The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 8
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 18, 1927,
NUMBER 10,
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WHOOPEE! Plowboy, how is this
for football weather ? Bring on
the Arlingtonites, the Grubbers, the
Hornets, the inva'ding horde from
the East, and rattle out your old
mess kit, for there will be meat
served from Plowboy kitchens on
Turkey Day. :
WE can't find it in our hearts to
subject you to a royal "eating out,"
for it is understood that you will
get enough of those in. the paper.
At any rate, the gray days are past
and "nothin' but blue skies" ahead.
And'why "blue skies?" Because
the Plowboy score is going to be
up in the clouds on next Thursday.
And Grubbs will be a complete
flop. Their landing gear >vill never
leave the ground, and they will do
a nose dive to an ignominious de-
feat. ■
WE have turned over this space
to the Ten Tarleton Peppers; so if
you ;will turn to page three now,
you may find what else we have to
say with the exception of one thing
—and we must say that here—
BEAT GRUBBS.
TARLETON DEFEATS RANGER HERE
Battalion Notes
new promotions
are-announced!
Cadets are Advanced to Higher
Positions When Vacancy in the
Cadet Corps Occurs
On account of Orville Howard's
withdrawal from school several
days ago it became necessary to se
lect another first lieutenant of A
Company to fill his place.
Alfred Barton, formerly second
lieutenant, was the one to receive
this position. Leigh Green, the first
sergeant of the company, was made
second lieutenant, and Clarence
Powell became first sergeant.
Leroy Beard was made sergeant
and Neil L. Stolebarger, corporal.
William Davis, former busi-
ness manager of the J-Tac staff
spent the week end with his
parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. Thorn
as Davis.
NOTICE!
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The J-Tac, having in-
creased in size, has neces-
sity of two new cartoons to
be placed at the head of the
paper in the place of the
two present, time-worn ones.
The staff is of the opinion
that if some student or stu-
dents, talented with the art
of drawing, will submit a
few drawings for the con-
sideration of the staff and
adviser, the resulting selec-
tion will be much more ef-
fective than the present
ones.
Make the drawing any
size in black india ink on
white unruled paper. The
drawing should be repre-
sentative of the entire stu-
dent body; heretofore the
girls have not been repre-
sented in the drawings. ;
As an incentive to cause
students to submit . these
drawings, we are going to 4
offer to send the J-Tac to 4
any two persons whom the 4
student whose cartoons;: are • 4
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The cadets are showing much in-
terest in the standing of their com
panies. Last Monday all the men
in Company A had their ties tucked
in. In Company B the men were
waving many little black flags. This
is one point for A. However, the
members' of A overlooked their
pockets and buttons. There were
many papers and books bulging
from unbuttoned pockets. In B the
cadets had buttoned their pockets
and hidden their papers. So this
is a point for B. J
' Last Wednesday B had a decided
advantage over A in dressing. Even
though A cime. on line first,. B
was dressed long before A. But
again the leading company had to
develop a weakness. The step in A
was good, but in B some one in
each section was out of step.
The best company this year will
be almost perfect. Since the com-
pany is no stronger than its weak-
est man, every man will have to be
so that he will not be the weak one,
and lose for his company the honor
of the best company. This honor
goes dow.n in the history of the
school; and its conferring is one
event that every cadet remembers
forever. Remember, also, that the
members of the winning company
console the members of the losing
company with hiany sharp, sting-
ing, sarcastic, and ironical remarks.
In fact, tHese jeers will be numer-
ous enough to arouse a pacifist to
action. And sweet, oh, how sweet;
is it to one of the winners to stand
on the varsity corner and yaunt to
the sky his -glory. But sweeter
still is it to him while he is stand-
ing there to lay it grandly on every
loser who passes. The anguish of
the loser may be more bitter than
the joy of the winner is sweet,
Don't be the loser.
Sergeant Gray says, "When I tell
you something, you think I am jok-
ing. It does not mean a thing to
you." He is right, for this column,
during the last few weeks, has been
filled with pleadings" and admonit-
ions. But they availed naught. It
was specifically stated that shoes
of regulation eolor were to be worn
all tli<3 time; night as well as day,
drill days, non-drill days, and Sun-
day. Light shoes and black shoes
are not to be worn at any time.
