The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 3, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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"SERVING TARLETON STATE COLLEGE SINCE 1910".
Box 337, Tarleton Station
50th YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1961 NUMBER 4
Holt, Baker, Ator Win Elections,
Students Name Representatives
Tarleton students met Wednes-
day to elect class officers and
Food Council
Names Members
President E. J. Howell last week
announced the appointment of ten
students to the Dining Hall Food
Council.
- The purpose of the organization
will be to offer suggestions for
improvement and changes in the
Dining Hall. The council will work
in conjunction -with Mrs. Eoxie
Cress, Dining Hall supervisor, and
other school officials.
Those selected were Ida Den-
son, Granbury sophomore; Ray-
mond Dulock, Waco junior; Bob-
ette Heaton, Freeport freshman;
Noel Johnson, Ft. Stockton sopho-
more; Gordon McCullOugh, Cole-
man sopomore; Glen McKenzie,
Midland freshman; Bill Onstott,
Evant junior; Bobby Stewart, Gail
junior; Molly Taylor, Hillsboro
junior; and Linda Woods, DeLeon
junior.
The first meeting' of the newly
appointed council will be held to-
day at 6 p.m. in the Robin Room
of the Dining Hall,
sponsors, freshman and sophomore
Student Council representatives.
Elected as junior sponsors were
Dr. Dick Smith and Mrs. Ona Joy
Terry. Robert L. Keighton and
Mrs. Donnie R. Campbell were
chosen as sophomore sponsors.
Junior class officers elected
were: president, Donnie Holt, gov-
ernment major from Mozelle; vice
president, Bela James, biology ma-
jor from Graford; reporter, Joyce
McCee, English major from Glen
Rose.
Chosen as sophomore class offi-
cer? were: president, Dick Baker,
pre-dental major from Belton; vice
president, John Riggs, business
major from Galena Park; secre-
tary-treasurer, N i c k i McAden,
English major from Stephenville;
reporter, Robin Nesmith, Speech
major from Houston. Sophomores
elected to the student council were:
Bonnie Lewis, medical technology
major from Stephenville; Melba
Schrank, elementary education ma-
jor from Pottsville; Coralea Rhod-
es, biology major from Coleman;
Mike Taylor,, business* major from
Quanah; Eddie Heweth, business
major from Glen Rose.
Neal Ator, secondary education
TSC Coliegiafe Rodeo
To Be Held Fri., Sat.
• The annual Tarleton State Col-
lege fall rodeo will be held Friday
and Saturday night at 8 p.m. in
Audie Murphy Arena.
- Rodeo Club president Clay
Stubbs announced today that ap-
Student Body Trip
Cancelled, Ada
Being Considered
The Tarleton student council
yesterday voted to cancel the plan-
ned corps trip to Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, Student trip chairman
Mike Taylor explained that tickets
for the trip would cost $14 with a
minimum of 500 students requir-
ed. Money for the trip would be
due one week in advance of the
trip. Bus fare for the trip would
have been approximately $13 with
a' minimum of 40 students neces-
sary to justify the trip.
Taylor'3 committee is now in-
vestigating the possibilities of
making the trip to Ada, Oklahoma
on November 18. A report of his
findings will be given at next
Monday's student council meeting.
proximately 100 entries have been
accepted and that persons desir-
ing to enter the rodeo should do
so before tonight.
There are six events scheduled
for this year's rodeo. These in-
clude bull riding, bareback bronc
riding, tie-down roping, ribbon
roping, wild mare race (team of
three boys), and the girls barrel
race.
This year's rodeo is being pro-
duced by Bill Yale, well-known ro-
deo producer from Arlington. Ro-
deo clowns are John Stokes, pro-
fessional clown from Evant, and
Howard Stevenson a TSC student.
Announcer for the two night per-
formance will be Todd Oliver. Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Evans are spon-
sors of this year's rodeo club, Mr.
Evans is a member of the Tarle-
ton.agronomy department.
Admission for the rodeo will be
$1 for each performance. Tickets
may be obtained from any mem-
ber of the rodeo club.
Yearbook Photos
: Yearbook photographs for the
sophomore and junior class sec-
tions should be taken this week
announced Grassburr editors to-
day.
' Class photos are being made at
Miller studio in Stephenville. The
charge for the photographs is
$2.50. For this fee the students re-
ceive six, gold-tone billfold pic-
tures, and their photographs in the
1961-C2 yearbook.
Freshmen who did not have
their photos taken last week may
still get them in the yearbook by
paying an additional 25 cents at
the photo studio.
major from Granbury, was elected
president of the freshman class.
Student Council representatives
elected were: Cathy Brewer, home
economics major from Stephen-
ville; Elaine Price, elementary edu-
cation major from Granbury; Judy
Hector, elementary education ma-
jor from San Saba; Donald Jones,
pre-law major from Stephenville;
Johnny Davis, engineering major
from Brownwood; Otis Bakke,
chemistry major from Iredell.
§. C. Holds
1st Meeting
The Student Council held its
first meeting last Wednesday in
the Wren Room of the Dining Hall
at noon. President Noel Johnson
presided.
Purpose of the meeting was to
elect a secretary and a reporter
to set up committees, and to dis-
cuss student problems.
Linda Woods was elected secre-
tary and Bonnie Lewis was elect-
ed reporter. Four committees were
set up. They are: Student Direc-
tories.; Election; Homecoming; and
Student Body Trip. Johnson ap-
pointed members to the commit-
tees and named chairmen for the
four groups.
The council discussed the prob-
lems of the student body trip to
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and dis-
cussed the problems arising from
the Monday night dances. Also
discussed was the building of a
Student Union Building,
A resolution was passed to se-
cure the girl's gym for the Mon-
day night dances. The Council also
approved a fee of ten cents for
the Monday night dances. Tentative
plans call for the student body
trip to be made' to Arkadelphia
on October 21 if train transporta-
tion can be arranged. Ticket prices
will be announced later.
