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Vol. XXVIII
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS; TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 17, 1948,
No. 20
Hughes' Basketeers
Clash With League
Leading Tyler Five
Tyler's league-leading Apaches hit town tonight for sm eight
o'clock date with Marshall Hughes' upset-minded Plowboys,
who dropped a 48-36 tussle at Tyler in mid-January. j '
— -4- The vengeful Apachei, recently
CADETS OBSERVE
WEAPON FILMS
The 402 military science classes
have recently viewed three films
on the atomic bomb, V-l; and V-2
rockets. Major A. G. Fraser show-
ed the'films.
The picture on the atomic bomb
was shown with the purpose of
bringing before the cadets the
amount of research necessary to
develop such a bomb. '
The assembling of the V-2 was
the subject of the second film. It
showed the testing of the V-2 at
the White Sand Proving Grounds
in New Vexico. First, it showed
the assembly of tfiie V-2 made
by the use of data captured from
. Germany. Second, it showed the
actual proving of the rocket.
The film also gave information
on the weight' and speed of the
pocket and its fuel. The rocket
itself weighs five tons. Fuel con-
tents include four tons of grain
^lchol and five tons of liquid oxy-
gen. The highest speed of the
Tocket is reached one-hundred
miles from the earth's surface in
three minutes and forty-five se-
conds—ten times higher than any
plane has reached,
The third film was on the V-l
Tocket attacks on Antwerp during
World War II. Defenses which
were set up by military personel
of the^United States, Britain, and
Poland wera pictured in this lat-
ter film.
Dean of Men Talks
To Dorm Students
Tommy Field, Tarleton's new
Dean of Men, addressed a meeting
of all male dormitory students
last Tuesday in the Little Audi-
torium.
Mr. Fields asked for the co-
operation of students wjio live?in
the Vet Dorms and Davis Hall
to halt the destruction of school
property. He urged that rooms
be kept clean and noise reduced
to a minimum so, that students,
could concentrate more freely on
their assignments. >
■"Inspection of a portion of the
dormitories will, be made ieach
day'', stated Fields, "and-a grad-
ing slip will be left to show the
■condition of the room."
He said that trash should be
■swept into the hall between the
"hours of 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
2nd Armored Div.
To Show Weapons
One of the most important
'events taking- place during Na-
tional Security Week will be the
display of weapons, medical equip-
ment and cooking utensils made by
•-the Second Armored Division head-
ved by Lt. V. V. Sowinski.
The detachment will include
forty men. They will display an
.M24 tank and transport, a 75mm
'reeoilless rifle mounted on half-
track, a surgical and medical dis-
■p 1 a y with ambulance, special
clothing and equipment display,
and a field kitchcn display. Mis-
cellaneous machine gfuns, mortars,
-and' other weapons will also be
displayed around the Stephenville
court house square.
English Professor
III During Week
Miss Dollie Marie Glover, act-
ing head of the English depart-
ment, was ill last week.
Her classes were taught by other
members of the department.
Wife of Retired
BA Dept. Head Dies
..Mrs. J. W. Foote, wife of the
■ retired head of Tarleton's business
|ast week.
Mr* Foote taught here for more
>than twenty-five years.
dumped 58-45 by NTAC^, remain
snugly on top of the loop /stand-
ings; however, a loss tonight would
drag them down a notch or two.
In order to win Tarleton must
stop skyscraper Rodriques and
ballhawk Palofox, two ,boys who
did most of the damage jp Tyler's
undefeated skein. y
The game i^ slated a-fe 8 rather
than 7:30 because of an ^RGA ban-
quet at the earlier time.:
Interview of TFWt
President Proves t
To be Experience *
Mrs. John J. Perry, President
of Texas Federation of Women's
Clubs who last week addressed a
group of Stephenville club women
in .the college b.anquet hall at Tar-
leton, proyed gracious and charm-
ing when she was- interviewed by
three J-TAC reporters.
