The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1916 Page: 2 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
Engraved Visiting Cards
FRENCH’S BOOK STORE
NEXT DOOR TO P. O.
The Normal Star
Published every Friday by the stu-
dents of the Southwest Texas State
Normal.
Subscription per year_________ _____75c
Subscription per term_____________35c
Advertising rates on application.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-chief________Harris S. Smith
Assistant_________Miss Hortense Sauer
Exchange_______________Alfreda Tipps
CLASS REPORTERS
Senior_____________________Susie Taylor
Junior_________________Carrie Bell Capt
Sophomore____________.Winnie Donald
veshman__________________Marvin Hall
BTTQJNESS STAFF
Manager. ______ ____D. W. Couchman
Assistant____________ Proctor W. Day
All matter for publication must be
signed and mailed in the Star box in the
Library Building not later than 9:00
o’clock Tuesday morning.
Entered as second class matter, at
San Marcos, Texas, Oct. 1913.
THE STAR SUMMARY
Thanks and Regrets
The Star Staff desires to ex-
press thanks and appreciation to
all who have made some effort to
make the Normal Star of 1915-16
a success. We say success be-
cause we have been able to renew
a custom (established in 1913
and dropped in 1914) and keep it
up throughout ;the entire year.
We fully realize that many faults
and errors have been committed;
knowing too, that we cannot see
them all. We further know that
many improvements can easily
be made and the knowledge of
this is best impressed upon
those who have experienced the
actual work.
Hard Times and Support
The working part of the staff
has been confronted with dis-
couragements and very trying
times. In the beginning the
proper support was lacking as is
shown by the subscription list.
Of the 650 students enrolled, 356
gave their names to the business
manager saying they would sub-
scribe for the paper. Today
there are 186 paid subscribers.
That is truly encouraging!
Such support as that is the
cause of so much advertising
space. It was necessary for the
manager to hustle, and it is a
hustling job, to make the finan-
cial ends meet. Sometimes we
would be “in the hole” and again
a bit ahead. Never have we com-
plained or asked for assistance
in a financial way. We have
trusted to luck and the business
men of San Marcos. Thanks to
them. They are made of the
right stuff. We are proud to say
that in the end, both ends will
meat.
To those who have mad3 efforts
to fill an edition, even tho it has
been but a joke, we extend our
thanks. It is no new thing to
say the editor has not been com-
pelled to furnish more than his
share of the contributions.
Tuesday morning has found the
mail box empty several times—
not a line from societies or
assistant editors. “I was too
busy” or “you didn’t tell me
what you wanted me to do” are
good answers in society and pol-
itics but on the level do you think
it was the square thing to do'?
Such LOYAL support to the
manager and editor is the one
big reason why the paper has
not been better. It may seem a
bit radical to say these things
but we do not believe in boosting
up some, for doing their duty,
and not saying anything of those
who have no duty honor.
Future Wishes
The “Hard Times” and “Loyal
Support” are now about to be
things of the past. Personally
we hold toward every nlemberof
the faculty and student body a
good will, the school as a whole
and in every minute detail :wp
love —love more every day. At
the present our only hopes are
that in the coming years of this
institution the Star will be pub-
lished and that every student
now in attendance will be one of
its hearty supporters.
The Staff.
I will meet you at Harrison &
Dezelle.
Mr. Harrison: “What does, a
raincrow look like, Mr. Kelley?”
Mr. Kelley, w7aking from a
sleep, “like a bird.”
Mr. Harrison, “Well, can you
be more specific? A buzzard
looks like a bird.”
Reduced prices at The Brown
Studio.
There was a plump teacher,
Burkholder,
Who told how the country was
molded.
He had a broad grin, and a fat
double chin;
This good-natured teacher,
Burkholder.
-M. X. Z.
State Bank
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Your Business
Appreciated
School Supplies
Stationery
—AND-
Toilet Articles
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We£t Side Plaza
Both Phones, Free Del.
Nesbitt’s Place
THE BARBER SHOP
Make our place your
headquarters.
EAST SIDE SQUARE
3rd door above First Nat’l Bank
“Life is real, life is earnest;
We must strive to do our best;
And departing leave behind us
Notebooks that will help the
rest.” —Spectator.
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coming in weekly, in
Ladies’
Waists
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New lot Ladies’
Sport Shirts
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Lots of
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!
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COMMERCIAL RHONE 491
The farewell meeting of the Y.
W. C. A. will take phice Friday
afternoon at 4 o’clock in Miss
Hornsby’s room. All the girls
are invited to attend.
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1916, newspaper, May 12, 1916; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614167/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.