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THE COLLEGE STAR
Wednesday, November 19, 1930
THE COLLEGE STAR
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(Member)
Published Weekly Through the Regular Session, 1930-31, for the Stu-
dents of the Southwest Texas State Teachers College by English 202
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ENGLISH 202
Armour, Alma Cox, Sidney Mercer, William E.
Brandstetter, Mrs. Ebert, Dolores Munk, Victor
Mabel Garrett, Mrs. L. D. Robinson, Bobbie Jean
Burg, Marjorie Hevelka, Lottie Robinson, Lillie
Chitwood, Milton Jones, Willie Lee Wuest, Alice
T. A. C. C. W. Athletics.
More and more have athletics come to be planned for the specta-
tors, and more and more have they served as a means whereby one
person, one school, or one corporation contests for supremacy, publi-
city, and for money with others. The T.A.C.C.W., realizing the ad-
vancement of commercialized athletics, has taken a definite platform
to check this growing tendency. Its members are not to participate
in inter-collegiate games, and the organization is decidedly opposed to
women participating in Olympic games. All awards given are symbolic.
The T.A.C.C.W.’s ideas of athletics show a negative correlation
with those of the Olympics, but there is a high correlation between
the type of women in the T.A.C.C.W. and the athletics sponsored by
them. Looking into the faces of the delegates from the eighteen dif-
ferent Texas colleges and universities, one did not see women athletics
especially, but a group of intelligent sports-loving women—women who
were equipped socially as well as physically, a group with plenty of
poise, a fun-loving, fun-having group who were interested in what they
were doing and were willing to share this interest.
The T.A.C.C.W. indorses play for play’s sake, encourages mass par-
ticipation and stands for the parallel development of the physical side
along with the intellectual and moral. The other type of athletics de-
stroys a general participation, encourages the desire to win, causes in-
dividuals of exceptional ability to be sought out and trained to the
limit, while the remaining 90 or 95 per cent are more or less neglected.
Commercialized athletics destroy ideal sportsmanship.
Creative Stuff
Rosebud on the Meadow.
To have to pay him money or
sweets to do odd jobs, or to con-
ceal certain facts, soon becomes a
trifle wearing both to the nerves
and to the pocket book. It is much
better to appeal to his sense of
(A more or less free translation | pride, or pity, or fair-play, if pos-
Why Not Use the Library More?
Even though there is an increase in the number of students here
this fall, there is a decrease in the number of books that are being
read, compared with previous terms. Are there more Freshmen on the
hill this fall who are not required to use the Library in their English
courses, or is it because the Sophomores are not required to use the
Library as much as they have been in previous terms? It is rumored
that the student body has not yet found out the fact that knowledge is
stored up in the'Library in great quantities and that they may indulge
in the pleasure of reading if they so desire. Surely we come to col-
lege to take the opportunity to make friends with some of the great
writers and their characters. Read some good books and let them be
your friends. »
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Rooming Houses.
Some might say, “What a subject!” But after all doesnt it inter-
est all of the out-of-town students except those lucky ones who take
up their abode in boarding houses ? What is it that is sought for most
in rooming houses, outside appearances, or this plus the inside ap-
pearances of the apartment? Then of course the conveniences and
the location of the place are to be considered. We might call these
the preliminaries, for the average student wants more than the four
walls with conveniences, for these alone will not make home. Consider
the many days that are to be spent in the place—are they to be long
lonesome days, or are they to be days brimful of something to do,
somewhere to go, or some entertainment of some sort?
Who is usually responsible for the spirit of congeniality or the
lack of it in a rooming house? Many will answer this by saying ‘ the
house-mother”, and it seems to the writer that it is answered as it
should be. For, after all, she can do more than any other one person
towards making the girls or boys feel free in the house, and to have
them form the habit of congregating in the evenings for an hour of
good times.
Not long ago I heard a person compare her present life with that
of the past in the same house but with two different house-mothers.
She said, “Mrs. X made us all feel at home. We would assemble in
her living- room after supper and have such a good time, but now we
are in a different place all together. After supper, each one goes to
her room because we are not made to feel welcome to assemble in
the living-room. It is so different, it does not seem like home any
more.” Don’t you suspect that that is the way some others would ex-
press themselves if they cared to do so?
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Does Wind Win?
