The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 13, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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NUMBER 5,
STEFHENVILLE, TEXAS, OCTOBER 13, 1928.
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PLOW BOY
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r 'Lislen% me, all yoia folks who
/are supposed to back the purple
and white. Do you really think
you (lid your part in the last Peek's
' game? Do you really know what
it means to see the Plowboys de-
feated on the Haye field?
! i. It is the first time in four years,
ul believe. Of course i£ didn't mean
so much to the fish to see the b.oys
go down, but what do you think
it meant ■$> the men who have been
,ihere three and f pur ye$?s?
.j. The Plowboys lost; .' ^hat game
partly on account of the lack of
spirit. , It is up to you, Student
Body, to see that pep isn't lacking
again. . "
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. Let's not be caught napping any
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tiiere ever was a time when
' school patriotism stirred your
heart or youth in your blood/when
your nerves tingle and your throat
grew tigl$, it' £&gbt Jtpl.be during
! one of those games. Did you feel
-: that way ? Well, that is the way
you should feel when "On Ye Tarl-
'eton," is played at the kick-off.
Then without losing interest, keep
it'-up during! the entire game.
We play Randolph here on
v Thanksgiving day this • year. Con-
sidering.; the way they tripyned ?Jc-
' Murry, 'we are gaing to' have to
' work some tg beat them. .■}.
We are' reminded of a verse that
j :,: a man used'last"year: ■
\<'The* world-sure' loves a dinner,
• : ; ,In, any;iSor(t of fight; ,
It also loves a ipse?,-,
Who does his losing right."
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Officers for Year. Are Elected at
JFirst Class Meeting *
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Lrist Saturday,-October 6, imme-
j^fS-bgW «&' •wrBtjjiecttag f.w the
purpose: of ; electing. the class oau
''.c«£W"-;-^Ko' nominating committee,
■which, was composed of Forrest
Patton, Neal Stol|b^«e/j Virgjnja
Pipr, and Virginia f|^^s, fs^^iji-
ted the names of the candidates to
'the clasp. Th^folIow|hg pffieers
( were-ehosenS") • ' 'b,.:I .. .
President, Bert Gresham.
/ Vice-President, James Atlee.
Secretary, Mary May Price.
THE DOPE SHEET
Gang, the players say it was
lack of pep and spirit that lost that
game Friday. Who is responsible
for the pep of Tarleton? We are!
We fell down on our job Friday.
Let's not ever do it again.
Over-confidence is orie of the
greatest evils a team has to over-
come. The, team was probably a
little too sure of itself; but who
could blame the boys, since the
student body refused to < consider
the Indians as yorthy opponents ?
To be honest, the writer of this
column freely '.admits that in the
last issue of the J-TAC there 'ap-
peared in the,,Dope Sheet a predic-
tion something like this, "Tarleton
should beat Decatur by two touch-
downs." This being the case, I
humbly take down my tiny sign,
"Results of games in advance," and
sincerely promise to turn my tal-
ents to the fields of poetry or.gome
.ath'eirm.pre settled lines.* ' - " —
I do believe we'll beat Clifton,
though.
Decatur got almost every, break
of the game. Jf that kick hadn't
have been blocked, if we had not
received that penalty when we were
on their 2 yard line—and a dozen
other "ifs," However, they do say
that the. breaks go to the team that
is looking for ■ them.
PROMOTIONS IN
Team, let's go from now on. We
are going to be better next time.
"When the battle breaks against
you, ^tnd the crqwd forgets to
cheer;
When .the Anvil Chorus echoes
, :.vr. With the essence Tof a jeer.
When the knockers? start their
panning? in the knockers'
nimble way .- ,
With $ rap for all your errors and
(a, j^n jipbn ypjir, play-
There is' one1 qtiick: answer ready,
-j r|hat will nail them on the
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There .is. one reply forthcoming
that wpll wipe away the sting
There is ones elastic comeback that
will hold them as it should—
MAKE GOOD."
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OFFICERS HOLD
John-
son and Miss Ellis.
