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THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1940,
Official Student Publication of John Tarleton Agricultural Collere
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EDDIE GASKIN
SPORTS EDITOR JOHN FHELAN
SOCIETY EDITOR - DIXIE OILGER
NEWS EDITOR LOUISE WELLS
MILITARY EDITOR-^ SAM HILBURN
CIRCULATION MANAGER CHARLES DRYDEN
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS !_ HARD WICK—HOUSTON
&EPQRTJ3K5; Rex Nixon, DeJane Bobsrte, Marearct Barry, Ellwscd Boyd. Zonell
Burnet. Sarq Andrews, Doi'othy Lee SherrilJ, Wilburn Salmon, Clenn Collura, Bill
" Bethea, Billy Marshall, Yvonne Jones. Philip Lammora, Theron Horton, Lavero Pius,
Mary Walker, Marie Godbey and Donna Mae Worrell,
A's Without Cramming
A. H. Wilcox, professor of education at Tarleton, agrees with
Harold T. Hoffman, of Lenoir Ithyne College in recommending
five steps to academic success.
Unfortunately, Mr, Wilcox points out, these steps are aot to
be taken in a single day, or in the fourteen days before final
exams start. However, students might start practicing for them
now, and accomplish them neatly during the second semester.
First, say both Wilcox and Hoffman—and this ia scarcely
strange—the student must study. "Remember that those stu-
dents labeled "geniuses" really study for their superior accom-
plishments."
Second, love "all" the opposite sex, not just one.
Third, save some of your love, or at least your liking1, for your
professors and for your studies.
Fourth, remember that someone—whether a father, mother,
sister, brother, or sweetheart—is interested in your success.
Develop an "I'll show you" attitude.
Fifth, be a good "mixer." Try, as an individual, to be happy,
light-hearted and free. These are desirable qualities for suc-
cessful students.
Mr. Wilcox adds that the individual interested in academic
success should develop a real interest in his subjects <md be
concerned with learning, rather than with the sort of grades he
makes. Further, he should avoid thinking of his teachers as im-
personal robots who have no interests in the students.
It is essential, of course, that the student learn to balance his
program so as to give too much time to neither work nor play.
J-Tacless Knews
Are Social Clubs Worthwhile?
Public, or student, opinion regarding social clubs on John
Tarleton's grassy campus has been rather on the critical side
for many years.
As human nature continues to rule the world, there will al-
ways be that feeling that "so and so is only trying to gain popu-
larity and prestige," or that "social clubs are for students who
carry over-sized pocket books—students who can win friends
only in the ratio to the amount of money they spend."
: Of course, as the old saying travels along the way, "every
man to his own opinion." There is, however, a sizeable group of
students who believe social clubs to be an important and valu-
able part of Tarleton campus life.
In support of the latter opinion, it may be advanced that
social clubs promote leadership and comradeship; they give the
student an ambition to do bigger and better things; and they
provide added responsibility.
In striving to make a permanent contribution .to their a.lma
mater,! something that may well become traditional, at least
three clubs have conceived worthwhile ideas and have carried
them into effect.
The Butches, the S.O.T.S., and the Lords and Commoners
stand out at present as those organizations to show individual
initiative. However, other groups are steadily formulating plans
to do greater work.
Gratifying is it that each of these clubs has contributed a
program intended to include the John Tarleton College student
body as a whole, and not simply those in one small circle.
The Butches each year award to the football player chosen
the most valuable Flowboy, a sweater, numeral, and insignia
for the sleeve. In former years it has been the sad experience
for many athletes to leave this' institution minus a sweater—be-
cause he just didn't have enough money to purchase one!
"In order to promote a keener spirit of scholastic competition
among the men's social clubs," said President John Higgs of
the S.O.T.S., "we have awarded a silver plaque to the social
club having the highest scholastic average per semester." Last
year the Butches and Lords and Commoners were the winners,
the plaque now being in the possession of the latter.
"And," says President Bubba Jackson of the Lords and Com-
moners, "this year we have sponsored the contest for Miss
Tarleton with the intention to make enough money to give to
some worthy student of next year a scholarship,"
Is it possible that social clubs are a more important part of
school life than a superficial examination leads the average
student to suppose?
I Odds and Huds
In Rodanthe, N. C„ the eastern-
roost village in the United States,
Christinas is still celebrated on the
"old" day, January 5.
The Congro area in Africa pro-
duces tin, vanadium, cobalt and
gold.
Regulations of the Federal Gov-
ernment permit the addition of
cerea! products up to 3.5 per cent
to sausage. These act as a binder.
Lake Lagoda, frequently men-
tioned in Russo-Finnish war dis-
patches, is an expanse of water
slightly smaller than Lake On-
tario.
