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VOL. XXI.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1941
NUMBER 5
J-Tac Campaign Begins
Today; Buy a Paper Now
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.4 The J-Tac, begins its campaign
today to raise its subscription, list
from approximately -400 subscirb-
eir^ to enough to pay for* publish-
ing it* Each. week the publishing
of the, J-Tac c°at $40.00, If any
pictures are used, these cost at
least $2,00; There are also other
.expenses, ,'such as paper, cost of
.mailing,.paste, typewriter ribbons,
and pencils. _ - ' -
This syear the subscription .list
compares favorably with'last year's.
In September^" 194Q, the J-Tac had
$464,25 from subscriptions, and
in October, 1940, it \oojz in'$31,50,
This year at registration the J-Tac
received ?536.2£frpm_SHt?5criptions
and • since' then it has received
$20.00, However, in order to pay
•-for itself," much more fhan this
will required. Dean Davis stated
.that beginning next year, the J-
Tac will have to be discontinued if
it can pot pay-for itself. Students
should see the 'necessity for sub-
scribing for the -Tab. instead of
reading their roommate's paper.
For the remainder of this sem-
ester the J-Tac will be 60c, the
price of two show tickets; and for
the rest of thg year it will be only
t Subscriptions may be paid at
the fiscal office or ,to any mem-
ber of the following; Wanda Dor-
ris, Floyd Stigler;' Margareurite
Cappg, Lee Ansell, itayford Rus-
sell, Lucille Burnett, Billy ^ Alli-
son, -Letha Mae Beaipan, '..Hall
Weil&j—and. L&swrenee^cDtfdiey.. A.
table where subscriptions may be
paid'will be in the Rec. Hall from
Tuesday until Friday at the noon
hour.
Speech Association
Meets in Austin To
Outline Year's Work
Misp Lillie V. Lillard, head of
the speech department, will at-
tend tjhe executive committee meet-
ing o^ the Texas Junior College
' Speech - Association in Austin on
Octob^ 25/ She has been connect-
ed with the association as its sec-
retary-treasurer for a number of
years and was re-elected to that
office' for life a few years ago,
During her long membership in
the association she has had much
influence on the progress and work
of the,'group, The purpose of the
executive meeting in Austin is to
outline and schedule the yar's
work.
' Th association sponsors eleven
intercollegiate contests each year
with the contestants' work being
centered in the field of debate, ora-
tory;- extempore speech, radio, poe-
try interpretation, and , one-act
plays. Every year Tarleton has
won many honors in these con-
tests.,
SCHOOLMUST
PAY GOV'T. TAX
From now on any organisation
desiring to give an entertainment
to which admission, is charged can
do so only with the Government's
permission. According- to f)ean
Ferguson every organization must
write to the Collector of Internal
Revenue jn Dallas? Texas, and re-
ceive permission to present all
lectures, dances, concerts, 'shows,
and other programs to which ad-
mission is to be charged.
Heretofore certain religious, ed-
ucational, or charitable organiza-
tions, agricultural fairs, and oth-
ers have been exempt from pay-
ing the admission tax, but begin-
ning October 1, 1941, a tax will
be collected on all admissions to,
entertainments.
Section a. of the Internal Rev-
enue Code states, that this tax
will be a 10 per cent tax imposed
on all admission prices over 10c.
As yet it has not been decided
who will handle this matter at
Jphn Tarleton. There is some dis-
cussion as to the possibility of
letting the Student Council handle
all records and reports, but it is
possible that it may be handled" in-
dividually ' by each club and or-
ganization, > . ■
The Gramophiles
Commentator: William P. Grant.
• Wednesday, October 22, 1941,
7:15-8:20 p.' m.
"Fortila No. 2 in C-MJnor"
-Afohann Sebastian Bach ,(1865-
1750).;
l.vSinfonia '(Prelude).
- 2. • Allemande.
3. Courante.
4, Sarabande.
