The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 2, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XVII.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, PEBE0AS.Y 2, 193V.
UUMBEE 17-
RICHARD HALLIBURTON WILL SPEAK TO STUDENT BODY
Two Students Seriously Injured in
Automobile Accident Near Jacksboro
ALICE MAE SHANA^ELT
UNABLE TO RETURN HERE
Alice Mae Shanafelt and Bobbie
Bawls received serious injuries,
and four others escaped with only
minor injuries when the car in
■which they were returning to
school was struck by another car
near Jacksboro.
Mr. and Mrs. C- P. Clayton,
owners of the car, received minor
injuries, and Cy Clayton, their son,
and Nellie B. Clayton, their niece,
escaped unhurt.
Alice Mae, Bobbie, Cy, and
Nellie B. are all Tarleton students
atld all live in Bryson except Bob-
bie, who was visiting Alice Mae.
Alice Mae received a fractured
skull and will bo unable to return
to school this semester according
to reports from Graham. She was
carried to a hospital in Graham
after the accident but was taken
to her home Sunday where she is
getting along- nicely.
Bobbie received a burst ear drum
and head cuts, but she will prob-
ably return to school in about
three weeks, according: to word
from Mrs. Rawls, Friday morning.
Cy Clayton, who was driving,
describes the accident: "There was
a truck coming- towards me along
the highway and a car started to
pass the truck. At this instant a
third car started to pass he sec-
ond car. I threw on my brakes and
almost stopped when, the third car
hit my car broadside.
Alice Mae is a member of th«
A.W.S. Council, sponsor of Com-
pany D, one of the senior favor-
ites for the Grassburr, and a mem-
ber of the O.W.L.S. Club. Bobbie
is president of the S.O.S. Club and
a member of the A.W.S. Council.
HIGH MEN'IN STOCK
JUOfilMGSELECTEO
O. H. Frazier, professor of ani-
mal husbandry, has announced the
twenty high winners in the live-
stock judging- contest which are
carried on annually at Tarleton.
The judging is part of the ani-
mal husbandry course and all the
boys taking it participate in the
judging, which is carried on at the
college farm. The judging started
at the first of last semester and
ended on January 17, when a horse
show was held at the college farm.
The twenty high individual in
the judging are as follows: IT. P.
Menkes, 1294; Howard Dalton,
1287; James Gallant, 1287; Norman
Wade, 1281; Jesse, McHann, 1279;
Paul Williams, 1279; Guy Crews,
1273; Earl Scott, 126G: Jerry Mize,
1261; A. G. Meister, 1254; Joe
Smith, 1254; F. J. Smith, 1239;
Dexter Curl, 1237; Edwin Reese,
1232; Clifton Crumby, 1232; Wilson
Rutherford, 3230; E. L. Powett,
1229; W. J. Davis, 1227; Victor
Jayner, 1225.
The highest possible score was
fifteen hundred points.
Beginning next Saturday the
final examinations will he held to
determine the final team, which
consists of four members, to re-
present Tarleton at the Fat Stock
Show in Fort Worth in March.
Beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep,
hogs, mules, and horses are judged
in the contests.
Teachers Hear Opera
Mr. and Mrs. Berton Coffin, Mrs.
J. Thomas Davis, and her daugh-
ter, Dorothy, went to Dallas Fri-
day evening to attend the San Car-
lo Opera Company's presentation
of Gonoud's "Faust," given at the
Majestic theatre in Dallas.
AB0UT30 MEN BEGIN
PRACTIKFOR TRUCK
Approximately 30 men reported
to Coach Oscar Frazier for track
practice Thursday afternoon. The
next few days will be taken up in
issuing equipment and lining the
boys up.
Frazier plans to have a compe-
tition meet every Friday among
the members of the team. The first
meet will be held this Friday at
shout 4 o'clock p. m. The only men
who will compete in this meet are
the men who have been working
out. for the past two or three
weeks.
The letter men reporting to
Coach Frazier are Captain Ralph
Moser, Carl Cox, Curry Brook-
shire, George Nelson, Bryant
Blankenship, Travis Key, William
Boren, Clovis Ledbetter, and Billy
Stewart.
The new men reporting are Leon
Barnard, A. and M.; Roy Scott,
Gatesville; F. J. Smith, Asper-
mont; Wilson Rutherford, Howe;
George Briggs, San Antonio; W.
