st annual meeting in 'Abilene
recently. The meeting was attend-
ed by thg two men and A/ J.
Spangler, head of the Division of
Agriculture.
"Contribution to a Stable Agri-
cultural" was the theme of the
meeting, which was held at the
Wooten Hotel. Panels of the meet-
ing were "How Financing Can
Contribute to k Stable Agricul-
ture" and "The Contribution of
Rural Home Life to a Stable Agri-
culture". : *
Three of the out-going directors
have been guest speakers at Agri-
cultural Asssemblies at Tarleton
this • year. They are Sterling C.
Evans, President of the Federal
Land Bank at Houston; Paul H.
Walser, State Conservationist' of
the Soil Conservation Service at
Temple; and A. L. Ward, Direc-
tor of Educational1 Service of Na-
tional Cottonseed Products Asso-
ciation of Dallas,
Two are former faculty mem-
bers at Tarleton. They are H. N.
Smith of Fort Worth, former Ani-
mal Husbandry Head at Tarleton,
and Miss Mattie A. Trickey' of Dal-
las, former faculty member in . the
Home Economics Department.
Mr. Sprangler is a charter mem-
ber of the Association. ■
English Department
Adds New Teacher ,
Miss Aillee Wilford, Memphis,
Tenn., has recently been appoint-
ed an instructor in the' English
department at John Tarleton Col-
lege.
Miss Wilford h^s taught in the
Memphis schools for the last ten
years. She lias a B. A. degree
from Hendrix College and. an M.
A. from the George Peabody Col-
lege for Teachers.
She assumed her new duties to-
day.
Veterans' applications for con-
verting* term National Service Life
Insurance to any of the half-dozen
available permanent forms num-
bered 162,000 for the third quarter
of 1947. ending ,September 30, com-
pared with an all-time high of 240,-
000 applications for the Quarter
ending June 30, Veterans Adminis-
tration said.
Security Week
RADIO GROUP
OUTLINES PLANS
Programs Will Be..
Heard Over KSTV
• The Radio Activities Committee
at Tarleton will soon formulate
concrete plans for radio programs
over' KSTV, according to H. W.
Leach, chairman.: -
• A program outline will be set up,
and arrangements for speakers and
times of broadcasts will be made,
Leach states.
"The committee will also consider
the possibility of talks on the fol-
lowing subjects, .which were sug-
gested by Dr. G. L. Waggoner,
head of the Department of Edu-
cation; "Essentials in the Family's
D,iet; "Budgeting the Family Pay
Check;" "Decorating the Home;"
"Tips on Bardening;" "Developing
a Home Orchard';" "Facing Prob-
lems and Conflicts;" "Guarding
Your Health."
"Services Which the Tax Dollar
Buys;" "Achievements and Needs
of the Local School System;"
"What the Local Schools are Do-
ing in the Education of Exception-
al Ghildren;" "Problems of Law
Enforcement;" "Educational Op-
portunities of the Library;" "The
Responsibilities of Citizenship;"
"The Bill of Eights and the Am-
erican Citizen."
"A* description of the United
Nations A Organization;" "A De-
scription of the Reserve Officers'
Training Program-;" "Building
Better Relations with Our Latin
American Neighbors;" "What
Atomic Energy Can Do for the
World;" "Art in Everyday Life;"
America's Contribution in the
Field of Music;" "Texas Poets and
Poetry;" "How to Know and Ap-
preciate Good, Literature."
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Dinner Given for
YWA By Sponsor
The YTA girls wpre recently;.en-
tertained at a dinner given by their
sponsor, Mrs. Albert Harris. Those
attending were Constance Lindley,
Ruth Conway, Peggy Lindley, Co-
leen Collins, Mary Garrett, Ann
Gene Hale, Dorothy Wittie, Janie
Simpson, Margaret Greenwood,
Katie Lou Hancock, Maxine Har-
din, Marceline Brown, Mary Thorn-
blom, and Sammie Powers.
After the dinner a short business
meeting was held in which plans
were discussed for the coming year.
The next meeting will be Feb. 4.
Above are pictured Juliet and the Nurse,, principal char-
acters in the Shakespearean, play of "Romeo and Juliet*, a
Clare Tree Major Classic Theatre production, which will be
presented in the Tarleton auditorium under auspices of the
Tarletpn Civic Series Saturday night, February 7.
"Romeo and Juliet"
Will Be Presented
On Saturday Night
The . eternal appeal of Shake-
speare will again be demonstrated
when the I^ational Classic Theatre
of New York presents "Romeo
and Juliet" at the John Tarleton
College Auditorium Saturday,
February 7 under the auspices
of the' Tarleton Civic Series.
The celebrated acting troupe
from New York, currently engag-
ed in a nation-wide tour, is under
the direction of Clare Tree Major.
The famous director, noted for the
simplicity' and clarity of her
Shakepear^an productions,, brings
to the tragedy of the two young
lovers a poignancy, apparent in
the text, but rarely achieved on
the stage.
""This is 4ue in great part to Mrs.
Major's belief that the spectacle
of middle-aged actors, no matter
how. technically brillant they m,ay
be, attempting to portray the ten-
der emotions of the teen-age Ro-
meo and his Juliet, always dis-
turbs the audience, and' destroys
the credibility of the play.
Critics throughout the country
apparently agree with Mrs. Ma-
jor, pointing put that "her Romeo
and Juliet, two capable players,
refreshingly young, and decidedly
handsome, make the love . story
what it should be, symbolic of
beauty, the rapture of first love
and a thing completely .devoid of
sophistication."
Lee De Gaul and Olga Balish
are cast as Romeo and Juliet in
this most famous story of tragic
young love.
Tarleton Offers 409 Classes For?
