The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 22, 1924 Page: 2 of 4
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THE J-TAC
,s
Entered as second-class mail matter
at . the postoffice in Stephenville,
Texas, under act of Congress of March
3, 1879. :
EDITOEIAL STAFF .
Editor-in-Chief Brents Harbison
Associate Editor ....Truman Threadgill
Assistant Editor William Davis
Sports Editor.....,; .: Roy Bailey
Exchange Editor Wayne Bider
Business Mgr.........Abbie Joe Downing:
Assistant Business Mgr Brady Nix
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE:
Forrest Agee, Marjorie Neblett,
Louise Matheny, Mrs. Martin, J. W.
Foote, Alpha Striegler, Hesta Davis,
and others. ■
WE MUST WrN
TARLETON AGGIES, where is
that old spirit of '22-'23-'24? It
is Indeed a deplorable condition
when a student body "outgrows"
its "pep." Some may be satisfied
with the amount and kind " of pep
we are displaying—but it is lack-
ing and. lacking bad'ly.
That old Tarleton spirit can nev-
er die, yet" it may be housed up in
the bosoms of the students until
there are no visible effects of it.
But that old spirit is going to
break loose and when it does—and
not until then—will we have the
same old working, hustling, fight-
ing, bunch.
It's time to wake up—before its
too late—arouse from our slumber
and talk, eat drink, live, think,
and dream, TARLETON.
If it takes a stinging defeat to
bring out t-hait old fight, then let's
pray for defeat—-the sooner, the
better.
But Aggies we are not built that
way, we can't standi by and watch
our team go down in defeat when
we can help them to win. And un-
less we fight with them'*' we will
fail miserably. When the student
body and "the team get to that
point where they believe they can
win and believe it strong enough
to put forth every ounce of ener-
gy fchey possess, never losing their
desire" to win—-we will 'win—in
spite of the inevitable.
Remember, there are three
things we must do—WE MUST
WIN—the competitive drill, foot-
ball championship and band cham-
pionship.
bers, and likewise in spirit; we
seem to forget that it is not al-
ways number® and size that count ;
we seem to ftfrget that every Jun-
ior college in the State has one
lofty ideal; and that one ideal is
to beat 'Tarleton. We commend
them for that stand and it is up
to us to shatter that one ideal, no
matter how commendable it may
be.
PLAY THE GAME FAIR
THE ABOiVE EDITORIAL was
written before the game last Fri-
day. But never has there been
such; a sudden revival of spirit
as swept the student body last
Friday. The "old pep" broke loose
and'all day long, during the game,
and. long after the game, the stu-
dent body yelled and kept up the
old fight,, (.although our. .boloved
team had gone down before a bet-
ter team.
No body can kick at the support
the student body gave the team at
the game. Agee very ably direct-
ed the yells and assisted by Miss
Louise Keith, the display of "pep"
was uniform and uproarously suc-
cessful
The fight is on—we cannot
slacken, more battles are to be
fought and if wo' come out victor-
ious we must fight and fight to
win.
A HARD DOSE TO SWALLOW
The coming of Texas Pish, even
if we did get defeated, instilled in-
to our hearts a new appreciation
of our football squad. We knew
we had a hard fight to face, and,
the student body got right. The
two days before the game was
a manifestation of what college
life should be. We knew we were
outclassed in weight but we also
knew we were not outclassed in
fight. With such a spirit as this
everyone wants to do the right
thing, he wants to treat his op-
ponent with respect and courtesy,
but fight him to the last ditch.
We want to keep the name of Tar-
leton above reproach. We want
Tarleton to become a symbolism
of sportsmanship, and clean ath-
letics. Every student should keep
in mind at all times the motto
Coach Wisdom keeps before -his
men; "When the one great score
comes to unite against yoiir name,
he writes not that you won or lost,
but how you played the game."
CARD OF THANKS
WE WISH to, thank those gen-
erous loyal fans, who "cusis"
Coach Wisdom the hardest, for
viewing the Plowboy-Tex&s game
from their cars (swell) parked in
the road on'-the-west side of Hays
Field, Your support is appre-
ciated and your money too.
John Culpepper received , a
scratc^i under- his right arm in
last Friday's game that has threat-
ened serious trouble. When indi-
cations of blood poison were found
he went to the hospital. Sunday
afternoon the doctor could not
tell how serious his condition was.
We are proud to say that he has
improved wonderfully, and it is
thought he will be out in a day or
two.
the North Pole, had when told there
were no roads to the pole. He re-
plied, "I'll find a way or make one."
If every Tarleton student would take
this as a motto there would be less
use of red ink in the Registrar's office
in the recording of D's and E's.
