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"Volume 1, Number 10
john tablet.on agricultual college, a beanck of texas" a. & w~. gol3deg;^
Stephenville, Texas, Apr. 6, 1920.
household arts picnic
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. Last. Saturday afternoon about
six o'clbcfcthe girls of Miss Walk-
er's Household Arts classes, with
their guests, met at the college
to go on a moonlight picnic.' Pres-
ently a large truck rolled up,and
all, climed aboard. An, hour later,
. after traveling oyer some of the
" Toughest roads in Erath county,
" we landed at * Gentry's bridge,
'jsomewhat.jojted, but with undaun-
ted spirits. "Next eairre the big
bon-fire-which the boys built.
Then .what mattered it to us if
■the sand did blow, the-moon didn't,
shine, or a norther did strike"?
Everyone gathered closely around
. the fire with sharpened sticks and
. directly you could' hfear such ex-
presioiu; as, "Hey, theire, Roy,
pitch.me ..a bbn;"„ "Where's the
pickles, Claude?" and "Come.back
here with my weenies, Monty."
However, we ate weenies, pickles,
and. bons till each" had more than
his share. Then apples and cakes
were passed and each person got a
good supply. Marshm.allaw.s- were
unearthed, next and were to a a ted
.and' eaten until they, didn't even
blook good,
" Miss' Walker and Jliss Brown
.asked the three members of the
-quartette present to. favor us with
some songs,. They did so and were
urged to sing again, and jtill a-
." gain.7 Our chaperones theli decid-
.' ed it was time for little boys and
girls to . run along home, and ac-
cordingly started to gather up the
fragments of the eats, when it
.was discovered that Bethel had
set on the two remaining loaves of
:>readi .The ride :home, ±ho rough
was\erijay<ible iahd'.eyen .with cold
. weather, ^sari'd, and rough roads,
everyone would'b& 'p.erfedtly wi>
. ling -to {go on a moonlight picnic
(even, without a nioon) next Sat-
urday night, if Miss Walker arid
"advanced stud-j"-,,! ,[.
ents recital
miss lonk talks to the
home economics girls
Qn last Wednesday morning the
girls of the Home Economics de-
partment had the privilege of
hearing d very interesting and in-
structive lecture on "Interior De-
corjition." Miss Long of the Ex-
tension department of C. I.' A
talked. She gave the girls high
ideals, for a home whether it -'e
large or small. Among the things*
discussed with reference to., the
decoratfon of t'pe hause were
balance, ^emphasis, color/ wall pap-
er, and furniture.
All of the girls were very much
interested .in the illustrative mat-
erial made in Miss Long's classes
'at C. I. A.
As she was leaving' for. Fort
Worth on the ten-thirty train, the
girls served a light luncheon for
Miss Long in the Home Economics
dining room immediately after
her lecture.
OUR BASE BALL CLUB
our boys will ije
! well equipped
'"'A Very enjoyable program-was
given .by some of the advanced
:students';of';theViritisical depart-
ment last Thursday night in the
College auditorium. These stud-
ents have done splendid work, and
they .deserve credit -for the way in
[which they rendered their ritim-
, bers. Those on the program were
as, follow.-;: . Treasure Patterson
played "Etude by Cqncone" given
in .five moods; Eleanor Martin
played the "Mazurka in D" by
Demuth; Beryl .Roquemore played
"Traumeri" and "Romance" ; Mild-
red Cheatham sang "I Love You"
and "Come to the Garden Love;"
""Mae johnson played a "Prelude"
and "Tarentelle"- by. Helen and
"Marche Fant.astique'* By. Rubin-
stein. The. next was the Ensemble
Contabile from the opera - "Samp-
, son and' Dalila" by Mfs. Richard-
son,- Mr, Vernon Head and:Elean-
or. Martin with Malcom Shelfcon at
the piano. - -- r - ■
Ruth Moore played the conced-
ing number, ' "Mid Summer""Night'"s
Dream." V
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takleton v. DANIEL BAKER
" Tarleton played Daniel Baker
of Brownwood yesterday and will,
plity again today. . The gairie was
hard fought1 from start to finish,
ending with 3 to 8 in favor of
J: T. A, "C. There was probably
more interest shown from the col-
i lege students than- any game ever
played.on our grounds. There were
yells and yelling all the time. The
game' stood 3 to 4 until the last
half Of the eighth, when Tarleton
students raised so much noise as
,to bring the "score up to eight.
Booker pitched for Tarleton, and
ail/the team did good playing.
- Miss, Mona YarbroUgh of C. I."