At a luncheon given in her hon-
or, Mrs. Perry talked with a rare
friendliness and a winsome smile to
a hundred club women who were
interested in her work. Dressed in
a chic black dvess,' she wore a black
hat trimmed with fusia feathers,
black shoes, and carried a black
bag. The small woman's br'pwn
eyes sparkled as she told of <her
many duties as president of the
Federation. * i
The ever-active Mrs. Perry is
very proud of her new appoint-
ment to Governor, fester's* State
Safety Committee, though it means
mor<?,work and travel for her.
Since she became president of
the Federation last spring, her
job has carried her more than
17,000 miles and offered her mar-
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NOTICE!
To permit the cadet corps a
final practice .drill prior to their
participation in NSW activities,
the arts and sciences assembly
scheduled for 1 p.m. today has
been postponed a week.
A group of Howard Payne
College students who were to
have presented the program Avill
be here Feb. 24 when arts and
science students will meet with
the engineers in assembly.-
Miss Wilma Thiele, who came to ^
Tarleton in September as, an in-
structor in public school music
and piano, has recently, taken
over direction of the' girls"
chorus.
velous opportunities to meeWpeo-
ple from every part of the,^oyld.
Sitting in on a United Nations
Convention in Flushing, Long Is-
land, she saw delegates from 56
nations voice their views on mat-'
ters of world-wide importance.
At the Herald'Tribune Forum-at
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New
York, she met many noted people,
including the tutor to the Crown
Prince of Japan, and she hejpd
Secretary of State ^larshal ad-
dress the meeting on "Modern Man
— Slave or Sovereign?" . ,
■ During the course of her travels
she has had tea at the White
House, interviewed Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, and gathered many fas-
cinating stories to bring back to
Texas club women.
Mrs. Perry's home is in Sweet-
water, where she likes to spend
time on her husband's ranch rid-
ing with her 25-year-old son who
recently graduated from the Uni-
versity of Texas.
Driving alone, Mi's, Perry came
to Stephenville from Denton where
she had addressed 300 girls at
TSCW who are members ^of Junior
Federated Clubs.
When asked what she thought
of Tarleton and its clubs, she said
"More can be accomplished by
groups than by individuals, so
I'm very partial to clubs." She
considered the campus very beau-
tiful, and said as she ended her
first visit to Stephenville after the
luncheon:
"Backward, go' backward, O
Time in your flight,
Make me a cped again just for
tonight." ,
THIELE WILL
DIRECT CHORUS
Did Outstanding
Work At.NTSTC
Miss m Wilma Thiele, Instructor
of the Public School Music and
Piano at Tarleton since last fall,
has taken oVer, the .duties
as director of th§ Girls-Chorus,'it
was recently announced by Donald
W. Morton. ' !' ' *
She teaches a course ,in Public
School Music that is required for
all Primary Education majors. A
graduate of North TexE^s State
Teachers College at Denton, Miss
Thiele has received her Masters
Degree in Music. She was affiliat-
ed with, the Sigma Alpha Ibta, a
professional Music .Sonority, and
later was president. Also she was
a member' of the Alpha Ghi and
Kappa Delta Pi. ' ' ^
Chosen for "Who's Who in
American Colleges and Univer-'
sities in 1945-47, Miss Thiele ii
an asset to Tarleton's Voice; De-
partment because of her experi-
ence with the A Capella Chpir at
North Texas. The Girls Chorus,
which consists of members of the
A Capella Choir and also of other
girls on the campus, is planning
several trips in - the spring*.
Coming from Dallas last Sep-
tember, Miss Thiele and .her bro-
ther,, Edward Thiele, are both out-
standing. Ed was awarded the
honor of "the most valuable play-
er", by the Plowboys grid' team.
Tarleton Enrolls
175 New Students
Total enrollment for the year
at Tarleton reached 1583 last
week, according to Registrar Mor-
gan Garrett.
New students numbering 175
brought the active enrollment to
1168, Spring semester figures in-
clude 417 veterans, three of whom
are women. These are Helen Har-
dy, Mabel Loesch, and Cedonia
Swaggerty.
Last day for registering ,was
Saturday.
Major Genera^ A. D. Bruce, who
is visiting on the campus today,
will speak this afternoon at the
National Security Week cere-
monies. He is the Deputy Four-
th Army Commander.