Too many students seek the con-
crete road beside the road where there
is no roughness. Get out in the road
and take the hard trip, the trip worth
while. Then, as you reach the top of
the hill and school closes you can say,
"It was worth while."
"I hold no dream of fortune vast,
Nor seek undying fame.
I do not ask when life is past
That many know my name.
I may not own the skill to ylse .
To glory's topmost height,
Nor win a place among the wise,
But I can keep the right.
And I can live my life on earth
Contented to the end,
If but a few shal know my worth
And proudly call me friend."
—Edgar A. Guest.
SENIOR CLASS CLIPPINGS
SUCCESS
IT ,WAS A HARD DOSE to
swallow but nobody can kick. 'Our
team fought as never before and
though defeated in numbers they
were victorious in the fight.
It was a case of a better coach
ed, polished machine working in
perfect unison, with a line that
(held like a brick wall, while the
backfield rammed, twisted, squirm-
ed and plunged our line time after
time.
We learned two things in this
game—first, that our team has not
observed training rules, and sec-
ond, that the rough corners have
not been polished. To be true our
teaim is crippled and crippled bad-
ly and that is only the more-reason
that we should work harder to put
the polish on the machine that
must defeat Decatur Baptist Col-
lege, annihilate Weatherford Col-
lege, eliminate Grubbs and beat
Meridian.
We seem to forget that other in-
stitutions grow in size and num-
What is success? You hear it on
every hand. Is it attaining' soma
great honor in school or is it being
very popular? Success is neither of
these. It is the realization of ideals,
worth while. The student who early
in the year sets for himself ideals
that he intends to attain by virtue of
hard work is bound 'to be a successful
student. Sometimes he may only at-
tain a part of them but at that he is
a success.
Every student • should have a good,
a definite purpose to work forward
to. The old saying, "Hitch your
wagon to a star" is the very funda-
mental of success. One can never be
successful as a dreamer. A drifter
never gets anywhere. What is your
goal? Is it Just to "get by" in your
class work or is it to get the most out
of your work? It should be the latter.
You came here for work and work you
should do.
You must have a desire to be suc-
cessful for you cannot get the most
out of the class rooms if there is no
desire to master the subject, Desire
is the very factor that determines
whether a student will be successful.
Make up your mind now that you are
going to like the course and that you
are going to do your best to master
it or in other words create a desire
for it.
Success waits for no student, "Pro-
crastination is the thief of time." You
have heard this over and over. You
may think of success as a germ of am
bition that constantly needs fostering.
Foster this germ so that you may
realize that the biggest thing in school
is to achieve, to work, to succeed.
It is very true that many of you
get a wrong start and because of it
lose all desire to accomplish. Your
success is greater by virtue of the
greater obstacles that you are forced
to overcome. The load to success isn't
paved. It is a very long and rocky
road. "There are many folks in the
road and it is very easy to get on the
wrong road. Sometimes, you may
think there is no road to success. In
a case like this, you should get the
motto that Peary, the discoverer of
We, as Seniors, are especially proud
of the fact that we are members of
the largest Senior class Tarleton, has
ever had. Furthermore, by the end of
the year we hope that we can say we
are members of the largest graduat-
ing class of this college. It would
mean very little to belong to a large
class out of which the minority finish-
ed. We want our class to begin and
end as a class and not as a group of
;individuals. To make this possible
each member must have the interests
of the class at heart.
There . must be cooperation and
there must be spirit.' Attend every
meeting of the Seniors and see what
is going on. You must feel that you
have a "say" in everything we. do. Be
loyal and teach others to be,
During this year we are to raise a
certain amount of money. 1 Of course
this is always the most'perplexing
problem we are concerned with. The
only way to do.this is by patient per-
severance of the tasks assigned us.
If, during the year, you are asked to
do a certain thing, do it to the best of
your ability. We must' finance our
class!
The members already elected to of-
fice are Abbie Joe Downing, president;
Frank Johnson, vice president; Clarie
Braeuer, "secretary and treasurer; J.
■Lee Hays, business manager of the
annual; D. Orton, editor of the an-
nual; Roy Bailey, athletic editor of
the J-Tac; and Wayne Rider, exchange
editor of the J.-Tac.
Mr. Howell was elected as one fac-
ulty adviser; the other one has not
been chosen, "
The rings will soon be here and all
members who have not paid for said
rings, do So at your earliest conveni-
ence. They, are being sent C. O. D,
and it will be impossible to get them
before all the money has been col-
lected.
Joe Downing is certainly giving his
best to our class. We were real proud
of his talk at the pep meeting .the
other night. What he said then, can
easily be applied to the Seniors. L^ts
carry off honors! Let's do our best
to make this a successful year. _ Start
now! Attend every class meeting!
