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TODAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1KB
THE RICK THRSBHER
By Clyde ferry
(Editor's note: These {Menu are used this week in addition to the
regular short story. They are part of a collection being compiled by Clyde
Terry, who heard them sung by laborers on the border, and took notes from
which he made these translations. Students who desire to contribute to tlik
department may submit their manuscripts to Henry Dunlap or and staff mem-
ber, or may leave them in the publications mail box in Room 104 Adminis-
tration Building. All stories submitted will be carefully considered, and the
advice of several individuals, including members of the English department,
will be sought on each selection. The stories should be about 1000 words long,
and if it is convenient to the writer, should be typewritten and double spaced.
If In any issue lack of space provents the use of a short story, an attempt will
be made to substitute a poem or some other shorter literary effort. Such
contributions are as acceptable as stories, but are not as likely to be published.)
Mathilla's Blues Song
|Y man is tall like dagger-plant
Tftat points at dinner sun.
And he can shear a dozen sheep
While others finish one,
BUT I like most about my man
His voice that sounds like wind
That blows through stars above the
ridge
At night, when sheep are penned.
[OST often gentle like spun wool.
Sometimes with strength to hurt.
And once it beat me in the heart
Like saddle quirt.
Mathilla Sings to
Herself
1*HESE are the things that will not
1 die:
Spanish-dagger on evening sky;
CANON shadows thick and still;
Kildees strumming from the hill;
HORSES homing down the ridge;
The pepper-trees red sacrilege;
THE watering tank and Devil-fly—
These are the things that will not
die.
Pita's Ghost Song
I would sleep soundly
In my bed,
But a Spanish sailor
Prowls overhead,
All night walking—
And he is dead!
IN what grim tavern
Long ago
The man was murdered.
I do not know—
Now he keeps walking . . .
To and fro.
HAS he stolen treasure
Hidden deep,
Or crimes unpunished
That he must weep?—
I turn on my hod ,
And can not sleep.
A LL night I labor
With shovel and spade,
That he lie forgotten,
His peace lie made-
All night digging,
And sore afraid.
HIS bones I gather
Neglected and gray.
I tell all his treasure
And store it away.
B
UT he keeps walking
Until the day!
SALLYPORT CUT INTO
s|c * ,* * *
HOPSCOTCH COURT BY
*****
ENERGETIC FRESHMEN
No, it wasn't a square dance they
were doing on those irregularly-spaced
squares cut into our Mediterranean red
mud in the Academic Court nigh onto
the Sallyport. And it wasn't the Col-
lege Swing. It was HOPSCOTCH.
Hopscotch is, of course, a good game
We used ta play it all the time. But
it takes the ingenuity of freshmen
Margie Bogar, Mildred Hargrove, and
Betty Gartner to think of starting a
game in the most conspicuous section
of the Sallyport to pass the time be-
tween a coupe of dull classes.
In spite of the agility of the girls in
the gams.1, Charles Stamey, veteran
hopper, was declared champion. Thr
decision semes to have displeased Scott
Bailey, who jumped with the rest, not
to be outdone by these spry youngster*
Scott, in order to egg himself on, used
a quarter a6 a marker instead of a
stone. Well worth jumping for, but
Scott came out last. That just proves
that seniors do get old.
Amateur photographers found the
game refreshing material after the
usual run of dances add general chaos
that use up their films around-the In-
stitute. '
Pita's Lullaby
I HE Night, mother of Gringo Moon
Aloft within the sky,
To save her babe from tooth and claw,
Mi? cradle has swung high!
FROM mesa coyotes call,
At Gringo Moon they cry;
v/elrd echoes from deep canons rise,
The wild dog's sole reply.
Chorus:
hush, ah, hush, my nino,
In warm serape bright,
,v'e have no fear, for high above
Shines Gringo-babe's soft light, soft
light. ■
THOU art without his silver boat,
Or sequin paths to fly,
uut Mamacita holds thee close,
When wolfish throats wail high!
KIND mother Night will soon disclose
The morning on her breast,
With Gringo Moon in shawl of rose
And palest sleep, at rest.
