The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL 6
TARLETON DEBAT#
ING TEAM DEFEATS.
h ' MO MURKY
"Friday night, April 16, the De-
bating team of John Tarleton Ag-
ricultural College, represented, by
McKain and Smith, fought Shubert
and 'Self of McMurry to ,a fin-
ish. Dean Davis was Chairman of
the evening, and by keeping the
crowd quiet, helped the Tarleton
team to put over a victory worth
winning.
The Auditorium was packed with
the largest crowd that has ever
witnessed a debate in Tarleton,
,and when the-ballots were counted
that crowd went wild with delight.
The whole student body got right
behind that team, thank them for the
first defeat that McMurry has ever
encountered.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, APRIL 22, 1926.
MRS. MC KINNEY
DIES SUDDENLY
Monday morning last, Walnut
Springs underwent a shock caused
by death such as it had not ex-
perienced in years. Mrs. : E. G.
McKinney was the victem of thig
tragedy. Attacted with a stroke of
cerebral appoplezy, she died within
a very few hours thereafter.
Mrs. E. G. McKinney was the
mother of six children, five of
whom with the grief stricken husr
band, and father survive her—
Mrs. Grace Morris of ' Walnut
, Springs; Mts, D. C. l)ol>l,>ins of
' Wiphita Fails; W. L. McjCinney of
Fort Worth; Mrs. Chas, B. Smith
and C. R. McKinney of Walnut
Springs, all of whom were pr.es-
A FUTURE FOR THE
* FISH
Did you ever stand in the door
of the Agricultural Building, and
look out on the campus; then go
up on ''the second floor and see how
much greater just a few feet makes
your horizon; then go up on the
third flood and see something you
had overlooked while down Ion ■ ■
the second floor, and wonder what
you would be able to see if you
were up on the top of the building?
So it is with us fish. When we
came here our " horizon was small,
but we did- not realize how small.
Now we are almost on the, second
floor, and we see our horizon is
small, but greater than it was when
we came. We wonder what our
horizon will be when we reach
the top.
We think of the Seniors as be-
ing on the top qf the boilding.
We wonder just how great their
horizon is.
We Fish have the present and
future to reach the top. So don't
look down on us, but help us to
see> what is in our horizon and
climb.
Whether you are a Fish, Sophp-
more, Junior or Senior; or what-
ever your station in life may be,
look around you and see, and grasp
what is in your horizon, and really
and truly live. .k-.; --\v-
WHY NOT COM-
PULSORY DRILL
ARTICLE CONTINUED
(Harry Henke)
America has paid well for her.
victories. We have traded two lives
for one frequently when the ra-
tio • should have ; been raised
And as time goes on this ratio
will increase^ unless our prepard-
nesa- i&cfeases to meet the chang-
ing conditions of modern warfare.
Wars are no longer fought by
small mercenary armies; today
whole nations fight. In case of war
the present army would be a mere
drop in the bucket, as was in
Fraijce, _a&--Wis. -Englaiid'.? —-'f irst
Hundred Thousand." 'Furthermore,
the ; warfare of today calls for
such vast amount of technical tranc-
ing that an efficient organization
could not be developed in less than a
year without divine interference and
we have already imposed on our Maim-
er too much for aid in the past. Al-
so, natural barriers which formerly
protected us are not the friendly
aids they once were. It should be
noticed that nations do not "give
notice," when declaring war.
In the -face of such a situation it
should be apparent that a strong
reserve system is essential to a inod-
eifi nation's-, .defense. Now the best
plan would be to form the neces-
sary amiies and drill then* for a
period om months or years.. Ob-'
biously, 'such a plan would cost
an immense: amount and would be
a retarding influence on industry.
