The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 30, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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Special Showing
WHAT DO STUDENTS
I OF SOUTHWESTERN KNOW
ABOUT GEORGETOWN?
of
New Spring Oxfords
For the College Girls
Prices $6.50, $7.50, $8.50
THE FAIR
Georgetown,
Texas
SOUTHERN RELAY CONTEST
TO BE HELD AT ATLANTA
(Continued from page one)
place a team of that caliber up against
two or thfee teams that have been doing
1 minute, 33 seconds, but in class B they
would stand an excellent chance of win-
ning. And coupled with this they will
get the added experience that runners
need so much.
Gold medals will be given to each
memebr of the winning relay teams in
the class A events, while Silver medals
will be given the winning relay team in
the class B events.
Tech Relays will be the half mile, one
mile relay, two mile relay, four mile
relay, and the Sprint Medley relay in
which the first two men run 220 yards,
the third 440 yards and the fourth man
880 yards.
For the last two or three years Van-
derbilt has had the best mile relay teamj
in this section of the country, closely
followed by Mississippi A & M., Louis-
iana State University, Swanee, Ga., lech
University of Georgia, and the University
of Kentucky. ' Clemson College's half
mile relay team of last year was a bear
in this action led by the brilliant bailee.
Emory University of Atlanta always 'puts
oat a cracking good team which gives
teh other teams of the state a hard fight
every year.
In qniries have been received from as
far away as Texas and it is sincerely
ihoped that the Colleges of the State will j
see fit to send teams to the meet. Texas j
is the home of great Sprinters and hurd-
lers and their records in these events
stand close around the top in the nation.
The expenses of sending a relay team
to the meet will be comparatively small
to the huge cost of other teams travel-
ing that it is expected that this state |
will senM over some teams.
In the Special Events it is hoped that i
L. S. U. can arrange for Helm the winner j
of the 100 and 220 dashes at the S. (. A. I
A. to appear against the best thaUj tile
other colleges can offer in the Champion-
ship Hundred. Watte of S. C. is one of
the greatest Javelin throwers in the
country. Cochrancf Mississippi A. & M. |
is one of the greatest quarter men and |
the winner of the quarter at the Xationa* |
Intercollegiates held at Stagg Field Uni- j
versity of Chicago last June. Ellis, of '
the same school. Helm of Kentuckv, and!
- !
Coughlan of Swanee closely followed byi
Mawberry of Georgia are all great Hurd-1
lers.
C
Xfie authorities in charge of the meet
have great hopes for it and extend a
hearty invitation to any to enter! You
will have the opportunity of visiting At-
lanta, one of the most progressive and
hospitable cities in the south and a
city that is wild about high class In-
tercollegiate athletics.
A WINTER'S NIGHT
'Tis bitter cold outside,
And the wild wind rushes clown
i<rom the north to eateh in its
Icy fingers each human, bird and beast.
Inside the fire burns brightly,
And the warmth has driven the chill
Irom my blood which has suffered
From the long afternoon's ride.
As I sit there musing by the fireside,
A pleasing sensation came over me,
And soon I was fast asleep,
Unconscious of the roar of the storm.
The town clock struck one;
i arose stiff from cold
That had crept in;
The fire burns low.
Outside the wind has subsided
And all is silent.
1 feet lonely
On sueh a winters night.—J. W. D.
AUBREY GRAVES' BOOK
NOW ON SALE IN GEORGETOWN
Aubrey Graves' book of verse, San
Gabriel Melodies, dedicated to his fel-
low South westerners of 1918-21, has ar-
rived and are now on sale at Riehard-
son" Book Store. Mr. Richardson states
that he has SCO copies of the book avail-
able and that he is merely handling the
book as an accommodation for Aubrey,
making absolutely no profit for his la-
bors.
The book is a very attractive edition,
and, as an added attraction, Aubrey has
personally autographed each volume.
The price of the book, San Gabriel Mel-
odies, is only $1.25, and according to
those who have studied its contents it is
well worth the price.
Georgetown is an educational center.
It is the principal trade city of the ban-
ner cotton county of the world. It has
an oil mill, several cotton gins, an ice
plant and many other things of impor-
tance, and there i- not a town in Texas
that is surrounded by as wonderful
scenery as can be found along the beau-
tiful San Gabriel River.
