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LOST WORK
-Twenty-five years after submission, an article by Miss Lula
C. Gough appears in the current Texas Journal of Science.
Misplaced for a quarter of a century, the paper deals with
pond seunis in Erath County, Miss Gough is shown above
engaged in a new research, a classification of the grasses
of Erath County. She hopes to complete this work following
her retirement this year from Tarleton after 30 years of
service with the college.
Miss Gough Waits
For Publishers
Twenty-five years is a long wait
for a manuscript to be published.
But an article submitted in 1925
by Miss Lula C. Gough, biology
professor at Tarleton State Col-
lege, has turned up unexpectedly
in the current Texas Journal of
Science.
The manuscript came to light re-
cently when Dr. Eula -Whitehouse
of the SMU biology department
was examining the papers of a
deceased former editor of the Jour-
nal. Because his notes showed that
he meant to publish the article,
Miss Whitehouse forwarded it to
the present editor.
So in December, 1949, the trim
little Tarleton biology professor re-
ceived galley proofs for correction
oil an article she had prepared a
quarter century earlier and had not
thought of in years. ■
^Titled "Chlorophyceae of Erath
County," the 41-page paper, long-
est in the quarterly, classifies" 65
kinds of pond-scums within a ten-
mile radius of Stephenville.
"I was dubious about publica-
tion of the^e research findings aft-
er such a long delay,." said Miss
Gough, who is a native of Sherman,
Texas "Plant life changes from
year to year; for instance, heavy
Harvey s
Hearsay
With the leaving of Gene Ar-
buekle and Stanley Blackwell at
mid-term, the Student Council lost
its 'president and vice-president.
Therefore, an electioii will be held
Wednesday in the rec hall. Let's
start off this new term with a
record turnout at the polls. Your
candidate may not be elected with-
out your vote and influence.. Let
the council represent all the stu-
dent body instead of about twenty
per cent of them. If you do not like
the candidates who are listed on
the ballot, you can always write in
your choice.
Incidentally, in case that anyone
does prefer another candidate to
those listed, the nominees were
selected at a meeting of their re-
spective classes.-There will be an-
other meeting of the senior class
tomorrow night at 6:00 in the
Little Auditorium. It is very im-
portant, according to Jack Serpas,
and it will Qnly last about 45 min-
utes. ■
Tarleton has finally done it! The
English department has followed
the lead of most of the colleges in
Texas and has established a night
•school for adult students. At pres-
ent the course taught is grammar,
the equivalent of 103, and there are
15 people enrolled. It is taught by
by Miss Glover. If the demand is
great enough, there may be a.- lit-
erature course started later. We
hope that this is another step in
the widening of Tarleton's educa-
tion program and will be expanded
later.
This is Religious Emphasis Week.
The first of its kind was held on
the Tarleton campus last year, and
it Was a great success. There has
been, considerable time put in by
tiie student council, the religious
committee, and numerous other
people to bring this program about.
Much effort will be put out by the
Rev. Cole and the students on the
programs this week, so let's show
that we appreciate them by.attend-t
ing the. programs, , ' , :
rains wash away certain specimen.
But I feel sure that these pond-
scums still exist in this section,"
she added.
Miss Gough, a sedate, soft-
spoken woman in her sixties with
the gleam of the scientist in her
blue eyes, estimates that she spent
two full years in research f'or the
paper. Part of her data she worked
up while she was doing research
on the thesis for her master's de-
gree, which she received from Tex-
as University in 1923. In that paper
'she classified 450 flowering plants
in Erath County.
Her classification of pond-scums,
however, wa^ not done for college
credit. "I did it for love of th6"
job," she said.
After 30 years of teaching §t
Tarleton, Miss , Gough ,will, retire
June 1. Then she hopes to complete
another rpsetu'ch, job,;—the classifi-
cation of the grasses of Erath
County.,/WEeiPshe came, here in!
1920,, there were threej buildings
on the college campus which ndw
has 37. She has more years service
than any other woman faculty
member.
Sitting in her Tarleton .office,
which is currently being swallowed
up by new campus construction,
Miss Gough recalled the Model_ T
Ford which she drove in the twen-
ties. "It was so trained that it
would stop of itself at a green
pond," she laughed. Accompanying
her on frield trips was Miss Lena
Lewis, history professor. The two
bounced and rattled over rough
country roads, often sticking in the
mud. "We carried camping equip-
ment for emergencies," she said.
Once When Dr. E. E. Reed, an-
other biology professor was with
them on a trip to Chalk Mountain,
they were caught in a thunder-
storm. The three were forced to
spend the night in an abandoned
shanty. To make matters worse,
as they ran for cover, a rattlesnake
crawled from under the steps. Dr.
