The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 2, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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(•Hip itiiHumlimu'
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY THE SCHOOL
YEAR BY THE STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
ESTABLISHED 1907 TWENTY SECOND YEAR
VOLUME XXII NUMBER -9
GEORGETOWN TEXAS TUESDAY. ARP 2. 1929
Attend
Revival This
Week
Athletic Council Awards Ten
Letters to Members of Cage Team
SOUTHWESTERN
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Last week tin1 girls’ debating tram
met a tram from Oklahoma. This
is the tirst time Southwestern lias
had an intercollegiate debate for
girls and it proved to be real inetr-
esting. The girls had some strong
points in their debates and their de-
liveries were on the equal with any
of the boy debaterts. Why not have
more intercollegiate debates for the
girls? Those that attended the de-
bate enjoyed it and more like the
one just held would afford some in- j
teresting and educational entertain-
ment. .
J -o-
Tin? Athletic Council has awarded
ten letters in basketball. The more
men that they letter the better teams
Southwestern will have, because the
ambition of anyone coming out for
a team is to make a letter. Willi
the awarding of more letters it will
be possible to get more boys out for
the teams. This year’s basketball
team was a hustling bunch and ev-
ery one of them deserved their let-
ter. •'
What has become of the amend-
ments that were to be proposed to
Southwestern's honor system? At a
meeting of the class committees sev-
eral weeks ago it was agreed upon to
present the suggested changes to the
students’ association, but they have
not been submitted. There were
some good changes suggested and
they should be put before the stu-
dents.
The Southwestern Choral Club
made many friends for Southwestern
on their annual tour which was made
between terms. The university of-
ficials have received numerous let-
ters from people that are praising
the singing and the conduct of the
girls while on the trip. The students
should be proud of such a good cho-
rd club. It begins to look as tho
the Glee Club will not get to make a
trip this year. For the past several
years the club has always made a
trip, but this year Dean Meyer is
having trouble in booking dates due
to the fact that so many other glee
clubs are also booking dates. A trip
is being planned for the valley but
unless a few more towns are added
to the list the trip will not be made.
--o-
“Spring is come! Any night ov-
er at the little store and around the
administration building after six
o’clock love can lie seen taking its
, toll. Boys and girls are scattered
on tkfigWwn thinking of the distant
i' future (?). Some have suggested
that Miss Kirk allow the girls to
fly OUT 'IlfftlT ‘seVen tTirfly* ITns' term
instead of seven so that they will
have longer to sit around on the
grass and enjoy the weather.
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Mr. Williams attended the State
meet.jny 0f the .Political Science As-
sociation which met in Austin last
Friday and Saturday. Mr. Young
and Mr. Heater also attended.
Largest Number of Basket-
ball Players to Get Let-
ters in Several Years
The Athletic Council met last week
and awarded basketball letters to
the following men: (’apt. Brannen,
Whittle, Newton, Mikulik, Seamans,
G. Smith, A. Smith, Williams, Frank-
lin and Satiny. This is the largest
number of lettermeu in basket ball
that Southwestern has had for sev-
eral years. Seamans, (1. Smith and
Newton will wear the coveted “8”
for their first time.
The lettering <rf ten men is not a
surprise to Pirate followers, as the
ten men mentioned above are all of
tirst class ability and showed up well
for I he Pirates. The Pirate quintet,
under the able guidance of Captain
Brannen, won second place in the
Texas Conference, losing only to the
powerful Simmons team.
Th(> feature of the past season was
the playing of Slim Whittle, who led
the conference in individual scor-
ing. He was chosen as all-confer-
ence center, and in his next two
years at Southwestern he should de-
velop into the best center in Texas.
The team next year should easily
win the conference, as Mikulik is |
the only man that will graduate Sev-
eral good men should be out for the
team from this year’s freshman class.
-<*>-;—
Oscar Seagle to
Sing Here Apr.
Oscar Scaglc. the eminent Amer-
ican teacher of singing, and well-
known baritone, lias been engaged
by the university to deliver a lecture
and give a song recital here April
'2'2. Exact hours for the two occa-
sions will be announced later. Mr.
