The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 10, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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Chatter I
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ROSEMARY COLBORN
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Sadie Hawkins Week (started
off yesterday with a big bang* and
now we have Daisy Mae's chasing
Li'l • Abners all over the campus.
They've probably just getting
ready for the big race tomorrow
on the drill field.
Miss Pearl Mahan, retired head
of the English department at Tar-
leton, recently made a trip to Ft,
Worth to do her- Christmas shop-
ping. Miss Mahan had not been out
of Stephenville for four and a half
years, which is quite a record for
anybody, and it all goes to show
that, for her at least, the grass is
greener in her own back yard.
While walking down the
street in town yesterday I no-
ticed that Gray's Jewelry has
moved to a new location and
has one of the most attractive
window displays in Stephen--
ville. This ought to be an in-
spiration to you boys who don't
know.what you're going to buy
your girls for Christmas.
The "first movie ,oji the campus
this year was presented by the Sen-
ior class in the auditorium early
last week. Last year we enjoyed
several of these shows and every-
body seemed qijite enthusiastic ov-
er this one. May we. have more of
this kind of entertainment.
I'll never be able to understand
how so many little boys could make
*u such beautiful music as the ones in
the Apollo Boys Choir, They were
truly marvelous, and doubly so be-
cause they were so young*
The fairer sex at Tarleton
is showing that they can do
anything the boys can do, I've
seen girls carrying boys' books,
opening doors fois. them, hold-
ing their coats, and practical-
ly anything else you can;think
of. The rules for Sadie Haw-
kin's Week say. that proposals
are in order so anything might
happen.
L. W. Wilcox, an ex-Tarletonite,
has started working down at the
Empire-Tribune office, where the
J-Tac is printed., Several years ago,
while attending Tarleton, Mr, Wil-
cox was the editorials editor of the
J-Tac.
I'm looking forward to the
Shakespearian play that has been
booked by the Civic Series to play
here at Tarleton sometime in the
future. The Civic Series has al-
ready preesnted two outstanding
programs, and this one is expected
to be as good, if not better.
Congratulations to Edwin
Gibson and Helen Neighbors,
who were^ awarded the first
two scholarships of the Win.
E. Dyess Memorial Scholarship
Fund. Both Helen and Edwin
have excellent grade standings,
besides being two of the most
popular memfeejrg „of the stu-
dent' body.* —" ' * w
The B Eterrias "Ofigb -i£u fepoijabring
the toS§coft(j;%frig* fbrmal .tjance *Qf
the sfej&on on Friday night. The
with the help of^their
brpthet club, the Lords apd &ohi-
m£nere, have been makirfgL^lans
fcft.ihe dance all week. and are
lobjikig forward to*}(°b jg success"/'
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pa b 1 islt5 d/ <J)i"fore (.lur. Omst% *
mas-holidays, stf. if >Git have
any news aor gossip Iq go in,
you'd better'htijfr^/
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That's about the crop for this
week, and girls, I hope you catch
your man. Happy Sadie Hakin's
IVeek. ,
JTAC OBSERVES
ANNUAL SADIE
HAWKINS WEEK
Student Council
Sponsors Dance
Tomorrow Night
The traditional Sadie Hawkins
Week began on the Tarleton Cam-
pus yesterday and will continue
through Sunday night at 12:00.
During this week the giils, will
take the boys' place asking for
dates, opening doors for members
of the opposite sex:' and perform-
ing all the gestures generally dir-
ected toward themselves* They .are
also allowed to whistle and give
wolf calls when ever they have
the urge.
Late Wednesday afternoon a
Sadie Hawkins race between the
bachelors and 'the old maids at Tar-
leton will be held on the drillfield.
Girls will escort the' boys they
catch to supper.
Wednesday night the Students'
Council will sponsor a Sadie Haw-
kins Dance in the Rec Hall with
music by.the,, Swpigr_
girls are urged to bring a date, but
girl stags will be Welcome. Ad-
mission will be $1.00 per couple
or stag. Refreshments will be free.
Entertainment for the evening
will include a jitterbug contest, an
old fashioned liars contest, and a
presentations of Blackouts by Clar-
ence White*-
Girls may continue to make dates
with boys until Sunday night when
the turnabout comes to an end.
DEAN HOWELL
GOES TO MEET
IN MEMPHIS
Dean E. J. Howell is in/Mem-
phis, Tenn., this week attending a
meeting of the Southern Associa-
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools which will last from Dec-
ember 9-13.
