The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 16, 1948 Page: 1 of 4
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Hear Apollo Boys
Choir in Auditorium
On Friday
TH
TAC
Support The New
Student Council
Members
Vol. XXVIII
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1948
Number 24
GREEN IS NAMED
STUDENT GROUP
VICE PRESIDENT
NTAC Mixed Choir
Presents Varied
** Musical Program
Election of Bobby Green for the
' new vice-president of the Student
Council and a musical program
given by the NTAC mixed choir
were the features of the general
assembly Tuesday,
"It is a privilege to bring -my
mixed choir of ninety members to
Tarleton," were the opening words
of Dan ,Burkholder, the director
of the visiting choir.
The Nathional Anthem began
the program of music. A vocal
version of "The Lord's Prayer"/
was the second number, "Sleep
Kentucky Babe" with Bob Snyder
on the vocal was the third.
Persia Hopkins and Twana Ro-
gers, a tap dancing team, gave a
new side to the song "Tea for
Two." Next the director introduced
a male quartet, the High-Low
Four,
"Old Man River/' "Winter
Song," "Swing Low Sweet Chari-
ot," and a vocal version of the pi-
* ano solo "Nola" were the numbers
given by the quartet.
Other pieces were "Madam
Jenette," "Sit Down Servant,"
"Dry Bones/1 and "Begin the Be-
guine/' At the end of the program,
Col. Earl D. Irons, head of the
Music Department at NTAC, was
introduced to the assembly.
SHARPSHOOTERS
BOWTQN.T.A.C
The sharpshooting rifle team
from North Tekas Agricultural
College compiled an excellent score
of 1122 to defeat £ergeant Staggs'
riflemen March 5 just a few hours
before their fine basketball team
defeated the purple and white
cagers.
4 Gene McCluney with a fine score
<6f 181 lead the shooters from Tar-
leton, Sammy Stevens* the out-
standing freshman marksman, was
second firihg a 179 with Jack Cato
following close behind with a 178
to take the third position.
The three leading riflemen from
NTAC were three boys who had
previous experience in ROTC and
rifle marksmanship at the Fort
Worth high schools. They were
.John L. Kelley, 192; Thomas R.
Lancaster, 189; and Gene T. Ruf-
uer. 186.
Twenty-Five Girls
Attend YWA Meeting
The Y.W.A.S. met recently at
the B, S. U. Center, The president,
Marceline Brown, held a short bus-
iness meeting. Ma*ry Garrett was
in charge of the program on mis-
sions. Refreshments were served
to 25 girls.
All Baptist College girls are
urged to 'join and attend the
Y.W.A.S. The'next meeting will be
March 22 at the B. S. U. Center.
C Company Takes
Honors at Drill
Company "C," commanded bv
Cadet Captain1^ H. M. Hart, won
the honor ,f or being the best drilled
ai\d neat appearing company in the
rexiew for last week. The well pre-
cisioned Company "C" was follow-
ed closely by Company "B."
Of the seven times that the
corps have been officially judged
Company "C" has won the stream-
ers for excellency four times. Com-
pany "B" has won twice, and the
Band unit won the honor the da-*7
that frengral A. D. Bruce was here.
CALENDAR
-9- March 16—Arts and Sciences assem- 4-
bly—TCU program -t-
V ^
•4-_ March 16—Formal Party—by House 4-'
t Council—Girls* Dorm. •+-
^ March 18—Aggettes—regular meetir>9-4-
4- March 18—Womanleas "Wedding—by
■£* Silver Keya. ^
March 2Ch—Los Cobbs Dance—Rec
•£ Hall. 4
+ March' 20—Southwestern Exposition, -f-
Track anij field meet—Ft. Worth
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Coleman Cooper, founder of
the Apollo Boys Choir! is an
authority on boys voices.
COLMAN COOPER
DIRECTS CHOIR
Man is Authority
On Boys' Voices j,
Coleman Cooper, founder and
director of the Apollo Boys' Choir
is one of the nation's foremost
authorities on the training of pre-
adolescent boys' voices. He has
studied with eminent teachers in
both America and Europe and is
an exponent of many fine ideas in
choral directing.
In 1937, Mr. Cooper was guest of
the famous Vienna Boys' Choir at
Castle Wilhelminenberg in Austria.
There he was taught the age-old
secrets of training boys' voices and
is probably the only American to
whom this coveted favor was ever
extended. His modest but fervent
desire is to please each concert au-
dience and provide an organization
of highest merit so that American
youth may enjoy the meticulous
training and rare privileges known
heretofore only by members of cer-
tain European groups.
Since only unchanged voices are
used in the Apollo Choir, Mr. Coop-
er must keep alert for new talent
and therefore extends a perpetual
invitation to interested boys, par-
ents, and' teachers to contact the
Apollo Choir School in Dallas, Tex-
as, for auditions. No young aspir-
ant is ever denied a hearing; how-
eve£, not nearly all who try are ac-
cepted.
