The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1931 Page: 3 of 4
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FIRST BOYS'CHAPEL
COLLEGE GYMNASIUM
Some Trouble Is Manifest as
New Students Learn About
Seating Arrangement
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Some trouble was manifested
Tuesday morning by a number of
boys, both old and new, when the
first separate boys' chapel was. held
at the College Gymnasium. The
1 boys who are- new here were unac-
quainted with the seating arrange-
ment and In the rush of getting
inside, a number experienced dif-
ficulty in finding their correct
seats. After a few minutes' time,
however,. all were seated, ivhether
properly or not. Mr. Agee checked
the Beating.
Associate Dean Ferguson, Mr.
Wilkins, Capt. John Smith, Mr.
Hale, Mr. S. F. Davis, and Mr. Wil-
cox were the faculty members, pres-
ent; Mr. Ferguson opened the pro-
gram, by giving the announcements
of the day, and turned the period
over to Mr. Wilkins.
Mr. Wilkins stated that the pur-
pose of his talk would be to give
freshmen some clearer ideas as to
the ppcedure; of the college. He
said that, as usual, some freshmen
were showing difficulty in becom-
ing adjusted to. college life. Fresh-
men, he said, have-a certain right
to be green, because there are al-
ways some from away back in a
^ainall school, where he was the big
frog in the little pond.: Some fresh-
men are recognizing this right,
however, and seem to be trying to
overstep it. It is. those students
who are green and are not aware
of the fact that seem to be giving
the most trouble at present.
Some colleges have freshmen ini-
tiations to make,.the freshmen be-
come more quickly adjusted to coir
lege life. This probably was origin-
ally a good idea, but like a great
many, others, some upperclassmejn
are prone to take undue advantage
of their opportunities. As a result,
TeXHs has legislated against all
rushing and hazing. Tarleton's
raguliaorts against these evils are:,
jusi a repetition of the State sta-
tutes, " .
Mr. Wilkins neared his finish by
saying that, he.,was just bringing
the word that aiiy Student that ap-
peared in his office with any com-
plaint lodged against that smacked
of hazing: would sever relations
with Tarleton. The only thing for
these backwoods freshmen to do is
to become collegiate in as 'short a
time as; possible. Lastly, Mr. Wil-
kins promised that his office would
adhere strictly to state laws and
Tarleton regulations in any, dis-
ciplinary case.
' Mr. Ferguson took the., floor
again and said that notice of some
hazing had already. been taken,
but on.the whole, things ' were
starting off unusually Well. He
said that down through the genera-
tions men have taken the lead in
upholding the standards of all in-
stitutions. He asked the men of
Tarleton to continue to mold the
traditions of the school.
Cadet Corps Takes on Hardened Aspect-
Freshmen Have Fun as Officers Sweat
In Attempt to Teach Military Tactics
The P.M.S.&T. has begun mold-
ing the Plowboys into hardened
soldiers now. Everything was qhaos
the1 first day; about half of , the
cadet corp reported to drill , out of
uniform and the other half spent
a miserable hour trying to execute
right face, left face, about face,
the hand salute, and other military
movements essential to the educa-
tion of a kay-det in"John's array,"
In all of the companies, "most, of
the men are freshmen. This makes
the officers' work very difficult;
because 1 it takes so much more
time than if each company were
composed of about fifty per cent
old men and the remainder "rook-
ies." In the. second platoon, of "B"
Company,- there are only nine men
ijtat have had previous military
training. Billy Ferrill has a man-
sized job in training these first-
year men, but he is capable of do-
ing the job itnd is progressing nice-
ly.
There is a great deal of humor
in these first few drills also, Fresh-
men are supposed to be "dumb,"
according to the upperclassmen and
tradition, but it is rather humorous,
to,observe the actions of freshmen
on the first drill day—and some-
times thereafter. All have been
freshmen, however, just as ver-
dant as thos<i of this year. It is
hard for a rookie to remember how
he is supposed to dress. He may
think of his tie, thoilgh it is doubt-
ful if he does every- time, but he
ia sure to forget something. Last
year, when collar ornaments were
worn with the cotton shirts, they
were the favorite articles to be for-
gotten. Since thai rule has been
abolished, the new tendency is tq
forget the caps. Then there are
the inevitable freshmen who just
will be' late to drill. They are bo
accustomed to sleeping jis long as
they like at home that they hate
to get up in time to remember, or
try to remember, What they have
to wear and take to school with
them and get to drill on time. Still,
it's great to be a freshman. He has
lots of fun while the officers are.
sweating ■ in the attempt to teach
him military tactics. *
The boys that do not have their
complete! uniform are gathered to-
gether in a company to itself. The
sergeant calls this the "receipted"
company. Bob Blair has charge of
this company and is progressing
very well with hi3 spectacularly at-
• UiiIMJIIU#00 9#O
And What . They Are Doing
Marvin. Pritchard, '30, is machine
operator and shift boss for the
Climax Molybdenum Mining Com-
Climax, Colorado.
