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Vol. XXVII
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1947
Number 24
TCU ORCHESTRA
GIVES PROGRAM
HERE TOMORROW
Four of Faculty
Are in Student
Symphony Group
Texas Christian University sym-
phony orchestra will be presented
, here in a special assembly Wed-
nesday at 1 p.m. in the auditor-
ium. The orchestra is a full sym-
phonic organization with a per-
sonnel of 77 members.
The orchestra has the reputa-
tion of being one of the better
student symphonies in the coun-
try. It is composed of students ex-
cept for four faculty members and
the conductor, Dr. T. * Smith Me-
Corkle, who is Dean of the jSchool
of Fine Arts at TCU and a viol-
inist, as well as a teacher in the
subjects of the psychology and
philosophy of music.
The faculty members are Dr,
John Lewis, head of the depart-
ment of husic education, who plays
bass; Miss Marylouise Baker, tea-
cher of cello and theory; Miss
Charlotte Stevenson, teacher of
flute and theory; and Mr. Leon
Breeden, director of the band, tea-
cher of clarinet and other wood-
wind instruments, who plays bas-
soon. Miss Baker was presented
here earlier in the year in a cello
recital.
Following this trip, in which
they had previously appeared in
. Eastland and Breckenridge, the
orchestra will go into preparation
for two spring programs, on each
of which a number of student solo-
ists will appear. All seniors in the
music department at TCU are giv-
See TCU ORCHESTRA Page 4—
Campus
Chatter
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By
ROSEMARY COLBORN
Two snows in one winter is real-
ly something new at Tarleton, or
any place else in Texas, as far as
that goes. The first one was fine,
but I noticed by all the shiver-
ing students and faculty members
that a lot of people could have
done very well without this one.
Podie Ferguson and Eddie Gra-
ham had the real spirit and erec-
ted a snow man on the lawn be-
tween Gough and Mooijy Halls. He
was a real beauty, or was it a
she?
The Breckenridge Men's- Chor-
us will give a concert in the aud-
' itorium on this coming Thursday
night. This is going to be a won-
derful program and the nice thing
about it is that it's free.
AH the Ag students report a
swell time o nthe trip they took
to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show
last Saturday. They didn't let a
little snow or rain stop them,
but went right ahead and enjoyed
themselves.
The A. W. S. Council has been
redecorating the club room in the
girl's dorm and they have made
arrangements with the Senior art
member^ and Mr. Propsfc to paint
some murals on the walls.
Other improvements that are go-
ing to be made in the dorm will be
in the kitchen. The House Council
made so much money selling sand-
wiches to the girls after hours
that, they not only paid for their
page in the annual, but also had
enough left over to begin some
Tvork on the kitchen.
While we're on the subject of
•dorms, most of the girls think
-whoever is responsible for them
■getting out of the dorms with spe-
cial privileges till ten o'clock on
one night a week is a pretty won-
derful person.
I heard some rumors around the
>campus that the hospital is so full
of flus and cold cases that there
'isn't room for another single pat-
ient, So there won't be any use in
anybody getting sick, because
.there's no place for them to go
"to, bed if they do.
Tarleton Test's
First Poults Are
Sent to Breeders
The first poults of the first of-
ficial Turkey Egg Laying Test in
the United States were shipped to
the owners of the hens on M^rch
l
G. From the 272 aggs sent to the
hatchery February 5, 199 poults
were hatched. These poults were
sold to tHe turkey owner at $1.00
a-piece, <
The poults were shipped to Lee
& Smith Ranch, Waxahachie, Tex-
as; Mr. Winston Sheen, Menard,
Texas; Battey Turkey Farm, Floy J
dade, Texas; Janes ^Bar Nothing
Ranch, Austin, Texas; Mr. and
Mrs, J. D. Welch, Goldthwaite,
Texas; and.Williams ^anch, Gates-
ville, Texas. 1 }
CIVIC SERIES
BRINGS "PORTIA"
TO TARLETON
Tarleton Civic Series i will pre-
sent the sixth of its programs
when the National Classis Thea-
tre of New York will present "The
Merchant of Venice" at the, aud-
itorium Saturday night, March 22
at 8 o'clock.
