Leopard Tales (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 18, 1946 Page: 3 of 4
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LEOPARD TALES
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Leopards Look for
Good Schedule
Well, it’s basketball season
again. We are looking forward
to a good season and hope that
the faculty and the student body
are going to support the team
with enthusiasm. The prospects
of a good team, of new equipment,
which is due to arrive very soon,
and of a group of cheer leaders
elected, from the student body to
boost the spirit, should pep us all
up.
We would like to tell you a little
about each of our players to give
you an idea of the kind of team
we are to have. We have: Bill
Purkins, captain of last year’s
squad; Charles McDonnold, a Jun-
ior College letter man; Pill Gray,
letterman of Junior College who
also played with some fine army
teams while he was in the service;
Carl Taylor, letterman of both
high school and Junior College;
Bobby Davidson, letterman of
Temple High School; Ray McLer-
ran, letterman of Temple High
School; Hayward Simms, another
Temple letterman; A. J. Lewis,
Temple High letterman; Don Wea-
ver, letterman of an Oklahoma
high school; James Clouse, letter-
man of Allen Academy; Ray Hol-
loman, who played in Temple High
School; Hallie Gee, letterman of
Temple.
The Leopards have hope of se-
curing games with the leading
junior colleges in this district. The
junior college league is divided
into two sections in Texas. We
are in the western division. At
present we are planning to play
a game with Allen Academy Dec.
18, in Bryan, and a game with St.
Edwards University January 2 in
Temple. At a meeting of junior
college coaches to be held in Dal-
las on December 14 the place and
date for each of our other games
will be set. They are to set our
games with North Texas Agricul-
tural College, John Tarleton, Ran-
ger College, Weatherford College,
and maybe with the Texas Univer-
sity Freshman team.
TENNIS CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
The Tennis Club held its first
regular meeting on December 6.
A. J. Lewis was in charge of the
program, which consisted of a dis-
cussion of the rules of tennis. Sub-
jects for discussion for the next
three meetings are as follows:
January 3, serves and positions on
a tennis court; January 17, cour-
tesy and sportsmanship; January
31, improving tennis forms. The
tennis meetings are held on Fri-
days at eight in the morning.
HAIL TO WILDCATS
The members of the Junior Col-
lege want the Wildcats to know
that they were with the Cats 100
per cent through their season. On
November 29 the Cats ended their
season with their game with the
Waco Tigers. Although the Cats
lost the game to Waco, they played
a fine game and we of the Junior
College want to congratulate
Coach Dawson for turning out such
a good ball club. We think that
the Temple team made a fine
showing throughout the season,
and we are proud of them.
It is the hope of the boys of the
Junior College that we shall have
a football team of our own before
long.
FROM OTHER COLLEGES
The East Texan (East Texas
State).—“Chinese student Marion
Smith of Soochow recently made
application for admittance to
Southwestern University. Postage
on the letter of request cost
$2,100 in inflated Chinese dollars.
Christmas Plans
A majority of the T. J. C. stu-
dents and faculty members will be
working during the Christmas holi-
days, and they hope to do plenty
of sleeping and eating in their
spare time. Of course, everyone
wants to be home for Christmas,
and those who do not live in Tem-
ple will journey to their respective
homes to celebrate the' joyful sea-
son.
Charles and Shirley Lott will go
to Sparks to spend Christmas with
Shirley’s family.
Charles Raeke will visit his
grandmother at Bartlett on Christ-
mas Day.
Patsy Easley says she may cel-
ebrate. She hopes to go to Fort
Worth some time during the holi-
days.
C. L. Keaton will eat Christmas
dinner with his parents at Belton.
Mr. Wilks is going to Lake
Travis, where he will fish, hunt,
and loaf.
Mr. Dawson will be with his
mother in Abbott, Texas.
Bill Sitton plans to go to Jer-
seyville, Illinois, to visit relatives.
Dorothy Hejl will be with her
family in Seaton.
Arthur Roseman will celebrate
part of the holidays in Waco, and
his studies will be the farthest
thing from his mind.
, Kenneth Roberts is going to his
home town, Tyler, Texas.
Harlan and Roy Ford are going
to their home in Troy and take life
easy.
Mr. Hull says that he may be
out of town for a few days, but
that he will be working out the
basketball boys most of the time.
Mr. Berry says that he wants
to sleep and eat, and then go back
to bed and get up and eat some
more.
Johnnie O’Berg and wife will
go all the way to Lawrence, Kan-
sas, to spend the holidays with her
family.
Don Vaughn is going to be at
his home at Pendleton.
Mr. Mayfield will be working
on his Hereford ranch south of
Rogers.
Miss Watson will visit in Abbott
and Dallas.
Roy Anderson hopes to go to
his home at Plant City, Florida.
Mrs. Spence will spend a few
days in Georgetown.
Ted Edens is taking his fiance
to the Oil Bowl on Jan. 1 to see
the game between Georgia Tech
and St. Mary’s.
