The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1927 Page: 3 of 4
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TARLETON PLOWBOYS STATE CHAMPIONS IN
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+ BEHAVIOR THANKSGIVING +
* DAY +
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. -f The true Tarleton spirit pre- +
+ vailed oii the campus and ev- +
-f erywhere last Thursday. We +
, + had as guests several hundred 4-
+ visitors, all ,of whom were -f
■f given a cordial welcome. Even
-f the Grubbs supporters were +
4- treated with courtesy and re- +
+■ spect, although we couldn't +
■f sympathize with their choice -f
+ and feelings. - +
-f The special train from Arl- +
■f ington arrived at about 12:30 ■+;
4- noon: It was met by the pa- '+
+ rade of the whole student body +
4- of Tarleton. After they were +
+ seen safely off the train, the +
4- parade proceeded to town and +
■f then back to the college. This +
+ parade was a means of show- +
4- ing the feeling of fellowship +
"f that exists between the two +
4- institutions. Although the +
+ students of the two schools +
+ are bitter rivals in any com- 4-
-f- petition, it is plain to see that +
+ no personal bitterness exists +
4- between them. +
+ The conduct of the students +
+ Thursday was of a nature to +
+ be commended. No quarrels, +
. + no bickering, and no unfriend- +
+ ly feelings were manifested. -f
+ We treated our visitors as +
+ guests, and they showed us +
-f the respect due the host. +
+ At the game each of the +
, + two student bodies tried to +
out-do the other, which was +'
■+■ only natural and is not to be +
+ criticized, We want to take +
-f this opportunity to commend .+
+ the Tarleton students for their -f
-f conduct and attitude toward +
"•¥ our visitors. -f
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FORREST AGEE
EX-TARLETOMTE
IS VISITOR HERE
Former Tarleton Yell Leader and
Athlete Visits Here—Praises
Progress of Tarleton
Monday morning, when we met
chapel, we were happily surprised
to have with us Mr. Forrest Agee.
Agee, as he was called while here,
is a graduate of Tarleton, finishing
with the class of '25. He was our
yell leader for two years. He is
the author of our best yell, Fight,
Fight, Tarleton, Fight. Age,e made
a short talk to the student body,
and upon his request the student
body sang "Op Ye Tarleton." Mr.
Froh had Agee to lead the song.
Agee is a senior at Howard Payne
this year. Last year he was elected
yell leader, and re-elected this year.
He is also editor-in-chief of the an-
nual there. We hope Agee will
come back quite often.
INTER-CLASS BASKETBALL GAMES
WILL BE STAGED AT EARLY DATE
TWO FORMER COLONELS
OF TARLETON ATTEND
THANKSGIVING GAME
On Thanksgiving Day we had
two ex-colonels at Tarleton:
Jake Hammond and Bern P. Al-
len. , •
Jake Hammond who was here
several years ago,. stated that
he was very favorably impress-
ed with the growith and ad-
vancement of the college.
Bern P. Allen was colonel here
last year. He watched the pa-
rade before the game, and was
greatly impressed with the effi-
ciency, organization, and ar-
rangement of the cadet corps.
The two boys were largely re-
sponsible for the formation of
the efficient cadet corps that we
now have.
The class basketball games will
soon start, and from all indications
some fast teams will be developed.
There are a number of high school
stars who are going to try for a
position on one of the several
teams, and a host of raw material
is • at hand.
A meeting was held in the gym-
nasium Monday night for the pur-
pose of "getting together" on the
matter. There will be four teams,
and the rivalry between the classes
is expected to be rather strong.
Especially (will this be true of the
Seniors and Juniors.
Aside from the fact that the par-
ticipants and, onlookers get a great
deal of pleasure from these inter-
class games, there is another im-
portant element. This gives Coach
Wisdom a chance to look over the
raw material in action, and to pick
the best ones for the Plowboy
squad. No doubt there are many
excellent players here, and this
will give them a chance to show
their ability. : The students are
urged to attend these games and
to encourage the players in every
possible way. Some interesting
contests are promised in the near
future.
