The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 6, 1919 Page: 2 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
THE NORMAL STAR
EXECUTIVE STAFF
RALPH J. WATKINS ............................ Editor-in-Chitf
M. L. SHEPHERD ........................... Business Manager
JANIE HOPSON .......................... 1st, Associate Editor
IRMA ROBERTS.......................... 2nd. Associate Editor
JOHN H. DOBBINS ...... News Editor
W. J. HODSON, Jr............................... Joke Editor
LEONARD HOPSON .......... Athletic Editor
ELLEN HILL ....................................Literary Editor
DEWEY LAWLEY ............ Exchange Editor
ANNA WOODSON ................................... Personals
PROFESSOR R. A. MILLS ..................... Faculty Reporter
STAFF REPORTERS
Allie Myrrl Birdwell Non Douglas McGaughy
0. C. Rode Sam Wood Gardner
A. D. Hildreth Anna Barthlome
Bernice Evans Jennie Swearingen
Ester Lee Gambrell Francis Kellam
Don Hamilton Sherille Halliburton
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PERSONAL MENTION
THE INTER-NORMAL
DEBATES
The Fall term is growing to
a close and our representatives
for the Inter-Normal debates
have not been chosen . We must
wake up! Denton is coming
back into the debates this year,
and her Campus Chat says she
is coming back to win. The Sam
Houston people are busy with
their tryoutp, too. We have no
definite news from Canyon, but
we understand their debaters are
to be selected before Christmas,
if they are not alredy selected;
Will S. W. T. N. be lacking?
"Certainly not! Then if our de-
" b^torsTAx e more to be handicapped,
they must be selected at once so
that they may begin work.
|Wake up Chautauquans and
Harris-Blairs. This matter has
always been left bo you and you
must not fail us. We have|some
excellent material this year, and
these candidates only ask for
something definite to begin on.
Let’s have a tryout and select
our debaters. They should be
working now, and by all means,
they must be chosen before the
close of the term in order to
have the Christmas holidays, in
which to get started on their
material.
Let’s hear from C. L. S. and
H. B. L. S. MONDAY!
HUNTSVILLE NORMAL
Sam Houston Normal Institute
is sending six delegates to rhe
International Student Cdnventon
at Des Moines, Iowa.
The Normal Brass band is to
be equipped with uniforms as
soon as the organization gets
ready for public work.
S'. H. N. I. is going to have a
birthday June 3 7 next, in the
form of a homecoming. The
Huntsville Normal, which was the
first State Normal school estab-
lished in Texas, will be forty
years old. Extensive plans are
being made by both faculty and
students to take care of the stu-
dents and alumni on these days.
A system of road ways simiiiar
to that which encircles the San
Marcos Normal has been institu-
ted and will soon be constructed.
It is part of a general campaign
to beautify the Huntsville cam-
pus.
A S. H. N. I. Club has been
organized with nine members at
the State University.
The preliminary debate was
held November 18th and the fol-
lowing men were selected: Mose-
ly, Bishop, Edwards, Samuel,
Kirk, and Williams. Another
try-out will be held soon and two
of these men will be eliminated.
Recollections of Reg-
istration Dag
Oh registration day, the goal
of many ambitions—the bane ol
many lives, you, oh the student-
to-be, plodding youi; weary way
up the slopes of Normal Hill,
dream of quickly securing the ripe
fruit from the tree of knowledge.
How changed these dreams are by
the end of the first term, by the
time another registration day roll*
around! :
Following the crowd you find
yourself timorously approaching
Room 11 where the mighty
treasurer of the Normal rules
with an iron hand. He makes
you present your “passport,”
commonly known as entrance
card, together with your money
before he deigns to permit you to
enter this humble abode of
knowledge. On the card he places
your registration number, while
in his book he writes your name
and registration number. In ex-
change for your “extra” money
he gives you a piece of cardboard,
across the top of which is written
“Blanket Tax” and across the
bottom the he ’er-to-be-forgotten
name “Pritchett.” Sometimes he
allows one of the faculty, general-
ly Mr. Brown, to aid him in taking
the entrance fee and the “Blanket
Tax.” After this you hasten
across the hall where Mr. Marsh
and Mr. Goodman sit in glory
quizzing the unhappy student^ (for
the temperature will be rising
slowly but surely) as to his en-
trance credits.
Having successfully or unsuc-
cessfully secured your registra-
tion card with credits checked on
it, you next enter the tender
clutch of that particular teacher
who is making out the schedule
for the group in which you decide
to do the larger part of your
work. These are always willing
to aid you in selecting the hard-
est course. You and the aforesaid
teacher discuss the pros and cons
of the case. “Though the spirit
is willing, the flesh is weak”—is
the sentiment in most cases, but
as you are only a green little
Junior, the all-wise teacher soon
triumphs. She wheedles you into
taking history under Mr. Birdwell
so that you may hear him say,
“Take that, home and try it on
your piano; ’ ’ English under Mr.
Thomas, who says amazingly often
“my heart throbs to know your
mental reactions on this particu-
lar psychological phenomenon:”
Education under Miss Falls, who
anxiously inquires off and on
during a lesson, “Have you the
Misses Janie and Frank Duke
Hightower spent Sunday in
Staples, the gdests of their sisters
Mrs. H. L. Lowman and Mrs.
M. J. Scott.
* * * *
Miss Ada B. Matthews came
over to see the Thanksgiving game
and to root for Normal.
* * * *
Misses Bertha Shaw and Mamie
Brown went to Houston to the
convention and came back by way
of Galveston and San Antonio.
