The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 12, 1919 Page: 2 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
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The Normal Star
Enterd as second-clas matter, March
14, 1911, at the post-offis at San Mar-
cos, Tex., under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879
EXECUTIV STAF,
English 301 Clas
Contributors:—Ellen Hill, H. H.
Hutto, Mabel Clayton, Arlin Johnson,
T. L. Barnhouse, R. H. Porter.
Woolley, Arlin Johnson.
The Star solicits communications of
different kinds from all students or
faculty members who fell that they hav
something worth sharing with us. To
insure prompt publication, all comun-
ieations should be in by Wednesday
afternoon of the week of publication.
They should be tiperitten, double
spaced, where this is possible; and
may be addrest to the Editor, P. O.
Box 156, or left in either of the STAR
boxes—(1) in the west hall, Main
Bilding, ground floor, near entrance,
(2) in the south hall, Education Bild-
ing, ground floor, near entrance.
The Simplified Spelling Forms used
in this issu conform as far as practic-
able to those recommended by the Sim-
plified Spelling Board in its “Rules”
circular, April, 1919.
Change of Date of Publication
This issu of The Star has been de-
layd a few hours purposly, in order get
several live items of nev
RULES FOR SIMPLIFIED
SPELLING
Thru the courtesy of the Simplified
Spelling Board, New York, the English
Department has recievd enuf copies of
the folder, “Reasons and Rules for
Simplified Spelling” to supply each
student in the English 101 and 301
classes. Any surplus copies remaining
after distribution to the classes abov
has been completed wil be available
for such students who wish a copy for
future reference of for familiarizing
themselves definitly with the rules for
simplified spelling as promulgated by
the international committee of the Sim-
plified Spelling Board.
“Reasons and Rules for Simplified
Spelling” is an 8-page folder of a size
suitable for inclosing in an ordinary
business correspondence envelope. It
contains in condenst form the main
features of the “Handbook of Simpli-
fied Spelling” and the rules of Part 3
of that publication, which wil be issued
in bound volumes, either paper or cloth,
about December, 1919. The complete
handbook wil contain a succict treat-
ment of the different fases of the sub-
ject a general revision of and a more
complete coordination of the rules, and
a selection of rules most suitable for
special enfasis at the present stage oi
the movement, with an alfabetical list
of all the words in common use sim-
For the plified in spelling by the rules. In ad-
rest of the term The Star wil appear
regularly Saturday morning insted of
Wednesday mornings as heretofore.
The change has been made necessary
the better to fit in with the schedule of
English 301 and the convenience of the
managing,. ” . _
ANONIMUS CONTRIBUTORS
Hav yu made a contribution to The
Star and experienst the disappointment
of not seeing it in print? Probably,
too, your article was in many respects
an excellent one. Here, perhaps, is
the explanation. We hav on hand sev-
eral such contributions which, while
potentially usable, fail to find their way
into our colums and hence never be-
come dinamic, because of only slight
revisions or corrections that ar neces-
sary to make them thoroly acceptable.
These revisions or corrections ar made
impossible by your remaining in the
anonimus family of contributors.
A contribution may be rich and in-
teresting in subject matter and be bard
from publication because of careless
grammar or faulty retoric. On the
other hand a lack of organization of
the thought may be the only fault. Or,
further stil, an incompleteness either
of organization or of development may
rob the article of publicity. Then,
whatever the fault or however slight it
may be, yu can see why the production,
tho ful of merit along most lines, might,
need revision or correction.
And where is the logic or remaining
in anonimity, anyway? Your contri-
dition to its being the autlioritativ gide
in simplified spelling, it wil be the last
word in autlioritativ orthografic mat-
ters generally, since the Filolqgy Com-
mittee whL^.orkt ft out represent the
best biological opinion of the six na-
tions in which the English language is
spoken. The price of the complete
bound volume wil be nominal, just enuf
to cover the cost of printing and bind-
ing. It may be had of the Simplified
Spelling Board, 1 Madison Ave., New
York, after December 1st, 1919. It wil
be a useful addition to your profes-
sional library.
The Normal is recieving from the
printer this week a supply of bulletins
pertaining to the fall session. These
ar printed in two colors and contain a
number of cuts in illustration of the
more familiar scenes and the recrea-
tional activities of the scool. If yu kno
of a prospectiv student .who would be
interested in the contents of this but
letin, leav his name and address v itn
the Registrar.
velopmeijt. Then, yu do yourself an-
other injustis, in depriving yourself of
the esteem of your fello students. Who
is there that does not desire merited
esteem from his felloes? Moreover,
this esteem givs yu the encouragement
to strive for greater or more signifi-
cant efforts. And finally, the injustis
does not stop with yourself. Yu ar
depriving your fello students of a so-
cial privilege, the privilege of knoing
on whom to besto their esteem for the
bution reflects talent. That talent needs exhibition of literary skil. Yu ar hid-
nourishing. When your contribution is
sent in unsignd, yu deprive yourself of
the professional advice and counsel of
the editor, whose training and prac
_ i
ing your light beneath a bushel, at the
expense of both yourself and the stu-
dent body. Contribute often and sign
your contribution always. None but
THE ECONOMY OF SIMPLIFIED
SPELLING
The Star began the use of the sim-
plified forms of spelling as a pedagog-
ical experiment. Our desire was to ac-
quaint students with these forms, so
they might recognize them as such and,
incidentally, come to be better ac-
quainted with them and the reason-
ableness of their common adoption.
