The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 11, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 9
1 STEP^IENVILLE, TEXAS; MAY 11, 1929
NUMBER 31
TARLETON RETAINS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN
PLOWBOY!
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Parents' Day went over in grand
8t^li,:' n^':''ifariet9n,s track tewja
wd the sVate. irieet. again last Mon-
day.! How is that for, starting the
\ve'ek:.off exactly right?
Those . thiii-;dadf? that .-flash th^,
. purple andywhite' are plenty- to be-
'■■'■' proud of. , '...
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' ' rest;,of those'starts , that strut un-
/ " //de^ Ta^etop's! Colors. -. They're all
champs.
is at championship school anyway1
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V .? it; if you don't, listen to someone
who does, .' ,
, j Plow^oys, if you are looking for
; ' some good English material, read
the J-Tae editorials, '•
Go ■ treat yourself.' You won't
; ; V'' see the captain. "ListenPlowboys,
v: '. bu't twipe more this, year. We mean
; ' 'til mert September.,.
FATHER ;
\ He has,earned your living, as f ath-
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patched vyouj -jtW^tHigh- 'life; -'and,
. protected you,:tooj ;v
Npw we. stop to remember your
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( r 1 Jpor the life you have lived and
the love we have had.
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May Fete And
Retreat Prove
Big Features
Fair,' Weather • Permits .Colorful
Occasion To Be Great
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1. Who was Queen' of the
May? .-
2. When do the Tarleton
playets present a play?
3. Where did" the J-Tac
go On their; party ? ■'
4. Where and when in the
state tennis tournament: to be
held? ■ -.
, 5. To what school did Mr.
Dienst"' get. a fellowship ?
6. Whaj;'is the Fall Snuffle
song? '... ■ ., .I-
, 7. Who won the line last
Friday at the parade?
;. 8. What did the Commer-
cial Arts Club have to eat on
their party? , \
. 9. When will the ' annual
come forth? ■ \
10. Who ■ won the state.
' trac'k meet ? ■ • . .' v-■
11. Who was high point
m^n ..for Tprjeton :at the,
meet?" ''
12. Who,, is .tie"-.pew ser-
geant? /, ''
.113. Who: won the meet be-
tween Tarleton and Baylor?
14,, Who inspected tbe cadet
corps, last Wednesday morn-
ing-? , ■ ' ■.'• -'i;
" 15. What faculty member
has3a new car, purchased, last
week? ;
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The Parents' D^y program came
^o ,an eii^ Mp^day 'afternoon with
a most successful May Fete and re-
treat ceremony. The program be-
gan vyith the psirade atv10:45 a. m.,
on' Sunday • mprning-, and continued
with a sermon at the college gym-
nasium by Rev. J. H. Baldridge of
Fort Worth. ;,Many of our parents
had arrived by this time, and din-
ner was served at the college din-
ing hall. The l^and gave a con-
cert in the' gymnasium at 3:30
.o'clock Sunday- -afternoon.'and; tbe
students attended, the church of
theif choice with tbeir parents and
friends Sunday evening. ' ' .
: Somewhat u,ousiiaI were out-
classes. Monday morning when our
parents went with us as guests to
see and hear; jist how much we
were learning- Of course, though,
we . could not do ourselves justice';
for we were self-conscious(?). An
inspection of tbe various labora-
tories and a trip to the , college
farm for the artillery demonstra-
tion were features 'for Monday af-
ternoon from on6 to three o'clock,-
and from three-thirty to four.-
tffirty, the boys added th(eir share
of tbe' program with a dress pa-
rad'e.,
. The girls' main feature of the
two days was the May Fete at
five-fifteen o'clock, on the second
day. Tiny little white fairies and
blue,bonnets lead the way for the
milk-maids, the May pole wrap-
pers,' the people of many nations,
the Highland Fling girls, the stern
wooden soldiers, and gay dancers.
All of these people made nierry
for the Queen of May. Miss
Charles Tittle, who was attended
by her' ladies-in-waitiiig, white
knights; the master, of ceremonies,
Miss Christine Bates, aild who was
crowned by Lord Tarleton, Miss
Alma! Lindsey. The hobby horse,
court jester, a little shepherd boy,
and numerous other members of
the court made the lovely spring
afternoon a perfect setting for the
Fairyland " that really existed. ;
The retreaif. ceremony closed the
^program, for. the two days, and o'ur
parents left, well pleased with the
best junior college in the land.
Charles Tittle
Crowned Queen
At May Fete
. To 'the delig'ht. ' of her many
friends,. Miss Charles Tittle was
clowned Queen of May on May 6,
at the. annual May. Fete of John
Tarleton College.
, Miss Tittle, who is from Walnut'
Springs, Texas, is a junior- here
this year. She is- a member of
the O. • W. J/., social club, a mem-
ber of the,. Aggette Club, and a
very popular student on the cara-
i>us. ;'
Miss Tittle was crowned by Lord
Tarleton, Miss Almji Lindsey, who
is a senior in, Tarleton this year,
and a member of the Aggettes.
