The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 12, 1946 Page: 4 of 4

                                
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THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, FEBKUARY 12, 1946
English Department,
Campus Club to
Sponsor Contest
The Education committee of the
Tarleton Campus Club with the as-
sistance of the English department
is sponsoring a poetry contest open
to all students.
A $2.50 prize -syill be offered to
each winning junior and senior.
The English department is offering
a.second prize of one dollar each.
The subject matter and form of the
poem is optional, but all entries
must be in by March 1,
Members of the education com-
mittee. are Mrs. ' Jack English,
chairman, and Misses Willard and
Vaughn. "
Canterbury Club
Announces Two
Guest Speakers
The Canterbury , Club of John
. Tarleton Agricultural College an-
nounces that ori Wednesday, Febru-
ary 13, the Reverend Achilles Tal-
iaferro will be guest speaker. Fath-
er Taliaferro has a Master's de-
gree in music, studied with Pierre
1 Monteux1 in France; and conducted
s the Dallas Symphonetta before go-
ing into the ministry. He was'or-
ganist and choirmaster at Seabury
Western Stminary for the past two
years, and is now Rector of 'St.
Michael and; All Angels', Dallas.
The subject of his dig discussion
will be "The Esthetic Side of the1
Church," and he will also teach
how church music should be sung.
The following week, Wednesday,
February . 20, the Reverend Robert
C. Swift of St. John's Episcopal
Church, Diirant, Oklahoma, will be
the guest speaker.' He has had a
wide experience in young people's
work, and in Work among the un-
der-privileged. He is a fascinating
speaker, and will have many inter-
esting things to; tell about the prac-
tical side of the church. •
All students are cordially invited
to these meetings, which take place
at. Father TerriU's Rectory on Van-
: derbilt avenue, Wednesday nights,
at 7:30 o'clock. (Ask someone—
they'll tell you where it is.) :
Home Ec Club to
Present Program
: Miss Lillie V. Lillard ,head of the
Tarleton Speech department, will
lecture on her large and valuable
collection of foreign dolls,, 'at .the1-
meeting of the t Home Economies'
Club at 7:30 p. m. on'Thursday,
February 21 in the Speech Audi-
torium. The lecture will; to: free,
and all students are Cordially in-
vited to attend. 1
Miss Lillard, who in recent
has done intensive research' 'til
national and folk costuming of thg
various nations, will illustrate her,
lecture by pointing out some of her
unusual character dolls, such as her.
"Coronation Dolls" and her various
: Dickens and Shakespearian charac-
ter dolls .She will discuss the folk
costumes of Russia, Italy, Ger-
many, Sweden, France, Switzer-
larfd, England,' and other countries
and tell interesting legends of the
colorful costumes of the Republic
of Mexico. She has also arranged
an interesting exhibit of the vari-
ous arts, handicrafts, and costumes
of the Pan-American countries.
Betty Ellis, Jean Mason, Lou Da-
vis, and Resede Bledsoe, students
of the speech department, will
model some of the interesting cos-
tumes in hte lecturer's collection.
Miss Lillard, a recognized author-
ity on doll collecting, has displayed
and lectured on her collection at
'Columbia University, New York, at
N. T. A, C., and before various
fljlubs and organizations over 'the
State.
GX of the Week |
By PHILIP PLIPPLE
The blonde-headed G.I. called
"Honeybee'*' is- Charles B'. johnson
of Luling, Texas.. He enrolled here
last semester for engineering and
played in the backfield on the Tar-
leton football team. , .
Johnson was born and reared at
Luling. In high school he was ac-
tive ' in basketball, track and foot-
ball. During his last year there,
he wasr captain of the football
team. He spent one semester at
Lon Morris College at Jackson-
ville, Texas; and between 1940 and
1941 he attended Texas Lutheran
-College at Seguin. He was active
in football at both colleges.
: He enlisted in the Air Corps in
February of 1942 at Brooks Field.
From there he was sent to Shep-
pard Field, where he attended an
airplane mechanic's school. Next
came' aerial gunnery training at
Las Vegas, Nevada. He was assign-
ed to B-17's as flight engineer and
upper turret gunner. His crew
trained at Spokane and Ephrata in
Washington and at Lewiston, Mon-
tana. ■
Johnson and his crew left the
States for Africa in March,' 1943.
