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Grasshurr Pictures: The deadline on individual
pictures for the 1988-89 Tarleton yearbook has been
extended to February 11. There will be no charge
for the photos, which will be taken from 9:00 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday at Miller's Studio on 240
W. College Street. Appointments are recommended.
Texan Stars: The Texan Stars Drill Team will per-
form at halftime at the TexAnn-Howard Payne Game
Saturday at Wisdom Gym. ;
Pocket Billiards: Internationally famous pocket
billiard and trick shot artist Jack White will give a
pool exhibition on January 24th in the Tarleton
Center Gameroom. White has appeared nationally
on television and in magazines.
Super Bowl Watching Party: The Tarleton Center
Advisory Board is sponsoring a "Super Bowl Par-
ty" in the Tarleton Center Ballroom on January 22th
at 5:00 p.m. A big screen television will be provid-
ed to allow participants to enjoy the game.
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
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JAN. 181989
LIBRARY
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
POSTAGE PAID USPS NO. 133
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS 76401
Thursday, January 19, 1989
A Proud Part of the Texas A&M System
Tarleton
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By b&N f IfJSL PY
Asst. to tho Editor
On Aju I 2"i " i til.
Sfcndte pa^ed the Tarleton Col-
li V Mllll J 111, til>H'Ilg
Taileton Spi« College to
>l{( Win I (li< ■ >1* ' llllilt'lllf'l
The vote was close, said
Rufuv M.-,, retired managing
ediftn for th>; now-defunct
{jfcplus.vtllc Od.lv Pmpire
bijjjl
who
a their
Firial pussag of we bill, si
sored by thcn-Scnatoi Cra
Martin, came by voice
towards the end of the d;
time when it seemed
body would'adjourn i"r
jt j:i> in.uiii-iH.il'-
[i ISM11I2 lilt' Mil* bill \a-.
•>enl I.m Hn il appiu\al tn tin n
Governor Price Daniel, who
li:i'l pri-M-ui'ly pledmi full sun
port ill the pi'ijcct to the eit"
Chandler
Instrumenla! Person: City Attorney Joseph
Chandler holds a copy of the Stcphemille Datl\ hmpm
which broadly acclaimed the approval of a bill mak-
ing Tarleton a four-year institution. Chandler suc-
cessfully channeled support for the proposal with the
help of many others throughout the state.
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of
Hlggs t,
much opp
had state instil
district.
Among the many stippoiters
of the bill, he said, wcte
Attourney JosepfcChandler &
then-theatre owner/foimc
mayor of StephcnviHe Jack Ar-
thur, who had been lobbying for
Tarleton !<> in-joine a tmii -_*i:ai
institution toi many years. Dur-
ing the geneial time fiame. he
said, fiom tho 1950's to 60\,
there was o majoi drought in
this area of f'cxas, tiie economy
Wiii deiHi-soi'd, .in>! liier-- ueie
1100 to 1200 students attending
Tarleton
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Chandler pioneered
four-year program
Sy Hb'N TINGI EV
Asst to tho rditoi
oseph Chandler
hi wetting Tarleton
ma® into a tour-year'institution,
Di. William O.
*aid, along with
fi-im ' die il i nwiii rj-Mil i.- -iTi.ts11-
ol .StephcnviHe lack Aichur .md
other;, from a long line ot
pioneers interested in liirknonV
Arthui, wh'.i owned five theaters
b-'tween fv50-69- Ik Mwsih.,
J >10 "«l I '■ I IK Nil/ 11)1. 111 '< I
flM' IP ci'hi • liO SMlll^Ilt, .il 1 A '111
w.'-i iiijjoi in Stephi'iviu- <i.)rn
I960 65, <atd that Cha-idlei is one
of the be i statesmen ho has evci
knowi1 It. I Ull'' i. i'i i ill fin
way when we made Tarleton a four-
\i_ir s ii'iol Winn in. s i"'ir h'1
never varifcs," he .said.
