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J-TAC
vol.. XV.
STEPHEHTIUC.E, TEXAS, SATURDAY, DEO. 15, 1934
NUMBER 11.
PLOWBOY
The Christmas spirit is rapidly
becoming in evidence on Tarleton
campus these days, with everybody
making big plans for the holidays.
Some of the students, whose homes
are many miles from here, will be
going home for the first time since
coming to school.
With the passing of the football
season, basketball now takes the
spotlight among athletic activities.
Tarleton has always had good bas-
ketball teams, and there is no rea-
son why this season should not
prove highly successful. The boys
have already started working out,
with each company organizing a
team. Some of the men are al-
ready of proven worth; others
must be carefully watched for a
while until Coaches Wisdom and
Sanders can pick out the players
who will probably see the most
service as members of the college
team. Let's get behind our basket-
ball team now!
Final exams are not too far
away for us to start thinking
about them. If you made good
grades the first two six weeks, re-
member that trying to "coast in"
on those grades is liable to prove
disastrous as exemptions from
finals do not exist in college.
Here's wishing everybody a
Merry Christmas, arid lots of good
luck in 1935.—E. A.
CAMPUS DECORATED
FOR HOLIDAY SEASON
Christmas season is well tinder
way for the .signs of decorations
in red and green give the proper
evidence on the Tarleton campus.
A large cedar tree has been plac-
ed on Dean Davis' lawn at the
head of Military Drive. The sign
"Peace On Earth" has been placed
-over the drive at the east entrance
to the campus.
The tree in Dean Davis' yard
has been decorated with many
colored electric lights and tinsels.
A large illuminated five-pointed
star is in the top of this tree. The
sign over the drive at the east
entrance is also illuminated with
red lights. This makes the large
letters glow red against the dark
background.
A large silver wreath with a red
ribbon proportional in size tied in
a bow knot at the top is also on
the campus for decoration. This
wreath ia lighted with various
colors. It has been placed in the
small park area in front of the
Administration Building.
AN OPEN LETTER TO
TARLETON CO-EDS
Dear boys and especially girls:
Santa Ciaus is coming. The
one and only Santa Claus
equipped with the usual Christ-
mas sack and avoirdupois. Of
course he will make a return
engagement at your own fire-
side the twenty-fourth, but
Monday night he is coming,
like a lifebuoy salesman, to
give you a sample. If you have
been a nice girl and have eat-
en the crusts of your bread,
and folded your clothes nicely,
and said "please" and "thank
you" AND joined the Aggettes,
Mr. Claus {thereby becoming
Santa to you) will
SEE YOU AT THE AG-
GETTE MEETING MONDAY
NIGHT.
—A Helper.
MISS LILLIEL1LLARD
DISCUSSES TRAVELS
The lantern-slide lecture given
by Miss Lillie V. Lillard, dramat-
ics teacher, on Friday evening,
December 7, in the College (Audi-
torium proved to be one of the
most interesting lectures that has
been presented here in several
years. Having spent the last sum-
mer traveling in Europe and at-
tending school in London, Miss
Lillard told the audience in a
unique and interesting way her
experiences in Germany, her visit
to the Passion Play, and many
other minor experiences with ex-
change of money, changing of
boats, native foods and customs.
Miss Lillard's originality in wear-
ing a native German costume
while giving the lecture was ef-
fective She had blond plaits reach-
ing past her shoulders and peas-
ant shoes that completed the dress
from head to toe.
After telling some minor details
on the dress and habits of the
natives of several of the European
countries, she explained the feel-
ing of the German people toward
their present form of government,
saying that the Germans expected
Hitler to do for Germany what
Roosevelt is doing for the United
States. For the present Germany
has to be pleased with Hitler be-
cause he is the only person that
is now capable of holding the po-
sition that he is required to hold.
