The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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THK J-TAC
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1959
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By LARRY GARRETT
As I sat staring at a book this weekend with-
out seeing it, from some unknown source these
words came to my mind:
Plow, playboys, plow
Win though you may,
You'll not win now,
'Cause you're only interested in the hay.
When in Erath County,
If the bushes burned down,
The playboys would a bounty,
1 To grow them back around.
What! Study instead!
Who heard of such a word—>
'Cept the night before' the day,
Then yoit and por grades pass on like a dark
cloud.
■It looks as though the chips are down as,the
'last week comes rolling around, and as the cheat-
. sheets are unrolled.
According' to a recent survey taken by the
Readers' Digest there is more to being- popular
than many advertisements would lead you to
believe. In the article "Teen-Age'rs Tell How To
Be Popular" is found the following suggestions
which origionally came from McCalls aimed at
the Would-Be-Wheel (the remarks in parenthesis
are mine):
Let people know you like them (before you
borrow their notes).
Don't monopolize conversation (you might
learn something).
Don't have one set of manners for people you
want to make time with and another set for
everybody else (how do you know who lias the
note's you want?)
Think of. ways to make others feel important
(the answers will come more easily).
Don't carry grudges (you're trying- to pass,
remember?).
Keep you nose out lof the upper atmosphere
(the cheat-sheets are on the floor.)
Don't burn people down just for a laugh
(your answer may be wrong).
Don't be afraid to start a fad—someone has
to (all new inventions welcome).
Avoid telling long-drawn-out jokes—or the
same one over and over again (Study!).
Don't be a name dropper (you can't win every^
time).
The above is just a good starter. For success
omit words in parenthesis and study to find all
the answers.
The old West seems to be1 coming back to life
again with the'latest fad of becoming a gun-
slinger. Contests seem to have sprung up all
over the nation. The gumen use .45's loaded with
wax bullets. Some contests include accuracy,
but others, of the duel style ,consist of two facing
each other at 60 paces. At the drop of a handker-
chief the fellows draw, and the' first to get off a
shot wins. They seem to have trouble with club-
members shooting the paraffin blanks down the
backs of their legs, or through their legs if they
happen to be' practicing with live ammunition.
I noticed a headline in a magazine the other
day; "Are (women's) fashions returning- to
normal?" The question arising: here is just what
is "normal"?
THE J-TAC
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College, is published hi \StephenviHy, Texas, weekly on
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JUDY HOLT.AD AY
LARRY GARRETT
.. CHARLES BATES
JERRY JLOWRANCB
ASSISTANT EDITOR
BUSINESS MANAGER .
CIRCULATION MANAGER
FEATURE EDITOR _ REBECCA TUCKER
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JIM HONEYCUTT
MILITARY EDITOR POLLY McCULLOUGH
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The Furrowed Brow
By JUDY HOLLADAY
What' another would have clone
gs well as you, do not do it. What
another would have said as well as
you, do not say it; written as well,
do not write it. Be faithful to that
which exists nowhere but in your-
self—and thus make yourself in-
dispensable," This is a quotation
from Andre Buillaume Gide on in-
dividuality.
Individuality, that's what, this
country needs. This is the
tragedy of scientific age. There is
the slightest possible development
of human individuality and spont-
aneity, as Thomas Carlyle once
said ''Men now even die and kill
one another, in an artificial man-
ner."
Would you like to hop off the
bandwagon? Would you like to be-
come acquainted with yourself ?
The following are a few suggest-
ions on how to discover the you
that is you:
1. Give a party. All you need is
from two to twenty people, re-
cords, and plenty of ideas to dis-
cuss.
2. Take solitary walks. This gives
you time to meditate and talk
things over with yourself,
3. Don't be afraid to assert your
xleas and schemes, although they
may sound like crackpot ideas to
Student Council
Reports Activities
By JO DITTMAR
The Texas Department of Public-
Safety announced this week the
business at the last meeting of
the Student Council. Doug Smith
urged all members to sell the' rest
of the directories, so as to prevent
a deficit in the treasury. Three
hundred have been sold with two
hundred remaining,
A committee made up of Doug
Smith, Noel McLaughlin,, and Jo
Dittmar was set up to plan and
organize a Rodeo Dance to bp held
after the first performance of tho
rodeo sponsored ■ by the Rodeo
Club in the sprin. This dance wi.U
culminate the Western Week, an-
nually sponsored by the Student
Council and the Rodeo Club.
Final plans for. the opening of
the Girls' Gym were reported
to the Council by the members of
the Recreation Class who are also
on the Council. The purpose of this
plan is to provide recreation for
those students who remain 011
campus over the weekends, and
to encourage others to stay. The
first weekend it was put into ef-
fect was Sunday, January 18,
others and even to yourself.
4. Take up novel hobbies, for this
will give you a strange allure.
There are all sorts of things you
can "become interested in—grap-
hology, mental telepathy, Freud,
voodooism, astrology are just a
few suggestions.
5. Do things that seem unreason-
able to you sometimes; such as
playing hopscotch in the dormi-
tory halls.
G.Start some sort of revolution.
How about putting' coeds back in
tchool uniforms?