Reactions to these forms on the part
of our readers hav been varied and in-
teresting. However, it is not our pur-
pos to discus these here, but merely to
call attention to the economy of using
the simplified forms as reveald in the
article, “On Bringing One’s Lunch to
Scool,” in the issu of July 2nd. One
of our statisticians reports that, in this
article as printed in simplified forms,
■ there wer 156 characters les than would
hav been necessary if the article had
been speld in conventional forms. The
article averages 28 caracters td the
line. Thus, in this article alone, there
was a net saving of 5j4 lines. Upon
this basis we observ that approximately
31 lines of tipe or 4)4 inches of colurn
space is savd in each issu; in a year
195 colum inches or just a little les
than the space used in two issues. This
conservd space represents a saving to
the management and the scool of the
equivalent of $45-worth more of space
matter per year than could be had if
the conventional forms wer employd.
Reducing this to a per centage basis,
we find the use of simplified spelling
forms givs a net space saving of 3.9
per cent each issue. Multiplying this
by three, since all copy has to be type-
written before it is given to the lino-
tiper and thus demands two labor oper-
ations, the net space-and-labor-saving
is approximately 12 per cent—a hand
sum net increment. All of which
prompts the query: How long would
Y. W. C. A. PICNIC
Sometimes do yu get tired of being
a dignified Normal student (or even a
faculty member) and long to get out
and be a child again just for a few
hours? If yu did not come to the Y.
W. C. A. picnic at Riverside last Thurs
day evening, yu mist a spendid op-
portunity to do that very thing.
By seven o’clock a good crowd ot
students, teachers, and visitors had
arrivd at the appointed place. After
each had sizd up the box of eats the
other had brought, and figured out the
number of sandwiches it would be advt
able for any one of them to eat, some-
one suggested that, as most everyone
present was accustomd to erly supper
and had exercize in coming to the ren-
dezvous, it would be better to take the
eats and the games afterward. Hence
lunch was spred and everybody got
busy for a time. Then there was a
gradual withdrawal to seats, or else a
short walk up the walk to view the
scenery.
Soon the more activ ones of the party
had drawn everyone into some real
children’s games, as “Three Deep,”
“London Bridge,” and even “Crack the
Whip.” It was# then we forgot our
troubles and our dignity and wer, tem-
porarily, children again. Just as child-
ren, too, we wer as easily stopt from
our play, when ice cream cones began
to appear misteriusly among the circle
of players. Soon all wer engrost in the
plesure of eating again. After the cones
had disappeared those who-wer able to
do so, playd games for a short time,
until it was time to go home to study
or to the Normal picture sho.
—E. IL
Students who hav been studying the
social results of community entertain-
an up-to-late business organization be Iments ^ad a &ood opportunity, Thurs-
in deciding to adopt an improvd sistem
which would be the means of enabling
it to cut down its operating expenses
12 per cent, with practically the same
clerical force and the same expenditure
of mental energy? Our ges is that it
would not be much longer than the
time requisit for the installation of the
day and Friday evenings, to study such
entertainments in practical operation.
The occasions wer community street
dances on the Courthouse Square in
celebration of the return of the Hays
County soldiers. The music was furn-
isht by the New Braunfels band. The
street was lighted up extra for the oc-
necessary “machinery.” Our ges also|casion and sweeping compound was
is that, spite of the simplified forms, jsifted around to keep down the dust,
not even the most conventionally-^0 far as we could observ, everybody
orthografical of our readers faild to was therD either as spectator or parti
tical experience qualify him to render | the editor wil ever kno its authorship,
yu expert counsel. “Some mute, in- if yu wish that fact conceald, and he
glorius Milton” may find in a mere j is too busy to remember it long.
suggestion the means of - eater de-
-LI. H. H. / ;
get the ful import of the article in
question. Of course his esthetic sen-
sibilities may hav been shockt occa-
sionally at the appearance of certain
forms shorn of their orthografical re-
dundance or historical camouflage, but
after all, what is spelling anyway—a
matter of esthetics and veneration, or
of economy and rationality?
—T. L. B.
--o-
“Cheer up”, said the cronic optimist
to the rejected suitor.” “There ar still
as fine fish in the sea as hav been cau’t
“Tru enuf” replied the rejected one,
“but this fish got about all my bait.”
--—-—o--
F'ive weeks of the summer scool hav
past. So far, with one exception, all
the copy of THE STAR has been prep-
ared by members of the English 301
clas, yet only this morning we overherd
some Juniors complaining about the
delayd appearance of THE STAR this
week. Suppose some of yu favor us
with a little copy.
- . .
cipant, and apparently having a veri-
pleasant time. It was the quietest,
most orderly, and happiest larg crowd
we hav seen gather'd on the streets in
a long time.
Tangible Evidence
Mr. B:—For what was Abraham
Lincoln noted?
Miss E:—For his great memory.
Mr. B :—For the benefit of the clas,
wil yu state in what source book yu
found that information.
Miss E:—I didn’t hav to depend on
a source book; I once saw a monument
erected to his memory.
Mr. B.(in Soc. 302, discussing sche-
mes of taxation) :—A common joke at
the convening of legislatures is a reso-
lution placing a special tax on bachel-
ors.
Harris (taking it seriously) :—Mr.
Burkholder, what ages wil be included?
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 12, 1919, newspaper, July 12, 1919; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614365/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.