The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 25, 1926
NUMBER 22
LISTEN PLOWBOV
We diapped one game to Weath-
erford and won the other by a very
harrow margin, consequently we
must pldy our old football rival for
the Championship. Also you Plow-
boys and Aggettes will have to "get
right" with your pep. Wouldn't
ydU be proud to say you were from
the school that won State Football
and Basketball Championship, Its
up to you! 1
■—BEAT BURLESON—
, The Senior Carnival will soon
roll around again. The writer of
this column promises all who attend
a good time.. It was even thus—
Take a pocket fill! of dimes along
and shell 1 down. '
—BEAT BURLESON—
It's odd that we should have to
play the Basketball Championship
off with Burleson. Can vve do them
That old Tarleton fight with the
best basket ball team in the State
is an unbeatable combination.
—BEAT BURLESON—
The class issues of the J-Tac will
soon be coming out. Each class,
should back the staff that they pick
just as they backed the eleven on
the field and the five on the court.
The paper each class puts out is
the representative of that class. "By
1 their works—ye shall know them."
—BEAT BURLESON—
By the Way it might he a good
• idea for someone. in the class to
resolve to write this column for
when the class issues come around
this colummist gets a rest. '
—BEAT BURLESON—
Plowboys and Agettes you back-
ed the football team wonderfully,
you have done well by the basket-
i ball team so-far. There are those
of course, as every where else, who
will not do thedr bit, but. as a
general thing, all of us have the
Tarleton. Let us implore you to
makes winning teams, and a Greater
Tarleton. Let us improve you to
give one final effort and go over
the top to VICTORY and State
Championship. *
—BEAT BURLESON—
DEMERITOLOGY.
English 2-2
Red Jenkins.
Tarleton College
Feb. 18, 1926.
Deineritology is an elective course
of Tarleton College, Although none
of us are required to take it. There
atr so many ways of gaining grade
points in this course that we have
to be very careful or we will over-
run our quota. If we happen to be
someone else when one of our
classes meet, we are awarded six
points. Personally I have known
exceptionally good students in . this
course who gained so many points
in \ one term that tht faculty ad-
vised them to withdraw from col-
lege for fear of an overworked
brain.
TENSHION
By taxing at its source, only foujr
men are needed ,to administer the
collection of Wisconsin's gasoline
tax. " ;' '
March 1, 1926.
Squad Drill .....—10 min.
Platoon Drill... ...15 min.
Company Drill and Manual of
Arms-20 min.
March 3, 1926. ,
Physical Drill 10 min.
Company Drill 30 min.
Manual of Arms 10 mib,
March 5, 1926.
Battalion Inspection,
Battalion Parade.
Milit^y^Scjene Theoretical Class
Room Work
Section 402 a
(A) Saber Drill.
(B) Close Order Drill.
Section 302
Practical instruction in the Man-
ual of" Arms and Close Order* Drill.
(Military Column)
Service
Warren G. Harding has said,
"service is the greatest thing in the
human calender, and the better we
equip ourselves the better we serve,
because in the expansion of mind
comes the i better understanding of
how to best serve. No matter what
your fortunes, the greatest compen-
sation that will come' to you to-
morrow, or next year, or the clos-
ing year of your life, will be the
consciousness that you have some-
how been of service, either to your
friends, your state or common coun-
try. This is the greatest thing that
can happen."
Military Training in Schools will
Help
These United States of ours are
150 years old. In the past century
and a half we have had six major
conflicts—five with foriegn coun-
tries arid one to preserve the un-
ion. On an average that has been
a war for every 25 years, or one
for every ' generation. It is true
that everyone wishes thai we shall
never have war again, but what
proof have we that there will not be
another? If history repeats itself
and in the next century, and a half
we have a repetition of the past
would not the little military train-
ing that a high school or college
student gets, serve him good stead.
It might save his life an the lives
of loved ones.
Pass on, pass on, ye flashing flies
Of men who. march in militant ar-
ray; Ye thrilling bugles, throbbing
drums, Ring out, roll on and die
away; And fade, ye crowds, with
the fading day. But far above, on
the skylines broken height, From
all the towers and domes outlined
in gray and gold along the city's
crest, I see the rippling flag still
takes the wind with a promise of
good to come to all mankind.
—Van Dyke,
NOTICE: Anyone wanting instruc-
tions in the latest aerobating stunts
apply to Janelie Stodghill or Jewel
Grisham, They major in walking
on their hands and standing on the
wall.
SPORT MAN SHIP OF
FOREIGN TEAM
A
Last Friday and Saturday night
Tarleton and Weatherford played
basketball for the district. The
first night both teams played a
good game, and our opponent
showed good sportmanship. But
they won, was the reason. They
treated every one nice and it was
really enjoyed.
Oni Saturday night there was a
different story altogether. They
seemed to be concious of the fact
that they were going to itake a de-,
feat. Erom the beginning they were
hostile for some unknown reason.
They called the Tarleton boys,
"littl boy scouts," arid'the captain
their master.
1 After the game, and of course
Tarleton had - won; there was a
strange thing happened tjo two Tar-
leton, men. The Qaptain and Mir,
Howell Were surpiised By a showef
of water. It came from some un-
known source and was a pretty
scarey one. , ' '
Well "we won the game just the
saiAe and also a good seiid off.