Ml4. Cooper's infinite patience in
perfecting details have contributed
much toward the Choir's lofty
standards. His initiative and fore-
sight are largely responsible for its
strides forward. Francis Perkins
of the New York Herald-Tribune'
recently wrote of Mi*. Cooper ®®d
the Choir, "The Apollo Choir Boys
reflect great credit upon the music-
ianship and directorial ability of
their conductor. They sing with
amazing fidelity to pitch, accuracy;
of detail, and a tone of remarkably
fluent quality, appealing in timbre
and characterized by excellent bal-
ance."
Los Cobbs Announce
Semi-Formal Dance
Bill Ellis, president of the Los
CabaUpros, has announced that
the Los Cobbs will sponsor a sem-
formal "Spring Day" dance Sat-
urday night, 7:30 till 11:30, in the
Rec Hall.
"Tickets are now available from
any Los Cobb member. Music will
be furnished through arrangement
with John Croft," Ellis says.
UNIQUE GROUP
TO APPEAR HERE
Madrigalians Are
Folk Songsters
Light, gay tunes and charming
lyrics feature the Songs to be pre-
sented by the colorful Madrigalians
of Emporia State Teachers College
who will appear in concert . here
soon. The Madrigalians, a group of
ten singers, also sing American
and foreign folk songs and more
modern arrangements in addition
to the featured madrigals. :
The Madrigalians appear in gay
costumes of the type worn in Eli-
zabethan England when madrigal
singing flourished as a principal
pastime. People then gathered
around tables in taverns and other
places to sing; for thier own amuse-
ment. 1
"The madrigals," explains Dr.
Oi'ville J. Borchers, head of the
Emporia State music department
and director of the group, "are
a unique musical arrangement with
the harmonies blended from several
melodies. Unlike usual arrange-
ments when one person or group
carries the melody with1' Jjthers
supporting, madrigals are ynions
of blending melodies." •
NOTICE,
Students are urged to "extend
an invitation to, J>arent$ aiitf
friends to plan now to attend
Tarleton's annual Parents' Day
Celebration May 1, according to
Miss May Jones, chairman of
Parents' Day committee.
Several 16th century madrigals
are included in the program to be
presented here as well as some re-
cent madrigals, copies of the an-
cient type. Since madrigal .sing-
ing was strictly for the amusement
of the common people, the lyrics
are about them.
Costumes for the Madrigalians
are copied after those of the Eli-
zabethan period with bright colors,
ruffled collars, and frock coats.
The costumes were designed and
made by the Emporia State 'music?
department after careful research.
Madrigalian rehearsals are held
without accompaniment. The pitch
is given with a small pitch pipe
and the singers usually hum
through a new song before trying
to sing it. Rehearsals are a favorite
gathering place of Emporia State
music studejits who enjoy . the
"heckling" and repartee among the
singers as wefll as the swing 'of the
lilting melodies.
Dormitory Girls
Are to Present
Shamrock Formal
The girls living in the dormi-
tories will play host to the boys
tonight at 8 when they present
their Shamrock formal.
The color scheme for the night
will be the traditional green and
white of Saint Patrick's Day. The
walls will be decorated with sham-
rocks, hats and pipes.
Entertainment for the evening
will be dancing in the north wing
of ,the parlor; and games of all
types, including cards, checkers
and dominoes, will be featured in
the south wing.
During the evening, refresh-
ments will be served.
One hundred' generals , were
either killed, wounded, or captured
during World War II.
Schmidt Announces
R. 0. T. C. Promotions
Apollo Boys To Give
Concert Here Friday
Upon the recommendation of Lt,
Col, Glen L. Schmidt and with the
approval of Dean Howell, # num-
ber of promotions of cadet, com-
missioned and non-commissioned
officers were announced by the'
Tarleton Military Department.
The following cadets made the
ratings listed:
Promoted to the rank, of cadet
captain was First Lieut. Bobby
Green.
To the rank of first lieutenant:
First Sgt. Charles C. Kiser, Tech
Sgt. James B. BcBride and First
Sgt. Earl P. Wakefield.
To the rank of first sergeant:
Tech Sgt. Charles W, Vander-
voort and Sgt. Billy J., Van Zandt.
To the rank of technical1 ser-
geant: Staff Sgt. Johnny J. Par-
ker and Staff Sgt. Jack W. Ferrik
To the rank of, staff sergeant:
Pvt. James F. Moss, Sgt. Donald
D. Thetford, Pvt. Lewis S, Keith,
and Pvt. August G. Wilkinson.
