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Dead Week Comes
With Final Cram
By ANN BRYAN
Who died? I see tears all around
but no flowers. Seems the tears are
for an anticipated death—of ev-
erybody's good grades. For once
. again the time for dead week rolls
around.
After dodging the vegetables
thrown at me for reminding every-
one that they should be studying
for finals, I'll continue.
There is one redeeming feature
about dead week this semester—
it's the fact that it's going to"' last
only four days. This is the second
day of the quartet of days of "re-
srticted social actviities." (Quoted
from the bulletin.) No dances, no
parties, no nothin', and I'm sure
we'll stick by the rules and stay
in our rooms every flight and
study.
Dead week isn't such a bad idea,
after all; When there's nothing else
to do you can always stay in your
room and catch up on your sleep,
which everybody needs to do after
staying up late all year studying.
Isn't that the purpose of dead
week?
However, looking at this week
seriously, which I don't want to do
but guess I'd better, you might call
it the last chance to prepare for
the last chance. The very last
chance, for .on-the-fence students,
is finals. Dead week is the last
chance to prepare for them and
cram all the knowledge through
your thick little skull or thin little
skull, which ever it maghe be, and
,pull a passing grade out of the fire.
That's something to, think about,
and if any of you are like me, you
really need to think about it!
Library Exhibits
'Careers' Display
"Careers" are currently being
featured in one of the library dis-
plays. Hundreds of booklets and
■approximately fifteen volumes on
every type of vocation have been
conveniently arranged for the stu-
dent's use.
Designed to aid students in the
selection of a career, the display
contains material suggesting new
fields of work in addition to the
established professions. Balanced
discussions on the opportunities
for the future and the disadvan-
tages of a vocation are given in
the various booklets.
The books not only, give pointers
on choosing vocatiipns but also
make suggestions on enjoying the
field of work chosen.
Information sources, in addition
to the volumes, are Ccireers book-
lets, published by The Institute for
Research, and the American Job
Series booklets.
The library's display is undoubt-
ably of interest to most students,
for the majority of young people
make their decisions concerning
careers during their junior college
• The hospital at Tarleton State
College has 23 beds available and a
staff on duty 24 hour's a day.
CITY BARBER SHOP
Tarleton Students
Welcome
VANDERVOORTS
MILK
Buy it by the
Half Gallon
Campus Corner Cafe
and Drug Store
CROSSROADS OP
TARLETON
Miss Thompson Goes
To Library Meeting
t Miss Lola Rivers Thompson,
head librarian, will leave January
29 to attend the American Library
Association convention in Chicago
from January 30 through Febru-
ary 3.
As national chairman of the Jun-
ior College Libraries division, Miss
Thompson will preside at its sec-
tional meetings. She is assisted in
directing the activities of the or-
ganization by seven regional sub-
chairmen.
While in Chicago Miss Thompson
will also attend two meetings of
the board of directors of the As-
sociation of College and Reference
Libraries,
Registration Day
Set as January 29
Registration for the second
semester will be held Jan. 29 be-
ginning at 7:30, according to spe-
cial information released by the
Registrar's Office.
Students shall register accord-
ing to an alphabetical arrange-
ment on a schedule which lasts
until 5 p.m.
Registration will be held in the
library, with representatives of
each department and division
present. Order and procedure will
be similar to that of the first
semester.
First classes of the new semesj
ter will be Tuesday morning.
Ag Faculty Members
Judge at Comanche
Two members of the Tarleton
agriculture faculty will act as
judges in the Comanche County
Livestock Show next week,
H. L. Self, assistant professor
of animal husbandry, will judge
steers and lambs, and W, Doyle
Graves, poultry husbandry depart-
ment head, will judge capons.
Members of the Tarleton Livestock
Judging Team, selected immedi-
ately before the Christmas holi-
days, will assist in the show.
The show is a combined exhibi-
tion by FFA and 4-H Club breed-
ers of Comanche County.
Self also judged at the Burket
Community Livestock Show in
Coleman County Jan. 5,
NOTICE
An afternoon dance sponsored
by the junior class will be held
Saturday by the junior class. Ad-
mission will be ff.25 and the hour
is 3 p.m. Everyone is urged to
come.
