The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Our basket ball teams.
The inter Normal debates.
The Pedagogue.
The Senior play.
A base ball team.
Our new spring goods are
coming in fast at the store
where you are always welcome
I. H. Harrison, E. side Plaza.
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Just received a new line of
ginghams. I. H. Harrison,
GET YOUR
Lord Baltimore
Linen
Rcund paper at
WILLIAMS
Drug Store
While it lasts. One box
of paper and a box of 50
envelopes for
45c
Nesbitt’s Place
'TIE BARBER SHOP”
Te place all students go,
on east side of the square.
A Wise and Sane Direction of
■ the Fighting Spirit
The lecture in Chapel sug-
gesting a direction of the fight-
ing spirit is of too great im-
portance and moment to be
passed without further com-
ment. This subiect is all the
more important because in
this day and time the “fighting
spirit seems to be directed
into entirely wrong channels.
Most people today (especi-
ally so in the old country) be-
lieve that the “fighting spirit”
can be manifested only in war-
fare—in taking up arms and
destroying life and property.
Surely we can and ought to
find higher and nobler ways
of expressing our “fighting
spirit.” Is it not just as easy
and much better to direct this
spirit to some worthy cause?
There is the liquor traffic,
with so many of its evils.
Would it not be a much more
worthy thing to direct iyome
of our “fighting spirit” to the
abolition of such a great evd
as the liquor traffic? And
then the^e is the great war
over in Europe, which should
make every one of us. as pros-
pective teachers interested in
a movement that would
abolish wars for all time to
come. Rather than foster an
erroneous idea for the neces-
sity of wars we should become
interested in a way to settle,
peacefully the differences
arising between nations. But
we have a great problem still
nearer at home—the unhappy
condition of affairs in Mexico.
When we realize that all these
troubles are directly due to the
dense ignorance of the
Mexican population as a whole
should we not become interest-
? g v| FREE AUTO SERVICE. Com. Phone 42
I he I Oggery Gents Furnishings
CLEANING AND PRESSING. High Grade Tailoring. Ed. V.
Price & Co., and other lines, and guaranteed to fit. Prices right.
To the officers of the Pedagogue, Societies and Classes:
Let us urge you to not delay longer. Let us talk over the photo-
graphic side of this work. Call us for any information wanted.
Phone 328. THE BROWN STUDIO. In Johnson building.
Agnew & Fourqurean
Gantt % ling
THE PURE FOOD
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Heinz sweet and sour pickles in bulk.
GROCERS
Fresh cakes, and crackers in bulk
and packages, Sewards chocolate
A Nice Line of
candies, always fresh. A visit to
our store will be appreciated.
Seward’s Candies
Both Phones 19
Beechnut Delicacies
Courteous Treatment, Prompt Delivery
SEND US YOUR
NEXT BUNDLE
AND PROVE IT
San Marcos Laundry
STUDENTS
Making high-class portraits
at reasonable prices is my
business, let me make yours.
A great variety of folders.
(Some Styles Exclusive)
KODAKS AND FINISHING
THE RITCHIE STUDIO
Commercial Phone 29
Hopkins St., just west of State Bank
L. J. DAILEY
Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES
Feed and Country Produce
BOTH PHONES 181
KODAKS
AND
KODAK FINISHING
ei?" ^
FUNK’S
DRUG STORE
Look Over our List of
Meins Concoctions
and you will see how many
good things we serve. We are
always thinking of something
new to tempt and please.
Come in and let us serve you.
Powell’s Confectionery
ed in some ways by which the
intellectual and moral stand-
ards of these unfortunate peo-
ple can be placed on a higher
level? Therefore, let us
strive to raise the standards of
humanity and civilization
rather than, to lower them by
a misdirection of the “fighting
spirit.”—An Optimist.
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Harrison has the shoes for
school wear.
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It would be well to read
The American Boy in the inde-
pendent, Dec. 18, 1916.
TAILOR-MADE SUITS
AT POPULAR PRICES
Caldcleugh’s 1 ailor Shop
Tom Collier
FANCY GROCERIES
We would
Appreciate any
Business you will
Give us.
WOOD BROTHERS
A BETTER STORE FOR MEN
We carry Hats, Caps, Gloves,
Neckwear, Raincoats, etc.
We are agents for the KAHN
TAILORING CO., of Indianapolis.
Make our place your headquarters.
COMMERCIAL PHONE 491
For first-class Barber Work make the
Parlor Barber Shop
YOUR HEADQUARTERS
DAIGLE & BYLER
PROPRIETORS
POSTOFFICE BLOCK
The place where you get
service.
First NatoinalBank
San Marcos
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1917, newspaper, January 12, 1917; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614292/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.