The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 7
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, FEBRUARY-fS; 1927.
NUMBER 21
Basketball Champions
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This week when I say "Listen Plow-
boy" I mean largely "Listen Junior."
And why not? Hasn't the basketball
season just ended? And wasn't the
Plowboy cage team composed largely
of Juniors? Fitzgerald was the only
one in the starting line-up last Satur-
day night who was a non-Junior.
Glover, who substituted for Fitzgerald
was a Junior. However, Seniors, Sophs
and Freshmen are allowed to look in
if they wanta.
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But seriously now, Juniors, what we
need is more teamwork.
There,,are, I believe, 438 members of
the Junior class, and at a recent class
meeting, about 138 of them were pres-
ent. It was an important meeting,
too. How are you to know about the
affairs of your class if you do not at-
tend its functions?
The reason John Tarleton is the best
Junior College in the world is because
. «>t -tha-.co-opeKativTOesi between its-
student body and faculty. Is the Junior
class going to pull down the rest of
the school by being non-co-operative?
We have, the best officers in school, so
why not have the best class ?
Let's back Betty Burleson.
Let's push Pat Patton.
Let's make McMurry most military
man.
United we stand, divided we fall—
let's unite.
That goes for you too, Plowboys
in general.
Baseball and track seasons are on
the horizon. How about capturing the
championship in both of these, too?
Fellows, the pep you exliibited Sat-
urday night was an excellent example
of what the Tarleton pep really should
be. Just keep it throughout the base-
ball and track season and we will add
two more championships to our credit.
Gang, wouldn't Pat make a good
detective though? He certainly was
on the job Saturday night, especially
with the visitors and showed several
of them the open door. How about
letting him take Mr. Gibson's place as
night watchman ?
In Recognition of
Our Own State
Is Tarleton doing her part toward
the recognition of the "Lone Star
State?" We recognize the United
States as a nation of freedom. Why
shouldn't we recognize Texas as a unit
of this great nation? Texas should
mean something to every red blooded
Texan, and we should remember the
great struggle and sacrifice we faced
in gaining our independence. The cry
of the Alamo suggests something to
every true Texan, and Tarleton should
do her part in recognizing this great
struggle and sacrifice. Tarleton should
honor the heroes of Texas independ-
ence by permitting the "Lone Star
Flag" to wave with the "Red, White,
and Blue." Will we continue to let
Tarleton go without this flag? Why
not have a flag of Texas on our cam-
pus ? Think it over students.
The Sophomore issue of the J-Tae
will be out next week. Help your
staff by getting your material in
early.
In September 1924 there were forty-
eight Freshmen who entered John
Tarleton, under the leadership of Miss
Wenona Patterson and Mr. Joe Ray
Davis, as faculty advisers, Noble Lat-
son, president; Gordon Brannen, vice-
president, and Majsie Dee Morris-, sec-
retary. We, of course, made numerous
mistakes and were rather ignorant in
the eyes of our upperclassmen, especi-
ally the Seniors. But, remembering
that green was the sign of growth,
we started out on the road to Senior-
dom with a strong determination and
many high a'mbitions. Numbers of
obstacles crossed our pathway, but
most of the .class survived.
It was a delightful surprise to all
of us when, in September 1925, one
hundred anj^fifty;six Sophomores
were enrolled. New courage and
greater ambitions prevailed, for we
were no longer struggling "Fish," but
Sophomores of the first degree. Sid
Moore was elected president, Orville
Howar^l, vice-president; Annie Laura
Frazier, secretary, and Willie Mae
Studeville. J-'l'ae. reporter. Sid with-
drew at Christmas and Orville How-
ard was elected president, and Edison
Powell, vice-president. Under their
careful guidance, and with the help of
Miss Ellis and Mr. Hale, as faculty
advisers, we again passed through a
wonderful year of intellectual growth.
And now! Four hundred and sixty-
four students in the college are Jun-
iors. It is the largest Junior class in
the history of Tarleton. Due to this
great number, we were rather late in
getting our class organized, but we
are well pleased with our selection of
class officers and faculty advisers.
Jess Davis was elected president, Edi-
son Powell, vice-president; Sue Will-
iams, secretary, and Betty Burleson,
J-Tae reporter. Mrs. Ramey and Mr.
Gardner are our advisers—and good
ones, too.
Our entertainments have been few,
but with the coming of spring we are
hoping to have something new and
different in the way of socials. Soon
we are planning to give a negro mins-
trel, and if you do not believe we have
Some real actors and actresses in our
class just be preparing to change your
minds.
