The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1932 Page: 2 of 4
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THE COLLEGE STAR
THE COLLEGE STAR
Published weekly through the regular session of 1932-33
for and by the students of the Southwest Texas State Teach-
ers College.
Entered as second class matter, November 21, 1921, at
the Post Office in San Marcos, Texas, under the act of March
3, 1879.
The staff welcomes any kind of usable copy, or hints for
the production of such from either students or faculty. Place
either in the copy boxes on the door of the Star Office, first
floor Library Building and in the alcove just in front of M
101 B, respectively. Please sign all copy as an evidence of
good faith on your part and a help to us in securing revision
if such be needed. Copy, to insure prompt and adequate at-
tention, should be in the boxes by each Monday noon. Tues-
day morning is the dead line.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Per year ...................................................................................-................................--$1.00
Per term ...................................-..................................-.........-.....................................25
Roy McWilliams ............................
Russell Forester.........................—
Bailey, Frank ..................................
..................................... Managing Editor
..................................Business Manager
.......Assistant Business Manager
REPORTERS'
Alexander, Andy
Haynes, Laura
Barrow, Ruby
Hill, Burke
Brandstetter, John
Holmes, Janet
Breeden, Upton
Martin, A. B.
Brown, Buster
Roth, Fenner
Brown, Sarah
Wooten, Kay
T. W. Nichols ________________-...............
.........................Faculty Advisor
LET’S BE POLITICIANS
In the not far remote some comments were made about
the political situation in our college. Somehow the impres-
sion was made that the whole business was “lousy” and that
there should be no place for it. It is true, of course, that
there is a very little life in student politics at present. The
few who try to give it life are being criticized (even consider-
ed as scandals) and are unable to make it a part of college
life.
But why is this so? Well, there are several reasons.
First of all, we do not realize the importance of student pol-
iicst. Are we not taught that we, after leaving college,
should take an active and enlightened part in public life?
That, according to what we are being taught, is not only
something that will become our duty. As a result, college
graduates leave with good intentions—they want to get into
politics, either as good citizens or office seekers. But un-
fortunately these intentions fade away. Ex-students soon
agree with the majority of people that politics is a hopeless
game. It is hopeless for them because their college training
in that particular field was not broad enough to start the
thing anew. They had a touch of it in college but not
enough to give it a new life. That is why politics should
play an important role right here today. Then, too, we
must not forget that after all, this is a democratic institu-
tion and everyone is entitled to a voice in all matters that
arise. We have a perfect right to express our opinions and
persuade others accordingly. We would be doing ourselves
more justice by spending a little less time on Soviet Russia
and giving a little more time to matters of democratic Texas.
Then, when its all said and done, would it not be to our
advantage if we should suddenly turn politically minded? In
that way our college days would mean more to us in the days
that are to follow. We could readily put into practice the
thearies and experiences with which we became acquainted
on the inside of our college walls. Then we would not “stand
back” and regard politics as a dirty game. Instead we
would say to our fellowmen, “Come one in—the water’s fine.”
—-o-
DOES SUPERSTITION RULE THE WORLD?
Webster says that superstition is false religion or wor-
ship. It has been said that people are either intensely relig-
ious or superstitious. The inability of the savages to ex-
plain most natural phenomena leaves him no other method
but magic. Civilized people also use magic if they fail to
understand the cause and agencies involved in different phe-
nomena. A certain intelligent class of people who are in the
minority claim to be neither.
“We sling to magic”, says Dr. Clark Wiesler, anthropolo-
gist of the American Museum of Natural History, “Like some
child clinging to its faith in fairies.” Symbols of the black
art are instilled in all of us from babyhood, and we carry
them right through life. Witchcraft, too, continues and
flourishes in civilized countries.
“The school has done very little to eradicate magical be-
liefs from the minds of the common people,” says Dr. A. 0.
