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THE WEEKLY BLAB
THE BADGER
BADGER STAFF
Editor-in-chief......................................................Eva Virginia Harris
Assistant Editor......................,.....................................Evelyn Walker
Society Reporter......................................................Lurline Creekmore
Feature Writer....................................................................Daniel Bird
Assembly Writer............................................................L&fieW Everett
Joke Reporter..........................................................-.......Blake McLean
Grammar School Reporter........................................Kathryn Harkey
Junior Class Reporter................................................Mary F. Casbeer
Sophomore Reporter............................................................Billie Bean
Freshman Reporter..........................................................Betty Young
Columnists.......................-......................-.......................Florine Allen
J. R. Key, Bob Yarbrough.
Typist .........................................................................Norman Heine
News Reporter's........................................................Ellen Mae Bailey,
Mary Eunice Taliaferro, Daniel Bird, Betty McCrea,
Christine Davis, Lyda Moore, Ruth Dickens,
Mary K. Walker, Ruth Williams.
Sponsor......................................................................Mrs. G. T. Bigham
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Tress AssociATioif*
MEMBER I. L. F». C.
SO THIS IS TECHNOCRACY
Eyes upward, my children. Behold the modern school student.
He talks, eats, drinks, walks and does everything you do, only he
is mechanical.
We sincerely and heartily recommend one of the robots for every
Freshman in Mr*. Rowntree’s algebra 8 class. They can work alge-
bra problems in the record time of one minute. Merely press a
button and the problem is worked. Or your public speaking speech.
Press button No. 2 and your speech is written. Or that English
theme. Button No. 3 will write you a theme of any length and on
any subject in thirty minutes.
In the great age of technocracy and science that is to come
when science will rule the world and all will have equal fortunes,
every student will be furnished a car, a robot, an airplane, and a
private home. The picture above gives you a picture of the car
and the robot.
No wonder Mr. Hur is astounded at the car. Even the word is
enough to flounder any English prof. TECHNOCRACY. Delve
deeply into the depths of this subject and if you get any more out
of it than I did, you are an intellectual wonder.
TWENTY-FIVE DAYS TILL—
Did you know that there are only twenty-five more days until
school will be out? The year will then be over, and the tale will
be told. This may be the last year some will have to struggle
through high school, but some may have four longer and then
some.
Everyone is looking forward to the end and counting the days
until he can say good-bye to his fellow students and teachers. As
tne time draws closer, some may even count the hours and minutes.
Li ~ ?
GETTING READY FOR RUSH WEEK
There are students who are already preparing themselves for
‘rush week.” Are you? And there are students who are going
to wait until the last week, which has been named “rush week,” to
cram for examinations. Are you ?
Some pupils even wait until the last night and think they can
fcearn more, in one night than in three weeks. You are an unusual
person if you are able to do this, because most students cannot.
But why wait until the last week or last night? Let’s get
started, NOW! Why not make some grades worth recording and
show what we can really do when we try? Are you ready? Let’s
£o!
TAKING CARE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY
(By Eugenia Hufstutler, grammar school student)
If every child would remember that the school property belongs
to him, he would be more careful in taking care of it.
In many school rooms can be found desks and seats that have
been abused in many ways. It is veiy unthoughtful for one to
cut or mark on the school desk, and no child likes to sit in a desk
that has been abused. The school room is really the child’s home
for at least half of the time and should be kept as clean and neat
as he would wish his own home to be kept.
The school yard is also his playground and is neither neat nor
attractive when strewn with paper and trash. Therefore every
•child should do his part in taking care of all school property.
HOROSCOPE FOR APRIL
AND MAY BIRTHDAYS
April —April 18.
Any high school student born un-
der the ascendance of the fiery sign
Aries is naturally stormy. He dem-
onstrates this characteristic early in
youth. He is logical and positive,
in his thoughts and is not easily in-
fluenced by others. He usually suc-
ceeds in any undertaking because of
his driving energy and resolute de-
termination. He is a born leader.
June and July are the most favorable
months for students to undertake im-
portant enterprises and Tuesday is
their lucky day.
April 19—May 19.
Students who enter life under the
influence of Taurus possesses the at-
tributes of self-reliance, courage and
intuition which promises unlimited
success. They are firm in will, of a
generous disposition and simple and
unaffected in mianriter. Their sin-
cerity wins for them many true
friends. Socially they are very adap-
table but are not talkative or imag-
inative. These are advised to under-
take business transactions in the
months of May and June. Friday is
the most fortunate day of the week
for them.
May 20—May 26.
