The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1976 Page: 1 of 12

57th Year No.22 i
Stephenville, Texas
Student Newspaper
Tarleton State University
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October 14,1976'
So walks can be formalized
Senatep
by Melinda Petross
"* The Student Senate-, approved
: a motion to send a. letter to
University President
Dr. W. 0. Trogdon recommending
that a "teacher late policy" be
written into the handbook. The
action took place at the regular
meeting of the senate last Monday
evening.
It has been an unwritten rule
that if a professor does not show
up within 10 minutes after the
bell to begin class, the students
can take a walk. A professor is to
be given 15 minutes to get to class
before the students can leave.
The senate believes if the rule
is written in the handbook there
will be no question about the
right of students to leave or how
long they have to wait.
A report from the committee
assigned to find out whose
responsibility it is to repair the
roads around the stadium stated
that the city is responsible for the
roads, but the University
maintenance department was in
charge of the parking lots. A
representative of the city said
roads will be repaired as soon as
possible But the parking lots will
not be repaired until construction
is finished in that area, according
to a University spokesman.
It was brought before the
senate that some students feel it is
unfair that people on the block
should have to take the 'finals at
the end of their nine-week block
courses if they are graduating
seniors. Students on the block are
those who have classes the 'first 9
weeks of a semester and student
teach the last 9 weeks. A
committee was appointed to look
into the matter. '<
Some complaints have been
made by students getting tickets
for parking in reserved, parking
spaces at night. It was stated that
reserved spaces are reserved 24
hours a day and the campus police
have the right to givf a ticket to ■
anyone who violates the rule.
Last year the senate had a
project to put signs advertising
TSU on Interstate 20. Everything
was set up to have them made
during the summer but nothing
was done. The senate voted to
take up the project again and
Michael? *Steck, . student body
president, appointed a committee
to check into it.
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A ruling by the Student Center
Committee regarding the policy
for men to remove their hats
upon entering the Student Center
had not been given. But the
committee should, have a decision
by Thursday morning, according
to Jkck Mathews,, center director.
Grassburr editor, Pam Sawyer,
Tarleton rodeo
Plans were completed at a
meeting here Oct. 7 for the
formation of a Tarleton Rodeo
Scholarship Association.
Mrs. Stanley H. Williamson, of
the Two J Ranch near Iowa Park,
met with Tarleton and
Coach Sue Baker
dies in Indiana
Sue Baker, coordinator of
women's athletics at Tarleton,
died at her home in Shipshewana,
Ind., on Friday, Oct.'S. Services
were held at Millers Funeral Home
in Middlebury, Ind. on Oct. 11.
Miss Baker was born in Howe,
Ind., on July 22, 1935, and
graduated from Newbury
Township High School at
Shipshewana in 1953.
She received a B.S. degree in
physical education from Taylor
University in 1957 and a M.S.
degree from the University in
.Colorado in 1966. She taught in
is still working with; Miller's
Studio^ on setting up a schedule "tp
-have pictures made on campus. A
schedule should be made out by
next week. {
Steck appointed a committee
to look into the possibility 'of
having a dance after the football
game Oct. 23.
The Foods Council met last
Thursday and decided to send a
letter to R. G. Fanning, Business
Manager, recommending the coke
machines be put back into the
cafeteria.
Steck appointed a eommitte to
decide if the senate should have a
booth at the Halloween Carnival.
Announcements included a
report on the Rodeo Scholarship
Fund. . An advisory board was set
up and the Tarleton Rodeo
Scholarship Association was
. formed to take donations and get
money for scholarships. Also, the
rodeo team will be at Texas Tech
this weekend.
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Remember the days of "organized confusion" in the late 1960s? Three University
p r o f e s S,o f s,"_,.Dr. O, A, Grant, Dr, Lamar Johanson and Miss Lee Edwin Terry,
responded to reporters' questions;, about those days last week. The stories, appear on
pages 4, 5 and 6 of this issue. ,
Stephenville representatives to
form the organization that will
provide scholarships for members
of the girls and boys rodeo teams.
The group established 12
scholarships of $500 each as a
goal for the association! ,with the
Middlebury, Ind., from 1957-59
and in Marion, Ind., from,
1958-68. '
Miss Baker came to Tarleton in
Sept. 1968, as an instructor and
*was made assistant professor in
1973. She was coach of the
Tarleton TexAnns basketball team
and coach of the women's track
team. She was granted a medical
leave of absence from Tarleton at
the start of the currents school
year after teaching in /summer
school.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Frank W: Baker.
funds to be collected by March 1,
1977 and the first scholarships to
be awarded in the fall of the same
year.
In commenting on ;the_ new
organization Dr. Weldon Newton,
head of the department of,,
agriculture said, "we hope Jo <.
make this a continuing thing we
can depend on from , year to
.year." Dr. Newton poiiited out
that appoximately $1,000
annually in scholarships has-been
raised locally over a period of
years, but "the problem we have
had in the past is that we never
knew how much we would have
available for scholarships or how
many scholarships we could offer
students."
Dr. Newton continued, "we
want to emphasize that the
association will help- provide
students with a college education,
and will also give them an
opportunity to continue to
compete in something they love
and they are already involved in."
Solicitation of funds for the
scholarships has already started;;
according to Pr. Newton, tad
donations may tie made to the
association by sending checks to
the Rodeo Scholarship Fund at
Tarleton. He said that funds will
be sought from individuals,
businesses and corporations." He
stated also that .any .funds above
the amount required . for
scholarships;; will go' into a
permanent endowment fund.
A local screening committee
will award the scholarships each
year, and plans call for an
advisory board of well-known
rodeo personalties to be' selected
for the association.
The boys team has been
participating in National
Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
(NIRA) epmpetition since the
1950's. The team palced first in
the nation in 1967, finished
second in 1970 and 1971, and
claimed third place honors in both
1966 and 1974.
The girls team won top honors
in the nation three consecutive
years from 1969 to 1971.
■'< In addition to Dr. Newton and
Mrs. Williamson, others attending
the organizational meeting were
Cecil-Ballow, Jerry Cox, Truman
Bell; G. K. Lewallen, ,Dr. Lester
Waymack, Dr. Joe Autry and
Mike Steck, president of the
student 1?ddy. *
Erath County
Women's
Political Caucus
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to meet Tuesday
1 The : Erath County Women's
Political Caucus (ECWPC) is
selling tickets for a" fund raising
drawing. The prize is ta hand
crafted Lone Star pattern quilt.
The drawing will be the day
before Thanksgiving.
The • E.C.W.P.C. will meet
Tuesdays Oct. 19, in the Bamboo
Room of the Longmark Hotel.
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