The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1963 Page: 2 of 8
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fHB J-TACf
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1963
Year s Review
■ This is .the lasrt J-TAC for the,
Semester, and the staff >would like.
to review the -year for its readers.
Tuesday, September '11 saw the
lirst JiTAC.Qf.tue year, distribut-
ed on the, campus with 685 fresh-
men to read it, alouy; with several
ypper-elassmen >yh« were here to
heip with orientation.
. Tarleton was destined to -grow
fasto' its largest enrollment in his-
tory, -with over lj-l'jO students.
Judy Harwell, sophomore transfer
studert, was the one who broke
the previous record with her en-
rollment,
■ After tlio -first busy .week,,
school settled down to its normal
activities for the year. The first
inaiii attraction was, of course, the
TEXANS' -football - season. The
fans, got ;to' see one -more -humei
gariie than wsis.scheduled tlie,y$ar>
before, and the boys on the foot-
ball team worked with their usual
enthusiasm .{ill season.. ,
During" tthe ;exeitment ;of t|ie=
football seijaeti, 5 soine.thiug selftg
happened on campus '.which also
gauged/., its pliar.e' . of . excitement;
The plans .far- the ne w student cen-
ter were approved; which meant
that construction would begin -in
"Che spring. -This was one of <the-
biggest steps forward in making"
Tarleton lea'lly seem like a four
your college,
, The 1962 homeconing'. activities
were very successful, and the stu-
dents as well as the exes enjoyed
the activities. Something' new was
begun at the '02 homecoming' —■-
the traditional bonfire was built
hot by the niei'.ibjrs of the corps,
but by the students i'l general un-
der the direction of the Student
Council. The idea of not getting' to
have a bonfire unlets they built it
themselves worked as the needed
stimulus to make the bonfire one
of th best yet.
- On January 15, moat Tarleton
students were sitting; before tele-
vision sets. They were trying- to
Rifles, the Color ..Guard, and the
Band, which .were marching ,iri the
.governor's inaugural parade.
The beginning of- tile (tsecontl
semester saw an enrollment, which
topped that of the spring .of '62.
There were 1162 students, which
was a 10 per c jnt increase over
the year before.
The beginning' of the second,
semester also s;vw the long await--
ed moment of many coeds — the
moving into Hunewell Hall, the
new women's dormitory. The girls
had been waiting rather impat-
iently for the day that they could
move into the modern new dorm.
February was -highlighted not
only by BcJentine's Day, 'but also
by Religious Emphasis Week. Mr.
.Virgii Trout of Lubbock ywas ..the,
principal speaker to large audienc-
es, of Tarleton.students. . .. i
March was a busy month, with
the annual Military Ball and the
election ,of AH-T;rrI,etoii Eavor-i
ities. Luine Heizer and Ed 'JBrad^
j*li£W won the vot?s of :their .fellow!
students in that election. Also, in
March, a new political party -was;
■organized .on campus; which, lent
quite alot of excitement -to- ••.the>
Student Council elections. March'
was also the month .'that the
.ground -was' broken and ■.construc-
tion was begun on the Student
Center. . ,
April was the month of -therStu-.
dent Council elects or., ..with Gary;
Zenker and Robin Nesjiuth win-.'
niiig tile posts of president and
vice-presidr.nt fqr next ypar. Also
in April, the J-TAC came back
from the Intercollegiate Press As:
soeiation convention with one
third place 'honor to it", credit.
It can be seen that the 1962-68
school year was one of change and
■progress for Tarleton. Still to
come are. finals and graduation
(for the first seniors in over SO
years). ... -
Good-bye .a* cl good luck to the
seniors. To the other students —
It's a FactI
By NOLAN PIKE
Did ypu know that in 1945, the
J-TAC carried-.tin advice to the
lovelorn column.
. Did you know that in I960, Can-
ada exported absolutely no iron
anvils to the United States.
Did you know that there are
many people on this campus who
do not hav-.: a B average in Eng-
lish,
. Did you know th;\t in 1937, the
J,TAC was tied with the Tom
Bean Times for the smallest cir
culatio'n in the state of Texas.
They both had a circulation of 250
copies per week.
There are eight vending ma-
chines that make change in the
Ree Hall. Why then, are seven of
them always out of change, and
•the other one is either empty or
its product unfit for human eon-
sumption? i
, Difl you know; thiifc the .average
eciUego student .drives newer ,auto
mobile than this pii'ofe.asor.
. Did you know th-t "dead week'
is the week that teachers catch up
on giving quizes.
Did you know thst it'takesj) an
idiot to -write this column. ,
ii
get a gliripse-of-the-Wainwright hope to see you next year.
