The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 9, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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Remember White
Elephant Sale
Attend The
Basketball Games
VOLUME XXV
MONEY COMES IN
TO GHAMBERU
MEMORIAL FUND
A new student loan fund for the
college has been announced by
De^n J. Thomas Davis and the Ste-
phenville Business and Profession-
al Women's Club. The new fund
will be known as the Lily Pearl
' Chamberlin Memorial Loan Fund
in memory of the late Mrs. Lily
Pearl Chamberlin, former faculty
member of the college.
Mrs. Chamberlin, then known as
Lily Pearl Ponder, was a member
of the first faculty chosen to teach
in John Tarleton College in 1899.
She served in various capacities of
the college from 1899 until 1929.
During that time she married Mr.
Willard Chamberlin. She served as
head of thei English department
and Home Economics department
and' Dean of Women, until 1929,
when she resigned to move to Ar-
lington, with, her husband to be
near her step-children.
During the many years Mrs.
Chamberlin resided here and
taught, in college she was the friend
and companion of all her students.
Perhaps no single individual will
ever know jus;t how many under-
privileged students she helped
through school.
The Business and Professional
Women's Club became interested in
a memorial for Mrs. Chamberlin
after'her death in 1943. The fund
is open fdf contribution and while
no concerted drive is contemplated
at present, friends and recipients
of Mrs. Chamberlin's many benevo-
lent acts are' cordially invited to
make any contribution they see fit
to the fund.
A few weeks ago some of the la-
dies of the North Texas Agricul-
tural College,- where Mrs. Chamb-
erlin taught a short time after re-
signing -here, sent a sum to aug-
ment the loan fund here.
The fund now has .5243.75, in-
cluding a check for $100 sent by
Mrs. Chamberlin's step-children.
The following story was written
by Mrs. Chamberlin several years
ago for the Farm qnd Ranch. Boyce
House, in the program "I give you
Texas and the Great Sojathwest,"
quoted it recently, and "with his
permission and, the permission of
the Farm and Ranch, it is being
Sprinted here. Dean J. Thomas Da-
vis wishes to .urge the faculty and
students to listen to Boyce House
every Sunday at 12:45 over the
Lone Star Chain, because he will
probably mention the college in
connection with the Lily Pearl
Chamberlin Loan Fund:
SCRAPING THE CAKE BOWL
As I was passing a farm house
the other day I saw a little boy run
out at the back door with a large
' yellow bowl held tightly in his
"arms and—sitting down behind the
woodpile—begin to eat something
See MONEY COMES—-Page 3—
| CALENDAR
&
Tuesday, January 9—Basketball
game. JTAC vs. Eagle Mountain
Marines here.
Wednesday, January 10—A. W.
S. White Elephant Sale. 8:00 Girls'
Dormitory. '
Wednesday, January 10—A. W.
S. Council meeting.
Wednesday, January 10—D. S. T.
Club, meeting.
* Thursday, January 11—O. W. L.
S. Club meeting.
Thursday, January 11—Basket-
ball ganje, JTAC vs. Marines. Here
at 8:00,
Monday, January 15—Grassburr
staff meeting.
Monday, January 15—J-Tac staff
meeting. '
Tuesday, January 16—Eternas
Club meeting.
C. B. RUSHING IS REPORTED
MISSING IN PACIFIC AREA
A report reached Stephenville by
Eli Rushing Saturday of last week
from the War Department sayjng
that his brother, Sergt. C. B. Rush-
ing, had been missing in action
since December 22nd.
Sergeant Rushing was a radio
operator on a B-29 Fortress, and it
had been stationed on the'island of
Saipan in the Southwest Pacific for
several months.- Only Recently was
it reported that he h,ad made at
least one mission over Tokyo. An-
other brother, Ellison Rushing,
lives at San Antonio. Details of
the tragedy are lacking, yet it is
believed that the report is true.
