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THE J-TAC
Tuesday, April 1, 1947
' Official Student Publication of.
JOHN TARLETON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
. Stephenville, Texas *
Published weekly by Students of John Tarleton Agricultural College,
Member
Associated Collegiate Press
Distributor of j
Oolle6iate Digest
Also Members TIPA
Entered as second-lass mail matter at the Post Office in Stephenville,
Texas, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879,
Advertising Rates—Local 30c column inch, foreign 40c column inch.
Address communications to The J-Tac, Box 337, Tarletori Station, Tex.
J-TAC STAFF
Editor —
Associate Editor ....—
BusinessJ Manager ...
News Editor
Circulation Editor —
Military Editor
.Rosemary Colborn
....George Hendrick
Martha Hill
Carlos v Hintz
Charles Gray
...... W. Howard
REPORTERS
Anrfa Merle Cox, Rose Elizabeth Hickok, Pat Barksdale, Mary
Louise Clayton, Enid Weidenbaeh, Leonard Cox, Raynelle Miller,
Beta Walker, Bill Jackson, John Wilson, Aubrey Woolsey, Eve-
lyn Bruce, Thomas Fillman, Ann Clark, Betty Brewer, Clarence
White, Louis Giesecke, Arthur Hausman, Audrey Johnson*
Photographer
Sponsor
..Nolan de Laughter
.~J, A. Hart
Creed of a Tarletonite
I believe in Tarleton, not that there are not other schools with admir-
able features, worthy of a student's allegiance but for me Tarleton is
the best school on earth. I love her professors; I believe in her students,
in their desire for the best and their ability to realize it in their life.
I believe it is my duty to support Tarleton in everything; not to be
blind to her faults but to set myself to their eradication; not to expect
of my school any higher conduct than of myself as an individual, but
to make my conduct conform to the highest ideals.
I believe in Tarleton's mission, a mission in every good movement.
I believe the hand of Providence is clearly discernible in Tarleton's
history and that full recognition and place should be given God in our
school life.
Students, Don't Be Stupid; Go Ahead and
Pop Your Gum in Dull Assemblies!
Students are acting .like timid little mice while in the audi-
torium and'this must stop! (The Dean said so!) Of all places
on the campus,*students should certainly act natural, wjnile in
'th^auditorium and not sit in cowed silence while drab announ-
cements and dull speeches are being made. College, officials
would be glad if they could only hear a few scattered'whispers,
but they would be, hysterical with joy if students would raise
the ropf once in a while. Mv. Morton is also disappointed in the
way the students sing—.they're always in tune and it sounds
monotonous. He would like to hear the students sing off-key and
not in unison. It has been notice^ that students do not cough
as fnuch as they should in assembly1 for fear of disturbing, and
every day Aunt Lucy has to1 doctor students who almost choke
themselves to death trying to abstain from coughing. Students
are urged to cough their heads off—literally. Other suggested
improvements in chapel behavior are that students should be
late every day; they should' eat and drink while inside and leave
bottles on the floor for the teachers to fall over. They, should
stick bubble gum on the seats; when they feel like it, they should
scream, yell or stomp the floor. They should boo down the
speakers they don't like; and they should get up and leave
assembly when they a're bored. In general, students should al-
ways act like ladies and gentlemenj
, '7
Ignore the Signs on the Stairs
(Also the Kiiroy Was Here, Too)
Yesterday morning as a student was walking up a "down*'
stairs m the administration building he was trampled by a surge
of students going both up and down the stairs at the same time.
We.want you students to know that you go either up or down
the stairs because -what's the difference if you knock someone's
books out of his arms or knock him down a couple of flights of
stairs? This is the kind of thing that promotes student moral and
aids the students in being late to class. Any person who takes a
notion to gallop wildly, up the stairs, do so by all means. It's
your life, why not make the best of it?
The stairs are plainly marked, but don't pay any attention to
this.. As a result of everbody going either up or down either
stairs everybody gets bumped ipto, the stairs get congested,
everybody drops books, and'Causes, a lot of trouble between
students and teachers. Its a long way from one end of the hall
fco the other so why go to the right stairs when it would be much
easier to go down the "Up" stairs? Some students lqok at the
signs and do right, but they are just a bunch of stick in the
muds. ■ •
For the benefit of the teachers and students please ignore
the signs on the stairs, and do as you like, disregarding every-
body.
