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- A Proud Part
of the
Texas A&M System
.me
Thursday, October 6, 1988
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
Postage Paid
USPS No. 133
Stephenville, Texas
76401
Student Government plans
Homecoming, new mascot
By TIFFANY P. HALL
Homecoming plans for 1988 were
finalized during the General
Assembly Student Government
meeting Monday afternoon.
The theme for the October 22
celebration will be "The Year Of
The Texans." T-CAB will sponsor
the Homecoming dance. It will be
held in the Ballroom following the
game.
Also, the mascot committee made
several recommendations to the
Assembly regarding the re-
quirements of the new T.S.U.
mascot. The new mascot will be a
fully costumed Texan and will work
in conjunction with the
cheerleaders.
The number of mascots to be
' selected is two, a head mascot and
as assistant mascot.
General Requirements
1. Mascots must attend all foot-
ball games unless permission is
granted by the sponsor.
2. One of the mascots must attend
all home basketball games (both
men's and women's), all home
volleyball games, and are encourag-
ed to attend all home baseball
games. This should be set up on a
rotation basis.
3. The mascots must be in com-
plete uniform at all times while
representing T.S.U. at any T.S.U.-
related function.
4. Mascots must be enrolled as
full-time (12 hours minimum)
students.
5. Mascots must have a 2.25
cumulative G.P.A. at the time of
their selection. Mascots must main-
tain a cumulative 2.25 G.P.A. each
quarter to remain in office.
6. Mascots must be willing to
travel to and from out-of-town
games with sponsor of their
designee on approved transportation
unless special permission is ac-
quired from the sponsor.
7. Tarleton State University will
provide transportation to away
games, overnight accomadations
when required, and uniforms. All
uniforms furnished by Tarleton
must be returned to the sponsor at
the end of the season. Mascots are
expected to furnish their own props.
8. A mascot can' be removed
from office by a 2/3 vote of a com-
mittee composed of the sponsor and
members of the Rules and Regula-
tions Committee of Student
Government.
9. Mascots will be required to at-
tend the designated cheerleading
class. A mascot with more than two
(2) unexcused absences must report
to the sponsor for appropriate
disciplinary actions.
The following tryout guidelines
were approved at the General
Assembly meeting.
*50-percent judges' vote
*50-percent student body vote
*Must have a 2-5 minute skit
tryouts
*Open tryouts at Springfest.
The mascot contract follows the
same format as the cheerleader con-
tract in the Student Handbook.
Student Government also formed
a specialized committee to in-
vestigate reported difficulties with
the campus police.. Anyone with
suggestions or comments about the
campus police should contact Stu-
dent Body President Craig Cline at
968-9080.
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This is the tentative Homecoming logo designed by Tom Fleischer celebrating
The Year of the Texan.
Veterans should use benefits
Alum and faculty receive honor
Cpl. Willie Tate and Dr. Lamar
JoHanson will be honored Saturday,
i October 22 during Homecoming '88
at Tarleton State University.
Col. Tate, an Erath County native
. and a 1935 graduate of TSU, will
be recognized as the Distinguished
Alumnus and Dr. Johanson, a
member of the University's faculty
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Dr. Lamar Johanson
foj; over 25 years, will be honored
as Distinguished Faculty.
The selection of the honorees was
made by the Tarleton Alumni
Association Board of Directors and
the two will be guests of honor dur-
ing the annual Distinguished Alumni
Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 22.
Col. Tate was born in the Bethel
community and attended school in
both Morgan Mill and Alexander.
He entered Tarleton's preparatory
school in 1932 and graduated from
the Agricultural College in 1935.
While at Tarleton, he played basket-
ball on Coach W.J. Wisdom teams
that won 40 consecutive 'games in
34 aijd 35.
At the University of Texas,
where he received his Bachelor's
degree, Col. Tate was captain of the
1939 Longhorn team that won the
Southwest Conference champion-
ship and represented the conference
in the first NCAA post season
tournament.
While serving in the military,
Col. Tate earned an MBA from the
Harvard School of Business in
1951.