H. Echols, Barston; James Mc-
Daniel, May; Worth Howe, De
Leon; Harold Herring, Indian
Creek; Malcomb Downey, Maz-
zelle; Bob Lilly, Crowell; Guy
Moore, San Saba; James Gallant,
Medina; Alvin Ware, Richland
Springs; Frank Chavez, Courtney
Arnbruster, Orin Finey, Monroe
Dennis, Montgomery, and Walter
Reynolds, Dallas.
DEAN HEADS LIST OF
STYLESHOW MODELS
Tarleton was well represented in
the womanless style show present-
ed Thursday night at the Majestic
Theatre by the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club of Steph-
enville. This unusual prevue of
fashionable modes and models af-
forded co-eds with a rare oppor-
tunity to select garments suitable
for the completion of their new
spring as well as last fall and
summer wardrobes.
One of the buxom beauties iti
the street dress model group was
none other than Dean J. Thomas
Davis. T. A. Hensarling modeled
another interesting style in street
dresses which warranted the care-
ful attention of all lady members
in the Tarleton faculty.
What the smart young lady
should wear in the way of evening
apparel and the delicate art Of
wearing it correctly was displayed
by Morton P. Brooks. George,
John, and David Bryant also
demonstrated evening dresses suit-
ilik- for co-eds.
That hot little number in the
sport dress group was our dear
Eddie Bryant,
Ernest Pannell and Byron White
have enrolled at Texas A, & M.
McCON'ACHIE TAKES LEAD
IN BASKETBALLSCORINC
Carl McConachie, lanky cen-
ter from El Paso,'grabbed the
scoring lead in basketball with
some high scores made in re-
cent games and holds the lead
with 112 points. Jude Smith,
guard, is second with 80 points.
McConachie scored 29 points in
the Decatur game alone.
The leaders are;
McConachie 112
Smith 80
Hull —- 63
Tinker 43
Killen 39
Carrigan 37
LETTER TO BOARD OF
DIRECTOIMSHL!]
A copy of a letter sent to the
board of directors of John Tarle-
ton College by President T. 0.
Walton, praising the work of the
school, was received here this
week. The letter is as follows:
"To the Board of Directors:
"Herewith I am transmitting the
annual report of the John Tarle-
ton Agricultural College for the
fiscal year 1035-36. The report by
Dean J. Thomas Davis contains
details showing- how the college
has been operated under his ad-
ministration during the year, a
complete financial statement based
upon the auditor's report, and
other pertinent data concerning
the institution.
"May I call your special attention
to the fact that the student body,
the faculty, the administrative of-
ficers,. the patrons and the citizens
of Stephenville and surrounding
communities have co-operated
wholeheartedly and effectively with
us in the conduct of the program
of the institution during the past
year? There has been complete
harmony and helpfyl co-operation
throughout. The ~4fetitution is
rendering a great sei-v^e to the
section of the State in which it is
located. It affords many young-
men and women an opportunity to
secure training of junior college
grade near their homes at a mini-
mum of expense to themselves and
to the State.
"Under the efficient leadership of
Dean J. Thomas Davis, and with
the help of an efficient and de-
voted faculty, John Tarleton Agri-
cultural College has been recognis-
ed as one of the most efficient jun-
ior colleges in the entire country.
Its graduates who enroll in senior
colleges in Texas and elsewhere
havo little difficulty in going
ahead with their acadcmic work
on a basis satisfactory to the fac-
ulty of the institution to which
they transfer. Their records have
been exceptionally good; all of
which is a groat compliment to the
efficient instruction they receive
at the Stephenville institution.
"The administrative officers and
faculty of the institution deserve
the high esteem and confidence in
which they are held both by the
citizenry of the section of the
State, and by educators who are
familiar with the good work they
re doing. The college is serving a
very useful purpose and is dis-
charging its duties and responsi-
bilities to the people and to the
State in a manner that is entirely
satisfactory.—T. O. Walton, Pres-
ident."
WORKMEN ARE BANQUETED
BY DEAN AT DINING HALL
Dean J. Thomas Davis gave the
men employees of the college a
banquet on Friday night, January
15, at 7:00 o'clock in the dining
hall. Eighteen men, including the
dean, attended.
The dinner was served family
style by request. Fried chicken,
mashed potatoes, string beans,
moulded fruit salad, Parker House
rolls, olives, and coffee wyere serv-
ed, with strawberry ice cream for
dessert.
The table was decoratcd with
mirrors, blue lights, and snow balls
to give a wintry effect.
