The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 1920 Page: 1 of 4
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"Volume 1/ Number 7,
JOHN TARLETON AGRICULTUAL COLLEGE, A BRANCH OF TEXAS' A. & M. COLLEGE
Stephenville,, Texas, Feb.. 24, 1920
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THE BASKET BALL TRIP
The basket ball team started on
. their trip Monday, Feb. 2. They
were' to play Thorp Springs the
..first two games but-, the Thorp
Springs court being. too muddy,
they went to Decatur where they
played two hard fought games.
Our bcjys defeated the Baptists
the first day, which -v^as the sec-
ond time in four years that they
< , had been' beateij on their home
, court. , ;Tarleton was the first juni-
or college to mar their record
The -teams were well matched
and the score was riot far from be-
o ing tied throughout, the entire
game. But when the royal rooters
began'to yell, "Break that tie,"
and there was only about two min-
utes to play,' ■ the Tarleton, boys
put out the best- there was in them.
The tie was .broken all right, but
Ernie Johnson brbke it with one
'if his' famous, corner shots. A'd-
ams and Compton scored a field
goal apiece which left the score
34-28..., ; . • ,
I'jn.e Decatur boys CQuljl not bear
the idea of two defeats before the
eyes of those who believed so
strongly.in them so they came back
the second day witfi; the determina-
tion to win. And thev dsd. .'/t hey
piled up the score'in our boys the
firrt half but our bt>;/s'out-played
' them the. sepond hsdf.: • The final
score was 30-17. But the Farmer
boys were in the!highest of spirits
wjien they1 Ijeft the county seat of
because they had the cham-
■C pion^R,. almost cinched. , They
.^^iatnes, rig.
' ■ Jes^o.yer Grtffc>bM artd one or two
.. 'Xfrom Thqisp Springs.
; The next two. games were play-
• ed with Qrijbbs at Arlington.
; Both were victories for Tarleton,
and nothing unusual happened,ex-
cept Ernie knicking the ball out of
V the. third stm;y,wn§s;w,. .The scores
Were 47-19 aridf 51-23.
' Mr, Hays and. his "Rattling
Bunch" reached Granbury at onp
o'clock Saturday looming. When
t}jey went on the court at 11 a. m.;
the grandstand was full of Christ-
airis and the Christains were ful.l
their old time pep and cohflr
■ dence. The game wqs played in
fifteen minute halves. Ai tlje epd
■ o| the, first . half ttie scbre stood
9-8 in our favor. But the Thorp
.Springs boys c4me iStrori^,, iitr tjw
l|st half and the game " wound up
w;th the store 29-12 in their fav-
. of, Oh, boy, but they were happy.
"We would rather beat Tarleton
ft^efe tW.0 .' gaitj^Jiihaijhaj,0itlie
c^ampiqnship," they cried^
' But tB# 'werefxl'ddm'^dl to: bitter
disappointment, for big Roy Huds-
^E£th played guard that afterno.on
**taid they were unable to "get close
%bug'h to tlje goal to score very
tfften. '- ^henv thbyHhtew-'iIti oVm:
lgudsy, it went across..the road,
*^he game was/very mat arid mark-'
e(l clean ssportmanship and good
- humor, but the Tarleton team, was
- IJ#ek whicli
was laqking |n,£}ie morning game,
,4pd, defeated' the1 Chpisi^iii^ -bj«' a
syore of29.-£6. • -This was the besj,
game otir boys have had this seas-
6n. It was the swiftest/cleanest,
. arid the closest,, the difference in
the score was never more than
• foui* points.
Our'boys were made to feel wel-
come jey^-;yir^we-«t^|yi At
$ecatur £hey were"invited* to aii
Epworth Leagus party where they,
, met oodles of pretty pirls and
friendly boys and had heaps of
|ijin mixed'With'plenty-of delieious^
refreshments. They were urged
teach our boys the game of Bunco.'
