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VOLUME. XXIII
STEPHENYILLE, TEXAS, -TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1943
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NUMBER 4
CAPTftlNT.A,
HENSARLIN6 IS
NOMEON LEAVE
Captain T. A. Hensarling, for-
mer Professor of Poultry and Head
of th£ Poultry and Horticulture De-
part, is now home on leave. He is
in the Air Corps and is stationed
in South. America in the Caribbean
Area. Captain Hensarling was in-
ducted into service on April 25,
1942, and he went overseas on July
9, 1942.
When asked to comment on some
of the things he had done and seen,
"he said that one of the most in-
teresting things h8 had done was
to visit the second highest water-
fall that is known to man. The
country where he is stationed is
divided into large plantations that
■are worked by native laborers. Most
buildings are siVnply framework
covered with palm leaves. The pop-
ulation is very mixed, and the
people wear only enough clothing
to keep off the sun's hot rays.
About the climate Captain Hen-
sarling said, ''The days are rath-
er .warm,, but the ijight are very
pleasane. I never experienced an
uncomfortable night while I was.
there."
The agriculture there has ad-
vanced *very little during the past
centuries..Thare~_ig.-veryJittle ma-
chinery; therefore,* most of-the
work is done with burros and oxen.
The main crops are sugar cane and
coconuts, but there is also a consid-
erable amount of vegetables grown.
The vegetables are brought, fresh
from the jungles on carts and bur-
ros and sold on the streets. Wild
fruit is abundant, but there is very
little domesticated fruit. A large
amount of this fruit is bought and
consumed by the Army personnel.
In the jungles of South -Ameri-
ca wild animals are plentiful. A
few of the animals found there are:
foxes, tapirs, wildcats, monkeys,
snakes, alligators, and parrots. The
tapir is an animal somewhat like
the water-buffalo. The soldiers
sometimes kill this animal for its
meat. Many of the most beautiful
■birds and butterflies in the world
are found there also.
Since the war began, 'there have
been several posts established in
the Caribbean Area. Each of these
posts has been urged to raise a
^garden large enough to furnish
fresh vegetables .for the Army per-
sonnel. Captain Hensarling is su-
pervisor- of the garden at his post.
Captain Hensarling came to John
Tarleton on September 1, 1929, as
a professor in the Division of Ag-
riculture." He is now on leave of
absence from the college. Captain
Hensarling was succeeded by his
wife, Mrs. T. A. JSensarling, as
Professor of Poultry Husbandry
and Superintendent of the Egg
Laying' Contest.
Tarleton Gets New
Assistant Physical
Educational Director
Mr. Herline H. Hassler, who has
recently become assistant athletic
director for the men's physical
training classes, is from Stephen-
ville. He graduated from Stephen-
ville High School in 1933 and from
John Tarleton in 1936. From Tar-
leton he went to Daniel Baker Col-
lege in Brownwood. Afterwards he
taught the primary and elementary
grades and was director of athlet-
ics in Fairview school in Granbmiy
for three years.
' He will be assistant to Coach
Jimmy Marshall. We are glad to
have< Mr. Hassler.
Mr. McSweeny
Is Honored At
Masonic Meeting
A. A. McSweeny returned Tues-
day night from Waco, where he at-
tended a Masonic school of instruc-
tion in session at the Grand Lodge
building there last week.
Mr. McSweeny also attended the
Grand Royal Arch Chapter and
Grand Council of Koyal and Select
Masons held in Waco Monday and
Tuesday of this week. At this ses-
sion he was elected and installed
Tuesday as Grand Master of the
Texas Grand Council of Royal and
Select'Masons, and will be head of
that body in Tejcas. Mr. McSweeny
also serves as grand representative
- here of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Nova Scotia.
He has been, located for several
years in Stephenvflle and is head
of the department of mathematics
at Jo)m Tarletoji College.
