The Independent (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF POLYTECHNICJ COLLEGE
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 19, 1910
No. 21
Polytechnic Home Coming* April 21,1910
HELP US TO MAKE A “GREATER POLYTECHNIC” HOME COMING
BAYLOR FIVE DEFEATED
GAME CLOSE AND EXCITING
J.....IWwUom wan, “ Hcwolveil, Thut An ! NEW COLLEGE LIBRARY
Income I ax W omIH Subserve Ihe Bent
Interest of the United States Consti-
tutionality Conceded.” Walter Uox
ami Ernest Ulmer upholding it, while
Porter Akin .1 n«I Kli Nance opposed it.
The fight was made on the following
main issues: Is it .just; is it prac-
TO BE OPENED FEB. 22
BOOK RECEPTION
Poly redeemed herself Monday by
.......... *h" “*;!« ,?";vlor
team, and established her reputation in technic—Who will Deliver
that game. Captain Moore of tlit* the Goods?
On Tuesday' evening, February 22,
file new College Library will lie for-
enue to the national treasury? The lm,||v opened. The workmen will
uiui gam . , I 1" . ‘ . .. . . . . . judges rendered their decision in favor (lnisli their work bv Saturday and turn
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college song book in which it was de-j}|j tli<‘ next anniversary program
aired to place at least one song from ______
eV0rv lea*in« ........1 1,1 So",k Th®yl Civic League Made Permanent
properly decorated, refreshment*
will he served and the orchestra will
furnish music. The social regulations
(mvc ........Kiiiml Polytechnic os one of w‘”v “**•“'----- ‘ "----------.......... «'*" »ml.
those Icmlitiy schools liy cskiott ns to] With the mloption ot a constitution '"ins), 11 -<,lll‘l -..... 11111 111
furnish a song. and by-laws Tuesday evening, the ••“•Y'M|\ .
Now the question is this, are we' Civic League of Polytechnic Heights •"•ginning prompMx at eight p. in. a
going to let such an opportunity as went, into permanent organization. •{n,£™,“ Wl1 yin" V* ,l"‘ ul1''”''
this to sing the praises of Polytechnic The officers elected were: President,! Auditorium >.\ the dee uh .orchestra
throughout the entire South pass by | W. B. Hamilton; first vice-president,, and others Inmi the School ol hue
without making any effort whatever!' Judge Oci Speer; second viee-presi- *Ar|s* ^
We believe we have in our Student dent. lion. W. B. Fitxhugh ; third vims- At H"* J-lose ol the program the stu-
Imdv men who have the ability to com- president, Dr. II. A. lioaz; secretary- ,l, nls "i!l hold a rceepimn »u the L-
' * I ■ •• ■ • « . • lil'nm' Li lllolM I liOillilu I Hiilit tliii plj V'
already acquired. No one of them was
able to equal our big Lancaster ill cen-
ter, who made ten of the points on his
side.
The first half was fast and lively, re-
sult ing in a score of 25 to 15 io our
favor. Baylor’s guards were not close
enough, and did not stick our swift
forwards, and Lancaster was too high
for them. Cox played his usual way
at guard, and showed great vigilance
and aggression. 11 is protege only
scored once in the whole game. Hen- „ „„„ ............, - ................, - ......^ , , . „ . . . .
derson also did fine work, and took pose an original Poly song, for it must treasurer, J. E. Valentine; sergeant-at ,nir' lo Ir.l,,.M's lro,.,‘ ,h<
..... .......• ?’ - • arms, R. It. Stockton I and the College Heights. All are oor-
good care of his charge, permitting j><. original, both in words and music,
him to lodge the sphere only three We are sure that after some one has
times. Bell, our new forward, was written the song that there are any
very aggressive, making eight points, number of musicians who will set the
and assist in? in several others. He 1 wi rd« to music.