Address and
PASTOR SPEAKS
ON 'OLD AGE' AT
AG ASSEMBLY
Judging- Team
Receives Medals
From FFA Club
Rev. Amos Myres, pastor of the
First, Christian Church of Brec-
kenridge, was guest speaker at
the> Agricultural Assembly Tues-
day, with "Old Age" as the sub-
ject of his talk.
'Rev. Myers opened his talk with
the ' question, "Would you rather
be «'20 years1 old looking forward
to being 50, or 50 .years old anti-
cipating 20?"
"When does a person begin to
get old?" he asked. "It depends
on the way you consider being old
and on your own-age, .but .a pet;-
son. really begins getting old at
around 30 years. Therefore, ac-
cording to the life expectancy, you
will spend mor^ of your life being
old than being- young, ^actually."
He masked'the question, "What is
it Jn old people that you .don't
like?" Rev. Myers said first he
disliked old age §nd poverty.
"If you are going to grow old
without money, you have to begin
now to save it, If you can't sav^
now, you are' on your way to old
age and poverty." . 1
The second point .was his dis-
like of old age. and - uneleanliness.
"The law of life," he stated,
"is 'Take it or leave it.* You will
be shoved off from decent people
if- you don't keep your person
clean.' That, too, you must begin,
now.
"Third, I dpn?t like old people
who jjjripe. I believe*'ev<2ryone dis-'
likes old people wh'o gripe most,
and if you don't stop it now, you
will grow old being that kind of
person."
The fourth* reason was dl.d< peo-[
pie who lack the common courte-
sies which are admired, in anyone.
' "Don't feel sorry for old peo-
ple," Myers went on to say, "be-
cause you will be old yourself in
a few years. You sometimes feel
that old people are in the road,
but they are only trying to help
you avoid the mistakes that they
made. Begin now to make yourself
the kind of person you admire in
old age."
W. Doyle Graves, head of the
Poultry Department who former-
ly taught Agriculture at Brecken-
ridge High School, introduced Rev.
and Mrs, Myers.
Tom Peacock, president of the
Tarleton FFA presented the mem-
bers of the judging team with
medals given by the FFA chapter.
Receiving the, medals were Bobby
(Continued on Page Four)
GEN. BRUCE IS
OLD FRIEND OF
DEAN HOWELL
\Major .General AndrewD.Bruce,
jybo visitor on the Tarleton
Campus today, is an old friend
pf De(ai} Howell. General Bruce
was,, commanding officer at Camp
'Hood when Howell was command-
ing officer of an O. C. S. regiment
there. * *
A graduate of 'Texas A&M Col-
legej The general first saw com-
missioned .duty at Leon Springs,
Texas, in the First Officers Train-
ing Camp. Later he joined the Se-
cond . Infantry Division and sailed
for France in i917. He "commanded
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a company, a battalion and a regi-
ment 1 in every action of the Se-
cond Division in 1918.
As a- captain of infantry, Gen-
eral, JSruce performed heroic action
at the front while leading his
company and three months later
as a major, leading a -battalion,
fought with such valor that he
was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross, the Nation's second
highest medal for heroism.
During World War II, general
Bruce planned, organized, and de-
veloped thtj sTank Destroyer Cen-
ter, at Carjip' Hood, Texas. Later
he commanded the 77th Infantry
Division inj the fighting on Okin-
awa, Guam, Ie Shima and Kerama
Retto, Prior to his recent return
to the United Sates, General Bruce
commanded! the 7th Infantry Divi-
sion in thq occupation of Korea.
General Bruce is now Deputy
Fourth Army Commander.
ONE HOUR CEREMONY WILL BE
BROADCAST AT THREE O'CLOCK
Major GeneraJ A, D; Bruce, Deputy Commander of the
Fourth Army, will have a busy day in Stephenville today if he
ils ablte to fulfill the schedule planned for him in connection'
with National Security Week. ;
A Stephenville delegation met<K
General Bruce and his aide at the
Sante Fe' Station in Fort Worth
this morning at 7:10 and brought
them here by automobile. At noon
he will be the honor guest at. a
luncheon .given' by the Tarleton
PMS&T in the College Dining
Hall.
