The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1972 Page: 1 of 12
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THE
J-TAC
Student Newspaper
Tarleton State College
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53rd Year
August 30, 1972
No. 2
I Registrar Announces
Drop In Total Enrollment
Shortly after the close of the regular
registration period, the Registrar's Office
reported that the enrollment figure for
Tarleton State College stood at 2,860,
down 144 from the 3,004 that had enrolled
at the close of the regular registration last
year.
Students may, however, continue to
register until Sept. 5, the last day to
register for college credit. Total enrollment
is based on the number of students who
have registered by the last day of
registration. The final total last year was
3,181 during the fall semester.
Standing in line, receiving section cards, hoping for the
right class, and pondering over a crucial decision are all
part of the college registration process. For one TSC coed,
the place to put things together was the nearest quiet space
of open floor.
TSC Dean Warns
Potential Drug
Users of Penalty
Registrar John Whiting described this
year's registration procedures.as smooth,
saying that the only real problem occurred
during the first day of registration when
the classifications of some students had not
been updated on their punch cards.
Although Tarleton's enrollment figure is
down from last year, a general decrease in
college enrollment has been the trend
among other colleges.
Breakdowns on classes and sexes are not
yet available, but Whiting estimated that
freshman enrollment is down more than
any other class.
President Trogdon
commented that one reason for
the decrease in enrollment may
have been because registration
for some was held up to five
days before classes actually
began. If this is the case,
according to Dr. Trogdon, more
students may be registering late
this year than last year.
Students registering late have
until Sept. 5 to do so. They are
advised to go to the Registrar's
Office and pfck up their card
packets and then go to their
departments for counseling.
Add/drop day is scheduled for
Sept. 1, from 1:30 until 4 p.m.
in the Cave in the basement of
the Student Center. This will be
the only time in which students
may add or add/drop classes.
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A warning to potential student drug
users has been issued by C. C. Ballow, dean
of student personnel services.
"Upon definite proof of illegal drug use,
possession, or distribution," Dean Ballow
said, "a student will be suspended from
Tarleton." Ballow coupled his warning with
a plea to students to, observe state and
federal narcotics laws and with the hope
that it would not become necessary to
invoke suspension measures against TSC
students.
In a letter to Ballow, Stephenville's chief
of police, Darrell Holmes, pointed out that
"under Texas law it is a felony offense to
possess—except as authorized by law—any
narcotic drug including marijuana." If
convicted, Holmes pointed out, one may be'
assessed a penitentiary sentence from two
years to life for each separate offense.
"Use of dangerous drugs may also send a
person to jail," Holmes continued. "Use of
unprescribed barbiturates or amphetamines
carries up to two years in jail for each
offense. This irlclu'des amphetamines, like
bennies, which stimulate the nervous
system and produce a wakefulness,
alertness and excitement." These can be
deadly when used—unless under a doctor's
direction, Holmes said. He pointed out that
overdoses of barbiturates are often
habit-forming and can cause breathing to
stop.
Possession or use of LSD is a felony
carrying a penalty of two years to life
imprisonment, Holmes said.
The Stephenville Police Department's
detective section has a narcotics unit which
made arrests on 33 separate narcotic,
hallucinogen and dangerous drug offenses
during June, July and August.
Holmes said that he hoped students
would "avoid any use or possession of
drugs. Your future is important to you and
to us, and I hope you will not jeopardize
your college education, your liberty, or
your happiness by a thoughtless moment
involving the use or possession of narcotics
or dangerous drugs."
Annuals Expected To
Arrive Near Sept. 18
Delivery of the
Grassburr, student annual,
is expected about Sept. 18,
a ccording to Cindy
Bernhardt, editor of last
year's annual.
The annuals are
scheduled to be shipped
from the printers Sept. 12.
To pick up a copy of the
yearbook, according to Miss
Bernhardt, a student must
present' his student
identification card. A
student may pick up an
annual for another student
only \i he has written
permission from the other
student, Miss Bernhardt
•emphasized.
Special delivery
arrangements other than
those outlined here may be
made with this year's
editor, Barbara Scott in
Administration Building
201.
ATTENTION
Labor Day
Holiday
tn observance of Labor
Day holiday, the men's and
women's5 dormitories will
close at 5 p.m. Friday and
will reopen at 4 p.m.
Monday.
The cafeteria, Student
Center, and library vyill
close also.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1972, newspaper, August 30, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth141245/m1/1/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.