Reed, who earned a pistol, shot the
snake's head off.
"Collecting specimen was par-
ticularly good in the fall and win-
ter months," she said. Up and
down the Bosque and ^aluxy river
banks, from seepy spots along the
Little Paluxy Creek, from streams
on the Buck farm and ponds on'
the Burleson farm, from the old
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VOL. XXX.
TARLETON STATE COLLEGE,' STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1950
No. 20
eiigious
asis rrogram
n First
Week
II
ebster Presents
Julius Caesar"
Shakespeare in modern dress in
the form of "Julius Caesar" was
presented by the Margaret Web-
ster Company to a crowded audi-
torium Saturday night in Tarleton.
Students and teachers from numer-
ous schools and colleges witnessed
the drama along with the Tarle-
tonites.
Uniforms of German, Italian,
British, French and Russian armies
appeared on the soldiers, and most
of the civilians wore the apparel
MARGARET WEBSTER
ELECTS STEVENS
TO TOP OFFICE
Officers were elected at the first
meeting of the Scholarship Society
held this semester. The Society met
in the Rec Hall recently and elect-
ed Ronald'Stevens as their presi-
dent; Martin Le Brecht, vice-presi-
dent; and Janice Alsup, secretary-
treasurer.
After refreshments of coffee and
cookies were Served, President
Ronald Stevens welcomed the new
members of the Society and read
the Constitution. The new mem-
bers also filled out publicity sheets.
' Members for the program and
notification committees ' have been
appointed. Kay Clements, Gene
Heiser, Sue Spratt, Florice Car-
others, Jack Clements and Bill
Hulse compose the program com-
mittee.
The members of the notification
committee are Bill Nix, Thelma
Geeslin, Patsy Wilson, Dorothy
Corder, Jack Featherstone, Rex
Milhollen,
The next meeting of the Scholar-
ship Society is a regular one to be
held the last Monday in February.
suited to their occupation in mod-
ern times. It was a modern presen-
tation of a modern, but old, drama.
Brutus, played by David Lewis,
believed that the ambition of Julius
Caesar, Frederick Rolf, was not f.or
the good of Rome, and therefore
he was persuaded by Cassius, John
Straub, and the other consipartors
who envied Caesar to kill Caesar.
Caesar did not heed the bad dreams
of his wife Calpuriria, Margaret
Guenveur, nor the warnings of the
Soothsayer, Edmund Cambridge,
about the danger of the Ides of
March, and was killed.
The climax of the drama came
after Anthony, Kendall Clark, per-
suaded the conspirators of his good
intentions, and they permitted him
to speak at Caesar's funeral. There,
he swayed the crowd from being
hostile to Caesar to a height of
anger against the conspirators that
led them to seek vengeance on the
evil doers. Real life action saw the
mob murder an innocent man. This
was the most dynamic part of the
drama.
The scene shifted to the battle-
field at Phillipi," where the armi'es
of Anthony and Octavious Caesar,
Anthony Lewis, defeated the op-
posing forces of Brutus and Cas-
sius, the latter two men committing
suicide.
The drama ended with the pro-
cjjyming of Qctavius,..Caesar jis
the ruler of the Romans, A thunder-
ous oration brought the cast back
for two bows.
Playing in Beaumont, Austin,
Houston, Denton and Dallas, the
company loaded after the play for
the journey to El Paso.
REV. CHAS. H. COLE
Attended by a large group of
students, the first program of Re-
ligious Emphasis Week was pre-
sented yesterday in the main audi-
torium. This was the first in a
series of programs to be held each
morning at 9:30, with the Rev.
Chas. H. Cole, Cleburne, as the
principal speaker.
Students participating in today's
program will be Sue Spratt, master
of ceremonies; Rose Marie Stasney,
giving the invocation; Dorothy
Moore, reading the scripture; Vera
Mag*Boenig„ giving a baritone horn
solo and Charles Neblett, giving
the benediction. The Reverend
Cole's subject will be "Why Fence
Me In."'
For Wednesday's program Law-
rence Patton will be the master of
ceremonies, Gordon Smith will give
Louisa Horton Asks
"I haven't seen but two men who
even looked like cowboys—and they
looked rather false—since I have
been in Texas. Where will I see
the cowboys?" So said*.Louisa Hor-
ton in an interview after the pres-
entation of "Julius Caesar" Satur-
day night. She seemed rather dis-
illusioned about it.
She went on to say that she sup-
posed she would have to wait until
she got to Utah or Nevada to see
any cowboys.
