The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1931 Page: 2 of 4
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MOB TWO
THE J-TAC
Published Weekly by the Students of John Tarleton College
Entered as secbhd-ciass mail inatter at the ostoffice in Steplicnviile,
,i ■ Texa^ under act of Cougreas of Match 3, 1879.
8«l)#cTipiioa Bates: Per' year—;
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Addresa all communications to The J-Tac, Tarietoa Station, Texas.
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Editerin-Chief- :—... ....
Temporary biueiaess mauagera_
. _L_ Woodroe Jackson
JWilliant Sanging and Ray Duren
Reporters for this isstte:
Mary Wa'irine Hunter, AlLie MtAlpiae, Alfred Otto, Boger Seaman, Will
' Port Hall, Waldo Beininger, Coreta G. Smith, Rosamond Langdon, Ina
Mae Tate, Osborne Apple, W. Wilcox, Leola Wood, Elizabeth Long,
. Carl Hardin, Jr.
Faculty Adviser .. _ ; 1; — :—!— Roberta Clay
Military Training Gives Boy Foundation
of Knowledge of War Maneuvers, Builds
The College Dining Hall
Did you ever stop to think how milch trouble it Is to prepare
each meal in the dining: hall? Not many students realize .that
front twelv'fe to fourteen hours each day arte spent on the meal
which Is planned to satisfy the majority of the diners. No meal
Could be absolutely satisfactory td everyone who ate. It just is
not in human nature for people to agree on what they eat.
Mayb? it will shock you to learn that an average of sixty
pourids of meat, ninety pounds of potatoes, twenty-fly e loaves of
bread, fourteen dozen eggs, sixteen gallons of milk and eiehl
gallons of ice cream help to make a meal.
Of course, your mother always cooks better food; bit doesn't
she cook principally for you, and doesn't she cook xor fewer per-
sons? When you are oh the verge of saying something uncompli-
mentary about the food in the dining hall, just remember, that
you are betraying the fact that you have never dined away from
home many times before.
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Aim of Tarleton's Speech Art Department
Expression and Public Speaking serve every art and study.
The power of clear and forceful/expression brings confidence
and poise at all times, and it is a valuable asset to any man or
woman. It can often be turned into money, but it is always a real
joy. Many who have been listeners only, learn to trust their own
powers and are able to take an active part in shaping the poli-
cies of church, club, school, society, and government.
The general public has learned to appreciate the beauty pf the
spoken word and is demanding trained people for its instruction
and entertainment. The ability to speak in -a forceful and pl^as-
• ug manner Will open up wide opportunities to develop your per-
sonality, to deepen your capacity for straight thinking, and to
insure yourself a profession that guarantees a good living. Pub-
lic speaking enables you t<y enjoy social advantages, Increases
your efficiency in business and the professional world, helps you
to "Know Thyself," and gives you'cultural growth. .
The aim, then, of the Speech Arts Depkrtment in Tarleton is to
train youhg men and women for future citizenship. The wwrld is
cajling for leadership,.for men and women who can think clearly
and logically, for those who can get up before their fellow citi-
zens and express themselves, clearly and effectively. Public speak-
ing teaches one to express himself in a mariner of eaise and to put
his ideals beforfe the public, but it also brings out the big quali-
ties of character and personality. V
Men and women in all walks of life are called upon to speak in
public, it is very essential, therefore, that everyone be able to
speak in a clear, easy, spontaneous aad enthusiastic mknner. The
merchant, the farmer, and even the mother needs public speaking.
campus committee is
planning Improvements
Miss Lena Lews, chairman of
the campus improvements commit-
tee, states that this" committee in-'
tehds ,tb add many new improve-
ments to the campus this year,
i Thejr plan to landscape the part of
the campus on which the adminis-
tration and home economics build-
ings stand, and to plant shrubs
around the commandant's home
aai^ ob 'the ^ittle'I'arfe v&er® the
fish pond airid Miss' Mahan'a "tomb-
8tone" are. Theyivte h to add. many
new walks ' also. - Thist committee
has a certain" amount of mmney'tcl'
spend each year, ahd itiriesto
spportfcft it Mriiere'ii; is most-ileed.'
ed. In former years they have done
much to beautify the" campus,' and
from these plans it appears that
they, will do much this year.
