The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 9
STEPHEN VILLE, TEXAS, FEBRUARY, 2, 1929
NUMBER 17,
PLOWBOYS SPLIT PAIR WITH WEATHERFORD COLLEGE
PLOW BOY
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Did you know that Weatherford
won only one game out of four?
Wasn't that a nice victory the
Plowboys scored Saturday night.
You know it is said that a victory
isn't worth much if it isn't a close
fight, but the Plowboys fought for
that second game, and it was a
well-earned one.
We will hand it to the Coyotes,
however, for they have a good
machine, one of which they should
be proud, for they defeated the
Purple and White in the first game
here.
We wnoder where those people
were who missed the ball game
Saturday night? The- show .must
have'been quite attractive.
We must back those Plowboys!
We'll be havnig some more games.
We wonder how the ex-Tarleton-
ites feel now. We mean those who
have just become exes. Do you
have a funny feeling in your heart?
We know you will always be for
Tarleton. Let us hear from you.
Always for a
ter Tarleton.
bigger and bet-
MRS. RAMEY
TO GET M. A.
THIS SUMMER
Mrs. Frances Ramey, our Fac-
ulty Adviser spent the last two
summers studying at George Pea-
body College for Teachers, She
will return to Nashville in June
and receive the M. A. Degree in
August.
Mrs. Ramey's thesis subject is
"Jokes that Children and Teachers
Find Humorous."
0u2SPONSOR
SPEAKS EX-STU-
DENTS BANQUET
Former students of A. and M.
and C. I. A. held a delightful ban-
quet in Wellington during the holi-
days. Mrs. Ramey, our Class
Sponsor, was the chief speaker for
the event and delivered an in-
teresting address.
;The Club, which has been or-
ganized for several years, includes
four Panhandle counties. Tarle-
ton students from this section of
the country are members of the
club, and at the present time Ray-
mond McCIure is president of the
Club, and Aaron Edgar, Vice-
president.
The following Tarleton students
were present at the banquet. Zed-
die Edgar, Raymond McCIure,
Artliur Wells , Monley Banlley,
Aaron Edgar, Bay C. Wells, Hettle
Lee Brantley and Bertha Mae
Wells,
Dean Davis will address the Club
at their next annual banquet,
which will be held in Wellington
on December 28th of this year.
HISTORY OF
SENIOR CLASS
POPULARITY
CONTEST
A. H. CLASS GOES
TO FT. WORTH
On Wednesday, January 23rd,
two of Mr. Smith's Nnimal Hus-
bandry Classes went to Fort Worth
to go through the packing house.
First we went through the stock
yards, where we saw all kinds and
grades of cattle, sheep, and mules.
After lunch we started out to
the feeding lots, but were caught in
the rain and had to turn back.
The next place we visited was
Armour's packing house. We went
all through it, asking questions
and looking at every feature. We
saw how the animals were treated
from the time they were stunned
until ready for the cooler.
We finished our trip through the
packing house about four o'clock,
and we started home, arriving here
about seven-thirty o'clock.
Rescder—Hold on tight, Miss;
hold ori tight!
Maid in Distress, (a school
teacher)—Don't say that, say
"Hold on tightly!"
It has been customary, in Tarle-
ton, to hold a popularity contest
during the spring session of the
school year. Heretofore the posi-
tions which were filled by popular
election were those of All Tarleton
Boy, All Tarleton Girl, and Most
Military Man. There is a current
rumor that the prettiest girl's page
is to be a new feature. This posi-
tion has been added to make the
number of boys and girls elected
equal. We will then have two boys
and three girls in the popularity
section of the Grass Burr. The
third girl is the May Queen.
Last year the Seniors elected all
but one of their candidates. The
Senior Class should strive to be-
stow all of these honors on Seniors
this year. Although we are out-
numbered, the Seniors should
have that amount of added school
spirit to put their candidates over.
The contest is in the offing and
we should consider our prospects
for the variods positions, and re-
solvei to elect the Senior Class
nominees.
In September 1925, there
into Tarleton the largest Freshman
Class in her history. Three years
ago we wondered if we would ever
be seniors. Now it will not be so
very long before we will be leaving
and, some of us never to return.
We ' organized our class with
Howard Phifer as leader and Mrs.
Woodward as advisor. We en-
joyed our freshman year as well
as a freshman class could.
As sophomores of '26-27 we could
see our way getting easier only
fifteen were there to answer from
oiir large class of the year before.'
I. J. Golden was elected president
and Miss Mahan and' Mr. Mc-
Clesky advisors. We spent a
pleasant and profitable year. In
May we received our diplomas
from ihe- preparatory dopp.etment
and we were a happy class.