TESTS SHOW
MOST BOYS IN
GOOD CONDITION
After extensive physical fitness
tests Coach Marshall has found
that Tarleton students are not be-
low average in physical ability. He
gained most of his information
through tests .given to A.S.T.P.
students, but he says that the R.O.
T.C. boys are but little below the
A.S.T.P. standard.
Perhaps most of this can be at-
tributed to the fine P.E. classes.
The A.S.T.P.'s have their P.E. on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
from 4 o'clock until 5:30. In these
classes the trainees take about
fifteen minutes of calisthenics.
Then they have some kind of
sport for the rest of the period.
Sports that have been taken up
are baseball,*' football, tennis, vol-
ley ball, and basketball. Right
now they are having tumbling in
order to develop .better CQ-QXdina-..
tion. ' •
The R.O.T.C. students, have P.
E. on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday mornings at 9 o'clock,
and Tuesday and Thursday after-
noons at four.
The morning classes, usually
have calisthenics, but they have
had basketball and football. The
afternoon classes lean more to-
ward the sports with football pre-
dominating. Since football season
is about over, they are beginning
to look forward to basketball. Tum-
bling is now being taken up. If you
see some of the boys going around
w'ith cricks in their necks, you
will know they forgot to duck
their heads.
Before taking up all of these
sports and calisthenics, the students
were given tests spoken of in the
first paragraph. For a grade of 100
the student had to do the follow-
ing things:
1. Chin 18 times.
2. Do 43 push-ups.
3. Do 73 squat jumps.
4. Run 100 yards in 18 seconds
with a man on his back.
5. Do 14 burpees in 20 seconds.
6., Run 300 yards in 35 seconds.
' 7-. Do- 85 sit-ups.
The averages among the A.S.
T.P.'s were somewhat less. They
were (1) 4.62 pull-ups, (2) 14.8
push-ups, (3) 28.31 squat jumps,
(4) 300 yards in 49.35 seconds,
(5) 100 yards pick-a-back 26.9
seconds, (6) 9.91 burpees, and
(7) 23.89 sit-ups.
After taking P.E. for a semes-
ter, the students' average increased
in every test. This shows how
thorough and well operated our P.
E. system is. We may be a soft race
of people; but these statistics show
that with well operated P.E. sys-
tems in every college, we can soon
be ready and able to take on any-
one.
A. W. S. COUNCIL WORKED'
HARD FOR RED CROSS TUES.
Tuesday, November 30, the mem-
bers of the A. W. S. Council started
their work for the Red Cross, as
planned at the regular .meeting
the night before. The work , con-
sisted of making gauze, swabs.
Those who spent the afternoon
in this manner were Ruby Lee
Tackett, Marion Hutchinson, Al-
leen, Johns, Eloise Keown, and Pat
Coombs.
First Lieutenant Robert E. Mil-
ler has received high honors for his
part in a mission to Bremen, Ger-
many, and to Anklam, Germany.
A. S. T. P. Presents
An Interesting
Study in Figures
Since the Army placed 500 A.
S. T. P. trainees in' John Tarle-
ton College last August, there has
been much speculation, both on the
part of the local citizens and the
trainees themselves, as to the ul-i
timate end use the graduates of the
various A. S. T. P. courses would be
assigned.
During the month of October the
first 1,500 A. S. T. P. students
to complete the prescribed course
of study were assigned to specia-
lized duties in the Army. The fol-
lowing news release from the Bu-
reau of Public Relations, War De-
partment, gives some very inter-
esting information on this sub-
ject.
"Approximately 1,500 enlisted
men have been graduated from the
Army Specialized Training Pro-
gram and have been assigned to a
wide variety of responsible duties
in nearly all arms and services of
the Army, the. War Department
announced today.
At the end of October, approxi-
mately 140,000 soldiers "were, en-
rolled in the A. S. T. at 222
educational institutions. Early in
1944, these soldier-students will
complete their courses in greatly
.increasing numbers. The 1,500 al-
ready graduated and assigned con-
stitute more than half the number
who entered the inaugural term
of A. S. T. P. April 12, 1943. They
are men who entered at advanced
levels, and because of background
and aptitude were able to absorb
the required training in a relatively
short time.