Cli imllei said th n --rifiii'* elion-.
v. il* .-ude om-i n-n.r v.\ir>, in make
r.iileLnii iti[n ■> >oin \e.ir niMitutinn
bin wen* not Mim^si'il mini Apnl
20, 1959. The* bill was introduc-
ed into the House and eventually
pa-sal ilu-ie, 'nil liier* w !■> a it.'at
deal of opposition." he said. ' 'The
fW liMsnn j'lver was in.' tuM Of
coin-.:, tne nunii opposition i_ame
from thoi-e senators and iepre.sen-
MIim'i wlio had siaif '.l'i'UiIs in tiici
d'stiu i. 'I i lv .ill oppovd Jl t r^ ii ii flic
betiii'iiini'.
l)np.i'.'-rs to iln- bill. he ■■nd,
would mil u-poil 'he lull oul to ilu-
Senate when it w; s teferied to the
itit' "l.i'i l omiiMVi thi
wouldn't do
"The bill had t<
the Senate with
that it pass or
o be
Jn'tck
ed to
wouldt
ung, he said,
repoited out to
recommendation
,iss, but it need-
ed out. They
I d h i\i* id i.un-
vilt out iepre.-jL«nt:ifivt" at the time;
,i in ir !!iii!i 11- 'v.i'Viii'd Hi uaiu
very cipenenji'd lugislatoi He'd
■i up i'" il l 1 « 1 n h lliui'i* md
^ |1 V . 1 ts'ltit'uflf Lililt U. *\r
i 'ported out "
ill !Id e p.i , 1 In- le )iu
"on, id In. '•il' '. ii r>n iin 1 ■ml,
hue with -i lecommendation that it
"Well, v/e t'onktn'c jjet it passed
in the SVnate, we just couldn't seem
to ;V the i'i'.ai -am - die
s-i'-ion. W ■ had all kmiU ot hc.ii-
uigs and picsentations; stayed down
tliere, and tried to lobby on the bill.
We did .i'i v.e needed m d. , ■"' !-
liir'Di.uiii'; Willi o'.u i'*p;r_'M'iii.ilivc
iind our S(.i>ai(iri but we wen1 mi
io l'J^ ' ."i.i nuldn't i:i I it parsed
m the House again."
'\V.' i i.ii'dn ii'.-' if up I'M a vote
bc.aiiM: il u'quu.d .! i'vo thuds vole1
to t>e allowed on the floor. We
eouldn't get it out, and the Lieute-
ii int t jo\i.rn(>r w.'s l or -in nlii'lk.
In •! 956. Chandler said. Lieute-
n.uii fhir^-in->i fitn K-nm«'\ had .i
\iry 'in.ill lulliiwin.' in Snyhen
Se& Chandler Page 6
Prison reform tops
lawmakers' agenda
By DAN K. McCOY
Editor of The J-TAC
Crime control legislation must
become top priority, Governor Bill
Clements declared as he announc-
ed that state prison expansion should
become an emergency issue facing
our State Legislature. This will
allow prison construction issues to
be considered during the first two
months of the legislative session in
the hope to bring about a rapid solu-
tion to prison overcrowding.
' 'Were going to have to build bed
space because we neglected it for 20
years," said State Representative
Bob Melton from Gatesville in an
exclusive J-TAC interview, "Texas
already has the third largest prison
system in the free world, and its get-
ting bigger," Melton said.
There are 4,000 to 5,000 people
in Texas' county jails waiting to
matriculate to the Texas Department
of Correction's prison system, ac-
cording to Marshall Herklotz,
Director of the TDC Northern
region. "We're going to have to
have bed space." Herklotz said,
"People in Texas want a hard line
on crime and courts are commiting
them to prison. We have an obliga-
tion to Texan citizens."
"It's expensive, but if this is what
the people want, the Texas residents
will have to pay the price,"
Herklotz said. "We run the prison,
but we don't run the reservation
desk. The District Courts do that.''
Melton feels that prison space is
an immediate need, but the long
term solution lies in education pro-
grams. "We need to identify the
drop outs of the future," Melton
said.
The average prisoner has a sixth
grade education, a substance abuse
problem, and a 7.9 year sentence in
TDC, according to Melton. "But
the average inmate is released , in
11 Vz months with $200; a polyester
suit, and a pat on the back. No
wonder he (the inmate) winds up
back in prison," Melton said.
Legislature 89
Melton is sponsoring a bill cur-
rently before the 71st Legislature
that would require inmates serving
a sentence of more than two years
to obtain a G.E.D. or a certificate
in vocational skills before they are
released. "Crime is only a symp-
tom of the disease," V],
"the cause : .'\,u ^ -'de
education, '
According to Melton, 98 percent
of all people-that go to prison even-
tually get out. "Prison is a God- .
awful, rotten plaace," Melton said.
"We certainly don't coddle
criminals. But rather, we have
created an underclass". this the
kind of people we want back on the .
street."
