The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, MAY 13, 1926.
tarleton wins ■
mm orator-
: ical contest
, The third district of the Texas
Junior College Oratorical Associa-
tion'met at Wetherford College on
Tuesday, May 4. This district is
one of the strpngesj: and most effi-
cient in the Association. The offi-
cials of this district are Dean Clem-
ents of Wayland : College,. Plain-
view, Texas, president; President B.
. J. Albritton of Jacksonville Bap-
tist College, Jacksonville, vice-pres-
ident; and ftiiss Lillie V. Lillard
of John Tarleton Agricultural Col-
lege, Stephenville, secretary-treasur-
er.
, At the meeting, President Boger
pf Weatherford College introduced
Miss Lillard, who acted as chair-
/-man. He was very complimentary
t6 Miss Lillard, praising her for
her, earnest efforts in behalf of the
association. During the ■ past two
years there has been more interest
taken in the Association than ever
hoped for the future.
Roy Ward, a senior in Tarleton
,, „ and ..a student o_f the Public Speak-
ing Department, won first place in
the boys' contest. His oration was
"The Clutch of Crime." Weather-
ford College won first in the girls'
contest. The .three judges were
■ from Texas Christian University,
Fort Worth. Among them was Dr.
Fallis, who ia head of the depart-
ment of public speaking and ex-
.pression at T. C. U. Medals were
awarded the winners.
The state oratorical meet \vill be
held at Wayland College, Plainview
on Friday, Miay 14. The winners
of the four, districts will compete
.for state honors. Roy Ward of
John Tarleton College will repres-
ent the third district. ?
This is the second time that ■ Roy
Ward has won in this district, and
is the third time in1 the past three
years that Tarleton has been re-
, presented in the finals.
Several Stephenville citizens who
were interested in the meet went
to Weatherford fo, the contest Tues-
day evening.
EXES, DID YOU KNOW—
. That there will be a banquet fpr
YOU on Saturday night, May 22,
at the Methodist Annex?
Many of the Exes, have already
bought their tickets? Have you
bought yotirs?. Why, some say they
will be here ''with bells on" and
others say they "wouldn't miss it."
What about you?
You can't afford to miss this
opportunity • of seeing your old
classmates ahd favorite Profs? The
"old Quartet" will sing and the old
yell leaders will put forth the "long
ago" pep which you all knew?'1
It will be a big treat. Will you
be in the line of Exes when the
doors are opened at 7:30, May 22?
BUY YOUR TICKET NOW.
(Tickets are $1.25 each)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
"The writer who neglects punctu-
ation, or mis-punctuation, is liable
to be misunderstood. ; . . Even
when the sense is perfectly clpar,
sentence may be deprived of half
proper puActuatiori.^xTPQ^.'
NEW ANNEX NEWS
Scandal! Scandal! Moco ,Brown-
lee, had the keys to 'the new An-
nex as well as the S. A. Saturday
night.
We have been unable to find out
what caused the commotion in the.
South end of the hall Sunday af-
ternoon. Anyone who knows will
please put a notice in the J-Tae, as
!'(ve are anxious to find out.
Why are we celebrating tonight?"
Which young cadet is so popu-
lar with several, of the new annex
girls.
Mary Sue, Bettye Mae, and Wig-
gles spent the week end at home'
in Carbon.
Six new Annex girls had a feast
in --Edna Me r riot's room Saturday
inght.
Tuesday night, just as the lights
went out, screaming was hefu-d in
Inez and Edna's room. Everyone
rushed-madly up - there; to -find-Inez
standing on top of a wardrobe
trunk, Edna and Uersy.e standing
on the library table, and Racfiael
standing in a. chair. -Careful search
failed to discover the snake that
one of the girls had put her foot
against(?)
Mollie Lee and Alvenia went to
Gatesville for the week end.
Inez Gunn and Ruth Skinner
spent the week end at home in
Dublin.
If anyone reads anything in this
articl which he does not under-
stand, we refer him to a commit-
tee composed of— •
Ruth Skinner, Chairmtn.
Oleta Modsett.
Mary Sue Rumph.
Reba Jenkins.,
This part of the surroundings
has not been able to secure any
ne'wq,-. but but we are here again,
ready to do our duty.
There have been many visitors
in our midst lately, and we were
glad to have thern all.