Chorus:
THEN hush, ah, hush, my nino,
In warm serape bright.
vVe have no fear, for high above
Shines Gringo-babe's soft light, soft
light.
The
Collegiate Review
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
"Quiet Dunai," by {Catherine Tsan-
off, an epic based on one of the Rus-
sian legends of the court of Prinoe
Vladimir, was the first long work in
poetry to be read before the Writing
Club this year. The work, set in ninth
century Russia, was read at the regu-
lar meeting of the club, held last Mon-
day night at the home of Frances
Broadway, 2017 Brentwood Drive.
Other works read at the meeting
Monday night were "Four Scenes," an
impressionistic creation by W. C. Ma-
lone, and two poems, "Your Name,'
and a sonnet, by Clyde Terry.
The next meeting of the club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Paul H.
Aves, 1916 Norfolk, February 28. at
eight p. m.
r
By Ethel Bloomfield
T.C.U. STUDENT GROUP
* * ♦ * *
TO COVER 8500 MILES
* * * * *
ON TRIPS OVER STATE
Get your watches, clocks, bracelets,
chains, etc., from B. O. Krciter, Kress
BIdg. Lobby.
Because he took a cow to college
with him, a student at Presbyterian
JUnior College, Maxton, N: C., has
been able to pay his way through col-
lege.
When he entered school, he brought
with him a good milk cow from home,
housed her in a nearby bam and pro-
ceded to milk her and sell the milk
.o the college dining hall.
He numbers among his extra-curri-
cular activities the milking and the
feeding and also keeping bossie's stall
neat.
* * *
Th'ire is a new ice cream eating
champ at Harvard.
He clinched the title for the cham-
pionship by putting away 24 plates -
four vanilla, 18 chocolate and a sun-
dae of particuarly venomous appear-
ance.
The previous titlt holder a freshman,
yielded to fatigue (or frigidity) at 19
plates.
The Men's Protective Association at
Kent College*has the co-eds biting
i heir finger nails,
It proposes "protection" for members
• '*.unst alleged co-ed offenses, to-wit:
Gold - digging, last - minute "date"
breaking, standing up "dates" and
flirting with another while on same.
Phis other items.
Men students <fel ? list of questions
monthly, and if their answers heap
guilt upon co-eds, a "black list" does
the rest. The men must steer clear ot
the "guilty" or pay a penalty.
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Co-eds have found a new way to
"mooch" off unsuspecting Joe College
at the University of Texas
Here's the way it's done:
Girl and boy are standing in front
>f Texas Union. Co-ed's friend comes
/■long and asks girl for nickel to buy
drink. Girl friend has no nickel.
Result: No alternative for boy. Ho
•nust buy both girls a drink.
* • •
Modern engineering offers a career
to women aS well as men, according to
Dean E. A, Holbrook of the University
of Pittsburgh school of engineering.
* *
To relieve the tension of exams, El--
miar College serves tea and presents
■i special musical program each after-
noon.
* * «
Dean Gay Stanton Ford, acting
nresident of the University of Minne-
sota, received $5.00 from a movie
magazine for a letter sent in, under his
name, to its fan mail column. He is
still wondering who wrote the letter.
• •
Horse sense is pure fiction, according
to Professor E. A. Trowbridge, mule
expert at the University of Missouri,
but mule sense is something else again
A mule Is more valuable than a horse
because he will refuse to work when
he knows his health is endangered.
*
California adults are making up for
"nrlv deficiencies of the "little red
school house" days. A record breaking
Fort Worth, Tex.. Feb 17.--Trips
covering more than 8,500 miles are on
the schedule of three energetic student
groups at Texas Christian University.
Two teams of debaters will compete
with 14 schools in seven states the Inst
week in March and the lirst week in
April.
The Men's Glee Club will cover 2,000
miles in Texas in their annual 10-day
concert tour, announced for April 19
to 29, inclusive.
The Horned Frog Band, in n series
of special trips to various Texas points,
will cover some 2,000 miles in the next
60 days.
total of 1,150 adults are now enrolled
in the adult educational courses of the
Los Angeles csmpus of the Univorsit.v
of California.
