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The Normal Star
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal College
VOLUME XI.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1923
NUMBER 18
GYPSIES LOSE ONE, TIE ONE AND WIN
ONE ON HARD TRIP TO NORTH TEXAS
Plucky Team Weathered Breaks
As They Met Them; Three
Girls Are in Hospital; Walk
Mile and Half to Shelter.
“T” PIN IS OFFICIALLY
ADOPTED BY LETTER MEN
. Returning from a week’s trip to
North Texas the Gypsies brought back
the bacon in spite of the many diffi-
culties that beset them. Playing in a
climate a good deal colder than they
were used to, two girls in the hospital
since last Sunday, another with the
“flu” alraedy on her but battling
bravely onward, and playing on two
courts inadequately small, the Gypsies
were able by sheer pluck and deter-
mination to put across a 19-15 victory
over Denton the first night and tie
them thf second night.. Monday night
they played T. W. C. and tied them
35-35. The Saturday night before the
Commerce team defeated them 26-17, a
task not at 111 difficult,- consid-
ering under what disadvantages they
were playing.
The Commerce Episode.
Leaving here last Friday morning the
Gypsies arrived at Commerce at 1:30
Friday night. Impassible roads to the
dormitory one and one half miles dis-
tant, no one to meet them, no taxi or
jitney in all of Commerce to be avail-
able for love of money, suitcases and
blankets, the Gypsies trudged the; way
to the girls’ dormitory in a drizzling
rain; three hours of sleep that night,
were the conditions under which they
played Saturday night. The team was
simply worn out and the Commerce
girls had only to walk away from
them. At one time during the game
the Gypsies were in the lead, 16-17. But
in the last half the Commerce girls
scored their 10 points; by which mar-
gin they won. It was while they were
in Commerce that Lillian Dykes hurt
her arm, and Marietta Collier and
Martha Woodson took the “flu.” They
had to be left in the Baptist Sanitar-
ium in Dallas while the team went on
to Fort .Worth to play T. W. C. Mon-
day night.
Forwards: Lily Bentley, Thelma El-
lis ; centers: Ila Lowman, Glynn Pat-
ton; guards: Mabel Bates, Jimmie
King. Substitutions: Lillian Dykes
for Mabel Bates; Fannie Woodson for
Ila Lowman and Mabel Bates for Jim-
mie King.
The T. W. C. Game.
Arriving at Fort Worth they found
as small as the one they had played
on in Commerce. The courts measured
only 35-65. Any basketball player can
tell you what a difference so small a
court would make to one used to play-
ing on a regulation court of 50-90. In
the game Ila Lowman, playing at guard
(the small court made necessary the
shift) played an excellent game. Re-
feree Philips personally complimented
Ila and said to others that she was the
only girl he had ever seen who was able
to break up the dribble of the T. W. C.
star forward, Bernice Menn. Ila, how-
ever went out in the first half for fouls.
The Gypsies had a nine point lead; but
through the excellent work of Menn,
now playing against Lillian Dykes,
whose arm had been wrenched in the
Commerce game, and who was there-
fore playing under a disadvantage, T.
W. C. was abie to tie the score 35-35.
Forwards: Lilly Bentley, Thelma
Ellis; centers: Fannie Woodson, Glynn
Patton; gu'ards-: Ila Lowman, Mabel
Bates. Substitutions: Lillian Dykes
for Ila Lowman.
First Denton Game.
Tuesday night came their strongest
opponent, Denton. Here the Gypsies
demonstrated thei^ ability to play bas-
ketball. The first half ended with the
score 11 to 8 in the Gypsies’ favor. They
kept in the lead all during the game,
winning of a 19 to 15 margin. The
work of Mabel and Ila at guard, stood
out especially, and aided by the eon-
sistant goal throwing of Lily, only
was it made possible to win over our
oldest rival.
Regulations Governing Wearing
of Pin Adopted; Annual
Athletic Carnival
Is Planned.
