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THE J-TAC
Tuesday, April 21, 1942
-TAC
Official $Wdent Publication of
JOHN TARbK'TON .AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Stephenville, Texas
PubHBM<T We^ly 'by. Students of Jehn Tarleton Agricultural College
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librarian !—
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_ Floyd Stigler
! Lee Ansell
Mary Weber
Eayford Eussell
Letha Mae Beaman
Lucille Burnett
"Lawrence Dooley
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Jean. Crawford
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faculty Advisers jj j>_ Easton
Assistants to tlie Business Staff)— Gene Brazelton, Walter Varuer, and
Peggy McDonald.
E.EPOBTEES: Paula Gene Linson, Henry Davis, Lilian Linson, Dea
Davis, Reuben Conner, Dick King, Winifred Bean, Gerald McCarty, La-
yelle Brown, Billy Hulsey, Charles Simmons, and Betty Ortii.
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Distributor of
Collegiate Di6est
JOIN THE "CLEAN PLATE" CAMPAIGN!
There are approximately 1,500,000 students in Texas. The.foli
lowing are the calculated results of probable wastes for a single
day,
1. If each student should waste from one-half to one-third of a
leaf of lettuce, there would be wasted about 32,000 heads of let
tuce, This would have supplied 10,500 British fliers with their
much needed Vitamin A. Lack of Vitamin A definitely interferes
with their ability to nail the Nazi planes.
2. If each student in Texas leaves one tablespoon of his milk
in his glass just once a day, there will be lost enough milk to pro-
vide 100,000 British children with a cup of milk. Or it would pro
vide one full day's supply of the much needed calcium for 28,800
children. Milk is scarce in Britain, and the British children now
do not have much milk.
3. If each student wastes one-third of a slice of bread, there
will be lost in the garbage 33,175 loaves, probably enough to pro-
vide bread for one day to all of the families in Fort Worth or
Dallas.
4. If each child wastes one teaspoon of sugar, the amount lost
would fill 147,095 cubic feet of valuable shipping space. The
energy wasted is enough to support over 200,000 soldiers on a
3-mile march. In other words, 200,000 soldiers could march 3
miles on the sugar most likely wasted in one day.
How sugar is wasted: 1. Eating sweets not needed; 2. Leaving
sugar in bottom of glass, etc.; 3. Over-sweeteimig.
5. How much money goes into the garbage pail every day if
only one-third of a leaf of lettuce, one-third of a slice of bread,
one tablespoon of milk, one teaspoon of sugar is wasted? LOOK
ON YOUR PLATE AND SEE IP YOU DO THIS.
The money wasted would buy 716 Defense Bonds of the small-
est denomination. It would buy a good.day's meal for around
50,000 people.
This information was taken from a report of Dr. E. Eppright,
T.S.C.W., Denton.
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Urn Philadelphia tiecaril
GO TO CHURCH
Let's all go to church! Yes, let's do. The B. S. U. Council is
sponsoring a "Go To Church" drive for the "duration." We all
realize that there are only three more Sundays in this school
term. During this whole school year very few of us have attended
church. Why not redeem ourselves by going to church the re-
maining three Sundays? This will help to build up the momen-
tum necessary to turn the summer term students toward the
church. In these war times we need the church more and more.
Let's all go to church! Those that work are just as cordially in-
vited to the evening services. I dare you to go to church! Will
you accept my dare? Then, I'll see you at church!
(g&ipa'um to
ACJ's Jay Richter Reports from Washington
JOBS . . .
For those who are wondering what to do during a war-time
summer vacation, here's a suggestion: Check with your post-
office for tips from your nearest Civil Service field office on
temporary jobs. In addition to whatever openings might normal-
ly appear, there are reports that offices of "decentralized" gov-
ernment agencies are short-handed. Hundreds of their employees
elected to stay behind in over-crowded Washington rather than
move into "the field."
WAR .
Look for "reactivation" of CAA training programs in some
100 colleges and universities where the CAA program had been
allowed to lapse. The expanded program for next year, announc-
ed recently by CAA and the War Department, will require use
again of dormant college facilities, and possibly establishment
of new ones, too. Goals are for an increase of 20,000 in both ele-
mentary and secondary training courses. Men who are accepted
will acquire status as enlisted reserves in the air corps or will,
on finishing, serve as CAA flying instructors.
* -X- -If- *
Signs point to a major Washington effort to sell the University
of Iowa's "Phoenix Fund" post-war scholarship plan to all U. S.
colleges. If the idea can be "cleared" through Treasury depart-
ment bigwigs, the Department's Defense Savings section will
attempt to get a national educators' committee to back the plan.
