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Spring Cleaning Time
Again on the Campus
Published Weekly by Tarleton Students
32ND YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1952
NO. 23
TRI-AREA JUDGES
WILL COMPETE
IN AG CONTESTS
From 1800 to 2000 high school
FFA students are expected to at-
tend the annual TriArea Judging
Contest, to be held on the campus
on April 5. The three areas to be
represented are Area IV, Area
..VIII, and Area XII. Area super-
visors are J. B. Payne, Childers,
and J. A. Marshall1, respectively.
At the present time 'the Agri-
culture Division is engaged in the
i process of lining up classes in
stock and poultry for the contests.
The three divisions of judging
are to be in dairy cattle, poultry,
and livestock. Boyle Graves will
have charge of the Poultry Pro-
duction Contest, W. W, Reed will
superintend the Dairy Cattle Con-
test, and II. L. Self will oversee
the Livestock Contest.
These judging contests are held
every year at Tarleton and much
interest has always been aroused
in FFA circles about them. All
- contests are elimination contests
with rugged competition. Winners
here will participate in the state
. contests to be held later on at Tex-
as A&M College. State winners go
on to national competition.
Water Dyed Green
Causes Sensation
"That water looks unusually
green today," remarked one TS
C student to another as they
passed by the swimming pool.
"By golly it is green," said hi3
companion as they bo'th stop-
ped for a closer observation of
the water in the pool.
Imagine their surprise when
they noted that the water had
been dyed or colored a light
pastel shade of green which
stood out like a sore thumb. But
no one seems to know how,
when, or why the change in col-
oring took place so rapidly.
Numerous tests were run on
samples of the water to deter-
mine its composition and that
of the colored matter. No suc-
cess here either, however1. Fin-
ally the coloring gradually dis-
appeared and "the water re-
sumed its normal color.
But students and ' teachers
.alike are still wondering what
precipitated the strange pheno-
■ mena. The answer to this
mystery is anybody's guess.
NOTICE
All prospective graduates for
May should go by the information
desk of the registrar's office and
leave their names as soon as pos^
sible.
To Sing Top Tunes
The Dreamdusters, whiyh will be
presented at Tarleton Auditorium
on March 19th at 8:00 p. m. by the
Civic Series committee, is one of
the most popular male quartets
today.
Each member of the Dreamdust-
ers is a veteran of World War II,
and a well known soloist in the
Chicago musical world. In ex-
perience, each member has appear-
ed in leading Broadway musical
productions.
The personnel consists of Ralph
Nielson, who has appeared in two
Broadway hits. He was also soloist
with the Apollo and Swedish Cho-
ral Societies in Orchestra Hall. He
has appeared on WGM, WMBI,
and other major networks, and is
now in television.
Associated with Mr. Nielson are
a company of such singers as Law-
rence Lane, tenor; Barnard Izzo,
baritone; Lawrence Gray, bass,
and James Angell at the piano.
The program as presented by the
Dreamdusters is very unique with
a range from popular to classical,
■interspersed with excerpts from
operas. Their arrangements of cur-
rent hits are most unusual.
The costume skit from the Gay
Nineties is one of the delightful
features of their program.
A&M Directors
Acknowledge Gift
At a recent meeting of the
Board Directors of A&M College,
its members formally acknowledg-
ed a check received by them in the
amount of $2,140.89 presented by-
the Tarleton Ex-Students' Associ-
ation 'to be applied on the Memor-
ial Stadium fund.
Miss Mary Hope Westbrook,
President of the Ex-Students' As-
sociation, has been in charge of
securing funds to pay for the ex-
pense incurred in constructing the
new stadium, devoting considera-
ble time and effort to the project.
A&M PLANING
JC DAY PROGR AM
All Agricultural seniors have
been asked to attend a short
meeting' to be held on March 1^1
at 5 p. in. in the Lecture Room
of the Agriculture Building.
Principal topic for discussion will
be a proposed trip to the Junior
College Day Program^to be given
by the School of Agriculture at
A&M College.
The program is scheduled for
March 28-29 and plans are being
made to provide the cheapest
form of transportation possible
for those who wish to go. Aim of
the two day program is to interest
senior students in agriculture
from several junior colleges in
continuing their work at A&M
College.
