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1 ..Jac Jackson
Dollie Marie Glover
Estell Sco.tt
Exchange Column
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A Business Man's Letter
Sir:' My typist, being a lady,
cannot take down what I thinlc of
you, and J being a gentleman, can-
not it, but you being neither
can guess jt all, '
About the first of February the
new $87,000 San Angelo public
school gymnasium will be so far
completed that the San /Angelo
High School and Junior College
basketball teams will have an in-
door court to work on. This is the
first gymnasium for the benefit of
the San Angelo schools and ath-
letics, and its completion is await-
ed with great interest.—The, Trail.
First Assistant Business Manager...™,. -Cy Paxil Roriey
Second Assistant Business Manager .Myndert Gilbert
■■^^VvV.^^ETTING AT IT
; By William Fleming French
With most of: us the'most difficult part.of accomplishing
5 anything ■seems to be, getting at it. . There are four reasons for
that.' First :'failure to realize that you can't get anywhere with-
out starting, and that without a sjart nothing else counts; Sec-
ond; the lack of self-coiifidence to b.elieve we can actually do
things;-Thirds Insufficient courage to.hang'on and keep plug-
ging away; and. Fourth •. procrastination, or'plain laziness.
The'first obstacle can be overcome by ten minutes' earnest
thought—'with all excuses'.arid .alibis discarded. Ten minutes* in-.
■ telligent thtKiight is sufficient to jaaky anyone Realize that abs.o-
. 'lately nothing caii be accomplished without a-definite start.-.
The second reason will require Snore- effort .on the pa^t. of
certain types. But a realization that men and women are doing
worthwhile things these d,ayi'without utilizing more than one-
half their wakeful hours- one-third their physical strength,, or
one-fourth their menfa.V capacity ought to convince us tjvat it is
easily withiti pur powers to do the same—especially if we' are
wiiliftgftci. wo,irk' a little harder and a little-longer—and. to use:
'jr brains. . '
Barrier number three—the , lack'of persistence and cour-
age to hang on—is the most formidable', and it has whipped many
a good man and woman. A 3tudy of. what others have done by.
persistence and have accomplished by sticking with, a task will
prove to.us that we can do the same if we set our minds to it,
■ and keep, always before us the fact that even after weakening,
one can alwajrg go back and start plugging away again.
- Anybody'can persist, if he'll just set his mind to it, and go
, back' to the! task, no matter how often his resolutions falter
' jand his plan? go wrong. AH he has to do- is hunch up his back
■- and hang, on:
. Courage 15 a little harder to develop, but self-confidence
will help create it,, and the habit of keeping cheerful and coming
back for more, yirill develop it. If,, every time after one loses his
nerve, he'll just grit, his teeth and sitart out again—before long
the very fapt'that, he keeps coming back will instill courage with-
in him. Courage is cumulative; thel more onej .tries for it and
practiet it, the easier it comes and the more natural it seems.
Each time a man or woman wins the moral victory of hang-
; ing on or starting, over again, the man'3 or woman's courage in-
creases in proportion: * ,
Self-confidence, happiness, and persistence are the ingredi-
ents that make, courage.
A good thought to hold with reference to that fault is to
consider, it plain.cowardly, to procrastinate—to insist upon look-
ing at yourself-in your true light and of insisting, to, yourself,
that nine times out of ten a man procrastinates because he is
nursing the fear, that he can't make good, or is unwilling to at-
tempt it. He may think that is not the fact, and offer ai dozen
excuses, bat right in hi$ heart he knows the truth—and once he
adniita .it, Ij<? is. on the way to.cqrrect that fault— and tp do things,
Of course, if plain, laziness, is the reason, tljen a little, dose
of seif-i;espec!tj is the solution. Because laziness is one thing no
self-respecting individual is willing: to admit to.
Anyway, if y<ju have been planning to. earn, a liittle extra
money, and haven't got started yet, re-rea,d this. It might give
you an idea.
' ..The Archery Club of Texas A.'&
I. will meet, every Thursday at five
o'clock for the weekly meetings.
Miss' Bernice Manry is the presi-
dent of this favorite club. At the
last meeting much ■ time was spent
upon the basic fundamentals of the
art of archery. This is a fast dying
art, and the young- ladies should be
commended upon their initiative -in
bringing back the sport of Robin
Hood and the well known William
Tell, There is to be an achievement
chart posted,' so each of the twen-
ty-five members of the club will
know' how she stands: among the
group in regard to her accuracy
and stance with the bow and ar-
row. Much interest ■ is beifig shown
iii. this sport, and the ladies will,
no dou.bt, derive much benefit and
pleasure from this novel club.;—
The South Texas.