"You have a good theater and
good accoustics, but the heat was
rather hard on the audience as
well as the actors. I haven't seen
much of Tarleton, but what I have
seen, I have liked,"- Miss Horton
said in reply to.the question, "How
do you like Tarleton and the re-
action of the audience?"
By this time she had completed
her makeup and lit a cigarette, so
her little white dog demanded at-
tention. The dog plays a part in
Students To Vote
For Councilmen
Election of student council officers
and members wil take place Wed-
nesday in the rec hall by secret bal-
lot. The beginning of spring sem-
ester found the office of president
and vice-president of the council
vacant as well as three vacant
seats in the governing body.
There are five entries in the
race for the presidency who were
nominated at class meetings last
week. Carl Fleming, Don Higgins,
and Robert Fowler are the sen-
ior nominees, and Louis Holt and
Dick Spencer comprise the junior
candidates.
Vice-president aspirants include
Roy Anderson, Johnny Garrity, Bill
Traweek, and Bobby Meyers rep-
resenting the senior class, and Bill
Nix, Lee Wise, and Dean Jtoberson
representing the junior class.
There are only two candidates
for senior representatives in the
student council, and there are two
Vacancies. However, candidates
may be written in at the' polls.
Four boys from the junior class;
the competing for the - single seat
left vacant in the junior represen-
tatives. Those boys are John Louis
Merril, Ronald Lohec, Wendell Lac-
key, and A. W. Slaid.
Voting wil be held in the rec
hall from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Wed-
nesday. In order to' vote, the stu-
dents must show their student act-
ivitiy cards. The candidates w;ll be
listed along with the class hey
represent. Write-in candidates are.
eligible for all positions.
DAVID LEWIS
"The Taming of the Shrew." He
was persuaded to enter and bark
at the correct time by the use of
a ball and a bell. He also leaves
on cue.
"I call him Mr. Dooley, which
is a very Irish name for a very
Scatch dog," Miss Horton said.
■ They played two staiicls in Ar-
kansas before they came to Texas,
and Mr. Dooley required a bath
quite often, because he got dirty
so quick. His long white hair is
very susceptible to dirt. However,
he has not needed a bath since he
came to Texas—they have played
Beaumont, Houston, Austin,'Den-
ton and Dallas—because the stages
and buildings are cleaner here.
When" she was asked what she
liked about Shakespeare, Miss Hor-
ton said that the Bard gave one an
opportunity to express oneself in
words. He makes the words say
what he wants to convey to the
audience. No matter how many
times Shakespeare is played, there
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the invocation, Frances Caldwell
will read the scripture, and Frances
HoUoway will give the benedictipn.
Special music will be furnished by
a quintet. composed of Sammie
Powers, Janice Alsup, Jack Feath-
erstone, Webb Golston and Hous-
ton Schirmer. The Reverend Cole
President Howell
To Attend Meeting
Of Administrators
President E. J, Howell will leave
for Atlantic City, New Jersey, Feb-
ruary 23, to attend the annual
meeting of the American Associa-
tion of School Administrators,
President Howell will make the
trip by train. He will remain in
.Atlantic City until the meeting's
business has "been completed and
will return March 5.
CALENDAR
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Monday-Friday, Feb. 13-17—Re-
ligious Emphas Week.
Wednesday, Feb." 15 — Senior
Class Meeting, Little Audito-
rium, 6:00-6:45.
Thursday, Feb. 16 — Aggettes
Meeting, Rec Hall, 6:45-8:00.
Saturday, Feb. 18 — Backetball
Game, Tarleton and Paris,
Gymnasium, 7:45.
Saturday, Feb. 18—Barons and ■
Coronas Dance, Informal, Rec
Hall, After Basketball Game.
will speak on the subject, "Why
Be Half Baked."
Virginia Seastedt will be master
of ceremonies in Thursday's pro-
gram; Michael Schuster will give
the invocation, John Clary will read
the' scripture and Webb Golston
will sing a baritone solo and Joanne
Eaton will offer the benediction.
"Whnt of Growing Power" will be
the Reverend Cole's subject.
For Friday's program Robert
Humphrey will be the master of
ceremonies, Bill Fleming will give
the invocation, Donna D'Arcy will
read the scripture and Doug Corley
will give the benediction. Special
music will be offered by the Tarle-
ton Chorus and the Reverend Cole
will speak on "How to Win,"
Yesterday's program consisted of
Jimmy Darling, master of cere-
monies, Sara Ann Eckert gave the
invocation, Bobbie Huston read the
scripture, and Wallace Birkes gave
the benediction. The Reverend
Hankla of the Stephenville' Meth-
odist Church introduced the speak-
er, the Reverend Cole, who spoke
on "Why Religion on the Campus,"
Sammie Powers sang a soprano
solo.
