The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1971 Page: 2 of 12
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October 27,1971
Voter Registration
Questions Answered
EDITOR'S NOTE: In conjunction with the TSC Young Demo-
crats Voter Registration drive on campus, the following is a letter
sent to Dean Cecil Ballow, which will hopefully answer many ques-
tions about the new law concerning student registration:
• Dear Dean Ballow:
The 62nd Legislature passed Senate Bill No. 51 which completely
revised the voter registration system in Texas. The bill removed the
requirement that persons must register annually and shows individ-
uals to register until 30 days prior to any election in which they wish
"to vote.
The bill also contained a requirement that persons under 21 years
of age register at the residence of their parents. This provision was
declared unconstitutional and is no longer in effect. A student,
under Article 5.08 (k), Texas Election Code, is presumed to be a resi-
dent of the place where he lived before he came to school unless he
became a bona fide resident of the place where he is attending school
manifesting an intent to remain there indefinitely.
Thus a student may register in the county where he goes to
school. Obviously not all students consider the college town as their
place of residence, but those who do cannot be denied the right to
register in that county1 —
If your college has students who physically live in other counties
and commute to your county to attend college, they must register in
the county where they actually reside.
Therefore, students should fall into one of these three categories:
(1) Students who live in the college town, but do not consider the
town as their residence. These students should register in the county
where they were residents prior to becoming ^student. They can
then vote absentee or return to their county of residence on election
day. i. —
(2) Students who commute to your college bur actually live in
surrounding counties. These students must register in the county
' from which they commute.
(3) Students who consider the county in which the college is loca-
ted to be their residence. These students may register and vote in the
■county where the college is located.
Please do not hesitate to contact this office if I may be of any
further assistance.
Sincerely yours,
BOB BULLOCK
' Secretary of State
By: Randall B. Wood
] Director of Elections
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Letters to the Editor
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
To the Editor:
I was* surprised and a little dis-
gusted in reading the letter by a
Mr. Hancock that appeared in
the Oct. 13 Open Forum.
President Trogdon's answer
was more than adequate, but it
lacked an opinion. I want to ex-
press my opinion here and now.
First of all, Mr. Hancock evi-
dently has no idea what it is like
to attend a school that is a foot-
ball powerhouse, or a school
where athletics are indeed over-
emphasized. TSC is neither of
these. If this school was built
around athletics, Mr. Hancock's
letter probably Wouldn't have
seen print, assuming that he
would have had the guts to write
it in the first place.
As far as the question of hard
work, there is no doubt in my
mind as to the amount of work
put out by the band. But both
band and football team have put
forth years of hard work.
Believe it, Mr. Hancock, the
football players make their share
of sacrifices-respect them for it,
Mr. Hancock, you timed your
letter just right. The football
branch of the TSC athletic pro-
gram has just now got a steady
hold . in Lone Star Conference
competition. Now is not the
time to be running them down.
Finally, let's all stop and take
a good long look at ourselves.
I'm guilty, and I guess everybody
else is guilty to some extent of
not appreciating what the other
guy does to contribute to his
school's name._
Continued on page 9
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Student Senate Minutes
Homecoming Activities
Planned for Nov. 1 6
The schedule for Homecom-
ing activities was announced at
the Oct. 18 meeting of the Tar-
leton Student Senate.
Activities will begin on Mon-
day, Nov. 1, as clubs and organ-
izations start preparing their
floats for the parade. A pep
rally will be held Nov. 4 with the
beating of the Tarleton spirit
drum to begin at this time. A
drum to begin at this time. A
highlight of the pep rally will be
the freshman boys beauty con-
test. A dance will be sponsored
by the Student Senate beginning
at 7:30 in the Cave.
Friday, Nov. 5, will kick olf
Homecoming weekend festivities
with a snake dance to the bon-
fire, a pep rally and another
dance in the Cave.
