Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1931 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ST. EDWARD’S ECHO, JANUARY 28, 1931
DUMB DATA
MILLER BLUE PRINT CO.
ENGINEERING SUPPLIES
AUSTIN, TEXAS
115 West Sixth St.
THE SCHUHMACHER CO.
Wholesale Grocers
Chas. W. Zwiener, Manager, Austin Branch
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Phone 2-3542
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M. T. Hosinski and Walter Kasberg, Agents
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Cleaners and Tailors
Just Phone 7413
102 West Sixth St.
Scarbrough’s Price Is
the ethnological
EM.Scarbrough &Sons
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SurebesT
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It’s Better Bread”
SOUTHWEST BAKING CO. U
Austin, Texas
PATTONS
TAXIS
RENT CARS
pants ?
Mary’s ?
Who was
dissected a
6IJM CONGRESS AVE.
Austin. I^cas.
We have moved to
7 th & Brazos
BUT
WE STILL SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE
not been in keeping with the great
beauty of the buildings, will come into
its own, and St. Edward’s will be one
of the great show spots of Austin, it is
felt by those who are interestedly fol-
lowing the progress of the work.
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TWO-CENTURY-OLD
RECORDS RECEIVED
BY K.C. COMMISSION
Dickerson Co,
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In the baptismal and
marriage records it is in many cases
definitely shown what marriages were
contracted before the parties came to
the mission.
“Where such was the case, we get
valuable light on inter-tribal relations
independent of mission influence. Fi-
nally, for present purposes, the two
hundred or more native personal names
of Indians scattered through the rec-
ords and in some cases translated,
may be our only means of assigning
a number of tribes to one or another
of the great linguistic groups of the
Southwest.”
Regarding the thoroughness of the
records, Dr. Bolton said at the out-
set of his article, “Students of Span-
ish-American history will ever be
grateful for the detailed and painstak-
ing way in which most Spanish offi-
cials kept the records of their acts.”
CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION CONTINUES
UNDER DIRECTION OF FATHER LANGE
4.
* *
Will someone please explain why
Snap Young and Father O’Brien were
embracing the other morning when
Snap walked into chapel in time for
prayer ?
* * *
Ask Rodgers why a certain young
lady’s “cheese sandwich" made him
sick.
(Continued from Page 1)
records we expect to find facts that
will throw light on living conditions
and customs among which the early
Spanish missions were conducted. The
documents consist ostensibly of bap-
tismal and marriage registers, but the
padres of those early days interspersed
their entries with many illuminating
comments and explanations. There
* * *
“Texas” Guinan’s favorite greeting
is “Hello, Sucker.” “Maggie’s” greet-
ing is somewhat similar. She says,
“Hello, Red.” (For the reader’s con-
venience we will explain that the words
“Sucker” and “Red” are synonyms.)
* * *
Is it inferiority complex or conceit
that makes Titus say that he and
Parma have always been friends?
* * *
After several days of deep medita-
tion Joe Koch finally found out that
his life was to be the subject of his
autobiography for English.....was
a great relief to Joe.
* * *
Judging from the large number of
students present at the ball St. Ed-
ward’s men cede the ability to crash
gates to no one.
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SAWYER’S
UNION FISH & OYSTER MARKET
Wholesale and Retail
FISH, OYSTERS AND SHRIMP
PROMPT DELIVERY
PHONE 6213 Austin, Texas
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decrees included. The books will there-
fore yield much more information than
their titles would indicate.”
Dates Back to 1703
The earliest of the registers has its
first entries in “Ano de 1703.” This
book was first used in the mission of
San Francisco Solano, in Cohuila, Mex-
ico, but was brought to San Antonio
in 1718 to continue the record of the
group that was transferred to the
Texas mission field.
The books are bound in leather and
made of tough note paper. The covers
are rather warped and cracked with
age, and some of the pages are torn,
but for the most part the neatly done
writing in black ink still is quite legi-
ble. Those received record more than
a century of missionary activity. Oth-
ers will be obtained later.
As far back as 1906 or 1907 these
registers were investigated by Dr. Her-
bert Bolton, then of the faculty of the
University of Texas, but no complete
study of them has ever been made nor
have any copies ever been made,
Father Foik said. It is essential for
the preservation of the records that
photostats be made, and a duplicate set
is to be sent to the San Antonio
archives.
Dr. Bolton Praises Records
Dr. Bolton, in an article in the Texas
Historical Association Quarterly for
April, 1907, said of the books that
their historical and ethnological value
was inestimable.
Elaborating on
value, he wrote:
“The baptismal records, as a rule,
indicate the tribe to which the person
baptized belongs, generally designat-
The new entrances would be I jng the tribal affiliation of both father
designated with suitable markers bear- and mother.
ing the name of the University.
