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THE COLLEGE STAR
Wednesday, October 1, 1930
THE COLLEGE STAR
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Creative Stuff
Published Weekly Through the Regular Session, 1930-31, for the Stu-
dents of the Southwest Texas State Teachers College by English 202
as an Adventure in Journalism and Creative Writing. _
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Osier Dunn ...
Harvey Yoe ...
Gates Thomas
Armour, Alma
Brandstetter, Mrs.
Mabel
Burg, Marjorie
Chitwood, Milton
ENGLISH 202
Cox, Sidney
Ebert, Doloi’es
Garrett, Mrs. L. D.
Hevelka, Lottie
Jones, Willie Lee
.............................. Editor
........ Business Manager
.......... Faculty Director
Mercer, William E.
Munk, Victor
Robinson, Bobbie Jean
Robinson, Lillie
Wuest, Alice
To the Class of ’34
Last week the staff of The Star was too busy with its own prob-
lems of organization and effort to felicitate you on your choice of an
alma mater or proffer you sage advice on the ways and means of
surmounting the different stages of your purposed pilgrimage. Per-
haps that was just as well, as what you got anyway is probably more
than you have been able to assimilate—or eliminate—this week. Be-
sides that, we wished to keep an editorial eye upon you a little longer
lest you might cause us to hunt for an alibi later on. But now that
you have been under editorial scrutiny for over a week, it is perhaps
time to spill the beans of editorial felicitation and exhortation. The
Registrar’s figures say you number 465. That speaks well for you
numerically and quantitatively. Your conduct at the first College
Night showed that you have ingenuity and initiative. It is true that j
you have not been very swift to memorize the Alma Mater or to put
much volume into the first yell rally. But the collegiate race is not
always to the swift or the curricular battle to the leathern-lungea.
You are a good-looking, prepossessing bunch, especially the female part
of you, as it should be. The Star’s sombrero is off to you. May your
shadow never suffer diminution or eclipse.
Elegy Written on a Deserted
Hillside.
(Apologies to Gray)
The tolling bell has chimed the
last exam,
The blowing herd has left the
campus tree;
The student homeward bucks the
traffic jam,
And leaves the hill to stillness, not
to me.
Inside those rockbound walls the
students stayed,
What time they didn’t loaf out on
the hill,
And if some from the narrow path
have strayed,
Who knows if it will be for good
or ill ?
Let not Ambition mock their use-
ful toil,
Their homely joys, their chase for
pulchritude,
’Twas better than at home to till
the soil,
And chase the,mules to earn their
daily food.
What though they study until their
eyeballs ache,
And get a B. A. with the sweating
mob?
Some low and slimy fish can come
and take
Away from them a superintendent’s
job. / —H.E.R.
o—o
THE MAGAZINE SALESMAN
EVERYBODY LEARN THIS
Nostalgia
Has anybody happened to have a case of homesickness since he
has been here? Some claim to have noticed a lot of sad and woeful
looks on the faces of the freshmen. And freshmen aren’t the only ones
who are homesick, either. They just show it more than the rest of us.
But let’s all forget our troubles and just remember that all of us
have them once in a while. Let’s be happy and cheery and get into
the spirit of college life. We’ll miss half the fun of our college days
if we don’t snap out of it right away. Just remember that old say-
ing “the worst it yet to come”, whatever that may be. We don’t know
whether that means another case of homesickness more severe than
the other one or these healthy exams we hear so much about. Snap
out of it!
Brains and Heads.
What about your head? Is it large or small? If you have a big
head don’t be too proud of it. Just realize you have only a little more
to tote up and down this natural elevation of land. Dr. Dandy, noted
John Hopkins surgeon, finds that nearly two-thirds of the brain can
foe cut away without impairing the intellectual powers. We dare you
to try it! Suppose you do possess that certain cell; it may be only a
hatrack! Cheer up, all you people with little heads and little brains.