Bowden, president of the New Mexico State Teachers Col-
lege. Dr. Bowden found that eighty-six persons out of every
hundred believe that beautiful pictures, fine music, and fine
home surroundings will make people moral and virtuous. He
says that belief in the black art in the United States is about
equally divided between the sexes. Modern science is the
active foe of the black art and is today making great strides
in its battle with superstition. Science is a persistent and
painstaking effort to find out the facts of nature and man.
Black art or superstitution is the effort to gain control of
man’s environment, to prophesy coming events, and to ex-
plain those that have already happened.
Black art is in a way bound up with the occupation in
which we are engaged. Acting is a profession that attracts
intelligent men and women. Yet, once they step into the
theater, they become superstitious. They must never speak
the last line of the play during rehearsal, whistle in the dress-
ing room, or rehearse a new play if the curtain is down. To
“open on Friday means close on Saturday.”
Some of our everyday superstitutions of bad luck are:
breaking a mirror, seeing a black cat run acress our path,
walking under a ladder, coming back after something, find-
ing a pin with point up, beginning work on Friday, getting
out of bed with wrong foot first, and opening an umbrella in
a house. Omens of good luck are: finding a four-leaf clover,
picking up a pin with head up, hanging a horseshoe over the
'door or bed, seeing a white cat on the road, seeing a wagon
drawn by a white horse, hanging a lantern on the front
porch during Christmas nights to keep the evil spirits away,
and believing that fish is a brain food, or that raniy weather
is the cause of rheumatism.
How much do similar unfounded beliefs affect you? Yes,
from coast to coast, everywhere, black magic is in the air.
| Football
| With Our
j Slants
| Exes
Lone Star Conference
The Bobcats displayed a team
of championship calibre Friday
night when they clawed the high-
ly touted Pirates from Georgetown
into humble submission. It was a
low charging line and a fast, shifty
backfield that spelled defeat for
“Lefty” Edens’ proteges. Led by
Bob Porter the Cats started with
a bang, pushing over a touchdown
in the first quarter, after Porter’s
long run had carried the ball up
to the Pirate 25 yard line. Weir,
Pirate halfback, had carried the
ball deep into Bobcat territory on
a wide end run that finally ended
when Norris speared him with a
desperate tackle. The Cat line
then stiffened and the ball went
over on downs. Porter, Bobcat
triple-threat artist, then started to
circle his own left, cut back and
side stepped and twisted his way
through a whole horde of Pirates
to place the Cats in striking dis-
tance of pay dirt. Led by Abe
Houston, who played a steady,
“headsup” game at center and in-
tercepted one pass, the Bobcat line
completely outcharged and out-
played a heavy Southwestern line.
This week finds the Cats match-
ing claws with the Commerce
Lions. The Commerce boys have
defeated Sam Houston and tied
Trinity. The Lions have a back-
field performer that has been
showing enemy teams just what
the term “Scintillating Brilliance”
means. He runs in the quarter-
back position and in addition to
being an able field general, is a
triple-threat ace. To match this,
the Bobcats will run Porter, like-
wise a versatile performer. Sandy
Germer, the Maxwell Flash, has
been turning in excellent work this
season. Sandy plays safety on de-
fense and is a hard-hitting full-
back when on offense. How about
this ? Bobcats 18, Commerce 0.
At Denton, the Eagles will en-
gage the Stephen F. Austin Lum-
berjacks, with the Eagles winning
about 33-6.
Howard Payne should defeat
Trinity about 6-0 at Waxahachie.
Conference Standing
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San Marcos Teachers........1
Trinity University ............2 Y2
East Texas Teachers........1%
Stephen F. Austin ............0
Sam Houston Teachers ....0
North Texas Teachers ....0
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Southwest Conference
Texas justified the faith of a
few and surprised many by trounc-
ing Rice Institute 18-6. Bohn Hill-
iard, who was hailed at the be-
ginning of the season as a burn-
ed-out football player, has really
shown his true caliber. This week
finds Texas clashing with the S.
