The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MEGAPHONE.
Entered as second-class mail matter,
September 27, 1912, at the postoffice at
Georgetown, Texas, under Act of Con-
gress ol' Alarch ;i, 1911.
All matter for publication must be in
the hands of the Editor by K a. in. Mon-
day morning. Don't forget to sign
your name to what you hand in.
Address all communications to The
Megaphone, Georgetown, Texas.
Member Texas Collegiate Press Ass'n.
ROBT. K. BROWN Editor-in-Chief
CURKY S. McMAIION . .Business Mgr.
Tuesday, October HI 17
OUR HEROES
In our excitement of football and ♦In-
formal opening let us not forget tie
fellows who cannot be with us, the
Southwestern men all over the coun-
try in khaki, the boys wearing the ol-
ive drab. They are stationed in camps
in all parts of the South and some have
gone to Northern parts and some are on
the seas and some are now in France.
Wherever they are, they are our boys,
our heroes, those fellows in the O. D.
suits, and they are lighting for our lib-
erty, for Uiu'le Sam and for Southwes-
tern.
The Southwestern men are making
good, and every time we read where
some son of Southwestern has gotten a
commission, our old hearts just swell up
with pride and we say, "Our Heroes."
We miss them in every department of
college life. We can only work and
hope for the best. Our prayers are ev-
er with them, and may the God of love
speed them baek to us.
DOING OUR BIX TOR S. U. MEN
It lias been suggestetd that the stu-
dent body of Southwestern, by chipping
in their two-bits and four-bith, could
send the school paper to every South-
western man in the ranks. Several of
these men have written for the paper
and are very anxious to get it, and oth-
ers have not written,, and wliyf Think
a minute. Did you ever try to live on
the amount paid a private? There isn't
much left for subscriptions to college
papers. Talk it over with your room-
mate and see if you can't'come to the
conclusion that one of the best ways to
help the Southwestern men in the train-
ing camps is to, send them a copy of
The Megaphone each week, marked paid.
AT $1.00 A YEAR
This is not a Hairbreadth Harry gag
nor is it a Tanlac tragedy. One dollar
a year will bring The Megaphone to
your door once every week, will send
The Megaphone to your home, to your
school teacher girl, or perhaps you are
interested in some Khaki between this
(]uiet little town and noisy France.
What does it matter if danger is near,
The Megaphone is coming. Give the
manager that long saved dollar and
have The Megaphone sent anywhere in
the Allied zone.
POETS. POETS
The Megaphone is the ollicial mouth-
piece of the student body. It will be
the silent record of one more year in the
history of Southwestern. Its scope is
unlimited its power to herald our vic-
tories are great, and its success is pend-
ing., Its failure is certain IF the staff
is left to put out the paper without the
co-operation of every member of the
student body. This is not my paper,
this is not the staff's paper; it is your
paper. The lowliest Freshman to the
exalted Senior has an equal share in
The Megaphone.
THE HONOR SYSTEM
! a vast d&al of difference in
high school and college modes of testing
one's ability. Perhaps some come from
schools that are in the habit of giving
examination^ under the "keen" eye of
a professor, and if you could put it by
him it was O. K. The student body of
Southwestern is under the rules anreg-
ulations of the honor system, and in the
main Southwestern is self-governed.
Each studeutt is to receive credit for
the work he is justly entitled. And in
working for that credit he shall not be
spied upon by a professor, but shall be
left to his own honor.
.A LIGHTER SHADE THIS YEAR
Last year The Megaphone was put
out by Black; this year it is Brown.
We have yet to see if Brown is a faded
out Black.
Keep on the cement. The grass is
dead.
The Megaphone wantsN poets. If
you ever wrote verse in any form,
dig it up and put in some new words
to suit your inspiration and put it
in The Megaphone box. It has been
the custom of The Megaphone to have
some student verse in almost every is-
sue. We have lost the best poet any
school ever had, Mr. Leslie A. Boone,
known in the poet column as LAB. If
you have any ability along the poetical
or literary line, let The Megaphone
have it.
GET IN THE TRENCHES AS A SCRUB
Coach Moise makes a call for all men
physically able to play push pin to come
out and help the progress of football
by being a scrub. It makes no differ-
ence whether you ever saw a football
or not, come out. The scrubs make the
first team, they develop the weakness
and strength of the first team. The
fho?e scrubs' Southwestern has on the
field the greater will be the first team.
Don't be a slacker.
WHERE THERE IS LITE THERE
IS HOPE
" FrinstanceEditor A. P. Black, a
Senior of last year and one of the best
editors The Megaphone has ever had,
is reported to be married. Of all the
capers of Dan Cupid this one has caus-
ed most comment around these parts.
"Here's succes and happiness to you,
Percy." The fortunate young lady was
a Miss Barnes of Paris. Mr. and Mrs.
Black are at home in Greenville, Texas,
where Mr. Black is teaching Chemistry
is Wesley College.
Now is the time to beautify the cam-
pus for spring. Stay on the sidewalks
and avoid making cow trails all over
the campus.
The Home of
Hart Schaffner
and Marx
Clother for
College Men
Bradley Sweaters,
Manhattan Shirts and
i ■
NoveltyNo-Name Hats
Georgetown, Texas
DEAR LITTLE FRESHMAN
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Of course, you are dreadfully home-
sick. Freshmen always are, I guess.