A Fable
Johnny was a fine young man.
He studied hard, posted good grades, and was considered n
leader in high school. His .parents, rightfully, were proud of
him. And the neighbors still will l;ell you he was a "model'.' son.,
• Bub" Johnny had a craving-—a craving that prevails among:
thousands of Johnnys today. And among their parents, too.
You could almost call it a disease. Often it is fatal,
It was for Johnny. Because he liked to drive. Fast.
! Yes, speed killed Johnny.
Speed caught up with Johnny when he was returning from
ji h'igh school prom. He approached a Sharp curve at precisely
6G miles-an-hour.
They buried Johnny three clays later, Also his .date for the
evening. i
Friends were shocked. Stunned neighbors poured out sym-
pathy to the grlief-stricken families. ;;
Months have .passed since the accident. But Johnny's father!
thinks often of his son.
Most of all his dad recalls the days before Johnny was old;
enough to hold a license . . . those days when lie was teaching;
Johnny to drive. ;
And his dad knows only too' well who was responsible fprj
Johnny's insatiable craving for speed.
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regular fall and spring semesters with the exception of school holidays
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— Elaine preaham
Earl Wright
Carolyn Masters
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TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor: ;
i "What was your impression of
the U. S. before you came to this
country and has it changed any?"
is the most popuk-r question asked
of me as a foreign student. In re-
ply, I mention thr.t the mission-
aries whom we knew, the tourist-
Americans whom, we entertained,
and the phople who received their
education from American Univer-
sities all spoke of the friendliness
and helpfulness, of the .American
people. This was ,and is the im-
pression I have. The movies that
come to Hong- Kong, like "On the
Waterfront", and the news that
we get, like Little Rock-may point
out extreme situations, but the
general attitude toward America
is favorable. When I return the
question K,nd ask about the im-
pression about. China, most say
th?t someday, China will return to
peace mid unity, but a number fail
to comment, for they do not know
to whom Hong Kong belongs nor
where it is.
COMMUNICATION
My primary purpose for coming
t(> this country is to get an educa-
tion, but the life of a foreign stu-
dent is. so interesting that I have
some points that I feel I must re-
late. When I first set foot on
American soil in Honolulu, I was
fascinated by what confronted me,
and quietly contemplated What the'
big mainland had to offer.' When I
funally disembarked at San Fran-
cisco, I was not disappointed at
all, but communicating with some'
people caused some difficulty; it
seems .as if English and American,
aro simply two different langu-;
ages. And when 'I arrived in Fort1
Worth, I discovered a totally new:
language with an equally enthral-
ling* vocabulary!
Apart from communication, to-
gether. with different customs and
habits, it .was. the form of. .educa-
tion which I, and I am sure most
foreign, students, found to be most
unique. The Orientation Prograni
was indeed beneficial for. me and,
introduced to me a major part of.
the" .College, ond the basic of the
American educational system. The
willingness of the American .stu-
dents to help, and that of the in-
structors to explain, assured me,
that travelling the distance .of 7,-
000' miles was worth-while .after
all. :
(Continued on four) '
THE MISSING LINK
By ELAINE GRESIIAM
'■What can be said at the end of
a wonderful year? I guess the
first statement to be made is that
it really has. been a great year at
Tarleton. There have been some
rough spots i:1. the overall gloss,
of course, but the good parts of
the year seem to overshadow the
bad. " .
LET'S SEE — what have really
been the outstanding things about
this year? In the social events de-
partment, there wore quite a few
really great dances. I'm sure each
student has at least one of these
dances that he,will never forget—
-whether it was the formal Mili-
tary, Wainwright, and Blue
Christmas Balls; the semi-formal
Mardi Gras, Rhythm in Red, qv
"Vacation in Acapulco" dances;
the informal Hawaii.in. Luau; or
the VERY informal Sadie Haw-
kins.dance. Oh, yes, we can't for-
get the Thursday' night dances
.either; after all; they relieved the
jstrafir :a week of study, :
THEN -WE HAD the programs
presented by Ke Civic; Series.
Gomniittoe. Some students may
still be arguing' about which were
better — Brown and Dana or the
Smothers Brothers — but there
can be no argument that both
groups were great. Also in this
category are the other programs
—Carlos lVIontoya and Dr. Mur-
ray Banks.
OF COL'USE, there have been
programs presented by Tarleton
students too; the band, the choir,
and the Tarleton Players. It can
be easily seen that there is no
lack of talent among the TSC
students'.
I'M SURE that each student has
at least one memory of this 1962-
63 school year that he will never
forget, I just hope that .each one
of these memories is as happy as
my main one — bein; editor of
thei J-TAC. Actually, this isn't one
memory, but it consists of many
little things that happened from
week to week that I'll always >e-
member!
