Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1931 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ST. EDWARD’S ECHO, JANUARY 28, 1931
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1931 SENIORS
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DOES WIND WIN?
VOL. XII
JANUARY 28, 1931
No. 8
(Chartei
Member)
THE WICKERSHAM REPORT
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Laughlin added.
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AND LIZZIE IS A LADY!
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away from the unwarranted evils and abuses that
this law has brought upon us? Our course lies
open before us, why not do the sensible thing
and repeal or at least modify the national pro-
hibition amendment?
It was with a great deal of pleasure that we
noticed several weeks ago that bushes and shrubs
had been planted around the various buildings
and on different parts of the campus. And it was
with a great deal of pleasure that we also noticed
that the grader was working on the roads lead-
ing to the different buildings.
St. Edward’s has a beautiful natural location.
It has everything in the way of a site that any
educational institution could wish for. Its nat-
ural beauty will be enhanced greatly, however, by
the judicious planting of various trees and shrubs
under the guiding hand of someone who knows
landscaping. We have such a man at St. Ed-
ward’s and it is a great pleasure to see that he is
accomplishing things.
Of course, the results of these improvements
will not begin to show up immediately. But give
the trees time to grow and the shrubs time to
spread out and sometime when you come back
to St. Edward’s for that homecoming game you
will be agreeably surprised at the beauties of the
campus.
It has previously been suggested that each
senior class plant a tree in memory of their days
spent at St. Edward’s. The idea has always ap-
pealed to us. It is a good suggestion, and in a
few years these permanent living memorials will
raise their heads to heaven in memory of college
years. All that is needed is someone to start the
tradition and now is as good a time as any. How
about it, senior?
Editor Sewell of the Simmons
Brand was vociferously denounc-
ing his disciples over at Simmons
a few weeks ago for not being
more prolific with their yelling.
He even went so far as to blame
their thriftiness of vocalizing for
the loss of a contest with the Yel-
low Jackets. Now, it is my pri-
vate opinion that Mr. Sewell, or
whoever was responsible for that
outburst of eloquence, let his pas-
sion for the theme overpower his
love of logic. It is reputed, and I
have always been a strong sup-
porter of the hypothesis, that the
eleven men out on the grid are
supposed to have some trifling
part to play in whether or not the
games goes in the won or lost
column.
According to Mr. Sewell’s the-
ory, it won’t be long now until
a radical change will be made
in inter - conference contests.
Coaches will be employed for the
pep squads, star yellers will get
the publicity, and bass voices will
be given jobs on the campus;
while captains of football teams
will be the lesser satellites who
can do nothing else.
Imagine rabid football fans
reaching avidly for the following
newspaper account of a big con-
ference game:
“The Hissers, on a series of
rahs and booms, marched with a
steady, ground-eating pace on
down the field to the Boomers’
five-yard line, where they were
stopped with a thunderous up-
roar of noise from the opposing
bleachers. A snappy fifteen-for-
team netted them two yards,
leaving them only three yards to
touchdown and three yells to
make it. The Boomer sideline
put up a stubborn resistance, and
the Hisser yells could scarcely
make a dint in their eardrums.
With a gameness that was heart-
rending, the Boomers pitted their
baritones against the powerful
basses of ' their opponents and
almost held them for downs. But
the Hissers went into a huddle in
front of the bleachers, and quick-
ly returning to their seats, sent
forth a tricky locomotive which
caught Yell Leader Windy To-
long off guard, and the Boomers
slipped through for their first
touchdown.
“The outstanding star of the
game was easily ‘Bull-frog’ Bai-
ley, the all-T.I.A.A. bellower for
the Hissers, whose gigantic voice
was elevated boisterously time
after time above the combined
forces of the opposing rooting
section.”
And so on like that. And then
it might end up with:
“The Hissers were well backed
up by the Hisser football team,
who always loyal to the school,
did their little unimportant bit
quietly and unostentatiously out
in the middle of the field with a
circumspection and fidelity that
created a splendid impression on
all who noticed them.”—The Col-
lege Star.
