The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 14, 1922 Page: 2 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
THE NORMAL STAR
HARRIS-BLAIRS ELECT
OFFICERS WEDNESDAY
Editorial Staff, Winter Term, 1922
Editor __________________ Ben Baines
Mgr. Editor ___________ Roland Perry
Chaddic and Stroman to Represent
Society In Inter-Nor-
mal Debates.
REPORTERS
Paul Milam, Mary Haile Austin,
Henry Pochman, Elizabeth Flake,
Franklin Herndon, Eenora Walter, D.
L. Walker.
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Mgr._,---------Alfred J. Ivey
Subscription Rates: 50c per term;
$1.50 per Year, (Regular Session.)
Published weekly during the school
year by the students of the Southwest
Texas Normal College.
Address all communication for the
Star to the editor. Students contri-
buting news please bring same to the
editorial office in the Science Hall.
To insure publication all contributions
should be turned in at the editorial of-
fice not later than Thursday.
Address all matter relating to busi-
ness to the' business manager.
For advertising rates see the busi-
ness manager.
PATRONIZE STAR ADVERTISERS
Every term the management of The
Star has occasion to call the Normal
students attention to the fact that they
should patronize Star advertisers. This
is unnecessary for those of us that
were here last term, but for the bene-
fit of the new students we are taking
this space for explanation.
To patronize Star advertisers is
nothing but a game of give and take.
The Normal Star is a student publi-
cation and belongs to the student body,
therefore when you patronize the busi-
ness men of San Marcos that adver-
tise in your paper you are _ merely
pafronizing those who patronize you.
In every line of business in San Mar-
cos you will find that the best firms
are Star advertisers, so you will not
be inconvenienced by having to go to
Z second class business house for any-
thing you want.
There are business men in San Mar-
cos however, that refuse to advertise
in The Stan_and the students are ask-
ed to pass these firms up and patron-
ize those who, do. Read the ads be-
fore you go to town.
In another matter of similar nature,
clubs and classes in Normal should be
sure of the number of pins, or rings
they want before they place an order
with business firms here. Year-before-
last a certain organization in Normal
placed an order for sixty pins with a
certain local jewelry company. The
dealer now has about forty of those
pins still on his hands. Altho still
advertising in The Star he could not
be censured for not doing so. This
year the classes and clubs should be
sure of the number of pieces of jew-
elry they' want before placing any
orders.
In’ the regular meeting of the Har-
ris-Blair Literary Society last Wed-
nesday night that organization elected
its presidents and secretaries for the
two remaining “society terms” in or-
der that their pictures could be plac-
ed on the officers’ page in The Peda-
gog. Messrs. Hoy Chaddic and Carl-
ton Davis were elected to fill the of-
fice of president during these terms,
and Messrs. Hayden and Kirby were
chosen as the secretaries.
In electing the Inter-Normal deba-
ters from the Harris-Blair, the Socie-
ty had no trouble in settling upon
Oscar C. Stroman and Hoy Chaddic.
Both of these men are experienced
speakers, and the Society knows that
each of them will be an honor to their
literary organization and to their
school when they meet the other two
Normal Colleges in the annual debates.
As usual, the Harris-Blairs took in
some new members last Wednesday
night. An interesting program has
been arranged for next Wednesday
night. The .meeting will be called
promptly at 7 o’clock in Mr. Arnold’s
room; all non-society men in Normal
are cordially invited to attend.
Before the Harris-Blairs went into
session Wednesday, Mr. Arnold, an
honorary member of the Society, spoke
to the members of both the Harris-
Blair and Chautauqua.
THE CHAUTAUQUA LIT-
ERARY SOCIETY MEETS
Promptly at 7 o’clock Wednesday
evening the Society went to work. A
count of heads showed that nearly all
old members had returned after the
holidays, and with them were the new
faces of members of years gone by.
Upon request we met in joint meet-
ing with the Harris-Blair Society for
a short while. While there Mr. Ar-
nold made us a very fine talk, stres-
sing the importance of the work im-
mediately ahead. He emphasized the
importance of getting into the field
early if we would win the Inter-Nor-
mal debates, which are now before us
Avith other normal colleges.
Upon returning to the Chautauqua
ball the regular meeting proceeded.
