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STEPHENVILLE,' ^TEXAS, MARCH 23, 1921.
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* OUR FORMER STUDENTS *
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Among the many good families
who have sent their children to
"Tarleton there are few who have
;sent a larger number and certain-
.ly none whose children have later
contributed more,, towards the
- cause Of public education in:
Texas . than have those of Mr.
and JVIrsi R. A. Davis, of the
Seidell community.,
These good people sent to the
■college at .various times one son,
whose name is now prominently,
•connected with rur^l education in
our state, and four lovable and
ladylike daughters, who' made,
.good while in school and who
continued • to' mate good after
leaving Tarleton..
pens.es While in school> and the
daughters each earned part of
the fund's, for hers. It may be
'interesting to know something of
, the. history of these ■ students of
ah earlier day,—their past and
their yrcbtrit.
Carrie, the oldest girl was i.
John Tarleton College for three
years, 1908 to 1906. She entered
,as a preparatory student and
finished the sophomore year. She
then taught a year or two and at-
tended the Denton Normal one
year, the school 'year of 1903-9.
After that , she taught one year
.and married, a Baptist preacher,
J. Q. Herrhv Mr. Herrin is a
-graduate of Baylor University
.and also a graduate of the Theo-
logical Seminary of Louisville,
.Kentucky. For several years he
was pastor of the First Baptist
church at Clayton,' New Mexico,
-but-becauae of a decline of health
he. resigned the ministry' and
mOved to a ranch, in 1915. He
and' Carrie have been very suc-
cessful in a finaiiuiui vva> lh<j
past six years. They live at Glad-
stone,' New "'Mexico. Mr.. Se'rrin
has regained Jus health. They-
have three children and all seem
to be very contented, prosperous
;and happy.
Tantha; next to the oldest; was
in Tarleton College three years,
1905 to 1908. She entered as a
preparatory -student and finished
the sophoinbre year. She' later
.attended summer _ schools at
Howard Payne' College and the
Denton Normal. She taught six
or seven years, nwst of the time
at Alexander, In 1919 she mar-
Tied Mr. Leonard Sansom of
Brady, Texas. They now live at
ZEden, Texas, where he is super-
intendent of the school.
Teinpa, the third from the old-
est, was in Tarleton College frorii
1908 to 1911. She later attended
the College of Industrial Arts," at
Denton one long term and three
summer terms. Fo rthe past
three years she'has taught domes-
tic science In the Brady School,
>vhere she is very popular and
where her work is much appreci-
ated.
• Edna, the youngest of the four
.girls, was at John Tarleton Col-
lege . for a short time. She later
went to Baylor University for
three years, 1913 to 1917. She
then taught at Post City two
years, and at Brady one- year.
Last year she married Mr. T, H..
Davis, of Post City and now lives
•at • that place. 1 Mr. Davis has a
furniture store there and has de-
veloped a very nice, business. He
Has one time been honored with
■the mayoralty of the town.
. E.verjett E. D'avis came to Tarle-
ton 'College as a "silb-prep" in
1899 and graduated in 1906, In
the mean time he obtained a cer-
tificate and taught in the country
schools for three years. After
graduation he taught three, years,
in the public schools and then
eamc .to Tarietor, College as a
member of the faculty, in 1909,
-which place he1,: filled for two
years'. * He went to the University
.of Texas in {$11 and later took
■his B A. and A. M. degrees there.
•After graduation from the Uni-
versity he Was a-principal of the
STEPHENVILLE ORATORIO,
SOCIETY
The Stephenville Oratorio So-
ciety, organized last year by Mr.
H. Andre Schmidt, is still in ex-
istence and is more active than
ever.
Stephenville boasts itself of be-
ing the only town of its size in
the state of Texas, having such
an organization. The (eyes of
musicians of other , cities were
directed towards Stephenville last
year in that- this Society gave a
splendid performance of "The
Creation/' with Helen Fouts
Cahoon, Henri, La Bonte and
Frank C. Agar as soloists.
The Society is planning on giv-
ing John Stainer's "Crucifixion"
on Thursday. night, March 24th,
at the College Auditorium.
