The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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Drink at
Jennings
The Normal Star
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal College
SCHOOL Supplies
at
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VOLUME X.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1922
NUMBER 24.
BOBCATS DIVIDE HONORS
WITH HOWARD PAYNE
REGISTER WITH THE
TEACHER’S COMMITTEE
Visitors Cop In First Fray But Cats j Students Desiring Help in Finding Po-
stage Sensational Come-back; Hea-j sitions Must,,Register by April 10
vy Hitting and Superb Pitching Is
Feature of Second Game.
First Game: Howard Payne 8; Bob-
cats 6; Second Game; Howard
Payne 0; Bobcats 16.
The Bobcats got away to a slow
start Monday in the opening game of
the season with Howard Payne Col-
lege, losing by the close score of 8 to
6, but came back Tuesday and shut
out the visitors by the overwhelming
score of 16 to 0. The series was di-
vided evenly in games, but in all the
particulars the Cats won high honors.
They made 22 runs to their opponents’
8; 25 hits to their opponents’ 8; made
6 errors to Howard Payne’s 11, and
the Cat pitchers struck out 24 men
while only 13 Normal batters wiffed
the air in the two games. From these
figures it looks as if the Cats got the
better of the argument in the two
games as a whole. ,
In the first encounter the Cats took
the field full of pep, but being a new
team some of this pep turned to nerv-
ousness, which had an obvious effect
upon their playing. Several times when
one more out would have prevented a
score the Cat fielders miscued. This
is evidenced by the fact that only two
of the Yellow Jacket’s eight runs were
earned.
In the game Tuesday the Cats look-
ed like an entirely different team. They
played errorless ball, and behind the
superb pitching of Ed Killena, main-
tained a defense that will win most
any ball game. Coach Sheffield's team
made enough runs in the first game to
win an ordinary ball game, but the
attack Tuesday was even far more
deadly than the first. The Cat batters
pounded three pitchers hard in Tues-
day’s game. They pounded them to all
corners of the lot and for everything
from singles to home runs.
Capt. Cy Tate opened the season on
the mound. He opened it in grand
style too, striking out the first three
batters that faced him. He was pre-
sented with a pound of Star Navy just
before the game started and it looked
as though the present was going to
carry him through in whirlwind fash-
ion. Cy looked like a million dollars
out there on the mound for those first
three innings. He had the Yellow
Jackets guessing, and guessing wrong.
The Cats started off with a flash,
Brownie singled, Terry’s sacrifice was
allowed to roll far, both runners ad-
vanced on a passed ball and then Jeff
delivered with a long single to right
center, scoring both runners. Umpire
Reid brought Jeff’s ball to the bench
at the end of the inning and asked for
another, the “Bambino” had knocked it
lop-sided. The' Cats counted again in
the third, Terry scoring from first
when the center fielder allowed Jeff’s
hit to get by him.
The Yellow Jackets made a desper-
ate effort to score in the second in-
ning, but a nifty double, Shands to
Brown to Shands, cleared the bases
and. retired the side. With a runner
on third and first, the latter tried to
steal second. Brownie took the short
peg from Pete and ran down the run-
ners between first and second, then
making a quick return to the plate
caught the runner from third trying
to score. The Yellow Jackets were
. more careful about stealing second
with a man on third after that.
It was in the fourth inning when
things began to break bad for the
Cats. Cy lost all the hop off his fast
ball, and to help the bad work along,
Jeff fell down in making a desperate
Effort to capture a short fly in left
field, two runners scoring on this hit.
In the next inning the Cats began to
loosen up even more. A two-base hit
Any student who wishes assistance
in finding a school for next year should
register with the Teacher’s Committee
between now and April 10, 1922. Pre-
sident Evans appoints a standing
Teachers’ Committee, the chief func-
tions of which are to assist any stu-
dent in Normal in finding a suitable
position. The credentials which the
committee secures are confidential, as
are also the recommendations which
NORMAL STAGE A REALITY
Carpenter Work On New Stage Near-
ing Completion.
PRINCIPAL GARRETT GOES
TO PEABODY COLLEGE
it sends out. The purpose of this com-
mittee is to supply reliable and speci-
I fic information free to school authori-
ties in need of teachers. No fee is
charged students for this service ex-
cept a nominal one to Sophomores and
upper classmen to defray cost of copy-
ing the necessary testimonials for re-
cord.