Four formal applications for member-
ship were received and voted uporrw
They will be considered as candi-
dates at the next regular meeting.
By election, Mr. D. L. Walker and
Alfred j. Ivey were chosen to repre-
sent the Chautauqua in the inter-nor-
mal debates.
Home-made Candy at Galbreaths.
AMERICAN LEGION
CHEER UP!
AND
FILL UP
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AT
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GALBREATH’S
Eat, lunch at Galbreaths.
MUCH ROAD CONSTRUCTION
IS BEING DONE ON HILL
Improvement of Driveways Adds to
Scenic Beauty and Safety
Of Motorists.
Those people who have occasion to
drive cars about Normal hill have
already noticed a remarkable change
in the condition of the driveways and
we believe that it is proper and fitting
to say a few Avords here about the
work that is being done. We are proud
of our dear old Hill, its ruggedness
and uniqueness, and anything that is
done to beautify it is of interest to us.
The work, which is already well
under way, is a reconstruction of the
roads winding about and along the
sides of the Hill. To the South of
Normal Hill the road has been straigh-
tened and given a gradual slant so
that auto drivers will not need to fret
over back rocks and abrupt hills any
longer. At the foot of the steps _ on
the south side of the Main Building,
the driveways which branch off to
the tennis courts, to the H. E. Cot-
tage, and to the President’s home, are
under way of being widened and lev-
eled. The road from Evans Field to
the Power House has been made broa-
der and “the hill has been taken out
of ' it.” Quite a bit of room is now
available for the parking of cars,
whereas formerly cars must be park-
ed below the hill. In all .this work-
care has been taken to do away with
dangerous_ curves.
Completing our survey round the
hill we come to the northern side,
where a causeway has been built just
above the Normal hospital. This is a
great piece of work and it is hoped
that it will tend to take much of the
noise of passing cars away from the
Education Building.
Another thing which will add to the
beauty of these driveways is the con-
crete curbing which is to be laid along
the sides.
As in all the things that are done
in and about? Normal hill, it is our
President, who is at the wheel and
who directs things to the best advant-
age. To Mr. Sorrell, engineer, we wish
to say that it is a good piece of work.
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In a recent issue of the Star there
was an article stating that the,locaD
American Legion Post had elected
Spurgeon Smith, a member of the fa-
culty of this school, Post Commander.
Mr. Smith is, we feel sure, a man who
Avill carry out the duties of his office
admirably, and will take advantage of
every opportunity for the advancement
of the interests of the Legion.
How many ex-service men are there
in S. W. T. N. C.? Why don’t we
get busy, here on the Hill, and boost
the Legion interests? Do you know
that State University has a Post of
its own, independent of the Post in
the city of Austin? Possibly there
are not enough men in school to form
a separate Post in the Normal, but we
could certainly make up a representa-
tive crowd in the membership of the
San Marcos Post. There are many
things under discussion in the meet-
ings of the Legion here that are of
vital interest to the students of S. W.
T. N. C. and such being the case, it
behooves the ex-service men in Normal
to hump themselves, and see to it that
our interests are taken care of. For
instance, what are we going to do
about the Armistice day game next
year? Normal wants the day to be a
big one, and at the same time, the
Legion wants, and has a right to ex-
pect the support of all ex-service men
in making the holiday a big one for
the ex-soldiers in and around San
Marcos.
What are we going to do about it?
Why join the Legion, of course, and
get our finger in the pie when things of
this nature are being discussed. Until
we become members of the Legion, it
is none of our business what they are
going to do with Armistice Day. Get
in, Buddy, and lets make “co-opera-
tion” our watchword. We never will
get anywhere as long as we are pul-
ling against a force that is stronger
than we are. But by becoming part of
that force we will be enabled to take
good care of our own interests.
Join the Legion!
San Marcos lovers of football who
went to San Antonio Saturday to see
what was advertised to be the greatest
gridiron clash ever witnessed in the
Southwest were generally disappoint-
ed at the exhibition given by the much
heralded “Bo” McMillin Center Col-
lege Ex-Colonels and the Texas All-
Star eleven. Both teams were made
up of great football players, and much
brilliant individual work was done by
players on both teams, but as has al-
ways been, true of hurriedly formed
all-star football teams, there was a
sad lack of real team work shown.