. The solo parts will be sung by
local talent: Messrs. S. F. Davis,
Frank L. Lyle, and B. B. Laven-
der. , ■
The same program is to be re-
peated on Friday, March 25, in
Granbury, and on Saturday,
March 2(3, in Lingleville.
The Society; is~"planning,- on giv-
ing '"'The Iiose Maiden" May 17th,
with Mrs. Manchester, Mrs. Hub.-'
bard, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Agar,
of Fort Worth, as-soloists.
Wednesday evening at the home
of Mrs. Burroughs, a merry party
of young folks honored Clinton
Adams with a farejvell party. The
hour for the 'party./ivas set at five,
and upon the arrival of t{ie ugests
it was found that a basebkl.I game
had been arranged for their en-
tertainment, With Mr. Burroughs
in the pitcher's bo^ and Dillard
at Bat, a home' run Was staged
that equaled Booker's, and the
excitement .ran highv- 4.ft.er the
game several tables wvre brought
out and 42 enjoyed until supper
was announced, A delightful pic-
nic lunch was enjoyed on- the
lawn, and the balance of the eve-
ning was spent pleasantly in
games and music.. We regret the
necessity for cfiritop leaving our
midst, and hope that it will be so
that he can return to. us next
year.. .,;
THERE IS HOPE
When our tailor's goose has gos-
lings "
- And his clothes horse has a
colt; .
When monkey wrenches climb a
tree .
And birds-eye maples molt;
When catalogues have kittens
And donkey engines bray,
Then I'll come nearer poetry
That I hav§ come today. _ _
} I v«*A
hijjrh school'Tit Kingsviile for*: a
short time before receiving his.
appointment to the place which
he still occupies at the Univers-
ity. He has been connected with
the University faculty since the
fall of .1913. •
Prior to his graduation from
the University in the spring of
1913, he took a . very serious in-
ventory of the opportunities in
the field of education in Texas.
There was the field for the city
superintendent, the field for the
high-school principal, the field
for the college man, and the great
big untenanted field of rural edu:
cation. He decided to cast his lot
in the field of rural education,
though progress-comes so slowly
he sometimes feels that he mis-
took a need for an opportunity in
doing so. Howevei, he has not
lost hope and still feels that he
can see a dim star nidicating the
eye of a brighter day for rural
welfare in this big state.
He has aided in some rural sur-
veys and .some publications that
have contributed to the better-
ment of rural opportunities in
Texas. In 1914 he collaborated
with Mr. E. V .White in the pub-
lication a University bulletin
entitled s "A Study Qf Rural
Schools in Texas." This publi-
cation had .« very wide circula-
tion-and has been instrumental in
giving many county superinten-
dents, rural teachers and laymen
in the cause of rural education,
points of view that have been
helpful to them. He has since
edited the Rural School Depart-
ment of the Texas School Journal
for one year and has prepared the
manuscripts for two University
bulletins published over his name,
viz.; "A Study, of Rural Schools
in Travis: County, Texas," and
"One Hundred Simple Demonstra-
tions and Experiments in the Ele-
mentary Sciences that Can _be
Performed in a Country School."
He intends to do considerable
publishing this next -year. His
recent book, "The Twentieth-Cen-
tury Rural School" is showing
good for ii nice sale in all the
Southern states. .
HONORING ' CLINTON- AB AMS
AIN'T IT A%;FUL?
The habit of che -ing gum is
termageist, cacoplhonus, calori-
faeient,. stentorian, syanifestation
of redundant, ra.mpi.nt jmuscular
activity terminating in pertinaci-
ous thralldom ,to the obnoxious
commodity designatee; in preempt
tory jargon as gum! The onerous
circumvolution of-..penurious, al-
lotments of .the said opprobrious
commodity is frequently caprici-
ous and pusillanimous. ■ It mani-
fests egregarious i(mptioiis,ness.
This is a circumibcutionary ex-
pression of^ contemptuous '• intol-
erance of an obsolescent1 habitude.
Consequently, siriee : this- an in-
comprehensible conglomeration of
superfluous 'eccentricities—the or-
chestra is requested 'o change the
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Powder Puff). - ' ;
TARLETON WINS THIRD
PLACE IN JUNIOR MEET
HONOR ROLL FOR 2ND TERM
Bailey, Percy.