Letters are being sent this week to
all county superintendents and super-
intendents of independent school dis-
tricts requesting them to write the
committee their needs in the matter of
teachers for next year.
Last year the committee was instru-
mental in placing 100 or more students
in good positions, and hopes to beat
that record this season. Get your
name on the list by April 10.
--—o--
HARDEMAN-WILLE RECITAL
Violin and Piano Artists Delight Big
Crowd in Auditorium.
Tuesday evening in the main audi-
torium at 8:30 o’clock the Hardeman
and Wille musical recital was greeted
by a large number of town people as
well as by the students of the Normal.
In their joint program they gave a
rendition of piano and violin selections
which was immensely enjoyed by all
present, especially those who were
lovers of classical music. The out-
standing feature of the evening seem-
ed to be the selections given by Miss
Hardeman on her violin. The program
consisted largely of classical selections,
varying from “Romance” by Schumann
to “Th.e Dance of the Goblins” by
Bazzini. The program was arranged
with different types of music so as to
insure the entertainment of all who
were present.
What has been the dream of every-
body around Normal interested in dra-
matics or amateur theatricals—a thea-
ter stage—is at last becoming a beau-
tiful reality.
For a number of years Normal has
felt the need of a more complete stage
equipment than the old red drill cur-
tain and the old green burlap screens.
We had a first-class auditorium ac-
commodating about 1200 people, but
the floor and stage elevations and the
accoustics of the hall were unsatisfac-
tory. Three years ago both floor and
stage were elevated, and opera chairs
installed. This was a move in the
right direction, but still there was a
bare stage with the old red curtains
aforesaid, drawn with cords that some-
times pulled the curtains and some-
times did not.
Two years ago the Rabbit’s Foot
Dramatic Club was organized and gave
some meritorious performances which
netted about $200, all of which was
turned over to the school to assist in
building a stage with real scenery and
a sure-enuf curtain. In the fall of
1921,. the school added to this fund a
sufficient sum to make our dream of a
little theater a reality. The contract
for scenery was awarded to the Fort
Worth Scenic Company, who furnish-
ed, in addition to the back and front
drops and necessary wings, one com-
plete drawing room set, with a hand-
some drop curtain.
In the meantime the school added a
four-foot extension to the rostrum, to
hold the complete equipment, and built
costume cupboards and other property
receptacles under the stage, and we
used the stage for the first time for
the Hardeman-Wille concert. Work is
yet to be done in the lighting and the
building of the screens for dressing
room purposes, etc. This will be done
iu the near future, and when all is
completed, Normal will have the sat-
isfaction of knowing that she has the
prettiest stage and the best auditor-
ium in this part of the state, the city
theaters of San Antonio and Austin
excepted. —E. L. B.
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To Become a Member of the Nashville
Institution After June 6th.
LETTER MEN NAMED FOR
BASKET BALL SEASON
At the close of the regular session,
June 6th, Principal L. F. Garrett, of
the Training School, will become a
member of the faculty of George Pea-
body College, Nashville, Tenn., doing
similar work at that institution.
Mr. Garrett was graduated from
Normal in 1912, later attending George
Peabody College for Teachers and se-
curing the degrees of B. S. and M. A.
from that college. He has served
Normal well and faithfully, and his
many friends here and all over the
state will rejoice at his deserved pro-
motion and opportunity for a wider
field of professional service. Inai-
dentally Peabody is to be congratu-
lated on securing his services. We
shall miss him here a great deaL
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NOTES ON THE PEDAGOG
The Pedagog staff worked out their
dummy this week and are glad to say
that this year’s Pedagog will be the
largest ever put out by this college.
We are also trying to make it the most
attractive in every detail.
Some of the editors are rather slow
in bringing up their end of the work,
but with a little wielding of the sap-
ling this next week we will get in all
the work. We are doing our best to
have the book ready for delivery on
June 1.
One disappointment will be in store
for the student body. We will be un-
able to have a , full faculty represen-
tation. Of the 58 members of the fa-
culty only 29 will have their picture
in the Pedagog. This will not be the
fault of the staff, for we tried to get
them all, but the faculty did not res-
pond. We wonder why!
We will have 379 Pedagogs printed.
There will be no extras. If you wish
a copy and haven’t ordered, you may
still get one by talking quick.
