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GOOD LUCK!
BOBCATS
The COLLEGE STAR
GOOD LUCK!
BOBCATS
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Teachers College
VOLUME XXVI
SAN MARCOS,-TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1934
NUMBER 17
Large Crowd Greets
Frosh Players Debut
Cats Set Forth On
L. S. C. Road Trip
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EL TORO
by John
It’s an age old axiom that you
can’t please all of the people all of
the time and in this particular in-
stance there seems to be a situa-
tion that is proving to be no ex-
ception. El Toro is an exceptional
colyum, you know. It is the only
colyum in this “collitch peppa”
that touches everything from El
to Toro. And we have been criti-
cized that our line is departing
from its scope and wandering into
the jurisdiction of other depart-
ments. Furthermore we have got-
ten too deep. Well, once we did
do a little philosophizing but we
hardly scratched the surface. That
was probably too deep for the
critic though.
We are lamenting very much the
fact that we are unable to make
this column interesting to the stu-
dent in mind but we will be forced
to continue much in the same vein
since constructive criticism from
the stude is about as much in evi-
dence as ducks in duck season.
We have also gone to some
trouble to investigate El Toros of
the past and have found that on
the whole, we are dealing with a
much more concrete subject mat-
ter than previous manipulators of
this aged column.
And yet it is above the head
of the august personage who fails
to comprehend our apparently in-
coherent ramblings.
I suppose I shall be forced to
divulge a professional secret. —
No one is supposed to understand
what this column is about. For
further reference turn to Mr. Read
or Mr. Buckner and ask for the
meaning of the Spanish title.,
I suppose the best thing for me
to do is place a muzzle on this con-
tinual raving of mine. It is get-
ting to be a habit to answer these
critics of mine. Ahem, er uh,
egad, Harrumph. Such is the price
of being great though, I guess.
And now that is settled. That’s
that! That finishes it! and so
forth.
How about alittle cooperation in
the student body and faculty in
the publishing of news in the Col-
lege Star. There are many worth-
while things that escape the no-
tice or observation of the editor
that should be in the Star. If ev-
eryone would help in this matter
and call our attention to these
matters it would greatly facilitate
the publishing of a good college
paper.
Our thanks and best wishes go
to those who have already been
of invaluable assistance to us in
this field.
This week finds the Cats on the
road. A successful road trip would
not be at all amiss. Say, for in-
stance, a hundred per cent wins
would look fairly nice. Of course,
that would be a lot of wins and
would necessitate a lot of basket-
ball playing. But think nothing of
it!
This rain has brought about a
number of changes. It has sent
the campus sessions scurrying
for cover and has succeeded in as-
sisting a number of colds in se-
curing a firmer hold on various in-
dividuals on the campus.
It has been said that puns are
the spice of life. All things must
be flavored to add enjoyment.
If we were not overwhelmed with
last minute papers, outside read-
ing and the like, we would dish
out some more of that philosophy
that we were getting under way
with last week when the space
gave out.
I notice the Denton museum has
been designated as the State His-
torical Collection. I told you so!
But anyhow, we want a museum!
We want a museum! We want a
museum! and so on far, far into
the night.
Three One-Act Comedies Are
On First Bill of New
Organization.
Despite many conflicting attrac-
tions, a large crowd greeted the
Freshman Players in their two-
night stand, Monday and Tuesday
with a bill of one-acts. Three
plays were presented, all of them
were of hilarious vein.
The third show, probably attract-
ed the most favorable comment
with Edward Kornegay and Mary
Louise Clayton turning in credit-
able performances. The show was
the “Wonder Hat” by Kenneth
Sawyer Goodman and Ben Hecht.
Both authors of this farce are
well known as successful play-
wrights.
The first show was Stuart Walk-
er’s “Medicine Show.” It was a
typical scene from the backwoods
section and is a highly amusing
show. Mell Greene did a promis-
ing job both nights.
In an amusing satire, George
Kelly’s “The Flattering Word,”
Josephine Burns and Fae Jensen
revealed promise, carrying out
their parts with simple effective-
ness. The show is an entertain-
ing satire with an actor turning
prejudice against the theater into
respect through a flattering pro-
cess. Pat Mulcahy drew sincere
laughter from the audience for her
characterization of Lena.
