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HE J-TAC
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VOL. 2.
STEPHEN VILLE, TEXAS, OCTOBER 20, 1920.
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RECEPTION FOR
THE TEACHEliS.
■On Friday night at the City Hall
the ■ Parent-Teacher's .Club and
the Commercial Club gave. a re-
ception in honor of the College
and High School teachers. The
" receiving line extended the full
. length of the }arge reception hall.
Stphenville did not know it has so
many "teachepcitizens" until they
were all tog^her. 'The college or-
chestra; furnished music through-
out the evening and. as a conse-
quence the crowd 'could not re-
train from joining in the Grand
March. After this the reception'
lost all of its formality and each
one seemed eager to see and talk
to all that were present.,' The ev-
ening was enjoyed to the fullest
and all were glad they came.
TARLETONITES VS.-
MERIDIANITES.
SENIOR- CLASS
GOES PICNICING
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Last Saturday night the Sen-,
ior class and a number of their
friends^ including Miss Lula
Gough and Miss . Mattie Walker,
of the faculty and Miss Lucy
Foote, secretary to the dean, went
to the Bosque river with baskets
and aravenou^ appetite. - The
crowd (eleven couples in all)
created such admiration and envy
'as they passed the dormitory, and
some of . the girls were. bra\^ely
saved by their escorts from the
anti.es of a run away cow. A sop-
homore had the audacity to en-
■ dekvor to kidnap one of the aus-
tere senior girls, but the brave, in-
terception of Clapd Tate saved the
lovely . maiden ' .from '-dire fate.
With the desire to treat his guest
V%' .*y; P¥jvije«esr. not. enjoyed; by oth-'
hearted >">hi®
Nov/ the Meridianites dwelt in
a valley toward the South, and
they, called themselves a. war-like
generation. Annually, as was
their' woiit, they made war upon
their neighbors round about, even
the , Tarletonites, and harrassed
them exceedingly. Moreover, ev-
ery autumn they even made sun-
dry invasions into the regions ly-
ing far to the East and West and
also into the plains country to the
North, even beyond the Bosque.
Furthermore, in the eight year
of the reign, of Wilson the Great,
the "Meridianites said among them-
selves: "Let us get together now
all ,our mighty men of' valor and
make an end to our opponents
once and forever." Then uprose
the mighty chief of the Meridian-
ites.and thus' addressed his peo-
ple: "Let it even be so, for be-
hold my father dwqlleth among
the Stephenvillites, a nd he hath
sent amessage to me that this sea-
son the Tarletonites are weaker
and miore unwarlike than is their
wont and that they are ripe for
slaughter."
Now when those things,.reached
the. Tarletonites, great fear fell
upon them, and they, quaked in
their boots exceedingly. But
when Daddy the Mighty, the most
warlike of the Tarletonites, called
together the warriors of his host
and swore & great oath ("by gum")
and'said: "We will give the flesh
of -these Meridianites this
JUNIOR A. & M.
EXHIBITS VARIED
f . . . , ,
John Tarleton Agricultural School
Has Interesting Display at
' the State Fair.
DORMITORY NEWS
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""w'aoden axle" in.Xhe distance thai
■ ' ■ much ' 6dhsterriatibnv arid
[consultation w!as' held (resulting
! . in the whole company seeking the
nearest exit from the trestle and
! _ the^banks of the river for safety.
: There a bonfire was built to serve
as a signal to the "sunset limited"
0 in order that nothing might
swerve it from its track at the
; moment of its passing the bridge,
I but when the Limited failed to ar-
j rive the fire, was utilized for r.oast-
j ' . ■ Jing: marshmallows. . Apparently
remembering, from past experien-
ces on such jaunts, the girls had
fixed a most bountiful lunch, and
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: very little conversation was allow-
i . ed during the consumption there-
j. ' .of, since most of the partakers
| were guests at the "dump".'three
j times a day.
