The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 24, 1923 Page: 2 of 4
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parks the “Old Apple” over the fence
regularly, still there are others that
are as much in the running so far as
the desire to win the championship
goes as we are; and we believe, judg-
ing from the exchanges that we have
received from these colleges, that
there’ll be a struggle in T. I. A. A.
baseball as has never been seen before.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Fall Term 1922
Editor-in-Chief________Henry Pochman
Assistant Editor--------Alfred J. Ivey
Marietta Collier, Mrs. R. C. Harri-
son, Franklin Herndon, Doris Kellam,
Marie Lusk, J. Burnyce McBride, Ma-
bel Morris, Thomas Newton, H. E.
Raison, Lynda Remy, Emmett Shelton,
Daniel Smith, Fannie Woodson, and
Ruth Knispel.
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Mgr. ---------- Alfred Weir
Exchange and Circulation—_---------
H. Hopson and A. D. Hildreth
Published weekly during the school
year by the students of the Southwest
Texas Normal College.
Entered as second-class matter, Nov.
21, 1921, at the post office at San Mar-
cos, Tex., under Act of March 3, 1879.
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ing news please bring same to the
editorial office in the Main Building.
To insure publication all contributions
should be turned in at the editorial of
fice not later than Thursday.
Address alt matter relating to busi
ness to the business manager.
For advertising rates see the busi-
ness manager.
EDUCATION AND MONEY
Students, do you know what you are
going to school for? To get an edu-
cation, you say. But are you getting
it? It is to your interest that you get
the greatest possible benefits out of your
school life. If you only knew it or
would recognize it as the plain simple
truth. Old stuff, you say. Yes, it’s
old stuff. Yes, we know that this line
of talk has been shot at you all your
life by your parents and your teachers,
but we can’t get away from the fact
that it is just as true as it is old. But
listen, you statistics sharks that want
to be shown by so many dollars and
cents.
Whether you are interested in ed_u
cation or not, everyone of you is vit-
ally interested in that magic word
“money.” To show you how closely
money and education are related, we
quote you some facts from the United
States Government bulletin.
Did you know that only 1 per cent
of American men are college grad-
uates? A very small number, you say.
But, going on, did you know that this
one per cent furnished:
55 per cent of our President?
36 per cent of our members of Con-
gress?
47 per cent of our Speakers of the
House ?
54 per cent of our Vice President?
62 per cent of our Secretaries?
50 per cent of our Secretaries of
the Treasury?
Think of how handicapped you would
be without a college education in your
attempt to reach your life’s goal. Is
monev in education wisely
used?’ These figures will tell you.
In the state of Massachusetts they
spent $13,889,838 a year for education.
This was an average of $38.55 per pu-
pil per year. On the other hand, the
State of Tennessee spent only $1,628,-
313 a year for education, or an aver-
age of $4.68 per pupil. But note this:
Each Massachusetts citizen produc-
ed $144 more than did each Tennessee
citizen! In other words, while Massa-
chusetts gave twelve milions of dol-
lars more to her schools her citizens
produced four hundred and three mil-
lions of dollars more than did the ci-
tizens of Tennessee.
You college boy will some day be
the citizen of this state. HOW MUCH
WILL YOU PRODUCE?
———o-
baseball outlook
Things look mighty good down on
Evans Fieid. It goes without saying
that we are going to have a good team
this year. We have heard many suen
optimistic commenters as predicted the
T. I. A. A. pennant for the Bobcats
this year. We believe that to be as
possible as was the Normal champion-
ship in football last year, yet_ we do
not believe that we have a cinch on
anything. I believe we can join in with
Billy Disch, ‘The Grand Old Man of
Texas", in saying that this year will
make it necessary to win all but one
game to win the honors. While we be-
lieve that we have one of the finest
baseball machines in the state, we do
not- want to Wave it understood that
we believe we can walk off with the
honors without a struggle.
It is true that we claim as good and
a better pitching stac than anything lh
the T I A. A. and our slugging crew
POETRY AND OTHERWISE
Get An Annual.
Dick Lack was very smart,
Away to school he went.
He labored very hard;
His time was all well spent.
Tommy Peg went there too.
The teachers thought him dull.
All the kids who knew him
Thought he was a big numbskull.
Each one proved his wisdom
When time came for annuals;
Tommy Peg had the coin;
Said he’d do without one.