The casts:
The Medicine Show
Luther .................... Stephen Gregg
Giz ........................ Vaughn Shelton
The Doctor ................ Mell Greene
The Flattering Word
Mrs. Rigley ..........Josephine Burns
Mr. Rigley .......... Kenneth Munson
Mrs. Zooker ................ Fae Jensen
Lena ............................ Pat Mulcahy
Eugene Tesh............ James Howell
The Wonder Hat
Pierrot .............. David Votaw, Jr.
Harlequin .................... Billy Miller
Columbine .......... Mary Ellen Cobb
Pedler .............. Edward Kornegay
Columbine’s Friend ....................
...................... Mary Ellen Cobb
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H. H. Goodman
Attends TSTA Meet
In a recent meeting of the Tex-
as State Teachers Association
which was held at Fort Worth Jan-
uary 12 and 13, new plans for the
complete reorganization of the as-
sociation were discussed.
These plans, according to Mr.
Goodman, professor of education,
who attended the meeting as chair-
man of the Budget committee,
would divide the state into 8 or
more divisions or regional districts.
Each district would contain county
and local community organizations.
The regional districts, however,
would still be a part of the state
organization. A portion of the
fund derived from membership fees
would be set aside for the expenses
of local organizations. The object
of these plans is to get more teach-
ers into the association thereby
strengthening it.
The Association voted to instruct
R. T. Ellis, secretary of the as-
sociation, to confer with Mr. West-
brook of the CWA in regard to
the salary being paid teachers em-
ployed by that organization. These
teachers are receiving only $12
per week whereas skilled laborers
are receiving pay on the 1926 level,
or about $7 per day. This situa-
tion, the association fears, will
have a tendency to lower the
standard of teaching.
In the future the Executive com-
mittee of the T.S.T.A. will coop-
erate with the State Board of Ed-
ucation in working out a curricu-
lum for small and rural schools.
The State Board has also agreed
to set aside funds to be spent in
studying schools in regard to their
efficiency with consolidation and
the training of teachers in view.
Mr. Goodman was elated over
the optimistic attitude shown by
all the members. There was more
enthusiasm displayed than in sev-
eral years past, along with a grim
determination to raise the stand-
ard of teaching.
It is of interest to note that J.
0. Loftin, former SWTTC student,
is now president of the Texas
State Teachers Association.
ALL-COLLEGE DANCE
STAGED BY T MEN
ACCLAIMED SUCCESS
Jimmie Klein and His Ten-Piece
Band Make Hit at Success-
ful Dance.
A large crowd turned out Mon-
day night, January 15 to the all-
College dance sponsored by the
“T” Association. The dance was
recorded on the student opinion
records as one of the best of the
year.
The gymnasium was prettily and
appropriately decorated with a
huge T suspended in the center
surrounded by maroon and gold
lights. This elaborate decoration
was augmented by appropriate
symbols which lent the proper at-
mosphere to the occasion.
Music was furnished by Jimmie
Klein and his popular radio artists.
Any doubt as to their ability to
dispense entrancing rhythm disap-
peared as the hop swung under
way. Klein’s ten-piece band was
aided in entertainment by “Mar-
garet, the Accordian Girl.”
This popular entertainer was
with Ben Bemie when that per-
sonage was making a stand at the
Palace Theatre in New York.
George Henry and Jimmie Klein
were the soloists.
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German Club Holds
Wiener Roast
On Monday evening, January 15,
at 6:30 at Riverside, the German
Club and other German students
enjoyed a weiner - marshmallow
roast. Music was furnished by the
German Band, after which all join-
ed in German games. Fortunes
were passed around, and the fact
was revealed that Dr. Nolle is a
politician and a prospective candi-
date for governor, while Miss
Lueders is looking for a cat and
a husband. After the secrets of
many other apparently uneventful
lives were revealed, the group dis-
persed, hoping for another Ger-
man club social soon.
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Harl&ndale Indians
Defeat Bobkittens
The Freshman basketball stars
of the" Hill in collaboration failed
to stop the onslaught of the Har-
landale Indians from San Antonio
and the High School boys romped
away with a 37-32 decision to even
up the current series. The Slimes
downed the Redskins on the Har-
landale court earlier in the sea-
son, 49-43.
