The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 11, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XVII.
STEPHENVILLE. TEXAS. TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1937
NUMBER 31
Gardy Elected President of Student Council;
Gragg and Wagy Chosen Publications' Editors
PLOWBOYS CAPTURE TRACK
AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP IN
MEET HERE LAST WEDNESDAY
MOSER HIGH POINT MAN
WITH lli-Vi POINTS; 2 FIRSTS
John Tarleton's purple and white
track team came through, as ex-
pected, to win the Central Texas
Junior College conference track
meet here Wednesday. Tarleton
scored 95 points while NT AC cap-
tured second place with 58 points,
Clifton College, the only other en-
trant, was third with IB points.
Oapt. Ralph Moser of Stephen-
ville, who was high point man
with 1 f,34 points, led the riowboys
by taking first places in the 100-
F
DAY TOUR Of EAST
TEKAS THIS WEEK
Chamber of Commerce Sponsors
Trip to 17 Towns Where
Band Parades
The John Tarleton College hand
of 50 members left at 7:30 o'clock
Monday morning on a four day
tour sponsored by the Stephen -
ville Chamber of Commerce during
and 440-yard dashes and running which they will play and parade
as anchor man in the relays. Billv | ^ 17 East Texas towns.
Stewart, Electra; Roy Kilo, Breck- j Towns to be visited are Rock-
cnridi;e; Onnie Graham, Rail™; l wall. Sulphur Springs. Mt. Ver-
HaroM Price, Millersview, and I n™, Clarksvillo, Mt. Pleasant,
Travis Key. Lnmesa, also helped j F>*injrfrftrM, Pittsburg. Winns-
thv* purple and white teams. ;
The hi ^surprise of the meet was
the vaulting' of Jim Bone, Cre~-
son, of NTAC, who shattered tho
conference pole vault record by a
foot. His record was 12 feet G in-
ches. Bone also took first in th
high jump.
The complete results are as fol-
lows:
100-Yard Dash - Moscr. JTAC, Drat:
St'-warl, JTAC". M.'Cinil : Pnvne. NTAC,
third: rope, NTAC, fourth. Timo. 10.3.
2211-Ya.rrt Dash—Stewart. JTAC, first:
Mrwor, JTAC, secon <1 : Payne. NTAC,
third; Brt ok?hier, 'JTAC. fourth. Time,
TiJj.
440-Yard Dash—JTAC, first;
"nrook^hi'^r. JTAC, sreuftd ■ Graham, JTAC*
tlnrtl; Snyflor. NTAC, fourth. Time, 61,7.
53iie Run -Key, .TTAC, fii-afc; Price. JT
AC. second; lilankcn^hijJi JTAC, thirJ.
Timt>, 4:19.6.
HaJf Mile- —Graham* JTAC. first; FvW,
JTAC, swond: J?Umken«hip, JTAC, third;
t?Ttytl-C-v-j NTAC, fourth. Time, 2:04.1.
448-Yard Relay—John Tarleton,
NTAC, second; Clifton, third. Time-, ,4 5
Milt? Kolay---Ji>hn Tarlr-lr/n, first; NT
AC, ftf rr>nd ; Clifton, third. Ti nu\ ft :3$.7.
R^lay—John Tnrk'tnn. fir.il ; Cllf-
tnn. t* 'ooT'.d! NTAC, third. Tiim\ JJ :Sj;{,7.
Pi;!i- Vault litmf, NTAC. fir/t:
5oru JTAC, second; VViU, NTAC, third.
Hucvti.s run! Sfinderfovd, JTAC, tun! for
fourth. Hviwrht 1^ ft- 6 in. iNVw rccord )
Hiffh Jump -Hfint1, NTAC, fir.^t; Cox,
JTAC, second; Morgan. NTAC', third;
Ruvks, JTAC, fourth. HiT.-ht ft. 10 in.
TCroad J urn}> - K ih , JTAC. Jlr^t: T.Rrkin.
Clifton. NTAC, third; Hte-
k*y. NTAC, fourth. :i:i ft.
Javtdin Throw NTAC, first;
Cajce. NTAC, socnrul ; Turner, NTAC,
third; Mirtire. JTAC, fourth. 181 ft. 11 "ri.
Dbu'itit Throw—Nolson. JTAC ; Turner,
NTAC; Pope, NTAC; Maun-. JTAC. 127
ft. U in.
Shot Put -"Fvptv NTAC, fn-rit; Nulaun,
JTAC, second ; Ke*<Jk JTAC, third ; Cftff^,
NTAC, fourth. L'l.Li. (New record.)
120-Yard Hfeh Hurdles--I,urkin, Cliftart.
firit; Turner, NTAC. ; Boron, JT
AC, third; Cox, JTAC, f'^urth. Time, 15.1.
220 Low Hurdle* — Kile, JTAC. first;
Larkin. Clifton, second; Witt, NTAC.
third. Time, 26.fi.
horo, Quitman, Minooki, Athens,
Trinidad, Corsicaim, Knnis, Wax*
ahaehk\ Alvarado, and Cleburne.