Just use them and show these other guys what you can do. If you
are too lazy to do that you had better pay court to you profs, for don’t
forget that you are up here to uphold the family ideals and standards.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
The definition of grade points obtaining in the college and similarly
the regulations governing class attendance, probations and failures,
and eilgibility to honors and to participation in public activities have
been restated and in some instances amended. In their revised form,
effective with the opening of the Fall Term, 1930-1931, they will be
posted on the official bulletin board for ten days, beginning September
25, for the information and guidance of students.
• ALFRED H. NOLLE,
September 25, 1930. Dean of Faculty.
TESTS RELIABLE ONLY
IN DETERMINING GEN-
ERAL ABILITY—COACH
Of late much has been said and
done in the line of using achieve-
ment tests in determining the
ability of certain individuals in
performing different tasks. The
educational tests have to a large
extent been standardized, while
certain other tests have also reach-
ed a fairly high degree of reliabil-
ity. With this idea in mind Coach
Strahan, in writing his thesis, “The
use of certain standardized tests i
in the classification of students for I
athletic competition” made a thor-
ough study of certain athletic tests
for the purpose of determining
whether or not they would be of
value in measuring a person’s
ability in a certain sport. The tests
considered and studied were, the
Rogers Strength Index, the Rog-
ers Physical Fitness Index, the
Cozens General Athletic Ability
Tests, and the Brace Basketball
Achievement Test. Coach Strahan
found that they were reliable only
in determining general athletic
ability, and that they did not
serve as a means of determining
specific athletic ability in a certain
sport.
Excerpts from the general con-
clusion of the thesis are as fol-
lows: “The results of this study
indicate that general athletic abili-
ty tests are of value in measuring
the fundamentals of general ath-
letic skill, and not of great assist-
ance in the prediction of specific
skill or ability of an individual. An
athlete in any one of the major
sports must have a good deal of
general skill and consequently will
usually attain high scores in gen-
eral athletic ability tests. It does
not follow, however, that a man
with a high athletic score will like-
wise attain eminence in any one of
the particular sports, for the rea-
son that specialized skill or ability
comes as the result of considerable
practice or learning.”
Word has been received from two
ex-editors, Manton Ellis and “Babe”
Kennedy, both of whom were anx-
ious for copies of The Star. Babe
expressed his wish as follows:
“In other words I am asking,
and please kind sire (that’s the way
they read last year when I was in
the posish to do the favor) put me
on the mailing list. Now I know
just how those papers go out, so
I won’t expect to receive over one
a month; but anyhow do your best
by me. (Signed) Nell.”
Babe is “school teachering” as
he puts it. In case he is reading
“He’s got eyes of blue'. 'I never
cared for eyes of blue, but he’s
got eyes of blue; so that’s my
weakness now! Whoopee!”
“Grace, have you gone crazy?”
“You said it, Lou, the first time,
I’m crazy about a pair of blue
eyes. They are blue, blue, blue—
I tell you! Oh gee, he’s a sweet
thing! I’m just wild about him. I’d
buy every magazine in the country
for one precious moment with him.”
“Huh! It would have to be plen-
ty at that price. I never saw you
act such a fool before, Grace.- You
are just plain dippy.”
“Lou, you’d be dippy, too, if you
could see him. He’s a dream. He’s
the answer to my prayers. I am
going to marry that man; you jvfst
watch me.” ;
“Oh, yes! Has he asked you?”
“No; not’ yet, but if you could
have seen how adoringly he looked
at me, and if you could have heard
how sweetly he talked to me, you
would have had that feeling, too.
He told me everything about him-
self, just everything. He told me
how hard he had to work to sell
enough magazines to go to col-
lege. Gee, Grace, he’s so ambi-
tious. He has had so much hard
luck. His father was cheated out
of all his money and property. Now
isn’t that sad, to have to go out
and work so hard for a college edu-
cation? He wouldn’t tell me all
those very personal things if he
wasn’t deeply interested, now would
he? Oh dear, you just can’t ima-
gine how soft and gentle his voice
got when he said he would give me
a date if I subscribed for all his
magazines. Now, wouldn’t you
subscribe for every magazine he
was agent for? Gee! I can’t
breathe, my heart is thumping so.
