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VOLUME V.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1923.
NUMBER 5.
SERVICE DRUG STORE
Two Goldfish, One Globe and Uackage Fish Food
All for 50c
SERVICE DRUG STORE
TARLETON IS WELL REPRE-
SENTED AT DALLAS FAIR
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Did you compare our own ex-
hibit' with the other school - ex-
hibits at Dalas? ' Yes, and our
exhibit, stood high in the rank
too,' didn't it? Mr. Funkhouser
has had charge of our exhibitions
lor the past few years and he be-
lieves that if we put on an exhibit
we should put it on right. All of
our exhibits , are planned a year
ahead go that there will be uni-
formity in the arrangement. Ev-
ery color and even every piece of
furniture blends well with its
surrounding,
There is no play or frolic in
putting\on an exhibit. One man
is always along to boss the job,
as two bosses do not work well
together and consequently seldom
ever put on a good exhibit, As
our plans are already pictured
mentally; we unpack our furniture
and other articles and put them
in their respective places withoiit
much comment or quick decisions
on the major problems.
" Few people realize just how
to appreciate an exhibit but when
a fellow goes to put on an exhibit
for himself and works from sun-
rise until midnight for two or
three nights, he can then appreci-
ate and realize the work done on
the exhibit.
The Domestic EJcience and Foods
Classes work with the Agricul-
tural and Manual Training class-
es and we always put on a good
exhibit. That's just one of our
ways of letting folks know who
we are and why. When the music
department begins to "sound off"
its exhibit, -the- people gather
""gl'OttKtr^nd listiah "arid""Begin to
notice in our exhibit what our
students have actually done under
skillful guidance, Almost every
student contributes either direct-
ly or indirectly „to the exhibits,
arid in this our school is repre-
sented and not a group of indi-
viduals.
Our exhibits this year have
been, a wonderful success. They
have been commented upon by
many critical eyes "and spoken
well of. Newspaper men as well
as the general public have, made
mention that our exhibit was an
attractive one. We will continue
our exhibiting at the fairs and
hope to be able to put forth bet-
ter exhibits in the future than in,
the past. We . begin to prepare
early. Already the Manual Arts
department is laying plans to
make a black walnut dining room
suite to be exhibited.next season.
JUNIOR CLASS NEWS
.' >The Junior Class met last Wed-
nesday mornipg at the regular
-chapel hour for the purpose of
organization.' Forest Agee was
elected chairman until the-presi-
dent could be elected. The vote
for presidency was cast and Ellis
Kitchens was elected by a large
majority. Joe Downing, vice-
. president. Miss Bessie Lea Sears
was elected secretary and Miss
. Es telle Gibbs, J-Tac reporter with
Miss Clara Smith as assistant.
Miss Hewitt was elected faculty
■ adviser and. George Hammond,
sergeant-at-arms.
Following the election of offic-
ers Mr. Howell, faculty adviser,
in response to the cry for 'speech'
gave us some fatherly advice. We
then adjourned feeling that we
were to have a prosperous year.
The Old Gray Mare Band has
just returned from a fifteen day
trip t,o San Francisco and Los
Angles, "Fat" Boyer and "Farm"
Davis were invited to mako the
trip, but .they did not /esl like
they could lose that .nuch time
from , their studies as they are
.both upper classmen.
NOURISHING LUNCHEON
SERVED AT COST OF 10c
When we speak of girls taking
cooking lessons, the average^ lis-
tener thinks perhaps that such
training includes only the ability
to follow a recipe accurately; but
this is just a1 small part of it. Last
Friday the girls of the 301 foods
class divided, into two groups and
served luncheon to each group.
These students planned the menu,
with reference to food values and
calories, calculated the cost,
which was not to exceed ten cents
per person, and ordered the gro-
ceries. After the meal was pre-
pared, the tables were set in the
approved way and the luncheons
were served as carefully and at-
tractively as if Pres. Bizzell him-
self were there as a guest. Mrs.
Hendrix was hostess at one table
and Mrs. Currie at the other.
Now you might be interested to
know what could be served for
ten cents, so here ,are the two
menus. The first one was t .
Cream of Tomato Soup
Crackers
Cheese Fondue'
Buttered Toast
Hot Tea with Lemon :
Here was a nourishing soup,
furnishing excellent food value,
and a meat substitute which was
satisfying and sustaining. The
servings were liberal, so that one
might leave the table feeling well
fed. The cost of this^kmch was
exactly ten cents each.
The second consisted of,
Pork Sausage
Mashed Potatoes
Bi;ead
" Ploaifilg'fslahcr
Vanila Wafers
Hot Tea with Cream and Sugar
To see this table at a quarter
of twelve made one distinctly
hungry. But there was enough
to satisfy that hunger in the gen-
erous servings' that were given,
and the cost per person was nine
and one sixth cents. All this goes
to show that even under the pres-
ent high prices it is possible to
feed a'family at fairly moderate
costs if only the housewife knows
how to plan, prepare, and serve
meals, qud to do efficient buying.
