The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 28, 1927 Page: 4 of 8
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U It. ia railed1 on the battlefield of (iettyxburi
• It cornea aa the moat interesting attached
prayer* aa It waa picked up on the field
Buddaha sit- the battle by an ancestor of Mi
re than likely O. Purcell of Coleman, Texaa.
jolly figure of blood-stained and filled w
ma!
tol that
bandits,
Bible f"i
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d to one of
things!
o, a pi*-J
Ite James!
bone* of a mar
head in the backboi
Perhapa, the lar
secret compartment*, a
11 the battlefield of Gat-
lineae weapon said to be
ind in existance, and the
in with an Indian arrow-
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part# of the
the guns, the article*
Orient, and the Indian rei-
ve hundred and eleven gunx
ted to the collection by J.
of Dan ton, the Oriental
■e lent by Mr. ami Mm. W,
g of Denton, and the In-
i were donated by Mrs. A.
leman, Texas.
Development
try profaa-
Stor of the
Dr. J. L. Kingsbury, hi
aor in thU College and ei
collection, in trying to
thin collection the evolution or progress
of a number of thing*. For example,
the oil cup*, candle stick*, and dif-
ferent kinds of lamp* that are in col-
lection represent the evolution In
lighting methods, The Spinning wheel,
reed, ami old-fashioned sewing ma-
chine represent an effort to work out
the progress in cloth making and
fashioning. All the old farm implc-
ini'iil- arid dottiestr. furnishings that
arc found here are the beginnings in
working out a history of advancement
In the e things.
plant*
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of Ds
in th
lectio!
The
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an I <
arrow
his will
hould be
nination,
fin
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carved task
ton, ha
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and R
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left the
« collet
col-
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f
ire
Chinese fash
be to have th
judging from
l They hav
rnense straw
kinds. On
jrse written
and as
Bad* like
Leal this
m
ingx of all
leaf is a v*
j cil scrawl,
ion in hats surely "u^
MB as big as pos-: "Don't si
those in the col- ***
s the appearance T° fear the gallo
baskets and they wi" ^e your end;
d with all sorts of bright^
James* Pistol colors, red and yellow being the most
an old battered and de- popular. The hata are made from a
rayed frame of a pistol which more sort of reed grass. Some of the1
than likely ended many lives with its styles are for the nobility, some for
deadly accuracy in years gone by. It the fisherman, and some for the
was once the prised possession of Jes- children. Besides the hats there
se Ja mes or one of his younger bro-' re some real straw basi
thers if the owner's conjecture is cor
rect. It was plowed up by a farmer j sise and appearance. With these | timent and imaginative
he
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dim p«
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friend.
Day
And God wilt my
On the Judgement
'Where is that book
which you stole away-'"
The two volumes of "Southern Hi
tory of the War" by Pollard are bo!
the j straw products Starling brought from j Hutie's "History of Commonv
Kentucky," published in 1848
Muskogee, Oklahoma, on
same plot of ground where Jesse j Abbsynia a lunch kit made of straw
James and his gang once fought a j in which food may be kept for several
force attempting to arrest them. j flay*. He brought the big brass gong
They escaped, so the story goes, f r"m Borneo. It ia a sort of alarum
but in the late afternoon of the same' f°r natives when tjjere is danger
day a young boy of the neighborhood j "r *hen important meet-
saw one of the James brothers rid- j "Mf* must be called. When struck
represent inj inng back and forth over the ground will the hammer it resounds for a
where the fight had taken place aa if mduts of about eight miles.
he were trying to find something. Beat Criminaln
Since the only thing which these The Chinese used to beat their fri-
outlaws priced very much was their minals with the terrible ray-fish tail,
gun it is supposed that he was hunt- and only a few strokes would kill the
ing for the pistol plowed up many ■ victim. A ray fish was caught in
er. | deep water near Singapore, and Start-
other features all reveal the
of that time.
One of the articles in the editorial j
are some real straw baskets which do! their extreme figurative style. Each column of this paper tells of the i
not differ from the hats so much in'sentence is filled with Southern sen- "Great Mechanical Triumph of the
iangiMflaJ Age." The triumph was a printing!
amusing and interesting pecause of]
customs (;r ad nates are
Noiv Teaching In
Their Alma Mater
PKKXY GETS INVITATIONS
FROM TWO EX-STl DENTS
That this school succeeds in its aim
This week President R. L. Mar-
quis received invitations from two
prominent ex-students of the Col-
which would print 1,200 papers t0 teach u„ to teach ig qllite evident. who httve *one to institutions of
Ith of! pt
doe* Jin one hour. Not only that, but it i This is proven not only by the fact - M®h®r learning and are now receiv-
not exactly agree with a nineteenth would print both sides of the paper students and graduates of this degrees. Dr. Samuel Frank Gil-
College are holding positions of im
years later by the Muskogee fa
Alamo Sword ! ing was present. He had the tail cut
A hero of the Alamo once waved j "ff and made it a part of his collec-
over hi* head for Texas freedom the tion. It is about four feet Jong and
sword which ia now handled with so) * hard and full of stickers that it is
much reveronce and curiosity by those difficult to handle.
