The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 17, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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COME TO
ACADEM DANCE
The J-Tac
ATTEND
BASEBALL GAMES
vol. xxy.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1945
NUMBER 14
CADET CORPS IS
IN CHARGE OF
NEW OFFICES
' The cadet corps has been re-
organized. The following men were
given promotions in Company A.:
.. Joe Russell, company A command-
er; Jack Kirby, first platoon lead-
er; Carl , Childers, first platoon
sergeant. The sergeants are Cqmb-
ie Ivey, H. P. Jones, Paul Gardner,
and J. P. Jones.
Promotions in company B( are
J. V. Heliums, company command-
er ; Elmo Brown, second platoon
leader;- and Billy Hancock, second
platoon sergeant. The sergeants
are Marshall Johnson, Ferril New-
ton, and Harlan Raley.
Lewis Guthrie is the band com-
mander. - Robert Brown and Carl
Birdwell are staff sergeants and
Dean Moore and Cliff Ratliff are
Sergeants.
News Summai^y
The week ending April 14 sees
a, nation in mourning for the death
of its chief executive, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt. At 6:09 p.m.,
April 13, Harry S. Truman of
Missouri was inaugurated as pres-
ident of the United States of Amer-
ica. \
Oin the Western front the last
stages' of the great battle are in
progress. Second armored tanks
of the Ninth Army swept across
Elbe River as a point only fifty-
seven miles away from the Reich
capitol. The American Third Army
seized a gold cache valued at more
than, $100,000,000 in a hidden salt
mine 140 miles southwest of'Ber-
lin..
/, Russian troops have cut Vienna's
last life-lines to' the north, slash-
ing across, the Yienna-Bruenn rail-
road' and highway. The Canadian
First Army battled to within twen-
<tyrfive miles of the 'North Sea.
The gi'ound fighting* in Okinawa
consists of mopping-up operations.
The American Fifth Fleet sank
eleven Japanese vessels and
downed 391 carrier planes in a
two-day battle fifty miles south-
west of Kyushu. A .Navy spokes-
man in Washington said that this
battle had. put one-feurth of the
Japanese Navy's remaining major
combat force out of action.*;
In Burma the Japanese Fif-
teenth Army- captured Mount Fra-
golito and hammered closer to
Massa.
Wife of Dean Davis
Presides at First ■
District Meeting
' ■ \
Mrs. J. Thomas Davis presided
at a one-day war conference and
business meeting of the First ^Dis-
trict, Texas Federation of .Wom-
en's Clubs, in Fort Worth, April
11. Mrs. Davis, the retiring pres-
ident of the First District, • and
Mrs. A. J. Spangler, retiring sec-
retary-treasurer, have beeij in of-
fice three years.
One of the delegates was Miss
Lillie V. Lillard, who represented
the Campus Club. Mrs. G. ;0. Fer-
guson spoke on club reports, and
Mrs, A. H. Wilcox on victory gar-
den reports. Mrs. S. F. Davis was
one of the many Stephenville Wo-
men who attended the sessions.
The Campus Club, composed of
Women faculty members, and
wives of faculty members scored
port and won second place in the
yearbook judging..
Mrs. Davis praised the clubs in
her district for their service activ-
ity and for educational and civic
betterment.
The Senior Class
Amuses Crowd With
Faculty Take-Off
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i Happy Birthday I
April 9—• Bill Goadson
April 12—Ancel Gilbreath,
Joe Huntington.
April 17—■ Melva Rogers
April 15— Mary Clayton
April 18—Virginia McCauley
April 21— Ruth RobJ>ins,
Robert Schwanke
. April 22— Johnnye McDan-
iel
April 23— Carl Childers
April 24— Charles William-
son /'
April 25— James Powell
April 29— Carol Dorph
April 30—■ Luther Bell
May 1—• Claude Mattingly
The Academs To
Present April
Bouquets Dance
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The Afiadems will present, at
8:0*0 on April 21 the April Bou-
quets dance. This promises to
be one of the most colorful, and
likely' the last formal dance of
the year. Plans are already un-
derway for the floorshow fea-
turing the Frolics of 1945 with
music by the Swing Cadets. The
Rec Hall is to be decofated in
leaves, flowers and pastel col-
ons. Refreshments will be served
atj-individual tables.