Two , hundred graduates have
been assigned to Army Air For-
ces medical and psychological ex-
amining units_. and will process
aviatipn students,. who are screen-
ed fo? aptitudes and qualifications
early in training. More than 100
were assigned to Army Service
Forces, where they are conducting
a classification survey. Some have
gone to the Sanitary Corps, and
are performing their duties in such
a manner that the Surgeon Gene-
ral's Office is increasing nearly
four-fold its requests for A. S. T.'
P. graduates in that corps. Assign-
ments to the Corps of Engineers
have included civil engineers, chem-
ists, chemical engineers, mechani-
cal engineers, and architects.
Several hundred graduates in medi-
^fle,,denistry, and veterinary medi-
'cin/ have been appointed in the
appropriate corps of the Medical
Department.
Many A. S. T. P. soldiers are
being given responsible overseas
assignments.
The program includes various
courses to- fit the soldiers for
several types of special duty in the
various arms and services.
A number of graduates have
beeri selected for officer candidate
schools, among them the Transpor-
tation Corps O. C. S. and the Corps
of Engineers O. C. S. The Army
Specialized Training Program is
not to be regarded, however, as a
sure road to a commission, as A. S-
T. P. graduates must compete with
all other enlisted men for selec-
tion to fill the few vacancies in the
O. C. S. Although the trainees'
chances for advancement are en-
hanced by successful completion of
their course, with officer training
a possibility, the primary aim of
the program is to train - soldiers
for the highest duties they arp
capable of performing in specia-
lized fields where the Army has
greatest needs."
Fine Arts Club
To Present Formal
Recital Tonight
The Fine Arts Club met last
Tuesday in Mr. Froh's Studio. The
meeting was very unusual because
Mr. Froh had a recording machine
that took one-minute records of
everyone's playing. The recorder
was helpful to Mr. Froh's stu-
rents because all the mistakes
showed up clearly when the records
were replayed.
There will be a formal recital
of the Fine Arts Club tonight in
the Little Auditorium. The pro-
gram will begin at eight o'clock.
MISS MARGARET
BIERSCHWALE
HAS RESIGNED
With sincere regrets the J-Tac
staff notes the resignation of Miss
Margaret Bierschwale, the college
librarian, effective January 31,
1944.
1 For many years Miss Biersch-
wale has been associated with John
Tarleton College in some adminis-
trative capacity that' has brought
hei' into close contact with the stu-
dents. From 1921 until 1923 she
was head of the English Depart-
ment. After an interval spent in
graduate study' and in foreign
travel, she returned to the campus
in 1931 as college librarian.
As librarian she has rendered
invaluable service in enlarging, en-
riching and standardising the col-
lege library, in effecting the grant
of Carnegie funds, ancl in inspiring
in many students a genuine lave of
good reading. From 1932 until
1934 she sponsored a students' club
known as the Book Forum. Prior to
1936, the Texas Centennial year,
she had Secured for the library a
small but valuable collection of
pire books on Teaat -history, and
fplklore. To this nucleus she has
since added more ' desirable ma-
terial, including the history of John
Tai-leton College and' its founder,
until the college may well be proud
of its Texana, During the recent
war years she has actively spon-
sored the Victory Book Campaign
in this district with gratifying re-
sults and has accumulated much
data on defense that will interest
both military and civilian readers.
To the open-shelf reference library
she has added many current and
valuable publications; and under
her supervision the number of
available periodicals, both of gene-
ral and specialized interest, has in-
creased four-fold. Not only Tarle-
ton students and faculty members,
but many clubs and other communi-
ty organizations, as well, are in-
debted to her for carefully com-
(See Miss Bierschwale—Page 4)
Niece of Mrs.