Ijhey „prgp^c|f; to '.9pa^_,thq
■^arlet&ifte^' aft#
4bughnuts, but they soon found
.'■fiiat. when, it cajo&
Bones, our boys cpuld hold their
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own with the best of them. The
fruit and- doughnuts were given
to the Tarleton boys as a prize in-
stead of an inducement. M.5 Hays
was the star Bunco player.
Thorp Springs eappecltfrfTclimax
by giving ah open house party, at
the .girls' dormitory. Everybody
Had a good t,ime and left their
lor)gj|^ig: for the, tinyi when, t^y
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No serious accidents-happened
during the trip, but this is said
with5 deep thankfulness, for. Sonny
Williams came very: near being
kidnapped by a Decatur Vamp.
A'dams discovered the dthei* 'day
that he had left his fondest mem-
ories in Arlington. Compton had
to be led away from Thorp Spring's
Ernie was in no danger: for his
papa'5" came after him at 'JThorp
Springs. Monty's old woman (Roy)
was along to.keep him out of
trouble, but Roy came near being
vaihped. too. Johnny and Tatty
{earlied their lesson at Abilene
earlier in the season, so they were
very littlfe [trouble. Thereforealso
byt however, Cdach Hays arrived
in Stephenville Sunday morning
WitH-ajiiof -his; b.oya and the Centr-
al Texas championship safe.
Rusk college of East Texas, has
written for a State Championship
:pe, to be plajed Feb- 27. Camp
■iid^Cdjinptoni/alie' ill,' so it is im-
possible to announce the game def-
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MEN'S GLEE CLUB CONCERT
SIDE W
ALKS AND;'1 DINNERS'
The' Glee Club concert given on
Tiiesd^y- everiing;* iat- the college
auditori,um, pndej- the direction of
Mr. If. Andrti Schmidt, ' was a
splendid suceess. The large adui-
ence which greeted the entertairi-
er& was'not disap'l5oihted, as was
clearly; sl;iq\yn by the , applause
which1, was} 'given each iiumber.
Pi
to h<
sinc;e it •' consisted'!- of . enjoyable
quartettes, a reading, and a hum-
orous sketch which created ai lot
of laughteiv'and the numbers giv-
en by the entire club were very
good. The program from a- musi-
cal standpoint showed' splendid
finish, as well as; beiiig interest-
ing and full of wholesome fun aQd
frolic. .
The Glee Club is a credit to .the
coliege^ and. we are sure t,hey will
mg'el^With Vgre^t' success «in the
concerts they the to give in the
near b^ towns in earjy spring, an!d
these -towhs 'fia^e laf raie; treat ;in
store for them when they have the
^riyije^ pfi^e^lng the John Tar-
leton' Glee Club. '
To be or not to be ^vas the quest-
ion.applied to the subject of side-
walks for ;'Stephenvi|les' 'school,
children at the Young Men's Busi-
ness League dinner last Monday
evening. The dniner \yas served
in the girl's dormiloiiy and con-
sisted of ;the folio" !ng. menu; v!
wi?. v * V. .4' fc Cj '
Crisped crackers.
Fish. Tartar sauce,' French
rolls, pickles. •
' Roast turkey, dressing, English
peas, mashed potatoes, cOffee,
French rolls; olives.
Pineapple sherbet, cakes.
The dinner began at about eight
forty, p. m. with aboyt eighty-five
business men seated at the long
tastily decorated table in the din-
ing hall. During the first course
Dean J. Thos. Davis gave a toast
of welcome and stated the "nature
of' the business." The college
orchestra followed this with the
first number of a delighful musi7
cal program'arranged fotf.the even-
ing. . , . ■"
A large body of college boys and
girls enthused with college spirit
and th6; prospect of " "Something
firmer than water and mud" on
which to ; walk, paraded through
th'e- dining; hall; bearing pennants,
flags and mottoes, >ind' lustily'
singing; college'JgOngs. -.
The speakers of the evening
we^re: Dean J,: Thbs. Davis, toast
master,1 Hon, J, J.' Bennett, Rev.