Seagle is I lit* most renowned expo-
nent of the DeKeske school of vocal
methods, having been one of the
most famous pupils of the celebrat-
ed tenor, .lean Deltesks. For the
past twenty years he has maintained
a large school of voice training, and
thousands of pupils have come under
his instruct ion from all parts of this
country. On several occasions lie
has spent much time teaching in
France. A number of musicians in
this section have studied under Mr.
Seagle. Claire Payne, formerly
toucher of voice at Southwestern,
was one of his enthusiastic pupils.
Mrs. Grace Gillett McGinnis of
Georgetown ami Dallas, studied
abroad with him some years. Helen
Gillett studied for a time with him
at Scroon Lake, his summer school.
Negro Singers
Render Splendid
Chapel Program
i
Hereford Talks | Yearbook Mow Being Printed;
During Chape!I Vi ill Be Completed in May
Pr,a. .,f E,lio,. l).-|,a. 1-j Pjra[p VlItTS
niont talks on •Lliarae-
tor Building’
To Meet Jackets
Professor F.. II. Hereford of tin
Educational Department of Southwes
tern, who is now on a vear's leau
of absence and is doing teaching ami I
studying in the l 'diversity of Texas,
gave a very interesting talk to the i
jstudeiits dining the chapel period last |
Thursday.
I he subject was ‘•Building (liar- i
aetcr’’ and a. very interesting dis
mission was given. The talk wits cut j
short due to t lie lack of t i me. I n 1
giv ing it definition o! character he t
•said that ‘‘character was an ncciimti-
lution ot untunll. mental, moral ami j
physical facts which distinguish a j
man from his companions. Two <>11 ■ i
er good definitions were given but j
they both revert back to one given
abov e.
\S1 Material Is Now in the
Hands of the Print-
ers
The 1929 Sou'wester stuff has per-
formed a task this year that very
seldom happens. A promise was
made to the students last fall that
t lie\ should receive their annual ear-
lier than they ever have before, and
sure enough, the book has been com-
pleted. Mr. Humphrey left for
Houston the first of the week in or-
der to direct the printing of the
book, which will start Wednesday.
This is the tirst time in many years
1 hat a Sout h west ern * yearbook has
gone to press si early.
It' no accidents should occure dur-
Triuity team and bothjbig the process of the printing of
three matches. The Pi i the book, the Hein Publishing Co.
Will Leave for Brownwood
Thursday. Jackets Have
Two Stars
The Pirate tennis team will leave
Georgetown Thursday .afternoon for
Brownwood u dicer they will meet
the Howard Payne uetters Friday at
t e moon. The live men that will
make the trip are Gray. Moss. Wil
cox. 11 umphtvy a ml Blown.
This will be the second dual meet
ul the season for the Pirate team.
Earlier in the season the uetters
played
Annual Easter
Service Held
For Seniors
Tradition of Southwestern
is Observed Before a
Large Audience
A cap and gown may be hard to
get but it was harder to keep (Sun-
day morning when the Seniors of ’29
donned their robes for the first time.
Sunday morning March just tried
to see how much mischief it could
do on its very last day, and led the
unfortunate Seniors quite a life—
clutching madly at the caps and bil-
lowing gowns. Tradition has it at
Southwest(>rn that on Easter morn-
ing the Seniors bedecked in their
caps and gowns are guests of honor
iit the University Methodist Church.
At eleven o’clock the Seniors, led
by two M. A. students, Mrs. Alice
Marsh and Ernest Hardin and I lie
class officers, Richard Heaeock, pres-
ident, and Beverly Harvey, secre-
tary, marched from the high school
building to the church. '1 lie dunior
class followed the Senior procession.
Special music was rendered by the
church choir. Tlic sermon for the
morning was delivered by Rev. Ed-
mund Heinsohn oil the topic, "If a
Man Died.”
Hollister
Do you know' why 4b many stn-
dehts throughout the Southwest love
tho name “Hollister”? Why did n
girl the other day say, “The highest
ambition of my life is to get to go
to Hollister?” If is time to begin
thinking about “Hollister ’29.” Many
students are -already thin king tvnr1
planning about it. The conference
at Hollister this year meets June 4-
14. If you are inteersted in know-
ing more about it, ask B. F. Jackson
or some of the Y. M. C. A. boys who
have been to Hollister.
