The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 9, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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Drink at
Jennings
The Norma! Star
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal College
SCHOOL Supplies
at
Jennings
VQ-LUME X.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1921
NUMBER 1.
GRID SEASON OPENS WITH PIRATES TODAY
Fall Term of School Opens With
Phenominal Increase in Students
DESPITE DEPRESSING CON-
DITIONS FIGURES SHOW
15 PER CENT GAIN—IN-
CREASE OF MEN LARGEST
The storm that spread disaster over
South Texas in early September, the
general financial depression that has
not yet passed, and the various other
things that tend to keep students from
coming to school, did not keep the
Southwest Texas Normal College from
opening its nineteenth annual session
with a 15 per cent increase of students
over last year, according to figures
given butt from the business office
Wednesday night. The exact number
having registered is now 621. It was
thought before school opened that the
attendance would fall far short of that
of last year, principally because of the
South Texas Storm, but after more
than 300 students had • registered on
the 26th, which was a day before the
official opening, officials wehe assured
that the opening would be mulch better
than had been contemplated. There is
no doubt, however, but that the storm
did have a telling affect upon the pre-
sent attendance, and had it not come,
the student body now would number
probably 750, according to estimates
by several faculty members.
Probably the most encouraging fea-
ture of the increase of students is the
large increase in the number of men.
The increase of men over that of last
year is nearly 50 per cent, 371/2 per
cent to be exact. The increase in the
number of women students is 7 per
cent.
The Freshman Class this year is
probably the largest that Normal has
ever had at the opening of school. No
figures have been compiled to prove
this, but that is the opinion of the
publicity department. The Freshmen
this year have enrolled 255 up to date.
The other three classes are also larger
than usual, but owing to the inability
of several of their members to get
their courses arranged, it is not yet
definitely known exactly how many are
in each class'. I11 the sub-college' clas-
ses, however, there are 72 members of
the First Year- Normal and 144 mem-
bers 'of the Second Year Normal class.
According to figures given out from
the business office, there are now en-
rolled 434 girls and 187 boys. On the
26th the day before the official open-
ing, 321 students registered; on the
27th, 84 registered and on the 28th, 189
registered. Twenty sdven students
have registered since the 28th.
THE FOUR HORSEMEN
SUPREME AS THE FILM
$1,000,000 Ingram Production of
Inbanez Story An Epical
Achievement.
An epic tale of surging passion
sweeping from the wide plains of the
Argentine through the fascinating friv-
olities of pre-war Paris into the blaz-
ing turmoil of the German invasion of
Northern France was unfolded last
night at the New Theatre. It was the
first showing here of The Four Horse-
men of the Apocalype, the $1,000,000
Rex Ingram production made for Me-
tre, which has been the screen sensa-
tion of New York, Chicago, Boston,
Pittsburgh, Detroit and Eos Angeles.
The picture will be shown here again
tonight at the New Theatre. The pic-
ture adapted by June Mathis from the
great novel of .Vicente Blasco Ibanez,
has intensified the dramatic force of the
original story and last night it held
the spectators breathlessly intent as
with swift sure strokes it hammered
home the terror and grandeur of the
war—and a great deal of the humor
and light-hearted gaiety that kept
bubbling up through the turgid stream
of struggling humanity when the world
was in arms.
The director, Rex Ingram, has suc-
ceeded in concentrating the great
struggle in a series of unforgettable
pictures that flash out the quintessence
of life at white heat. He makes us see
above the struggle the awesome figures
of the four horsemen, Conquest, War,
Famine and Death, prophesied by St.
John in the Book of the Apocalype,
charging into our very heajrts. And
through it all is the deeply human,
deeply moving spectacle of intensely
real people in their baffled attempts
to readjust, themselves into the de-
mands of war days. In this picture
the war ds realized on a gigantic scale,
with a greatness of imagination that
dwarfs all other ambitious attempts
that the screen has - seen. The Four
Horsement is the fulfillment of the pro-
mise of a noble art in pictures.
The'.expert who used to tell us the
war would, be over in six months has
found a new job. He is now predicting
the return of long skirts.
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“Do you like, cocktails; dear?” he
asked( as they seated themselves at a
table in a fashionable cafe.