The Aatonians met in regular
session Monday night o±r7:30. The
meeting was-opened by a group of
songs followed by a prayer led by
Connor HJorton after, which an in-
teresting and rather long program
was presented.
At the end of the program a
mock . debate was presented. The
subject was, Resolved, that a chick-
en can roo^t better on a round ipole
than a, square one. Albert Mason,
Jr., and Curtis Rogers, upheld the
affirmative; while J. W. McWill-
iams an.rl Oscar Jones upheld-the
negative. Decision was for the neg-
ative.:—The Wesley Pilot.
Travels Abroad
(DOLLIE MARIE GLOVER)
(Continued from Last Week)
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Chjb
Sings in Chapel;
The Boys' . Glee Club, directed by
MEr. Earl Gough, again gave an in-
teresting; program in- chapel Mon-
ipy. Although the only time al-
lowed the club is on Monday and
Thursday nights,"' much improve-
ment was. shown since their -firs*
iprearanc«L
The numbers that were, sang pn
;he program were "The Stars Are
Brightly £>hirjingy" "Gypsy-"-Love
;ong," land "Wait for th^ Wagon." | cat?
String Quartet
forC.ofC,
,- The String Quartet of Tarleton
placed .' for th'e banquet of the
Chamber of Commerce. Their pro-
grams proved one of beautiful ar-
rangement' and rendition. The
quartet is composed of' Jennie
Verne Cromwell-, Eleanor Martin,
Mrs. Richardson, and Dorothy Lynn
with Mrs. Moody at the piano. '
New .Annex .News
. "Quiet hour in the New Annex!!!
Dear me!!!- Quiet hour isn't quiet
hour this week-end. (is it ever?)
on. our hall, but this explains it all.
No .one other than that 'little ol'
Russell girl with that silly giggle
was ."a visitor.
Lois Draper, the brains of our
hall, and ■ Cloydene Hogue, that
rowdy girl who never 'has a
thought for any one except Ray J
almost ran everybody', in the new"
annex crazy, that" is, those who
were not already entirely crazy
working cross word puzzle?.
It seems that in spite of every-
thing we can do, Mineola is going
to flunk out this semester, because
she is boy crazy.
Lila ..Ruth Stubblefield should
have a private telephone installed
in her room, so the freshmen say.
Wonder-why? '
Estelle Turney seemed rather
lonely this week-en'd as Thomas
went to . Fort Worth. But cheer up,
Estelle; if Thomas does not return,
the old maid's, cluh will gladly take
you in,, as. we kfiow there is no one
who can take Thomas;' place!
Fish Pike, that girl who has
suclj a .way with men, would also
make a good model in a style show,
■judging from her performances on
Sunday afternoon,
■ With Vera' Baker we can't tell
whether it. is Palmer or the boy
back home, and that Billie Tubbs,
will she ever - make up her mind
between Houston and Fish Gilbert?
Anyway—reckon why Vera seem-
ed so happy : after she, received a
telephone, call on Sunday. after-
noon and. was perfectly willing
then to take a walk with Bieth, and
offer her some consolation?
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YourTarleton?
Is a Grassburro a sort of alley
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intended, to. be. a. regular feature,
students and faculty are invited
to contribute unique and interest-
ing facts about the college and its
personnel. The questions will be
asked in one issue and answered in
the next.)
This week's questions are;
I. - What two members .of the.
faculty are disfranchised for some-
thing that they did in the past ?- ■ '.
' 2, ' Can a cadet be "late" to
drill?
On July, 17 we went to Copen-
hagen, Denmark, the Paris of the
North, arriving there- at about H
p. m. It was in Copenhagen that
I stayed in the unusual suite of
rooms at the hotel. A concert grand
black walnut piano,, tables1 of rare
beauty, pictures of famous people,
and chandeliers that would grace
a palace were found in one room,
and beautiful bed room furniture
was in the adjoining room. Next
to the bed room was a bath room
with every fixture one could pos-
sibly imagine and a tub so large
that one had to climb up a little
ladder of three steps in order to
get in the tub. The bath towels
were about two yards square, and
very heavy' and thick.
The first place of interest we
visited in Copenhagen was the
Thorvaldsen Museum, where many
of the statues by the famous sculp-
tor are kept. Some that we saw
are the statues of Jason, Mercury,
Vulcan, Mars and Cupid,' Hebe,
Venus, a copy of the Lion of Lu-
cerne. Morning and night two, of
the most famous in -relief; a copy
of the Alexandrian freeze the or-
iginal of which is. in the Quirin-
al in Rome Copernicus,. Schil-
ler,, Byron, and a copy; of
The Christ, the .original of
of which is in one of the churches
in the city, and many others.
