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THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1942
THE J-TAC
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JOHN TARLETON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
4 Stephenville, Texas
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WELCOME, NEW STUDENTS
Are you friendly? Do you speak to everyone? Every student in
Tarleton should aak himself these questions. Tarleton is known
far and wide for the friendliness that prevails among the stu-
dents. We, the students of John Tarleton, should strive to main-
tain ,thia spirit. Many new students have enrolled in school. It
is our duty to see that they receive a hearty welcome. Let's let
them know that we are glad ty have, them with us. This semester
. may be-the last semester of school that many of us attend. It
is a privilege to go to college today, and we should always re-
member this. We should make this semester one of the best
Tarleton has ever had. The best way to make this semester a
good one is to keep the old Tarleton spirit prevalent at all times*
* ARE YOU DOING YOUR D^TY?
A soldier on the firing Hne who fails to do his duty is con-
sidered a traitor to his country. What about civilians who fail
to do their duty at home?,Is not this as great a crime as failing
on the war-front? People every day are committing such crimes
bjr being wasteful. They waste time, food, rubber, and other ma-
terials necessary to national defense.
At present" the army and navy are urging young people to
stay, in Bchbol and get their education. They emphasize that
gtudept^j in school should not waste their opportunity for an
education, as they will be needed as leaders of the country later
on. Therefore using one's time usefully here is aiding the coun-
try. *
Here at Tarleton students should not be wasteful at the dining
hall" with food or with paper. Every effort is being made by the
administration to cut down expenses in order to leave more
money for defense* work. Dean Davis noted recently that less
waste .pape'r.js seen on the campus than ever before, but there is
^still-some. Everyone, bof!h faculty and students, is urged to co-
' operate in this patriotic effort. We want no slackers at Tarleton!
' COLLEGE SPEEDUPS
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
Higher education must have for fhe coming year an intelligent
and a consecrated leadership. The selective service and other
war-measures have already disturbed its program. More drastic
.changes are quite possible.
In order to gain the victory in this dreadful war and also to
win the peace at its conclusion, the nation must have a steady
flow of educated leaders. This is not only true for the military
forces and 'governmental agencies, but equally so for industry,
business, and the professions.
Very wisely has the selective service made provision for de-
ferment of induction of those college students training to be
physicians, dentists, veterinarians, engineers, physicists, chem-
ists, biologists, geologists.
Because of the lowering of the minimum age for selective ser-
' vice, most of the colleges have decided to accelerate their pro-
grams. For some years about two-thirds of the member colleges
in -the Association of American Colleges have had summer ses-
sions. The length of these seasons has varied from six to twelve
weeks. The tendency now is for colleges to have full summer
quarters of twelve weeks in length.
• With this acceleration in the college program, the capable stu-
dent will be .able to complete graduation requirements in three
years,. If similar acceleration can be'made in the grades, another
year can be saved in the educational process. For brilliant pupils
it has been possible for some time to save a year in the pre-col-
lege programs.
^ With the saving of the two years suggested above, the average
yo'ufig man should be able to complete bis college course and be
ready for the callselective service-at-the age of 20\
Colleges are making changes in the curriculum to meet the
. exigencies of the situation. New courses have been added and to
.^others has been given a bias of a'military nature. Wisdom would
, indicate that much poise is necessary in proposals for curricular
.^Jiifts, as the men still heed as much time as possible for a well-
-balanced Curriculum of humanities, social sciences, and the
jiatural sciences.
• Some real heart-searching and rethinking may be necessary for
changes in the college curriculum; It would seem quite in order
-for colleges to insist that students be able to read before being
admitted to college, thus obviating college courses in reading.
' ■ is evident that the war will be won more quickly if we can
increase tremendously our air forced both for land and sea. In
addition to courage and intelligence the pilots and men in other
branches of the air services must have fundamental collegiate
courses in mathematics and the natural science. Offerings' in the
high schools and colleges must be available for training thou-
, sands of such men.—Guy E. Snavely;'[executive director, Associ-
ation of American Colleges. V,
Industrialists faced with' large orders that must be delivered
on time, the survey report observes, are stressing production
rather than distribution. They are more interested in what a jot
applicant know^"'than whom he knows. Scholarship emphasis
proves this point. Scholarship,' mentioned S75 times, or 23.3 pei
cent of an< aggregate of 1,610' mentions, is listed three times as
often as either personality or campus popularity, about four anc
a half times as often as athletic prowess, and more than nin<
times as often as extra-curricular activities. , ,
Character, although in the aggregate not mentioned as many
times as scholarship, was placed first more times than all other
qualifications combined. Adaptability ranked second more times
than all other qualities. ' i
Dissenting slightly from the scholarship emphasis, C. G. Grif-
fin, assistant dean of men, Georgia Tech, said that "personality
and adaptability seem to be playing a more important part in the
selection of men than heretofore, though high scholarship still
carries great weight."