This afternoon the general will
be driven to the Stephenville
Square, where the main events of
National • Security Week Celebra-
tions will be underway. Promptly
at 3 p.m. he will enter the review-
ing stand where he will deliver £
ten-minute address. Immediately
following, he will review the Tarle-
ton Cadet Corps.
Ceremonies on the square will
last approximately one hour and
will be broadcast over Station
KSTV. In the reviewing stand with
General Bruce will be the Adjutant
General of Texas, Gen. K. L, Berry
or his representative, Dean E, J.
Howell, Mayor Henry Clark, Judge
J. O., Garrett, Judge Ernest Bel-
cher, .John Dean'e, Jr., Carlton Hill,
W, J. Wisdom, Rufus Higgs, Lt,
Col. 'Glen L. Schmidt and Col. Paul
A. Cunyus; who will serve as mas-
ter of ceremonies.
At 6:30 p.m. General Bruce and
his aide will attend the banquet
of the Stephenville Reserve Offic-
ers Association. As honor guest,
he will make, a short informal talk."
NOTICE!
An all girls ^how .will be pre-
sented by dormitory girls under
the , direction of Mrs. Kathleen
Parker, in the Tarleton Auditor-
ium Feb. 26.
Comedy skits, one-act plays,
monologues, and modern music
will feature the, program.
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The small Tarleton orchestra,' will
provide background music for the
banquet,
"We hope, that before he has
to leave tonight for Ft, Worth to
entrain for Ft.. Sam Houston,'Gen-,
eral Bruce will find time to ap-
pear for a short time at the Mili-
ary Ball," states Col. Paul A. Cun-
vus, President of the Stephenville
ROA, The Military Ball in the City
Recreation Hall is being, sponsored
by the Turnbow-Higgs American
Legion Post. The Tarleton Combo
Orchestra will furnish music.
"In case of inclement weather,
we will move indoors to the Tarle-
ton auditorium for the address by
General Bruce in the " afternoon,"
Col. Cur^yus announced.
A fully charged battery will not
freeze.
Double Life Led by "Romeo
And Juliet" Cast Backstage
Cellophane has been used for
hatbands in Switzerland.
(LaRona Holcomb)
, The members of the Clare Tree'
Major Dramatic Company, who re-
cently presented "-Romeo and Jul-
iet" in the Tarleton Auditorium,
lead a double life-in their produc-
tion of various Shakespearean
plays.
Observation of the cast , during
the evening before the preformance
disclosed the fact that the ter
members of the cast do their own
dtage setting without the aid of
stage hands.
Each member has his own spe-.
cific job off stage as well as the
role he portrays before the foot-
lights, Between scenes the stage
setting is changed by the male
members of the cast while the act-
resses make their " ownl costume
changes with the aid of each other,
Each actor or actress applies his
or her own make-up before 'the
curtain rises unassisted.
A most charming lady, Olga
Balish from Bridgeport, Conn.,
portrays the role of Juliet before
an audience,' Backstage she is the
very efficient and ever/important
costume director. She takes cavc
of all costumes i\sed by the play
ers in addition to her leading role.
The youngest member of thf
*?roup, Patricia Wyn Rose, from
Canada, who plays the role of Ju
iiet's nurse is the able propert;
manager off stage.
The New Yorker in the group
Lady Capulet, portrayed by Dr>r-
Martin, doubles as the make-
up director for the actorsy whr> •
f^fre n not doing' her part before
the footlights.
The stage manager and acting
director of the cast, Forbes Fran-
cis is so business like backstage
that there is no trace of the love-
stricken Romeo, which he portrays.
The National Classic Theatre ,©/'
N?w\ York under the direction of
Clare .Tree Major teaches the dut-
ies of backstage life as well as
the life of an actor to people in all
walks of life, and all ages, Most of
the present enrollment, 'ranging
from 17 years of age to 30, con-
sist of men, one of whom is
a former fencing instructor.
At the present time there "are
six children's theatres, orte of
which presented "Alice In Wonder-
land" recently in the Tarleton Au-
ditorium, and one Shakespearean
^heatre, who presents "Romeo and
Juliet," "The Merchant of Venice,"
"Twelfth Night," and "Macbeth."
