The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 6, 1937 Page: 4 of 4
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Zz/Ve of John Tarleton Reveals Him As
A Rugged Pioneer With a Liberal Heart
Just now, when there is talk of
making John Tarleton Agricultural
college a senior institution, we
are reminded of t he growth of the
colleges of the state. Although
this progress has been the work
of Tarleton executives anil stud-
ents, yet it is the materialization
of the dream of that rugged pion-
eer, John Tarleton, whose endow-
ment brought about the founding
of the college.
John Tarleton was a man who
set for himself an aim and spent
his life working- toward it. That
aim was the establishing of a
school for boys and girls. For this
purpose he lived so frugally that
many people called him a miser.
He endured every hardship, refus-
ing: comforts that the poorest peo-
ple had. He always walked when
he could ride. He dressed "no better
than his hired hands, and when
he tore his clothes, he sewed them
himself with a white twine string.
He Saved Money
About money John Tarleton was
peculiar. He carried large sums
of money with him, usually in sil-
ver, and every night he counted
all the money he had. But it was
not for love of gold that he lived
so. All his prosperity meant to
him was the materialization of his
dream. John Tarleton started in
life with nothing at all. Born in
Whit Mountain, Vt., in 1811, he
was an orphan at an early age.
John lived for several years with
an old maid aunt, who promised
to send him to school. However, she
did not keep her promise, and one
day because of livr cryptic remark
that. "John will lie around here
find when I die. he wili get my
his employers owed him so much
that they gave him the store to
pay him.
Walks to Texas
At the close of the civil war
John Tarleton bought a great deal
of land in Palo Pinto county, Tex.
walked from Knoxville to Texas.
Arriving in Waco, he put in a mer-
cantile store. Here he had the mis-
fortune to see a woman and want
her because she wore a striking
red hat with an enormous feather.
Get her he did, but the marriage
ended very shortly in divorce.
Some time later John Tarleton
sold his store and came to Palo
Pinto, Erath, and Hood counties
to see about his land. At first he
put it on the market, but he could
not sell it. Therefore, he put ten
thousand acres into a cattle ranch
and spent the rest of his life as
a rancher.
John Tarleton was not a large
man, but he was healthy. When he
died at 84, it was of typhoid fever.
The only other time that he was
sick in his life was when he was
poisoned. He never took medicine
and his strongest drink was coffee.
He ate two hearty meals a day,
being fond of fried chicken for
breakfast. For supper he would
drink a glass ot buttermilk.
Very Kelis?i°us Man
Though he was not a member of
any church, John Tarleton was a
religious num. He contributed free-
ly to the support of all the church-
es about him. He was a great lover
of children, and he delighted in
doing small things to please them.
He was considerate of every one
and always helped people who were
in need.
THREE STUDENTS
WILL GO TO STATE
MEET AS SPEAKERS
Winners of District Meet Will
Be Guests of Temple
Junior College
money," younpr John determined to j0hn Tarleton was a believer in
Seventeenth Annual May Fete Planned
For Traditional Parents' Day Program
Guests and students of John
Tarleton College who attend the
Greek pageant of the Parents' Day
program May 3 will witness the
seventeenth annual May Fete
given by the girls of the physical
training department, and the
tweivcth annual parents' day pro-
gram given in honor of parents of
Tarleton students.
Miss Margaret Bierschwale, li-
brarian of the Tarleton library,
directed the first May pageant in
the spring of 1921? Miss Biersch-
walo was director of physical
training for girls until midterm
of that year, and Miss Kathleen
Blacksheare, who took her place,
assisted her in the production of
the pageant. Miss Blacksheare,
who is now an artist in Chicago,
wrote the pageant, the theme of
which was wild flowers.
First Queen Has Rose Throne
The queen, Annie Waldo, had a
throne of running roses, and the
girls wore costumes of crepe pa-
per. The pageant was given at
sunset on the drill field. Among
the dances were a dance of grass-
burrs, a sunset dance, and finally
the May Pole dance.
Miss Grace Chandler, now Mrs.
Carl Col wick of Stephenville, read
the skits while the pageant was
acted.
Miss Laura Fellman, professor
of girls' physical education, direct-
ed the next two pageants in 1922
and 1923, At that time it was tra-
ditional for the people of Stephen-
ville and the students of Tarleton
to go to Handy's Park each spring
for a picnic. These two pageants
were given on the occasion of the
annual picnic.
The Sun Is May Day Theme
The next year there was no pic-
nic, but the Tarleton girls gave the
fourth May Fete, with "The Sun"
as its theme, on the drill field. In
1925 Miss Fellman was away, and
the May pageant was directed by
Miss Bernice Huggins, of Nash-
ville, who was taking her place.