How can I ever wait until eight
o’clock? Say, Lou, may I borrow
your blue dress? It will just
match his blue eyes. Oh, those
gorgeous blue eyes! I tell you,
Lou, they are wonderful. May I
have the dress?”
“You may have any and every-
thing I have, if you will only stop
that infernal pacing around. I’ll
lose my mind, too, but not over a
fool magazine salesman that hands
you a line of blooey. Guess you
are going to help that sweet thing
through college, along with a thous-
and other silly girls he strings
along, aren’t you, dearie?”
“Lou, don’t you dare say that
again! He isn’t that kind. He’s
wonderful, he’s marvelous. Oh, how
will I ever live until eight o’clock?”
For .the rest of the day Grace
was in a flutter. She didn’t at-
tend any classes. She shampooed
her hair twice, and bathed three
times. She polished her nails un-
til they glowed like dimmed head-
lights. She borrowed dresses, shoes,
hose, beads, earrings, gloves, bags
handkerchiefs—all blue—until her
room looked like a second-hand
clothing store. She used up a
whole box of powder powdering her
nose.
At seven o’clock Grace was ready
and pacing the floor. Everybody
in the house was furious. By eight
o’clock they were ready to kill her.
By nine they weer putting ice
packs to her head, rubbing her
hands and feet, and telling her
snatches of the love stories they
had been reading in the sample
magazines, while those wonderful
eyes were making more dates and
selling more magazines to excited
young things who wanted to heip
send them to college.—L.M.G.
We are publishing below the
words to “Alma Mater”, the col-
lege song written a number of
years ago by Miss Sayers of the
mathematics department, and would
suggest that you cut them out,
paste in your note book, and memo-
rize by next Assembly, so as to
save Mir. Rush the embarrassment
of feeling like a dynamic director
with a dumb ensemble the next
time he gets up to lead the singing:
Alma Mater.
O, Alma Mater, set upon the green
hills,
With turrets pointing upward to
the sky,
We yield to thee our love and our
devotion;
Mother of hopes and aspirations
high.
Thy feet are laved by pure and
limpid waters,
Fair river flowing gently to the
sea;
Thy hills are crowned with ancient
oak and laurel,
Fit emblems they of strength and
victory.
Thy walls can tell of struggles and
temptations,
Hard honest toil, and eager restless
strife;
Hopes, smiles, and tears, and rad-
iant youthful friendships
And all that makes for brave and
earnest life.
Dear mothers ours, should effort
be successful,
Ambitions crowned with glory or
renown,
We turn to thee with reverence and
affection;
Thine is the conquest, thine the
victor’s crown.
Thy spirit urges us to deeds of
valor,
Raising the fallen, cheering the op-
pressed;
Thy call will echo clearly down the
ages,
Dear Alma Mater, mother, loved
and blessed.
this, we’d like very much
his paper that he is snn
regularly.
sopnsor
Misses Lorene Lewis, Bernice
Childs, and ? -? Childs spent
the week-end with relatives in
Rockdale.
DEMONSTRATION
SCHOOL NOTES
Recreational Reading in
English la.
The Eighth Grade English class
of the Demonstration School has
been taking an inventory of the
recreational reading of the individ-
ual students. Bess Moore’s list,
the longest list, totaled 299 books,
while the shortest list contained
only 22. The average number of
books read by the boys was 61,
while the average number read by
the girls was 138.
At least 20% of the total num-
ber of books read were children’s
stories, such as “Peter Rabbit.”
Something like 50% of the books
read by boys were stories of ad-
venture, of travel, or detective stor-
ies. From 50% to 60% of the
books read by girls were books of
interest only to girls. About 10%
of the books read by both girls and
boys were books for grown ups.
Mrs. W. G.
Brandstetter
Violin
Instructor
Office, M. 204 Phone 347X
Mark Twain proved the most pop-
ular author, since almost all the
lists contained Tom Sawyer. Stev-
enson and Alcott also were very
popular.
A new method of spelling appear-
ed “Twain” was simplified to
“Twane.” “Legion” was made
more difficult by the insertion of a
“d” making it “Ledgion”. A
prank was played on “Freckles,”
changing it to “Freakles.”
