The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 24, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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The Normal Star
Published Weekly Daring the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal College
VOLUME XI.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1923
NUMBER 23
DEVEREAUX PLAYERS
PERFORM TWICE TODAY
“Much Ado About Nothing” To
Be Given This Afternoon;
“Arm and the Man” To-
night; Not Lyceum.
Today marks the highest point of
the year in sofar as entertainment of-
fered by the Normal College is con-
cerned. The Devereux Players, one of
the world’s most noted company of
players will appear at the Normal au-
ditorium this afternoon at 3:30 in
Shakespeare’s “Much [Ada About Noth-
ing” and again this evening at 8:15
in Shaw’s “Arm and the Man.”
This entertainment is not a part of
the regular Lyceum course fostered by
the Southwest Texas Normal College,
but rather an extra number that the
college has taken adantage of since
the opportunity presented itself so ex-
cellently. The Normal’s Lyceum course
came to a close with Miss Haskell’s
reading last week.
The season tickets held by town
people and the student activities’ tax
receipts held by students of the Normal
will not admit to the plays, because
of the fact that this attraction is an
extra one. All adults, who are neither
students of the Normal, Academy or
High School, will pay $1.00 for each
performance; all students of either of
the above mentioned schools will be
admitted for 50c per performance.
Tickets are on sale at the Normal Ex-
change, the Y. W. C. A. Rest Room,
at Jennings and at Williams.
“The Play’s The Thing.”
After five hundred years the truth of
this statement remains uinshaken. The
comedies of Merrie Old England are
still the masterpieces of English litera-
ture. They have outlived the passing
years. They are rich in delicate sit-
uations, brilliant comedy, flashing sa-
tire and deep heart interest. Their
appeal is as forceful today as on the
day of their creation. Their popularity
has accumulated in a steady progres-
sion and their inspiration is' as irresist-
ible as their influence is compelling.
They deal with human lives and com-
mon characters and their plots are the
depths of universal experience. They
are “not of an age but for all time”.
With the belief that these plays
should form a part of the life of the
nation from a combined literary and
dramatic standpoint, Mr. Clifford Dev-
(Continued on page Three)
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SAN MARCOS DISTRICT
INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
AT NORMAL APRIL 14
NORMAL HIGH HOBOS DE-
FEAT SEGUIN HIGH 25-17
Second Game Hobos Play; To
Play Seguin High Again In
College Gym Wednes-
day Night.
Miss Brown, coach of the Normal
High Hobos, took her team to Seguin
Thursday afternoon and there defeated
the Seguin High School sextet 25-17
in a very interesting and splendid
game. The game was the second that
the Hobos have played this season. This
is the first season they have ever played
for until this year the Sub-college nev-
er had a girls’ basketball team. The
team has shown some excellent spirit
during this, their first year, and prom-
ises to be even a greater team in the
future.
The game is reported to have been
played in bang-up fashion, both teams
exhibiting the right kind of spirit or
the “proper attitude” so to speak.
The Hobos had a bit of misfortune
in that the captain of the team, Dessie
Gramm, was hurt early in the game.
Gertrude Dietert, who substituted in
her place ably filled the card however.
The line-up and score
WELCOME NEW
STUDENTS!
The Spring term has
brought quite a number
of new students into our
midst. We take these
means of bidding you a
hearty welcome. We are
glad you are here, and
we hope to soon make
you as much one of us
as those who have been
here all the year are one
group. Again, welcome!
Join in, and let’s get into
the life of things!
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CHAUTAUQUA AND HAR-
RIS BLAIR MEET IN A
JOINT SESSION
Co-operative Spirit Fine; Both
Societies Endeavor to Revive
Interest in Literary So-
ciety Work.
Hobos
G.
F.G.
F. Pts.
Dessie G., f’d.
_ 4
3
2
11
Lucille C.. f’d.
__7
0
-1
14
Etta T., c. ______-
-0
0
0
0
Nell G., c. ________
__0
0
0
0
Willie W„ gd.
__0
0
0
0
Ida J., gd. _
__0
0
4
0
Totals. __
_11
3
7
25
Seguin
G.
F.G.
F.
Pts.
Marguerite, f’d.
__4
1
0
9
Katie, f’d. _________
2
2
8
Alice, c. _________
__0
0
2
0
Alma, c. — __ _ _
-0
0
1
0
Ema, gd. ---
__0
0
2
0
Melanie, gd. __ __
__0
0
3
0
Totals—
__7
3
10
17
Substitutions : Hobo, Gertrude Die-
tert for Dessie Gramm.
Referee: Miss Lowman.
BIG-TIME CARNIVAL
AT THE NORMAL GYM-
NASIUM TONIGHT
Superintendent E. O. Wiley
The Director General of
San Marcos District.