Last year we were over five
hundred strong and boasted of the
largest Junior Class of•, Tarleton's
history. With such "officers as
President Allen Powell;' Vice-pres-
ident .Martin Blackburn; Secretary
and Treasurer, Virginia Ilennigan;
J-Tac Reporter, Berriice Kay;
Faculty advisors, Miss Mary
Marrs and Mr. Herbert Fagair,
we had a successful year.
This year we are proud of our
class of about one hundred and
seventy-five members. We are
expecting ninety-nine of these to
receive diplomas in the spring. We
organized promptly after the be-
ginning of school.
(The following officers were
elected: President, Allen; Vice-
president, Russell Couch; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, Leta Lee
Nunn; J-Tac Reporter, Louise
Wiliams ;Faculty Advisors, Mrs.
Ramey and Mr. Hale. Due to
the flue epidemic, we missed hav-
ing our first semester party. A
banquet is being planned, a:nd we
are expecting- a really fine pro-
gram for next term.
From the Dean to
the Senior Class
"The Man On The Kerb," by
Alfred Sultro, is a very strong,
dramatic play, one that will ap-
peal to every Tarleton student,
•Leone and Rodgers are both suited
to their parts, and they will sur-
prise their friends by their excel-
lent character portrayals.
Miss Mahan, Mrs. Woodward,
Miss Atkinson, and their Senior
students have contributed to the
Senior edition of the J-Tac. We
thank them.
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THINK ON THIS
"For wyrd oft saveth lord 4
undoomed if he doughty 4-
be." +
—Be°wulf. 4-
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PROMOTION IN
CADET CORPS
IS ANNOUNCED
The Captain has announced only
one promotion, that of Harold
Barekman to the rank of first ser-
geant. Captain Mulcahy has sta-
ted that there is nothing definite
concerning further promotion. To
be eligible for the rank of com-
missioned officer, a< student must
have the following qualifications:
1. He must be rating as >a little
above an average student scho-
lastically.
2. He must be rating decidedly
better than an average student
from the standpoint of conduct,
3. He must be rated as better
than average student as far as
military attainments are consid-
ered.
4. He must be above average in
personality and neatness ill ap-
pearance.
Mark Twain once defined a mine
as a hole in the ground owned by
Wail who'"Is
ment was only his hitaorous way
of saying that personal experience
is an expensive teacher and that
the "trial and error method" is a
wasteful process of life. He fur-
ther meant by this expression that
few people take advantage of the
experience of the race, the exper-
ience brought forward from the
fiast fry'history and literature, for
the purpose of intelligently start-
ing a career upon a constructive
basis.
"• Bradstreet reported some years
ago that only eight out of each
hundred men in America are suc-
cessful in business. Putting his
thought in converse language, this
means that ninety-two percent of
American men are failures.
Some educators lia've tried to
summarize these . statements into
fitting expressions concerning hu-
man beings. Some have said suc-
cess depends upon persistence in
effort; but I am inclined to be-
lieve that success is dependent
upon persistence in effort directed
by intellighent considerations.
About ninety-two per cent elimina-
tion of human material takes
place at the age at which young
people enter college. About eight
out of each one hundred enter col-
lege for educational training while
about ninety-two adopt the high-
way of drifting using "trial and
error methods" without any degree
of mental application so far as
studying the experiences of man-'
kind are concerned.
Another process of elimination
takes place at the end of the first
semester and at the end of each
semester in college life. The
Seniors who survice through the
last half of their college career
represent the very small per cent,
a fraction less than one per cent
of the youth of the land. These
surviving seniors represent the
elite in the elective process. They
represent those for whom the pos-
sibilities of success reach almost
one hundred per cent.1
I have said all this in order to
congratulate with emphasis those
of the senior class who have sur-
vived to this date this year and
who are facing the last semester
with the determination to win.
Your victory this year predicts for
your life's career almost certain
victory and success. The problem
which confronts you now is large-
ly one of determination to continue.
I cnogratulate you and wish for
you the greatest amount of pleas-
ure in your earnestness of all en-
deavoring and striving this year.
Sincerely,
J. Thomas Davis,
Dean.
Tarleton Shows Great Work To Take Second
Game by Score of 44-11
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TARLETON
Mrs. Chamberlin's Farewell Gift to
Be Set To Music
The following poem was written
and dedicated to Tarleton by Mrs.
Pearl Chamberlin at the time of
her resignation on the first of
September, 1928.
Mrs. Chamberlin was a member
of the first faculty selected in
1899. She rendered many years
of service for the institution, and
the spirit of the poem is apprec-
iated as it is probably the speak-
ing of the spU'it of a person who
has been devoted many years to
the ideals and development of the
institution.