After a short stay at a rear, area
base , in French Morocco, : they
moved up and commenced flying
combat from bases near Tunis. He
flew fifty-eight missions over en-
enmy held territory in Africa,
Corsica, France, Italy and Sicily.
He flew nine-hour missions to Mar-
seille;—a distance considered a long
haul for a B-17 ih those days. One
of his worst missions (he was there
when it was rough), was to Foggia,
Italy. The wave of eighteen fort-
resses to which "Honeybee's" ship
belonged was jumped by approxi-
mately seventy-five German fight-
ers. Six of the .eighteen bombers
wore shot down. While overseas,
Johnson was promoted to a master
sergeant,
His crew flew their battered,
fortress, "A Merry-Can," back to
the States in October, 1943, to go
on a bond selling tour. But the
tour was cancelled;''. and Johnson
soon found himself at Dyersberg,
Tennessee, working as line chief
over the engine change depart-
ment. .
Johnson wears thr,ee battle stars
on his E.T.O. ribbon, but cannot
find room on his Air Medal for
'if;s. nine .oak leaf clusters. He re-
^veH-Ms discharge with a hundred
sind' elevea-'ppiht^at Fort Sam
Houston on iM^y„?8,\1945> ,
Before entering/- Tarleton, he
worked three months, for Pan-
American Airway's" at Brownsville,
Texas. - .
Johnson's 'Story Is only one of
tils inai.'y" typital 'G.I. sagas which
limitation of gpaee prevents our
publishing, v. ,
0qCi]$;';Meet :
To Elect Members
The O.W.L.S, Club mat in tht
class room of their sponsor, Mi6s
Jones, on Februai'y 6 for the pur-
pose of electing their new: members.
Nine of the nineteen girls received
unanimous votes. Their names will
be announced at the time that the
club bids are released. ,
Girls, he may be "altared," but
he will nevei- be changed.
A man with a burning ambition
is seldom fired.
Figures reveal that women are
wearing fewer clothes these days.
The modern girl does not pur-
sue a man; nor a mousetrap a:
mouse.
The good woman can't tell a lie
—unless it's ours.
Atlas would have to be a lot
stronger man today, to lift this
world with all its taxes.
Face powder may catch a man
buit it takes baking powder to
hold him.
The world won't beat a path to
your door even if you have a won-
derful trap—if" you keep it rattling
all the time.
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D.S.T. Club Honors
Pledges with Dinner
The old members of the D.S.T.
Club honored the new pledges with
a formal dinner in the little Din-
ing room on January 24, at 5:30
p. m. The receiving line included
Mary Lockhart, Louise Ramron,
Ginger Mitchell, Bobbye Monsey,
Faye Thompson, and Miss Lola
Rivers Thompson, the club sponsor.
The pledges were received in the
reception room, where the cere-
mony completing their full initi-
ation took place. The white linen
covered reception table was topped
with red tapering candles and a
single red rose, the pledges were
ushered into the dining room. The
U-shaped tables were covered with
White linen-cloths; bouquets con-
sisted of red roses. The place cards
of green,' red, and white were the
club symbol, the sombrero. A delic-
ious1 dinner of gelatin salad, grilled
steak, sweet potato puffs, stuffed
tomatoes, hot biscuits, butter, indi-
vidual cherry pies, and coffee were
served^ The guests, other than the
pledges, included Mrs. Howell and
Mis^ Willard. The evening ended
with the singing of the club song.
Baptists Students
Enjoy Party
Mr. H. V.' Collins, teacher of the
college boys' Sunday School class
at the Baptist Church, and Mrs. H.
S. Creswell, teacher of the college
girls' class, were host and . hostess
on February 7 at 7:30 p. m, to
about thirty John Tarleton co-eds
and cadets.
An informal period of singing
with the earlier guests gathering
around the piano began the party,
A series of games followed. One of
the most entertaining seemed to be
"Truth and Consequence" with
Robert Ledbetler as M.C. : .
As a climax to the fun, the
guests were served1 heart shaped
sandwiches, potato chips, cookies,
and hot tea or coffee.
HONOR ROLL—
Lummus, Bettie _._ —
Mann, Sunshine     -
Martin, James A.._ _  
Martin, James N,  ... . 