Coach Ray Dixon’s high school-
ers were in top form and ran up
a first half lead that the frosh
were unable^ to overcome although
they narrowed down the huge lead
in a desperate attempt to tie the
score. The score at the half was
18-8 for the Indians. Breed, slime
forward led the scoring with 18
points while the nearest competi-
tor on J. M. Roady’s squad pos-
sessed two. The reason is that
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Craddocks Have
Regular Meeting
The club held a regular meet-
ing in the club room at 4:00 Mon-
day, January 15. The program con-
sisted of the following numbers:
“Life of Kathleen Norris,” Ella
Schiurring and “Work of Kath-
leen Norris,” Mildred Autry. The
hostesses, Ray Stroud, Melanie
Yeary, Dot Steinman, Cleo Stew-
art, Ruby Childress, served coffee
and cherry tarts.
The following businese was at-
tended to: the officers for the next
semester are, Ruby Childress, pres-
ident; Dot Steinman, vice-presi-
dent; Agnes Kneuper, secretary-
treasurer; lone Perry, Star repor-
ter; and Cleo Stewart, Pedagog
reporter. Plans were -made for
the beginning of the new semes-
ter.
COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
WILL PLAY GONCERT
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
String Quartette From Austin Will
Perform as Guest
Artists Here.
The College Orchestra will pre-
sent its regular concert in the au-
ditorium of the Main Building Fri-
day night, January 19, at 8:00. A
large crowd is expected to hear the
return appearance of the String
Quartette from Austin which will
appear on the program in con-
junction with the orchestra. This
quartette made its first appearance
here last winter and was well re-
ceived. Each member is an ar-
tist in his or her department of
stringed instruments.
This concert will be the only
formal concert for this semester,
although the orchestra has played
numerous engagements for other
functions. Mrs. W. G. Brandstet-
ter, director, announced yesterday
that another similar concert was
being tentatively planned for later
in the year.
The personnel of the quartette:
Mrs. Earl Mick, celloist, and di-
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Joe Horeczy Speaks
At Science Club Meet
The Science Club met Tuesday
night, January 9 at 7:30 p. m. The
resignation of J. E. Pritchett from
office of reporter was accepted.
Emily Ritter was elected to fill the
vacancy.
Following the business meeting a
very interesting discussion was
heard on “Genetics,” conducted by
Joe Horeczy. Mr, Sewell also
talked to the club on “How Prac-
tical Geometry Could be Applied
in the Grades.”
The club voted to have their last
meeting of this semester Tuesday,
January 19, instead of on the re-
gular date, Jan. 21.
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Pi Gamma Mu To
Assemble Jan. 17
John Cherry, president of Pi
Gamma Mu announced yesterday
that the next meeting would be
held Wednesday, January 17. Two
speakers have been scheduled.
Bryan Wildenthal and A. C. Burk-
holder will address the gathering.
The meeting is to be at 6:00 in
the Tea-room of the Cafeteria and
a Dutch Lunch will be served.
BOBCATS TROUNCE
TRINITY UNIVERSITY
IN LEAGUE OPENER
lowers Is High Point Man In
Free-Throwing Battle;
Score 45-31
With everyone making a desper-
ate effort to be high point man,
the Bobcats snapped into a win-
ning stride to down the Trinity
Tigers 46-31 to open the Lone Star
Conference title chase for both
teams.
Milton Jowers, local cage flash,
worked the hoop overtime click-
ing six field goals and two gratis
shots to count 14 points. He was
paced by Turner, Bengal forward,
who swished the leather through
the meshes for five field goals and
two gift shots to total 12 points.
Botts, Trinity guard rang up 10.
With all members of the start-
ing five clicking in mid-season
form, Coach Shands’ 1934 cage out-
fit operated with smoothness and
precision to take an early lead
which was never threatened. Gott
was passing well to open up scor-
ing opportunities while Jowers was
deadly under the basket. Captain
Marvin Lamar opened the scoring
with a heave from near midcourt.
He repeated the feat twice and
was aided in shelling the basket
from long distance by Walter Ger-
mer. Houston turned in a good
defensive game. The Cats led at
the half 22-16 and the second per-
iod saw the feline reserves hold-
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Mrs. H. E. Speck
Speaks to YWCA
The YWCA program was opened
by the group singing “Holy, Holy,
Holy,” after which a business meet-
ing was held electing Mrs. Ruby
Childress as Pedagog editor, and
an open discussion about Pedagog
was had.