Mrs. Chamberlin hoped that
some Tarleton student, or faculty
member, or friend of the institution
might set the words to music that
would be soul stirring. A most
happy event' in the life of the in-
stitution would be the writing of
a song that would grip the hearts
of every student and individual
.who might come within the atmos-
phere of the institution.
TARLETON EVERMORE
The Tarleton Spirit fills biir soulsf
We're loyal ot the core;
For truth and honor are the goals
Of Tarleton evermore.
CHORUS
We're loyal to old Tarleton,
Yes, loyal to.the core;
Ye're loyal to old |Tarleton,
Our Tarleton evermore.
We strive to win in every game,
And though we miss the score,
We'll keep uusoiled the cherished
name,
Of Tarleton evermore.
—Lily Pearl Chamberlin,
August 30, 1928.
Miss Dorothy Ramey, who hafi
been ill with influenza for the past
two weeks, has recovered; and is
able to be back at school this
week.
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
The twenty-five members of the
Girls' Glee Club were certainly
faithful in attending their daily
rehearsals last week. Their en-
thusiasm will probably continue
through this week, for a very
pleasant tour is being planned for
the girls in the near future. The
uniforms are being made, and we
will soon be able to entertain with
interesting programs; including
chorus singing-, quartetts, trios,
and vocal and violin solos.
GLEE CLUB HAS
BUSY WEEK
The Boy's Glee Club was very
busy last week. Wednesday they
gave a splendid program in chapel,
and Thursday night they went to
Dublin and broadcasted from sta-
tion K. F. P. L. While in action
before the microphone eighteen
calls came in complimenting the
program.
Friday morning they had the
pleasure of entertaining the high
school stufdents durnig chapel.
They received several encores and
an invitation to return at their
earliest convenience.
It is their intention to give a
program at Ft. Worth within the
next week or so; broadcasting over
Station K. F. J. Z. |They will
make several trips during the next
semester, including one to Wichita
Falls. There they will sing in
the new million dollar Methodist
Church of that city.
Upsetting the dope,. the Weafch-
1 erford Coyotes took the first game
pf a two-game series. The game
was very rough, according to fouls,
there being a total of twenty-one
personals, called.
At first, it looked like ail,other
Tarleton victory, but the Weather-
ford basketeers came back in the
second half more determined than
ever to overcome a lead of 20-11,
and defeated the Plowboys 22-27. It
was Britt, stellar forward, and
free tosses that defeated Tarle-
ton. He scored only one field goal
in the initial half, but got loose
in the last frame to score four
field 'goals and two free tosses.
Weatherford registered nine points
by the free-throw rojute.
The Plowboys played a good
game but could not stop Britt.
The Coyotes defense tightened in'
the last period, and only one field
goal was made by the Tarleton
crew. Edwards, playing his last
series this year, played a brilliant
game. He scored the only goal for
Tarleton in the second half in the
last few minutes of play. He was
high point man for Tarleton, get-
ting a total of nine points, followed
closely by Loter, who rung up
seven points.
Britt was high point man with
twelve points.
The second game was an entire-
ly different story. The Plowboys
started off on the right foot and
stayed that way. ,The Tarleton
defense wtajs airtight, while the
forwards were ringing shofca fi'om
every angle. Edwards counted the
first score with a beaiitifu! shot.
Weatherford scored only seven
points in the first half while Tar-
leton was collecting twenty-thrda.
Both teams came back fighting
in the second half, but the Plow-
boys were too fast for the Coyotes,
and they were smothered. Edwards
and Loter played a great game,
scoring almost at will. The guard-
ing of Captain Jess was another
feature. In fact, the whole Tarle-
ton team worked like a clock.
Loter was high point man, with
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Doesn't this remind you of
something yoil've heard before,
probably under the heading of
"Bughouse Fables."
Miss Mahan: My, My, Stu-
dents. "Do close those windows and
turn on the steam. This room is
unbearably cold."
1. Who proposed the new 4-
song for Tarleton? 4-
2. Who are the new 4-
students in the "Dump?" 4-
3. What are the three sorts 4-
of students? 4-
: 4. Who is the Editor-in- 4-
Chief of the Junior Edition 4-
of the J-Tac? 4-
5. What play is to be 4-
given soon? v. 4-
4- 6. When is National 4-
"4-' Drama Week? +
4- 7. What class made a trip 4-
4- to Fort Worth? '+
4- 8. What new feature may +
4- be added to the Popuilarity 4-
4- Contest? -f
4- 9. Who broadcasted from 4-
4- the Dublin station last 4-
4- Thursday night? +
4- 10. Who are Senior Class -f-
4- officers? ' +
4- 11. What instructor get? 4-
4- her M. A. this summer? 4-
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