The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 27, 1942 Page: 3 of 4
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1942
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By WOOD BUTLER
Last week I" made a trip to the;
College'Farm.'The first thing that;
£ noticed! was* the big? white dairy
fc>arn. The dairy barn has a large
hall-way down the middle and on,e
small hall-way on each side. There
are. two rows of roughs and the
cows eat from both sides' ^nd these
troughs are equipped with head-
locks to keep the cows from mov-
ing around. Oji the south side of
the farm is a big ramp that leads
to the top of the barn, and here
feed, and grain are unloaded to be
stored; On the north side of the
barn is the pasturizing and bottl-
ing' equipment. A registered herd
of Jersey cattle, 53 cows, not only
is;'used in animal and dairy hus-
bandry but furnishes Grade A milk
for- the college dining hall. The
milk is pastuerized in the college
dairy on the farm-, and- is delivered
to. the dining hall in one-half pint
hottlesi for individual service. The
farm1, also ,has- a jnule barn, veterin-
ary hospital, machinery shed, silos,
cattle- sheds,, individual, hog houses,
two hay sheds, small- slaughtering
house' 'and- othey small buildings- to
house livestock, feed, and imple-
ments.
I arrived at the farm at about
two-thirty and found that the
Plowboys had started to judge fat
Hereford yearlings- There were>
two classes to be judged—one of
three and one of four. The boys
that were-„ to da the judging were,
divided into two5 sections and alter-
nated at judging the* different
classes. Each elass was given, ap-.
proximately fifteen minutes to-
judge an,d place the the cattle.
There wasj about twenty minutes
between judging before the rea-
sons were' given. Then these rea-
sons were discussed pro and- con by
Mr. Frazier.. Even though the jud'<-
gjng and placing seemed very dif-
ficult to me, ,tlie Plowboys seemed
to be doing all right.
I also found out some interesting
facts about the college farm. In
August, 1917, the citizens of Ste-
phenville '"gave the College 500-
acres of land a'djoining the north-
east city limits to be used" by the
Division of Agriculture for demon-
stration teaching. Since then the
College acquired more land and the
^ total is approximately 700^ acres.
The Jersey herd that is used by the
farm is one of the most outstand-
ing in the United States. Since it
Jias been put on herd test,, it has
never ranked below 12th through
the\ first year ending- August 31,-
1941, in the United States in its
class, which ranking appears in
Jersey Bulletin, the official publi-
cation of the American Jersey Cat-
tle Club',
The College Farm is a great ad-
Vantage to those studying animal
husbandry and dairy husbandry.
The next tipie you drink mijk in
the Dining Hall, you can say—
"This is pure, wholesome,, pastuer-
ized, grade A milk and- it came
fresh from John Tarleton's Dairy
Farm,"
Mr. J. S. Bridges Is
Successor to Mr.
Howeird L. Dalton
A new membec iq the agricul-
ture department is Mr. J. S. Brid-
ges from Gordon replacing Mr. H.
L. Dalton who has entered the Ma-
, rine officers training school. Mr.
Bridges is a former student? of
John Tarleton, he was Assistant
Business Manager of the J-Tac in
1926, and in 1927 became Business
Manager., He was vice-president of
the student council and a member;
of the debating team.
Mr. Bridges took his B. A. de-
gree from A. and M. College arid
this past summer completed work
on his Master's degree at T C. U.
Before coming to Tarleton, he
taught' 'vocatior-al agriculture at
Weath^rford and later at Gordon
High School. While teaching at
-Weatherford, he produced, a team
that won the Soil Conservation,
Contest .in- the Area IV competi-
tion/ At Gordon the next year he
again produced a winning Soil Con-
1 servation team.
While he was in Gordon, Mr.
Bridges promoted .the farm shop
work. During this past summer he
received his honorary Lone Star
Farmer degree at the state conven-
tion held at New Braunfels.
' x Incidentally, Mr. Bridges is a
brother of L. N. Bridges who was
graduated from Tarleton last May.
Sportscope
*HAL'S RGMIY CRAZY ABOUT*M8..v H*.SAYS I'M. WORTH
MY WEIGHT IN SAVINGS STAMPS"
As the Texas InterschoJastic
League begins to narrow down to
the finAl home stretch, two teams
are,outstanding. It seems to be a
safe guess to say that Wichita
Fnlls from the Northern, Zone- find
Lufkin from the Southern Zone
will tangle in the schoolboy finals.
The way in which these two
teams win makes them stand out
as possible finalists. With the,huge
score of 54-6 Wichita Falls defeat-
ed Quanah. The Lufkin ^Panthers
knocked Livingston from the unde-
feated ranks with a score of 40-7.