Also regulations regarding the
rifle were given, but not heeded.
At present on drill days the hall
way of the main building and the
flower beds are littered with rifles,
A rack has been provided for rifles,
and that is the only place where
the rifle is supposed to be left. So,
do, not leave the rifle anywhere ex-
cept in the rack. And be sure to
get it before six o'clock, for at that
time the 0. D. collects all rifles left
out. It costs fifty cents or six de-
merits to recover one , which the
O. D. collects. , • ~ :
Please observe that thq cap is to
be worn with the dress uniform on-
ly. Wear the hat with the school
uniform.
The members pi the staff do not
have any friends; so it does not
hurt their standing to "stick" a fel-
low.
Mr. Howell says that he has late-
ly received the largest shipment of
demerits ever to come to Tarleton.
Therefore, he is prepared to give
demerits to all who "wish to collect
them. Get right, or get demerits,
fellows. STAFF.
j-tac staff
is enlarged
Names of Several Regular Report-
ers Are Announced by The Staff
In'This Issue
In an effort to give the readers
of the J-Tac more live news items
and interesting1 articles, a number
of regular reporters have been ap-
pointed by the staff: Mary Lee
McCurdy, Lylia Ingberg, Lucile
Kyle, Opal Butler, Lewis Nordyke,
Paul Holdridge, Leon Stinson, John
Cage, Lucas Dixon, and Vernon
Holley; Clinton Glover and Tullus
Smith are regular reporters for the
P. M. S. and T. staff. Each of these
is to contribute one or more articles
each week. These girls and boys,
can be depended upon to help make
the J-Tac a. .bigger, better, and
more representative publication.
cadet review
november 11
is a success
Captain Mulcahy States That This
Year's Cadet Corps is Far Ahead
of Last Year's .
THE DOPE SHEET
Quida Valliant's sister, Miss
Bennie Valliant, visited here
last week.
An Answer to The Question
—4:f""ono , shotdd~,fce -askedto 'ofefce
the most important and engrossing
question in the minds of the stu-
dent body at this time, the only,
possible one would be, '-Will we
beat Grubbs?" Yes, the- question
is easily stated. It's the answering
that's hard. Of course, no con
elusive answer is possible before
next Thursday night, and any fore-
cast of the result at the present
time seems rather like guesswork.
I believe as firmly as any other
Tarletonite that the1 Patton family
will have the captain of a State
championship football team with
them for the holidays. I also be-
lieve that it is going to take every
possible ounce of Tarleton spirit
and Tarleton fight, on the field and
in the bleachers, to make the
Thanksgiving holidays really what
the name implies.
It is the custom before a big-
game for the experts and "wise
guys" to gather around and discuss
the merits and faults of the two
teams, dissect all the dope, and de-
cide who is going to win. There is
really no use of the game's being
played, for it is a poor expert who
cannot tell you the exact score the
day before. _ As a general rule, said
pre-game dope is about as impor-
tant as a straw hat in December as
far as the result of the game is
concerned. In order, however, not
to depart from this sacred custom,
it might be well to consider the
relative scores of the two teams.
Grubbs has an undefeated, untied
team, while Tarleton has been beat-
. en once and tied once, in both in-
stances by senior colleges. Both
teams have early-season wins over
Hillsboro Junior . College to their
credit. Among the victims of the
According to Captain Mulcahy,
the review held November eleventh,
was one of the best ever held at
Tarleton at this time of year. For
the first time, rifles were used in
the Armistice Day review, and they
-added--greatly to the impressive-
ness of the program.
It was generally supposed, pre-
vious to Armistice Day,1 that it
would be next to an impossibility
to use rifles in the review. In fact,
not many of the cadet officers fa-,
vored the idea; but nevertheless
rifles were issued, and the result
was an excellent, parade.
The review wouldj never have
been the success that it had it
that the Captain ■ sponsored. The
cadets who were inexperienced with
rifles showed an excellent spirit by
attending . these extra drills, even
though attendance at these drills
was purely optional.
