The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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The College Star
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Teachers College
SEE THE
“SHOW OFF”
VOLUME 21
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY’, FEBRUARY 20, 1929
NUMBER 20
Bobcats Meet Pirates
in Court Game Tonight
Abilene Christian College to Be Here Friday and
Saturday for Two Games. .
The Bobcats will meet the Southwestern Pirates tonight for
the second time this season. The Bobcats took the first game,
played at Georgetown, by a 25 to 16 score. The Pirates are com-
ing over with all confidence of miaking the count even; so the
game promises to be a fast one.
Whittle, Brannenr and Mikulik are
great player,s and promise to make it
tough for the Cats. The Cats’
strength will be increased, as Brandt,
a recent Victim of the flu, will prob-
ably be back in the line-up.
The BbhcatiPirate game can al-
ways promise plenty of thrills and ex-
citement, and a large crowd is ex-
pected to be out Wednesday night.
W. A. A. HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
The W. A. A. had its regular month-
ly meeting, February 13, in the Girls’
Club Room. Several items of interest
were discussed. The problem of
sweaters came up, and it was decided
that the girls ais a whole would rath-
er have gold sweaters with the block-
ed “T” than maroon sweaters with
T. I. P. A. Contest
Closes March Ninth
Every spring the Texas Intercol-
legiate Press Association holds a
contest. For the past few years our
college has been victorious in several
of the departments, although up ’till
the last year, there has been little
direction of creative writing in this
school. In the last year, with the
A. C. C. to Play Here Friday
and Saturday.
The Cats will complete their season
Demonstration School
Players Win Inter-
City Dramatic Meet
The custom of an annual inter-city
one-act play contest was inaugurated
last Friday evening when the local
High School, Academy, and Demon-
stration School each presented a one-
act play to a very large and appre-
Auds-
games are T. I. A. A. games, and will tonum.
toe well worth watching. There is 1 llP
not much dope on A. C. C., hut a hard
scrap can be expected.
It will be the last game for Vest,
Blackman, and Porter.
an old English “T”. So far, oi^yi! development of the Scribbler’s Club
three of these sweaters have been I and the publication of two literary
awarded, but this year several more magazines we ought to win many
girls will probably be eligible. Quite ! more first places,
a bit of interest is shown in the newly ! This contest is open to any student
organized Tennis club, which meets1 in S. W. T. T. C. The manuscript
on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Ella j shall have been written since he was
SoRelle and Alice Grametbaur were ! ,in college. The editorial, feature
selected as Gallardians to represent! story and news article must have been
the W. A. A. in the forthcoming elec- ! published before the contest. With
.tion. In harmony with the nearness j the others previous publication is op-
I of Valentine Day, the game of Hearts jtional. It is desirable that all manu-
played. Afterwards, delicious j scripts be typewritten.
’ " ' The following is a list of the types
of writing to be judged:
1. Newspaper.
2. Editorial.
3. News Article.
4. Feature Story.
5. Poem.
6. One-Act Play.
7. Familiar Essay.
8. Formal Essay.
9. Literary Magazine.
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NEWMAN CLUB
ENJOYS PARTY
refreshments were served, and the
crowd took home a Valentine souve-
nir to place in the book of memories.
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FISH GO THROUGH
ANOTHER ORDEAL
The “Show Off” to be
Presented 23 and 25
Play by College Theatre Given Under Auspices
of the College “Y”.
The College Theatre, in co-operation with the “Y” organiza-
tions, will present to the public a three-act play, “The Show Off”,
by George Kelly, in the College Auditorium, February 23 and 25.
The proceeds from this performance will go to the College Y. W.
C. A. and Y. M. C. A.
SENIORS ENJOY
VALENTINE PARTY
Acquit Themselves Heroically in
Mid-Term English Test.