TO THE COMPANIES
Both in football and in drill-
ing. Thanksgiving Day was for
Tarleton a great success. The
drilling by the three companies
was highly commendable. It
would be hard to say which of
the three drilled best. No
amount of praise of our effi-
ciency should cause us to feel
satisfied or complacent, howev-
er; we sholild remember that
the slightest slack or let-down
will x-esult in such a regress as
will make our recovery diffi-
cult. ,
When we drill, let's give our
very best to drilling. And
when we don't drill, let's think
about ways and means of mak-
ing each of our companies the
very best drilled company Tar-
leton has ever seen.
Christmas is coming! When
it does, we want to be proud of
what we have accomplished in
drilling.
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THE longer you smoke Prince
Albert, the more convinced you
become that it is the most satis-
fying tobacco that ever nestled in
the bowl of a jimmy-pipe. You
get a brand-new thrill every time
you open the tidy red tin /and
breathe that wonderful aroma,
And when you tuck a load into
the business-end of your pipe,
light up, and open the drafts-
say, Mister! Cool as a letter from
home, telling you to cut down
your expenses. Sweet as an unex-
pected check in the next mail.
Sweet and mild and long-burning.
So, mild, in fact, that it never
bites your tongue or parches your
throat, no matter how swift your
pipe-pace. Yet it has that ful?,
rich tobacco-body that lets you
know you're smoking and makes
you glad you are. Try Prince
Albert, Fellows, and get the joy
that's due you! Buy a tin today
and get started!
P. A. is sbtd every*
where in tidy red tins,
pound and half-pound
tin humidors, and
pound crystal-glass
humidors with spqnge-
moistener top. And
always with every . bit
of bite and parch re-
moved by the Prince
Albert procetf#
■no other tobacco is like it!
© 1927, E. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company, Winston-Salem, M. C.
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| Battalion Notes J
A new rule on the sweater has
been made. The approved sweater
may be worn at drill. In cold
weather the blouse may be worn
with the school uniform.
Our parade on last Thursday was
a grand success. This shows what
John's army can do when the men
want to do something.
During the parade the Videttes
manifested their interest in com-
pany competition by trying to be
the best company of the day. They
have decided to be the best com-
pany all the time now. But the de-
cision is as far as they have gone,
for now both A and B companies
are ahead of the Videttes. Wouldn't
it be strange if, at the end of the
year, one of the original companies
were ahead of the Videttes 1
All companies are making won-
derful progress. All have decided
to win. With'such pterest and de-
termination, ev,en though the first
competition is but a short time off,
John's army will surely have one
well drilled company. Will it be
A Company, B Company, or the
Videttes?
(Continued froin page one)
THE GUARD'S WIN HONOR
'•■':AN1> GLORY
The guards picked by Lieu-
tenant Colonel Williams- to
guard the town from intrusion
of 'all "Grubbites" who were in-
tent on painting up the town
before the game, performed
their duties in a brave and a
glorious mariner. There was
"nary a drop" of paint used in
Stephenville. Armed with a
strong determination, and a
healthy desire foi^ excitement,
these picked men of John's Ar-
my kept a yigilant watch from
night fall till daylights But
alas! There was not a particle
of excitement. The poor sol-
diers matched bravely home,
having crowned themselv e s
with glory and bravery. .
COMMENTS ON
QUOTATIONS
Shakespeare says, "He who
steals my purse steals trash."
This may have been,true dur-
ing his time, but now-a-days no
one goes to the trouble to carry
a purse, unless he is like the
foolish boy who spent his last
quarter for a pocketbook. In
fact the, modern robbei- would
not stop with a small purse; he
must hav& money in larger
sums, such as is found, in safes,
in vaults, and on express trains.
I say he who steals at all
should be made to pick cotton
until he earns enough money
to1 pay for the stolen articles;
then he would stop, look, and
listen before he would steal
again. ■
Have you ever noticed that
a few of the boys insist on sit-
ting on the girl's side of the
bleachers, while the game is
going on? No matter how much
you love her, if you can't stay
away from loti^e'^ough to
yell for the tjjiam dni'fag "one
short hour," pea yf;sjbet-
ter marry he&.-' ion s who
are guilty of this its ,e |)dys who
ai'e supposed to be examples of
the leaders i a th •; iojdfai deve-
lopment of These
same boys an# should
display' "Trua 'JV IftpB Spirit"
for the fish tf f&l c. A 1
MOODY
STUDENTS'
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fumble and runs for a touchdown.
