The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 14, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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3—THE J-TAC Tuesday, February 14, l'JSfi.i
~WAYBACK WHEN...
By LONN1E THOMPSON j
Acting News Editor |
Way back in 1925, a paper was published |
that contained the following humor: j
Romeo (below balcony with saxophone):]
"Hey, woman, open that window or I'm going j
to play this darn thing." ... j
A Scotchman went to the bos oft ice after j
witnessing the new show. '' i
"Will ye kindly return me the amount of
the amusement tax?" he. said.
"Why?" asked the manager.
"I Wasn't amused," said the Scotchman.
Mr. Rankin had been looking over some
valentines for some time when finally the sal'es-
. yvoman suggested, "Here's a lovely little senti-
ment: 'To the only girl I have ever loved?'
• "That's fine," he said, brightening, 'Til
take ten, no, fifteen of those, please." - •
A bit of information about one of Tarleton's"
professors was found in an edition published
in 1951. ' '
Dr. Dick Smith, head of the Tarleton social
science department, was elected to the section
editorship of the Southwestern S'beial Science
Quarterly at a convention in Austin last week.
Dr. Smith will'serve a one-year term as
government editor of the journal, which is the
publication of .the .Southwest-em Social Science
Association, an organization of teachers of
government, sociology, accounting, history,
•economics, agriculture economics, business ad-
ministration and business research.
- He was elected at a- meeting of the associa-
tion in Austin by the members of the govern-
ment section of the organization, >which
includes Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and New Mexico.
In one of the papers published in 195.1, we
found a bit of history of one of the newer
buildings on the campus.
Work has proceeded according to schedule
o nthe new agriculture building since C.hrjsrt-
ma'-s iii spite of growing labor shortages, H. C.
Doremus, head of engineering division, said
Jast week.
Both materials and labor are becoming
scarce because of the menacing war situation,
but so far no work has been stopped. The three-
story building will be completed in early June,
and be ready for occupancy by the opening ol
the fall semester if no shutdowns are neces-
sary. - • -
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"While you're waiting
come along yon might
for the right fellow to
.as well get married."
The J-Tac
- The J-TAC, official student newspaper of
Tarleton State College, is published iij jStephsn-
ville, Texas, weekly during the regular Jong
sessions' on Tuesday. It is not published dur*
jug holidays or the summer. Publisher
' Stephenville Empire-Tribune; ■
By VEBNA GIM5S
Exchange Editor
To The Rootle
Whatever trouble Adam haft,
No man could make him sore,
By i saying when lie told a juke,
"I've heard that one before."
I think that I shall never see
A girl refuse a meal that is
, free:
A sjirJ whose hungi y eyes aren't
fixed , ■ \
Upon a ^rink/tHut/ is being
mixed.
A girl who won't .for-ever .wear
> Ai buneii qf" junk.-t4s juateh her,
: v' . hair; I-'.- ,
A girl who Looks at boys fill day
And figures ways to make them
pay. . :,
But, girls are loved by' fools
like me,
'Cause who the heck would kiss
a tree.
Last night I held a little hand
.So dainty and so neat,
'I thought my lieart .would surely
burst
So wildly it did beat.
No other hand ever held so tight
Could greater gladness, 'bring
Than the one I held last; night.
. It was. .....
. Four aces and,a-king'. .
Entered as second-class mail ..matter at the
P.ost Office in Stephenville, Texas, tinder the
Act of Congress of March7 'i, 1879,." ' •"
Represented for National Advertising -by
National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madi-
son Ave., New York, N. Y.
i Adyjartising rates* Local, 59 cents per col-
umn inch; National, 70 cents per column inch.
With, inward-e'hudiles ■
Of feminine glee - , ..
i '[ ,¥.o.u'ltriew at last •
; YoU -were ri4 ,of me.
With .sentences caustic : 1 .
- j^nd voice refined,
' You eh^wningly, gaye me -
A, piece of ypur iiiind, ,
But the triumph is -not yours .
For if only you knew,
r h#ye be<?u trying for months
Ts get xid"of you! ! ! ! !
•'* Alerarber of -the Associated Collegiate Preg#,
Texas Junior Col'ege Press Association; ■
Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
Subscription Rates
One semester, mailed out of town %i,Jo
. -One semester, delivered in town .
/ ' —r- ■- V ; !
'Editor ............ Marilyn Frazier
-t Acting "Assistant Editor v.;,:...... Marilou Douthifc
Feature Editor
Business Manager :...