--o-
WINTER TERM HONOR ROLL
Six Men Awarded “T” For Services on
Court This Year; Shands Enters
“Three Letter” Group.
ing eight runs. The Cats started a
rally in the eighth, scoring two runs,
and another in the final frame. It
looked as if they were going to over-
come the Yellow Jackets’ lead, but
the rally fell short by two runs. The
right kind of a hit would have sewed
up the game, but the hit was not
forthcoming and the final score stood
8 to 6.
The second game was nothing short
of a slaughter. The Cats came back
itching for revenge and they got it.
They hit every delivery that the How-
ard Payne pitchers sent up to them,
and they hit them hard. Jeff, Terry,
Hamilton and Killena were the swat
stars of the day, but they were follow-
ed closely by the rest of the crew. In
the first inning, with two on, Jeff
cracked the first offering to deep cen-
ter for three bases. It was a terrific
wallop, and had the ball gone in any
other direction it would have cleared
the wall. The next delivery was also
destined to a disastrous end, for Kil-
lena landed on that one and drove the
sphere over the right field fence for the
first circuit clout of the season. In the
fifth Terry registered with a homer.
There was not much difference be-
tween his hit and Jeff’s three bagger,
but Terry’s sailed more to the right,
clearing the right center field wall.
Hardly an inning passed with the
Cats bombarding the Howard Payne
pitchers with a veritable fusillade of
Mrs. A. H. Nolle and son Wilson,
returned Thursday from a visit of sev-
eral weeks duration to friends and re-
latives in Washington, D. C. and
Missouri.
Misses Nettie Martin and Gladys
Ellis, of Lampasas, are enrolled with
us again this term.
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Miss Helen Brown was a week-end
visitor in Austin at the Alpha Delta
Pi house.
E. M. Cain and Mrs. Storms Leading
With Averages of Twenty-
two Points Each.
SCHOOL SING WEDNESDAY
Come to the school sing next Wed-
nesday after general assembly in the
music room and bring the words of
this song:
Out Where the West Begins.
little
hits. All the three moundsmen had on
and passed ball put runners on first their deliveries was a prayer, and as
and third. Brownie played in hard luck “Aunt Cindy” once remarked, the Lord
little
little
trifle
here, being struck by the runner from
first and was almost forced to leave
the game. He stayed in, however, and
was the mainstay of the infield for
the rest of the afternoon. Before the
inning was out, Max Harris had re-
lieved Cy on the mound and the score
stood 5 to 3 in the visitors’ favor. Max
turned loose with some pretty pitch-
ing while in there and would have look-
ed a lot better with good support.
Howard Payne counted twice in the
sixth and again in the seventh, total-
was certainly hard of hearing that af-
ternoon. Nothing that their pitchers
could send up was a puzzle to the Cat
batters.
The pitching of Ed Killena was
probably the outstanding feature of
the game. The big south-paw was
certainly right Tuesday. He yielded
but one hit throughout the entire
game, walked only two men, while |
batter after batter whiffed the air in j And a man makes friends without half
an effort to connect with his twist- j way trying—
ing deliveries.
Out where the handclasp’s a
stronger,
Out where the smiles dwell £
longer, •
That’s where the West begins;
Out where the sun shines a
brighter,
Where snows that fall are a
whiter,
Where the bonds of home are a wee
bit tighter—
That’s where the West begins.
Out where the skies are a trifle bluer,
Out where a friend-ship’s a little truer,
That’s where the West begins!
Out where a fresher breeze is blowing,
Out where there’s laughter in stream-
lets flowing,
Where there’s more of reaping and
less of sowing—
That’s where the West begins.
Out where the world still is in the
making,
Where fewer hearts in despair are
aching,
That’s where the West begins.
There’s more’ of singing' and less of
sighing,
There’s more of giving and less of
buying,
I Cut where the West begins!
The averages of the winter term
grades have just been issued from
Dean Birdwell’s office. As a result,
there are 13 boys in the College and
77 girls, out of a possible 476 stu-
dents, with a percentage of 9.1 for
the boys and 23 for the girls. In the
Sub-College, oult of a possible 209,
12 boys and 37 girls are on the list,
the percent of boys, 17.3, that of the
girls, 26.4.
Compared with the fall term, the
averages for the winter term are a
big improvement both in College and
in Sub-College, the latter leading
in general improvement. The list
of Honor Students with the post of-
fice address of each, follows:
College Students.
E. M. Cain, San Marcos.
Mrs. Phoebe Storms, San Antonio.
Beatrice Hanson, Brazoria.
Fay Harris, Hamlin.
Elva McDavid, Overton.