The professor of military science
and tactics states that the cadet
corps this year is far ahead of the
cadet corps at this time last year,
This may be attributed to various
reasons, but it is generally conced-
ed that the excellent, co-operative
spirit of both old and new men
this year has been directly respon-
sible for much of the success of
this year's cadet corps.
boxing program
will start soon
Captain Mulcahy Starts Training
. Cadets in Science of Boxing
For Coming Bouts
Paul Aliens' mother, Mrs, F.
Allen, and sister, Mrs. W. K.
Smith, visited .here last week;
accompanying' them was the
youngest Allen, Herman.
vicious Hornets are Weatherford,
undefeated in their conference, and
Wichita Falls Junior College, while
Ranger Junior has fallen before the
onslaughts of Patton and Company.
Comparative scores of Tarleton and
N. T. A. C. against • Wesley and
Gainesville are:
N. T. A. C, Wesley Tarleton
20 0 32
Gainesville
6 0 39
Don't let these figures fool you,
Plowboy; whatever superiority we
may have on paper will be swept
away next Thursday; and it will be
anybody's . ball game!, The only
thing that can pull us over is that
old Tarleton spirit. We must have
it to win. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE IT.
ARMISTICE DAY IS CELEBRATED
BY A VERY IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM
The Armistice Day program was
a great success from every point of
view. The spirit of the occasion
seemed to'make us appreciate the
program all the more.
Promptly at ten o'clocw the pro-
cession, consisting of all the stud-
ents .formed and marched to the'
gymnasium, where the program be-
gan immediately. Several musical
numbers were enjoyed, after which
Honorable George Purl delivered
the address to the students. He
gave a talk calculated to. inspire
patriotism in all of us. He eulogiz-
ed the American mother as the
bravest "soldier* .'in the war, show-
ed the need and advantage# of mili-
tary training, and praised the boys
who so willingly laid down their
lives for their country.
After , the address Captain Mul-
5ahy conferred the commissions up-
on, the officers, The audience then
stood and sang the Star-Spangled
Banner, after which tfce program in
the gym was oyert The climax of
the. morning's program came in the
military .parade and review which
ended the program* " i
The public schools of Stephen-
ville participated in" the program,
and inaiiy. visitors were present.
The parade and review were wit-
nessed by a large cjrowd. ,
Captain Mulcahy has started the
hard takk of picking and training
his men for boxing this year. He
realizes that the promotion of box-
ing in college is a tough job and
will take much time. But he states
that with last year's experience he
feels that he can produce real box-
ers this year.
Last year the boxing program
was a successful oiie. Much inter-
est a.nd enthusiasm was shown in
boxing when the boxers became ef-
ficient enough to have some real
bouts. However, it , is hoped that
,;this interest will be taken at the
first bouts, The carets are especi-
ally urged to attend all boxing and
wrestling bouts this year.
When Captain Mulcahy announa
bd.a few days ago thiit he intended
this year in a few days, several of
the last year's boxers and a great
many new men made arrangements
for trainirig periods.
Regular training ■ periods have
been made for all who care to train
for boxing. The men who have
signed up for training will be re-
quired to be at their respective
■periods as scheduled.
The bouts will be held between
the companies of the cadet corps.
The staff is also permitted' to box
in competition with either com-
pany. Several real inter-company
bouts are anticipated for this year.
But a black eye once in awhile
helps to keep up the spirit.
A conference with A, and M. Col-
lege is to be held to see if we can
have competition in boxing with
other military schools in this State.
Captain Mulcahy believes that if he
can get into competition with other
schools it will make us put forth
greater efforts and arouse more in-
terest in the boxing program.
If we could but realize it, we
would know .the real value of this
kind of athletics in our school. It
is a real sport for real men and
makes good men better.
Several of the best boxers of last
year are back and are already at
work, : Also several new men have
.signed up who already have records
as good boxers.
The following men have signed
up and arranged training periods:
Olan Leonard, E. W. Denton, A. L.
McGregor, R. Wallis, Snippo Pow-
ell, Jeff Williamson, C. Carter, B.
