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The PIowboys resumed their; -old
supremacy over A-C.C. in the two
gaimisi „}ast .week. Ten years ago
Tiirleto?! began a winning streak
over, the Abilejie school, it was hot
broken until last year, when the
Wildcats took two consecutive
games from the- Plowboys.'
The two games with A. C. C.
fulfilled ojip jdea' of close! games,
and, well-matched V teams. Two
gaores won with three points! That
is 'almost impossible, but ij; hap-
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We won from the Wildcats, but
we can't say that we whipped them.
They were either ahead of us, up
with us, or on our heels at every
they started a last minute rally
tl&t threatened: eveEj* second u'ntil
the gun sounded. They played
clean, hard, and fair. We could
not wish for better apponents.
Wildcats, we hope that we may
meet you again in future years.
,, The Oklahoma Baptist Univer-
sity is sending a team that promise
to give/the Flowhoys their stiff est
* competition of the<year, Theiy con-
' sistently have good teams. Last
year the Plowboys sampled the
Bison meat for the first time and
were tossed for two <jlefeats.
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• The Bisons' team this year is
built around several- of their best
.. men of last year, . It is practically
a veteran team. The Tarletori
team is practically wholly composed
of new men, but the Plowboys have
> some big, advantages over our team
of .last year; it is later in the sea-
son, the. team-'has been playing
longer together, they have won un-
der stiff competition, and they
i know what to expect. The O. B. U.
boys will run int,o something when
they tackle the Plowboys.
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And listen, Plowboy. Are you
. going to allow one of the? cadets to
keep his cap on while "On Ye Tar-
letOn," is being! played? It hap-
pened at the ballgam e , Thursday
night, it happened twice before
anything .was done about-it. We
are ashamed of the upper, class-
men, but we are proud of the fresh
man who repeatedly removed the
headdress of "our dear young
|riend," until it stayed removed.
Fellow, we commend you, the -Tar-
letori Spirit certainly does not suf-
fer from your presents here-
O. B, y. Flays
A Two-Game
Series Here
Bisoiis, Return For Series of Games
With Plowboys ;
The Oklahoma Baptist Univer-
sity Bisons from.&ha.ivhee,, were in
Stophenville about this same time
last yea,r. They were very success-
ful in' their fray with the 1929
Tarleton Gagers. In the two' games
the boys from Oklahoma won by
.scores of 55 to 32 and 40 to ^26 re-
spectively. Several of the same men
are. back this year for a hard bat-
tle. The Bisons are recognized as a
team of very high rating and it
will take plenty4 of hard fighting,
support, and any other thing that
is needed to win over a champion-
ship team. .
Chester Harris, who is a guard
on the Oklahoma Baptist team, has
ball for the past two years, i An-
other .good .football player oii the
Bison' team is' Jack Dennis, who
was regular half-back on his team
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The personal of the. Oklahoma
Baptist University basketeers is as
follows: ■ '
Name Pos. Wt. Yr.
Mex Timmons ' F 160 4
Ocie Faudee , F , 160 2
Tony Rothbrocfe F 155 " 2
Albert Bookout G 187 2
Victor Wellece C 185, - 3
Tom McBreyer G , 172 2
Chester Harris G 192 4
Jack D'eritis G 105 2
Derrel Dutton G 165 1
Mex Timmons averaged 14' points
to every conference game last year.
We were shocked last Tuesday
'to hear that Marion, Whitney had
been carried' to the hospital to un-
dergo a, minor operation.
Friday afternoon she was able
to be removed from the city hos-
pital to thf college hospital.
We all miss Sixteen, especially
we girls at the dormitory and we
are. hoping that she will soon be
able to be with us. .
Captain Mulcahy Lec-
tures to Corps
The band has been furnishing
'spme "different'' music lately.
, Their efforts have largely been in
the form of solos. The latest solo-
ist's are: Beck, saxophone; ^nively,
cornet; Finch, baritone Baldridge,
trombone; Cromwell, ybasq,,. alid
V.Briggs, bassoon.
Beat 0. B. U.!
' Let's try for some pep meetings.
We need them.
More pep!
;jvSow many pairs'ojE.^ho'es 4ft-you
suppose were worn out by skating
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Due to the severe weather of the
past week, the drill periods were
taken up in lectures by Captain
Mulcahy. The "companies fell in in
their regular places, and the rolls
were checked. The companies were
marched to the new auditorium,
wljer# they, stacked before en-
regular seats on the stage. After
tering. ' The band retained their
the lectures, .each ^company filed
out, fell in, and took arms. They
were then dismissed.
The lectures by the captain con-
sisted of criticism of the corps,
suggested" improvements, plans for
the future, and discussions' of ex-
tracts from-the military history
of the United . States. The lectures
were very interesting and, we lik-
ed them. They presented an ©n-
tirely new angle on American his.,
tory and the -future of American
Democracy. Captain Mulcahy plans'
to, continue the-lectures at future
drill periods when tjje weather does
not permit the regular drill sched-
ule to be carried out on the field.
