The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 25, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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2—-THE J-TAC Tuesday, March 25, 1958
EDITORIALS
'■* Helpful Hints
Every year, American college students are
faced with th eproblems of summer employ-
ment. Up until now there have been obstacles
such as low salary, undesirable work, and
the hesitanee of employers to hire workers
who can only stay a few months. The prob-
lem of finding the job, which has generally
been only a minor task in recent years .will
undoubtedly be greater now as the present
recession brings the unemployed total beyond
the 5 million mark. It cf,in easily be seen that
job seeking students will have to br.ush up on
a few oints such as appearance, personality,
character, an ddependability. With the dis-
turbing question, "Would I hire myself ?", one
would include "Can I keep my job?"
The following helpful self quiz apepared
recently in the Denton Record-Chronicle;
I. Are you a wlllirig worker?
' 2. Do you ever stay a few moments over
time to finish a particular task?
3, Are you punctual and dependable?
4. Can you keep, business secrets?
1 5. Are your job skills and speeds above
average?
c 6, Do you offer to help others when" they
are swamped with work? '
7. Do you get along well with people?
8. When you make a mistake, do you admit
-'it, rfectify it, and avoid making the same mis-
take again?
9. Do you osberve the rules of the institu-
tion faithfully?
10. Can ydu leave your personal problems
M home?
II. Do you ignore rumors and refuse to
gossip?
12. Do you keep yourself well groomed and
neat?
13. Do you wear (if female) cocktail dress-
es add use perfume during office hours?
14. Do yoii keep your work neat and in
order?
15. Do you spend a great deal of your time
in personal telephone conversation?
16. Do y&u insist On a "coffee break" even
when the work is? greatly behind schedule?
17. Do you use supplies arid equipment the
sarile as you vfro'uld if you were paying for
them?
18. Do you take pride in every bit of work
you put out?—- RE
Little Man on the Campus
Spring Season Starts
At six minutes past 10 p.m. Thursday the
sun crossed the equator oh its apparent
northward journey.
Astronomers, say that at the instant of
crossing—called the vernal equinox—the sun
will be directly overhead at a point on the
equator about 125 degrees and 30 minutes
east of Greenwich, England.
What does this mean?
Only that spring- has arrived.
Spring is the season of the year between
winter and summer. It is the time of year
-when life begins again in nature. Birds re-
turn from the South. Trees become; leatV
again and flowers begin to bloom. The farm-,:
er plants his crops.
: Spring indicates to the college co-ed .that
it is time for her to bring out her summer
dresses, and brush up on her tennis -and
swimming.
Spring is also the time of year when a
young man's fancy allegedly turn to thoughts
of love. This may well be true but it also
turns to thoughts of fishing and golf.
DUrhafti says that you can tell when Spring
has really arrived when you Can set your foot
On 12 daisies at once.—J.W.
THE J-TAC
The J-TAC, official stude/it newspaper of Tarleton
State College, is published in Stephenille, Texas;, weekly
during; the regular long sessions on Tuesdays .It is riot
published durihjr holiday* or the summer. Publisher id
Stephenville Empire.Tribune.
Entered as second-class muil matter at the Post-Office
. in Stephenville, Texas, under the' Act of Congress of
March 3, 1876.
; Represented for National Advertising by National
Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York,
- K. Y.
Advertising Rates: Local, 50 cents per column inch;
Rational, 70 cents per column inch.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
ONE SEMESTER, mailed out of towi> $1.75
ONE SEMESTER, delivered in tow it 51,60
EDITOR—„—:1__„ T)A RAE SWINDLE
ASSISTANT EDITOR ROY PRICE
SPORTS EDITOR ROLAND LINDSEY
BUSINESS MANAGER BRICE HARTOKAV.ES
„ FEATURE EDITOR^,, LARRY GARRETT
PICTURE EDITOR MARY. BROWSER
SOCIETY EDITOR JUDY IIOLLADAY
FACULTY ADVISER,,-- DEAN DEU PREE
REPORTERS: Jerry Black, Clyde Jones, Sue McGIotH-
lin, Jeanne Wall, Ronald Eberhttt't, Hariiu Fenn, Jiiii
Honeycutt, and Kelly Braithwaite.