These scores are typical of the sea-
son's records for both teams. The
records for both teams are: "Vyichi-
ta Falls over Masonic Home 7-0,
over Breckenjidge 25-14, over Elec-
tra 26-0, over Graham 62-6, over
Sherman 69-0; Lufkin over Corpus
Christi 21-0, oven Conroe 39-6, over
Bryan 32-0, over Temple 26-7, and
over Palestine 67-7.
In the south Lufkin is, the only
undefeated, untied team, but; in the
north Amon Carter Riyerside, Am-
arillo, Denison, Highland Park,
Sunset, Brownfield, and Sweetwa-
ter hold perfect records to give
Wichita Falls more headaches than
Lufkin will have. >
This past week favorites of the
districts began-to come to the top:
District 1: Amarillo; District 2:
Wichita Falls; District 3: San An-
gelo, Sweetwater and Odessa; Dis-
trict 4: Ysleta .and Bowie of El
Paso; District 5: Denison; District
6: Highland Park of Dallas; Dis-
trict 7: Amon Carter Kiverside of
Fort Worth; District 8: Sunset of
Dallas; District 9: Breckenridge;
District 10: Temple; District 11:
;Longvi'ew; District 12: Lufkin;
District 13: John Reagan of Hous-
ton; District 14: Poi;t Arthur and
•Goose Creek;. District 15: Austin
and Corpus. Christi; and District 16
San Benito.
Things are just about ready to
start popping now that the time
for a showdown in the Southwest
Conference race has come.
Southern Methodist an,d Arkan-
sas had days of glory when South-
ern Methodist upset the Corpus
Christi Naval Air Station by 21-6
and when Arkansas pinched a 7-6
victory over Mississippi.
The^ Texas'. Christian team, kept
its recor/1 unblemished by a 21-0
win over the Pensacola. Naval Air
Station.' The Baylor Bears got the
best of the Texas Aggie team when
it won. 6-0. Baylor had. to put up a
tussle to keep the Aggies from
crossing the line to pay dirt. Nine
times the Aggies threatened, but
the Bears were able to handle the
team from College Station, its sec-
ond defeat this season. Next Sat-
urday the Christians and Bears
clash at Fort Worth.
In the first half of the game be-
tween the Texas Longhorns and
the Rice Owls, the Longhorns were
able to push the- Owls all pver the
field, but in the last-half a differ-
ent picture was shown. Te^as^
found itself limping before the
'comeback of the Owls. Texas came
out of the game with a 12-7 vic-
tory.
Arkansas and A. & M. play Sat-
urday to see which team'takes last
place on. the list. This is the first
time in a long while that the Ag-
gies have been so far down in ,the
dumps, but the Arkansas team is,
accustomed to that position.
The conference standing finds
Texas, Baylor, and Texas Christ-
ian at the top of the list with two
victories each. Southern Methodist
is next in line, followed by Rice
with one lost and Texas A. & M.
with two black marks on its record.
At present Arkansas occupies the
unwanted position with three de-
feats.
RUTH ANN THOMPSON IS
RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS
Miss Ruth Ann Thompson,
daughhter of fylr. and Mrs. C. J,
Thompson of Gormon, underwent
an appendectomy on Friday, Oc-
tober 16. Ruth Ann, a student in
J. T. A, C., is the granddaughter
of Mrs. M. J. Thompson of this
city. Her father is the band direc-
tor of the Gormon public Schools.
To the debbie it's the stag-line, •
To the comic, it's the gag-line,
To the prof it's the out-line.
To the modist it's the hem-line,
To the commuter it's the bus-line,
To tl'e co-ed its the SAME OLD
LINE.—Campus Chat.
Envious i? the position of the
janitor'in Hollywood whose salary
includes room and board, and any
little extras he can pick up.—Bat-
talion, -
No, Elmer, I can't/ marry you.
The man I marry must be upright
and square."
"You don't want a husband, you
want a grand piano.—THe Daily
Lariat.
^VICTORY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONOS
ANDSttilPS
+ Alumni News
my EUNICE SMITH
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Among the- Tarleton students at-
tending the , University of Texas'
this semester are Russell Cunning-
ham, LaMar Hair, -Leonard Gar-
rett, Douglas .Bibby* "Cissie" Mc-
Daniel, Bill Bradley,. M^ry Lou Mc-
Creight, Naomi Chadwell, Pauline
Hafer, "Dub," Wharton,, Mary Mar^
shall4, and James Robertson.
Harry Lee Spencer, son of Dr.
Harry L. Spencer, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Stephen-
ville, is now a private in the United
States army. Harry Lee is station-
ed at Camp Bowie in Brownwood.