.........
Elizabeth Green, Florine Stocklas,
and Lucy Martin went to Rosebud
for the week-end.
The dmpel period Wednesday morn-
ing was enjoyed by till those present
due to the fact that tin interesting
program was given by the Choral club
of the Sam Houston Normal, of .Aus-
tin, a school for negroes. The dean
I became very unpopular when lie dis-
missed chapel as everyone present was
expecting more music.
The first number given by the ne-
groes was by a quartet. The quartet
was well received and they sang three
selection-: ‘‘()I<1 Folks,’’ ‘‘(Hd Mc-
Donald’s Farm.’’ and ‘‘Heart
Trials’’, Following the quartet two
solos were rendered. The songs were
given as follows: ‘ ‘ Cut il ’ ’ ami ‘‘Son-
ny Boy.’’ Following the solos a mix-
ed quartet presented a ‘ ‘ Itcga lett a
which was very interesting.
The program was one of the best
that has been given this year in chap-
el and ti few like it would make ■chap-
el easier to attend. A small collec-
tion after the program helped to ile-
j fray the Choral ( lub’s expense to
George! ow n.
Dr. Killis Campbell
Lectures Faculty Club
Dr. Killis Campbell of the English
Department of Texas C n i versify re
lilted how many erroneous ideas
about Edgin' Allen Poe originated in
an address on "The Myths of Poe"
before the Faculty Club of South-
western University Monday. March
2f>t h.
Dr. Campbell is possibly the
worlds' best authority on Poe, and
is the author of the text used in the
Poe class in this school, lie was the
visiting professor in Columbia Uni-
versity last year.
Tho -distinguished lecturer com-
mended the Poo Library of South-
western highly, stating that it is
comparable to any library lie had
seen, and that it eontiined many rare
volumes that his library did not con-
tain.
Tho Poo class which, under the di-
rection of Mr*. Rrrtti Ferguson, was
allowed to bo present at the meet
ing. This was an unusual hi or as
students, by rule of tho club, are
not allowed to attend the meetings.
The profitable evening’s entertain-
ment was consummated by attractive
refreshments. Mesdames M. L. Wil-
liams, J. C. Godbey, and Ruth Fergu-
son, and Prof. H. L. Gray were the
hosts of the evening.
t cam
rates intend to annex their lir-t win j guarant cos that the books will bo
‘‘Character cannot be banded down j (m Pridav bv trampling the Jacket ready for final distribution by May
from a parent to his off spring but ) uetters. J I 1th. Oh, boy! and it may bo even,
it' niu-t be cultivated ami created."j qqH. strength of the Jackets B not I 1 arlier. There will bo plenty of
very well known, but they have t vvn | 'm,“ to look thru the book two or
good men in < nnady and A rnspi rgcr.
These two men will make a good
day the youth either makes a good or j ,|„llM(.s t(„m ;illl| slloll|,| yivi. i;l(nvn
had character. The youth is not con
In the olden days, according to Here-
ford, our parents helped mold our
diameter to a great extent but to-
nected with his parents as much today I
as he formerly was.
Hereford gave three essentials ncees- I
sarv to build a good character. Tlicv j
were: have a good ditinition of char-i
aider so you will know vvliat you are|
seeking: have a regular program of
life; and refuse to lower your set of j
standards, In closing lie said : ‘‘I I
would trade a ton or two of knowl-
edge for one ounce- of faith.’’ In or
-tier to have a good character vve must
have faith in humanity and God.
Girls Del wte
Team Loses 2-1
S. U. Gills Lose Hanl
Fought Argument to
Oklahoma School
;t nil Mg
three dozen times, secure two or
three hundred autographs, personal
notes, and a chance to enjoy tho
book as has not been the case hcre-
to-fore.
plenty of com|ad it ton.
Students-IVtuke More than likely the students are
Arrangements for I'"T
lilt's are, what the art mom is, to
\ OUr Annual! whom it is dedicated, who got into
| the choker section, and vvliat the
The Sou'wester will be out in a j snapshots look like.