When we consider that ninety-five
per cent of all merchandise sold
over counters is bought by wo-
men, is it toot evident that our
young women, who are to be the
housewives of tomorrow, should
receive careful training in the art
of efficient expenditures of funds?
The Senior Class met Oct. 24
and finished the election of offic-
ers. At a previous meeting Carl-
ton Downing was elected presi-
dent, Bill Kay, vice president, and
for the third consecutive year
Miss Alta Henson was elected
secretary of her class. Miss
Wurtzbaugh was elected faculty
adviser which, makes three, years
'she has. served the class in that
capacity. Mr. Westcoui't was also
elected faculty adviser. Paul
Cunyus, was chosen sergeant-at-
arms after a hot election in which
several of the most promising
members of the class were inter-
ested. J. S. Clements was elected
J-Tac reporter.
FEATHERS FROM A FLIER
Dr. S. A. Steel
From Virginia to Texas is a
long flight. I don't know how. it
would be in an airplane, and
never expect to know, for they
will never get me in one of "them
contraptions;" but even with all
the Comforts of the Pullman it is
a tiresome trip. I circled around
Brownwood a few days, getting
Sister Steel and Miss Chloe locat-
ed, and then lit at Stephenville
for a week's work with Rev. J. U.
McAfee. I was with him once be-
fore at Cooledge, Texas, where he
did a wonderful work, and put
things over. He is moving on the
same line here at Stephenville and
has already made plans 'for a
large annex to his church, a new
parsonage and so on. ' He keeps
things moving. I had to speak
three times a day to keep up with
him, but when the bugle sounded,
I responded. Our audiences grew
at every service, and at the close
!we could not seat the crowds. If
he worked me to the limit, he
treated me nicely, lodged me at
the New Hall Hotel where they
spread a £able almost faulty in its
abundance, home-like, social and
kind; so -that I got my "nap" arid
when I get that, no matter how
often the horn blows, I'm ready to
charge. I ate my 74th birthday
dinner there and preached three
times. I'm now 74, '"gwine .on"
75, and if you'll arrange so I can
get my nap, I can preach three
times a' day, and kesep in ai good
humor all the time. But if I don't
get that nap,. lookout and clear
out; I'm done for. The nap re-
charges the. batteries. "He giveth
his beloved sleep," JBiily said
.•something about its ■knitting up
the1 ravelled sleeve and so forth.
The pride of Stephenville is its
schools. I spoke at all of them
and at the invitation of Dean
Davis, remained over a day and
gave two addresses , at the John
Tarleton Agricultural College.
This is a splendid educational
plant, with 600 as fine looking
young people, one-third of them
young women, as I have seen any-
where. : I wag glad of an oppor^
tunity to give them my message
on "Genesis in the light of mod-
ern science." At a rough estimate
last year I spoke to at least a
hundred thousand students, from
public school children to univers-
ity students; I think the number
will be exceeded this year.. I
was glad to find Christian men at
the head of all these Stephenville
schools, and Dean Davis impress-
ed me as realizing the importance
of the moral as well as intellec-
tual culture of the young life un-
der his care. He and a number
of his faculty, attended our meet-
ings and took part in the service
when called on.
I found a delightful inter-
Church fellowship in Stephenville.
The Baptists are building an im-
mense church, not yet finished.
The brotherly pastor, Culpepper,
was with us most of the time, as
was also Rev. Mr. Teel, pastor of
the Christian church. He says
my message on the "Pioneers of
Methodism," which he heard
thirty years ago, decided his wav-
ering mind, and sent him into the
ministry. Mr. McAfee says one of
my sermons helped him to decide
in a crisis of his life. Amen!
Thank the Lord, my work has "not
AN APPRECIATED BOUQUET
FROM THE RAILWAY CO.
The following letter from Mr.
M. D. Riggs, district passenger
agent of the Frisco Railroad is.
self explanatory;
Fort Worth., Texas,
^October 24, 1923.
Mr. J. T. Davis,
Dean, John Tarleton College;
. Stephenville, Texas,
My dear Dean: Permit me to
express my appreciation of the
splendid cooperation given us by
John Tarleton College and its stu-
dent body in the recent excursion
to Dallas and return. It was a
very successful train from our
point of view and we hope to have
the pleasure of handling you
again. <
Every railroad official on the
train was' particularly impressed
by and commented frequently up-
on the excellent deportment of
your students. Personally, I have
iiiever seen a better behaved crowd
of young people on a trip of that
kind. Their conduct speaks well
for the spirit and discipline pre-
vailing at John Tarleton.
With kind regards to yourself,
faculty and student body, I am,
Yours very truly,
M. D. RIGGS,
District Passenger Agent.