Another thing of importance is our
popularity contest, which opened
Tuesday. And listen, Juniors, how
about this popularity contest? Are
we going to let the Seniors win ? No,
of course we are not! Do you know
that last year was the first time in
the history of Tarleton that a Junior
won in the popularity contest? Let's
make this year the one in which all
of the Junior candidates win. The
Seniors, it is true, have some excellent
representatives, but who could be bet-
ter than Betty Burleson, John Patton,
and Carroll McMurry as Tarleton's
favorites ? Be a sport, support the
Juniors, and lets show the Seniors
that they are badly mistaken if they
think that we do not have what it
takes to put our candidates over. On-
ward! Onward! Victory is our aim!
Mr. Perry Moring who was a senior
in Tarleton the past semester, but had
to withdraw on account of his father's
illness, visited at the college this week
and reported that his father, who is
now in a sanitarium at- Dallas, was
gradually improvir,/. We are very
glad to hear this good news and hope
that Perry will get to come back to
Tarleton and finish his senior work
this summer. He is now taking, some
correspondence work from Tarleton.
JUNIORS, LET'S ANSWER
THIS QUESTION
Who's going to be the "All Tar-
leton Girl," the "All Tarleton Boy"
and. the "Most Military Man" this
year ?
Juniors, it's up to us to answer
this question. Of course the sen-
iors could do it, but we want it
done right, and to do it right the
best way is just to put your pen-
nies in for Betty Burleson, John
Patton and Carroll McMurry.
Juniors, let's use our Class Pep
and fight to put. our candidate over
year's "Grassburr" will be the best
ever.
Stock Judging Team
Leaves for A. & M.
On Sunday, February 27, at eight
o'clock, the prospects for the stock
judging team left for A. and M. for a
thorough work-out before the team
enters the contest at the Fat Stock
Show. They expected, to arrive at
College Station in time to view the
College Sunday afternoon. The boys
who made the trip are Drinkard, Flem-
ing, Moore, Shoultz, Mader, Hall, Fen-
ner, Marr, Caraway, and Lockhart.
One of the College R ucks was provid-
ed for the trip.
Mr. Smith planned for the boys to
judge at least eight classes, consisting
of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and
hogs, each day they were down there.
They stayed at A, and M. from Sun-
day afternoon until Thursday at noon,
leaving College Station soon after
dinner that day. At Waco a class or
two of baby beeves were selected for
more practice. Friday morning they
judged more classes of beef cattle at
Clifton, If no bad luck occurs the big
truck will roll into Stephenville some
time Friday night.
On Sunday, March 6, the judging
team will go to Fort Worth to enter
the contest at the Fat Stock Show on
the following day.
JUNIORS
J—jolly are we.
U—united in everything'.
N'—never give up.
I—industrious workers.
0—onward ever.
R—ready to fight for the right,
S—sure of success.
Verne: That boy stays at the Fort.
Sue: How do you know?
Verne: Because he answered to four
names in Math class.
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+ Junior class will be the treat you
+ should attend if you wish to
+ laugh and forget your troubles.
+ Come to see Jack Tindall taking
+ the family photo, Will Hurtt
+ preaching his farewell sermon,
+ Paul Allen in the negro minstrel,
+ and Joel Williams doing' the fa-
4- mous jig dance.
4- The numerous darky quartettes
4- and choruses you will enjoy, for
4- there will be those good-looking
4- characters, for instance, Spot,
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PLOWBOYS WIN SECOND CHAMIPON-
SHIP OF YEAR BY WINNING TOURNA-
MENT IN BASKETBALL LAST WEEK
The Plowboys reached the climax of their long struggle when they
met and defeated "GRUBBS" Saturday night by a 35 to 27 score.
Both teams were primed for the game, and from the first whistle
until the last each player fought with all his strength and power; but
throughout the entire game the Plowboys proved to be the better team.
In every game each Plowboy proved1 himself a star in his position.
Tournament
At a meeting of the coaches and of-
ficials of the colleges in the Texas
Jujnior College Association, it was
agreed that the basketball champion-
ship would be decided at a tournament
which was to be held at the gymnas-
ium of the John Tarleton Agricultural
College, February 25 and 26.
Early Friday morning, the 25th of
February, the basketball teams from
five Junior Colleges had assembled to
decide the championship of the Associ-
ation, These colleges were Paris
Junior College, Wesley College, Wichi-
ta Falls Junior College, North, Texas
Agricultural College, and John Tarle-
ton Agricultural College. Each school
represented came to the tournament
with hopes of going home victorious,
but one by one their hopes died.
