The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 19, 1931 Page: 4 of 6
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THE JT-IAO
Site of Stephenville College Was
Chosen for Tarleton—Improvements
Included Gravel Walks and Drives
(Editor's Note: This is the third
of a series of articles written for
thy J-Tae about the history of Tar-
leton . College.)
A site for the John Tarleton
College was to be chosen with two
main purposes in mind. First: the
highest interest of ^he institution
itself. Second: the greatest perma-
nent perpetual good to the city.
In 1893 a frame building had
been erected on th^, present site of
the new auditorium apd had been
called Stephenville College. As Ste-
phenville could not possibly sup-
port two colleges, and as John
Tarleton had beer, especially inter-
ested in the progress of this school
before his death, the site of the
already established college "was se-
■ lected for the new -one.
Several improvements were
made on the college grounds in the
summer of 1896. A wire fence was
put around.the grounds, the side
walks were levelled, the grounds
filled in and made to slope gradu-
ally from the building in every di-
rection, and the whole set with
bermuda grass which helped great-
ly in beautifying, the campus.
Walks and drives wers laid out
from the gates, and were graveled.
The first session of the John
Tarleton College began the first
Monday in September of 1896. The
faculty was composed of the fol-
lowing: Professor M. Mclihany,
president; Professor II. L. Mcli-
hany > Mrs. Burroughs, and Miss
Clara King. Miss Emma Tacka-
berry had charge of the music de-
partment. Miss Lola> Mascon had
charge of the department.of short-
hand and typing.
In spite- of the depression of
1BG6,' there was an enrollment of
almost 100 students the first year.
This was considered, a large en-
rollment in that day.
ELIMINATION FIRING BEGUN
SELECT SCHOOL RIFLE TEAM
To pick a college team, the fol-
lowing named .men are paired off,
and the fifteen high men, regard-
less of what team they are from,
will bo picked to represent the col-
lege team, to be known as the "J.
T. A. C> Rifle Team."
First team: Newman, J. Thomas,
Aniburgy, Blanton, Ferrell, Hain,
W. Smith, Donaldson, Huier, Mc-
Kenzie, Ballentine, Hoyle.
Second team: J. Stockton, B. L.
Blackburn, A, Sherrod, Shuttles-
worth, N. Nor dyke, L. ■ Brown, F.
Barrett, Odom, Allison, Andrews,
M. Davis, Owen. ;
DISTRICT F. F. A. COUNCIL
ORGANIZED AT COLLEGE
Ten delegates' representing 400
students of. vocational agriculture
members of the Future Farmers of
America chapters m the. Stephen-
ville district met here and organ-
ized a district council, with A. J.
Spangler as district advisor. They
vo^ed to-meet, each second Wed-
nesday night st Tarleton. The iol-
' lowing officers werr> elected: pres-
ident, B. G. Lovelace, Stephenville;
vice-president, Alton Mercer, Gus-
tine; secretary, Bill Shipman, Wal-
nut Springs; treasurer, Delnar
Rucker, Santo; reporter, W. S.
Sneed, De Leon; farm watchdog,
Marliu Jackson, Millsap; and ser-
. geant-i-at-arms, R. W- Simmons, To-
lar,'
Parker "Woodal certainly carrics
a serious face when he is with a
certain young lady.
Walker Davis, one of the best
elcctrieal engineers, was seen S.
A.-ing with a new girl of late,
S. A.-mg -by correspondence be-
tween students here in school
seems rather strange, not at all,
for it is very popular in the library.
Many forget to remove their notes
from the library books, and the li-
bat-ian has a good time reading
them for pastime.—"Tit for Tat."
Farewell
'' So Tbey Bay—
.
There was almost a revolution
Tuesday night, Dec. 8, when the
. Architect Club attempted to ■ elect
a president.
Many have, been wondering if
D, H. Godwin and Betty Dunlap
have a light case of the S. A,
Fish Unkart thinks that he has
a fine voice. Maybe he is training
it by correspondence.
Byrd McKay and Clifford Thomp-
son were certainly worried all this
last week, because of dates they
had made and G. T. Grissom.
Good-bye, dear one,
You have to go, ■ i
It almost breaks my heart;
We've been with each other
For four months or more,
And now we have to. part.
. j
Eaeh- d-ay of the week,- - ■ - -
Each week of the month,
I've held you in my arms;
In the class
And each off period, ■
I enjoyed your many charms.
I won't know anything
After you're gone,
Back to your place so dear;
Yet I'll make use of my' time,'
Every minute of my time,
The few hours, you linger near.
Now, fellow students, .
Don't go" around
With such a sympathetic look,
It's just one of our students
Saying "Good-bye"
To a Trigonometry book.
—Edwina Williams.
Dear Santa Claus: '
I hope you will not think me un-
grateful for writing imd telling you
a,'few of mine and Kenneth Boyd's
wishes. I think that my baby boy
would be deSighted if you would
bring him several rattlers for
Christmas. My ambition is for Ken-
neth to grow up to be a great
sportsman. In order to stimulate
his interest in that, he will need
some marbles, a rubber ball, and a
small popgun. You may think that
he is too small'for these things,
Festival of Christmas Is Regarded ,
As Greatest Celebration of Year
The festival of Christmas is re-
garded as the greatest celebration
of the year. It is an important and
solemn occasion; yet' more people
are happy at Christmas time than
at any other time. The spirit of
Christmas 'and the dominant ele-
ment is love. This is as it should
be, for on that first Christmas,
nearly two thousand years ago, the
message came to earth of "Peace
■ on Earth, Goodwill toward Men."