Tell What You Know and Win a
S10.00 Cash Prize.
For the best essay on Georgetown sub-
mitted before Marf-h 1st, ue will give
a cash prize of $10.00. Any man, wom-
an or child in the Georgetown trade ter-
ritory may enter this contest and it does
not cost you one penny. There are no
strings tied to this offer, you will not
be asked to buy anything or to pay
any fees. Remember that this offer
holds good for the students of South-
western as well as residents of George-
town and surrounding country.
A committee of disinterested citizens
of Georgetown will judge the contest.
It is up to you. Read up on the num-
ber of bales of cotton ginned annually
in Georgetown, make a close survey of
our schools and our manufacturing in-
dustries and anything of interest con-
nected with Georgetown—word it so
that the people who read it will want to
send th^ir children here to school, or
come to live with us, or invest their
money in factories or other enterprises
that will help Georgetown. If you will
do this you can win this $10.00 prize.
Every day large numbers of strangers
pass through Georgetown. They stop
for a bite to eat, inquire the way out
and leave. Xot one out of a huhdred
of them know anything about George-
town when they are gone; to them they
have merely passed through another
town. If they knew of the many beau-
ty spots, or of our wonderful cotton
acreage, or of our schools, they would
be interested and it would be wonder-
ful advertising for Georgetown, for
these tourists are from all pa~ts of the
United States and they represent every
walk of life. They are the people who
can send us students for onr schools,
labor to carry on our industries and
finance to develop our natural resources
and to build factories, such as cottcra
mills, lime kilns, and many other things
that would add to our prosperity.
We are interested in the welfare of
Georgetown; we want to see it grow and
prosper and we want to help all we can.
These strangers make our place head-
quarters when in Georgetown; they sit
at the tables in our dining room waiting
for their orders to be filled and with
nothing else to interest them but to eadr
our bill of fare over and over, and it is
only natural to suppose that if the bill
of fare had printed on the front cover
a well worded essay on Georgetown it
would be read by practically all of them.
And we ar egoing to put it there.
Remember that the prize winning es-
say will be printed on the front cover
of our new bill of fare, so in writing
choose yottr words carefully and omit
nothing of interest, for it will be read
many thousands of times.
The Only Restrictions.
The essay must not contain more than
four hundred words, and must be.in our
hands not later than March 1, 1923.
THE BUSY BEE CAFE.
Kallas,.Proprietor,
Georgetown, Texas.
Young ladies, yon will like our work
at the Palace Barber Shop.
Potted Plants in bloom.
Shell Floral Co., Phone 177.
Sl U. Students* Headquarters for
-GOOD PRINTING
ATLEE PRESS
Dimmitt BIdg. :: Georgetown
GEORGETOWN BOOSTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Edgar P. Miles - Theo P. Miles
Students of S. U.
We dean anything from a Silk
Blouse to an Overcoat.
We do Accordion, Knife, and Box
X Pleating.
Boys, let us make yon a Shirt and
pair of Pants.
MILES BROS., Dry Cleaners
"mSihST Phone262 K*,ieR*nkin
Under the direction of the newly or-
ganized Georgetown Chamber of Com-
merce, there will be special attractions
for the shoppers on Thursday, Feb. I.
This will be the first of the official
Trades Days and to make this day es-
pecially attractive the members of the
Georgetown Chamber of Commerce will
offer special bargain sales and an ex-
pert aviator will perform for the benefit
of the crowds. This daredevil will em-
ploy smoke screens, write names with
smoke, do all the latest stunts, and as
a grand finale will turn loose a number
of fat turkeys for the cro^d to catch.
The Chamber of Commerce plans to
make Georgetown the best trading cen-
ter in Williamson county or adjoining
counties, ft will hold a monthly get-to-
gether luncheon in Georgetown at which
over firve hundred farmers are to be in-
vited guests of the business men during
the year.
It is our desire to serve you to
your entire satisfaction; if we
fail to do so please let us know.
