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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1959
THE J-TAC
PAGE THRFR
Dale of Ball
Theme Set
An American Revolutionary Pe-
riod motif complete with uniformed
colonial doorman, canopied en-
•trance and a night club atmosphere
are the extravaganza plans of the
Militaay Department in planning
the annual Tarleton State Military
Ball.
Capt. John Allyn, * assistant
PMS&T, described the ball lor '59
as "one of the most elaborate and
colorful social occasions ever to be
held, on the Tarleton campus."
He said the Cadets plan to cre-
ate a building- within a building-
effect which will give the dining
hall a real night club atmosphere.
Decorations, done throughout, in
red, white and blue, the canopy
over the entrance way, girls in
colonial dresses in the hat check,
and uniformed doormen are only a
few of the plans. Refreshments
will Be served from a circular bar
and the entire dining hall will be
rearranged for dancing "as it
•never has been before," Captain
Allyn reported.
Date for the gala event has been
set for Feb. 21, 8 p.m. and it has
heeii. designated a "no flowers"
dance.
TRY YOUR OWN
OKLAHOMA CITY—Wl—Alva
Ragan, 57, a carpenter, worked for
■ fives months on the new surgical
addition at Mercy Hospital here.
; Two weeks after he finished his
! job, he became its first patient.
He fell down a ladder and broke
his ankle.
MAJESTIC
Tuesday
' ri Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
The Voyage of Sinbad
■Saturday, Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
PALACE
Tuesday and Wednesday
Devil's General
Thursday through Monday
The Ten Commandments
Tuesday and Wednesday
The Golden Age of Comedy
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44-Day Orient Study Tour Offered
Students by University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii has
announced that it is offering a
44-day study tour of the Orient
for the summer. The tour is open
to students, teachers and adults.
Participants in the study tour
will leave the U. S. June 9 aboard
Chessmore
Back From;
Washington
Walter E. Chessmore, Soil Con-
servation Training Center Super-
visor at Tarleton State College re-
turned Jan. 10 from a week-long
meeting- in Washington D, C.
Chessmore said that Training-
Center supervisors meet each year
with Washington field personnel
to discuss new teaching- methods
and subjects for the new year.
Chessmore reported that Frank
Nee'ly, supervisor from the Co-
shockton, Ohio, renter will visit
the Tarleton campus Feb. 1 to
observe training- methods here.
The SCS Training- Center lease's
office space from the college and
since September 1956, has been
conducting- classes in soil conser-
vation for professionals and sub-
professionals already in some field
of conservation work.
Chessmore said the Tarleton
center has trained 481 since the
center opened.
In 1959 there are five profes-
sional and five sub-professional
classes scheduled, which will have
some 240 trainees enrolled.
The trainees eome from three
states, Texas, Oklahoma and New
Mexico. Last year the' classes in-
cluded nine foreign trainees, most-
ly from the Middle East and Far
East. ,
BSU Sportorama
Being Planned
The annual Baptist Student
Union sportorama will be held Feb.
10 at the student center, according
to Director Bill Bane. Rev. Bane
said that all Tarleton State stud-
ents were invited to attend the
party.
Games and contests are bing
planned for group participation.
Prizes will be awarded to the
threp top contestants in the boy
and girl categories. Winners will
total points made in all games,
including both active and quiet
games.
Attend Play at Baylor
Several members of the Tarlet-
on State College faculty and four
students drove to Waco Jan. 10
to attend a performance of John
Van Druten's play "Bell, Book, and
Candle," performed by the- Baylor
Experimental Theater at Baylor
University.
The group included Dr. and
Mrs. William B. Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Walker, ■ Dr. Dick
Smith, John Pratt, and Marvin
Bell, instructors. in the English
department, Sue Kenny, Jo Ditt-,
mar, Angela Ferguson, and Paul
Anderson, students at TSC.
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Phone L-4191 245 N. Belknap
the SS President Cleveland for
Honolulu and depart Honolulu
June 10 and arrive at Yokohama
nine days later for a seventeen-
day tour throughout Japan.
From Japan the tour will move
on to Taipeh, the capital city of
Formosa. From Formosa the tour
will proceed to Honk Kong, Macao,
Manila, and then back Honolulu,
The course will end Aug. 1 at the
University of Hawaii.
Complete information on the
prog-ram and its special rate is
available by writing to Orient
Study Tour, 2275 Mission Street,
San Francisco 10. California.
Baptists Name
Harmon Prexy
Joe Harmon of Robert Lee was
olccted president of the Baptist
Student Union last week to serve
during the spring semester, it was
announced today by BSU Director
Bill Bane. Larry Jones of Steph-
enville was elected vice-president.
Other BSU officers elected were
Gail_ Honeycutt of Cleburne, editor
of the BSU publications; Barbara
Umphries of Iredell, publicity
chairman; Darrell Thornton of
Midland, enlistment chairman;
Richard Ditrich of Jonesboro, Sun-
day School representative; James
Angel of Stephenville, Training-
Union representative.