The Fish did not attend Chapel last
! Tuesday. Neither did the upper-
The Demonstration School group j classmen, for that matter. In fact
won the first place by giving a credi-
table performance of Dan Tothero’s
“Pearls”. The members of the caste,
On the evening of the annual cele-
bration of the triumph of cupid and
Valentine his patron saint, the Seniors
enjoyed a most enthusiastic party.
This party was given by the Seniors,
to the Seniors, for the Seniors, and all
enjoyed themselves accordingly.
The Valentine motif was predomi-
there was no Chapel thaVday, nor any 5TSh
merriment. Members and friends
gathered around bunco tables under
loose Fish on the Hill, either. And it
was all because of an intermittent
JSSSr. eta
and help the Cats win their last I family love, which wastbe motivating i dragnet—yes,
all of them; shy 101
games.
the exciting games Miss Veselka,
high point player, was awarded
The “Show Off” gives a very spiri-
ted portrayal of the type of character
known generally as a “bluffer”. His
character is accentuated by bis ap-
pearance in contrast with a group of
average, American people, who pride
themselves upon their amount of
common-sense. Such a bragging, ego-
tistic person as this man, Aubrey
Piper, arouses much condemnation
and antagonism, and little praise. He
marries a member of a very “sensi-
ble” and honorable family, and every-
one but his bride thinks he is insuffer-
able. The clever attacks and counter-
and the dloratioM. Cupid’s bow I attacks Aubrey ma3ce I**5 P>ay
and a quirer of his darts were bor-! and
nowed for the occasion and a contest i tber® “ a TOry«ood “tcr-
of shooting at a large heart was most | PretatlOT1 commonplace
hilariously successful. The game of! Amerlean and thelr
hearts also proved most entertaining “ th<5 ® The “?«¥?>
and we feel that in this game many ! Mrs' Ksher, especially is recogmtable
1 as a type of character found quite
BLUE TRIANGLE
COLUMN
Mixed Races
Dr. Abraham Flexner said that far
from regarding the mixed composit-
ions of races in this country as un-
fortunate, he regards it as fortunate
and as an advantage which has not
been made enough use of. Every one
of the alien stocks brought to this
Country its own culture. Short sight-
ed reformers think they will help mat-
ters if they were to disintergrate these
racial groups as fast as possible. “To
destroy their contributions,” he says,
“would be to take away .something
from our too-barren civilization,
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Alain Locke says that the year
1928 probably represents the flood-
tide of the present negrophile move-
ment. More books have been written
and published about negro life by
•both white and negro authors than in
the past decade. More aspects of
the kid-brother, was especially true | before from the Demonstration School
| to character, and supported by the j hatchery and hardly /rise to their
! other members of the cast, moved thru j new spiritual environment; sluggish
j the action of the play in a spirited j 101 fingerlings, h-eld over from the
1 and consistent way, which gave the | g,reat Fall Term migration because
I play smoothness and vitality at the! they did not get wise to their en-
! same time. Miss Mattie Allison direc- j vironment and hence needed further
ted this play. j “conditioning”; numerous 102’s of all
“The Rector,” a one-act play given j sorts, wise, unwise, and otherwise;
by the San Marcos Academy, was ; and even dappled, restless 103’s, half-
awarded 'second place. The charac- j sophisticated and already anticipating'
ters were: Fowler Bemish, Mae Caw- the splash they expect to make next
thorn, Vera Dell Parker, Marjoriej month in the deeper shallows of the
Casner, Claudia Whitworth, Susie
Davis and Lois Duderstaudt. The
trials and tribulations of a young un-
married rector were presented in a
very amusing manner by this group.
The title role was ably played toy
Fowler Bemish. Mrs. Edna Isbell di-
rected this play.
The San Marcos High School play-
ers presented “The Valiant.” The
pool called Sophomore—had assorted
them in different rooms of the Library
and the .Science buildings, and was be-
ginning to evaluate their present sta-
tus or growth in the matter of un-
derstanding English structurally, toy
means of a uniform one-hour mid-
term test in the principles of analy-
was given the tooohy prize. The group
enjoyed something new .and different—
a night kodak picture. How thrilling
it was to hove their “beauties struck”
in the dark!
