The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 2, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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PARENTS
WELCOME
THE J-TAC
''Thought and, knowledge are natures in which apparatus and. pretension: avail nothing."—Emerson,
MAY FETE
MONDAY
Vol. XI
STEPHEN VILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1931
No. 30
TARLETON IS PLACE OF MEETING OF BOARD OF REGENTS
Special Day for Parents, May 3 and 4
PLOWBOYI
Hello, old'fellow. Again we meet
to discuss topics of interest to the
entire college. Have you been keep-
ing up with the school since you re-
turned from the holidays, or have
you been trying to catch up with
. some of that sleep that you lost
when yo uwere, at home? In case
you have been sleeping, I have
noticed very carefully all of the
important events and especially
those pertaining to athletics.
Again Captain Cook failed to dip
his flag to those South Texas hus-
kies last "week at the War of Roses
ill San Antonio, He has made the
habit of running into the finishing
tape, and he says that one should
never break a good habit.
What do you think about the
Plowboys pushing it over the Bay-
lor Cubs by 89 to 27? I am wonder-
ing if the' Cubs weren't a little sur-
prised when the Purple and White
went down their track for victory
in almost every case.
(Continued on page six)
Wilkins Returns From
Registrars' Meeting
Held at Buffalo
Tarleton College was ably repre-
sented at the National Association
of College Registrars' Convention
held last week in Buffalo, N. Y., by
our registrar, Mr. C. S. Wilkins,
Mr .Wilkins left Stephenville on
Saturday, April 18, and returned
on'the following Saturday, April
25. According to his report, the
program was a very interesting
one and also was very helpful to
men of his profession. Mr. E. J.
Howell, former registrar and at
present assistant registrar at A. &
M. College, was also a delegate at
the convention.
Tarleton Wins District
Honors In Girls'
Oratory Meet
Last Friday, April 24, Miss Lil-
lard accompanied Robert Maddox
and Elizabeth McCombs to Clifton
Junior College, Clifton, to compete
for district championship in ora-
tory, The following schools were
represented at the meet: Weather-
ford College, Clifton Junior Col-
lege, Ranger Junior College, and
John Tarleton. Elizabeth McCombs,
representing Tarleton in the girls'
contest, won first place, receiving
the unanimous decision of the
judges from Baylor University,
who included Miss Sarah Lowrey,
head of the Speech department,"
Miss Henry of the English depart-
ment, and Miss Webb of the Math-
ematics department. Elisabeth Mc-
Parents of Students
Urged to Visit School
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$1,000,000 Loaned by
Colleges, Is Estimate
Dean Davis returned on Sunday
from Austin where he attended the
meeting of the Association of Jun-
ior College Deans of Texas. Dean
Davis read his investigation on
"Student Loans" at this assembly.
His paper was made up of reports
from the answers to questionnaires
sent to sixty-three colleges in Tex-
as. In his investigation Dean Davis
found that colleges used various
ways in which they loaned, collect-
ed, and maintained their funds. He
found that several colleges had no
loan fund whatever, and that one
college had a loan fund in previous
years, but that it had disappeared.
It was interesting to find that Tar-
leton had the largest loan fund of
any junior college in Texas. It is
also of interest to know that nearly
a million dollars is loaned each
year to the Texas students. Dean
Davis brought out many more in-
teresting facts about loans and
their functions, but lack of space
Sunday and Monday, May 3 and
4, the college will be host to the
parents of all the students. Par-
ents' Day has been an annual event
in Tarleton for many years, and
elaborate plans are being made for
i the entertainment of all the visit-
ors. The parents of all students
have received letters from- Dean
Davis, urging them to be guests on
these days, and many of the stu-
dents have added their persuasions
in order that the parents may see
the college, get a glimpse of the ac-
tivities, and meet their friends. The
May Fete and a Dress Parade will
be special features of the program.
All students are expected to co-op-
erate with the faculty to make this
occasion a success. The following
program has been arranged:
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Miss Bierschwale to
Become Librarian
Miss Margaret Bierschwale of
Mason, Texas, and a former fac-
ulty member of John Tarleton Col-
lege, is to succeed Mrs. Dorothy
Lee Fagan as head librarian of the
college, on June 1. The college stu-
dents will be grateful to know that
Miss Bierschwale is a competent
and most efficient person for the
position. She was head of the Eng-
lish department in Navasota High
School in 1018, while Dean Davis
was, at that time, superintendent
of the Navasota schools. Miss Bier-
schwale received her B. A. degree
from Randolph Macon Woman's'
College and her M. A. from Colum-
bia University. She came to Tar-
leton in September, 1020, as head
of the Physical Training depart-
ment. In January, 1921, she was
made head of the English depart-
ment -She served in this position
until June, 1923. She has spent the
last several years in New York do-
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Board Is Pleased With
Steady Growth of
The College
The Board of Regents spent last
Tuesday here investigating the
possibility of making- Tarleton a
senior college, hut no definite con-
clusion was reached. This was the
first time the Board had met here
in ten years, and they seemed to
be very much pleased with the
growth and appearance of the col-
lege at' this time. There was scarce-
ly a quorum' present, consequently
no official business could be trans-
acted. President Walton and the
Board of Directors were also pres-
ent.
In the morning Senator Hardin
and the' Finance committee of the
Senate, which was composed of
Senators Frank Rawlins of Fort
Worth; Senator Beck, chairman of
Senate Finance Committee, Texar-
kana; B. F. Berkley, Alpine; Ed-
gar E. Thompson,' Nacogdoches;
W. R. Cousins, Beaumont, attended
chapel, and each made an interest-
ing talk.' In these speeches each
senator pledged his heartiest sup-
port of a substantial budget for
Tarleton, The Finance Committee
is in favor of a budget of $125,000
with which to complete the new
Science building that has been
started.
The visitors were entertained at
(Continued on page five)
Dean Davis Discusses
Progress Made by
Junior Colleges
Dean Davis returned on Sunday
from a meeting of both the Associ-
ation of Texas Colleges and the
Texas Junior College Association
of which Tarleton is a member.
The association met at Austin. The
Junior College Association met
Thursday night and Friday morn-
ing, and the Association of Texas
Colleges met Friday1 afternoon and
Saturday, At the. meeting Dean
Davis, as chairman of the Junior
College- Commission, delivered the
following, discourse discussing the
(Continued on page six)
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