Howell, B. Newburn, T. Marshall,
R, L. White, L. R. Fleming, R.
Seagles, S. Gragg, R, Wood, F. L,
Webb, Opal Coffey, H. Allen, j. B.
Cowari, D. Pitts, D, A. Lawson, C.
McLaury, Thurman Vaden, E. Mc-
Williams, D. McClaren, Claude Col-
lier, C. Williams, R. Latham, E,
Watson, K. Williams, Fred Aylor,
T. Msharg, S. Richard, B. Acord,
and several others whose names are
not available.
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Tarleton is Winner , Over Ranger
Junior College—Ranger Team
Shows Fight
The Ranger Junior College ieam
put up a stiff battle last .Satijraj*^ -
but the Plowboys were able to
the attack and stage one of
ORVILLE HOWARD
LEAVES /SCHOOL
.The cadet corps and the student
body has lost a good officer and
friend in the person of Orville
Howard first lieutenant of Company
A, who has secured a position in a
bank at Palo Pinto, his home town.
We are sorry, that he could not
finish the year here, but we hope
that he will be successful in' his
position, ■ ■ ■
Ranger's offense was good t
they were very lucky! oh their p,
es, Tarleton was careless alid
drew over one hundred ■;yards in
penalties. All the backfield' for
Tarleton starred and Davis' showed
up well at end; Uncle Walt! and
Rudda did some good tackling.
Phillips and Taylor starred for.
Ranger Junior College.
Play by play , rcetant of., the
tpe* Jitf-yard"'-iiu.."
to. the
four yards
and Houghton made first down on
Ranger's 40-yard line. Hoiighton
and Hunter carried the ball on four
bucks and made first down on Ran-
ger's 33-yard line. Patton made
three yards off right tackle and
Holder mawe eleven and first down
at guard. Hunter's pass was in-
complete and Patton failed to gain.
Taylor intercepts Hunter's pass and
on a brilliant run carried the ball to
his own 40-yard line.
Ranger fails to gain and punts to
Tarleton's seven-yard line. Holder-
punts 50 yards. Ranger's ball on
,l3leir own 45-yard line. Ranger is-
forced to punt. Tarleton's ball on
their own 20-yard line. Hunter
gains seven yards. Hunter fails, to
gain. Holder punts 56 yards to
Ranger's 20-yard line, Davis gets
the man in his tracks. Ranger is
unable to gain and Phillips punts
to own 45-yard line. Tarleton's
ball on Ranger's, 45-yard line. Ran-
ger is penalized five yards for off-
side. Houghton makes three and
one-half yards and Patton makes
first down on Ranger's 30-yard line.
Hunter fails at tackle. Patton gets
pass from Hunter for ten yards and
first down. Tarleton fumbles and
Ranger punts out of danger. Quar-
ter over.
Second Quarter
Ball is put into play on Ranger's
37-yard line. Fred fails, to gain at
right tackle. Hunter gets four at
center. Hunter gets six and first
down. Houghton makes, three at
tackle. Hunter makes one and a
half yards at center and Patton
gets first down, goal to go. Hough-
ton makes three yards, and Patton
makes the touchdown. Hunter fails
to kick the goal. Score Tarleton 6,
Ranger 0. Lockhart kicked off for
Tarleton to Ranger's 20-yard line
and Phillips returns to own 40-yard
line. Taylor fails to gain. Paas,
Finley to Taylor, gets four yards.
Phillips, on a short pass to Short
makes first down on 50-yard line.
Limley makes one yard. Ranger's
pass . is incomplete. Ranger's sec-
ond pass incomplete, penalized five
yards for second incomplete, pass.
Phillips kicks, ball goes out of
bounds on Tarleton's ten-yard line.
Hunter makes three yards. Holder
punts 40 yards. Ranger's ball on .
50-yard line. -Phillips' pass isT
smothered. Taylor fails to gain at
right tackle. Phillips' pass is ire-,
complete. Phillips kicks. 20 yards„
Hunter returns three yards. Tar--
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1927, newspaper, November 18, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140006/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.