?..jfh^,, Jjijji.oTP ;£}a£s this year is
■ one "of. the" -largest Tarleton has
ever known and bids fair to become
one of the best. - ' ; - •
We wonder who the Fish is
who patted his date's^harid diir-
, ing. -5 "^o^ng'.'. part .qf
. pictui?ft show': ' last Saturday
1 Several ex-Tarletonites have vis-
ited the campus during the last few
'/;,(day?,^j^^S\ Roman
h 'Gfkgg,. Barii^y Wilcox> i IJhil ,Qbmpr
bell, Sudg, Mathews,
can't.
New Officers Have first Experi-
ence as Members 9f the
L Officer^ Clubs f
The commissioned officers met
for the first time Monday evening
it) the Armory. Thirty-one officers
were^ present- Captain Mulcahy
gave a talk on the standards re-
quired for the oficers and outlined
the plans' for the year. He gave
many-helpful hints to the new offi-
cers and ,congratulated the officers
on the progress being shown this
year. Mr. Howell then gave a short
talk with the-.-businesg of his office
as the theme; Colonel Gragg then
made several announcements, after
which a rather lengthy, yet impres-
sivg,i program -vyas given. :
„-^ethe first meeting will
be long 'remembered by the nev
(j{fiegr|i.'a? fp-by ^i.e old one?.
"There is no failure except from
ARE ANNOUNCED
The first promotion list of the
year was posted on the bulletin
board Saturday. While a large
number of promotions were made,,
there is still a large number to be,
yet considered. The promotions
were made with last year's record
of' grades, demerits, and military
efficiency,,as the basis. The fol-
lowing _is the order as posted;
Special Orders
The following promotions are an-
nounced to become effective this
date:
To be Lieut. Colonel—Captain
Willard Gragg, ,
■ i To be Majors—1st Lieut. Lewis
Nordyke, Major Allen Powell; Ma-
jor Eugene Livingston, 1st Lieut,
Nick.. Fletcher,„2n.d...Jjiguti^Ckjero.
E'dwardsi 2nd Lieut. Kussell Couch.
To be Captains—lst-Lieut. Lerpy
Beard, lst.Sgt. E. L% Roton, Cor-
poral Robert Wood.
To be , First Lieutenant^—1st
Lieut. R, L. White, 1st Lieut," Estes
Clayton, 1st Lieut. Lafayette' Prit-
chett. 2nd ijt. Hugh Maples. .
To be second lieutenants—Cor-
poral Van D- Meisheimer, Corporal
Oran Stovall, Corporal Arlie Brown
Sgt. Maj. Green Buchanan, Corpor-
al Wayne Cox, Sergeant Autis Me-
JVIahap, . Sergeant, Maurice Price,
Corporal Loyd Stockton, Corporal
Johnnie, Edwards, Private Dorset
ReUinger,'. Sergeanl Richard' seag-
ler, Sergeant' Jim Buck, Corporal
John M. Cage, Corporal Jamfs At-
lee, Sergeant Leon" Stinson,, Cor-
poral Neal Stolebarger, Sergeant
Reece Jones. .
To be Master Sergeant—Private
Gottard Johnson.
To be Cadet Sergeants—Corporal
Benjamin' Barnes, Private' Ray-
mond Watlis, Corporal Verner TaJ-
batt, i Corporal J, W.- Frazier, Pri-
vate Nat Franklin).;Private Martin
Ledbetter, i Corporal; Jimmie Gee,
Private ,,.El^nore _I).en1jp^,. Priya^e
jfphn ;pory, ^irvate; l^jphard; For-
rest, Sey^eantrpiaij,de.;B^nkjn§h^p,
P,orporal ;Rqy Burj?9f: Cqi;poraV; Out-
place of Competitive Drill Changed
From Dallas Fair to Battle
' of Flowers
Because the State Fair commit-
tee has decided to discontinue the
competitive drill, an annual attrac-
tion of the Sta,te Fair at Dallas,
the plans^for-the Vidette company
have been altered. Instead of in-
tensive training' in preparation ofr(
the contest in October, the program
of (U:ill has been re-arranged so
as tp point the company for a simi-
lar competitive drill at San Ant'onio
in the spring of 1929. This compe-
tition is to be held in conjunction
with the Battle.. of Flowers, San
Antonio's spring festival. Captain
f^kab^lef^^a^irs^,of.-4he-^we^]ft
for t San Antoftio," to;{complete ar-
rangements fqr the trip, and to
settle any • minor; details concern-
ing the competition:
.While the Videttes were disap-
pointed when the trip to Dallas
was canceled, they are wholly
reconciled now with the assurance
of a trip to San. Antonio next
spring. ■ .
