The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 7
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, MAY 27, 1927.
NUMBER 33.
COMMENCEMENT
WEEK PROGRAM
' IS ANNOUNCED
Herewith find the official program
for commencement week as announced
from the office of the dean. The week
begins Friday evening with the band
concerts on the campus and ends with
the commencement exercises at the
gymnasium on Wednesday night.
The program seems to be very com-
plete and should satisfy the most criti-
cal mind. We are to hear several very
excellent speakers which we are all
sure to enjoy. •■■■
It is hoped that a great number of
ex-students will be present for the
exercises. Excellent programs are
planned for the entertainment of all
exes on the campus.
Announcements of commencement
programs of John Tarleton Agricul-
tural College, Stephenville, Texas,
1927:
1. Band concert on the campus
each evening, May 27 to May 31, 6:30
to 7:30 o'clock.
2. Fine Arts Recital, Friday, May
27, 8:15 p. m.
3. Commencement serviqes, Sun-
day, May 29, 11:00 a. m.
4. Juvenile Recital, Sunday, May
29, 4:00 p. m.
5. Senior Class dedication of Band
Stand, Monday, May 30, 10:00 a. m.
6. Senior Class Program, Monday,
May 30, 8:15 p. m.
7. Sophomore Graduation Exer-
cises, Tuesday^ May 31,10:00 a, m.
7. Sophomore Graduation Exercis-
es, Tuesday, May 31, 10:00 a. m.
8. Ex-Students' Banquet, Tuesday,
May 31, 8:15 p. m.
9. Commencement Exercises, Wed-
nesday, June 1, 8:15 p. m.
Commencement Services
May 29, 1927
1. March of Faculty and Senior
Class
Band Leading
2. Prelude
Orchestra
3. Song — Come, Thou Almighty
King Giardini
Audience
4. Invocation
Rev. S. F. McCaffity
5. The Holy Hour Nevin
Chorus
6. Scripture Reading
Rev. Ben West
7. Overture, Morning, Noon and
Night Franz Suppe
« Orchestra
8. Sermon
Rev. R. E. Joiner
9. Song— Qnwar4 Christian Sol-
diers Sullivan
Audience
10. Benediction
Rev. F. L. Meadow
11. , Postlude
Orchestra
Commencement Exercises
June 1, 1927
1. March of Caculty and Senior
Class
Band Leading
2. Prelude
Orchestra
3. Invocation
Rev. S. B, Culpepper
4. Springtime Strauss
Chorus
5. Commencement Address
Dr, John H. Burma
President of Trinity University
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
HAS BIG PICNIC
Last Tuesday the English depart-
ment and "all the Annexes" went out
to the Club lake for a swim and pic-
nic. And it was a picnic worthy of
the name, In the'first place the water
was fine, even if the waves were rude
enough to slap the swimmers right in
their faces. But in any event the swim
was one hundred per cent perfect, and
at the end of it everybody had an
enormous appetite. That, however,
was satisfied—nay, more than satis-
fied—later.
Mrs. Woodward is the noblest Rom-
an of the all. She lyroiled five chick-
ens while most of us were swimming.
Of course she had assistance, but we
gi,ve her credit for doing the thing up
brown—literally as well as figurative-
ly. And to go with the broiled chick-
ens there were rolls, pickles, tomatoes,
iced teas, sweet milk, Eskimo pies and
angel food cake. Needless to say, we
were all less hungry after eating all
that. Two members of the party even
went so far as to say that they had
never been happier in their lives. Food
has a strange power over human crit-
ters, especially after they have been
swimming.
After everybody had eaten every
bite he or she could—and there were
still some pies left—some of us went
walking. Some could not even get up
enough energy to do thqt. , But final-
ly it became necessary to go home—
sad, but true. So'we went. We were
unanimous' in our decision that the
picinic had been a howling success.
Besides the. English department
which was there in full force, the fol-
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lowing guests were present: J, D,
Orton, Jr., of Bellevue, Frank Mahan,
Clinton Glover, Dick Ayres, Lynn
Woodward and Victoria Looney.
JUNIOR-SENIOR GARDEN PARTY
The Junior class most honorably en-
tertained the Seniors with a garden
party Thursday evening, May 19. For
the occasion the Tarleton park was
beautifully decorated with a back-
ground of green brambles and fes-
toons of other woodland offerings,
while overhead was a canopy of crepe
paper streamers.
The guests begah assembling at
6:45 and were received by the follow-
ing members and friends of the Junior
class: Edison Powell, Verne McKay,
Suds Mathews, Mrs. J. Thomas Davis,
Mr. Howell, Captain Mulcahy, Mrs.
Ramey, Mrs. Chamberlin, and Sue
Williams.