. Mi F. (Boseoe) Blanton, *30, is
mine foreman . for the ' Climax
Molybdenum Mining Company, at
Clomax, Colorado..
Willie fright, an ex-student and
summer schpol student of Tarleton,
was operated on at the Stephenville J
Hospital anil is now at the college
hospital. He is reported doing nice- J
ly.
| Horace Gilmore, '30, is a school
I principal at Molene, Texas.
Lorene Green, *30, is primary
teacher at Hill City, near /foliar,
Texas.
Ellis Insurance
Agecny
HAREY E. BEAEUER
OREN H. ET.Iita
Use the City Bus
TOR ECONOMY
Safe — Convenient
W.D. SNOW
J. M. Cook, '29, of Hughes
Springs, Texas, is owner of the
leading drug store of his home-
town.
Vestal Payne, .'29, is employed. as
Vocational Agriculture instructor
at Abernathy, Texas.
Herschel. Alsup, *29, is^in .the
banking business in his home-tqwn,
Muleshoe,. Texas.
Pete Knowles, class of '30, is
principal "of the St. Joe School near
De Leon, in Comanche county.
Students, You are Always
„ Welcome at the
City Barber Shop
West Washington
i Ben Alien, Lieutenant-Colonel in
' 1927, is employed by-the Standard
■'Oil Company, and is making New
[ York City" his headquarters.
tired kaydets. .Then, of course, the
freshmen. have just gotta be ab-
sent-minded and execute right face
when right dress is; given, go along
gazing at the ground, as if they
thought that somebody might have
dropped a dollar and they would
surely find. it.get lost, and do in-
numerable other things that fresh-
men aresupposed to do at drill.
The trouble this year, is that the
freshmen" are too ambitious. Those
in the rear rank are so ambitious
that when "squads right" is given,
they try to get up in the front
rank. There was one instance
where the entire rear rank of one
squad joined forces with the front
rank aiid,: continued marching in-
nocently along until observed and
corrected. Freshmen, however, are
supposed to be verdant and make
mistakes because they do not have
mother here , to tell them What to
do.
Lieutenant Davis, Sergeant Bus-
chmann, and the three highest cad-
et officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Mer-
rell, Major Sherrod, and Major
Woodward are rapidly whipping the
men into, shape, and. it is expected
that things will look a great deal
different in. a very short time. The
officers are working hard, under
the supervision and instruction of
Lieutenant Davis and Sergeant
'Buschmann, to instruct the men in
the best way they know how, and
if they receive .the co-operation of
every man in the corp, they will
have an. organization, that will
function like a.well-oiled machine.
The freshmen, thinlf that the of-
ficers are hard-boiled, but they
have to be, in order to discipline
some men. An easy officer had just
as. ,well aqcept as, an established
face that he is going to have a hard
time the entire time that he is in
command. This is because a great
many cadets would take advantage
of this officer's .'good'nature in
such, a way that would not be an
hons>r to the hiilitary organization
or to the institution..
Military "courtesy 'is very slack
also, but this, is chiefly due to the
faet that the new men do riot know
just exactly What to do. It would
b$ advisable for every hew man
to read Sergeant Buschmann's sug-
gestions to the wise that are post-
ed tin the bulletin board at this
time. With the co-operation of of-
ficers and men in ranks, a better
time "can be had by all," and this
will be a great year in "John's
army."
The general attitude on the drill
field and off the campus is very
good. It affords much optimism to
those chiefly concerned in the mat-
ter 'and makes them feel that they
are going to have a successful year.
All of the old men seem to be glad
to be back and the new men are
quickly grasping the situation and
applying themselves to the task of
learning to be good soldiers.
Fant's Fantasies
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO
EX-TARLETON STUDENTS
Mrs. Estes Clayton, '29, known
i at Tarleton &s Miss Marie Oxford,
. is making Olhey, Texas, her home.
Woodrow Speer, jfhe Corbin flash,
is attending Texas Tech.
Glenn Blacksherer is working in
a cotton gin, planning to go to
Tech in mid-term. .
Meade Hudson is teaching school
around GateBvilljB.
Willyne Beakley is also in a lit-
tle red school house on the hill.
Wyvon Mason is around Gates-
vilie. .
Lucy Brown is attending. T.C.U.
