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VAGG TWO
THE J-TAC
Published Weekly by the Students of John Tarleton College
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Texas, under act of Congress of Mareh 3, 1879.
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BREAK RULES AND BE ADftilRED?
One point that is too obviouis to continually overlook eac3i
week ig this—students take too much pride in breaking rules of
the college. In other words it is becoming a mark of social ap-
proval for cadets and co-eds to defy authorities and' pay no at-
tention to certain rules which they think are wrong. This, article
is no attempt to solve or try to change present administrative
problems or rules, but during the last week some pointed, re-
marks were heard from influential students.
One person ventured (exaggerated!, no doubt) that if all stu-
dents could be brought to account for the rules they had broken
and properly punished that not a half dozen students would be
left. Another said1 that he would take delight in telling the
authorities all the rules !hte had broken this year, if possible,
after he had graduated and transferred his- credits. One cadtet
bragged that he had done enough this year to get suspended
eight or ten times. From all appearances this i3 the wrong atti-
tude for intelligent students to take.
We still firmly insist that students are kept under more con-
trol at thi3 college than any other in the South1. Parents who
want their children kept from running wild will continue to
send them to John Tarleton because they do just that, but at the
same time are they not being encouraged to be chronic violators
of the rules of society? Will these sflme students who drink
whiskey now because it is against the rules be law-breakers in
later life? Can moral codes be forced on people wit-Vv little at-
tempt to educate them? Would not a few rules that are enforced
on- all the students be better than a great many which can be
forced on only a few? It i® certainly impossible to watch a thou-
sand pupils any time, much less all the time, and it is even hard-
er to force the younger generation to not do things that they con-
sistently do at college. At the present time the student controls
himself for a while and then explodes. Why cannot he be kept
running along at an even rate?
MAKE FRIENDS WITH TEACHERS
The greatest value of college life to any student is the associa-
tions he makes. The average boy or girl grows up in a narrow
circle of friends who are very much like himself, and he ia'fam-
iliar only with his own way of living. When he enters college,
he meets students who have grown up in different environments
and who h'ave a point of view unlike his. Through his association
with these students his own view of life broadens. Yet even
more important to him is his opportunity of friendships: with
instructors. The typical student considers his professor aa mere-
ly a dry "voice", wrose utterances must be hastily transcribed
in his notebook. Teachers, however, are interested in students
aa people and always have time for friendly talks. The class-
room and the laboratory offer opportunity for contact with their
mature personalities and rich intellect and for the sharing of
their interesting experience.
Many students do not make advances toward friendship with
teachers for fear that their classmates will think they are at-
tempting to gain favor or to raise grade's, In many cases this
opinion would be correct, but teachers quickly recognize this
insincere motive, .andt the stu>dtent gains nothing by it. On the
other hand they are glad to make friendships with sincere stu-
dents, and the youth who does not take advantage of his oppor-
tunity for these associations robs himself.
AMPUS
eyhole
THE Mr. Jim Carrigan has turn-
ed out to be a ladies man about
the campus. First, he has been
stepping out twice this week-end
and with two different girls, too.
Second, he has created a mighty
lot of interest in one person I
know; and, last, he has become
very friendly with some few peo-
ple over just nothing. Now, Jim,
I am asking you, is your conscience
clear ?
Lawrence Bledsoe is really walk-
ing around in a daze for the last
two or three days. The real rea-
son, I- do not know exactly, was
caused by a young woman by the
name of Carlisle. Don't take it so
hard, Moon Gazer, it could have
been lots worse.
I have been telling you people
about a certain boy in this school
and now I have positive proof of
the fact. Saturday night at the
dump dance a girl and boy finished
dancing with each other, and the
girl said, "Oh! Woodrow, you have
me in a trance." Is that not enough
proof? The boy is Woodrow John-
son; the girl is Gloria Gage. You
are quite a romatic man, Woodrow.
Well, Pansy Lee, I see you have
your boy friend back on your line.
Maybe you will get a ten pound
box of candy this time. Henry
Wray, you need not be scared of
me, for I found out last time I
put you in my column it kind of
got you, and I will always be
watching you. Beware!
Br. Boney seems to be in an up-
roar also because he is afraid of
the colonel. All his fellow club
members had their hair cut short,
but Boney kind of held back for
some reason; and that's all I could
To Miss Bierschwale: On Her Hyacinths
It's queer how little things can check
The passage of a thought,
Emotions,' music, passing scents,
Old memories are fraught
With such returns of things held dear—
The heritage of yesteryear.
Hyacinth scent drifts past the lines
Of words that I would read,
And carries me in phantom flight
With fancy for my steed,
A swift, unhesitating ride—
Remembering scenes with every stride.
