The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 29, 1922 Page: 2 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
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EDITORIAL STAFF.
Summer Term, 1922.
Editor-in-Chief______ Henry Pochman
Mgr. Editor-__________Alfred J. Ivey
REPORTERS.
O. C. Stroman, Robert Saunders,
Lynda Remy, Arlyn Johnson, D. L.
Walker, Paul Milam, Wylie Summers,
H. E. Raison, Franklin Herndon, Le
Gare 4tmar, Marie Lusk, Mabel
Singleton and Vannie Perkins._
THE GRIFFIN HOUSE
The Griffin Boarding House, at 312'
North Union street,, near the Federal
Fish Hatchery,, has the qualities that
What has become of the dear little
doggie we used to see being carried
around bn the arm of one of our fair
co-eds ?
Let it be resolved here and there
have made it the home for students that, I not being able to swim, am go-
of whom it can’t be said that I had a
splendid opportunity to learn, but that
didn’t take advantage of it.
BUSINESS STAFF.
Business Manager--------Alfred Weir
Published weekly during the school
year by the students of the Southwest
Texas Normal College.
Entered as second-class matter,. Nov.
21, 1921, at the post office at San Mar-
cos Tex., under Act of March 3. 1879.
Subscription Rates.
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Per Year (Regular Session)-----$1.50
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Star to the editor. Students contribut-
ing news please bring same to the
editorial office in the Main Building.
To insure publication all contributions
should be turned in at the editorial of-
fice not later than Thursday. .
Address all matter relating to busi-
ness to the business manager. <
For advertising rates se the business
manager. _____
SPORT SHOTS
This boy Tate lost a heart-breaker
Tuesday in Lockhart. Only five hits
were garnered off his delivery, which
should have insured him a victory or-
dinarily. San Marcos got a lone two-
bagger in the ninth, when Shands went
in to pinch 'hit. You can’t win ball
games when you don’t hit. But the
team is a hitting team, watch out in
the future they are due to hit!
The Summer League has developed
a few nice ball players and to our
mind one of the best, is the old hoss
Philipps. This boy has gone to the
mound time and again with erratic
support behind him, and_ by_ sheer
strength has turned out victories. He
has turned in two victories this week,
both off of the best teams in the league
And say, he can hit that old apple—
he has a number of homers to his
credit besides several triples and
doubles. But we’ve known this^ old
hoss” for a good many years, he s al-
ways been good!
Just’ a word on this Umpire propo
sition. How many of you fellows who
gripe at the ump with every despisable
word in the ’ known English vocabu-
lary and threaten to murder him in cold
blood, would like to be in his place?
How much baseball have you played
to know the game as the ump sees it.
How many of you would say the things
you say in public to this ump in private
and expect to back it up with baseball
while in school and an object of plea
sant memories after they depart and
go upon the ways of life. _ Not only
prominent-at this time, but it/has been
a boarding house for boys practically
all the time since the establishment
of the Normal. The present line-up
consists of five college boys, four of
whom are Juniors and one a Sopho-
more. Given in the order of length of
residence in the Griffin Home they
come as follows:
W. I. Hill, Jr., who hails from Belle-
ville, Austin County, is the oldest
boarder in the house from the stand-
point of San Marcos residence. He
came to us in 1917 as a Freshman under
the old plan and has been here con-
tinually except one year during which
time he worked in the accounting de-
partment of the Southern Pacific Gen-
eral Offices at Houston. During the
late war he did efficient service in the
office of Federal Draft Board as chief
clerk. Hill is a good dabbler when it
comes to mixing elements in the
chemistry laboratory, but somehow he
seems not able to mix the proper
quantity of attention to one with the
same quantity to another when dealing
with the ladies. He says they just
won’t mix equally, and henceforth he
says that his mixture of the elements
will be more rational. That’s right,
W. I.—keep their affinities equal that
an equilibrium may be maintained.
S. A. Koonce from Timpson, Texas,
came here for the first time in 1919.
He’s from the piney woods of East
Texas and holds forth as a Junior
among our college ranks. With the
exception of last summer he has been
with us every summer and some of the
spring terms since his first enrollment.
Koonce is not only a good student,
but has taken active part in work of
literary society, being inter-society de-
bater in 1919. He is an active aid to
church and B. Y. P. U. activities. He
stands pat on what he believes.
J. P. Finfrock, as a third veteran
of this house, comes to us from Hous-
ton. He first came into our midst m
1920. He is a Junior of good stand-
ing with the faculty and a reputation
among his friends. He has_ had ex-
perience for two years as science tea-
cher in the Marfa High School. Much
of these warn! afternoons are spent by
him in the laboratory “ignorapiatizing”
ing to learn how to do that very thing
next week down at Riverside where a
“Learn to Swim” week is being con-
ducted. I am going to be one of those
Ur,
Mr. Smith (explaining the fact_ that
only the lower jaw moves while a
person speaks) “The reason given for
the fact that women don’t grow beards
on their lips is that grass can not grow
on a race track.”