Choral and Dramatics
Clubs Plan Program
A special Christmas program,
“The Story of the Little Match
Girl” will be presented in assem-
bly on December 18. The program
was planned jointly by the Dra-
matics Club, under the direction of
Miss Merle Holsapple, and the
Choral Club, under the leadership
of Miss Irene Havekost.
The Chorus will sing four
Christmas carols. Charlotte Mat-
tews will be the narrator for the
story, Bobbie Lou Leatherman will
be the Little Match Girl, and Bill
Purkins will be the guard.
“The Little Match Girl” was
adapted for radio narration by H.
M. Dawson, and the program will
be presented over KTEM on De-
cember 19.
Members of the decoration com-
mittee who will prepare the stage
for the assembly are Evelyn Snel-
lings, A. J. Lewis and Clarence
Carter.
Personals
Business Ad Club Meets
New Books
T. J. C. may well boast a num-
ber of Nimrods this season! Ray
McLerran and Glenn May each
killed a wild boar near Hondo,
Texas, recently - - - Marcine Cot-
tle killed a four-point buck at
Junction, and Jackie Kolls killed
a seven-pointer near Llano - - -
Raymond Falke, Earl Pate and
Melvin Akers tramped all over
Bell County for one whole day and
were finally rewarded by getting
three squirrels - - - Roy Timaeus
was recently in a party that killed
twenty squirrels and three ducks.
The Junior College Quartet com-
posed of Billy Valigura, A. J.
Lewis, Bill Couch, and Rodney
Coleman, is doing a fine part in
letting both local and out-of-town
people know that we have talent
in T. J. C. On Wednesday, De-
cember 11, they went to Taylor to
entertain for a joint meeting of
the Temple and Taylor Kiwanis
Clubs, accompanied by Mr. Daw-
son. On Friday, December 13,
they appeared on our annual Tem-
ple Public Schools Christmas pro-
gram at the Municipal Building.
Members of the Junior College
Faculty who attended the State
Teachers’ Association meeting in
Houston during the Thanksgiving
holidays are Miss Irene Havekost,
W. J. Adkins, H. M. Dawson, Miss
Merle Holsapple and Mrs. Ruth
Lemming.
Members of the Temple Unit of
the T. S. T. A. are to be thanked
for bringing an early feeling of
Christmas spirit to T. J. C. The
large Christmas tree in the library
was placed there for their Christ-
mas party on December 3. Each
teacher brought a noise-making
toy as a gift. Group singing of
Christmas carols was led by Miss
Louisa Krohn. Mrs. Ruth Lem-
ming read a Christmas play, and
Miss Irene Havekost, Temple dele-
gate to the state association meet-
ing at Houston, gave a report on
the convention. Refreshments were
served at the conclusion of the
meeting.
Thurman Hull Joins
T. J. C. Faculty
We are very fortunate in having
Mr. Thurman Hull as coach of the
Leopard basketball squad and
teacher of health education. Mr.
Hull graduated from high school
in 1935. During his last year in
high school he made the mythical
all-state basketball team. In 1935
Mr. Hull entered John Tarleton
Junior College, where he played
on their undefeated basketball
basketball team for two years. In
1938 he transferred to Texas Uni-
versity, where he lettered for four
years in basketball. He was a
member of the 1939 Texas team
that won the conference and then
went to the N. C. A. A. meet of
the western division. During that
same year he was on the all-tour-
nament team. Mr. Hull entered
the army in 1941. While stationed
in Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey, he
played at Madison Square Garden
twice and coached two teams that
played there. In 1946 he received
his degree from Texas University
after he returned there from the
army.
On November 12 the Business
Ad Club held its regular meeting-
in the auditorium. The club voted
to adopt the constitution which
was submitted by the executive
committee. 0. B. Brown gave a
brief discussion of the opportuni-
ties offered in the field of account-
ing. La Trissia Wood discussed
the opportunities in the field of
secretarial training. A motion pic-
ture film was presented by a rep-
resentative from the National
Cash Register Company of Waco.
FROM OTHER COLLEGES
The Campus (S. M. U.)—“An
expenditure of $12,245.00 for a new
parking lot has been approved by
the Board of Regents of the Uni-
versity of Houston. It will cover
four acres and will accommodate
700 acres. Does anyone know
where SFU can find an oilman?”
Many new books have been re-
ceived by the college library this
year and Miss Word, librarian,
states that she is expecting more.
They are in the fields of psychol-
ogy, religion, public speaking, his-
tory, music, government, and
chemistry. Some of these new
books are:
“Regulatory Administration,” by
George Graham and Henry Rein-
ing, Jr.
“Mainsprings of Civilization,”
Ellsworth Huntington.
“The Human Mind,” Karl Men-
ninger.
“American Society and the
Changing World,” C. H. Pegg.
“Problems of the Post-War
World,” Thomas McCormick.
“Build Together, Americans,”
Rachel DuBois.
“Visualized Modern History,”
Philip Dorf.
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Leopard Tales (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 18, 1946, newspaper, December 18, 1946; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1099349/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Temple College.