Jokes
Brewster: "Hey, Bull, you've got
a, hole in your pants.".
Giddeh: "Yeah, been but on a
tear."
' The Sergeant says:
"The critics of military training
for the youth of the nation do not
take enough into consideration.
Military training, for instance, does
not make the boy a soldier—that is;
the military training of most
schools. The fact that it gives -the
boy a foundation of kriowlerge of
war maneuvers —■' elementiry at
best—ind bauds ■ his physique to
Stand the rigors of the march is
the fact that gives the United Stat-
es government! the authority to
spend' money on the training unit.
"The importance of the program
lies in the physical good. and the
training of the boy to obey the su-
perior officers.' Look at the "stu-
dent body of the - non-military
school, and you. will see all types
of youth, healthy and ill, strong
and weak, well built and puny, the
average group of boys. Then ob-
serve the regiment of the military
school; there are the strong and the
weak, of course, and the well and
ill, but the health and strength
stands out above those in the or-
dinary group of boys. The boy who,
marches an hour every day, with
or without a gun, gains "great phy-
sical benefit. He must hold bis
shoulders back, walk erect'; his
stride must be long and regular. It
becomes a habit,, and he carries. it
with him away from school.
"A pitiful sight is that of. the
graduate who goes out to begin iife
in business without the knowledge
that others-are to be considered;
that he is to take charge of the of-
fice with the force of his personal-
ity and brain. If when he starts
work, he understands fully the re-
sponsibility of each individual and
the' importance o$ the superior, of-
ficer, he stands a much better
chance of becoitting a valuable man
to his employer as soon as he
starts work.
"Athletic. games ? They do hot
take the place of. a military unit. In
football, basketball, baseball, tenriis,
hockey, swimming, even: track work
in which any number may parti-
cipate in one Contest, the. field: of
competition tends to discourage and
eliminate the weakling who needs
it most. The boy who knows he has.
practically no. chance to win will
not go out before his schoolmates
to W a consistent loser. There are
exceptions, of course, but most
boys won't.'
'Tn military training, this is hot
true. It takes in every boy in the
school, except, of course, those phy-
sically unable to take any form, of
exercise. It teaches youth an im-
portant point of life while it builds
his body."
Fort FroEcs
: Otto claims to have the sharpest
razor in the Port, and he can use
it, too.
Bill Alexander is so lazy he has
to have someone help him take a
shower. •'
We have two would-be athletes
in. the . Fort. They are, namely,
Blackwell and BlackwelL
A Co-Ed's
LETTERS
Back Home
Rosamond: "Why do they prac-
tice baseball in a cage?"
Bonner: "To keep the flies from
escaping."
Pish Littleton wa's seriously hurt
the other evening while opening, a
ian of preserves, lie was cut in
the pantry.
Miss Mahan:"Write your theme
s0 that the most ignorant can un-
derstand It."-
Hubert Jones: "Which part of
mine didn't you understand, Miss
Mahan?"
Deatfest' Jack-AI:
:. I can't remember whether it was
me who used to call you that oi
some other famous humorist. Any-
way, I. was glad to get your letter,
Jack, ahd hope you will soon find
time to come down for a week-
end.
The first week-end. in Tarleton
was or seemed to be a. r&therjjleas-
aht one fojr ail the new students
as well as; for all the old ones.
There was little evdiejice of home-
sickness and everyoiie had a date
andi went td the Show Saturday
night. I'm sorry, I can't remember
much about the picture. I was too
much interested in other'things.
New, shiny buttons could be seen
on thp shoulders- of Some of the
cadets) and it wab rather amusing
to Bit back and see these sweet lit-
tle freshmen looking up adoringly
into the eyes of one whom they im-
agined to be a very important per-
son about the campus. ,
: Oft, that's' all right, they will
soon wake up.- We older student's
know better, they are just shave-
tails to us. These Cadets With but-
tons have really got these girls go-
ing though.
. Wei!, Jack, every year I start out
with good intentions, and this year
is no exception. ;As for your own
to1 capture A's in French
and English, may I also add hearty
endorsement? A bit of extra time
spent at the end. of the usual
ariiount of study ought to do the
work. Let the extra fifteen or
twenty minutes be spent in a
thoughtful recapitulation that will
give unity to the whole'and fasten
well the rules or high points of the
lesson. Then the A is yours for
the taking.
