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BACK
PLOWBGYS!
WELCOME
TO NEW
STUDENTS!
VOL. XXVI.
STEPHENVILLE,.TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1946
T*T
NUMBER 8
SEMESTER HONOR BOLL RELEASED!
NINETY-TWO STUDENTS LISTED
Five Make the
pistinguished
Honor Roll
The Registrar's Office has an-
♦ nounced the honor rolls fox' the
fall semester. In order to be
eligible for the semester ■'honor roll
a student must-have been on the
B honor roll for each of the two
eight-weeks periods in one semes-
ter, making, him have a B average
in all of his subjects. The grade
point system is determined accord-
ing to the following rules: An A is
equal to three grade points times
the number of hours in the course;
B • is equal to two grade points
times the number of hours in the
course; and C is equal to one grade
point times the number of hours
in the courserif a siudent has as.
n^any as 81 grade points accumu-
lat'ed in two semesters, that stu-
. dent is on the Distinguished Honor
Roll and is eligible for a T award.
The following students are list-
ed on the fall honor roll:
Kame Grade Points
Aker, Peggy 40
Alexander, John — 35
Allen, Dale 1 38
Ashorn, Lillian ,48
Arthur, La.'Juan 38
Beasley, John C 38
Beck, Bementa 35
Bennett, Boyce 42
Bradshaw/Ivan 34
Brown, Mary; Alice 39
r.:3stfivei^, Melbajean' 39
Clayton, Mary Louise 30
Coker, Jimmie - 32
Colborn, Rosemary 36
Cooper, Kenneth B. 31
Davis, Barbara L'ou 49
D^vis, Clarence G.' 32
Davis, Eugene 46
Davis, Hesta Louise 4^
Liobbs, Joann — J
Dorph, Carol f * 4-1
Dry, Carl P. ..^81.
Edwards, Pauline '83.
Emmett, Martha —-r^J'
Evatt, Beutonne —, 35v
Everhart, Dolly 3pt
Everhart, Velma' . §0.
Ferguson, Rosalie : a 38
Garner, Wanda Dean , '32
Garrett, Harris C 5Y
Gassoway, John ± 39
Gould, William L 35
Hendrick, Billy G. , „ 2l- 42
Henson, Nifca _ 38
Herring, Ray J 48
Houston; Mildred ... : 30
Hutching, Robert 32
Jordan, Ethyl Mae I 35
ICilpatrick, Edward _ 36
King, Wesley. r 42
Kirkpatriek, Richard , 31
Klipple, Phillip _ 42
Knox,' Martha Lou : 33
Lancaster, Paul „ _1: 40
Lewis, Rita 35
Lindsey, Margaret r 32
Lockhart, Mary „ 44
Lucas, Mitzi _ 31
'Luker, Frankie _ _ 31
■ (See HONOR ROLL—Page 4)
LOST
A go^d Elgin wrist watch which
had the initials L.E.T. engraved on
the back. If found please return to
Lee Edwin Terry, Room 307 in the
Home Economics Building or to the
Registrar's office. Reward offered.
News m Review
1. Serio;us £ioi ends China's mass
celebration of present unity con-
ference,
2. Churchill arrives in Washing'
ton tQ visit President Truman,
3. New York tugboat" workers
agree to arbitrate their dispute.
4* Russia says inequality perils
the success'of the UNO.
5, Queen Mary docks in New
^fork with 1,666 British war brides.
'6. Truman seeks to improve re-
lations'. within the Democratic
party
7. Verdict' for General Homma
to be^g:iven 'Monday in Manila,
8. Germany to have own news
policies.
Colonel Herring . '
Addresses Current
Events Class
Colonel Robert Ray Herring, a
1939 graduate of John Tarleton
College, was presented to ithe Cur-
rent Events Class on Wednesday
morning in a lecture on'tlie Pacific
campaign's. Many faculty members
and students from other classes at-
tended. -
Colonel Harring gave a vivjd de-
scription of the plans and execu-
tions of the Pacific campaigns
which were conducted under Gen-
eral MacArthur. He also gave his
ideas of the influence of General
MacArthur's campaigns and rul-
ings since peace on the government
and religion of the Japanese '/peo-
ple.
The colonel who graduated from
A. & M. in 1941 and who attended
the graduate school of George
Washington University,' Washing-
ton, D. C., in 1941-1942, joined the
U. S. Air Corps Intelligence service
on March 24, 1942, and was almost
immediately sent to Australia and
the Southwest Pacific area. He has
served on the staffs of General
Whitehead, General Kenney,, and
General MacArthur. At the close
of the war he was serving as the
senior air intelligence officer on
Okinawa.