A
LL THE DIRT ]
ND THEN SOME
By MARGUERITE LIGHT
Assisted by MARILYN WOMACK
Why is Flash Raley so far be-
hind in his courtship with Frances
Rae Martin? His rival, it seems,
is Bill Gee.
No "wonder A. C. Copeland ha£
kept quiet about his girl frieiid,
She fs 6' 6" and her name is Byrl
Ann Gist*
That suave,-sophisticated Dub-
linite, Benny Gallaway, was
teaching Marilyn Womack, De
Leon debutante, the rumba in the
Stephenville Stork Club.
Carl Bradley's fayorite blonde
is Rosemary Huth.
Charles Vandervoort and Tom-
my Ann Booker have up quite a
case.
After two years of steady .pur-
suance, Ocie Farrow has' finally
gotten Mary Young to accept his
14 carrot diamond ring to seal
their engagement.
Bill Wilkerson certainly enjoys
Frances Flower's company.
Jo Ann Musgrove, why didn't
you tell us about your crush on
Fred Wagner?
Flash! Katie Lou and Blueford
finally broke up. Katie couldn't en-
dure seeing her roommate, Beth
Rawlings, die from lack of atten-
tion from Blueford.
Jack Lusk likes to hold hands
with Rita Sturkie.
General Ray Herring likes to be
in Hunewell Park ALONE with
Marguerite Light. .
' Sammye Smith and Donald Lind-
ley have announced their engage-
ment.
Benson Gilbert never goes h,ome
because of that luscious" little
blonde, Emabel Bakery ' ;■ ,
Tommie Byrd can't tell the
Lehmberg twins apart.
Kenneth Davis' new flame is Un-
ia Shelton.
Harris McCollum is secretly in
love with Nita Henson.
Roy Harris and Rinuk McLeod
both have blaekeyes from fighting
over Jo Norman.
Joynell Lincoln just loves that
Big Hunk of Man—Murray Car-
ter.
Harris Moore and Marie Ross
have announced their engagement.
Mary Garrett and Wayne Gees-
Iin are a new "steady" couple.,
Wesley JCing and Joy Barbed
make one of the handsomest cam-
pus couples.
Official "pash" of George Hen-
dricks is Dixie Boney.
It's - true, isn't it, Joe Elkins,
that your favorite . dance partner
++++++++++++++++
I Girls' Dump To +
£ Stay Open Open +
* All Night Long \
'+ + ^+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
The excitement begins with the
insistent clanging of the alarm
gong. There follows the feverish
activity that befits such a dire
emergency. The floodlights flash
on all around the buildings, and the
piercing beam of a spotlight plays
here and there. ,
Half of the guards mjan the
blockhouses, and the remainder
patrol the premises with guns
loose in their holsters and instruc-
tions to shoot on sight. The heavy
iron doors are bolted, barred, and
locked from within; the windows
are al shuttered tight.
■ The clinking chains draw up the
bridge as the sharks and croco-
diles are turned into the surround-
ing moat. The lank bloodhounds
yelp and snarl at the chains that
hold them in their places .around
the outside,of the buildings.
The direst woes befall any who
may chance to try to enter late as
the matron checks each cell. Then
the:noise and excitement gradual-
ly die away and are replaced by
a feeling of tense expectancy as
the 'girls' dormitory is closed for
another night.
is Billie Bellomy?
Virginia Carter has been secret-
ly married to Hillary Moore.
Dwain Followill says he's just
asked Boots Hill to go steady.
John BPy Pipes, why are you
spending so much time at Garner
Lake these days? .Could Juanelle
Perry be the answer?
• Charles Gray is really giving
Pat Barksdale the rush — it might
become ,serious too, if Bill Jack-
son would quit courting her on
the sly,
Jerry Moles hates to go to Wi-
chita Falls and he can't stand blon-
des — especially tall, blue-eyed
ones. The guy must be off his nut-
OUR DRUGS ARE
DRUGGY
' '* *
Our Drinks Are Home
Brew ;
CROSS DRUG
STORE
Benson Gilbert Is
The Roommate Of
George Hendrick
Ooops, wrong head-. Oh, well,
who cares anyway? -
While sitting .over the Campus
Corner Specials, Southern Com-
fort mixed with * gin and water,
Dean Howe, Miss Hillswick, liliss
Lilliard, and Colonel Mooi;e repre-
sented the faculty members in a
discussion on the abolishment of
the present demerit system. Also
pere ' Sonny Deaton who had to
drink milk since he can no longer
buy whiskey or homebrew within
ten blocks, of the campus, Rita
Sturkie, Milakawee beer agent and
narcotic saleswoman for upper
Gough, jVernon Brock, famous
Texas wrestling champ and pro-
fessional alcoholic, and Lenora
Holley, the fprmer high stepping
burlesque queenie of downtown
Beer Wells.
