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Vol. XXIX
STEPHEN VILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1949
No. 24
Ernest Belcher, Ex-Tarletonite,
To Address Campus FFA Banquet
TO SPEAK TO FFA
Judge Ernest Belcher will be the
principal speaker at the annual
FFA banquet that will be held
March 17 in the college dining hall.
Th& -affair will be for both the
fathers and the mothers, of the
FFA Chapter members this year.
A graduate of Stephenville pub
lie schools, Judge Belches attended
John Tarleton .Agricultural College
and received his degree from the
University of Texas. While at Tar-
leton he won the only oratorical
medal ,of junior colleges that any
Voy has. ever won, at Tarleton.
, Judge Belcher served as county
attorney of .Erath county for four
years, then served as , district at-
torney for eight years. He has been
district judge for nine years. He
is president of the judiciary of the
state.
Plans are well under way for the
banquet, and a meeting is to be
held tonight. Howard Boatwright
has been appointe4 as chairman
of the program committee; Boh
Hill, decoration committee; Jim
BOB WAMMACK
HEADS AMVETS
N17TH DISTRICT
Robert (Bob) Wammaek, tar-
leton student from Waco and past
eommandcr of Tarleton Station
Post, AMVETS, has been appoint-
ed • 17th District commander of
!fchat ..organization by J. Earle
Kunt'Zj departmental commander.
Wammaek was nominated ^or the
position by local post officers,and
received the appointment during
the i*aat; week,-JThg is.com--
prised of 12 Texas counties, in-
dueling Erath.
Wammaek was sworn into the
Army on .March 18, 1940, and re-
tired to inactive duty oil January
19, 1945. He was commissioned a
second lieutenant on September 18,
1941, was promoted to a first lieu-
tenancy in June of 1943, and re^
eeived his captain's bars, on Octo-
ber. 13, 1943.
- He attended Regimental Clerk
School at Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio* in May of 1940, and
graduated from Officer Candidate
School at Fort Banning; Gi\.t in
May of 1&41, He also attended the
f-Wachute Jump School at Fort
Benning in November of 1941,
trained with the first Amphibious
fijeoufc and Raiders at Fort Pierce,
pia., in January of 1942, and the
Ameijican Ranger' School at Fort
Knox, Kentucky, in June of 1942.
In February of 1943 he'was sent
overseas, where he served a , year
ip the North African-Italian cam*
paigns, returning, to the states'in
February of 194.4. While 'overseas
he made three combat parachute
'jumps, receiving 59 schrapnel
Wounds on the third jump, July 9,
1943.
After a short stay in a hospital
lie was ordered stateside but jump-
ed ship in Oran to return to his
men- He had beerj. placed on' board
ship on ,a stretcher, but managed
to change places with a; man who
was being sent to a hospital in
Oran. While in Oran he stole a
/ See WAMMACK—Page 3.
Burleson, ticket committee, and Jim
Tom House* welcoming committee,
A. group of FFA members will
sing the FFA song. They have
been trained by Mr. Milton Autrey.
They include Jim Burleson, Jim
Tom House, Howard. Boatwright,
Horace Reyonlds, Andy Young, H.
G. West, Bill Hailey, Darwin
Schrader and James Barr,
'President Howell will present
awards to the FFA Livestock Judg-
ing- team, which is composed of
Rex Milhollin, Ernie Johnson, Gar-
land White, , David Mose and John
H. Jones. The objectives and ac-
complishments of the Tarleton
FFA Collegiate Chapter will also
be read.
The parents of bach member
were sent a letter inviting them
to the banquet. They were invited
to spend the day visiting the agri-
culture departments, tour the live-
stuck farm, and visit the poultry
plant. They will haye the oppoi'-
tunity of watching the cadet corps
drill that afternoon.
Dean Emeritus J. Thomas
Davis Gives Success Hints
Dean Emeritus J. Thomas Davis
has recently received another hon-
or -to add to his many write-ups
in various Who's Who publications.
He1 has been selected for a book
soon to be published, "Success Sec-
rets of 404 Prominent Americans!"
