The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 18, 1949 Page: 1 of 4
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Final Exams To
Start Monday
Morning
T H
T AC
Plowboy Cagers
Meet Paris
Tonight
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STEPHEN VILL, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1949
No. 1G
Final Exams Will
Start Next Week
The three hour final examinations for the first semester
1948-49 will be given during the week of January 24-29, accord-
ing to John E> Thompkins, registrar.
.. The semester grade shall be one-third of the final examina-
tion grade plus two-thirds of the semester grade prior to the
final examination. 1 ,
. The examination schedule:
.. 8 O'clock classes, MWF, Monday,
January 24.
.8 O'clock classes, TTS, 1-4, Mon-
day, January 24.
9 O'clock classes, MWF,. 8-11,
Tuesday, January 25.
9 O'clock classes, TTS, 1-4, Tues-
day, January 25. „
10 O'clock classes,' MWF, 8-11,
Wednesday, January 2G,
10 O'clock classes, TTS, 1-4,
Wednesday, January 26..
11 O'clock classes, MWP, 8-11,
Thursday, January 27,
11 O'clock classes, TTS, 1-4,
..Thursday, January 27. >
1 O'clock . classes, MWF, 8-11,
Friday, January 28.
1 O'clock classes, TTS, 1-4, Fri-
day, January 28,
2 O'clock classes, MWF, l-'4, Fri-
day, January 28,
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Amyets Visit
Cowtown, Talk
To Gene Autry
-f By BOB PIERCE
Jim Dean,. Bob Wammack; arid
Bob Pierce, campus Am-Vets re-
cently went to Fort Worth to so-
, licit aid from' Gene Autry for the
John Tarleton Memorial Stadium
Fund. They were, accompanied by
Pat Thompson, Am-Vet Queen and
Jijtj's bride-to-be.. Jim is a personal
friend of the famous cowboy and
Worked with his show for a time.
" Autry was very busy with the
performances he was giving in Fort
; Worth" jtrrtK was tsbre-^beeatisd-he
couldn't use his horse on the stage
. due to regulations there, but he
listened with attention to the invi-
tation to appear at Tarleton, He
said he was booked up for shows
until next- summer, thus it would
be improbable that he could .come
here' for a personal appearance;
but that he would give our need
4 for stadium funds dueeconsider-
ation when he made contributions
to'various causes. Gene has an,in-
terest in a large ranch near ' Dub-
; lin, Texas, in Erath county.
The boys talked with the, person-
able cowboy at intervals during one
of his afternoon appearances. They
watched the show from back stage
.and met many of the stars of the
Show such as Johnny Bond, famous
Western composer and vocalist;
Carl Cotner, violinist; Bert Dodson,
bass fiddle player for The Ranch
i Boys; Frankie Marvin, steel guitar
! player and singer for screcn and
radio; Jack and Bobbie Knapp,
trick ropers; Pat Butram, comedian
of radio and screen, and other fa-
mous.stage and screen people. They'
were just as entertaining, off the
• stage as on.
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+ J«n, IS Basketball, Pluwboys vs.
■4- Paria, there (Conference).
4- Jim. 20 IIOTC Ma.vto, Little Audi-
( tqrlum (Home JEc Building).
+ Jan. 20 A«gett<;s meeting, Kec Hall,
+ 7-8 v. tt>. - . •
• Jnn. 22 BasReUmll, Plowboya va.
4- Tyler Jr. College (Conference),
4 Gym,' 7:3Q p. m. 11
4- Jsuk 22 Coroiui's Dance, Ree Hall,
-4- after bull game to ,11:30 p! m.
DENISON FARM
LEGHORN WINS
JTAC EGO TEST
'Williams Poultry Breeding Farm
of Denison entered the White Leg-
horn hen that has laid the most
eggs, according to results of De-
cember. released by W, Doyle Gra-
ves, supervisor of, the egg tests.
The hen has laid 91 eggs for 94.95
points.
The'Hyline Hybrids entered by
Rippey & Miller from Coan Rapids,
towa, led this month in pens with
361 eggs ahd 376.95 points, A pen
of Hyline Hybrids entered by Ros-
coe Hill Hatchery from Lincoln,
Nebraska, was high to date with
1018 .eggs'and 1,016.60 points.
There are 87 pens entered in the
Twentieth Egg Laying Test, 32
pens representing* 14 breeders from
Texas. There are 44 different breed-
ers entering from 20 states with a
total of 1131 birds in the test.
