The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS
HOW ABOUT BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
VOLUME 7
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 11, 1927,
NUMBER 18,
The writer of this column has been
on a vacation of over a year. He has
been busy the first semester, and had
his time taken up with other things.
Recently there have appeared in the
J-Tac two articles by the same name
written by another person and—they
were good. However, we like to get
back in the old harness again and let
you have both barrels.
pep
This column is devoted mainly to
Pep talks—little sermons, if you will
have it that way,, on our Pep and ath-
letics in general.
, . pep
First, to begin with so that you and
I will understand each other more
thoroughly, let me give you my fa-
mous diagnosis of the word PEP.
"We have an abundance of PEP,
which expressive little word stands
for power, pluck, punch, patience and
purpose, so far as the P's are con-
cerned. PEP likewise means enthusi-
asm, endurance, efficiency, and experi-
ence. That takes care of the E's. Pep
is the foe of disheartened athletic
teams and the friend of State Cham-
pionships."
Now. that you and I are on the
same footing, we can proceed with our
little preaching.
pep r
We've run right into a basketball
season. In fact, we're right in the
middle of it. Did you know it? You
did? Yes, it was. unexpected! The
other day I happened to read in a pa-
per about this being the basketball
season. I began to think back, "and
sure enough I remembered that we
were playing basketball. Can you
tell it on the campus? How many of
you run up to Fitzgerald and pat Mm
on the back and say, "Fight 'em old
kid?" How many of you when you
run into Freshman Mathews, stick
out the old right paw and say "Atta
boy; BEAT GRUBBS?" How many
of you do? One out of every hundred!
Our PEP is gone! We are living a
life of ease and not one of my F's.
The road to a state championship goes
in the opposite direction to the road
to ease. Our path has brambles and
boulders in the way where we test our
endurance and patience. All of this
means effort, energy, and endurance.
That's the F's you need to bring state
championship, and not the ease of
slackerism.
: —pep
A school of E's—effort, energy, en-
durance—-will buy a championship. So
gird up your loins, stiffen your back-
bone, set your jawbone, forget your
wishbone and hit the big road that
leads to Victory. How about it, Jess,
boy? Am I right?
pep
There is going to be an argument
in Arlington Friday and Saturday
night. There's only two sides to that
argument—our side and Grubbs' side
(the wrong side). Grubbs is a fine
school, a good school, but they are
slightly misguided. Somehow they
are laboring under the impression
that they can win from Tarleton.
THE WHEREABOUTS OF
THE TARLETON EXES
Kathleen Ayers and Mary Ellen
Long are attending school at C, I. A.
this year.
Marjorie Neblett, Katherine Bryant,
Opal Hickman, and Beryl Burnett are
in State University,
Winnie Burnett is teaching school
in Breckenridge- high school. •"
Alice Howell is teaching school in
Memphis, Texas.
CarrQll Cox is attending S, M, U.
Flossie Tate, Ora Mills, and Ruth
Oldham are attending Howard Payne,
at Brownwood, Texas,
Maurine Fulkerson is working in
the Tri-Cities Gas Office.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Jennings are living
in Lubbock, Texas. AI is going to
Tech.
Tubby Taylor is teaching school in
Vernon, Texas.
Forest 'Kg&iy Herman Hubby, and
"Red" Strickle are attending school at
Howard Payne.
Norman Heifner is working in Dal-
las, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wilkins are
teaching school at Colorado, Texas.
Annie- Claire Oliver, now Mrs,- Gar-
land Vinson, is living in Sweetwater,
Texas.
LARGE NUMBER
WITHDRAW AT
END SEMESTER
Quite a number of students were
forced to withdraw at the end' of the
first semester for financial reasons.
The male students withdrawing were
much in the majority.
This deplorable condition has arisen
it seems from the shortage of campus
labor and general financial tightness.
As we have no appropriation this year
to pay students for labor on the cam-
pus many who in other years could
have eked out another semester have
been forcefj to - leave. Even 'in the
downtown district' which always em-
ploys a good number of students the
lack of student help is noticeable. It
seems that the year 1927 is a panic
year according to previous history and
those that have money' want to keep
it.
