The Kennel

The Texarkana College Blue Jackets, an honorary organization for TC women students, recently initiated three new members following a dinner at Bryce’s Cafeteria. Students initiated were Jeanie Hall, Diana Martin and Lela Ann Tidwell. The Blue Jackets, organized in 1932, advocate comradeship and good will. They foster high ideals and help maintain a spirit of…

Victory-wise, the basketball team of TC is taking quite a different shape from the football team. Under Coach Tom Collins the Bulldog netmen are currently racing along with only one loss against their record—that a one-pointer to Ft. Smith in which TC scored five more field goals than Ft. Smith but was beaten via the…

By JACKIE SHULTZ The Student Senate-sponsored “Roaring ’20s” Day went down as perhaps the most successful social activities affair of the year. Participation, both of students and teachers, was considerably better than expected. Part of a program designed by the Senate to stimulate student interest in the campus life at TC, the Roaring ’20s Day…

Recently the Supreme Court agreed to make a ruling on whether or not it is Constitutional to have state-sanctioned prayer in public schools. The Court is acting on the protest of some half dozen parents of pupils in the New Hyde Park school district in New York. The protest stemmed from the use in the…

At North Texas State nine girls from Kendall Hall challenged men from Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and walloped them 36-6 in a football game. Also at North Texas State, Charles Hall has for the past four years earned his way through college by cutting Christmas trees in New Mexico during Thanksgiving holidays and hauling them…

AUBREY ADCOCK So you want a college education, eh? Well, what type would you prefer—rare, medium, or well done? It would be wonderful if a bachelor’s degree were a consumer item. That seems to be the opinion of a large majority of us nowadays, anyhow. Work is a thing of the past; it is as…

JACKIE SHULTZ A runaway rumor that Texarkana College was dropping football from its athletic program recently prompted a meeting of the Bulldog Booster Club with the college Board of Regents and other interested persons. Statements by the college administrative officials bore out that it was just a rumor, although much concern was expressed over the…

The Alpha Beta Nu homemaking club held a debate at its last November meeting, with Charlotte Rackley and June Cornett taking the affirmative on the subject of “going steady.” Mary Pat Hackett (substituting for Bill Shipp) and Lewis LaGrone took the negative. Mrs. Mary Ann Duke, sponsor of the organization, acted as moderator. The affirmative…

A large Texarkana College audience thrilled to the swing music of the TC Stage Band under the direction of Dr. Tom Jenkins, chairman of the music department, on November 22. The stage band has made numerous appearances at high schools throughout this area. The first number was a ballad called “Pathways”; next was an arrangement…

The Texarkana College Faculty Association honored W. P. Akin, Vice-President and Dean of the College, with an appreciation and testimonial dinner in the TC Student Center Thursday evening, December 14. Approximately 250 persons were in attendance. Having been a teacher several years before coming to Texarkana, Dean Akin has been an administrator at Texarkana College…