Dean Howell will deliver an ad-
dress on "How to Recognize Lead-
ership" to the Junior College Sec-
tion.
Tarleton has been on the approv-
ed list of the Southern Associatibn
of Colleges and Secondary Schools
as a first class junior college since
1926. This'means that credits earn-
ed at Tarleton are acceptable at
all colleges and universities in the
United States.
ATTENTION VETERANS
UNDER P.L. 16, PART'VII
All veterans attending JTAC
under Public Law 16, "Part VII"'
are requested to see Mr. R. L..
Cockrell, Training Officer, V.A.,
Waco Regional Officer on Dec-
ember 17, 1946 in the Regis-
trar's office.
This contact is very impor-
tant. It pertains to your sub-
sistence, the amount of which
you are now receiving 4 may be
reduced.
Don't miss seeing Mr,. Cock-
rell on this date.
Second Fight Night
Draws Good Crowd
1
How Pullorum Test Samples Are Taken
A ' class in turkey production,
taught by W. D. Graves, head of
the department of poultry husban-
dry^ is shown at the left taking
blood to be pullorum tested in
Tarleton's blood-testing labora-
tory.
NEIGHBOURS AND
GIBSON RECEIVE
SCHOLARSHIPS
Dean E. J. Howell presented the
first awards from the' William E.
Dyess Memorial Scholarship Fund
to Edwin Gibson of Mingus and
Helen Neighbours of Stephenville
at a student assemply Thursday.
Gibson, a senior, has a scholas-
tic average of- #6,3*.
an officer in the army air corps
before coming to Tarleton. --His
major is architectural engineering,
Helen, who is also a seniQr, has
a average of 94.3. Her major is^
social science.
Source of the revenue fpr.the
Dyess fund comes from donations
which are invested in government
bonds. Awards are made from fhe
revenue; and additional awards
will be made in the spring for
next fall. A committee of the Dean,
Associate Dean and Registrar sel-
ected candidates for the awards on
the basis of scholarship' and lead-
ership, Final decision was made by
the Texas A&M Board of Direc-
tors.
A large and enthusiastic crowd
attended the second in a series of
fight nights sponsored by the Cam-
pus veterans legion post, at the
city recreation hall, Dec. 5 to see
a full card of ten bouts.
Next fight night will be Dec. 19,
and plans are being made to match
an all-college team against a team
from either NTAC or a Fort Worth
athletic club.
Knockouts were fewer than in
the first fight night but the at>
tendance and reception of the pro-
gram indicated the popularity of
the entertainment.
RULES STATED TO GIVE GIRLS
A CHANCE TO GET THEIR MAN
Rules set forth for Sadie Haw-
kins week concerning the girls' at-
titude toward the gentleman of
their affections are as follows:
1, All engagements made prior
to Sadie Hawkins Week are de-
clared null and void.
2, Females must spend at least
five cents per date on males and
must not spend more on themselves
tlian, they do on their date,
I - 3. Females must make all ap-
proaches, advances, etc,,4 ah^ male
•caught drumming up trade will be
severely punished.
4. Proposals of marriage are in
order, but they must be made in
the traditional manner,' and the
girl must furnish the'-ring,
5. A male may not refuse a date
unless he is going home .to his
grandma's funeral, has over $1,-
000,000 in the bank, has passed
over 28 hours during the first sem-
ester, has to study, has a date, has
a headache, or has just washed his
hair and can't do a thing with it.
6. All courtesies generally due to
the ladies, such as, opening doors,
carrying books, tagging at dances,
etc., will be due the gentlemen.
Anyone found violating any of
these rules will be severely punish-
ed if apprehended.
Ex-Tarletonite Goes
To Germany Recently
Ex-Tarletonite Mrs. Fay Filburn
and son, Ralph III, left November
30 in their ear for New-York City
where they will sail for Munich,
Germany to join their husband and
father, 1st. Lt. Ralph B. Filburn,
who is in the Army Air Corps.
Mrs. Filburn is a Tarleton grad-
uate and has a degree from Dan-
iel Baker College, Brownwood.
Tarleton's laboratory is one of
the two such labs in Texas, the
other being.located at A&M.
Headed by J. D. English, Pro-
fessor of Biology, this laboratory,
which was opened in 1944, can run
over 6,000 tests a day^ Over 40,-
000 tests have'been run this sea-
son. The number of blood samples
that will be tested this year is "Un-
certain because of "the scarcity of
fe^d'iast summer.
