The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, APRIL 6, 1928.
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You rosy be pretty good at foot-
ball; and no doubt you are fine-base-
ball players and track men. But
" how are'you oil shooting? Jt is a
man's sport. . Do you think you can
' bea;t us-? - If y<?u do, we-are ready
to give you a trial. t
One of our members, Buth Clark,
made 98 out of a possible 100. That
was the best score made on the
Tarleton team and on the compet-
ing team.! Th'a.tjis getting" down to
the' fine' points of, the game.
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foolish enough to. staj;e that girls
, were .wasting time when they prac-
ticed shooting. It is as good sport
for girls as for boys> isn't it ? Then
why. gripe? ■
We are planning on making a
name for' Tarletori College by win-
ning a number of our meets.
-The- Girls'. Rifje.-rl'oani. is k-gcad.
'ertisement for the college, . No
'^oubt you have noticed our picture
in all advertisements about the col-
lege. This alone shows what the
.executive's of the. college think of
us.' 1 ,
Then there are many other bene-
fits to be fierived' from our club.
Everyone appeared : to enjoy the
theatre party.- , :"
*; Hazel ' Fenner; one of our mem-
bers, is the Vidette., sponsor. We
are proud of her.
We believe
' smaller bull's-
"'.triggers.
in longer - ranges,
eyes, and heavier
The Rifle Team Girls!
John D. Watkins: "Say,
Smith, why is small pox like a
steel 'trap?" ^ '
Smith: "I dpn't knpw." (
Watkins: "Because ' it is
catching."
PLOWBOYS DROP MEET TO THE
HOWARD PAYNE YELLOW JACKETS
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If I knew how, I would
■write a'word of commenda-
tion and encouragement in
behalf of. the girls" rifle
team. While this is purely
'a voluntary organization on
the part of the girls and
while it: may be considered
recreation to a large degree,
I am pleased t^at those girls
who have entered the orga-
nization have taken the mat-*
ter seriously enough to put / +
fort!) continuous and regit- +
War effort in order to accom-
plish a hijjh degree of effici-
ency in .rifle practice. It is
a' matter, of interest and
pride to me that in the field
of competition the girls' rifle
team has won a high de-
gree of recognition. _ While
I do not think that it is es-
sential for our girls to be
trained for soldiers, I do be-
lieve that every girl should
leai'ni the use of firearms.
' TKto".^afe^ttHISs^orthiSiiHe-'
to learn many sciences -f.
which one does not expect to
■f use, in life, A person never
knows just what science or
skill "will be of most impor-
tance . in the years to come.
The girls' rifle team has
maintained . the usual Tar-
leton Spirit to its' highest
degree in that' it, has -been,
the policy'of the team to do
well whatever, has been un-
dertaken.
, gincerely,,
J. Thomas Davis, Dean,
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Capt. (Jragg: Let's see how
the top of,the Texas looks."
Peyton: "Let's bfe off."
Allen Powell: (On first ele-
vator ..'ride)'"Virginia when we
get up, let the others stay but
if .you don't mijid we will take
the next ship clown, I feel sea
sick."
'GIRLS HAVE SEVERAL INTER- '
- ESTING MATCHES THIS SEASON
(Shooting
-■But Not Crap Shoot-
ing) :
We know of three -kind.? of
matches: those of wood, of love,
and of teams,,if there,are more we
have not as yet been informed. Our
matehes. are mostly/composed of
teams, however we do not confine
them to this particular, kind. (?).
f Our first match was February 10,
with the Oklahoma University Wo-
men's Rifle Team./' Don't misunder-
stand us> we didn't go there nor did
they,come-here; the score was com-
municated by means of ^telegram.
Our team is composed of ten girls,
but the specification called for nine
girls to sh'oot. and'the s'even high
scores to count,, so you see prae-
, ticaljy the entire team had - the
thrill) (it is a peculiar kind of a
thrill), ; of shooting in the first
match of the season. The final score
was 95-97 in their favor. We were,
of course, displeased and '\Usap-r
pointed with this' outcome but we
were determined to dp better next
/time. That is where the disappoint-
ment came—we did, worse the next
time—but wait—we haven't finish-
■ ed telling about this first match.