Tentatively the program calls
for a welcome ceremony, lunch in
Duncan Hall, tour through the
various departments, an afternoon
baseball game, and a student ag-
ricultural council program -to be
arranged later, all occuring on-
Friday, March 28. The following
Saturday will be highlighted by
a program on the organization
and activities of A&M College,
and a tour of the college farm
and livestock facilities.
Clean-up Campaign
Begun By College
A clean-up campaign which will
last until June 20 is now under
way at Tarleton State College.
Purpose of the campaign is to
Line Gets Tangled
As Luck Runs Out
Even the hard-boiled members
of the Military Department can't
escape the temptations, of spring.
Such was the case of Sgt. Delbert
Gunn who cut classes last Sat-
urday morning- to try his luck
at fishing with a new rod and
reel.:
However he experienced some
bad luck when his rod backlash-
ed. After' struggling for quite
some time, he guiltily returned
to his cronies at the Armory.
Gunn watched with despair as
Sgts. Gray and White labored over
the badly tangled line. Soon the
desks and chairs were. covered
with the ljne and the office look-
ed like one large spider-web.
Hours passed and gradually the
line was untangled.
Various Events
Grace Calendar
In Military Dept.
Various activities have been go-
ing on in the military department
this week.
Cadet Sgt. Russell Wright's
squad of "F" Company sold the
most tickets to the Military Ball,
therefore they had the privilege of
standing in'the reviewing stand to
review the corps at last Thursday's
drill.
Two combat films will be shown
Friday at 1:30 p. m. in classroom
1, The films ■ are "Return of the
Zipper Fleet" and "Support in
Emergencies."
The best drilled company last
Thursday was Company "B," com-
manded by Cadet Capt. Cecil Bar-
ton. Platoon leaders are First Lt.
James Day and Second Lt. Charles
Mauch. Company "F" won second
place. First Lt. Mac Mohon and
First Lt. Robert Hurby are platoon
leaders.
Tarleton Ex Serving
In Army on Okinawa
Pfc. Frank L. Turner, ex-Tarlc-
tonite, is reporting as serving with
army forces on Okinawa. Turner
is a native of Mineral Wells, and
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
B. Turner.
Turner, a truck driver, was sta-
tioned at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
before his present overseas assign-
ment.
After attending Tarleton he was
employed by Texas Southern Con-
tracting Co., Ft. Worth, as a pipe
line truck drive prior to entering
the Army in January of 1951.
THE VOCAL QUARTET SINGS
T;ie Dreamdusters, an outstand-
ing foursome of vocal en-
tertainers, will be presented on
the next Civic Series Program,
to be held in the Auditorium on
March 18 at 8 p. m. Selections
rendered will range from class-
ical to popular, from Bach to
Berlin.
Auto Is Crowded
But Cows Contrary
Saturday, March 8, a terribly
loaded automobile set out for
Texas University. Included in
the crowd were Oren, Ellis, Jr.,
Barbara McDaniel, June Haws,
Burnby Munson, Alice Stephen-
son, and out on the front fender
pushing cows out of the way
was Dr. Dick Smith.
It seems that Dr. rtmith had a
business appointment in Austin;
therefore the group consented
to take him along. All but Bar-
bara went to make further ar-
rangements for entering Texas
University later this year; Bar-
bara went along as chauffer, a
very able one at that. At least
Oren trusts her!
Committee Assignments
Made For Parents' Day
Committee assignments of the
various faculty members to the
committees which will handle the
annual Parent's.Day program have
just been released by Joe Autry,
Chairman of the Parents's Day
Committee,
Members of the Parents' Day
Committee are Joe Autry, Col. B.
O. Morrison, Miss Laura Fellman,
Miss Betty Todd, Mrs. Sally Clark,
J. V. Laird, B. D. McGarth, and
Don Morton.
J. E. Tompkins, Miss Lynn
Whitefield, Mrs. Hamm, Mrs. Ev-
ans and Mrs. Lorene Fisher will
handle the registration procedures,
while Miss Mary Hope Westbrook,
J. A. Hart, and Gerald Fanning
are in charge of the ex-student's
meeting.