'This well .be an AU-Tarleton
dance, and everyone is invited
to attend. A conventional date
bureau is now being operated
by Marilyn Keaton and John
Alexander.' Don't miss the gala
affair of the year—don't miss
the April Bouquets-dance.
The seniors presented the "Fa-
culty Takeoff" in chapel Wednes
day morning at nine o'clock.- The
first setting was an assembly pro-
gram presided over by "Pop" Pet-
ers, who took the part of Dean
Davis, complete with black tie and
hand movements. Several of the
faculty members had important
announcements to make.
The first was Mr. W. W. Reed,
played by Rex McAnnelly, who
told the' history of the college farm.
This was followed by a violin solo,
"Largo", by Mr. Mays .Wally Gil-
bert) accompanied by Mrs.-Mays (
Ba'scom- Mitchell.) Miss Fellman,
wearing her green hose and played
by Bobbie Munsie, announced the
Agette meeting.
Then Miss Norwood, (Charlene
Counts,) , read the new dormitory
rules. Mrs. Creswell (Johnnye
McDaniel) encouraged everyone to
get behind the J-Tac and really put
it over.
Mrs. Baxley's announcement that
the Grassburrs would be ready as
soon as they get here was wel-
come news. Mrs. Baxley'was played
by Mary Gardner. The final num-
ber on the assembly program was
"My Hero" sung by Mrs. Coffin
(Margaret Reed) and accompa^d
by the real Mrs. Mays. 1 / /
There were several scenes of life
on the campus. The first was 'in
the College Store and opened with
Mr. Friou (Wade Carter/ leaning
on the counter. Mr. Edgar (Bucky
Jones) and Mr. McMahan (Bruc6
Horsley) came in for cok^s, flip-
ping coins to see who • would pay
for them. Miss Glover (Carol Daw-
son) and Miss Rutherford (Martha
Oxford) stood idly around while;
Miss Lillard (Kathryn White) re-
proached Cumby Ivey for his laz-
iness. The scene closed as Mr.
Friou, Mr, Edgar, and Mr. McMa-
han went out for a cup of coffee.
The next scenes were from the
classrooms of Mr. Redden (Elmo
Brown) and Miss Mahan (Dorothy
Stigler.)
' The final scene was in the Ar-
mory where Captain McCullough
(Billy Butler) was speaking to
Cumby Ivey about his sloppy Uni-
form. The scene closed with Ivey
impatient to leave as the Captain
began to tell one of his experiences.
The Dublin Rodeo
April 27,28,29
A PRAYER
They say the President is dead. We say he has only be-
gun to live in the eternal life promised all men.
While he was with us, many voices were raised against
him. Now those voices have sunk into humble prayers,
for a brilliant person and what is more—a sincere man.
Today, April 12, 1945, the,world lost perhaps the greatest
humanitarian the present world knew, and we feel lost and
bewildered without hiin. In the midst of the chaos and
inhumanity, he was there to guide, us over the tumultuous
waters of war. Now he is no more, and an icy chill grasps
our hearts at this realization.
And yet, this is the time when we are called on, yes, our
• dear President calls us, to finish the work he has so aptly
started. Can we forsake him now? Now that Jie has paid
the full cost of living—death; can we allow ourselves to
permit fear and misunderstanding to take his place? No,
we must look ever onward to the nearing shores of victory.
We must think of the peace he so longed for, of the love
and good among all countries for which he has striven so
long.
So many say, "What can we do, w.hich way can we turn?"
The answer is simply this: we must carry on the way he
would wish it, for though he is physically dead, his pians
for world peace and concord are still a brave living symbol
of the great man he was. And if we follow through in the
way which he would wish it, peace and \ harmony will be
the world's' reward. When this is completed, and I pray
that it shall be, the peoples of the world will again lift ,
their heads and fear-free hearts to the heavens saying,
"Oh, Death, wher'e isthy. sting? Oh, Grave, where is thy
victory?" ,
Large Number of
Students Leave
During Semester
Our enrollment has greatly, in-
creased during recent months be-
cause of induction into the armed
forces. Some of the students who
have left are as follows: Charles
McAlister from Stephenville; Bob-
by Sid DuBose from Aspermont;
Charles Gaines from Coleman;
Glen Green from San Saba; Mar-
garet Towry from Dallas; Billy
McGinnis' from Mingus; Fred' Mc-
Daniel from Kerrick; W. D. Camp-
bell from Tolar; Jack Weeks from
Iredell; Ben Rogers from Jeffer-
son; Archie Foreman from Stat-
ford; Albert Norris from . Edna;
Paul Henderson from. Marshall;
Malcolm Locke from DeLeon;
Wade Carter from Gallup, New
Mexico; and Edward Swindle from
Mineral Wells.