I With the exception of one mem-
! ber," whose place was very ably
filled by. Frank Cauble, the Male
i, ' -Quartet was there ensemble and
| : took advantage of the weird shad-
i ' ■ ows cast j^y the huge bonfire and
• sang all the songs in their reper-
toire except "The Moo.n Am A-
shinin' " because the moon like th,e
- rest of the merrymakers ,was
' i keeping late hours. ,
The picnic broke up early and
the seniors quietly (?) and dig-
, nifiedly (?) took in the last show
at the Majestic, where the antics
of Kalore, the litle Slim Princess,
brought memories of wild Turk-
, • ish dreams to the minds of all.
i ~ W'm. Duncan also brought his best
i to'the entertainment of the senior
; 0 . dignitaries, and his efforts to keep
. law and order brought forth much
• applause and cheering from the
: entire - party. After the show
■ with many saying "Oh, what a
| ■ lovely time," the class reluctantly
j ' . parted one from the other and the
■j picnic became mixed with a
1 dream, ^ ,
V.; ; While returning from the'senior
( hike Saturday night Mary San-
" -sing ^sprained' her ankle. She was
.1 confined to her bed all day Sun-
1 d'ay. "7he sprain did not prove to
i serious,, so she was able to be
'back at school again Monday.
' The problem of keeping the boy
on the" farm can be solved by
making the fariji attractive ac-
cording to boosters from John
Tarleton Agricultural College at
Stephenville, Who are here with
an elaborate exhibit from the hew
State junior school on display in
the Agricultural^ building at the
State' P'air. .Features' of the _ ex-
hibit are,the wtjrk in manual
training,/farm products and the
work of the girls' home economics
classes'.
' A phonograph declared to be
the equal of the $200 machines of
the leading manufacturers, which
was made by a boy at a. cost of
$60, is shown in the exhibit from
the manual arts department, A
large grandfathers' clock made by
another student will keep excell-
ent time; ; Pieces of furniture,
made by the pupils include a rock-
ing "chair,; a davenport and a li-
brary table. A model set of farm
buildings sefe -forth a niost strik-
ing example of . flow , the farm
home can be made as. attractive
as the home found in the city. •-
Fruits and Grains
■ Exhibitions of fruits'and grains
eason !■ grown around Stephenville by- the'
to the beasts of the field and fowls j students of Johnv Tarleton also
of the air,'' the men took .courage j figare in the displays. The most
among themselves and said: "Let noticeable xartr' "5 are' a .'fsfxty-
"" three po.ijn :dpii. .i-lvin afid ^collec-
tion ' ox ■ a'p|lers, representingfive;
-vawdtjfesv;-JfledxLbot. FUnkhouser,.
in cHarg&* the .axluhit, declared
ii; be so."
.. No\y it happened -tn^oik dayt
-.'thai' fhere"Wwe'lt 'among,the_Me^
ridianites Guysij ^a. certain horides-
j|SoLil'£^y:fo..ria8a "6ig: 'theJJ[5tli.
rday oif'the lOth'.-tnonth, of,'the year
'1920, even. Friday,.^tHe 'Meridian-
ites gathered their forces and
went up into the land of the Tarle-
tonites, and when they met .them
on a hilltop, called Hays Field, a
great battle was fought. In the
very first part of the battle it went
sore against the Meridianites, for
the Tarletonites prevailed agaiiist
them and wounded them grievous-
ly. Then 'the Guys, looking on
from afar off, began to make prep-
aration for a sudden flight, since
judging from the dust of the bat-
tle,- the struggle was not going as
they had told each other so. After
the battle had raged a long time,
the mighty struggle waxed warm-
er, the ■ Mei'idianites not even "yet
conceding the victory, though for-
ty-two of their precious number
had fallen.
At last both sides halted to
rest, to carry off the dead, and
care for the wounded. But while
they were taking breath, one Pug,
a mighty man of valor among the
Tarletonites, scowled his greatest
scowl, gnashed his te^th, and
spake as follows: "Gird up your
loins, O ye Tarletonites. Why
should ye be slain in the land
which, your fathers took from the
red men and gave unto you. I
will make suchoa fight as a Meri-
diajiite never saw." When the
Tarletonites heard thsi they took
heart and said, "Let us up and
at 'em." And lo, it was so.
Now it was that. Monty the
Mighty Mogul, together with our
men of valor, rushed upon the en-
emy like the bulls of Bashan. and
trampled the Meridianites upder
foot. Our men fell upon their
"warlike generation" and smote
them hip and thigh, and lo, the
slaughter was very great, a hun7
dred and two of their men having
fallen and not one of our number
being more than slightly wound-
ed.
vfchat'StgphehviHe,is loeaf^cl'|j}
rt poxii- %>±y ' '-U>'
be ihfi,best'in Texas. ?;
- The are of cooking as taught, to
the girls' in. the homp economics,
department 'is shown in a number
of articles'1 on 'play, the most
attractive being a large glftss ,case
of assorted fruits prepared in the
college labarotory. Latest model
dresses and lingeries are on dis-
play from the sewing department.