The productions of the Nation-
al Classics Theatre are designed
to phow that the great works of
Shakespeare, when simply and na-
turally performed, have universal
appeal to 'playgoers.
The cast of 15 is headed by
Miss Olga Balish, who will play
the role of "Portia". ' In ■ her in-
terpretation of "Portia" Miss Bal-
ish, who is just 24, is playing a
gifl much younger than herself.
Since Shakespeare wrote his fem-
inine roles knowing that they
would be played by boys so young
that their " Voiced had not yet
changed, it is not unfitting that
"Portia" should be placed by a
young woman.
The company will be under the
direction of one of the most prom-
inent Shakespearan actors of the
London stage —■ Miles Malleson,
who arrived by plane from Eng-
land in time to direct the produc-
tion. He appeared with the Old
Vic Players in New York' City
last summer.
Shakespeare is enjoying, a tre-
mendously important revival. The
Old Vic Players, Maurice Evans
in "Henry V" and "Hamlet", and
"The Winter Tale" have all been
playing to large audiences all ov-
er the United "States.
Vets to Organize
Legion Ball Club
Plans for a veteran Softball team
sponsored by the William E. Dy-
ess Legion Post got underway" re-
cently.
This novice team will wear uni-
forms donated by the Ford Motor
Company of Stephenville and Lew
Diamond. All veterans who,are in-
terested are asked to be present
at .the next Legion meeting on
Thursday, March 13.
Veteran players returning from
last season's city champions are
Phil Brock, Lowell Newman, Prea-
cher Langford, Eddie Kilpatrick,
Bill Jackson, Velton Merrell, and
Jim Dennis, business manager.
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Musicians To Tour Brown wood,
Dublin, Brady and Melvin Soon
Representing Tarleton music
department will be members of
The Fourteen, who will make a
400 mile tour, starting Friday
morning. Full programs will be
given in Dublin, Brownwood, Mel-
vin and Brady. The group will re-
turn to Stephenville Saturday.
Featured on the programs will
be members of the Girls' Quartet,
pictured above,,, Members of- this
ensemble this' semester are Betty
Brewer, Patsy Murrell, Martha
Patton and Lou Deane Schwanke,
Kelly Ann Littlepage was a mem-
ber last semester but has left
school to become Mrs. Bill Rhodie.
Lou Dean Schwanke, Tarleton
Junior Girl Favorite, is a Business
Administration major. She has had
six years of choir work. Lqu
Deane, who js from Carthridge, is
a member of the Coronas social
club,
Martha Patton, a soloist for the
Tarleton choir, is a Business Ad-
ministration [ major. Martha, who
is doing her first year of voice
work, is a number of the OWLS.
She is from Stephenville,
Patsy Murrell, a Home Econom-
ics major ,w}ll be the featured sol-
oist on this tour. Patsy, a member
o£ the OWLs, is from Melvin*
Betty Brewer, a Journalism ma-
jor, is the vocalist for the Tarle-
ton Swing CJadets, Betty got her
start as a singer at the age pf
three when she sang for an Amer-
ican Legion Convention. She play-^
ed clarinet in a school band in Ok-
lahoma. Her home is now in Odes-
sa .Betty is a member of the DST.
The program will be highlighted
by many numbers including "The
Night Has a Thousand Eyes,"
"Pale Moon," "The Night is Young
and You're So Beautiful," and oth-
er Fred Waring and Noble Cain
arrangements.
Also making the tour with The
Fourteen will be The Combo, an
instrumental ensemble made up of
six members of the Swing Cadets,
They will present an instrumen-
tal interlude which will include ten
different take-offs on "You Are
My Sunshine".
Th6 group, under the direction
of Mi*, Bob Hutchinson, will go by
chartered bus. They will stay in
private homes while in Melvin.
SMITH, CURE
GO TO T.S.C.W.