Of the ten. high hens, two each
are from Texas, Minnesota, and
Nebraska. There is one each from
Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, and
Massachusetts. Of the ten high
pens, three are from Texas; two
each from Minnesota, Nebraska,
and 'Massachusetts; and one from
Iowa.
The production for December was
69.58 per cent in eggs and 69";6S"
per cent in points. This test will
last from October 1, 1948 to Sep-
tember 22, 1919. !
HAMLET STAR
n
GENERAL HANDY
WRITES HOWELL
Gen. Thomas T.' Handy, com-
mander of the Fourth Army, re-
cently wrote the following letter to
President E. J. Howell: '
"Thank you for your kind let-
ter of Dec. 18, expressing your
appreciation for the radio pro-
gram saluting- the ROTC of John
Tarleton. 1 am indeed gratified to
learn that the program was so
well received and appreciated by
those ofvyou at the college.
"The staff joins me in wishing'
* you, the faculty and students of
Tarleton a. happy holiday sea-
son." •
The program referred to was
sponsored by'the Fourth Army and
broadcast over the Texas Quality
Network December 17.
Former Tarleton
Teacher Has Song
Played on Radio
"Essay for Horn and' Organ,"
a composition-.of William Parks
Grant, former member of the Tar-
leton music faculty, was played by
Harold Meek, humorist of the Bos-
ton Symphony Ochestra, and E.
Power Big-g-s, organist, on a CBS
broadcast last Sunday.
Dr. Grant taught piano, theory,
and mUsic education here before
the war. He received his Ph. D.
degree from the Eastman School
.of Music in Rochester, N. Y.
He is now on the faculty of
Temple University in Philadelphia,
Carol Goodner, pictured above,
one , of this country's' best-loved
leading, actresses, brings her role
as Hamlet's mother to the Tarle-
ton campus February 5. This per-
formance is sponsored by the Civic
Series.
[EACH DESIGNS
AVERAGER SET
Student Grades
Averaged Easily
By New Machine
Students' grades can easily be
averaged on thp • electric grade-
averaging machine constructed and
designed by H. W. Leach..
' The- machine, is foolproof, as it
requires ho special skill to. operate
it.. It is composed of a dial tele-
phone and a clock ,mechanism,
which will indicate .the average of
any number of grades placed on it
by the dial lhechanism. The clock
mechanism is 'composed of two
hands. One of these hands indicates •
whole revolutions and the other.indi-
cates fractional parts. The machine
operates - from 24 volts of direct
current from a power supply-
.'While it wijl .not add numbers
quite as rapidly- as an adding-
machine, the •average of a number
.ofigTafcles.'ca^bia^found -^ lot-quick«-
ev than, they;,could -by ,.adding." them
arid .then, dividing .by, the .number,
of grades, ' .. -
. Mr. Leach .reports that several
combinations : were' tried .'.before a
successful model was obtained. The
machine, in " its present state, , is
adapted ,f6r. averaging:- grades " that
are recorded in multiples of 10.
However, it is probable that anot-
her model can be made to average
any grades.
Leach extends an invitation to
any instructor who would like -to
see the machine in action to visit
his office for a demonstration. ■
TEXAS AG MEN
HAVE MEETING
IN FORT WORTH
Theme Centers on,
Advancement of
Texas Agriculture
The Texas Agriculture Workers
Association met for their twenty:
;econd.'annual meeting January 14
and 15 in Fort Worth with ''Ad-
vancing Agriculture" as their
;heme, Dean Paul A, Cunyus, J. B.
Payne, area supervisor, and A. J.
Spangler, head of the Agriculture
.lepartnient of Tarleton, attended.
Dean Cunyus and Mr. Payne both
are directors, while Dean Cunyus'
serves as .co-chairman of the pro-
gram committee and executive com-
mittee' with Eugene' Butler, editor
of the "Progressive 'Farmer.1'
There ate about 400 members in
the association, and membership is
open to anybody interested in agri-
culture. Their purpose is to fost.ru*
new ideas, and swap ideas in agri-
culture.
In this meeting the viewpoint of
commercial men, newspaper and
magazine men, professional agri-
culture workers, and college admin-
istrators were expressed on the ag-
riculture of today.
FIVE SELECTED
FOR LIVESTOCK
JUDGING TEAM
'Names of five boys who have been
selected for the Tarleton Livestock
Judging Team, have been released
by Prof, H. F. Self, sponsor of the
team. They are Rex Millhollin, gen-
eral agriculture major from Snyd-
er; Ernice Johnson, general agri-
culture major from Dublin; Gar-
land White, general agriculture
major from Richland Springs;
DaykJ^jVloss, agriculture education
major from Ringgold; and John
H. Jones, animal husbandry major
from Bryan,
They attended the Mid-Texas
Hereford Sale and Show in Steph-
enville on January 10. They also
recently spent . two days on the
A&M 'campus practicing the judg-
ing of livestock.