The sign Gemini rules this, period
of the year. You students are in-
clined. toward variability in nature.
Alternatively, you are industrious
and miserable; capable of great good
and evil. You have a cheerful, hap-
py disposition when things are going
well and a very generous and un-
selfish nature. Your most important
affairs should be undertaken in the
months of April and August. Friday
is your lucky day.
Those born under these signs are
as follows:
Evelyn Walker—April 3. Lamar
Hocker—April 9. Lewis Jones—-
April 9. Norman Heine—April 11.
Opal Hai’t—April 13. Nolan Word—•
April 17. Charles Sewell—April 17.
Aubrey Tittle—April 19. Blake Mc-
Lean—April 26. Elizabeth Whitmire
—April 26. W. C. Baker—May 1.
Florine Allen—May 5. Truman Her-
reman—May 5. Eugene Bounds—
May 9. Christine Davis—May 9.
Rose Mary Pierson—May 11. Rober-
ta Hammond—May 17. James R. Key
—May 19. Charlotte Stapp—May 23.
Jewel D. McCrea—May 25. Marvin
Davis—May 25. Auby Brown—May
26. Garwood Burns—May 26,
SHEER FOLLY
Dedicated “to that certain person”
by Iris Higgins’ request.
Idiot—one who is just out of ideas.
Bum—a fallen tough.
Chump—any one whose opinions
differ radically from ours.
Crook—a misfit in the straight and
narrow way.
Fake-^-a false report.
Infant—a disturber of the peace.
Joke—a form of humor, enjoyed
by some and misunderstood by oth-
ers.
Parrot—an individual who can nev-
er be held responsible for what he
says.
Question—Bo you think that was
nice?
NOOSEY NORA SAYS
Don Dunklin likes Studebaker cars
with blonde girls driving them, but
Garwood Burns likes Ford trucks with
brunette girls driving. Elizabeth
Whitmire is the newest addition to
the Freshman class. Iris Higgins,
Charlotte Stapp and Mildred Romans
have new permanents that are ex-
tremely becoming. Gweneth Parsons
and Bob Yarbrough still seem to be
“that way” about each other (as do
Lyda Moore and Danny Bird). Won-
der why James Richard Key likes to
go out on the Georgetown road.
Wilma Palmer’s first, last and every
thought these days is the Senior play.
Vivian Dickens can’t decide whether
she likes blonde or brunette boys
best. Marvin Dickason wears his hat
jauntily on one side of his head and
causes girl’s hearts to go “pitty pat.”
Margaret Wooten likes brunette boys
in general and one in particular. One
doesn’t like to tell tales out of school
but we’re told that Annette Rob-
erts has another new boy friend.
Bad news for boys—Mary Kathryn
Walker and Harry Millican have
“made up” again.
WONDERS OF L. H. S.
_V'
Wonder who Ellen Mae B. went to
the Lions club banquet with Tuesday?
Wonder who Don F. goes with?
Wonder whose ring it is that Don
D. is wearing?
Wonder why Annette R. looked so
blue Wednesday morning?
Wonder why “Tarzan” and “Fish-
face” were written all over the Amer-
ican History room?
Wonder why Lurline C. doesn’t
wear stockings?
Wonder why Joe H. is bo studious?
Wonder why Truman G. wasn't
looking at what he was writing Wed-
nesday in typing period?
LIBRARY LOOKS
A book of frustration is “The Wa-
ter Under the Earth,” by Martha
Ostenso. Yet it is a poetic book for
all that. Such an expression as “The
white scythe of winter swept across
the earth—” proves this latter state-
ment.
Mildred Romans’ favorite author for
all-around reading is Joseph C. Lin-
coln. She says, “His stories are so
true to life.”
Boys who like dogs should read
“Best Dog Stories,” or “Stickeen,”
both of which are in the school li-
brary. “Back of Beyond” and the
“Blazed Trail” are recommended to
those students wishing adventure.
For laughter (tend “Skippy ” by
Percy Crosby.
Do you like books on Romance?
Then read “K” by Mary Roberts Rine-
hart or “Daddy Long-Legs ” by Web-
ster.
Temple Bailey, a present-day writ-
er, is very popular among studentss
Her books afford light reading for
spare moments.
Among her more recent editions
are “Silve* Slippers,” “Burning
Beauty,” and “Wild Wind.” “En-
chanted Ground” is running in serial
form in the current issues of the
Cosmopolitan . which are available in
the school library.
“Silver Slippers” is a story of a
modern Cinderella, a school teacher,
who meets her god-mother, her great
aunt, and falls in love with Prince
Charming only to fall out again.