Students Help
Father Lange has already done
much toward beautifying the campus
since making his residence at
St. Edward’s. He has planted many
trees and shrubs about the campus,
and taken the initiative in trying to
beautify the campus for future stu-
dents at St. Edward’s.
The plans toward embellishing the
campus, as advanced by Father
Lange, are not certain of execution,
he said. They will depend on the
amount of time he has available during
the coming semester, and upon the
amount of volunteer student help he
receives. Father Lange speaks words
of praise for the help that the stu-
dents have given him so far, and hopes
that the support will be continued. The
plans call for the beautification of the
grounds around St. Edward’s to such
an extent as to make them harmonize
with the almost majestic beauty of the
building and location.
When the trees planted by Father
Lange begin to grow, and the shrubs
to blossom, they will make the campus
almost unbelievably more beautiful.
Then if the rest of his plans are exe-
cuted, the campus, which hitherto has
for a pood quality
SHOE!
Including Wing Tips—Scotch Grains—
Black and Brown Calfskin—Rubber or
Leather Heels—Custom Lasts.
Adjoining The Man’s Shop, Street Floor
CLEANERS AND TAILORS PHONE 7413
* * *
The new buddies, McCune and Que-
bedeaux, seem to enjoy walking out
West Sixth Street.
* * *
The great trombone player of Shack
No. 6 agreed to teach Finger to play
the beloved instrument if the said
Finger would teach him to play the an-
cient instrument of the Hondo coun-
try, namely, the accordion.
* * *
Al Turner seems to be running the
Weasel a race with somebody’s girl out
in Wiest Austin.
* * *
We recently overheard a young lady
say that she would be glad when Mat-
tie got out of the hospital, so that
Ledbetter and his cousin Bomba would
hang around the Palace awhile.
* * *
It seems as if “Cousin” Ledbetter
pays so many bills that now he has to
stay at home and chop wood or study.
* * *
Where did Pat McLaughlin go the
afternoon he wore those cute golf
Maybe he went toward St.
Higgins is a walking telepohne
booth. Ask Captain McElstien, of the
Rinkeydinks, for instructions in the
use of the phone.
* * *
Parma and W.eeks—source and re-
source.
* * *
Father O’Brien says that he has a
friend in the station announcer of
the Austin station K.U.T. who dedi-
cated the number, “You’re Driving
Me Crazy” to him, on a recent radio
program.
ANO
* * *
the senior engineer who
watch to learn that its
hour hand turns once a day like the
famous sun?
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* * *
The drummer boy of the flats still
serves as a means of delightful enter-
tainment and recreation for those stu-
dents up and about when he gives his
morning serenade.
* * *
We wonder if there is any truth to
the rumor that Pete Gallagher sent
several letters home UNOPENED
after listening to the retreat re-
cently ?
If the improvement plan commenced
by Father B. H. B. Lange is carried
out, St. Edward’s will have a new
front yard that will make the campus
a delight to the eye of every beholder.
Fathei* Lange plans to build an ex-
tension on to the campus directly in
front of the Administration building,
where the land formerly sloped off
raggedly into the field below, and to
terrace the slope so that it will be, at
the same time, an improvement in it-
self, and a place in which to plant
shrubs and other plants.
The material being used to terrace
the slope is rock and soil. The rock
is being built into a wall at the bot-
tom of the slope, which will then be
levelled up by filling in with soil, in
which shrubs will be planted. Stone
steps will be built, leading up from the
base of the wall to the top, and a road
will be constructed running from the 71Z\oth“civ7ran7 ecclesiastkal
campus down about the base of the
wall, and then back up on the campus
at the other end.
Grotto Planned
A grotto will be built at the east
end of the drive about the wall, if
time and co-operation allow the fur-
therance of Father Lange’s plans, he
said. The grotto will be modeled after
the one at Notre Dame, which was in
turn modeled after* the celebrated
Grotto of Lourdes. The grotto also
would be built of stone.
Brother Peter, treasurer of the Uni-
versity, and assistant of Father Lange
in the proposed improvement plans,
has already started work on grading
the roads leading into the campus, and
about the buildings. He is putting
fresh caliche on the roads, after grad-
ing them with a tractor and grading
machine. The roads will be much im-
proved by grading, as it will make
uniform size, and of the same
Pl^^ree of smoothness.
Another plan which will be put into
action if circumstances permit is the
building of two new entrances to the
University grounds, to replace the
present entrance. One of the proposed
driveways will come up through the
woods starting about two hundred
yards down the road toward Austin
from the present entrance. The other
would come into the campus about the
same distance down the road in the
opposite direction from the present
gate, and the two would run together
in front of Holy Cross hall. Both of
these roads would be graded so as to
present a well groomed appearance,
and would pass through the woods in-
stead of coming into the campus di-
rectly, without any adornment what-
ever.
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Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1931, newspaper, January 28, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1293892/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting St. Edward’s University.