The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1972 Page: 1 of 8
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Job Training, Recruiting
Discussed in Open Forum
Mercutio (Harlan Schneider, left) delivers the well-known Queen Mab speech to Romeo (James
Lavin) and Benvolio (James Klawin) in NSC's "Romeo and Juliet" to be presented in the Main Aud-
itorium of the TSC campus. The production will begin at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8. Tarleton
students will be admitted on their student I.D.s.
Three officers of South-
western Life Insurance Co.
spoke to a standing-room only
crowd in an open forum here
Feb. 29. Approximately 200
students attended such topics as
job training, recruiting, and ad-
vancement were discussed.
Robert E. Edwards, vice-
president of Southwestern Life,
served as chairman for the discus-
sion, sponsored by Phi Beta
Lambda, Tarleton Business
Club. Homer Smith and Dan
Williams, also officers of the com-
pany, were the other panel mem-
bers.
Smith told the group about
the recruiting program of the
company. He pointed out that
a high academic record is good,
but a person should possess
leadership ability, maturity,
strong character, and other in-
dividual traits as well. Smith
also stated that a good record of
past performance is highly im-
portant when looking for a job.
He told the group, "We don't
look for a specific major, but
we look primarily for a busi-
ness major."
Williams talked about job
training. He gave two reasons
for the training program in a
firm. (1) It is necessary to get
a feel for the firm and get
acquainted with its operations.
(2) It enables a person to gain
experience in dealing with other
people.
Continued on Page 4
Soil Conservationist
Speaks At Ag Meeting
If water, air and land pollu-
tion problems are not solved,
America may join the other two-
thirds of the world in its hunger
problem according to a soil con-
servationist in a talk here Thurs-
day.
Marion Porter, project coor-
dinator for the Soil Conservation
Service, told a combined meet-
ing of TSC agriculture clubs
that five percent of the U. S.
population help feed and clothe
the rest of the nation through
farming and ranching. He
pointed out that much poten-
tial farming land is being si-
phoned off by urbanization and
pollution. According to Porter
approximately 3,000 acres is lost
through such things as run-off.
Mud and silt, he said, are the
worst water pollutants.
He also asserted that hot
water and chemicals from fac-
tories, city raw sewage disposal,
and other unpleasant and in-
creasing factors may lead to a
situation as the poet Coleridge
created, "Water, water every-
where, not any drop to drink,"
Porter went on.
Slides of billowing factory
smoke stacks and bumper-to-
bumper expressway traffic were
shown to exemplify the climbing
air pollution problem. Porter
commented that 60 percent of
air pollution comes from auto-
mobiles.
According to Porter, our
economy is affected by pollu-
tion. He said that it costs $21.6
million to clean up trash refuse
on U. S. property and $4.5 mil-
lion on Texas highways alone.
Every American, said Porter,
disposes of one ton of trash a
year. One billion dollars a year
could be made by recycling the
15 million tons of glass, 58
million tons of paper, 55 billion
tons of cans, 4 million tons of
plastic, 100 million tires, and
many other articles, he said.
Porter warned against easy
solutions, citing the current ban
against the use of DDT. He
pointed out that a return to a
limited use of insecticides would
increase per family food costs.
He said that the solution to
the environmental problems
would require the awareness of
efforts of allmembers'of society.
He said the problems in environ-
ment are really ones of attitude.
'The Trip Back'
Showing Today
"The Trip Back" a movie
about 23 years of drugs will
be shown on Wednesday, March
8 in the Assembly room up-
stairs in the Student Center.
The film will be presented at
half-hour showings during the
day. It is scheduled to be
shown at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11
a.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m.
The story is of Gloria Fisher,
who at 46 has been on drugs
for 23 years. Of those 23
years, 18 were spent in jails.
Miss Fisher tells how her addic-
tion began to cost her $185 a
day. The film deals with her
experiences and she really "tells
it like it is."
The film is being presented
free and all students and fac-
ulty members are urged to see it
at some showing during the day.
The Tarleton Players will pre-
sent their first production this
semester, "The Imperial Night-
ingale" March 9. There will be
daily matinee performance;
through March 16 in.the Studio
The only evening performance
will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday
March 11. Tickets for the Or-
iental play are. 50 cents for
children and $1 for adults.
The J-TAC
53rd Year
Wednesday, March 8, 1972
No. 18
Held At TSC Monday Night
Earl Sargent, Wichita Falls
radio farm director, was awarded
the Agriculture Appreciation
Award Monday night at the
sixth annual Tarleton State Col-
lege Agricultural Recognition
Banquet.
The award is given annually
to an individual who has con-
tributed to the agricultural pro-
gram at Tarleton State College.
Dr. Jesse L. Tackett, dean of
the School made the presenta-
tion.
The banquet also recognized
individual students, clubs, and
organizations of the Tarleton
School of Agriculture,
Four students were named
outstanding in their classes.
Recipients were Ken Clayton,
senior, of Bryson; Randy Under-
wood, junior, of Ranger; David
Dennison, sophomore, of Quan-
ah; and Brad Baron, freshman,
of Stephenville.
John Ford, of Graham, a
mid-term graduate, was named
the outstanding agriculture edu-
cation student. Dr. Bill Irick
presented the award.
Sargent, who has been farm
director of radio station KWFT
for the past 12 years is a former
vocational agriculture teacher in
Jonesville and holds a B.S. and
M.S. from Texas Tech in agri-
culture. He was cited for his
"contribution to both FFA and
4-H clubs. He has been awarded
a 4-H club award for,meritorious
service and, DeKalb's oscar in
agriculture award.
Glenn Tole, president of the
Wichita Falls farm and ranch
club presented a scholarship to
Clifford Buchanan, senior agri-
culture education major from
Decatur.
Clyde Wells of the Texas
A&M System board of directors
was present at the banquet and
remarked that the newest allot-
ment for Tarleton's agriculture
department is the largest in the
history of the school.
Reagan- V. Brown, sociologist
with the Texas Agriculture Ex-
tension service, Texas A&M, was
the speaker for the banquet.
Reagan said that there is a great
future in agriculture. He urged
agriculture students to get in-
volved in their chosen field since
the opportunities were never
greater.
Junior Livestock Team
Takes First Place Award
The TSC junior livestock
team took first-place and the
senior team took second-place
overall high team at the Houston
Livestock Show invitational jud-
ging contest. In all the teams
won seven trophies and nine
individual awards.
The junior team won first
in sheep, second in cattle, and
second in horses to capture the
overall high team from 20 other
Army Officials
Plan Inspection
A team of three Army offi-
cers will, conduct an official
inspection of/the TSC ROTC
unit Thursday. During their
tour here, the officers will sit
in on military science classes,
Continued on Page 5
teams from 12 states. Brad
Massey, of Harper, was 4th high
individual; Freddie Zenner and
Gary Hahn, both of Fred ricks-
burg, contributed with Freddie
taking 5 th high individual hon-
ors. Clint Swinford, of Burk-
burnett, served as alternate.
• The senior team took 2nd
overall high team out of 16,
with Keith Simpson, of Brady,
taking 2nd high individual; Ted
Ford, of Santa Anna, being 5th
high individual; Dwaine Brown,
of Ranger, 8th overall; arid Dane
Beasley, of Raymondville, and
Gene Thomas, from San Angelo,
rounded 'put the team. Fred
Newman, of Big Spring, assisted
as alternate.
Stanley Westbrook, professor
of agriculture, and Ricky Luste,
graduate assistant, served as
coaches for the successful teams
at the March 3 contest.
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