Memory leaps the barricade
Returning thought would raise,
Wild fancy follows in its charge
To scenes of childhood days,
And there, amid the things long known,
I relive siglits by memory shown:
A garden path of warm red brick,
With violets between,
Its borders filled with hyacinths
On grassy blankets green,
Peach blossoms fused with golden-glow,
Where scarlet amaryllis show.
The old oak tree, the eobbled streets,
The scenes of youthful games,
The churchyard filled 'with stones, and half-
Obliterated names.
The ringing of the steeple bell,
The rotted wharves, the river's smell.
A noise disturbs my pensive mood,
It shatters all my dreams,
I take my book in hand to read
Opinionated themes.
It's queer how iifetle things can make
Our minds much weightier tasks forsake.
figure out of it. Another is about
his privileges; he is throwing a
fit about them. Well, Mr, Boney,
I would sort of ( calm down and
think just a little. Is any girl
worth such a price?
Where you see Eflie you see
Johansen, and where you see both,
you see John Gallaher. He acts
as overseer or passer-througher for
both of them. John, why don't
you wake up to something'?
Charles Baker is playing the
role of space filler. When Johansen
cannot be present, Charles is there.
Also when Buzz is not there, Char-
les takes his place. Now, in my op-
inion, this is very bad business for
all parties concerned. It is just
like playing with fire (love). Char-
les, you are a playful booger, any-
way.
I guess you noticed that" Mary
Lee Fullager and Smokey Killen
were not together for about three
days. I guess it must have been
about all those juicy letters Smok-
ey has been getting from El Paso.
Anyway you could not tell whether
they were in the fourth grade or
college.
I don't know just what has come
over Jo Browning and Audre Jean
Schulze. Both of their heads seem
to be growing just a little. Now,
I have not seen any medal bestow-
ed upon either of you or anything
like that. I can kind of see through
Schulze's, but I cannot see through
Jo's. You see Audre Jean is a
Jap (???). Enough said.
While I am on this large head
subject, I will bring another little
girl into it. Frances Gregory says,
"I go with Slew Hull. Everyone
set up and take notice." Frances,
I will admit he is a good basket
ball player; but he is only a boy.
It takes a lot more than that to
make Everyone notice you in the
right mood of thinking.
I overheard Bill Wallace say the
other day that he was going to give
Sonley Huestis a race for his mon-
ey now. He is working at the Var-
sity now and says to look out.
What about it, Dub, love or
money? Now as for love, I have
heard Sonley's technique was a lit-
tle mad but with his capable ad-
viser, William Tissworth Boren,
maybe he has improved just a lit-
tle. Then on the other hand, Bill
Wallace has somewhat of a line
himself.
I did uncover a love affair last
week that I was merely just guess-
ing about. I have noticed that this
blonde (Missie) had been hanging
around the Varsity a bit last Tues-
day, and Jones has a different at-
titude towards everything. In fact,
both seem to be happy over the
matter. Well, good luck.
Hugh Gragg, you are slowly but
surely falling, falling into a trap,
that trap that won't release once
it gets a grip on you. You may
feel happy, but something inside
you tells you someday there will
be a crisis, that people will laugh
at a man for being so foolish; and
yet you will think back and ask
yourself if you have chumped.
Watch Burns!
Mr. (Poppa) Boaz, where were
you Sunday night? I guess you
know your old flame came back to
kind of look you over and think
things to herself about you. Yeah,
I knew your heart did go pitter-
patter after all those things she
told you over the telephone. Well,
Boaz, I will say one thing for you.
It takes a good man to let a girl
trample on him then stilt not get
mad about it. You are not that
easy, are you?
Oh! How these boys go after
C.I.A, Mary Jame Bramlette had
a visitor from Denton this week-
end, and I don't know whether
Jane even saw her or not for the
rush all the boys gave her. What
about it, Cox and Key?
There is one thing that Sally
Haywood will not have to be wor-
ried about and that is someone
to rush her. If Lamar Davis is
not around, you can rest assured
that Wallace Johnson will be right
there, and ready to go. Say, Sally,
how in the world do you manage
this affair? Just who is first in
line? Are they both going to end
up as Major Deats did? I guess
the same thing applies to Lamar as
did to Mr. Boney; is that right,
Lamar? (I believe that is the
way Sal pronounces it.)
Yours till Gerry Chambers gets
some boy to look at her other than
to tell her to stay away from
him.—The Gentleman.
MAN WHO HAS EATEN WITH
HEAD HUNTERS, ROYALTY
EATS ORDINARY MEAL HERE
There was nothing unusual about
the noori meal in the Tarleton din-
ing hall last Saturday week. Stud-
ents filed in, took their places, bow-
ed their heads during prayer, and
then busily went about the job of
eating. There was a clatter of
dishes, the contstant - tstlk of stud-
ents, . . .
And then, the meal was over. The
students left in groups, in two's
and three's, and finally the last
lingering eater made his departure;
the waitresses were left to their
task of cleaning the tables. . .Just
a daily meal in the dining hall.