“Oh yes, tell me one”.
Footbal! Outlook for This Year Is
Brightest in History of the .School
OVER FIFTY MEN REPORT-
ED FOR PRACTICE-SQUAD
WELL BALANCED WITH
SPEED AND WEIGHT
With six -old letter men, a whole
raft of last year’s scrubs, many letter
men from other schools and colleges,
and in all, over fifty men trying out
for the team, the Bobcat football ma-
chine at present gives promjse of rival-
ing and even surpassing xhe team of
last year. And, as we who were here
last year will remember, we had the
best Normal College football team in
the state. Thus we see that the pros-
pects for another top-notch foot ball
te~ni are brilliant indeed. Despite the
fact that we were defeated by Denton
Normal, we still maintain that the
Bobcats were the best Normal team in
the state. It was not Denton who was
responsible for their defeating us, but
the fact that the Bobcats were in a
very weakened and crippled condition
after having played the Rice Institute
aggregation just five days before the
Denton game. The Bobcats have as
their main objective of this season the
winning of the State Normal College
championship, which means that they
are going to put everything they have
into the game to defeat Commerce,
Huntsville, and above a’l Denton. Of
course they also want to come through
the season undefeated by any team,
and according to the present prospects
which were never brighter, the entire
student body believes in the Bobcats
and is going to back them up from the
time the first whistle blows in the first
game until the last whistle blows in
the last game. We are for you Bob-
cat ! And feel sure that you are going
to do your best towards coming through
the season undefeated champions.
Just to show that the. prospects in-
dicate a successful season, the Star
will name some of the best prospective
men, and this information is official.
For ends there are Jack Horton and
Terry Lowman. In spite of the fact
that Horton has not made a letter in
foot ball he is one of the best men un-
der the Maroon and Gold this year,
being very fast, posssessing giant
strength, and having accurate receiving-
ability. He will be a tower of strength
in the Bobcat line. Jack was knocked
out of a letter last year because of in-
juries sustained early in the season
Lowman is an old letter man, havin
made a letter in 1919. Due to
unpreventable circumstances he
PEP SEASON OPENED ON
LAST WEDNESDAY NICiT
SPONTANEOUS RALLY IS
STAGED BY MANY NOR-
MAL MEN
That impromptu pep rally that was
held in the main auditorium Wednes-
day morning was only a curtain riser
to that spontaneous combustion of the
old time pep that aroused everybody on
the hill Wednesdap night. The rally
was started by about twenty five en-
thusiastic Bobcat rooters, but when it
disbanded in front of the New Theatre
the gang was at least a hundred strong.
“Tame the Pirate” was the slogan ot
the march, and that along with “Yea
Bobcats”, brought every loyal Normal-
ite from every boys’ boarding house on
the hill.
Under the leadership of some very
enthusiastic Normalite that had evi-
dently had experience in marching dur-
ing the war, the line of yelling maniacs
was kept in perfect formation and step
in their march through town.
After the gang had reached its maxi-
mum number they took in the New
Theatre, marching down in front of
the screen before an audience that
cheered their presence. “Tame the
Pirate”, the whistling yell, “Yea Bob-
cats” and numerous other old Normal
yells were made. The line again fell
in formation outside and The Grand
was announced as the next stop, but
before reaching there stops at Wil-
liams’ and Jennings’ were made and
a demonstration of the Bobcat spirit
given at each place. The Grand was
reached tho in plenty of time, and here
again the audience gave the rampagers
an enthusiastic welcome. What hap-
pened at The Grand was a repetition
of the performance at The New. The
gang then marched around the square
and after a final “fifteen for Bobcats”
disbanded in front of the New Theatre.
Wednesday night’s rally was the be-
ginning of pep for this year, and ev-
erybody in town knows it started with
a boom, its probably a good thing
for the Pirates that Georgetown is
just a little too far away to hear what
went on fibre Wednesday night because
the Bobcats wouldn’t miss playing that
game this afternoon for anything.
Just to - show with what enthusiasm
the new Norma1 ites are possessed, they
came piling out of the various boarding
houses, ■ some lacing shoes, some put-
ting on their shirts, and one early bird
that, did not have time to dress threw
on his bath-robe and accompanied the
bunch in night attire.
