The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 28, 1947 Page: 1 of 4
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Trap-Nesting Turkeys Is No Easy Job
Joe Hancock, employee at Tar-
leton's poultry farm, is shown at
the left trap-nesting one of the
turkeys in Tarleton's First Turkey-
Egg Laying Test.
If a turkey lays her first egg
in the open, she always lays in
the open; but if the bird lays first
in, a nest, she returns to the nest,
to lay her other eggs. Hancock,
who works full time feeding, trap-
ping, and caring for the sixty-six
birds in the test, watches each hen
carefully to prevent her from lay-
ing her first egg in the open.
Six entries are now competing
in the test, which started Jan. 1,
1947, and will - close May 31. At
that time the standing of all pens
and individuals will be determined;
however, hens with a minimum of
100 eggs, 85% fertility, S6°/o hat-
chability on M$y 31 may be kept
until Dec. 31 to complete a year's
record in production only. The
test winner will be selected entire-
ly on the number of eggs laid by
his birds up to May 31.
Each of the six entries consists
\of ten young hens and one torn. All
birds are broad breasted bronze
and meet ROP qualifications.
Breeders who have pens in the
test include Mrs. Stewart Wil-
liams, Gatesville, Texas; Janes Bar
Nothing | Ranch, Austin, Texas;
Lee and Smith Ranch,1 Midlothian,
Texas;5 and Mrs, J, D. Welch, of
Gatesville, Texas.
' All ,six pens are showing daily
increases in production, and vthose
owned-- by Janes and Battey are
already1 over 50%,s 'a level, all are
expected to reach^ prior tp .Feb. 1.
Normal eggs ^vill be incubated
for .a period of eigiit consecutive
weeks starting Jaij. 28, and hat-
chability and fertility will be re-
corded.
The test, which is under the dir-
ection of W. 'D. Graves, head of
the department, of Poultry Hus-
bandry, is financed by an entry fee
of $30 per pen and by the sale of
eggs and poults. Breeders ma^ buy
their own eggs for 35 cents ea'ch or
their own poults for $1 each, or
the breeder may designate the cus-
tomer to whom he "wishes them
sold. Otherwise the eggs and
poults are sold unidentified.
The turkeys are fed breeder lay-
ing mash, oyster shell and grit,
and vita-grain pellets (3 pint*a
day per pen). After 50% produc-
tion is attained, 15 pounds of oats
per 100 birds is fed. On clear days
turkeys have access to green pas-
tures for two hours in the after-
noon. Clean water, electrically
heated to prevent freezing, always
accessible. Lights are used to len-
gthen the daily laying period.
X Campus |
| Chatter t
X ■ D +
By
ROSEMARY COLBORN
I found out the other day that
there are twenty people in Tarle-
ton named Smith and twenty-three
named Jones. Among the Smiths
are three faculty members, Dr. pick
Smith, Dr. Hugh Smith, and Mrs,
Linnie Smith, and in the College
Store we have Mr. J, Burns Smith.
The Freshman Art class has
been doing some still lifes
studies in charcoal for the past
several weeks. Some of these
will be on display in the li-
brary later on in the week.
Speaking of art exhibits, Tar-
leton is planning to present a
spring exhibit of all the best work
done in the classes -during the year.
We still have room for some
orders o^ the bound issues'of the
,rJ-Tac fpr.the-past semester. Thess
issues will be feold for $1 and can
' be reserved by seeing Mi*. Hart,
'George Hendricks, j Charles Gray
or me. You can pay for the issues
in advance, or wait until you re-
, ceive them.
Here's a welcome to all you new
students' who just appear on the
campus yesterday. We,hope you
like it as much as we do.
Don't forget to, pay your poll
tax because there are going to be
some amendments# for building
funds come up pretty soon that
you may want to vote on.
Everybody had a nice little
vacation this week-end with
.the extra holiday that was giv-
en us. We certainly needed it
after those examinations.
The fight nights sponsored by
the Edwin Dyess Legion Post are
going to start again in February
so watch the sports page for fur-
ther announcements.
Mrs. Anne Livingston will start
her recreational -leadership pro-
gram next Monday morning at 9
a.m. in the Rec. Hall, If you want
to learn to be a recreational lead-
er you ought^ to drop around. Even
'if you don't you ought to attend
some of the programs. They are
going to be a lot of fun if they are
as good as tljey were last year, and
a course in recreational leadership
might come in handy some day.