5. Rojideau,
6. Caprice. .
"Symphony in G" (Surprise)"
—Joseph..Haydn (1732-1809).
<1. Adagio cantabile—Vivace
assai.
' 2. Andante.
3, Minuet: Allegro molto.
4,^Finale: Allegro di molto.
Two,Preludes from the Op-
era "Lohengrin"—Richard Wag-
ner (1813-1883).'
1. Prelude to Act I.
2,v Prelude to Act 111.
These', records are from the
Carnegie Music Set/
Thirty-Two Students
Attend Tarleton On
Scholarship Awards
Thirty-two students from various
parts of Texas are attending John
Tarleton on valedictory scholarships
this year. Last year there were
only twenty-two students who at-
tended Tarleton with these scholar-
ships. This award pays for the
student's matriculation fees.
Jhe following is a list of those
who are in Tarleton on scholarship^
awards: Billy Archer, Kopperlj
Virginia Bond, Dublin; Forrest
Bowers, Snyder; Kenneth L. Brown,
Centerville; Kermit E. Brown,
Haskell; Charlene Butler, Olden;
Charlene Conley, Iredell; Reuben
Conner, Fort Worth; Raymond Da-
vis, Ringold; Ralph Dusek, Ro-
wen; Edna Earl Gray, Burkett;
Floyd Griffith, Forsan; La Mar?
Hair, Electra; Grady Harrison,
Breckenridge; Billy Hulsey, Co?
myn; Dennis. Kennedy, Roscoe^
Glenn Kirby, Lometa; Mary Mar-
shall, -Franklin; Jean Myrick, Ran-
ger; Edwin Neeb, Cross Plains;
Willie Norman, Melvin; Betty Orth,
Texas City; Imogene Powell, Zeph-
yr; Ruth Rexroat, Gordon; Char-
lene -Roberson, Stephenville; Je-
rome Robertson, Paint Rock; Myr-
tle Schrank, Priddy; Mary Lou-
ise Stanford, Lorena; La Frieda
Williams, Millsap; Ann Wylie, Min-
gus; Charles Yantis, Dublin.
Tarleton Will Begin
New Flight Program;
Ages 18-27 Eligible
J 'John Tarleton College has been
notified again of a new flight pro-
gram whieh will begin in January.
Students should make their ap-
plications as soon as possible, and
they will be accepted as their ap-
plications are turned in. Applica-
tions will ■ be taken between the
ages of 18 and 27.
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis-
tration is making an effort now to
make instructors, air traffic con-
trol tower operators, and civil air-
way inspectors out of all C.P.T,
students upon -completion of the
course offered at John Tarleton.
All students are eligible for Civil
Service jobs in the above mention-
ed fields, beginning with a salary
of $1,800 a year while in training.
GRADEREPORTS
ARE CHANGED
This year all unsatisfactory
grades will be turned in to the
registrar's office at the end of the
first.six weeks of the first semes-
ter. These grades in turn will be
promptly mailed to the parents.
On November 15 all grades ,both
satisfactory and unsatisfactory,
will be turned in to the registrar's
office. All of these grades will
be sent out to the parents. Novem-
ber 15 marks the end of the first
half oi this semester.
\ Prior to this year all grades, both
satisfactory and unsatisfactory,
were turned in to the registrar's
office, and these were' then sent
out to the parents, "this year only
the unsatisfactory grades will come
out at the end of the first six
weeks and all grades will be s§nt
out at the " end of the * first* half
of the semester on November 16.
Tarleton Utopian
Club Meets And
Elects Officers
The first meeting of the Tarle-
ton Utopian Club was opened by
Miss Pearl Mahan, head of the'
English department, on Monday
evening at 7:30 in the Little Au-
ditorium of the Conservatory. Miss
Mahan acted as chairman during
the election of officers, which were
as follows: president, Winnell S<5h
rimsher; vice-president, Wilburn'
Salmon; -'secrtary-treafeurefT" Mild*-
red Music; and reporter, Letha
Mae Beaman.