coming to view the collection. Du- j Other things of interest in this Ori-
^ „ _ . „ pree Alexandre took It from a Mexi- ental collection are a pair of tortoises,
The Bates Collection of guns is of|(.on whom h(. jn th„ battle!* family of crocodiles, a tiger akin.
value and interest because it contains! f J|K.into After he ha(, uken
so many u.fferent kinds of guns There ^ t||# M<)X|ran B|)d uaed ,t him.
«i' rifle 1 w *<-•-- ' • ... «■•••. ..« *. - „. .
i „ '' " .11 hn discovered itim ' lie hst/m.'
century historian. | at once and did not require the aid of
An old hand-made arithmetic is one human hands from the time it enter-
of the most curious books in the col ed the press until it came out printed,
lection. The cover is of a kind of soft This press was a type of perfection
heavy cloth, and the pages and the! that could not be further improved,
cover are sewed together with iwv- according to the article. The author of
eral stitches of rawhide. The pagef the article might be a bit surprised if
aer made of rather stiff heavy paper,, he could see a modem press in opera-
arid at the top of each page mat he j tion.
matical rules are written in the old
fashioned fancy longhand. Under each
rule several problems are worked out] Other articles in the collection that
in the same fancy hand-writing il- "n' r,iu<'^ value to students of his-
lustrating the statement. Fractions
Old Papers
portance elsewhere, but that they ac-
company chairs of assistant or as-
sociate prifessorships here.
breath and Mrs. Mildred Gaskill Mont-
gomery graduate from their respec-
tive schools this coming June.
Dr. Gilbreath was a member of the
C. A. Bridges, assistant professor second graduating class after the Col-
ol history, took his B. A. degree here; lege became a senior college, and re-
in 1920 and went to the University j ceived his B. A. degree here in 1920.
of Texas for his graduate work. I His wife was at that time a star play-
Miss Virginia Calloway, assistant ! <r on the women's basketball team,
professor of Spanish, took her B. A. In 1923 Gilbreath r -.eived his B. S.
degree in 1925 and did her graduate degree from S. M. U., and in this com
jwork at the University of Texas.
Miss Rebecca Mae Johnston, associ-
ing June will receive his M. D, degree
, , - . , . . . . mm.. n.c rninmwu, snuuvi- fton Texas University, School of
tory and of interest to observer* are _4 __ . . „ T, . ,, ... ,, .
. ; ate professor of Home Economics, Medicine, Galveston.
. . , P P | fcotjlc her B. S. degree here in 1922 and Mrs. Montgomery reecived her B
manuscripts, and numerous ... X t , ,, .. . . . . " y revtiveu ner a.
I went to Columbia University for her S. degree here in 1921. She will re-
graduate work. ceive her
Among the instructors who are! Christian
. limr im
tol*, dulling pistols, and dangerous
looking pistol*; and besides these a
Colt machine gun and a German ma-
chine gun. Some of the guns are
more interesting than others because
af the arrange *tori< S Connected with
them. Kor instance, there are the
stories about the Sharps rifle and
the Henry rifle.
That same John Brown whose dar-
ing deed* are firmly rooted In pop-
ular memory and whose "Body lies
mouldering in the ground, but his soul
gvtes marching on" employed the
Sharp* rifle with great effect against
the border ruffians of Missouri. At
that time a number of Northern men
were attempting to make the terri-
tory of Arkansas a free state, and
Missourians were determined to make
it a slave state. John Brown, after
two of his sons had been as*assinated,
procured a supply of Sharps rifle*.
and a leopard skin. The tortoise were
; taken from the (Julf of Siam andjers more good laughs than they could
self he "discovered friiiT" tfte lumun
was engraved with an American eagle
He inquired of the Mexican, who as-
serted that he had taken it off of a
body In the Alamo. The sword wai
donated to the collection by Ideres
O'Dell of Denton.
There ia also a number of World
War relics in the Bate's addition to
the collection, including French,
American, and German arms. The
■words, guns, masks, shells, and bay-
onets are interesting things to handle
and imagine things about. The Ger-
man machine gun was the kind of
gun which the Germans used strapped
to the rear seat of a plane. It was a
1913 model, and was captured by
American troop*.