Col. Tate entered active military
service as a private with Texas' own
36th division in 1940 and was one
of the first selected to attend World
War II officer candidate schools.
Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant,
then a captain and a major, Tate
commanded a company and
batallion during operations in
France, Holland and Germany.
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Colonel Willie Tate
Commissioned into the United
States Army 'in 1946, he served
tours of duty in Germany, Korea
and Okinawa.
His also served four years on the
Army General Staff in Washington
D.C., two years as Deputy Chief of
Staff in the Ryukyu Islands, and
three years as Commandant of the
U.S. Army Logistics Managment
School. Twice awarded the Legion
of Merit, Col. Tate retired in 1970
after 30 years in active military ser-
vice. He served more than 10 of
those with the rank of colonel.
In 1970 Tate joined the faculty of
Galveston Community College as
chairman of the Department of
Business Administration. Appointed
Vice President for Business and
Fiscal Affairs at the college in 1972,
Tate served in that position until his
second retirement in 1983.
See Honors on page 2
State governments in the U.S.
have made a 200-year-old tradition
of rewarding veterans for their
military service, but since 1946 no
state has done the job better than
Texas.
That was the year voters gave the
okay to set up the Texas Veterans
Land Board which would provide
low-interest loans for the purchase
of land. Since then, 94,000 veterans
have been glad to be from Texas.
The Texas approach was in sharp
contrast to cash bonus programs
begun "by the majority of other
states. In cash bonus programs, each
veteran received a one-time, no-
strings-attached cash amount rang-
ing from $30 to $300.
According to the Land Board
chairman, Texas Land Commis-
sioner Garry Mauro, "Not only is
the Texas program more lucrative
for veterans, it also embodies the
wisdom that land lasts a lot longer
than money."
When Texas joined the Union in
1845, the Republic offered 175
million acres of public land in ex-
change for the federal government
assuming its $10 million debt. The
U.S. Congress refused and Texas
retained title to its public lands.
The debate over the annexation of
Texas was heated, mirroring the
deep split in the nation at the time.
Along with slavery, payment of the
public debt was a major issue in the
debate over Texas statehood. As the
term was used then, "public debt"
included not only money owed but
land grants as well.
In a compromise in 1850, Texas
ceded 67,000,000 disputed acres in
what is now New Mexico, Colorado
and Wyoming to the U.S. in return
for payment of the debt.
During early Texas history, from
1835 until the end of the 1800's, the
state actually gave land to veterans
as their reward for service. As the
end of the 19th Century came into
sight, so did the end of vacant and
unappropriated public domain.
Since the state could no longer
give away land, a new program was
eventually established, the Texas
Veterans Land Board.
The Texas Veterans Land Board
is a state agency which administers
three unique benefit programs for
eligible Texas veterans: The Land
Program lends up to $20,000 for the
purchase of five or more acres of
land; the Housing Program lends up
to $20,000 to use toward the pur-
chase of a home which can be in
conjunction with VA, FHA, or con-
ventional loans; and the Home Im-
provement Program lends up to
$17,500 to make home improve-
ments. /
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"Since 1984, the Veterans Land
Board has loaned out approximate-
ly $543 million to Texas citizens, i
As these funds have 'turned over' ;
in the economy, nearly 21,000 new
jobs have been created, more than
$1.1 billion has been added to gross
state output and direct earnings
to Texans have increased by $334
million," say^'Mr. Mauro. "The
Texas Veterans Land Board current-
ly has more than $330 million
available to Texas Veterans for
long-term, low-interest loans."
For more information on the
Texas Veterans programs, call toll-
free 1-800-252-VETS.
Newby assumes senate duties
TSU NEWS SERVICE
Dr. Robert Newby, Associate
Professor of Education and
Psychology, has been elected as
president of the Faculty Senate at
Tarleton State University. Elected
last spring, Dr; Newby assumed his
duties at the beginning of the fall
semester.
