The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 22, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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Go to the
game
Saturday
night
TSC vs.
Ranger
37TII YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1957
NUMBER 6
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TSC Scholarship Society
To Host Discussion on
dtudio Phou>j
'Wv.Sf A
liViiccneli
^■/BESEABCE ~ Jjypical of the any students who swarm-to the Library every night are Car-
jftflh'-Hlaygoad, animal husbandry m&jor from Kaufman; and Amelia Forrest, chemical engineer*
ingtt^ajor from Gatesville. '
Season Tickets on Sale
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Season tickets are now available
for ten foreign movies sponsored
, by.; the International? 01i}b -which
vjiif'.'be sho^*;tlii3I.yeai; -at the
Piaiaee Theatre.
! The rst movie to be shown is the
French movie "Rififi." Others are
"The Gates of Hell," a Japanese
movie; "Romeo and Juliet," a
British . production; an Italian
movie yet to be selected; "Wee
Geordi," a British comedy; "The
Sheep Has Five Leg's," a French
comedy; "The Baby and the Bat-
tleship," a British comedy;
"Othelo," a British production, and
"The Dark River," a S'panish
movie.
A limited number of season tick-
eta for the movie series are being
sold in front of the Post Office.
Henry Owen, International Club
Council to Sell
Student Booklets
."All students are urged, to sup-
port their council by buying a stu-
dent directory," says President
Gary. Carson. "A lot of work ha a
! gone - into, these directories^ and'
tiow all we need is, support from
th<\ "stiident, body.'? .. .. - ,,
r .The booklets, which, furnish the
liame,, address, hometown, and
' j>hon.e. number of . the - facttlty 1 aa
well as the students, will be. sold
in the cafeteria,,, the dormitories,
and: the - Recreation . Hall by mem-
ber^, o£/th,eStudeafe Council for ten
. cents, v ■ • ' ■. ;
. ■ At the , weekly meeting- of; the
Council.on Wednesday, October 16,,
reports by chairmen of the Home-
doming committees on'the progress
■ made by their respective commit-
tees were made and noted. Sammie
Deisher, chairman of the Dance
and Reception Committee for
Homecoming, reported the decisions
of that committee as follows:
. There will be a semi-formal dan-
ce, starting at 7:30, in the cafe-
teria" as a climax to the Homecom-
ing- festivities; Admission will b?
free to" all students, exes, and facul-
: ty. The Tarlston Dance Band will
provide, the dance music, and re-
treasurer, is in charge -of-sale*. .
■ Reason, tickets for the ten movies
ard aVflilikbld ;fb,r: $L50, Boxoft'ice
ticket! 'iiiay (its, purchased, for 'Mc
per movie.
"It is a saving of S3,50 to buy
the season tickets," say Internat-
ionaJ Club ticket committee mem-
bers. ■
Movies will be shown on Tuesday
and Wednesday nights of the
weeks they are, scheduled. All
films, except Shakespearian dra-
mas, will be run at 7 p. m, and 9
p. m. "Romeo and Juliet" and
"•Othelo" will be run only at 7 p;m.
"Foreign movit-s. have become
popular in American cities. Col-
lege students desiring to develop
sophisticated tastes • should take
advantage of this offer," says Miss
Janie 0. Crouch, sponsor of the
International Club.
125 Counties Are
Represented in
TSC Enrollment
.Tarleton State College's enroll-
ment this year represents 125
Teras , counties, 13 states, and 1C
foreign countries', according tc
Stuart Chilton, Registrar.
Erath County leads with 173 stu-
dents. Other top ranking counties
ill "their order are: Comanche, with
58 students; McLennon, 49; Hamil-
ton, 35; Coryell, 33; Bell, 30; Har-
ris, 27; Dallas, 20; and Tarrant, 25
The leading outside state repre-
sented is Louisiana, with six stu-
dents.
The foreign countries with the
largest representation are Mexico
and EI Salvador, each with foui
students.
The 125 counties represented out
of 254 Texas counties compare with
-113 represented last year.
inter-American Affairs
Consuls from Latin American countires and Canada have been
invited to Tarleton State College to take part in an intei'-Amevi-
can round-table discussion Monday, Oct. 28. The consuls were
invited bv the Tarleton Scholarship Society which will host the
discussion as part of the United Nations Week observance.
Consuls of nearly every nation
represented on the Tarleton cam-
pus by foreign students are expect-
ed to take part in the discussion.
I)r. A. 0. Grant, Scholarship So-
ciety advisor announced that th«
society will have dinner in the
Robin Room of the College Dining
Hall at 5:45 p.m. and begin its dis-
cussion program at 6:15 p.m.
Persons wishing to eat with the
society and its guests may do so.
.Reservations can be made with Dr.
Grant at L-4492.
Miss Lillie V. Lilliard, of the.
