St. Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 15, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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Homecoming Edition
St. Edward’s Echo
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Vol. XXIII—No. 8
AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1939
$1 Per Year
Keeping the Home (coming) Fires Burning
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Review Traces
Crusader Growth
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no
fied,
of the
REVIEW, page 8)
(See CRUSADERS, page 8)
selected
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By Phil Reynolds
collegiate division.
Rutgers First Wins
By L. G. Gardemal
The Irish Again
game
the
United
t
(See EX-STUDENT, page 3)
Ex-Student Kmiecik, Now Priest,
May Be Martyr In Bleeding Poland
Bonfire Opens
Gala Week
Verhalen Elected
Vice-President
By State Scientists
For Homecoming
Game and Dance
Round Out Program
Of Blazing Activity
Sports, Art, Business
Win Place for Men
in
season,
Crusaders Seek Mythical Crown
In Conferance Closer Thursday
Homecomers View System Test
As Austin College, Locals Clash
By Nick Davenport
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‘Who’s Who’
Lists Six Students
re
reaching
anticipated for this
(See
FROM ALL INDICATIONS, THE
BONFIRE which the freshmen
are building at right for tonight’s
bonfire will far surpass in size
and splendor last year’s Home-
coming bonfire shown above. Bill
Sullivan, president of the sopho-
more class, will do the honors of
igniting the biggest fire in St.
Ed’s Homecoming history.
a junior were
candidates for
L. G. Gardemal and Frank Ro-
vello, seniors, who received listing
last year, will again be included
for this year’s honors.
In Spirit and Power
By Nifty Norris
Sec. 562 P. L. & R.
U. S. Postage Paid
Permit No. 52
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to extend its work to the field of
Poland, Father Kmiecik was one
of the American priests to assume
missionary duties in the Congrega-
tion’s Polish mission near the Rus-
sian border.
The mission was prospering in
the work of the Church when Po-
land was invaded in. recent months.
When Europe’s two ideologies join-
ed hands for the final crushing of
Poland, the little American mission
met the fate that all places of wor-
ship in the path of the invaders
suffered.
Reports
The first intercollegiate football
game was played between Prince-
ton and Rutgers in 1869. Rutgers
took it, six goals to four. The game
was played under specially drafted
rules that followed generally those
or the London Football Association.
Columbia entered' into football
competition in 1820, and Yale join-
ed the group in 1822.
McGill University of Canada in-
troduced Americans to rugby when
she challenged Harvard in 1874.
When Yale played Harvard the fol-
lowing year, certain restrictions
and revisions were written into the
rugby rules.
Some sixty years have passed
now since the playing code of the
Rugby Football Union of England
was adopted for American foot-
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The war in Europe has not spar-
ed St. Edward’s! As remote as the
conflict abroad may seem to the
students nestled cozily on the Hill-
top outside Austin, thousands of
miles from the battlefields of Po-
land and the western front, the
tragedy of World War II has al-
ready come into their midst.
In 1921 and 1922 young Joseph
Kmiecik, a Texan of Polish de-
scent from the town of New Wa-
verly, attended St. Edward’s. Dur-
ing his stay here he recognized a
calling to priesthood and shortly
joined the Congregation of the Holy
Cross.
When the Congregation decided
Activity and Enthusiasm, two
very popular monarchs, will rule
the campus for the rest of this
week. King Activity will have as
his attendants Hustle-Bustle and
Hurry-Scurry, while Queen Enthu-
siasm will be assisted by her ladies-
in-waiting, Gaiety and Revelry.
Tonight the Freshman class will
make its formal debut into campus
life with the burning of the bon-
fire behind Holy Cross Hall. This
bonfire should be even more gigan-
tic than the one of last year, for
already, with the finishing touches
still to be added, the tepee-shaped
pile of debris looks as though it
could burn throughout the night.
Tomorrow night, for their Home-
coming game, the Saint Edward s
Crusaders will take on Austin Col-
lege from Sherman, Texas. The
game, called for 8 o'clock, will be
played at House Park.
The Freshman class will make
news again Friday night when they
entertain the other three classes
with a dance in the Marie Antoin-
ette Room of the Stephen F. Austin
Hotel. If present plans work out,
Frank Garzo and his orchestra will
furnish music for the occasion.
from through-
were repre-
sented at the meeting of the Acad-
emy’s
Pat Verhalen, junior pre-medical
student from Marshall, was elected
vice-president of the collegiate di-
vision of the Texas Academy of
Science at the organization’s an-
nual mooting, November 10-1 1, held
at the University of Texas in Aus-
tin.