He has flown 465 combat hours;
and following the surrender he has
inspected Japan, Korea, Shanghai,'
Hong Kong, Rabaul, Truk, and Sai-
gon, where he interrogated ranking
Japanese officers.
The" speaker, #\irho is one of the
youngest colonels in the army,
spoke.the previous^ week to the Ste-
Bhenvilte Lion^Club-
UTOPIAN GLIB
WILL MEET IN
J-TA0SHMJK
On. >Trsday, t ^ehr u£iry 21, at
£:O0 p.'- m J" the- iJtVpi^in Club will
m"eet.for~ the fh-sLtime in Room 34
next to £he ^Tac Shack. The club
is sponsored by Miss Pearl Malian,
retired head® of Tarleton's English
department; and' its purpose is
discuss informally and to lecture
on the songs and tales of Texas and
the Southwest.
The program, arranged by the
program committee consisting of
Nan House, Sunshine Mann, and
Robert Ledbetter, will include a
lecture on Taos, New Mexico, by
James Priddy.' Taos, New Mexico
is noted as a creative art center.
Jim Dean, who was a member of
the Hardin-Simmons Cowboy Band,
will sing cowboy ballads to the ac-
companiment of a guitar, Lou
Davis -will l-ead three poems from
collected literature of the South-
west, and Nan House will con-
tribute to; the program by giving a
folk tale of Texas. \
Membership is open to all 401
and 402 students, arid the club is
free of dues.
The officers of the Utopian Club
are as follows: Dolly, Everhart,
president; Mary Louise Clayton,
vice-president; Velma Everhart,
secretary; and Mary Brown, re-
porter.
J. Thomas Davis
To Give Lecture
At Pampa, Texas
Under the sponsorship of the
Pampa Chamber of Commerce and
the Pampa county and city officials
Dean Emeritus J, Thomas Davis
will lecture to the business men 61,
Pampa at noon On Tuesday, Febru-
ary 12, and to the £ampa high
school students and veterans of
World War 11 at an evening ban-
quet on the same day. .
Dean Davis will discuss the busi-
ness and economic problem^ of
Texas and the nation and the im-
portance of young people return-
ing to schools and colleges.
Two Members Are
Added to Faculty
\
Two new additions to thp teach-
ing staff are Miss Mary Margaret
Black in the Art Department and
Miss Ruth Lamb'ertus in the' Music
Department, '
Miss Black is .head of the Art De--
partment and teaches piano on the
side. She graduated in 1946''from
Oklahoma University with a Bach-
elor of Fint Arts degree. Before
coming to Tarleton, she gave pri-
vate lessons in voice.
Miss Lambertus has been a tea-
cher of piano and music supervisor
since 1933. She obtained her Bach-
elor's degree in music at Whitten-
berg College, Springfield, Ohio, in
1931. She received her A.M. degree
at Teachers' College of Columbia
University, New York and has
done graduate study in piano at the
University of Ohio and at the'-Urii-
vbersity of Michigan.
EVERHART HEADS
SPANISH CLUB
The Spanish Club me£ on Jan-
uary 28 in the Rec, Hall for tfye
purpose of reorganizing and eject-
ing two new officers. Velma Ever-
hart "Was elected president, Sun-
shine Mann was elected vice presi-
dent. Helen Neighbors is the re-
turning secretai^-treasurer, : and
Betty Ellis is the returning re-
porter. Committees for drawing
up a constitution and for programs
were appointed.
The following program consist-
ed of a talk by Velma Everhart
on the noted composer, Ernesto
Lecuona with accompanying rec-
ords," furnishing some of his most
famous works.
Punch and cookies were served
to the members and the club spon-
sor, Miss Hillswick. * .
Textiles Class
Completes Project
The girls Textiles Class project'
last semester was weaving throw
rugs for their dormitory rooms.
These beautiful rugs are woven
from cotton and' wool yarns ' of
various colors, worked out b^ the
girls according to art principals.
The time required to complete a
rug is about eight fascinating
'hours. The cost usually runs- $3.00
/or the Cotton ones and $5.00 for
the wool rugs, '
MISS COUGH
IS HONORED
By PHILIP PUPPLE
* Miss Lulu P. Gough, instructor
in biology, has recently been hon-
ored by having a flowering plant
named for her—the Fediomelum
Goughae.