To. be technician third' grade:
Pvt. Joe R. Alexander, Pvt. Billy
•F. Carrol, Pvt. George M. Darsey,
Pvt. Lawrence E, Mobley,; and
James R. Sones.
The following veteran members
of the band are authorized to wear
staff sergeant chevrons: Dale
Blackwell, Bill Beck and Wesley"
Brown.
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The Apollo Boys Choir, normal lads who display professional1 dignity, will perform before
Tarleton choir enthusiasts on March 19,
COL MELOY WILL
INSPECT CORPS
At Dean Howell's and the Mili^
tary Department's - request, Col.
G. "S. Meloy, PMS&T and Com-
mandant at Texas A&M, will con-
duct an informal inspection of the
Tarleton Cadet Corps today. This
inspection will 'be" held to find out
whe^e the cadets need improvement
and as a result the corps should be
in 'better shape for federal in-
spection.
Colonel Meloy will have with him
another high ranking .officer from
A&M. The assisting officer will be
Major L. E. Garrett who is in
charge of the elementary instruc-
NOTICE .
The Senior Class will meetto-Jj
day at 12:30 in the auditorium
to elect a boy representative to
the Student Council.
tion there and is head of the team
of officers in charge of the fresh-
men and sophomore boys.
The Tarleton Military depart-
ment in having this kind of inspec-
tion .expects to receive again the
Blue Star rating giving by the
army after federal inspection. The
Tarleton Military Department has
been notified that the formal fed-
eral inspection .will be held this
year on May 11, according to Lt.
Col. Glen L. Schmidt.
Beakley Talks
To C.A. Class
George W. Beakley, professor
of Mechanical Engineering, last
week presented a full hour's pro-
gram for Dean J. Thomas Davis'
current affhirs classes.
Mr. Beakley talked on the eco-
nomic and living conditions of the
Philipine Islands, accenting his
talk with colored slides, which he
had taken while in the service.
He also showed a number of col-
ored slides taken in Japan, de-
picting native costumes, flooded
rice fields and many beautiful
snow scenes.
Crack Company
Makes Progress
Major A. G. Eraser, assistant
professor of military science and
tactics and senior army officer for
the crack company, has announced
that • the spirit of the crack unit
is steadily improving and that the
attendance at the evening drills
is excellent. " J
Major Gene Arthur, Cadet Com-
pany Commander for the unit, has
raised the spirit of the corps since
the volunteers for precision drilled
company began reporting in the
evenings after all classes are met.
The cadets will continue to drill
during the extra hours in order to
prepare for the "Battle of Flow-
ers" in San Antonio' April 21 to 23■.
t Waggener Writes
t Of Education In
t Texag Magazine 1
tiu) H H ♦ ♦ +■+>- +♦+++++++
pi\ " fedwin . Waggener, Tarleton
Education department head, is au-
thor of. an article called "Education
—-Future. Tense," in a recent issute
of the Texas Parent-Teacher ma-
gazine,
In his. article, Dr. Waggener
stated' that'- parents and teachers
unite in the most socially signifi-
cant of all human undertakings—•
the guiding of the development of
the child-." ' ' '
"When planning an educational
program which will best equip the
child for the uncertain days ahead
it is well, to try to determine the
values' which abide through the
changing circumstances of life,
whether they represent peace of
war, prosperity or adversity,
"In any educational program for
the days ahead, whatever may be
its form or organization, if we are
to educate our children adequately
for the demands of life, we must
help them to find health, truth,
goodness, beauty; justice, services,
and God," Dr. Waggener states.
Mrs. Davis Talks To
Ninety Club Women
Mrs. J, Thojnas Davis was guest
speaker recently to the 31 mem-
bers of the Xarletoii Ninety Club
on the subject of "Women's Clubs
in Texas/'
Mrs. Davis, who has twice been
president of District I of the Texas
Federation of Women's Clubs, dis-
cussed the purposes and work of
the federated clubs. She also point-
ed out the advantages of member-
ship, explained the duties of the
officers, and brought out general
points of interest in parliamentary
law.
Recording of the Pearl Harbor
investigation required the use of
500,000 pounds of paper.
ENGLISH PROFS
TO ATTEND MEET
Eight Teachers to_
Leave on Saturday
Eight members of the Tarleton
English department will attend a
one-day meeting of the Texas Con-
ference of College English Teach-
ers in Houston Saturday.
Leaving Ste£henville..by private
cars Friday afternoon, they will
arrive in time for Miss Westbrook
to attend a meeting of the 'Board
of Ten, a committee that formu-
lates plans and programs for the
organization. The group will re-
turn to Stephenville Saturday
night.
The conference, which is attend
ed yearly by more than 100 college
English teachers, will meet this
year with Rice Institute and the
University of Houston acting as
hosts. All meetings will be in the
Rice Hotel. Savoie Lottinville, Dir-
ector of the University of Okla-
homa Press, will make the main ad-
dress of the session. He will speak
on "Research Materials and Pub-
lishing Facilities in the, South-
west."