I know I was when I was there and felt
so left out. But the Y. W. C. A. girls
are so sweet to them. You're going to
join, of course. When I was there all
the girls in the Woman's Buolding be-
longed, and most all of them were big
workers in it. 1 know you are wonder-
ing what the Y. W. C. A. stands for. It
stands for the biggest things in South-
western—Christianity, scholarship, and
friendliness, anil oh! just everything. It
is the only organization where all the
girls are brought together. They gave
that reception last Saturday night, you
know. The Y. W. C. A. has the press-
ing and sewing room, too. It makes
things so convenient, and the reading
room is fixed up by the Y. W. C. A.
girls. In the pretty weather the Y. W.
girls play games out of doors, and also
on Saturday nights they go up in a
room on 3 1-2 and play "Forty-two."
Someone told me they were going to
have hikes and picnics and were going
to do work for the soldiers. The Y. W.
meets on Sunday evening at 6 o'clock
in the parlors. Be sure to go every time
you can, for it is really worth while.
Some girl will be around and ask you to
join. You must if you do nothing else.
The Cabinet members are:
Mattie Mills, president; Lila Bass,
vice president; Inez Ayres, Berta Low-
man, Lillian Walton, Vera Barrett, and
Margaret Harkey.
Love to all the Freshmen.
An Old Girl.
GATESVILLE SENDS NINE
Gatesville has succeeded Floresville
as the chief source of Southwestern stu-
dents, due to the fact that the Flores-
ville delegation have gone en masse to
U. S. schools. Gatesville's gift this
year consists of five girls and four boys.
Yet Gatesville. is still a fruitful field
for Southwestern efforts, as eighteen of
this year's class of fifty went to other
school. In 1915-16, with two students,
Gatesville furnished the editor for The
Megaphone. With students last year,
the popularity and beauty pages were
decorated with Gatesville faces.
A LETTER FROM OUR
•FOOTBALL CAPTAIN
Camp Travl^Texas, -338th Infantry,
Co. I, Sept. 13,—As the time draws nigh
for the men to begin reporting for pre-
liminary training in the leading college
sport, my blood sort of tingles to be
with the athletes from Southwestern. I
have always befen interested in athletics
at Southwestern, and especially so in
football, but more so am I interested in
the season theie this year. From my
very first year it has been my ambition
to captain a football team for South-
western. I had my heart set on turn-
int out a winner this season and I had
set about working for it the next day
after my election. I had just begun to
realize a goal that I had worked for a
long time, whdn the outbreak of the
war changed s<4 many of our plans. I
am going to kefep up with the team in
everything that it does and am going
to be interested! to know the outcome of
every, contest. 'Although the captain of
the team will be a good many miles
away from the struggle, he will always
be very close to them in thought and
spirit. I am goiug to try to get off some
Saturday and iome up to one of the
games.
We have been very busy receiving re-
cruits for the piast nine days. A very
small per cent of the men are experi-
enced. We are getting every type of
man imaginable-—everything from bank
presidents down to the biggest fools
that ever hit thle country. We are get-
ting most of our men from Oklahoma.
The United States means business in
this war, and when she does strike a
blow the Kaiser had better watch out.
With personal regards, I am,
Sincerely,
FLOYD G. BETTS.
These ads you see are the one thing
which make this paper possible. Ex-
press your appreciation and show your
college spirit by trading with those who
make the school, paper possible.
Waterman Itfyal and Conklin Foun-
tain Pens. Wilcox Bros. Co.
Chapel talks remind one of a bicycle
wheel—the longer the spokes the great-
er the tire.
A fish upon being told to drive the
cow out of the Violets, took a fly swat-
ter and ambled oat, speaking thusly:
"Begone, thou brute."
A good program at The Monarch thia
Week." ;• «- tI'-'fr-> 1
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YOU Young Men of particular
^ ^ ta^te are always sure of
getting the very newest &yles, and
real satisfaction, when you leave
your measure with us for
Real Tailor Made Clothes
You can depend on our up-to-date
Hats, Caps, Shoes and Men's wear of
all kinds as being the advance word
of fashion.
REMEMBER THE PLACE
The Toggery
The College Man's Store
D
Sinks Mcliarty came back to help
start the old school off right before leav-
ing for the Medical School at Galves-
ton.
Our prices are the same as those in
town. Students' Store.
Caradine Hooton visited in George-
town last week, leaving Monday for
Mineral Wells, where he will teach in
the high school.
All University Books and Supplies.
Wilcox Bros. Co.
Dilliard Allen and R. O. Parten, old
Southwestern students, entered at S. M.
U. this September.
J. E. Allison will enter the State Uni-
versity this year, taking the law course.
R. J. STONE
Southwestern'*
Photographer
"Kodaks Finished
Every Day."
Bring in Your Films
Football Game
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITl,
VS.
HOWARD PAYNE
Saturday, October 6th,191
Last day of the Bell County Fair, Oct. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
Midway, Between Belton and Temple
One of the big football games of the season will be the Southwestern Univi
ty vs. Howard Payne College on the Bell County Fair Grounds Saturday,
That these teams will be close contestants for State honors this will
Statewide Interest. A better line-up than ever before and -several stars
last season among the list of players.
Everything now In readlnes for the biggest event ever staged In Bell coi
No County Fair In Texas ever attempted such a stupendous nnd<
Three Days of Horse facing, Oct. 1, 2 and S—$3000.00 In purses.
Two Days of Motor Racing Oct. 4 and 6—12000.00 in purses.
The Big Football Game kthe last day—Saturday October 6th.
AN AUTOMOBILE DRAWING ON THB OBOUNDS EVERY DA'
Special Railroad Bates for the week from all points, with Special
Bates Saturday for the Football Oame.
Com* and me«t your old-time friends «i THB BBM. COUNTY
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Brown, Robert E. The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 1917, newspaper, October 2, 1917; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth401031/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.