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. Published Weekly by %e-Students of John Tarleton' College
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Society, Editor..
-Clarence Ferguson
Louis McGregor
■ :.J. k. West
.Madeline Fuhkhouser
Atwell Bond
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Business Manager--
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First'Assistant business Manager. '.
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..Dollie 'Marie Glover
Estell Scott
....._.Cy Paul Roney
— Myndert Gilbert
Travels Abroad
(DOLLIE MARIE GLOVER)
(Continued from Last Week)
WILL YOUR SHIP COME IN?
• A gaJ.'ant ghi'p, THE NEW YEAR, is setting forth to. sea.
As- we, bid adieu to the old year and scramble on to the new, we
; cannot help but glance into the past. : And as we do so, what
.'" do.we see?' .Disappointment,. failures and dissatisfaction? If so,
let's erase thos^ from our minds and resolve with a greater de-
termination than, heretofore to do bigger and better things in
; the future. Don't be discouraged at the faulty past, but take
' careful consideration of the duties now present. It is muteh bet-
ter to say, "X will do it nbw," than to say, "I will do it tomorrow"
It is. certain'that the man who starts something will inevitably
make mistakes. People will foretell his assured failure; they
will show by perfectly unimpeachable figures that he cannot
: . by. any possibility succeed. And yet, the very greatest successes
are oftentimes wrought out of life's bitterest failures. ■
. -The i^exfc three weeks are especially iroport .n«-„ ones to the
students of this.college. The grades which go. in at the end of
" that .time,'.will decide many things. "".,ey will decide for-many,
whether or not they will cviu'e Jack for the second semster.
Conseientouft., hax'?! work in the next three weeks will save'you
nut'h fear and worry. There is no better .way ..to .start~.qff~tha.
New Year than testing yourself in the next three weeks, R$-
.: solve to apply yourself diligently to your duties these next three
■ determining weeks. Study hard, keep busy, and there will be
: no accasion for either fear or worry, and in the end you will
: find a greater strength of character. Tesi; your pluck and re-
member that success is not in getting but in doing. , 'And if you
do not succeed—if your slilp doesn't come in,—don't forget the
quotation of some writer who has said, "Success often alienates;
suffering makes us all friends." '
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As we "begin to end this semester of work, I am wondering
what you are intending to do. Are you going to be one of those
.who' fail and quit .school; one of those who "flunks out," and
forever ruins the correct view of college life? If you are one
■who intends to call this an end to your education,'you should
at least give some consideration to the question of school. Do
ypU think you really need an education, or do you think you can
■ g^t .along in the world without a foundation on which your ac-
tive life in the world is built? Do you realize that if.you quit
. . .school failing, that y.ou have, in almost every case, received the
wrong, view .of what education should.mean to you? You should
by all means bk fair with yourself on the question, because it is
. .you that is deciding for yourself. Or are you one who sees that
you have only. one.more lap in the race before' the term race
ends, and the records are closed? You are far behind in much
of your work, and now is the only time you can make it up. By
working, .working, and working you can make a pass jn these
last three remaining weeks of the term. If your physical life
were threatened by the.amount'of work you did in the next few
• weeks, you would. not lose a minute. Do you: realize that your
. educational life is .at stake, and that it is only ,a matter of a few
days unti.1 you will either survive or perish? There is nothing
<*to bother you, ho holidays, no outside activities, or nothing to
keep you from, using eyery minute of your most valuable time, "
" Study in the next few weeks as'you have never studied, be-
' cause your work in this short time determines your destiny^
On the afternoon of July 16 we
went to see Drotttningholms The-'
ater, which was. built in 1762 and
used-imtil 1792, It might be in-
teresting to know that French was.
the court .'language -in vogue. The
theater, is now used as a museum.
There we saw pictures, eostumes,
Roman figures of gods and god-
desses, stage models of various
plays, and many things' of interest
at the time the theatre was in
use, ■
The stage of the theatre is fif-
ty-seven feet deep, and the seats
in the room are raised. It was
built for performances for court
entertainment, and the scats f are
arranged for the people .according
to rank. ¥e were told that .the
benches around the sides of the
stage were used for the actors.