I if
Students at Emory University are
taking up roller skating. One student
who wanted to get to classes faster
•'Wight the first pair and started the
new practice . . . now it has replaced
Ihe mode! "A" as a badge of the, un-
dergraduate.
# ♦
Captain Fred W. Griffiths, 65, retired
naval reserve jffirer, is the oldest stu-
dent at Washington University.
* * •
Robert L. Rutter, University of
Washington sudent, has solved the high
cost of living while he is going to
school. He lives aboard a 36-foot yaw!
moored to a dock on the souihern rifn
of the university campus.
* ■ ,.#••••
Wearing shoes is a terrible price to
pay for an education, according to
Ingrid Larsen, co-ed at the University
of Minnesota. At home in Hawaii she
never wore shoes, s-o she doffs hers as
soon as she gets home liom classes.
* W *
To escape six more week of winter,
a co-ed at the University of Iowa
.-■aught Mr. Groundhog and blindfolded
him on Groundhog Day.
• V if
Getting apes to take their medicine
is worse than trying to make Junior
swallow it in ho opinion of Dr. J. H.
Elder of Yale. They're on to the trick
of putting it in orange juice, too, ho
avers. The only way to give them
drugs, in Dr. Elder's experience, is by
injection.
« * *
Chinese words for distinguishing op-
posite personalities are used in the
costume clinic for students at Mount
Mercy College. "Yin" Chinese for
moon," is used 'to designate girls who
ire petite blondes, perhaps, very
feminine and soft spoken. "Yang."
Chinese for "sun," goes to those who
are- more sophistcated, taller, willowly
•^nd perhaps brunette. "Ying," made
up by the students themselves, indi-
cates one who is neither definitely ono
ror the Other.
Men students prefer studying with-
out a conversational dressing and girl
studenls prefer their studying with, ac-
cording to library statistics of the
University of California. Of the total
number of students who prefer the li-
brary for studying where conversa-
tion is not permitted, 75 per cent are
men. Tlv> girls prefer places where
'hry can talk and study at the same
time.
* *
Charlie McCarthy, the 2 by 4
"Great Lover," is a favorite of Hunter
College seniors, who prefer tall, dark
and handsome men, according to a
questionnaire answered by 100 seniors.
Other qualifications of the ideal man
indicated by students were: A sense of
humor, wealth and intelligence.
More than one-third of the class
chose President Roosevelt as the
greatest living man and Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt as the greatest living wo-
man. Prof. Albert Einstein took sec-
ond place, and Margaret Sanger and
Mme, Ching Kai-Shek also had high
scores.
One student voted for Josef Stalin.
HIGH on a hill, she stood, aa high,
almost, as the wind-washed clouds,
w etching them, she stood, waiting
and watching the clouds that, all
through the bright afternoon, meas-
ured '• time. S|('ffi J)','J'vl J 'ivtMtll|r'
Transparent at noon, the tiny bits of
cloud were scarce. They hurried by,
the lucid few. She was there at noon,
to wait and to watch the clouds. She
looked for him and becamp excited,
With the wild, uncontrollable hope
within her, He might pass by, he
might see her, he might stop to talk
a while- But be calm when he comes.
Don't be like the clouds,, transparent.
He should not see too much emotion.
If she tried,. she could quiet her
nerves and her pulse, so that he would
not see the adoration that brought
her here to wait for him, that could
keep her here unseen for hours, high
almost as the thinness against the
blue, waiting for the glorious reward:
a glimpse, a short word, a light an-
swer, and "Good-bye."
SHE had heard all the simple advice.
Be alluring, be gay, be gracious and
unselfconscious and charming. Be
steady when he comes, for he must
not see into you as you see into the
cool, tiny wisps of clouds, It is easy
to speak of control. But try to ap-
pear calm when a heart beats in wild
agitation.
He did not come at noon.
Hopefully, she stayed on while the
clouds grew to soft, bright, snowy
blankets, rounded and full. The clouds
were heavier, built on a firm body.
They were more solid, but still
clear, dazzling white in the warm sun-
shine. Heavier and more firmly built,
the clouds were, nevertheless, still
submissive to the play of a carefree
wind.