■Then we saw the royal library,
the armory, and the royal gardens
surrounded by roses. Other things-
we saw on our ride through the
city are Dantes Square with.statu-
ary representing scenes in the In-
ferno, The Thinker, a statue by
Rodan, a statue of Hans Christian
Andersen, the Gefjon fountain, the
statue of the Amazon, some of the
old citadels with windmills on the
ramparts, the bronze. statue of the
Mermaid by Hans Christian An-
dersen, which statue stands in
the harbor, and the royal gardens
where the Queen walks.
On our way out to Elsinore to
Kronberg Castle we saw the cas-
tle .where Dag mar, the Princess
of Russia, Queen Victoria, and oth-
er members' of European royalty
used to visit. It was at Kronberg
Castle that Hamlet's father's ghost
walked, according to Shapespeare's
Hamlet," '.and we " saw the 'place
where tradition says the ghost
walked. The castle, though built
in 1300, is still strong1, bufi is used
only as a museum. Some of the
most interesting things we saw in
the casele were the first typewrit-
er used in Denmark,- some Green-
land sleds and a dog used by the
Eskimos, models of Greenland
homes, canoes,. churches, and oth-
er building', and a model of a D.isel
motor .like the kind used in modern
ships. From the tower ro.om we
could see the coast of Sweden. We
were told that according to vari-
ous' sagas Hamlet really lived in
Denmark one hundred years before
the Viking time. Shakespeare vis-
ited Kronberg Castle in 1592. In
1827 Hamlet's grave was - found.
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a
poem while sitting on Hamlet's
'grave in 1827. On the.way hack
from Elsinore we saw three stprks'
standing in their nests on the top
of a house by the roadside.
It is said that ■' Christian X, the
king, is the tallest man in Den-
mark, a country of 3,500,000. pop-
ulation. He' is six feet and four
inches tall. In ..Copenhagen, a city
of 750,000 population, are 200,000
bicycles. The homes there are so
built that a room is provided for
the . bicycles, as we in . America
build garages for our cars.
(To' Be Continued.) •.
Shots From the,
Armory
By Heck
A flapper is like a rose, 5. beau-
tiful rose; each suitor plucks off
a petal, until, there is nothing' left
for the one that gets her except
the stem and thorns.
Have you evjer attended the "Uni-
versity of Experience?" You learn
as the years roll on, and as age
creeps upon you, it has the best
teachers that this little old world
can produce; the course is hard
and full of pain; very seldem do
you get a straight "A"; OH, yes,
it has a college yell, OUCH, OUCH,
OUCH, OUCH.
Some of the bandmen claim.that
the reviews' on Friday make' their
lips sore; what about the ears of
the; rest of us Cadets; get some
Jacks and have your face lifted.
Speaking of the band, do you
know ' that fifty per cent' of its
members belong to the Order of
DeMolays? ■ "
New Annex
' Miss Lila Ruth Stubblefield vis-
ited during the week-end at her
home in Carbon.
Mrs. Veree Squires Robinson had
as her guests Sunday Mr, L, ,M.
Robinson and Mr. Charles Barry
of Brownwood, ■
' Misses Catherine Randalls and
Mildred^Pearsons spent the-week-
end at their homes in' Hico,
Miss Jessie Mae Mack is ill with
throat trouble, and is at her home
in Palo Pinto. We are hoping to
see her-back in the "dump" soon.
Pearl Bruce' spent Saturday,
night in the "dump" with Allene
Davis. ' ' . ' ■
Leola 'Long spent the week-end
in Hamilton.
The
Campus Knothole
Mrs. Laura Neale Love, who has
been in StepHenville on official
business, returned to Dallas on
Sunday. ' ' /
Mr. J. A. Willson of Honey
Grove is. visiting his daughter,
Mrs. J. Thomas Davis.
Mrs. Herbert Fagan spent the
week-end 'in Eastland', iwith her
husband,
Miss Martha Chamness had as
guests over the week-end her moth-
er and friend from Austin.
Miss Mattie W alker
Rockwall on Sunday to
father, who is quite ill.
went to
visit her
Miss Dollie Marie Glover hai re-
turned to resume her teaching tin-
ties after being called away b> th
death of her brother, Mr. A
Glover of'San Angelo.
Chapel Notes
There have been quite a number
of interesting programs rendered
in chapel during the past week,
Tuesday Mr. Mc Sweeney gave an
interesting talk to the hoys on
"Non-Athletic Awards." Miss .Wal-
ker talked on "The Value of Home
Economics and Its Divisions." She
also discussed the new course that
is being offered for boys .in home
economics for the next semester. ..
Thursday the S,enior .Closs.'met
in the auditorium of the Home Eco-
nomics building for the purpose of
discussing- .the- senior, nie^norial.