Several parents were visitors in
our Annex last week ,
NUMBER 33,
state honors
for tarleton
track team
On ^last Saturday, May 8th, Tar-,
leton's Track Team defeated the
highly '"'tooted" Burleson Track
.Team and became St'at£ CKainpiojls,
Burleson was favored t6 win, fyut
the plowboys upset the dope and
came out with GO points, leading
the' other contesting schools by' ;a
fair margin. •:
The results of this1 meet were d(ie,
in no small way, to Coach Fraziejr's
untiring efforts with his men. ijfis
patience and perseverence instilled
in them uhder his tutilege a fight-
ing spirit which would not let them
be defeated. Tarleton is the first
year to win a Championship Track.
Summary of Track
Massey dropped out in semi-
finals of singles. He was beaten by
a man from Wesley. Tarleton and
Lon Morris won their way to the
finals in tennis doubles. Lane and
Massey represented Tarleton. On
account of vaccination Lon Morns'
players were advisee} 'by a physi
j. t. a. c. band won
champ flag in
state contest
ciaii, not, to .jjlaf?; -band-antUeeond^ihe^orth ^x,
doubles were forfeited to Tarleton.
Hesta Brown epent the week end
in Fort Worth.
Mary Deane and Margaret spent
the w6ek end with Delilah Bryant
and Ruth Phifer.
Doris Willi&kris of Lorena was a
visitor of Mabel Mote this week end.
Polly Edwards and. Helen Allen
spent several days in the hospital
last week..
Evelyn and Grace Floyd spent the
week end: hi town.
Eva Suttle, who js attending .Bay-
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Track Everits
100-Yard High Hurdle—Sheen,
John Tarleton; Ownhy, Hillsboxo
Junior College, and Vilkins, John
Tarleton, tied for second; Sanders;
Wesley. Time—16.5 seconds.
100 Yard Dash-—Cross, Burleson;
Garbett, Burleson; Meek, Wesleiy;
Uselton, North Texas Aggies. Time
—4 minutes 58.4 seconds,
880 Yard 1 Dash—-Luther Starr
John Tarleton; Caldwell, Wesley;
Aldridge, Burleson; Boyd, John
Tarleton. Time—2 minutes 7 sec-
onds.
220 Yard Dash—Cross, Burleson;
Garbett, Burleson; Meek, Wesle!y;
Ownsby, Hillsboro Junior College;
Merrick, Wesley. Tim&—26.7 sec-
onds. ,
One Mile Relay-—Burleson (Lee,
Aldridge, Garbett and'Cross), John
Tarleton, Wesley. Norjth Texas Ag-
gies. Time—3 minutes 38.8 sec-
onds.
Field Evenfa
Shot Put—rBlackshear, Texas Mil-5
itary College; Lonnie Starr, John
Tarleton; Lewis, North Texas Ag-!
gies; Sanders, Wesley. Distance—
37 feet 9 1-4 inches.
Pole Vault—Boyd, John Tarle-
ton; White,' John Tarleton; and
Fitzgerald, John Tarleton, tied for
first; Harris, Burleson. Height.—
10 feet 8 inches.
Discus Throw—Lonnie Starr, John
Tarleton; Luther Starr, John Tarle-
ton; West, Wichita Falls, J. C,;
Nasche, Wesley. Distance—] 14 1 feet
10 inches.
High Jump—Caudle, John Tar-
leton, and Sheen, John Tarleton, tied*
for first; Lee, Burleson; Welkins;
John Tarleton, and aiid Aldredge,
Burleson, tied for fourth. Height—
5 feet 7 inches.
Javelin Throw—Lee, Burleson;
MeMurray, John Tarleton; Hough-,
ton, John Tarleton; Meek, Wesley.
Distance—142 feet 4 inches. •;
Broad Jump—Lonnie Starr, John
Tarleton: Meek, Wesley; MeMur-
ray, John Tarleton; Rabb, Burle-
son. Distance—20 feet '6 1-2 inches,;
te
as Agricultural College band. The;
first prize was a silk United States
.flag. .
The band boys themselves were
more pleased to beat Grubbs lha/t
anybody for there is as much vic-
tory between the two bands as there
is between athjetic teams.
All honor to Mr. Ilunevvell and;
the band!
p|s; ;;:j^e|9 ^ gonjel
? m mz im M
: "Yes," 1 ijon't ypii
ehave it off?"
May 2 and 9 is observed in Fort
Worth each year as Boys' Week,
On Friday of that week an immense
parade was staged composed of thei
boys of Fort Wort)) and a num-
ber of bands from other towns.
The boys of each school or each ojr-;
ganization formed a complete unit]
in the parade. The number taking
part in the parade was estimated
all the way from six thousand to
ten thousand.