STATE BANK & TRUST
COMPANY
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
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Plans of the Executive Committee of
the Alumni are well under way. A
big program is being planned for next
year, both for a Homecoming here and
for a great meeting at the Teachers
Association meeting £o be held at
Houston next fall.
Officers for next year are as follows:
L. C. McDonald, president; Bernice
Evans, vice-president; H. H. Hutto,
treasurer; Miss Ruby Henderson,
secretary.
Cars ought not to be parked directly
in front of the water plug at the cor-
ner of North Austin and Normal
street. Think of the congestion that
would take place if a fire were to break
out and this plug would have to be
used. It is mere thoughtlessness on
the part of students who drive their
cars there, and we only want to call
their attention to the mistake. Try to
find some other place to park your car.
Parking there is contrary to the traffic
laws of San Marcos.
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THE
HERCULES
His pastime is largely spent in throw-
ing “rocks” and pillows at his room-
mate.
Hoy
Texas.
Chaddick is also from East'
He comes from Newton, “way
over on the Texas and Louisiana line .
He came here in the earlier years of
the institution, about 1914 and grad-
uated from the Normal School De-
partment. Since that time lie has been
out in the world of real life, teaching
and achieving. 1921_d)rought him^ back
to us resolved to finish again, this time
under the college plan. Chaddicks
chief avocation lies in spending his
hours of leisure at a certain boarding hfm_
(By Roy Lee Bartlett, 6th Grade
Training School.)
The queen had heard of the awful
giant whose name was Pluto. He
caused earthquakes and storms on the
sea. Pluto feasted on the people who
were drowned in his storms and also
in his earthquakes. People were afraid
to go near the home of Pluto, for he
had three very large lions with teeth
six inches long and claws as stout as
steel and as sharp as needles. Their
eyes were red as fire.
The queen was afraid that Pluto
would send an earthquake on her city
and destroy her beautiful palace; so
she sent Hercules to kill this giant.
Hercules did not have any trouble in
finding the home of _ Pluto, for the
giant’s house was so big that Hercules
could see it afar off.
When Hercules was within sight of
the lions they roared out very loudly.
When they snapped their ivory teeth
and licked their lips, their claws were
anxious to tear Hercules to pieces.
Hercules’ knees rattles, his hands
tingled, and his teeth chattered as if
he were freezing. Hercules had to
fight now, for the lions could outrun
route of the river. But when he had
got nearly as far as he was going, he
jammed the tooth (it was one of the
lion’s teeth that he was digging with)
into a hole.
This hole was the cave, and the wa-
ter had filled the whole cave, and^ so
the water jumped out of this hole into
Hercules’ face, and he lost no time in
getting out of his hole.
This changed the route of the river,
it did it so suddenly that Pluto did not
know where the river went. So he
went down into the cave to find out,
Then Hercules ran and put a stone in
the hole he had made, and the water
again ran out of the mouth of the cave.
Now Pluto was down in the cave, and
when the water came it drowned him
and washed him out of the cave.
Hercules was very glad he had killed
Pluto, so he took the stone out of the
hole and made the river change again.
Hercules tore down the castles and
made a town out of the lumber. The
river, town, and cave are still here.
The town is named San Marcos, and
the river is also called San Marcos.
The cave is known as Wonder Cave.
MISS M. NEILL ADDRESSES
THE STUDENT BODY
house on" North Austin street. His
minor avocation is playing checkers.
J. H. Robertson comes from Chero-
kee County, Troup, Texas, a Sophomore
in the Normal. He entered this Nor-
mal from the East Texas Normal Col-
lege in 1921, spending the summer with
knowledge and brawn? Is your | turned"*'to" s^end^he^ring and sum-
from a dean sportsman's mouth? Thmk turned to^spe ^ ^ severa,
years of teaching experience added to
his other abilities. His associates say
he is- a quiet, peaceable, studious fel-
low, who seems to derive much plea-
sure from smoking his pipe.
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MISCELLANEOUS
it over.
Wren, of the Del Rio club has taken
the place of Lowman, who was forced
'away to Robstown on business. The
club feels the loss of their big center-
fielder who has always been strong with
the willow. However, Wren is well
known in local baseball circles as a
high-class utility fielder, a better
catcher and a consistent hitter. We can
feel safe wherever this boy is playing.
We want to tender our thanks, etc.,
to the umpires in the Summer League
for the way they have handled the
games, up to date! Barrow, Herndon,
Griffith, and Coach Strahan have satis-
fied the fans and most of the players
with their quick and accurate decisions.