Those attending, besides Dean
Davis, were J. A. Bland, W. I. An-
derson, I. W. Richardson, M. L.
Gibson, P. K. Fuller, C. L. Donaho,
A. J. Doyle. W. M, Clark, O. I.
Bacon, H. W. Miller, Carl Hooks,
Claud Hudspeth, J. L, Lee, G. C.
Murray, Ed Emmett, and Beryl
Bobo.
HEAD PLANS BILL TO
CHANGE TARLETON TO
Texas' Youngest. Senator Has
Interesting- Career and
Influential Role
Stepping into the role of Texas'
youngest Senator is J. Manley
Head of Stephenville, who was
elected to the State Senate after
serving two terms in the House of
Representatives.
Head plans to introduce a bill in
the legislature making it possible
for John Tarleton Agricultural
College and North Texas Agricul-
tural College to offer a full four-
year course.
Senator Head is serving as chair-
man of two committees in the
Senate and a member of eight
others including the powerful
finance committee,
Although opposed to the ratifi-
cation of the Child Labor Amend-
ment, the young Senator is a lib-
eral. He ig vitally interested in the
Regulatory Utility Bill and the
Social Security program. As the
author of the bill establishing the
State Planning Board while a
member of Lhe House, the Senator
is looking ahead and considering
the development of Texas.
The career of Senator Head has
bei-n an interesting one. Graduat-
ing from high school at the age of
Ifi, he be^an teaching school in
Hedley. He joined the merchants
marine and became "an itinerant
without an ininerary." His itiner-
ary has led him straight towards
distinction. After marrying at an
early age, he worked his way
through college. Returning to his
home district after a short ab-
sence, he threw his hat into the
political arena and was successful.
Besides being the proud posses-
sor of a scat in the Senate at the
age of 27, Head is the father of a
two and one-half-year-old daugh-
ter.
He ha.s the appearance of a mod-
est professor and reads biographies
and philosophy in his spare mo-
ments. Conrad and Elbert Hub-
bard's 'Scrapbook' are his favor-
ites.
Senator Head is not the youngest
member the Senate has ever had.
Senator Allan Shiver of Beaumont
two years ago had to wait a month
before he was old enough to take
his oath of office. Shivers was
president of the Students' Associ-
ation at the University of Texas.
Author of "Seven League Boots" and
Other Books Returns for Lecture
FEBRUARY FEATURES
ELABORATE DANCES
February is the Tarleton month
for dances!
Arriving just before old Mr,
February came the Lucky Thir-
teen Club's barn dance on January
30, and four more dances are plan-
ned for this month.
Filled with hay, plows, and pens
of pigs and chickens, the Recre-
ational Hall became a typical barn
for the Lucky Thirteen's dance.
In dim lantern light boys in cover-
alls and gingham-clad lassies
danced to the music of a hill billy
band which, when not in disguise,
is Morton P. Brooks* college orch-
estra. Refreshments were served
to the thirteen members, their
dates, and about one hundred
guests.
The nest two dances, the Silver
Key Club's formal on February
f!, and the a It-college dance on
February 13, will pay tribute to
Saint Valentine.
"This all-college dance is to be
the largest ever sponsored by the
college," says Clara Savage, dean
of women. The Valentine motif
will be rai rkd out ill decorations,
programs, refreshments, and floor
show. This will be a formal, 24-
program. . costume dance. Dr.
Verne A. Scott will have charge of
the grand march.
"We should like for all students
to attend this dartre, and we
should especially like for all boys
to bring dates," says Miss Savage.
Everyone must do his part to
make this the best Tarleton dance
in the college's history."
On February 20, boys will be
able to dance in the girls' dormi-
tory for the first time this year at
the dormitory dance, sponsored by
the girls living in the dormitory.
The final dance of the month will
be the .Dragon's formal dance on
February 27, for which definite
plans have not been made.
Cocky Funderburk has gone to
Baton Rouge, La, where he will
attend LSU next semester.
GROUNDHOG DUE TODAY BUT
MARCH IS REALLY THE DATE
little woodchuck does not come out
on lA li. 2 or any other winter day.
'In fact lie begins to sleep in the
last part of October and does not
come out until March, whether the
sun shiiies or not.
The woodchuck is a friendly lit-
tle animal who will stand on his
hind legs and whistle when a friend
approaches. It is fond of music and
will join in any tune it hears. It
eats garden truck and lives in bur-
rows under fences. But believe it
or not, it does not predict the wea-
ther.