Joining Citizens and other-Business Concerns in Welcoming
TARLETON STUDENTS
. Both New and Old to Our Midst
The Stephenville State Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tuesday, January 16, 1951
THE J-TAC—5
U. S. Faces World Crisis
Says Political Expert;
"The difficulties in Korea is only
an example of the dilemma which
America faces throughout the
world against the spreading forces
of the Soviet Union," said Captain
Michael Fielding in a lecture to
Tarleton students recently.
Fielding is in international poli-
tical authority who was brought
to Tarleton under the sponsorship
of the Civic Series, Speaking from
first hand experience and study,
for he has lived in the Far East
a total of sixteen years, he de-
scribed the phases of the "cold
war."
According to the captain, whose
record of prediction during ■ the
last war was 94.85 % accurate,
the two phases on idealogical and
military. The idealogical idea is
■—LTnited States democracy versus
Russian autocracy,
Bringing out the military side
reveals that Russia has constantly
brought pressure against American
forces in all strategic fields, es-
pecially in such areas as Western
Europe, the Mediterranean, Middle
East, Indo-Pakistan, Southwest
Asia and the Pacific, which are
vital to the U. S.
The widely-traveled military and
political analyst stated that it
is absolutely vital that this coun-
try hold all these, and Russia aims
to drive us from them before the
cold war becomes hot, for then
we will be unable to resist her de-
mands.
There are 22 logical, practical
military areas where USSR can
launch military campaigns at any
moment without any further prep-
aration, but it is to her advantage
tQ launch these military strokes
with Soviet satellite troops, thus
not involving Russia directly, was
Fielding's somewhat gloomy pic-
ture of the world situation.
However, he did add that there
is very little danger of attack
on Western Europe now, because
World 'War III would begin im-
mediately if this took place.
At the present time we have had
to commit virtually our entire
military substance in order to de-
feat the Reds in Korea, and Field-
ing is predicting another Dunker-
que in that war torn country. "We
will be lucky if we escape total
destruction," he said, and added
that two weeks will tell the story.
"The West can never hope to
match Russia in military power,
for our ability to raise ground
forces is .very limited, and it is
Russia's aim to involve them and
bog' them down in non-strategic
areas like Korea," he remarked.
The vital importance of Korea is
what it will do to the global as-
pect of the struggle.
In discussing . .the much-talked
about atomic bomb, Fielding said
that it is not a decisive Weapon,
but merely spectacular. He also
stated that this country is far
more susceptible to atomic bomb-
ing; than Russia.
Returning to his former topic
of our military power against
Russia's, the Eng'lish-born Ameri-
can citizen said' that invasion of
enemy homeland, annihilation of
enemy resistance, and occupation
of enemy land piily will gain vic-
otry in any war, and he darkened
the aspect by saying that invasion
and occupation of Russian home-
land is virtually impossible.
"Still, we can defeat Soviet de-
signs, if the West is willing to
make the necessary sacrifices."
According to Fielding we can fol-
low the British example to remedy
this situation. In past years Brit-
ain kept war localized by showing
aggressors actual military force.
They kept their enemies constantly
challenged by setting up organized
local forces in all strategic areas
approximately equal to aggressive
forces. We must re-establish the
balance of power in positions
throughout the six strategic areas.
Once balance of power positions
are re-established,- Soviet designs
of military conquest will be de-
stroyed.
Captain Fielding says that we
must defeat the idea of Commun-
ism throughout the world by build-
ing a preference for Democracy to
that of Communism the world
over. The Marshall Plan has kept
Western Europe out of Russia's
hands by creating economic sta-
bility, and the same plan must be
extended to all countries on the
Soviet perimeter.
"The extension of aid to the Far
East will be much less expensive
than most people think because
the standard of living is much'
lower than ours."
The ex-reporter and radio comr
mentator closed his lecture with
this statement, "By these methods
we can create a Pax Americana;
It will be an uneasy peace—all
peace is uneasy—but it will be
peace."
Benson Appointed
President's Sec,
Mrs. Delores Benson succeeded
Miss Daphine Hoover as secretary
to President E. . J. Howell. Miss
Hooyer resigned at the end of the
year to go to Texas Tech.
Mrs. Benson was previously Tar-
leton Station postmistress.
Mrs. Joe Fisher is the new post-
mistress.
■Tarleton's new agriculture build-
ing, which is now 20 per cent com-
plete, will have a oor area of 32,000.
square feet.
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