The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal
Vol. 4 San Marcos, Texas, Friday, Dec. 17, 1915 No. 44
GOIN’ SOME!
A boy wishing to explain the
joys of Metropolitan life to one of
the country boys, said: “Such
fun as we had last summer. We
autoed to the Country Club and
golfed ’till dark; trollied back to
town and danced ’till morning.”
The country boy paid him in
the same coin by relating the
pleasures of the best life: “We
had pretty good times in the
country, too. We buggied out
to Uncle Ned’s and base-balled
all morning. Then sneaked up
into the attic and pokered an
hour or so.”
Tom (over-hearing the chat
chimed in)-—“Last summer, I
muled all the way to the cornfield
and gee-hawed ’till sundown;
then I suppered ’till dark and
piped 'till nine. Then I bed-
steaded ’till the clock fived, then
breakfasted ’till time to go mul-
ing again.”
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
The Senior and Junior girls of
the Domestic Science Depart-
ment are to entertain their
friends with a reception this
coming Monday, from 4:30 to 6
o’clock. All who have been in-
vited to attend this are sure to
have an enjoyable evening since
that department is well known
to one of the best.
PIERIANS
The Pierians are to give an-
other social hour or two at their
regular meeting Saturday, Dec.
18. Numerous invitations are
being given out among the stu-
dents, and lucky is the fellow
who has one.
COMENIANS
Miss Hornsby gave the Com-
enians a “set-’em-up” to the
“Raven” last Monday evening.
All the girls who were in the
crowd declared they had one of
the very best of good times.
Seeing the picture was certainly
a treat itself and usual fun that
occurs when girls are together,
was a fine side issue.
You can buy suits and Coats
at 1-2 off at Harrison & Dezelle.
NEWMAN CLUB
The Newman Club held its reg-
ular meeting, Sunday afternoon
at four o’clock at the Newman
Hall. The following officers were
elected for the second term; P.
Summers, Pres.; S. J. Gawlik,
Vice Pres.; Miss Hortense Duffy,
Sec.; Mary Toundonze, Treas.
The program consisted of a
lecture on Science and Religion
and a reading on the truth of
Christian Religion. After attend-
ing to business the members as-
sembled in the dining room,
where hot chocolate and cakes
were served.
TRAIN SCHEDULE
For the convenience of the stu-
dents who are going home Christ-
mas, this train schedule is pub-
lished. It is official and includes
the latest changes in the train
numbers and their arrival.
I. & G. N.
NORTH BOUND
No. 2------ 10:36 a. m.
No. 4________________ 1:19 p. m.
No. 6________ 9:48 p. m.
No. 8------- 4:55 a. m.
SOUTH BOUND
No. 1------ 6:53 p. m.
No. 3________________ 5:12 p. m.
No. 5____ 5:21 a. m.
No. 7---------------- 7:58 a. m.
KATY
SOUTH BOUND
No. 25 (St. Louis-San
Antonio) ........ 5:15 a. m.
No. 21 (Houston-San
Antonio)________ 5:05 a. m.
No. 9 (St. Louis-San
Antonio)________ 5:35 p. m.
No. 3 (Waco-San An-
tonio) _____________ 4:45 p. m.
No. 23 (Houston-San
Marcos)_________2:35 p. m.
NORTH BOUND
No. 26 (San Antonio-
St. Louis)_______10:35 p. m.
No. 22 (San Antonio-
Houston)________12:17 a. m.
No. 10 (San Antonio-
St. Louis)_______11:30 a. m.
No. 4 (San Antonio-
Waco)------------ 9:10 a. m.
No. 24 (San Marcos-
Houston)________9:20 a. m.
See Hofheinz’s Christmas Dis
play.
NORMAL 0; CORONAL 6
It’s the same old story, and a
bitter one to relate: but here
goes. We all felt a keen sense
of sorrow to see our brilliant
season close with a defeat on
Dec. 8. But Coronal, as a fact,
out generaled us this time and
deserved their score of 6 to 0.
The defeat seems due to the
fact that the team was allowed
to go on the field in a spirit of
over confidence. Also the team
should not have played on the
field they did. The surprise in
the opening moments was so
great that Coronal not only had
the Normal baffled, but had the
game cinched before Normal
knew what had happened. Hence
it was that Normal made two un-
fortunate fumbles to begin with
and a mistake or two in judg-
ment.
On defense Normal was strong
enough except for the first few
minutes. On offense our team
was quite short of its usual form.
While Coronal presented a strong-
er line than the average oppon-
ent, there is no reason to be-
lieve that that they were im-
pregnable against the plunges
that Hughes, Chapman and
Hornsby are in a habit of mak-
ing; and while Coronal was
coached on defense, there is no
reason to believe that our inter-
ference could not have made a
way for Shelton, Dietert, and
Russel for gains around end.
But we as a school have not
quarrels coming. Any individ-
ual or group will have its off days.
Since Coronal would not full-
fill her date to play Normal on
Thanksgiving, as was arranged
at the first of the season before
we went to the Coronal field to
play her, the game was played
on the Academy field. We played
the game only on account of
our financial condition. One of
the largest crowds of the sea-
son was out. Quite a number of
people from San Antonio were
at the game among whom were
Coach Powell and some of the
West Texas cadets.
A SENIOR’S HOPE
(with apologies to kiplin)
When the last (Training School)
kid is instructed,
And Ed. 12 is a thing of the
past.
When we’ve made our last out-
line for Christian,
And Smith gives us credit at
last;
We shall rest from our toils
under Harrison,
From our struggles with Eng-
lish 13,
When at last we have won our
diplomas;
Our future will seem glad and
serene.
And those who were good shall
be happy,
When they’ve won their 25
points;
They’ll be proud of their hard
earned position,
And for their certificates re-
joice.
Yes, they shall find real joy
awaiting them
When the spring term has end-
ed at last,
And the final reports are re-
corded,
If their grade-cards show
they’ve passed.
And if we were good they shall
praise us;
And the worthy shall not suf-
fer blame.
We shall have won our teachers’
■approval,
Altho we may never attain
fame.
We may get tired sometimes,
just working —
But awaiting the joys we hope
for.
In the end we’ll know things “as
they should be,”
And forget all the hardships
that are.—E. P.
A boy entered the book store:
■‘Say, Mister, I want a nickle’s
worth of dates.”
“Get out, Guy, we don’t ke^p
dates in a book store.”
The boy surprised the man by
saying:—“Come on, now, and
sell me a calender
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The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1915, newspaper, December 17, 1915; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614590/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.