SHE regained peace during the long,
bright afternoon of warmth and
brilliant sunlight. Standing beside the
■thick brown trunk of a tree, she
waited, high up, as the great golden !
mass slid down through its arc, pass-
ing behind the growing pillars of white
cloud. She stood there until the whole
world turned to rich, full-bodied am-
ber. The sun held its fire subdued, !
carefully restrained to a burnt-bronze
glow that illumined the cloud-filled
sky. The honey-colored clouds moved
slowly, serenely against a solid bronze
base. Each orange-gold edge strode
across the sky slowly, majestically.
Matured, her heart was calm in the
'late afternoon, calm until she saw him
j Walking toward her. unbelieving far
i below. She learned against the thick
brown trunk, rested against the; -o.l«d-
ity of the wood, A cool breeze blew
his shirt around his body, the young
sturdy body of a healthy man. Out-
' lined by the wind, his body was strong
; beneath his clothes. Approaching,
| his stride was long, unhurried, but
unhesitating. She stood high above
him and saw each step bring him
| closer to her. Taut, motionless, she
watched him.
SHE didn't call out to him. but stood
frozen as he came very near to
her, then passed below her. She man-
aged, somehow, to keep from scream-
ing to him. He didn't lessen his pace
as he approached her, gloriously high
on her hill. He didn't stop as he
passed beneath her, didn't even look
up. Her hill hardened, darkened,
froze into rusty, cold metal. As he
continued, now on the other side of
her, she grasped the iron railing of
the fire-escape landing. Without hboe,
she watched from above him as the
wind blew his shirt into a full, round-
ed sail, carrying him away from her.
Billowy and white, his shirt waved
around his strong back, as she stood
watchin beside the rain barrels.
ON her hill again, she saw him hesi-
tate, saw him turn around, look
up, He would see her, leaning against
the massive brown tree trunk.
No, don't let him. Don't dare let him
see you waiting for him. She slipped
down behind the round rain barrels.
They would hide her, crouching on the
i iron landing of the fire-escape. She
watched him through the space be-
tween two barrels as he turned around
in the narrow alley between the tall
apartment houses. He was looking for
her. He appeared disappointed. She
might stand up, let him see her. She
couldn't rise from behind the dirty
barrels and call down to him through
the wind-swept alley. She couldn't
let him guess that she had been wait-
ing, longingly waiting. She didn't
rise and call to him to come back, but
| let him turn again and walk through
; the cold, dusty alley, desolate, with-
| out a glimpse of her.
He was out of sight. Above her
landing, the clouds gathered thickly,
darkened, then froze. The amber-
bronze had left the sky, had left it
in smoky darkness, left her heart as
! bleak and desolate as the clouds,
packed in the dirty solidity of smoky
Thursday afternoon .the Bice TennU
Club sponsored a book review and tea
at Autry House.
Mrs. William B. Torrens reviewed
'Oh, Promise Me," written by Ken-
neth Horan
A special feature of the review and
tea was the fortune telling, inaugur-
ated after the plans for the affair were
completed. TTie fortune telling was
included in the regular profefam.
Annie Marie Joeckel was general
chairman of the review, Mary Mar-
garet Blaii was in charge of the pro-
gram.
Roberta Montgomery was chairman
of the refreshment commi'tee, assisted
b.v Marie Burns, Mary Alice. Cooper,
and Mary Aline Earhart.
Betty Fitch was in charge of de -
corations; Ida Aileen Muske handled
publicly; and Jessie Bell Schmidt was
ticket chairman.
We sell ShMtJbr, Parker, Coaklin,
Swan, Wahl-Eversharp and Waterman
Pens and Pencils. Names enfraved
Fountain Pen Hospital, 801 Kress
GO0D FOOD
yet costs no more
The ORIGINAL
KELLEY'S
Showplace of the South
MAIN AT BERRY
Fountain Pen Hospital repairs all!
makes of Pens and Pencils. 601 Kress i
Bldg. F. 7018. i
| Watchcs repaired and regulated in
| 48 hours. No more waiting 1 to 2!
j weeks. It will B. O. K. if from B. O.!
