The Times-Leader (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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THE TIMES LEADER
—THE PAPER—
WITH THE
—CIRCULATION—
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, Saturday February 29, 1913,
HAYS COUNTY DEBATING
DECLAMATION AND
ATHLETIC LEAGUE;
CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON
SCOTT,
Sir Clements Markham, at that
time president of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society. Sir Clements
induced Scott to take command of
an exploration expedition that
was being planned. In August.
1911, at the age of thirty, Scott
sailed from England on the ship
Discovery for a three year stay
in the Antarctic. On his return
to England in 1904, Scott found
himself the hero of the hour. He
iiad been raised to the post of cap-
tain, making him the youngest
Editor Times-Herald:
Last November while the
teachers of the country were at-
tending the institute in San
Marcos, they organized the “Hays
County Debating, Declamation,
and athletic League, with Mr.
Mackay of Buda as president,
The object of the league is to en-
courage and develop the art of
public speaking and athletics in
j the public schools, and to bring
the schools of the county into
closer touch with one another.
To bring about this two-fold ob-
ject there is to be held once each
year on the last Friday in March
a contest between all of the public
schools of Hays County that will
enter it.
. The public speaking part of it
is in connection with the “State
j Debate and Declamation
j League.” The state has been
; divided into sixteen districts.
Each county in each district has
its contests, and the winners of
the county contests represent
their respective counties in the
district contest. The winners of
the district contests represent
their respective districts in the
state contest held at the Univer
sity of Texas on the first Friday
Captain Robert Falcon Scott
was born at Outlands, Devonport,
the naval station on the south
coast of England, on June 6, 1868.
He entered the British Navy at
the age of fourteen, and com-
pleted a three-year cruise on the
training ship Britania. He was
then sent to the naval station at
the Cape of Good Hope, where he
served for three years. Returning
to England he elected to enter the.
torpedo service, and a few years
-a *> «**> “0‘her e7t
Scott 's family suffered financial! Antarctic expedition. The ship ineach class, each school is
reverses, and while the young! sailed southward on the actual allowed a debating team of two.
lieutenant was trying to devise voyage of discovery, from port and one representative in the dec-
s.,me means of increasing his' in- Chalmers, New Zealand, on Nov. lamation contest The same mem-
"" support of his' ———+ ^ +1—
and Saturday in May.
There are two distinct classes
—the senior and the junior. To
the senior contests all of the
public schools of a county are
eligible, but in the junior contests
only those schools which do not
offer work above the ninth grade
can be represented.
In each class there are a debate
and a declamation contest. The
captain in the navy. In 19091 OTbject for debate this year is
Captain Scott, began to raise the the Romans Suffrage question
necessary hinds to purchase the and the declamations must he
on
come, as . the
X>arents devolved oh him, lie met I
29, 1910.
The winning team in each reiay
rac'e will be presented with a
siver loving cup.
In the debate it will be neces-
-niraipjd jo S3I.T9S u oabij oj Ajus
ary debates. At the present time
only three schools—Buda, San
Marcos and Kyle— have entered
for the senior contest in debate.
These three schools have worked
out a series of six debates which
is calculated to determine the
winner from the county. Each
school will have four debates, two
at home and one at each of the
other places In case of a tie
between two schools, these two
schools will have their final de-
bate at Buda on the 28th.
In each debate the home team
will have the affirmative side,
and the visitor the negative. The
preleminary debates have been
arranged to take place according
to the folowing schedule:
(1.) Buda vs. Kyie, at Buda,
Feb. 28.
(2.) Buda vs. San Marcos, at
San Marcos, March 5.
(3.) Kyle vs. San Marcos, at
Kyle, March 10.
(4.) Buda v. Kyle,' at Kyle,
March 14.
(5.) Buda vs. San Marcos, at
Buda, March 19.
(6.) Kyle vs. San Marcos, at
San Marcos, March 24.
In case other schools of the
county decide t oenter the senior
debate, the above schedule will
have to he changed.
This plan of public speaking
and athletic contests has been
working admirably in any of the
counties of Texas for the past
three years. It is up to the public
school people of Hays County to
make it a success here.
Site
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
$80,0 0 0.«2
BACK TO NATURE.
A he n is not supposed to have
much common sense or tact, yet
every time she lays an egg she
ccakles forth the fact.
A rooster hasn’t got a lot of
intellect to show, but none the
less most roosters have enough
good sense to crow. h
The mule, the most despised of
beasts, has a persistent way of
letting people know he’s ’round
by his insistent bray.
The Buck Little Bees they
buzz; hulls bellow, and cows moo,
and w atch dogs bark, and gan-
ders quack, and doves and
bers represent the county in the
district contests and the district
in the state contests.
Hays County is in a district of
nineteen contests, comprising
Travis, Williamson, Bastrop,
Caldwell and the other counties
An this congressional district.