•Jean Mason, one of the co-eds at
Tarleton, was placed in an excel-
lent position as playground super-
visor with the City Recreation De-
partment, at Ft. Worth last year
as a,result of,the leadership pro-
gram.
Tarleton plays Gainesville in
basketball tonight in the first
conference game of the season.
Let's all get out there and
show them we've got spirit.
. The game is at 7:30 and siirfejy" 6
you couldn't have &iaibo£les^ I
• * k W ■ W *
sons this earlyw in ;the regies? ;
ter, so you haven'Jt g&£ % single
excuse for i\pt and yell-
ing for the <Plofrb<5ys.
So long for" notv, and see you
next week, *
/
Poll tax cah fie -paid at WK*'0,
Croft's -office -in, the courthouse
before Friday. \
SITES CLEARED
ON CAMPUS FOR
FIVE BUILDINGS
Trailer Camp To
Receive Housing-
For Rec. Center
Ground is being cleared north of
the Science Building for the erec-
tion of a building to house engin-
eering drawing, one of five surplus
buildings released to Tarleton by
the' Federal Works Agency.
■ Crowded conditions at 'Tarleton
will .be greatly relieved when the
new buildings are set up and made
ready for use, Dean E. J. Howell
says.
Other buildings to be moved
here as soon as weather conditions
permit include two buildings to be
erected at the college farm for the
housing of farm machinery. A pav-
infon made from "an old army thea-
ter approximately 175 feet long
and 80 feet wide will be used for
livestock judging and for animal
husbandry laboratories. This will
be the first time in the history of
the college that housing has been
provided for these laboratory
classes.
A building 25 by 90 feet will be
erected in the toiler camp for
the housing of the administration
of the camp and for use as a re-
creation center for the camp,
A small building which will serve
as the contractor's office has al-
ready been set up just west of the
agricultural building.
All houses, which will come from
Camp Bowie, will be demolished
and moved here at governme/m ex-
pense. Likewise, the expense' of
the placing of the buildings in con-
dition for use will be borne by the
government.
Actual moving of the buildings
was scheduled to begin last wepjc,
but bad weather caused a post-
ponement, according to Mr, H, C.
Doremus, Chairman of the Campus
Committee.
ANNE LIVINGSTON
LIVINGSTON TO
BRING TARLETON
REC, .PROGRAM--
Games and Stunts
To Be Included. In
Leadership Class
Mrs. Anne Livingston of the. Na-
tional Recreation Association will
bring a special recreation leader-
ship program to Tarleton next
week beginning Monday, Febru-
ary 3, and lasting through Friday,
February 7. Students who were on
the campus last year will1 remem-
ber the programs Mrs. Livingston
put on then.
Mrs. Livingston is a skilled re-
creation leader and has trained
hundreds of recreation leaders in
institute classes. Her work has tak-
en her into the recreation depart-
ments, schools, churches, service
centers, youth agencies and other
types of local recreation organi-
zations where she has come into
contact with thousands of chil-
dren, teen agers, service men, and
adults who have been eager for
good recreational leadership in
their organizations. Mrs. Living-
ston's understanding and efficient
(See LIVINGSTON Page Four)
METHODISTS TO BUILD $10,000
STUDENT CENTER AT TARLETON
A constitutional ahiendment cfcf
vital interest to Tarleton wilLbe
voted on in August, 1947.
A $10,000 student center will be
constructed on or near the Tarle-
ton campus by the Texas Method-
ists, Rev. John Wesley Ford, pas-
tor of the Stephenville First Meth-
odist Church, announced recently.
The building, which will be erected
as quickly as materials and the
situation will permit, is to be plac-
ed here as part of a state-wide
Methodist, student movement.
At present there are 449 Meth-
odist students enrolled in John
Tarleton, and the Stephenville
church has a full-time student
worker, Leonard Garrett, who
works with college students. Gar-
rett will have his office in the new
student center when it is erected.
' * The Tarleton student center is
of number to be constructed
jtfidfer a" ^state-wide movement of
Texas Methodist churches to raise
$440,000^ for, the building of stu-
dent* £^nbers "to house its expand-
ing*^ program*, of religious work
Uftoh 13 state school campuses,
where some' 14,000 students are
now enyVHed..
Star£ittg?".* its drive on Sunday,
Jan. ;l$>,/the Stephenville church
.will" contribute $800 to the move-
mfcrjt. „
v peAn Howell in. a statement in
September to Glenn Finn, Chair-
man of Texas Methodist Student
Movement, endorsed this and all
similar movements by all other re-
ligious denominations. Among oth-
er things he said, "With over 1500
students, largest enrollment in her
47-year history, Tarleton feels tfre
need of proper housing for reli-
gious instruction of her students."