* * * *
Ralph Gardner was here to see
S. W. T. N. beat Academy
Thanksgiving.
* * # *
Misses Mary Holley and Calla
Day, who are teaching this year,
were visitors here Thanksgiving.
* * * *
Henry Shands spent, Thanks-
giving in San Marcos. He is
attending the University this
year.
* * * *
Miss Elizabeth Blevins, a
former Normal student, has been
a visitor at the home of Mrs.
Branch Petty for the past few
days.
r ♦ * * *
Will G, Barber Jr., of the State
University was here for the
Thanksgiving game.
♦ * * *
The following members of the
Normal faculty attended the State
Teachers’ Association in Houston :
President Evans, Mr. Harry, Mr.
Birdwell, Mr. Burkholder, Miss
Sayers, Mrs. Shaver, Miss Davis,
Miss Allison, Miss Christianson,
and Miss Murphy.
* * * *
Miss Jessie Tisdale, who at-
tended the Normal last, year, was
a visitor here Thanksgiving.
* * * *
Elbert Shelton, one of our for-
mer gridiron stars and brother
of “Bob”, was here to see the
Thanksgiving game.
* * * *
Malcomb Hornsby of the Uni-
versity visited his sister, Myrtle
Hornsby of the Normal, and saw
the Thanksgiving game.
* * * *
Miss Ida Mae Shuler had a
guest Thanksgiving, her sister
from San Antonio.
* * * *
Mr. Clinton was in the city
Thanksgiving.
ECHOES FROM THE
EXCHANGE DESK
DENTON NORMAL.
Denton played her last game
of the season with Austin College
at Sherman. The game was
marred by disagreement over a
blocked pass. The referee gave
his decision and Denton protest-
ed strongly. Coach St. Clair
for the Normal asked for time
for a discussion. Upon being re-
fused time for discussion the
North Texas Normal Coach called
his men from the field and for-
feited the game. At this time
the score was 7 to1 6 in favor of
the Normal.
Denton Normal has just com-
pleted the organization of a club
for red-headed students.
“The Campus Chat” has over a
column write-up on the Inter-
Normal debate and say they are
‘ ‘ coming back to win. ’ ’
A large part of the Denton Nor-
mal paper this week is devoted to
the game with Austin College. A
special train carried the team and
student body to Sherman. It
was a great day in Normal stu-
dent life.
♦ * * *
PHILLIPS COLLEGE
Phillips defeated Texas Wesley-
ans by a score of 21 to 0. This
is claimed to be their hardest
game.
* * * *
A. &. M. COLLEGE
A. &. M. College is entitled to
18 representatives at the Student
Convention at Des Moines, Iowa.
J. R, Wilson, traveling secre-
tary for the Student Volunteer
Movement, spoke t,o the A. &.
M. boys and set the machinery
in motion.
Dr. Frank L. McVcy, Presi-
dent of the University of Ken-
tucky,, spoke at the College Au-
ditorium last Sunday. Dr. Mc-
Vey is one of America’s most
distiguished educat/ors.
A memorial tree is to be plant-
ed on the campus for each - f
the forty six men from the col-
lege who fell in the world war,
was the announcement of Presi-
dent Blizzel upon his return from
Fort Worth, where a meeting of
the Board of Directors of the
College has just closed.
ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS
CHIROPRACTOR
MISS FRANCES M. ROBERTS,
IPALMER GRADUATE
HOURS:—9 to 11 a. m., 3 to 5 p. m
500 W. Lindsey
proper appreceptive basis ?; ” So-
ciology under Mr. Burkholder,
who says every term without
fail, “Buy more land, to raise
more corn, to feed more pigs, to
get more money, to buy more
land, etc, etc, etc.” and last but
not least, Mathematics under Mr.
Brown, who often shouts in ex-
asperation, “Go soak your head
in a rain-barrel.”
Next the dear guardian of your
peace requires three schedule
cards to be filled out with the
above program, to which she ap-
pends her signature. Then “with
painful steps and slow” you
wander to the Manual Arts
building where you enter a veri-
table sausage mill. Mr. Burk-
holder, Mr. Goodman and Mr.
Denman are seated near the
front end of the “mill” to see
that you do not ‘ steal any bases. ’
Miss Hines, next in line, requires
of you girls a Physical Educa-
tion period twice a week in
which you play games or dance,
according to your various abili-
ties. Then Mr. Harry and Mr.
Marsh end the process of the
sausage mill and you escape,
wounded and dented in spirit, to
await the fateful to-morrow.
—F. M. S.
DR. McGAUGHY
DENTIST
Office Over First National Bank
PHONE 386
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Entrance examinations will be
held on Monday, January 5.
These examinations will be given
for the benefit of those who enter
in January, but they will also be
open to students who need to
make up entrance units.
For further information, see
Mr. Marsh or Mr. Goodman.
Miss Koch: “Mr. Cole, do
you bite your tongue when you
pick up an ant?”
Mr. Cole: “No, I just catch
the ant with my fingers. ’ ’
There was a “Fish” from Mem-
phis, T'enn.,
Who picked his teeth with a
fountain pen;
He touched the cap and the ink
went wild,
And now he looks like a negro
child.
All winter hats greatly
reduced.
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS
Towels, Garters, Camisoles,
Handkerchiefs,Boudoir Caps
and Vanity Bags.
Mattie L, Watkinm
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we also do Kodak
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1
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 6, 1919, newspaper, December 6, 1919; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614535/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State University.