Deliveries of American planes
are building an air corps for the
Philippine army. The strength
soon will be 41 planes.
The Kimberly pit, where dia-
monds are mined, is the biggest
man-made hole in the world.
An electrically operated bagpipe
has been invented by a Scotchman.
It is a mystery how sugar came
to get to Hawaii, which wasi there
at the. time of Captain Cook's dis-
covery of the island.
WE WISH to start off the 1040
edition of the J-TACLESS NEWS
by clarifying this column's policy,
We find this necessary as our per-
son is in immediate danger of be-
ing crucified. To begin with thi*
column is built up mostly by con-
tributions from the student body.
As a matter of fact we don't know
who our contributors are as the
material is not turned over to us.-
Come Monday the editor of this
sheet hands us the material left
at the office dun rip; the preceding
week, and we then set down and
peck it out. However, our resolu-
tion for the New Year is not to
say anything about anybody that
could be regarded as a personal
insult. (Contributors, please note).
After all, we only weigh so much,
and . . .
* * *
AT THE DANCE last Saturday
we are forced to compliment MAX-
INE COLEMAN on some mighty
smooth dancing . . . RUBY DELL
MOON on a snappy lookin' out-
fit. .. . EDIE ELSBURY, Cinda-
erlla of the week. By the way, did
she get to keep that shoe? TUA
RICHARDSON on that vivacious
smile and bubbling good humor;
R. D. LANCASTER for having
such a good time. A happy circum-
stance that wasn't shared by all,
we are sorry to say. , . . JIMMY
SEDESKY (last week we didn't
hand him any posies) because the
consensus of feminine opinion
seems to be that he is a dancer
of no -small note. . , . AGGIE
GORDON, a rare sport. . . JOHN
PHELAN, unfailingly polite. . . .
DOROTHY HALL, she is kinda'
good looking. . . . PHIL BIBLE,
ain't he a smoothie? . . . JAKE
WHITE, the suaveness of hit!
manner. . . , VIRGINIA DYE, she
sure is . . .
HERE AND THERE — IP BIL1
CLARK would play less attention
to EVELYN COLLTJM, he might
get along better in his scholastic
standing Is ERNESTINE
FINNIGAN getting another rush
from Gibson? Or is this a con-
tinuation of the last one? .. JACK
OATES and LILLIAN MACK arc
seen together regularly, and they
would have you know that they
don't lik fellows who are so
rude as to make cracks concern-
ing a tender relationship. . . From
all indications some of Tarleton's
most fashionable co-eds are .high-
ly in favor of adopting the .bus-
tle as a stern necessity. (That's
not our gag). Some swain of the
ELLIOT following wishes us to
tell BETTY that she is sweet, sooo
—you are sweet, BETTY
LARRY (down my sorrows) KING
is convalescing nicely, thank you.
BILL CHILDERS told us person-
ally that he has, too, had a hair-
cut since that first semester. . . .
FISH HART, that is not the way
to win friends and influence peo-
ple. . . . From casual observation
we believe that COLEMAN is car-
rying the rocks for ELSBURY...
We wonder if TID W ATKINS has
the KATHLEEN COLLUM situa-
tion well in hand BILLY
DOYLE just can't be interested,
girls. He has his mind down Hous-
ton way. ... We wonder why
WALTER CASEY is embarrassed
every time he sees CATHERINE
GROUSE. . . . The other night
PERRY COX passed out about
four times—he was really sick.
AGGIE, SALLY, MARTHELLA,
and BESSIE are the gruesome
four at the Varsity. ... It looks
as if, girls, that NEWELL OLI-
VER is never going to give you
a break, . , ,
+ * *
THIS WEEK'S ORCHIDS go to
BETTY WYLIE—pretty, sweet,
intelligent, personality — what
more do yoU want?
♦ * *
THIS WEEK'S LILY goes to
PROG KNIGHT—many tell us he
gets in their hair.
Mrs. Effie Neathery spent the
Christmas holidays in Washing-
ton, D. C., where she visited her
sister, Mrs. George Murphy.
Marjorie Jewel spent the Christ-
mas holidays at her home in Ohio.
Flattery is 90 per cent soap,
and soap is 90 per cent lye.—Tif-
fin University "Tystenac."
The proof of the wedding is in
the alimony.
"What a quaint little village!
Truly one-half of the world is
ignorant of how the other half
lives."
f<Not in this village, Mister,"
said the native. "No sir! Not in
this village."—Henderson Oracle.
THIS COLLEGIATE WORLD
Even lipstick has at last found
a reason for existence in the edu-
cational scheme of things. Eleanor
Sims was. writing a Michigan
State College examination when
her pen ran out of ink. What did
she do? She calmly reached into
her purse, pulled out her lipstick,
and finished her blue-book.
And was her paper red!