went into the game with a crippled Let’s see that Poly is represented in | for Tuesday evening of each month, un- j lo '*'*
knee and sore leg, but he forgot all this book of original* college songs. less called by the president. !1 10,1 " '* >m> '* .ur mussaiv
thin until later. (lilliland did ______ | An Initiation fee nt Sti rents and dun, toT PwliasniK »na or more
good work, equaling Bell in the mini- Mass Meeting of Boosters. i of 25 cents per month were agreed ho", . ... . ,. ,
P , .....i.. i ° I be immedmle need (it the beautiful
her of goals macb . Lam asti r, wi ll, l Saturday evening there was held a uI),,n- , ,u,w lihrarv room is money to imrchasc
surprised everybody, and seared the'•: mnss meeting in the chapel of some of < ommittees were appointed to <*al . , , .* . un(lu‘ t(1
The purpose, asset forth in the con- ‘li-dlv invited to attend. It is hoped
stitution, was the material develop-! th.?f ,ll11 ‘“terested Inernls ol lege
ment and civic betterment of the com- 'V J‘‘ l,r,'s,‘n' 1,1 person Mith a book
munitv. The time for meeting was set ',or th,‘ »»“• 1 impossible to
come, to be represented in the presen-
-------- meeting in the chapel ---------- __
visitors. He bad been sick, and was (host> who Wou|t| |,|{,. to H,.t. p0ly win
suffering with a wen!: tMa, himtijr jn everything, basket ball as well as
cracked the bone with a bowling ball foot |w,|j or |>J1S<, p,,!! There were not
a few weeks before, lie managed to many there, but those who were
capture ten of the treasured scores. Jv K|,uwed that they had confidence
heehett played an excellent game m oj,j, 0j* goal tossors, even though
lor the visitors, but none ot th*1 substi* j|i<*y had not won every game this year,
tutes deserve any special mention, and Anil what was the result! Well, every
the regulars did their best, hut could ((|1)1 knows by now what we did to
upon the postal authorities about frni ( V.'f’°^/Tl,rnrx ^'\vHi!
wlnA-’’ lalrht”' r*l*ow"r",Tto. «»««U i.k V‘r'; ,""1, lla*
livlitu; to ......... with the K,l» pmn'l' V"1"?,1’1" b10,,kH' . ,t.,n'!edl, ',l'
nlmut nnlural „aa for tha Hill ami a f“'" v Many ol our
a ............. '",v<l ,111,1 ,h"y
never use. I hey would be ol
The League voted to call upon the
citizenship to
March 7.
clean their premises
much value to the college library.
Bring a suitable book. Money for
of tll,‘ Y. M. C. A., rrfrrrr.1 Ihr kamr. <u ’ hs ................ I..-I.....I l>r<u«‘l.t. I’lfl.v-thr. .. jninml thr "J
to the perfc I satisfaction of both
sides. The absence of squabbling
featured the contest.
The crowd was very enthusiastic,
hut small. This was the only dis-
agreeable feature to the manager, lie
lines think Baylor might to have drawn
a better crowd, but she wasn't to
blame.
it. When we lake enough interest in L,*,,L,,,<*-
basket hall to go to see the games, and
yell for our men after we get there, The Huron Alphomega of Huron
we will win games and not before. * nllege, South Dakota, advocates a
We believe we have ...... the fast- <‘<'»irse in .'.esthetic whispering The | >t'pin't i*n«-n t * of * t iiV- ‘ P oVy I i-’ir l»n i K|
(•si basket hall teams in the State, and paper says that conditions m the li- u.||1>fh . ...obtained* their Leairm
that with the proper support of the brar.v warrant the course
students there is yet time for them to
An Evening With the Devotional
Department.
Last Monday evening the Devotional
members at the Parsonage. About
fifty of the .jolliest Leaguers: in To:.*'**
win a good share <d'the season s games. State Oratorical Preliminary Monday U(.n, present. The plan <d' entertain
The new finished Hour in the gym. Then let’s help them to win by getting
was in fine shape, and put new life in
the boys.
