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H—THE J-TAC Tuesday, January 16, 1951
Auditorium Redecorated
An extensive program of beautification and
modernization has been undertaken for the
main auditorium. Already the swan is ap-
pearing where formerly Tarleton students and
guests had seen an ugly duckling.
New drapes, curtains, and backdrops for the
stage have done wonders for the looks of the
entire interior. Those gorgeous crimson cur-
tains are enough to diveit one's attention from
the. program being presented in front of them.
That is, if you like crimson.
New drapes for the windows are coming up
shortly. Plans so far call for their erection
in time for the remainder of the Civic Series
programs. Then, when everything is done,
Tarleton will have a praiseworthy auditorium
—as far as looks go.
But a blemish remains. The auditorium, in
addition to beautiful curtains, has a good
~equivalent of the celebrated spurs that went
"jingle, jangle, jingle" a few years ago. This
is the radiator (or radiators) that goes "clink,
rattle, bang."
The person who eliminates this hazard to a
pleasant evening will deserve and unconscious-
ly receive the undying, thanks of stpdents
guests, and most of all performers.
They're Here!
All the lucky people who have successfully
managed to dodge the draft and have, stifled
the urge to "join up" are looking forward to
the final exams Friday!
All jokes aside . . . the time has come to
buckle down and make those good grades you
have been dreaifting about all semester. A
few night's studying never hurt anyone and
exam week doesn't last very long. A good
grade on your final can do worlds of good;
it counts as one-third of that final grade. If
you can do a little simple arithmetic, you can
see what CAN be done.
Well, guys and gals, there's plenty of mid-
night oil to be burned and yours truly has de-
cided, as a shining example, that there is no
time like the present, Oh, by the way, there
is a bright thougKt for seniors who will be
graduating next semester ... no finals then!!!.
'Night Before Finals'
, 'Twas the night before finals and all
through'the dorm
: Every creature was cramming to weather
the storm.
The textbooks were lined on the tables with
care,
While volumes of notebooks were piled
everywhere.
I try to remember why "A" equals "B",
What H20 stands for, who set the slaves free.
But all I can think of is that oft-quoted
rhyme:
"Procrastination is the thief of time!"
Then a spark of hope rises out of anguish
so deep.
I breathe a hurried prayer as I drop off to
sleep,
"May Providence have mercy on poor,
ignorant me,
And send to my'rescue a fat, healthy "C."
—Howard Crimson
Stye 31-QIar
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Photo by Baa
TARLETON TALENT—This group of Tarleton musicians,
styling themselves the "Swing Cadets," offers their Ser-
vices for dances and entertainment. The band is directed
by C. W. Reynolds and is a continuation of a Tarleton
musical organization of long standing.
Term Papers Show
Dreary Outlook
By LOIS JORDAN
In their term themes some of
Mr. Davis' English students pre-
sented discouraging pictures of the
future, resulting from the general
war hysteria; but a few had evi-
dently given the matter move con-
sideration. They expressed their
optimistic viewpoints by compar-
ing the present world situation
with similar ones in the past.
The following excerpts are ex-
amples with tendencies toward the
former opinion, although some con-
tain an.undertone of hope:
"I haven't a very bright future.
Military Editor
..Acting News Editor
Cartoonist
CAMPUSOLOGY
It's been so long since last time
■Tillie w.as" sweeping corners for
campus capers that this column
could run for miles—only it Won't.
Just barely did get in, in fact!
Quite.a few students decided to
change "that "we are going steady"
status to "we are engaged." Among
the couples who have decided this
are Franes Jordan and Pat Craw-
ford, Marygene Ragsdale and Don
Musgrove, Bobbie Lou Earp and
Elmo Failin, Lurine Youngblood
and Sam Jeffers, Jimmie Dee Stur-,
divant and Bill Jones, Florice Ca-
rothers and Gene Hizer,
New couples on campus include
Pat Freeman and John L. White,
Louise O'Bryant and Sammy Mill-
er, Paula Lassiter and Kenneth
Cottle, Patsy Barber and Joe
Wheeler, Ann Bryan and John
Disheroon, Twana Carlock and
Floyd Styles.
Betsy Evans and Don Higgins
make a cute couple. So do Annette
Marchman and Jack Jones, Betty
Guest and Cedric Bettis, Lois Jor-
dan and Roland Willis.
The Scholarship Society had a
get-together at the Great Southern
Ranch last week; Everyone there
seemed to be having lots of fun;
in fact, it's been stated that one
of the couples seriously considered
eloping! How about that Thelma'.'
Couples who continue to be "just
couples" not "steadies" or "engag-
ed" never get their names in this
column, so this week special recog-
nition shall be given to those of
you who are "just couples." Among
these favored people.,,pne finds such
names as Eva Yon Wyatt and
Jerry'Walker, Thelma Geeslin and
Gene Allen, Jacqueie Durham and
Dean Roberson, Mary Tom Rober-
son and Marvin Brown, Jimmy
Rita Simpson and-Bethel Eiland,
"Moosey" Flynn and Wendel Lac-
key.
Continued "steadies" include
Melodiese Lowery and Gene Har-
din, Betty Bryan and Andy Smith,
$dra Johnston and Ed Johnson,
Cindy Tuckey and Ralph Paclik,
Patsy Hogan and Elon Baker, Sue
Spratt and Don Wimberly, Ginger
Knight and Chip Merrill.