Mary Helen Smith' of Albany,
and Lowell Cure of Gillila'nd will
represent Tarleton at thfe Redbud
Festival at T.S.C.W. March* 15.
Presentation of the 100 princes-
ses selected from the student body
of T.S.C.W. will open the Festi-
val. Then the visiting royalty will
be presented. The main highlight
of the ceremony will be the coro-
nation of the Redbud Queen, who
will be chosen from the'100 Redbud
princesses of T.S.C.W.
Following the presentation in
the auditorium, a Coronation Ball
honoring the Queen and-her court,
will be held in the Ballroom of the
Student Union Building,
Beaty, Kennerly
Inspect Egg Test
Layne Beaty, farm editor of
WBAP, and George B. Kennerly,
managing editor of "Farm and
Ranch Magazine", visited Tarleton
February 21, looking over the Tar-
leton Egg Laying Tests, and dis-
cussing them with A. J, Spangler
and W. Doyle Graves.
Mr. Beaty and Mr. Kennerly also
visited the horticulture farm and
the college stock farm.
They plan to arrange some pub-
licity for the Egg Tests when they
are complete.
Goode Brothers Meet
A Phony Inspector
Donald and Robert Goode, two
of the many air-minded students
of Tarleton College, are having a
little trouble getting their Taylor-
craft B. L. into the air. It seems
that a certain inspector wasn't an
inspector.
A few months ago the, Goode
brothers finished repairing the
fuselage of their pl^ne and took
it to a suposedly government in-
spector for the final o.k. He look-
ed at the fuselage, gave it the
o.k. and told the boy§ to leave
the papers and he would fill them
out so they could assemble the
ship and fly off into the wild blue
yonder. They left their papers,
but when they returned for them
the gentleman was gone,
But the Goode boys didn't let
this stop them. They have com-
pleted the , assemblying of the
plane and all that' is 'keeping it
on the ground is a covering. They
have to complete this next sum-
mer and then Tarleton can boast
another flying team.
Both brothers are majoring in
Aeronautical Engineering. They
plan to finish Tarleton and then
go to Texas A&M or Rice. Don-
ald is married and lives in the
trailer village] Robert has his A
and E license and aiso a private
license for flying.
Their home is 70 miles south of
Stephenville as the Goodes' fly,
in Star, Texas,
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X Prof, Athlete; X
X Who Asks More? X
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How can, a §tudent teach a class
in. 401 drawing be 'the honor stu-
dent, and still find time to take
part in the intramural sports of-
fered at John Tarleton College?
This is the story of Edwin G.
Gibson, majoring in electrical.en-
gineering, who last semester had
a 96.3 average. Besides the above
mentioned he is president of the
Engineers Club, is married and has
a two year old son. His wife, Jane,
belongs to-the 90 club, and Eddie
Jr. is one of the tots who have
captured the hearts of the stu-
dents of the campus.
After graduating from Gordon
High School Edwin entered the
Army Air Forces as a navigator.
On his release from actice service
in 1945 lie entered Tarleton Col-
lege a .few weeks late for the fall
semester but determined to make
the grade and did. He plans to
finish Tarleton this summer and
from here go on to Texas A&M
and get his degree.
He shoots around 40 in a nine
hole course in golf, his favorite
sport, which is pretty good for an
amateur golfer.
HOWELL TALKS
TO ENGINEERS
"A new phas'e of engineering in
the field of business is develop-,
ing," stated Dean E, J. Howell
while speaking to the JTAC En-
gineer's Club last Wednesday ni^ht
in the dining hall. Dean Howell
also discussed the vocation's as-
pects of the. Engineering grad-
uate of today. He mentioned the
difficulties facing the engineering-
student in college and the oppor-
tunities awaiting *the successful
graduate after college,
Following Dean Howell, profes-
sors H. C. Doremus and H. W,
Leach, sponsors of the club, spoke
on their engineering experience.
A report of the progress of the
Constitutional Committee was giv-
en by Nolan De Laughter, and im-
mediately following the report, the*
club held a short discussion' on
the decisions of the committee. .