It is regrettable that so many of
our fine students have to leave but
knowing Tarleton and Tarleton stud-
ents as we do we know they will be
back next year.
WORKING MY WAY THROUGH
SCHOOL
It'is ten minutes after one, and I
must go to the bookstore. I start
down the hall, and find it filled from
wall to wall with laughing, jesting,
carefree girls and boys. Some are
telling jokes, some are gossiping,
some are 'making love; all seem hap-
py. I wiggle and squirm and fight in
my attempt to get through. At last,
as I reach the door of the book-store,
I heave § great sigh of relief—I have
worked my way through school.
win tonight," they would appreciate
it a lot more.
-pep-
Our basketball team goes wander-
ing off all over the country. No one
knows that they go. Pretty sbon some
one who has a little more PEP than
anyone else wakes up and asks where
they-are. Sure, and its a fine way to
do the boys. Maybe you send them a
telegram, but what of it? If you
would step up to old Stomper and say
"Looka here, Big Fella, you better
Tellin' you right, old bunch, we're
dead. We died in the fall, and we
gotta come to life. What will do it?
Say, buddy, there's just one thing
that will start the old heart action,
and that is a great big dose of PEP
from Doctor Tarleton Pepper.
pep —
Staff Note; Many thanks, buddy.
We're glad to have you back with us
again. Stay in there, with your PEP.
You have the goods.
A SENSATIONAL GAME
On Tuesday, Feb., 1, the Dublin
Lions met the Stephenville Yellow-
jackets on the Dublin court and played
the second of a two-game series, the
first being played at Stephenville
Monday night, January 31.
The game was refereed by Mr. Bog-
gess of Waco. None can surpass him
as a referee. He not only called a
square game but kept both teams
tense and lively.
The game was a fight from start to
finish. The Lions scored first and at
the end of the first quarter the score
stood 1-0 in favor of the Lions. The
second half ended with Dublin in the
lead, 9-12. From the end of the half
on, one team would forge ahead aftd
then the other.
At the end of the fourth quarter the
score was 14-14.
They were given an extra five min-
utes to play off the tie, and at the end
of the five minutes, the score was
19-19.
This called for another five minutes
and by accident Mother Luck smiled
upon Stephenville, the score being 21-
23. The Lions played an excellent
game, and Dublin is proud of them.
BE READY FOR YOUR CLASS ISSUE
DATES OF PUBLICATION
Seniors—February 25.
Juniors—March 4.
Sophs—March 11.
Freshmen—March 18.
Ex-Students—March 25.
Engineers—April8.
Co-Eds—April 15.
Company A—April 22.
Company B—April 29.
Band—May 6.
Regimental—May 13.
mmimm
THE BEGINNING OF THE
SECOND SEMESTER
The old term has past—tht new one
is ahead. What are we going to do
about it ? Do we have a single regret
concerning last term? Did we have
the "pep and vinegar" that we should
have had? Did we make as good
socially and scholastically as we
might have done ? Did we do for
Tarleton what was due to the institu-
tion ? If we did not, then let us here-
by resolve to make up for all deficien-
cies.
Let us make the new term a suc-
cessful one for ourselves and for our
college.
One of our professors believes in
the person who makes resolutions. He
says that the person who makes a
resolution and then breaks it is to be
considered above the person who does
not have the energy to even resolve
to do a thing.
Now, here is what I am driving at.
Let each individual resolve within his
own heart to be a better student this
term than he was last tei'm. If he
made good grades last term and en-
tered not with enthusiasm into the
social activities of the college, "then let
him keep up his grades, and at the
same time, give some time to his
friends and associates. If he will do
this, he will be happier. If he spent
all his time of last term with his
friends, let him give more time of this
term to his studies. If he will do this,
he will profit thereby. And if every
student will do something to benefit
our institution Old Tarleton will be
made better by our having come here.
PL0WB0YS SPLIT
SERIES WITHEP.