In the selection to appear in the
book Dean Davis says:
"When a youngv boy I taught
some boy friends in a farm house
provided by the landlord of a large
Texas farm in a community where
public school facilities were, very
meager. The thrill of teaching oth-
ers very eager to learn gave me
determination to teach school. X
deemed it, a sort of Holy or Divine
calling and would let nothing
change me from > my goal. The*
process of securing a higher edu-
action was long, tedious and diffi-
cult, but I finally succeeded in ob-
taining' my first degree at the age
of thirty-seven' years/'
..^eai} .pavjsJeeves that his
great desire to teach is the cause
of his' success. He says, "One will
work harder and accomplish more
if he loves his work.'5
In hiH. article for the book Dean
Davis points out that he evaluates
people more by their effort; than
any other thing. He also says that
he has always tried to be open
minded and tolerant toward an-
other's viewpoint.
The J-Tac congratulates Dean
Davis on this well-deserved honor.
MOVIE REVIEWS
OF "BAD BOY
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TO NET PRIZES
Tarleton' journalism . students
,will compete in a contest spon-
sored 'by the Majestic Theatre
which offers two prizes, a $25
saving's bond and $10 in cash', for
the best reviews of the movie,
"Bad Boy/'
Only students taking journalism
Stephenville High Sciipoi and
Tarleton are eligible to compete
in reviewing.the movie, which will
show at ^ the Majestic on March
22, 23 and 24. . ■
Stalling Audie Murphy, the pic-
ture centers around the Variety
Club4' "Bbys>v Ranch at.'" Copperas
Cove. The movie was made here
in Texas,
Reviews must be turned in. one
week after expiration of showing
to the Empire-Tribune. office, A
team of three will judge the en-
tries.
Mrs. Thomas Donnell, who origi-
nated the contest, said, "This is a
good show, and I hope every col-
lege and high school journalism
student enters/'
Le Gallienne Pleased
With JTAC Audience
By BETTY WILLETT
Eva Le Gallienne is a woman
with a purpose. That purpose is
to bring the living theatre to every
hamlet in the United States. By
touring and playing to college au-
diences Miss,La Gallienne is able
to reach young people and create
the desire for the living theatre.
"This audience was a nice onW—
so, lively. I love college audiences;
they're so warm and collaborate
with the pel-former/' commented
the great actress after hex* per-
formance Wednesday night. Miss Le
Gallienne's great love fqr the legit-
imate jtheatre—the living theatre—
seems', to be her incentive to life
itself.
Elaborating on the, living thea-
tre Miss Le Gallienne compared it
with mechanical means. She em-
phasized the fact that the very
direct human contact of the stage
is the factor that makes the the-
atre truly great. Adding that the
movies needed no collaboration be-
tween the spectator and the actor,
she-wittily compared the manners
of stage productions and moving
pictures.
• "A •. theatre performance is be-
ing created before your very eyes
and will never.be the same again.
The performance is made for just
that audience alone/'
To make, her dream for the liv-
ing theatre possible Miss Le Gal-
lienne advocates state-supported
See GALLIENNE—Page 3,
Williams Poultry Farm l-leri Leads
In Twentieth Tarleton Egg Test
■ The Twentieth Tarleton Egg
Laying Test has completed its
fifth month with ^the leading hen
to date a White LeghornJ belong-
ing to Williams Poultry Breeding
'Farm* Denison, with 143 eggs and
152.1& points. Roseoe Hill Hjatch-
ery, Lincoln, Neb., with tfieir pen
of Hyline Hybrids, is still leading
the test, to date with 1,705 eggs
and 1,707.05 points, acording to
the February results released by
W. Doyle , Graves, supervisor.
As & comparison with the con-
test- held last year, there are five
more states represented in this
year's contest. There are the same
amount of. breeds represented, 11,
but there, are three more breeders
in this contest.
The leading- hen, $,t this time
last year had laid 143 eggs, the
same as this year, but her eggs
were smaller. Last year the hen
had 152.05 points; this year,. 152.15
points. Both were White Leghorns
entered by the Williams Poultry
Farm of Denison.
This year, the production for
February was 68.20 per < cent in
eggs and 71.46 per cent in points,
while last year, the production for
February was 64.11 per. cent in
eggs and 67.82, per cent in points.
Although the total eggs.for both
the high pen to date and the high
pen of February of last yearex-
ceeded that of this year, the .num-
ber of points were less.
Winning .top honors - for Feb-
ruary in high pen by points- was
the pen of Rhode Island Reds en-
tered by Capitol Breeding Farm of
St. Paul, Minn. They laid a total
of 325 eggs for 345-35 points.