!
Melton's hometown of Gatesville
is the site of one of the largest and
newest additions to the state's corT
rectional facilities. Housing 3,200
men and 1,600 women, it has pro-
vided a tremendous boost to-the
local economy, according to local
residents.
"It has been good for
Gatesville," said Debbie Aber-
nathy, a secretary in a Gatesville
business. "Everyone wanted it."
Texan controversy,
lacks funds, not spirit
Registration figures set all time high
By GLORIA SMITH
Staff Writer for the J-TAC
Tarleton State University Spring
Registration figures set an all time
high for enrollment this semester,
registration officials said..
As of the end of 1989 Spring
Registration period, 5,044 students
were enrolled in class for the
Spring. At this same point in the
1988 Spring semester last year,said
officials, enrollment was 4,527
students. This is approximately an
11 percent increase for 1989. Some
additions to the 5,044 figure can be
Expected, they said, by the end of
the add and drop schedule adjust-
ment period and late registration.
This increase in enrollment is par-
ticularly important to the Universi-
ty at this time, said TSU Registrar
John Whiting. "This is the last
enrollment period in the base year.
It's the time when state institutions
set the enrollment figures that are
used to generate state appropriations
for the next two years. It is looking
very good. Our head count going in-
to this period is 21 percent higher
than the previous base year head
count."
"We've surpassed, now, the
enrollment on the 12th class day of
last year, which was 4,905. The
total now is 5,044," said Dr. Brad
Chilton, Associate Vice President
for Student Services. Chilton said
that the staff was very pleased.
"The faculty showed a great deal
of support," he said.
The number of students intent on
enrollment at Tarleton for this
semester may be higher on Registra-
tion Day than before, due to facul-
ty efficiency in the recent fall
semester, he said. "One thing that
was a trend in the Fall that continued
into the Spring was that the faculty
and faculty advisors helped registra-
tion go along in a smooth fashion.
We're having more students go
through registration who are not
waiting to register late."
The 1989 Spring semester offer's
102 night classes, which is the
highest number ever available at
Tarleton, said Chilton. This is im-
portant, he said, from the standpoint
of reaching a substantial number of
people. Night classes also include
off campus locations in Ft. Worth,
Burleson, Waco, Copperas Cove
and Brownwood.
Add and Drop and late registra-
tion ended Tuesday afternoon and,
when tallied, should set yet another
record for Spring Registration at
Tarleton State University, officials
said.
Break down for the classes in-
clude: 1401 freshman, 1115
sophomores, 945 juniors, 1061
seniors, and 522 graduate students.
By DAN K. McCOY
Editor of The J-TAC
Discussion concerning the future
of The Texan, a granite slab located
in front of the Student Center depic-
ting the Tarleton mascot, dominated
Student Government's first General
Assembly of the new year.
Since the removal of the barricade
surrounding the monument, it has
been continually scuffed and mar-
Financial Aid: In addition to late registration
this week, the financial aid office was busy
counseling students on financial affairs.
7899-
;^VILL£'
Student Government
!'. .
red by pedestrians arid bicyclists,
members said.
Vice-President of Student Ser-
vices Robprt Parkey said that the
correction of the problem was
basically at a stand still. "The
University (administration) must ap-
prove the money before we can turn
in a work order," Parkey sdid. .
The money would be used to con-
struct six poles around the granite
monument on which a chain bar-
ricade would be suspended. A pla-
que would also be placed in front
of The Texan. This action was ap-
proved the the previous General
Assembly.
"Take the administration down
there and show them the skid
marks," said Student Senator Anne
Turner.
Senator Max Dixon suggested
pushing a stick in the spokes of any
person's bicycle violating The Tex-
an's property.
The appropriations for the im-
provement project may eventually
come from a fund controlled by the
Senior Class, Parkey said. /
In other business:
Senatorial seats that haVe been
vacated either by individuals
graduating or by senators that have
become ineligible to hold office will
be filled by an interview process,
Parkey said. Applicants will be in-
terviewed by a committee on
January 26, between 1:00 p.m. and
4:00 p.m. The positions open in-
clude one Senator from each of
these departments: General
Agriculture, Biological Sciences,
Graduate School, Physical Educa-
tion, Home Economics, Math,
Military Science, and Social
Science. Two Senators are also
needed from the General Business
department. Information on the
selection process can be obtained
from Student Services at 968-9080.
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