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Bruce
Gives Lecture In
Lyceiirii Number
"The Cost of Civilization" Dis-
cussed by Tarleton's First
President.
Dr. Bruce gave a good lecture Mon-
day 'night as pne of the numbers
of the Tarleton Lyceum course! He
came as a dojible attraction., He is
one of the greatest educators in the
state, and he is a forni,er president
of Tarleton. He was the first pres-
ident of this institution in 1899, and
1900.
In addition to his duties as pres-
ident, he taught many subjects in
the college. He is now president
emeritus of North Texas State
Teachers' College pf Denton.;
As an(lintroduction Dean Davis
mentioned. a few of Dr. Bruce's
ifdrmefTarleton " students, sey^raf
of whom were present; He then
read extract's from the re^or^ of
the college for the year 1899 and
1900. ! The record "Was written en-
tirely by. Dr. Bruce,' and is more'
nearly' complete in every detail of
the college activities than any oth-
er record in the history of the in-
stitution. At the time there were
one hundred and seventy-five stud-
ents enrolled in the college, their
work extending from the elemen-
tary- grades "through the regular
college- courses. \
Dr. Bruce's/subject; was -^The
Cost -of Civilization," and his treat-
ment of it was admirable. He de-
scribed civilization as resulting
from the conservation' and preser-
vation of human experience. He
divided the human iace into sav-
ages, which includes those who have
no control over their environment;
barbarians, ,which takes in "'those
who ^ave a little control over their
environments, but no knowledge of
themselves; and civilized men. He
'defined the difference between the
Eastern and Western civilization
as '-'The difference between the
jinrikisha arid .the gasoline auto-
mobile.", lie said that Eastern
civilization founded on man pow,er;
While Western civilization jsJound-
ed on machine power.
The main costs of civilization as
presented by Dr. Bruce, are the
cost of insect pests caused by seem-
ingly foolish actioiis of men in
their pursuit of science, the cost of
diseases, the cost of, accidents re-
sulting from the increased speed
of vehicles, loss from speculation
caused by our civilized commercial
the incidentals also were on 1 the
Vidette cook, it'became a dish for
Videttes, not to mention kings. All
system,' and the loss of individual-
ity and culture, due to the iiicrease
in the speed of the new age. He
treateij each topic in a short time,
with a' thoroughness that showed
his great training and ability. He
brought out example after example
from everyday life and from the
realms of science to prove his
statements. After listening to'his
lecture, we can" understand why
he is one of the most learned,men
aiid-prie of the greatest educators
of the state. . ' i
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Editor: "Whaddye know?"
Reporter: "Nothin."
Editor: "Keep it down to one
column."
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Plans ^|i||^u{ifying The Campus
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•Miss.^fl^pab made many plans
for
land}>cape
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archite,^,|i^;|; f <
Mr.§i|cjipar^has pUjnned
and tlif'Dqan'-S'homd^ Five hund-
red doilprg yrorth of eveigreets arc
to be Iplanted around the e build-
ines- ft-: ^ , <
. The jjjitire ^atnpus, is to be level
ed, r^ltecl, -fertilized, and pointed;
in gra^i. ' ^ ^ f
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of the;Wimpij|, ■ ■, .■■■■'<'',|v,
-Fouii . sh,ru]bs -Wd sot^.
leton Park. tM®. i$: tfe section, of
the campus where John./Tarleton
was buriedi 1 ■:r
The northwest part of the cam-
pup: is ltd be outlined with' tre^g,'
The. rose garden has been, doubled
in size, and about three hundred
new rose bushes are to be set out.
One regret is' that this lovely rose
garden Is behind the ' dining hall
and thus is almost hidden from the1
student body. '
Miss-Lewis has proved to be a
very efficient foreman of campus
work. She is .making Tarleton
Campus one of the prettiest in the
South. ' '
Plowboys Win The Eir§t By 31f30
Win Second By A Margin Of 28-26
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Plowboys Shine -V, V ..;
In Their New Suits
Talk about looking good, these
Plowboys are' beautiful things now.
A full set. of purple and. white
sweat clothes and new white play-,
ing suits trimmed with purple make
the team compare "With any team
as to good'looks. The sweat suit
is'-.entirely purple with 'si white
Plowboy on the le|t front of the
shirt. All Tarleton students are
proud -vvith these athletes in getting
these'uniforms in which to repre-
sent. tlieir school. The hard fight-
ing'that has already - been done
makes ,i;he Plowboy^ deserve: muish
praise 'along with this beautif ul ap-
parel!. ■- .
The track teani Has also receiv-
ed new- equipment. , It: will .not be
long- now until one can go out and
adnjire these athletes of the oval
track'in all'their glory of beauti-
ful' nfewtuni£orms<
. The /tenhis: cour|s have been un-
dergoing great improvement. A
'new clay topping has been placed
over them and everything has been
fixed so Ifyat anyone ambitious, as
a tennis star, will n°t be handicap-
ped by, an undiserable court.,
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BOLinTGBE, ^EWDEE3 CHAPEL
PROGRAM WEDNESDAY
On Tuesday afternoon, January
7, the Girls' Kijfle Team mot apd
completed their'j'orgfinization, 14-5
The "new officer^ ran ^iloji^g;'
Captain, / .