In the ten high hens of February
of this year, there were four of
both White Leghorn and Rhode
Island Reds, and two of Hyline
Hybrids, ^ast year, . there were
seven White Leghorn, hens in the
top ten, two Hyline Incross, and
one Rhode. Island Red.
Jn the ten high pens, this year
there were four Hyline Hybrids,
three Rhode Island Reds, two White
Leghorns, and one New Hampshire.
Last year, there were four Rhode
Island.Reds, three White Leghorns,
two Hyline Incross, and one New
Hampshire*
Shown above is Judge Ernest Belcher*, efc-Tarletonite, who
will address the FFA at their Annual Banquet in the College
Dining Hall March 17.
*114,000 Improvement At
J-TAC Oked By A-M Board
> Two improvements at Tarleton,
costing $114,000 were Authorized
hy, the.Texas A&M System Board
of'.i^irettbrs^afc. a two-day meet-
ing on the campus Thursday and
Friday.
Largest improvement authorized
remodeling two girls dormitories
and adding* a large room to serve
as a parlor at a cost of $91,000.
Also authorized was the moving
of the physical education and ath-
letic facilities to the 38-acre west
campus area at an estimated cost
of $25,000. The football field facili-
ties which will be transferred to
the area of the proposed Tarleton
Memorial Staduim in order to pro-
vide room for building expansion
under the college building amend-
ment. *
The Tarleton improvements were
part of a $900,000 expenditure ap-
proved by the board for the four
colleges and fivecither parts of
thg A&M System.
largest expenditure authorized
was ;$G'40,00a for"" a three-story
science building at Texas A&M
College. , . ,
* Minor improvements . authorized
at A&M College included: Drink-
ing* fountains in, dormitories, $20,-
000; underground electrical lines,
?26,000; street improvements, $10,-
800; reroofing of project housing
apartments, $12,000,
Construction of a new $40,000
milking bain at A&M College also
was approved.
The board voted $2,500 for com-
pletion of a cinder track at Prairie
View A&M College.
Removal of the wool scouring
plant from the main campus of
A&M to the Bluebonnet Farm at
McGregor was approved at a cost
of $15,000.
J-TAC Reporter Finds
Actress Well-Liked
By MARY JO CRAWFORD
Once again your roving reporter
took her pencil and notebook in
hand, wandered 'all over the cam-
pus and came up with the follow-
ing candid opinions in answer to
the question, ('Whatfdid you think
about Eva Le Gallienne?''
Billie S'need, Vernon—I thought
it was just wonderful. She had so
much poise.
Miss Laura Fellman, director of
physical education for women—I
enjoyed it.
Royce . Peterson, Menard—It's
hard, to say what I think about it.
I thought she was a good actress
and she put a lot of expression
into her parts.,
Nina Powell, Zephyr—I thought
she was very good. She was so
poised, graceful, completely at
ease.
Miss Orrine Woinowsk, catalog-
uer at the library—I thought she
was magnificent. She had the whole
audience right in the palm of her
hand. I hope we get her back
again.
Jack Black, Junction—I enjoyed
her. But I thought she talked too
much between acts. I enjoyed the
comedy most.
Miss Glover, English teacher—I
think she is. marvelous. Any wom-
an or any actress that can change
from the tragic to the comic With-
out the support of other actors
or stage decorations and still hold
the attention 'of the audience as
she held it, has the right to be
listed as the greatest actress in
America today, •
Dr. Dick Smith, head of govern-
ment department—Magnificent.
Allen. Martin, Waco—I thought
she went too much into discussion
between her scenes.
Elyson Taylor, Stephenville—I
enjeyed it very much. Thought it
was an excellent presentation.
X CALENDAR X
Tuesday, March 15 — Student
Council Danee, Rec Hall, 6:30'
8;OOp.m.
Tuesday/ March 15 — Faculty
Fuddy-duds vs. Stpdent Coun-
cil, basketball; Gyirf, 7:30 p.m.
).
Thursday* March 17 — Stephen-,
viile Masonic Research Group,
Masonic Tempje, 3 P:?1*
Thursday, March 17—FFA ban-
quet, Dining Hall* 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 17 — Aggettes
Meeting, Rec Hall, 7
Satuvday, March 19—Senior Cla'ys
Calendar Party, Gym, 7:30
pint.
- Monday, March 21—Semper Idem
Meeting, Dining Hall, 7-8 p.m.