J. Thomas Davis
Reported Safe
Lt. Ava Ann Maness, niece of
Mrs. J. Thomas Davis, who has
been reported missing since No-
vember 8 with a group of other
nurses, has been located in Allied
territory, the radio broadcasts re-
ported Thursday, November 30.
These nurses were in a transport
plane being flown from North Af-
rica to Italy ^and were at first re-
ported missing.
As a' flight nurse Miss Maness
has the responsibility of rendering
first aid to soldiers enroute by
plane from the battle front to base
hospitals. She is the head of her
group.
Miss Maness attended school at
Tarleton and was graduated in
1930. She took an education course
and taught for two years; then
she went into nurse's training—
something she had always wanted
to do. After she b ecame a re-
gistered nurse, she was head nurse
at three hospitals before joining
the Army Nurse Corps.
Requirements For
Navy V-5 Aviatipn
Trainees Broadened
DALLAS, Nov. 20 — Require-
ments for enlistment in.the Navy
V-5 aviation j training program
have been .broadened to include 17-
and 18-yeai; old high school grad-
uates, it! was announced today by
the Navy.
Lieutenant Commander G. W.
Cook Jr., of the office of Naval
Officer Procurement, said that for
the first time in several months.
18-ye'ar old youths Were being con-
sidered for training as future
Navy and. Marine Corpse pilots.
It is required that applicant's be
high school graduates, or seniors
in high school with & scholastic
standing, in the upper half of the
males in their • class and with a
reasonable expectation of graduat-
ing^ ..by February 15. Boys also
will be considered who have already
graduated in the top 50 percent
of their class, or who are now in
college and have indicated their
ability "to maintain a scholastic
standing iri-tlie upper two-thirds.
Interested boys of 17 and 18 are
urged to contact ; their nearest
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection
board or office of Officer Procure-
ment in Dallas, N^w'Orleans, Ok-
lahoma City, Memphis, and Hous
ton immediately. '
Lieutenant Logan Ritchey left
the United States ;in October and
is now safely across.
Social Clubs Get New Members;
Public Initiation Held Monday
The period of waiting is over,
and the six social clubs of tarle-
ton have their new members. The
best, however, was Monday when
public initiation was held. It was
something for you novices to look
forward to, and the old members
probably got some pleasure out of
it, also.
The Eternas Club pledged the
following girls: Mary Gardner,
Ann Newman, Carol Dawson, John-
nie McDaniel, and Josephine Gar-
rett. Old members are Alleen Johns,
president; Toopie McCollum,. sec-
retary-treasurer; Pat Coombs, re-
porter; Virginia Bickley, Tommye
Jo Pearcy, and Reba Jane Ander-
son. The Eternas sponsor is Mrs.
Effie Neathery.
New Sine Ceras are as follows:
Jeanetta Abbott, Dorothy Grim'
shaw, Cotris Tucker, Mina Taylor,
and Peggy Sullivan. Eloise Keown
is president, and Ruth Neal Corder
is vice-president. Miss Dollie Glov-
er is sponsor.
The O. W. L. S. Club's new mem-
bers include Joann Edwards, Mary
Jane Fraser, Mary Nell Leath,
Charlene Counts, Marian Speer,
Martha Jean Morris, Nomie Van-
hooser, Doris Jordan, Joy Brokaw,
Clarice Thompson, Maxine Strace-
ner, Martha Jane Oxford, and Dor-
othy Jean Teddlie. Old members
are the president, Bessie Peinber-
ton; vice-president, Elsie' Hummel;
secretary-treasurer, Bev'King, and
reporter, Mary Ferguson. The
sponsor is Miss May Jones.
New D. S. T.'s include Rosenell
Tom, Monta Middlebrook, Camille
Lester,- Ruby Kennedy, Marian
Hutchinson, Flossie Rhodes, La-
verne Thompson, Frances Redwine,
Janice Conrod. Old members are
Jo Joyce Longley, president; Eloise
Clonch, vice-prfesident;. Norma Joy
Pollard, secretary; Ruby Lee Tack-
ett, Marjorie Whitfield, Marilu Kil-
librew, and IrisKeahey. Miss Fay
Floyd is sponsox-.
