The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 12, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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"SERVING TARLETON STATE COLLEGE SINCE 1919"
Box 309, Tarleton Station
43RD YEAR
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1964, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
NUMBER 24
Film Series
To Present
^Richard III'
The Tarleton Film Series Com-
mittee will present the last in its
series of motion pictures Wednes-
day evening at the Agriculture
Auditorium beginning at 7.
The movie this month will be
Sir Laurence Olivier's highly ac-
claimed color production of Shake-
speare's RICHARD III,
This picture was specially select-
ed for showing this month iri keep-
ing with the world wide celebra-
tion of the 400th anniversary of
• Shakespeare's birth.
Although the play is considered
to be one of Shakespeare's lesser
accomplishments, its "blood and
■ thunder" theme has always been
a popular favorite. Furthermore,
the movie version — which has
taken great liberty with the origi-
nal script — has been accorded
superlative praiss as one of the
finest film adaptations of Shake-
speare in history.
The story is a chronicle of Eng-
land's most controversial king,
, Richard III. His reign (1483-1485)
marked the end of the incredible
confusion which characterized the
War of Roses.
His rise to power was, according
t o Shakespeare, accomplished
through the murder of most of
his immediate relatives; although
the exact number of killings for
which lie was directly responsible
has never been definitely ascer-
tained by historians.
The movie was produced and di-
rected by Sir Laurence Olivier who
also plays the lead part. The sup-
porting actors constitute a Who's
Who of the English stage: Sir
Ralph Richardson as Buckingham,
Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Edward
IV, Sir }ob n Gielgud as Clarence,
and Claire Bloom as Lady Anne.
The consensus opinion of the
critics seems to have been that
Sir Laurence Olivier, Britain's
foremost actor, presents in this
movie the finest performance of
his illustrious career.
The picture will start promptly
at 7:00 p.m., and no one will be
admitted to the auditorium after
it has begun.
The movie will be followed by a
discussion at the Student Center
led by Dr. William B. Martin, head
of the English Department.
Cheerleader Tryouts
Scheduled Saturday
Those interested in' trying out
for cheerleader for next year must
turn their names into the Regis-
trar's Office by 5 Wednesday, May
IS.
The election for the cheerleaders
will be on Tuesday, May 19, after
the try-outs at the All School
Function. One freshman boy and
one junior boy will be elected to
serve as sophomore and senior re-
presentatives next year. Also, one
sophomore girl and one junior girl
will be elected to serve their re-
spective class. In addition to these
four cheerleaders, two alternates
(a boy and a girl) will be elected
to serve in case a member of the
yell-staff does not return.
All students who are interested
are to sign up and meet in front
of the Home Economics Building
at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 13.
BROTHER DAVE GARDNER
Broiler Dave Brings
Joy to TSC Campus
Brother Dave will soon be here
at Tarleton! Thursday night, May
14 at 7:30, the curtain will go up
and XI Omicron will proudly pre-
sent Brother Dave Gardner.
In the few years that Gardner
has been in show business and the
recording field, he has became one
of America's most popular comics.
He is currently making a tour of
Texas; and is scheduled to make
some fifty or more personal ap-
pearances, In the past three years,
Gardner has made five comedy
albums that have sold over a mil-
lion copies.
Of Brother Dave's humor, Bob
Hope, foremost of the great topic-
al cmedians, says, "Dave is one
of the rare humorists who gets his
controversial point across and still
is funny. Too many of the others
are so obsessed with messages they
forget they are comics. But Dave
makes me laugh."
But to quote Brother Dave Gard-
ner is, in part, to misrepresent
him. The words, without the man
who delivers them, can never moan
the same — or nearly as much.
The only way that the real Gard-
'All-School Function' Has
Entertainment Schedule
The AU-School Function will be
held Saturday, May 10, from 1
p.m. to 12 a.m. The All-School
Function is an annual event spon-
sored by the Student Council for
the entertainment of the entire
student body.
Free Facilities
Throughout the scheduled time,
all game facilities, including ping,
pong, billiards, etc., of the Tarle-
ton Center will be available to
students free. Also, the college
pool vvll be open and students may
swim free. „
Afternoon Activities
The schedule of events in the
Tarleton Center for the afternoon
and evening is as follows:
Beginning at 1 p.m. entertain-
ment will be provided by "The
Countrymen," a folksinging group
which has top billing at Six Flags
Over Texas.
At 2, tryouts for next year's
cheerleaders will be held. This
will include tryouts of all per-
sons wishing to serve in this posi-
tion.
"The Countrymen" will return
at 3 for another hour of top-notch
entertainment.
The evening meal at the col-)
lege Dining Hall will be served
from 4:15 until 4:45. This time
is earlier than usual, and has
especially been scheduled to fit
the entertainment schedule.