' We had all kinds of. feelings in
this match—hands trembled, eyes
became blurred,y and everything
seemed to be just what it shouldn't
be. At the end of each shot Captain
Mulcahy would, tell" us the v^lue of
our shotv^U nerv'ts wore on edge.
for we knew how much each shot
counted—either for . or against our
record. It was riot until "our last
shot was fixed that this tense nerv-
ous fe.eling was gone.., ■'
In out second match,- which was
March 29 with George Washington
University Rifle Team, we were not
quite so nervous. Of. course we
were not .entirely at ease, but that
very unpleasant nervous feeling
was not there. , In this match nine
girls fired. We were not very well
-prepared this time as we had not
practiced as we should have, (So
many things interferred with ojir
work.) We . looked . forward to
having "Tarleton Girls' Rifle, Team
Wins over George Washington U.
Team" for a headline in our J-Tac
thiiS week but as it, is—it is best
that we merely mention this match.
The score was—well, anyway they
beat. !, . ' .
Our next match which is to be
April, 10 with Maryland University
will close our season's work. We
are determined that this - shall be
the Source of a favorable headline
for the coming J-Tac.
We , would, like to. take this op-
portunity to . express,: oiu-' desire that
the Boys' Rifle Team challenge us
for. a _match . in the near , future
Since the boys surpass the-girls in
crap shooting it is only natural that
we girls, should \yish to defeat them,
in gun shooting. ' . - 1 ,;
The Howard Payne Yellowjaekets
defeated the Tarleton Plowboys
here Saturday/in their , annual track
meet YO'% to 49-%. The feature of
the meet was the rivalry of Me-
Cai'ver of Howard Payne and Wa£
kins of Tarleton in the sprints. Mc-
Carver came from behind in both
races—to win'by inches in the 100
in the fast time of 9.8 seconds 'and
to tie Watkins in the 220 in 21.8
seconds. 1
Urban of Howard Payne was
high point winner of the meet with
17% points. Glover was high point
man for Tarleton wit;h il Y2 points.
The registering of both teams
was as follows:
100-Yard Dash—McCarver, How-
ard Payne, first; Watkins, Tarleton,
second. Time 9.8,
Mile Run—Clark, Howard Payne1,"
first: Jones, Tarleton, second. Time
5:02.5. ., "
220-Yard Dash—rWatkins,1 Tarle-
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ton; McCarver, Howard Payne; tie.
Time 21.8.
120 High Hurdles—Glover, Tar-
letipp;- Peeples, Howard Payne, sec-;
ond. ,Timo lG.2.' 1 j
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first; ,Ncwburn, Tarleton,' second.
Time 12:32. " , ;
■1-10-Yard Dash—Cate?,-'Howard
Payne, first; Key, Howard Payne,
secoijd. 'Timei 52.2. , ■ '
220 Low Hurdles—Glover, Tarle-
ton, first; McCarver, Howard
Payne, second. Time, 26.4.
880-Yard Dash—Cates, Howard
Payne), first; Key, Howard Payne,
second. Time, 2:07.
Relay — Howard Payne, first;
Hodges, Urban,. Harrell, Cates,
Tarleton, second. Time, 8:39.2,
Pole Vault—Houghton, Tarleton;
Agee, Hoyar'd Payne; tie. Height,
11 ffeet.
High Jump — Fisher, Howard
Payne, first; Glover, Tarleton; Agee
Howard P^yne, tie. Height, 6'2".
Broad Jump — Moser, Tarleton,
first; Urban, Howard Payne, sec-
ond. Distance, 20'4".
Discus—Urban, Howard Payne,
first; .Sanderlin, Howard Payne,
second.' Distance,-136'1".
Shot—Irwin, Tarleton, first'; Ur-
ban, Howard Payne, second. -Dis-'
tance,'41'9,%". 1 ,
Javelin—Urban, Howard Payne,'
first; Houghton, Tarleton,' second.
Distance, 165'7".
RIFLE SHOOTING FOR GIRLS
• Small bore rfl? shooting is one
of the .very few sports- in which
persons of different se&es, sizes and
ages, can compete on terms of
equality. The ninety-five' pound
girl who really knows how to shoot
stands an'eyen chance with a two
hundred pound man. The rifle
match is a contest in which knowl-
edge and self discipline are the win-
ning factors. /
Rifle shooting as. a sport for wo-
men has been opposed on varying
grounds. Some of the reasons
given by those who disapprove of a
girl playing with a rifle are amus-
ing, some simply nonsensical, oth-
ers to make the expression mild are
disgusting. ...