Henry Pochman, Round Top.
Mrs. Alma Jarrott, San Marcos.
Lima Johnson, Schulenburg.
Mrs. A. T. McGee, Bruceville.
Mary Anderson,
Bess Barnes, San Marcos.
Jennie Garth, San Marcos.
Mary Hill, Tyler.
Albert E. Krause, Bertram.
Paul Milam, San Marcos.
Sophronia Brown, Kempner,,
Jeffie Lee Curry, Miles.
Werner Egg, Myersville.
Hope Foster, San Marcos.
Mary L. Foster, Sabinal.
Eunice Henley, Troupe.
Gussie McLellan, Overton.
Laura Owens, Sabinal.
W. E. Smith, San Marcos.
Mary E. Taylor, San Marcos.
Fannie Woodson, San Marcos.
Mary Yoe, Cameron.
Travis Armstrong, San Angelo.
Elizabeth Flake, San Marcos.
Marie Gerber, San Angelo.
Lydia Giessel, Carmine.
Clara Heller, Mission Valley.
Franklin Herndon, San Marcos.
Mrs. Willie Herron, San Marcos.
Sarah O. Hiler, Ft. Davis.
Davida Morrow, Wellington.
(Continued on page Four)
According to information given out
this week by Coach O. W. Strahan
from Athletic Headquarters, basket
ball letters for the season of 1922 will
be awarded to the following men: Al-
bert Hildreth, Capt. and center; Jack
Horton, capt. elect and forward; Henry
Shands, guard; Terry Lowman, guard;
Tidwell, forward; Carleton Davis, for-
ward, and Gerald Wray, manager.
Hildreth, Horton and Lowman have
all won basket ball letters in previous
years while Shands, Tidwell, and Da-
vis made their first letter in basket
ball the past season.
By winning his letter in basket ball,
Shands made another addition to Nor-
mal’s circle of three letter men. In
the history of Normal athletics there
has never been but one four letter
man, Robert Shelton, while only a
coveted few have been able to win the
“T” in three of the major sports. One
reason that there are not more four
letter men is that track has not been
part of Normal’s major sports for the
past few years, and men who could
have made a letter in that line were
given no opportunity. It is hoped that
in the future a larger group of these
three and four letter men will come
into existence.
The three letter men are: Robert
Shelton, Jack Sledge, now at Texas U.,
Terry Lowman and Henry Shands.
According to figures given out by
Coach Strahan, Capt Hildreth won
high honors during the past season in
the number of halves played. The Bob-
cat leader was out of the game only
one fourth of a half during the entire
season, playing thirty three and three
fourths halfs. Shands, guard, was the
rnuner-up to the Cat leader, playing
thirty three and one-half halves during
the season. The next in line were
Terry Lowman with twenty three;
Jack Horton with eighteen; Tidwell
with fourteen and Davis with five.
Every man on the Bobcat quintet
this season is eligible for another
year, and if Coach Strahan can as-
semble this same machine next season
he will have an aggregation that will
be up in the running from the start
for T. I. A. A. honors in 1923.
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NORMAL BAND PLAYS AT
HOWARD PAYNE GAME
Makes Its First Public Appearance at
Ball Game Monday.
For the first time this year the Nor-
mal band appeared in public, playing
at the Howard Payne-Bobcat game
Monday afternoon. Director Barrow’s
forces have been materially increased
since the opening of the Spring term,
and it is hoped that the remainder of
the games that are played on Evans
Field this year will be helped along
by the presence of the brass organi-
zation.
INTER-SCHOLASTIC MEET SOON
District Contests To Be Staged Here
On April 15th.
On April 15 the annual district in-
terscholastic meet for the San Marcos
district is to be held in this city. On
this day there will be both literary
and athletic contests, the contestants
being the winners of the events of -the
meets held in the different counties
some time ago. The literary events
which include debating, declamation,
essay writing and spelling, will be
held at the Training School building.
The track events are to be held on
Evans Field. The purpose of the meet
is to decide the representatives of this
district in the contests that are to be
held at the State meet some time in
May. The following are the counties
taking part in the'meet: Bandera, Bex-
ar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gilles-
pie, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Kerr,
Kimble and Mason.
In view of the fact that the judges
for the various contests to be held at
this meet are to be students of the
Normal, all students should take an
interest in the meet and encourage it
in every way possible. As future
teachers who will probably be con-
nected with the Interscholastic League,
the coming meet should also prove of
interest to them.
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