Few students knew that Richard
Haliburton, who has eaten with
head-hunters and with royalty, had
been sitting at a table in the din-
ing hall, eating that same meal.
Luna Ruth Petty spent the week-
end in Fort Worth in the Dawson
home.
FORTFUN
Slew, just who was it that
caught you S.A.ing in the post-
office the other day? And what did
he say to you? Can you forget all
the women for this week, as he
told you to?
Smokey (Chief Yellow Hand)
Killen is going to scalp the boy
thatt lost the week to the wash
house. Smokey, how does it feel to
be followed around all the time by
all these good looking women?
Travis (Lady Killer) Key, you
had better forget all about these
women, for you know dear old
John is going to depend upon you
for all the honors in the track
meet this coming season. And just
what is that writing on your floor
about Pansy Lee Porter, and why
do you look at it so forlorn?
Bob Graves always has a new
joke on hand for all occasions, and
by the way he up and went to
Uvalde this week-end. I wonder
if he Went for what he is always
telling us about—to The Land of
Beautiful Senoritas.
Say, Guy Moore, just who is this
girl that is coming up to the candy
stand to see you. Just what kind
of eyes do you call those that she
makes at you ?
Don (Cutie, Romeo) Rankin is
just gradually ousting out Pretty
Boy Smith as the best looking bas-
ketball player. Don, do you have
some kind of magic charm?
Boone, how is riding fast? How
was the riding in the rumble seat
of the V-8 Ford?
Carl (Big I) McConachie- is go-
ing over in a big- Way, for all the
girls want his picture, and now
he is making them beg him for it.
You brute, you should not do those
little girls that way, just because
they like you.
We have first hand information
on the great football star, Billie
(Baugh) Baggett. If he does not
get married this summer, he will
return to this institution this fall
to carry the purple and white.
We had better leave Robert Mc-
Clung out of the game next Thurs-
day night as he is planning on go-
ing to school at T. W. C. next
fall. You would not turn traitor,
would you?
From all that can be gathered,
our dear friend, Travis Key, fell
for the lovers "Lane" Saturday
night, or was that her name,
Travis?
What does the name, Junior,
mean to you, Paul?
Butch was, rather embarrassed
i:t the ovation he received in the
dining hall Saturday afternoon. I
believe that Max Harrison, Boren,
and Huestis were more than em-
barrassed, though, after the scent
of leather had cleared away.
Say, upperclassmen, is it true
that Dale Bagley is made of steel
from his waist to his knees?
Smokey, who makes the most
desirable lover, Cleo or Mary Lee?
Your affections seem to be inclin-
ing to Cleo. Ain't she sweet?
"Slew" Hull relaxes ,(to the
kingdom of sleep" every night to
his favorite radio pastime, "Mooji
River."
McClung, if you're so crazy
about the little MeConib girl, why
don't you try giving her a break
once? Does Smokey threaten you
when you speak of her? "
There will be more news when
Bill Baggett proves that he can
bust a soda-cracker.—The Three
Bachelors.
engineers outlng proves
success for members and
makes club "a nickel"
In spite of the fact that most
of the picnickers suffered from
acute "too-much-weineritus," the
annual Engineers club outing last
Saturday afternoon in Possum Hol-
low was declared a success.
The picnic committee revealed
today that the picnic was a finan-
cial success as well as a spiritual
success. The club treasurer, Thom-
as Cowan, reported a surplus of
one nickel. President Wayne Dur-
ham could not be found late last
night to confirm the rumor that
the nickel would be put in the bank
as the nucleus of a trust fund for
old aged engineers.
The highlight of the afternoon
was reached when Elsie Pulley af-
fectionately smeared a huge gob
of gooey marshmallows across the
beaming countenance of B. H. ToJ-
liver's face, much to his surprise'.
Among the outstanding girl ball-
players of the day were Mary
Norton, Phyllis Scott, Frances Gor-
ham, and Elsie Pulley.
About the first thing that Mary
Norton wanted to do when she ar-
rived at the scene of the picnic
was to pull off her shoes and wade.
This is just what she did while only
a few minutes later Fish Broocke
did the same thing without troub-
ling to take off his shoes.
If Polly Hall and Frances Gor-
ham ate just one half of the wein-
ers that they roasted, they should
be awarded the year's prize for
weiner-eatiiig.
The war-cry of the afternoon
was "Who's got a knife?" It seems
that the picnic committee forgot
the necessity of cutlery on a picnic.
The price for marshmallows eat-
ing should go to Jerry Williams
and Valton Redwine as they con-
sumed more of the little white
bits of "goo" than any other three
persons present.
Iva Louise Trewitt, '35, who is
teaching piano in Daisetta, visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I, B.
Trewitt in Stephenville this week-
end.
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Candies
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