In the spring of 1926, Dean J,
Thomas Davis arranged the first
parents' day program, inviting for
the first time all the parents of
Tarleton students to the college
for a special program. This pro-
gram was on May 2 and 3, 1926.
At ten o'clock Sunday morning
the parents attended church with
their sons and daughters. At 3:30
p. m. they heard a band concert in
the gymnasium. At eight o'clock in
tilt1 evening they attended devo-
tional services in the gymnasium.
On Monday from eight until ten
o'clock the parents visited classes,
at ten o'clock they went to a spec-
ial chapel, at 11 :;10 visited the col-
lege farm, and at one o'clock had
a barbecue at the farm. From four
until five o'clock they watched a
dress parade, and at five they at-
tended the May pageant.
Parents' Day Becomes Tradition
Since this year a typical pro-
gram ha.s been given for parents
of Tarleton students every spring.
Ill 1932 the May Fete took the
form of a colonial pageant, since
that year was the bicentennial of
the birth of George Wishington.
In 1936, since Texas was celebrat-
ing her centennial, the students of
the college gave a Texas Centen-
nial pageant, called "Texas Under
Six Flags."
TWO COURSES IN GEOLOGY
OFFERED TO STUDENTS
John Tarleton college now offers
two courses in geology for stud-
ents intending to major in geo-
logy, for petroleum engineering
students, and as a science for other
students.
Geology was first offered in the
fall of 1919, but no one registered
for the course. This course was a
course in historical geology. In
1921 the first class met with five
students enrolled. Oapt. Harry A.
Baker, now associate professor of
chemistry, but now head of the
physics department, was the pro-
Rope Broke At
Celebrated Pull
Of Fish, Sophs
Ami tlie rope broke!
Over -100 freshmen and upper-
classmen turned out at midnight
before Fish Day, April 1, for a
powerful tug-of-war between the
class of 1937 and the class of 1M8.
The pull was to be made on the
drill field to celebrate the starting
of the annual freshman day.
Dean J. Thomas Davis allowed
the girls that stayed in the dor-
mitory to come out for the event.
About 100 upperclassinon were
matched against an equal number
of freshmen. Sergeant M. M.
Cessna was the referee for the
tug.
The two classes lined up against
each other and got set to pull.
Sergeant Cessna gave the signal,
and both sides gave one heave.
One heave was enough for the
powerful rope gave away, and
each side got half of it.
The losing side was scheduled to
sing for the winners, but since
neither side won, the whole group
joined in with a few yells and
songs.
make his own way in life. His first
attempt to escape by joining the
army failed, for his aunt caught
him and brought him home. Very-
soon John earned fifteen dollars
from some oats and with his
money made his way to* Knoxville,
Tenn.
In Knoxville be worked and went
to school in his spare time. After
getting a certificate, he taught
school for thirty dollars a month.
Then he got a job in a dry-goods
store, beginning at twenty-five dol-
lars a month. Forty years later
his salary was one hundred and
twenty five dollars a month. Be-
cause be bad lived poorly and
saved practically all his earnings.
education. He continued to read
after his days in the school room
were over. He believed in educa-
tion to the extent that when he
was called on to help pay the ex-
penses of a subscription school, he
would pay for five or six stud-
ents, In case the ones for whom
he would pay did not have the
necessary clothing to keep them
warm, he made sure that they were
provided. Often a school was kept
going by a contribution from John
Tarleton.
Near the end of his life he made
plans for the money he had saved
to be spent in tile establishing of
a school to be known as "John
Tarleton Institution.''
Last Year's Parents' Day Program Was
Featured by Texas Centennial Pageant
In celebration of the Texas Cen-
tennial last, spring the students of
John Tarleton College presented a
pageant, "Texas Under Six Flags,"
the culminating event of the an-
nual Parents' Days program.
The pageant consisted of seven
pqisodes: Texas under the Hag of
feet loilg. Appropriate designs
were painted to represent the six
periods of history. On the extreme
right and toward the center the
scenes represented the French.
Spanish, and Mexican rule. On the
left toward the center the scenes
represented the Republic, the Con-
Uepublic, of the Confederacy, and
of the United States. The closing
episode represented the prosperity
of Texas today, showing the union
of Margaret Logan, Princess Tex-
as, to Edwin Dyess, Prince Re-
nown.
May .Jones, of the Tarleton
mathematics department, directed
the pageant, assisted by Registrar
C. S. Wilkins. More than a thou-
sand people, parents of Tarleton
students, and residents of Steph-
enville, attended the pageant.