The team went to the Comanche
County Livestock Show January 17.
There they practice-judged the ani-
mals injthe show.
The team will compete at the
Fort Worth Livestock Judging Con-
test, which will be held January 81.
INSPECTS JTAC CADET CORPS
JaneTatum Is Crowned
Queen of Ranch Week
Things came to a roaring' halt
when Jane. Tatum, freshman "art
major of Gatesvilje, was crowned
queen of Ranch Week Saturday
night, at the Western. Dance in the
gym,
• Sweethearts from each of the
social clubs were, presented to the
Queen. . Davis Delony Jr. was in
charge of tickets.
Judge Myrl Kelton worked in
cahoots with Sheriff Richard Gil-
breath and; deputies, Bill Kelton
and Horace Carter, to see that the
"Law West of the Brazos'' was en-
forced.
■ Judge Kelton, following ■ in the
footsteps of his famed predecessor,
Judge Roy Bean, had no jury. Fines
and jail sentences were assessed
through his ruling. Sheriff Gil-
breath and his deputies rouncjed up
the criminals.
Members of the Rodeo Associa-
tion .who served on. the various
Delegates of 17 Schools
Present At Choral Clinic
.. Dr. Lara Boggard's Choral Cli-
nic held. January 10, brought stu-
• dents from .17 high schools and col-
leges irv the surrounding areas of
Stephenville*
Among ' the colleges and high
schools, represented were T.C.U.,
Clifton'Jr. College, Temple Jr. Col-
lege, San Angelo Jr. College, Lon
Morris College in Jacksonville,
Southern Baptist Institute in \Vax-
'ahachie, Paris Jr. College, Howard
Payne in Brownwood, and Mary«
Hardin Baylor in Belton,
Temple, Waco, Denton, Pearsail,
Lampasas, San Angelo, Brown-
wood, and Midlothian high schools
sent representatives.
Dr. Hoggard is choralt assistant
for Fred Waring's Penhsylvanians.
Pie started working for the War-
ing groups after his Man's Glee
Club Of the University of Oklaho-
ma, won national acclaim, in a con-
test sponsored by \yaring.
"Fred Waring wanted me to
join him'in! 1942, but as I was go-
ing into the Navy I took, a rain-
check and began my work with him
after the war," Dr. Hoggard sta-
ted.
The object of the school was to
increase the technique of teachers
and encourage appreciation and
practice of better music. Dr. Hog-
gard stressed the fact that choral
directors must' teach their students
to sing words'that are meaningful,
words that are sung- arid'under-
stood as if they were spoken.
Band members, A. Capella Choir
(Continued on page 2)
committees necessary for the com-
pletion of the arrangements were
Mary Lee Bridges, Jan'ell Haines,
William Graham, Truman Will-
molh, Ray Sneed, James Dyer, Ver-
non Dutton, Jack Hodges, John
Henry Murr, Buddy Phillips, Ho-
race Carter, Bill Kelton, Mryl Kel-
ton,
T. J. Black, Frank Turner, Ray
Stewart, Reno Clayton, Ferdie
Wirt, Jane Tut urn, Pat Thompson,
and Jim Dean:
Education Classes
Present "Tarleton
Time" Safety Skit
The Education Department head-
ed by G. E. Waggoner presented a
safety on the' highways and in the
cities program over "Tarleton
Time" last Friday, January 14.
A dialogue on safe driving and
rules was given by Donald Hood,
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Registration For
f
Last Term Starts
Hegistratio'n for the second semester got under way yester-
day, when-the Fiscal Office started accepting registration ,fees.
The office! will remain op-en through Friday, January 22, for
the convenience of students who wish to start their registra-
tion. Fees ;must, be paid and the receipt presented at the Re-
gistrar's table before students will be allowed to continue with
the process, according to information released by the Regis-
trar's'Office. Veterans will be required to secure a fee exempt-
Ton card from the Registrar's office before they report to the
Fiscal Office. 1 *
—.—— : 'Students not on. scholastic pro-
bation will register Saturday, Jan-
Shown above Is Col. N. L. Soderholm, Organized Reserve
Corps Instructor in the Corpus Christi area, who inspected
Tarleton's Cadet Corps on Friday- of last week. Col. Soderholm
was born in Minnesota* on August 23, 1891. He entered military
service in 1912 with the Iowa National Guard and was commis-
sioned a 2nd Lt. in the Guard in 1916, On May 3, 1946 he was
assigned to civilian component duty in Texas and at present
he is training officer for the Organized Reserve.
