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NIGHTWATCHMEN
THE J-TAC
VOL. XXX.
TARLgTON STATE COLLEGE, .STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1950
NO. 30
Luther Brandon, Dvvight Gaines, and G. C. Murray, nightwatehmen on the Tarleton campus,
could tell many tales about the night life of Tarleton, although most of the time it is very
dull at night. Phofo *>y "BAX"
NightwatchmeniJTAC PLAGES
Lead Dull Life FOURTH IN TIPA
STUDENT POLL
TO SELECT NAME
mATHLETES
A recommendation to hold a stu-
dent election to vote on changing
the name "Plowboys" was passed
recently. This recommendation was
subrnitted by the Student Council
to the Academic Council and was
approved in a meeting of the
Academic Council last week.
Some work toward changing the
I athletic name of Tarleton was done
last year. The idea was dropped
however, before any conclusion
was reached.
This year an election will decide
whether or not a majority of the
students favor such a change. The
election will probably be held in
two or three weeks. The proce-
dure will likely be to put, several
names of the ballot including the
present name "Plowboys." Then
the students can show if they want
the name changed and at the same
time select two or three names to
choose from on a final election.
Mary Lee Bridges Is Crowned
Queen Of Tarleton College
Mary Lee Bridges, senior from.
Glen Rose, was crowned queen of
| Tarleton State College by Cadet
Col. Prosper Walker Saturday
night in a coronation ceremony
highlighting the week-end's Vaetiv-
, jties.
The ceremony, one of the many
events of Parents' and Ex-Stu-
dentsi Day, held annually at TSC,
was held at Tarleton Memorial
Athletic Field. !
Mary Lee was attended by a
court of 13 duchesses and 13 dukes,
16 of whom were from, Tarleton
and 10 from visiting schools.
> By THELMA GEE^LIN
and ROBERT KENNY
Guns blazing and feet pounding,
two uniformed figures pursued a
fleeing fugitive across the pitch-
dark drill field. The pursuers
finally tired and paused to watch
the would-be intruder in his hasty
departure, the tail of his white
..shirt floating behind him like a
balloon. They could see his bobbing
figure and hear his footsteps echo-
ing in the stillness of the night for
several minutes, until he was
about two miles away,: He never
lame back to .Stephenville.
No, this is not an excerpt from
a comic-book detective story. It is
a true story of an actual happen-
ing on the campus. The pursuers
' were two cf Tarleton's nightwatch-
mBii," Luther™THtiftdoh"aiict'"
Hurray,• and the fugitive was an
ifnknown interloper who attempted
to slip into the campus on a re-
cent dark ■ night.
.However, this is not the usual
run of things, according to the
jovial policemen. "No, we never
have any ^rouble with them," Mur-
ray said with a broad smile. But
they do have to watch to keep
things going right.
These two nightwatehmen, along
with Dwight Gaines, are respon-
sible for keeping the campus in
good order during the lonely hours
of the night. A complete round
of the campus must be made every
hour, time clocks must be punched,
disturbances must be listened for,
and locjts must be checked.
The first shift is from 6:00 p.m.
to 12:00 p.m. Murray and Brandon
are on duty at this time. While one
ia making the rounds of the
campus, , the other stays fairly
close to the telephone to take calls
or to report disturbances. Since
they are kept quite busy during
their hours of duty, neither has
time to read magazines or listen
to a radio. Even if they were to
have time to occupy themselves
thus, they could not be kept entire-
ly alert.
The nightwatehmen have regular
rounds to walk each night, with
one time clock to punch every
hoifr. On the shift from 12:00 un-
til 7:30, however, Gaines, who is
on duty during this period, has
eight clocks to punch on. his
rounds.
Other than the regular walking,
the watchmen also cheek the boil-
ers and water heaters in the din-
ing hall, watch machinery on the
campus, and turn water and lawn
sprinklers off and on.
During the first Six hours of
the night, "they are kept busy, but
after 12:00 there is time for lis-
tening to and making music in the
power plant with the four boys
who fire the boilers.
G. C. Murray, oldest of the three,
began work at Tarleton 21 years.
(Continued on page 3)
CALENDAR
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i ^ O
Tuesday, May 2—Grassburr-J-Tac
Party, Home of Mr, Hart.
Tuesday, May 2—Square Dance
Club Meeting, Rec Hall, 6:00-
8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 2—Barons and Coro-
nas Meeting, Girls' Dorm, 0:30
p.m.
Thursday, May 4—Aggettes Meet-
ing, Rec Hall, 0:00-8:00.
Thursday, May 4—Los Cobbs Meet-
ing, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 5—B.S.U. Banquet,
Baptist Church.
Saturday, May 6—Scholarship So-
ciety Picnic, Country Club, 3:30-
11:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 6—AAUW Meet-
ing, Dinning Hall, 0:30 p.m.