The deferring of the competition
is an advantage to the company,
inasmuch as there,swill be an addi-
tional period in which to prepare
and perfect the company, but, since
many of the videttes are now offi-
cers, their efficiency in squad drill
may suffer. However, the Videttes
will receive individual instruction
each week combined,with the com-
pany d;rill. Thp schedule for drill
is for small groups; men to re-
port at 4?ffe?®%ti,)t}]nes during the
■jv^k for individual instruction in
the schpol of the sqldier an<J squad
and pne hour of company drill until
^bout a iflo,nth: befqre. the eompeti^
t^on .take,^. place . ^ fichejiule
of jn^^siye, dr,ill ^irilj bei uped,
^ Vjfette, "qpmpany jieed? your
support to YJin, in thig drilj./ ,The
o,^j||ni?ation;i"s one witl) l)jgb 4tan4-
ards anf^, ofne; ,'ft definite gi?f 1
ahg§dx |b jsuccged tjie, iipqpl: sup-
port of . the .entir^ student body is
heeded. , . . ,t , .
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PLOWBOYS LOSE ON HAYS FIELD
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Decatur Baptist College Shows Great Team-
work to Defeat Tarleton in U^set ,
EXHIBITS AT
DALLAS FAIR
Woodwork, Engineering, and Agri-
. cultural Departments Have
Booths at Dallas
Arrangements have been made
and ' the Tarleton booth f at the
State Fair is now ready for in-
spection. Mr. Blanchard, assisted
by a student, carried the goods and
arranged the exhibit, last week;
work entirely.
The woodwork department has
on display one buffet, one library
table, one- dressing table, one cedar
chest, two flooi* lamps, .and two
table: lamps. The agricultural en-
gineering department has several
sets of drawings that show some
remarkable ability. The liome ecof
nomics department has a display
oi canned goods, basket work, and
needle work. The art department
has several paintings of unusual
interest. The picture machine
owned by the agricultural depart-
ment and the many different scenes
of the college and college work
will be run all during the fair.
This exhibit is a very effective
way of advertising the college, and
those who have, worked to make
this exhibit wprtlf*^vbile ,are worthy
of much praise. .
< Starting Line-ups.
Tarleton
Davis (Capt.)
L. E.
Hendrickson iL>.
L. T.
Cox ;
Rudder ....
Worthy ....
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Hillin
Bacon
Hunter.
Nabors
Porter
Pinkerton
L. G.
C,
R. G.
Decatur
Boyd
Roach
Liles
........ Jordan
Greathouse
Griggs
R. T.
Spain (Capt.)
R. E, ,
.; Boley
Q. B. I f
!. Jones
Workman
R. II.
Phelps
F. B. .
DO THE TARLETON
UNIFORMS MEAN ANY-
THING^O YOU?
College Humor Sponsors Straw Vote to De-
■' termine Sentiment of College Students
' ;s-. . tfr ' 1 " t' r-'l' . n~iiist-;. '.•*
Because of the high interest in
th^, Npyerpber fJeetipp pf the presi-
dent,1 College Hunvpr and . all the
American college dailies baye plaij-
ned. a natiqiivWide straw vote t,o
determine the voting preference on
the; j>Tyo candidates.;^ i f .
All college students, regardless
of age, are asked to vote. The
complete student opinion is of much
more interest than just the votes
of those students who are of voting
age, because we can then tell what
the college world thipjes of our
two candidates, t
Alfred Ei 'Sniith, the democratic
candidate, was born in. New York
City. ,< He started his varied rand
successful career as newsboy and
became one pf New lYork's^Ieading
men. He has been elected governor
of New York State four times, and
ft perBoijaliiy ..1.
Herbert Hoover, the Republican
candidate, was . born in West
Branch, Iowa. He received his de-
gree in'- engineering at Leland
Stanford University in 1895 and
has since been honored by 'twenty-
seven 'othe runiversities.- He held
the position of Food Conservator
during President 'Wilson's term.