Christmas was filled with wedr
ding bells for Tarleton and ex-
Tarleton students. Among those to
I don't really know that there is a
future for me. The whole world is
all torn up into very small pieces,
and it doesn't look like these small
pieces can ever be put back to-
gether. I am always hearing people
say that the future of the world
rests upon the shoulders of the
younger generation, but how much
of a future is left after the older
generation has torn the world
apart trying to make all the money
that they can?"
"At the present time the future
doesn't look so good for young men
and boys. If I am drafted to some
branch of the armed forces, I will
gladly go. I believe that being a
member of th aremed forces is very
heipful and educational."
"As I write this, the future looks
rather grim. My country is at war
with Communism, and it must be
wiped out before peace-loving peo-
ple can begin to live without fear.
I can think of a future for me and
those like, me other than fighting
and lying on the battlefields. I
would like to live for my country,
because it is a wonderful world,
but I do not minnw dying if I
thought it would make my country
safe for my people."
"At the present time the future
doesn't look too good for anyone.
The thing that I hope the future
holds is peace on earth,"
"As I look out into the future, I
wonder just where I will be and
what I will be dinng a few years
from now, if I live that long."
"My future is very indefinite.
The present world situation makes
any young American boy think
about his freedom."
"The look of the future is not
too bright because of world affairs;
but if I turn the dark cloud inside
out, I find a silver lining."
POINT OF VJEW
By ROBERT KENNY
A year has passed; another faces us. A
year full of prospects of war and mayhem from
every quarter of the globe. Some people are
so moved that they would have us believe that
"Happy New Years" that circulated a couple
of weeks ago were a mockery, and, at best,
one could merely wish.for survival. That all-
out war is within days, and with it comes
destruction.
However, every dark picture has its bright
touches. There still remains a chance that
total war will not come for as many as five
years yet, which would give everyone now
in school a chance to finish at least four
years of college, then be ready to fight with
all the knowledge and training that four years
can provide.
Not many people have shown enough opti-
mism to remain completely calm in the situa-
tion which now confronts us, but it would be
well if what optimism exists were passed out
to a larger group. Too many have become,
panicky already, and others are nearing the
breakdown point.
Panic is showing itself on college campuses
al lover the country in the form of slumping
enrollments and deserted buildings. Boys from
18 to 26 have become timorous of the long ai'm
of the draft and joined the service of their
choice. Air Corps and Navy enlistments are
snowballing in every part of the country^ sc
much that there are prospects of freezing
them before many more months have passed.
marry over the holidays were
Thumper Willingham and Gene
Koonce. Thumper is now a student
in North Texas State College; they
plan to transfer to Texas Tech
next semester.
Betty Loveless, also enrolled in
North Texas, was married to a
student of the same school.
Beverly Jones and Joe Dean
Copeland were married in Brown-
wood over the holidays, Both are
still in school.
Barbara Horton married a home-
town boy during the Christmas
season.
Lois Green and Raymond Kirby
were also among those to join the
files of married people.
To each of these we wish the best
of luck always.
All the cats were out Saturday
night for the Baron-Corona Circus
Caper dance. Frankye Blanton and
Bill Lafayette, ; Pat Barber and
Pinky, Milly and "Yancy" .were
leading the paclf.
Ike Newman; is rocking the
cradle—but Oh>. what a baby! A
hometown girl still in high school
—Mary Jean M',, we're told.
In spite of adult opposition, I maintain that
>many of these eligible males are doing exact-
ly what is best. A great many were students
who had not made good grades while they were
in college, so, whn 1-A classifications weie
given them, they volunteered in order to avoid
the infantry, which is currently running just
above Alcatraz on the popularity polls. Most
people argue* that they should stay in school
as long as they .can, even at the risk of being
drafted. "Every bit of education you can
ge will make you just so' much better off,"
they say with a mournful look.
But if you are not getting any appreciable
amount of education as things are, what then ?
If you have just "let things go" to the point
that catching up is impossible, had you not
as well be rid of the whole thing, and go into
iomething that is at least new? Most of
the recent volunteers I know, even though
they were potential Scholarship Society mem-
bers (that is, they could have made every
■honor roll if they had taken the trouble), had
neglected or completely forgotten school any-,
way. Service in the Armed Forces will be
a new life if not an interesting one. Maybe
they can learn concentration so that going-
to school will be easier when they' come back.
But there is another group of volunteers —
at Tarleton, cadets who are making good grades
but who are overcome by patriotism, panic, or
something elese and join in spite of the ad-
monitions of faculty, friends, and family.
For-this group I can find no excuses. They
could go on to school if they wanted to, p.er-
haps even to the extent of finishing, but they
don't. They enlist because school is getting
tiresome, they are afraid they can't join the
Air Corps if they don't now, or some other
reason equally inane.
' Even being a jet pilot might eventually get
tiresome, especially if you had to march too,
as I hear you sometimes do. And I expect all
of the services will have room for a few dozen
more men even as late as June. Next year,
that is. If you think it's your patriotic duty
to volunteer to defend your country from ag-
gression, relax. You can do a lot more as an
officer, with a college education and four
years of military training, than you can as a
recruit. So stay in college and in ROTC, and
you will be doing your country-a greater ser-
vice the nyou could by joining now. If it's
the draft you are afraid of, dig in deep and
it can't touch you. As long as you are in
the upper half of your.jjlass, you can usually
get a deferment. And you can have more
than one "C" and still be in the upper half of
the class. ROTC deferments are handy things
to have around, too. Just show the government
that you have what, it takes to be a leader,
even a squad leader — and it will see to it
that you can have three or four more years of
military training so you will be a good leader
instead of just a leader. And the U. S. needs
oficers more than enlisted men no'w anyway.
Just sit tight.
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