Monday, -May 8—Erath County
Home i Demonstration Meeting,
Home Ec Auditorium.
Monday, May 8—Eternas Meeting,
Mrs. Dorsey's Studio, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, May 8—Lords and Com-
moners' Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, May 8—Sine Ceras' Meet-
ing, Ciub Room, 6:30 p.m.
The Grassburr placed third and
the J-Tac fourth in the Texas In-
tercollegiate Press contests in Den-
ton last week. Harvey Summers
won two first places in individual
contests for junior colleges with .a
feature story and an editorial.
Arlington State took first place
in both the annual and yearbook
contests. Other winners in news-
papers were San Angelo College,
second, and Paris Junior' College,
third..
In the yearbook, Amarillo Junior
College won second.
Seventeen Tarleton students
made the trip to attend the three-
day convention. Twenty-two pro-
fessional newspaper men, photog-
raphers and editors spoke at gen-
eral and. sectional meetings of the
convention.
■ I'Attal■ acldrejis .at..£he. banau&t.
Saturday night was by Felix Mc-
Knight, assistant managing editov
of the Dallas Morning News.
Sul Ross State College was se-
lected as host school for 1951.
New president.of the TIPA. is
John Oden of Sul Ross. Harvey
Pruitt of Abilene- Christian -Col-
lege was named contest director
for next year.
FILM TO SHOW
FOR ENGINEERS
"Exploring With X-rays" is the
film to be shown by the engineer-
ing department May 8, at 5:00 p.m.
This film is noted for its compre-
hensive coverage of the fascinating
story of x-rays, from their discov-
ery more than 50 years ago to
their more recent developments, ;
The film shows how x-rays were
discovered in', a quiet university
laboratory late in the nineteenth
century, how they were produced-
with crude apparatus, how scien-;
tists all over the' world experi-
mented with them,, and how they
were welcomed by medicine. The
picture then shows how today's,
jie^-fl.D.djai.QJ'.e powerful equipment,
has been put to new uses in med-
icine, dentistry, and industry.
Dr. W. D. Coolidge, world-
famous for his research on x-rays
and for his development of x-ray
tubes, explains what makes x-rays
and how they are produced.
The story is built around the
visit of a young medical student
to the office of a radiologist.
Eleven Reserves
To Hear General
Eleven members of the Tarleton
faculty who hold reserve commis-
sions from various branches of the
armed forces, will be among the
group to hear General H. Miller
Ainsworth when he addresses the
Stephenville Reserve Officers As-
sociation. General Ainsworth, com-
manding general of the 36th In-
fantry Division, will speak at a
banquet held in the Tarleton dining
hall May 18.
The banquet is one of the ob-
servances of National Defense
SPRING CLEANERS
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-.aiss
m
Members of the team which has been working this spring on Tarleton's campus, keeping- it
. in first-rate order, are: standing, Willard P. Anderson, Hubert Glascow, H. L. Murray.
Claude)Pair, Louis Hunt, Ed Wells, Vail P. Griffin, P. K. Fuller, Hilary Moore, and Ralph
Richardson.
Seated are Eddie Emmet t, W. T. Richardson, James Bennett, and Oscar Allen.
Photo by "BAX"
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Week, May 15 through 20, which
is a joint affair sponsored by all
branches of the armed forces.
Participating in the activities of
this week will be the Tarleton
Cadet Corps, which' will parade,
and three organized units.
The units are Co. D, 30th Divis-
oin, commanded _ by Lt. J. Lewis
Evans, who is president of the
Reserve Officers Association; Co.
M, 90th Division, commanded by
Captain Christopher Overby, and
the 44th Replacement Training
Regiment commanded by Col. Paul
A. Cunyus, dean of TSC.
The faculty members who hold
reserve commissions are Col. E. J.
Howell, infantry, who is president
of Tarleton; Col. Paul A. Cunyus,
infantry; Lt. Col. Oscar Frazier,
infantry; Major L, G. Rich, air
force; Major H. W, Leach, ord-
nance; Lt, Commander. John Tomp-
kins, Naval Air Force, registrar of
Tarleton; Lt. (sg) C. M. Flory,
Navy; Lt. (sg)'O. A. Grant, Navy;
Lt. (jg) Dan Peacock, Navy; Lt.
George Beakley, infantry, and Lt.
Jack Herring-ton..
The visiting duchesses and dukes
were Ann Palmer and Newman
Pearcy, Arlington State College;
Marie Nutter and Major Harrell G.
Jones, Schreiner Institute; Jean
Copeland and Fritz Loeffleiy San
Angelo College; Mary Frances
Bailey and Lewis W. Graves, Dub-
lin High School; Ruth Howell and
Oren Ellis, Stephenville High
School.