* ♦ *
Robert E. Benchley, the Bob
Benchley who rides the "bounding
broomstick" on an air waves pro-
gram, has at last climbed the
heights to immortal fame. Stu-
dents of Loyola College in Balti-
more have founded a Benchley
Literary circle to study American
humor—and they'll first thorough-
ly examine the literary works of
the new "dean of American hum-
orists."
The club's pin will undoubtedly
be a bench with a broora leaning
on it!
Now that Kansas State College
scientists have invented a true-
false test that is scored by colors,
we suppose a lot of students will
be developing color-blindness!
* * *
An Ohio State University socio-
logy class survey shows that the
social distance between members
of a class is great—but there was
a high degree of "interaction" re-
ported between students and their
teachers.
Which explains why "An Apple
for the Teacher" is a popular
theme song!
' * * t
There may be some merit in
twins sharing everything, espec-
ially when that everything in-
cludes nearly a half million dol-
lars. Identical twins at Washing-
ton State College, who make iden-
tical grades in identical courses
incidentally, don't mind sharing
the recent inheritance from a
great-uncle's death, since each
half, according to hasty calcula-
tions, is well over $200,000. That
ought to provide ample pocket
money even for extravagant
co-eds.—Washington State Ever-
green.
* * *
European newspapers are good
features, but they do nqt cover
the news, Warren Ogden, Sunday
editor of the Times-Picayune,
told a group of Tulane journalism
students in an opendiscussion.
With the exception of Great
Britain, he explained, no country
in Europe really has a first-class
newspaper. He attributed severe
censorship and excellence of prop-
aganda as reasons for the scarcity
of news, and climaxed his talk by
calling England the supreme mis-
tress of propaganda as well as
of the seas.—The Tulane Hulla-
baloo.
* # 4
The aeronautical training that
is getting so much collegiate at-
tention at present is receiving a
feminine, boost at the University
of Kansas. One of the co-eds got
the jump on her fellow students
last week when she flew one of
the class training planes to Cin-
cinnati, chalking up ten hours of
flying time. Instructors claim that
applications of women students
have- been increasing rapidly since
her feat.—The University Daily
Kansan.
* * #
Through proper education of
American youth, and only through
such means, will this country be
able to ward off tho menace of
Fascism and Communism," said
Dr. Allan Wilson Hobbs, dean of
the college of arts and sciences
of the University of North Ca>-
olina, to his students.
* * *
Approximately half a million
dollars is spent in Columbus, Ohio,
each year by members of 51 social
and professional fraternities of
Ohio State University.
f Letters
JSSb Editor X
Major:- "Now suppose you are
on duty one dark night. Suddenly
a person appears from behind and
wraps two arms around you so
that you can't reach your saber.
What would you do?"
Captain: "I'd say, 'Let's go
home."—Batallion,
Teacher: "Tell me, what is it
when I say, 'I love, you love," he
loves,'"
Modern cutie: "Must be one of
those love triangles."- Henderson
Oracle.
Dean: "So you're back in
school. I thought that I expelled
you last week."
Stude: "Yes, you did, but don't
do it again because my dad is
plenty sore about it."—Texas
Ranger.
Dear Mr. Editor: In this world
of war the reader can but realize
the benefits he receives each day
in a peaceful nation like our own.
Let us picture a particular man,
a typical one, and think a little,
seriously, about the world of
events as seen in the mind of
this man.
He knows that there are good
schools and libraries which pro-
vide education for his children.
He has to pay taxes, but the
taxes he pays are not excessive
compared to those levied on citi-
zens of some European nations.
He may express his own opin-
ion on polities without fear of be-
ing court-martialed without a fair
and just trial.
He knowg that there are courts
which will protect him so long as
he keeps within the law.
When he reads a newspaper, he
realizes that he is reading what
the journalists hold in their hearta
to be true. He realizes, also that
thp news he reads is not censored
by government authorities.
When he hears the roar of an
airplane overhead, he does not be-
come frightened and does not run
for underground shelter to escape
the rain of bombs.
He sees bright lights in the
cities at night, not pale blue ones
like those shining in war-torn na-
tions.
He feels certain of his nation's
security, and he knows- how she
tanks as a world power. He real-
izes that the nation on the north
is a peaceful nation, that she po-
ssesses a form of democracy sim-
ilar to that of his own nation, and
that she will not tolerate injustice.
The nation on the south, he treats
more or less as a stranger. Not
because she is a citadel of ty-
ranny but because her people
ipeak a different language from
His own. He believes with sin-
cerity that she, too, is a nation
which the United States doesj not
have to fear from invasion.
He is a, citizen of a nation whose
motto is: "In God We Trust." •
He is a fortunate man, for he
is an American.
—Wilburn Salmon.