Miss Jones made the general
plan of the stage, taking her idea
from a picture of the "Texas Cen-
tennial Pageant" given in Denton,
— — ! August 14, 19;J4, Weldon Leach,
The February bulletin of John professor of argiculture, drew the
Tarleton college contains announce-1 Print of the stage, and Marjie
ments for the Tarleton summer; A. Brown, professor ot applied
session. 1937. The first term is! art, designed the decorations for
from June 2 to July 1". The sec- j the frieze, the painting of the pic-
ond term is from July 14 to Aug. j tores ot the frieze being done by
24, Home economies, agriculture, members of her committee. A. J.
engineering, liberal arts and scion-'.I'oyle, director of construction on
ces, business administration, edu-1 the campus, and his helpers con-
cation, and music will l>e offered I Mructed all the wood work.
fessor teaching the class. Oapt J in the summer session. The stage had seven divisions.
TIME OF SUMMER TERMS
ANNOUNCED BV BUUpTIN'
Baker taught, the subject for two
years. When Capt. Baker was
transferred from the chemistry
department to head of the phy-
sics department, S. F. Davis,
professor of chemistry, took over
the teaching of geology and has
taught the subject ever, since.
Historical geology and struct-
ural geology are now taught, and
the number taking the courses has
grown from five to an average of
20 for each semester. The course
of structural geology was added
to the college curriculum a few years
after the first course was offered.
The increase in enrollment is due
in part to the fact that the col-
lege added a petroleum engineering
course to the curriculum in the
1935-1936 term.
announcements of the conserva-
tory of music. The 1937-1938 long
session bulletin will be issued in
April and a home economics bulle-1 of the frieze had three sections,
tin will be issued in May, : each being 12 feet high and 20
France, of Spain, of Mexico, of the j federacy, and Texas as a State of
the United States.
Each section of the frieze was
lighted with flood lights using
about 5 watts per square foot. On
the back of the center stage were
lights forming 1836, a star, and
1936. The princess was received on
a projecting stage in front of the
central section.
The grounds committee planned
the details'of the construction of
the stage, the lighting, the seat-
ing arrangement, and sound equip-
ment.
Miss Titia Belle Blanks, profes-
sor of clothing and textiles, and a
group of NYA girls made the
flags, which were of broadcloth 3
feet by 5 feet in size.
A few of the special costumes
were rented for tire pageant, but
for the most part the students
furnished their own.
lOacb stage manager planned the
presentation and writing of the
historical account of her episode.
Miss Jones put the acounts to-
gether, and Mr. Wilkins read them
over a loud speaker while the ac-
tion took place.
Teachers that wrote episodes in
the pageant were Miss Mozelle
Hilswick (2 parts), Miss Dollie
Marie Glover, Miss Lena Lewis,
Miss Larue Hardin, and Miss Mat-
tie Walker.
The March bulletin will contain j The central section was occupied
by 150 musicians, BO members in
the band, 30 in the orchestra, and
the others in the chorus. Each side
Three Tarleton students will jour-
new doyn to Temple on Thursday,
April 15, with their coach, Miss
Lillie V. Lillard, to compete for
state honors in the oratory fields.
The three speaker's will be Mary
Katherine Douglas on World Peace,
and Margaret Spencer and Wil-
burn Daniel on extemporaneous
speeches.
The students will be guests of
Temple Junior college and the ci-
tizens of Temple for two days
while they compete with over 100
other students. Competition is ex-
pected to be very keen and espec-
ially so with the junior colleges
of San Antonio and Wichita Falls.
The contests start at 9 a. m.
on Friday, April 16, at which time
the preliminaries for the declara-
tion and extemporaneous speeches
will be held. The delegates will
commence at the same time, but
will be completed before 12 o'colck.
At noon Mr. L. C. Proctor, presid-
ent of Temple Junior college and
president of the association, will
preside at a banquet given for the
contestants and their coaches.
7
UP
"A BETTER MENDER
THE FINEST BLENDER"
Cash and Carry
Suits Cleaned & Pressed
50c
College Tailors
Majestic
Theatre
Friday and Saturday:
•'COME AiND
( ;et it"
with
Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea
Trances Farmer
PREVUE SATURDAY KITE
A lso Sunday and Monday.
"garden of
allah"
with
Charles Boyer and MarleHe
Dietrich
Palace
Theatre
Wednesday and Thursday:
"criminal
lawyer"
with
Lee Tracy and Margot
Graham
Sunday and Monday:
"three smart
girls"
with
Deanna Durbin, Binnie Barnes,
Alice Brady
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