The club intends to have three
or four programs a semester and
one or'two., social activities* At
this first meeting the members
present decided to have the year's
programs based on American litera-
ture, especially that of the twen-
tieth century.
A group of engineering students
had the idea of forming a club
of this type a few years ago. In
1930 it was begun with its pur-
pose being 'fto promote better ap-
preciation of different phases of
'literature and its related fields."
Last year the club was discontin-
ued because of the lack of avail-
able sponsors, who are the mem-
bers- of the departments of English
and language,
,Any senior student is eligible
who had an average of 80 in fresh-
man English. This is the only cam-
pus club which has a scholarship
requirement.
AU who are interested and eli
'gible are invited to attend the next
meeting to be held, at 7:30-p. m.
on October 27 in the Conserva-
tory.
This program is based on Amer-
ican humor. Wilburn Salmon will
tell the story, "A Tall Tale' of
the Southwest," Betty Jo Beene
will give some anecdotes of Amer-
ican writers, and Betts Matthews
will give selections from 'Tm a
Stranger Here Myself" by Nash.
The spirit of this comical little
rhyme ''Utopia", is the founda-
tion of- the club.
Ain't got a mosvry.
Ain't got a pain.
Done pay de preacher.
Don't need a rain. ,
Cotton done bloomin'.
Johnson grass dead.
Catfish, a'bitin',
- Plenty cawn bread.
Hawg in de back yard ^
He. growin' lard. t
Greeiis in de kettle
.A'bilin' hard.
Art Club Meets
Wednesday Night
And Makes Plans
• The- Art' Club met 'on -Wednes
day night, October 15, in the Home
Economics Building. Lucille Bur-
nett, club 'president, presented a
plan whereby the member who
presents the best and most inter-
esting- project created in the club
will receive a prize. 'Judges will
probably be chosen from the fac-
ulty. Projects may be any type of
article of leather, metal, pottery,
or any type of painting or draw-
ing. > '
Other business discussed Was
the election of two additional offi-
cers, a vice-president and a treas-
urer. The club dance, -which, is
now scheduled for February 14,
was discussed. A sketching party
in the country with a picnic'lunch
.was suggested. The club discus-
sed'the, possibility of a first show-
ing of the water colors and pen
drawings included in the exhibi-
tion the club is sponsoring from
October 2'until November 10.
Cokes, fritos, salted peanuts, and
chocolate drops were served to
Betty Jo Wright, Stephen, Taylor,
Richard Little, Geraldine Brum-
mett, Lucille Burnett, Charles Sor-
enson, D., J. Stephen^ and Miss
Marjie Brown, club sponsor. The
next meeting will be on Wednes-
day night, October 22.
Ain't got a' worry .
Not in dis head.
Heap o good livin'
Befo' I'se dead."
.—Arthur Lloyd
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Eagle Scout Alumni
To Elect Officers at
Meeting October 29
, _TRe~Eagle Scout' 'Xliihyji' met
Wednesday night, October, 15,'for
tlie purpose of organizing for this
year,. Officers will be elected at
the next meeting.
The Eagle Scouts who were pres-
ent at the initial meeting and the
names of their home troops and
the honors they received are as
follows: Floyd A. Puckett, Big
Lake, senior life saver and jun-
ior assistant scoutmaster; Stray-
horn Bartlett, Rotan, junior assist-
ant scoutmaster, member of the
Order, of the Arrow, which is an
honorary scout , fraternity with
headquarters at Nashville, Tenn.;
Dean A, Nichalas, Canyon, junior
assistant scoutmaster; Ben Cowl-
ing, Hamilton, junior assistant
scoutmaster, assistant scoutmas-
ter, and scoutmaster, ♦
Bill Bradley, Mineral Wells,
member of first aid team; Ruffin W.