The Tarleton representatives
were Janella Jones, Betty Lock-
hart, Jo Ann Bradley, Nancy Jane
Howell, Joan Eaton, Ann Bryan
and Gaynelle Lambert. The dukes
THANKS
I wish to take this opportunity to express my sincere appre-
ciation to each faculty member, student, ex-student, and' others
who helped in the preparation, and to those who participated,
in our Parents' Day and Ex-Students' Day Celebration. Your
splendid co-operation and the fine work that you did made the
program successful.
N. M. RANDOLPH, Chairman
Parents' Day Committee
. Several Tarleton girls have ex-
pressed their opinion of the new
privilege nights, and the general
opinion is that these changes are
a decided improvement. "Most of
the girls feel that it will encour-
age girls to come to Tarleton in
the coming years, and that when
a girl reaches college age she is
FIVE STUDENTS
TO ABILENE
Joe F. Tarpley, English instruc-
tor, took five students from his
English 104:8 class to Abilene
yesterday afternoon to see a pro-
duction of "Macbeth" presented
by McMurry College students.
Students who went included Kay
Clements, Virginia Seastedt, Dor-
othy Corder, Robert Witcher and
Robert Kenny.
The production was presented by
the fine arts department of Mc-
Murry College. The cast was made
up of dramatics, speech, and other
fine arts students.
STUDENTS WIN
AT SPEECH MEET
Three first year students in the
Tarleton Speech Department won
high honors in the District 5 con-
test of the Texas Junior College
Speech Association, held at Ranger
Junior College. These students are
Roddy Hobson, Betty Bryan, and
Gene Hardin.
Roddy Hobson, Mineral Wells,
won a unanimous decision on his
poetry interpretation for men.
Betty Bryan, of Olney, won second
place in poetry interpretation for
women. Betty is a Speech major.
Gene Hardin won high honors in
Men's oratory. Gene is a Long-
view boy. The winnings of these
people qualified them to attend
and enter the state contest which
was held in Temple Junior Col-
lege.
Howell to Deliver
Commencement
To Two Schools
President E. J. Howell will de-
liver two commencement addresses
to high schools in the surrounding
area this year. The first will be
given in Dublin on May 19, follow-
ed on June 2 by an address at Glen
Rose high school.
Last week he was guest speaker
at FFA Father-Son Bancjuets in
Ranger and Hamilton.
President Howell has become a
well - known after - dinner speaker
since he took over the college ad-
ministration in 1946.
old enough to know when to study.
Patsy Barber said that she liked
them—Saturday night best of all.
Cynthia Tuckey feels that it is
what they should have done, that
when a person's old enough to
come to college, she is old enough
to know when to study. She also
feels that it will encourage others
to come here.
"I like 'em!" said Faye Bons.
,Be±:t.yJyiiddte^Xeels_.thaiJJie, ikis*
urday night changes are the best.
"Thumper" Willingham emphatic-
ally said that she thought the
change took too long in coming,
but she's glad that it's here.
"It's about time." said Betty
Loveless. Val Sponberg remarked
that'it is "nice to know you're free
to go somewhere, even if you don't
have time." "Sounds pretty good
to me!"—Mary Lou Riley.
"Encouraging to know that girls
are free to use their own judgment.
I hope they use it right—especial-
ly me,", said Dorothy Corder. Jua-
nita Marwitz thinks they are won-
derful, and will encourage more
girls to come here. Jane Hicks
feels that it is good to know that
you can attend more than two
events a week if there are more
than that happening.
Bebe Kinchetoe doesn't feel that
the girls will take advantage of the
new privileges. She said that she
thought they would stay in and
study if they had to do it. "Good
deal—hope my grades don't suf-
fer," said Lou Cunningham, "I
think they're swell," said "Pud-
din' " Phillips, and Dottie Jackson
remarked that she thought that
it was a good idea.
were Cadet Lt.' Col. Gordon Smoth,
Cadet 2nd Lt. DeWayne O'Neal,
Cadet 2nd' Lt. Clinton Lindley,
Cadet Capt. Jimmy Darling, Cadet
2nd Lt. Dick McMahan, Cadet Capt.
Milton Brown and Cadet 1st Lt.
Richard O'Neal. The crownbearer
was Sara Jo Price of Stephenville.
Scores of Tarleton exes, parents,
and students witnessed a series of
activities which began Saturday
afternoon with a retreat parade
by the TSC cadet,corps.
Saturday evening an intercolle-
giate track meet was held at Tar-
leton Memorial Athletic Field par-
ticipated in by Schreiner ' Insti-
tute, Arlington State College and
Tarleton., Schreiner Institute was
victorious with TSC making a close
second.