Virginia and Ricky, daughter and
son of an old Southern family, rise to
the heights of love and ambition in the
book, “Burning"Beauty.”
“Wild Wind” gives a lasting im-
pression of courage and faithfulness
of a girl for her sweetheart. Christo-
pher, her lover, goes to war and comes
back uninjured and the book ends
happily, as all of Temple Bailey’s do.
“Enchanted Grounds” is a torrent
of emotion surrounding Mary Ran-
dolph, Booth Musgrave and Peter
Ferry. Read it and see which is the
better man!
I’M THE BOOB
I'm the boob who mumbles so loud
during class that none of my neigh-
bors can understand what the teach-
er has to say. If anyone tells me
to shut up, I just keep on mumbling,
because I think I have a lovely voice.
I don’t want to hear the lesson, and
I don’t want anyone else to, so I just
mumble to entertain myself during
the period. Tm proud of the fact
that I’m one of the worst mumblers
in school and that I have the repu-
tation of being one of the biggest
boobs in school.
Melton Lee Briggs, the pride
of the Freshman class, is
easily the brightest (reddest)
eighth grade algebra student.
A BIT OF WIND
(By I Blow)
While on one of my mad dashes
down the hall at 4:00, I heard Lyda
Moore telling Lloyd he was lying to
her. You must have heard that one
before, Lyda.
Observe Bob Martin closely. He’s
paying quite a lot of attention to
Marie Yarbrough. Watch out, Bob,
Beedie seems to have inclinations in
that direction also.
That popular senior, Florine Al-
len, who is merely the size of a
nickle cream bottle and author of
that column “Silly Statistics” has
accused me of eating candy in school.
May I take the pleasure of remind-
ing you, and her also, that she helps
me eat it? (The old hog).
All of you should see Danny Bird
when he is trying to memorize his
fines for the senior play. He walks
the floor with his hands behind him
with an angelic studious look on his
face.
I can’t help but wonder about Nor-
man Heine’s queer actions. One week
he can’t keep from loving a certain
girl and the next week, he simply de-
tests her. Why? You answer that
one.
Don Dunklin seemed to be wanted
during civics Wednesday. Iris told
Danny to have Don change his seat
so she could see him. Oh, these boys
with curly hair and the nerve of some
people.
KOMICAL KOLLECTIONS
A secret committee in school head-
ed by Principal John T. Rowntree as
chairman, plays an important part in
the comical side of school life. A
report is made from this committee
by Mr. Rowntree about once each six
weeks to the assembly in the big
study hall. It seems this committee
picks up small fragments of paper
which prove to be quite interesting.
Most of these are found in the study
hall desks. The following are lines
taken from these curious pieces of
paper:
“Darling, do you still love me and
if so how much?”
“More than you’ll ever know!”
“I don’t know whether he dances
or not. When i3 F— coming home.”
“I don’t know. She said she’d
write, but I guess she’s having such
a swell time she’s forgotten all about
it."
“They must be in love.”
“Yes, I suppose they are, but I
just can’t help it.”
“Thank you finally for the infor-
mation about J. R. K. I believe it
all now.”
“Do you think I’m silly for quit-
ting G— ?
“No, he was so mean to you."
“I thought B— was cute,- dkhi’t
you.”
“Yeah, she was a honey:"
And I could go on like this-for
hours if I wrote everyone that the
committee has submitted to me, but
I’ll save some for some other time.
Our principal takes his
daily dozen.
THE ALLEY CAT
(No Offence Ment)
The Curious Cub is out of town
this week and I received his mail.
The mail brought in two definitions
of love for which the Curious Cub
asked the readers of his column. For
the benefit of those who are in love
and don’t know it, I am going to print
them.
(1) “Love is a feeling that you feel
like you’re going to fee! when you
feel like you’re going to have a feel-
ing like you never had before.”
(2) “Love is something that won’t
let you sleep nights, won’t let you
eat, and is usually asking for money
after you are married. In other words
love can be summed up in a few
words—a perfect nuisance."
Late hours and busy days seem to
make somebody sleep too good. The
following note was found in the study
hall:
“Listen here! Are you crazy? I
can’t read fojr your snorting—you
sound like a Horse so please be quiet.
Don’t you know everyone is laughing
at you?”
Can you imagine the feelings of
the ri\,en from the Dallas Special
when they drank 3.2 mineral water
offered them by the mayor of Lam-
pasas? Lucky that they didn’t get
Abney well water.