I Kreiter, Kress Bldg. Lobby.
School a5uppH«>
Stationery
Books - - Gifts
Lending Library
1014 T«xa« Ave.
"WHY NOT RE ONE OF OUK SATISFIED CUSTOMERS"
GULF BUILDING BARBER SHOP
WADE BROS , Proprietors
Fifth Floor Yolir Satisfaction
Gulf Bldg. In our Aim
Phone
B-nisns
OUR PIG SANDWICHES ARE THE BEST IN TOWN
4803 No.
MAIN 30
M. H. CRAWFORD, Mgr.
If you go to Lewif, Institute of Tech-
nology you can hire someone to think
for you
One student there has started n card :
index .if .students who complain they ,
forget such vital details as thou
swif'theiirfs' birthdays or when they ,
last had a haircut.
All that embarrassment is now \
eliminated. Instead of running around i
with theh fingers tied uji in strings
they call their remember) I >g service.
The service thumbs u card and presto;
up comes the dope!
We trade Pens and Pcncils. Match
your pen or pencil, old style or new i
style. Fountain Pen Hospital, 001 Kress :
Bldg. F. 7918,
Live Up to Your Best
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Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
m
LEHIGH 7977
HARRISON
RADIO SERVICE
PROMPT SERVICE—QUAUTY WORK
"Spec" Harrison
4102 Main St. Houston, Texas
For Courteous, Expert Service
H. H. HAVEMANN
Gulf Station
ALMEDA AND CALUMET
Battery Service. Tires. Tubes, Accessories
L. 7918
PICK-UP AND DELIVERY OF YOUR CAR IS ONE OF
OUR MAIN FEATURES
,vf/
Quotable Quotes
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
C. G. Risley R, E. Sena?
Everything in Musiral Merchandise
HOUSTON BAND HOUSE
EXPERT REPAIRING
812 MrKianey Fx. 7761
Why worry when you break your
fountain Pen or Pencil? Just take it
to the Fountain Pen Hospital, they re-
pair all makes. 601 Kreu Bldg.,
F. 7918.
"The least crowded occupation for
women today is that of the intelligent
wife of the well-to-do man. We need
a lot of her," says Mrs. Chase Going
Woodhouse. Connecticut College eco-
nomics professor.
"The idea of a liberal arts curricu-
lum is that a man should sample all
three fields of knowledge, natural sci-
ences, social sciences and the humani-
ties. I am arguing for an integrated
man." President Harold W. Dodds of
Princeton, takes a stand virtually in
opposition to social science specializa-
tion. fundamental precept of Prince-
ton's School of Public and Internation-
al Affairs.
"Only four or five college students
out of 100 are interested in justifying
their beliefs and it is upon those few
students that professors should center
their remarks." Dr. D. L. Miller of
the University of Texas thinks that
most students have to be jerked from
their old beliefs before they will begin
a critical examination of the rational
foundation of those beliefs. Most young
people are pretty well satisfied in just
living, not thinking.
All makes repaired and sold, Points
exchanged. Desk sets repaired, Foun-
tain Pen Hospital, <101 Kress Bldg.
START YOUNG
"The biggest thing my dad ever
did for me," said a middle aged
'7 business man, "was to insist up-
I'.'Q; on my buying these Policies fif-
teen years ago.''
Nothing sadder than t h e old
story: "Wish I had bought more
when I was younger."
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Incorporated 1844
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1725 Bissonnctt
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FOB BICE
Fast Delivery
Service
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
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OLDE HEIDELBERG CASTLE
3307 MAIN STREET
The Only Place Where Two Nickelodians are Swinging Out!
You're always welcome to the service ren-
dered at Humble service stations. But when
we say, "the latch-string's out," we mean a
little more than that; we mean, the door is
always open to any criticisms, suggestons
and comments you have to make. Indeed,
we supply each Humble service station with
cards upon which you may tell us what you
have to say. You're invited to use these
cards; each of them is carefully read and
noted; they help us to furnish you with the
service you want, the service you'll find al-
ways second to none.
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A Texas institution manned by Ttxam
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