Trophies Displayed
Several championship trophies
from :last year's athletic activities
are also featured in the exhibit,
showing that John Tarleton has
been successful in lines other than
merely vocational training.—Dal-
las Newsr-- . • 1
The following girls spent the
week end at their homes: Grace
Thomas, Vivian .McLean, Rivers
Cline, Louise Shelton and Pollye
Williams, Beryl Burnett, Leoti
Clark, Ruth Jones and Bonnye
Hicks.
Everybody is wondering who
gave Louise her black eye, You
know she went home Saturday.
Dean Davis has been taking
some of- his meals, wit hus this'
week. ■ <
One nigli.t last week Doc Lan~
uing fAiled to see the lights wink
and got locked in. Sunday 'night
one of the girls noticed a suit case
in the hall and asked if Doc had
come prepared to spend the night.
Saturday night. the dump girls
had, an informal party. It began
with a parade, both upstairs and
down. After marching about fif-
teen minutes they had a regular
feast, consisting of sandwiches
and fruits of all kinds. ■ About
10:30 it was voted it was time to
retire. And since Leoti was gone
all the girls in sympathy with
Geline spent the knight with her.
At noon Sunday Miss Walker
had four of the girls to dinner
with her at Mrs. Thompson's.,
We, the undersigned, do hereby
declare that ■ we, have withdrawn
from the .ranks of noise makers:
Leoti- Clark, Aeline Gindratt, Lou-
ise Shelton, Mollie Belle Seay, Ila
■Myers.. .
■M^ss 'Bierschw-ale ■, wondered
why she .-.could get no response
from,- Arlihe, Leoti, 11a and Jew.r
.jell'iast'-IVIohjjlay afternoon',;at bas-
'j^tjxtil p/aclice. ' Perhaps, the:
man''wH^'Mtches - his -'. horse''ne^--'
the! open reourt -could tell her. 1
TARLETON WINS FIRST OF .
HER JUNIOR COLLEGE G^MES
She,: "No, I couldn't marry
you. Shall I return your letters?"
He;v "By no means. If I ex-
pect to win a girl I see I'll have to
get up a better sot of forms."
THE HONOR ROLL FOR THE
. FIRST SCHOLASTIC MONTH
The following^ students of John
Tarleton Agricultural College
were fortunate enough to make
the honor roll for the first month
of the present scholastic year:
Louise Barekman, Mary Davidge
Buck, Hazlewood Ferguson, Hom-
er Ferguson, Oma Mattie Gil-
breath, Bertha Marie King, Lucy
King, Etliel Pearl McClegkey,
Ralph C. lOwens, Lucia Irma
Paintex-, Alpha Striegler, Zelda
Tubbs, and Myrtle Wpbb.
The question is then, what re-
quirements must one meet to. get
on the honor roll? The answer is
simple enough, but getting on the
roll is a great deal bigger job.
The lowest grade of an honor roll
student cannot be belo\v 80; the
higher grades may be what the
student may make ,them.
Why should not the list of our
honor roll be much" longer this
month than the above list is? Our
real business in-College after all
is to accomplish the task of -the
class-room for the sake of self im-
provement, and when we have done
that the, grade will take care of
itself. It takes a lot of hard work
and plenty of grit', but the fellow
is no worth much who is unwilling
to furnish plenty of both. Pluck
and energy constitute ' Tarleton
spirit on the. gridiron pr in the
classroom. Let us show more of
the real spirit. The harder the
task the^ greater the glory When
accomplihsed.
.'!■ The. club": recently'' organized .'Jj$
the..ex-sei4,ice; ine^.was =.napedJp.
Yesterday's -'meeting. It is. called
"Brotherhood of Buddies." Some
keene name, eh?- The next best
submitted \ to the committee was
chosen for its nickname. It was
"Cootie Club." There is implied
in these names a great volume of
meaning. The first name implies
that outstanding characteristic of
warm comradship so deep embed-
ded in the hearts of American
soldiers. With , the nipkname
these are associated many weary
.sensations-. Even thoughts of
misery are implied. Yet, when
-.ve recall the scene of ciur, Buddie
peeling his shirt from his naked
shoulders to remove the annoyan-
ce thereof, we -smile.