NORMAL BAND ORGAN-
IZED FOR YEAR FRIDAY
DIRECTOR EDWIN L. BAR-
ROW’S BRASS BUNCH
GETS EARLY START
MR. MAXWSLL’S DEATH
CASTS GLOOM OVER ALL
A deep gloom was cast over all Nor-
mal Monday evening, September 26,
when the death of Mr. Amon Maxwell,
father of Mrs. Evans, was announced.
Mr. Maxwell had been in ill health
for some time and died at six o’clock
Monday evening. School was suspend-
ed the following day until after the
funeral services that were held at Pre-
sident Evans’ home. The remains were
carried to Anson, Texas, Mr. Maxwell’s
former home.
For the past ten years Mr. Maxwell
has been a prominent figure on Normal
hill; extremely interested in all forms
of student activitu ’ md a. friend to
every student, movement. As much as
his health would permit, Mr. Maxwell
mingled- with the students on the cam-
pus, t athletic field and Riverside. Up
to two years ago he was a regular
fisifor at Riverside, going in swiming
oftem times twice a day.
Mir. Maxwel was 69 years old and
haF . been making his home with his
dai|ighter, Mrs. Evans, for the past ten
ye<jirs. Everyone in the Normal that
knjew Mr. Maxwell feels that they,
hajjve lost a friend that can not be re-
pllaced.
"The Star and the entire student body
' j gin in expressing their sympathy to
£1— ^resident and Mrs. Evans and the fa-
mi
East P'riday night there assembled
in the main auditorium the beginning
of this year’s band. Under the direc-
tion of Ed E. Barrow, who is to be the
band director this year, the organiza-
tion was perfected, including an even
dozen. Including the director, only
three of last year’s band were present,
the othar two being Robert Perry and
Earnest Sheppard. Although the be-
ginning is small, Mr. Barrow is very
optimitic over the prospects for the
coming year, in that the new members
are well advanced in the art, and that
the organization promises to grow larg-
er very soon. In fact, several have
spoken their intention of joining the
band that were not present last Fri-
day night.
Credit is to be given this year for
work in the band, each member receiv-
ing one unit for a years membership.
Regular practice meetings will be held
on Friday nights and the weekly har-
mony practice will be held on Tuesday
night, it is now thought.
The personnel of the band is as fol-
lows : Ed. L. Barrow, director, Messrs.
Perry, Sheppard, Barton, Atmer, Peve-
house, Fitzgerald, Burkhalter and Da-
vis, and Misses Preslar, Cavness and
Cuvert.
Of all the Normal organizations or
activities, none perhaps, are more
commendable or more appreciated than
the Normal Band. Indeed, its popu-
larity is not entirely confined to the
'College, butt stands in popular favor
of the townspeple to whom it has been
of service in many community activi-
ties. But old S. W. T. N. and her
students, the band has especially prov-
en its worth time and again, whether
putting the snap and crack into a col-
lege pep rally, or functioning at some
of the more formal “state occasions”.
I11 more than one instance has its
martial strains wafted the Bobcats on
to victory. Who has not been thrilled
when with the Cats in a pinch, the band
sprung up that old war song, “Bobcats
will shine tonight. Bobcats will shine!”
that brought every Normakte to his
feet like a-wild yelling savage?
Then too, the band helps satisfy that
hunger for music which is more or less
inherent in all. Many of us, like
Charles Tamh, are “sentimentally dis-
posed to harmony, but organically in-
capable of a tune”. Nevertheless, we
always lend a willing ear to any stray
tunc though it be from a street fiddler,
or something more classical. This is
a praiseworthy characteristic in any-
one, for as the Bard of Avon express-
ed it :
“The man that hath no music in himself
Nor is not moved with concord of
sweet sounds
Is fit for treasons, strategims and
spoils”.
We doubt if one half of one per cent
of the students are of this clast wtP"h
is the reason the TNonnal appreciates
and’- supports the band.