Barbee, Oma.'
Barekman, Louise, '
Buck, Mary "Davidge. -
Davis, Joe Ray,
Gilbreath, Elvis.
Heath; Alma. .
Hindman,: Anna. Waldb,-
Howell, Emma.
Kiber, Julia.
McCleskey, Charles. '
McMillan) Ruby,
Matheny,. Franklin.
Merrill,' Louig.
Moore, Ruth.
Painter, jjliucia.
Parnell, Edward.
Robertsoh, Jake.
. Smart, Annie.
Stanley, Fi;ed C. •
Tubbs, Zelda. , -
Turney, Armo.
REMOVAL NOTICE'
-DE;W.LEDELIN;
,;- DENTIST'
On and After April 1,
my office will be over
First State Bank, in
. Neblett Block
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Stephenville, Texas
Last Saturday on Clarke Field
of Ti C. U; Tarleton w°h third
place in the district track meet
held at T. C, U. The "ground aiu
track v/ere ■ very muddy and the
men did fine considering the con-
ditions under which they had to'
perform. Especially did the.Tar-
Jeton men do good forjfche short
time they had been in training.
■ D'ecatur Baptist College ' won
first. place in the .meet with a
total of 55 points, Thorp Springs
won secpnd place with 46y2 points
and Tarleton third pdace with 4t
points,
The Fort Worth papers gave
Currie' of Thorp Springs first
place or high point man but in
no way. can it be figured that he
came ahead of Frank Stockton
even if -you do not give Frank
anything for running, in the relay.
He won first in the Discus .good
for five points, first in the 440
yard run good for five points,
and half of 16 points - given us
for first and second place in the,
1,20 yard and 220 yard -hiirdles
which -we did not run as there
was no one for our? men to run
against, our hurdle men being
Frank Stockton and Walden. That
would give Frank 18 points if
you jgave him nothing for helping
to win third place in the" mile:
relay. : ..... ' |
We lost the broad jump on a:
fluke or misunderstanding as our J
man outjumped any other man
there-by about two feet. We feel
sure that after the experience of
thi^ meet we can: come put on
top next year with a good margin
in""facis" we t would like - to, show
what we are capable of doing in
:saft§r.,
had "iuite a 'lltiw i'AiJrs J
in g.
Tarleton can win the Junior
College. Track meets just as easy
as she does the baseball and foot
ball championships each time. All
we need is a little more time to
train and 'more interest to be
shown by both the students and
faculty in the work, being done by
the track team. ..Proper support
can put out a winning teana with
the, material we haye already
without waiting for more material
to come in later y^ars. ' s
The results of the meet were as
follows:
100 yard dash—Rush, of Deca-
tur first, Barnes of Decatur sec-
ond, Watson of Thorp Springs
third, Linn of Thorp Springs
fourth. Time 10 2-5 seconds.
880 ysird run—Walden of John
Tarleton first, Williams, of Meri-
dian second, Ray of Decatur third
Brawley of Thorp Springs fourth.
Time, 2 minutes 19 seconds.
Shot Put (sixteen pound)—
Roberts of Thorp Springs first,
Barnes of Decatur ^econd, Dragoo
of Thorp.Springs third.' Distance
31 feet and 8 "inches. .
Pole Vaule—Kelly 61 Decatur
first, R. Stockton of John Tarle-
ton second,. Barnes of 1 Decatur
third. Height, 9'feet. 7 inches.
220 yard dash—Rush of Deca-
tur first, Barnes of Decatur sec-
ond,- Watson -of Thorp Springs
third, Roberts of Thorp Springs
fourth.' Time, 25 3-5 seconds.
Discus Throw—F. Stockton of
John Tarleton first, Currie of
Thorp Springs second, Scruggs of
Thorp Springs third, Carpenter of
Decatur fourth. Distance 115
feet 3 inches.
440 dash—F. Stockton of John
Tarleton first, Bobo of D'ecatur
second, Davis of Thorp Springs
third, Rankin Stockton of John
Tarleton fourth. Time 59 2-5 sec.