I The district contests will be pigeons coo.
|’’eld in Austin April 5th. The The Peacock spreads his tail
county contests will he held in and squawks; pigs squeal, and
Buda on Friday, March 28. j robing sinjg, and even serpents
j Each of the winners in the!k™w enOT,«h to hiss brfore the>~
debate and declamation, in ad-
dition to the honor of represent-
ing the county in the district
| contest will be given gold medals,
! contributed by certain public
' spirited men of the county.
! The other feature of the con-
| tests—Athletics—consists of a
; track meet te be hed on the after-
inoon of the day on which the
| public speaking contests are held.
; All public schools of the county
j are eligible to compete in this
! meet. In each ■ county the team
which wins the greatest number
of points will he presented with
MRS.
ROBERT F. SCOTT
AND SON.
The photograph shows Mrs. dine. Mrs. Scott had intended to the cup it wil he necessary to win
•••’. F. Scott, widow of the noted meet her husband at New Zealand,it. three consecutive years. In
a gifted sculptor, and has done
some very ■ '"editable work in that
THE CURTAIN CLUB.
Saturday evening at the New
Theatre, the CURT AIX CLUB
made its second annual appear-
ance in San Marcos,-placing “Le
Legataire Universal” or “The
Sole Heir,” a dramatic comedy
translated from the French for
the use of the CURTAIN CLUB
by Prof Stark Young, the founder
and coach of the CLUB. An
enthusiastic audience greeted ike
University players and evidenced
their approval of the production
throughout the play. The plot
had to do with the legacy of an
old miser, Geronte, an intriguing
valet, Crispin, who tried to divert
it from its lawful course, a hand-
some nephew, Eraste and a very
clever little maid. Lisette, who
was able to think quick and whose,
tongue was as sharp as her wit.
The old man was continually
expected to die and leave his
fortune to his nephew, who was
in love with the beautiful Isa-
belle, but seemed very tenacious
of life and in fact evidenced a
desire to wed the fair Isabelle
himself. Complications ensued,
which were worked out by the
quick wit of the very clever
tain Went down bn the fourth net
everything worked out property,
the handsome nephew got both
the ‘ legacy and Isabelle and
Lisette was achieved by Crispin.
The play and acting was high
class, artistic and above all
pleasing. Everyone enjoyed it,
from the higli-brow students of
English to the bevy of small boys
in the box. So perfect was* the
acting and the make-ups that the
audience - was oblivious to 'the
Be it
next year. For the information
of the audiencp and to the credit
of Mr. ; English, who played the
old miser be it said that it was he
who returned as the dancer. He
was off the stage less than 30 sec-
onds. ffi
CARDS OF THANKS.
We wish-to express our heart-
felt gratitude to our friends and
neighbors for tlieir kind attention
shown us during the sickness and
death of our dear husband and
father.
Mrs. I. G. Hubbard and family.
H. C. Storey left this morning,
for Ms ranch in the west.
With much ceremony, the real
work of paving the streets in
Taylor is started.
sting.
But Man, the greatest master-
piece that Nature could devise, personality of the players,___
will often stop and hesitate before said that Mr. English as the old
he’ll ADVERTISE.
—S. AY. Independent
FROM TUESDAY’S
TIMES-HERALD.
Congressman Burleson, famili-
arly known to the Austin States-
man as “Our Albert,” writes,
that he hopes to get Federal
appproriation for Border Patrol
for 1913. He should begin asking
now.
Frank Tiller is here today from
a silver loving cup, to be held hv Luli’ng.
them for one year. For a school Louis Coo was here today from
xploi’cr, and her little son, Peter
firs. Scott is a great favorite in
English social circles, because of
her charming disposition, and her
many accomplishments. She is
STORES THAT GIVE LOU A
SQUARE DEAL.
on his retnili from the south, and 1 addition to this, the team which
is now on the high seas between!wins the -greatest number of
San Francisco and the Antipodes, I points will have all of its expenses
where the news of the calamity paid to the two state high school
track meets, at A. & M. College in
April, and at the University of
Texas on the first Friday and
Saturday in May.
awaits her.
The modern storekeeper has
won his success by serving his
customers satisfactorily. This
means by giving them depend-
able merchandise, honest values, I
and good store and delivery
service. ^
The most modern and rejiabe
stores in San Marcos advertise
regularly in the TIMES-
HERALD. They advertie the
best of everything at the lowest
confidence in them. They
business on the square.
Read the advertisements in the
have permanent posession of Wimberly.
Frank Cook is here on business
from Austin
Rev. John O’Keefe, of Austin,
is to visit Ireland. -
George Neuse of Kyle is regis-
tered at the Goforth.
J. T. Studebaker was in the city
yesterday from Manchaca.
E. Stein was here from New
Braunfels yesterday ou business.
P. D. Page of Bastrop was
In Hays County the track meet
TIMES-HERALD closely and will consist of sixteen different] re£>islered at the Hofheinz yester-
constantly every day and patron-
ize the stores that ’ give you a
square deal.