Blood .samples from a wide area
are sent to Tarleton, as all tufckey
breeders west of Waco send the
samples here. v .
Once the blood -is received, ten
women do the specialized work, and
it takes one to one and a half min-
utes to run the test.
The actual process is too compli-
cated for the layman, but the'mag-
nitude of the work can be seen-as
cork stoppers are ordered by the
hundred thousands, and glass vials
by the thousands.
THE
VOL. XXVII.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1946
NO, 14
JTAC PLAYERS
WILL PRESENT
PLAT MONDAY
'How It Happened'
To Be Played By
Speech Students
The Tarleton Players of the
speech Department, under the dir-
ection of Miss Lillie V. Lillard, will
present their Annual Jubilee Dec-
ember 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the col-
lege auditorium. No admission fee
will be charged.
The varied entertaining program
will consist of 'a series of humor-
ous characterizations and other
numbers.
The romantic skit, "How It Hap-,
pened", will feature Ralph Spen-
cer, Bob Grimshaw, and Jean Ma-
son, -
The popular farce, "A proposal
Under Difficulties'1 by John Ken-
drick Bangs, will be presented with
Alma Rae Law, Peggy McFarland,
Charles Vandervoort, and Jack G*
Brock in the cast. The celebrated
play has been given by college and
Little Theatreldramatie groups all
aver the caiicik*y. . It will, .prove
amusing and entertaining from be-
ginning to end.
Other students appearing in the
Jubilee include Warren Binning,
Otis Brock, Bill Spurlock, J, Law-
rence Smith, Mark Anthony, Dean
Moore, George Minter, and Harold
T. Baxter. The public is cordially
invited to attend. *
LEWIS TALKS Tp
ON ENGLAND
Mr. Gabe Lewis, professor of
mathematics, spoke to the Utopian
Club Tuesday night about his lit-
erary experiences in England. Mr.
Lewis spoke in the absence of the
club's sponsor, Miss Pearl Mahan,
who was attending a banquet for
members of the English and lan-
guages department.
Mr. Lewis visited the church
yard at Stokes Poges where Tho-
mas Gray wrote his famous "El-
ergy Written in a Country Church-
yard" and where he was later bur-
ied, Mr, Lewis asked several peo-
ple at church the Sunday morning
that he visited there where Gray
was buried, and none could tell
him; he finally had to ask the keep-
er of the yard to point out the
grave of Gray.
Mr. Lewis' next trip was to Can-
terbury Cathedral where Thomas
A, Becket is buried. This cathedral,
like most of the churches in Eng-
land, was started in the twelfth
century, and under the floors are
buried important people of the
community. The stone in front of
the tomb of Becket is worn down
about four inches where people on
pilgrimages have kneeled to pray.
English students will remember
that Chaucer wrote his famous tale
about the group of people on the
way to the shrine of iBecket
While in London, Mr. Lewis went
to Westminister Abbey, where
many great Engishmen are buried.
It is here that Ben Johnson is bur-
ied standing up, and engraved over
his tomb is "Rare Old Ben John-
son",
The last place' of interest was his
visit to Stratford-on-the-Avon, the'
birthplace of William Shakespeare.
Mr. Lewis happened to get to Strat-
ford on the last day of the annual
Shakespearian Festival, and that
night he saw a famous company of
actors preesnt "The Taming of the
Shrew/'
Nine Students On 'A' Honor
Roll; 156 Appear On €B'
The honor roll for the first nine weeks at Tarleton includes
156 students, 91 of whom were veterans, according to a list re-
leased from the office of Leslie S. Moore, Registrar. Each stu-
dent was registered for a minimum f of 15 semester hours and
made 80 or above in each subject.
Nine students, 6 of ..whom were veterans, made the distinguish-
ed honor roll which requires a grade,of 90 or above and a mini-
mum load of 15 semester hours.
The nine students who made the distinguished honor roll were:
Battershell, David B. Montgomery, Jack P. Rollins, "William
HoobJer, David Neighbours, Helen ' Sehrank, Imogen©
Huth, Rosemary Perry, Wilbur We3terman, Robert G.
Those who made the 80 honor roll were:
Hutton, Glenn E. Parker, William G. Yarbrough, Marianna Peacock, Lewis
Adams, George
Allen,-Barry W.
Allison, W. F.
Baggett, Billy-
Banks, Harrell
Barton, Charles
Baxter, Harold T.
Bemus, Rodney
Boney, Dixie
Boswell, Jamie
Bradley, James L.