THE VALUE OF THE CLOTH
It was rather impatient a few
days ago> while waiting in one of
the dry goods stores to purchase
a small article. , The whole store
was busy, and the clerks all had
a tiredj despondent look.
"Three yards of purple please!"
I stopped and looked around at an
old woman w!ho "was buying cloth
for her children's school clothes.
Purple? I wondered for whom she
had chosen it. From her conver-
sation with the clerk I judge that
it was for her daughter, a child
of eight.
"And eight yards of wihite!"
My heart absolutely leaped into
my throat. I doubt very seriously
that she realized she had purchas-
ed two colors for which any Tar-
leton student would have fought.
Perhaps I should not have realiz-
ed it had it not beeii for our re-
cent! "revival" here at school. Our
recent patriotism had awakened
something deep within me.
The cloth was cheap enough—
as far as cloth was concerned.
But cut up into flags or strips of
colors" and waved before the stu-
dent body, that would have been
"our" flag, .
I became lost in thought. Why
had the Tarletonites of years gone
by chosen purple? Purple as a
royal color! The purple robes of
a king! Imposing majesty! A
color of greatness!
. "Is the cloth worth 35 cents per
yard?" Asked the old woman in-
nocently.
My heart beat faster and faster
and I stepped forward—"35 cents"
I asked. Then I stopped. The
cloth had a different meaning to
us. I had no right to speak nor
interfere.
She, fingered the white, and
again I was lost in thought. White
as th,e .symbol of 'parity! Tlhel
Milky White Way of Heaven! And
the snow! White as thistle down!
The power of white! Light! There
is nothing silly in white—the
foam of rushing waters, is white.
Besides, I thought of our own
popular coinages as being "white"
and "treating another fellow
whte." •
I understand why the Tarleton
students of old had chosen those
colors which thrill nearly eight
hundred khaki clad andjolue clad
boys amd girls—all in a' minute I
had analyized our colors; and knew
why they were so lovely.
Again tihe old woman spoke.
"Do you suppose the white is
a real value?"
Something within, me prompted
me to*speak; I stepped forward,
then forced ipyself to silence.
I wondered more than ever be-
fore if we made as our ideal this
flag of purple and white. Vic-
tory we warnt? Ask Cry ! Adver-
tise!
Heroes? Yes, we have them by
the dozens!
Yes, our flag.!
I thought again. Some how I
had lost my restless feeling, I felt
higher—more elevated.
The old woman gathered her
bundles and passed me. The clerk
stepped forward.
"I want—"I hesitated. I could
not think of the article I had come
to pui-chase. Finally I surprised
myself by saying: "I want a yard
each of purple and white, just like
yoq sold Mrs, "
The clerk stood still. "You?"
she gasped. "What on earth are
you going to do with it?"
"Study it," I explained and then
learn the real value of cloth. '
"Our preacher gave me a terrible
shock Ersel," Red Campbell said yes-
terday.
"Why, what happened?" Ersel ask-
ed his friend.
"I asked him if he was busy and he
said he was working to beat Hell!"
If it is barber work
you want—-
a, WE KNOW HOW.
McMahan & Reid's
Half Block North Majestic Theatre
LOOK!
That Good Chocolate Candy
Always Fresh
0. A. SMITH
GROCERY
THE FARMERS GUARANTY STATE
BANK
Will appreciate the business ,of Students and Faculty
GUARANTY FUND BANK
East Side Square
HOW ABOUT IT?
blows his
A wise man never
knows.
In the old days the seat of emo-
tions was believed to be in the
liver/ But that was in the old
days.
Some guys we know with a cold
in their heads never have any-
thing else there.
Put your hammer in the locker:
With your handax do likewise,
Anyone can be a knocker.
Anyone can criticise,
Cultivate the building habit,
Though it !h.urts your face to
smile;
At the start it may look awkward
But you'll get it after awhile.
Nature gives you features but
you pick your own teeth.
Don't think the world is treat-
ing you rough. Think of the blows
a handkerchief ireceives. It all
comes out in the wash.
Time was when bachelors' used
to be objects of pity.
Saturday, October 25th
9
"THE. MIDNIGHT ALARM1
With an All-Star Cast
Also "THERE HE GOES" Comedy
NEW MAJESTIC THEATRE
Reynolds: "Gee, I just swal-
lowed a caterpillar on this salad."
Mona: "Take a drink of water
and wash it down."
Reyiolds: "Naw, let the sun-
uvagun walk it."
New Shoes
Just Arrived . . •
The latest styles and all leathers
Come in and let us fit you and
you won't have foot trouble.
G. M. CARLTON BROS. & COMPANY
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