Minstrels; is here today, making
arrangements for a date for the
big tent show here, to be here on
Tuesday, March the 4th, the day
the Demonstration Train is here;
and the day that AVoodrow Wii-
■wi.ee for which it can he sold, son takes his seat. This colored
They have bright, airy, and pleas
at stores, well informed and
accomodating salespeople, and
strive to give their customers the
best service obtainable.
You can rely upon the printed
word of these merchants and have promised.
aggregation, of which C. U.
Erickson is the owner, manager,
and megaphone, is said to be the
paragon in fun purveying, and
the real thing in genuine planta-
tion melody—a -great program is
events, three of which are junior
day.
events. In these three no pupil
can contest who has passed his Q .
fifteeth birthday, or who is above staples
the seventh grade in the school
which he represents. The events
and the order in which they will
occur are as follows: 50 yd.
dash; Shot put; 100 yd. dash;
High jump; 50 vd. dash, junior
A. P. Linebarger and C. F.
Bost were in the city today from
SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTER-
TAINMENT.
At Miss Rebecca Smith’s home
on the corner of Burleson and
Wood Streets, was held an enter-
miser, was the star performer.
His enterpretation of the old man
was specially good and merited
the appreciation of the audience.
Perhaps the most popular player
in the cast was Lisette, who in
University circles is known as
Adrian Levy, the little brother of
Marion Levy. This young man
was so natural and so graceful
in his feminine part that his
masculine identity was entirely
overlooked. Special mention is
to be made of Air. Barrell, who
took the part of Crispin and dis-
g’uised as the visiting nephew and
niece. He made a handsome
Crispin, a tyrannical nephew and
a splendid niece. ffi
It lias been a long time since
the San Alarcos first rowers have
seen as beautiful a young lady as
the fair Isabelle. A young lady
of natural beauty, figure divine,
wonderful shoulders, glorious
hair and such a smile. Be it said
that a member of the stage
shifers themselves did not know
that the contents of this make-up
was a nineteen year old boy. Air.
Stout may not be a success as a
young man, hut as a fair lady he
is a paragon.
The scenery was the work of
Air. Young and exhibited much
taste and ingenuity, especially of
note
Hammer throw,; 1-2 mile run;
Pole vaut; 440 yd. run; 120 yd.
dash, junior; 1 mile run; Discus
hurl; 220 yd. run; Running broad
jump; 1-2 mile relay race, junior;
1 mile relay race.
The winners of the first and
second place in each event will
receive silver and bronze medals.
tainment given by her to Dr.
Comb’s Sunday School Class, of
the ATethodist Church.
The entire program was carried
out to the George AYashington
idea. The different contests were
the feature of the evening that
was most highly enjoyed by all
present. Punch was served
throughout the evening.
Airs. Frank Donalson is much
better this evening, being rational
and resting easy, and hopes are
entertained for her ultimate
recovery
Talking about jumping from
the frying pan into the fire—two
ears of bats are shipped from
Portland, Ore., to Port Arthur
and other Texas points, to evtenu-
inate the mosquitoes.
NOTES FROM THE NORMAL
To date the enrollment is 543,
and because of the rather strict
entrance requirements the attend-
ance is holding up exceptionally
well. There is every evidence
that a number of new students
will enter at the beginning of the
spring term.
The Senior girls have about
finished the organization of their
tennis club, and the work will go
forward no\V in earnest.
One of the most important
gatherngs of the year was that in
the Auditorium yesterday, in
which all the student bodies of
the town eo,-operated. This was
a reli-gious gathering, looking
forward to the better organization
and more effective work of the
religions associations of the
student bodies of the world.
Next Saturday evening we have
our sixth number of the Normal
Lyceum course. Air. Banks, who
headed the excavation expedition
of the University of Chicago to
the Orient, and who has been in
constant demand as a lecturer
since his return to Amerisa, will
present his famous lecture.
AYeather predictions indicate
warmer weather.
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A. B. Jones and wife of Austin
were registered at the Goforth
yesterday.
Gov. Colquitt checkmates Presi-
dent Taft’s dilatory methods, by
rushing state troops to the border.
Reports from Matamoras are dis-
quieting, to say the least.
Airs. Parrott, formerly of this
was the art glass window, place, writes from Colorado that
the handsome andirons and the
candlelahras. JAlr. [Young is a
great stickler for correctness in
details in his productions and the
scene in the house of Geronte
proves this to be true. For the
young men and their coach ex-
pressed themselves as pleased
with their stop at San Alarcos
and assured the management that
they. would certainly be hack
she lias heard that in parts of
Texas there have been two inshes
of snow. To her this sounds very
little as she lives where he can
see a mountain that is covered
with snow throughout the year.
It was Airs. Parrott’s intention to
spend the winter in San Alarcos
for she says that San Alarcos has
a climate superior to that of
Colorado. \
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