Wichita Falls vs. Paris
In the opening game of the tourna-
ment Friday morning at ten o'clock,
Wichita Falls defeated Paris College
by a score of 24 to 23. Each team
fought hard and deserves credit. Al-
though outclassed, Paris played a
hard, steady game, and never gave up
until the final whistle. Paris and
Wichita were very well matched in
size.
Tarleton vs. Wesley
The Plowboys played their first
game at two o'clock Friday afternoon,
with Wesley. Although the game was
slow at first, the Plowboys soon got
warm and began to hit the basket.
The game ended with the big end of a
38 to 18 score in our favor.
The line-up for the game: , , ... .
Grubbs vs. Paris
The Hornets won their third straight
game by defeating Paris Saturday at
two o'clock by a score of 39-22. Grubbs
was never in danger, and her players
were able to ring goals almost at
will.
Tarleton
FG
FT FTM PF
TP
Fitzgerald, F..
... 4
2
1
1
5
Houghton, F
10
5
4
1
14
Mathews, C
8
0
0
1
8
Davis, G
4
7
3
3
5
Irwin, G.
2
3
2
3
4
Glover, F
..._0
0
0
0
0
Studeman F
0
0
0
1
0
14
17
10
9
38
Wesley
FG
FT FTM PF
TP
Bobbitt, F
10
4
2
2
10
Turner, F
0
0
0
2
0
Banks, G
2
4
0
1
3
Merrick, G
0
2
0
1
1
Schroder, G
4
0
0
4
4
Leslie, G
.. 0
0
0
0
0
Long, F
0
0
0
0
0
Choate, C
0
0
0
0
0
8
10
2
12
18
Grubbs vs. Wichita Falls
In one of the fastest games, with
the exception of the last one, Friday
at four o'clock the Hornets defeated
the Indians 19-14, There was never a
difference of more than five points in
the score, and most of the time there
was a difference of only one or two
points.
Tarleton vs. Paris
This was an exceptionally easy
game for the Plowboys. Our first
team played less than one-fourth of
the game, and were then replaced by
the second team. With the large lead
made by the first team, the second
string was able to hold them in check.
The final score was: Tarleton, 50;
Paris, 21.
The line-up
was:
Tarleton
FP
FT FTM PF
TP
Fitzgerald, F
.. a
1
1
0
9.
Houghton, F..
^
1
1
0
3
Mathews, C....
8
0
0
0
8
Davis, G
2
0
0
0
2
Irwin, G
0
0
0
0
0
Campbell, G
0
2
1
0
1
Glover, F
8
0
0
1
8
Robei'ts, F......
4
2
1
4
5
Gill, G
0
1
0
3
0
Studeman, F
8
2
0
3
8
Foote, G
2
1
1
1
3
Yarbrough, F
2
3
1
3
3
22
13
6
15
5a
Paris
FG
FT FTM PF
TP
Masters, F
6
3
0
4
6
Barnett, F
4
7
1
3
5
U-idorwoc!, C
2
O
J.
1
3
Wilson, G
0
1
1
0
1
2
3
2
1
4
King, C
2
1
0
3
2
Brooks,
0
1
0
0
0.
8
18
5
12
21
Grubbs vs. Wesley
This was a good game and the last
one played Friday night. The Hornets
had the edge on them; however, Wes-
ley battled to the last whistle, Grubbs
won by a score of 26 to 18,
Wichita Falls vs. Wesley
At ten o'clock Saturday morning in
a somewhat slow and uninteresting
game, Wichita Falls defeated Wesley
37 to 19.
Tarleton vs. Wichita Falls
I11 a somewhat fast game, Tarleton
defeated Wichita Falls 37-23 for her
third straight game. Although the
Indians had a good defensive team,
the Plowbays had little trouble in'
finding the basket.
The line-up was:
Tarleton FG FT FTM PF TP
Fitzgerald, F 8 0 0 1 8
Houghton, F C 2 2 0 8
Mathews, C 0 0 0 1 6
Davis, G 2 0 0 1 2
Irwin, G 4 0 0 2 4
Glover. F 2 0 0 4 2
Gill, G 0 0 0 1 0
Roberts, F 0 0 0 0 0
Studeman, F 6 110 7
Foote, G 0 0 0 1 0
Yarbrough, F 0 0 0 0 0
17 3 3 11 37
Wichita Falls FG FT FTM PF TP
Howard, F 4 0 0 1 4
Hawley, F . 2 3 2 1 4
Hicham, C 6 7 3 0 9
Banks, G 2 0 0 0 2
Stephenson, G '25406
Wolfe, F 0 0 0 0 0
8 11 9 2 25
Paris vs. W sley
In a game that wa' fast at times
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