The climax was reached when hot
chocolate, cake, and heart motiff cook-
ies, and peppermint sticks were ser-
ved to: Filipka Radius, Grace Schoppe,
Olga Kahanek, Grace Patterson, Elva
Lane, Louis Dulleye, Victor Dulleye,
Annie Lee Kelly, Vila Burkett, Ed-
ward Darilek, Velesta Veselka, Al-
meta Maerz, Mary Marek, Jay Poth,
Edward Johnson, Hester Wuest, Char-
lotte Carpenter, and Clarence Slouth.
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Red Cross Field Repre-
sentative to Be Here
The next part of the entertainment j
proved most exciting. An envelope1 The cast is as follows:
of red, blue, and white construction ; Clare ..............................Evelyn SoRelle
paper was passed to each one and each Mrs. Fisher........................Helen Joiner
was told to construct a valentine and ■ Amy ................................ Ruby McCord
send it to .some one dn the room. Miss j Frank Hyland ...... Lawrence Lowman
Alta McGruder won the prize by mak- j Mr. Fisher ................ Faybert Martin
ing a most flashing valentine out of Joe ...................................... Henry Kyle
red and white paper. She received a Aubrey Piper .....:.......... Rex Smelser
heart shaped box of candy as a prize. | Mr. Gill .................................. Pat Ford
sis and synthesis.
- . ■ Such a proceeding, which has been Robert D Skelton ReH Eiel/I
characters wre: »°»y StaAte. Zeb j grewing j„ popularity recently am™* | Repr^eu “tire in PirrtYS and Life
Fitzerald, Browning Combs, Champion j many universities and standard col- ! o - • . , . «
Callihan, Edythe Cartwgriht and Mil-j legJ 0Tcr th6 tand, not new to many'! g1™*’ ^“8 ^Mareh 1
ton Autpy. This group of characters i of the Fish, especially the 102’®, a \ e?”
handled this fceavvyrad great.many <rf whom had gone at.the ; M 0 McC«e, chairman of the Hays
tnct, the following program has been
“ i necxiveiv. accormnar cu ureu
Honors for leading char
ever even dreamed of. The proper-t an(i the successful make-up of the! the 102-eddies A. B. C. and D, res
tions show the typical curve of a j characters was an outstanding feature! pectively, according to their perfor-
major American fad, and to a certain ; 0f the play. Honors for leading char- mance at ' ’
extent, this indeed is it. j acter were divided among the four'
0—° principal parts; namely, the warden,
Xmas Letter to Friends of | the prisoner, the girl, and the priest.
Czechoslavakia j This play was directed by Yancy Yar-
Christmas gi-eetings to all the; , j. >A-W tbP
friends of the Czechoslavakia Asso- I ^ Mr\ ^ "°+bp University of
elation .bore the nejys that the first I J^aan Club of the
YWCA building in Prae-ue is to! Texas’ was the He Cf>mme?te1d
I. W. U, A. Duiiamg in Urague is to. fav.orably on the plays as a whole
be opened m February. Anne Chid-! . ,, • V- +„
well, of the National staff, who was I an! pres^sn ® ^ reiative
a member of the .staff of Csechoslaya-: 'h.s decision as to the lelative
hia at one time, shares with us the j ot th< play.s- . a
’ 1 The program of plays was mtei-
Ohriistmas letter that she received
from the Association: “Remembering
gratefully your most efficient and de-
voted help in building up our Czech-
oslavakia Y. W. C. A., we wish to
tell you that our first Y. W. C. A.
home in Prague is nearing its com-
pletion, and that it will be opened offi-
cially in the first half of February,
1929, in connection with our National
Conference. We wish to extend to
you our heartest invitation to come
and be with us on the festive .occur-
ence, making the good harvest you
helped to prepare by showing good
seeds.
