The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 14, 1956 Page: 3 of 8
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Tuesday, February 14, 1956
THE J-TAC—3
Library Gains New Books,
Magazines, from Donors
A copy of "Jake Bell, Range
Rider" autographed by'.the author,
Upton Barnard,. was presented to
the library recently. The story re-
y31ves aroundj'the life story of n
Central Texas cowboy. '
, ( Mr. Barnard once owned four
acres . of . the present' Tarleton
campus. Bender Hall occupies the
sit^ .'where his home'once stood.; .
. Mrs. Thompson . Laird has pre-
sented for.:the second year a sub-
scription .to the "American Merit-
£||re :and "The Declara-
tion of Independence and Meeting
Mouse Hill"-—all in the field of
American history. This is of spec-
ial significance in view of the eur-
riiular change; that requires each
Student who graduates from a
state school to have six hours
credit in American government.
.. . "Antony mid Cleopatra"
William P. (Bo). Allen, class of
'85, has placed the new Yaorium
edition of Shakespeare's Antony
and Cleopatra" in the library in
memory of the late professor and
head of the English department,
Mias Pearl Mahan.
•Volume 65 of the "Pi'oceedings
of the American Society for Hor-
ticultural Science" was presented
in memory of the late Mr. V. O.
Porter, local nursery . and, seeds-
man.
Mrs. Mary Baxley has given
Volume C4 of the same set..
^ Rare Copy Presented
Vernon Head, former student of
Tarleton, has presented to the li-
brary a rare copy of "Minerals
aijcl Metals of Increasing Interest;
Rare and Radioactive Minerals"
by Richard T. Moore, a publication
of the University of Arizona.
"This is a rare item," said Miss
Lola Thompson,. the professor and
director of the division of library
.science ."Only two' other libraries
in,'the state (Texas University and
Texas Technological) own "copies.
The library had tried unsuccess-
fully to purchase it." Miss Thomp-
son continued, "We aft indeed
grateful to Mr. Head,"
Olympic Champ
Hopes to Heave
Shotput 60 Feet
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (INS)—
Olympic Champion Parry O'Brien
is hopeful of becoming the first
man to reach GO-foot in the indoor
shotput, and possibly next Satur-
day night in the National AAU
Championships at Madison Square
Garden.
The 230-pound Air Force lieuten-
ant boosted the world indoor mark
to 59 feet, 9 inches in the New
York A; C. Games Saturday night
at the Garden and more thajr'ever
feels "this could be the year."
O'Brien, who holds the world
outdoor mark of 00 feet, 10 inches,
broke his old mark of 59' - 5%"
on the fourth of his six heaves, the
poorest of which was 57' - 1",
Four of his throws bettered the
previous meet record.
"I was gaining confidence be-
cause I've been throwing 54 feet
and 5(5 feet in practice," the ex-
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Vaienfines'. Day History
to 270 A. D.
J-TAC VPPOINWENf
J o t g e Castillo, agrieiriture
major from Nicaragua, was
recently appointed to the po- ,
sitiori of acting circulation
manager for the ,F-TA€, stu-
dent newspaper.
Music Students
Attend Meeting
Nine music, students and their
sponsor, Curtis Vick^s, attended:
the Texas Music Educators As-
sociation Convention at Dallas
this past weekend.
They attended classes, lectures,,
and performances while there.
Those attending- were Cecelia*
Loving'g'ood of Iraan, Ada Nell
Long of Goldthwaite, G, W. Wyliii
9f Slaton, Larry Pierce of Odessa,
Woody Schober of Waco, Larry
Lindsley of Ft. Worth, .Richard:
Peebler of Kermit, P'afsy Turner
of Tolar, arid Dwain Lesley of
Comanche.
By FO^CK^L POWELL
- This is- Saint Valentine's Day.
..There is some..gonroversy as to
whether or not Sb.,,Valentine ever
existed, but the Standard Encyclo-
pedia states that h§,did. ..
"St. Valentine was a bishop
of the early .Churgh.. Ho was put
to death at Koine'. iii the.,reign of
Claudius, Feb, 14,' ,2,70. ■ He was
canonized'as a martyr hy'.the Ro-
.mail ,Ch"urch,' The day . of his death
was . set apart in 'memory of him
as St.. Valentines Day." 1
Here'is''at-wist:.-.the day of his
death' is ■ celebrated. instead of • the
date of his birth, v:.>
Tablet f>r wnvg
LupeicaTia, an' iuicieiit "Roman
festival, • included ; iff its activities
the* practice of ' Roman • youths,
drawing from urns, tablets on
which were written names of the
young women' of the community.
The name they drew was to be
(he girl to whom they mu.st pay
court for the next 12 months. This
tuvviie1 drawing took place Feb. 15
originally and was later changed
to t.he 44th as part of the St.
Valentine festivities. '
It all seems a little too com-
pact; suppose the boy drew the
name of a- girl who' couldn't stand
the -'sight of him1 or vice-versa.
They probably had a way to
"mark" the tablets,. so that such
unhappy situations were avoided.
Childern and Valentines
As on mpst celebrated occasions
children seem to pick up the ex-
citement of the particular day ami
make it ring.
Do you remember., Valentines
Day when you were a child, and
did it go something' like this ?
In the school room on the teach-
er's desk, there was a big box
covered with red paper and de-
corated with white hearts. On
Valentine's pay each pupil brought
their Va'lent'ines and dropped them.
Ihiough tiie slob in the top-of the
box. It was apparent, the boys in
the class were doing their best
to ignore the whole situation.
The girls waited for the box to
be opened with happiness that al-
most bubbled ovej'. Twisting in
their seats to whisper to the child
behind them, "Did you give me
one—I gave you one."
Another girl is looking across
• the room to "the" boy Who sits
in the first seat on the last row.
He quickly ducks his head, work-
ing over an unfinished paper.
Nothing appears to be of less im-
portance than she.
Climax
f
At test the teacher says 'it is
time to open the box, and will
Janie, Alice, Charlie, and Billy
come to the front of the room to
hand out, the cards?
Names are called and time pass-
es. There are eight Valentines in
her hand, but none:—and then Janie
puts an envelope on her desk. Im-
patiently it is opened. There is a
big red heart wrapped in white
lace, with the tiny words printed
on it, "Be My Valentine," and "I
Love You."
But the most important part is
on the inside scrawled in a fourth
grade hand, "From Johnnie Green."
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 14, 1956, newspaper, February 14, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140588/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.