The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 3, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL, XIV.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, l'Jo4,
NUMBER 18
Barn Dance To Be Given In College Gym Tonight
PLOWBOY
The basketball season lias gone
—and how! The Tarleton five of '34
have made history. They have dis-
played natural ability and excellent
teamwork throughout the entire
season. Congrats go to the Coach
and to every player for their record
making season.
If we did it in basketball, we can
do it in everything else. Everyone
back the Purple end White track
team and tennis team that are out
to do a little record breaking of
their own.
MR. MAC IS BACK ON
JOB AFTER ILLNESS
■ Hear ye! This is a call for all you
Tarleton Huskies to leave off the
afternoon naps and turn out for
spring football practice. Coach Wis-
dom and Captain Hoover are going
to do their part; so come out and
help make up a team to support
them with. Todd is, so why not
you?
Take a good listen, Plowboy Dec-
ker hops the cinders to cover 440
little breath knockers in 52.5. Not
so bad—not bad at all. Our own
freshman reports that everyone on
the track team is afraid of him.
They all run away from him when
he tries to catch up with them.
The Fat Stock Show and .State
meet are the next in line, so Plow-
boys and Plowgals—let's go!
SPANGLER PREDICTS
ETTER F.F. CONTEST
Mr, A. A. McS weeny, head of
the mathematics department, has
been ill for
the past sev-
eral days but
is now back
at his job of
teaching five
mathematics
classes. Mr,
M c S w e eny
seldom miss-
es one of his
classes and
m'sweeny he says that
he is glad to be back at work.
Mr. McS weeny was in bed sev-
eral days because of inflamed mus-
cles in his back. He returned to
school last Thursday and with him
he brought a very fancy walking
cane which was made in Mexico
City. The cane is a hefty affair and
the students under him who know
him to be a great joker are pass-
ing the word around that "you had
better steer clear of A-syuare as
long as he carries that stick." Re-
gardless of that warning, the stu-
dents seem overjoyed to have Mr.
Mac back on the job after his short
illness.
With the addition of a horticul-
ture contest and of mules in the
livestock contest, the tenth annual
Tarleton Future Farmer Judging
contest promises to be bigger and
better, according to A. J. Spangler,
professor of vocational agriculture.
About 500 students of vocational
agriculture in Texas high schools
are expected here for the contest
which is to be held April 7.
The seven contests to be present-
ed this year include livestock, dairy,
poultry, crop, horticulture, farm
shop, and soil conservation. The
sweepstakes award will be the of-
ficial F. FW. A. trophy, which is
donated by the Tarleton faculty. In
addition, the winning teams and in-
dividuals will receive twelve con-
test trophy cups, twenty-five Tarle-
ton banners, official F. F. A. gold
filled watch fobs, and official F. F.
A. pins.
The house mother of a boys' dor-
mitory at T.C.U. says the boys like
to play games in which they don't
have to do much thinking, use a
prayer book, talk a lot, and even
remember to bring back borrowed
needles.
The Prairie says that some day
college students may use a new
slogan, Its smart to be serious."
WINNERS
"Writing English Theme
Tests Temperament of Student
—Writer, Roomie, and Teachers*'
is the winning article for the
J-Tac's weekly contest of last
week's issue, February 24. It
was written by Harold Beaty.
The writer of the headline is un-
known. The second place was
given to Mary Jo Denton's
"Beautiful History of Waste-
basket Begins With Use As
Shirt-holder By Mr. Caesar."
The judge of this contest was
Roscoe Thompson.
PHOOEY ON TENNIS
SAYS TI'D REPORTER
What do I know about tennis?
Not a thing except a glass of lem-
onade would probably taste nice
after a game.
Not only is it raining and cold,
but it is also midnight. Why even
Tweatt could not play tennis under
such conditions, and here I am try-
ing to think about it. Crust and
apple seeds!
Back to the first place. I'm sleepy
and want to go to bed and go to
sleep, or hibernate. Thinking about
lessons keeps me from thinking
about tennis rackets and I don't
have the S. A. to keep me from
thinking about lessons. A good rea-
son for going to sleep even if I
Wasn't sleepy.
Number nine reason is there is
a freight train going through.
What relation could a tennis rac-
ket have to a freight train? None,
my dear, not one wee single clue
pertaining to their kinship. Still,
there is the freight rain and here
is not a tennis racket.
Wasting good gas, excellent elec-
tricity, plenty of paper and get-
ting myself all worked out and
weary. Several phooeys on tennis.
Of what use can a tennis racket
be put to besides playing tennis?