Miss Lillard related her experi-
ence of being in a rushing crowd
alone and having no idea where it
was going. The crowd she was in
led to the polls, it so happened,
and as a result she brought back
an interesting story on how the
Germans are practically told
whom to vote for, while they have
nominal freedom. She told about
the personal feelings of the Ger-
man people toward the world at
large. Some well-educated German
girl said that the Germans felt
that they were practically ostra-
cized from the world; they felt as
if everybody hated them. Miss Lil-
lard tried to explain that it was
not the Germans as individuals
that people of other countries dis-
liked.
The subject of Hitler and gov-
ernment was changed to the more
pleasant side of life in Germany.
Along with details on the Passion
Play, interesting slides accompan-
ied her talk. She explained the
purpose of the play and described
the most important characters and
the lives they led. This year was
not the regular tenth year in
which the play is always given,
but it was given in honor of the
300th anniversary of the perform-
ance. Thousands of people visited
Oberammagau last summer. The
lecture ended with the scene of the
resurrection of Christ.
Ninety-Six Students Listed On
Second Preliminary Honor Roll
ELEVEN MAKE 90 OR ABOVE
ON ALL THEIR SUBJECTS
CLUB MEMBERS COMMEND-
ED FOR THEIR INTEREST
Gaining commendation upon
their earnest and serious respon-
siveness the Fine Arts Club en-
joyed a program last Tuesday ev-
ening with numbers by Kathryne
Nutt, Evelyn Stone, Mary Fergu-
son, Dorothy Jeane Stigler, Nan-
cy Fred Jones, VVr. H. Shuler, Er-
ma Lee Gilbreath, Reba Statum,
Gwyneth McCormick, Louise Pier-
son, M, D. McCormick, Elbert
Adams, and Judine Guisendorff.
STUDENTS' PARENTS ASKED
TO OPEN HOUSE JAN. 2ND
The teachers of Tarleton are
announcing open house at the new
Recreation Building to greet the
citizens of Stephenville from 3 to
5 o'clock, Wednesday, January 2,
1935. If parents of students are in
town or can possibly be here, they
are especially invited to be guesta
at the formal opening of the new
building.
Eleven students made 90 or
above on all subjects for the sec-
ond preliminary, and ninety-six
were listed on the honor roll.
Those on the 90 honor roll are
as follows: Bryant Cowan, Norris
Davis, Bedford Furr, Ann Eldyss
Jarratt, Mary E. Jones, William
Paul Jones, Norman Malone, Wil-
liam J. Merrill, Doyle Elmo Mil-
ler, Terrell Stewart, Irene Wesley.
Other honor students for the
preliminary are: Faye Abbott, El-
bert Adams, Ray Austin, Elba
Bains, Cleo Black, Johnny Bill
Brannon, Sally Branum, Truman
Bratton, Morine Brown, Charles
Carries, Mary Cockrill, Wayne
Cowan, Jack Ray Cox, C. L. Dona-
tio, Viola Fisher, Catherine Flan-
ary, Marshall Fox, Vinton Gage,
Allen Z. Gammage, Joe Clyde
Gilbreath, Ben T. Goldbeck, Jane
Goldbeck, Mary Halbert, Opal
Halbrooks, Jacqueline Hall, John
D. Harper, Burke Horton, Oree
Howeth, Kathryn Hughes, Dortha
Sue James, Nancy Fred Jones, II.
D. Kay, Nadine Keith, La Roy
Mack Kidd, Sarah Tom Kim-
brough, Mariana Lanford, Minnie
B. Lee, Christine Lenox, Frances
Lewis, Wren Loftin, Devere Luke,
Doyle MeClain, Kathleen McCles-
key, Roy Lee Me Clung', Clara Nell
McDermett, Leona Faye McGilv-
ray, Grainger Mcllhany, Beti
Franklin Mclnroe, Junius Mark-
ham, Lela Ida Miller, .Ruth Moss,
Fanora Neeb, Era Jean Noah,
Mabry Ogle, Billy Oliver, Lynd-
say Phillips, Wylie Phillips, Loyd
Pickett, Johnnie Pierson, Bobby
Louise Price, Nancy Price, Norma
Ratliff, Robert Reinheimer, Mil-
dred Richardson, Ruth Roberts,
Ama Rogers, Edward M. Schlaff-
ke, Leota Segars, Nan Shelton,
Carolyn Slaikeu, Jack Raymond
Smith, Edwina Sparks, James
Speer, Minnie Sporer, Hazel
Stroud, Frances Tate, Aubrey
Thomas-Nunn, Mary Beth Thom-
as, Emmett D, Tucker, Jo Anita
Wayland, Edward William Webb,
Virginia Westbrook, Lady Grace
Whaley, Vaudine Williams, Clo-
dah Wyatt.
