The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 27, 1927 Page: 5 of 8
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Students of Soutliwestern
As heretofore you will find all the authentic up-to-the-minute styles in men’s wear for
the College Man on display at your store, and we will take pleasure in showing you thru
what’s what in Style for the College Man of 1927 in
Hats
Caps
Shirts
Suits Tailor-nia<le
Suits Ready-to-wear
Top Coats
Sweaters
Sport Coats
Slip Overs
Street Shoes
House Shoes
Tenuis Shoes
In fact, anything a College Man wears from shoe strings to hats.
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East Side
The College Mail’s Store
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Georgetown, Texas
Veteran Walked 500 Miles
! Freshmen Stage
Rather Than Spend Coin |pajama 5>arade
Two Mexican coins which a soldier
■was paid when discharged from the
Confederate Army were given recently
to Southwestern University by Mr. J).
Hargis of Taylor to be kept iji the ar-
chives of the library.
The coins, two silver dollars made in
I860 and 1861, were given to the late
J. R. Hargis, brother of the donor, in
1865 by his Confederate commander as
funds on which to return home. Rath-
er than part with them, he travelled
live hundred miles on foot with no food
except cow peas boiled in clear water.
With this diet as his only rations, he
walked the entire distance to his home
in Tennessee without spending the two
dollars.
For forty years J. R. Hargis carried
the coins in his pocket. He was a cit-
izen of Taylor for a number of years.
At, his death the coins passed into the
possession of his brother.
Several years ago Mr. 1). Hargis made
a contribution of a number of books to
The annual freshman pajama parade |
on the occasion of the first pep moot-1
the library at Southwestern. Most of j illg ()f 11, . .season was staged Friday
them deal with historical matters re-
lating to the period of the Civil War.
Among these books is a complete file
of a number of volumes of the Confed-
erate Veteran. These magazines have
been bound by the college bindery and
placed in the magazine files.
This week Mr. Hargis visited the
Southwestern library to bring some
moro books. Among them wore an obi
history of the United States and J. K
Johnston’s “Narrative and Military Op-
eratio ns.”
night to the huge amusement and de-
light of th(> older and more sophist icat !
I
ed students. Led by Slime Dansby,
who man hod them in martial array, and
v\ ho later, by the way. was forced to
retire from tin* ranks due to the over
exertion of his two hundred and sixty
seven pounds of human bulk, the first
year men first made a tour of the An
nex, piercing, we understand, some
nooks and crannies which even many
of the older students have never dared
Mitre Boys Working
Fitr Fniversity This Year
Southwestern ihis year has inaugur
ated a new policy and is employing
university boys on jobs formerly held by
outsiders. In the kitchen of the Mining
Hull a number of boys are earning their
board washing dishes, and in Mood Hall
in place of two full-time janitors, there
is only one, and he is assisted by two
dormitory hoys. The usual number of
boys are employed waiting tables in the
Mining hull. Southwestern is doing all
possible to help boys through college, ns
can be seen by these instances, and bv
the new dairy living run in co-operation
with tlu1 Methodist Home of Waco.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rogers of Hous-
ton were the guests of their son, Finest,
over the week-end.
venture. Following this daring inva-
Mr. Hargis served in the Confederate aj0n into the mystic realms of fern in-
Army and delights to talk over the old
jnity they proceeded to the auditorium
rMood Hall Family
Is Larger This Year
Mood Hall, for years the beloved home
of the boys of‘Southwestern University,
seems to lie coming back inti its own
this year after having suffered somewhat
in popularity last year due to the girls
the year following the fire. Thus far
ninety-six are occupying rooms in the
building with ft prospect of more com-
ing lftter. This number is larger by
about sixteen than the report at the same
date Inst fall. Mr. Williams, who is en-
tering upon his second year as manager,
states that things are running smoothly
in the hall, and that, lie looks forward to
a. pleasant year .with the boys., Xhua far.
the fish have failed to show any signs of
making the sleeping hours miserable for
those who initiated them into college
life, in direct contrast to last year’s en-
ergetic mischief makers.
days. Ho was much interested in the wi,oop it for the Pirates in an- .
proposed plans for a new (ire proof li- | ticipat ion of the game Saturday with |
brarv building. While visiting the col- I Baylor. The pep meeting over, the j
lego ho was a dinner guest at the new | clinics wore driven to town bv their
Womans Building. I sophomore mentors, and thence again
——--—-*—*-*—«—— I to the Annex where a v aried program1
It has been announced that there will 1 was rendered for the benefit of the j
he a meeting of all tlie boyv of the hall j Woman’s Building habitues,
on Tuesday evening at. 7 o’clock for the j Tliw olllv f]v j„ the ointment of the |
purpose of reorganizing the Mood Hall SU(H.0SS „f t,H. w;ts the sudden j
Association. All boys living in the Hall | nml l|,.|,|„r:.l,lo “pooping” of the lead !
are expected to he present. j or> slime Dansby, who whipped himself
into such enthusiasm and speed that j
Handies, Cigars and Ciragettes at the ho was furred to retire just before the |
I’ll i v Ct Pity Store. [final trip to t he Annex. Dansby was (
—_____ I taken to t lie Mood Hall Infirmary by !
To an observer in Mood Hull, who is j his brethren where, after a peaceful i
flying here and there, keeping his eyes j night of medical attention, lie recovered j
open the results of the lug fight seemed ! sufficiently to attend classes next day. |
(jiieor. As the decision was announced j ....._____________
one hoy placed all his belongings, person- ](.0 Cream. Cold Drinks and Handy at |
ai and. otherwise, on sale. Others were (j^rlr Fit’s. |
seen wearing new clothes the next day. i ____________ j
“ Pinky’ > Oates attended flic Baylor While perched in u tree, near the An-
game Saturday. I could say more, but nox , |„, ot|,,,r night 1 became aware of
two voices beneath. One was deep and
profound, the other soft and sweet. What
else? That’s all; I knew it was my
Trade with our advertisers. move.
this is enough to prove to Folly that
prize fights are queer things.
We want all the students to make
our store their store ... We have
all University Books and Supplies.
. . . Nice line University Stationery
and other Stationery . . . Every-
thing in Jewelry. . . . Watch and
Jewelry Repairing done correctly
and promptly. . . Picture Framing
WILCOX BROTHERS
Jewelers and Stationers
Phone No. 2
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Gates, J. Y. The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 27, 1927, newspaper, September 27, 1927; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth620666/m1/5/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.