A,; Denton, visited hei' mother and
Bister at'the dormitory last week.
After receiving one or two dis-
appointments on account of ,the
rain, our base ball team was final-
ly permitted to go to Brownwood
and play games Friday and Satur-
day, March 26 and 27. They play-
ed Daniel Baker Friday, and won
to the tune of 1 to 0. The games
were marked by "air-tight" field-
ing on both teams. Very few
errors were made. Hudspeth
pitched a no hit gapie, the only
one man going to first base and
that oh a walk. The game was
played square like the true sports-
men both teams are. .
Saturday's game -was sold to
Howard Payne, since the rain had
-prevented the games.v-,iw,th.-that
school on Wednesday and Thurs-
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Ill spite of 'nding "sandy"
wind, the j icalled- a"f1'
-aifi %/%&- ~ .. «rhr-5 to:-.0attte:
with lots of "grit." 1 Colwick was
pifehing sure enpught base ball,
arid the other 'men were fielding
thsm server where. ' No scores were
made until the first; part of the
eighth when Hall crossed home
for a mark for,Tarleton. In the
last half of the ninth Howard
Payne made a \ score. Then no
more runs were scored ifhtil the,
last half of the eleventh. There
were two men out, and a runner
on third base. (The batter knock-
ed. a grounder f;o.right field. Yar-
bro.ugh threw to first base. One of
the umpires called him out. Our
team came into bat, when there
arose a great clamor of victory
from Howard Payne',s fans. On
asking it was learned that the
decision was changed! Of course
that, ended the game 2 to .1 for
Howard Payne. It is thought ad-
visable to write np more-for the
remarks might" become personal,
. Tarleton engaged Meridian on
our own' grounds Monday and
Tuesday, March 29 and 30. Al-
though tire club had not recover-
ed from the, strenuous playing of
the-preceding week, we won the
first game 16 to 4.; - ,
Tuesday, when some of Merid-
ian's girl a - thought enough of
them to come over and :see the
game and root, our boys -didn't
have the heart ,to kill entirely the
spirit of the. visitors. So . .they
were, allowed to beat us 7 to 2.
The'commandant has received a
bill of lading for siippli.es'that Ve
being shipped to this college from
Burleson college at Greenville.
The equipment was shipped March
.18 and will likely, be received any:
day. Among the things that were
shipped are 103 each of the.tpllow.-
ing;' rifles, bayonets, scabbards,
brushes, cakes, gun slings; thongs,
cartridge belts,tents, lirekt cans,
canteens, canteen QoversJ eups,
haversacks, kniyes, forks,: spoons,
and two rifles: for gallery practice.
My, Taut wpnt those boyif i'eel: •^n.'ev^r;b^drev\:>TM«e;#'ei,#'s
like men wh'eii they io'^eamy^ <---■>--*■ <--
ing all of these thing$,-;ahiund7
The c.ade!ts| are already 'talking
about that hike that tfiey hope
they may be- permitted t'j: fa.ke to
the Leon riv^r or elsewhere. and-
spend two or'three days"and. try
everything out. An army officer
will inspect the companiei in the
latter part of iMay.
A noted man to '•
sp®ak;. here
RESIDENCE BURNS ON
■ TARLETON AVENUE
vThe J. -H. Couey residence on
Tarleton A'venue was destroyed
by fire between eleven and twelve
o'clock Sunday. The stiff north
wind that was blowing rnade it
very difficult to fight the fire, and
it was so well under headway
wthen the fi;rem!en reached the
scene that the building was al-
most entirely destroyed. Some of
the- furniture :.was saved. The
firemen did-very good work-and
saved two houses that otherwise
would have burned.
Arrangemetns have 'been ""made
so that Ta let0n students, faculty
members and the people of Steph-
enville may ^hear al. the college
auditorium Wednesday-; night - of
this week Dr. Franklin [ Henry
GibbingB, Sociologist, - and Profes-
sor of Columbia University. He
is:-a highly .educated man/having
A, B., M. -A., :Ph. D., ^nd L.L.D.
degrees, , [ . -;f-' ;
Dr, GibbingK- is one 0l! the most
eminent authorities o i social and
economic problems in.riiia country.