Troy Laundry
H. F. THOMPSON. Proprietor
HONOR GRADES MADE
DURING THE FALL TERM
Dr. Horn introduced the Thursday
morning chapel service with the query,
"Who obtained the most profit from the
work of the fall term.'" As a distin-
guishing amrk of honor for those who
had made exceptional high averages he
called to the platform certain ones from
the student body at large and the indi-
vidual classes. He personally congrat-
ulated ,-ach one of the successful stu-
dents. Included in th^se were: Helen
Brewer, who made the highest average
of anyone in# Southwestern for the fall
term. Miss Brewer is i freshman. Wil-
liam Evans, also a freshman, who made
the second highest average;Albert Gjnv,
freshman, who made more jjlistinctions
than anyone else in Southwestern during
the fall term; Irene Saathoff, who was
second in making the most distinctions.
For the Seniors, Maurine House had the
highest average; for the Juniors, Xew-
ton Robinson; for the Sophomores, J. S.
Cook, and for* the Freshmen, Helen
Brewer.
As' a climax to this recognition ser-
vice, Dr. Horn called to the platform
Mr. Allan, a former soldier in France,
and congratulated him not for his high
grades but for the determination and
will that had been his in trying to mas-
ter the difficulties of obtaining an edu-
cation. '
The Will o' the Wisp, a one-act play
by Doris F. Holman, will be given be-
fore the Players' Club Thursday night.
The play is unuauslly mystic and weird.
It will be given in the auditorium with
appropriate costumes and stage setting.
Club members will be furnished with
abundance of material for thought in
addition to a decided thrill.—The Trin-
itonian. •>
Emory's "Poet's Corner" bids fair to
receive a worthy addition in Ben Cris-
ler, a member of the Freshman Class,
who recently had a poem published in
"Contemporary Verse." In a personal
letter to the young Emoryite, the editor
of "Contemporary Verse" praised C'ris-
ler highly for his first contribution to
the magazine. The following is his
poem, "The Masquerade":
The Masquerade
The violins sing a merry strain
And subtle-scented is the air,
Red lips and laughing eyes are there
And women wondrously fair;
Strangers to grief and pain.
All wear bright colors save one form
Clothed in black silk from head to feet, I
His lips are ice, his eyes are storm,
He finds no friends to gaily greet;
He stands apart till one would ask
What gloom attends the great Ball|
Masque ?
The dancers pin and pirouette
About the floor with happy cries,
But him they cannot quite forget,
Nor cast his image from the eyes,.
Madly they sway, the perfume blows
In drunken billows, palm to palm,
Tl'ie music swells, the laughter grows,
Lips curf beneath the dominoes;
Confetti tangled, till the calm
And silent figure forward goes.
Then, swiftly sobered, group by gre
Grows silentr at his soft foot-falls,
The lights die down ,the roses droop,
And like a plague the darkness crawls
Upon the dancers as they troop
Out the vast unfriendly halls.
The' first College Lyceum number of
the year will be presented here by the
Hinshaw (Quartet on Tuesday, January
:{ >. The scheduled program consists of
an hour of concert numbers followed by
a musical farce comedy. "Cox and Box"
or "The Long Lost Brothers."—Simmons
Brand.
The debating teams that are to repr
sent Simmons College this year hav^
] been chosen and the teams have been <
vided and assigned to (heir places.
four different teams will debate four di
ferent institutions and no single
h:is to- debate twice. Three of the
bates will be staged here, the four
will be at Denton.—The Trinitonian.
Chili and Tamales at The Aieove.
Cerard Boone and Tom Huynie visit
in tiie eapitol city over week-end.
Mr. Knott, cartoonist of the Dallas
News, and Mr. Taylor, "State Press,"
also of Dallas, will present an evening
of entertainment in T. U. auditorium on
Tuesday evening, January 30th.—The
Trinitonian.
Palace Barber Shop, the college man's
barber shop.
MONTGOMERY BROS.
SERVICE CARS
Georgetown - Austin Line
LEAVE GEORGETOWN
8:00 A. M.
1:30 P. M.
6:30 P. M.
LEAVE AUSTIN:
Austin Headquarters:
10:30 A. M.
4:00 P. M.
10:30 P. M.
Roger's Cafe Phone
Georgetown Headquarters:
Montgomery Bros. Stand Phone
Fare $1.00
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Dunn, John W. The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 30, 1923, newspaper, January 30, 1923; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth394530/m1/3/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Southwestern University.