(Continued on last page)
diort while, for il ha- already
o press. We know every stu-
Bast Friday evening al s o'clock
1 Southwest ern's girl debating team
lost a hard fought debate to the girls
team of Oklahoma Baptist Universi-
ty by a 2 to I decision. Southwes j
tern’s girl team composed of Mary
Elizabeth Fox and Kathryn Baggett
upheld the aflirmat ive side of the
question, “Resolved, That a jttrv svs-
(lent will desire a book.
Many of the students have not
paid up their registration, and if
von have not, please see Bill Dii k
son a t once. A Iso, i f yon a re a mem
ber of some organization and have
not paid your dues, attend to this
matter ’ i m tiled ia t ely.
11' you ha v e not been in si hoot
but one or two terms and yeti do
sire tin annual, make arrangements
as <iiii<-k as possible.
There will be a number of extra |
annuals and they will be put on sale.
It von desire one to send to some of
viiiir friends, send in your name now
so vve will be able to sa v e you a n
ext ra one.
S. U. Publishes
Univ. Bulletin
Contains Interesting Pic-
tures am! Information
Concerning Univ.
-i'-
San Jacinto Elects
Spring' Term Officers
At the lirst meeting of the s
of five or seven trained jurists term, of San Jacinto Biter:irv Si
should bo substituted for the present
system in both civil and criminal
cases.”
The main contention of the allirm
alive upheld by Miss Elizabeth Fox
was that the present .jury svstem is
founded upon these false theories:
it is impractical and it is inadequate.
Miss Kathryn Baggett contended
that the present jury system is in
efficient and inadequate and that a
system of live or seven jurists would
be a desirable substitute and a much
bettor system than the one which
exists today.
After laying down all the details
of the working out of the proposed
system of the (ive or seven trained
jurist system, the aflimativc attacked
the Oklahoma team very vigorously
on the main contention of the discus-
sion. On nearly every point the .af-
firmative met the negative with very
sfTOng arguments and the audience
was very undecided as to who the
winners would be until Dean Ull-
rich, the chairman of the debate,
read out the third and deciding vote
of the judges.
Earlier in the season Southwestern
met Trinity and T. (J. U. in a tri-
angle debate on the same subject.
On March ' 2Q another triangle de-
bate will be waged between South-
d y, the
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bolts.
Societv Editor Cecil Scrbornugh.
C. B. Fuller, the retiring president,
gave a very interesting valedictory
speech. San Jacinto is looking for
ward to a great spring term. Any
members who are staying away on
the account of dues to the society
must remember that the .. count of
the societv must be met before it is
possible for them to get their an-
nuals. Let’s make tins the biggest
spring term in the history of San
J ncinto.
The Southwestern Cniversify Bui*
tiu has jii-t come off the press. The
i Cnivcrsity i-sttes a bulletin every
quarter and the one just issued is
i the second one to be issued this year.
The bulletin is composed of sever-
al enmpu-. ami university scenes, in-
cluding the building-. The hist, page
of the bullet in is given over to a
'shell write up concerning the possi-
bilities to be had at Southwestern.
[Seventeen hundred graduates, sevett-
prittg 'teen thousand ix students, and live
J hundred students enrolled annually
I (Man ! honor Sent livve-t ern as their Alma
M a t e r.
"Southwestern organized t lor first
Intercollegiate Oratorical Associa-
tion in Texas; founded the Seholar-
I ship Societies of the South, of which
there are now twenty nine member
[colleges in three states; organized
! the Methodist student Federation in
Texas; and holds annually the South-
western Church Music Conference.”
"Student tic tv it ics center upon
four religious organizations; three
puldieat nuns The Megaphone, The
Southwestern Magazine, and The
Sou’wester; oratorical contests and
intercollegiate debates; intramural
sports, and intercollegiate athletics,
holding a membership in the Texas
Conference. Four fraternities and
four sororitise have chapters on tho
campus. The Fir,ate Band, the Lit-
tle Symphony Orchestra, the Men*B
Glee Club, and the Women’s Choral
Club afford opportunity for students
with music talent."
very good girl debating teams should Remember the girls basketball
be found at Southwestern. Both i guinea and go out and eheer for yonr
^Miss Fox and Miss Baggett will be J class. Let ’s put some real spirit into
ready to answer to the debating call
next fall.
these intra-mural contests.
One Cent Sale at Mtelnnis
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