The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 23, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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Published Weekly by Tarleton Students
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STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1954
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" NORTH TEXAS PL£YEHS—On the" April. G Civic Series
* program Tarleton win feature the North Texas players in
"Home of the Brave.'' They are from left to right: (standing)
Allen Baldwin, Ed Pilley, -John King, and Lee Kramer;
kneeling are Jerry Milton and David Minton-■.
'Home of the Brave'
Slated Here April 6
• '-'The North Texas players willbase and on a Pacific island.
present "Home of the Brave" in
the Tarleton Auditorium on April
C,
This program is sponsored by
the Tarleton Civic Series.
The play was written by Arthur
Laurents and is about the war.
Members of the cast include: Jerry
Melton, as the Captain; Ed Pilley
aS .Maj, Dennis Robinson, Jr.;
Allan Baldwin as T. ,J. Everitt;
David Minton, as Coney; Lee
Kramer, as Finch; and John King-
as Mingo, ' ' . ' .
' Most of the action takes place
.in^ hospital room at. a Pacific
"Home1 of the Brave" is a war
play which presents a psychologi-
cal problem, it is the story of a
young' soldier, a Jew, who.develops
a complex because lie thinks he's
failed liis dying companion. ,
. As the play progresses, his.con-
dition becomes much worse. He
finally becomes partially paralized,
but under the care of the doctors'
on the base he recovers and is
willing to face the world again,.
The play is directed by Mrs,
Myrtle Hardy; technical director,
is Dr. Edwin Hansen,
What Qael oh 0&ie
/.Tuesday,-Maiv 23—OWLS Club
.Meeting,"Miss. May Jones',.house,
6:30" p.m.. • .
Tuesday, |Har.' 23 — DST-'Club
meeting, -Mrs. Claris apartment,
6 p.m.
Wednesday, Maiv 24 —, Barons
and Coronas Club meeting, 6:30
p.m., art building,
; Wednesday, Mar. 24 — Eternas
Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., "balcony
of girls' dormitory,
, i Thursday, Mar. 25 —- Faculty
• meeting, ag aud, 4 p.m.
Thursday', Mar. 25—Sine Cera
Club meeting', 5:30 p.m., little par-
lcr.
Saturday, Mar. 27 ~ District
teachers' meeting, ag, aud.
Saturday,- Mar. 27 — Track re-
lays, track field. -
"- Monday, Mar. -29 •— Tarle'ton
Jubilee, .8 p.m., auditorium.
Tuesday, Mar. 30—OWLS Club
meeting, 'Miss May Jones' house,
6:30 p.m.
. Tuesday, Mar. 30 — DST Club
meeting,' Mrs.;. Clark's, apartment,
6 p.in:...
Wednesday, -Mr. 31.—Barons and
Coronas Club meeting, 0:30 p.m.,
art building'.
Wednesday, Mar. 31 — Eternas
Club meeting', 6:30 p.m., balcony
of girls' dormitory,
Thursday, April 1 — Sine Cera
Club meeting, 5:30 p.m.', little par-
lor.
Friday, April 2 — Jr. High J3ist.
track meet, track field.
Friday, April 2 — FFA recrea-
tion, rec hall. s
Saturday, April 3 — Student
Council Carnival, Huriewell Park.
Saturday, April 3 — FFA Judg-
ing Contests.
Saturday, April 3 —■ Area IV
BHA reading- of State Degrees, 9
a.m., HE aud.
Monday, April 5—Student Coun-
cil Dance, G:45 p.m., rec hall.
FLORAL SCHOOL
SLATED AT TSC
L. J. Tolle, Jr., assistant profes-
sor, department of floriculture and
landscape gardening at A&M Col_
lege, will teach three 3-week train-
ing courses, in floriculture at Tar-
leton . this summer. -
- Designed for both professional
and amateur flower gardeners, the
courses cover hame gardening,
flower store management, and
commercial production methods.
Production methods will be
taught from June 7-25 and will
cover environment factors, soils
and fertilizers, propagation-, insect
control, disease control ,and green-
house management.
Flower store management will
be taught from June 28-July 1(5,
and, will cover floral design, busi-
ness management, shop layout,
ear-e of cut flowers, pot plunts,
foliage plants, and techniques.
Home gardening will be taught
from July 19-A'ugust ■ 6 and' will
include soils and fertilizers, insect
control, disease control, environ-
mental factors, garden flowers,
and floral arranging.
Classes will be taught five days
a week, and rooms will be available
in the dormitories. Swimming,
golf, and other recreational facili-
ties .of the college "will be open to
the students.
Only a ' limited number of stu-
dents will be enrolled for. each
course, and registration will be by
reservation only. Deadline is May
20.
.Cost of production methods and
home gardening courses will be
$60.75 each. This includes room
and board. Without room and
board the cost will be $21.75,
Cost o^ the flower store manage-
ment course will be $70.75 with
room and beard and $31,75 without
room and board.
JG CONFERENCE
SLATED MAY 7-8
The 13th Annual Junior College
Conference will be held, in Austin
May. 7;-8.
Arrangements for the confer-
ence are being made by Dr. J. W.
.Reynolds and Dr. C. C. Col vert,
professors and junior college; con-
sultants . at the University of
Texas.
Speakers ivill include George R.
Gordon of California, Dr. F, M.
McDowell of Iowa, and Dr. Logan
Wilson, president of the Universi-
ty of Texas.