Editor Sewell of the Simmons Brand was vociferously denouncing
his disciples over at Simmons a few weeks ago for not being more
prolific with their yelling. He even went so far as to blame their
thriftiness of vocalizing for the loss of a contest with the Yellow
jackets. Now, it is my private opinion that Mr. Sewell, or whoever
was responsible for that outburst of eloquence, let his passion for the
theme overpower his love of logic. It is reputed, and I have always
been a strong supporter of the hypothesis, that the eleven men out on
the grid are supposed to have some trifling part to play in whether
or not the game goes in the won or lost column.
According to Mr. Sewell’s theory, it won’t be long now until a radi
cal change wall be made in inter-conference contests. Coaches will be
employed for the pep squads, star yellers will get the publicity, and
bass voices will be given jobs on the campus; while captains of foot
ball teams will be those lesser satellites who can do nothing else.
Imagine rabid football fans reaching avidly for the following news-
paper account of a big conference game:
“The Hissers, on a series of rahs and booms, marched with a steady,
ground-eating pace on down the field to the Boomers’ five yard line,
where they were stopped with a thunderous uproar of noise from the
opposing bleachers. A snappy fifteen-for-team netted them two yards,
leaving them only three yards to touchdown and three yells to make it.
The Boomer sideline put up a stubborn resistance, and the Hisser yells
could scarcely make a dint in their eardrums. With a gameness that
was heart-rending, the Boomers pitted their light baritones against
the powerful basses of their opponents and almost held them for downs.
of Goethe’s “Roslein”).
Once a boy a rosebud new
Saw upon the meadow,
Shining fresh with morning dew
And covered with a silvery hue
By a lovely rainbow.
Rosebud, rosebud, rosebud red,
Rosebud on the meadow.
“Pretty flower, you are mine!”
Rosebud on the meadow.
The rosebud cried, “Oh, please be
kind,
Rob me not of warm sunshine.
What a roguish fellow!”
Rosebud, rosebud, rosebud red,
Rosebud on the meadow.
But the fellow heeded not—
Rosebud on the meadow—
Till the painful prick he got
Made him realize its lot,
Filling him with- sorrow.
Rosebud, rosebud, rosebud red,
Rosebud on the meadow. —D.E.
o—o
Some Tactics in Dealing With
Kid Brothers.
The writer first intended to in-
sert “successful” before “tactics”
in the title of this article, but on
second thought, she knew it would
then be an erroneous statement be-
cause, although they may work
perfectly in one case today, they
may, and most likely will, fail ut-
terly in a like instance at another
time.
Young brothers, as anyone who
has suffered one or more knows,
are the most variable little animals
on earth. At one hour they may be
nice, amiable creatures; the next
quarter of an hour may find them
stubborn as the most stubborn don-
key, or closely resembling a raving
maniac.
To begin with, it is necessary for
the kinsman to have a fairly good
opinion of you. This is generally
established by the fact that you
have come up to some of his quali-
fications of good sportsmanship. If
you neglect to report the previous-
ly forbidden swimming party, the
score will be in your favor, and
you will probably be rewarded by
the kid’s unusual negligence in
broadcasting the fact that he
heard cussing when a runner
popped in your stocking when you
were already late for a date.
Then, if you keep from laugh-
ing and teasing when, the young
hopeful discovered the maps he
drew to aid in finding the money
(amounting to a dollar and thirty-
five cents and two pieces of for-
eign money to boot) he buried
while on a pirate rampage, to be
inaccurate to the extent that the
money is still buried, you will fur-
ther mount in his favor. If you
sympathetically aid in the search,
he may generously reward you by
shelling pecans for the salad. On
the other hand, if your emotions
get the upper hand, his pride will
sorely wounded and it may be
days before you can persuade him
even to dry the dishes.
! sible. “He is so strong he can
easily sweep the porch; you are
too tired to even more; you have
| been working while he has just
been playing”—all these will work
perfectly toward the desired end—
if used sparingly.
If you go out of your way to
please him, you are generally re-
warded by some generous act on
his part; if not, you have it to
hold over his head when dire nec-
essity demands a little cooperation
from him.
Sometimes the old tit-for-tat
method is most useful, especially
when the dear little boy is in the
midst of a stubborn streak. Also
it might be well to realize your
physical equality or superiority,
since oftentimes he may resort to
the cave-man antics to gain his
end. To laugh at his jokes and to
pander to his male vanity will
please him if he can detect no note
of insincerity therein.
These methods may work nine
times out of ten, or only five times
out of ten—they are not guaran-
teed to be infallible. Here is
where tact and variety of tactics
come nicely into use. And may the
person who has to use them on one
or more kid brothers be justly re-
warded !—E.S.
To a Letter Opener.