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LOOKING AT THE CAMPUS
Across My Desk
By LA RAE SWINDLE
TO MENNY Studarits Cant Spel
Fer Nuthin.
The spelling difficulties of to-
day's college students recently
came to light in the latest issue
of the Ohio State University
monthly, and appeared in a Fort
Worth Star-Telegram article.
SADLY EN IfF (pardon enough)
tire following odd-ball spellings
were taken from forma filled out
by college students themselves.
Students Have reported on their
medical histories such childhood
. illnesses as "measels, bronicle
nomonia, hooping' cough, rumatic
feavor and diptherie. During their
POETRY
conversation
by Jonathan Swill
Conversation is but
.carving;
Carve for all,
yourself is starving';
Give no more to every
guest,
Than he's able to digest;
Give him always of . the
• prime; ■ " -1
- Arid but little at a time, v :
CarVe to all but just- ■. r ;
■, enough;
- j Let .them' neither starve*'r.'
nor'stuff; " . '< !
- And that you may have
your due -■
Let your neighbor carve '
for you. ' , . .
Tues.—Baseball game, TSC vs.
Baylor Freshmen at Waco.
Thurs.—R.O.T.C. film at Ag.
Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Fri.—Baseball game, TSC vs.
A&M freshmen at College Station.
April 1, Tues.—Baseball game,
TSC vs. Navarro at Corsicana at
2:30 p.m.
April 9, Wed.—Baseball game,
TSC vs. Navarro at Stepheriville
at 7:30 p.m.
April II, Fri.—Interscholastie
League District Track Meet at
Memorial Stadium.
April 12, Sat.—Baseball game,
TSC vs. Howard Payne at Ste-
phenville at 7:30 p.m.
April 12, Sat.—F.F.A. Tri-Area
Judging Contest.
April 15, Tues.—Baseball game,
TSC vs. San Angelo at San An-
gelo.
April 15, Tues.—C i v i c Series
program, Main Auditorium at 8:00
p.m..
adolescence many are afflicted
with ashia, accute apetidlsidus
(Usually followed by an appen-
dictniy), heart -mummers due to
rhuemantic fever, stummach
truble and toncilitas."
AS A HOBBIE some list "swim-
riiirig dnd boiling, sbme build modle
airplahse, while others are in-
terested in antigue cars' and saling
boats. One just enjoys listening
to musik,"
Many students in describing
their present health - will indicate
it is "excellent, some described5,
it as vary good and others simply
state that they.are in good phiscul
and mentle condition."
These comical, yet somewhat
dismaying, difficulties ' with the
English language are not just 'a
case of one university. There are
probably students in every .college
who have just as much trouble witn
their spelling.
* * #
THE STORY is told of a"var-
. ijity football player in a university
who simply couldn't spell any-,
"'thing.-. After, -the patient . prof
c'oiild no longer "put with the let-
... termini's inability, to rspell,--.he -re- ■
-ferred the ..matter to the dean -of
student.-*. - ^ :
The deari.' sent for the, athletic'
director with -the statement,7 "if
the' lad •' can sp^ell' one word Stnil?
..juSt get. ONE letter correct, We'll
; givj him another change.", . !■
■J The player was 'called .1 into the
dean's office and asked ,to spell ,
'tile , word "coffee." After much
deliberation, the big tackle blurted
out—"K-A-U-P-H-Y."-
* * *
WITH SPRING holidays right
around the corner, tests and
themes staring everyone in the
face, most college students do get
rather confused. One coed was
worried about whether or' not nine-
weeks' grades would be sent out
during the holidays, "I hope not,"
she quipped, "because if my grades .
arrive while I am at home L might
as well make plans to visit my
roommate or get the mail before
my parents do."- .