The Coming Spring Semester
Four hundred and nine classes,
14 of which are high school class-
es, will be taught during the com-
ing semester at Tarleton, accord-
ing to the schedule released from
the registrar's office. This is 22
more classes than were offered
for the spring semester last year.
The largest number of sections
offered in any one field is the 25
sections of 302 English. The next
highest are Chemistry 302 with
16 sections and military Science
302' with 12 sections. The only
field with only one section is Jour-
nalism.
In the division of Agriculture
exactly 50 classes "are to be taught.
One class is offered in Agricul-
tural Economics. 11 are offered in
Agricultural Engineering, six in
Animal Husbandly, one in Market-
ing Farm Products (B. A. 418),
seven in Animal Husbandry, five
in Entomology, five in Horticul-
ture, and five in Poultry.
Seven classes will be taught in
the field of art. These are under
the direction of Robert L. Propst
who has several mixed classes of
both seniors and juniors.
In the field of Biology there are
36 courses offered. There are ten
classes in bacteria,'ten in botony,
four in physiology, and twelve in
zoology. These are then broken in-
to sections of seniors and juniors.
Ini the business administration
department there are two classes
offered in 301 accounting, two in
302 accounting, two in 403 ac-
counting. Seven class.es are offer-
ed in, business administration,
while1 six classes of shorthand-two
in 303' and four in 304-classes are
offered. Typing offers eight class-
es, four for beginners and four
306 classes.
Twenty-nine classes in chemis-
try are scheduled.* Four of these
are 301 Chemistry, 16 are 302
.Chemistry and six are senior
chemistries. Also in the chemis-
try department are two classes in
geology.
In the department of Economics
and Sociology six classes are of-
fere^Lyin economics and one in so-
ciology.
Five junior classes are offered
in education, three being senior
courses. A new course is also 'of-
fered for the first time in this de-
partment—geography.
i In the division of Engineering
60 courses are being offered. Four
of these are inj architecture, three
in civil engineering, 11 in draw-
ing, two in electrical engineering,
four in mechanical engineering,
nine in physics, 14 in industrial
arts, and 13 ill mechanical arts.
In English there are five sec-
tions in 301 English, 23 in 302
English, 3 in 401 English, four in
402 English, two in 405 English,
and three in 406 English.
Thirteen classes in history and
government are offered. Eight are
government and five are history.
In Home Economics there are
four classes offered in clothing,
four in design, four in foods and
onei' in mathematics.
In the Mathematics department
there are 30 classes offered. Two
are Math 302, eight are Math 321,
five are Math 322, one is Math
316, six are Math 331, five are
Math.3321, two a,re Math 401, and
In Military Science there are
18 classes scheduled. Twelve are
for juniors, and six are for sen-
iors.
(Continued on Page Four)
NS WEEK TO BE
FEBRUARY 12-22
Banquet and Ball
On BOA Program.
Tarleton Cadet Corps will par-
ticipate in a parade during Nation-
al Security Week, Feb. 12-22, ac-
cording to Associate Dean Paul A,
Cunyus, president of the Stephen-
ville Reserve Officers' Association.
Plans for active participation by
Stephenville were developed by the
ROA at a recent meeting.
An ROA banquet, a public ad-
dress on the square, and a dance
are among other activities planned
during the week.
The banquet for reserve officers
on Feb. 17 will feature an address
by some outstanding military lead-
ers who will likewise make a pub-
lic address on the square and will
review the Tarleton Cadet Corps
following the address on the
square. P. C. Stacy, district com-
mander of the American Legion,
will issue an invitation by letter
to. all American Legion Posts in
this area to attend the ceremonies
and the dance,
A military ball in the City Rec-
reation Hall will be held under the
auspices of the Turnbow-Higgs
American Legion Post.
Major L. G. Rich, who presided
at the meeting in the absence of
Col. Pual A. Cunyus, president of
the Stephenville ROA, called for
reports from the previously ap-
pointed committee chairman.
Committee chairman are Lt. Col.
G. L. Schmidt, display; Major T.
A. Hensarling, banquet; Major
Shoemaker, speakers; Capt, Harry
Stephens, public schools; Capt.
Olin W. Cameron and Capt. Glen
Williams, reserve units; Lt, J. A.
Hart, publicity; Lt, George _C.
Beakley, religious; Major L. G.
Rich, legislative; Lt. J. B. Garrett,
radio; Capt. Cecil Balloiv, military
ball,
The group voted to wear uni-
forms to the banquet in the John
Tarleton Dining Hall. Dress for
the ladies will be formal.
Plans were endorsed to secure
support of the Stephenville busi-
ness men for National Security
Week in a full page ad in the
Empire-Tribune 5 and to request j
merchants to call attention to Se-j
curity Week in their individual)
ads.
774 Tarletonites |
Enroll In Advance
Advance registration at John,
Tarleton had reached 774 on Jan-
uary 24, according to Registrar
Morgan Garrett, who estimated
that the spring registration fi-
gures would reach 1200.
Of the 774 registering, 294 were
veterans including two wombn;336,
were cadets; and 144 were co-eds.i
The two women veterans are Mrs.
Helen Hardy and Mrs. Athol Le-
visay.
No registration has been per-
mitted last week because of final
examinations, but students can
pay fees as late as Monday, Feb,
5 without penalty. The latest date
that a student may register for.
a full course for credit is Feb. 16.
The U. S. Weather Bureau was
organized under the Department
of Agriculture July 1, 1891,
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Feb. 3—All classes begin.
Feb- 3—General assembly.
Feb.4—Barons and Coronas Club
meeting, 7 p. m.
Feb.6—Basketball—Lamar at Beau-
mont.
Feb. 1—Civic Series—Romeo and
Juliet
Feb. 9—90 Club meeting—to wel-
come new member^.
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