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4—THE J-TAC
Tuesday, January 15, 1957
Engineering Is Choice
Of Cadet Greenwood
Having parents who are both Grande Valley) Greenwood was a
teachers seems to have little effect I membei- of the band, 4-H Club,
on Bobby Greenwood's choice of hi ,,vas a two year letterman in
football at the guard position.
He played the bass clarinet in
the band, and was secretary for
vocation- in life. He is majoring in
petroleum engineering.
The 18-year-old Tarleton senior
says he doesn't plan to be a teach-
er, even though his mother and two years in the 4-H' Club.
father are both in the education J Greenwood, who is 5 , ft. 11 in.
field. Greenwood, a 1955 graduate anc[ [ias blue eyes, likes popu-
D!T,MHi!!1 School plans to mu8- an(, Mexican food. He
attend A&M after graduation from
Tarleton. After completing the "as "J0 brothers or sisters,
five-year course in petroleum en-
gineering, he hopes to enter the
Air Force. j
Company F
Greenwood, commanding, officer
0f Company F in the Tarleton
State College ROTC, is this week's
"Cadet of the Week." He holds
the rank of captain in the corps
and is guidon bearer in the Wain-
wright Rifles. He is also a mem-
ber of the Honor Guard. He is a
member of the Silver Keys social
club, and was a Boys' Rifle Team
member last year. -
Greenwood enjoys his geology
courses at TSC and his favorite
jyastime is participating in or
watching sports. Baseball rates
highest among sports for him.
Band, 4-H Club
While in high school at Donna,
(Donna is located in the Rio
TSC's Friendliness
Last summer he attended
classes at Pan American College
in Edinburg (also a valley town).
He plans to work this summer but
has no definite job yet.
"The thing about Tarleton that
people notice most," says Green-
wood, "is its friendliness. I am
no exception. I like the frindly
spirit of the campus."
Greenwood lives in Bender Hall
and his roommate is Alton Mar-
witz of Pottsville. He is a mem-
ber of the First Baptist Church
in Stephenville,
4 Boys to Represent
TSC at Exposition
• Four freshman boys will repre-
sent Tarleton at the Southwestern
Exposition and Fat Stock Show
judging contest, Jan. 28.
The four boys chosen from about
twenty try-outs are Robert H.
Elliott, Robert Lee; W. D. Miller,
Walnut Springs; Eddie Melasky,
Bryan, and James Pettiet, Coman-
che, These boys have been prac-
ticing every Wednesday at 7 p. m,
for the last two months.
Today these boys and W. W.
Reed, professor and head of ani-
al and dairy husbandry, will at-
tend the Mills County Junior Live-
stock show in Goldthwaite. Wed-
nesday the group will go to Texas
A&.M where they will do some
more judging. Here they will judge
beef cattle, hogsi and sheep, all of
which they will have to judge in
Ft. Worth.
Saturday Mr. Reed and the
group wilf go to the Comanche
County show in the morning and
do some practice judging. Satur-
day night they wil go to Brown-
wood for the Brown County show.
At which time Mr. Reed will judge
the swine show.
CAMPUS NEWS
Bus Donated began its training at the local,Soil
A 40-passenger bus was donated
too Tarleton State College.
The bus was granted to Tarle-
ton through the Air Force Sur-
plus. It is a 1948 International,
passenger type bus with a capaci-
ty of 40 passengers plus the driv-
er.
The immediate use of the bus
is "uncertain at the present," ac-
cording to H. C. Doremus, pro-
fessor and director of division of
engineering.
Bulletins
Approximately 10,800 Tarleton
State College bulletins and pam-
phlets have been sent to high
school seniors in Texas since Oct.
Conservation Training Center last
Monday. The group centered its
full attentions of the study of
soil, orientation, and cartogra-
phy at the Ft. Worth cartography-
cal Unit. T. L. Gaston, Field Re-
presentative for the Great Plains
area, from Washington, visited'
the local center during these car-
tographyeal studies. !
The second week of study began
yesterday. The full week will con-
stitute-engineerings
At the beginning of next week,
Walter Chessmore, director of the
school, will take a trip to Wash-
ington. During the course of this
trip, Ml*.. Chessmore will partici-
BOBBY GREENWOOD
. . . A&M bound
Methodist Center
To Show Movie
A feature length movie will be
shown at the Wesley P'oundation
today at 6 p. m. The film, "Your
Community" is part of the regular
film schedule of the organization.
: The Rev. Frank Leach, student
center director/ urged that all
members be present for the show-
ing. '
46 Freshman Boys Pledge
TSC's Four Social Clubs
Thompson Appointed
To Texas Commission
Miss Lola Rivers Thompson,
head of division of library science,
has been appointed to assist the
Texas Commission on Higher Edu-
cation.
. Miss Thompson will help the.
commission with its work on librar-
ies and will be attending a meet-
ing for that purpose in Dallas Jan,
18-19.
Forty-six" boys pledged Tarle-
ton State College's social clubs
this term.