FFA Boys Expect Their Sweetheart
To Be More Than Ornamental
By ELWOOD BOYD
Some athletic, school or college
"sweethearts" have nothing to do
but look pretty and perhaps lead
the grand march at a ball or
three. Not so with the sweetheart
of the Texas Collegiate Chapter
of Future Farmers of America.
Jerrye McCIaren of Winters,
FFA sweetheart this year, has a
big job, At least, A: J. Spangler
thinks so, and he ought to know.
Mr. Spangler has been advising
the Collegiate chapter since it was
organized, is also- adviser to the
Texas Area IV organization of
FFA, and besides that has for
many years been advising FFA
boys.
Miss McCIaren has eight speci-
fic duties. In the first place, she
must help make the chapter scrap-
book. Second — and this is no
trifle—she is chairman of the ar-
rangements committee and has
charge of the confectionery stand
for the judging contest supervised
by the Collegiate FFA chapter in
April. She acts as hostess at all
FFA social functions. She must
always be ready to help the chap-
ter program committee plan pro-
grams for regular meetings or for
special occasions. She is asked to
attend all collegiate chapter meet-
ings.
Frequently she is placed on
Explain how you were president
of your high school classes, how
you were chosen the best looking
boy in school, how the girls back
home, and particularly one charm-
ing' creature, are crazy about you.
Brag about your past achieve-
ments. Don't forget one.
If you don't believe these meth-
ods of elimination will work, try
them, and no longer will you have
to buy presents and the like for
the girl you try them on.
—A CO-ED.
temporary committees and is of-
ficial correspondent for the FHT,
Finally, she accompanies Advis-
er Spangler and student represen-
tatives of the Tarleton Collegiate
Chapter of Father-Son banquets
held by FFA chapters in Area IV.
It'si nice to be sweetheart, no
doubt, but it's also work. ,
Daffynitiowj
Campus glamor boy—male with
55; campus glamor girl—co-ed
with a late model car; dive—any
place with a neon sign, an or-
chestra and a college boy; swing-
organized disorganization; friend
—anybody who will loan you mon-
ey; civilization—a collection of
modern inconveniences.—A.C.P.
Student (leaving colege): "Good-
by,sir, I am indebted to you for
all I know."
Dean Davis: "Don't mention
such a trifle."
A mirage is the place where the
little man who wasn't there parks
his car.—Batallion.
A nudist is one who goes coat-
less and vestless and wears trous-
ers to ■ match.—Batallion.
Dear Mr. Editor.: I believe that
every co-ed will agree with me
that there are certain efficient
methods the cadet can use to lose
his girl friends and alienate their
affections. F^- the benefit of those
■cadets who may find such a pro-
cess desirable, the following sug-
gestions are given:
First of all, tell .her how silly is
her laugh, how awkward is her
dancing, how stupid is her conver-
sation, or—perhaps better still—
how stunning .someone else looked
the other day. She will soon begin
to look for someone who can find
one or two good points about her.
Remember, everyone, , including
yourself, enjoys being told compli-
mentary things; so knock the'wind
from her sails by making tactless
remarks. This always works.
Another thing, never feel at
ease when with the girl. If you
are conscious of trying to make a
hit with the girl, you will probably
do everything wrong, so that you
can be almost certain of making a
bad impression. Therefore, if you
want to make sure the girl won't
want to go with you again, your
best chance is to strive continually
to appear worldly and clever or
smooth and cynical. Anything, ex-
cept yourself.
Other cautions that should be
observed: Be sure to talk about
how popular you are back home.
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STUDENTS!
Send her Flowers from
Cole Florist Shop
Flowers for All Times
College Barber Shop
Always "For" College
Students
■ HAIRCUT 25c
Across From Auditorium
'VISIT
Miller's Place
• •
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* •
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IF YOU WANT BADIO OK
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New location, N, E, Comer Stj.
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e clean for you1
College Cleaners
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Laundry & Dry Cleaning
PHONE 254
SLEEP EZY MATTRESSES
Sold at C. W. Evans Store. In-
nerspring and felted. Best for'
rest. Also agent for renovation
work. See us for prices.
Second Hand Exchange
utrirmHTiiiTiM n
Doubtless you lack a few pictures, enough to go around with your
friends during the holidays. We still have your nogatvie on file
and will be glad to mate as many as yon want at a greatly re-
duced price.
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PHONE 115
DID YOU FORGET SOMEONE CHRISTMAS? It Isn't too iato
to send them a photograph.
"B AX" — PHONE 125
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ttention Seniors
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erers of the official Senior ring and pin for John Tarleton
Agricultural College.
O We are also glad to announce the College Store has
been designated by the Seniors Class as our Exclusive
Agent in Stephenville. The College Store is displaying a
full line of samples of these rings and pins and is author-
ized to accept orders for same.
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