Monday morniny at the Assembly
period the “T” Association held a busi-
ness meeting. The first business that
came up was the adoption of the new
“T” pins, which were officially adopted
by the lettermen. It was also decided
that there be a regular meeting each
month, the time and place to be fixed
after a conference with President Evans.
Some of the men inquired about the
rules governing the wearing of the
“T” pins. It was decided that the same
rule governing the wearing of the offi-
cial letter govern the wearing of' file
pins.
So “T” man, if you haven’t set the
date yet, wear your “T” pin on your
,own manly breast.
The question of-the annual athletic
carnival came up and every member of
the Association pledged himself to do
all he could to make the carnival big-
ger and better than it has ever been
before. The “T” men are going to
start work on the proceedings of the
carnival immediately, so that a finished
product can be put on.
The fixing of the date of the carnival
has not been decided upon yet.
A committee was appointed to com-
pile a record of all the lettermen in
the history of the school. There were
several other important questions that
could not be discussed for want of
time. They are to be brought up at
the next meeting.
The cows are in the meadows,
The sheep are in the grass;
Not all the feeble-minded
Are in the Freshman class.
—The Tiger.
—-—o-*—:--
The dairymaid pansively milked the goat
And pantingly paused to mutter: __
“I wish you brute would tulrn to milk”;
And that animal turned to . . .butt-’er.
—Exchange.
Some people don’t get a headache
Says Hezikiah Gaines
Because to have a headache
You’ve got to have some brains.
SCIENCE AND RELIGION
IS TOPIC OF LECTURE
Mr. Smith Goes Further Into
Question; Course Meets
Every Week.
FACULTY CHALLENGES
SENIORS
Rumors have come to the facul-
ty from various sources that the
Seniors are boasting of a su-
premacy in basketball. A faculty
committee, composed of former
basketball stars met, and has de-
cided to challenge the Seniors
to a contest, to he played at some
time within the next two weeks.
Just what kind of game the
faculty will be able to put up this
year is an unknown number due
to the loss of such figures as
Woodson, White, Bachle and In-
genhuett; but with Lefty Smith,
a flashy forward, and Oskie
Strahan, a hard fighting guard of
last year’s team, Sewell and
Burkholder, last year scrubs, and
such new men as Key, Boucher
and Wiley to pick from, the fa-
culty feels like they will have
nothing to fear from the Seniors.
If the Seniors are really in
earnest and feel that they have
a fair chance against the afore-
mentioned array of stars, they
may formally accept this as a
challenge.
—ROBERT SHELTON
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY REPRESENTATIVES OF
TEXAS BANKERS ASSOCIATE VISIT NORMAL
SOUTWESTERN PIRATES
WIN F’M BOBCATS 30-26
Representation Entertained By
Normal College Thursday In
Auditorium; “Fying Squad-
ron” Is Also Present.
Fine Goal Shooting of Adams Is1
Largely Responsible; Bobcats
Play Independents in San
Antonio Saturday.
PERCY M&CKAYE
REARS POEMS AT
NORMAL COLLEGE
Noted Poet Has Great Audience ;
Reading Greeted With
Much Appreciation.
The theory of evolution was discuss-
ed by Mr. Spurgeon Smith last Satur-
day morning when he gave the third
lecture of a series of talks on the sub-
ject of “Science and Religion.”
Mr. Smith said in part: “Some people
have a great deal of trouble in try-
ing to harmonize evolution and relig-
ion. They feel that a person cannot
believe in evolution and at the same
time be a Christian. -Ages ago, the
theory that the world was round caused’
the same trouble. People were ruled out
of the church for two hundred years
because they held that the world was
round. We have reached the point now,
however, where people can believe in
evolution and at the same time believe
in God.”