A special committee was set up
to work in conjunction with Dean
Chilton and faculty members on
trying to get a Student Union
Building for Tarleton.
Sponsors for the Student Coun-
cil are Dean Paul Cunyus and Mrs.
Joy Terry. The council meets every
Monday at noon in the Wren
Room. Interested persons may at-
tend.
FOR NEW TSC NAME
The Student Council yesterday
unanimously voted to present the
student body vvith an opportunity
to change the name Plowboys if
they so desire. Junior representa-
tive Bill Henderson made the mo-
ting stating, "I feel that the
change of Tarleton State College
from a junior college to a four-
year liberal arts college has also
changed the attitude of many stu-
dents who attend the school. A
large number of the students*
faculty, and leading dignitaries o£
TSC have made the comment to
me that the name Plowboys is not
appropriate for our new role as a
liberal arts college; therefore E
move that we the student council
provide for the student body an
opportunity to decide whether or
not he name Plowboys should be
changed, and if so, what name
would be desirable, by holding a
student body election Wednesday^
October 3."
Voting will begin at 9 a.m.
| Wednesday in the Rec Hall. At
| 11:30 the- ballot box will be shift-
' ed to the dining hall where voting
will continue until 12:30 The polls
will remain open until 3 p.m. in
: the Rec Hall and results will be
tabulated immediately thereafter.
If the students vote to change the
: name Plowboys another election
will be held Friday to decide the
new name for Tarleton athletic
i teams.
TOMMY BLANTON
TSC Enrolls
1,389 Students,
2nd Highest Mark
The second largest enrollment
in Tarleton State College history
was recorded this week when 1,389
students were registered for the
fall semester. The all-time high
was in 1946 when veteran enroll-
ment boosted the number to 1,435.
President E. J. Howell Said "We
are highly pleased with the en-
rollment, not only with the size
of the junior class and the large
increase in women students but
with the large increase in women
students but with the large fresh-
man class which will carry over
during the next four years."
A breakdown provided by the
registrar showed a total of 965
males and 424 womeih Class en-
rollment for freshmen is -805;
sophomores, 291; juniors, 107, and
special students, 180.
Enrollment figures compared to
last year's 1,144, show an increase
of 21.4 per cent.
The last full-time student to en-
roll was Tommy Blanton, a fresh-
man biology major from New-
castle.
Tarleton is in its first year as
a senior college. The first junior
class was enrolled this year, and
senior courses will be taught in
the fall of 1902.
UT Publication Carries
Article by Dr. Dick Smith
CLAY STUBBS
Dr. Dick Smith, head of the de-
partment of social sciences at Tar-
leton, says that Texas government
is weighted down with a Constitu-
tion tailored to the bitter Recon-
sruction era and needs an up-to-
date basic document.
Dr." Smith made the criticism in
"Public Affairs Comment," a pub-
lication of the University of Texas
Institute of Public Affairs, and
urged a thorough rewrite of the
state constitution.
The present Constitution was
ratified in 1876. Since then it has
received 144 amendments, inflating
it to about 40,000 words—or about
the size of a short novel. Most
streamlined state constitutions are
about a third as long.
Despite his criticism of the
length and complexity of the docu-
ment, Dr. Smith says many of the
amendments which inflate the
Constitution were absolutely ne-
cessary to give the Legislature
power to meet the legitimate needs
of the state. But he says there
"just isn't much point in the missile
age of authorizing the governor
to call up troops to fight hostile
Indians." The present Constitution
gives.him this power.
"If Texas is to take the place
in the'Union that its population,
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TSC
See Need
For Change
Several Tarleton exes last week
expressed their opinion on wheth-
er the name "Plowboys" should be
changed. Persons interviewed
agreed that changes must be made
to meet the needs of Tarleton as a
liberal arts college.
C. II. (Mickey) McGuire, presi-
dent of the Ex-Students Associa-
tion and executive vice president
of the Stephenville State Bank,
had this to say about the itlea of
a nevv nickname for Tarleton. "I
do not object to a change of name
as long as the student body thinks
seriously about changing it and
definitely makes the change one
for the better."
Dr. Dick Smith, head* of the
social science department and gov ;
eminent professor said, "The name
Plowboys which represented the
spirit of John Tarleton Agricul-
ture College has had a long and
glorious history, but just as it was
necessary to change the name to
Tarleton State College, because of
the changing nature of the school;
it now is necessary to change
Plowboys to something more re-
presentative - of the four-year , lib-
eral arts college."
Robert Walker, English instruc-
tor and ex-student of Tarleton, ex-
plained, "I could hope for a name
which well represents the entire
student body. Not one which just
represents one of the more im-
portant segments of the school."
Alice Sheffield, Tarleton student
last year and now a student at
East Texas State College was
visiting on the campus Saturday
and made the following statement.
''I believe that the name Plowboys
is no longer representative of the
entire student body. Tarleton is
now a liberal arts college and not
an agricultural college. The pres-
tige of the school is affected by
the name Plowboys as it begins
its four year plan. I feel that a
more appropriate name would at-
tract students to investigate the
college. The name Plowboys offers
somewhat of a mental block to
prospective students."
Fish Prexy
Calls Meeting
Freshman class president Neal
Ator announced today that there
will be a freshman class meeting
today at 12:20 in the Main Audi-
torium. Purpose of the meeting is
to elect class sponsors and com-
plete the election of class officers,
Ator urged everyone to be on time
in order that all business may be
completed by 1:00.
JUNIOR PHOTOS TO BE TAKEN THIS WEEK
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