Everyone will be watching the
sun Tuesday, for that is the day
when the groundhog eomes out.
And according to the old saying,
if he sees his shadow, he will
be frightened and go back in-
to his hole. Then winter will last
another six weeks. But you can
take it from anyone in Miss Lula C.
Gaugh's nature study class that the
McMURRY WINS FIRST AND
SECOND IN STORY CONTEST
Guy McMurry, editor of the
J-Tac, added 25 points to his
record in the Best Story Con-
test when he took first and sec-
ond places with his sports story,
"Jude Smith, Three Letterman,
Leads Basketeer Scoring," and
his feature, "Freshman Griggs
Proves He's A Lady Killer
Through Mail and Wins Bet with
Roomie." Billy Stewart won
third third place with his story,
"Wonders of Radium Told to
Tarleton by Chicago Speaker."
The judge for last week svaa
Miss Elizabeth Herndon, journa-
lism teacher and director of pub-
licity.
The standing is as follows:
Guy McMurry 60
Bill Pool -- 15
Glenn Plerson - 10
Howard Dalton 10
Pauline Auvenshiiie ID
John Allen 5
Dixie Hendrix .— 5
Billy Stewart , 5
TALK WILL BE BASED ON
HIS PERSONAL ADVENTURES
Richard Halliburton,author and
traveler, will talk about his ad-
ventures next Friday, Feb. 5, at
7:30 p. in. in the John Tarleton
auditorium. Hia lecture -will be
the first lyceum attraction of the
second semester.
Mr. Halliburton is the author
of "Seven League Boots", "The
Royal Road to Romance", "The
Glorious Adventure", "New Worlds
to Conquer", "The Flying Carpet".
His adventure books have been
based on actual travels and ex-
periences, and they have each been
among the best sellers.
Tarleton students remember Hal-
liburton from last year when he
talked about Ethopia and aboui a
Persian prince. Concensus on the
campus is that he was a captivating
speaker with a dramatic and amus-
ing- rapid-fire style of delivery.
For 15 years Mr. Halliburton
has traveled the world seeking ro-
mance and adventure which he re-
cords in his books. He takes many
photographs and newsreels to sub-
stantiate the fantastic statements
which he makes.
He was born in Tennessee and
was educated at Lawrence Prepara-
tory school and at Princeton uni-
versity. He graduated from Prin-
ceton in 1921, and it was immed-
iately after this that he began his
vagabond trip around the world,^
which resulted in his first book,
"The Royal Road to Romance." He
had been abroad before with his
parents but this time he went with-
out money, crossing on a cattle
boat, and keeping right on travel-
ing completely on his own.
In that first trip he climbed the
Matterhorn, was a prisoner at
Gibraltar, lived the beach-comber's
life in the East Indies, had an en-
counter with Chinese pirates, and
scaled Fujiyama in mid-winter.
Since then each year of his life
has been filled with adventure.
While he was in Russia, he secured
an eye-witness story of the as-
sassination of the Romanoffs, which
was probably the greatest journal-
istic scoop of the y-ear.
In the Siberian town of Ekater-
inburg the chief assassin, w|ho
carried out the massacre of Czar
Nicholas and all his family (in
1918), in, a deathbed confession
revealed to Mr. Halliburton the
complete and final truth of this 17
year old mystery! He told who was
killed and how they died, and how
their bodies were burned and their
ashes scattered.
In the tracks of Hannibal Hal-
liburton rode his famous elephant,
Edna Dalrymple, over the Alps
into Italy to relive the great Car-
thaginian's elephant-march through
St. Bernard pass.
For two months he was the
guest of Haile Selassie, King of
Ethiopia before the Italian con-
quest. He was allowed to observe
at close range the progress of
the war preparations.
In Santiago, Cuba, he visited the
hulk of the Merrimac of Spanish
War fame. His latest book, "Seven
League Boots", contained accounts
of these adventures.
Halliburton has swum the Helles-
pont and the Panama Canal; he
dived hi to the sacrificial well of
Death at the ruined city of Chiche.n
Itza in Yucatan; he has run the
Marathon or. the real Greek path;
he climed Olympus and Vesuvius;
he also climbed the volcano in
Mexico, Popocatepetl; and he has
visited the French prison at Devil's
Island.
The first four books written by
Halliburton sold nearly a million
copies. During the last year Halli-
burton has written for forty of the
leading metropolitan papers
America.
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