When Miss Gough came here to
teach in 1920, she noticed a great
difference in the plants of this; area
from those she had been accus-
tomed to. She decided to work on
her Master's degree by classify-
ing the flowering plants of .this
area. It was a three-year job. Upon
completing this classification, the
University of Texas urged her to
go to work on the Algae. In 1928
she turned in her work on Chloro-
phyceae. In this microscopic work,
she had to make a drawing of each
of the. 65 different specimens that
she classified. The fact that the
University published it in a bulletin
indicates the quality of her work.
It sounded like a veiy tedious
job, but Miss Gough assured this
reporter that she found it ex-
tremely interesting. She spoke of
one instance >vhen, during her re-
search, she came across some algae
not only capable of motion^—they^
actually danced! They were moving
in pairs, and it seemed like a min-
iature celebration of the liveliest
kind. She called it to the attention
of Dr. Reed, the head of the de-
partment at that time; and the-
two of them forgot all else for two
hours while gazing through the
microscope.
MISS HENNIGAN
BACK ON CAMPUS
By LOU DAVIS
' With all the courage that I
could muster, though green that
I was, I meekly rang the bell ' on
.... '•
Enrollment Nears
Seven-Hundred Mark
the door of the college hospital—
my first interview with the head
nurse of John Tarleton College.
Before I , could explain my mis-
sion, 1 found myself seated on a
white' chair with a thermometer in
my mouth while my pulse was be-
ing taken by a tall, distinguished
looking lady with attractive grey
hair and deep ,brown eyes. When
Miss Lucy Hennigan was finally
convinced that I was not sick nor
trying to get out of class and tliat
I was there for the purpose of
securing an interview, she im-
mediately expressed her dislike for
reporters, saying that she hated to
talk about herself because she felt
other .things were much more im-
portant. This expressed the dy-
namic personality of Miss Lucy
Hennigan, who recently returned
to our campus to become head,
nurse at the college hospital,
"Aunt Lucy/' as she was nick-
named, came to Tarleton in 1925,
Before coming here, she had been
surgical nurse at the Stamford
Sanitarium, superintendent at the
Browriwood Hospital, and superin-
tendent of the .Overall Memorial
Hospital at N Coleman. In World
War I she served in the United
States Army as a surgical nurse
and was honorably discharged from
Fort Barrancas at Pensacola, Flo-
rida, in 1919, Miss Hennigan went
to France in 1927 on a tour spon-
sored by the American Legion.
On January 12, 1944, Miss Hen-
nigan resigned from her position
at Tarleton, Throughout her nine-
teen years on the campus she work-
ed faithfully as a nurse for the
school. She has saved many lives
and averted much serious illness.
She was the center of activities
for faculty women, famous for her
picnics and waffle suppers.
Miss Hennigan worked in the
Sweetwater Municipal flospital for
a year and a half after her resig-
nation from Tarleton.
The students and faculty' extend
a hearty welcome to Miss Lucy
Hennigan and hope that her stay
here on the campus "will be long as
well as enjoyable.
TARLETON TO
GET HOUSING
UNITS FOR VETS
John Tarleton College at Steph-
enville has been tentatively allo-
cated twenty housing units for
married veterans by the Federal
Public Housing Authority. This
announcement was made by Deayi
E.. J, Howell today, who further
stated that the date of delivery
and site has as yet not been de-
termined, "It is hoped, however,"
he added, "that they will be avail-
able by the next summer term
that starts June 3/'
With 200 veterans now enrolled
in Tarleton, and scores of married
veterans turned away because of,
lack of housing, the Dearn pointed
out that 'the allocation would only
aid Jt>ut;not solve the problem of
the^maj/ied G.I. to attend Tarle-
ton.1 "We shall continue' to work
off $113 problem and do all we can
to alleviate this condition/' he
stated.
The latest count for the number
enrolled ' in the new semester is
C90i according to the Registrar's
Office. And 'this figure does not
include the special music students
of 'Wfhieh there are at least 65.
It is unusual for the second
semester enrollment to equal tha*
of the first. This year, however,
the second semester enrollment ex-
ceeds that of the first semester by
about l90 students.
The increase is due, of course,
to the influx of veterans. The last
count on them was 174; and they,
as well as special music students,
are still coming in. Many more
married veterans would have en-
rolled if they could have found
housing.
It is hoped that tentative hous-
ing plans will alleviate this prob-
lem another semester.
CAMPUS CLUB ANNOUNCES
WINNERS OF ESSAY CONTEST
VETS' WIVES
HOLD MEETING
Eight wives of veterans attend-
ing Tarleton held an informal
meeting in t)ie gues£ dining room
Thursday night, February 14.