President E. J. Howell of Tar-
leton made-a short speech dedicat-
ing the new; cinder track at Memo-
rial. Field.' He introduced Track
Coach Oscar Frazier, who wel-
comed all the visiting parents and
exes. ,
President Howell introduced
track captains of former years who
were back for the homecoming
weekend. In his dedication address
Howell stated that the completion
i, of the cinder track was the second
lap of th"e Tarleton mile relay. The
first lap was the building of the
fiend and a portion of the bleach-
ers.
The tfyird lap will be the com-
pletion pf the bleachers followed
by finishing all the needed facilities
which is the fourth lap.
The final event of the evening
was' the student, ex-student and
faculty dance . held in the college
gym. The gym was decorated by
the student council and the funds
were furnished by the college fac-
ulty and Stephenville exes.
The Swing Cadets, Tarleton
.dance .liai!iir..pl;iyed'-fop the^dahce,--
and a concession stand was op-
erated. The Wainwright Grena-
diers, crack squad of eleven men
commanded by' Cadet 1st Lt. Jim
Milligan, executed a manual of
arms.
The Honorable Keith F. Kelly,
Texas Senator from District 28,
was the principal speaker of the
program held in the main audi-
torium Sunday morning followed
by a parade by the cadet corps.
Kelly, who was a student at Tar-
leton in 1931-33, spoke on Tarle-
ton's past.
Jack Serpas, senior class, presi-
dent, spoke on Tarleton's present,
followed by an address by Miss
Lola Thompson, college librarian,
on Tarleton's future.
The Tarleton Chorus, directed by
Royal Brantley, sang for the group
and Janice Alsup, junior, played
a piano solo. A student quartet
composed of Charles Fernandez,
John Holiday, Webb Golston, and
Victor Moore, also sang.
The master of ceremonies for
the program was President E. J.
Howell, John Clary, junior, spoke
the invocation, and Emily Cam-
mack, senior, gave the benediction.
The postlude wafe played by the
Tarleton Symphonic Band under
the direction of Randolph Foster.
At noon an Ex-students' lunch-
eon and business meeting was held
in the banquet room of th "> college
dining hall. During the afternoon
open house was held in the dormi-
tories, a band concert was given on
the campus lawn north of Military
Drive, and" reception for visitors
was held in the riew parlor of the
girls' dorm. Open house was also
held in the following departments
on the campus: agriculture, biology,
chemistry, engineering, fine arts,
home economics, library, and mili-
tary .•.
Delegates
Dally at Denton
Eighteen bedraggled TIPA dele-
gates stumbled back to the,campus
Saturday night after three hectic
days in Denton', spent hearing ad-
dresses of a journalistic nature and
aking part in an extensive enter-
tainment program not of a journal-
istic nature (no further comment
Even though the climax of the
Even thought the climax of the
convention, the awards banquet,
proved large,d a fiasco for the
Tarleton delegation, the tired
group returned from a memorable
convention, packed with mementoes
of a happy week-end,
Har.vey. Summers came out cov-
ered with glory from being one of
the two TIPA contestants to win
two individual first places. He was
awarded certificates for entering
the best editorial and the best fea-
ture story.
Sue Spratt, Tarleton's candidate
for convention queen, did not win
first place, but was one of the
six most beautiful contestants,
chosen by a team of ace photog-
raphers from the queen contest en-
tries.
Charles Dunn, J-Tac sports edi-
tor, represented Tarleton in the
sectional meetings Friday after-
noon by serving as chairman and
mediator in the sports writing
meeting, which featured Bill Rives
of the Dallas News, Bill Van Fleet
of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
and Bill Coffey of the Sherman
Democrat, as speakers..
The other delegates won neither
(Continued on page 3)
PREPARING CHICKEN
Ag Classes View
Tobaccoland USA
"Tobaccoland U.S.A." was shown
to four classes in the agriculture
division last week by ~W. Doyle
Graves of "the poultry department
and L. G. Rich of the agronomy de-
piu'tment. '
Two poultry classes and two
agronomy jclasses saw the picture,
which gave the life history of to-
bacco1 plant from planting to the
smoker. It described the various
processes of curing, the methods of
planting, and showed tobacco auc-
tions.
The picture was secured by Har-
vey Summers, local representative
of Campus Merchandising Bureal,
national promoters of Chesterfields.
PS
Participants at the poultry marketing demonstrations held last week at the Tarleton poultry
farm include F. M. Stockton, left, assistant poultry marketing specialist, W. Doyle Graves,
center, head of the poultry department and director of the demonstrations, F. Z. Beanblos- '
som, poultry marketing specialist of the A&M extension service who conducted the demon- i
strations, and W. L. Braddy, assistant specialist. The boy with the bird is a 4-H Club mem-
ber who prepared this particular bird for market. photo "BAX"'
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