M. U. Mustangs. Ray Morrison’s
charges fell before an ounslaught
of Perfect Gentlemen last week at
Fair Park Stadium in Dallas. They
were the second team to fall vic-
tim to Centenary’s determined
march to a complete submission of
all Southwest Conference teams.
This week’s setto between the
Steers and the Mustangs will prob-
ably result in about a 23-6 victory
for Texas.
T. C. U. will entertain the Bay-
lor Bears this week-end. Baylor
has not displayed much power and
very little inclination to score on
Conference teams. T.C.U. will
win about 32-6.
Rice should have little trouble
in disposing of Creighton, about
27-0. Creighton has shown very
little power this year.
We’d say about Centenary 20-
Texas A. and M. 0.
Conference Standing
University of Texas
University of Ark. .;
Rice Institute ..........
Texas A. and M......
Baylor University .
Southern Methodist
Lee Hensley, who is now super-
intendent of the Big Lake school,
was on the Hill last Tuesday morn-
ing. Mr. Hensley subscribed to a
year’s subscription of the College
Star while here.
Lee Hensley entered here in
1910, absolving three years work
before departing. He returned
several summer sessions before re-
ceiving his degree in 1930. Play-
ing a prominent part in college
life, he was a member of the base-
ball team for three years, a reg-
ular attendant of the Chatauqua
Literary Society, and a member of
the Y.M.C.A.
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Another County
Heard From
How many of you read Liberty
Magazine’s “Vox Pop” section?
Just in case you don’t, it’s a sec-
tion in that weekly which is
turned over in its entirety to the
readers of the magazine. In it are
to be found criticisms submitted
by its readers of the worlds or at-
tempts in the previous issue, crit-
icisms both constructive and de-
structive. It seems that the edi-
tor turns donations over to the
printer without even opening the
envelope, and this section is in-
teresting. Personally, when I get
a copy of Liberty, that’s the first
thing I turn to.
What would a section like this
do to our College Star, a section
made up entirely of voluntary con-
tributions in the form of criticisms
from interested readers, a section
OWEN-MOSES
Whil a student of the Normal,! which would show no marks of hav-
he served in the capacity of yell ing been selected or revised by the
leader, and was assistant business editor, a section in which the read-
manager of the Pedagog in 1914.' er could say what he wanted to
Dr. Evans remembers Lee Hens-! say about any article he wanted
ley by the fact that they both to say it about without knowing
entered this institution the same darn well that the editor would
day. jNOT print it? Would a section
- of this kind improve the quality
Lyndon “Bull” Johnson spent I of our paper or would it destroy
the week-end with relatives here Plication entirely, or, per-
in San Marcos. Johnson, who jhaps’ would. it: d? *?th ? At an^
graduated in 1930, was a very ac-
tive student while on the Hill,
serving well on the Student Coun-
cil, College Star, Press Club, and
also being elected to the Harris-
Blair and Pi Gamma Mu. After
leaving school here, he accepted a
position teaching debate in the
Sam Houston High School, Hous-
ton. When Richard Kleberg was
elected Congressman, Lyndon re-
signed his position in Houston and
accepted an appointment as secre-
tary to Kleberg. With a colorful
past and very promising future,
he has a splendid opportunity to
rise to further heights in this poli-
tical world.
Bill Deason, now teaching school
in the Alamo Heights High School
in San Antonio, came over with
Johnson. Deason likewise was
prominent here in college circles.
Besides being president of the sen-
ior class of 1930 and also president
of the Harris-Blairs, Bill also serv-
ed on the College Players and held
down the job of Business Manager
of the Pedagog of 1930. In con-
nection with his teaching in San
Antonio, Deason is studying law.
Old Judy Parsley from George-
town accompanied those Pirates
down here last Friday, but Judy
says that she is still a loyal Bob-
cat. July attended school here
last year.
Read Morgan, Business Manager
of the Pedagog of 1931, was on
the Hill shaking hands with his
old friends Saturday. He was not
too busy, however, to forget the
Pedagog office. Read is now teach-
ing at Fentress.