Sergeant Rushing is remembered
here as the son of the late Charley
Rushing. He was a star athlete at
both the high school and Tarleton
College.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1945
""" TARLETON DROPS
TRIMESTER PLAN
NUMBER 7.
Dean J. Thomas Davis has an-
nounced that the tri-mester basis
will be dropped at the end of this
semester in line with ;the policy
adopted at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College. The tri-mester
has probably served its purpose,
and it is entirely too strenuous
both on students and faculty.
Instead of following the program
as has been announced, the spring
semester will begin on January 29,
1945. There will be only one day
for registration; classes will start
on January 30.
The spring semester will close on
June 2, 1945, and the summer term
will open on_Jun$ 11, 1945.
Lieut. Col. Gabe Lewis Writes in His
Letter of London and Paris Sights
Lieut. Col. Gabe Lewis, the reg-
istrar and dean of students now on
leave, has written about many
places,.of interest in Europe.
Colonel Lewis an engineering
student in Tarleton in 1926-1928,
was editor of the J-Tac and colonel
of the Cadet Corps. Afte*r gradu-
ating, he took his B.S. degree at
A. & M., and then his Master's de-
gree at the University of Texas.
He came back to Tarleton in 1934
as associate professor of mathe-
matics. Later (he was made dean of
men. After serving with the .C.C.C,
for one year, he returned as regis-
the inscriptions on the tombs of all
England's great people who have
been buried there through the cen-
turies. Among- the tombs I saw
were those of the Duke of Welling-
ton, Kitchner, Thomas Hardy,
Samuel Johnson, Gates, Disraeli,
Gladstone, Peel, Dickens, and
countless others.
"Tell Miss Rutherford that the
thing that impressed me most was
a very small stone in the floor with
the short inscription "Q Rare Ben.
Jonson." Also, we saw the Scottish
bagpipe baifd at Buckingham Pal-
ace. It was a beautiful sunshiny
* f; Vi-
trar and dean of students.
In May, 1941, he was again call-
ed to service. He was in the Ad-
jutant General command until af-
ter . Pearl Harbor, when he was
sent to Camp Clayborne, La..-with
the 82nd Division and w^ later
transferred to the" 101st Airborne
Division.
He is now adjutant general of the
17th Airborne Division stationed
somewhere in England. ;
His wife and two children are liv-
ing in Stephenville for the dura-
tion. Recently she received a letter
from him telling about many places
of interest in Europe. The follow-
ing excerpts describe trips to tion-
don apd Paris.
"I've been to London to see the
Queen," you can tell Nancy. Gen-
eran Miley very graciously sent me
on business, and I don't believe
anyone ever saw more in as short
a time. We immediately hired a
taxi and visited the following:
Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Ca-
thedral, Buckingham Palace, Well-
ington Barracks, Duke of Wind-
sor's Palace, Queen Mary's home,
Bond Street, Regent Street, Lon-
don Bridge, Tower of London, and
the old castle ""with a moat around
it, ■ 10 Downing Street, Trafalgar
Square, Berkley Square, Hyde
Park, Charring Cross, Piccadilly
Circus, Fish Market, Nelson's
Monument, Memorial to Queen Vic-
toria, Parliament, and the U. S.
Embassy.
"How is that for three-hour
tour? To top it off we had a good
dinner at the large officer's- mess
in London, and waggled out of the
quartermaster a new type of short
blouse and cap (like the one Gen-
eral Eisenhower wears)—free, of
course.
"It was quite an experience in
Westminster and St. Paul reading
day—a rarity in London, so the
day was practically perfect.
"And also, I heard Yehudi Manu-
hin play a concert to the armed
forces in one of the most famous
cathedrals in the world. I was sit-
ting in a transcept about fifty feet
from him, and it was wonderful. In
this beautiful seven hundred year
old Gothic cathedral the, setting
was perfect.
"His last number was "Ave Ma-
ria," and he was accompanied by
the cathedral organ playing softly.
It happened that it was being play-
ed near sundown, and the sun shin-
ing through the high stained glass
windows made it an experience
that comes to few people in a life-
time.