Each Monday , Night—Girls' In-
tramural Spprt$ Program, Gym
6:3,0 p.m. , ,
Each Wednesday and1 Saturday
Aft^-noon — Girls* Intramural
Softball, Drill Field,
et Team To
DISCUSSMAYDAY
FETE ON KSTV
- "Tarleton's Semi-Centennial Cel-
ebration" will be the subject of
President E, J. Howell's fifteen-
minute talk . over station KSTV,
Sunday, M^arch ,20.
President Howell will discuss
and outline plans for the big- Par-
ent's Day. an!d: Ex-Student's Re-
union and other activities sched-
uled for April 30-May 1.. He will
tell something of the early history
and background .of , Tarleton, the
school's progress up to the pres-
ent, and what it is today.
Ganer-Wohlfer
X Invite Cadets *
| To Thurs. Fete X
By A, CORPSMAN
Major Ganer and Captain. Wohl-
fer are having* a little get-together
next Thursday afternon at 4:15,
All the boys in the corps are cord-
ially invited to attend.
"We have b,een having' these lit-
tle affairs for quite some time,"
said Captain Wohlfer. "They liave
proved very popular with the boys,
who turn out by the hundreds.*'
"We promise that there will be
something- doing every ' miilute,"
Major Ganer said. "All ROTC
cadets are invited to come on ou^
and fall in line with whatever is
going on,"
P.S,—Any squad that was one
hundred per cent present at the
Military Ball will be 'excused from
drill.
A special Air Force Aviation Cadet Team'composed of Maj,
Julian Dendy and ,Capt. William C. Stewart, a former Tarleton
student, will explain opportunities for pilot training and a
career as an officer with the United States Air'Force that are
open to qualified college men, according to Lt. Col. Glen L,
Schmidt This is the second visit of this team to Tarleton, the
first visit being made last fall. \ '
;• 1 ^ Mem single or married, 20 to.
20 % years old, and physically fit,
LE GALLIENNE
GIVES SCENES
OF GREAT DRAMA
Eva Le Gallienne,. assisted by
John Dawson, enacted scenes from
great plays Wednesday evening for
a 'sizeable. Tarlpton audience. With-
out benefit of scenery, costumes
or lighting, and with only the
most rudimentary.properties, Miss
Le Gallienne and Mr. Dawson pre-
sented excerpts of both English
and continental drama find comedy.
Opening the program, Miss Le
Gallienne told some of her experi-
ences, both on her recent tour and
past reminiscences. She discussed,
at some length, the great need for
the living theatre in the United
States.
The first group of scenes were
from Shakespeare's "Romeo and
Juliet." The thr.ee scenes presented
were the balcony scene, the scene
in the friar's cell, and lastly the
potion scene-enacted by Miss Le
Gallienne alone.
Two comedy scenes from the
eightecntli century were the second
group of excerpts. The first scene
'was. taken, from Congreve's "The
Way of the World"; the second
from Goldoni.
; Concluding* the' program werjs' a
scc^e from Ibsen's "Ghosts" and
another from Chekov's "The Cherry
Orchard.",
Before each scene Miss Le Gal-
lienne announced it and told the
background in. addition to describ-
ing the scene and costumes to be
visualized by ,the audience.
with two or more years of college,
will have the opportunity to pro-
visionally qualify for the flight
training immediately when. the
traveling Aviation Cadet team
meets here at the Military Office
Col. Schmidt said.
Men who volunteer and are ac-
cepted for pilot training with the
Air Force will receive their basic
flight training in Texas, Col.
Schmidt said. Successful cadets
will be given their pilots' wings
and commissions as second lieu-
tenants in the Air Force Reserve
Tarleton Enro
Gain B
llment Will
Newton
Tarleton's enrollment will gain
if plans sponsored by Texas A&M
for a new summer school at Junc-
tion are approved by' the Texas
Legislature,
So said John W. Newton of Beau-
mont, vice-president of the board
of directors of the Texas A&M
System, in. an address to the An-
nual Membership Banquet of the
Stephenville Chamber of Com-
merce in the dining, hall Friday
night.
"It is planned to establish test-
ing and orientation courscs for
young men who have just grad-
uated from high school and who
intend to continue their education.
Where tests reveal insufficient
preparation in subjects needed by
the prospective college student, the
recommendation will be made that
he enroll at Tarleton to acquire
the additional training, while tak-
ing some advanced work."