Tom Lewis, president, presided ov-
er the meeting. Mr, John E. Oliver
discussed the merits of the various
suggestions..for the memorial. The
class decided that three dollars
should be the student .donation fee.
The memorials which are yet to be
decided on are' as follows: The
whiteway lighting system, the iron
gates, the'statue of. the Plowboy,
and the tennis court. A decision
is to be made on Thursday concern-
ing the choice of thei memorial.
Seniors, be there, and cast your
vote!
Friday ■ njovning : JEtev. .Andrews,
talked! on "Loyalty.", .
Saturday the student body, was
delightfully; entertained .by the
Girls'- Glee; : Club with some mu-
sical selections. ■'
Old Annex, Top Floor
Lest you forget that we still have
life, we will let ourselves be known.
We have been very busy since
Christmas, and, really, we had no
news. ' ' .
Velma Lee Broyles stayed away,
from Mamma and C. W.' just as
long as. she could and went home
this week-end. . ■'
Does Edith Buckley, our noisy
one, go to church every Sunday ?
We wonder. Edith got a special
delivery, too!
We cannot account for the hap-
py expression on Mildred Herring's
face, except that she got a special
delivery this morning.
Mamie Cates has received sev-
eral strange telephone calls late-
ly. Can anyone explain?
'Mary Vance .Stidham, our chap-
eron, has prospects and hopes of a
quiet hall next week-end, as she
heard Emma V. Coalson is going
home.
Has anyone seen our innocent
Frances Miller lately? If so, you
must have seen Hamil, too.
Lillie Mika has received several
letters "from home" since Christ-
mas; these we cannot account for.
We have decided that Faye Hillin's
ambition in life is to become a
fireman.
To our great surprise, Mauverine
and Levenia went home.
Violet Duckworth was called
home last week-end on account of
her uncle's death. She received
word1 this week-end, of her little
cousin's death.
Ona Dell and Glenn Ashton were
happy this week-end, as their, fath-
er came to see them.
Casie has left our hall to our
deep.. regret.' She- cannot help
Frankie and Wyvon fight so well,
we are afraid.
Did'ja Ever ... ?
Did'ja ever have a birthday-
Find a cute little box all wrap-
ped in red and white paper in -your
room when you returned from class
And think—at last someone has
remembered me!
And unwrap this precious pack-
age with heart throbs—■
And find—a note pinned to a
lemon and' wishing you many sour
birthdays ?
Bob Glover did!
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Weep to the tale of Willie T8.
Who met a girl whose name was
K8.
He courted her at a fearful R8,
And begged her soon to become
his MS. :
"I would if I could," said lovely
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■ But, alas, alas, you've come too,
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I'm married alreadyr J?he mother
of 8." —W.B.
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Station GOSSIP now broadcast-
ing on exactly twenty-five kilo-.
:meters from the Old Dump,
i Believe it or not, but Burden has'
the S. A. once again. Who could
It be? ' Name other than our fa-
mous Doug Frederick.
j Guess, something must have, hap-
pened between Jones and Beatrice,
They have not befen seen S, A.-
jng around so much lately.
Fish Jones is having a .pretty
hard time trying to keep up with
her Roomie, Lucy Ledbeitter, in Ihe
S, A.-ing problem.
Mac and Little-Willis seem to be.
getting along just fine even though
they do. get disappointed once m a
while when' they have something
big planned for the week-end.
Mary Ruth stays here over the
"v/eek-end. Now, we wonder who the
tucky fellow could be. Who is, the
cause of all of this?
Our Pancake does all of the: S.
A.-ing in her part,of the Dump, Its
now. Mr, Ira Sturdivant, one qf our
officers. She seems to be progress-
ing rapidly.
Judges of Competition
The competition to determine the
Excellent . Company for the first
semester is to be graded by compe-
tent officials. . These are all well
known to the' Cadets as they are
all connected with classes or other,
activities here: Their names and
assignments follows:
Capt. L, G. Rich—Drill Inspector.
First Lieut. O. H. Frazier—Drill
Inspector.
First Lieut. My.-H. Andrews—
Uniform Inspector.
Second Lieut. E, A. Blanchard—
Ordinance Inspector,
Believe it- or not, Miss Glover's
mother has cooked 60,225 meals for
her father duryig the 'fifty-five
yejjrs they have lived, together.
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A. girl shows her raisin' when
she makes a date with a prune for
whom she doesn't care a fig. She
may be a peach, but they make a
funny pear. She may be an apple
in his. eye, but she hands him a
lemon, although she may have a
cherry disposition. It is a plum
wrong and if her name be Anna
he ought to ban Anna. By this
time he would realize that his ef-
forts had been fruitless. —WtB.
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