Mr. E. O. Wiley, superintendent of
the Normal training school and Direc-
tor General of the San Marcos District
of the University Interscholastic League
has sent out a circular letter to the
schools of this district announcing the
time and place of the interscholastic
meet. The meet is to be held at the
Normal as in years of the past. The
time is set for April 14th, beginning at
nine o’clock in the morning.
Literary events will occupy the morn-
ing. Beginning at 1:30 in the after-
noon the day will be devoted to ath-
letic events. The “T” men of the col-
lege will assist in the running off of
the athletic meet.
Each director will have control of
the events of his department, and will
see to arranging a satisfactory pro-
gram for such department.
All entries should be mailed to thv
respective Department heads at the
earliest possible date. These heads are
as follows :
Miss Lena Dodd, Lockhart, director
of debate.
Prof. R. C. Harrison, San Marcos,
director of declamation.
Prof. H. F. Alves, Alamo Heights
School, San Antonio, director of essays.
Coach O. W. Strahan, San Marcos,
director of athletics.
Miss Mary Stuart Butler, San Mar-
cos, director of music memory.
The last date on which entries will
be accepted is Tuesday, April 10th.
The meet promises to be as good as
the one last year. At that time much
interest was manifested in the event,
and there is no doubt but that there
will be as great a crowd out to see the
events as there was last year.
The Normal College is glad to have
been given the opportunity of serving
this district in the matter of a place to
hold the meet and with men to help
conduct it.
Plenty of Good Time Assured;
Y.M.C.A. And Y.W.C.A.
Worked All Week For
This Big Affair.
Lollypops, clowns, and confetti, as
well as negro minstrels, fortune tellers,
and soda pop, will be some of the at-
tractions at the Y.W.C.A.-Y.M.C.A.
big-time carnival which is to be stag-
ed at the big gym next Monday night
at seven fifteen o’clock, according to
announcement made by the chairman
of the social committee of the Y.W.C.A.
This entertainment is for the entire
student body, and is absolutely free.
A “Shoot-the-Nigger-Baby” booth
promises to be one of the chief attrac-
tions of the evening. The “Crazy
House” and “The Funny House” are
other sources of amusement which will
be slighted. If all rumors are true,
the guests will be able to have their
pictures made while they wait, and
what is more, they will be given a
glimpse into the future by an Egyp-
tian median, or, if they prefer, by a
gypsy girl. Two booths which are re-
ceiving great attention by those in
charge are
The two men’s literary Society met
in joint session last Wednesday even-
ing at the regular meeting hour to up-
hold the. convictions of the members of
each respective society. It goes with-
out saying that humor and pep reigned
supreme, and that the hour was pleas-
antly and profitably spent.
After the thorough discussion, and
after the withdrawal of the brethren
of our opposing, yet cooperative so-
ciety, we, the members of the Chau-
tauqua Literary Society, discussed
measures for the Pedagog and the an-
nual banquet.
The program committee has con-
structed for Wednesday of March 30,
a program that will convey to you
ideas of material value. I’ll meet you
in room 14 at 7:15 Wednesday evening.
Program for Wednesday:
Dialogue--------Reagan and Barkley
Debate: Resolved that the Navy is a
greater asset to the United States of
America than the Army_____________
Affirmative: Jack Horton, and Henry
Day; negative: Dan Smith, Horton.
Humorous Readings----Alfred J. Ivey
THE DAILY TEXAN
IS NEW ADDITION TO
EXCHANGE LIST
University of Texas Issues Ex-
cellent Paper; First College
Daily In the South.
Among the newer additions to the ex-
change list of the Normal Star is the
Daily Texan of the University of Texas
which by the way, is the first college
daily in the South.
The paper is now in its twenty-third
year of publication and is, judged from
the standpoint of college or university
news, one of the best of its kind.
We take this opportunity of extend-
ing to the Daily Texan our thanks for
the exchange, for it is a fact that we
draw by far the better end of the bar-
gain in that our paper is only a weekly.
The Normal Star acknowledges the
receipt of exchanges from the follow-
ing colleges and universities during
[ the last week
e _______
the soda pop and lolly pop j The Prairie West Texas Normal
booth and the confetti booth. Besides 1 College.
these, there will be a merry-go-round,
hobby-horses, and a fortune wheel.
The main show will begin after the
stalls have been visited by the guests.
This will be a show of six or seven
acts, varied in nature. There is a sup-
position that Romeo and Juliet will be
present, and it is a known fact that
i Lasette, famous French rope walker,
J and Prof. Ignon, with his incomparable
j dolls, will both appear on Monday ev-
! ening at the gym.
All new students, and all men and
| women of the Normal, are invited to
| join the festivities, according to the
j chairmen of the Y.W.CA. and YM.C.
A. social committees.
Elenor Tartt, who was called home
on account of the illness of her mother,
has returned to school.