Gray, Mineral Wells, member of
first aid team, senior patrol'lead-
er, Eagle Gold Palm, junior life
saver; Derwood Ramsey, Sudan,
senior patrol leader and junior as-
sistant scoutmaster; Carl Arnold,
Floydada, assistant scoutmaster
and senior life saver; and Leonard
Lee, Texon, junior assistant scout-
master.
The Alumni will meet again
Wednesday night, October 29, at
6:30.
ANNUAL STAFF
SCHEDULES DATE
Thie Grassburr staff have announ-
ced-the schedule for the students'
pictures which will go in th$ Grass-
burr. These pictures may be tak-
en at either the Novelty Studio, or
at Bailey's Studio, in Stephen-
ville. The pictures will cost $1.00
and a fine of 25c will be impos-
ed upon those who .have their pic-
tures taken late. Here is a sched-
ule for the time when the-individ-
ual student should have his or her
picture taken.
All persons whose last names be-
gin with ,A though C will have
their pictures made the week be-
ginning on Wednesday, October 15,
through Wednesday, October 22v
All persons whose last names be-
gin with D through K will have
their pictures, made the week be-
ginning on Thursday, "October 23,
through Thursday, October 30.
All persons whose last names be-
gin with L through P will have
their pictures made Friday, Octo-
ber 31, through Friday, Novem-
ber 6. .
All persons whose last names be-
gin with, S through Z will have
their pictures made the week be-
ginning on: jSatprday, November 7,
through Saturday, November 14.
It is hoped that all students will
comply\with this schedule and so
avoid any fines 'or delays.
Train Leaves at 1:00 P. M.
Arrives in Brady at 5:00
FLASH!
Has anyone seen Johnny from
Millsap and Claude from Mule-
shoe? Of coujse-everyone prob-
ably knows them since that is
the only identification that they
felt was necessary on the Grass-
burr class cards.
Aftyone who sees them, please
ask them to drop by the Grass-
burr office on the west side* of
shack ' 35 and leave their last
/
names.
FIGURES , SHOW "NUMBERS
OF DIFFERENT CURRICULA
SDWWV TO MEET AT 7:00
O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Sons and Daughters of
World War Veterans will meet in
the Home Economics auditorium
on Wednesday night at 7:00.
Coach W. J. Wisdom, sponsor,
Herbert Maas, and Charlene Con-
ley' will be on the program. It is
hoped that all members will pay
their 20c semester membership fee
Wednesday night. All members,are
urged to attend, as announcements
will be made concerning the SDW
WV dance on October 30.
There is a new storage build-
ing going up in the north east
corner of the campus. This build-
ing will be used for the storage
of tools, paints, and equipment
used here at the college. Mr. Ed
Emmett has charge of this divis-
Captain L. G. Rich stopped in
Stephenville on his return from
Ft. Benning,~ Georgia, to Camp
Bowie at Brownwood.
_,.The follQwihg„ggure's "compiled
October 2, show a, cpinparison be.-
tween the seniors and juniors en-
rolled -in the various curricula:
Junior Agriculture, 167; Senior
Agriculture, 136; Junior Business
4&nimstratiqn> 179; Senior Busi-
ness" " Administration, '64 Junior
Engineering, 157; Senior Engin-
eering, 69 ^ Junior Elementary Ed-
ucation, 17; -Senior Elementary
Education, 21; Junior Home Eco-
nomics,: 39; Senior Home Eco-
nomics, 36; Junior Art* 5; Senior
Art, 4; Junior Music, 13; Senior,
Music, 9.
