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CAMPUS
CHAT
VOLUME IV
NORTH TEXAS STATE NORMAL COLLEGE DENTON, TEXAS. APRIL 16. 1920
NUMBER & % 7
NORMU LOSES DEMTE COMMENCEMENT HAY TO J\KDQ|— / NORMAL HOMS KCMW PROf. JOHN 1 LOMU
KH-nK H CANTON KGRENST BUMUSIS
1. Why in April 9. 1920, a date Mia* Alice Sigworth of the
long to be remembered? Reading department has chosen for
Because Mr. H. M. Adkins and the commencement play. “A Night
Mr. J. H. Bass won the debate at Off.” She says, this is the funniest
Canyon Normal College. play she saw while in Boston this
2. But what else happened on winter. It varies in view point
April 9, 1920? from “Charlie’s Aunt,” for this has
Miss Mayfield’s class in the the teachers' point of view while
Home Economics department sen'- the other had the point of view of
ed a most delicious luncheon in the the students. “A night Off" prom-
beautiful dining room of the de- isos to be the best play given this
partment. in honor of the four de- year, for the entire cast has had
baters. Kind words between the training in the Dramatic club. The
rivals, gay stories from our genial cast is as follows:
judge. Mr. Scott of Dallas, the Justinian Bobbitt, (a professor of
privilege (later on) of exploring ancient history in Camptown Un-
the kitchen whence came so manyi iversity) ............I. L. Boren
good things, are all pleasant mem- Harry Damask (his son-in-law)
orje„ ■ ............................ John Hansard
3. Yes. that must have been a lack Mulberry (in pursuit of for-
good time. But. the event of the tune under name of Chumley)
evening, the debate—how did that Jesse Rhodes
gn? Lord Mulberry (in pursuit of Jack)
Ah. that question is not so easy! -------- ( alvin Jones
Well, if I must answer—the judges Marcus Brutus Snap (in pursuit of
all awarded the victory to the de- fame and fortune under various
baters from Commerce! And that legitimate aliases) Floyd Moore
Mr. Breckenridge and Cranshaw. Mrs Zantippa Bobbitt (professor
earned their success, even their of con jugal management in Pro-
rivals can say, by strong speeches fessois household) lla Tippit
that kindled and deepened one’s Nisbe (the young "imp” of the
C.LC. TICKET I
CARRY ELECTION
IK I DOUBLE SFt-TO IICTUKS M BAUMS
P
The ticket for the 1921 Yucca
put out by the two girls’ clubs was
These are games that make you Wednesday night Professor John
happy. A. Lomax of the University of
There are games that make you Texas delivered a lecture on the
a *n<L cowboy ballads he has collected.
GIRLS ELECT FOUR MOST IM- There are games that cheer the In beginning Mr. Lomax told of the
PORTANT CANDIDATES. bleachers. cor. titions under which these songa
And a few that make ’em glad; were composed and handed down
There are games of brilliant play- by word of mouth, until the present
«ng time. Typical songs from his col-
considered victor in the election!That occasionally you see. lection were reeited to illustrate the
held Wednesday afternoon. With R,lt ,he best. no matter how Vou character of the cowboy and to
little time to prepare their staff. won 11 • *how something of the life he led.
the girls carried out a campaign^8 game that s a victory! The old cattle trail ran by the
that is unique in the annals of the Normal was able to add two home of Mr. Lomax when he was a
college. The four candidates on ni"n* notc*leH to h**r v*c*orv totem boy living in Bosque county, and he
the combined girls’ ticket that a defeat of Decatur Fri- told of hearing the songs of the
were elected were the editor-in- ,,HV and Sa»urdav* by the score 3 puncher as they drove the cattle
chief, the associate editor, the art to 2 an,i 5 In tbf *"Hial on-1to the northern ranges. However,
editor, and the athletic editor,
which is considered the four most
important offices on the Yucca
staff. The college life editor and
the class editor were on both tkk-!'nu^ Normal be-
ets. being originally chosen bv the|*an ear,v anH Put a^ro,,,, a run
Lee Literary Society. th“ first inn,n* We,,( off w,th
Voting began at 2:30 p. m.. at'" *"»*'«*• Wilkerw,n WM hit, B,°‘h
the Places designated for the four moved UP *hpn Newman sing ed.