With kindest regards and with best
wishes from the National Board of
the Czechoslovak Y.W.C.A.”
specsed by various musical numbers ^
The San Marcos Academy orchestra;
played several pleasing pieces before
the curtain ascended for “The Rec-
tor.” The Demonstration School
chorus ushered in their play by sing-
ing just before their group went .on
stage. Between the last two plays
the San Marcos High School chorus
sang two numbers.
The program was well received by
the audience, and the concensus of
opinion was that the custom thus es-
tablished .should be continued.
The Winter Term
Dance A Success
The Winter Term dance of the Col-
lege was held Monday night. The
affair was a decided success, sixty
couples being present. Incidentally,
each dance given in the last two years
has shown an .increased attendance
and more entbulsiasm.
The Grand March was led toy Cot-
ton Branum, Joyce Davis, George Vest
and Ella SoRelle. Jesse Williams’
“Serenaders” of Seguin supplied the
music. The dance was chaperoned toy
Dean iSpeck, Dean Brogdon, and Miss
McClain.
the said Riffle or their
teachers’ estimate of their ability to
survive the swirling winter rapids of
102, which take their seasonal mor-
tality toll with cruel regularity. This
test was, therefore, both diagnostic
and prognoistic, as they say in that
building that lairs diagonally opposite
to that well-known place that “lairs
at the brow of the Hill”. That is,
this test might indicate whether cer-
tain Fish had been flipt into the right
pond or not; and if not, which pond
they might be reasonably expect to
be flipt into “for further condition-
ing” at the beginning of the Great
Spring Riffle. Hence, when, along
with other Seniors, Rwas asked to as-
sist in doing monitor duty incidental
to giving the test, I jumpt at the
chance to help, for three good reasons.
The first of these was largely pro-
fessional curiosity. I wanted to see
how the Fish would behave under what
one might call “cerebral fire.” Sec-
ond I was intringued by the follow-
ing parody of Whitman which a fel-
low student in 223 had worked out as
an assignment in “creative writing”,
and wanted to see if her fancy could
have any realization in the world of
fact:
“Darest thou now, O Fish,
Proceed with us: toward that ideo-
logical region, that bleak, aus-
tere, cerebral Kosmos called
Attainment,
Where neither pull-rope is for a
physical test, nor need nor use
of physical test;
Nor Dean to intercede, adjust, ex-
hort, protect.
No paint is there, Fish, nor brush,
nor scrubbing mop;
Nor rule of Upperclassmen, nor
need nor use of such;
No inert physical thing is in that
land,
But only ideas, patterns, thought-
relationships.”
(Continued on page Four)
arranged for Mr. Skelton while here:
Thursday, February 28.
10:00 a. m. Talk to the student-
body of the Southwest Texas State
Teachers College.
11:30 a .m. Talk to the student-
body of the city .high school.
4:00 p. m. Meeting with life savers
at Rivedside (at the College auditor-
ium, if weather is bad). Every life
saver in the community, both Junior
and Senior, should attend this .meet-
ing if possible.
7:30 p. m. Meeting with life saving-
examiners at the Chamber of Com-
merce room. Every examiner in Hays
County should attend this meeting.
Examiners in surrounding territory
are cordially invited to attend.
Friday, March 1.
10:00 a. m. Conference on First
Aid, under direction of Dr. J. R. de—
Steiguer, City Health Officer.
11:30 a. m. Talk to the student
body of the San Marcos Baptist Aca-
demy.
1:30 p. m. Meeting with the Red
Cross Executive Committee, and
swimming pool managers, at the
Chamber of Commerce room.
We found that our sponsor, Dr. C.
S. Smith, was fairly innundated with
valentines from the young ladies pres-
ent, while Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Wat-
kins ran him a close second with val-
entines of all varieties.
Last we were given three lines of
a qutrain to /make out the fourth.
These lines were:
“Dearest one, whom I adore,
You’re an my heart for ever more,
And last night os the breezes blew
Mr. Rogers ................ Willard Dcason
The admission for the play is 40
cents. The curtain will rise Satur-
day night at 8:30, so that those who
care to do so may go to the game and
the play also; but on Monday even-
ing the play will begin at 8:05.