Mt, Vornnn, Wirmshorn, and Trin-
idad will provide private homes
for roombrrs of the band to stay
during the three nights th^y will
ho on the road-
The fiToup will make tho trip in
two sp'.'eiitl htisos. Besides the
monitors of thu band and spon-
sor, 0, (J. Hum weHf band dircc-
1or; Morton I\ Brook?, dean of
men; Elizabeth Herndon, publicity
director, and Len Olardv will make
the trip, Chirdy, along with threo
hand memher?, Le Von Lro, Regi-
nald Henley, ami Mack Mizc. will
compose i.ho boys' quartette th'U
n]:^o will .sing at special occasion:-..
Tho jrroup will return Tlnirsday
td^'ht.
TARLETON SENIORS
APPOINTED TO U.S.
MILITARY ACADEMY
In the last few years both We<=t
Point and Annapolis have attract-
ed a number of Tarleton students
who wish to continue their mili-
tary work, Bryan Arnold of the
ch:ss of I Mr! will graduate this
June from West Point. Willard
McCoy, who was here in li)34-11)35,
has been making a fine record as
a midshipman. Bill Clay and Paul
Hardin of thip year's senior class
have appointments to Annapolis
and ill report in June.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
WILL OE OFFERED IN
SUMMER SESSION
The English department will of-
fer the first term this summer a
thorough course in English gram-
mar. There will be no supplemen-
tary reading- required, but suitable
exercises and short themes will be
assigned. All students who are
planning to teach are urged by the
English department to take this
course if possible.
MISS JENMNC.S ATTENDING
MEET AT BROWN WOOD
Ruth Jo Jennings, queen of the
Greek pageant, A.W.S. president,
and a member of the O.W.L.S.
club, is in Brownwood today re-
presenting Tarleton at the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce con-
vention which is being held there
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
of this week.
She is one of a large group of
girls selected as representative of
West Texas towns and colleges.
One of these girls will be chosen
the queen of the convention at a
banquet to be fivcri tonight.
A. V. Blalock, business nianager
of the Grassburr, a major in the
cadet corps, captain of the crack
company, and a member of the
Silver Keys will be her escort.
Crowned Queen of Pageant
llli
m<1!
*
Latham, Poe, and Clegg Win Yell
Leader; McCom'bs Athletic Sponsor
SENIOR CLASS WILL
LEAVE SON OIAL AS
TRIBUTE TO JTAC
Oift Will Be Placed In Front Of
Main Auditorium By
Grad uates
!
The Senior Class has decided
to leave as a tribute to Tarleton a
sun dial. This sun dial will he
erected in front of the main audi-
torium. The total cost will be ap-
proximately S75.00.
The money has not been collected
as yet from the seniors. Each
member of the senior class is ask-
ed to pay one dollar as his con-
tribution for the sun dial.
FOR COMMENCEMENT
BROWN AND BUCKNER TAKE
BUSINESS MANAGERS' RACES
Ruth Jo Jennings of Mason, the president of the A. W. S. and a
member of the O. W,L. S. Clul) was revealed as queen of tlia pageant on
Parents' Day, Mf<y 3. She was crownert in the auditorium after most of
tlie pngoant was called off due to rain.
SOTS and SOS Have Party >
Mozt'lle Hibwick anil Elizabeth
Ilearndon entertained the members ■
of tho SOTS and SOS clubs and j Georire Zii-Klor, safety engineer,
their dates with a picnic and swim j will advise on all safety measures,
at Garner Park Sunday afternoon, j inspect structures and aid in plan-
Other faculty chaperones were ! niiuc the building of platforms and
Penn and Mrs, G. O. Ferguson, I grandstands, A hospital staff will
Lucy Hennii'an, Mr. and Mrs. li. j ! t> on duty as late as there are
l!ev1on ("'ipffin. and Coach Oscar 1 gnosis on the ground:;, in case of
Frazier. Unavoidable accidents.
Commencement speakers liava
been chosen and complete plarn
for commencement exercises have j
been made at John Tarleton Col-
lege. Pat M. Netf. president of
Baylor University, will make the
commencement address at 10
o'clock Monday morning, May 24,
and Frank L, Wear, president of
Trinity University, will make the
baccalaureate address at'11 o'clock
Sunday morning in the college au-
ditorium.
In addition to the commencement
i-xercises other programs have
been scheduled. Pupils from all de-
partments of the Fine Arts Club
will be presented on May 11, at
.7:30 p, m. Tho graduating recital
of the fine arts seniors will be
given on May 17 at 7:30 p. m. The
DAI.LAS EXPOSITION PLANS j band will present concerts in
SAFETY MEASURES AT FAIR! Hunevell Park at 7 o'clock on May
£0, May 21, May 24, and at 1 p. m.
on May 2.'!.
Class day for the seniors will be
May :22.
INSPECTING OFFICER STATES
THAT CADET CORPS IS ONE
OF BEST HE HAD EVER SEEN
MAJOR POAGE GIVES PRAISE
IN FEDERAL INSPECTION
Maj. R. 0. Poage, inspector of
the R. O. T. C. -units in the Eighth
Corps Area, ranked Tarleton's
cadet corps as one of the best he
had ever seen.