( lasses with carefully prepared Ww,t wa8 fonef1 out at the
lists to prevent repeating. In all. Iwhen hit to £**»»»• "
509 votes were cast, a little more kpnM,n when ^nn\9y boot-
ed Bradley’s grounder. Brooks
counter. Cook. Normal heaver, had jt was not until he went east to
the Raptists thoroughly subdued | college that he realised the value
all afternoon, hour widely scat- „f these ballads and began to make
tered hits was the best that they H collection of them.
Mr. Iximax sang several of his
poems and asked the audience to
join in with the chorus of a few
of the songs that were familiar.
difficulty in handling the crowds at I when T)ickaon got ,,f* on <,|ub delightfully entertained
the voting booths,
counted in the off!
in.ere-t in thn Immi*r.tlnn „u«- h,.u»nhnl,l| Willi. H Herbert . third of the -Indent, in ‘J**,'enter «nd the innin, w..
tion Furthermore the ea.\ net- Antrelie. D.ma-k (the elde.t) •olleiee. The heavle-t part of the .. .
oral delivery of both speakers help- Jolly B. Pitts was in the early part of the _________ ^ A _____T_
ed rather than marred the thought. Susan (the “brassiest") ......... | (fternoon. although there was little mra’
Their work was a credit both to Anna Lou Walker
themselves and to their teacher, -
Miss Eleanor Jack of the Com- THAT CANYON TRIP.
merce Normal faculty. We are -
glad to lose to such worthy op- Out at (’anvon they know a good
ponents. thing when they see it. That’s why
4. So North Texas Normalites the debate was such a big event
are good losers! That is well! last Friday. Bless you. they didn't
But to the real question—how did let two lonesome little debaters
nur debaters acquit themselves? sneak into town unnoticed and fur-
a. One can say sincerely that nish them with just enough audi-
Mr. O. R. Tipps ranks among the ence to dampen the ardor of their
best of all the debaters from the eloquence. No. sir! When Bass
three Normals. Durant. Commerce and Adkins pulled into the station
and North Texas. a mob of yelling, cheering students
b. Mr. H. H. Wellborn did good were there to welcome them. They
WOMAN'S FACULTY CLUB
MEETS.
On Tuesday evening, April the
Decatur’s first came in the thirteenth, the Woman’s Faculty
The votes were
and shown to
(he crowd below by bulletin boards.
The candidates and the "box
score” follows:
Kditor-in-Chief:
R. H. Brannan 242.
Ann Patrick 266.
Associate Editor:
H. H. Wellborn 181.
Maydell Wallace 525.
Athletic Editor:
E. O. Hutchinson 261.
(lien McCracken 267.
Class Editor:
Virginia Shaw 506.
an error after two were out. Barnes
flied to center and Wilson failed
to bold the ball, while Dickson
crossed the plate. Normal added
one run in the third and another
in the fourth. Decatur’s second
and last came in the eighth.
at the Music hall by the following
hosteaaea: Mesdames Marquis,
Mai tin, A. A. Miller, L. L. Miller.
Misses Mayfield, Moore, Wear and
Parrill.
The guests were seated in groups
of nine, those holding odd numbers
Saturday’s game was a weird progressing after a short time to
I exhibition of baseball. Kirk. De-1 the next group until all had joined
catur’a moundsman, working with in conversation. An interesting
h two run lead, the present of his guessing contest lent ita fun to the
team mates in the fourth, held evening, after which old eonga
Normal to one hit for six innings,: were enjoyed. The lingers were
but with the seventh came disaster, then rewarded with ice cream
With one down. Newman hit down cones.
first base line. Hughes followed At the close of a moat pleasant
evening the
meet again
Myra Goods 238.
with another single. Wilson whiff-
ed for the second out. Meachum
drew transportation and the hags eleventh,
were crowded. Bradley, coming
up in the pinch, hit a beauty to
left field. Both Wilkerson and
N’ewman counted. Meachum
scored when Roberts hit between
first and second. Ballard ended
the round with a strikeout.
After Decatur had two out In
club adjourned to
Tuesday, May the
work, for he entered earnestly in- dragged them off that train and
to the speech, holding the interest shook their hands and passed them 0r®an'*a,ions Editor:
of his hearers, upon the Immigra- around as if two old friends had kann'p Mae Brown 289.
tion question. We should all ap- come back. Then they carried Jf»hn Hines 217.
preciate his faithful work for ourUhem nut to the college and went Ar^ditor:
Normal especially as he entered about making them thoroughly “to
this debate only about two weeks hum." Along about dinner time , ,,a*e* k,°yd 260.
before the eventful date. Mt. the Home Economics department aml Editor:
Owsley, who had been previously gave them a meal, which would J°bnni'' Thorn509.
chosen on the team, having with- have looked like a plot to incapa- * "'I***** Editor:
drawn from school. cltate them for debating that ^ e,rT|a Kinr 311.