When they finished their part in
a scene, they sat down on a bench
instead of going back of the
scenery. The guide said that af-
ter Hamlet died, he sat down ■ on
a bench. Below the stage is the
orchestra pit and a place for the
prompter to stand. During the
theater season the' actors lived
in the theater. We were shown
a. tiny pewter pitcher that would
■hold hardly a pint of water and
were told that it held enough
water for one of the actresses
for a fortnight. Draw your own
conclusions as to their habits in
the eighteenth century.
From the theater we wen across
to the king's palace. Thie gardens
of. the palace are a r-.opy of the
gardens at Versailles. This palace,
which is used a?, a residence by
the king for about two months
in the spring ' and autumn,. was
built in 11)02-1700, tlie upper part
being, completed in 3.700. . At the
entrance to- the beautiful double
stairway are marble statues of the
nine Greek muses and busts of
the Roman, emperors. In thg pal-
ace are many valuable tapestries,
foi^r of which are. Gobelin tapes-
tries. Venetian mirrors, statues of
various kinds, tables of Italian
mosaic, pictures, needle point, and
other beautiful and: interesting
things held our, attention within
the palace^ We were told that
Qugen Jttedwig Sofiimado.the-nee-
dlepoint covering for the chairs.
At the Skansen Open Air Mu-
seum we' saw houses of the t^pe
used in 1300, 1400, and 1500. In
all of these houses the ceilings are
low, and the. beds are very short.
The furniture in the' houses is
very crude and very scarce. Among
other interesting things in the
museum were some Laplanders
and some models of their summer
and winter homes. In the park at
the museum ■ we saw runestones,
reindeer, eagles*,heron, and other
kinds of birds. ■
While in Stockholm we heard
Carmen given in the Swedish lan-
guage by a very good cast.
To be continued
New Year's Tea
to Campus Club
. The annual tea for the Tarle-
ton Campus Club1 was held at the
honie of Dean J. Thomas Davis on
Thursday afternoon,. January 1,
from 3 to 6 o'clock.
The Tarleton color scheme of
the. purple and white was carried
out in all the decorations, White
carnations, were'' used as cut flow-
ers'. A large purple "T" over smi-
iax vines decorated the west -win-
dow of the dining room. The din-
ing table was \very attractively
decorated with a. lace centerpiece
over purple and with a large bowl
of white carnations. The only or-
naments that wes're used in the sun
parlor were thie Tarleton colors
and the United States flags, which
were properly guarded by the col-
or guards. /
Mrs. J. Thomas ,Davis and■ Mrs.
S. F. Davis poured tea. Other re-
freshments that were served were
nut sandwiched, purple and white
sandwiches, .T-shaped cookies,'
mints, and grape ice.
The tea was .well attended and
was enjoyed very much by all of
the guests.
Fort Frolics
Trying to Write
. * Monday afternoon ' always' rolls
around for the J-Tacj staff; This
means that another edition '-must
.be. written up. Can you 'imagine
the.: predicament that, the Crowd
' finds itself in when the afternoon
is nearly' gone; and no contribu-
tions in, no news' of anythihg's
, haying happened, no campus ' im-
-, provements, no scandal about any
popular, student, and no opinion
to express about any pressing ques-
tion? Take it..from one who knows,
' it is about the same . fix as try-
. ing to take an .English test with-
■ out knowing'anything, about it. In
fact, it is a rather blank, - irrita-
ble,'and worthless frame of mind.
Of course ■ there are a' few feat-
ures, which are usually written en-
tirely out of their individual
minds. Then there isi, the task of
rewriting much of the , copy from
the , various club reporters. The
staff wonders if there is any suc-
cessful method in use for .causing
reporters of organizations to turn
in news articles about the various
social and other activities. These
contributions are) however, great-
ly appreciated and further par-
ticipation is desired. The' - main
problem is to continue writing the
same amount of space without
repetition' and its consequent mo-
notony;
Tarleton Tea Club,
Entertain With
Something Unusual
Oh Saturday morningj Decem-
ber 20, at six o'clock, ■ the mem-
bers" <)f the .Tarleton ..Tea .Club
gave'a breakfast for ail of .the
students and faculty of the Home
Economics Department. The guests
were ushered' into the living room
by the, officers of the' club; and
when they had enjoyed the gay
Christmas atmosphere that was
created by the mistletoe, candles,
and the open fire in the fireplace
in the living room, they were in-
vited into the dining room for
breakfast. '■ The dining, room was
also decorated with mistletoe and
candles, but the large, heavily
laden Christmas tree in one cor-
ner made one believe that there
really is a Santa Claus. The tree
had been loaded with presents
that the, students and faculty had
provided, for helping the Red Cross
to have Old Santa visit in the
homes of the children in Stephen-
ville ' that 'otherwise 'would, not
have had much if. any Christmas.