Acting Sports Editor .....
Assistant.'Spoi'ts Editor ." :..
Exchange Editor, .....
Acting News Editor
Acting Circulation JlaMgej'
Reporters: James Norman,, Bejbh R^sseill,:
Barbara .Richardson, FoncelJ Po\v;e-Jj, To;M
' Carter., Corky Dickson, Wendell Bryant,
and Morris Brunston,
Faculty Adviser i Stuart'Chilton
Pat Morris,o
£5ue :Wo94a
...../ Dell JJe-inricte
P^u'i .I-tf^ticf;
:.... ye )ft-3ibfe:
Lonnie Thompsofl-
Jor^e Castillo:
..Whatever 1 jsaid -in ftiiger^.: .,
/Whatever t <s M in spite,-
I am Koiiy I sppke so quicidy—
I thought - of some wowfc-olMS •
lot Hg.il t.! .
' , Dftffyjutio'ii*
Anierxc nissriV-:'-'¥oting to set the
,{spee$, Jimit «t fsrty-five
mftpimg a ea? tliat will do .ninety.
'. . Tb.at -whieh. enaii1«s;
you to get iftto -intelligent -trouble.
■' F^B:;"iSe.asprj in 'Which Ve -con-
B-nd; fight
^yt?«,-,4jr#3r4.<%>.- stadium - to.' se«
.. Willejvy pisMen: ■ Skinny , girl
wit'k rj<Sh >i«th#i','".
\> g'eflkeration: • A", group, of:-
yeisbns''aii.k ';-in ihany^ disfespects."
■ -Yoyr Sbroscipe ">
•-. ARI$S ; (Itfar. 2t to May 20)
Grpat.'tone for booking"choir, tours,,
.band '^ppeirajjees,' and it/is ..ars-Weil
;tbne "to-.ds'e. ..your iijua^iiation'.-''
'■TARURUS (Aprjl 21 to May 20)
S'ou poor 'thing!
GEMINI (May '21 to Juna 21)
Most instructors' adopted tl^is mot-
to for you: Thou shalt not pass.
CANCER (June 22 to July 22)
Swell time for changing progmms,
seeing the dean, paying fees and
all those troublesome errands that
pile up.
LEO (July 2o to Aug. 22) Foj-
you people who are disillusioned
about instructors, remember this:
There are two types of people in
this world, doers and teachers.
VIGRO (Aug, 23 to Sept. 22)
Your many assembly cuts have
endeared you to the .administration.
. I4BRA (Sept. 23/to Oct, 22) Icy
(lays'; ahead, keep s.k}d ejuvihS^'-Oii^
5'o.iir' tongue.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 22)
Cooperate withy our class, this
means instructors too. Especially
a business teacher" who teaches
typing. , .
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-to Dee.
21') You may have a :general • let-
down feeling. Remember grades
come .out in the spring, also.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan.
iff) Your subtle wit has proven its
Worth—it isw orthleS3.
AQUARIUS (Jan, 20 to Feb. 2 )
Cut elasse*;,' ba.d grades, late ,dates,
J.orin- life — memories are made
of this.
PISCExS (Eeb. 19 to Mar.- 20)
Nuts! ■ . . ;■
Weather Forecast
Rain-
I'air-
bnow-
f-Check your preference) "" - -
On the Horizon
Tuejjd^y — Basketball, Ranger
junior, College,: There, 8: p.m.
' Thursday—20tl Ontury -Ban- ■,
qiiet^Biniog Hall, 7-M p.m.
Saturday-4-Df5T jind Im'CoUb,
Viientiiwy , D nee, Bee IJaI^
T;30 .jsim,
High School Student Coun-
cils, Regional Meetings Main
.- .Aiidit .ri<J#U' ' .
Mondsy^-Honie-Dejnonstratlon
;W r ksh op. Agricultural
Building.
1 > J'eb; 22—IJonte Demoristr tic n \
Work s ti op, Agricultural -
_. IJyiljtiog. ->• .
■ Bappittfgt}, Sap iAngelo^".d#W:
• let^;.T<ieE«,'- p -p.u^-:;
Religions fiEmphasisWeek,
Wfiin Aurf'toriuni, 9:30 a.m.
F,eJ>; 22-r-AgricnJtuut.. Clitti,cil
•<VQa'.vt/if r ejieey A£.r eu]itutal >
Building, 9 a-nv
I loin e pe mons t ra tiow Work?
shop. Home Economics Aud-
itorium.