The Los Caballeros pledged the
following: Glenn Hodges, Bill Har-
ris, Carroll Kerr, James Harte,
Carl Bradley, Kenneth Shotts, Duff
Pitcock,. Troy L. Shepherd, Bern-
ard Nole, James Billingsley, Char-
les Mitchell, and Joe McFalls. The
president" of Los Caballeros is
Sleep Stewart, and the sponsor is'
Mr. Ernest Pechacek.
Lords and Commoners have the
following new members: Elton
Porter, Bob Lewis, Ernest Heaton,
Joe Grumbles; Billy Butler, Tommy
Wood, Glenn Mann, Jimmy Elkins,
Wade Carter, Ben LeNorman, Jer-
ry Cahill, ' Gordon Erwin, Billy
Walker, Parris Burnham, and Elli-
son Tom. Old" members axe as fol-
lows : .Lord Chancellor, Bobby «Tool-
ey; Knight of Portals, Jack Moore;
Vice Chancellor,- Wallace Stray-
htfrn; Paul Pausky, T. P. Robinson,
Ollie Alexander. Captain McCul-
lough is -sponsor.
Here's to a good club year! .
SEVENTEEN STUDENTS ARE
ON EIGHT-WEEKS HONOR ROLL
Special Christmas
Edition of J-Tac
Issued Next Week
You will find in your boxes
next Saturday a special Christ-
mas edition of the J-Tac. There
will be fun for all and some let-
ters to Santa far off the beaten
track.
Since school is to be resumed
on Tuesday, December 28, there
will be no paper for that week.
One Student Makes
All 90's; Seventeen
Make in the 80's
LARGE CROWD
SEES THE GAME
THANKSGIVING
Before an overflow holiday crowd
at Hays Field, the Stephenville
High School Yellowjackets defeat-
ed the Brownwood Lions by a score
of 27 to 6. The only real threat by
the Lions was in the third quarter
when they pepped up 'after a talk
by ..Coach McAdoo Keaton. This
win put the Jackets in second place
in District 9AA after a highly suc-
cessful season.
The game started off with a score
on a 72-yard run after a lateral
from Casstevens to Cameron. This
touchdown was called back because
both' teams were off-sides. After
that the Jackets were held scoreless
for -the rest of the quarter.
The first touchdown came in the
second quarter when. Dacus grab-
bed a lateral that Alfor'd fumbled
and raced from Brownwood's fif-
teen-yard line for the score. The
second tally , also came in this
quarter because-of another fumble
by Alford, tjjis time on the Brown-r
wood nineteen-yard line.
After covering a fumble on the
Stephenville 39, the Lions pushed
across their only score in the open-
ing minutes of the> second half.
This ended the scoring in the third
quarter with a score of 13-6.
The Jackets tallied twice in the
fourth quarter. One was made on
a pass from Casstevens to Came-
ron. The other was on a pass1 in-
terception by Casstevens. The Jac-
kets threatened in the last minute
but the threat was killed when a
fourth-down pass was incomplete.'
Question of The
Week Brings Some
Unexpected Answers
The question for this week was
"What do you like best about Tar-
leton?" Here are some of the many
different answers we received:
Jimmie Nail—The, friendliness.
Marcelle Kuhn—My; Chemistry
302 clas^ and the friendly spirit.
Rubye Kennedy*—All the people
—there are so many of |them.
Mary' Gardner—A certain tree
in front of the djning lhall.
"Pop" Smith—I just like Tar-
leton and all the kids.
Curtis Danjels—'The' armed pro-
tection I get at the Britton house.
Ann Newman—The holidays and
week-ends.
John Pasternak, Jr.>—There's
something, but I don't know what
it is.
Billy Butler—The Campus Cor-
ner and marble machines.
Troy Lee Sheperd—Co-eds.