Saturday English classes for
those instructors attending will be
dismissed, according to *Miss Dollie
Glover, acting head of the depart-
ment. Making the trip,, will be Miss'
Glover, Mrs. Patterson,' Miss West-
brook, Miss Williford, Miss Hill-
iard, , Miss Shirley, Mrs. s Wood-
ward and Mrs. Parker.
SERIES TICKETS
TO BE HONORED
Choir to Arrive
Early March 19th
The Apollo Choir Boys, who will,
be presented in concert at the au-
ditorium here March 19 at 8 p.m.,
'will arrive from their headquart-
ers in Dallas, Texas, via chartered
bus. After the singers have tested
the acoustics of the hall and
warmed up their voices with a
short rehearsal, they will be assign-
ed rooms at a local hotel, where
they will read and rest until din-
ner.-
The Director, Coleman Cooper,
says these young choristers, unlike
most professional singers who
must count their calories, can eat
almost anything before singing
except nuts, which scratch the
throat and sometimes cause husk-
iness^ or frozen desserts, which
contract the muscled and "may
fcause flatting of the pitch. Hot tea
with jemon is especially recom-
mended to open the nasal cava-
ties, wjiich contribute much to the
ethereal quality of the boys' voices.
This does not mean, however,
that the boys can never have nuts
and ice cream. If the concert meets
with the director's approval, local
citizens will probably find these
young musicians crowding the
nearest ice cream parlor after the
performance devouring strawberry
sundaes arid chocolate 'sodas with
all the vigor and animation of nor-
mal lads.
Before leaving town, the group
will visit points of interest. My.
Cooper' believes that travel is es-
sential to a well rounded education
and makes every effort to see that
his chorsiters secure first hand in-
formation about sites of geographic
and historic interest as -they travel
over the country.
* On the concert stage the boys
display a professional dignity that
is amazing; in the class room they
are considered superior students;
but on the playground they are
normal boys with an unrestrained
taste for fun and frolic. Swimming
is their favorite sport.
TCU Will Present
Today's Assembly
An assembly of the Arts and
Sciences majors will' be held today
at 1 p.m. The program will be pre-
sented .by an all student group
from T.C.U.
Instrumental numbers, solos and
small ensembles will make up the
program.
FFA. Judging Contest
Will Be Held April 10
Although the duration of the
FFA "judging- contest is only one
day, there is much work involved.
On the day of the contest, April
10, secretaries and office assist-
ants to?n many offices on the
campus,.--;as well, as several stu-
dents, will work in the Agricul-
ture building tabulating scores
and grading cards.
Since the number, of high school
judging '-teams competing in the
contest ig to be doubled this year,
more extra help will be needed for
the day.;
At thgf College stock farm and
the poultry farm, where the judg-
ing will take place, FFA members
and agriculture students of Tar-
leton- will assist with judging and
group supervision, The score cards
with the placings will be taken to
the Agriculture building where
more students will grade them.
The cards will then be taken to
one of the agriculture offices'
whex'e secretaries and assistants,
under the direction of Mrs, Arlee
McLeod, will record them-and ^idd
the scores. ,.
Climax of the day will be the
awarding of the prizes to the win-
ning teams at four o'clock.
RIFLE MATCHES
NEARLY ENDED
The inter-team matches between
the Tarleton rifle squad rolled into
the next to the last week of com-
petition this week, a number of
fine scores being posted by mem-
bers of both divisions.' Three sil-
ver dollars were won last week by
Norman Crumrine, Clement Roch-
at, and Sammy Stevens.
Josh Oden failed to shoot his
usual par and dropped out of the
first three in the senior division.
Gene McCluney took over the first
spot with a fine score of 181. Cle-
ment Rochat was second with 179
and Murray Carter finished third
with 172. x
Jack Cato, sharpshooter from
West Texa^, finished with the
highest score in the freshman and
academy division to edge out Sam-
my Stevens who had previously
led his division every week. Cato
fired a 178. Stevens, however, fin-
ished second with just one-under
score, of 177. John Griffee was not
much lower to take over third with
170.
Only two more weeks of compe-
tition in the inter-team matches
remain, Stevens has already cinch-
ed a high enough number of blue
points to win the prize rifle for his
respective division. Oden and Mc-
Cluney are just about tied for first
spot in the senior division. The
seasons standings are:
Seniors: Josh Oden, 15; Gene
McCluney, 14; Givens, Rochat,
4; Carter, 1; and Schrank, 1.'
Freshman and Academy: Sam-
my Stevens, 20; Jack Cato,? 11;
Miller, 6; and Griffee, 5.
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