PERSONALITY PARADE
Ruffin Gray Hopes to Go
to West Point; He! Likes People
When Ruffin Gray came to Tar-
leton from Mineral Wells, he
brought with him his lifelong am-
bition. That ambition, is to ' be a
West Pointer, Gray wants to be a
West Pointer because he enjoys
military training. He enjoys the
discipline that is attached to mili-
tary life. He finds njilit'ary science
to- be his piost interesting subject
When the time comes, he. intends
to make the army his career'. Now
he, like the rest of the' cadets, is
uncertain what the future holds for
him.
Gray has always been a member
of student activities. He is a. mem-
ber of the Lords and Commoners,
the Officers Club, the Eagle Scout
Aluipni, and the B. S. U. He en-
joys his work with the organiza-
tions immensely, particularly with
the B. S.U., of which he is presi-
dent, These clubs play a great
part in his daily life. His most im-
portant activity is meeting people.
He dislikes only people who are
sarcastic or silly or yho look!
down ,on other, people. For the pur-
pose of meeting students he thinks
the College" Store is ideal.
Gray's interests are not all cen-
tered. in the military work or in
perspnal contact. He has many cul-
tural interests as well. He likes to
read magazine articles, short stor-
ies and essays. His reading is not
the concentrated type. He prefers
to browze among books of histori-
cal fictjoiv In music the semi-clas-
sics appeal to him, particularly
"Thd Lost Chord" and "Largo." In
popular music he likes, anything of
Irving Berlin's. He likes to write
and talk, too. He, likes to write
themes if they do not entail re-
search. He enjoys ajny sort of
speaking. Last.year h« entered the
intercollegiate speaking contests.
Gray Ekes the' movies, but he
wants, adv^ntur^ and" action. IJe
especially likes aviation pictures.
His favorite actor is John, Wayne
and he "supposes Bet'ty Grable is
his favorite actress."! Abbott and
Costello are his favorite come-
dians. I
When it comes to domestic si-
lence (that's at the table, boys)
Gray really shines, Vealt cutlets
and French fries—that's his num-
ber. Anything else you.care to put
out—that" will do too. Any of you
gjrls-.good cooks ?-
In high scfrool Gray was on the
Student Council for" three' and a
half years. He found time to enter
declamation and 'the home town,
speaking contest at'the same time.
Gray also worked, doing every-
thing from operating a switch-
board to selling ladies' shoes.,' *
Gray is not a warmonger but'tti^
intention is to make the best Sol-
dier possible.
B. S. U. PRESIDENT URGES
STUDENTS TO BE RELIGIOUS'
Dear Fellow Students,
We. have various clubs to serve
fthe students,' physical and social
needs, activities to ijive them
,he[ilthful recreations; but one of
•the, most important organizations
that one which serves the spiritual
needs of the student, is often over-
looked—the B. S. U. First, let me
clarify an often mistaken point,
,Thg B. S. U. is not composed of
merely the B, S. U. Council but
consists of every student who at-
tends any program of the Baptist
Church, because B. S. U. really
stands for Baptist Student Union.
This year we are going to make
it a Baptist Student Union. We
have recently rented a B. S. U. of-
fice just east of the Auditorium
which will be open, to the students.
Here will be available any aids
that are obtainable for students,
and let me urge you to come in and
see us. We have our B. S. U. Coun-
cil meetings in our office twice a
month on Friday night, and any
student is cordially invited to at-
tend these meetings.
Our main purpose is to encour-
age student attendance 'at church
activities, serve as a link between
the campus and the church, and
serve the students at all times. We
are planning to take 100 or more
students to the B. S. U. convention
on October 30, 31, and November
1 in Dallas. I would like very soon
to hear from each student who is
interested in going. The most out-
standing speaker in the United
States, including Sgt. York, will be
on the program.
One of our new activities which
we encourage each student regard-
less of religious conviction to at-
tend is Morning Watch. A group
meets each morning at 8:10 in our
new office for ten minutes of pray-
er and fellowship together. If you
really want to get a swell start on,
a new day, meet us there tomorrow
morning.
In closing, how about attending
the chprch of .your choice Sunday
morning? You'll find a group of
your own fellow students wait-
ing to'.welcome you to any of our
fine churches. So let's all go. You'll
feel better the whole week, and you
know how the folks at home would
like it.
Sincerely,
Ruffin, Gray
President B. S. U.
Co-ed Gives New
Rules for Success
in Playing Tennis
Best way to be a semi-finalist in
college girls" tennis is to study So-
cial Science 223 faithfully and nev-
er practice,, says. Sammie Norwood,
eo-ed at New Mexico Highlands
University, Las Vegas.
Sammie gave these and other
rules when the editor of The Can-?
die, student newspaper,, got her
mixed up in a tennis, story with
Alice Norwood, the real semi-fin-
alist in the tourney.