W; B:' Sensing, Miss Mary >. Sypert
Clark, D. C- ' Ashmore arid Mayor
Fred'CharidlerV1 The bttrden of all
speakers was, "We inUst ind'sKall-
tiavW'sider walks."' Arid " Mayor
Chandler went all the others one
better and promised "side? walks
and curbs."
And after it was all over the
demurecbokery maidens i'il blue
cjiambries and white aprons, who
h'ad'"served fh^ dihfier, 'f^grted
that if' promises are' aide> walksi
Stephenville's school children arid
college stiideijts "will never again
have to wade mud in their streni-
ous persuit, of wisdom.
FACULTY PARTY
On the; evening of-Feb. 10 the
faculty'■ of.'the' college -enjoyed *a
lovely entertainment given' by the
Oeari arid'ihis!' wlfes'<a;t!.th'6ir ihorii'e1.
'Mrs .v Davis is- - a' most' charmirilg
hostess/her guests5 WefrS kept
busily engagefd thidtighoiit:'" the'
evening. First corivWsati'd'n cards1
were pkss^d''iarbund> wlth;J s'u'eji
topics ^ < ni'ovie^c^rfdidate's1 for
governor; the1 TeXa^ P6Wer- & Ijight
Go:,i;sprin^ "igat det, itea'fch'ers'' sala-
ries, etc. When these were finish
;ed the Dean pinned a number of
well known advertiserbents on'the
wall/the significance of which had
to be gussed. ' .
' following: the contest, Mrs.
Richardson played- a number of
old melodies, with Miss Naylor at
the piano, Mr. Schiriidt sang, §.nd
Miss Mitchel rea^. "
" . Later :in tJiV evening the quest-
Faculty Clnb was discussed.
- Then came 'the lovely refresh-
ments, Six1 couples at; 'a time, "vyere
admitted, to the dining room
where Mrs. E. Wi'l^bn and MiSS
Elizabeth, Brown presided. Thd
dining room vvrts de'croatcd in col-
lege-colors, the ceht6i; piece of the
table being a Kewpie standing in
a bed of violetp. On a mirror at
each' corrior' of the table- was a
large caridl'e stick tied'With white
tul'}© ->A'd containing a; white brick
fee'crearii 'withvi)iirpl^ in'th'e cent-
er,. fruit ,cake arid candy were serv-
ed. ' '"M '"' ' , " "
! There were fewer xnen than
women present, a situation which'
I am sure some of the -meri' we're
gMH:'eiiisted;;';s'irip:e ■' they4. Wei'^' al-
low^d. in the dining room more
thah*' orice" in brq^J" ";to' keep tlie
weaker.sex more coriipanyC
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PjRAISES f DB
THE CARPENTERS
• ' An announc^fttSnt-Wa|
chapel last ' ^Thursday tljat tbe
house north pf the collie canipus
bfiiltf by'the bdyS ;(?f'thfe* ca^ntry
class would be 9periM't6 .visitor^
for: that; d¥y^ Many availed "'tHem-
selves "d"f the opportunity';of s'eeirig
what; is being done in the Manual
Arts department of Tarleton.
Thg" 'btifidirig has ' 'bfe'eii" con-
structed from start to finish by the
boys of the class with Prof. Funk-
houser their instructor. |t?h^'s five
rooms, a large sleeping porch, bath
cldfets, Jj iiilJ;-iii. book cases, kitght:
en cabinets, etc. It is convenient,
equipped with the best system in
water and lights. It it very at-
tractive from without-'^'s ^^li-^as
wfthin., It i has" been painted,
floors stained, walls papered iand
is how, inviting some merry , hearth
to come and make it their home.
If you failed to see^it-you* misu-
sed something well worth your
tinie. You should , know what
Tarleton students are doing, and
you should see how conveniently
and attractive* a.Home ca^ 'b^ iria|^'.
: A list atthl do^hoi'fe tfehamfes
of those who deserve praises for
tbis excellent work, -
f sfhey re: Roy Hudspeth, T. V.