Campus Post To
Be Co-Hosts For
Vet Convention
The Wm. E. Dyess Legion Post
at Tarleton and the Amon G.- Tjirn-
bow Post :at Stephenville -will be
co-hosts to the 17th district leg-
ion convention, Feb. 15 and 16, ac-
cording to A. D. Braden, comman-
der of the campus post. Several
hundred delegates are expected
from the 31 posts that make up the
district. *
Plans call for a well-rounded
prog-ram of entertainment, includ-
ing a dance at the city municipal
building Saturday night and an
open house at the Legion Hall on
Saturday afternoon.
A number of visitors of state-
wide prominence are expected to
attend the meeting.
It is believed that this is the
first campus post to act as host
to a district convention.
THE J-TAC
VOL, XXVIL
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY/ JANUARY 28, 1947 "
No. 18
OFFICE READY
FOR EXTENSION
AGENTS FEB. I
Headquarters Of
20 Counties To
Be At Tarleton
P. D. Hanna and Bess Edwards,
listrict agents for the Texas Ex-
ension Service, will open a new
District 8 field office at Tarleton
^eb. 1, according to a recent an-
nouncement of ' the Texas Exten-
sion- Service.
Their office, which will be next
to that of the Registrar's, is now
ready .for occupancy. The space
was recently enclosed and repaint-
ed, and office equipment has been
installed.
Both. Hanna and Edwards come
to Stephenville from College Sta-
tion, where.they^i^ve been working
with the Extension Service. Dis-
trict 8 will serve as supervisors in
twenty counties, including Erath,
Stephens, Palo Pin.to, Eastland*
Hood,. Somerville, Johnson, Ellis,
Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Bos-
que, Comanche, Brown, Mills, Cor-
yell and Falls.
This office is one of three new
offices which will open sooh.' dis-
trict 4 will open March 4 at Den-
ton, and District 7 at San Angelo
will open at the same time as
this one.
Six more new offices will be
opened under 'a redisricting plan
to effect better distribution of ag-
ents over the state, according to
an announcement from College
Station. Under this plan there will
be 14 districts instead of 12, with
nine agents maintaining headquar-
ters in the field.
REGISTRATION
JTAC STAYS
T HIGH LEVEL
Classes for the spring semester
opened today and incomplete fig-
ures on registration indicate the
total will remain on a very high
level.
Pre-registration figures exceed-
ed 950 at the end of last week
when the old students had complet-
ed their registration, according to
the registrar. Registration of new
students yesterday was expected
to exceed 150.
Probationary students, who are
registerig this week, are expected
to up the mark another 150 or so.
Later registration' will continue
through the end of this* week, and
final registration figures are ex-
pected to equal those of last sem-
ester. This semester's registration
of old students not on the proba-
tionary list was efficiently taken
care of early last week, and yester-
day was left clear for the new
students. Complete registration of
probationary students is expected
to end by Thursday.
With the addition of five new
instructors, classes are not ex-
pected to be as full as last sem-
ester, and Tarleton is expected to
be settled into the regular routine
this week.
The first assembly period at
3 p.m. on Thursday will formally
open the spring semester.
Gainesville Five Here For
Conference Opener Tonight
Don't forget to pay your poll
tax.
The four Plowboy cagers above will probably see action in
tonight'sjgame with Gainesville,'Ross Johnsbit7 upper left, is
a heads up guard from Burnett. Howard Brawley, upper right,
is a six l^oot, two inch towering center from Glen Rose. M. C.
Jones, lower left, is a tricky forward from Momot; and Bill
Gee, lowjpr bright, a forward from Hillcresfr in Dallas, has
shown decided improvement recently. ?
TEXAS LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS
COLLEGES' PLAN FOR BUILDINGS
No>v that' SJR No. 5 has been
favorably acted on by Texas vot-
ers, Tarleton has a vital interest
in another Senate Joint Resolu-
tion, SJR No. 4, which this month
came before the Texas Legisla-
ture, ''
SJR .No.,4 is the colleges* build-
ing plan which was unanimously
endorsed by the 10 state-supported
colleges.,
It would authorize allocation of
five cents of the state's 35 cent
ad' valorem levy to a fund out of
which building bonds for 14 state-
supported colleges could be finan-
ced. It also authorizes bond issues
of $10,000,000 for the University
of 'Texas, and $5,000,000 for Tex-
as A&M College,., providing that
.the bpnds be financed from the
permanent university fund.