Mrs, Charles Hall, president of
the club, welcomed the new mem-
bers and gave a summary of the
clii^s .functions and aims.; 1 The
club is ;to work in conjunction with
thei'iLegitvn ,Post in sponsoring so-
cial affairs and entertainment.
Punch and cookies were served
to Mesdames Bill Cunningham, Ed-'
ward B. Adams, Neil B. Eaves,
Lloyd F. Quisenberry,' Wayne Lan-
ham, Carl P. Dry, Charles A. Hall,
and'Joe-Harris.'-- - ^•. *
A man wrapped up in himself
makessmall' p^ckagfe. •
The.best cure 'fox love*at first
sight is to take a closer look.
When we feee two 'women kissing
we always * think of two boxers
awaking "hands before 'the fight
starts. •
The man at the top is usyally
someone ' who . has been going to
the bottQrn of things.
SIXTY VETERANS
ATTEND MEETING
> 1
Thursday nig-iit, February 7, six-
ty members and their sponsors at-
tended the regular meeting of the
William Edwin; Dyess Post. Other
college officials* present were Dean
Howell and Mr. Norton.
Before the beginning of the busi-
ness session, six members of the
Swing Cadets, rendered some in-
strumental numbers. Copeland, the
boy from "Howdy Hollow/' also
gave his interpretation of life in
the big, city., -
At 7:30 Commander Hall called
the meeiiti-g to order; previous min-
utes were read and 'adopted; and
old and new business discussed. The
coming dance- scheduled for Feb-
ruary 14 was discussed freely
from the, floor, and a committee
was appointed to take care of the
entertainment part of the dance.
Another committee was appointed
to bring in a list of candidates for
officers of the post. A motion was
adopted, to hold weekly meetings,
and plans were made to organize
a soft ball team of veterans.
Mr. Norton offered his services
in organizing a glee club.. Twenty-
five members indicated a desire to
participate and a date was set to
meet.
C, H.; Townsend, Assistant State
Service Officer from Austin, and
F. H. Robinson from i the Waco
Regional * Office of the Veterans
Administration, were present and
answered many questions concern-
ing veterans and schooling.
Calendar of future Legion activi-
ties; /
Glee Clijb Meeting, 5:00 p.m.,
February .'13, Music Conservatory,
Jjegion Dance, 7:00 p.m', Feb-
ruary 14,-Recreation Hall,
Next-Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Feb-
ruarv 21, Dining Hall.
New Ag Teacher is
Versatile, Capable
1 V
The new agriculture teacher with
the dark, piercing eyes is Mr.,
Craig, a former artillery captain
He obtained his B.S. degree in:
agricultural engineering" at!A and
M, in 1937. Then, after, managing
an implement store at Pampa,
Texas, for three' years, he taught
at A. and M. for a y^ar. He entered
the army, where he commanded a,
battery in the 961st Field Artillery1
^Battalion. * His ' organization was
based for a time in Ireland and
England and hit Normandy nine-
teen days after D-Day. They made
the southern* drive and encircle-
ment with Patton's forces, operat-
ing as corps artillery. This means
that they moved about quite a bit,
supporting various units and doing
a great deal of firing. They linked
with the 7th Army, with which
they remained until the war ended.
When- the Armistice was signed,
they were two miles out of Salz-
burg, Germany, with guns laid and
ready for fire. Salzburg is about 12
miles from Berchteskaden, Hitler's
hideout.'
Captain Craig commanded a bat-
tery composed mostly of, Texans
from around Kingsville. He is just^
ly proud of their record. As an ex-
ample of his men's shooting skill,
he tells of a river crossing staged
at/2 a. m. one morning, It was their
job to loy a line of fire with their
howitzers on the opposite shore and
directly, in front .of ,nur> advancing
infantry. Not one shell fell short! ■
The-eaptain 7/as released -from
the service January 26^- 1946, at
Fort Bliss, Texas. H^ "picked up"
a Bronze';$tarv wfrfi e<. oversea,^ and
he weaKS
ErT,0. rib^onw ***\
FLSRY NAMED
PLOWMAOH
Clarence JVf, j[<Dutch) Flory has
beei) namfcd josOball coach and
head of the Physical Kduc^tW''de-
partment at Johji Taiifetoc"-College.
This announcement* Was-rfta'de to-
day by Dean E. J. Howell/ who
states that Flory would assume
his new -duties on February 16.
Marshall Hughes has been acting
Plowboy mentor.