Evening Schedule
From 5 to 7 the 'student body
is invited to dance to the music
of "Sonny Rister and the Sun-
glows." This group is one of Tex-
as' best western swing bands. •
"Bobby Crown and the Kapers"
will provide dance music from 7
to 12. This group was a big hit
TAS Has
Guests at
Meeting
The Tarleton Archeological So-
ciety held its second meeting Wed-
nesday evening.
The meeting, held in the ball-
room of the Tarleton Center, host-
ed some forty-five persons, in-
cluding guests from Fort Worth.
Speaker for the meeting was
R. E. Forrester, a recognized au-
thority on Indian artifacts in Tex-
as; Forrester brought with him
exhibits of his collection.
Forrester spoke on the general
topic of excavation and procedure
in this area. He instructed the so-
ciety in recognizing different arti-
facts and methods of preserva-
tion.
Accompanying Forrester was
Joe Cochran, member and past
president of the Tarrant County
Archeological Society; Isabel Lob-
dell, co-ordinating secretary for
the Texas Archeological Society;
and .other members of the Tar-
rant County Society.
Tarleton'a Society imtilized For-
rester's information and instruc-
tion in a Society field trip Satur-
day. Accompanying the student
members of the Society were the
sponsors of the group, Dr. O. A,
Grant and Mrs. Virginia Yearwood.
on our campus earlier this year
when they played for the Blue
Christmas Ball. They are current-
ly playing at the "Contempo
Club" in Fort Worth. The "Kap-
ers" have also had top billing at
the "King's Quarter*" in' Fort
Worth,
All students are urged to par-
ticipate in this schedule of events.
There will be something on the
program for the enjoyment of
everyone. The Student Council
has allocated a large sum of
money for this day in order for
all entertainment to be brought
to the student body free of
charge.
Casual Dress
The dress for the entire pro-
gram will be very casual, and
shorts, jeans, tennis shoes, and
boots will be in order.
ner image can be brought over to
the public is for the public to see
him in person.
Brother Dave combines wit, ori-
ginality, a distinct delivery and,
perhaps most important of all,
deep compassion, to get his mess-
age across. Only after his audi-
ence has laughed does it see the
underlying core of truth that lin-
gers long enough for Gardner to
embark on still another probe of
mortal frailty.
The Tarleton showing of Brother
Dave Gardner is being sponsored
by XI Omicron Chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega. The show is being
held in the Main Auditorium.
Tickets for this big event may
be purchased from any member
of Xi Omicron. Ticket prices are
$1.50, $2.00, $2.50, and P.SO1. Good
seats are going fast.
Just think, this may be the only
chance you wil lever have to see
the great and glorious BROTHER
DAVE! So on Thursday night, let
one and all gather to . . . RE-
JOICE DEAR HEARTS!!
Grassburr Sets
Final Deadline
For Personalities
All personalities must have their
pictures made by May 15. This is.
the last possible deadline for be-
ing in the 1984 Grassburr,
The following members of
"Who's Who" will please meet in
the Grassburr office Tuesday at
2 p.m.: Gary Zenker, Harry Ar-
thur, Dick Baker, Jo Carolyn Bar-
nes, Charles Bartek, Sue Fred-
ericks, Mike Reaves, and Carol
Seilheimer,
^Oklahoma!'
Is Smash
Success
OKLAHOMA!, Tarleton's big
production of the year, was pre-
sented Friday and Saturday night.
May 8 and 9, in the Main Auditor-
ium. Students, faculty members,
and parents of sftudents turned
out in one of the largest audiences
ever assembled for any event at
Tarleton. The performance was
delayed for twenty minutes Fri-
day night because of late-comers
who were trying to buy tickets at
the box-office.
The performance itself ran
smoothly without any difficulties.
All the musical numbers received
rounds of applause, but the high
point of the show was the song
OKLAHOMA! itself, with the en-
tire ensemble taking part in this
number.
Principals in the cast were Lew-
is Woodward as Curly; Mary
Alice Giordano, Laurie; Barbara
Schneider, Ado Annie; Gordon
Parks, Will Parker; Cavin Sulli-
van, Jud; Connie Greer, Aunfc
Eller; Philip Immroth, Ali Hakim;
Chris Beutelman, Andrew Carnes;
and Barbara Schermer, Gertie,
OKLAHOMA! represented sev-
eral months oi" work on the part
of the east, boys' and girls' chor-
us, ensemble chorus, band, pub-
licity department, and many oth-
ers. Its great success justified
these many months of work.
Grassburr Notice
Students wishing to have their
1963-64 Grassburr mailed to them
this summer instead of receiving
them next fall should fill out a
mailing label at the Fiscal Office,
The mailing fee is fifty cents.
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