MOVEMENTS AGAINST THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
There are certain groups working
continually in the United States with
ohly one motive "in view, that of
preventing Military Training in the
schools and colleges 'of the United
States. They say that the Military
Training is a "move towards the
militarizing" of this nation of ours,
they say that it is "a step towards
imperialism." According to an article
appearing in the' Ntew York Com-
mercial, "the purpose of that com-
mon movement being to overthrow
this Government and establish com-
monwealth similar to the oik? now
in operation in Russia." Truly,
there is not a true blooded, loyal
American that wants to see a rep-
etion. of 1917—the United States
struggling to get ready to with-
stand the attack an enemy. What
loyal citizen wishes to raise the
youth of this country'to be a gen-
eration of Weaklings arid slackers:
If such there be, then many will
be forced to .question loyalty to
nation which, at all times, should
come tnead of all other consider-
ations, '
SUCCESS.
Burl Agnew Tarleton College,
English LittratUre Feb. 19, 1926.
_ . : #
THE TARLETON RIFLE TEAM
LOSES FIRST CONTEST
In the first of a series of contests,
the Tarleton rifle team lost to the
Phoenix Junior College. This
match was fired here the twenty
third of February. A report from
the riyal team stated that the Tar-
leton team scored eleven hundred
and twenty three compared with
the eleven hundred, arid ninety ithree
of a possible twelve hundred made
by the Arizona cadets.
The Tarleton giiririers have a num-
ber of contests in the near future
and with ,a little .practice promise
to make a more favorable report.
Watch for the dates. 1
STEPHENVILLE VS. ABILENE
In one of the most fine contests
of the year Stephenville High
.took two hard fought -gaiiies from
Abilene, In the first game Stephen-
ville didn't get going until the last
half and just barely forced out
their opponent. The last game Steph-
enville started with a good determi-
natiori to wipe their opponent off
their feet, but Abilene came back
and put up one of the greatest
fights that has faced Stephenville
this year.
This makes the fifth time that
Stephenville has ^ earned the right
to enter the State hampionship
totlrnament at Austin this year dur-
ing the early part of arch. So Steph-
enville hfts something to be proud
of, and also the players playing on
the iteam,. The-people are backing
their team and hope that they will
still show the same sportsmanship
when they get to Austin as they have
while they played at home, and
the neighboring places,
LUNCHEON
PLOWBOYS SPLIT WITH
COYOTES TO WIN
WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP
A successful man is one who has
tried, not failed; who has worked,
not dodged; who has taken great re-
sponsibilities, not evaded them; who
has realy gotten under trie burden,
not merely Btood off looking on)
giving advice and pnilosophizirig
oil the situation. The result of a
man's work is not the measure of
success. To go down into, the ship
in storm and tempest is better than
to paddle away, into paradise in an
orthodox canoe. To have,, worked
is to ^ 8ucc.ee,e^eifk We kayo the
resuls to time,—Life is too short to
gathtr the harvest, we only sow.
Tuesday Miss Ruth Skinner enter-
tained with a two course buffet lun-
cheon; At the appointed time the
guest arrived and were entertained
in the spacious living room by Miss
Polly Edwards. The living room
was decorated with pot flowers. At
11:45 a luncheon was served by
Bessie Peck and Velma Watson to
Willie Mae Stuteville, Lucile Wil-
liams, Lillie Alma Haley, Modena
Fitzhugh, Edith Childress, Miss Pat-
terson and hostess, Ruth Skinner.
I The guests enjoyed the luncheon
very much and wish Miss Skinner
would entertairi again. At the close
of the luncheon the guests were in-
vited to the kitchen where they
found their duties which were wash
ing dishes, silverware and china.
SOPHOMORES
S—Sure of Success
O—On the top always
P—Proud We are "Sophs" <
H—Hope to be Juniors
O—Once a "Fish"
M—-May be a Senior
O—On to Victory
R—-Ready with the "Pep"'
E—Ever Forward
S—Seeking Fame,
For the second time this season
the Plowboys, went down in defeat
Friday nite. Playing only a med-
iocre style of basketball, the Plow-
boy quintet went down before the
Coyotes 25 to 18.
At no time during the game
could the Plowboys take the lead.
They wefe badly off form in both
shooting baskets arid passing the
ball; against it Was Binnion and
Hearne who. kept the Plowboys on
their guard at all tiriies. These
two men threw goals almost at , will
from any position, necessary, And
it seemed impossible for them to
miss. ^ ^ , j
Johnson was out of the game Fri-
day night: due to illness. Fitzger-
ald played part of the game but
was replced by Jennings, with Cole-
man jumping center.
The game was a clean hard fought
battle all the way through. Very
few fouls were called on either
side.
Saturady night the Plowboys re-
verted the tables and won from the
Coyotes 31 to 19,
The game was to decide the
Championship of the Western Dis-
trict, the Championship going to
the Plowboys if the game was won
and if the game was lost the De-'
catur Indians would be Champions.
The Plowboys fought harder than
they have at any time this year,
the small pep squad from Tarle-
ton aiding them wonderfully.
Johnson, who was out of the
game Friday night was the out-
standing star of, the game, Starr
and Davis played such close game
at guard that the opposing team
was forced to shoot most of its
goals from mid-couitt.
Owing ,to his weak condition,
Johnson was replaced in the last
few minutes of the game by Fitz-
gerald.
Bennion and Hearne. played good
ball for the Coyotes although it was
not up to the game they played on
Friday night. Binnion played un-
der a I handicap as he was lame in
one foot, due to ail injury he had
received Friday night.
Heffington of The Fort Worth
athletic association. reieercd both
games, same being played atWeath-
erford, , -
The Plowboys will play Burleson
for State Championship.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
James Mason were to get to Eng-
lish Class on time?
Mr. Eaves quit telling jokes in
class? , '
Thoirias Winters should miss a
show on Wednesday afternoon?
Campus courses could be count-
ed as majors?
Love was success?
Success came to idlers?
Polly Edwards smiled?
Our school had too Mpep?"
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1926, newspaper, February 25, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139947/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.