POEM TO DEAN DAVIS
The following verse was sent to
Dean Davis from John Jacobson,
Obregon Tab, Mexico:
When traveling on the sea so blue,
My thoughts return to you, and
arduous duties
That you do, among boys in khaki,
girls in blue
You choose to teach them how to
think and do.
Accept these lines of appreciation
For what you are doing for edu-
cation.
While the remuneration may be
small
Compared with a task that at
times seems hard.
Your greatest pay is the satisfac-
tion
That when at last the day has
come,
You can look back and say
My duties are well done.
—J. J.
NEW ROOMS PLANNED
IN H. E, DEPARTMENT
Two New Rooms Are Planned in
Home Economics Department
The Home Economics Depart-
ment will soon have two lovely
furnished rooms according to the
plans of Miss Mattie Walker.
Plans ,;ire for the lounge to be
furnished in maple furniture, of
cottage type, and with a home-
spun rug of rust and green. Cur-
tains are to have a. cream back-
ground with bright rust crosswise
stripes in order to cut the height
of the windows. The two chairs in
the lounge will be in rust and
brown on a cream background.
The studio couch will be designed
in green with a small woven-in
design of cream. The day bed will
be covered in green with a back-
ground of a conventional design
in several intensities of rust. Also
in the grouping there will be a
high-comb Windsor chair. The rug
is to be of a soft brown color, shot
with rust, green, and tan.
The dining room is also to be
furnished in maple with the same
type curtains as the lounge and a
deep rust rug. There will be an ex-
tension table and ladder-back
chairs. A matching side-server is
included in the furnishings.
This room will be equipped for
service of meals of small groups
and will be used by the junior
class. The lounge has been so ar-
ranged and planned that it may
some day be used for a foods lab-
oratory.
ALL SIGNS POINT TO
CHRISTMAS COMING
Well, if old Santa is like the
most of uk this year, he may have
a few holes in his sack, but wheth-
er he leaves us a big red balloon
or an empty sack matters little.
For we've been so used to getting
the empty sack for the last few-
years that we have about decided
to quit looking in it. However,
there's really no use in being so
pessimistic about the old balloon,
for even though we don't get it, we
still have the Christmas spirit to
look forward to.
And speaking.about the Christ-
mas spirit, it seems to be catching
—catching everybody about two
weeks before it gets here. Instead
of the usual custom of waiting till
Christmas eve to hang up their
socks, everybody has his soek in
his hand, his head in the chimney,
and an anxious look on his face.
It's getting to where an algebra
book looks like a Christmas tree
and Mr. McSweeny appears to
have long white whiskers, a red
suit, and a bag on his back. But of
course it's just the Christmas
spirit,
I sometimes wonder whether the
kick we get out of Christmas
comes from looking forward to it,
or from looking back at it. How-
ever, I'm quite sure something, it
isn't the actual time; for it passes
so quickly we don't have time to
get a kick out of it.—B. M.
Ts Are Awarded To Twenty-Two
Members of 1934 Football Squad
LETTER MEN ANNOUNCED
AT CLOSE OF GRID SEASON
Twenty-two men were awarded
letters in football this season.
They are as follows: Hoover,
Ogle, Todd, Smith, Austin, Smiley,
Jenkins, Heard, Rhodes, ^Taylor,
Hart, Graves, Moore, Couser,
Cage, Gray, Killian, Turner, Long',
Kinnerly, Sharp, and Crook.