Musical numbers, walking tours,
and a short talk from Mr. Hale were
thoroughly enjoyed by the guests,"
Then came two courses of refresh-
ments, the first consisting of pressed
chicken salad, potato chips; pickles,
buns, and iced tea; the second, of sher-
bet, cake, and salted nuts with favors
daintily hand-painted by members of
the Junior class.
At 10:15 the bell called and the
Seniors and Juniors-went their seve-
ral ways, feeling inspired from the
associations of the evenirig.
American exhibits were most prom-
inent at Java's annual festival and
carnival held recently at Batavia.
6. Overture, Raymond .A. Thomas
Orchestra
7. Presentation of Diplomas
Judge Byrd E. White ;
Dallas, Texas
8. Benediction
Rev. I. H. Teel
9. Postlude '..A.„
Orchestra
To Miss Irene Ellis, whose
work among us as a friend and
adviser has been so enthusi-
astic, so loyal, and so unselfish,
we members of the staff lov-
ingly dedicate this, our last
issue of the J-Tac.
LUCKY 13 BANQUET
And it came to pass that on Friday
evening, May 20, a certain spirit of
festivity pervaded the air surrounding
Mrs. Mothershead's. At first it was
not definitely known just what the
cause of all this excitement was, but
a peep into the dining- room-revealed
the secret, even before a single guest
arrived. The table was attractively
decorated with cut flowers. The place
cards announced that "Lucky 13" was
an important feature in the occasion,
since it was printed in conspicuous
characters on every card.
A few minutes before eight o'clock
the members of the "Lucky 13 Club"
and their- guests,began to arrive. The
girls, of course, had to havoc that the
wind had played with their hair. One
of'the boys was inconsiderate enough
to - remark, " Vaoity, 'thy name is wo-
man." But we noticed that none of
the sterner sex forgot to use an extra
amount of hair oil. Finally all' the
guests arHved—even Cye, who had
such a near-tragedy that he almost did
not get there.
Then' the really important part of
the evening began. Barney and his
Lady Fair led the way into the dining
room. Places were, set for ten of the
thirteen members of the club and their
guests. Extra places were also set
for the absent members—B. F„ Tuck,
and Peanut, who have departed for
China.
During the first" course conversation
was general. It didn't even get bois-
terous, except for a little argument
between Pip and Dat. But it was final-
ly settled with no casualties. At the
end of this course a mighty hush fell
over the assembly at the magic words
from Barney, "Folks, I am about'to
take charge in the capacity of toast-
master." And straightway he did do
just that. Mc gave a toast to the club
members and guests from the absent
ones, and Margaret responded with a
toast to B. F., Tuck, and Peanut. Then
Shorty gave a toast to the ladies, to
which Mary Deane responded with a
toast to the boys, whom we all love.
Conversation languished during the
main course. Reason: the food was so
good that nobody had time,for mere
talk. The chicken was entirely too
good. The salad course followed, as
salad courses will, and after that the
dessert. And such dessert! Never
was there better ice cream and cake in
the history of the culinary art!
Barney thought after-dinner speech-
es would be nice, so we had after-din-
ner speeches. The junior members of
the club got picked on first, of course.
Next came the old members. The girls
were not even allowed to rest in peace,
but we were called on too. But we
were glad to be there, so we told them
about it. Everything went off beauti-
fully, except that Barney had to call
Annie Lois down for rudeness! And
she was sitting half-way down the
table from him too! That made it
very embarrassing.
But all good things have to come
to" an end—even "Lucky 13" banquets.
At ten o'clock'the sad event—breaking
up—occurred. The boys call them-
selves "Lucky," but we who were
their guests really feel that we were
the lucky ones.
Doc and Mrs, Doc, the regular fac-
ulty advisers, were out of town, so
GRASSBURR DEDICATED ,
TO MISS PEARL MAHAN
Monday morning in chapel the stu-
dent body witnessed the formal pre-
sentation of the year book to our be-
loved head of the English department,
Miss Pearl Mahan. The joyful re-
sponse of approval to that action was
very indicative of the fact that no per-
son on the' Tarleton campus is more
respected and honored than is Miss
Mahan.
Due to the lateness of the engraving
companies in fulfilling their contracts
the. Grassburr will not be received by
the students until after they reach
home. The annual staff, however, as
is consistent with their usual efficient
efforts, will remain in Stephenville
Until every student has been mailed
his annual. /
TARLETON EXHIBITS
The Home Economics and Industrial
Arts ^departments will hold open house
on Friday afternoon, May 27, from 3
to 5:30 o'clock. The exhibit to be! held
has come to be an annual affair at
Tarleton. Students and the public in
general are invited to1 call during the
afternoon to inspect the work done
during the year by these departments.