YELLOWJACKETS
BASEBALL IN COLLEGE
As a rule baseball in college
fails to get the full support of the
college student body. This lack of
interest in baseball is perhaps due
to the fact that baseball and track
activities conflict; that is,. they
usually occur during the same sea-
son. In many cases the students
fail to attend the baseball games
because they think that they have
shown their loyalty to the school
by attending all the football and
basketball games. They did show
their loyalty to the school by at-
tending these games, but let's not
be partial to any one athletic ac-
tivity. Let's support every athletic
activity because they're all for the
honor of the school. At the open-
ing of spring let's come out and
put over a championship baseball
team like we have everything else.
The boy who fights on the baseball
diamond deserves honor as well as
the boy who fights on the gridiron.
Last Monday and Tuesday the Plow-
boys went down to Brownwood to
meet the Yellow Jackets again. The
Jackets won one game and lost one.
When the Jackets were here they lost
both games by a rather large score.
The first night there the Plowboys lost
31-19. The second night they won
28-25. The Jackets could only get to-
gether once in order to beat the Plow-
boys, the Plowboys .winning three
games to their one.
First Game
The first game was a very slow and
uninteresting one. Passes were poor
and goals were merely luck. However,
several long ones were thrown. Dur-
ing the last half Cook, a Jacket guard,
was hurt and was taken out of the
game. The, Jackets were in the lead
and stayed in the lead until the. end of
the game. Hubby of the Yellow Jack-
ets was high' point man of the game
with 11 points. Fitzgerald for the
Plowboys was high point man for
Tarleton with 8 points.
Line-ups: Tarleton: Glover and
Fitzgerald, forwards; Mathews, cen-
ter; Houghton) and Davis, guards.
Subs: Irwin, Studeman, and Camp-'
bell.
Howard Payne: Butcher afid Hub-
by, forwards; Ringer, center; Hodges
and Cook, guards. Subs: Everett and
Boyd. *
Second Game
The Plowboys came back the second
night to get revenge for the previous
night's defeat. This game was one of
trw most interesting games ever play-
ed. First one side and then the other
was ahead. Mathews' found the bas-
ket several times with long-distance
shots. But later in the game both
Fitzgerald and Mathews were taken
out on account of personals. But
"Honk" Irwin and Glover came in and
took their places well. Butcher, of
the Yellow Jackets was high point
man of the game with 14' points.
Houghton was high point man for the
Plowboys with 11 points.
Line-ups: Tarleton: Houghton and
Fitzgerald, forwards; Mathews, cen-
ter; Campbell and Davis, guards.
Subs: Irwin and Glover.
Howard Payne: Butcher and Hub-
by, forwards; Ringer, center; Boyd
and Hodges, guards. Subs: Everett.
FORMER J-TAC EDITOR
MAKING GOOD AT TEXAS U
We are glad to learn that Brents
Harbison, a graduate of Tarleton in
1925, was on the honor roll at the
University of Texas for the fall term.
When we consider that Brents worked
eight hours out of every twenty-four
for the Magnolia Petroleum Co. and
carried a full university course, we
realize that he is, indeed, making
good.
Students who look ahead for good
methods seldom look back on poor re-
sults.
on
Red Hudson: ''iStompums
your shine, Mary."
Mary Sinclair: "My shoes are
not shined."
R. H. : "I didn't mean your
shoes; I meant your nose."
ATTENTION
Gang, what is the matter with
you? Where is your pep? Do
you expect to have a championship
team and not be behind them? We
must get behind that team.
We have a ball game, there is
just a certain bunch that will yell.
Look around you and you will see
boys and girls talking and laugh-
ing, as though there wasn't a ball
game going on inside of a mile.
In years before this, there has
been much said about the pep of
Tarleton. Are we going to let this
pep die? We must ot do that but
keep up the pep of dear old Tarle-
ton, that we all love so well. Come
oil gang. On Ye Tarleton!
ATTENTION, GIRLS!
Go down town, walk around to Hig-
ginbotham's, look in the first window,
and give yourselves a treat. There's
a life-sized photo of Shorty Nance,
Peanut Harbison, and Tucker. Nuff
sed!
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