WEEKLY CALENDAR
Saturday, March 24—Devereux Play-
ers, Auditorium.
•Monday, March 26—Y.M.C.A.-Y.W.
C.A. Carnival, Big Gym.
Wednesday, March 28—Y. W. C. A.
meeting, Assembly period, Auditorium.
Thursday, March 29—Y.W.C.A. ca-
binet. Y.M.C.A. Cabinet. Student Vol-
unteer meeting, 3:30 p. m.
Mrs. Walter G. Fly of the home eco-
nomics department has gone to Amar-
illa to live.
The Kangaroo, Austin College.
The Daily Texan, U. of Texas.
The Skiff, Texas Christian Univer-
sity.
The Shorthorn, Grubbs Vocational
College.
The Optimist, Abiline Christian Col-
lege.
The Lass-O, College of Industrial
Arts.
The Campus, Southern Methodist Un-
iversity (semi-weekly).
The East Texan, East Texas Nor-
mal College.
The Lariat, Baylor University (semi-
weekly).
The Houstonian, Sam Houston Nor-
mal College.
The Megaphone, Southwestern Uni-
versity.
The J-Tac, John Tarleton Agricul-
tural College.
The Thresher, Rice Institute.
The Campus Chat, North Texas
Normal College.
The Prism, Howard Payne.
The Collegian, Tulsa University.
The Antelope, Kearney State Teach-
ers College.
The Daniel Baker Collegian, Dan-
iel Baker.
The Normalite, New Mexico Normal
School.
Y.M.C.A. CONCERT WILL
BE STAGED AT NORMAL
ENTIRE COLLEGE FJRTI-
CIPATES IN TRICK MEET
April 2nd Is the Date Set; Get
Your ^Tickets Early; Pro-
gram Said to Be Ex-
ceedingly Good.
New Stars Disclosed; Meet To
Close Monday; Shelton Has
Good Chance to Win; War-
ren and Allenson Close.
One of the most interesting track
meets that the school has ever had
started Wednesday and contined thru
Thursday and will be finished Monday.
Thus far it would be impossible to
pick the winner as there are about ten
men that have about the same percent-
age. However, Emmett Shelton prob-
ably has the highest percent and as
some of his main events are to come
off, he has a fine chance to win. Harry
Warren and Allenson also have a very
high percentage and their followers as-
sure us that they are going to win.
They are both weight men and the dis-
cus, based on Allenson’s own record
and the javelin; Harry’s hobby is yet
to be decided.
On Wednesday the following contests
were staged: Pole vault, running broad
jump, and 440 yard dash. The first
contest was especially interesting be-
cause of the attempts of men that had
never had a pole in their hands. Two
of them were eliminated at four feet
and some others at less than five. Oth-
ers who accidentally went over at that
height and because of the practice gain-
ed in it cleared the next height, land-
ed in various and sundry ways, the
shoulders being the part of the body
that most frequently hit the ground.
The sand pit had to be dug out sev-
eral times in order that they would not
hurt themselves when they landed.
Even Emmett Shelton broke his own
record of five feet and nine inches by
a foot or two, but at the end of the
third unsuccessful trial at a greater
height he was seen lying on his back
and shoulders with the bar on top of
him. This last mentioned star won
the broad jump by defeating Allenson
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ELLISON-WHITE CHAU-
TAUQUA PROGRAM TO
BE THE BEST EVER
‘Turn to the Right” Is Number
For Opening Night; Many
Treats Offered Chautau-
qua Goers.
Just one week from next Monday
night our Y. M. C. A. will present its
male chorus, assisted by some artist
friends of the gentler sex, in a most
entertaining Variety ^Concert. Those
in charge of the rehearsals state that
the program is now far past the exper-
imental stage. It will be rendered in
top-notch style, we are assured.
The “Y” has been “doing things”
all this year, and the school and the
town have felt its influence for good.
Everybody is now a well-wisher and a
booster for our “Y” boys. The pro-
ceeds from the coming concert are to
be used in rounding out the associa-
tion’s religious and social service ac-
tivities for the year.
Tickets will go on sale next Friday
morning. Twenty-five Y. W. girls
will try to sell more tickets than an
equal number of Y. M. boys. You might
as well buy early. You won’t have a
chance to escape these fifty red-hot
ticket sellers.
Tickets will cost thirty-five cents
each, or two for sixty cents. (That’s
why, fellows, it will cost YOU less to
take your girl than “to stag it.”)
The chorus is under the direction of
.Mr. Harry S. Talley, and the numbers
in Part II are directed by Mrs. E. O.
Tanner.