Lawrence ,Cobb is working in
Marlin—also attending high school.
Bob GIpver is attending A. & M.
Garland Narthcutt is working in
a mill in New Mexico. , ■
A. D. Fulbright is at A. & M.
Mabel Boone is counting, dimei
for a local bank.
Mildred Jones, is also working.
Charles Craig is in Kerrville.
Hank Kodgers is a big rah-rah
boy at State. > .
Bedford Stone is also at Texas.
Marvin Kay is loafing around
Stephenville;.
Mary'Alice: "I feel musically in-
clined tonight." •
Alva:. "Oh, don't try to string
„ ti
Sanders is quite proud of his
new saber which is about a yard
long. When he■ tangles his legs
with. it on drill some morning he
might wish to trade it for a short-
er one.
We have in our midst' a couple
of so-called musicians., Bass with
his clarinet and Sanders with a
borrowed mandolin, furnish plenty
of music and torture for the re-
mainder of the boarders. On the
whole, though, it breaks the mono-
tony of hard study. , 1
For various and sundry reasons
Fish Hall cleaned two rifles and
shined the buttons on a pair of
blouses the other evening. ;
A heated argument between
Shirtleff and Fuller about the na-
ture of a certain word arose the
other, night. After the question
was argued pro and con for some
tinie, Sam Bass came in and set-
tled the fray, by vowing, that it was
a, proverb.
Wood and Van Zandt are still
wondering who set their alarm
clock back three hours the other
morning. It was showing two
o'clock when they arose at day-
light.
Sunday night, after most of the
boys .had retired after a hard and
strenuous day, a new dash record
was set by the Mighty Godwin. A
few minutes after the boys had
gotten w®U into dreamland Godwin
turned on the alarm clock and
started the dash. He needed the
speed he had, too.
A' few of the home-town girls
got the breaks when Welsh, Hark-
ins, Sanders, and Cornett visited
their respective homes during the
week-end. Fuller and Godwin made
the A. and M. tour. .
1 Upperclassman Bash, Fish Smith
and Fish Hall were driven, around
town Sunday by a kind-hearted
civic booster. They certainly ap-
preciated his favor.
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* VAliSITYBKAG I
Gregg Lord told Braden that
good seasoned throwing eggs are
selling for forty cents per dozen
at the poultry plant this year.
Lee Harkins iscomplaining that
someone is getting the cigars he
leaves in the iron pipe at the Tarler
ton gate and Smoking them. He
said he didn't care for anyone
using. them for a while but that
the pahic was on arid he wished
they would return- them.
Tullos Smith said he was going
to quit taking the J-Tac if his
name wasn't, in it——so here it is.
We wonder if Fish Greer gets a
commission from the Varsity for
the trade she brings in.
MOTHER OF MRS. NEATHERY
DIES AT HOME IN SHERMAN
me."
Did'ja Ever—
Be a wise second lieutenant
And_.think jrou.wer<?, ....
Beating a drum freshman
Out of a lot of dough
By buying- a supposedly
$2.50 shirt from him?
Actually handing over the $2.50
And then find out
That it was/only a $1.60 shirt?
Ridja ever?.Huh? .'
Well, Bull Bob Gidden did.
' Mrs, Cox of Sherman, Texas, the
mother of Mrs. E, C. Neathery, pro-
fessor of . Education at Tarleton,
died last Sunday afternoon at her
home in Sherman. Mrs. Cox had
been ill for a long time prior to
the time pf her. death. She was
buried in McKinley, her former
home. She is survived, by her hus-
band and. two daughters, Mrs. Mur-
phy of Sherman and Mrs. Neath-
ery of Stephenville, The students
and faculty extend their sympathy
to Mrs. Neathery.
Neat Appearance
DEPENDS ON YOUE TAILOR
W. A. BEENE
PHONE 288
LOST
One pair of old shoes. Coma by
and l^t ua fix them, at a
reasonable price ■
College Shoe Shop
For Bulk Dye
. . f ■
Shoe polish, and shoe string*...
Be sure to visit the
College Shoe Shop
ARMSTRONG & WHITE
Dry Cleaners "We Know How"
Phone 254
The Majestic Sandwich Shops
"GOOD EATS AT FAIR PRICES"
Next to the Majestic Theatre
College Students are Always Welcome
The Cross Drug Store
Phone 36
Holt Drug Store No. 1
Phone 71
The Service DjrUg Store
"With, a Service that Serves
N. W. Corner Square Phones 49 and 111
TARLETONSTUDENTS!
COME TO
COX'S
FOR FINE FOOTWEAR
at
POPULAR PRICES
R. E. COX DRY GOODS COMPANY
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