Junior Speech, 1?; Senior Speech,
1; Junior Pre-La^, 11; Senior Pre-
Law, 14; Junior Pre-Med, 2$;
Senior Pre-Med, |5; Junior Physi-
can Education, 11; Senior.Physical
Education, 10; Junior Social Sci-
ence, 30; Senior Social Science, 17;
Junior Nurses, 9; Senior Nurses,
1; Junior Libera^ Arts, 4; Senior
Liberal Arts, 2; Junior Technic-
ians, 12; Senior' Technicians, 8;
Junior Geology, 6; Senior Geology,
2; Terminal Poultry Students, 1;
Special College Students, ,33; and
High School Students, 33,
PROFESSOR McSWEENY GOES
TO CONVENTION
Mi*. A. A. McSweeny, professor
of mathematics, attended the an-
nual Presbyterian Convention at
San Antonio last Tuesday through
Thursday,. He was elected as the
delegate' from the Stephenville
Presbyterian Church.
PRESS CLUB MEETS
Members of , the J-Tac and
Grassburr staff held their regu-
lar meeting of the Press Club last
Wednesday night at 7:30. Plans
for the ensuing year were dis-
cussed. ,Twelve members of the
club were present- Officers in-
clude William Bradley, president,
and Letha ^ae Beaman, secretary.
Two other officers, vice-president
and corresponding secretary, will
be elected] at tjie^next meeting.
Mr. T. V."5 Crounse, registrar, is
sponsor of the club, Mr. Clardy,
dean of xh'en, met with the club last
Wednesday night.
The- next meeting of the club
will be held Wednesday rtiight,
October 29, in the Grassburr of-
fice. .
Uliss Lillie V. Lillard visited with
h,^ family and friends in Arling-
ton .over the week-end.
AAUW Meets On
Friday Night With
Miss Montague
Friday night, October 17, Miss
Ethel Bob Montague was hostess
for a most interesting and enlight-
ening AAUW program on "Edu-
cation in- Latin America."
' Miss Mary Marrs discussed the
Public. School System of Latin
ioY(America. It was interesting to
learn that the Latin American high
school graduate is perhaps super-
ior. in breadth of vision, cosmop-
olitan sympathy, and power "of ex-
pression but on^ the other hand is
inferior to" the. North* American
graduate in the power "of analysis,
in initiative, and in the" spirit of
self-reliance.
Qn the whole the educational
systems of. the' Latin American
countries, like their political sys-
tems, have been constructed on a
highly idealistic basis. The notice-
able defect is on the practical side
—in failure 'to meet needs and
local conditions. But because our
progress must of necessity be as-
sociated to*some degree with their
development, we are happy to
know that in Latin America edu-
cation is no longer thougKt of as
a privilege belonging only to the
elite.
Mrs. S. Thel Garrison discussed
the College and Universities in Lat-
in America, Among the many in-
teresting revelations made by Mrs.
Garrison were the following:''the
general organization of the col-
leges and universities, the election
of teachers, the salaries of teach-
ers, teacher preparation arid text-
books, departmental reorganizaT
tion. From this discussion we know
that the average Laljin American
ha? a keen intellect.^ He needs only
the opportunity to have it devel-
oped.
The association welcomed the fol-
lowing new members: Misses Ruth
Harkey and Atha MqElroy; Mes-
dames Odus Stephen, ;T. G. Field*
Linnie Cox Smith, and J, V. Laird.
The Brady Special is scheduled
to leave Stephenville at 1:00, Oc-
tober 25, and will arrive' at Brady
at 5:00, according to "Chick'{
Schmidt, president of the Student
Council. The train will leave Brady
a short time after the game, but
students will have time to eat.
Approximately 350 tickets have
been sold to date, and tickets may
still be bought this week at the
fiscal office and the College Store,[
Schmidt stated that the Santa Fe
railroad is co-operating with Tar-
leton by guaranteeing a speciaj
on the amount of tickets that- have
'been sold, and it is hoped that the
quota of 600 will be filled.
Los Caballeros is the " club
that has sold the largest number
of tickets'with approximately 75
"sales. Clubs selling around 35 tick-
ets each are the Butches, Sine
Cera, S.O.T.S., • Silver Key, and
Lords and Commoners.