A Chance to Worship
A very important week is approaching us
here on this campus, ;i week that is known 'tis
Religious Emphasis Week. This is a time when
all students get together, no matter what theH\
denomination, for talks by Dr. Kenneth POpe,
• Each year, a pastor of some church comes
to speak during Religious Emphasis Week, and
this year we are honored Jo have Dr. Pope,
pastor of the First Methodist Church in Hous-
ton.
Religious Emphasis Week will begin Feb.
21 through Feb. 213, and everyone should take
it upon himself to attend all of these talks. "
Religion is a very important thing in Our
lives, and \ve should all be thankful to be abie
to go to the churclrof our choice, and worship
Cod in a free and democratic country. Many
countries over the world don't-have this right
and privilege, and because* we do have it we
should certainly'take'advantage'of it. ; :
This special week coming up is to bring the
student bpdy closer together through religion*
and to help the students give u little extra
thought and emphasis to their religion. > ;
■ Faith and belief in God is the basis of every:-,
day, living. Without this belief yoU' as "ah
individual reajly. i^aye no' purpose in lifel. Cod :
put 'yQu 'h.ere. to work. arid-serve IJim, but-if• you.
abuse this privilege, then you-are going against
Cod. V:'
Let's go all out for Religions Emphasis
Week and attend all the talks by Dr. Pope, and
get the most possible but of them. It won't
take much of your time, and remember, no.
matter how much you know, you still may be
able to learn something new about religion;
—R. R.
Be My Valentine :
Re my valentine.
The very first valentine message is reputed
to have been written by Charles, the Duke of
Orleans, in 1415. He was, at the time, a pris-
oner in the Tower of -London. The lady who
got the first valentine is a mystery.
However, Charles and his gal started some-
thing. By the next century people were ex-
changing valentine messages, and another
custom was established.
' During the sixteenth oenturyy -froy* and
girla' of England 'exchanged greletin&s on the
streets. Whoever managed to bellow the magic
formula first got a present from the other.
Some customs took real intestinal fortitude.
Young women of the 1750's believed that they
would go to the altar with the first man they
spotted on Valentine Day;. But there jvere
conditions. On the night before, the girl had
to remove the yolk from a hard-boiled egg, salt
and pepper it, then go to bed; withouf eating,
dj-inkging, or speaking a word to anyone.
The first valentines, made up of lace and
flowers and pretty verses are a far cry from
today's valentines.
Yet, even though today's valentines mock
yesterday's fussy frills, play tip - the wit stid :
down the romance, the sentiment is tli& same.
—V. G. '
A Great President
One hundred years ago in 1856, Lincoln
wasn't: too "well, known. outsid eo fhls ho me /
•state, : |a^r-vJKev^^asc-.'Xti!^
Republicans' rnomiriee for president/ ahd t oday
T-rwell, everyone has heard and knows some-
thing about' Lincoln. ^
S,unday: was the; birthday of Abraham Lin-
coln;'; the .sixteenth: /president of: the ; v
States. •Ia-'.'iS'Qd1- this^griat :maii.-.wfla."b'orn in i
little log cabin in Kentuclcy."
strong e(lu«ation, 'but he was able to educite.
himself" to a bbbks -
constantly,: .even v late1 at hiigrht::. by candlelight.
He-worked' in a grocery' store fo^r a .few/ .year's
to -earn enough moneys i^^' wW<5l^iEdf:'b'uy'lM)d£8
and other : material^ to /help him with hig
education. .
"I suppose," he wrote to an Ohio man twa
months before thecon vent Ion, 'Tam not th«
first chojce of a very great many. Our policy,
th#n> is to
the®: in at:mood W; us If they shall be
compelled to gjve^^ iuji-flieirfirstipvie." Lincb|a/
Jiid;W&a ahead:of ^
Kmy but he; was wilto go. alojng< with;:th#,,
Republican party Jn running for President. 7
>: -Hw great success came ;wh.en Jxe was elected
President of the United States'-in I860. He was
th® ,typ$, 9 f mm! wh 6 pe,yej?.' gjk ve. upi-'op' |tn yih ihk-.;
that he attempted;- therefore he: 'atfhieved. this
great honor. He was sincere and honest in
eyerythini? he did, two qualities which maka a
man great.—B: R. . 1
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