Pate, Sarah Virginia
Formway, Fielding
Formway, Roy
Fritz, Wilbur
Fry, James
Fuehs, Charles J.
Gaines, R. W.
Gardiner, Hubert G.
'Garrett, Mary
Cault, Landvn L.
Giat, Buyrl
Irby, Carleen Post, Robert E.
Irwin, Charles Pryor, James E*
Jones, Betty LaVerne Raley, Harlon
Jones, Phillip Reynolds,, Stanley
Joy, Aileen Ritter, Dayton
Kay, Rayford G. Roberta, Jimmie B.
Kilpatrick, Willie C, Schulze, James L.
Kimbrow, Betty' Shaw, Jessie B.
Brannon, Warden G. Glenn, Ralph W.
Brown, T, J,
Brun^on, J. H,
Jiurjeson, ^Tohn E.
'Burns:, I.' M.
Bynum, "Otto W.
Graham, Doris
Graham, Louiae
Grimshaw, Jariies R.
Hale, John N.
Hammitt, Charles J.
Knight, Henry A.
I Lacy, Dalton
LaRoque, Billy R.
Lehmberg, Roy-
Light, Marguerite
Lindauer, Roland
Shelton, Unina
Simpson, Adrian D.
Smith, Emory Earl
Smith, Marialyce
Smith, Roy T.
Snow, J. C.
Lindley, Donald M. Spencer, Ralph D.
Lindsey, James W. Stevens, Charles R.
Carp.enterj Bobbie J. Hancock, Billy
Casey, Richard A. Harris, Emmett W.
Conway, Ruth Hart, Myrl
Cpop^r^ IJprwood D. Heagy, John C.
Copeland, "Felix Henderson, Paul M.
Little, Clydie Mae
Logan, Edwin E.
Stevens, Pearlee
Strickland, Calvin L.
Crawford, Qtho L.
Darby, Enoch T,
Davidson, Doris
pavis, Cody
Davis, Louise
Donaldson, Jack
Downey, Patsy
Easdon, Harold
Ehvell, C. E.
ftlwell, 'OeorgS ' '
Fallin, Nelda
Ferrill, Jack
Floyd, Bert A.
Hendrick, George
Henson, Hita
Herring, Ray
Hiclcok, Rose E.
Hicks, William
Hignight, Dorse
Holcomb, Larona
Hollej Billy Lee
Hortoii, Theron E.
Houser, Carl M.
Hudgins, Jesse 1\
Huggina, Mary V.
Hughes, Jimmy R..
McCullough, Lanelle Sutton, Owendolyn
Mcjunkin, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellis
McKenzie, Billy G. Taylor, Howard Dean
Manii, Sunshine Thompson, Patricia
Maples, John C. Tipton, Charles D.
Martin, Frances Raei Turpin, Jeannirie
Mitchell, Charles Tynes, Bailey E.
Moseley, J. R. C., Jr. Wann, James M.
Mungon, Betty , Watson, Harold
Murray, William Weeks, Wendal lJack
Musgrove, Joan
Newtoft, -L. F.
Newton. Robert
Nuttf/ G, Weldon.
Nutt, Charles W.
Nutt, Waymond
Pack, Leonard C.
Whitacre, James
Whitt, Hubert
Williams, James
Woerner, Elwood
Womack, Marilyn
Wood, Bradford
Wyatt, Joyzelle
Dean Howell at Waco
Meet December 4th
Dean Howell attended a' meeting
of the heads of 16 state-support-
ed colleges of Texas held in Waco
on December 4.
The building needs of the var-
ious colleges was one of the sub-
jects discussed.
Earlier in the week Dean Howell
had attended a meeting of the
A&M Board of Directors in Austin.
CagerslWin Over
Daniel Baker, 42-21
*
The Plowboy cagers defeated
Daniel Baker's quintet 42-21 in the
opening home game of the basket-
ball season Thursday night*
Tonight the Tarleton five will go
to Cisco to tackle the Cisco Junior
College team, and the two will
stage a return engagement in the
loc^l ,gym on Friday night. The
game here will start at 7:30,
Dean Davis Will
Address City PTA
Dean Emeritus J. Thomas Davis
will be guest speaker at 3 p.m. to-
morrow at the meeting of the Ste-
phenville PTA in the ward school
auditorium.
Subject of his talk will be "Coun-
selling with Adolescents".'