Assembly which was held last
Friday for the purpose of. pro-
moting the 1 campaign for ticket
sales did not fill the quota, but
it showed that the majority of the
students and the faculty were back-
ing the special. The speeches made
by Dr. Charlie Hale, "Stumpy"
Ratliff, Sara Lamun, Lucille- Nei-
ghbor?, Ralph Keener; L. H." Mat-
thews, former /Tarletonite Lejand
Ho,rne, Bill Bradley; and the yejl
leaders emphasised Tarleton spirit
and loyalty.
TARLETON IS REPRESENTED
AT KANSAS CI'IT MEETING
- The following students who once
attended John Tarleton now have
administrative and supervisory
positions on the NYA in various
places in Texas; Orville, E. Den-
nis, Robs town; Jacob Q. Franks,
Houston; Ura M. Hopper, Mineral
Wells; Julius V, Harris, Ran-
ger; Wayne Miles, Palestine; Thom-
as V, Montgomery, Austin; Edwin
R. Ogle, McAllen; Rowe L, Ross,
Coleman; Kenneth D. Stevens, Ste-
phenville; and Claudia Williams,
Jasper. /
Tarletorr is represented at the
National FFA convention at. Kan-
sas City, Mo.r this year by Mr. A.
J. 'Spangler, area adviser <pf Area
IV; Mr. Roy B. Mefferd, area su-
pervisor; and Wayne Cole, a Tar-
leton student from Bynum.
The Tairletorit representatives
left Fort Worth for the convention
last Sunday morning at 9:00,on
the special train. They ;wil! return
to Stephenville on Friday, Nov. 2.
Cole will receive his American
Farmer^Degree, which is the high-
est degree awarded in this orga-
nization,' There will be about. 8,000
men and boys at the convention.
Approximately 1,300 will attend
the annual banquet to be .held jn
the municipal auditorium.
Visiting on the campus last'
week were many former Tarleton
students. From A. & M. were Char-
lie Brownfield, Gus Mingus," Bob
Davis, Raymond Jarrett, Odis ■
Greg, Donald Williams, Robert %
Eaton, Harold Massey, Lelahd
Huffman,' John Eads, and Leland
Horne. From North Texas Teach-
ers' College were Bobbye Dean Ev-
erett, Dorothy Dee Goodwin,
Elaine Hampton,. and Janalyn
Davis. Joe Hedrick, now a student
at S. M. U., and Edwin Terry, who
who is now working in Fort Wort;h,
were among the visitors.
" Mike Killough, former Tarle-
ton student, visited his father,
Mr. J; D. Killough in . Stephen-
ville, last week-end arid attended
the A, & M.'T. C. U. football game
at Fort Worth. At present, Mike
is" division engineer for the Hum-
bje Oil & Refining Company in
Corpus Christi.
F.F.A. meeting will be held
Tuesday night'for further nomina-
tion of chapter sweetheart.' How-
ever, there will be no initiation be-
cause of the various' tests that
Carcher and Dooley must study
for. -
Charlotte Durham has left school
to work in the telegraph office of
her home town, Comanche.
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 —
J.-Tae Staff meeting, 6:45.
Methodist Young People's Choir •
'meeting. Conservatory, 6:30-7:30."
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 ''
Art Club meeting at 7 ;00 in Room >
' 302 in the Home Economics Building. •
GramophUea, Little Auditorium. •
• 7 jIB.
Som and Daughters of World War -
• Veterans meeting at 7:00 in the Lit- •
• tie Auditorium.
Student Council meeting, 7:15.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 , •
General privileges until 10:30.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER-24
Stephenville High School vs. Cisco. •
Hays Field, 8:00. -
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Special train. leaves at 1:00 p. m, •
Schreiner vg. TWleton at Brady.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27
Military Band practice in the An- •
ditorium at 7:00.
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