Minnie B. Holterman led the de-
votional and read the one hundredth
Psalm and also the twenty-third
Psalm. Following this Mrs. Speck
gave a very interesting talk op the
home.
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NOTICE
Textbook Library
All text books must be returned
to the text book library at the
close of the semester.
In order to facilitate matters at
that, time each student is invited
to call within the next two weeks
for a list of books charged to him.
The library is open daily from
9:45 to 11:15.
DEBATERS MAKE
REPRESENTATIVE
SHOWING FRIDAY
Valuable Experience and Knowl-
edge Acquired as Teams Pass
Preliminaries.
The members of the debate squad
who represented the College in a
debate tournament which was held
in Waco Friday and Saturday of
last week returned Saturday night
well satisfied with their efforts, al-
though they were eliminated in the
first round of the final debates.
There were four preliminary de-
bates, of which two at least must
be won if the team was to remain
in the contest and enter the finals.
The veteran team, York Willbem
and John Brandstetter, won from
teams from North Texas State
Teachers College and East Texas
State Teachers College, of Denton
and Commerce, respectively. They
lost to another team from Denton
and one from Southeastern Teach-
ers College of Durant, Oklahoma.
Both teams which defeated this
team in the preliminaries went
well into the finals of the tourna-
ment, Durant being one of the two
last teams in the tournament. This
gave them two wins and admission
to the final eliminations, where
they met a team from Edmonds,
Oklahoma which had been runners-
up at the large tournament held
at Winfield, Kansas not long ago,
and were eliminated.
Anderson B. Alexander and Jack
Smith started as the other team,
but Smith was forced to retire be-
cause of a sore throat after the
first debate, in which they had de-
feated Howard Payne University.
Gordon Hester was substituted for
Smith, and in the three remaining
debates of the preliminary round,
he and Alexander won from A. &
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Bobcats Wiin Tilt
From Schreiner
Hanging up their second victory
of the week, Coach Pete Shands’
Bobcat basketeers defeated the
hustling Schreiner Mountaineers
19-18 in a nip-and-tuck battle clear
up to the final gun. The game
called back memories of last sea-
son’s bout with the Kerrville boys
when the locals nosed them out
21-20 in a thrilling encounter that
saw a Kerrville guard miss two
free throws with only thirty sec-
onds to play.
San Marcos led at the half by
nine to four but a consistent shel-
ling of the basket by the Moun-
taineers tied the count and the lead
switched four times before the
Cats could convince the timekeep-
er that it was time to blow the
final whistle.
The homefolks in Kerrville
cheered and rooted to no avail al-
though many aged about ten years
during the course of the game.
Scoring honors went to Eggling,
classy Hill Country guard who
punched the clock for eight points.
Gott, deminutive ball slinger of
the Cats led the felines in the goal-
shooting department with six
points. He was tied by Belton of
Schreiner who tallied a like num-
ber.
The box score:
San Marcos Schreiner
Jowers (3) ..................... Steen
Germer (5) .................... Lowe (2)
Forward
Strandtman (5)............ Garcia (2)
Center
Lamar ...................... Eggeling (8)
Gott (6) .......... Morris
Guard
Substitutes: San Marcos, Hous-
ton and Womack; Schreiner, Glov-
er, Bundick, Gemand and Belton.
Officials: Gensberg, referee;
Dickey, scorer, and Junkin, timer.
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HARRIS BLAIRS
The Harris Blair Literary Socie-
ty meets tonight, Wednesday, in Y
room at 7‘30 sharp for important
business meeting. Everyone urged
to be present. A trial has been
arranged for entertainment.
Commerce, Denton and Trin-
ity Are Feline Foes
This Trip.
Coach Shands’ Bobcat cage hope-
fuls depart Thursday for an ex-
tended stay in North and East
Texas. The tour will include Trin-
ity University, Thursday night,
January 18; East Texas Teachers
at Commerce, Friday night, and
Denton Teachers, Saturday night.
Sunday will find the Cats trekking;
homeward. The opening night-
stand against Trinity should find
the Cats starting off with a win.
The felines trounced the Tigers in
their San Marcos stand last week
by a score of 45-31. Wakeland*.
Turner, and Botts of Trinity are
apt to be the Bengal stand-outs
while for San Marcos, Jowers, Ger-
mer, and Gott should provide the
offensive spark. “Sparkplug” Gott
is at present recovering from an
attack of the flu and may not see
full service.