Glover Entertains
English Department
■ J 1 •
Miss Dollie Glover, head of the
department of English and Lang-
uages at Tarleton, entertained with
a ,form,al dinner party at the Long
Hotel early last week. •
Guests at the' dinner were mem-
bers of the department of English
and Languages,1 Dean and Mrs. E.
J. Howell, and Associate Dean and
Mrs. Paul A. Cunyus.
Veterans Administration estima-
ted the veteran population at near-'
ly 17,900,000 on Oct. 31, an increase
of more than !50,Q00 over Sept. 30.
ODD RULES GOVERNED J.T.A.C.
STUDENTS IN THE EARLY DAYS
"Students may go to town once
a week after signing out at the
dfficeMf it is necessary to go to
town again, permission must be
granted by a faculty advisor."
This is one of the rules set forth
in the 1917 Tarleton Purple Book.
The next startling statement is
"Girls must be chaperoned on all
automobile rides after 6 p.m. and
on 'all long rides in the day time.
Permission must be obtained by all
non-resident women students for
automobile rides of one hour or
longer*!'
Tirnes have certainly changed on
the cajnpiis. In 1927 students who
walked to town could not walk
down any sti'eet except Tarleton
Avenue.
The!" Purple Book of 1931 con-
tained'this rule: "No student shall
4ise tobacco on the campus or in
or near the buildings. CIGARET-
TE SMOKING IS PROHIBIT-
ED."
Smoking was once prohibited on
the campus; students now smoke
in the halls.
Until the start of the war when
materials became unavailable, wo-
men students were required (*to
havp for school a uniform of cham-
bray and 'for dress use a uniform
of blue silk crepe. Black or brown
shpes without French heels are to
be worn."
■ Girls who did light -housekeep-
ing in 1924 had to , meet their
dates at the parlor dormitory. In
1936 girls that did light house-
keeping could have dates only by
special permission of the Dean of
Women,
Until a few years a'go dancing
was prohibited; then the Rec Hall
was Buflt' to provide a place for
dancing.
FARMERS WILL
ENTERTAIN H. E
GIRLS TONIGHT
Mulligan Stew
And Show Party
Are Scheduled
The Tarleton F.F.A. Collegiate
Chapter will be host tonight to the
members of the Home Economics
Club with a mulligan stew and a
theater party.
The stew will be served at 5:30
in the dining hall, and immediate-
ly afterward city buses will take
the group to town where they will
see the current movie at the Ma-
jestic Theatre,
F.F.A, students who worked on
the committees included: entertain-
ment committee, Aubrey Woolsey,
chairman, Frank Sims and Betty
Gray, chapter sweetheart; serving
committee, George Thetford, chair-
man, Don Alljson, Herbert Sand-
ers, Bob Franklin, J. W. Newton,
Dick Vestal, Ferrell Newton, and
James Wann; clean-up committee,
Lawrence, Pennington, Clark,
Mauldin, Rodriquez, Long, Allen,
Walker, Carroll, and .Cox.
LARGE CROWD
HEARS FAMOUS
APOLLO CHOIR
Group Will Sing:
On National Net
Later This Month
The Apollo Boys Choir, twenty-
two unchanged male voices under %
the direction of Coleman Cooper,
presented the second number of the
Tarleton Civic Series to a large
audience Friday night.
Sixteen numbers were scheduled
to be presented, but the enthusias-
tic audience demanded eight en-
cores.
The choir will be featured with
Helen Traubel, Metropolitan Op-
era soprano, on the December 23
broadcast of the Telephone Hour
at 8 p.m.- over NBC.
After an extensive tour through
the major cities of the east, the
chpir will sing a Christmas Day
program at the Waldorf-Astoria.
The next number to be presented
by the Civic Series will be Franz
Polgar, mental magician, who will
appear here in January.
Many Activities
In Ninety Club
The Tarleton Ninety Club has
progressed rapidly since their or-
ganization.' a. few weeks ago in
both educational projects and in
entertainment.
1 The knitting group of the Nine-
ty Club, under the instruction of
Miss Titia Bell Blanks of the Tar-
leton Home Economics Depart-
ment, is now cooperating with the
Arpon Turnbow American Legion
Auxiliary in knitting afghans for
the veteran's hospitals.
Dr. Mildred Kemper recently
was guest speaker of the study
group, She talked on "The Baby
from Birth through one Year."
The club sponsored a Turkey
Day Hen Party during the Thanks-
giving holidays at which group
games to further acquaintances
among the members of the Ninety
Club and the Camptis Club were
played.
The club plans to hold another
social on December 17 to which
all members and their husbands
are invited.
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