Fine Arts Division at Tarleton is
expected to attend the discussion.
Miss Lilliard was appointed chair- ,
man. of- United Nations Week la
Stephenville by Mayor J. Louis.
Evans.
AH students are invited to at.
tend.
AAUW Program
Features talk
By Mrs. DeuPree
Mrs. Dean Deu Pree was the
speaker at Thursday night's meet-
ing of the American Association of
University Women in the Robin.
Room of the Tarleton State Col-
lege. Dining Hall.
Mrs. Deu Pree, wife of Tarleton.
State's information director,.show-
ed slides of European sites that
she visited while she and her hus-
band were stationed there.
The native of El Paso, Texas,
married Mr. Deu Pree while both
were in Europe. She graduated
from Texas' Western College as a
physical education major.
. Mrs. Naomi Hickie, AAUW
status of women program chair-
man, introduced Mrs. Deu Pree to
the group.
Jana Showalter, daughter of
W. P, Showalter, professor of
chemistry at Tarleton State, play-
ed a piano solo at, the meeting.
NOTICE
The J-TAC is in need of a circu-
lation manager. Anyone that is in-
terested see Dean Deu Pree at the
Public Information Office. The on-
ly qualification for the job is that
the applicant must have a car at
his disposal. No experience is
needed.
'57 Civic Series
Committee Named
Tarleton State College students
appointed by various civic and
faculty members to serve on the
Civic Series committee are Paul
M. Anderson of Waco, Jeanne Hat-
zenbuehler of Dallas, Mary Brem-
er of Galena Park, Jane Casbeer
of Lampasas, Betty Means of Kil-
leen, and Frank Terrell, Linda D'-
Arcy, and Vicky Grief, all of Ste-
phenville.
Faculty and civic members are:
Dr. O. A. Grant, Dr. P, A. Caraway,
Miss May Jones, Dr. Don Morton,
Miss Ruth Hilliard, Captain John
Allyn, Dean Paul G'unyus, Mrs;- J.
T. Davis, Mrs. L. B. Howard, Mrs,
Bruce Terrell, Mrs. J. O. Clements,
Mrs. Swan Richardson.
The committee was organized in
1946 to bring cultural and educa-
tional entertainment to the entire
community.
Nominations Are
Tomorrow for
1957 HG Queen
Tarleton State Students , .will
nominate coeds -by secret ballot
tomorrow for 1957 Homecoming
Queen. '■
.... Students may vote • in the Din-
:ingHall. at, lunch: or in the Recrea-.
tfon Hall during the -mowing and
early afternoon; .Th^. TSC Student
Council is sponsoring- the election.
• Student® : will write the . names-
.of-,.ten.:coeds, on the ballot. The top
■ten names "will be plaoed .on a-ba!^
lot- for the. Queen election. From
these ten,,., students - will vote ■ foi
Hotheeoming ..Queen. .The top. five
coeds wilt compose the Queen':
court.
The Queen's identity will be an-
nounced in the Homecoming Pa-
rade. She will, be presented during
the halftime activities of the Home-
coming game at Memorial Field.
"We urge all students to vote
tomorrow for Homecoming Queen
nominees so that the Queen's se-
lection will be the choice of the
majority of the student body," say
Student Council members.
Last year's Homecoming Queer
was Jean Thomas of Stephenville.
Royce Bodiford Elected Regional FFA VP;
Two American Farmer Degrees Earned
Royce Bodiford, sophomore agri-
cultural education niajor at Tarle-
ton State was elected i vice-presi-
dent of the Southern Region of the
Future Farmers Association, it
was announced today.
Bodiford, who served as the
Texas president of FFA in .1955
and 195.6 said: the johJs.a big one
Mil- he is honore.d by the? election.
. The/Southern ; Region FFA. in-
cludes 12 .southern states and
. Puerto Rico a.nd contains' 50 , per
cejit of. the - entire FFA- member-
ship in the U. S. -Bodiford said
that -FFA- membership this year
has risen to 400,000.
Last week, Bodiford and John
Pelham, secretary of the collegiate
FFA chapter at Tarleton received
the American Farmer award, the
highest award given in FFA work.
Bodiford said the award is given
on.the basis of a supervised farm-
in gprog.ram in which the FFA
member must earn at least $1,000.
"This is a little misleading," Bodi-
ford said. "Actually it now takes
a; larger investment than that to
win the award-. Usually several
thousand dollars. There is a quota
on the Amercan Farmer award.
Only one FFAer out of every 1,000
can win it."
Bodiford himself showed an in-
vestment of $7,500 on his father's
farm in Millsap. He said his main
crops were peanuts and cotton, but
that he had a small herd of beef
cattle too.
Bodiford said ho will graduate
from Tarleton at mid-term and
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JOHN PELHAM
American Farmer
ROYCE BODIFORD
Regional Veep
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