Dick Lack acted very wise;
Said: “I have no money.
I’ll take one just the same,
Though times don’t look sunny.”
Tommy Peg spent his coin;
Dick Lack had to earn some.
Dickie got an annual;
Tommy did without one.
Later each one realized
What each one missed or gained.
Dick Lack had sweet memories,
While Tommy had a pain (in his
heart).—Exchange.
* * * *
The Few.
The easy roads are crowded
And the level roads are jammed;
The pleasant little rivers
With the drifting folks are crammed.
But off yonder where it’s rocky,
Where you get a better view,
You’ll find the ranks are thinning
And the travelers are few.
Where going is smooth and pleasant
You will always find the throng,
For the many, more’s the pity,
Seem to like to drift along.
THE SENIOR
MINNIE KNISPEL, B. A.
Miss Minnie Knispel needs no intro-
duction to the readers of the Star. She
has been with us every now and then,
just because she couldn’t stay away.
After graduating from the San Marcos
Baptist Academy, she attended the Nor-
mal College until she received her di-
ploma from this institution. Later,
she distinguished herself by the excel-
lent work she did as teacher of His-
tory in the Johnson City schools.
She was not content with a diploma,
however; but, with a firm determina-
tion to become more efficient in her
profession, she attended summer ses-
sions at her dear old Alma Mater, at
Peabody College, and at the University
of Colorado.
In the fall of 1922 Miss Knispel en-
rolled with us as a senior. We are
indeed proud to have her in our midst,
She is one of those students who go
about their work quietly, but persever-
ingly, and has thereby won the admira-
tion of her teachers as well as her
classmates. Her work in modern
languages is particularly noteworthy,
for she can handle Deutsch, Espanol,
and English, with equal facility.
And, although Miss Knispel believes
in steady work, she likes good times
as well. She is a member of the Ger-
man Club, the Spanish Club, and the
Y. W. C. A., and is highly interested
in the work of these organizations, and
an inspiration to other members.
But her ambitions do not stop here.
She has already intimated that she in-
tends to continue her studies in the
near future. She is the kind of stu-
dent who wishes to become a “Master”
in whatever she undertakes. May your
hopes be realized, Miss Knispel, and
may you be an inspiration to those
among whom your work will be in the
future, as it has been to those with
whom you have worked in the past.
—__-o--—.
KOLLEGE PRESS
State ank & Trust Company
San Marcos, Texas
NORMAL STUDENTS!
We welcome you,
Be you old ones, be you new,
Help make this term a pleasant one,
Which it will be if you often come
To Galbreath’s
On the side of Normal Hill.
are a slight indication as to the height
of some folks’ ambition?
—that we have the last term of the
long session to partially redeem our
failures of the one just past?
—that textbooks are very muchly un-
suited as vanity cases ?
—that much loud laughing and speech
in the library shows us a bit thought-
—that the general standard of our
College will rise as the standards of
the students who compose it?
—that no teacher should stand before
children who cannot express himself
in correct, plain English?—Exchange.
But the steps that call for courage,
And the task is hard to do
In the end results in glory
For the never wavering few.
—Edgar A. Guest.
* * * *
A Flapper.
Who is this wild and winsome coot
That made poor Adam pull the boot
And taste of that forbidden fruit?
A Flapper.
This Cleopatra maiden fair
For whom great Caesar tore his hair,
Who was this vamp so debonair?
A Flapper.
Who was this biddy called Salome
That robbed John Baptist of his dome,
The one that made mere man leavt
home ?
A Flapper.
Who is it now that flashes by
With scanty clothes and drooping eye,
For whom some sap would gladly die?
A Flapper.
Who strokes the profs on their nose
And on their shoulders gently sobs
While some swell mark from them
she robs ?
A Flapper.
* * * *
Little Catastrophies.
Deep in the ditch they found her;
They haven’t found him yet.
* * * *
He kissed her on the cheek and then
Upon her forehead fair;
He kissed her on her cheek again
And then upon her hair.
He kissed her on her lips and then
Her gentle eyese of blue;
Then pa sneaked up behind
And kissed him with his shoe.
Short hair used to be regarded as a
symbol of strong mindedness, but now
it seems to indicate the opposite. Say- ,
ing which K. P. arranges to be out of i
town for the next several days.