Tickets are on sale at the College
Exchange, Williams’ Drag Store, and
Jennings’ Pharmacy. Members of
the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.,
and College Players also have tickets.
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Personally, though we heard lots of I
brilliant endings we thought ours was : T aLac PMavr T«/n
the best, tout for fear of seeming pre- j lU r lclJ 1
judiced about the matter we will leave ! GftIH6S Tills Week
it to the gentle reader to fill out as |
he see fit.
For our part we haven’t been to the
girls “Y” room much, but we never
•saw it more tastefully and beautifully
decorated and we wish to thank our
charming hostesses Misses' Loraa
Raby and Frances Parke for a most
delightful evening.
—Reporter.
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MAIN AVENUE
WINS DISTRICT
TOURNAMENT
Ben Brite’s Harlandale Indians Lose
Final to Buffs.
CLASS BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
The .boys of the four college
classes are asked to meet at the
Gym this afternoon, Wednes-
day, for the purpose of organiz-
ing a class basketball tourna-
ment. Each class will have two
teams and will play the two
teams of each of the other
classes one time.
Be at the Gym at 4:15 today.
Managers will be elected and
drawings will toe made. The
games1 will start Monday, Feb-
ruary 25th.
Running the gauntlet toy defeating
New Braunfelsfi Stockdale and Har-
landale after Harlandale had triumph-
ed over Maxwell and San Marcos,
Main Avenue High School of San An-
tonio conquered Harlandale High of
;San Antonio, 43 to 13, in the final
match for the basketball championship
of District 23 Saturday night on the
(Southwest Texas Teachers College
court to enter the bi-district meet
against the winner of the title in Dis-
trict No. 19, the winner of which will
go to the State meet to toe held at
College Station next month.
It happened that two San Anto-
nio teams were in the district tourna-
ment for the reason that Main Ave-
nue won the city inter scholastic cham-
pionship of San Antonio by defeating
Rrackenridge High and Harlandale
won the Bexar County title by con-
quering Alamo Heights.
Left Forward Salas of Main Ave- j —
don" kno\:hat
minutes of play the score was tied, j y°u are missing toy not going hiking-
after which Main Avenue jumped in-
to the lead never to be threatened,
The Training School Lobos are tak-
ing on two games of much impor-
tance this coming week. Thursday
night they meet the County Champ-
ions, the San Marcos High School, at
the Academy Gym for the second
game of the two-out-three series. The
High School won over the Training
School in their first meeting and if
they win this second game they will
have put the Lobos out of the running
as far as the City Championship is
concerned. The High School has a
good team as may be realized by their
taking the county championship so
easily.
Monday night the Lobos will meet
the “Preps” of St. Edwards Univer-
sity, high, school team of the Univer-
sity. The “Preps” have not lost a
game this season, and won a one-
sided game over the Lobos the past
week on the “Prep” court. The Lobos
are seeking revenge and the second
meeting promises to toe a different
sort of affair.
Watch out for notice of the meet-
ing between the Training School Lobos
and the Academy Cubs, which will
take place soon and is to be one game
in the playoff of the City Champion-
ship. The Academy Cubs are not
playing but the one game and not
the best two-out-three as the High
School and Training School are doing.
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HIKERS ATTENTION
leading at the half 26 to 8.
Main Avenue (40) Harlandale (13)
Michel, 4 .......................... Kitchens, 2
Salas, 20 ................................ Kinsel, 6
Forward
Olive, 0 .................................. Doogan, 3
Center
(Continued on page Four)
with us. I know you girls have time
as I see you on the campus, enjoying
these first symptoms of spring. Why
not enjoy them in the great outdoors ?
Onr hiking squad meets in front
of the Main Building at 4:00 o’clock
on Wednesday and Friday afternoon,
with Ruth Emerson as captain.
The Club.
BEAT TOE SOUTHWESTERN PIRATES! LET’S GO!
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