Conference theme is "Services
the Junior Colleges Can Render to
the Community," , ' ■
6Q FHA Girls Will
Receive Degrees
On April 2-3 sixty Home Econo-
mies students ol" high schools will
live in the girl's dormitory. •- ■ ,
They will be here to' further their
efforts in gaining state degrees in
Home Economics. Their records
will be read and they will be in-
terviewed.
NOTICE
To be admitted to events coyered
by the Student Activity Fee, all
Tarleton students must present
their Student Activity Card or pay
• the regular price of admission, ac-
cording to an announcement of the
Tarleton Fiscal Office.
TSC Relays Saturday
Will Draw 23 teams
TSC Track Coach Oscar PVwier
will fire the opening gun for the
Third Annual Invitational Relays
at 1 p.m. Saturday when the pre-
liminaries start with over 20 high
school track teams competing on
Memorial. Fielc|. *.,
Finals will begin- at 8 p.m.
Comanche, winner of the meet
last year, is entered and is ex-
pected to mwke a strong bid. to
repeat. North Side of Fort Worth,
second place winner, last year and
recently victor in the Possum
Kingdom Relays, was entered but
withdrew in order to avoid; too.
much competition with other Fort
Worth high schools prior to In-
terscholastic League track com-
Band, Chorus to Go
To Granbury Soon
, The Tarleton Brass Ensemble
and Chorus will go to Granbury
Friday, April'3 to the .High School
Band Clinic.
The chorus will sing with the
festival, band. During the morning
there will be ten bands and they
will play for the ■ Intel-scholastic
League Band. The best players
will be selected but that group to
.play in the district band and a
concert that night. In this concert
the chorus' will accompany the
band. "
Miss Glover to Talk
To Beta Sigma Phi
Miss Dollie Marie Glover will
speak to the Beta Sigma Phi
March 25.
The main subject of the pro-
gram will be "Beauty;" Miss Glov-
er will talk on "Speech as One of
the Tools for the Art «f a Beauti-
ful Life."
petition.
Coach Sandy Sanford, director
of the relays, has' reciveil entries
from 23 schools but anticipates
that there will be one or two
charges before the meet starts.
Schools entered mre Weather-
ford, Lake Worth, Kopperl, Brew-
er, Comanche, Arlington Heights,
Olney, Boyd, Carter - Riverside,
Cleburne, Clifton, Gatesville, Glen
Rose, Gorman, Granbury, Grand-
view, Hamilton, Josshua",' Hico,
Mansfield, Mineral Wells, .Paschal,
and Poly.
Coach Sanford will meet with
all high school coachs at 10
o'clock Saturday morning in the
auditorium of the agriculture
Building to discuss arrangements
for the meet.
The Tarleton. Relays are co-
sponsored by the Stephenville
Chamber <of Commerce and the
college. Trophies will be awarded
the meet winne rand each winning
relay team.* Medals will . go to
first, second and third place win-
ners in individual, events, and to
aich member of winning relay
teams.
Miss Westbrook
Will Give Talks
Miss Mary Hope Westbrook will
speak to the Campus Club Tues-
day, March 30,
Thursday she will also talk to
the Current Readers* Club,
• NOTICE
Students who plan to graduate
in May should leave their name at
the information desk in the Regis-
trar's office and ask that their
qualifications be checked.
1,450 FFA Visitors
To Be Here April 3
Over 1450 visitors will be on the
campus Saturday, April 3.
1200 Future Farmer contestants,
250 agriculture teachers, and sev-
eral others, including parents, bus
drivers and extras will be on hand
for the annual Tri-Area Judging
Contest that is annually held at
the Tarleton Farm, and for. tjie
announcement of. results in the
Auditorium at 3 o'clock that after-
noon. ' .
Judging will proceed at 7:45 a.m.
and should be completed by 11 o'-
clock that- morning-.
Professor W. W- Reed, who or-
ganized and supervises the live-
stock and dairy cattle judging con-
tests, expects 160. livestock judg-
ing teams, 165 dairy cattle judging
.teams ajwl" over. iOO; poultry,:j\ulg-
tpg iftarns,.. ©rgsmfeed .some thirty
years, ago, fhi's annual contest be-
gan as a sma]l competition with
no teams, and has expanded so as
to . take in three district—IV, VII,
and VIII.
The program will be conducted
by W. W, Reed, head of the Ag-
riculture Department; assisted by
R. V. Derrick, E. A. Blanchard, Z.
C. Edgar, J. W. Autry, B. M. Bai-
ley, plus- fifty students and 22 ste-
nographers
Mr, W. p. Graves, poultry con-
tent director, will be assisted by
Mr. Laird, 10 stenographers and
25-30 college students in the post-
ing and tabulating of grades.
These people are responsible for
.grading and tabulating ten or
eleven thousand score cards. Team
totals, individual totals, winners
and high individuals will be j-un
in all three areas.
Actual preparation for this year's
contest began two years ago with
the; breeding, schedule for the an-
imals. Six months before the event,
they are'fed and fitted; The month
before, the college students, are'
trained to care for their particular
jobs. On Thursday and Friday be- :
fore, a preview of the contest is
held in which classes are brought
out, numbered .and judged by an
.outside; judge. ., - . , .
"Qther preparation include print-
ing* score cards and stapling sets
of them. Supplies are assembled for
contestants and the contest is .plan-
ned in minute detail, timed and, sch-
eduled up till the winner's ah-
nouncement at 3:00. Evei-y card
has- listed on it a contestants name
on which scores are tabulated with
his number,
Then, at 1:30 a.m. Saturday;
farm employes start getting the
24 classes of livestock and poultry
out.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 23, 1954, newspaper, March 23, 1954; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140540/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.