One of the oldest weapons in exist-
ence i* n Chinese bronz hand, very
crude and odd in appearance, which i*
among these other various weapons
Another strange weapon is a seven-
a i. .. . ■ . taanth century Turkish flint-lock pia-
At a certain time about one hundred ' .
..... , .. tol, a rare old piece from Constant-
border ruffians made a raid, intend- , ,1,.
ing to carry John Brown off dead orj"^ k °f th(~ "le<^ WOr* d0*
alive. He lay in ambush with four at«l by Bates.
men to load them When the ruf ^ Horna
fian* came to a palin four or five Six set* of Texas loitghorna, three
hundred yards distant, he opened fire sets of elk antlers, a set of moose ant-
and killed twenty of them. He was lers, and a number of
after warda
spirac
nd I e, v uvw.. rue*11 hiwji "Mm i ir nnmKttM nf i , , mMtrmwiHiwi guwmiun; mm.
-fllrt^ «Wr.i%et 0u7 sweral^ volnme . ,,f real1 , . r-^,, W , Lula Katharine Shumaker, intermedi-
are taken up at length under the title
of "Vulgar Fractions." The contrast: rno"ay manual
between this old book and the well - j ant^ ends such us old dentist
bound, well printed, and coniprehen- medicine kits, clocks, and pic-
sible books furnished students now by ^ur,'H' Everything in the collection
the sute is a striking one. I tW^^toTtoThem! ^ "ci#nc#! Mi8" Mamiti Maquis sent congratu-
rhe old texts on Nmuial Philoso- feut va|uAbU> tc flUc^ collection,1 Sm'th* f' M' ,n^he-t lations and his best wishes to those
phy give the up-to-date science teach-: wWch th ^ „ot n|j(|d ivi„„ mHtics;jCarl ^atthews, h.stonV flhas.[former students.
I xi .. 1 . . I Caldwell, intermediate education: Mrs. - ■
graduates here are Harold Brenholtz, | next June.
M. A. degree from Texas
University, Fort Worth,
which is about eleven feel long, and
the leopard skin, not quite so large,
were killed on that great highway that
runs out of Singapore north for about
eleven hundred miles, and which is
said to be almost straight for the en-
tire distance.
Old Books
An original copy of the New Eng-
land Primer, whicn was published
between 1785 and 1790, is one of the
most, valued books among those col-
lected. The binding, which was orig-
inally of wood about one-eighth of
an inch thick and covered with thin
paper, i* torn off, but the contents
are fairly well preserved. Ita con-
tents are very queer. For instance,
after the opening pages of Bible quo-
The History of
not .mirji,r.{*iifr valirnble things here
ate education; Lola Jackson, inter-
, ,, . ii . because of the interest and informa-.„ . . .. , .
Neighboring Nations would not be ,. . . , ,, , . . . . mediate education and Miss Calhoun
... . . " , J tion which these articles give to all (.. ..... _ . „ ..... . .. .
of interest as far as content goes, but | j Harris, art. Several of these have
who see them. their M. A. from various universities.
it ia handled wit curiosity because itj
was printed in "MDCCXXIX," or in
other words, 1719. It was written by j
Humprey Prideaux.
The "Gossip for 'tidies" column in j
"Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspa
per" for 1853 quote* something about
the boldness of certain young ladies of
fashion wearing red pantalettes which
showed around their ankles when they
would lift their dresses to walk over
a muddy place in the street. There
are other laughable and curious ac-
counts found in thi* old newspaper.
The illustrations of a recent murder,
exaggerated advertisements, and
Besides the graduates who are now
teaching here, several of the teachers
are ex-students, some before the Col-
leg bcame a state institution.
>1 xiL
AMU*
mailer M<
from doer, make up another interest-
ing feature of the Bates collection. ,
AH these things combine to create an
atmosphere in the museum in which
You Know That the
College Barber Shop
Has served you satisfactorily for the past
eleven years. It is our aim to continue to
do so, at prices FAIR to you and to us.
t&
•fj
captured, tried for con-
and in 1859 with four of
his sons was hanged. — —- H ■
The Henry rifle was used much in atmosphere in the museum in which jj|
the Civil War, especially by some of one can conjure up images of th< B
the State tr- ; in federal t.rvic« animals that used ti> frequent the for-j i-j
Major Cloud, of the first D. C. Cav- of our country. And the large'
airy, while held in Libby prison said | buffalo head, beaut i fulljMBjWjBjljij
'hat he ■ f'er; heard the fnerny discu
s:r.g the merits of the Henry rifle
and heard one individual say;
u* anything but that damned Yankee!*®' made a part of th< collei ten
rifle that can be loaded on Sunday H"- JwlUkm of DMHtOB. TmIHI
and fired all week." contemporary European and Amcri- S
can coin was placed in the collection g
by Ben Sullivan of Denton. The ^
UUbm
KJ
G
if* H
*18 B
a rarity in such a collection.