NOTICE!
Students who entered Tarleton
at midterm must have their pic-
tures made by Saturday, Feb, 18,
to get them in this year's Grass-
burr. Picture may be made at
either Bax Studio or Baxley's
Studio.
Players of the Webster Com-
pany, visiting teachers from high
schools and colleges, the English
teachers of Tarleton, and other
guests dined on turkey steak, a
novelty tci most of the guestsj and
became acquainted at a dinner giv-
en by the English faculty in the
dining hall Saturday night preced-
ing the presentation of "Julius
Caesai',"
The group assembled at 6:00
and were served punch, Mrs. Ada
Woodward serving, and hors d'-
oeuvre before proceding into the
main room where the dinner was
held 'Miss Mary Hope Westbrook,
who presided £it the table, intro-
duced President E. J. Howell, and
he extended a • welcome to all the
visitors. The people present arose
in turn and introduced themselves,:
giving their nam'&s and occupations.
The menu for the night included
congealed fruit salad,'cauliflower,
green butterbeans, turkey steak,
creamed potatoes, and strawberries
and cream puffs. Mints, made by
Mrs. Woodward, and salted pecans
were placed in dishes around the
tables.
Committees appointed in prep-
aration for the dinner were: deeo-*
ration, Mrs. Woodward and Miss
Sally Hilliard; invitations, Miss
Johnnie Shirley; menu, Miss Mo-
selle Hilswick; committees, Miss
Dollie Glover; program, Miss Aillee
Wilford; finances, Jeff Ray Davis,
and high school visitors, Joe Tarp-
ley.
Guests from Tarleton were Presi-
dent Howell, Dean Paul A. Cunyus,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hart, and
Harvey Summers. Mrs. Hart from
Crowell was also there.
Representing other schools and
colleges were Melba Hannock, An-
ita Sheble, Marie Landua and Al-
berta Herrington from Arlington
State College; Ben Brown, Baylor;
Paula Wallace, Mrs. Fred Parnell
and Mrs. Jones, Mineral Wells; Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Lowe and Miss
Floy Cuthbirth, Santa Anna; Mrs.
Lloyd Angel, Hico; Julia Luker and
Mrs Frank Grimes, McMurry; and
Mrs. Lucille Duke, Mrs. Roger May
Smith,. Mrs. Gladys Forrest, De
Leon, and Mrs. Emma Lightfoot,
Mrs. Ed Palmer, Miss Hobia Dunn,
and Mrs. Tate, Comanche.
Fifteen TSC Students
eceive
Scholastic "T" awards are be-
ing given to 15 Tarleton students.
,These "T" awards are given an-
nually to students who have made
outstanding scholastic records. The
recipients of most of the awards of
this semester are graduating sen-
iors.
Clint Bertrand is an engineering
major from Purmela. He is a mas-
ter- sergeant in the ■ Wainwright
Rifles and is a member of the
Silver Keys.
Bernard Brans from Kerrville is
Majoring in agricultural engineer-
ing and is president of the Agri-
cultural Engineering Club.
Luther Heizer is studying elec-
trical engineering and . lives in
Stephenville,, He is the engineering
editor of the J-Tac, is first sergeant
in-the Wainwright: Rifles, and is
a.member of the Engineers Club.
T
Nancy Howell, "also from Ste-
phenville, is majoring in elemen-
tary education. Last year she
.served as art editor of the Grass-
burr, and this year she is the edi-
tor. She is also a member of the
Speech Club.
Billie Huston is a home economics
major from Tolar, She is in the
Home Economics Club and is a
member of the chorus.
Martin LeBrecht of Houston is
majoring in music. He is socond
lieutenant in the Military Band
and is in the A Capella Choir. He
was recently elected vice-president
of the Scholarship Society.
Rex Milhollen is a general agri-
culture 'major from Snyder, He was
a member of the Livestock Judging
Team last year and is platoon ser-
geant of Co. F,
„ Bruce- Morton is studying en-
gineering and conies from Hamil-
ton.
James D. Powers, is an electrical
engineering major from Texar-
kana. Last year he was given an
awaid for being outstanding^junior
engineer. He is secretary-treasurer
of the Engineers Club and track
manager.
Carolyn Sansing is from Spear-
man and is majoring in elementary
education. She is a member of the
Aggetes, chorus, and the Square
Dance Club, '
Valene Sponberg comes from
Austin and is studying home eco-
nomics. She is a member of the
Home Economics Club, the Coronas
and the girls' fencing team.' Val
was awarded the Campus Club
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 14, 1950, newspaper, February 14, 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth141089/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.