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Features
Page 4
Editor's note: The following
article is another in a se-
ries of Homecoming feature
pieces shozveasing Tarleton
State University history
and Homecoming traditions.
Publication of this article ts
courtesy of the Fort Worth
Slar-Telegram and zvas pub-
lished in late Noik 1939
By LORIN M'MULLEN
Stdr-TLlogfain Sports Writer
STEPHEN VILLE, Nov.
28. — I'he big war news
Tuesdtiy was The Soviets
arid the Finns clashed three
the Nazis sank another
British cruiser, arid the John
I'arleton Flowboys warded
off North Texas Agricultural
College attacks by air and
mechanised forces
Doubtless the most
thrilling encounters of the
lot were the major offensives
being waged by the Plowboy
and Junior Aggie students
who are warming up tor the
football game between their
teams to be played at Arling-
ton Thursday afternoon
Pre-game hostilities
reached an exciting climax
Tuesday afternoon at hve
(/clock when the Flowboys
repulsed an airplane and
three trucks loaded with
Arlington students bent on
setting hre to the enormous
woodpile bonfire, on the
John Tarleton campus, which
was to be used for a pep ral-
iy
Hastily mobilized Plow-
boy students had just dis-
posed of the ground forces
when an airplane, expertly
piloted, zoomed down over
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A Homecoming tale
■ As plane falls, Risinger rises as Tarleton legend
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L.V. Risinger threw a stick into the propeller of the plane that was carrying North Texas Agricultural College students.
the L-shaped science jnd
library building in tront of
which was the woodpile
Phosphorous bombs
rained out of the plane but
they were quickly extin-
guished and none found the
mark, the treasured wood
pile And just as the plane
tilted its nose upward to be-
gin ascent from the treacher-
ous surroundings, an uniden-
tified Plowbov student Ihicw
a Stick into the propeller
This crude defense
proved effective The propel-
ler blade was shattered, the
uneven pull on the motor
burned out a connecting rod
and the plane began to fall
Dodging ticcs and buddings,
the ship staved alolt a tew
moments, gi\ing the occu-
pants time to dispose of their
bombs, which might have
been dangerous in the event
of a crash Unfortunately, the
"eggs" tell smack dab in the
front 3Mrd of Dean | Thomas
Dav isr who only Tuesday
morning had telephoned
Arlington, pleading with
NTAC ofilciaJs to keep
their students at home
And to make it wor^e,
the plane, which had floated
Tarleton ROTC cadets perform
well in national ranking
UNIVERSITY NEWS
SERVICE
The US Army Cadet Com-
mand recently released its 2007
National Order of Merit List
(OML), which ranks all cadets
who will be commissioned this
year
Tarleton State University
cadets performed exceptional-
ly well on this year's OML The
29 Tarleton cadets achieved the
second-highest average OML
position among the 17 Re-
serve Officers' Training Corp?
(ROTC) programs in Texas
"We are behind only the
University of Texas and well
ahead of Texas A&M Univer-
sity/' said Lt Col Robert Levis,
Department Head of Military
Science "Examining just the
cadets at the main campus,
their performance was actually
higher than that of the cadets at
UT--it was the best in Texas "
lohnatlum Parkcr/Thi: J-TAC
Tarleton ROTC achieved
the second-highest average
Order of Merit List among
ROTC programs in Texas.