ST. EDWARD’S ECHO
Published twice monthly during the school term by the
Journalism students of St. Edward’s University,
Austin, Texas
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Editor-In-Chief____________________________________________Joseph Koegler
Managing Editor___________________________________________________Al Turner
Feature Editor--------------------------------------------------------John Sulak
Circulation Manager,—________________________________Walter Beach
Faculty Supervisor________________________________________A. J. Bieter
Copy Readers: Walter Beach, Louis Hoopes, Herbert
Keller, and John Raffaelli.
Reporters: Robert Stavinoha, Gus Strauss, William
Weeks, and William Wurtzinger.
When Henry made a lady out of Lizzie, what
happened to the old Ford? It wasn’t relegated
to the junk heap. No indeed, it was sold to col-
lege students! you want a concrete example?
Look at Gladiola, that ancient and renowned ve-
hicle which made history for the El Paso club.
But no, you can’t because Gladiolas’ happy days
are over and she reposes somewhere out in the
desert. But look at her counterpart, Esmiralda,
The Pride of Shack Seven. There you have a
Ford to satisfy the heart of the most fastidious
as far as Fords go. But sometimes that’s not
very far.
But to get back to the original subject. The
Ford, the Model T Ford, is a great American in-
stitution, the passing of which will be mourned
in collegiate history with the passing of the In-
dian, the buffalo, examinations, et cetera ad in-
finitum. And that brings to mind a question.
What will the college student do when the Model
T Ford has passed into the great beyond and
lingers only in memory ? What means of trans-
portation will then be found in which to make
those hurried week-end dashes hither and yon,
to town and back ? The situation then will indeed
be deplorable.
You may say that such a vehicle is not depend-
able, but we challenge you to show us the Ford
that would not work when work was to be done.
Show us the Ford that couldn’t go over that
muddy road or climb that steep hill. (Even
though you did have to get out and push once in
a while.) Show us the Ford—well, show us any
Ford, and we’ll show you a hard-working, honest
and conscientious toiler. You want the proof?
Just come out and listen to Esmiralda grunt as
she takes those hills on high!
But Henry has made a lady out of Lizzie! And
that fills up this space and we’re right back where
we started from and haven’t nearly exhausted
our supply of practical and concrete examples of
the utter indispensability of the greatest of all
collegiate vehicles—the Model T Ford.
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IMPROVEMENTS BRING
BEAUTY
their skill at wrestling when the"M^
weather will not permit football prac-
tice. Students other than football
players may enter the class if they
wish, McLaughlin said.
If enough interest is shown in the
class, matches will be arranged with (
the University of Texas matmen, Mc^®;
T i -i nF ' 'll
Joseph Harper of Menard, Texas,
is a candidate for a degree in thc<jp
School of Engineering. He graduated
from the St. Ed-
ward’s Prepara-
tory school in
1927, and entered
the University
the following
year.
Since entering
the University
Harper has been
one of the most
consistent students, and one of the
most quietly popular men on the cam-
pus. He was well known for several
years for his tumbling propensities,
which he developed, with the help of |
several of the other students, into an J
act which entertained many of the club®
meetings and assemblies at St. Ed®
ward’s.
Harper is a member of the Knight-®
of Columbus, and is secretary of the®
organization. He is also a membe^H
of the Sorin Scholarship society, being®
one of the two engineers in the class of®
1931 to achieve that honor. He has J
been an active member of the Knights
of Columbus for several years, and is i
one of the most reliable members of
that order for committee work.
Teaching physics is another of the -
talents which this quiet, studious
young senior has in his list of achieve-
ments. He is student assistant in the
physics laboratory.
Harper intends to write his thesis on
some phase of electrical engineering,
probably on the dynamo. After grad-
uation from St. Edward’s he will con-
tinue his engineering course for a
master’s degree, probably at the Uni-
versity of Texas.