• The ballot will be found on page
3 of this- issue of the J-TAC and
it is hoped alt' students wil register
their- v-ote. Tear out' the :ballot
and deposit it in the box located at
the, door( of the J-TAC of ice. The
ballots, will be Collected . Monday
evening at five, o'clock.' /, • ;
All votes will be cleared through
College Humor "and tlje returns
fi;pm " the" Aiperic^n jepfteges,' with
pic|iijref,twill be fuji in thef
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• Have you ever, thought what
it nteans to wear the blue ch^m-'
bray or the khaki uniform 'with
brags (, buttoo^aignifyTOg.. Si t %
A. C.?/ Opjy, a^dept jn Tar-
leton who Mas been here and ex-
perienced the thrilfcof"Wearing
the^e ^nifpyips c^n rfalizf jwhftt
they n^ean.. They represent Tar-
leton in all Her" glory and hoftor.
The-.spirit attd loyalty of a stu-
d^^t ;to ^ii^, sphjQ^i, i^, sho^vi} pi
the blue and kliaki.
; : Have you ever noticed the
beauty pf: the blu,6;C>uimb'ray ? Jt
atancja out from jimong a^oy oth-
er color on the campus or street
as a true, representation of a
girl, who; loif^/s .'5fhe
true spirit of a great institution
is reflected in this beautiful cos-
tume. To wear the- blue cham-
b,py is a prjiyil^gq that; any- tru,e
American girl sljoul^.be glad to
have.1 The weaker may w'ell; Be
envied and loved by all who-ob-
serve her. This is< ,tr;ue, o;E
the cadets in khaki. " They are
representatives of an'1 iristitu-
tign . that,; is il.pved by all iwho
walk in and out of its, doors.,, ;
i Think what these uniforms
stand for and what: they mean
to p.u,: t<j ms,- ai^ ^o-th^e^r^ih
dents! Each wearer should be
true to .'his school;' he should
haye tha.t Tarleton spirit that
ll^e.yea^
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., Bewildered by freak formations,
disheartened by adverse breaks,
outplayed by their, brilliant adver-
saries, but fighting 'to the • last
minute, the Tarleton . plowboys .
went down, to .defeat Friday on
Hays <l 14-lft?7. riD.patur, Baptists
college, underrated by the student
body, but feared % thp cp^chps and
the jieam> turned fh,e triclt that .no
p^her team has, %en 3b?e .to get
gway with in the ;l^Sjb! four years—
thgy defeated , the PlovybQys , on
Hays Field for the first 'time since
Burleson beat Tarleton for state
championship in 1924.
A,n pver-cpijfident and sluggish
Plowboy team' took the, field and
encountered;, a iveritable ); football
whirjwipd .which ■-S'vyept; thpm .pff
theif feet with a series of brilliant
runs- and.passes and se'ored a touch-
down; b^f 9^e,:,tbp Plfi'VMjjfty^^ohelvp*
Starting on Tarleton's 45-yard line,
the Indians "completed pass for
2$i yeards,- and ;: thej*r executed* a
doubly, lateral, . pa^s for ,3 touch-
down. Try for point failed.
■ The Plowboys came back in the,
second qiiajtj?r ,an4 Qf- Ijne
plunges,, ending .'vyitlj a pass, Allen
to Bacon, carried the ball over for
Tarleton's only ./touchdown, t Allen
kicked gpalj,givi^gf y^rleton a'7-6
lead.
• ■ This lead Was held until the last
quarter.,.; In the • secQnd half De-
catur began ijsi$g a peculiar
spread formation,' from which they
ran every play, whether line plunge
pajja, or jcic^,, .Tllft Pipwboys tcp!ild
iiqt solve this play, and jt. gaye
them a great deaf'of trouble in the
third qijai-tef., JHpweyer, Tai'leton
got loose .on the ,Bp-yard lfne> ftnd.
with- Nabors and Porter tearing
through - the heavy' DeCatur' iinej
the. ]PJpwbqys -carried the ;b.ail tp a
final down of Decatur's 3-yard line.
A 15-yard penalty set them back,
and ,the oppprtunity ; to score, and
practically, cipch, , tlje game was
lost. '
" As the last quarter opened, De-
catiu-'s; spread pl>y. began working
and the Ploughboys coyld not stop
it. The Tarleton line held 011 our
1-yard line, a"d when. Nabora went
back tp pui)t, put ,of dangers, the
Decatur forwards broke through
and-blocked the -kick, - recovering
£91*, a, ^uqJid^P- Tl},ey added ,:a$-
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