5. What other good times did night, had it not been shared by Robin,,on
the debaters have? the Canyon debaters and debating
After the debate Miss Sigworth committee. w . „ _____w._______
and her mother entertained the de- It might seem that when the Hn<* Adkins, made short talks, at "MP ,0 board*. Newman at-
baters and several members of the fatal hour arrived that evening, tbp students’ request. Then they 11 ( »L-h off the planks
faculty. Mrs. Sigworth served ice Canyon would have slackened up to°k the boys out to see the Can- *,ut wa* In the at-1^ 34
cream and cake—appreciation of , on her cordiality and shown her v,'n- * wonderful sight, before they "H1* hp vT*gh*rt into th® fpnr<“ Lee Literary Society, 7:00 p. m.
which was unmamd by the recent own debaters a little partiality; Anally lei them catch their train Hn< f,,r a mompnt '°"t track of the
struggle with our rivals. Of course but not s bit of it. The auditorium f°r borne. ball. Strange enough the ball was
the four debaters were as friendly was ablaze of color, but for every Altogether now. three cheers for nowhere to be seen. Newman aid-
the eighth Ballard passed Fr^nsly. > _
‘hapel. next morning, both Bass WH8 nPxt “F aml hlt a long Choral Club. 4:30 p. m.—Audi-
torium.
Arts and Craft Club, 4:80 p. m.
together as at the 5:30 luncheon. streamer of red there was a stream- Hass and three for Adkins, who e‘* other fielders made a fren-
6. Do you want North Texas <*r of green. Cheers were given won *be debate: and three more /ipd bunt for the ball while both
Normal to enter into the Intercol- for Canyon and an equal number'loud ones for Canyon, who showed Decatur men trotted home After _ ttmi
legiate debates next year? for Denton. At the opening of "* something along the hospitality both had crossed the plate the hall m._Dean’s office.
Well. I guess’ Don’t you? iceremonies a boquet was given the line' foun,^ "nugly hidden in a little
—Ue Hall.
Reagan Literary Society, 7:00 p.
m.—Girls’ Reading Room.
MONDAY—
Campus Chat’
Staff, 6:80 p.
7. Are Commerce, Canyon, and)Canyon debater*, and its exact du-
North Texas Normal Colleges
jealous rivals or friends?
What a stupid question! Friends,
of course t Havent’s you heard Dr.
Bruce aak both faculty and stu-
dents to be loyal to all the Texaa
Normals? Don’t we always do as
he mllml
"A true friend/' says Bed, “is
he who knew that you are no
food, but who ie able to forget
It"
plicate to Bass and Adkina. And
then came the debate. That de-
bate, students, ought to be a cause
for pride to all of us, and not less
so to Canyon. According to the
opinion of men who knew. H would
have done credit to any college in
the United States. Of eenrse, we
won; for as Mr. Marquis said,
“That’s what the team went three
hundred miles to do."
Defeat dMa’t affect Canyon’s
hospitality, though; aad they gave
our team all the heaer it deeenred.
hole just under the two-by-four at
o i____ .... .__... .. the bottom of the fence. Decatur
So learn, that when the time comes .
......... . . retired without further damage.
ror you to min thoee innumerable ... . . . „
.. After two were out in Normal’s
u/k . * t i * »ku 4 half of the round Newman hit safe-
Who ro out into the |r..t world |y> „
Where each shall All hit place
In the glowing halls of Mfe,
Thou go not as a student out of
afraid
But upheld and encouraged by an
inenhauatabie adwttoa,
Approach thy work aa aae who
trained is
Enters the game ts tHa
third on a paused ball, scoring on
Hughes single. Hughes moved up
on a wild throw and scored whan
Petty let Broak’e greunder through
him. Brooks was caught at second
for the last out. Dacatur was not
able to alter the situation In the
ninth.
(
•n sage I)
TUESDAY—
Choral Club, 4:80 p. m.—Audi-
torium.
Glee Club. 6:80 p. ra —GWe’
Reading Room.
WEDNESDAY—
Band, 7:00 p. m.—Manual Arts
Building.
THUBBDAY—
Y. W. C. A., 6:99 p. m.—Ghrlrf
Reading Room.
Glee Club, 6:90 p. i
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