Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
I’ubtishet] Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas Normal
Volume I
San Marcos, Texas, June 23, 1911
No, 16
The Y, W. C. A,
It is an opportunity for the
Summer School young: women
that the Young Women’s Chris-
tian Association continues its
work during the summer session.
Every Thursday afternoon at
five-thirty they hold a vesper
service in room 13. These servi-
ces are both devotional and in-
structive, seeking not only to
give a quiet hour in the week for
the ‘‘lonely” girl—and every-
body is lonely more or less—to
JM
Disturbing Sounds.
I lay in peaceful dreams; the
moon shone through the window
across our bed, with a soft light
that promotes such dreams - but
suddenly there broke upon the
midnight air a series of sounds
that broke up my stay in Dream-
land.
Thinking our house must be
surrounded by a pack of wild,
hungry coyotes, I seized one of
my old shoes, raised the window
and prepared to meet the attack.
on what they may term a seren-
ade. They stood around the
front porch, their eyes turned
heavenward—to the second story
windows where their victims
lay —like so many calves in a
hail-storm, producing sounds in
every key and tone. Closing the
window to keep out such fuss,
we returned to dreamland and
left them to squawi to their
hearts content.
Now girls, we do not mind
such visits at such early (?)
hours, if they are conducted
A Few Of the San Marcos Churches
find an uplift in the sympathetic
spirit of the association, but also
an opportunity for the girl who
wishes to learn of the practical
w orking of the great organiza-
tion that is doing so much for
girls and women everywhere. It
is an especial opportunity now
since the Association is being ex-
tended into the rural districts.
Every girl should ;take advan-
tage of the opportunity.
G. A. Sauer, an old Normalite
from Brackettsville was at the
Normal Friday.
Jack Raborn was seen , behind
the counters at Funk’s a few
days last week.
I could see nothing; the sounds
still came more fiercely than
ever. I awoke my room-mate
and together we investigated
these uncouth sounds and their
source, and found, much to our
relief, that our house was not
the victim, but that the girls
boarding house across the street
was the recipient of their atten-
tion.
We watched and were com-
pelled to hear; the moon shone
so brightly that we could see
everything, but we soon discov-
ered that wolves were not to
blame for so many disturbing
noises, but that their originators
were a crowd of “sports” out
right; next time they come please
do not applaud them so Song, and
thus encourage them in their
(?) efforts. Let them sing, but
please ask them to keep their
mouths shut. R. 0. J.
To the Point.
At a teachers’ meeting one of
the school principals rose to pro-
pose the toast: “Long live the
teachers.”
And a meager, pallid assistant
instructor in a hollow voice ask-
ed: “On what?”—Found.
Ribbon sale now on. Adams.
“MATH. 9.”
j “Math.. 9” is “a dream of a
j course” offered to Seniors, It is
; given by an Ogress who pro-
pounds such questions as to
cause the destruction of encyclo-
pedias, histories, and reference
books. Math 9” is offered to
“old heads'1* because it makes no
difference if they are worn out
over such problems as “the dif-
ference between tweedle-dee and
tweedie-dum. ’ “You must be
accurate. It is very difficult to
enroll in “Math. 9.” The roll is
called every day and the same
names are omitted. That may
be a gentle hint but your humble
servant and ye business manager
of ye “Star” were victimized by
the afore-mentioned Ogress and
sweetly told they “had to take
it.” Hobson’s choice!
We took—and intend to stay,
Miss White said yea—
So we won't 9 0 away,
uavid Eugene Smitn wrote
“Math. 9” and called it “The
Teaching of Elementary Mathe-
I matics.” Never heard he said it
was “a dream ” If he did “he
was dreaming.” “Math. 9”
comes at the sixth period, four
times a week, in Room 9 and
the doses are given in a shovel.
Ail who wish to engage themsel-
ves in this occupation, worry
Mrs. Burleson to death, take a
high-sounding course, and feel
big must apply to Miss Sayers in
the Y. W. C. A. room at 4:50 G.
M. on the morn, of July 27th.
“He who enters here,
Must leave hope behind.”
Special sale on ribbons, this
and next week. Adams.
History Teacher—Mr. J, Tell
me about Henry VIII.
Mr. J. —He married many
times.
Teacher—Weil did that make
him happy?
Mr. J.—-It must have*—Ex.
Prof. C. E. Evans, Principal-
elect of S. W. T, N. was here
Tuesday on business.
All the teachers are talking
about what nice summer students
they have here now.
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Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1911, newspaper, June 23, 1911; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614576/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.