Mrs. Moody gave the girls a
danco Saturday riite after every-
one came back from the show, and
it did a; lot to put the pep into
these freshmen. .Some of them
showed little discretion in the
choice of pajamas, but then it was
Unusually warm. Their, immodesty
is exceeded only by their simplicity.
All in all the week-end was a suc-
cessful one and the new students
are catching the good old Tarleton
Spirit. Give my love to everyone,
and now farewell. Write 'at your'
earliest.
Yours as ever— '
SIS.
Mrs. Scott Breaks Arm.
Mrs. Verne A, Scott is improv-
ing from the effects of a broken
arm. About five months ago she
fell and broke her,arm. The second
week of September she suffered a
second break.
new faces about the
campus
Two hew and very pleasant faces
to be seen on the campus are Edith
Porter and Helen Radcliff of Glen
Rose.
We also have many hew girls not
staying in the, "dump"—light house-
keepers in other words. Among
them are Johnnie Marie Joyce,
Clyde; Emma Fern Meisenheimer,
Johnsville; Doithea Holiday, Fairy;
Nona Mayfield and Frances Vick-
ery, Hico; and "Tiny" Taylor of
San Antonio.
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Another new face in the "dump"
is Mary Lee Long from Comanche.
A very ambitious. freshman at-
tending J. T.' A. C. this year is
"Smart Alec" Baxter of McCamey.
"Sleepy" Pish Scales may also
be seen reposing oh the ■ campus
benches.
Woodrow Walker is a new addi-
tion from Chalk Mountain. He coii-;
fesses that this is near Glen Rose,
: "Heck information" Hol.lis arid
T. A. Boone of Hico are also wear-
ing Tarleton khaki for the first
time. ■;; ■
A very "large4' addition, to our
stuiieht body is Fish Katrolk from
Ranger, Texas..
, Some of the "new faces" were
very shy, and all the information
obtainable was their names, . and
home towns. They qre Rudy Child-
ress, Grand Saline; "Art" Shires,
Mineola; "Tillie" Hunt, Grawi Sa-
line; Buddy Centers, Stephenvitlc;
and C. K. Odom of Fort Stockton.
, We overheard a Certain girl in
the dining ball commenting on Fish
Kelly's pretty hair. (She called it).
■ We wonder if it would be possi-
ble for Fish Shafer to take a show-
er without his bathing cap.
' The Port is well represented at
football practice. The following are
out: Green* Pondrum, Stapp, -Kile,
Alexander, Pish Lowry, Batcliffe,
and Fish Gamble.
We wonder where Fish Gamble
and Ratcliffe1 went Saturday and
why ? ■ ' -1 >
If you will notice closely, Fish
Watkins' baid is growing slowly^
but surely.
Have you noticed the scar on
Gidden's forehead ? Did Jimmie
scratch him? . .
< Where did Arnold stay Saturday
nite? ■
Ross and Glenney are getting fix-
ed for the first full dress drill. Two
fish carried their boots to. have
them dyed.
Fish Kelly and Fish Watkins
have a new sign on their door.:
They must have a suck somewhere.
Where did Major Woodward go
Saturday?
Fish Blackwell is going .around
with his chest out after winning
first place in Fort Fish competition
Saturday night. - . \
Major Sherrod is quite an artist.
He hair drawn soma nice (?) pic-
tures,, ;
Fish Jameson will never join the
unemployed. In case he is broke he
can sell his shoes .to. the U. S. Navy
for battle-ships.
Rentum-U-Driveum
rOEDS and CHEVROLETB
Special Kates .at. Eock Barn
Oarage—-South Belknap Street
GRUNDY FENNER
. Phone 7
DR. CROMWELL
DBNTIBT
WEST SID£ 8QUARE
HAVE YOU TBEEi> TH3G
MAJESTIC BARBER SERVICE?
We do NOT have s 10 and 15 cent barber in oar thbp
WE HAVE THE BE^T
GOOD EATS — GOOD DRINKS
Everything for the Student
PHONE 244
YEA, PLOWBOYS!
BeatA. C. C.
THE COLLEGE STORE
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1931, newspaper, October 3, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140131/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.