L's & C's
Lords and Commoners pledges
are: Louis Crouch of Itasca, Neil
McDonald, of Odessa, Jim Milan
of San Antonio, W. E. Montgom-
ery, Johnny Tackett of Stephen-
ville, James Wakeland of Godley,
and Ray Don Williams of Jones-
boro, "
Barons
Pledging the Barons Social Club
are; Bob Almond of Kermit, Ches-
ter Butts of Olney, Lerpy Koons-
man of Iredell, David. Morgan of
Ft. Worth, Bill Pfarrer of Evans-
ton, 111., John Reed of Marlin,
Raymond Sesson of Big Lake, Bill
Waters of Pecos, and Dale Weath-
ers of Stephenville.
Los Cobs
Los Caballero's pledges include
Ronald Bauer of Bangs, Tommy
Bounds of Waco, Ozell Claborn of
Midland, Gary Coltharp of Sey-
mour, Bill Dillard of Midland,
Maurice Hallenbeck of Lampasas,
Richard Hamby of San Angelo,
Eddie Henry of Mineral Wells,
Dan Montgomery of Morehad,
Kentucky, Don Moore of Gustine,
Don Taylor of Seymour, Tom C.
Rufus of Stanton, Homrtiy Snow
of Bangs, and Chesley Wilson of
San Angelo.
Silver Keys
Silver Keys pledges are Wayne
Brown of Azle, Arron Case of
Wichita Falls, Richard Flinn of
Strawn, David Garms of Glen
Rose, Bobby Greenwood of Donna,
Jimmy Humphrey of Wichita
Falls, David . Miles of Glen Rose,
In the painting of Washington
Crossing the Delaware, a soldier is
shown holding the American flag,
though it had not been designed
at that tme.
HAVE IT
DRY
CLEANED
David Morgan of Groesbeck, Billy
Renick of Leasville, La., Gerald
Scott of Pottsville, Willard Simp-
son of Ft. Worth, Lyndall Smith
of KiUeen, and Richard Webb of
Bellmead.
Tarleton Student
Receives Injury
William .Reiner, sophomore of
Pottsville was injured in an auto-
mobile accident near Hamilton
during the Christmas holidays; He
is recovering in the Hamilton Hos-
pital. ;
The alligator is .the only animal
whose upper jaw is movable.'
15, according to Mrs. Madeline j pate in a training supervisors
Sullenburger, secretary to the ? conference sponsored by the Soil
Dean. Conservation Service, He is ex-
This is Tarleton," a picture ! pected to return in time for the
bulletin, has been sent to 8,200
seniors, and 1,350 pamphlets en-
titled "Industry Needs Trained
Men" have been sent to senior
boys. Two hundred fifty journal-
ism pamphlets have also been
mailed.
beginning of the next profession-
al session of study here.
The present . sub-professional
session will be concluded Jan. 25.
Art Department
Tarleton State College Art De-
partment is now concentrating.
. Home economics and business i upon using color value in paint-!
administration pampholets are to j ing. Art students, under .the du
be sent'in the near future, Ap« i-ection of Mrs. Marjie Baxley,
proximately 8,000- more of the pic- | professor and head of department
ture bulletin and industry pamph-
let will also be sent.
Ronnie Schidekamp, freshman
music major of Nixon, and Le-
of art,-, are .working with very ;
similar color, values.
The students are painting >vhite
eggs on a white, flat background
roy Poer, electrical engineering-making the eggs appear to have
major of Goldthwaite, are addres- depth. The illusion of depth la
sing these bulletins and pamph
lets.
Parking Lot
The new parking lot is com-
pleted and in use.
Work on the new 40-car park-
ing lot located south-of -the Li-
brary Building was finished dur-
ing the recent holidays.
The black-top lot was construct-
ed by. Anthony M. Ligon of
Brown wood. The contractor began
work Oct. 4, H>56 after issuing a
low bid of $4,625 for the project.
The new lot has a capacity of
40 cars with 13 places marked and
reserved in the north west comer
for members of the library staff
and .the .'military .science, depart-
ment according to H. C. Doremus,
professor; and director of division
of engineering.
Soil Conservation
•Thtf second sub-professional
group- studying soil conservation
created by the use of shading, Tho
eggs appear to have depth, and
the background, which is , also
white, appears flat.
Hungarian Refugees
- Proceeds from the Tarleton
Monday , night dance Jan. 28 will
go to the" Hungarian Refugee
Fund.,
The TSC Student Council, which
sponsors the weekly dances, votf ;
ed to donate the proceeds to thia
fund. ' ■ " V:
Admission for the dance will be
10 cents and it will beg-in at 6:30'
p.m. ' ■ "
"If you want to have a good
time, .donate to a worthy cause;
and see, all-the students after th«
.between-semester holidays", say
student council members', "then
come to the. Jan. 28 dance."
No dance is scheduled • for next
Monday night "due to final exami- r
nations," :
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 1957, newspaper, January 15, 1957; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140614/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.