The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 14, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME IX.
THE NORMAL STAR
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas Staf# Normal College
, SAN MARCOS TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1921
1 ■ ■ >*«7
NUMBER /l
From the Train-
ing School to
■ S-W/T.N.
The Training School began its first
session back in the winter term of
1915 in a small wooden building near
the site of the present building. The
fnst year saw only a few students en-
rolled, and today it has a large en-
rollment. It shall be as my purpose
to show what the students who came
to the Normal from tne mauling
School have done in an athletic and
social way. In other words, just
what they have contributed towards
making a better Normal.
Before going into the discussion of
this topic it is well to mention thai
with very few exceptions every boy
and girl finishing the ninth grade at
diaining School has entered the
f reshman Class of the Normal the
lonuwmg year. A total of some 70
students have done this.
In the first place let us consider
what the Training School has done
to benefit athletics. It has furnished
three captains of Normal teams. Hu-
bert. Cavness, captain of the 1919 base
Ball team, a product of the Training
School, led the team in batting, field-
ing, as well as making a captain of
the highest class. Erwin Soyars,
captain of this year’s base ball team,
came from Training School, and
“Pete” Shands, captain-elect for the
1921 football team, played football
and base ball in Training School and
have played since that time on the
Normal teams. Besides these men
there are many others who have made
their “T’s” who came up from the
Training School. Take a look at the
case ball men today and you will see.
Snands, catcher, Tate and Jennings,
pitchers, Soyars, first base, Arnold,
third base, Summers, outfield; this
isn’t bad for Training School is it?
t he following men made their “T” in
base ball: 3hands, Summers, Soyars,
Tate, Jennings, and Cavness, two of
whom have been captains.
In the second place let us take in-
to consideration what Training School
has done for our football’ teams. Here
we are well represented by Shands, a
three-letter man, and captain for
year; Soyars, a two letter man; Ar-
nold, a one letter man; Summers, a
one year letter man; and Otis Gary,
i one letter man. Soyars and Shands
are two of the best men who ever
played under the Tharoon and Gold,
and they received their early train-
'lig in the Training School. Shands as
captain for next year’s football team
will undoubtedly make an excellent
leader.
In basket ball the Training School
is well represented, having produced
Summers, Arnold, Shands, and Jen-
nings. It v/ill be remembered that
Jennings was one of our best men in
basket ball the past season, while
Arnold, who had played the year be-
fore had a bad knee that kept him
out this year.
In the social and literary part of
(he school life Training School has
Been foremost. One of the best de-
I aters we have ever had came from
the Training School. This veteran,
uscor Stroman, has been twice vic-
torious. Many class officers have
often been old Training School stu-
dents. In 1917 the entire Freshman
clpss officers were Training School
students: A. Summers, pres.; Shands,
vice-pres.; Hazel Rice, Pedagog Edi-
tor; Janie Hopson, sec. So you see
the class officers have often been
old Training School students.
The present presidents of the Chau-
tauqua Literary Society, the Shakes-
peares, both prep school classes, and
the college sophomores are all from
the Training School. We might go
(Continued on page 4.)
ALMA MATER
BOBCATS SLAUGHTER CUBS
15 TO 2
Whole Team Hits Ball Hard; Tate Stars In Box; Normalites Stage
Shirt-Tail Parade;Babca ts Play Southwestern Today.
The Bobcats pulled another Daniel
Baker yesterday afternoon on Evans
field when they unmercifully trounced
the Academy Cubs 15 to 2. The whoie
team hit like a house afire, hammer-
ing two Cub tWirlers with equal
fury. Bobby Lyons led in the at-
tack, getting three safeties out . of
five trips to the plate. One of his
swats was a smashing drive to center
that went for three bases. There was
any amount of the Bobcats that got
two hits each. Capt. Soyars and
Brassell both had a perfect day at
bat, each being credited with two
times up and getting safeties each
time. Pete Shands, who has not been
hitting them too hard this season,
tried batting from the south side of
the plate yesterday, and out of four
times up registered a double and .a
single. It seems as tho Pete has
been walking in the dark all this
time, he looks like a natural left-
handed hitter.
Tate won another feather for his
cap yesterday. The star Bobcat
moundsman had the Cub hitting force
at his mercy all nine innings. Pie
flunked thirteen of them and yielded
up but five hits, which he kept well
scattered. In addition to pitching a
brilliant game, Cy came thru in the
attack, getting two bingles out of five
times up.
The Cats got ample revenge for the
tie game of week-before-last. They
were right yesterday and demonstrat-
ed what they can do when they are
right.
Last night about seventy-five loyal
Normalites gathered on the hill and
staged a shirt-tail parade over the hill
and thru the down-town streets,
marching thru both theatres and
around the square. In front of Wil-
liams Drug Store Cy Tate was found.
The lad was hoisted on the shoulders
of two of the shirt-tailers and was
shown to everybody that was fortu-
nate enough to be in town last night.
The Normal boys that missed being
in that last night missed the best pep
rally of the year.
Today the Bobcats go to George-
town to play their second game of the
season with the Southwestern Pirates.