You are the emblem of a friendship
that did not last for long;
You are the memory of a palship
that seemed to go all wrong.
Perhaps you are quite lonely—
With no other of your kind;
Perhaps it does not please you
That I should call you mine.
Perhaps you could do better
The work I bid you do:
To open all my letters
And cut my papers too.
But circumstance refuses to let
you operate
In a manner that is pleasing and
is really up-to-date.
And I am not complaining, for I
think I understand
That loneliness, little emblem, is a
thing that’s hard to stand;
And so, if, in your appointed place,
you feel alone and blue,
Remember, little sabre, I feel the
same as you. —W.L.J.
BROWSING IN
THE LIBRARY
But the Hissers went into a huddle in front of the bleachers, and quick-
ly returning to their seats, sent forth a tricky locomotive which caught
yell-leader Windy Tolong with his megaphone down; and the Boomers
slipped through for their first touchdown.
“The outstanding star of the game was easily ‘Bull-frog’ Bailey,
all T.I.A.A. bellower for the Hissers, whose gigantic voice was elevated
boisterously time after time above the combined forces of the opposing
rooting section.”
And so on like that. And then it might end up with:
“The Hissers were well backed up by the Hisser football team, who,
always loyar to the school, did their little unimportant bit quietly and
unostentatiously out in the middle of the field with a circumspection
and fidelity that created a splendid impression on all who noticed them.”
The Great Meadow.
By Elizabeth Madox Roberts
This is a story of the westward
march of a pioneer family of Vir-
ginia during the revolutionary days
of the 1770’s. The love and ad-
venture of Bert Jarvis separates
Diony Hall from her home, Five
Oaks, in Albemarle County, but
she goes forth with the fine caval-
ier spirit of her father, Thomas
Hall, and the beauty of her do-
mestic mother, Polly Hall, across
limpid streams, great mountains
and cliffs to the deep forests of the
wilderness.
Soon after the wedding Bert
Jarvis takes Diony, with a party
including his mother, to the great
meadow, Ken-tak-ee. Here in Fort
OFFICIAL NOTICE
At the behest of the Committee on Students’ Use of English, and
in accordance with authority vested in it, I am hereby requesting all
students now enrolled in the College who expect to become candidates
for the bachelor’s degree either at the end of the current session or
at the end of the ensuing summer session to report to Room, Science
206, at two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, December 9, for the pur
pose of taking a special examination in the practical use of English,
which all students in question must pass to the satisfaction of the
Committee before they may qualify for graduation. Any student who
fails on the basis of the examination to satisfy the Committee as to
his proficiency in the use of English will be subject to such special
assignment of work as the Committee may deem necessary for the
purpose of improving his English.
No students who has been found by the Committee to be deficient
in his use of English, whether adjudged so on the basis of the special
examination or otherwise, will be allowed to graduate until he has
been released by the Committee, provided that any student in question
who is a candidate for a degree at the close of the regular session
shall obtain such release not later than March 15, and that any student
in question who is a candidate for a degree at the close of the sum-
Harrod the party lodges to be pro-j mer session shall obtain such release not later than July 15
tected from the Indians.
Any student required to take the special examination in English
in question, which will be two hours in duration, who has a conflict be-
tween the special examination and a regularly scheduled class or labo-
ratory, will be excused from such regular class or laboratory for the
purpose of taking the examination.
England is fighting her colonies.
She pays red savages to kill wo-
men and children in the outposts
of the west. It is only this aspect
that makes Kentucky conscious of
the Revolutionary War. The In-
dians take their toll from Fort
Harrod when they scalp Diony’s
mother-in-law. Bert learns of this
and goes to avenge the death of
his mother. Finally, news is
brought to the fort that Bert is
killed. Evans Muir, in the ab-
sence of Bert, keeps Diony’s cabin
supplied with game from the forest
and corn from the field. After
her hoge for Bert’s return vanishes,
she marries Evans Muir and bears
him a son. Three years pass, when
Bert returns from his long captivi-
ty.
According to the laws of the
wilderness Diony must choose the
one with whom she is to live. She
chooses Bert and promises Muir
she will be a good mother to his
child.
“The Great Meadow” is a drama-
tic story with a heroic theme that
is sure to make it the most popu-
lar book of Miss Roberts, herself
a native of Kentucky.
The examination will be written in blue books obtainable from the
members of the Committee in exchange for tickets purchasable at the
College Exchange.
December 1, 1930.
ALFRED H. NOLLE,
Dean of the Faculty
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