Dope Sheet
By thirty, points! We wori'that
state track championship with a
margin of thirty points. We failed
to place in only two events> the one
hundred and twenty yard high bur-
dies, and the high jump. Tarleton
scored more points than the second
and third place winners combined;
Suffel proved to be a dark horse
for Tarleton. He won the two-
tvventy-yard low hurdles, and plac-
ed tliir'd in the broad jump. '
Napce gave the fans,a real thrill.
He broke the record for the eight-
hundred and eighty-yard dash by
loping the distance in 2:3 7-10, and
he put the Plowboys in the lead
in the relay by running a beautiful
race- in his four-forty. \
Two state championships for
1928-1929 and a chance for an-
other-. Football and track are ours
and the tennis championship is to
be ciecitfed • ijj• Arlington on Friday
and Saturday,-May 10 and 11. _
We see than "Hank" Irwin tied
for high point honors at the state
meet. He won three second places
and <ne third. "Hank" would have
done better in the shot put, but he
was forced to take all of his trials
at once, so, that he could not com-
pete in another event
Coach Frazier turned out a real
track team this year. Even though
injured; he coached the team to an-
(Jther ^championships - '
A baseball league has been or-
ganized. Organize your team, re-
port to the coaches, and Play Ball!
"Lefty" Thomas pitched a two-
hit baseball game. against Bluff
Dale, but his opponent allowed
only one safe smack; so he lost,
2-1. ''
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Ex-StudentsDo
Ex-Tarletou Students Make Excep-
tional ,Recprds in Other,
;l Schools.
News has reached Tsjrletpn late-
ly, .of, -the successes of several of
the ex-students. Two of these are
now attending ' State. University,
while a third is at the United
States, military , academy, :
Miss Lylia Engberg, a popular
student of la'st year, has been chos-
en as one of the most beautiful
girl^ at state, find her picture will
appear in the beauty section of
the Cactus this year.' v ■ :
David Hall, a graduate'of '28,
who is now in the University of
ing editor of thi Tpxan, .the daily
newspaper, at .the university, ,
. Travis'Leverettj, a popular' stu-
dent in the' engineering , depart-
ment here last year, , is, now lead-
ing; his . class- in' engineering -at
Anhapolis. .This. is;quit6 an achieve-
ment, as he is in a class of boys
from' all over tl^e United States.
Lever'ett will make the annual
cruise; „of tbe midshipmen, which
takes them this year to the' Medi-
terranean, France, England, and
back to Hampton Roads for firing
. practice. Lev.erett's many friends
are glad to hear that he; is doing
so well in the naval academy. , '
Lee! Clark, a g-raduatc of Tarle-
ton College of the class of -1925,
is now in the ^medical- school oL'
Virginia, at- Richmond His aver-
ate at the medical school for the
first'semester was. the highest in
the school; in sixty-two hours of
work he made an average of 97.
Besides his fine scholastic rec-
ord, he has distinguished himself
by winning the national inter-col-
legiate wrestling championship for;
the Kingpin weight of J-55 to 170
pounds.
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Colonel Castle Inspects
Cadet Corps^ Wednesday, May 8
Colone W. A. Castle, command-
ing officer of the K. .0. T. C. units
in the Eighth Corps Area; paid
Tarleton a visit Wednesday and
gave the first official federal in-
spection of tbe year Wednesday
mprning. Colonel Castle paid a
courtesy visit and inspected the
corps last fall, but it was'not an
official inspection.
Colonel Castle arrived in Steph-
enville Tuesday evening and at-
tended the Reserve Officers' Ban-
quet at the college dining hall on
Tuesday night, Wednesday morn-
ing, at the regular drill period, be
.inspected the corps. After the com-
panies reached the drill field, they
passed in review before the col-
onel, then marched back into posi-
tion for the inspection. ColoneJ
Castle, first inspected the band,
then gave the Videttes and A Com-
pany a detailed inspection. He theii
inspected the . second battalion, a,nd
the entire corps marched to the
gymnasium fdf chapel ..exercises.
At chapel, DeamDavis .introduced
Colone.1 Castle and told how glad
we were to have him with up.. The
colonel then favored us with a
short talk, telling , of his impres-
sion of the coL-ps. He stated that
the Tarleton corps' was one of the
best in the corps area, and that he
was gratified to see the progress
and efficiency'of our military ma-
chine., He especially compliment-
ed the co-operative spirit which
makes the units' proficiency out-
standing, He said that it was riot
his habit to flatter, but' he found
the Tarleton cadet , corps near the
acme of perfection. , .