This committee, in turn, would attempt to build up well-oiled
organizations in colleges throughout the country this Spring and
Summer—preparatory to a campaign splurge when Fall terms
open.
Briefly, the Iowa plan provides that each student buy a 10-cent
Defense Savings Stamp each week to build up post-war scholar-
ship funds for students in the armed forces.
Treasury officials consider the plan the best collegiate stamp-
selling idea to date, and frankly admit they have no suggestions
for improvement. Credit for the original idea goes to Francis
Weaver, first-year law student at Iowa.
ON THE BIAS ...
The Federal Register points out that Stockton Junior College
and Modesto Junior College in California have moved to Carson
City, Nev„, "by reason of the emergency existing in California
caused by the present state of war."
Gets right to the heart of the issue.
INCIDENTALLY ...
Maryland's Hood College, in relaxing its rules to permit mar
ried girls to attend school, observed that the move is an effort to
adjust "to situations arising from tlio war emergency."
PERSONALITY PARADE-
Ed Williams Likes Variety
in Both Work and Play
Cadet Chatter
■ BY SAM BROWNE
From the looks of the Military
Ball it seemed that there were
nearly as many out of town girls
present as there were Tarleton
girls.
At least we know what makes
Pritchett's heart beat, And what
I mean she is not bad at all. No
wonder she is sophomore favorite
at Hardin Simmons U.
We wonder why "Cookie" Cooper
was heard whistling "Somebody
Else Has Taken My Place" the
night of the Military Ball. Was it
because "Fish" Sills escorted Nancy
Ross to the dance?
It seems that just as Landon
Roberts was getting in the groove
With Helen Mohon, who should
turn lip but Helen's old boy friend,
Pat Keith. No wonder Roberts was
so blue this week-end.
At least Miles Locke broke the
ice and attended his first dance. It
seems that love or Lucille Burnett,
or both, can do many things,
doesn't it?
There is one Tarleton couple that
may be seen everywhere together
and that is Bill McClellan and Po-
chola Evans.
If any of you boys and gals have
a green 1932 Plymouth, you had
better keep it under cover. Dean
Clardy is trying his best to find
one. Wonder why?
There are those who are wonder-
ing why Dean Nicholas is being
called Rain-in-the-Face. Well, I
could tell you, but the censors
won't let me; however, if you care
to know, Curtis Daniel is the man
to see.
I thought "Charley McCarthy"
Ratliff was in love with a certain
little Tarleton girl. At the Military
Ball one got the impression that an
ex-Tarletonite might be eligible for
the leading lady. And all the time
I thought she was engaged.
Attention Candidates: Tough
luck about the signs in the dormi-
tory. If it's okay with "Fish" Fee,
maybe you can get a Town Crier.
Can anyone tell us just what
there is about those pictures W.
G. (Guidion) Pritchett has guard-
ed with his life for so long? Guid-
ion won't tell us and neither "Cvill
Lou of any of Pritchett's other
girls. Maybe they reveal cherish-
ed memories. Maybe!
Orchids to you, Betts. Nice work.
■ Fisher is not the only one that
has been dating Bertha Mae. Sam
Jones has also been known, to do
same. Wonder if this would meet
with Culwell's approval?
Flash!!!! This has just been re-
leased. Lee Ansell might be able
to throw a little light on that deal
about Pritchett's pictures. I still
wish I knew what kind of pictures
they are. They must be good!
The Moon and Mathews deal ? ?
We'd like to know more about it
too.
For lessons in newer and better
dances, see Jimmy (Married Man)
Cummings—offices on 4th floor
4th ramp Davis Hall.
In, reference to Wilcox's not be-
ing able to get off the ground,
there's one thing I'd like to know
—How on earth can the size of his
physique be noticed when he has
such a big mouth?
—Vote For Gene Brazelton—
The personality of the week is
the first personality of the Senior
Class, its president, Ed Williams.
Being president is in his line since
he was president of the Stephen-
ville High School chapter of FFA,
was president of the freshman
class last year, and is now also
president of the Tarleton, College
Chapter of FFA.
Along with his duties through
the years as president have come
many and varied activities in FFA
work. He won six first places in
high school in FFA speaking con-
tests, going to State two years. The
summer of 1940 he won a trip to
New York and Canada as a dele-
gate from the State FFA Associa-
tion. The same summer he was
elected as State FFA officer from
Area Four to serve for the 1940-
'41 term. Last November he rep-
resented Area Four at the Nation-
al FFA Convention held in Kansas
City. He is a Lone Star Farmer.