- James P. Kerr, professor of business, North Central College,
Naperville, 111., noted trends toward "more specific training and
more winning personality."
Leo P. Kibby, dean of guidance, Ventura, Calif., junior col-
lege, observed that "an unparalleled emphasis by employer^'is
being placed upon the need for adaptability of employees to new
working conditions. Employers belittle the notion that high aca-
demic ability assures a corresponding ability in work adjust-
ment." ' .
Campus activities and all around abilities elicited many com-
ments, S. S. Von Roeder, registrar of San Antonio, Texas, felt
that there "seems to be an increasing demand for graduates who
havo shown by their application to school work and participation
in constructive activities that they are capable, energetic, and
efficient in whatever they undertake," "The best graduates, ac-
cording to J. R. McAnelly, director of placement, Northern State
Teachers' College, Aberdeen; S. D., get several chances for posit-
ions while the mediocre are picked for inferior positions, when
the-good ones are gone. , I . • -J ,f
Selecting orily campus leaders causes!many good meivtqlbe
overlooked, a Minnesota liberal arts college complains., , *
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■ BY SAM BROWNE.
Allied Chief
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, who
assumes supreme command of the
Allies in the Southwest Pacific area,
one of the greatest battle fronts of
history.' American, British, Austra-
lian,'D^tch, Chinese, Indian and Ma-
layan units raaUe up bis command.
Stumpy Ratliff has been taken
off the "woman hater" list and is
going steady with B. K. Barlow.
Nice work, Barlow!
That new-comer, Tom Taylor, has
all the girls guessing. Who will
she be? Jo McDaniel maybe?
Wi1! somebody please give us the
low-down on this Case-Austin ro-
mance ? We're definitely in the
dark.
Lou McDonald is supposed to
have vetoed going steady forever
but Pritchett isn't doing so bad at
changing her mind.
Bobby Stramler is leaving Tarle-
ton and Jean Phillips. Perhaps
Clyde Cone will be the lucky man.
It surely is grange that we never
hear from Eddie Wolters and Bdtty
Lou Driskill anymore. What's hap-
pened? They sell them for $2.00.
Will Gibbs and Annabelle make up
now that Mark has joined the Air
Corps?
Out Of The
By Wanda Dorris
Betty Logan .just can't live with-
out Pass. Call for a Doctor, please.
Uncle Sam sure is a heart break-
er, isn't he girls?
Who has Silas Brandenburger
under her control now? Sara
Lamun surely thinks he i3 cute.
The glamorous Pullig-has been
dividing her time between Frank
Tiery and Smoky Ochsenbein.
Is it true that our little southern
gal, Margaret Nabers, is carrying
a great big torch for one Billy Rice ?
Marion Glenn and David Lamon
have been seen together quite a lot
lately. Is this a new romance?
Fish Pigg and Fish Schumm are
another couple that are making
the rounds together.
Clark Chandler has been steadily
dating Sally Penny since'he came
back.
Bill Jones seems to be having a
hard time keeping Margie Moore-
head on the line.
Othene Mauldin and Jack Graves
are seen together quite frequently.
Bill Fletcher and Impy Miller
have up quite a case. It was even
rumored that they were going
steady but both have been seen with
other people since then.
Doug Pollard and Faye Ferguson
are getting to he veteran, hand-
holders; however, I've often heard,
"An old love never dies/'
From all appearances Dub Whar-
ton has finally broken down his re-
serve and fallen for Frances Tay-
lor, , „ _
WHO LANDS THE JOB? .
Scholarship and character are the .qualities most sought in
.college graduates by American employers, Investors Syndicate
of Minneapolis 'reports after a national survey of graduates' job
prospects.
^ What do you know? What are you? What can you-do? Whom
do you know? Employers are querying job applicants in about
that order. Schools list qualities sought .as follows, in order
• named: scholarship, character, adaptability, campus popularity,
personality, athletic prowess, ability, alertness, extra-curricular
activities and dependability.
The latest "sob-story" is about
our one and only Biliary "The
Shark" Moore. After having a
flame built up in his heart for
Madeline McAnally, it was sudden*
ly quenched as though the fire
fighters were on tlie job. It was
only Madeline, however. It is
rumored that "General", Savage
and "Minute Man" Jones agi&z
that "The Shark" got a sour deal.
Perhaps, they agreed after Savage
could not get in touch with Madeline
the night of January 23. For in-
formation, however, Savage had a
part date. . . . . %. P. S. Jones was
in the park too.'