You can't frame a picture, row a
boat, or sift flour with it unless
you have the picture, boat, and
flour, so where does it get you?
So why in the name of seven
charming girls should I write
about a tennis racket?—R. W.
NO PAPER NEXT WEEK
On account of the busy times
at the end of the preliminary
period, the J-Tae will not be pub-
lished March 10.
ASS'T. POSTMASTER
TELLS ABOUT MAIL
Some very interesting facts re-
garding the Postoffice Department
of the United States Government
were related by Second Assistant
Postmaster General flarlee Branch
in a radio broadcast last Thursday
at noon. According to Mr. Branch,
possibly every means of carrying
thp mails that has ever been used
in the United States is in use to-
day even to the pony rider and the
horse-drawn coach. Each of those
methods has had to overcome great
opposition. The Pony express rid-
ers said that the stage coach was
too- dangerous for men to ride on
tn carry the mail and sure enough,
the driver of the first stage coach
was killed on his first run by his
coach turning over on him. How-
ever, daring men made the stage
coach a success and then the stage
driver said that the railway train
was impractical and that it was
one of the evils of the Devil, or
some such evil. Today, the railroad
is the chief means of carrying the
mail but the airplane is fast gain-
ing ground. The Postoffice Depart-
ment spends ninety-one million dol-
lars annually over and above the
salaries of over 21,000 mail car-
riers whose salaries average over
$2,000 annually—all this and more
is spent to see that the citizens of
the country receive ther mail
quickly and safely. Besides trains,
airplanes, and other land routes,
the government has 215 naval ves-
sels carrying the mail in addition
to many commercial ocean-going
ships. That the mail is carried by
honor deserving men is shown by
the fact that last year there were
four carriers killed and sixty-
eight injured in making attempts
to carry the mail to its destina-
tion against adverse conditions.
WEATHERFORO PLAY
S CONTEST WINNER
Weatherford College, presenting
"The Little Stone House," was the
winner in the one-act play contest
held here Friday, February 23.
Tarleton and Ranger were the
other contestants.
Tarleton presented "Casualties,"
selected from the three plays in
the jubilee program last fall. Bill
Smith, Opal Butler, and George
Gregg made up the cast. Ranger's
play was "Smoke Screen."
There was one outstanding actor
in each play. Bill Smith, as the
shell-shocked war veteran, took the
Tarleton honors. Weatherford's
best actor was the girl who played
the part of the aged mother, and
Ranger's was the boy who repre-
sented the dope fiend. Although
Bill Smith was considered the best
actor in all the plays, the girl who
played the old mother in "The Lit-
tle Store House" was also especi-
ally good.
GARDNER TO GIVE TALK ON
ARCHITECTURE MARCH 12
Mr. James Gardner, professor of
architecture, will give a steropticon
illustrated lecture on the "Histori-
cal Phase of Architecture" in the
auditorium on Monday evening,
March 12, at 7:30 oclock.
Patronize J-Tac Advertisers.
REDS REPLACE BLUES
AS GIRLS GO NON-REG
Red blouses, sweaters, and tams
rested the eyes from the blue of
chambrays on the campus Monday
and Tuesday. They came as a re-
sult of the cold weather and the
announcement that girls might go
out of uniform, and they came an
almost unbelievably short time af-
ter chapel. A chambray was a nov-
elty by noon.
Although permission was given
to wear wool dresses, giris appear-
ed in silks and light wools that
were nuu*h thinner than cham-
brays. But the girls did not object
to the cold as long as they were
out of uniform, and who won't
agree that red is warmer than blue
any day?
FACULTY COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCES INFORMAL
BARN DANCE MARCH 3
Admission Will Be Twenty-Five
Cents for Couples and Thirty-
Five For Stags
MAGIC, SPIRITISM IS
COMING TO TARLETON
There promises to be a very in-
teresting lyceum number on Tues-
day evening, March 13, with the
Kringsborg Company featuring
"the girl with' the radio mind."
This will be an expose of spiritism
with a series of snappy magical
effects. A complete Spirit Seance
will be pre,-jenled on the platform
by Kringsberg, assisted by Esmo-
relda Martin Kringsberg.
The Faculty Dance Committee
and the Student Floor Committee
has announced an infornial barn
dance to be given tonight from
eight till eleven o'clock in the Gym.