There are a number.of Texans
attending the National Classic
•Theatre, Pleasantville, New York,
all of whom have passed the nlain
test,!1 that of being sincere in their
belief in the theatre, which is the
only , requrement for eligibilty to
Miss Major's school/
Pills, Potions,
And Paderewski
i At J-TAC Clinic
*
Pills, vile potjpng, and classical
music a' weird combination Not
so, thinks Aunt Lucy.
Afrer a day of listening to tbe
groans and moans of students who
come to her complaining pf every-
thing from halitosis to leprosy,
she fintis real relaxation Nin listen-
ing to the music of such compos-
ers as Bach,1 Brahms, and Beetho-
ven, She also lakes advantage of
every opportunity to attend operas.
While admitting that the taste
for operas and classical music must
be/cultivated, she feels the person
who attempts to understand classi-
cal' music will derive, real satis.-
f-action from the works of the
world's greatest composers.
J-TAC Benefactor,
Ross Wolfe, Dies
Ross R. Wolfe, one oi; Tarleton'B
most frequent benefactors, died in
Stephenville last week.
Wolfe,,nationally known-nursery
man, Ij^d six children, five of
whom- have attended Tarleton.
DST BALL HAS
CUPID MOTIF
All ey'es1 centered on the giant
red heart on the, rec hall stage
Wednesday night when six new
DST pledges walked through the
silver trimmed symbol of Valen-
tine to meet their escorts and
danced to the strains of "One
Love'' at the club's^ annual For-,
mal* Presentation Ball.
Members of all clubs and their
dates danced under dim lights
where tiny cupid and hearts hung
from the ceiling, and red and
whit© ruffles topped each- win-
dow- . -
Individual tables' with white
cloths and set with red flowers
were arranged' around the walls
for dancers, and a long table for
pledges and escorts. They ■ were
Ned Bacon, escorted by * Bob
Young; Martha Norman, with Ben-
ny Bay; Romonia Goodloe escort-
ed by Jack Half; Jo Bess Miller
escorted by Bruce Williams; Jean
Whitfield escorted by Louis Solo-
man Mary * Catherine Brannon
escorted by Wendell 'Dunne.
J-TAC Cadet Corps
In Military Burial
Of Elton Fulcher
The Tarleton cadet corps and
firing squad participated in their
first military funeral in Stephen-'
vile 'last week when Pvt. Elton
Fulcher was buried in the Field of
Honor cemetery plot.
Pvt. Fulcher, son of Mr. and
Mrs.' Willie Fulcher of Rt. 3, was
killed in action in France July 30,
1944.
Cadet Ball Draws
Large Attendance
Th^ annual Tarleton Military
Ball, one of tfee leading social
events of .the year, attracted near-
ly a hundred cadets and their
guests Saturday night.
Nearly every -commissioned and
non-commissioned officer of the
corps was present at the formal
occasion. High ranging officers
from Texas A&M and North Tex-
as Agricultural College were also
at the ball with their guests.
The Tarleton Swing Cadets,
popular band of the campus, furn-
ished the music for dancing in the
elaborately decorated dining hall.
Beakley and Leach
Under Gen. Bruce
Two Tarleton faculty members
in the Division of Engineering
were officers in the 77th Infantry
Division which Major General
A. D. Bruce commanded in the
Pacific.
Leach was a captain, and Beak-
ley a.first lieutenant.
Services Held For
Professor's Mother
W. P. (Showalter, professor of
Chemistry, returned last week
fj'om Navasota, where he attended
the funeral of his mother.
. Mrs. Showalter died, of. a he^rt
attact. ' i ■
4- f -f | 4 + 11
| CALENDAR $
Feb: 17—Review of John Tareton
Cadet Corps.
Feb. 17—Basketball—Tarleton vs
Tyler—here 8 .p.nj.
Feb. 19—Aggettes regular meeting
Feb. 20—90 club dance
Feb. 21—Basketball—Tarleton 'vs
Fety. 21—FFA briefing for judg
1 ing eopteat—College farm.
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