J rate, a section of this type would
put some life in our paper. It
would make some of these editorial
writers study their subjects a lit-
tle. Science Club columnists would
learn that they ought to at least
do justice to that field; poets would
learn that there are certain funda-
mentals that must be considered
in the writing of poetry; some of
these sports writers might discov-
er that it would be better to let
somebody know who something
about the game write them up and
place credit where it belongs, rath-
er than show their ignorance of
the game and expose it in black
and white.
It would give the student-body
rather than just two or three stu-
dents a hand in the publication.
It would keep the editor and staff
on their toes. The editor, I sup-
pose, would be subject to the foul-
est and sometimes most undeserv-
ing criticism, but that’s all right
too; it’s not as though there aren’t
a hundred others that would take
it on the face and be impressed
and benefited by it for his salary.
What our paper needs is an out-
let for the sentiments of the stu-
dent-body. If our paper can’t
stand criticism, our paper should
not exist.
(Editor’s note: Since this idea is
entirely in keeping with the gen-
eral policy of a student newspaper,
I heartily endorse it. However,
if this is to be run as a regular
column, an abundance of personal
criticisms must be assured. Judg-
ing from the rate of present con-
tributions, we need more writers
and less criticism.)
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Grapefruit and apples cheap.
One or by the basket. Fruit and
Vegetable Market, 329 N. Austin.
The Star readers will no doubt
surprised to hear that Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Moore will no longer
travel about alone. Yes. And I
think that his name is Henry, Jr.
He is only a month old now, but he
certainly has a healthy set of
lungs. Congratulations!
Mr. and Mrs. White Benbow,
now teaching down at Cibolo, came
back to their old Alma Mater dur-
ing the week-end. Benbow and
his wife have been teaching at
Cibolo two years now and say that
they like it fine. No wonder! To
hear Benbow tell about that good
home-made sausage which the peo-
ple there bestow upon him is
enough to make anybody forget
his troubles.
WILLIAMS
DRUG STORE
Pound Box Chocolate Covered
Cherries 33c
Who were those two young
ladies who were nearly arrested
over in San Antonio last Friday
for answering to the description
of a run-a-way couple ? They
were none other than Dorothy
Johnson and Ruby Meyers, both
of whom have quit school to take
up goat ranching at Ruby’s home
W L Pet.
way out at Rock Springs. Louise
2 0 1000
Witte, another blond from Me-
1 0 1000
Gregor visiting at the Dorm, con-
1 1 500
fidentially remarks that the ru-
1 1 500
mor it out that Dot is to be mar-
Yz lYz 250
ried next Christmas. Now, who
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said that there was no Santa
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES
DR. J. R. MORTON
Practice limite^ to Diseases
of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Office over Bass Drug Store
Phones: Off. 389, Res. 62
Miss Ola Moses, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Moses of Dime
Box, and Mr. George Randolph
Owen of San Marcos were united
in marriage by Rev. Anderson of
Houston in a quite ceremony at the
home of the bride.
Only a few close friends and rel-
atives were present. The wedding
march was played by Miss Stewart
of Dime Box. The bride wore an
ensemble of brown crepe, and car-
ried a bouquet of pink rose buds and
Queen’s Wreath.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen will be re-
membered as former students of
S.W.T.T.C., the groom having re-
ceived his degree in 1931. The
couple will make their home near
Seguin, where Mr. Owen will re-
sume his duties as a member of
the faculty of the Walters-Nixon
School.
October Morning
The autumn blew across my face:
I loved its livening touch—
The wind was all that mattered
And it didn’t matter much.
The leaves went scuffling through
the weeds,
Unfretted as could be,
And I ran dancing round the plain,
As happy and as free.
The earth has muffled up her cloak
About her frosty ears,
Because the autumn’s come at
last,
The loveliest in years!
—K.W.
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The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1932, newspaper, October 26, 1932; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806613/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State University.