Frankie and Marvin had a grand
time Wednesday sitting on a bench
in the station. Imagine their em-
barassment if they had looked over
the door and discovered the “For
Colored” sign.
Jessie Standard seemed to have a
way with the men who were on the
Dallas Special judging by the pres-
ents that she received.
Meow till next week.
The Alley Cat.
I SAW
Mary Kathryn Walker at the pic-
ture show Sunday night with—? How
many times did you see that show,
Mary ?
Lillian Wells lading Monday night
with—? Now, Lillian, is that nice?
Miss Lemberg at the show Tues-
day night. I wonder if she saw the
scene Mr. Moore was describing Wed-
nesday morning?
Gweneth Parsons at the show the
other night alone. Is there anything
wrong, Gweneth?
DID YOU KNOW THAT
T. J. Childers is in love with a lady
who sits in the sixth period study
hall?—Iris Higgins is in love with
Clifton Cowan?—Miss Lemberg has
a new Rolls Royce?—Ruth Wolf and
Elza Hodges are going to the Jun-
ior-Senior banquet together?—Blake
McLean is trying to reduce?—John
Camp Abney is inventing a new air-
plane?—Florine Allen is going to be
in the senior play?—Daniel Bird is
madly in love with Opal Hart?
You know what I saw, well, I saw
Mary Eunice D. Boone Taliaferro ahd
Frank Ddakason writing notes the
other day. Then I heard Frank say—•
“I’ve got some bait already." By
that I presumed they were planning
a fishing trip.
Another funny scene I saw was,
Lamar Hocker and Kittie We3t Word
talking. They both seemed very in-
terested. Now just what can that
mean?
Another peculiar incident that I
noticed was Robert Martin giving
sly glances to the new girl. Bob,
here’s your chance.
Bonnie Lacefield reads “Ghost"
stories. Do you ever get scared,
Bonnie Shoestrings?
Freewheeling Sam seems to like to
drive up First street hill very much.
Sam, wh^t is the attraction? Is it
the scenery or some little girl?
Don “Darling” Dunklin has been
seen wearing a senior ring.
Another item of importance was
the faet that Bob and Gweneth must
have had a misunderstanding Wed-
nesday from the amount of tears
that were shed. Don’t cry, Gweneth,
Bob will be coming back by and by.
Did you know folks, the younger
generation is going crazy ? The idea
of them young folks piercing their
ears and dyeing their eyelashes and
brows: That dye will ruin eyes. Welt,'
Jim, Bill and Dot, you'll surely go
blind.
This is Station Weekly Blab sign-
ing off at this time and will be back
on the air next Saturday.
BETWEEN YOU AND ME
(By Daisy, the Dirt Disher)
Is Iris Higgins really a.s angry
with J. C. A. a3 she pretends to .be
about the note? You know which
note, don’t you Iris?
Where was Don Dunklin, this week
end? He seems to have lost too much
sleep, or so it seems in English cl$sa.
Does Lyda Moore ever study? In
the study hall no one can get up be-
cause she is always gossiping with
some of her friends. “I seen you de-
livering that note for Susie, Lydy.”
I wonder if Marvin Davis likes to
practice marching after school? I
heard J. R. K. tell him he was going
to march and like it. “Well, do you,
Marvin?”
Robert Martin surely is popular
with two young ladies in front of him
in the iixth period study hall.
Who is the gentleman Laffell E.
has been going to the show with so
much lately? She also seems to like
to drive his car.
50 years from now: Marvin
Dickason is still worrying
about his income tax.
JOKES
Marie: “If you try to kiss me, I'll
scream.”
Don F.: “Not with all these peo-
ple around.”
Marie: “Well, let’s find a quieter
place.”
Women, says Bob Yarbrough, may
be divided into two classes: Those
who close their eyes when you kiss
them, and those who look to see if
you do.
“Darling,” Daniel cried in tender
tones. “I never loved but thee.”
“Then we must part,” Lyda said,
“No amateurs for me.”
Under the spreading chestnut tree,
The village smith snoozes.
No nag since 1923
Has come for any shoeses.
Rosalie (shyly): Am I the first girl
you ever kissed ?
La Vaughan: Now that you men-
tion it, you do look familiar. Were
you at Steve’s dance six years ago?
Jim Key: Say, I just learned a
new dance step. Are your folks
home?
Betty: No, why?
Jim Key: Come on and I’ll teach it
to you then.
Clayton W.: Handsome men are al-
ways conceited.
Lloyd C.: Not always, I’m not.
Home is where you can scratch any
place that itches.
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