IT ALL STARTED last Septem- i'
ber when we published the very
first J-TAC, and :it actually oc-
curred to me that I didn't know
what I was doing. It was really •
scary to think that the J-TAC had
to be published 28 times this year,
and I had to learn so much about
how to do. it.
THE NECESSARY knowledge '
came slowly,' with many little
things that I thought I would -
never remember to do, and other
little things that I hsve done so
many times that .thc-y ar.e a habit
now.
THERE HAVE been bad weeks
and good weeks, bui the parts I
remember best are the funny onea
These include having to. climb over
ithe wall in the J-TAC office. -:a.o
many times that it got • to the
point that it didn't bother me any- .
more; the many weeks we had.
"Study Hard" in the "ear" on the
front page because we . kept , foe*
getting to change it; , the week wo
were going to run the top ten-
basketball teams in'the nation and.
didn't have room for all :of. tliem-
so we left off the last one and'
clu-.nged the headline to '-'Top
Nine"; the week I found an .en-
graving up in the office th;(t "I',
thought was' Ferguson Hall, aud-
it actually turned out to be the
Agriculture Building; and all the
funny things that happened - in Al- '
pine at the journalisnfi convention."
• I'VE LEARNED many things.,
from this job, but if nothing else,
I learned to never say "never", t
You see, I said I'd"hev,er take,, the *
job again (even though I've ' en-
joyed it so much), br.it the funniest,,
thing happened . ; . I'm'going" tci.
bo, editor again npxfc , semester. So
that means I'll get to yell at my'
reporters for a few more.'months;'!
poor souls. " ''
', ANYWAY, the, year over,
which means there" is' only one.
more thing- to say —1 adios;- "" -
By CAROLYN MASTERS
, THE END OF school is almost
upon us again. It is like a con-
tinual cycle beginning with the
first grade or kindergarten—Go
to school nine months and rest up
for three months. One must admit,
college life is a little bit more ex-
citing and interesting than grade
school.
As he freshman finish up their
finals and leave to go home, they
will probably say one of two
things .— "This was a great year,
and I'll never forget it" or "I'll i
never -be caught dead at college
again." .1 must admit that the last
statement expresses what every-
body feels once they have taken
that last final.
IT'S FUNNY how college can
change a person in only nine
months. Students come to college,
fresh from high schools and find
a completely different world. They,
meet new friends and become ac-
quainted with their professors
(they probably wish they had
never bet), and their courses (that
sure wish they had never heard
of). During the nine months of
one's freshman year, an almost
complete change of attitude and
behavior comes over the students.
They find out that they don't know
as much as they thought they did.
But most important, they grow
up. They mature in actions and
thoughts. They learn to live in-
dependently and make decisions
on their own. As they leave at the
end of the school year they are, in
a sense, different people. Parents
will stare in awe at their "child"
who left home in September to re-
turn in May-as an "adult."
However, the "fishf' >aren't -the
.only ones who change. Every year
of .college .makes students a .little,
jnore adult and much wiser In t^e
ways of the world. This year will'
mark the "end" and the "begin-
ning" for many Tarleton students.
It is the end of their school days, ■"
but as they receive that long
awaited (and worked for) sheep-
skin, they will begin a complete 1
new way of life.
There will be many students who
won't bo coming back to TSC next
year — some wjli go to other
schools, others will go to woi'k,
and -still others .will .marry. I will
be one .who won't return.
IT IS WITH mixed emotions
that I write this last column for
the J-Tac. It seems as I write this
that I am closing a section in my'
life that -1 will nover be able to
relive. Of course this . happens
every day of lives .The past fades
from view and the future looms on'
the horizon. It is hard not to get
sentimental for the past two years
•at TSC have been two of the hap- ;
piest years of my life. But the
future holds more happiness than ;
the past. Now as I prepare to ;
leave Tarleton (along with many *
others) I realize the full moaning "
that Homecoming holds for ex-
students. It is something that the
exes look forward o with anticipa-
tion and excitement even before
they are exes. "*
The friends that people acquire !;
at college are 'the lasting ones, ■
Someone told' me when I graduat- ! ,
ed from high school that after a ;;
few years at'College I would rea- !'
lize what .true friendship is .The ;■
friends of your high school days
slowly slip away, but the people
at college are the ones you'll know j
for the rest of your life.
..ENOUGH OF THE sentimental- j
ity. I-.want to wish each student « :
.very happy summer yacati.oit-" and i
.wishes of good luck for the fu- ;
.. (gtoptfeuftCli**' fMei'S#) ;;
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