What are our Tarleton boys com-
ing to? James Martin's hat (?)
was seen lying around in a.room in
lower Moody last week. My, my!
Smitty Wisdom and Giles "crash-
ed a high school party the other
night. That's really getting bad.
It seems- that Ed Erwin and
"Rete" Capps are about to be a hew
couple on the campus. However she
hasn't heard about the last morning
after the night before Ed was in.
Lover boy Bonner Peavy phoned
several girls in the "Dorm" last
Sunday asking for dates. He wa?
surprised when Annabelle Edwards
took him up. However, Mark took
her to the show.
Ed Nichols is calling for students
to take swimming lessons in the
first ramp. Any girls interested?
Joe Danoff is going to Bryson
often now. Why? Does Dorothy
know about the girl back home?
At last Tommy "Woman hater"
Toland has broken the ice by es-
corting Margaret Browning to the
show Saturday night. Or was it
the show?
New Semester Begins
We are how beginning the sec-
ond semester of this school year.
Perhaps this will be the last sem-
ester in college for some of us. It
may be only the last semester at
Tarleton for , others. The uncer-
tainty of -world conditions makes
it difficult for us to look ahead and
plan the future; therefore it is much
more important than ever before
that we make the most of the pres-
ent.
"Twelfth Night" 'Coming
I'm sure that Tarleton students
are looking forward to the presen-
tation of the Shakespearean comedy,
"Twelfth Night" by the Chekhov
Theatre Studios. I have been read-
ing some articles on the Cliekhov
players and their production of
"Twelfth Night," and I am more
excited than ever about seeing this
play. One article tells about the
fencing in the play, and according
to it the two fencing scenes will
not be acted to show the skill of
the victor; but each must exert
himself to the utmost. The Qhek-
hov fencing instructor, Ford Rainey,
insists that each fencer must fight
as if his life depended on it, and as
a result the audience sees an ex-
hibition of skill such as might be
expected at a major fencing tourna-
ment. More than once the actor
who was supposed to be the victor
has feared that Shakespeare's plan
hung by a thread.
George Wilcox is broken hearted
since Lettie left. Thinking about
moving, George?
—j
Elmer Arehebald says he is a
woman killer. Just what do you
mean, Elmer?
It seems that "Ziggie" and Thom-
as lost part of a tie in the Rec.
Hall Saturday.
Ben Cowling really has the
Sweets on Paula Jean; he is even
dreamy eyed every morning. It's
studying? Don't believe it.
JOKES
A visitor to a hospital for the
mentally afflicted saw one of the
inmates holding a fishing rod and
line over a'bed of flowers, Think-
ing to humor him, th$ visitor said:
."Fishing?" :
"Yes."
"Catching many?"
"You're the ninth one this af-
ternoon," said the fisherman.
——— '
Discussing -with her mistress the
war in China, a young maid said:
"Yes, ma'am, the milkman says
it will be a gorilla war this time.
Ain't it bad enough, gas and
bombs, but they must go and
train those hairy apes to strangle
folk?"
Remember Pearl Harbor I
When I read the letter from Dean
Davis telling me that Reuben B.
Mussey, Jr., who was reported kill-
ed at Pearl Harbor, was alive and
on duty again, I thought of how
happy his parents must have been
to receive such wonderful news.
Imagine the feeling they must have
had when they .realized that their
son, yrhom they had given up as
dead, was alive. I'm sure his old
friends here at Tarleton are glad to
hear this.
Faculty Children Walk and
Papa Rides The Bicycle
Some of the members of the facul-
ty have taken tire and .gasoline
shortages to heart and resorted to
bicycles. Among those who are
to be seen whipping by are Mr. C.
B. Dewitt, Mr. Harold Bluhm, Mr.
Donald Morton, and Mr. R. Ber-
ton Coffin.
This bicycle craze is nothing new
to Mr. Morton; -he purchased two
about six months ago, but Mr. Cof-
fin's is brand new. It h/ia even
been reported that Dean Davis was
seen around the Western Auto Shop
gazing at the shiny new bikes. -
It promises to be a hard .winter
for the faculty's children, who will
have to walk while papa does the*
riding. So if something whizzes
by, leaving only a gust of wind and
a blue streak in the distance, it
may be Tarleton's Bicycle .Brigade!
Betts Matthews Is Leader in Many
Activities and Has High Ambitions
One of the freshman beauties of
last year, Betts Matthews, was run-
ner-up for senior favoirite this
year. Her personality is made up
not only of looks but also of pep,
since she was one of the girl yell
leaders last fall. In the swing of
social activities she was an S. O, S.
last year and is president of the
Sine Cera club this year. She'is
also a two-year member of the chor-
us and Aggettes.