'49 Calender Released
By- Executi ve - Faculty
• The calendar for the summer,
school and the 1949-50 long ses-
sion . was approved by the Execu-
tive Faculty recently.
Registration for the first term of
summer school will be held Mon-
day, June 6; classes will begin the
following Friday," June 10, which
will be the last day of registration
for college credit. First term final
examinations will be given on
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Strays Galore,
Sheriffs Roar
For Ranch Week
By MARY JO DEJ2N
The West came to life with a
hilarious roar last week as Sheriff
Richard Gilbreath and his rough
and ready deputies rounded up un-
suspecting culprits who didn't enter
into the'Western celebration spirit.
These mavericks were strung from
the Rec Hall'ceiling before unsym-
pathetic crowds of> general ranch
hands and drugstore cowboys.
' ."Hoss" Carter and "-Wild Bill"
Keljton,.. Richard's able deputies,
started the proceedings by hanging
Bob Potts, La Dell Camp and Jo
Ann Russell.
Judge- Myrl (Roy- Bean) Kelton
collected stupendous •' lines of five
cepts a head, cigarette biitts and
telephone numbers, and quickly im-
prisoned those who failed, to pay.
The sheriff and his deputies con-
tinued their strict enforcement of
the "Law' West of the Brazos"
through the Rodeo Dunce and Bar
B'-Q Saturday night.
Friday and Saturday, July 15 and
10. Registration for, the second
term will be held on July, IB, and
classes will begin the following
day. The last day for registration
for college credit is Friday, July
22; and Thursday; August 25, has
been set aside as a pre-registrat-
tion day for second term students
for the fall semester. ' , ,
The only holiday schedule for
the summer school is Monday, Ju-
ly 4. *
Freshmen Week for the. Fall
Term and registration has. been
set for the week beginning Septem-
ber 12, with classes scheduled to
begin Monday, September 19. Se-
mester examinations for the first
term will be giv.en January 23-28',
and registration for the second
term will be held January 30. Com-
mencement exercises will be held
on Monday, May 29.
Holidays listed for the 1949-1950
semester • include ' Thanksgiving,
November 24-26; Christinas, De-
cember 22-January 3; and Spring,
April 7-10. .
LIBRARY SHOWS
COLLECTION OF
VARIED WORKS
A new boatload of books has
been posted on the map bulletin
board in the library. Among these
latest arrivals 'are Desert Parade,
Tiie Cleft Rock and Long After
Summer.
A miniature book collection is
now on display in the library. A^
mong 'these' clever miniatures can
be found a scroll of . Jewish scrip-
tures, works of Robert Burns and
Emerson/ the first, book of Shake-
speare's day with the works of
Alexander Pope, Reference books,
Fairy Tales, Sherlock Holmes, New
England primers and, a bible that
is chained to a Lecturn as they
were in the days when Bibles were
so scarce. This collection is well
worth seeeingv
AWS COUNCIL
HONORS FOUR
The A.W.S. Council, sponsored
by Miss Helen Willard, honored
their new members with a dinner
recently. The honorees were Dor-
is Sneed, \ftonha ■ D'Arc.y, Anne'
Sheffy and Joyce .Chambless. Old
members "are, Mary. June pierce,-
President; Grace Clayton, .Vice-
President; Do via ITerrill/ v Secre-
tary; Lila Whitefield, Reporter;
.Ramonia Goodloe, Doretha Casey,
LuciUe, McAnnally; and Jane
Neighbours.
This dinner was held in the club
room of the girl's dormitory. Menu
for the-1 occasion: Chicken Salad,
Escalloped Potatoes, pear Salad,
Cherry or Apricot' Pie a la mode.
Faculty Member
Announces August
Secret Marriage
Mrs. Ruth Patterson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fcatherstone
of- Goldthwaite and Cecil Parker,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Parker
of Goldthwaite, were married Au.
:>Tist 25, 1948 in Austin.
Ai} the end of this semester the
bride will resign her position us in-
structor in English, a position that
she has , held for the past three
years,
Mr. Parker served five years in
the Army. He how teaches in the
vocational school for yeterans in
San Saba.-
The couple will make their home
in Goldthwaite..
A6 JOURNALISM
TO BE OFFERED
Additioh of a new curriculum in
agricultural journalism has/ been
made at Tarleton and Texas A&M
College, according to -A. J. Spang-
ler director 'of the Division of Ag-
riculture. ".