He is a man of attractive; person-
ality. and a speaker of ynu'sual
force and. charm". H^-'WiU s'pe^k
on the subject. of,.""ringer.s that
Threaten our Civilk ition.'{ The-
auditorium should .be racked with
\ *•'; .le'/ff!1" ,-wtii
few. Come, a.id.
best attention.
league meet a
/ ■ GREA^ "SUCCESS^
■. Friday and Saturday of last
week,'" Stephenyiiiev ahdvx especial-
ly'J'i T. A. C., - wai very 'alive with
people from-the, rili-af. schools; of
Erath county, -They; c§me in great
numbers' from .yattofi!|;>|3§.c^-and •
jiiuch.interest,was §hbw^;fioto;thel
:begihni4g. The; :cbll%e/.'disiiiissed
for Friday afternoon' and' Satur-
day. - ;;
Many :4nor"e' schools- ^ere;/;rep-
reagnt^ed; there- w&s;jpaucJi'; betfSi;
.iasrn and- interest. 'jrate'^-^{s:'^.e'ar,.
;so"
:.jn§ny'.contestants' ;ih!.basket; ,ba,li
that;-;gaj^es . were, played ;.thtputh-
out Both' 'days.,, ^ll iqn,^;of track,
and field events: were beiriglhSdidn
■anpthe£.;part: of;_ihe [tflelcU At the
auditorium there were Contests in
spelling, essay,:' writing, 'declama-
tions, debates, etc/ ;
Among those schools, that, were
Well represented fireTolar, BIqff
Dale, Lingleyille,'- joKnsviUe, Buny-
an,;Morgan Mill, Lone Oak,'Dttffau.
Claii'ette,.-::Ba-yiS. .School -..House,.
Salem, Huckabay/, and Exray. May
the League, Meet contiiiue tfi grow
and. - create' inter est:,, among "the
rural schools:: is : qui;';^ wish. .: The
college is glad for these peqple to
come and hope to see them back-
next year, ,
several- Attend-' - ■:: -
■ .-stock, show
stephenville
. public library
COURSE OF STUD\0f ' .-. .
FOR lUXT.YEAR
The "course of stu"^ ..for next
year will be changed to the|quart-
erly basis instead of ( semi-annual
as has been run heretofore. This
will allow an opportunity for.three
quarters of work m 'the ijegular
• session, and one quarter in the
summer session. This will enable
the young men and womeh who
happens to be engaged in agricul-
ture or other lines of business,
an opportunity to. drop in the col-
lege and finish a quarter's! work,
and obtain credit for same even
though they" may-not be a:ble to
attend for a full session, jln the
past, a number of students ha-ve
attended the .college for several
months during the sessioh, and
did good work while in attendance,
but received no cz'edit because the
course was not arranged in such
a way that they could finish cert-
ain -portions while in attendance.
This change will especially ac-.
comodate students who have to
jvork on the farm in the fall and
.-spring.
All registration and incidental
fees, as well as board-and[room,
will also be changed by the quart-
erly basis. Likewise all tuition'
fees of every nature will bis paid
quarterly 111 advance. The college
is making an effort to. so organize
every department that there will
bee complete harmony throughout
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. The Campus .Chat states: that
Denton Normal has ten games
scheduled' this spring and that
they are counting on winning 100
per cent of them. Two of: these
will be on our own grounds .on
May 17-18. Let's see if we can-
not surprise them-and get back
at them for the foot -ball games
we-lost to them last fall.
Tre County DemQustrator ;of
Hamiltoii. county, -..Miss '; Georgia
Lacewell; telephoned fpr a repres--
entative from the Home Economics
department, to "come to; Carlton
last Saturday we.ek, to assist in the.
"jjady's: Day"v progj'anu [ Itfiss
v#£llc$r chx&i-ge ,M . the;
Household;
sent. During one of her elaisaeK
th/>+ '■*-
ce fo. <&• nice little t.
Of course anyone making such
a. long trip needed a chaperone, so
Cleo Armstrong1,^Leota^i. Goodwin,
Hortense Ross, anet Lot a "'Robert a
were granted piermission to go.
With a little hurry and flurry tHe
crowd left and arrived at Carlton
in time for a good dinner. All
came back on the evening train as-
suring their friends they had a
most enjoyable time,'; and hoping
Miss Walker would need,' some
chaperones for another trip soon:
, ; ,- Y. .W, TEA' -
Have you heard about the Y. W.
furnishing a rest room? , , Last
Friday week the girls met at the
regular hour in, the room that had
been given to- them; arid partly
furnished, by the girls, to discuss
further, plans. A large number of
very attractive and much needed
things were donated. The room
will be useful;and attractive wheir
finished.
After business was attended to,
the girls were served cake and tea.
' battle of the sticks .
The Glee Club ^ill leave Thurs-
day for . another week's tour , a-
mong the places that will be visit-
ed and programs " rendered - are
Cisco, Eastland, Wichita Falls,
Stamford, and Haskell.