Montgomery, C. J. Thompson,
Doyle Graves',; Riley. Yarbrough;
VSirnon Head, Cecil Albritton,
Rahkin Stockton, Earl Garret.
{ -*.r .i ♦>f ■,-w/' vy-y-^ivi-vV,^1,. ' ,
BASE BALL TALK
All the old students are ac-
quainted with the grand and glori-
ous base ball season we had last
year. The team made some migh-
ty fine trips arid returned sotthfl
and well. They always felt like
they would win the; championship
and they did.' ]3ut we are not con-
cerned with what they did last
year now, The topic of import-
ance now is what they are going1
to do - this year. -
We feel very much lost with
Big Ai gone. You c,an: take Big
Al from any side'of life, and he
was a man in every respect., .We
were very sorry > not to see him
back. We understand that! he has
joined the International Society of
Matririioriy.
Tarleton has her old " catcher
back, ;Roy Hudspeth, and they say
he has a good line of stuff and lots
of pep in a game. Hudspeth has
shown in a few workouts an iri-
dication of a good baseball form.
Our pitching staff in complete;
Our stahdbys, Hudsy ., and Little
Owl are back and in good shape.
The'pitching st'aff has been streng-
thened by the ^addition, of Pan;;.
Parr has a good control and
shows signs of being, a good pitch-
er in every respect. , We are ex-
pecting wonders from the staff
this year, . ;
Then; there's our infield line,
they are showing up all 0, K.
First base seeriis to be a rather
prominent position for the try
outs. There are several out for
infield subs and a large number
ou$ for outfield. Wayne, Doc,
Moffty aiitc itiitri wlil VotfipOse utife-
infield as some think.' .
The outfield will be composed of
Adams, Rogers, Tate and . Yar-
brough. It is going to be woe to
our-enemy who try their< luck in 1
outfield,: for we have a bagging
bunch that can sack -up all their
flies.
The team is going =to be a suc-
cess because hearts Of Tarleton
students are behiild thd boys. > So
when they have a game- lets every
body turn out and be there on the
line-and root until your throat is
sore—it wont hurt you because it1
is good ' fdlT y'o'tir 'lung's. ' Those
students who were here' laist" year
kriow- very ' well hbW rooting Won
oft8{-ga"ihe for^'.us last-. yWt-': The'
bbys -sity" that' they "can play1 twitte
yofli'dd" talk*; for, theni, Metf !are
judged ribw5 days' by What'they'db
not by what th^y My? Sd bother!*
oil •th#";s1de" Me' witH!'your-'be'st'
line Up. '>•' '——• ' '' '
The CoaCh has high thoughts of;
a -WWninW'teani thl^'y^Si4ted lets
be;^^thert' Snd help him Wiii it; Tri6
SojJhbriibre cla^.wii^h'e'S' 'theiiVtheiif'
bost' of, luek arid plddges them th&ir
best support in the future.
FRESHMAN PARTY
Miss Marguerite Lanning enter-1
tained the - Freshman Saturday
riig^ht, Feb.' With a vif'lentinei
party. Miss'' Mahsiri acting as
chaperon. The rooms were-beautj- .
fully decroated with Cupids and'
hearts, and a contest afforded
much pleasure to all. The prize,
a "box - ^f Bon ^ons', was won by
Miss Dow Murray. An ice cream
courHe, carrying out the scheme of ,
th^> eyerii*tfg,t wa^'served.
A PREACHER TOO LATE
/ ■ '4l is •' -4. 1 r-" ■ ^ s r *
A short time, ago a certain-
preacher of this' town lectured to
us- on promptness;^ Put he failed^
-to1'p,#actife?ex- whftt' he preached/
Fridayi corning he walked into
chapel after the1 whole thing was.
over, and looked very much amaz-'-
ed wheri%e began to |eave. Buft:
we wish him to practice what he
preaches and be on time next time.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 1920, newspaper, February 24, 1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139851/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.