It might cost us, say, a quarter of
what our unpreparedness has cost
us in the past. The next best and
most practical plan is to train the
technical personnel and necessary
leaders. Who , shall - ^ receive this
training? The "soda jerker", has
been proposed. Try and fancy, if
you can, ^ this young man, whose
mathematical knowledge stopped
with the multiplication table, and
his mechanical experience ended
with his second bicycle, attempt-
ing the complicated work1 of a
battery commander. How would
you like to be ah aerial observer
and send the command, "fire on me,"
to such' an officer? He might take
you literally. With all respects for
the man personally, it seems quite
evident that his profession does
not fit him for , military work ■ in
pqsts of importance. So it is with
the iron moulder, the truck driver,
the man. laying bricks, very fine
gentlemen possibly, but hardly the
men to lead in battle."
(To be continued next week)
THE FISH POND
It was during the darkest days of
September, when Tarleton sent out
its call for new students. There was
ah answer to this call, and from all
over the great state came the stu-
dents. On a sad but glorious day in
the middle of September the, gal-
loping "Iron Horse" came run-
ning*1 down the track, loaded to its
capacity, with the answers of the
call, '
: There was a great welcoming of
some of the answers, while others
made their way 'through the crowd
unnoticed. To some it seemed as
if they had stepped off into some
great abyss with nothing around
them but walls,' .only to b„e. awaken^
ed from their dreams' by some
fellow answerer of the call catch-
ing them under the arm and giv-
ing them the hand of fellowship'.
This is the beginning of the Tarle-
ton' Spirit in the, midst of these neitf
students ,who immediately became
known as "Fish."
Imagine yourself a small perch,
'just about as big as a minute,
turned lose from the proteptive arm
arid ready to start but on life's
great adventures. Such was the
case of the Fish who walked meet
ly through the long corridors of
the Main Building to be confronted
by, well, to the small perch—-it
might be a whale. But to the lost
Fish it was only Mr. Howell, the
registrar.
"I hear strange rappings! Is it
spirits?" j
'"No, Grandpa's .knees." ■
"My father got a chair of elec-
tricity in the physics department,"
"That's strange, father got his
Jin. ttai polit®
FRIENDS OLD
AND NEW
Make new friends, bujt keep the
old,
Those are silver, these are gold;
New made ' friendships, like new
wine,,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test,
Time and change, ,are surely best;
Brows may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship never knows ,decay.
Far 'mid old . friends, tried Land
true,
Once more ye your youth renew.
But old friends, alas, may die,
New friends must their place sup-
. p!y-
Cherish friendship in your breast;
New is good, but old is best.
Make new friends, but keep the old
Those are silver, these are gold.
DELIVERY OF GRASSBURR
REQUIREMENTS OF
AN' EDUCATION
NUMBER 30.
GRUBBS HERE
." ' FRL AND SAT-
To all those students who have
been laboring under the impres-
sion that they would not get their
copy of the Grass burr in time to
have their friends and instructors
write, a few jiiemoirs in if, there
comes the good news from th«
Grossffurr staff that th^ books ly'irf
be deliver^ to t]^ fey
..or":«it ths; fty,- thp-. fifteenth
of May.
First among the evidence^ of an
education I name correctness arid
precision in the use of the mother
tongue. Important as this power is
and admitted to be, it. is a compara-
tive new thihg in education. For
the great mass of people the vernac-
lar is not only the established med-,
ium of instruction, but fortunately
also an important subject of study.
The English language is the great-
est instrument- of communication
that is now in use among men now
upon the earth. In simple words or
sonorous phrase it is unequal as a
n\ec|ium to reveal the thoughts, the.
T^pffrjCgV* v ideals of' hunj.an
ity. One's hold upon the English
tongus is measured by his use" of
idiom. 1jh(9 compo^te. character;
of modern English offers a wide
field for apt "and happy choices
of • expression, Tljie educated man
knows the wide distinctipn between
correct English on the one hand
and pedanthic English on the other.
