Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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NORMAL STAR
enjoy these advantages which na
ture gives to San Marcos. K. E.W
Entered as second-class matter, March 14
1911, at the post-office at San Marcos, Tex-
as, under the Act of March .1, 1879.
THE PAST YEAR A YEAR OF
DEVELOPMENT
Ladies long silk
39c- Adams store.
gloves, pair j
Subscription for Regular Session - --
Subscription for Summer Session
75C
- 25c
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief - - - - Rush B. Smith
Business Manager - - Fred W. Adams
All material for publication should be hand-
ed to the Editor-in-Chief or placed in the
box by the auditoiium entrance before Tues-
day of each week.
Address all business matter to
Fred W. Adams, Business Manager.
Lock Box 104, San Marcos, Texas.
Papers will be mailed anywhere in U. S.
at the regular subscription price. Help sup-
port the paper and keep in touch with the
Normal.
If you have not subscribed for
the STAR for this session, but
still receive a paper, remember
that we not only want you to see
our “Summer Star” but want
your subscription also.
Edith Giddings! What’s she
here for? Matn 9, of course.
Emma Min ter is going in tor a
diploma, and she’ll be in at the
finish.
Do you remember Berta Witt
of Junior fame? She’s here for
Senior work.
Susie Schooler is heie and has
brou ht her young sister to suf-
fer in the rack. Who Mould have
thought it of Susie.
Little Robert Miller turned on
the light last night to see howT to
hide.” Who says Mr. Miller is
the only genius in the family?
OF INTEREST.
The students who are new to
San Marcos need their attention
called to the fact that no place
has more points of interest.
The head of the river is iq itself
worth a trip here. Few people
have ever seen the head Of any
river, and nobody ever saw the
match to the crystal clearness of
water as deep as is in the San
Marcos. On your walk to the
river, also, you must pass the
Government Fish Hatchery, a
national park at the service of
the people. Farther down the
river is the beautiful Thompson’s
Island and several modern irri-
gation plants that keep hun-
dreds of acres fresh and green
during the drouth.
Turning to the hills, you find
such walks as will thrill even the
footsore, and various caves that
appeal to the exploring spirit of
even the timid. And then there
is the town; full of beautiful
homes. Be sure to stroll over
West End—-and see people who
are alive and cordial.
To the East and North Texan,
Saturday will be interesting; it
is characteristically Mexican.
But of course interest will
centre around the Normal and
there will linger longest in the
memory the views that it • com-
mands. Look from what win-
dow you will and there is before
you unparalled beauty of hills,
valleys or prairies.
We trust that the summer stu-
dents will not be so overwhelm-
ed with work that they cannot
Normals here and Normals there,
Normals everywhere;
Some who laugh and flirt and joke
And some bowed down with care.
The Normal is like measles; it
goes through families. Some
have us hard, and some have us
light, but it’s best while we are
young.
We advise folk dances for
teachers who wish to make a hit
next term. They’re the fad in
city schools; why not in the rur-
al districts?
Miss Butler once tried quota-
tions about music with this re-
sult; “Music has charms to soothe
the savage beast.” Is this a case
of the lady or the tiger?
There are some pretty girls
here from Troupe. Mr. Birdwell.
be careful of your girls. Agri-
culture is a fascinating study,
an so is shop work: then too they
might need some training in pop-
ular songs.
Why r-hould we look back over
the past? Why not, as Long-
| fellow said, “Let the dead past
bury the dead?” Longfellow was
right when he said that. But he
was t-kmg a different viewpoint
from that which u-e are to take.
We should think of the past in
order that we might stand lo-day
on the summit of vesterday’s at-
tainment, and by improving from
yesterday’s experience reach a
higher level tomorrow.
We find by observing the an-
nual announcements that there
has been an improvement in the
course of study. It was last year
that Manual Training and Du-j
mestic Science was added to our
list, which enables our students
to be trained to teach those prac
ticrtl sciences in the public schools
of our state. Among the elec-
tives also there are several
course unique in Normal work,
the courses for instruction in the
teaching of mathematics and
literature, and for the organiza-
tion of games.
The Normal boys and girls
have spent a very busy year in
' studying the text books and in
organizing themselves in the best
j possible manner for higher de-
velopment. The students, see-
ing the advpntages of self con-
trol organized a very efficient
honor system. A few weeks af-
ter the adoption of the resolu-
tions providing for the Honor
System, the idea of a college
magazine or college paper had
been so thoroughly considered
that when it was said “All that
I will support a semi-monthly pa-
per let it be known by rising,”
almost the entire house rose.
But the students saw that a
semi-monthly was not the best,
and at the next meeting it was
voted almost unanimously to
Walter D. Hof Heinz
SODA FOUNTAIN
Best
COCA COLA IN TOWN
And
PHOSPHATES
have a weekly paper. The great-
est of all College publications
was now perfected in “THE
NORMAL STAR.”
Owing to the fact that the
Normal has not been provided
with athletic grounds, our Nor-
mal boys were defeated in the
majority of the ball games in
the early part of the year; but
through their untiring efforts
the latter part of the year knew
no defeat for us in either a phy-
sical or intellectual contest. Our
basketball girls were never de-
feated. Our base ball boys
claimed victories over the Bap-
tist Academy, Coronal Institute
and North Texas Normal at
Denton within a little more time
than a month. On the same day
that the ball game was so hon-
orably won over Denton our
debators gave women the right
to vote forever in spite of Den-
ton’s oppo°ition.
Now, let us while standing
where the students of the last
year left us resume the onward
march upward, and may we nev-
er be content to «top, even
though it is acknowledged that
our school has excelled all others.
And may it be said, not in flat-
tery, but in truth, that the Sum-
mer Normal students of 1911
were one of the great factors in
promoting the develonment of
the Soathwest Texas State Nor-
mal. R. M. B.
Men’s fine pants, the newest
colors and newest weaves, pair
$2.50 to $3.98. Adams cash store.
You should see F. Erney and
Collie Major. One would suppose
three the only lucky number;
they looked at the “make-up”
program and said, “Three—three
—nothing but three,” and why?
Simply because of Eng. 3 and
Math. 3^-and yet they can cer-
tainly work Misses White and
Sayers to a finish*
Adams’ cash store sells every
thing for men and women to
wear.
WELCOME
NORMAL STUDENTS
And for your wants in Drv Goods, Furnish-
ings, etc., we have the right goods at the
right prices. Come and see them.
JOHNSON BROTHERS
THER7XQKET
Invites you to make his store your resting-place when
down in town. The only exclusive Ladies Store in the
county. Next door to San Marcos Pharmacy.
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Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1911, newspaper, June 9, 1911; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614170/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.