HERE IS a re'eent"letter from
a college student to his father;
Dear Pop,
I. am getting a lot of sleep and
I'm studying hard. Incidentally
I'm enclosing my dormitory bill.
Your son,
Ignatz.
The answer came back:
Dear Ignatz:
Don't buy- anymore dormitories.
Pop.
By JERRY BLACK
Everybody seems to have a snake story
to tell. Last week's story about James Ben-
nett, the big snake hunter, brought out as-
many, yarns as it did rattlers.
In my part of the country, ar&und Rotan,
rattlesnake tales (not tails) are in abuiuU
ance. There's one about a rancher that lived
north of the town. He had been working hard
all day long riding fences when he came up-
on a rattlesnake just outside his barn. The5
old cowpoke pulled his pistol and shot the
snake in the head and then.
unsaddled his horse and went
into the house to eat supper.
Being the custom to cut theM
rattlers- off every dead rattlj|j
er that one kills, .the'wifeJ™
asked the rancher if he had|l
removed the rattlers from.theSf
snake. He had forgotten, and d
of course the wife kept nag-^"
•ring until he decided to
out into the night and get Jerry ®Iack
thtise rattlers. The next morning after gfet-
ing up arid preparing for another hard day
on the ranch, he came upon the snake that
he had killed the evening before. A strange
feelirig came oveir the rancher. He had foutld
the rattlers still on the reptile. The rancher
could think of only one explanation. He had
cut the rattlers off the dead snake's live
mate. "
At anbther time a rancher and his soil were
feeding some cows when the son noticed
something abottt one hundred yards away
that looked like a wash tub. As they neared
the fclace where the supposed wash tub was,
they realized it wasn't a wash tub at all but
a giant rattlesnake coiled. After killing thci
snake they approached it with precaution.
Examining the repltile, they discovered thdt
the creature was ab^ut 13 feet long had 28
rattlers and a button.
An incident which I had with the dreaded
repltile came the first of March during my
setfioi* year in high school. There were many
rattlesnake dens throughout the country"
north' of Rotan and a very close friend of
mine decided that it would be a lot of fun
to find one of them and wake them up from
their hibernation. We bought as many fire
"crackers" as we had money and made way
for the dens. After finding a cave used by
the rattlesnakes for their den, we lit th£
fireworks and threw them into the cave. A
loud hissing and rattling sound came out of
the cave for about for or five minutes before
the snakes started out of the den. We had "
brought our .22 ca,liber'rifles along and de-
cided to shoot theiti as; they came out of the.
dark cave. "•J-.; ,.
Gig 'Eiriv Aggettes
; Thp 'JVelfth Mani JheVAggier'Bon^lf^T,Thie.'.
Spirit of Aggieiarid; i tlibse gi*eat traditions
that .Ha ve helped produce 29, jgenerals, 6. 'Med-
al of Honor pinners, ,and that have tfiven
over 14,000 officiers; to, tJfes defense of our
country/were, serioUsi# undermined .''last-Week
by the c6urL ruling th^t Women may nojy
ter Texas A&M.
The two women who, filed suit for en-
trance would have it that a school- that has,
been an all-male institution since its incep-
tion in 1876, should suddenly reverse itself
and- become a coeducational school. There
are many coeducational schools in Texas that
would be more than happy to receive their
applications, and without suits, lawyers, and
courtroom procedure.
. A&M is known for its excellent schools
of Engineering- and Agriculture, but hoSv"
many women want to spend 4 years learn-
ing how to build bridges or plant cotton?
When Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant of
the cadet corps at A&M, testified, he put into
words what most .Aggies feel- He said that to
admit women would change the character
of the school, and it would destroy what lfe
called "the one big fraternity spirit" of the
corps, "
As the decision will be appealed, probably
to the state Supreme Court, there is hope by
Aggies and Aggie exes everywhere that once"
again the Spirit of Aggieland will once more
prevail over an all-male Texas A&M. — K.15.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 25, 1958, newspaper, March 25, 1958; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140648/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.