Bobby DuBose, Glen Green, Ben
Rogers, Paul Henderson and Wade
Carter entered the Navy. Charles
Gaines and Jack Weeks are jn- the
Air Corps now stationed at Shep-
pard Field. Bill McGinnis, W. D.
Campbell, and Archie Foreman en-
tered the Army. Albert Norris en-
tered radar school.
Tennis Club To Meet
All boys interested in playing
tennis are invited to meet with the
tennis club at the tennis courts
(today) at five o'clock.
The purposes of the meeting ac-
cording to Hilary Moore, are to
make further plans for the tourn-
ament which begins tomorrow and
to elect tournament. officers , to
fill vacancies caused by withdraw-
als.
Major Nels A. Anderson has
been given the Air Medal for Mer-
itorious achievement in aerial
flight. - 1
Burns Smith and
Bobbye Bennett
Win Spelling Bee
The 302 English classes had a
spelling bee Saturday afternoon
March 24, 1945, in the Rec Hall.
The bee was sponsored by the En-
glish teachers. '
As the -match was during Sadie
Hawkins Week, the two teams
werg Daisy Maes and Li'l Abners.
Margaret Thomas chose Mary
Brown, Kenneth. Cantrell, Nan
House, Ann Dye, Jimmy Moore,
Dorjs .Lake, Lillian " Aehorn,. Bob-
bye Bennett, Patsy Stroud, Bennie
Garret, Bobbye Mottsey, and Gloria
Gene English to be Daisy Maes.
Bob Barse chose W. D. Cambell,
James Franklin, Everett Wietipg,,
Burns Smith, Barbara Rothe/
Helen Schendel, Ginger Mitchell
Velma Everhart, Dollie Everhart,
Barbara Sims, Margaret Reed,
Donna Robinson, and Cleo Laing
for Li'l Abners.
Burnaf Smith's knowledge of
spelling exceeded that of the
others. He missed no words. Bob-
bye Bennett was second, Bob Barse
was third, Nan House was fourth,
and Kenneth Cantrell was fifth.'
Refreshments of chicken salad,
sandwiches, olives, potato chips,
cookies, and soft drinks were ser-
ved to those present. On each
plate was a violet boutonniere.
Miss Mary Marrs and Lieut.' Rob-
ert Wiley were guests..
CLOTHES DRIVE
WHL CONTINUE
THROUGH APRIL
The Dean's office received a
communication from Henry J. Kai-
ser,, national chairman of the U.
S. National clothing collection for
war relief, asking for this college
to cooperate in the drive for 150
billion, pounds of clothing for .the
little children, the aged, ahd the
homeless of the devastated coun-
tries of the world. The faculty
made announcements to every class
on Monday and Tuesday, March
26 and 27, to this effect.
The drive will continue all dur-
ing April,, and "most of the organ-
izations on the campus are back-
ing the drive wholeheartedly. The
faculty is keeping it before the stu-
dents by announcing it every few
days1 in classes; the T.T.S. and
T.T.P.'s are . keeping** posters all
over the campus; and the Aggettes
and the P.E. Theory class, under
the direction of Miss' Fellman, do-
nated costumes that have been
made from time to time for May
Pageants, costumes that, were
made for first grade children for
folk dances, and old gym suits that
were taken in at the-'Aggette Ban--
quet. These clothes that were do-
nated by the Aggettes were sent
to the Stephenville Red Cross to
made into new clothes for children. ,
All; the'i students are urgently
requetedto give, any usable, clean,
discarded clothes that they have
here a# school. The box is placed,
in the" Rec Hall and' will remain
there all dtjring the month of Aprif.
Sherman Edwards
Cook 2S Years At
Tarleton College
CORRECTION
Lieut. Harold Adams of Wal
nut Springs, "Texas, is missing. in
action, not killed in action, as pre-
viously reported.