The evolution theory, Mr. Smith ex-
plained, is different from the fact of
evolution. Any theory, he said, • is
Surely the one greatest thing that
has come to the attention of the Nor-
mal College this year was the poet-
recital given by Percy MacKaye before
a capacity house last Saturday night in
the College auditorium. In’ the last
two issues of the Star detailed accounts
of the poet’s life and works have been
printed; we therefore do not deem it
necessary to say any more in this re- {
gard. The fact that all English classes I
have devoted from one to eight hours
I The meeting of the Third District
j Banker’s -Association in * San Marcos
j gave to the Southwest Texas Normal
College the pleasure and distinction of
__ ! extending to the Banker’s Association
|. • j an invitation to the school.
In a game that was full of thrills • At 11:30 Friday morning the eiurre-
from the very start to the end was a association, numbering approximately
I nip and tuck affair between the Bob- ISO members and guests, was enter-
j cats and the Southwestern University' tained at the Normal College in the
■Pirates here in the College gymnasium auditorium. The Normal Band and
’ last Wednesday night. This was the j the Liberty Chorals, assisted by the
j second game with Southwestern. The f College Orchestra, lent to the enter-
Pirates got off with a nine point lead tainment by giving several well chosen
dulring the first three minutes ot play,1 and appreciated selections. The en-
a lead which the Bobcats found har5! trance of the delegation 'brought forth
to overcome.. ! applause from the large assemblage of
Adams, for Southwestern, played college students. The Normal yell lead-
Southwestern’s game almost single-' ers then took charge, a few yells be-
handed during the first half, making Idling given for the Bobcats, the Gyp-
of the eighteen points made by them in ! sies, who were away on their North
that period. The half ended with! Texas trip, and a hearty fifteen for
Southwestern University having the big ■ “Visitors.”
end of a 12-18 score. j After a band selection and the sing-
The second half started with a bang,' ing of “America, The Beautiful” by the
Jack ringing one from the center of ] Liberty Chorus, assisted by the Orches-
the field and immediately after Boggus \ tra, President Evans called upon a
dropped One through, making the score number of the representatives to come
16rl8. Then the Southwestern five ral- | forward. In a short speech President
lied and ran it up to 18-23. With about Evans told the visitors that it was a
two minultes left to play, Warren, sub- . pleasure for the Normal.College to have
stituting for Lowman, tied the score' been given the opportunity of asking
25-25 with a goal from the field. Here j the Association to the College, and
the Southwestern five showed a spurt,! bade them welcome to ouir school. He.
enabling them to ring five points to pointed out the relation that the. stu-
the Bobcat’s one. 1 dents of this institution after gradua-
From a spectator’s point of view the ; tion here will hold to the life and busi-
game was the lUos^t. exciting and in- ness of tfig bankers of this state. He
teresting played here this season. The ' then told the visitors something of
sea-sawing nature of the score kept the our_ school, pointing out its growth
crowd on their feet practically all
time. - ,
Southwestern G. F.G.
Adams (6) for’d_____6 6
Camp (3) for’d. _____.6 0
Wray (10) center *___0 0
Kidd (8) guard______6 0
Skipworth (4) guard__U 0
Stanley for Skipworth 0 0
Totals________12 6
S. W. T. N. C. G. F.G.
0
the
Warren for Lowman—1
Totals--------10
of recitation periods to the “study of. Horton, forward ----5
MacKaye prior to his coming to the i Boggus, forward ----3
Normal made the recital all the more I Hildreth, center :1
appreciated. j Lowman, guard ___,__0
MacKaye’s reading of h>is poems was ! Kallina, guiard ------0
excellent; it was clearly to be seen 1 Shelton for Hildreth—0
that his words are those of a master.! Hildreth for Shelton—0
The entire auditorium of people, it
could be observed, was held with tense
interest during the recital.
Mr. MacKaye was introduced with a
few well chosen and fitting words by
Mr. R. C. Harrison, chairman of the
English department. He said that he
would read chiefly occasional poems,
poems he had read on certain signifi-
cant historical occasions. The first of
these was a poem in commemoration of
the hundred year’s of peace between
the English speaking people. This
poem, “Fight”, was inspired by an ac-
count by Theodore Roosevelt of the.