Too bad vve all can’t go up. The
Bobcats are not making any predic-
tions about the game this afternoon
other than that it will be a “better
game than the one they played with
the Pirates early in the season. And
we know it will be.
THE SCORE BY INNINGS
FIRST INNING
ACADEMY—H. Brown struck out.
Trevino walked. Dawson hit to Tate
v ho threw Trevino out at second.
Dawson safe at first* Dawson stole
second. Calvert struck out.
No hits, no runs, no errors.
NORMAL—Eubanks out London to
Calvert. Shelton out London to Cal-
vert. Lyons singled to left. Soyars
stole second. Soyars went to third on
passed ball thru catcher. Lyons sin-
gled to center scoring Soyars. Bras-
sell singed to center, Lyons going to
second. Jowell forced Bressell to sec-
ond.
One hit, three runs, no errors.
SECOND INNING
Academy—Shelton made a spectac-
ular running catch of Harris’s fly to
left field. T. Brown popped out to
Eubanks. Smith struck out.
No hits, no runs, no errors.
NORMAL—Summers struck out.
Shands, hitting left handed, popped
out to Calvert. Tate out, London to
Calvert.
No hits, no runs, no errors.
(Continued on page 4)
Department of History,
1921-1922
In company with other college de-
partments, that of history is under-
going “growing pains.”
First, Mr. Birdwell, Mr. Arnold, and
Miss Mui-phy will confine their ef-
forts to the college classes.
Second, the courseware being re-
organized to provide for “time ex-
posures” to definite fields of subject
matter. F’or eaxmple, courses 101,
102, and 103 will constitute a year’s
work in Greek and Roman history.
Similarly, no, 111, and 112 will be
a survey course covering the entire
field of American history. History
109 will remain as it is at present,
bourses 206, 207, and 208 comprise a
year’s work in English history. His-
tory 209, in which Mr. Birdwell and
Miss Murphy will colaborate, will
meet the needs of those who plan to
teach history and geography in the
grammar grades. A year’s work is
provided for upperclassmen in mo-
dern and contemporary Europe, in
institutional history and political
science, and in Hispanic history; while
twelve term hours will be ofrered in
advanced American history. History
416 will remain as it is, but two years
of history will be a prerequisite for
the course.
Third, in addition to the indicated
re-organization, the library facilities
ar« being greatly improved. We have
received scores of. volumes recently,
and each day brings valuable addi-
tions. In fact, this department is
fast taking position among the best
in t,he State, and there are many
reasons to expect still more rapid
growth in the immediate future.
Past Year Marked By
Many Improvements
at Norma]
MANY GOOD THINGS TO BE SEEN
IN OUR MIDST
If a school is judged by its ac-
complishments and its general ap-
pearance, the Southwest Texas State
Normal will surely rank among the
foremost not only in the line of im-
provement. and development in phy-
sical equipment, but also m the suc-
cess of school activities and many
other elements which go to make
college life enjoyable, valuable, and
instructive. As our President says,
we only have to look about us to see
the good things that we possess, and
the good work our school is doing.
But perhaps some of us do not have
time to look about, to see the good
things; therefore in order to save a
few minutes for such individuals, let
it suffice for the Star to do the look-
ing for entire bunch and tell what it
sees.
Probably the first thing one would
notice would be the Gymnasium, be-
cause it belongs to the students, . the
students having raised the money for
it and having done a great deal of
work on it. The Gym is our latest
addition in the line of physical equip-
meat, and it is a first class building,
having a basket ball court that rivals
eny in the State, and will have a
large seating capacity. The Gym is
located on the road to the athletic
field, just to the rear of the Presi-
dent’s home and a short distance
from the power house.
For the one interested in physical
ti aining and also the enjoyment of
life on a hot afternoon, the next ob-
ject that would be observed would
be the swimming pool, Riverside. Just
recently the school has obtained a
lease from the Federal Government
for a much larger track of land bn
the west side of the.riyer; this newly
acquired land has been fenced off,
and work is well under way on the
clearance and the making suitable of
this ground for picnics and other
forms of recreation. The river has
been cleaned out and made deeper in
some places, there being left, how-
ever, a very suitable, shallow place
for beginners. Later on in the sea-
son the bath house is going to be
worked on, and also arrangements are
going to be made for fresh drinking
water for those who do not get
enough while in swimming.
The next improvement that one
could not keep from notleeing, espe-
cially if he ate at the Cafeteria, and
that is the new addition to the Cafe-
teria. The front porch has Bi-fen en-
larged very much, thereby making it
possible to more easily accomodate
the large crowd of students expected
to eat there this summer. It will no
doubt be much more cooler out on
the porch this summer than in the
main room.
Another addition to our physical
equipment, and one that has done
much good for the unfortunate stu-
dents who happen to be sick, is the
school hospital. Even if some of us
have not been sick and think that our
hospital fee has not done any good,
will think differently if we should
only know w'hat a benefit the hospi-
tal has been to many students who
have been sick. The ones who have
gone to the hospital say that they re-
ceived the best of attention, good
wholesome meals, well served, and
that quiet was insured. The hospital
is one of our best departments con-
trolled by the school for the benefit
of the students.
(Continued on page 4)
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 14, 1921, newspaper, May 14, 1921; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614479/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State University.