We can feel and appreciate such ef-
ficient arbiters.
Miss Margie Neil of Carthage, mem-
ber of the Board of Normal Regents
spoke to the student body last Wed-
nesday. The main points of her speech
were these:
I hope you have been as busy sav-
ing the country as I have been in the
past few weeks.
The government of our county is ^no
better than our educational system is;
There is no more important hour in
the life of a student than the regular
assembly hour. It is a kind of a coun-
cil table around which you gather to
learn more about your fellow student.
My advice to you is to attempt to
know as many of your fellow students
as you can and more than that, culti-
vate, the members of your faculty.
She: “Are late hours good for me?”
He: “No, but the’re fine for two."
Of his boyhood days on the farm,
Stroman had many pleasant memories
and some that were not so pleasant
Jimmie Smith was an inmate of the
hospital the last week.
Miss Hawks is going to Zephyr Hills,
Florida, to be with her father during
her vacation. From there she will go
to New York state and to Chicago.
BOGGUS SHOE SHOP—113 West
Hopkins St. Let us save your soles.
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FOR SALE—Underwood Typewriter.
Jffiere was a day once when he was j Practically new, price reasonable. E.
showing the farm to a friend of his— M. Cain, 422 N. Austin St., San Marcos
quite a close friend, in fact—and when Texas, or see me on the college campus,
they came to the pasture there were , , ,, ........n-.-.—*:
two cows licking each other’s faces.
Bear in mind the fact that this friend
was a close one. This is what he said;
Oscar: “I wish I could do that.”
The girl: “Why don’t you? They’re
your cows!”
And that Lockhart crew put another
one over us Thursday. They walked
away with the big
end of a 5 to 2
score. It was another case of hit in
the pinch or go back to the field.
Haislip, an old warrior of the big
leagues, worked with Vann for Lock-
hart, and the All-Stars were able to
garner only eight hits off this battery.
Hennig, the local Ace was slightly off
form, and allowed the Lockhart clan
to hit safely ten times,-one of which
went for four bases. Five errors were
chalked up against the locals, which
added to the fans’ woe. Brassell and
Atkinson were the hitting stars for the
All-Stars. Brassell hit one to deep
left-center in the second inning for
three bases, and later added a sharp
single to center. Atkinson annexed
two nice singles. Jamar and Gambrell
were the bright spots in the Lock-
harters bitting front.
Batteries: San Marcos, Hennig and
Shands; Lockhart, Haislip and Vann.
Umpire: Perkins. Time: 2 hours.
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BOGGUS SHOE SHOP—113 West
Hopkins St. Let us save your soles.
The writer of this article wishes to
notify the many friends of ‘ Misses
Helen Walker qnd Rosalie Mast that
said young lassies were honored by a
date with a couple of the former’s cou-
sins. (So the young ladies say) that
made the journey up from Yoakum
just for the week-end, or the dates or
engagements I am at loss to know
! which. We wish to _ congratulate the
young ladies upon being such drawing
cards. Dame rumor has it that the
girls drew on our cousins for cream-
sodas, lollypopis and for a sitting in
the Post Office Cafe, this was the un-
kindest blow of all. No wonder that
the young jValentinoes reled off at 9:30
and started back upon the road that
has no turning, at least it hasn’t turned,
so the ladies say. We are at loss to
Enow whether this affair is of ser-
ious nature or not, at least the girls
in question might prevail upon the
young men to at least state their in-
tentions publicly instead of privately.
To avoid telling tales out of school
the management has decided to chase
the writer of this article out of_ the
office as he has already given entirely
too moch publicity to two such well
known young women.
Hercules collected his wits and went
to work. When the first lion came
near him he reached to the ground
and got a huge club. Although the
club was large, Hercffles knew that
he could not kill the lion with it. So
he hit a tree and knocked it into little
pieces. These little pieces fell into
the lion’s eyes and blinded him. Her
cules had no time to lose. He ran and
jumped on the blinded lion, jerked a
long, sharp tooth out of its mouth, and
killed all three with it.
Pluto was enraged. He swore that
he would kill Hercules before he died
Now, Pluto was a whole lot larger
than Hercules. Hercules knew he
could not kill him in open battle, so
he had to think up another way to
kill Pluto.
Pluto’s castle was by a cave. Out oi
this cave came forth beautiful clear
water. This was the only water in
miles of Pluto’s castle, so he had to
drink it. The spring was ’way down
in the cave about a mile. The cave
extended on and on.
Hercules at last had an idea. He
went off about three or four miles. He*
now began to dig. His aim was to dig
way down into the earth, and then keep
digging on a level till he got to the
spring, and then he would change the
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Shoes fixed while you wait. All
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Have your photo made at a first class studio.
Amateur work daily. Phone 328.
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