(Continued on page Three)
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Referee: Venne, San Antonio.
BRACKENRIDGE HIGH WINS
IN MEET HELD AT NORMAL
NORMAL HI CAGERS WIN
FROM STRONG AUSTIN HI
Seven Games Played in Normal
Gym to Decide Distrist Bas-
ketball Championship.
during its twenty years of existence,
and making mention of some of the
things that are in store for the Nor-
mal College. He then called upon and
introduced Mr. W. W. Woodson, Pre-
sident of the First National Bank of
qJ Waco, Texas. Mr. Woodson, in a few
well chosen words, stated that as a
banker of this oulr great state, he was
here to tell the students of Southwest
Texas Normal College that he was be-
hind education; that he was “hog-wild”
on education. The speaker said that
education was the safest security that
bankers knew anything about. Ignor-
ance, he mentioned as being the great-
est obstacle that the banking business
has to contend with. “Ignorance”, he
said, “destroys a nation; education pre-
2g ■ serves a nation.” Mr. Woodson then
said that he hoped that the educational
; institutions"‘of Texas would soon be
put upon a sound basis of finance.
Whatever the state spends on any other
one thing, he argued, it could never
spend too much on the education of its
people, and he said that he hoped the
time were not far away that this great
state of ours would cease to be the 38th
state from the top in education.
Following Mr. Woodson, Mr. Charles
Cason, Assistant Vice-President of the
Chemical National Bank of New York
addressed the assemblage with a few
words.
After another selection, given by the
Liberty Chords, the representatives
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Lobo Quintet Squeezes Out Long
End of An 18 to 14 Score;
Lobos and Academy Cubs
To Play Monday.
The basketball court at the Normal
gym was the scene of five games last
Saturday when the tournament for
District 22 was held. A great surprise j were conducted to their cars and driven
was sprung on all spectators and sup- j to the Elks club, where a luncheon was
poiters when the fast little Staples 1 served by the ladies of the Memorial
quite a different thing from a fact. By
Forwards : Lily and Thelma; centers : j way of illustration, Mr. Smith said,
Fannie and Glyns; guards; Ila and | “It is a fact that there are numerous
Mabel. churches in San Marcos. The theory
The Second Game. j derived from this known fact is that
Beginning the game Wednesday night j all the people in San Marcos are re-
with another player down with the flu, | ligious and church-going people.” The
the Denton girls were enabled to hold , speaker then added that the Darwin
the bigger end of a 3-11 count at the theory of evolution had been disproved
end of the first half. The work, the
grit, and the determination of Glynn
and that another had taken its place.
There are three classes of people
to stay in the game in spite of a fever, who believe in the evolution, Mr. Smith
was a commendable feature. How thet said in concluding.. These is the
girls .came back. in ..the , second half,
scoring 11 to the Denton girls 3 points
is and will always' remain oiid of the'
greatest comebacks that- any,«\Nprmal
team has ever staged. ' Playing on’
iterve only, for they had nothfiig else
left, they, played the Denton girls off
fjheir febt. 'duffing the second? half, .and
4rhen Thelma Ellis-, scored two free
\ (Continued dh page Three') *"
athiest, the one who allows evolution
to dispel God ; the Christian, the person
who lets evoltttiofi * only strengthen'his
belief ,in God; and the person who be-
lieves itf Evolution and also in God, but
doesjjipt Combine the two fields of
science and religion. Mr. Smith said
that he was the person.-'whose Christ-*
tied the score: thirteen to thirteeenTjan faith was strengthened by his know-;
Tn/»1tnn TTHie. fiirn «**.
ledge. .find* belief .in . science. „ ....