Brock was very sullen and dis-
appointed over the fact that Dean
Howe77 had announced he had
plans of doing away with the De-
merit system since it had been
forcing students to stay out of the
over-crowded beer halls. The dean
said he could not see anything bad
in a nice clean brawl now and
then. Brock screamed at the top
of his breathe that he had come
to college with .the idea of reform-
ing from drinking, wild women,
and fighting, and that it would be
inhuman for the dean to do such
a thing. Sonny said nothing. Only
big white tears ran down his cheek
and then rolled into his milk. With
her eyes reddening and her nose
sniffing, Rita protested that it
would completely destroy her ag-
ency in Upper Gough if- such a
thing comes off. She ^ asked for
pity from the dean, but he only
grinnedi While sitting quietly over
in the corner, Lenora waited until
everyone had finished J their pro-
test. She then lifted her glass and
spinned it a moment in her hands.
Directly to Dean Howe^ she said,
4tMy dear Dean Howe, as long as
I have been at Tarleton I've nev-
er dreamed of you letting these
simply -students pitch you over
their 'shoulders. Now when I was
back oh the stage in Beer—, uh,
Mineral Wells, I kicked stage hands
all over the. place without giving
them' a grasshopper's chance to
raise their voices!" This settled it!
Dean Howe and faculty rtiembers
crashed £heir half empty glasses
against the wall and said it was
settled. The demerit system was
abolished. .They then stormed from
the conference leaving the craze'd
students sitting completely exhaus-
ted. Rita drew a deep breath and
said, "Well, that's it, Kids." Son-
ny said nothing. Only big white
tears rained down his cheeks and
then rolled into his milk.
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As pictured in a current issue of Life Magazine.
YOU ARE NOT IN THE COLLEGE WHEN
YOU ARE IN OUR INN
' COLLEGE INK
Terrible Service and Worst Food are the
specialty of the house.
>' WE HATE ALL TARLETONITES
HALL COFFEE: SHOP
Don't flunk... let us help you cheat. We know all the new
ways.
College Store
R. Freeyou, Head Cheater
EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS WELL
/ USED
WALKERS USED PARTS
-f *
THIS SPACE WAS RESERVED BY THE
SOUTHWEST NATURAL GAS
COMPANY
B\it we don forgoe whut they wanted to say
Tough Steaks, Repulsive Lunches,
Rotten Coffee
ONYX CAFE
J. C. Bring-It-Here, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
IF YOU WANT TO BE THE WORST DRESSED LADY IN
IN JOWN—SEE US
SHIELS LADIES-TO-WEAR SHOP
Gunny Sack Dresses, Canvas Coats sold cheap. We specialize in
DEGLAMOURIZING
WE PULL THE BUTTONS OFF YOUR CLOTHES—WE NEED
THEM WORSE THAN YOU DO
CAMPUS LAUNDRY
IF YOU HAVE BEAUTY WE TAKE IT; IF YOU. DON'T,—
WELL*, WE CAN'T HELP IT IF YOU'RE HOMELY
BAX STUDIO
OUR FOOD IS ALWAYS A WEEK OLD
SERVICE WITH A SCOWL
COLLEGE COURTS AND CAFE
THREE ROCKS GUARANTEED WITH
EVERY BOWL OF CHILI
DOC TURNER'S CAFE
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. OUR
BRASS IS GUARANTEED NOT TO
sTURN TO GOLD
TATE'S JEWELRY STORE ^
We lose half the things you send us.
WE RUIN THE OTHER HALF WE
DON'T LOOSE
' Stephenville Steam Laundry
SNOW WHITE INN
Better Known as the Greasy Spoon
The only thing white around this joint
is thename
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