Betts originally came to Tarle-
ton for preparatory dramatic train-
ing, but she has changed her major
and ambition temporarily. She
plans to continue her study of pub-
lic speaking. and the theatre at a
future time.' Now she is majoring
in social science and has in ambi-
tion to do something connected with
airplanes. She is so attracted by
the air flying that she doetf'Tlot
care what part she might have ny-
it; however, she would like to be at
hostess, One of her greatest de-
sires has always been to go through
a cloud. . 7 •
She is from Electra, "God's coun-
try," as she says; and she is going '
from here to Texas Tech* Mathe- •
matics is taboo with her; and, just
dreaming, that someday she might
become an actress, she picks Broad-
way as her goal. Perhaps some of
the students remember her as .the
ghost last year in "Pack Home,"
the Tarleton Players' annual pro-
duction.
She will sit through a shtfW twice
just in order to see and hear the
little, old "wabbit" with the carrot
in the movie cartoons.
SPEAKING
OF BOOKS
. Reviews Collected
by Wiljhurn Salmon
JENNIFER—Janet Whitney,—
Jennifer's heritage is wealth, beau-
ty,' and a heroic spirit. But because
her father will tolerate nothing
that will complicate life for his
invalid wife whom he adores, Jen-
nifer spends her early years with
lier nurse. While very young she
forms a headstrong hatred for
Sir Thomas Gresham, the mill own-
er, and all that he stands for.
If Jennifer had turned to her
childhood playmate, Christopher
North, who loved her all his life,
she would have escaped her trag-
ic destiny; but when she is fif-
teen, Philip Trefusis—dashing,
charming,, unscrupulous—comes, in-
to her life and proves to be her
evil genius,
From that moment the story
of Jennifer's temptuous life pulses
with intense excitement and vigor-
ous action'. Swept forwavd by a
chain of tragic events, beginning
with Lady Gresham's untimely
death, Jennifer is tried and sen-
tenced for a crime she did not com-
mit, is transported to Australia—
a convict bound for Botany Bay,—*
and is there assigned as servant
to a ruthless master. All this Jen-
nifer bears with passionate cour-
age, until in time she awakens to
the real cause of her "adversity to
find before Jier a new life of tri-
umphant happiness.
In the Army Now
Mr. E. A. Blanchard, professor
of mechanic art's and aeronautics,
who has recently been called to the*
army as a reserve officer, writes
back to Dean Davis about his work
at Fort Francis E. Warren in Wy-
oming. Here is an extract from
his letter: "I feel as if I have left
many friends in Stephenville and
especially on the caippus. I would
like to write to all of them, but
circumstances are such that it is
impossible to do anything- other
than my duties,"
Dean Davis received a letter last
week from the father and mother
of Reuben B. Mussey, Jr., telling
hirfi that their son, who was report-
ed killed at Pearl Harbor, is alive
and on duty, again. Reuben is a
former Tarleton student. *-
Robert Koons, circulation man-
ager of the J-Tac last year, visited
on. the campus between semester^
He is now a student at the Uni-
versity of Texas,
ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN—
Hartzell Spence.—This is the story
of the life of a practical parson,
lie is forever getting- himself in
and out of hot water. If there is
a feud in the Women's Guild, he
has to make peace without appear-
ing to take sides, If the parson-
age roof leaks, as it generally* <$oes,
he has to engage in the most com-
plicated political maneuvers to get
it fixed. And on one occasion,
when a disgruntled parishioner
starts a rumor that his son,
Hartzell, has got a local girl "in
trcuble," the Parson has to devel-
op the skill of a supersleuth to
track the story to its source. This
is a rollicking story o£ a parson
whe had fun with one foot in
Heaven.
THE PATRIOT—Pearl S. Buck.
—"The Patriot" covers the events
of twelve years. It begins with
the revolution sweeping down the
Yangtze, when young students, fir-
ed with a new patriotism, went
singing to jail or to the beheading
ground. It ends in the mountains
of inner China, where driven back
again and again by the invader,
students and^ peasants^ old war
lords and young • guerillas alike,
standi in a united front and fight
-J
SOUPS, SAUCES, AND GRA-
VIES—Cora, Rose, and Bob
KJ|rowiu—Here is a collection of
over five hundred recipes from
many parts of the world, collect-
ed by the Browns. In the division"
devoted to sauces are recipes .
adapted to home use of tradition-
al sauces of many famous chefs. .
The recipes are all adapted to
American cooking and they are
made up of ingredients already
available or easily obtainable. «
Hubby: Isn't there something-
wrong with this cake you made,
darling?
Wifey: No, dear, it must b,Q„
your taste. The cookery book says
it's delicious. ■ -
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