Secretary, . ia^Vere
:for. the,'; w^rk.
!fe'fea4s; to:
gob. down to real work, aud it seems
that ^very
of work to do as, Captain Mujeahy
is planiiin^ : to enter'1; ' the* "; girls'
and good shots will be able to m^ike
the rifle team proper. .
Gapt. Mulccihy
Treats yiqettes
To A Barbecue
Plans For NeNv Project Discussed
At Meeting.
On ^edn^ftay, January 8, Miss
liartlia;' ^ouise Bolinger, of Ptfblin,
gave veiy ' yttereBtin^ chapel pro-
grani'^brnposed entirely of poems of
her,.own, composjtipn, -
' Martha J. iiOjjise, is only twelve
yeaj|,o^age and a fr.eslima^ in Dab-
Kn iigii' aciiool. Most of the poems
On Monday evening at 5:35
O'clock the award Videttes and the
new Vidette company met at the
Arniory, where they were , treated
to ansexcellent feed of yenison bar-
becue by Captain. Mulcahy and
Sergeant J. Bushman. The veni-
son was barbecued, in a pit by the
side of the power plant and under
the able direction of Milton, the
cook.
t Mr. Howell and Miss Hennigan,
the Vidette sponsors, were present
and took their third helping along
with everyone else. , The coffee
was very good indeed.
At the close of the repast" the
group marched to the gym where
a very important meeting was ,held.
Captain Mulcahy made a talk, on
the standards, of the. Videttes and
gave rough plans as'to-the build-
ing of a Vidette Hall. Mr. Howell
^summed up his idea of -the real
Vidette in one word, "Activity,"
meaning scholastieally, physically,
and morally. \
Miss Hennigan7 made, one 'of her
characteristic long speeches, ; It
was: "I am certainly glad.to be
here on, this , occasion." Sergeant
Bushman refused, to elucidate.
The meeting, ended with several
yells under the leadership pf Cap-
tain Hazel Fenner, last year's Vi-
dette sponsor. Mabel Boone, new
Vidette sponsor, dismissed the
meeting.
Plowboys Resume- Jinx Qver
The Wildcats
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read, she, explained were written,
when she was J11 grammar school.' -
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tertaining by a,1 short talk before
each reading in which she explained
the feelings which prompted her to
write the poom.' (•- , •
After her appearance at the col-
lege auditorium) Mar,y Louise gave
a similar program at - Stephenville
high-school/and on Friday morning
she spoke in Baylor University.
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r._ Captain Honk Ir>vin ;
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back; board no doubt-yasi-fajig '$$'■>
factor' in 'fsiUt0B [ :
the''A', +C;' Oi"-;b^e^e,er^;,:-I,,And jf^.
j0i^t.^igw^ellp>v,=cd^ld_. e:v^'. Jgf eat'^.
the! laws of inertia-and stop before
be ran over someone for- a foul, he
would be a -vyizard. ^
While Captain Irwin was cover- '
ing himself with glory as the de-
fensive star of the game, the wiry
and elusive Chev^s ,of A. C. C, was
showing the "vvay as an offensive
star. Time after time this speedy
eager worked- his bag of tricks On
the' Tarleton guards to - elude 'them •.
arid drive orf for a splendid and
accurate shot ot the-goal. Cheves
was bettefe.'than three-fifths of "his
teams offense, as he scored some
18 p'oints*of;hisi team's.30; •
The sharpshooting oE the Tarle-
ton five wad carried' on by Stock-
ton and N.;E, Cowan, who divided
honors with 10 points ^each.
Tarleton , showed a decided weak-
ness in covering free throws from
the foul line. Out of 11 shots from
the foul line the Plowboys- were
successful in gaining only 2 points..
This weakness is being corrected, as
fast as possible-and much better
averages is expected for the com-
ing games. ' ' ■
,- The, final score of this first game
was Tarleton 31, A. C. C. 30.
Second Game /
Nothing but blue skies, even if
they are really gray, and to con-
tinue the poetry, we can say that
Hohk Irwin had a big day. If the J •
weather has anything, to ,do with
splendid floor work that the Plow-
boys displayed^ for the benefit of
those who braved the frigid tem-
perature that was very evident on
Thursday night, why let us haVe .
more of it, because tliose Cadets
marched through the Christians
like nobody's business.
The scoring was a ^ee-saw af-
fair all throughout the entire game
with neither side commanding an'
edge at any time. First A. C. C.
would forge ahead, then back 'far-, f
leton would come with lightning-
like' rapidity to : even the : count. 1 ■
Then they would pull ahead for a
point or two.! Speed, rythmatie co-
ordination of mind and muscle, and
clean playing of both teams, made
the game a most enjoyable evening
amusement for all those present,
Cheves of A. C. C.,; the little
flash whose uncanny, eye for, the ■
gasket the; night before, rated him
as the best offensive man on the
floor, wag forced to, ncccde the -hon«<
ors to his team-mate Black, who ''
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