The personnel of the Y.M.C.A. chor-
us is as follows:
. First tenor; John R. Carawan, Char-
lie Jowell and Harry S. Talley; sec-
ond tenor: William Doyle and Jack
Morton; first bass: Ernest Adams,
Franklin Herndon and Alfred Ivey;
second bass: Frank W. Allenson, Wy-
att L. Burkhalter and Howard Kier.
Below is the program for the Var-
iety Concert;
Part I.
Marching _____________ Trotere-Nevin
Y. M. C. A. Chorus
Out on the Deep________________Lohr
Mr. Allenson
Values (Another Hour With Thee)
------------------------ Vanderpool
Miss Dickens
Road Song -----------1__— Roberts
Mr. Doyle
(Continued on page Three)
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SAN MARCOS TAL-
ENT BROADCASTED
FROM SAN ANTONIO
That the Chautauqua is bringing some
really interesting numbers to San Mar-
cos this year is evidenced by the pro-
grams they have sent around. The El-
lison-White Chautauqua assures the
city of seven days of good entertain-
ment, giving in all thirteen programs.
Among the best of the features that
the Chautauqua is going to offer this
year are the following:
“Turn to the Right”, Play Company.
Alice Louise Schrode.
Evelyn McFarlane McClusky.
Dr. Ng Poon Chew.
Mixer’s Orchestral Quartet.
James Hamilton, Tenor.
Beatrice Weller.
Tom Skeyhill.
Winifred Windus.
Guy Marriner.
Leslie Taylor.
Princess Te Ata and Company.
“Jamie” Heron.
Thaviu’s Exposition Band.
Thaviu’s Grand Opera Singers.
Magic Lunar Circus.
The play, “Turn to the Right”, is
acclaimed as being an especially goo 1
play, having been run 443 night is New
York and 319 nights on Chicago. The
Chautauqua says it is the key-note to
the program. Several of you students
and faculty people will remember that
“Turn to the Right” was read here
three or four years ago by Mr. Edwin
Whitney. Its presentation now with a
fir'll cast should be greeted with still
more enthusiasm. “Turn to the Right”
is as much a sermon as a play or story
since it deals with the career of three
jail-bjrds after their completion of
their sentences at Sing-Sing. One de-
cides to go straight; in other words,
to “turn to the right”, and he accord-
ingly turns his footsteps in the direc-
tion of home, mother, and the girl he
loves. The other two, thinking to draw
him into their own plans of lawless-
ness, follow him. A story of how the
beneficial influences of home and moth-
er turn their thoughts from crime and
mould them into good citizens is a hu-
man gripping story indeed.
The local management urges the
buying of season tickets. It pays.
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Item on expense account for “Y”
concert: 12 jars Sta-Comb.
Radio Fans Delighted; Concert
Heard By Grace Cavness And
And Party at Canyon.
Radio fans of WOAI, giant broad-
casting station of the Southern Equip-
ment Company, Evening Nef*s and
San Antonio Express, Thursday night
were entertained with one of the best
“Community Night” programs that has
been sent through the air by WOAI.
The program was presented to the mul-
titude of listeners-in by the citizens of
San Marcos, and was under the au-
spices of the San Marcos Chamber of
Commerce.
Among the artists who gave the pro-
gram were: Miss Burnyce LeClair
Stevens, pianist; LaFayette Lamb,
tenor; Amos Barksdale, pianist; Wil-
liam Doyle, baritone; Robert Krak-
auer, cornet; Miss Olivia Schawe, so-
prano ; and Mrs. David Griffin, who
played the accompaniments for Miss
Stevens and Miss Schawe.
The above musicians are among the
best in Southwest Texas, the majority
of them being instructors in the Nor-
mal or The San Marcos Academy.
The complete program presented
over WOAI the only class “B” station
in the city, Thursday night at 7:30,
on a wave length of 400 meters, al-
lowed by the new rating, was as fol-
lows :
“Grillen” Shuman) and “Romance”
(Sibileus), piano solos by Miss Bur-
nyce LeClair Stevens; “Why I Came
to San Marcos”, by G. C. Jones, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce; “All
For You” (Brown) and “There Is No
| Death” (O’Hara), LaFayette Lamb,
i tenor, accompanied by Amos Barks-
| dale; “Sutnbird” (Goodel) and “Lan-
ette” (Henton) saxophone solos by Mr.
Barksdale, Mr. Lamb at the piano,'
“Aria”, from the “Barber of Seville”,
and “Morning”, soprano solos by Miss
Burnyce Stevens. Mrs. David Griffin
at the piano. “Give a Man a Horse He
Can Ride” (0’Hara3 and “Little Moth-
er O’ Mine” (Burleigh), Willie Doyle,
baritone, Miss Stevens at the piano;
. “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice” (Saint
! Saens), Robert Krakauer, cornet solo,
I Mr. Barksdale at the piano; "Thank
| God for a Garden” (Toreso del Riego)
(Continued on page Tiyo)
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