'I’lie line-up was as follows:
Baylor Ingram and Moore, center;
Mesereau, Brindlcv and Rogers, for-
wards; Henry Mosley, Pickett and
Evening in College Chapel.
ment was something entirely new ill
the wav of League socials. It was in-
structive as well as enjoyable. Tin*
in behind them at every stage jd1 the ()|J Monday evening at S o’clock in
game. It’s most too late to make the tl|JI rlla|(|l| ^.j|| |,e|(j t|„. Himl pre-
team by playing, hut we can help |j null ary for determining our repre-1 leading event <d the evening was a
boosting. ^ sentative to the State Oratorical Amo-1 drill on twenty-five interesting facts
SO B(K)Sr, BOOST, BOOST. eiation, which meets with Trinity Uni concerning the history and work of the
- ----- versitv at Waxalmehie some time in League. I heve, printed on a slip ol
Sandle.v, guards. Seventeenth Anniversary of the Ad- A -j' ()ut (lj. ,j1(, fnur wj,(, arc ! paper, were handed to each couple, and
. rSi0llLi ilmder I Ionian Literary Society aspirant* for the place, it is hard to | they were allowed to study for several
*' 1 M,,< • °* Ml 1 s* " ‘ Saturday night the Adkissonian pick the winner. The odds are slightly minutes. I hese printed lads were
M>>\ celnVi|N*iriiitie will III* nlnved on Bav- Literary Society gave its regular anni- i in favor of either Uoodloe or Minor, if then taken up and questions on the
(.i.iirt voini'time ne\t week ’ versary program in the (lollege (’hapel. previous experience is any criterion, same were passed around. We were
I The program showed much hard work,1 Minor being a winner in the annual given a few minutes to answer these
land every one carried out his part debate between the two young men’s on paper, our papers were collected
Tb One of the Best Seen in the I creditably. It was to be regretted that societies in ’OH, while (food I or won the and graded The grades which were
T neat Gymnasium—Rohrer Breaks Mr. F. M. Brousford could not lie I honors in the Inter-Society Oratorical mostly "As, showed that we either
flvni Record in Half Mile present and give bis oration on the sub-1 ('ontest ol OH. Karl Dishman and Wil- knew or had been taught something
^ , jeet. “Are All Men Created Equal!” Main Hawkins are the other two men. in regard to our work. There were
Missouri was defeated by a score of ](owisvcr. the substitution of a reading either of whom may prove t<> be a dark ninny other features of the program
(12J to 2:LJ by Ooaeli Harry Hill’s eon- |(V Miss Myrtle Dockery was very much Imrse in the final stretch. Dishman that were interesting. Indeed, it was
ference champions in the dual meet as is always I he ease when was the winner in the New Students all carried on with such ease and grace
last night. Miss Myrtle reads. She is one of our contest of tho IMtilosophians last year, that the time passed only too rapidly,
The visitors performed well and do- ajst)l|. ^ k'M( ,,|M)M which society and Hawkins well he has already and when it had passed we had no!
we may always depend, and the whole walked away with so many honors that only spent a pleasant evening, hut
sooietv extends its sincere thanks to we never can tell where he will stop, j each one of us left wit h a determination
|WM. * To say the least, the contest promises to make our League among the lives!
Mr. David Union was excellent, as he to la* a live one. with winners hard to in Fort Worth,
always is, at rendering piano solos, and pick. Either of the four will make We, as Leagm rs, wish to express our
“Lasses” Newton with “Them ‘Sore somebody hard to catch at Waxa. in appreciation and approval of the work
Spots,” promises to become a great the SPRINGTIME when the poets, that Miss Vida Thomas and her de-
nerve credit for a good track team.
Sophomores Challenge All Other
Glasses for Basket Ball
Game
The Sophomore basket hall team
challenges any of the college classes I foot-light impersonator. (?)
for a series of games to be played in
the Uvm., and further suggests the idea
of a series between all the classes to
determine the college championship.
lovers and orators are always at their partment are doing. And in the
The debate was good, hut each of best. With two inter-collegiate de- coming m» ting we pray that through
the debaters might have had Ilia speech bates and this contest won by Poly- the efforts ol this department and eo-
a little better in hand and thus avoided technic this year, we ought to make operation of the other Christian
being confined so closely to manuscript, j people sit up and take notiee. Leaguers, many may be saved.
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