Other officers elected included
W. C. J. Marquarf of Southwestern
University, president, who replaces
retiring president Al Thaddeus of
St. Edward’s; alternate vice-presi-
dent; and Miss June Pike of Incar-
nate Word College, secretary.
Thaddeus presided over the as-
sembly on November II as it con-
vened in the University of Texas’
Geology Building. He was also
scheduled to have charge on No-
vember 10, but was in Brownwood
as a member of the Crusader elev-
en on that day.
Thirteen colleges
out the state of Texas
Heavy favorites after, their muddy shut-out of Howard Payne last
Friday, Bill Pierce’s league leading Crusaders play for the conference
crown Thursday night when they take on the Austin College Kanga-
roos at House Park. A full stand of alumni is
final game which is likewise Homecoming.
---------------------------------------♦♦♦ Defeated
start this
are nevertheless a
to the Crusader title
The Kangaroos em;
Notre Dame system
Six seniors and
recently selected as
“Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and Col-
leges.” This book lists the most
outstanding students on college
campuses. According to the Rev.
Wm. Molony, C.S.C., registrar,
each of these men has been noti-
and their biographies have
been sent to the publisher
book.
still is a British sport, but. the
English have adopted soccer as
their national pastime, leaving foot-
ball to us Americans.
Much of the credit for the suc-
cess of this year’s Homecoming
goes to the Freshmen who have
worked diligently -- especially on
the bonfire. Ten days ago the
“greenies” started ito collect mater-
ial for the big blaze, and now the
area behind Holy Cross Hall is
filled with bushel baskets, orange
crates, cardboard boxes, tree limbs,
and other things that go into a
Freshman feu de jole.
The men selected for the
achievements they have made in
their particular fields are: Leo Er-
mis and Philip Reynolds, athletics;
Bill Reynolds, art; Bob Carnes,
“E” Club; George Hogan, publica-
tions business.
Goon Chases Football From Greece
To Ireland To Present Campuses
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Football is, indeed, the Great
American Sport. Yet the Americans
cannot claim the invention of the
game.
Just who kicked the first punt,
or carried over the first touch-
down, or kicked the first field goal
is disputed. Some authorities lean
toward the Greeks and say that
when Rome invaded Greece the
Athenians were playing a game
that greatly resembled modern
football. The Romans adopted the
game and soon introduced it into
each land they conquered.
The Saint
opened their
a 6-0 win over
Teachers. It was
picious start, as
live up to their
Other savants hold that the
originated in Ireland and has been
played there for over two thou-
sand years.
This much at least is true: mod-
ern football dates from its adop-
tion by the British at Rugby, Etbn,
and Borrow. The Rugby code, the
basis for present day rules, was
sponsored and put into effect by
the London Football Association al-
most a hundred years ago. Rugby
Locals Lead League
The local team, however, will be
■ pushover. Having climbed to
the top, after a slow start, by clean
victories over strong T. W. C. and
Howard Payne elevens, the Cru-
saders are anxious to follow
through on their first title threat
since they won the Texas Confer-
ence championship in 1933.
Hip Steen, coach of the Kanga-
roos, employs both the Notre Dame
and short punt formations and
from both he runs his power plays.
Austin College is one of the few
Texas Conference teams whose at-
tack is almost entirely a power at-
tack.
Edward’s Crusaders
season by eking out
the San Marcos
not a very aus-
the Saints didn’t
pre-game expec-
tations. However, the boys may be
defended by the fact that the Bob-
cats were under-rated. They prov-
ed this later in the season by de-
cisively trouncing Southwestern.
Martin Nassour, South Austin's
pride and joy, played a great de-
fensive game, and showed much
improvement over last year.
Going to Geargetown as the un-
der-dogs the Saints hit their stride
and took over the Pirates to the
tune of 13-0. Bobby Jens snagged
•one of Ermis’ passes in the last
quarter and went over for the
first score. “Peewee” Whelton
made the other fn the remaining
minutes of play on an off-tackle
smash. In the next five minutes
he collected a kiss for his efforts.
How do these small guys do it??
First Loss
The following week the team
traveled to Abilene to engage t^e
every conference
the Kangaroos
serious threat
aspirations,
ploy the same
as the Crusad-
ers. The Austin College team was
formerly coached by Bill Pierce,
present St. Ed mentor. The boys
from Sherman outweigh the local
line some 15 pounds. Records in-
dicate that St. Edward’s defeated
Austin College only once in the
past four years. That victory came
last season, 14-7. With everything
to gain in Thursday’s contest, the
Kangaroos are sure to play for an
upset.
(See GOON CHASES, page 5)
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