He is more likely to go to'bed than
to retire, to get up than to arise,
to. have legs rather than limbs,
to ( dress rather than to clothe him-
self and to make/a speech rather
than to make an oration. He knows
that if you Hear poor English and
read poor" English^ you will pretty
surely speak and write poor' En-
glish- He realizes the power and
place of idiom and its relation to
grammar. In short, in his usei of
his mother tongue he would give
sure evidence of an education- As
a second evidence of an .education I
name those refined and gentle man-
ners which are the expression of
fixed thought and action, fyeal man-
ners, manners of a truly1 educated
man or woman, are an outward
expression of- an intellectual and
moral conviction. Sham manners are
a veneer which falls away at the
touch of .the first selfish suggestion,
manners have a moral significance,
and find the basis in the true and
deepest self-respect. Another, infal-
lible. test of character is to."be
found in one's manners toward
those whom, for orie reason or ah-,
other, the world; may deem his in-
feriors. Manners do,,not make a man
but mflnpejrs reveal the iriaij. As
a third evidence of an education
I name the power and habit of re-
flection. It is a frequent charge
against us modems,' particularly,
against Americans," that we are los-
ing the habit of reflection. We. are
£old that this loss is a nec-
essary result of our hurried, busy
jiyes, of - our diverse invests,
'time by steam, and electricity. If
it be true, then one of the niost
precious evidences of an education
is. slipping fyom us, for an tin-
extmin^d life, as Socra.ls? unceafi-
lI?gly. insisted^ : $. qoj wp,r,th living,
elfte '% standards of
trutd, ';pf human experience, and-
. (Continued oh last page)
The Grubbs Hornets invade Hays
Field for , a two-game' series this
week end. In the last two games
with Grubbs the Plowboys dropped
a pair of loosely played games of
seven innings each. Fresh from the
victories over the Weatherford
Coyotes and with revenge in their
hearts the Plowboys are out to
swat the Hornets.
Grubbs has lost only one game
in the race so far, while Tarleton
has dipped three. If the Plow-
boys, take these two games from
Grubbs,' we will be back in the run-
ning ' for State Championship. Ev-
eryone be out and help root for the
best ball club in the world.
WHERE IS OUR PEP
Say gang, where has all of our
pep gone that we had in Football
and, basketball?
. Do you know that John Tarleton
(pollege has a baseball team:? If
not" come out Friday and Saturday
and look it; over. On this day the
Grubbs Hornets come over here :to
retaliate fo^ the 44 to 6 Football
defeat and also for those basket
ball games that the Plowboys took
from them.
Won't you come ont and help that
old team along . with your pres-
ence? If yon can ~ not, yell for
them- Everyone be out and show
the old Tarleton Spirit, for we have
to beat Grubbs.
Drill Schedule - ^
Monday, April 26—
Holiday.
Wednesday, May 23—
Calisthentics, 10 rnin.- j
Exendecl Order Drill, 35 min.
Friday, May 25—
Forman Guard Mounting
Inspection
Captain Mulcahy believes that the
report about "balloon breeches,"
was of malicious intent, and wish-
es to make a denial in regard to it.
THE MONUMENT OP
JOHN TARLETON
The monument is tall and
straight. If stands as a stately
knight with nothing to hide from
the world,. The very greyness of
it makes ifj standi aloff of its sur-
roundings. It is located in the cen-
ter of a square lot. The monument -
has an air of independency, q^d
asks no service of man. In its si-
lence it looks ever upward to the
sky above; blue sky or grey sky,
the monument wears the same ex-
pression. It <;auscs one to think of 1
the man for whom it was made
aiid planted; we bend our heads
in reverence. Noy "everything about
the lot is asle^pi, Spring has npt yet
called to the flowers which grew .
there in gay sp^ndor last sunjrof-r,
'We feel the need of flowers there,
vet that barren spot with tire tpy*5-
fpn^' 'moriwjej^t ^o^s t&e
'observe the splendid lines of' oppo-
Bitlon.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1926, newspaper, April 22, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139955/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.