Among the amusing reasons may
be classified th^ argument that it
does not better , fit them to wash
dishes, teach a school, manage a
home, beat a typewriter and so on.
A host of answers could be mar-
shaled, to meet the arguments of an
opponent 'of this type,- but the -prin-
cipal answer is that rifle shooting-
is a recreation, a sport npt a course
in home management, education,1 or
business practice and as an after-;
thought let the opponent name any
desirable. sport or recreation which
will so train or equip; a- girl..
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HISTORY OF GIRLS RIFLE TEAM
March 21, 1923, a Girls' Rifle
Team was organized ! by Captain
Harris; The members -of the team
were sponsors, and they practiced
on Monday' and ^d^day after-
noons. .The n^^,of;-th%ni^m,b^i:sf
.do ho^kngsy.
anything about tK§ s^ooti^g records
of these girls. " / . -
We did not - Kat^.. another' team
organized until th^'vviriter of 1925-
26 when Captain Mulcahy started
a group of girls with regular, shoot-
ing hours, and they were-organized
for the'sole purpose of. trying to
learn bow to shoot accurately.
There werp sixteen girls ' on- this
team; four of whom proved to be
able/to handle a■ rifle well. These
were May O'Brien, Missouri Mc-
Anally, Edna Merritt, and Opal
Hickman; ' The other - girls also
worked to make , the Rifle Team
worth while, , „ 1 / ' ,
III. the fall of 1927 Captain Mul-'
cahy and Mrs. Ra'mey. started at .the.
beginning!,, of' the term ..selecting
girls whom they thought would try
to make -the £eam successful. There
were'fifteen girls who ,made the
regular team. These were: Mrs.
Doyle Graves, Esther Sue 'Hassler,
Rudene Boyd, Ruth Clark, Pauline
Blackburn? Mildred Howell, Lucile
Kyle, I.urlyne Sellers, Lucile R-ob-
inson, Bernice McDonald, Pauline
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McMordie, Lynn Woodward, Ruth
Hunter,' Dat . Toepperwein,' and
Dayle Shook with Mrs. Ramey as
fapulty adviser. These .girls not
only worked h'an.1 to try to reward
Captain,, Mulcahy in ^ijsl efforts" to
-instruct/thpm, but .they also intro-
duced-a social element into the-elub,
and the organisation proved to be
one of the best pn the campus. Al-
though the girls/did not shoot any
matches with other schools, there
was much, interest'- taken ;ih ,the
work, and much was " gained from
the hours of'hard practice; $
This year th6 Rifle Teaih has ten
girls.. These are: Alta Searcy,
Mrs.; Doyle Graves, Lucile 'Kyle,
Virginia Hennigan, Elizabeth Sis-
son, Nola Couch, Lurlyne. Seller si
Ruth Clark, Hazel Fehrier,and
Ruth Naylor. ' . ' '
There were many'more at the
beginning of the term; 4?Ut,the oth-
ers dropped out in the elimination"
process. ..' The - girls have .shot'two
matches, and although we have lost
both of/them, it only makes us
more determined to win the .next
one. .The. 1 girls have,, been practic-
ing regularly and 'members have
shown much improvement since the
first of the year.® The team has had
parties, which have been-enjoyable,
and have made this o'rganization
one which any girl should be glad'
to belong to.
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Portrayal of Faculty Members Pro-
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O wod some power the , ,
giftie gie us 1 ' ,
To see ourselves as .
ither's see us!
It frae manic a . - , 1
bluder free us. ;
What airs in dress wad ' ...
An'1 foolish notions: /
lea'e us,
An ev'n devotion! , , ,
It.is said that each one of us has
a double® somewhere in this, great,
world, at least some of the faculty
members met themselves face to
face Monday morning at chapel. If
some felt that they .were flattered
or some felt that they1 were, mis-^
represented, this grave mistake will
be remedied, next year. ,
Chapel-was, opene'd,; with a ren-
dition of "Onwai'd Christian .Sol-
diers" by-the student body, led by
Mr. Charles Fi-oh (Robert Wo.od),
with Garnett, otherwise, Pete Know-
les, at the, piano. An old ex-studerit
who did not know,that it^was mock
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When the skunk -gets halitosis,
When the possum falls asleep,
When the chipmonks blow their
noses,. '
\y*heh the bear lets, out a cheep,
When the trout eats up the sal-
mon,; _
Wheii the robins leave the state,
When the muskrats die of fam?