E' °rycne is eagerly looking forward
to toe initial appearance of the band
ot 1921-22. Under the direction and
leadership of Mr. Barrow we may ex-
’ pect the quickest results in the short-
est time. Mr. Barrow is well known
on Normal Hill, having been one of
the leading members of the band last
year. We all know what a blower he
is, with a horn we mean. So under
Mr. Barrcw’s instruction we may look
forward to the time when the evert
dozen separate members are one coni
pact musical unit.
BOBCATS AND SOUTHWEST-
ERN PIRATES TO SE1TLE
OLD DISPUTE THIS AF-
TERNOON-MUCH PEP
BOTH TEAMS LOOK GOOD
(Continued on Page Three)
mily for their great loss,
wasji --o-
T. C. U. defeats Canyon 26 to 0.
■sK
When the referee’s whistle breaks
that dead moment of silence just be-
fore the kick-off in Georgetown this
afternoon, Coach Strahan’s Boocats
will fly into those Southwestern Pirates
and put a decisive finish onto the un-
finished argument they had on that
same field just a year ago. Today’s
game wil mark the curtain rising on
the 1921 season for both elevens, con-
sequently neither side has anything
more than paper dope to judge the
other by.
Particular importance is attached to
the game in Georgetown today, for in
the last three years the Bcbcats and
Pirates have become regular rivals,
and which ever team rings up a win,
not only wins the initial game on their
schedule, but scores it against one of
her principal rivals of the entire sea-
son. The Cats played the Pirates to
a 3 to 3 tie last year in one of the
greatest games ever played by a Nor-
mal team, and if they being home the
big end of today’s score they can ea-
sily be considered one of the teams in
Texas College football that all comers
must beware of.
Just what to expect from the Pirate
aggregation is hard to tell, but Coach
Strahan is not taking any chances and
has been putting his heavy aild fasi
machine through every sort of drill
that football requires. From every-
thing that has come from the Pirate
camp, they seem to be building a big
team up there this year, but you can’t
always dope out a team on paper. The
rumor has also come to San Marcos
that Coach Gardener is priming his
men for today’s game, and i? looking
forward to it very uncertain of the
result. .
The pirates toast of a great back
field this year, and had the pictures
of the three principals in the Dallas
News a while back, b.u: any team caa
be made to look good on pap</r. The
Pirates may be just as good, /md even
better than they are claimed /to be, but
until they prove ic beating /the fightin’
Cats, they can’t make anybody on Nor-
mal Hill believe it.
But speaking of back ’fields; any
team that can boast of a aio of such
tried and experienced stars as Capt.
Shands, Y ier and Ramsay, is one to
be reconed with by any opponent. We
have not neard much about the Pirate
line, but know that they had in all only
six letter .men to build the entire team
around. The Bobcats also have three
letter men in the line, Lowman, Cole
and Claud Kellarn, but if the Pirates
l ave any greater wealth of line mater-
ial to draw from than Coach Strahan,
| they cm consider themselves the luck-
| iest football outfit m Texas. In fact.
Coach’s greatest probk-m is who’s who
in +t-e line. DoubtieW today’s gpqT?-
; ’-*nllj remove a good nany a question
mar-s that have been bo^b/ring him
the past few weeks.
I/’S .too bad we all can’t go up and
see the Bobcats ware their new blan-
ks out on the field. But there will be
a *^ar reporter there to tell us all about
hew it happened when he gets back.
GET A ROOTER’S CAP
Conceit.
Clara: “Horten sure is conceited „s-
n’t he?”
Grace: “I’ll say so, he even expe;ts
the discharge of his duty to makj a
noise that is heard around the wold.”
Was it the call of the gridiror that
brought Pete back from Mexico, or a
queen of hearts?
Rooters, the fijst game of football
on Evan’s field 's only about two weeks
hence. Everp student is expected to
| be down on the field and yell for our
team. It will add to the effect of en-
thusiastic yelling if each student has a
rooter’s cap. The Normal Exchange
has on hand a sample rooter’s cap, and
if you wish to have the “Right Atti-
tude” cal at Exchange, give number
of cap you wear and your name and
eighty-five cents and you will get vour
cap for the first game. It is essential
that you call at once to get on i^
first order.
Cars for Rent by the hour. Ph<i
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 9, 1921, newspaper, October 9, 1921; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614547/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.