* * * *
Books do not receive the proper
treatment. They do not in any college
so far as we have been able to deter-
mine. Not only are they carelessly
left lying around any place, but_ they
are marked up and scribbled in in
such a manner as is an absolute dis-
grace. The marks found most fre-
quently in a text-book are “Begin”
and “End.”
K. P. would suggest the buyipg of
notebooks to remedy this evil. You
ask how will that have anything to do
with students writing in books? Sim-
ply this: One loose-leaf notebook, that
can be easily indexed, will serve for
the notes of the average student during
the term. A section devoted to as-
signments will obviate the necessity of
engraving the texts with the words
“Begin” and “End” all over and all
through the book.
* * * *
One way to lead an active life is to
become “fish” president in the aver-
age American college.—Exchange.
* * * *
Pity the poor Freshman girl that
thought the “Yanks” were a bunch of
dentists.
♦ * . * *
Do You Realize
—that the waste paper thrown on the
campus fails to harmonize with _ the
lovely spring green just now appearing?
—that the two or more couples pressed
so snugly into those window ledges
THANKS
I wish to take this means of thank-
ing all the Normal students who so
generously contributed to the Y.M.C.A.-
Y.W.C.A. Bundle Day. The clothing
received has been distributed among
the needy families of our district. It
was all practical, and in every case
was very acceptable. We appreciate
your efforts.
Signed: Senora Fra. E. Benavio.
—--o----
Too Much.
“I can’t marry you. The man I mar-
rry must be square, upright and grand.
“Huh? you don’t wan’t a man, you
want a piano.”
-—o-——■
Be sure to- bring plenty of money to
the hill Friday, Saturday of next week,
and the following Monday. The “Y”
concert ticket sellers will get you if
you don’t look Out. In fact, they’ll get
you anyway.
-o----
Fish: I didn’t know they had steam-
boats on the San Marcos River.
Soph; Simp! That’s not a steamboat.
It’s Frank AUenson rehearsing for the
“Y” concert April 2nd.
SAN MARCOS TALENT BROAD-
CASTED FROM SAN ANTONIO
YORKER MEN
Fair Prices for Fine Quality.
Comfort and Fit are
Added Without
Cost.
Mutual Mercantile
THE REX ALL STORE
—Agents For—
WHITMAN’S, JACOB’S AND HUYLERS CHCOLATES
Williams Drug Company
The Place Where Most People Trade
(Confined from page One)
by Miss Olivia Schawe, soprano, and
“Mighty Lak’ a Rose” (Nevin), so-
prano solo, with Mrs. David Griffin at
the piano, and Liebestraume No. 3
(Liszt) by Miss Stevens.—San Antonio
Express.
Picked Up in Canyon.
From Miss Grace Cavness, graduate
of the Southwest Texas Normal Col-
lege and now instructor of Spanish in
the West Texas Normal College at
Canyon, comes word that she, with
four other former citizens and stu-
dents of San Marcos were delighted
with the San Marcos radio program, j
She praised the concert in every detail
and said it was wonderful to hear the
music and the voices of the home ar-
tists while so far away. (Grace is a
subscriber to both the Normal Star and
the San iMarcos Record. Thus it was
that she knew when the program was
to be broadcasted.)
The personnel of the Canyon party
included Miss Cavness, Miss Mattie
Lee Boyd who taught in the Normal
Training school last year, Miss Nan-
ny Vest, of Bay City, who attended
the Normal College two years and Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Tanner (nee Ola
Brannum.)
-—o--
Betty Wilder went home for the
week-end and was detained oh account
of illness.
Courtesy to
all
I. H. Harrison
One
Price Store
Yea Gypsies
Yea Gypsies
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Agnew & Co.
PHONES: 265—266
A. M. Gomez
HANDY SHOE SHOP
Shoes fixed while you wait. All
kinds shoe work. Next to Rogers .
| JACKSON'S
CLEANING AND
PRESSING
Phone No. 48
Frank McGee
Public Accounting and
Insurance
San Marcos, Texas
Normal Hill Luncheonet
Quick Lunches, Candies
and Fruits Phone 599
FUNK’S
DRUG STORE
Dr. S. D. NcGaughy
DENTIST
Over Williams Drug Store
WOOD BROTHERS
“A Better Store For Men”
CLEANING AND PRESSING CALLED FOR AND
DELIVERED
Telephone Number 42
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