Our band >vas invited to take parL
in the parade and compete for' th,&
prize offered the best band. Those
of you who did not see the par-
ade can imagine ho^y spie and span
truly military our bfirtd. appeared.-
Altho there were other military'
bands in the parade, none present-
ed quite the form our band did.
And who will not say that "uii-
slouched" caps had much to d,o
with the general appearance?
To make a long story short, first
honors went to' the John Tatleton
CEDAR'S CHATTER
, Hello! Everybody, here we are
back again after a six weeks vaca-
tion, Are you glaij to see us back.
If you are pleased sign your na^ie
to the coupon below attach a dol-
lar and ipail to our address. Pro-
ceeds to go, to 'far S. P. E. It isj a
worthy cause and all donations will
be cheerfuly received, S. P. -E.
by the way stands for something,"
probably eats.
We have been compiling statis-
tics in our most palatial mansion
and we have come to the conclu-
sion that of all the figures the fol-
lowing list is most suggestive;
3 in 1
4 out of 5 i
7 ' '.
2 in 1.
54-40 or fight
11
666
99 44-100
57 varieties
10 to 0
44 to 6
14 to 12
two victories
for us closes
, b. b. season'
TJig John Tarleton Plowboy clos-
ed the base ball season ,of« 1926 on
Hfiyes field Friday and Saturday
witli two wins over, Weatherford
College. ' ;
Fri,d.ay afternoon Pruitt let the vis-
itors down with two hits and one
walk. He had them hitting fhe ball
where lip wanted them to, .while
his team mates made four tallies—
er.cu.eh vo win 'gaipu.
In the first inning Griffin struck
out, atid, t)ie next two men rolled
out to Nix at first. In the second
inning tvyp hits, and a, sacrifice
hit, and an error paved the way for
the visitor's three t.Uhs of the game,
'fiie second inning was the only
bad Inning of fhe game when he
>vas touched for two hits and three
run£. In the succeeding inning the
vjsitors went down in order. In
the third, Hearne reached firjst on an
er^qy, afj^ejr jslfeea had been thrown
out ^t first. But Barker hit into
a double play,""Priutt to Hart to Nix,
4g,ain--in^thfr7'si^tjir~Sike& walked,
liearn struck out, and Barker hit
into a double play. Pruitt to John-
son to Nix.. .
Each inning the. Plowboys got
men on fiases ,but poor bapp. run-;
ning kept them from ■ scoring until
ithe ejgfit|i inning wbpn Garrett
double^ tp left field; Williams
walked; Pruitt reached first on an
errors filling the bases. Garrett
scored when Hart reached first on
fielder's choice:
Roberts flew put to short stop.
No .advance, Williams and Pru-
itt scored on Nix's single. Johnson
flew out to Barker for the third
out.
Roberts and Williams each cpn-
nected for two safe blows. Wil-
liams made two runs.
roll the
a .peciin-
If we make the honor
inmates pf this dive get
airy reward. If we don't, we get
—being gentle;men >ye will refrain
from writing about it but for aiiy-
olie who is intrustes our affire
hours are. from 9 tijl 4 and \s'e
tell M glad to afagfrer' any ques-
tims.
^ "It won't he long npw b^by."
/This is the 'laiegt aiifl inpst popular
tcstpressipn: of ,pur wprthy room
jnatpj the honotkble Pustyi It Ijts
paol^ tpcpaMpo : wpll, so well fin
• ffijtfi'." '-tap
Cedar' bunch^ is using it.
.Saturday afternoon was a slug-
fest prt tl^e part of the Plowboys.
The final score was 15 to 4. Mc-
Corkle pitched the first ' to short
stop and Cajjt. Johnson pitched the
last inning. This was " the last game
he will ever play in a Tarleton
Uniform, Johnson was touched for
one hit and one run. McCorkle
held the visitors to seven hits and
three runs.
The feature of the game was, , the :
hitting of the Plowboys. Massey
connected, safely four times out of
five trips to the plate, one of which
was a home run over the left field
wall. In the eighth inning Mc-
Corkle hit a circuit clot with two
men, aboard,. which ended the scor-
ing for the day.
Tarleton scored runs in every in-
ning except the; 5th and 7th. High-
tower started on the mound fpr the
visitors but was relieved by Sharp,
who in turn was releived by Hud-
son.
TARLETON
Hart, 2 B
Roberts, L F
Nix, 1 F> "<
Johnson, S S
Garrett 3 B
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Graves R F 2 -0
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1926, newspaper, May 13, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139958/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.