A color scheme of red and green
candles and: mistletoe, and also in
the-centerpiece .of red and green
was' successfully carried out in
the following menu:' '
Chilled .oranges with colored sugar
Bacon
Cheese Biscuit
■ Strewberry Jam
Coffee and Tea.
Loaf Sugar Cream
The breakfast was served buf-
fet style to 75 guests; and as each
guest left, he was asked to take
a favor from the basket which
Santa' Claus held at the door. The
favors Were cookies sprinkled with
green and. red sugar.
We are all back now to our
happy home fronj.-the holidays.
Papa Scott and -dama Fuller still
reign :titd they continue
to blow 'that litt.lo whistle at 7:30'
each night. They were very good
t'r, "us because they sent everyone
of us a Christmas card j while we
were visiting our parents where
we used to live, We want to thank
them for the happiness that they
gave us by remembering us in
the 'holidays.
Everyone seems to be sleepy
around this place. Someone has
failed to enforce regulations be-
cause Major Bunn, Chester Tryer,
Fish Haines, arid many . others
seem, to have refrained from re-
turning to their room at 10:30. At
least the rules that they have
learned here are soon forgotten
when they get in their 'home town.
Merrill and Scott returned one'
week early to' work in the libra-
ry. ' They were as happy as two
milk fed pups to see all the boys
return on Sunday,.
"Pop" Clark "almost rotted away
while we were gone. He would
have done so had" it ' riot '"liave
been for some of the dormitory
girls who . thought of him and
sent, him something to eat.
Fish Ladner 'felt somewhat hurt
when he stood in front of a pic-
ture show in his jfull dress uni-
form and a lady handed him her
ticket and said, "To, the balcony
please, usher."
Corporal Gidden became almost
dangerous when one of thje young
boys .of Venus asked him what
troop , of the boy scouts he was
in, ■
Fish Brewster now says, "Ever
it be so humble, there is no place
like Tarleton." We wonder why.
" Sturdivant passed through here
once so fast Christmas that it
took three motorcycle cops and an
ambulance to stop him. After-
finding that he was going to Co-
manche, they turned him loose
without a ticket.
■ Fish Vaughan is ■ another one
of those who' wishes Christmas
would come ,in the. summer time;
then he would not have to stay
here and finish during the holi-
days. ,
Cook has not lost a.single trait
of his meaness. We were ,in hopes
that his mother would beat him
unmercifully. Boy, we have it in
for you . because your name is
Cook. He's a pretty good old
scout, , though.
Brown and .Leich seem to have
had a good time at' Hico during:
the holidays. Brown seems to have
slipped all over the road coming
liome from Hico.
Rivers staggered so much' dur-
ing Christmas that he, is unable to
walk a straight line now,
Walter Lea seemed, to give' the
women, a treat. Somewhere they
captured his old lady of last year
He brought Miller back with him.
Tarazaii and Mrs. Frazan seemed
to be happy " with each other.
All are back with sour faces'
and weak eyes. We are all happy
to see our many brothers of Old
Fort John, though. ■' ■,
Fine Arts Club
Enjoys Social
On Wednesday evening, Decem-
ber 17, the Fine Arts Club en-
joyed a very colorful social, sug-
gestive of the holidays. The small
auditorium was one flaming ray
and color. The logs in the ar-
tistically constructed fireplace
were burning brightly, . sending
forth a hearty welcome to all who
came within its cheery gleams.
The ceiling was attractively drap-
ed in red Christmas roping. The
Christmas tree which stood near
the., fireplace was dressed in ' a
multitude of lights of every hue.
The whole room took on the ap-
pearance of a beautifully decorat-
ed parlor with its soft red lights,
its beautiful furniture, and its
mistletoe draped from window to
window. But more especially did
the room appear realistic when
Old Santa dropped down the chim-
ney with a pack oh his back. We
certainly did appreciate the fact
that Santa, left his work to come
and conduct our program for us.