Following is a list of the exhibits
with the instructors in charge:
Clothing—Mrs. Chamberlin, Miss
Madeley,
Foods—Miss Looney, Miss Mc-
Donald.
Design and Interior Decoration —
Miss-Walker.
Drawing—Mr. Doremus, Mr. Gard-
ner. 1
Blacksmithing—Mr. Blanchard.
Machine Shop—Mr. Blanchard,
Woodshop—Mr. Dawson.
JUNIORS ELECT
At a meeting of the Junior class
last week the following officers were
elected for next year:
Gabe Lewis, editor of the J-Tac.
Paul Allen, business manager' of the
J-Tac.
Kenneth Williams, editor of the
Grassburr.
Charles Neblett, business manager
of the Grassburr.
Suds Mathews, preliminary presi-
dent of the class.
+ -
+ EX-STUDENTS' BANQUET +
+ NEXT TUESDAY ♦
4- — '* " +
-f Next Tuesday night', at eight +
+ o'clock, the annual Ex-Students' +
-f Banquet will be held in the +
+ Methodist Annex. Ex-students, +
+ this is the only change we will +
+ have to be together for another +
+ year. Don't neglect the oppor- +
+ tunity of seeing your old class- +
+ mates, and recalling those -f
+ "good old days." -f
+ Tickets are $1.25 each, and +
■f. may be had from the secretary, +
+ Irene Ellis, or from the College +
-f Store. ' -4-
♦ . . +
+■ + + + + *♦ + ♦* + *♦ + * + ♦
Ike and Miss Curry ably took their
places. The members of the club who
were present were Mc, Sandy, Suds,
Pip, Shorty, Jelly,. Cye, Ned, Duck,
and Barney; The guests' were Misses
Margaret Nester, Christine Newsom,
Thelma Clark, Dat Toepperwein,Mary
Deane Yeager, Mary Walker, Bonnie
•Touchstone, Elliott, Annie Lois' Strig-
ler, and Irene pllis.
THE J-TAC AND
ANNUALSTAFFS
ENJOY PICNIC
In the shade of the tree3 on the
front lawn of Mary Corn vVrlkerson
dormitory for girls the staffs of the
J-Tac and Grassburr gathered to leave
for Club Lake for a general outing.
The hostesses or originators of the
idea were none other than Miss Irene
Ellis and Miss Moselle Hilswick, re-
spective faculty advisers of the J-Tac
and Grassburr. At five o'clock the
staff members with their various right
hand mates (of the opposite sex in
each case) departed some in "Leaping
Lena," the J-Tac staff car, some in a
special chartered bus, and some in
Chas.'Neblett's "Sheberlay."
Immediately upon arriving at the
lake the majority of the party donned
their bathing suits ' and naturally,
went straightway down into the
waters. Some few, however, preferred
to bask in what sunlight there was
left in the western skies and refused
to be moistened by the moisture from
the moat.
The editor-in-chief and assistant
business manager of the J-Tac alter-
nately ducked therr faculty adviser,
and a good time was generally had.
The two staffs had a water fight from
which the J-Tac staff emerged victor-
ious (the Grassburrs were submerg-
ed.)
When the twilight of eve dimmed
the sun's last ray and the shades of
the night gathered fast the swimmers
dressed and the lunch was prepared.
And such , a lunch! It consisted of
some delicious sandwiches, some in-
comparable pickles, some magnificent
ice cream and cake, and some refresh-
ing iced tea.
After lunch the couples went stroll-
ing in spjte of the protests of the two
faculty advisers who do not approve
of such conduct.*
At 9:35 all piled into the convey-
ances and arrived on the campus at
10:15, and all was quiet on the Bosque.
IT WON'T BE LONG NOW
As dad said when he broke his walk-
ing cane over my head, "It won't be
long now."
That's ,true; less than a week until
school is over. The Seniors are out,
but do not seem so glad. They hate to
leave old Tarleton.
My, but isn't society raging! Some-
where to go almost every hour. If the
Seniors were not through some of
them might flunk out. I bet its hard
on the poor lower classmates. They
surely better be careful.
As • a lasting remembrance of the
class of '27, the Seniors are leaving
the Band Stand, now nearing com-
pletion, to be dedicated Monday morn-
ing at ten o'clock. The names of the
Seniors are to he engraved on a bronze
plate and attached to the Band Stand.
The Seniors "take back" all they
have ever said about the Juniors. The
Juniors can certainly do things up
right \vhen they try. We. wonder if
we did half so well last year.
I'd like to talk all day, but I might
get sentimental after a while. So, so-
long. I say "so-long," and not "good-
bye^ because every Senior expects to
come back some sweet day.
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