And Then Commerce
The Commerce Lions won only
one conference season tilt, taking
that one from the Durant Teach-
ers 31-30 but it was a close one
and the Durant boys dropped only
one engagement prior to that—it
was to the National AAU champs.
The Lions were slow hitting their
stride and in addition to a slow
start they encountered some of
the strongest teams in this part
of the state. Sikes seldom fails
to place a strong club on the
maples and this year’s team is no
exception. Dean, elongated center
of the Commerce five is the scoring
ace and will be remembered by
many Cat fans for his prformance
on the local court last season. Dean
is excellent on the tip-off and a
dangerous man under the backet.
Smith and Clifton, forwards on the
East Texas quintet are likewise
hefty scoring threats and must be
throttled by the Cat guards.
The fact that the skirmish is to
be on the Commerce court also
counts against the locals. Consid-
ering previous records, court con-
ditions and other available data
the Cats are doped to drop this
tilt to the Commerce Lions.
Denton Ho!
Sturday night’s engagement
against the Denton Eagles should
prove to be a thriller. The Den-
ton club has not been impressive
in pre-season tilts although they
have shown much potential
strength. The Eagles are led by
Captain Smyers, ace goal tosser
of the feathered five. Another
dangerous Eagle is Zeretszke, tow-
ering Eagle center. This gentle-
man is a veteran of the court
game and is an accurate shooter.
Likewise Dittrich and Holotik must
be carefully guarded to prevent
any scoring outbursts.
All in all, the game stands about
fifty-fifty to go either way. It
would be hard to upset the dope-
bucket on this tilt. It promises
to be a tense close battle, all the
way.
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Rev. Bowen Is
YWCA Speaker
At a YWCA meeting Tuesday
morning Ezelle Murdock, accom-
panied by Mary Bessie Huling ren-
dered several selections.
Rev. Bowen of the Baptist
subject being “The Lost Art.” The
Lost Art which the speaker had
reference to was the art of medi-
tation. Rev. Bowen gave numer-
ous examples of our greatest think-
ers and scientists, showing how
meditation had contributed to their
success and had given them an
immortal place in history.
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The College Art Clubs invite
the clubs and societies on the hill,
to an art rally and tea January
18 from four to six, room three,
Science building. The exhibition
will feature the drawings and
paintings of Mr. Lou McClelland,
San Marcos artist. The paintings
of Ronney and Dawson Watson,
which have been on exhibition
for the past weeks, will also be
shown. A short program will
begin at four fifteen.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
—i—
(a) Final examinations for the First Semester will be held in
the College in all classes except English 11, in accordance with
the following schedule:
Thursday, January 25
8:00—10:00 .................................... 1:00 M. W. F. Classes
10:00—12:00 ................................ 2:00 M. W. F. Classes
Friday, January 26
8:00—10:00 .................................. 8:00 M. W. F. Classes
10:00—12:00 ................................ 9:00 M. W. F. Classes
1:00—3:00 .................................. 10:00 M. W. F. Classes
3:00—5:00 .................................... 11:00 M. W. F. Classes
Saturday, Januaryq 27
8:00—10:00 .......................;........... 8:00 T. Th. S. Classes
10:00—12:00 .................................. 9:00 T. Th. S. Classes
1:00—3:00 .................................. 11:00 T. Th. S. Classes
3:00—5:00 ...................................... 1:00 T. Th. S. Classes
(b) Final examinations in all sections of English 11 will be
held on Thursday afternoon, January 25, from 2 to 4 o’clock
in rooms to be announced on the official bulletin board and in
the classes concerned.
(c) Final examinations in Education 163 and 167 will be held
on Thursday afternoon, January 25, from 2 to 4 o’clock.
—II—
Schedules for the Second Semester (first half only) will be
made for all students on Monday, January 29, beginning at 8:00
o’clock a. m. All classes scheduled for the Second Semester
will meet on regular schedule on Tuesday, January 30.
Students whose grades for the first semester make them
subject to the provisions of the regulation governing proba-
tion and failures printed on page 22 of the current catalog
will be asked to revise their schedule accordingly, after the
grades for the first semester have been recorded in the Regis-
trar’s office.
ALFRED H. NOLLE,
January 17, 1934. Dean of the Faculty
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