"Three days and.two nights in
Paris—What a life! It was one of
the greatest and most thrilling ex-
periences in my life. There are
things to see in London, New York,
Boston, and other places, but one's
education is most incomplete until
he has seen Paris. There's nothing
else like it in the world.,
"When I write about visiting a
place in England it is fairly easy.
There are always tangible things
to describe: an old cathedral, the
countryside, some,writer's home, or
an old castle. But when you try to
tell of Paris you have to describe
the spirit of the place, and that's
hard. The gaiety, fancy "hair-dos,"
stylish clothes, the open air book
stands on the Seine, the emotional-
ism of the peop}e—all these things
that even the war hasn't changed,
make it a most delightful place to
spend a few days; •
"After a very fine trip we arrived
in Paris and applied to the billeting
officer for quarters. We were plac-
ed in the St. James Hotel, a rather
swanky place even in peacetime. To
See LIEUT. COL. LEWIS—Page 3
MISS LILLARD ATTEND THE
FUNERAL OF HER FATHER.
The funeral of George P. Lillard,
76, of Arlington, internationally
known hog breeder who died Sun-
day, was held in the First Method-
ist Church at Seguin Thursday at
3 p. m. Burial was there.
A son, Joe W. Lillard of Mexico,
flew to the service. Other survivors
are his widow; another son, George
P. Lillard, Jr., of Fort Worth; dau-
ghter, Miss Lillie V. Lillard, head
of the speech department of John
Tarleton College; two brothers,
Tom and Sam M. Lillard, both of
Seguin; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Fennell and Mrs. Bert Govett, both
of Seguin; seven grandsons and
two great grandsons.
' Miss Lillard was at the family
home in Arlington when her father
died.
99TH DIVISION
FIGHTS AT FRONT
The Thursday evening edition of
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram car-
ried an interesting article on the
First Army last-ditch stands durr-
ing "the intensive German break-
through in our Western Front line.
The article gave special mention to
the 99th Division. Tarleton stu-
dents and faculty members were',
particularly interested in this, be-
cause several former Tarleton stu-<
,dents and members of the ASTP
unit stationed here last fall and
spring are now serving with the
99th Division in Belgium.
The. last paragraph of the article
is printed below.
• "Another comparatively junior
outfit, members of the 99th Infan-
try did a remarkable job in holding
off four German divisions as long
as possible'before retiring in order
to fight* another day as the Ger-
mans swarmed through the Bullin-
gen area south of Monschau."
B. S. U. SPONSORS PROGRAM
FOR LIFE-COMMITMENT W-EEKT
All students are invited to attend
each of the following programs.
The program on Sunday, January
14, at 4:30 p. m. will be held in the
conservatory auditorium. The noon-
day prayer meetings will be held in
Room A 310,
Jan. 14, 4:30 p. m. general meet-
ing of B. S, U. Rev. John Salzman
to be the speaker.
Jan. 15, 12:30 p. m. prayer meet-
ing. Theme, "Christ Supreme in
my Profession."
Jan. 16, 12:30 p. m. prayer meet-
ing. Theme, "Christ Supreme in
My Business."
Jan. 17, 12:30 p. m. prayer meet-
ing. Theme, "Answering God's Call
to Definite Service."
Jan.118, 12:30 p. m. prayer meet-
ing. Theme, "Crowning Christ in
the Home."
Jan. 19, 12:30 p. m. prayer meet-
ing. Theme, "Christian World Citi-
zenship."
THE A. W. S. (jOUNCIL PLANS
WHITE ELEPHANT SALE SOON
The A.W.S. Council met Wednes-
day, January 3, in the dormitory
parlor. Further plans were made
for the "White Elephant" sale.
.There is to be an election of a new
president and vice-president at the
next meeting to fill the vacancies
left by Joan Edwards, president,
and Pat Price, vice-president, who
both plan to graduate..