SJJ£,- No. 4 which calls for a
constitutional amendment allow-
ing vdters to decide on the merits
of .the plan was introduced by
Senator Kelly of Fort Worth a^id
was .co-sponsored by- two-thiyds of
the members' of the Senate.
Because .of this list of 20 co-
sponsors, passage by 4 the Senate
■seems, sure. In the House, there
are 100 representatives who are
friendly to the plan, including 26
present and former students of the
University of Texas. In order to
present the proposal to the Texas
electorate, it' must pass both hous-
es by a two-thirds majority.
Tarleton would 'receive $1,000,-
000 for the first ten year building
program thatv'would follow suc-
cessful consumation of the col-
leges' plan. All 14 colleges would
share on the basis of their enroll-
ments for the past nine years.
This money would become avail-
able to Tarleton prior to 1950.
If passed by both houses of the
50th. legislature, SJR No'. 4 will
be submitted' to the people in
August, 1947.
Bfown To Enroll
At A&M College
George Brown, one of the start-
ing line-up on tlie Plowboy bas-
ketball* team who last year made
the all-conference te^m, is leav-
ing Tarleton at the end of the first
semester to enter Texas A&M Col-
lege.
George is leaving in order that
he may be eligible for tlie 'Texas
Aggie§'v b&seball team this spring.
His loss will be sorely felt by the
Tarleton five as he was one .of
the high scoring rilen on the team
and a strong man on the defense.
George was also president of the
Student Council.
San Angelo Will
Tackle Plowboys
Here Saturday
The Plowboys will play their
first conference game of the sea-*
son against Gainesville Junior Col-
lege here tonight. The game starts,
at 7:30.
With nine games already \mde)f •
their belts the Tarleton fivfe is well1
warmed up for conference play,
and nine of theiri remaining ten
games will be conference tilts. Th«s (
one exception is the return match !
with San Angelo Junior College tp I
be played here Saturday night. I
Tarleton has an old sc6™ to'
settle with the San Ar^gelo team j
for it was a Ram quintet wl)jch iri.
1938 ended a string of 86 eons^ci.1
utive victories with a 27-26 ui>eet;..!
The string of win's, however, still i
remains the world's college rec-;
ord. i |
Last year's Plowboy five' hun^;
up another record by holding thq'
opposition to an aggregate of 519
points or a total of 28.8 a game!,!
^Vhich was the best defensive re-i
cord in the nation. Oklahoma A&M,'
the national champion outfit, was
seventh behind Tarleton with an'
average of 32.1.
This year Tarleton has held the!
opposition to an average of 34;S|
points per game. |
Tarleton's 1946-47 record:, :
Tarleton 41, McMurry College 50. I
Tarleton 43, Daniel Baker 21. j 1
Tarleton 63, Cisco Junior 20, t
Tarleton 41, McMurry College 39.
Tarleton 39,- Daniel Baker 21,
Tarleton 45, C^ok Drilling,. Fort
Worth 36.
Tarleton 40, Hobbs Trailers, Fort
Worth 41.
Tarleton 70, Wayland 42. •
Tarleton 38, Amarillo 43:
In tonight's game the Plowboys
will be handicapped by the loss of
George Brown, stellar forward who
last year made j all conference.
Brown is enrolling at Texas A&M! '
College in order ,to play baseball| i
there this spring. v J
" Probable starting line-up to-1 j
night is M. C. Jones and Wally Gil-1 ,
bert at forwards, W. J. Cox sCnd; ;
A. C. Copeland at guards and Billj i
Hicks at center. It is likely that. ;
Tarleton will put most of the re-|
serves into the game.
KEYS OF THE
KINGDOM TO BE
SHOWN IN ADD.
The Senior class will present
"Keys of the Kingdom," a movie
from A. J, Cronin's best selling
novel, in the auditorium at 7:30
Thursday, January 30.
The picture 'will star Gregory
Peck in a heart-warming drama
of the life of a kindly lovable
Scottish priest in China. Peck is
supported by an excellent cast
headed by T,homas Mitchell and
Roddy McDowall.
"Keys of the Kingdom" is an
outstanding "motion picture and
all students are urged not to miss
it. Admission will be twenty-five
cents.
Jan, 31 is the deadline for poll
tax payment.
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