In a letter to Dean Davis, he re-
ferred to Tarleton as. "the best
college in the world." He said,
"I'll be seeing you at the reunion
after the war." 1
HONOR ROLL
80 HONOR ROLL
Mid-Semester, Spring Term, 1944-45 •
The World's Championship Rodeo
one'of the outstanding rodeos in
the world, is' to make its annual
showing in Dublin, April 27, 28,
and 29. About seven years ago
Dublin was chosen as winter quar-
ters and main ranch for the cor-
poration. They have acquired a
fourteen thousand acre ranch, on
which to run the livestock needed
for the various shows.
About three, years ago Gene Aut-
rey united his rodeo with this one)
and since that time moving" pic-
tures have been made showing the
rodeo loading out for New York,
Boston, and other points, east. One
fifteen minute length 'film was
made, and numerous cuts from it
have been put in -other "shorts."
Lillian Margaret Ashorn, Bren-
ham, Texas.
La Juan Arthur, Talpa, Texas.
Mary Alice Brown, Putnam, Tex-
as. '
Melbajean Casstevons, Alvarado,
Texas.
Albert B. Cloud, Stephenville,
Texas.
Mildred Coats, Cross Plains, Tex-
as.
Dorothy Davis, Stephenville,
Texas.
Carol Dorph, Asherton, Texas.
Carl Dry, Comyn, Texas.
Gloria Gene English, Stephen-
ville, Texas.
Velma Everhart, Texas ' City,
Texas.
Harlan Freeman, Aspermont,
Texas.
Virginia "Gray, Rising Star, Tex-
as.
Texas
Mildred Hensarling, Stephenville,
Texas.
Louise Jones, Stephenville, Tex-
as.
Neita Joy Jones, Stephenville,
Texas.
Richard Kirkpatrick, Bradshaw,
Texas.
Lester Leathery, Bronte,
Mary , Lockhart, Clifton, Texas.
Frances Lovett, Fort Worth, Tex-
as'.
Margaret Reed, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Melva Rogers, Mineral Wells,
Texas. ■ ■
Laverne Russell, Stephenville,
Texas. v
Helen Schendel, Damon, Texas.
Barbara. Sims, Stamford, Texas:
Kathryn White, Wickett, Texas.
Hubert'Whitt, Bronte, Texas.
"Sure, -I like cookings and I do
like Tarleton. Cdn't you tell that
by the- nineteen years that I have
been at the, job?" was the answer'
Sherman Edwards, head negro chef ,
at the Tarleton dining hall, gave
to a probing reporter.
Since 1921 the talented chef
has been.cooking "with or without
recipes" for Tarleton students. His
cooking experience began at Tarle-
ton as cook .for the Plowboys when
they., had' the old custom of £
two-weeks foptball training camp
before the opening of school.
Though he' has no 'special -ideas
for living, the tall, muscular chef
carries his 19^3 pounds very erect-
ly, speaks intelligently,' and pos-
sesses qualities of culture arid dig-
nity. !
He was born and reared here at
Stephenville vfhere his family were
pioneers, and \ received his educa-
tion at the Stephenville Negro
High. School. 'He is 47 years old,
is married, anjd has an 11-year-old
son.
"I first'cooked with Mr. S. A.'
Schnabel, a former baker and gro-
cery-man of StephenviHe. My first
cooking on the Tarleton campus
was in old Briton Hall. Yes, I was
here when the dining hall wa^
put up and I feel honored that
I've been the one .and only head
cook." ' ' /
He admitted that he was ex-
tremely interested in football al-
though '"by trade" he is a base-
ball play'er.
As head of the choir at the Negro
Methodist Church, Sherman has
made several chorus trips to near-
by ' towns and has given radio
broadcasts over KFPL, Dublin,
and'wBAP, Fort Worth. '
A great lover of music, the cook
sings tenor and plays the piano,
^and he says, "In my leisure time
I used to play the clarinet, too^—
that was when there weren't so
many, hungry mouths around here
to feed!" '
+ 7 QUESTION , +
+ • •. OF THE WEEK * +
TM H ♦ f H-HfU MHT
Ho\v has spring affected you?.
Car6l Dorph: Made me sleepy.
Jean Edgar: Not any way that
know.'/ - >-
■Gweri Gobson: I've, got "spring
fever." /-
Frances Williams: Not at all.
Melbajean Casstevens: Hasn't
affected me yet.
Houston Hooks: I can't say,
Mary Lou Sublet t: Yah!. •
Glen Winkles-: It hasn't. -.. •
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