The kick is good and the score is,
Tarleton 7, Grubbs 7.
Tittle kicks for N. T. A. ,C, to
Holder on his own five-yard line.
Holder returns to his'own 28-yard
line. Taylor loses three yards. The
pass was bad. Holder kicks to
Grubbs' 40-yard line, and Powell
hits the man so hard that he loses
the ball. Tarleton recovers on
Grubbs' ten-yard line. Smith for
Powell, Tarleton. Houghton goes
three yards at tackle and Patton
goes two yards at guard as the
quarter ends.
Second Quarter
Houghton fails to gain on a buck.
Taylor to Houghton is incomplete.
N. T. A. C.'s ball on their own five
yard line. Creecy kicks 40 yards
to Houghton who does not return.
Patton gets five yards at center,
and Holder kicks to Grubbs' eight-
yard line. Creecy kicks to Taylor
on N. T. A. C.'s 40-yard line. Tay-
lor returns ten yards. Houghton,
Patton, and Taylor carry the ball
to the two-yard line. Evans for
Bacon and Worthy for Cox, Tarle-
ton, Holder arid Houghton fail to
) gain and Taylor makes the touch-
down on a quarterback sneak. Tay-
lor's kick is good and the score is
Tarleton 14, Grubbs 7. Hunter for
Taylor, Tarleton.
Lockhart kicks off for Tarleton
to Taylor on ten-yard line. Taylor
returns to 30-yard line'. Pope is
thrown for a three-yard loss by
Evans. Murry for Darwood, N. T.
A, C. Pass, Patterson, to McCuI-
lough, is good for 19 yards. N. T.
A. C.'s ball on own '43-yard line.
Spence for Thompson, N. T. A. C.
Pope fails to gain off end. Patter-
son's pass is broken up by Rudder.
Patterson's pass to Polley gets six
yards. Creecy fumbles and recov-
ers to go 20 yards off end. Holder
intercepts Patterson's pass and re-
turns 22 yards to his own 48-yard
line. Holder kicks out on N. T.
A. C.'s 13-yard line. Pope fails at
center. Two more bucks fail, and
Creecy kicks to Hunter who does
not return. Tarleton's ball on N. T.
A. C.'s 45-yard line. Tarleton fails
to make the distance on three
downs and Hunter kicks out on
N.'T.'A. C.'s five-yard line. Creecy
drops back of goal line to~kick and
is thrown for a touehback by
Evans. J^core, Tarleton 16,' N. T.
A. C. 7. The ball is put into play
by a pivot, and it is Tarleton's ball
in mid-field. Holder returns 15
yards. Holder kicks to Grubbs' 20-
yard line, and Worthy stops the
man. Polley fails to gain, and the
half is up.
> Third Quarter
Powell for Smith, Tarleton.
Thompson for Spence, Grubbs.
Thompson stops the kick-off on the
50-yard line and Williams recovers
for Tarleton, Holder goes through
the line for ten yards. Two passes
and a buck fail to gain, and Hunter
kicks to Grubbs' ten-yard line.
Crcecy kicks to his own 40-yard
line. Houghton, goes four yards.
Williams fumbles and McCullough
recovers on his own 30-yard line.
Grubbs fails to make the ten yards,
and Creecy kicks to Hunter on Tar-
leton's 25-yard line. Hunter re-
turns to own 44-yard line. Holder
kicks to Taylor on Grubbs' 30-yard
line. Davis intercepts Patterson's
pass and goes ten yards to Grubbs'
20-yiard line. Hunter passes out of
bounds to Davis and Grubbs gets
the ball on their own'20-yard line.
Creecy kicks to mid-field. ^ Tarleton
fails to gain^ on three plays and
Holder kicks out on N. T. A. C.'s
six-yard line. Spencer for Murry,
N. T. A, C. Creecy kicks out on
own 23-yard- line. Holder fails to
gain. A pass and three plays fail
and the ball goes to Grubbs on
their own 23-yard line.