The official announcement as issued
by those committees reads as fol-
lows: "The Faculty Dance Com-
mittee and the Student Floor Com-'
mittee announce an informal Barn
Dance to be given in the College
Gymnasium, Saturday evening,
March 3, 1934, from eight to elev-
en o'clock. Faculty members, their
escorts, faculty children of dancing
age, and all students except those
on the ten-hour list are invited to
attend. The charge will be twenty-
five cents for couples and thiry-five
cents for stags."
The dance tonight will be the
fourth to be held since anti-dancing
regulations Were removed. There
have been two formal .dances, the
annual Christmas dance and the
Valentine dance, and one informal
dance. Tonight's will be the second
informal dance and the first Barn
dance to be held at Tarleton Col-
lege.
Girls are to wear cotton print
dresses and boys are to wear slacks
and whites shirts or white ^over-
alls.
STUDENTS HOPE THAT
NAMES ARE OFF LIST
Another preliminary is nearly
at an end, and the big question in
the minds of lpany students is,
"Will I be on the ten-hour list for
another six weeks?"
The ten-hour list for last semes-
ter included 120 students and the
third preliminary list also includ-
ed 120. This is a large percentage
of the student body to be on this
list, and it is everyone's wish that
this six weeks' ten-hour list will
be much smaller than ever before.
One week is left in which stu-
dents may redeem themselves.
Three hours of study before each
test is suggested.
Frequent Changes in Weather Call Forth
Comments from Various People on Campus
PINK CARDS BRING
VARIOUS EMOTIONS
An at once card is pink. It has
pink writing on it and is readily
read and is to be read at once. It
is usually read at once and you
go at once to where the card says
at once to go. At this time one's
blood runs cold and persperation
trickles down the brow. There are
two airs to assume; one of dread-
ing dread, and one of nonchalant
nonchelenee.
Every one knows why the re-
ceiver of ail at once card has re-
ceived it, but they all know differ-
ent reasons. As for the receiver of
the at once card, he thinks of eight
and a half reasons why he has re-
ceived it. And what is the reason
for the at once card? Some one
wants the receiver of the at once
card at once.
Patronize J-Tac Advertisers.
Which kind of weather do you,
and you, and you like best ? One
day everyone goes without a coat
and there is nothing but khaki and
blue on the campus; the next day
there arc small coots, sweaters, and
jackets swarming over the campus;
the third day there are heavy coats
and overcoats walking here and
yonder; and the fourth day brings
forth berets, caps, sweaters, coats,
scarfs, and gloves, especially when
one walks between the Home Eco-
nomics Building and the Adminis-
tration Building. Such a change in
weather!
When asked what kind of weath-
er they liked various campus char-
acters answered:
Miss Fellman: "I like pifctty sun-
shiny weather, just cool enough to
play tennis." She likes her sports.
Cora Durham: "I like cloudy,
warm mornings, but I do not like
spring weather." Don't you ever get
spring fever ?
Ug Word: "I wish it would snow.
Anything- hut rainy days," He said
that Wednesday while it was rain-
ing.
Janice Gaither: "Oh, boy! I wish
it would snow. I like weather like
that of Tuesday afternoon." She
likes to play in the snow.
Roy Westmoreland: "I like sum-
mer weather. Even when it is in the
summer." Isn't that just like
"Speedy"?
Opal Butler: "I like any kind of
weather. It doesn't make any differ-
ence." Not hard to please, that girl.
Christine Glenn: "I like pretty
sunshiny weather." Does cloudy
weather make you blue ?
Elsie Oliver: "I like the weather
best when it snows," She likes to
lift snow-flakes.
Uncle Moody (our good friend at
the Varsity): "I like pretty, sun-
shiny weather so I can go fishing."
He seems to want a holiday the
same as everyone else.
—J. L.
PRESS CLUB TO PRESENT
POPE YE IN PERSON—ARF!
Popeyc in person—what a
sensation! Not only Popeye,
however, but many other favor-
ite comic strip characters will
appear in person in chapel next
Thursday if they are able to
make the trip. If snow, rain,
sleet, or other elemental condi-
tions do not prevent the trip in
Mutt's and Jeff's little car, these
famous characters may be seen
in chapel Thursday. Tim TyI6r
would have brought them in his
plane, but he just couldn't get
off. A big crowd will he expected
to be present to see and hear
this Herculean, cyclopean, vol-
s uminous, unmitigated, red-hot,
flagrant, thorough-going, roar-
ing, whacking, magiiitudinous,
unsurpassed, majestic, extreme,
exorbitant, splendiferous, stup-
endous, and scrumbunctious ex-
travaganza.
... .Admission will be the unut-
terably, incredibly, and amaz-
ingly low price of 5 cents.
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