Addressing an audience of 400,
Mr.. Newton praised the civic work
of Tarleton President E. J, How-
ell, retiring president of the Cham-
ber . of Commerce, and, of Dean
Emeritus J. Thomas D^ivis, past
president of the West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Newton declared the building
program at JTAC will be possible
through the. enactment, of ttie col-
lege building' amendment, which,
he said, appears to be clear of the
courts. He also1 praised the work
of Stephenville citizens in raising-
funds for the memorial 'athletic
stadium, to be built on a new.38-
acre site.
Newtop-recalled that JTAC, now
in its 50th year as an institution
of higher learning,' became a part
of the state college system in 1917.
He praised the late John Tarleton,
Erath county rancher, motivated
by educational convictions, who
left the bulk of his estate to build
the college for the education of
youn^ men and women in technical
and agricultural .fields;
The speaker said the college has
grown from ari initial enrollment
of 114 to more than 1,100 with
its students' representing two-
thirds of Texas' counties.
The college system, administer-
ed by the chancellor upder direc-
tion of th'e; board, has more than
5,000 employees, owns and oper-
ates 44,000 acres of land and has
a physical plant valued at more
than $75,000,000.
President Howell presided at the
dinner' meeting. He preseiited W.
N. Brown, newly elected Chamber
of Commerce president, who in
turn introduced the chamber di-
rectors. ■ 1 , ■
BENDER—STEWART
after only 13 months of training.
They will go on active duty im-
mediately upon graduation and can
earn pay- and allowances in excess
of $4,000 ' a year.
Aviation cadet classes begin
eight times a. year, or approxi-
mately ev.ery six weeks, and the
top' men "inVeaeh class receive di-
rect commissions in the Regular
Air Force. All graduates have the
opportunity to. apply, for regular
commissions during their active
duty tours.
Only men who meet the high
Air Force ' standards will be ac-
cepted, Col. Schmidt pointed out,
because of the necessarily,, high
level of. intelligence and physical
fitness .required to operate modern
military aircraft. On March 21-22,
the Aviation Cadet team will be
prepared to administer all pre-
liminary examinations to " flight
training applicants. Those who
meet the . requirements , at that
time need only t&kn the final phy-
sical examination and complete an
interview later before being final-
ly accepted and assigned to a
class.
Basic flight training courses are
given at Randolph Air Force Base,
San Antonio, Texas; Goodfellow
Air Force Base, San Angelo, Tex-
as; Perrin Air Force . B^se; Sher-
man, Texas; and Waco. Air Force
Base, Waco, Texas. Basic training
is given in single-engine T-6 Tex-
ans. Advanced pilot training phases
are given at two locations, single-
engine in F-51 Mustangs, and F-80
Shooting Stars at Williams, Air
Force Base, Chandler,' Arizona;
and multiplc-engme training in B-
25 Mitchels at Barksdale Air Force
Base, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Tarleton To Be Host To
600 FFA Boys In April
Tarleton/ will play host when
over G0U .FFA .hoys representing
high school judging* teams from
two .areas compete in the Twen-
tieth ,,Annual FFA Judging Con-
test to be held here April 11.
Preparations are well under way
for the event which will bring
contestants from 48 counties in
the ceptral 'part of Texas,'to the
Tarleton campus, r . ( *
The areas represented -will be
Area IV, supervised by J. B, Payne
and with headquarters at Tarle-
ton, and Ared VIII, supervised "by
Bill Childress, and with • headquar-
ters at. Mart.
There will be three phases of
the contest: Beef Cattle Judging,
Dairy Cattle. Judging, and Poultry
Judging. W. W. Reed will be su-
perintendent of the two livestock
contests, -while W. Doyle' Graves
will organize the poultry contest.
Helping-'Mr, Reed train boys for
the livestock contests will be J. W,
Autry, training the grading crews
for livestock ^nd dairy,"H. L. Self,
who will organize and train helpers
for livestock judging- contest, and
Mr. Randolph and Mr. Worthing-
ton, who will help with grading
and tabulation.
L. G. Rich and J. V. Laird will
assist Prof. Graves in carying
out the poultry contest. Approxi-
mately ' 40 boys will be used, in
holding the judging' contest.
Murray Cox, "RFD-570,^ will
broadcast that day from the Tar-
leton Livestock Pavilion. He will
interview some of the boys on his
program at 12.:15.-
Among those present will be
Robert A. Manire, state supervisor
of Agricultural Education, from
Austin, who will address the agri-
culture teachers on the morning
of April 11.
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