PUBLIC SPEAKING DEPART-'
MENT TO GIVE PROGRAM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY
of handling accounts of Students
of this College
THE FIRST STATE BANK
On Friday, November 16th, at
the College Auditorium,, the Pub-
lic Speaking and Expression de-
partment, under th,e' direction' of
M.is^ 'LTlHb" 'LiKartl^ "tyHT prfeserira"
program of unusual interest and
amusement. Several dramatic
sketches will be. given such as
"The Consensus of the Compe-
tent"- by Dorothea, Lumnis, in
which .three school girls will, de-
termine the "best," "dearest," and
"divinest" man in Tarleton last
year, These girls are hone other
than Estelle Gibbs, Clara Sne
Williamson, and Neva Ham.
Nevt, "The Littlest Rebel" by
Edward Peple will be given, which
will probably be the feature of
the evening. It ig a scene laid'
during the Civil War, in which
Ann Ferguson is splendid as Vir-
ginia Carey, "The Littlest Rebel."
This will be very good and you
should not miss seeing it.
Last, a one act farce, "The
Trysting Place," .by Booth Tark-
ington, will make you laugh in
spite of yourself. It is full of
thrills from beginning to end,, and
it should especially be interesting
to all the Cadets. The characters
are Jessie Shaw, Horace Murray,
Bob Edwards, John Smart, Mary
Nell Rea, Estelle Gibbs, and Clara
Sue Williamson.
There Mil be an admission of
25 cents only for this program.
So remember the date, Friday,
Nov. 16th, at the College auditor-
ium, and plan to come and have a
good time.
MEETING OF THE NORTH
TEXAS VOCATIONAL
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
Last Saturday the North Texas
Vocational Teadhers' Association
held its regular semi-annual meet-
ing at the College.' Owing to the
bad roads and the distance of
Stephenville from the center of -
he area the attendance was small.
The program however was excel-
lent. Dr. Winkler, dean of the
department of education of A, &
M. College was present and made
some very interesting talks. Also
Dr. Boucher, head of the manual .
arts department of the San Mar-
cos Normal, made an address
which was very much enjoyed.
Prof. J. Horace Kraft, of the de-
partment of agricultural educa-
tion of A. & M, College, presided
over the meeting, and Miss Mattie
Walker acted as secretary. The
business session was held during
the luncheon hour at the Hall
Hotel. This was-a most enjoyable
meeting especially from a social
point of view. It was voted to
hold the spring, meeting at the
Masonic Home, Fort Worth. Mr.
Spivey, from that institution,
brought from the president of the
Home a most cordial invitation,
which it was thought well to ac-
cept. Mrs. W. Chamberlin was
elected president for the; ensuing
year,
NEW J-TAC REPORTERS
The J-Tac staff has beent
strengthened since the. last edition
with several new reporters. J. S.
Clements _ i> rjap,oife%. far the Sen-
ior class; Estelle Gibbs.. ' r* rt-
i'ng ''for" the Junior^."" The' fort
and Dump, have both elected re-
porters. Miss Flora Smjth com-
poses "Doings from the Dump,"
and Ellis Kitchens has succeeded
Walter Johnson as scribe from
the Fort. We, welcome . these
helpers and they must not hesi-
tate to send in any material they
may have. If you are a class re-
porter do not think that you are
to report only the things which
concern your class. You are a
J-Tac reporter not class reporter,
Send in. any material you think
will be interesting.
WHAT A BOY SHOULD KNOW:
been in vain in the Lord."
I write this from Brownwood,
where I am resting for a day or
two, before spreading my wings
for another flight. Rev. John Neal
is here helping Bio. Baldridge at
Central in a meeting. Neal has
some oxen at home. When my
75th birthday comes, I ■ want to
have iriy picture taken driving an
ox-team, and Neal says he will
furnish the setting. Why do I
want to appear with a team of
oxen then? Just tb show that I
haven't got the big-head and be-
come ashamed of my early voca-
tion. When' I was a bey on the
farm, I drove six as fine oxen as
any boy ever yoked up. A man's
origin may he lowly, bj.it there
isn't miich to him if he is asham-
ed of it.
What Later He May Wish He Had
Known;
Recently a questionnaire was
sent' to nineteen men in mature
life with varied business and pro-
fessional experiences. The reT
plies' to Questions concerning
what these men wished they had
known before they were twenty-
one revealed the following points
in the summary of what a young
man'ought to know:
1. What he wants to do for' a
living.
2. That his health after thirty
depends largely on how he lived
before he was thirty. 6
3. How to take care of his
money.
4. The advantage of being
neatly and sensibly dressed.
5. That habits are mighty
hard to break after twenty-one.
■6. That things most worth
while require time; patience, and
hard work,
7. That the harvest depends
on the seed sown. Sow,wild oats
and one is likely to reap tears of
bitterness and unhappiness.
8. That a thorough education
pays in the long run.
9. That education should not
stop with the school years.
10. That father is not such an
old fogy as he may at times seem.
11. That' mother is generally ■
the greatest practical idealist.
12. Thait the doors of oppor-
tunity in this country are still
open,.
—Educational Digest.
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