The Grassburr, Yearbook of John Tarleton Agricultural College, 1917 Page: 89
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THE, GRASSBURRt-
CALENDAR
September 5. School opens. Lots of new students classify. Getting acquainted
with new teachers.
September 6. First chapel. Many announcements and short talks. Coach
Hays calls for volunteers.
September 8. Societies, sororities, and fraternities organize.
September 9. Societies scrimmaging for new members.
September 12. Senior organize.
September 13. Juniors organize.
September 14. Sophomores organize.
September 15. "Fish," get their heads together.
September 16. Tarleton gives Howard Payne a goose-egg: Tarleton 3; Howard
Payne 0.
September 21. Parten finally locates him a new girl.
September 24. Somebody discovers why Prof. Davis stays so late after supper
at the dormitory.
September 25. Las Companas organize.
A band of fourteen girls are we,
As full of life as girls can be;
We are always merry and jocose,
They call us "Las Companas."
September 29. Tarleton among the Universities. Tarleton, 0; Trinity, 0.
October 3. Streching the sports the general order of the day. Later: Boys
pay heavy fine for damage.
October 4. Miss McKey: "I don't like these shavings we have for breakfast."
Tom: "It beats what we had last year."
October 7. I wish that every thing was as easy as chemistry.
October 9. Tarleton seasons with Britton: Tarleton, 0; Britton 0.
October 13. Bulletin Board, the center of attraction.
October 14. Mendellsohn Sextette appear in auditorium. Come back again.
October 16. New member of the faculty arrives. Fifteen 'rahs for our coach.
October 18. Mr. Hays is seen taking his baby for a ride in its new baby-buggy.
October 19. Fergie sees the ducks come over and hurries home.
October 20. Greatest disaster in history of J. T. C. Fire at dormitory, damage
$1.25; insurance $50,000.00.
October 26. Society spirit is being aroused just a tiny bit.
October 27. I)eLeon puts sand in girls' eyes. DeLeon, 21; Tarleton, 12.
October 30. Basket ball at Fort Worth. Girls' necks get stiff looking at high
buildings. W. T. C., 38; Tarleton, 7.
Foot ball at home. J. T. C., 25; Stamford, 0. Nobody scored on us yet.
Iy JOHN TARLETON COLLEGE VOL.II*
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