' Tarleton and thie'cailet corps was
glad to have the privpege of hav-
ing'Colonel Castle pay us this of-
ficial visit, and extend a cordial in-
vitation to bjm, to return whenT
'ever possibly,-'f'r: •
Knowing his sincerity and Hon-
esty, th® , corps is glaid to; know
that they made , such a favorable
impression;on the colonel. We ap-
preciate bi§ compliments and,' com-
ments.,, . ■'
Plowboys Win Fourth Consecutive
State Meet By a Wide Margin
Company "A"
Edits Besl J^Tac
Company ,C and Sophomores, Win
Second and Third Respectively. ;
The "A" Company J-Tac has
been decided upon by1 the t-cgulur
staff as the best issue of the spec-
ial editions. The editions of "C"
Company and tiie Sophomore Class
receive second and third honors re-
spectively. . These - three editions,
were all exceedingly good papers;
and a decision was, very, difficult.
page make-up, general arrange-
ment, and range, of appeal were
among the various • points taken
into consideration. Current .news
matter wj^ not a very great fac-'
tor1 in judging the publications, as
it varies in . the amount 'available
from week to week. • 1 •'
Every one of the specials were
interesting aficl entertaining in
their way. The variety of work-
manship was so great that the de-
cision was limited to fixed rulep
and jiot to personal opinion.. The
staff wishes' to congratulate all of
the special staffs arid particularly
Editor Drennen and his co-workers
of the Company "A" staff, which
consisted of Grant, Westbrook,
Harry Steen, Phil Bird, Sidney
Coffelt, Lawrence Williamson, Ben-
ton Allen, ap'd Kenneth Foote. Miss
Hejinigan,- .Mr. .Neely, and Miss
Ellis were faculty advisors of the
edition.
The "C" Company paper was
edited by H. C. Kennedy, while
the Sophomore staff was headed by
Estell Scott. Both of' these edi-
tors deserve much credit for their
work. ,
Four Kecords Fall As Plowboys
Sweep To Sensational
' Victory. '
On,Friday afternoon, May 3, the
band retreated in motorcar formar
tion to the: Country Club-lake to
enjoy'a sw;imming party a.iid pic-
nic, This is a annual. occurrence
for the band. The bunch enjoyed
swimming, Wading and boat-riding
from five until eight. •
: Refreshments including sand-
wiches, potato chips, .cakes and
ie cream were passed around by
the stags to some twenty bandmen
and , their guests, Mr. Hunnewell,
Mrs. Moody, Mr. Blancbard; Miss
Blanks; and Mr. Grimes.
think on this
MOTHER'S love is; in-
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4 with softened heart, the fond
♦ devotion, or the 'gentle chid-
■¥ ings of the test friend' tb£|t'
4 God ever gives, us? ,
Borell.
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i Job. Tarleton College of Steph-
enville ietained the coveted laurels
by winniig their fourth consecutive
Texas Junu" College Athletic As-
sociation track , and . field meet
championship ',yhen six junior col-
leges competed for .honors at. the
meet staged at C. U. Stadium
Monday. Tarletdii led the field
by a wide margin xitb 56 points1,
while their closest competition was,
Paris Junior College With 26 mark-,
ers* Wichita Falls 1 was a close
third with 24 tallies. ,- . T,'
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lege at Arlington nosed out Tex-
arkana for fourth' place with 18
points against the latter's -16.
Gainesville trailed in last with, a
scant 13, points. Sixty athletes of
the cinder path entered tfye meet,
together with, the 17 defending
champions.
- Four records toppled and one was
equaled when fast times were clock-
ed in the dashes and good perform-
ances in the weights, The, 440-dash
mark of 52-6 was bettered by Mc-
Millan of Wichita Falls, who
sprinted'the quarter in 52 seconds
flat, Nance of Tarleton set a new
record in the half-mile run with a
time of 2:3 7-10' over the 1923
mark of 2:4. In the discus throw
Wiggihs of N. T. A. C. shattered
the old distance of 115 feet.3 inches
by his1 toss of 12i feet 9 'inches.
Creecy of the Junior Aggies low-
ered the record of 168 feet 8 inches
by his javelin toss of 171 feet 3
inches. Furey clipped off the 100-
yd. dash in 10 seconds at to tie the
mark for 1 the century which was
set in 1922, He was aided by a
slight, wind blowing at his back.,
Furey also took the first position
in the 220-yard dash, -although hp
was pushed, to the limit to break
the tape ahead, of Baldridge. Furey
is from, Paris.
Boyce "Honk" Irwin of John
Tarleton tied with Cliff Withers of
Paris for high scoring honors with
11 points, Irwin had three second
places and one third position,
while Withers chalked up bis points
on a first, a second, a third, and, a
fourth place. _
Johri Tarleton and Paris Junior
College boasted well,, balanced
teams with the ability divided be-,
tween track and field performers.
Wichita Falls could not annex bet- '
ter than the third rung on the lad-
der since they had a wealth of
sprinters but a lack of weight men.
The versatility of the winning col-
lege was shown when Tarleton's
quartet of quarter milers closed the
day with a 20-yard lead over , the
Wichita Falls relay team in the
final , event of the day, the mile
relay. This was the most thrill-
ing contest ,of the, carnival, as
Nance, No. 2 man on the winning
team, overcame a big' lead to forge
his way to the front with a margin
which his teammates maintained
in the last two laps. /
'• Priddy 'of Gainesville displayed
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