Holder intercepts Patterson's
pass on Grubbs' 27-yard line. Will-
iams goes one yard at left tackle
and one yard at left end. Hough-
ton fails to gain and Hunter makes
first down. Tarleton is penalized
for holding and it is Tarleton's ball
on N. T. A'. C.'s 35-yard line. Hunt-
er kicks over the goal line. Grubbs'
ball on own 2 0-yard line, Patton
for Houghton, Tarleton, and
Sweeney for Taylor, Grubbs.
Fourth Quarter
Holder punts to own 35-yard line.
Grubbs' ball on Tarleton's 35-yard
line. Tripple'pass is good for five
yards. On a. pass and three plays
N. T. A. C. loses five yards, and the
ball goes to Tarleton on their own
35-yard line. Taylor goes off tackle
for 54 yards to put the ball on
Grubbs' 20-yard line. Taylor's pass
over the line is incomplete and ^ f
Grubbs gets the ball on their own ^
20-yard line. Taylor, C., for Holder,
Tarleton. Two plays fajl for N. T."
A. C. and Davis intercepts Creecy's
pass on Grubbs' 30-yard line. Tay-
lor,. C., goes-four yards at center.
Thomas for Pope, N. T, A. C. Tay-
lor goes fiVe yards, one-half yard:
to go. Taylor, C., fails to gain.
Glimp for Taylor.
Grubbs' ball. Taylor intercepts
Tittle's pass on Grubbs' 32-yard
line. Williams goes five yards,
Glinm gets one yard and Williams
makes first down. Patton fails to
gain. The ball goes over and Tit- ■
tie is thrown back of own goal line
for touchback. Score Tarleton 18,
Grubbs 7. , ' ,
Three minutes are left to play.
Tarleton kept the ball in Grubbs'
territory until the last minutes of ;
play, when by a series of passes
Grubbs threatened but failed to
'score, and the game was over.
Score/Tarleton 18, Grubbs 7. •
HERE AND THERE
Major Dale thinks that the
girls in Cottonwood are about
the "idea." He spent the holi-
days there and expects to make
another visit.
Captain Holley must have had
a "real" time during the holi-
days—judging from his facial
appearance. But how about the
Colonel ? Have you noticed his
"shiner?"
Gabe is on the job, as usual.
One ex-TarJetonite actually ■
said more in chapel than mere-
ly, "I'm glad to be back,"
Q. Which is the worst,'
splitting headache or a split /'~~M
finitive? isiOii nam
A. Neither, an English test
on essays is the worst.
For the benefit of those who , .
were not here Thursday, we
Vvill take space to say that we
won a . football. game
Grubbs Turkey Day./ '
"""Those Who weire for,ce*j|;^^^
leave before the 'game .inisl
great event. They have6
sympathy.
Of all sad words'of tongue or
pen, the saddest are these, "fall
in—"Fish Coffey."
Now would be a good time to
raise poor grades. In fact now
is the best time to do anything.
The Crack Company will go
to Dallas some dajr—now, is a
good time to start winning.
Some day A and B companies
will drill against each other, y
Now is a good time to get inter-
ested.
If you are thinking about
leaving school, you had better
think twice before doing so.
This'may be your best oppor-
tunity to secure an education.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
No doubt the students who
spent the holidays at home en-
joyed the companionship of
their relatives, friends, and old
sweethears, and all the joys
that; go together to make a hol-
iday a merry, enjoyable affair.
But to those unfortunate stu-
dents who were forced to stay
at Tarleton for various reasons,
the holidays were anything but
merry. In fact, no place was
ever so apparently dull, so un-
interesting, or so listless as was
the college. In the "Fort" ev-
erything was quiet, only a few
footsteps or the slam of a door
breaking the monotony—a per-
fect symbol of dullness and
miserableness. In the girls'
dormitory there were four girls.
Hours would, pass without a
sign of life on the campus;
then some boy, slouchly dressed
in civilian clothes, would stroll
aimlessly across the campus in
search of some excitement or
of some friend who was prob-
ably enjoying himself at home
among his friends. There was
nothing for us poor unfortunate
ones to do but to idle the hours
away—and to be thankful.
! I'll
HENSARLING
EXCHANGE
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