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Regular Games
In Intramurals
To Be Resumed
After twenty months of secret hearings and
special surveys the Wickersham commission has
finally reported. It reported that “the state of
public opinion, certainly in many important por-
tions of the country, presents a serious obstacle
. to the observance and enforcement of the na-
tional prohibition laws,” and yet it concludes that
increased measures and appropriations for en-
forcement should be undertaken by the federal
government. Then again, its report begins with
the words, “The commission is opposed to repeal
of the eighteenth amendment,” in spite of the
fact that two members voted for outright repeal
and five others voted for modification.
One could go on indefinitely picking inconsist-
encies in the report and twisting the meaning of
it to favor either the dry or the wet cause. And
again, as Dan Moody said, one could easily see
in it an admission that the “Republican party
has failed” in this field. If you are a Republican
however, you can side with Hoover and see in
the report a great Republican victory.
It is dlfficfiif, 'however, after reading over the
report and the editorial comment of various news-
papers of this state, to see just how the prohi-
bitionists the country over can see in the report
such a great dry victory. It seems very signifi-
cant that a majority of the coriimission has asked
for a change in the existing dry law. That in
itself seems to be an admission that things aren’t
as they should be.
The prohibition problem has long been a burden
to American politics. . One need only walk the
streets on a Saturday night, go to a public dance,
or to a football game to realize how utterly it has
failed. One need only ask the younger genera-
tion, or walk through the campus of any large
university and ask a few questions, to be con-
vinced of this failure. And yet, in the face of
all this the eighteenth amendment still casts its
dark shadow over the nation.
The commisison members all agreed on out-
lawing the saloon, and that is as it should be. No
right thinking man wants the old saloon back
again. But that does not mean that liquor should
be prohibited entirely. A sane and sensible sys-
tem such as is employed in Canada, where liquor
is sold under government supervision, or a plan
such as Col. Anderson, a member of the commis-
sion, proposed, would, to our mind, solve to a
great extent this bewildering problem. Public
opinion according to the commission is a serious
obstacle to the observance and enforcement of
national prohibition. This is a government “of
the people, by the people, and for the people,” to
quote Lincoln. Then why not let the nation be
guided by the opinion of its citizens ? Prohibition
has had had its day, and it has failed. The very
fact that the commission took a year and a half
to study its results proves that. Then why not
discard it?
It has never brought the vast benefits that its
advocates boasted, and of evils it has brought
many. The people don’t want the old saloon back.
Then why not carry out the suggestions made by
a majority of the commission? Why not repeal
the amendment, modify the law, put liquor under
government supervision, or try anything to get
Intramural sports which captured
the interest of the campus prior to the
Christmas holidays will be resumed
after the semester examinations,
Father MacNamara, C.S.C., director of
intramurals, said.
Touch football is the sport now on
the schedule and the remainder of the
schedule of games will be played as
soon as the examinations are over, he
added.
Basket ball, indoor and regular base-
ball, handball, and horse shoe pitch-
ing are to follow touch football, ac-
cording to Father MacNamara.
The results of the touch football
games played so far are:
El Paso club 7, West Central club 6.
El Paso club 7, Faculty club 0.
El Paso club 6, South Texas club 7.
North Texas club 7, Faculty club 0.
North Texas club 0, West Central
club 0.
South Texas club 19, Spanish club 7.
South Texas club 7, El Paso club 6. |
Exiles 2, East Texas club 33.
Spanish club 7, South Texas club 19.
Spanish club 0, East Texas club 57.
West Central club 6, El Paso club 7.
West Central club 0, North Texas
club 0.
Faculty club 0, North Texas club 7.
Faculty club 0, El Paso club 7.
East Texas club 33, Exiles 2.
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pat McLaughlin teaches
MATMEN AND BOXERS
Wrestling instructions are being
given in the gym under the super-
vision of Pat McLaughlin, who is both
a wrestler and a boxer.
All football men are required to try
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Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1931, newspaper, January 28, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1293892/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Edward’s University.