After the inspection Major
Poage spoke to a group of officers
and sergeants and gave them ad-
vice, compliments, and corrections.
He was pleased with the spirit, he
said, and he believed the corps had
improved so much in the last year
that there wag no comparison to
the inspection of 1936.
The federal inspection began at
9:00 o'clock when Maj'or Bender,
P. M. S. & T., assembled the regi-
ment for a few minutes' drill. Af-
ter the drill they were dismissed
WOODWORK DISPLAI
PLANNED NEXT WEEK
On Friday, May 21 ,tbe indus-
trial arts department will hold its
annual exhibit and display in the
woodwork shop. All woodwork and
turning projects completed by stu-
dents during the pas-t year will be
on display.
Hours of visiting are from 2 to
5 Friday afternoon, and 7 to 9:30
Friday evening. For the conveni-
ence of the students and their viai-
5:00 o'clock the retreat parade tors the shop will be open all day
was held. After retreat parade j Saturday and Sunday during coin-
Major Poage made thorough in- mem-ement.
According to Mr. Dawson, head
of the department, there will be
more elaborate work on display
than was seen last year or on
Parents' Day this year.
There will be several articles,
unclaimed by students, offered for
sale. There will be souvenirs for
ladies.
until 12:50 o'clock. At that time
Major Poage inspected the units
in squad and platoon drill and
then questioned different groups.
At 4:00 o'clock the crack company
gave an exhibition drill and at
spection of tho personnel. It was
then that he delivered his opinion
of the cadet corps to the officers
and sergeants. He also said hs
would ask Colonel E. A. Keyes
who is in charge of the R. O. T. C.
in the Eighth Corps Area to in-
spect here next year.
Major Poage also stated that out
of 14,000 eadcts he had reviewed
this year the Tarleton unit was
the best one. He revealed that he
had to look for unimportant things
in order to find anything Wrong.
A. W. Glover of Brownwood is
visiting his daughter, Miss Dolile
Marie Glover of the English de-
partment.
Len Clardy was elected president
of the Student Council, and Hugh
Gragg and Arthur Wagy were
elected editors of the Grassbuir
and J-Tac, respectively, in the
main races of the student election
held last Tuesday.
Billy Latham, Herman Poe, and
Bernard Clegg were chosen yell
leaders. Carol McCombs was
chosen athletic sponsor. Latham
will be head yell leader.
licsults of the election were
given by Mack Mizc, president of
the Student Council, for announce-
ment first in the J-Tac.
Clardy. who is from Brownwood,
is a football lett.erman and a mem-
ber of the boys' quartet. He de-
feated Tod Ruth in the contest fm-
cnuncil president.
Lexvis Micklev of Houston de-
fenled Louis Taylor and Kenneth
Martin for vice-president of tho
Student Council. Mickloy is a
member of the Dragons Club. Luna
Ruth Petty, Big Spring, won the
race for secretary of. the Stmlunt
Council against Dorothy Kennedy.
Among the new yell leaders La-
tham is a Talons member, Clegg a
Silver Key, and P°e a member of
the S.O.T.S. There three defeated
Curley Rutledgp and Earl Harvey.
Carol McCnmbs .nosed out. Derin
Carroll and Margaret Carlisle i.i
the athletic sponsor race.
Gregg, who hails from Dallas and
is a member of the Silver Key
Club, won bis race for editor of
the Grassburr against John Ham-
monds. Other Grassburr staff
members arc Myrl Prichard, John
Buekncr, Louise Statham, Pansy
Lee Porter, Martha Snow, Tommy
Tinker, Rayford Mayfield, ani
Frances Parker.
Myrl delVated Mary Robe and
Ben Holton for associate editor of
the annual. Buckner, who is from
Cleburne, a member of the Talons,
and a football letterman. defeated
Stewart Phillips and Bill Wallace
for business manager. Louise won
from Margaret Grissctte as class
editor, and Pansy Lee won from
Mary Lee Combs as club editor.
For feature editor Martha defeat-
ed Frances Gregory, and Frances
Parke!' defeated Patsy Fae Mur-
ray and Modell Miears for litei'ary
editor. For sports editor Tommy
Tinker, a football and basketball
letterman, overwhelmed Billy Jack
Wisdom and Harold Yarbrough;
Mayfield won from Harold Wil-
loughby for military editor.
Wagy. Fort Worth, took the edi-
tor of the J-Tac from Joe Parish
and Effie Lindsay. Charles Brown,
Breekenridge, was chosen business
manager over Lorenzo Riggins,
Stephenville.
Other J-Tac staff members are
Juanita Rudd, H. F.Boyd, Cherry
Price, Billy Hudgins, Mary Fran-
ces Murray, Scott Cockrell, and
Albert Granberry.
.Juanita Rudd, Goldthwaite, de-
feated Gene Morgan and Edmina
Croxdale in a close race for associ-
ate editor. Boyd won from W. A.
Sanders for assistant business
manager while Billy Hudgins was
not contested for sports editor.
Cherry Price, an S.O.S., defeated
Marguerite Spencer for society
editor; Mary Frances won from
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