Flory, who has ,just' been dis-
charged as a full lieutenant from
the Navy, has a ,varied1 coaching
experience. In 1944 he was one tof
the assistant football, coaches lat
the University of Washington
which played.in the kose Bowl that
year. From 1929/16 1931 he was
head coach of the Tenatha High
Schopl. During the next four years
he coached at Hondo where his
teams mot phenomenal success.
Frojn 1935 to 1942 he coached the
Harlingen football iquad., He re-
signed at Harlingen to .enter the
Navy,
The new Plowboy^ coach received
his B.A.. Degree from Texas A,
and M. in 1929 and his M.A. De-
gree from the University of Texas
in 1937.
Dean Howell further stated that
spring training would be started
in the immediate future. He em-
phasized, too, that , the objective
of Flory Vould be to install a well
rounded inti^imural and' physical
education program with every stu-
dent participating in addition to
a strong'intercollegiate program of
both majoi.and minor sports.
He was a good man, as husbands
go, and as husbands go he went.
Mpther nature can't juitip from
summer to winter without a fall,
or winter to summer without a
spring.
Do right and you'll fear no man;
don't write and .you'll fear no
woman. • . v
He who said that drinking whis-
key is bad must have -tried some
of the recent stuff.
Brown, Aker
Take Honors
For Essays .
The Campus Club announced to-
day the winners of the Es^ay Con-
test in which junior and senior
English students submitted essays
on "The American' Home/' Mary
.Alice Brown and Bobbye Monsey
won first and second places, re-
spectively, in the senior division.
Top honors for the junior division
went to Peggy Aker and Bettie
Lummus.
■ A committee of the Campus Club
will meet with the winners at
the Tarleton Poultry Farm this
afternoon with Miss Mary M&ers,
Mrs, T. A. Hensarlmg as co-host-
esses. Prizes of $2.50 for the two
first prize winners and $1.00 for
each of the second place winners
will be awarded.
Mary Alice Brown, senior home
economics major from Putnam, is
a member of the Eternas Club, is
vice president of the Home Eco-
nomics Club, and is club editor of
the Grassburr. Her prize-winning
essay, along with that of Peggy
Aker, who is a member of the
D.SvT, Club, will be published, in
this issue.
The American Home
If someone presses you for a
symbol of the intangible something
which the average American was
working and fighting to preserve
throughout the struggle ,,'that has
just ceased, tell him about the
American home, When our politi-
cians spoke in flowery phrases of
-the—"American .way of—life" and
the ''glorious and mighty benefits
of democracy/' they were thinking
of the ordinary American home*.
-When our G.I/s dreamed of their
homeland or discussed in their fox-
holes those things for which they
vcere'fighting and dying, they were
Iqcging for their own homes.s To
'thpt'Gtl., the home was a dream
to "be clreamed when the night was
Mlong &nd the <jlay was filled with
"sEiain" of impending battle. Home
was -something to remember with
the "dull ache of longing; home was'
something to look forward to with
the wild joy of anticipation. Home
was a living symbol of alj the safe,
normal things in life to which they
were eager to return.
What characteristics of the aver-
age American home distinguish it
from.its foreign counterparts and
place it above all things in the
hearts of all Americans? First of
All, the American home is as beau- t
r (See CAMPUS CLUB-j—Page 4)
SENIORS TO
SPONSOR STAG
DANCE FEB.16
A Get Acquainted Stag Dance is
being sponsored by the Senior*
Class on Saturday, February 16.
Informal, the dance will be at 7:30
in the Rec Hall, and an admission
of twenty-five cents each will be
charged.' Only stags will be ad-
mitted. .
CALENDAR
The 'calendar of events of inter-
est from Tuesday, February 12,
through February 21 is as follows:
Tuesday, Feb. 12 —■ Basketball
game, Tarltton vs; Hillsboro.
Wednesday, Feb. 13 — Wesley
Foundation banquet, Methodist
Church, 7:30 p. m. ,
Thursday, Feb. 14—Sine Cera
rush party, parlor,* * - - ,
- Friday, Feb. 45 "*Lanbin's
lyceum, "Buffalo Fjliys?'' ^
Tuesday; j^b;, 13—Aggettfei'Olub
6:30 to 7; 30^ *
Weclpesdfiy, Feb. 20 — Lyc^unri*
number, 'Mary Hutchinson,^ Sr.30,
Auditorium. -
■ Thursday, Feb. 21—Eco-
nomics Club meeting,. Auditorium,;
7:30.,Everyone is inyitVd.v
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