' The first active service was ex-
perienced, by the cadet cwps at
drill last Friday week. The'two
companies "were halted for vre'st
very near each other. ^ Company
B being under a dead tree took
advantage of their opportunity
and bombarded Company A ' with
sticks-about the size of stove wood,
whereupon Company A made a
charge and drove the offenders
across the road and into the woods.
Here the battle lulled until some
guy landed a 42 centimeter on Joe'
Lattimore's head, taking part of
the scalp with it, then things open:
ed up right. Finally Company B
made a counter charge and gained
their former position on the drill
field. Here Sgt. Winters with-
stood all. attacks and held'his own.
At the sound of the bugle the Capt-
ains, Marrs and Ferguson held a
truce and agreeil to an armistice.
Both companies stacked arms an,d
beat a hasty retreat. ■■ v
Nineteen years ago,' February"
21, twelve Stephenville women, in-
eluding Mesdames -Mothershead,
Ori%" Blakeney, Modres, Grouse, and
Bassel," met at the home of Judge
J. S. Stroughan and,organized the
Twentieth. Century Clubi" The fol-
lowing, year'the club joined the
State Federation and in so doing
pledged^ itselfto ' undertake some
altruistic work, The members
Were 'u^anim'ou^: in - chopaing the'1
establishing of . a public! library as
their work. ,
;;:' The club discussed this . patter
xor ,several months and. then
brought a, woman here to lecture
PO Household Economics'. The
worn an; -was sent: to the boarding
hoiise of M r s .M other shea d to stay
with:her, At the next meeting of
the club, Mrs. ;Mothershead was
asked to present her bijl, which
she did; but, instead of keeping .
the money, she tqld t'ne members
that it would be placed in the bank
as a Hest egg for the public'library
Spon after she; presented to the
elub a beautif ul hand-painted vase
which Was dpne by her■'daughter,
Willie, and which was to be sold
arid the. .money used to stait a
building fund for a suitable home
fpy..;:.the, library. The vase ,-;was
pui;chasecVby;Mrs'. Sturgis for the
sum of six dollars, ' 1 "".' ■
- A Book Reception was held and
about 100 books' were donated by
friends,' vTftte ihemJDers iriimedi-.
ately began soliciting subscribers
at the rate..of !gl.0Q per year; _eveify
<lol}ar of": the; fUnd/thus seeured
was to be used to buy riew books. '
The next thirty dollars were in^r
vested in the best late-fiction ajsid
these, hew books tpa,ether with the
hundred volumes doiiate.d, were ■"
placed iinva rbpm; furnished by '■
Hunt Perm and located over -hip
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&ifcr:Sat .. •ha^-.n^v
ed to- do so from thai
this except on ChTistmas'-d-ay. -For
several, years the, library, .was lfept ''
in,.office rooms around the square,,
Finally, when the city hall was
built, Major Baldwin) who was in
that time .'Mayor,'saw to it'-that a '
couple of . rooftis were, set aside in ,
it for the library and it has been
there ever since. The club hopes .
to build a splendid new home soon.
There are how about 3500,volum-
es and from 125 to 150 books are.
loaned but each week. Through
all these years the members have
been adding steadily to'the aum-;
bought' by Mrs. Mothershead's
vase. Five years ago they -were
able to, pay Mr- Je^iks $1000 cash
for the lot just south of the city,
hall. When the town began to
grow so rapidly,, it >soon became,
apparent that this. was too close
in, , so the lot was leased f^r three
years for $135 per month. Two-
thirds of the lot back of the Bap-
tise church, known as the James
Collins place, was purchased and
the new building will brobably be :
erected on this; lot.
May the library always be the
blessing to the town that the club
memberk "have had it- in their
hearts to make it. .
ON GUARD ■
Miss Pearl is very fond of keep-,
ing good order and gentleman like
conduct among the giHs over in
the Home Economics building.
One morning last week she heard
someone whistling some first-class
"Jazz" music down in the hall be-
low. - Thinking that something
awful must, be taking place, she
rushed down to catch somebody,
but "greatly to her surprise it was
the janitor whistling "Home, Svyeet
Home." . '
Monday and Tuesday were clean
up days in Stephenville,., At the
chapel hour Monday, the faculty
and'student body at Tarleton went
out on the campus to set . things
right. The rocks were piled to be
hauled away, the. brush, teash, and
papers were burned. The campus
presents a much better appearance
' new. Everyone should try td help
keep it that way. '. •
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 6, 1920, newspaper, April 6, 1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139853/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.