The next meeting of the club
has not been set but will be an-
nounced in a later issue of^he
J-Tac.
SPENCER TALKS
AT ASSEMBLY
After having had only a few
hours of practice ' the women's
chorus, ^ led by Miss .Perry, and
the men's chorus, directed by Mr.
Hutchinson, entertained the as-
sembly' Thursday with three pop-
ular songs.
, The pieces 'were accompanied by
the'Swing Cadets, directed by Har-
old T. Baxter.
Ralph Spencer, historian of the
American Legion post here, spoke
to the group on Universal Military
Training. He had just returned
from the American' Legion college
at Lubbcok, where he was a dele-
gate representing Tarleton.
"Treaties and talk do not pre-
vent w^rs," Spencer pointed out,
"but being prepared when war
strikes'is very important,"
Law May Make
Junior College
A 4-Year School
Lamar Junior College, Beaumont
may become a state, four-year in-
dustrial college..
An appropriation of $1,500,000
was approved last week by the
House Appropriations Qommittee
to be used in creating the school
as a state, four-year industrial
college; however the measure was
returned to the committee by the
House for further consideration.
Dorm Girls Are
Given One Week
Night Privileges
.New privileges' are now in or-
der for the dormitory girls, Miss
Willard- announced at the house
meeting Monday night, March 3.
Ten o'clock privileges will be giv-
en each girl, .one week night each
week. , ,
The new privileges are given
to enable the girls to see benefi-
cial movies and other entertain-
ments that they wish to attend.
Granting of special privileges will
be less frequent and necessary
under the new system.
MEN'S CHORUS
TO SHOW HERE
THURSDAY NIGHT
The Breckenridge Men's Chorus,
under the direction of Charles M,
Kiker, will present a program at
John Tarleton College Auditorium
next Thursday night, March 13,
at 7:30 o'clock, under the auspices
of the Tarleton senior class. No
admission will be charged and the
public is invited.
Composing the chorus are bus-
iness men of Breckenridge who
like to sirig and the personnel in-
cludes doctors, clerks, bookkeep-
ers, oil operators, oil field work-
ers, postal employees and store
owners, as typical a cross section
of business men as could be found
anywhere, .These men began meet-
ing together about 18 months ago,
devoting one evening a week to re-
hearsing. They sing on programs
about the community—for schools,
churches and civic clubs—and have
made several out-of-town appear-
ances. The group is entirely self
supporting, paying its own expen-
ses even when making an outof-
town appearance, and sings solely
because everyone'in the chorus en-
joys it.
Charles M. Kiker, chorus dir-
ector, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. P. Kiker, formerly lived in Ste-
phenville, is a prominent local
musician who donates his time and
services ,^o the group. Until a few
years ago Kiker, who has studied
under some of the great artists
of the world, was head of his own
conservatory of fine arts at Wichi-
ta Falls.,
In appreciation .of the chorus'
visit to Tarleton, the senior class
is honoring the singers with a din-
ner in the college dining hall at 6
p.m. Thursday.
Members of the chorus are as
follows:
First tenors — Guy Ewing Jr;,
Dr. W. S, Parks, Bu'rley Burleson
and R, C, Guiles.
Second tenors — W. A. McNal-
len, G. J. McNallen, Garland Coody,
Winter W, Wood, G. R. Jordon
and Charles Groseclose,^
Baritones — Paul Christenson,
S. E, Bowers, James Evans, D. T.
Hoxwortly and R, A. Wilson.
Basses — C. K. West, Floyd
Holder, Chili Waller, Tom Ford,
Rev. James* Greer and W. C. Bri-
den.
} Program
The Lost (Jhord —Sullivan
Goin' rklome Dvorak
Memories .Van Alstyne
Dear Old. Girl Morse
See MEN-'S CHORUS Page 4—
FivefMajors In H. E.
From Goldthwaite
It seems as if five "lassies"
from Goldthwaite, now attending
Tarleton, have the same idea as
to, profession. Who can tell, how-'
ever, where the future assignments
of their home economic majors
will lead them?