Judy Bell of Stephenville, stew-
ardship chairman; Boots Fisk of
Valley Mills, missions chairman;
Nancy Driver of Cleburne and
Perry Hill of Graham, devotional
co-chairmen; Barbara Aldridge of
Rotan, nuishic chairman; Jim Bob
Bowers of Haskell, social chair-
man; Linda Sorenson of Cranfills
Gap, student center chairman, and
Tom Alvis of Haskell, Christian
citizenship chairman. Carl Chum-
ney was chosen faculty advisor and
Rev. Emil V. Becker was chosen
pastor advisor. 1
Installation of officers for the
spring will be held Jan. 29 and 30
at the' BSU Mt. L'Vi'mon mid-win-
ter retreat, Rev. Bane said.
Miss Lillard to Speak
To Women of Rotary
Miss Lillie V, Lillard, head of
the Tarleton State speech depart-
ment, will speak Jan, 20 to the
Women of Rotary of Dublin. •
Miss Lillard will present Iloracio
Alejos of Guatemala, at the
luncheon. He will speak on the
customs and traditions of Guate-
mala and will entertain with Latin-
American1 songs on the hormonica.
Articles representing the' arts
and handicrafts of Guatemala will
be displayed by Miss Lillard and
Alejos.
It was the first victory for the
Plowboys this season on their home
court and the third win in nine
outings.
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TSC Campus Club Studies
Problems of Education
The Tarleton Campus Club met
in the Wren Room of the College
Dining Hall Tuesday January 13th
at 3:00 p.m. Theme of the program
"Women in Action meet problems
of Education". The great aim of
education is not knowledge but
action. .
Miss Dollie Glover, leader for
the afternoon, introduced the
speakers, after Mrs. R. G. Fan-
ning led the club in prayer. Wade
Andrews, Ph.D, professor of
methematics at Tarleton, gave a
very informative and interesting
lecture on the goals and achieve-
ments of the developmental read-
ing- program „ht Tarleton State
College.
County Scfiool . Superintendent
Mr. E. ■ C. Johnson spoke on the
timely subject of Hale-Aiken Com-
mittee created to study the needs
and problems of the state public
school system. It is a committee
of twenty-four members and the
respective counties of Texas were
asked to have similar committees
TCU Bible—
(Continued from Pago One.)
phasis weeks at various colleges
and universities.
The TCU Bible Professor is the
author of Christian Evangelist,
World Call, Front Rank, Hearths-
tone, The Secret Place, and other
articles concerning religion.
In 1954 he' took a sabbatical
summer study tour to Palestine
and the Middle East.
Dr. Waasenich is married and
the father of three sons, Mark,
17, Tom, 13, and Jim, age 9.
Photo Club to Meet
Today at 7 p. m.
nounced a Photo Club meeting to-
night at 7 p.m. in room 122 of
the Science Building'. Presentation
of a club constitution, election of
officers, and another picture ses-
sion with a live model will be on
the program. All club members and
persons interested in photography
are asked to come.
The meeting would have been on
Jan. 27 but was moved back aweek
because of examinations. The club
regularly meets on the second and
fourth Tuesday of each month.
to study and to report to the state
committee various needs and pro-
blems. Mr. Johnson discussed the
work and results of both of
these committees.
Some of the topics in the state
report which he discussed were:
federal aid to education; discipline
in the schools; school construction
and proposals; school program
curricula.
At this point Mr. Johnson stat-
ed the public school teachers were
asked if thy reading program was
adquate.
He also discuesed the* number
of teachers allowed each school
district based 011 the attendance of
the previous year, school trans-
portation; teacher salaries and
proposals of the' state committee;,
transfers and school finance and
agenda.
lowed* each school district based
on the attendance of the previous
year, school transportation; teach-
er salaries and proposals of the
state committee; transfers and
school finance and other important
items on the agenda.
The state report will be sub-
mitted to the Texas Legislature
for consideration this spring in
regular session in Austin.
Miss Lillie Lillard, Americanism
chairman, urged all club members
to pay their poll tax this month,
Mrs, Paul Cunyus, club president,
reminded all committee chairmen,
that reports were clue on January
27th. The president had on dis-
play some very fine club reports
for previous years.
Hostesses for the tea hour were
May Jones, Mrs, Don Morton, Mrs,
Walter E. Chessmore, Mrs. C. M.
Flory, and Mrs. Clyde Boren.
SHORT TRIAL
HONOLULU—UP)—A slip of a
lawyer's tongue ended a damage
suit trial here even before it got
started.
Attorney Myer Symonds, ques-
tioning the first prospective juror,
asked if she had ever been insured
by an insurance company ,
The opposing lawyer challenged
the question and the judge declared
a mistrial.
Symonds said later he had in-
tended to ask whether the juror
had ever been employed by an in-
surance company.
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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/m1/3/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.