Merrill, Velton    —-
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46'
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Mikeska, Margaret , 
Milliken, Robert  
Mitchell, Virginia Ray 
Moore, Nancy Jean   ....
Neighbors, Helen      51
Newton, Wayne —- 57
Nichols, W. B.   .32
Peters, Thomas .G,  —-— 42
Pierson, Genevieve -—.J -— 45
   31
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44
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36
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Pinkerton, Frank —
Powell, Merritt _._
Priddy, James H, .
Pryor, Dale —
Raines, Herman   
Rellihan, Jo Evelyn 
Robinson, Lawrence R.
Robinson, Roger —
Sawyer, Harold —j_
Schendel, Helen ,___
Sims, Frank  ;
Smith, Burns  
Smith, John I r  
Smith, Sammye    — 30
Starkey, J. W.     41
Starnes, Mary Jo  —..—— 33
Story, Hal L.     35
Strong,/jMaxine — _ 30
Sunderniann, Frank   i  34
Taylor, Frances
Turpin, Jesnine .....:
Yaughan, Emily ...
Wagner, Fred
Warren, Charlene
Wigley, Jon ell ....
Woerner, Elwood _
Womack, Marilyn .
Wood, Barry
  32
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  47
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The following students are on
the Distinguished Students Honor
roll:
Name Grade Points
Bennett, Boyce i   . . 97
Davis, Barbara Lou — 100
Newton, Wayne _i   i 94
Powell, Merritt   :_ 101
Wagner, Fred  1——  96
Young, Mary Ruth 
CAMPUS CLUB—
tiful outside as the resources of
its occupants and the work of
loving hands can make it. The
house itself may not be pretentious
but the pepple who dwell within
will .have, in most cases, done all
in their power to keep it neat, clean
and attractive. The American home
has a pride about it, too, which is
evident in the way its windows
sparkle in the sunshine, ih the
way its lights twinkle out into
the darkness at, night and in the
way it seems to greet all visitors
with a hearty "welcome;" The
house itself seems "to say to every-
one who passes that it lias a happy
family inside who tend it with
loving care. So it matters not if
the house be old or new, out of
date or modem; it is precious to
the family who lives in it.
The inside of the American home
is the second thing which distin-
guishes it from the homes of other
countries. Each home is furnished
according to the tastes' arid fi-
nances of its family. Types of fur-
nishings vary -from Mexican to
Russian and from Oriental to Old
English, including, of course, all
the .periods of each type.* Most
homes in the- United States are,
however, merely a mixed-up coin-
pound of whatever furniture suited
the buyers at one time or another
during the life of the family. Noth-
ing matches exactly, yet each piece
fits with its neighbor much as an
old hat- fits the head that has
worn it many .years. Ih the begin-
ning, the rooms were arranged to
suit and probably have nob been
rearranged very much because
someone, in the family always lost
his way around when the furniture
was changed aho.ut. Each piece of
furniture has a.: lived-on, in, and
around look which gives* forth a
comfortable note of pleasant mem-
ories and confident expectations.
Evidences of habitation' are scat-
tered in various attitudes about the
rooms—a .pipe here, a turned-down
book there, a half-eaten piece of
candy yondei1—each as though it
expects its owner back at any mo-
ment, The noises that iiopnal
human beings make while going
about the business of living, and
the smells which indicate that food
is in preparation are also a por-
tion of what changes a house into
a home. •   ..'
Perhaps the most outstanding of
the characteristics of the American
home is the fact that the people
are like no other people on earth.
And, after all; the people are what
make a home a home. Americans
are at once clever, stupid, artistic,
impulsive, cautious, impractical,
and unpredictable. AJ1 these:traits
they put, into the making of their
homes. Where else but , in a home
in the United States could a person
pursue his hobbies, his career, , his
love-life, his affairs, and his. neigh-
bors accompanied by such merri-
ment, ridicule, and confusion 1
Within the American home, though,
there is a fierce family loyalty
which defies an enemy to approach';
there is also a feeling of freedom,
that allows each member to do as
he pleases so long as he does not
interfere with .another member's
happiness. Each member contrib-
utes his share of work, thought,-
and love to the family treasury,
and each reaps his share of peace
and contentment. ; ■
The American home is like no
other place on eartli; it cannot b?
duplicated anywhere outside the
United States,- because the people
make it what it is. ' From the
geraniums ori the front' porch to
the doghouse' in the back yard, it
is the American home; and with
the continued blessings /of God
upon our land, this home will con-
tinue to be the symbol of our
loyalty to our United States.