There has been quite a bit of
controversy about the beginning, of
the Christmas festival. It was
spoken of in the third century and
again in the fourth century, so we
have no authentic report of when
people first began to celebrate the
birth of Christ as a festival.
The giving of presents, the use
of holly, mistletoe, yule logs, and
.Wassail bowl have all come down
to us from the days of paganism,
but they are things which set the
day distinctly apart from all other
holidays. The Christmas tree and
Santa Claus for the little children
have emphasized the deeper mean-
ing of the spirit of Christmas to
the' older people.
Christmas is the time to be hap-
py and to make everyone el^e hap-
py. Some people think that they do
not have a chance to make anyone
else happy because they are not
financially able to buy the gifts
that they > would like to. If they
could only be taught that there
are other things besides material
gifts that make people happy. A
smile, a hand on someone's shoul-
der, a bit of kindness or sympathy,
these are the gifts that are price-
less, that are treasured in memory
long after a material gift has lost
its memories.
"He whit Joy would win must
share it
Happiness was born a twin"
but he will grow.
Santa, please bring him a pack-
age of number two safety pins. The
gold pointed ones' will prevent
blood poison.'
Yours truly,
R. L. McColIum.
P. S.: If you have a test tube
and a wide mouth bottle please
bring them. —R. L. Mc,.
Tarleton Station, Tex,, Dec. -15.
Mr. Sandy Klaus,
North Pole, U. S. A,
Dear Sandy:
I take my pen in hand and write
you with a lead pencil.. I have been
a real nice 'ittle boy this yere so
I hope you won't furgit me this
Sinas. I wore my stockings out so
I'll put out one o£ my little shiny
boats. Look keerful for them, (to
make sure I'll put the other'n out
too.) Thanx for the grade I got.
Please bring me a new fatigue
straw hat as how my old un is
getting ainshunt. I would like
some money to get my cap cleaned
altho it rcaly don't kneed it. Be
nice to all the others- boys and girls
of Tarleton. Bring me luck and a
good platoon.
Yours til the Sargent joins the
Artillery, Mackie Johnston.
P. S.: Bring B. Mobley a better
voice so I won't have to listen
close for .commands, ■—M. J. ■
Tarleton Station, Tex., Dec. 15,
Dear Santa Clans:
J. have been quite a good boy this
year. I have tried to. please you
and everyone else in Tarleton. So
I hope you won't forget me and
.will grant me a few wishes. I gave
the best I had for the Plowfeidleta
this year. Above all, Santa, don't
fergit to bring me a nice lil' basket-
ball team, too. Please, I would
like another champeen team, also.
I thank you Santa and remember
your dear friend,
Billy Jack Wisdom.
good' little boys' and girls up here
in Tarleton College, 'causei they
are your friends too.
Your true friend,
Alva Merrell.
P. S.: Be. sure and don't forget
to bring Archie Sherrod an Ever-
sharp pencil, some new boots, and
some report blanks.
P. P. S.: Bring Pee Wee Homey-
er an everlasting pencil, a thous-
and report blanks, and a dozen
eggs.
Dear SanLa Claus:
I am a little girl. I have been a
good littie girl all this year, be-
cause I wanted to be good and then
I have been going with a- good lit-
tle boy. His name is Alva. I want
you to bring me a big bunch of
dolls all dressed in white (and
please, Santa, make them be able
to holler), and bring all the foot-
ball boys something real good be-
cause they elected me their spon-
sor.
Don't forget to bring me some
paper dolls and a kiddie car.
Your true friend,
Mary Alice Short.
P. S.: Santa, don't forget to bring
me a book on how to be dignified.
I want to give it to my boy friend
. —M. A. Short.
J-Tae advertisers will appreciate
your patronage.
Dear Santa:
I done been gone ahd been dug-
gin' 'taters all morning, so. would
you ltindly send me some Sloan's
Liniment. ' .
Yours,,.'
Little Willie Sansing.
Dear Santa Klause:
I am a good little boy. My home
is in Venus and I want you to bring
me lots, of nice things as you did
not get to see me often in Venus.
I want a drum, a choo-choo that
will run, a football,-straight "A's,"
and a good suction with somebody.
Your friend,
* Little Bull Bob, ,
P. S.: Be sure and bring the train
as I have never seen one.
Dear Old Santa Claus:
Please send me a new desk top,
because my old one is wearing out
where I put my feet on it.
Sincerely,' C. S. W..
Stephenville, Tex., Dec.-14.
Dear Santa Claus: ■■
I am a little boy. I am seven
years old. I have been a very good
little boy.
I want you to bring me a air-
gun, a bicycle, some story books
and games, and lots of good candy
and fruit.
Please don't forget all the other
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Give Her a Portable
for Christmas .
■ Merry;
Christmas
and a
■Happy New
Year
To Students and
Faculty. M em*
bers o f Tarle-
ton.
The Empire-
Tribune
COLLEGE
TAILORS
We Wish Yon
■A Merry Christmas
and
A Wonderful Time While
You are Away for the
Holidays
COLLEGE
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Fresh Vegetables—Fresh Meat
Greetings for the Yuleticle!
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iftterrjj Christmas
Higginbotham's Fall and Winter Merchandising:
Campaign Continues
There are low prices in every department of our store and we urge every
person in this territory to miake a personal inspection of the values that are
ready and waiting. Plenty of practical iand useful gifts for Christmas.
SSrag. 8c Company
mterry Christmas
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"With a Service That Serves" - .
N. W. Corner Square Phones 49 and 111
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