Instead of using the ' regular ap-
pointed leader, Santa agreed to
assist ■ us in the program. Christ-
mas music Was then,rendered, fill-
ing' everyone with the spirit man-
ifested in theii;. immediate sur-
roundings. As soon, as the., pro-'
Scam '••WJi? ,.£ini8fe< 4r. Santa -y ..tent-
ed everyone with a green stock-
ing filled with candy from. his
own kitchen. He then wished us a
"Merry Christmas" and promised
to visit our homes at a later date.
Then, he was gone as he, came.
The
Campus Knothole
Gilmer Williams of class of T28
is with Universal Mills. He spent
Christmas holidays with relatives
at Clyde,- Texas, and, visited Miss
Eunice Florence,- a former Tarle-
to ' student' who is - teaching . at
Slaton, Texas. ■
Judd Williams, pf class of ■ '28,
was married to Miss ' Buena El-
liott, a student of Tarleton until
Christmas holidays. Mr. Williams
is employed by. the Federal Gov-
ernment and is assigned to give
inspections in West Texas
In the Army
A recruit of two weeks was
having a taste of cavalry life. His
lieutenant handed him the reins
and ordered him to have the horse
shod. ' ■ .
Four honrs later the lieutenant
called up the private and told him
to bridle and saddle, the horse and
to report with it at his tent.
The rookie turned pale - and
stammered: "D-D-D-id you ssssay
have.him shod?"
Superintendent I. E. Allison of
Sydney, Texas, was a visitor on
the campus this week. The Syd-
ney Public, School is a nine-teach-
er institution,' .and many of the
faculty are ex-Tarleton stu^.-nt^.
Walker Bryan of Odessa w
unable to return to Tarlelo"; a'';/:-
the" Christmas holidays on. accuuut
of "illness. Lata reports-' mdieau.
that-he is improving, and we hope
to have" him. bank with us by the
beginning of the second semester.
Velma- Newton of Cameron wst
unable to return after the Christ-
mas holidays. We regret very
much that she cannot be with us
but hope that she will he a fre-
quent visitor on the campus.
-i
Glee Club in
Fine Progress
A report has just been received
as to the progression of the boys
and girls* glee clubs. Nearly all the
girls have obtained their uniforms
up to date. The boys' are to de-
cide in the near future on. the
type of uniform they ■ shall wear.
The- programs: of both the clubs
are ' well under, way. .. The bus
has been completed, and several
bookings for programs have al-
ready been made. We are plan-
ning -.a. Verysuccessful year of
work jn the future.
One of the events that, took
place during the holidays that
would be of interest to all Tar-
Tet'oh "'students, was the marriage
of Miss Beuna Elliott, a junior,
to Mr, Judd Wililams, a popular
ex-student. The ceremony took
place at the .home of 'the bride
on- Vanderbilt street in the pres-
ence' of immediate families. ■ The
familiar old love song" '.'I Love
You Truly," was sung.'by Mrs.
Higginbotham, who also rendered
the soft sweet strains of Meridels-
shon's Wedding March. The bride,
who was given in marriage by her
father, was gowned in,- a brown
and beige travelling dress of tunic
style and carried a .large bouquet
of red rosebuds and fern. Her
only attendant and bridesmaid,
Miss Maxine Cowan, wore a sim-
ilar gown of brown and carried a
bouquet of tiny red rose buds.
Joel * Williams, ' brother of the
groom, served as best man. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Wm .11. ..Andrew.
The "happy couple. left immedi-
ately for. their future home in
Alpine.
Exchange Column
The T. I. A: A. is.'at last -split
up . into two divisions ■ with- five
teams in one division and six in
the other one. The western half
of the conference is composed of
A. C. C., Daniel Baker, Suj Eoss,
McMurry, and Canyon. The east-
ern part" 13 .composed of San Mar-
cos, Sam Houston... Ftepher F.
Austin, North Texas, East Texas,
and A. and I. Each .half will play
a round robin schedule, and the
winner of. each half will play a
game to determine the winner of
the T. I. A. A.
—The Optimist.
Opinions have varied ■ widely as
to the distance around the Schrein-
er bull ring. During their spare
moments one afternoon last week
two engineering students render-
ed their undergraduate posterity
a service by chaining', off the pre-
scribed bull ring course. ■
Upon walking off 25 demerits,
a cadet has walked, slightly fur-
ther than "the distance to San An-
tonio, 80 miles. Students are al-
lowed two demerits each week, be-
ginning Friday morning, and all
over ■ two denierits that ■ the stu-
dent receives he .is given choice
of walking off or working off.