(Cotttiftuea bn’ page Four)
The Normal High Eobogs won over
the Austin High School cagers here
Monday night on the Normal court,
18 to 14. This made the seventh straight
win for the Loboes, who have lost but
one game out of ten. The defeat came
from the San Marcos Academy, who
has since then been defeated
five took the honors and with it the
right to play Breckenridge High of
San Antonio for the championship of
the district, Monday afternoon.
The first game of the day was a very
snappy affair. Seguin showed up very
well but was nosed by our fast San
Marcos Rattlesnakes, who by virtue of
their superior playing, won out 10-8.
The light Staples crew carried of the
second game of the series by a score of
17-11. London was the loser. Freder-
icksburg defeated Buda next in a hard
fought contest by a 19-15 score. At
noon, the three winners got together
and drew to see who would get
Hospital Association. In the afternoon
the Association went into an all-after-
noon session.
The Normal College deems it, a plea-
sure .and a privilege to. have had these
visitors. The members of the Associa-
tion and guests that the Normal Col-
lege had the pleasure, of entertaining
so large and distinguished a delega-
tion of men.
Among them were some twenty or
thirty . out-of-state representatives ; the
others, bankers from all over the state.
Among the interstate representatives
were such men as: Farris Campbell,
, - , j * A , . , . . . „ _ rfst Jay D. Rising, Wm. H. Moseley, Win.
has since then been defeated by the ( that evening. Staples won and Fred-j E. Nieman, Charles Cason, M. B. Hall
Loboes. i he Cubs and the Loboes will j ericksburg and San Marcos played off! Oscar L Cox, Wm B Smith B l’
play off the tie next Monday night. | the semi-finals at 2:30. The San Mar-1 iGll, Bert H Aseltine,' all officials of
In the game against the Austin five j cos boys started of with a bang and | New York banks; Raymond F. Me-
the fast floor work of both teams was ■ seemed to sweep the Fredericksburg i Naily W J Bramman R P Titus E
a ieatu/re of the game. Neither team ; five off their feet. Near the close of I J. Pa’ro, John R. Sheply 'from ’ St!
had the^ lead for over two minutes and the game they had a six point lead. As Louis; Towner Deane from Chicago-
it wasnt until the last few seconds of I most teams do finder such circum- | W. B. Machado, Jas. Long Wright w!
play that the Loboes came through and ' stances, the Rattlesnakes got careless ' W. Messersmith and W. P. O’Neal all'
made the small margin by which they f and the other team carried off the game from New Orleans - and Sam D. Youne
wmi the game. by a score of 34-29. This was the best from Cleveland, Ohio.
The game Monday night with the ! game up to the finals. At 7:15 the Of the Texas representatives that
-Academy Cubs promises to be one of lightweights frorn^ Staples^ won _ the j were_here are men from Dallas, Hous-
thc best of the season, The Academy
is _ an old ,rival of . the Normal, until,
this very year, playing the Varsity.
Since the Sub-College has a regular
team they have taken on the Academy
and have .made a mighty good record
against the Academy.; , They each count
one .game to their .good. The game
Monday ..night will break the tie. Go
tournament by defeating Fredericks- ! ton, San Antonio, Galveston, Ft.'Worth,
burg 36-33. The Fredericksburg five I Austin,. Lockhart, Granger, Garland!
fought hard but the fast floor work, Blanco. Coupland, Willis Point : Manor,
and almost consistant goalshooting of r. (Continued on ’page Three)
Staples took'the best game of the day; —-1—;------fi
Monday afternoon the Brackenridge teams in the state as its champion, and
five 'came over and took. Staples into ! great things, are expected of them in the
camp, to a tune of 57-7. The fast and! me,et held at Austin for the cham-
f heayy San Antonio team walked away ! pionshifi'of Texas. ' We "would'like to
cUi”?: Loboes;^ you ve got plenty with: the .game. District 22 has one* see .a team from ouF dlstfict take .off
of stuff to beat ern with! . ,1 of .the very:.best high school basketball ‘ state honors. •
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