The Senate, which is composed
of fulltime teaching personnel
representing each academic depart-
ment, is the principal means of com-
munication between the faculty and
the administration and is concern-
ed with all matters pertaining to the
faculty in general. The Senate is
directly responsible to the Vice
President for Academic Affairs.
Other newly elected officers for
the 1988-89 year include: vice presi-
dent - Dr. Paul Lawerence of the
Department of Mathematics and
Physics; secretary and treasurer -
Dr. Joe Christopher of the Depart-
ment of English and Languages; and
parliamentarian - Dr. Jeremy Cur-
toys of the Department of Social
Sciences.
Committee chairmen include:
Mrs. Barbara Williams, Home
Economics, Curriculum committee;
Richard Petronis, General Business
and Marketing, Academic council;
Dr. Christopher Guthrie, Social
Sciences, Equal Employment; and
Dr. Ed Fulton, Agriculture, Calen-
dar committee.
Members of the Faculty Advisory
Committee include: Mark Davis,.
Fine Arts and Speech; Dr. Don
Keith, Biological Sciences; and Dr.
Len Steakley, Agricultural Services
and Development.
Representatives for the Faculty
Senate are selected through depart-
mental elections and the Senate
meets once a month. >,
Restless Heart to perform on TSU campus
Murphy asked him to join his band.
TSU NEWS SERVICE Following Murphy on the scene
Gary P. Nunn and Restless Heart were Jerry Jeff Walker and Willie
will be performing in concert on the Nelson and Nunn played backup to
campus of Tarleton State Universi-
their bands as well.
ty, Thursday, October 13. The con-
cert is scheduled for 8 p.m. in
Wisdom Gymnasium and tickets are
on sale now at the Central Ticket
Office in the Clyde H. Wells Fine
Arts Center.
Nunn isn't.a native Texan, but his
music style has been adopted by the
state and "London Homesick
Blues" (better known as Home of
„ , ... ... , ^ . the Armadillo) has become the unof-
Rusty, metal pipes welded to form a dinosaur now grace the ficiai state song. part of the "pro
grounds outside the Fine Arts Center. The student project gressive outlaw country music"
was never picked up and was placed outside for the enjoy- movement that developed in Austin
ment of those who pass by. 'n the early 1970's, Nunn was about
to ' 'give it up" when friend Michael
Nunn sang "London Homesick
Blues" on Walker's "Viva Terl-
ingua" album but everybody
thought it was Jerry Jeff singing, not
Gary. ' 'I didn't want to exploit it as
a single because it was Walker's
record," said Nunn, "and Jerry Jeff;
didn't want to exploit it because it
was me singing not him. Conse-
quently, it was never released as a
single." -
Nunn has since copywrited over
50 songs for himself and others in-
cluding ' 'The Last Thing I Needed
the First Thing This Morning,"
'What I Like About Texas," and
"I Taught Her Everything She
Knows."
Restless Heart is one of the hot-
test new acts to coipe out of
Nashville thanks to the success of
their "Restless Heart" album. Their
newest release "Wheels" includes
"That Rock Won't Roll," already
a smash hit single. Their songs are
at the root of the group's music and
guitar; and Larry Stewart, guitar
and keyboard. "This band is a
culmination of something that all
five of us, each in his own way v has
wanted to do," said Stewart. "Each
of us has really had it in his heart
to be a part of a band."
Tickets prices vary according to
the date purchased but run from $3
to $5 for T.S.U. students with their
student I.D.s and from $5 to $8 for
their vocal soulfulness and in- University faculty and staff. Early
strumental sensitivity show through ticket sales for the general public are
in their music. "We build our sound
around songs, the music and the
harmonies rather than around pro-
duction concepts," said Dave Innis
who plays guitar and keyboard.
In addition to Innis, the group in-
cludes John Dittrich, drums; Paul
Gregg, bass; Gregg Jennings,
$6 and $8 at the door for adults and
$4 and $5 for children 3-12 years
old.
The Central Ticket office is open
weekdays from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The con-
cert is being sponsored by - the
Tarleton Special Events Committee.
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