The big collection of modern coin
"GiveI was acquired during the World War, ^2
Indian flight relic" ia the ti
en to an old skeleton of a rifle!
in thi* collection. In 1870 a I
"An
tie giv
fonnd ir
band of Indians made a horse-steal-
ir.g raid on the Missouri Valley near
Tow rise nd, Montana. They «-ere pur-
sucd b a! ranchmen who engaged
tht Indiar r a runtiing flight on
"Dry Rang' wl • r- or f ti c Ir,
American pennies from 1811 to 1861
(are a queer *et of coins; and besides
all these there are British, Turkish,
French, and Chinese coin* collected j
by Bates from far and near.
Oriental Collection
The collection frost; the Orient con-'
diar.il n a rw ■ ng f.gh' k;.!«il two of 'a ns nr •• • h . g I • a 1 !uo porcelain!
his pursuer- . He wa- i i.-d by th< '!'enm g"d t . :• g-a fiat Per
ranchmen wh< r t.r. ied t.1 < ir pur ,' !i ' attractive r '• ^
FORWARD WITH EDUCATION
CONGRATULATIONS
We irish to extend our congratulations to
The President The Faculty
and
The Students
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The Convenient Way To Go Home
Students whose homes are in the territory sei'ved by
the Interurbans out of Dallas are offered special con-
veniences for their home trip at the close of the school
year.
The Interurban Ticket Agent will sell through tickets
to any point on the Interurbans out of Dallas and ar-
range to check baggage to destination, or to the Union
(Railroad) Station at Dallas. Telephone your require-
ments to the Interurban Station phone 767 and your
ticket will be arranged and the baggage man will call
for your baggage. If desired, he will assist in roping
it. This service relieves the student of all the petty
annoyances of travel arrangements.
The following towns may be reached conveniently by
Interurban, with direct change at the Dallas Interur-
ban Station:
WAX AH AC HIE
CORSICANA
ENNIS
FERRIS
FORT WORTH
ARLINGTON
GRAND PRAIRIE
TERRELL
FORNEY
MESQUITE
DEMSON
SHERMAN
McKINNEY
WACO
HILL8BORO
pn
suit, but %r ri tr • battle wa v< r,
the dead Ind nan o/id r:ot 1- f md
Many years later a b ■ al ranchma-
found the rerun i OH 't.* ...
man and of a rifle in a r, ;«ihy tangle
where the wounded Iri'l.a- had j.r
bably crawled and h:<i >'. himself b<
fore dying.
Fighter's Bone*
Another ruriou* relic of Indiar,
vrouble* is the bones of a tear, who
really knew what it meant to fight
the Indian* many yeara ago. There
ia an arrowhead partly embeided m
the backbone. About one half of the
head of the arrow can be *een, and
tfce rest If it I* as firmly a part of
of this collection Is the tea set mnde
of Viand carved cocoanut shell inlaid
with hammered silver. There are only
two such set>* in the World, according
to the old Chinaman at Sir ,-apon whi
carved this *et, and it took fmir year*
for him to carve each of thee. The
net comdsta of six dainty little tea
cups, a pot, n crenm pitcher, a sugar
bowl, a lemon bowl, And a hot water
jug
These along with other interesting
art I' leu fr- >: •'..<«• *r. • • '
the College Histori.-a! < !!< ■■ on by
Mr. and Mr-; W A t-'ar ng, a rcpr<
sentative to S •/r.j • . • r the New
York Standard Oil ' mi par An dd
of The North Texas State Teachers
legejn its wonderful growth and achieve- ^
inents, which they have accomplished in p
the years of advancement since this won-
(lei'ful institution has been established, g
We know it has been your paramount aim g
to succeed this you have, and you are |j
of great praise.
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Texas and Denton are Proud of You
J. W. GRAY COMPANY
Correct Apparel For Fvergone
TIME TABLE
Interurban cars leave Denton Interurban Station
hourly from 5:50 a. m. to 6:50 p. m., then 8:50 p. m. and
10:50 p. m. Additional service will be provided to
handle comfortably the large number of home going
students. Courteous porters are on each car to assist
with personal baggage.
Telephone The Interurban Agent 1bout Your
Transportation and baggage. He
will do the rest.
TEXAS INTERURBAN RAILWAY N
117 McKinney Street Phone 767
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Robinson, Duncan. The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 28, 1927, newspaper, May 28, 1927; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth313207/m1/4/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.