More than 41 percent of
Tarletons cadets are nationally7
ranked in the top one-third
Among those, six Tarleton ca-
dets earned the Distinguished
Military Student title by rank-
ing m the top 20 percent it\ the
nation
Cadets achieving the Dis-
tinguished Military Student
title from the Stephenville cam-
pus are Chai Read-Walsh and
Mn hael Hruce Caclelslrom the
Kilfcen campus include Jaban
Jackson, |ohn l3orman. Terry
Merciet and Canna Robinson
Ihe OML is a numerical
ranking svslem based on vari-
ous factors such as grade point
average, leadership evalua-
tions, physical htness scores,
athlctic lnvolvemmt and e\-
traixrrncular activities After a
score is assigned to each cadet,
they art1 then ranked nation-
ally This year, there were 4/099
cadets
''Beyond Ihis superb quali-
tative performance, the Tar-
leton State University ROTC
progiam is postured to be No
1 in the state in percentage of
mission accomplishment f< >r
the 2007-2008 academic year/'
Levis said "We currently
have 29 officers to commission
against an Army mission of 14
for the year "
tor some 300 yards after the
anti-aircraft "strike/' finally
settled to earth right in the
midst of the dean's prized
blue bonnet field 1 uckily it
stopped not 30 feet from the
brick iencc, which surrounds
Jlunewell Park A collision
with the fence might have re-
sulted in a serious accident
As it was, the plane had
one wing damaged and that
was about ail
Flowboys surrounded
the ship, "captured" the two
occupants, "burred" (college
talk for hanr-rlip) the student
and released the pilot The
plane bore the label of a Fort
Worth aviation concern The
pilot said he ts an employee
of the firm whose name was
printed on the fuselage of the
ship, a small two-place cabin
monoplane
After the aerial "gun-
ner" and his fellow prisoners
captured from the mecha-
nized invading forces were
"burred" and ijuestmned,
they were released to a mem-
ber of the N T A C faculty
The Junior Aggies' des-
perate attack was an at-
tempt to retaliate tor Mon-
day night's invasion of the
Arlington campus, where
\7S Flowbovs set fire to the
school's woodpile, built up
for a pep rally planned for
Wednesday night
Each Stephenvillc stu-
dent earned a quart bottle
ot gasoline Upon reaching
the NTAC campus, they
scrambled from their trucks,
quickly overpowered the
guards, threw their gasoline
on the pile, set fire to it and
escaped with loss ot only 19
men, not counting injuries
lhe Junior Ags treated
then prisoners m the cus-
tomary manner They were
"burred," held for the night
m the gymnasium and then
released
When hostilities first
broke out between the -stu-
dents about a week ago,
"burring" was a simple, thor-
ough maneuver with a hair
clipper The victims'1 heads
were shaved clean The past
few days, this work ha.s be-
come more artistic, however,
and now the prisoners' hair-
styles are something very
much out of the ordinary In
some cases, the clippers even
have carved initials, which
only the students know the
meaning ot, on the captives
head
Officials of both schools
were all set to take drastic
steps toward stopping the
raids, Tuesday, but while
they talked by telephone, the
N TAC students were al-
ready on their way
Anyway, it's all over but
the game, they said Tuesday
night
Pioneers in Tarleton agriculture
celebrate 40th anniversary
By NATHAN SMITH
Special to The J TAC
Tarleton State University has Jimg
been know for its agricultural program;
however, this year marks a milestone.
The 1967 Bachelor of Science graduates
in general agriculture will celebrate
their 40th anniversary on Saturday,
The clafts of 1967 was tlx first to
graduate with a bachelor's degree from
what was theft Tarleton State College.
"We were the hrst class to come out
with a four-year degree/' said Or.
Ashley Lovell, agricultural economics
professor and class graduate.
Before 1967, Tarleton was d two-
year college and students went on to
larger four-year institutions to receive
their bachelor's degree in agriculture
"Most people had the intention to
move on after two yearw," said Bill
Powell, 1967 graduate yT chose to stay
and thoroughly believe it tight
thing, You didn't get lost in the crowd
and professors paid personal attention
to you —particularly in the ag depart-
ment,"
Tarleton's smaller agricultural fac-
ulty Jft the l%0s enabled students 10
study and complete courses under ev-
ery faculty member. Approximately 40
students graduated in 1%7.
J he Tarleton Alumni Association is
recognizing the class of '67 as special
guests dunng this year's homecoming.
There will akso be a breakfast and lun-
cheon hosted m their honor.
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