.Broad Jump—Currie" of Thorp
Springs first; Williams of Meri-
dian second, Watson of Thorp
Springs third, Barnes of Decatur
fourth. Distance, 18 ft. 6 ins.
Mile Run—Ray of Decatur first,
Burrows of Thorp Spring^, second,
.Crawley of John Tarleton third,
TARLETON WINS FROM A A C
*Iri".two rather one-sided games,
Tarleton beat A, C. C. of Abilene
here Friday and Saturday, getting
revenge for the defeat they gave
us in foolball last fall. .
Official score:
Tarleton^— AB
Adams, If— 1
Montgomery, ss. 4
Hudspeth, c 3
Johnson, lb, 4
Hall, r>b.__„ 1.
Nowlin,' rf.„._ 4
Lanning, 2b. 3
Tate, c f 3
Hammond, p. 3
Eberhart, lf.!___ 2
H
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
R
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
Totals ' 28 '4
■A. C. C.~
Philpot, If
Beilah, s.s.... .
Crabtree, lb.
Smith, c ..j. _
McCasland, c'f-
Jones, 2b. ;
Shepherd, 3b.
Arledge; rf,__.
Colley, p.
W.atson, 2b
Buchanan,., if
AB H
_ 4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
o.
o.
0
1
0
0
5
R
1
Q
0
G
0
0
0
0
0
0'
0
A
E
0
1
1
0
0
1.
0
o"
0
0
''0
T®tals__,_'__ 32 3 1 3
Tarleton 200 000 21x—5
A. C. C.—________100 000. 000—3
Errors—Adams, Hall, Johnson,
.Nowlin, 'Beilah, Crabtree, Jones;
Pitching record—Hammond 9 in-
nings, 1 run, 8 hits; Colley, 8 in-
nings, 5 runs, 4 hits. Two-base
hits—Montgomery, Philpot.
"Umpire—Burleson.
■ SECOND GAME.
Tarleton— - AB H R - E
Hall,. 3b 3 12
iVlontgomery,.... ss...„ ,2,0. 1
Hudspeth, c 5 0 0
Johnson*.lb,U--r,~ 4 „ ^ , 2
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Eberhart, rf 4 1 0
Tate, cf, " 3 0 0
Lanning, 2b.—4 1 .1
Turney, p.J_„^.____ 4 0 1
Chandler, cf. 1 0 0
Totals
A. C, C.—
Philpot, lf:_„.
Beilah, ss,
Crabtree, lb.___
Smith, c.___i.__.
McCasland,, cf—.
Jones, 2b.
Shepherd, 3b—-..
Arledge, rf.—
Watson, p
Clarkson, p
Colley, rf-
33 8
8
AB H R E
4
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4
4
— 3
— 4
__ 3
2
2
l
2.
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Q
1
0
0
0
2 .
0
o
0
0
0
Totals i—_—33 7 .3 3
Tarleton 202 300 Olx—8
A, C. C 100 000 020—3
Errors—Lanning, Jones (2),
Beilah, Two-base hits—Johnson,
Beilah.
Umpire—Burleson, Allison,
A STUDENTS PRAYER 1 ■
Before Exams-
Lord, God of Host, be with us yet,
Lest we forget. Lest we forget.
After Exams®—
Lord, God of Host, Vas with us
not,'
For we forgot. For we forgot.
—From The Baylor Lariats-
Time, 6 min, 6 sec.
220 Hurdles—Frank Stockton
and Walden of John Tarleton
first two places.
, 120 Hurdles—Frank Stockton
and Walden of John Tarleton first
two places.
Javelin — Roberts of Thorp,
Springs .first, Barnes of Decatur
second, Carpenter of Decatur
third, Scruggs of Thorp Springs
fourthi Distance 127 ft. 4 ins.
High Jump—Currie -of Thorp
Springs first, Kelly of Decatur
second, Williams of Meridian-and
Watson of Thorp Springs tied for
third. Height, 5 ft. 2V2 ins.
One Mile Relay—Decatur first,
Thorp Springs second, John Tar-
leton third. Time, 3 min. 53%
sec, .