The finished floats are to as-
semble at . 8:30 a.m. Saturday,,
Nov. 6, at the TSC Memorial
Stadium. The parade is sched-
uled to begin at 10 a.m.
The Homecoming football
game is to begin at 2 p.m. with
Tarleton to play McMurry. The
Homecoming Queen will be an-
nounced at halftime,
■ 2"Pride," a band that plays a
variety of music, will play at the
Homecoming dance to be held in
the Cave beginning at 8 p.m.,
Saturday, Nov. 6.
Sunday, Nov. 7, will be high-
lighted by club breakfasts for re-
turning members.
The Senate approved asking
that teachers not give tests during
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j lished by Tarleton State College on Wednesdays during the regular fall
[ semester with the exception of school holidays and examination per-
^ iods. Printer is the Stephenville Empire-Tribune, Stephenville, Texas,
Editor * Mary Anne Yarbrough
1 Assistant Editor........ ,Mike Smiddy
Feature Editor.. •••••■ Cnristi Young
Photographer .. Paul Ollar^;
Business Manager«« Virgil Moore
Circulation Manage^,,,, Danny Shipler
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Homecoming week.
The budget for the Fall, 1971
semester was approved at the
meeting. The proposal was
divided up into the following
categories: all-school function,
$2,000; A&M cotton ball, $110;
cheerleaders, $300; class appro-
priations, $40; dances, $1470;
Grassburr, $70; homecoming,
$800; miscellaneous, $600; sal-
aries, $625; Texan $100; and
TTP-TTS, $200. The total was
$6,315.
In the Student Senate meet-
ing of Oct. 25, the Homecoming
float that will be built by the
Senate was discussed. It was
announced that work on the
float would begin Thursday. All
Senators were urged to come
and help in making the craft.
The Senate discussed the pos-
sibility of doing something about
the "sticky" seats in the Main
Auditorium. Varnish is coming
off the worn seats and many stu-
dents have complained of their
clothes being ruined from sitting
in the seats. It was decided the
Senate would attempt to pro-
mote urgent action in the matter.
It was announced that Home-
coming Queen nominations
would be held Wednesday, Oct.
27 in the Student Center. The
second election, which will be
for the Queen and her court, will
be held Monday, Nov. 1.
Continued on page 4
Students are reminded of the
Homecoming Nominations to be
held in the Student Center to-
day, Wed., Oct. 27. Each stu-
dent is entitled to nominate
three coeds for the honor.
*****
There will be a freshman class
meeting on Oct. 27 at 4 p.m.
in the Agriculture Auditorium.
* * * * *
The Women's Volleyball team
will play Texas Women's Uni-
versity in Fort Worth on Wed.,
Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.
*****
Tri Beta Sorority will hold
their banquet in the Robin
Room of the Tarleton Dining
Hall on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.
*****
The Math Club will have a
hay ride and weiner roast Fri.,
Oct. 29. Members are to meet
at the Math Language Building
at 6:30 p.m. In case of rain,
there will be a volleyball game.
*****
A representative from the
Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
will be in the lobby of the stu-
dent center on Thurs., Oct. 28,
to interview graduating seniors
for possible jobs. Students in-
terested in being interviewed are
to sign up in the Placement,
Office.
*****
The Texas Power and Light
Company will have a representa-
tive in the lobby of the Student
Center on Tuesday, Nov. 2 to in-
terview graduating seniors who
are business majors. Those stu-
dents interested need to sign up
at the Tarleton Placement Office
for the interview.
*****
A Junior Class meeting will
be held Wed., Oct. 27, at 6:15
p.mi in the Agriculture Auditor-,
ium.
*****
Graduating seniors are remin-
ded to come by the Placement
Office and have their pictures
made for their placement folders.
The deadline is Nov. 19.
La Sciciedad Espanola . will
meet Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.
in the Student Center Cave.
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Tarleton's Texans will play
Texas A & I- in Stephenville
on Oct. 30. The game will be
played at Memorial Field and
begin at 7:30 p.m.
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