Members present were Joan Ed-
wards, Mary Jane, Frazer, Jose-
phine Garrett, Ouida Rogers, Pat
Price, Mae Garner, Faye Hamilton,
Neita Joy Jones, Janice Coonrod,
Beatrice Anderson, Billie Cain,
Jimmie Nail, and Miss Norwood,
the sponsor.
Rubye Kennedy, president^ the
D. S. T. club this summer, visited
Tarleton last week. Rubye was in
Tarleton from 1942 to 1944.
Buy War Stamps and Bonds.
THE CHRISTMAS
MOOD GOVERNS
CAMPUS EVENTS
Christmas spirit was high as
usual on the Tarleton campus the .
last few days before the holidays.
There were fewer empty boxes at
the post office than at any other
time during the year.
The Christmas lights over the
East Gate and the lighted tree in
front of Dean Davis' home are
yearly reminders that Christmas is
near.
Friday night, October 15, the
Tarleton Players, under the direc-
tion of Miss Lillie V. Lillard, pre-
sented their Eleventh Annual Ju-
bilee, consisting of three one-act
plays and several short perform-
ances. , •
The Christmas trees at the ends
of the stage formed the setting for ,
all the short performances, includ-
ing the greeting entitled "Merry
Christmas" given by Carol Dorph.
Martha Jo Guggolz was "Mrs.
Rowland" in the ,one-act monologue
"Before Breakfast."
The Tarleton Girls' Octet sang a
group of Christmas songs and
carols.
Clements Richards gave "(getting
!ari; lEdftication' at Christmas."
'Mr. Verdis Mays presented a
group of violin solos accompanied
by'.his®wife at the piano. •
Elmo Brown and. Maggie Searcy
were .the characters in "Catesby,"
an idyll in one act.
; Mark Anthony played a group of
trombone solos accompanied by Pat
Pirice at thfe piano. -
Carol Dorph sang a medley of
Spanish songs in costume.
A sketch called" "A Consensus of
the ..Competent" included Ruth
Eirby Parmer, Jessie Mcintosh,
and'Marjorie Barnhill in the cast.
Mary Clayton gave a curtain
raiser, "A Christmas Thought."
.Martha Jo Guggolz, Clements
Richards, William Holley, and
Charles Gaines made up the cast •
of "Exile," a .drama of Christmas
Eye, which concluded the program.
The trunipeteers appearing on the
-program were Bascom Mitchell,
Foy Aldrich, and Roy Harris.
On Tuesday night, December 19,
the Tarleton Chorus presented its
annual Christmas program. There
were several' numbers by the chorus
and special numbers by the Tarle-
ton- Girls' 'Octet, Pat Price, Marilyn
Keaton, aid Mr. Verdis Mays.
Another annual Christmas event,
was the Aggette Party, held Wed-
nesday night, December 20, in the
gym. Santa Claus, alias Billy But-
ler, was master of ceremonies. He
presented'the blanket to Mrs. Bel-
cher, the representative of the Red
Cross, who in turn gave the blan-
ket to a needy family in Stephen-
ville. The party sang carols at the1
gym and also at the homes of Dean
Davis and. Mr. Crounse.
The dormitory boys anil girls
went caroling at nearby houses just
before the holidays.
The Christmas spirit reached its
peak Friday morning when every-
one was preparing to go home for
the/holidays. By Friday noon the
campus was almost deserted, but
Friday night and every night until
Christmas the lights above the
East Gate reminded ..us of the An-
gels' song, "Peace on Earth, Good
Will Toward Men."
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Jan.
10-
—Billie Jean Baker
Jan.
10-
—Allison Stephens.
Jan.
10-
—Ikey Turner.
Jan.
12-
—Lillian Ashorn.
Jan. 12-
—Mary Moore.
Jan. 13-
—Bluefford Hancock.
Jdti.
14-
—George Eppler.
Jan.
14-
—Dorothy Standridge.
Jan.
15—Bob Crossland.
Jan,
15-
—Ruby Leatherman.
Jan. 15-
—Billie Newsom.
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