On the Reception, Arrange-
ments, and Refreshments Com-
mittee,are Miss Dolly Glover, Mrs.
Sallie Clark, Miss Mary Marrs,
Cecil Ballow,. Mrs. Rueben Friou,
Miss Ruth Milliard, Mrs. L. G.
Worthington, Mrs. Zeddie Edgar,
Mrs. W. P. Showalter, Miss Johan-
na Olander, Miss Johnnie Shirley,
Mrs. B. O. Morrison, and Mrs. C.
M. Flory,
J. A. Hart and the J-Tac staff
will handle all publicity. Mrs.
George Todd, G. II. Smith, and J.
V. Laird are in charge of guides
and signs. The Student Council
and the Parent's Day Committee
will make arrangements for the
Tarleton Queen with, details of the
queen's ceremony to be worked out
by Miss Fellman and selected as-
sistants in conjunction with Col.
Morrison and his staff.
Open house will be observed in
all divisions and departments on
Parent's Day.
create a more efficient use of all
facilities and plans for maintain-
ing the property.
The campaign includes cleaning
of all premises, improvement of
the grounds, removal of refuse
and bird nests from the buildings,
cleaning of window panes, arid
many other activities that will ac-
complish the objectives.
Surveys will be made of all
equipment to determine the need
for it. Particular attention will be
paid to surplus and worn out
equipment.
H. C. Doremus is general chair-
man of the campaign and is organ-
izing committees with specific as-
signed duties.
A similar campaign is being
carried on at all colleges in the
Texas A&M College System fol-
lowing indorsement of such action
by the Presidents and Directors
at a recent meeting.
CORPS WILL PICK
NEATEST CADETS
Last Thursday began the annual
contest to see,'iwhich cadet would
be selected as 'the neatest cadet of
the year. The contest began March
6 and. will continue until the RO
TC Field Day. 1
Each Thursday at the regular
retreat parade each company and
the band will be inspected by the
company officers and members of
the battalion staff and the neatest
cadet will be' selected. These six
men will stand in the reviewing
stand and review the corps. Each'
of these men will receive points for
being selected.
Later in the semester the top.
three men will be selected out of
the six unit winners.' Additional
points will be awarded these three
cadets. The person with the high-
est points at the end of the year
will be named the neatest cadet
of the year. All cadets, both fresh-
men and. sophomores, will take
part in this competition, officers
not being eligible to participate.
Last Thursday's winners includ-
ed Phil Rodgers,, CompanyA; Paul
Ceballos, Company B; Kenneth
Sheppard, Company C; William
Proctor, Company E; Donald
Bowne, Company F, and Deryl
Sadler, Band.
Love Is Assistant to
WFAA Farm Editor
Another Tarleton ex-student has
made good! Doyle, Love, a former
student here, has been named as-
sistant to Murray Cox, Farm Edi-
tor of Radio Station WFAA in
Fort Worth. Cox compiles -and re-
ports the farm news in this area
of Texas on his regular radio pro-
gram held daily Monday- through
Friday.
Love has been teaching voca-
tional agriculture to ag students
at Dublin High School. He is a
graduate of Texas A&M College.
CALENDAR
TUESDAY, MARCH 11
Eternas Club Meeting, 6:30 p.
m,, Girl's Dorm.
Lords and Commoners Club
Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Girl's Parlor.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12
Student's Association Meeting,
5:30 p.m., Science Building.
Semper Idem Club Meeting, 6:30
p.m., Room 159, Science Building.
Student Coucil Dance, 6:30 p.m;,
Recreation Hall.
Barons and Coronas Club Meet-
ing, 7 p.m., Girl's 'Parlor.
Rodeo Club Meeting, 6:30 p. m.,
Girl's Parlpr.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13
Sine Ceras Club Meeting, 5:30
p.m., Girl's Dorm.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 '
Girl Scout Board Mother and
Daughter Benquet, Dining Hall.
SUNDAY, MARCH 16
Canterbury Club Meeting, 6:15
p.m., St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
MONDAY, MARCH 17
O.W.L.S. Club Meeting, 6:30 p.
in., Home of Miss May Jones.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 11, 1952, newspaper, March 11, 1952; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140482/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.