His circle of activities is not con
confined to FFA work. He is secre-
tary-treasurer of the Los Caball-
eros, was formerly athletic offi-
cer of Company C, and is now a
member of the Crack Company
and lieutenant of Company C.
True to his interest in agricul-
ture, he is planning to major in
veterinary medicine and poultry
husbandry at A. & M. At Tarle-
ton he is taking a general ag.
course. What he plans to do when
he finishes school is to practice
veterinary medicine for a while.
Then he is going to buy him a
farm and ranch and carry on a di-
versified farming and ranching
prog-ram for another while. To cli-
max his career, he is going to en-
ter politics for the fun of it.
His speaking and arguing ability
will go hand in hand with his po-
litical career. Public speaking' is
one of his interests on a smaller
scale. Oratory and debate are his
favorites. Besides winning all of
those FFA speaking contests, he
placed third in "My Home Town,"
contest, sponsored by the Cham-
ber of Commerce, when he Was a
high school senior. One of his hob-
bies is arguing, on any subject, be-
cause he thinks that it is the best
way a person can learn.
In every phase of life he likes
variety and practical things. An-
other one of his hobbies is based
on variety. He tries to become fa-
miliar with every field of work and
play because he believes it makes
a person, an intelligent conversa-
tionalist. For instance, take his
fling at reporting for the "J-Tac"
and his recent acquirement of his
wings at the Tarleton flying field
—he did both of these just to learn
something about journalism and
flying.
Still under the heading of var-
iety, Williams likes to go about
anything differently from any way
that it has been done before just
to see what the reaction will be.
Where shows are concerned, he
likes variety too. He takes the
shows as they come as long as
there are not too many of the
same kind closely following each
other. '
Among the things that he likes is
eating, but, as he says, not in the
dining hall. Instead he will take a
"Sea Bowl" steak with cream gra-
vy and shoestring potatoes in Ft.
Worth at any time. Another of his
likes is aggravating people "for
the sake of amusement." Among
his dislikes are two-faced people
who pretend to be such good
friends and people who will not
stand up for what they believe be-
cause of the cost.
He has two hopes. One is that
he will never have to be called
into Dean Ferguson's office. The
other is to get in the Air Corps,
since there is a war. He hopes "to
get to stack a few Japs and come
back unstaclced."
As can be seen from his accom-
plishments and ideas, his policy is
not to be a follower but a leader.
O'Reilly and Murphy were look-
ing in a cake-shop window.
"What's that bowl of water
for?" asked O'Reilly.
"That's for the flies to wash
their feet in before they walk on
the buns," replied Murphy.
Buy Defense Stamps and Bonds.
Dr. J. S. NUTT
DENTIST—X-BAY
OFFICE OVEK A. & P.
Stephenville, Texas
Office phone 423
Beg. 419
WHERE EVERYONE IS
SATISFIED!
The Brick Kitchen
Out Of The
WHIRLPOOL
By Wanda Dorria
The April issue of "Motive", a
magazine of the Methodist Stu-
dent Movement, deals entirely with
college journalism and newspa-
pers. "Is Working on a College
Publication Valuable?" by Robert
M. Barsky, editor of the Daily
Bruin, University of California at
Los Angeles, was very interesting
to me.
To those of you who are candi-
dates for positions on the J-Tac
next year, I would like to present
some of the points he made. He
says that for the would be profes-
sional, working on a college publi-
cation is invaluable as a training
ground. For students who do not
plan to go further in the field of
journalism it will bring friends
and prestige and will cultivate
one's ability to express himself bet-
ter. It will give the student jour-
nalist a chance to make mistakes
without having to pay the penalty
that society often demands. It will
teach him how to meet opposition,
to triumph, or to lose gracefully^
"In a word," says Barsky, "the
college paper builds character,
loyalty, responsibility, determina-
tion, resourcefulness, honesty—■
those are more than figures of
speech, and those are traits which
anyone will value."
Too many college students had
rather throw responsibilty to the
wind, and that is a quality that is
essential in doing work on a col-
lege publication. Every member of
the staff has a job to do; and if
he fails, the work must be done by
his fellow members in order for
the paper to continue.
—Vote For Gene Brazelton—
Scotland Yard was hunting a
criminal, but the only picture of
him they had was a strip of six
photographs.
This strip was sent to a provin-
cial town, and shortly afterwards
the following telegram reached the
Yard:
"Have found four of the wanted
men. Hope, to get other two soon."
Getting excited about little
things indicates that we seldom
deal with big ones.
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