—The Mountaineer*
Sharps and Flats
Now that the holidays are over
and the band men have drawn
their rifles (!!),'we are ready for,
real work again.
We regret to hear of King's op-
eration during the' holidays. He is
doing nicely now, however, accord-
ing to reports from the hospital at
"W'aco. .'
Dinty Moore look's as. if he
thoroughly enjoyed the holidays,
even if he can't keep both eyes
open at the same time,
Coody has a nice "shiner", which
he attributes to a, football game.
Nice alibi,'we'd call it!
Cooke and Bushee gave, the
Brownwood and Gatesville girls a
treat over'the holidays.
■ Walter Beck spent, the holidays
in Airdria.ore, Oklahoma, .visiting
relatives,
Sansing and Stone, local talent,
report a quiet vacation.
Hank Jtodgers visited his big
moment in Caldwell, instead of
staying home with granddad like a
nice boy.
Tucker' visited in Del Rio, Cor-
pus Christi, and Austin. He gave
the family a bit of his time in
Eagle. Pass, also,
"" Boys, we're all glad to be back,
aren't we?
Everyone had a big time, we're
sure. * '
Patronize J-Tac - Advertisers.
It is better to be silent and
thought dumb than to >peak and
remove all doubt,...
—E\- vkom-ffe.
■ Several Amarillo Junior College
students are planning on playing
in the American Legion Band to
be sponsored by the lost Post of
the organization.
It is planned to make the hand
a district unit w^th musicians from
all over the Panhandle territory
playing. The band will be the of-
ficial band of -the American Le-
gion for this district and will prob-
ably attend the national conven-
tion of the Legion next spring.
—The Banger.
Hickville, Sticks,
Sunday night.
Dear Sis:
Will answer your letter. We
went to'church, at Pole Holler'to- :
day. They had a new preacher
over there. He is long legged and
his hair. looks like the comb had
been lost a long'time. Pa said he
v'as as fine a preacher as he ■
ever heard. So guess we will b"*
going over there every third Sun-
day. That will be grand. Old
man Doss girl was there and sei
in the choir.
Now about them strict rules. 1
.know how, you feel. When I went
to that singing school at Valley
View last summer, the teacher
made me stick up my wax while
he was teaching the scale. Some
of them teachers gits awfully
smart when they git a little book
learning. They can tell you how
to make a million dollars raising
chickens or hogs. or_ some way
but they're too modist to do it
themselves. They had rather teach
school and holler' "about being
poore. __
Now you just lessin to me about
that Jones boy. You know them
Jones's here aint none of them
worth killen and anyway you ought
to be ashamed to take him away
from that Senior gal. What can
she learn if. you keep worrying
her about .her feller. Guess thi:,
j Tvill stop you. Milburn is makiui-
eyes at Tteed. So you K«d bettei
j " ay-Lu mm iii jorfic letters,
j Mom was telling Pa today she
couldn't _see why_jmu had to pay
$1.00 for stockings when she could
get them at Simpsons General
Store for 35c a pair just as thick
she bet as them $1.00 ones.
Must stop and gi(t fer bed.
Shots from the Armory
A dead hero may not be awake
today, but he was not asleep, yes-
terday. No fooling.
A chocolate soldier, looks well
until the enemy sees him. No fool-
ing. ■
You may bluff with a good
front, but the enemy will cut you
off behind. No fooling.
There' are two kinds ' of ,gas.
The Germans invented one; Paci-
fists another. No fooling.
Cromwell talked like God, but
he fought like-the devil. No fool-
ing. *
A crooked. commander cannot
hold a straight line. No fooling.
Gobs of love-
Bud.
Use the City Bus
For Economy
SAFE — CONVENIENT,
W.D. SNOW
I sell new Jewelry and Watches
or Repair Old
Satisfaction Guaranteed ■
J. A. SHERRILL
Hub Beauty and
Barber Shop
Haircut w.
Shave ,....10?
Reduced prices on beauty parlor
work.
DR. CROMWELL
Dentist
West Side Square
POWELL'S GROCERY
Midway oil Tarleton Avenue
Hamburgers 5^ . Haircut 25tf
Sandwiches : 10c Shave :
FULL LINE OF GROCERIES ' OPEN ALL NI.GHT
LATHAM'S—
Continuous Flow Dry Cleaning,
and Pressing
Southwest- Corner Square
HELLO FOLKS
GLAI> TO SEE YOU BACK
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