HIS DUTY CALLS
Man: "Say, conductor, can't you
run any faster than this?"
Conductor: "Yes, I can, but-I
have to stay in the car."
TAKING THE JOY OUT OF
LIFE
"All the things I really like to
do are either immoral, illegal or
fattening."
10SERGEANTSAND49
CORPORALS NAMED
Fifty-nine non-commissioned of-
ficers were appointed in the Cadet
Corps, Thursday afternoon.
The cadets named are as fol-
lows:
To be Platoon Sergeants:
Lewis McCoy, Company "A;"
Weldon Young, Company "B."
To be Sergeants:
Farris South, Co. A; I eland
Dutton, Co. A; Paul J. Jones, Co.
B; Bill Blasingame, Co. B; Ernest
Birdwell, Co. B; Neal Dancer, Co.
C; Grainger Mcllhany, Co. C;
Vernon Payne, Co. C.
To be Corporals:
Morris Jenkins, Co. A; Roseoe
Wiederspan, Co. A; James Carri-
gan, Co. A; Howard Starling, Co.
A; W. J. Coffey, Co. A; Emory
GaGmble, Co. A; John Loftis, Co.
A; John O'Neal, Co. A; Garland
Eubanks, Co. A; Wayne Killian,
Co. B;; Herline Hassler, Co. B;
Davis Rhodes, Co. B; Willard Mc-
Coy, Co. B; Gene Milam, Co. B;
W. C. Taylor, Co. B; Herman
Price, Co. B; John Bates, Co. B;
Bedford Furr, Co. C; Joe B. Hol-
comb, Co. C; Ray Carter, Co. C;
Albert Stafford, Co. C; Ben Dou-
bek, Co. C; Scott Russell, Co. C;
William J. Merrill, Co. C; Charles
Miller, Co. C; Sid Langford, Co.
D; Harold Murph, Co. D; John
Skipper, Co. D; Paul W, Jones,
Co. D; J. T, Burks, Co. D; Ray
Watts, Co. D; C. L. Nonaho, Co.
D; J, B. Akers, Co. D; Wilmer
Gorman, Co. E; Ted Norwood, Co.
E; Hal Rowlett, Co. E; Allen
Gammage, Co. E; H. D. Kay, Co.
E; Jack Morris, Co. E; Eustis
Speed, Co. E; Fred Reinhart, Co.
E; Nelson Shave, Co, F; Robert
C. Joplin, Co. F; Edwards Burns,
Co. F; Frank Grounds, Co. F;
Fred Brown, Co. F; Donald Sal-
ter, Co. F; Gayle Adams, Co. F;
George Jefferson, Co. F.
ANNUAL STAFF SENDS
COPY TD ENGRAVERS
Today the first shipment of copy
for the Annual will be sent off to
the engravers.
The Grassburr staff has been
hard at work for several weeks
and has completed most of the
class pictures, feature, military,
and sport sections, which will be
sent to the Stafford Engraving
Company at Fort Worth.
Anyone who has not yet had his
picture made should do so now, or
before Christmas if possible.
Ensemble Plays For Lions Club
The violin ensemble entertained
at a Lions Club banquet.
SENIORS DON POLLYANNA
SMILES —TIPS A REASON
When pursuing Chaucer, did
the Squire—that fresh, strong,
ladies' man, who could play,
sing, and smile so artlessly—
sometimes remind you of Odell
Elliott? Does Elizabeth Shaf-
fer remind you of that long-
ago-read character of Dickens,
Little Nell? And as to Little
Women .doesn't Louise Pierson
suggest Amy to you?
The plan of the Grassburr
this year is to identify each
senior with some fictional char-
acter. Last year a one-word
description of each person was
used. Members of the staff are
already at work finding approp-
riate characters for all seniors.
If you do not wish to be identi-
fied with Mrs. Grundy, Ccrooge,
and Ickebod Crane, you had
better get out your Pollyumia
disposition and your Tiny Tim
love for everybody until these
prototypes have been complet-
ed.
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