"The new course of study will be
the same as, general agriculture in
the first two years except for the
substitution of Journalism 201,
news writing, for Chemistry 223,"
Mr. Spangler states,
FOSTER SLATES
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'■Plans have now been completed
Tor Tarleton's first Annual Sum-
mer Band School, .according to
Randolph JJ. ' Foster,t head of the
instrumental' music and director of
the various Tarleton bands.
The guest conductor /Will be
Clarence Sawhill of the University
of Southern California. Mr. Saw-,
hill is recognized as one of the top
band directors in tfye nation.
Tarleton's first Annual Summer
Band School .'is scheduled for the
second week in June, being, the 13th
through the f9th inclusively.
C Company Wins
Honor Pennant
Fqr 3ecorid Time
Company C won the "excellent"
pennant for a second time recently.
Companies C and F are neck'and
neck and are the. only winners of
the coveted pennant. Company C
is commanded by Cadet Captain
Sam Jeffers, F by Captain Robert
Potts.
uary 22, in the Library. First, they
will present their fee receipts at
the Registrar's table, where they
will be ' issued a ♦ rooming house
card, an assignment card, and two
daily schedule cards. The room-
ing house card will be "filled out
and returned at the issue desk, but
students will present -the other
cards to some instructor at the ta-
ble of the division of their major
course of study. \Agriculture stu-
dents will go to the Division of
Agriculture; engineering students,
to the Division of Eng'ineermg;
music and fine arts students, to
the Division of Fine Arts; and all
other students, to the Division of
Arts and Sciences.
At these tables the Division head
or one of his assistants will enter
on each student's assignment card
the courses the student Wishes to
take and. will assign section for
those courses controlled by that
division. The student will then take
his cards to tables in .other divi-
sions, where he will be assigned to
sections in other courses, not in
the division of his major subject,
As a student is assigned to a spe-
cific section, he will make the pro-
pel' entry on both of his schedule
cards.
Having been assigned sections in
all of his courses, the student then
will go to the checking table, where
he will leave his'assignment card
and one schedule card. This com-
pletes the registration procedure.
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+ ' By KUSS t
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The annual Ranch Week funfest, '
generally - accepted as a time for
everyone to let his hair down and
temporarily forget old-fashioned
inhibitions, proved tremendously
popular with all of Tarleton. A few
people revolted at the idea of don-
ating the traditional dress of the
west—for reasons known only to
them. In case anyone is still in the
rlark, I make reference to the unco-
operative attitude of certain femi-.
nine faculty members who expelled
fr6m class several western-attired
girls, who, after" all, were only clad
in that manner because the school
had officially given them permis-
sion. *
Lest anyone get the impression
- that this is strictly a gripe sheet,
here's' a pat on the back for such
good sports as President Howell
and Dean Cunyus, both ordinar-
ily of impeccable dress, who saw
fit to become three-day cowboys
wi£h the rest of the fellows,
' Ladles, if you have any printable
rebuttal to the above, we'll be hap-
py to print it next-week.
Congrats' to Jim Dean, trigger-
happy Sheriff Richard Gilbreath,
and all the' Rodeo Association mem-,
bers for their well-planned, gaily-
executed Ranch Week.
Notice
The Plowbdys will be in Paris
tonight to meet the Paris Junior
College bu'jketeeers at 7:30. This
conference fray is a make-up of
the game which icy roads preven-
ted occuring last Tuesday night.
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Faculty Counselors To Clear
Students On Probation List
Faculty counselors will remain in
their pffices- Sunday, January 30,
for the purpose of clearing students
on probation for registration. All
students now*on the scholastic pro-
bation 'list because of failure to
pass as much as ten hours at the
nine weeks' ..grade period will not
be permitted to register until jthey
obtain a clearance in writing from
the facnlty,;according to Dean Paul
A." Cunyus. ■
At this conference the counselor
and the student I will together work
out a detailed plan of registration
with lists of subjects that the stu-
dent will register for. The proper
registration, clearance for students
who have been cleared 'by their
counselors will be given on Mon-
day, January 31, in order that such
students will lose no time in be-
ginning; their class work.
Students who do' not see their
counselors nn Jan'way 30 will be
required t<>' wait, 'intii Saturday
afternoon, February 5, before their
counselors will again be available
for clearance conferences. Proba-
tion students-may pay their fees;
and if they fail to be cleared for
registration, the money will be re-
funded to them.
Faculty counselors include Zeddie
Edgar, business administration;
Miss Walker, home economics; S.
F. Davis, physical science and geo-
graphy; L. G. Worthington, dental,
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