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That's when I'll graduate,.
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The, staff was very , kind .to the
Rifle Team "on Saturday, night of
March 24 and took us to the Worth /
for a delightful evening of enter-v
'tainment.; The ones "concerned1 did:.
not have much hoJ)e of securing ., *
permit for such a rowdy bunch, of
boys and girls, but Mr. Howell just -
scratched his head several times . -
and consented to grant the permit
provided there was a faculty'ijiem-i. . /
ber in every ear,; then he. rejerited
a little and. modified tills by saying, ■; .
"nearly, every par,—you,know, wjiat,
I mean." As a matter of fact, the ;
faculty members were loaded in
with the worst ones, such as. Gabe
and Lurlyne, and Hazel and Grag'g,
while those who could be trusted,
including Ruth and Charles, Ruth !
Naylor and Kenneth got to iake /l—.
Doyle and Janie, Belle. Mr. 'and
Mrs. Graves had a terrible, time
trying to chapei-ohe thi$ "- car^^.s' *.' ^
Ruth, and, Charles felt obliged- '; '
look after the chaperones. . ,
Captain Muleahy's car was ,the • ,
first, to leave town, but. duie; to two ./ ,
blowouts, and -three punctures, it .'
was the last to arrive in : Fort.
Worth. Charles Neblett's- car ■ was i
the last to leave Stephenville and
the, first to reach,Fort Worth, from .
thi# we -.may - ''W''
theft there_is'a difference iii Chevrov;
lets—but wait, Mr7 flowelFa Chev- "~fcL
rolet came along with its usual hum
until it happened to the s;ame ,luck
as ■ the , Captain's, only in less de-,
gree., Gabe thought that he was
leading the procession- arid'decided • v ' -
that he would check liis speed.
While driving at the rate of five X
miles an hour, he raised, the shade1 '. . ■ . .
and found that the .whole gang -vyas , • if . ■
behind him. S. A. must have been/ ; „i... .
the general cry, but Gabe didn't - .
stop to listen, and the last time we " '■ .
saw him he was speeding over the : '■
tjill.-: of Granijury. , ' ■ ' ,
■ After all the crowd was gathered
at The Texas, there had to bo a,-,
general clean up, as the sand had , . /;
well covered our eyes and ears, and .;
besides, we had to wait for the Cap-'
tain who /was, behind fixing punc- -
tures. Charles telephoned/to the^.,,-
manager of The Worth in-the after-
noon and had thirty-two seats' re-
served. for 6:30, ,sq before" the Cap-
tain arrived we had/begun to think . '
that our seats would be > forfeited."
Fortunately, y/e" were all- in, the ' •
theatre by seven o'clock'and enjoy- ' , ' , ■
ing A1 Morey's orchestra and Lon /■/.■
Chaney in "The Big'City." By 9:30 t !
we, piled out starved'to death arid ' ,.
plenty ready for a good feed. Gragg
'enjoyed himself by . looking at the
tall buildings and calling attention i
to street cars while on his way back • ' ^ '
to the hotel;
; At The' Texas' we had / a' grand - .i,;
dinner; It took about two hours-to '
satisfy- Mr., Howell's appetite; he 1'/.;?®/,',^:"
w*as the first to begin- eating,- and ■
the only one to need more room un-
der his belt,- He caused quite'',a-:
sensation when, rieeding more space
for expansion# he shyly let out a
notch or,-two,-from this, necessary -
article. These dutiful hoys who
furnished so rriuch pleasure for the
Rifle Team and sponsors, umloubt- -
edly felt a drain on their pocket^
books after\the-end of such-'a: per-'
feet meal. <"
■ We had a pleasant trip home, pr -
at; least most of us did. The1 ones
in ■ the Captain's car decided to
spend the-week-end, or most of the'
week-end—for; woe!- a flat was,"
awaiting him when he returned to
the car. ,
An absentminded person is
one who thinks he left ' his
watch at-home and then takes
it out to see if he has time to
gb' home and get''it. ' '■ ' >
' Teacher;. "No'la, you have-
spelled apartmentwith two -p's"
. Npla: , "Which one, shall, I
take out?" :
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