7. Make some snap judgments,
for these often lead to all sorts of
about the results later (when
you're campused.)
8. Be as free as a bird. If you
h.avo a sudden urge to climb the
fire escape of the agriculture
building, climb it. Or if yt>u decide
you want to skate on the sidewalk
in front of the library, why not?
9. If an unusual oppoortunity
coined along, don't hesitate to alter
preconceived plans for the future
—if the opportunity will bring1
happiness,
10. Don't be afraid to voice your
viewpoint on matters, even though
may disagrre with someone. Don't
be a "yes man."
Naturally people will call you
crazy if you follow any of the
suggestions mentioned, but you'll
have fun. And you can laugh at all
the other people who are living
normally,
Ha, ha, ha!
Patrolmen Needed
By Safety Officer
The T.eras Department of Public
Safty announced this week the
opening of Patrolman positions! in
Highway Patrol, Driver License,
Motor Vehicle Inspectipn, and
license and Weight-departments of
the force and listed required quali-
fication-; and benefits in a pamph-
let which may be acquired by
writing to Box 4087 'North Austin
Station Austin, Texas.
Some of the benefits listed, are:
$300 per month salary while train-
ing; two weeks annual vacation, 12
or more holidays each year, and
the opportunity to serve on one of
the nation's most respected and
best trained law enforcement or-
ganizations.
Each applicant must possess in
telligence, initiative, and good
judgement and have capacity to
develop good address and neat
appearance.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
J. i
Fresh from a sophomore English class oi
Shakespeare, I borrow a phrase from the poet,;
"A rose by any other name would smell aa
sweet." This overused cliche states my case ex-
cept for one small detail: No name at all is at-
tached to this letter. Does it make any differ-
ence ? Why is it that the student publication has-
as its policy never to publish an anonymous
"Letter to the' Editor" ? Isn't it obvious to thai■
staff that certain opinions that need to be :
stated come from students (or faculty?) who for '
reasons of their own perfer to remain unknown ?
And isn't it disciplinary enough for letters mere-
ly to be censored before publication?
Perhaps it is not obvious that anonymity is
preferable. Let me elaborate: I am only a small
"face in the' crowd", but I have individualistic
opinions. I like to thing, however, that perhaps
I'm speaking'- for a larger percentage of the
student body when I state an opinion in a letter
of this sort. The only trouble is that I am also a
coward. If I speak controversially on a large
scale, I'd prefer to be sneaky—stick in my two
cents' worth and beat a hasty retreat to wait for
repercussions, sitting with a sly smile on my face,
listening to contradiction or agreement.
I will maintain to the e-nd that healthy arjju-
ments never hurt anyone; and if it concerns th«
• school, the students, the faculty, or any otlief
uroup under the coverage of the J-TAC, way not
promote it under the watchful eye o i'the red
pencil, with a blink for the glaring blank space
under the Sincerely yours?
With all due respect to the sponsor and the
staff of the J-TAC, I still say that it is some-
times a dull paper, filled with trite, uninspired
statistics and editorials with a detectable smell
of The Administration rather than the "staff.
If this is a college for the purpose of building
and instructing minds, let The Students speak up,
too, without the risk foi; any individual of wading
out of some hot water for sincere, even if misin-
formed, opinions.
Sincerely yours,
(Unsigned)
Editor's Note:
We printed this letter, despite the fact that it
was unsigned, to illustrate -a point. The writer,
himself, gave' the answer to the J-TAC's policy
on not printing unsigned letters when he said
he would prefer to be sneaky, stick in his two
cents worth and then sit back wating' for reper-
cussions. ,
' The policy of not printing unsigned letters is a
good one, we fell, and it is the policy, not only
of the J-TAC, but of most every newspaper in
the country, college or commercial.
The writer contends that censorship by tha
J-TAC does not censor, but it does reserve tha
right to print or not print the letters submitted.
With the' exception of one letter, sent in by a
"crackpot" from Fort Worth who was not a
student at Tarleton, the J-TAC has printed every
letter which has been submitted. But we fell
that if the opinions of the authors of such letters
are worthwhile then there is no need for then?
to hid behind the cloak of anonymity.
Without the "signed letter ruling" it is possible
and entirely likely that the J-TAC would becomc
the sounding board for irresponsible rabb'li
rousers who would write their letters and thee
sit back and chuckle at the repercussions.
The J-TAC will not be put in the position where
it is forced to defend the opinions of every per-
son who feels in a letter-writing mood.
The Russian Prof
He earns eight times as much as average
Russian factory work. Our professors make one
one-half times U. S.. factory worker's pay.
Sources: Center for International Studies.
M.I.T.: National Education Association; McGraw-
Hill Department of Economics.
University of Pittsburgs press'.-1958 Report on
Higher Education in the Soviet "Union comment-
ed on the fact that basic teaching salaries are
among the higest in the Soviet nation.
"Prequisites in the" form of larger housing
allocations and payments for books and articles
contribute to the effort to recognize scholarship
and those who are responsible for it."
The Report also noted that the- Soviets find it
difficult to believe that the United States at-
taches great importance to hig'er education when
our faculties are' among the lowest paid profes-
sional people in our nation.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1959, newspaper, January 20, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140668/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.