Frank Tezak—More night prob-
lems. ■
Tom Syfan—The week-ends at
home.
Jane Eidson—The dances and the
soldiers keeping up our morale.
J. D. Pitcock—My A. H. class.
Mary Jane Fraser—The .won-
derful deserts at the dining hall.
Eloise Clonch—Living with my
three goony roommates, and the
boyfe-over-girls ratio.
E. C. Bodine—The early hours.
Parse Kepler—Mina Mae Taylor
and Miss Rutherford.
Jack Campbell—I just like it. ,
Jimmy Wilson—It's so . close to
Fort Worth.
Kenny Smith—My two' delight-
ful roommates. , •
Johnny Jorgenson—Ike's!!!
Few are the names but great is
the honor that is attached to the
two lists of students released last
week, by the Registrar. For eight
weeks this group have studied
faithfully and diligently. Their re-
ward lies, of course, in the know-
ledge 'they have gained, but its
symbol is an honor roll authorized
by the college. For many years
those students who have not re-
ceived below 90 in any subject are
rated highest, but the second roll
is also one of great h'onor, for no
one who has a single grade below
80 may appear on it. The lists be-
low contain the names of the stu-
dents tEus selected on the basis of
their mid-trimester grades.
■ Ninety Honor Roll: Marijo Neely
Eighty Honor Roll: Ellis Baker,
Eloise Clonch, Joann Edwards,
Pauline Louder, Bernice Mills,
Jack Moore, Martha Jean Morris,
Marjorie Owens, Ted Payne, An-
nie Lee Pipes, Norma Sue Powell,
Dewey Railsback, Rubye Jo Smith,
Lena Belle Steffy, Lenora Sykes,
Norma Lee Wasserman.'
NEWBANOMAKES
DEBUT SATURDAY
The new A.S.T.P. swing band
swung out in all its glory Saturday
morning in chapel. It played ''St.
Louis Blues," "Serenade in Blue,"
"Johnson Rag," and "Two O'clock
Jump." Each number was followed
by energetrc applause' and calls" of
"more" from the students.
Tony Barbera put on a good per-
formance as a boogie-woogie time-
saver, and it almost worked. Each
person did his part well, and alto-
gether the program was "terrific."
The audience sang "On a Bicycle
Built for Two," "In My Arms,"
and "Anchors Aweigh."
Thanksgiving Dinner
Served A.S.T.P.
Boys at Dining Hall
Although the ASTP boys did not
get to go home for Thanksgiving,
they were served a good dinner.
Each received as a favor a booklet,
on the cover of which was a sketch
of a huge Turkey against a back-
ground of a Tarleton entrance
gate. On the inside were printed
not only the menu but the names
of the dining hall staff, all students
by sections, ASTP teaching fac-
ulty, and ASTP cadre. Huge plat-
ters of fruit decorated the tables
and added flavor to the menu,
which is given below:
Giblet Gravy
Turkey Dressing
Fresh Peas Candied Yams
Cranberry Sauce
Stuffed Olives Curled Celery
Dinner Rolls Butter Squares
Assorted Fresh Fruits
Hard Candy Salted Nuts
Mince Meat Pie
Punch
RIFLE TEAM
IS SELECTED
By a long process of elimination
the following twenty-three men
have been selected to represent
the R. O. T. C. Unit in regard to
the rifle team: Railsback, Ator,
McEwen, Baker, Kennon, Jordan,
Jonah Harte, Behrens, Pauskey,
Spencer, James Smith, Douglas
Smith, Holland, Winn, Tripp, Rives,
Deere, Crossland, Hickey, Eppler,
Morris, Campbell, and Pitcock.
Over one-hundred cadets at-
tempted to make the rifle team;
however, only the best could be
selected. These men will represent
the R. O. T. C. Unit of Tarleton
in rifle matches that will begin
January 1, 1944. They will compete
ag-ainst the A. S. T. P. Unit and
possibly against the representa-
tives of neighboring military or-
ganizations:
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