It was unanimously agreed by
this club to place the names of its
entire membership within an en-
graved margin on the brass plate
that is . to be welded on- the flag
pole.' "So," says Vernon Adams,
those that come after us may say
"Sweet papa put his name here
as an ex-soldier in the war against
the world's last autocrat,"
The club gratified by having the
privilege of conferring honorary
membership upon Dean Davis and
Commandant S. F.' Davis of the
College.
Last Friday afternoon Tarleton
met her old rival, /Meridian, on
Hays field,. The game was start-
ed by Tarleton kicking off to Mer-
idian. Meridian was downed al-'
most where they received the
ball and held for downs. Meri-
dian punted,' -Doc received the'
punt and brought^ it back to almost
where it was kicked from. Then
started Tarleton offensive . game,
Adams was supposed to hit the
line but found none there. He
was stopped after a good gain by
the Meridian backs. It took Tar-
leton only a few downs to make the
first touch down—Adams carried
the ball over through the line.
Meridian receives—held for down
and kicks—^Tarleton makes an-
other one, Monty around left end,
Meridian receives, held for downs,
Kay completes a -forward pass
and goes for touchdown. At tl}e
end of the first quarter the score
was 21 to 0 for the locals. The
second quarter Tarleton comes in
with the same fight and makes 21
more' During the last half the
Ti-.rleton teana was at its best and
piled the final score up to 103-0.
It would be hard to tell who was
the Tarleton stars. -Every time
one of.the back field men-got the.
ball he made a good gain., A ma- .
jority of Monty's, end runs ended
with a touch down. Camp's and
Adams' line drives w.ere the very
best.. Tarleton completed several
forward passes— Meridian com- -
,pleted three short' ones. Only
four' times, durin^'-the'game was
. MericlUvn ^able- rtoniake, Jier- -ten~
yards^lp^fpur downs. %"T-arletQji;
:thxou^ho^^h«',.pi3ip.;gam,e^%8s~
fiillb:&ck ; and' .lefV end for ^Ceriv:
dian-played-good football. Many -
of the oid TjaVleton stars were
back here to see the game, They
expected to. see hard fought
game, but were pleased very much
to see Tarleton get her revenge..
J-TAC STAFF FILLED
LAUGH
Build for yourself a strong box,
Fashion each part with care,
When it's strong as your heart
can make it,
Put all yoiir trouble there.
Hide in it ill thoughts of failures;
And each bitter' cup that you
quaff, •
Lock all your heartaches within
it— -
Then sit on the lid and laugh.
Tell no one else its contents,
Never its secret share.
Drop in your car.es and all worry,
Keep them forever there;''
Hide them from, sight so complete-
ly'
That the world will never drea^i
half; „ ■
Fasten the, strong box- securely-
Then sit on the lid and, laugh.
—Anonymous.
At last our mast head is ^filled.
Up until this issue there h^d been
no associate editors appointed.
Below is a full list of J-Tac offi-
cers and reporters: Franklin Ma-
theny,veditor; Marguerite Carlton,
Louise Barekman and Jack Bassel
asso-iace editors; T. V. Montgom-
ery, business manager; Claud Kay
assistant.business manager. Class
reporters, seniors Jake Robinson,
juniors, Louise Barekman, sopho-
mores, Mary Davidge Buck,' an<f ex.
service club, Jake Robinson. The
above is a staff of pupils who from
henceforth will handle the J-Tac
work. However that does not
mean they are to do all the writ-
ing. If you see a funny incident
write it up and hand it in. Feel
that it is your own paper, every
one of your own articles make you
more interested.
Next Friday the Tarleton foot-
ball squad will leave for Abilene,
where they will play Simmons
college on Saturday and Abilene
Christian college on Monday.
These are sure to be two of Tarl-
ton's hardest games. Last year
Tarleton and Simmons played two
games and split even, A. C. C.
has already beaten Simmons thi3'
year, so tjiey are sure to put up
a good game.
ROOM NO. 2
A daily paper is published and
the contents are thought as much
of as the students think of the
J-Tac. .
R. A. Crocker, Editor.
K. Booker, Asst. Editor.
Watkins and his brother John
are. charged with seriously^ shoot-
ing another negro, in the lower
portion of the county.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 1920, newspaper, October 20, 1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139859/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.