Many people went to the game with
the understanding that they were to
see the famous Centre College eleven
which completed an undefeated sea-
son the pas£ year, and the same team
that won from Harvard. Instead they
saw only one man, McMillin him-
self, who was with last year’s Centre
College team, and the remainder of
the eleven that played in San An-
tonio Saturday were men who reside
in Texas and had been on Center
College teams of other seasons. Some
of these men were badly out of con-
dition, while most of the men who
made up the Texas All-Star team had
not been playing football recently. So
the game as a whole was not what
fan^ had expected to see, and those
responsible for staging the game will
in the future do well to be more care-
ful in advertising the personnel of
the teams that are to compete.
STATE BANK & TRUST
COMPANY
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
CAR BURNS UP ON POST ROAD
J. W. Gary Loses Fine Oldsmobile
Eight Sunday Night.
J. W. Gary, prominent farmer living
about two miles out of town on the
Austin Road, had the misfortune of
losing his big Oldsmobile 8 Sunday
night by fire. The car was being driv-
en by Otis, son of Mr. Gary, on the
Austin road near the Blanco bridge
When the car suddenly caught fire. It
is supposed there was a short in the
lighting system which ignited the ga-
soline. Several motorists stopped to
help save the car, but could do noth-
ing. The car was insured.
RAILROAD TIME ^ABLE
I. & G. N.
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GOOD TIMES AHEAD
Mr. Woodson in Ed 222, pointing
to a green line on a chart: “This re-
presents the boys. The boys are al-
ways green—on this chart.”
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A colored dispatch rider was being
tried by a court martial for smashing
up his motorcycle. He was asked for
details of the accident.
“Well, sur, I was agoin’ along a
dark road an’ I seen two motah cycles
a cornin’ this way an’ I sez to myself,
‘I’m agoin’ to doge atween ’em.
An’—an’ thats all dere was to it.”
“What do you mean by “that’s all
there was to it?” asked the prose-
cuting officer.
“Well, you see, suh, them two mbtah
cycles was a truck.”
There is a veritable flood of op-
timism touching business conditions
in 1922. And welcome it is. The
New Years statements and interviews
by men of world wide contacts with
affairs presages the message which
hundreds of others will present. For
a year we have been fed on little
more than hope, but the New Year,
forecasts are founded on facts, where*'
fore we may rely on them.
The gist of the statements is that
the “corner has been definitely turn-
ed.” Liquidation has been virtually
completed; deflation is accomplished;
credit is easy; industry is responding
to increased demand for goods, at
hotae and abroad; waste has been in
large measure eliminated; extrava-
gance is a thing of the past. The
people are ready to put their should-
ers to the wheel and push. There is
no guessing about any of these things.
Records are cited to substantiate con-
clusions which expert observers have
drawn.
Optimism is in the air, which means
that an eager people will go ahead,
stimulated by confidence and trust,
which are themselves touchstones of
prosperity. But they will not go
ahead too fast. It would be bad to
force business overmuch. Were too
much impetus given to industry and
trade, production exceeding the pub-
lic’s capacity to consume, we should
have to go through once more the
experience of unsound prosperity fol-
lowed by a period of adjustment. A
condition of stability is most to be
desired. The glad prospect is that we
shall realize it by a gradual revival of
general business. The signs are fav-
orable and we cannot reject all signs.
—Austin American.
Hear The—
NEW VICTOR RECORDS
—While They Are
New, at
ROGERS
Furniture Store
Mattie L.
Watkins
JUST RECEIVED—
—Some very attractive
Spring Models in Slip-,
per, Satin and Straw.
SIMON’S BAKERY
The Home of Simon Pure Twin Bread
All kinds of Cakes, Pies and Candies
Frances: “You will meet some nice
people when you go to Kyle.”
Hodge: “That’s all right, I would
rather be with you.”
One of those
Kum Bak Hamburgers
at the
The Cuctus
Calls for another order
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Staple and
Fancy Groceries
Phone 10
Dr. H. B. McGaughy
DENTIST
Onr Williams Drug Store
Norwood Tailor Shop
For Service. Call
314
French Dry Cleaning
All Work Guaranteed
First National Bank of San Marcos
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 14, 1922, newspaper, January 14, 1922; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614224/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.