The American Home
For the last ..several years the
popular idea in America has been
that the home ' is deteriorating
rapidly. There is nothing farther
from the truth than that, idea. The
American home is an institution
that will outlive the fads of the
modern age, the divorce courts,
and the people who believe it is
going to the bad. It is the first
institution that God/created and.
thereby is divine and sacred: Per-
haps the persons who love and
cherish the American home most
of all are the soldiers who fought
and died for it in this war. Joe,
the boy next door, and Charlie, the
kid down the street, did not .h&ve
any idealistic illusions about fight-
ing for liberty and justice or. mak-
ing the world safe for democracy.
They fought■; simply for that home
which they had left and dearly
wanted to come back to; for the
Sunday dinners in the best dining
room; for the hammock under the
ancient oak in the back yard; for
their lovable kid sister, Ann; for
"Mom," who always had an extra
piece of cherry .pie in ' the stove;
for "Dad," who managed to leave
the car keys- on the mantel for'that
Saturday night date. To me home
is a place to: leave sorrows, to gain
comfort, and just to "be myself."
It is a place to rob the ice box
in the middle of the afternoon; to
romp in the living room with
"Puppy," my collie dbg; to use
all the family's rationed sugar
malting date loaf candy; to, stuff
myself to the state of being pleas-
antly uncomfortable. with Mother's
roast'chicken, : ,
Home is usually a specific
place to every person. It may be a
Southern Colonial mansion' in the
rich residential section of a city,
a green-topped cottage with a
white picket fence, a, shack on the
other side of the tracks, or a farm
house in the country. Mine is a
rambling white house set peace-
occasion..
Coke
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Y&i
m
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
TEXAS COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.,
fully back from the road and
shaded by ancient majestic oaks.
When I go home after having been
a\vay for a long time, I feel as
though a great weight has; been
lifted from ine; and all the peace,
contentmentand restfulness that
I have ever known comes back to
me. Tftere I find a treasure house
of memories in each room and
about each object of furniture.
There I have spent my 'happiest
hours and there my heart has been
broken and mended again.
Home may not mean a particular
place to some people, but a condi-
tion of the heart; consequently, the
old adage, "Home is where you
hang your hat." I have a feeling
like that when my mother and dad
visit me at school. The room puts
on a warm glow that it did not
have a moment before my parents
enter into the room. When my dad
puts his, arms around me, I feel
as safe and comfortable as I did
when I sat on his knee at the age
of seven; and when I lean against
my sturdy mother, all her strength
and security transfers to me.T feel
this way about my parents and
home because I know that our
home was built on the two great
principles, love arid Christianity.
The scripture, "Train up a child
in the way he should go, and when
■he is old, he will not depart from
it," was devoutly practiced, in our
home. Each Sunday morning- we
donned our best and entered the
Church as a group. It is not just a
gesture, either, as I have seen
many times when parents took the
children a few times and then sent
them alone; for my dad never ask-
ed any of us children to do any-
thing that he would not do himself.
The beautiful prayers that he has
prayed will always be music to
my soul.
Another part of my home is my
two brothers—those two fellows
whom I worshipped as prank-
playing boys, and whom I love and
admire as grown men. My older
brother, R. D., made himself my
special protector in his superior,
boyish way, seeing that I never was
left out of ajiything. My younger
brother, Doyle, more of a com-
panion, shared the deep, dark
Secrets of childhood with ine—that
there was no Santa, that I should
row a boat across the tank with-
out turning it over, and that I
should sit very quietly on the bank
to- catch frogs. Now sorrow has
come to our home through the loss
of my brother, Doyle; arid R. D.
has become the comfort of my life
though he, is far away, •
Home call mean so much to a
person—love and security, peace
and contentment. However, most
significant of our home is our
ability to work out problems as a'
unit. Ours is just one of millions
of Ariierican homes and American
families, that are united in com-
mon interests, love, and fellow-
ship. The American home! Symbol
of all that is good and all that may
be hoped for to ali the war-torn
people of the world! ;