Tickled at the mistake, Sammie
wiote a letter to the editor ex-
plaining her meteoric rise in a
game she had never played.
"To becpme a good tennis pfay-
er as I am not," said Sammie's let-
ter, <f I would suggest my fellow
co-eds observe the following rules:
"1. Drink at leasi five cokes
daily.
"2. Study faithfully ^ocial Sience
223.
"3. Get at least five hours' sleep
^at night, not in class).
"4. Let your fingernails 'attain
a length of approximately one ajid
one-half inches.
*'§. Do not practice tenuis,
"In closing," said. Sammie, "let
me add that the'maior factor con-
tributing to my succ jss may be at-
tributed to my not knowing that a
tennis tourney was in progress."
— Associated Collegiate Press.
Stanley Davis, who is working at
Phillip's Petroleuijn Company, at
Odessa, was in Stephenville recent-
ly visiting his parents.
The Japs must dread, what is to
come if we call this concentrating
on Hitler. .
David Williams, whose home is
in Texarkana, visited on the camp-
us the past few days, Williams has
joined the United States Army Air
Corps and' will be stationed in Fort
Worth where he will receive his
basic Air Corps training.
John Leonard Garrett, student
at the University| of Texas, spent
the v/eek-end in Stephenville with
his parents. Garrett, an outstand-
ing student and recent graduate of
John Tarleton, is majoring in elec-
trical engineering.
Mary Lou Turner, Stephenville,
a senior student at North Texas
State Teachers , College, pledged
Senior Mary Arden this week. A
woman's literary society, the club
has a restricted membership, se-
lected- from the junior and senior
classes.
Miss Turner,' a home economics,
major, is a member of the Kaghlir
Sorority, the' Ellen " H. Richards
Club and the W. N. Master's Cemi-
cai Society.,' "
' / ,1 .
Major D: R. Yardley is now com-
mander 'of. ,a group- parachute
troops in ' Ireland. Major Yardley
is a graduate of Tarleton and A.
and' M", < College.
Lieutenant Travis (Ted) Dur-
ban,' vice-president of the student
council ,and an1 outstanding student
at Tarleton several' years ago, is
now - in- New-York-awaiting em-
barkation- -for a foreign ' port. He
was graduated, a, month ago from
Candidate School at Camp Barke-
Iey. Ted'is the brother of Peggy
Durham, one of our most talented
singers.
TeaidRfcr Provicifea
LoaijFund for V.V--
Nee'tjy Students ; ■ •
"Becaui§- sf.'la^ memheii* <$£''y
facultjf feit 'sorry £oVthe colIeglaW -
wh<5 hdd a "date" but no mqney to /
finaiwe it; th§re are few£zu, fus* -- •
r<nved*br\>ws*0^jtlje-c3i^jyi3 of-Em-
poria State'.Tea&iierVGb^ge.'Kiese
days. ' " " h *** V " * 1 -
Dan- L, Wilheljn, thV instructor, ,
when he learned that';heN was dy-
ing, requested that no' flowers be
sent to his funeral an<J that instead'
contributions be sent to the dean
of men for the-establishment of a '
small loan fund,
"If a boy has a date "to a dance
and is broke, he ought to be able
to borrow money without interest
or security,"' Wilhelni said; "If a
boy is having trouble' paying fos
a meal ticket, hq should have help.
The dean will know how to handle,
it." -r- By Associated Collegiate
Press. - •
Roses are red;
Violets are blue;
Orchids are &5.GQ—
Would dandelions do?
BROWN'S,
FLORIST
922 Tarleton Avenue
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Inc,
Your Favorite Store .
AMBULANCE
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Home
From Our
Exchanges
By BETTIE. ULJEQVIST
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A classroom jewel—The modern
counterpart of wine, women, and
song is gin Jsjlnes, and jazz.—The
Park Stylus. '
We hasten t to point out that
while eve^y man has his wife, only
the iceman ha^ his pick.—The Sour
Owl. . ' ?
Pedestrian—*A man who has two
cars, a wife, and an 18 year, old
daughter.—The Crane.
It seems that little Audrey was
in a printer's shop and -a maniac
came in and threw her' in the press,
but little Audrey just laughed and
laughed because idle knew §he
vasu't the type.—Campus Chat.
It- Pays to- Buy
GOOD SHOES
and Keep Them Repaired;
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SHOEREPAIR
Call A
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Telephone 323
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Visit The
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College Barbel4 Shop
FOR GOOD SERVICE
Press Hitchcock, Prop.*
LET
TRILBY BOWDEN
Repair Your Shoes and Radio
AH Work. Guaranteed.
FUN AND GOOD
FOOD
Campus jCorner
RIDE CITY BUS
"Save shoes and hose for defense!"*
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N. Graham St.
PHONE 266
Stephenville
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