/ Marialyce Smith, sophomore, is
a home economics major, She is
.president of the Sine Cera club,
a*id she belongs to the H. E. club,
and the Aggettes.
Janie Simpson, a freshman home
economics major, belongs 'to the
H. E. club. .
; Vivian Reid, a .second semester
student, majoring in home econo-
mics, is a 'member of the H. E.
dub.
' Tommy Ann Booker, a member
of the H.' E. club, is a home eco-
nomics major, attending Tarleton
for the second semester.
Brockie McCasland, member of
the H. E. club, is a home economics
major, attending Tarleton for hex-
second semester.
Beneficial and interesting work
has been and is being done by these
home economics majors.
The surveying equipment of the
engineering division includes five
transits, four levels, a plane table,
a planimeter, a universal draft-
ing machine, and smaller instru-
ments.
CHANGES FOR
SUMMER SCHOOL
ARE ANNOUNCED
Classes to Begin
Hour Later Than
Usual This Summer
Summer school will begin June
9 instead of June 2 as originally
planned. This will give one week:
between the end of the spring
session and the beginning of the
summer session.
The first six weeks will end
July 21, and the last six weeks
will end August 30, This will allow
two weeks between the summer
session and the fall term.
The Executive Faculty has also
decided that summer session class-
es should begin at 8 a.m. instead
of 7 as originally planned. The
new schedule will provide for three
class periods each morning.
The first period will be from 8 to
9:10, the second will be from 9:20
to 10:30, and the third will be from
10:40 to 11:50.
Graduating seniors this May
will not have to take final ex-
ams; graduation exercises will be
held May 26, Other students will
have dead week from May 19-24,
and final tests from May 26-31,
The registrar's office is now
taking reservations for rooms in
girls' and boys' dormitories for the
summer terms. These reservations
should be made as soon as pos-
sible, the office points out, because
rooms are assigned in- the order
in which they are received.
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X Can't Be Done X
X They Said, X
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Professor S« F. Davis, head of
the chemistry department, has re-
cently come near being a gallop-
ing contradiction to the old adage
that it is impossible for one per-
son to be in two places at the same
time.
Because of the illness which
caused the absence of Professors
Peacock and Showalter on the
same day, Professor Davis was
forced to conduct four one hour
classes within a two hour period.
He conducted classes of geology
306 and chemistry 302 one hour,
and another class of chemistry 302
and one of geology 404 the next
hour,
Mr. Davis says his greatest
problem was, keeping out of his
own way while traveling from one
classroom to the other and re-
membering in which class he
should be discussing the formation
of rocks or hydrochloric acid.
IOWA CHICKENS
LEAD IN MARCH
A pen - of Inbred-Hybrids led
the fourth month of the Eeighteen-
th Tarleton Egg iaying Test, ac-
cording to W. Doyle Graves, sup-
erintendent of the test. This is the
first month that Rhode Island Reds
have not been the leading pen.
The winning pen belonging to
the;' Rucker Imperial Breeding
Farm, Ottumwa; Iowa, produced
324 eggs for 337.30 points.
Individual hens belonging to six
breeders tied for the high hen of
the month. Three of the hens were
White Leghorns, one each coming
from the Erath Egg Farm, Ste-
phenville, the Golden Oak Farms,
De Leon, and Bauch and Simpson's,
Yorktown. Two were Inbrid-Hy-
brid^ from the Rucker Imperial
Breeding Farm, and - one was a
Rhode Island Red belonging to J.
J. Wan-en, North Brookfield, Mas-
sachusetts. Each of the high hens,
laid 28 eggs for 30.80 points.
Still leading the test, however*
is a pen of Rhode Island Reds en-
tered by J. J. Warren; winning
pen for the first three months of.
the test which opened last October.
To date the hens of this pen have
produced 1,607 * eggs for 1,066.60
points.
Production for February Was
68% in eggs and 71,08 in points.
The test now in its sixth month
will close' September 22.
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