A discussion of the literary
merits of the different authors fol-
lowed the reading of the lists. The
authors were placed on a “literary
escalator.” The first step of the
“escalator” was labelled “Injur-
ious to Literary Taste,” and on this
step were placed James Oliver Cur-
wood, Zane Grey, and the author
of Jesse James. The second step,
“Fascinating and Harmless,” con-
tained Defoe Garland, Hawes,
Hueston and Page. On the third
step, “Good Literary Level,“ were
placed Blackmore, Tarkington, Fer-
ber, Bronte, and others, while al-
most all agreed that the fourth
step, “Superior Literary Level,”
should contain such authors as;
Longfellow, Dickens, and Eliot.
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i Just Received
A SHIPMENT OF KNITTED SUITS
5
Harold Shelton, better known as
“Sloppy,” has entered school as a
late matriculant, and, having ex-
hausted his football eligibility by
three years of play, has made
known the fact that he is going
in heavily for culture this year.
In addition to his other duties,
Harold has assumed the duties of
a father, and it is rumored that his
nickname of “Sloppy” will soon be
changed to “Poppy”. At any rate,
Harold’s presence on the hill will
add something of interest and color
to student life. He has already
promised to contribute occasionally
to our athletics column out of his
wealth of experience and observa-
tion.
J. M. MOFFITT
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Toilet Articles, Handker-
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useful artciles of all kinds
at prices that save you
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ARMSTRONG’S
MARKET
Choice Meats and complete
line of Picnic Supplies
Phone 246
BASS
DRUG STORE
School Supplies and
Toilet Articles .. Ex-
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vice.
Free Delivery Phone 48
We Welcome you to
LEINNEWEBER
Cash Grocery
We Lead in Quality,
Service and Low
Prices . . others fol-
low.
We Deliver Any Amount
Phones 147-215
Rollins Hose
for Women
and a Better
Store for Men
Beat Howard Payne!
WOOD BROS.
STEUBING’S
GROCERY
Student’s cash store
extends reasonable
amount of credit to
Light Housekeepers.
We Deliver Phone 599
FUNK’S
DRUG
STORE
HANDY
SHOE SHOP
Next to Rogers
We Make Your Shoes
LOOK LIKE NEW
A. M. Gomez, Prop.
Rooms, Board
—or—
Light Housekeeping
520 North Austin
Louis Wehmeyer
Suits cleaned and pressed
50 cents
Dresses cleaned and
pressed 50c up
Men’s Furnishings
NORWOOD’S
Phone 314
* For Town or Country
Sports or Motoring
Moderately Priced . . In Nature’s colorings of
Frost-touched Forests
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All work absolutely guaran-
teed. Expert finger-waving
and hair bobbing . . Open
evenings by appointment.
BAKER
BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 226
325 North Austin Street
Headquarters for School Supplies
Drinks . . Sandwiches
Drug Sundries . . Stationery
COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED
THE BOBCAT
“at the Brow of the Hill”
KONE’S DRUG STORE
Students Headquarters
We Loan Kodaks Free .. You get your
money’s worth here ... As close to you
as your phone.
Phone 21 . . Free Delivery
WILLIAMS DRUG STORE
Welcomes students of S.W.T.T.C. to visit
our store for personal services ... We
will cash your checks.
Home of Virginia Lee Candies, 80c lb.
Double Rich Chocolate Ice Cream So-
das, and numerous other specials.
School Supplies .. Prescription specialists.
Toilet Articles . . Drugs . . Free Delivery.
Phone 137.
WILLIAMS DRUG STORE
You’ll Always Be Welcome at
NORMAN JACKSON GROCERY
LOW PRICES . . QUICK DELIVERY
Thirty-day Accounts Invited
Everything for Light Housekeepers, Students’ Pic-
nics and Lunches
N. E. Corner Square
Phones 12 and 13
R. F. AGNEW
GROCERY
Welcome Students
Light Housekeepers Soli-
cited . . 30-day Accounts.
Phones 265-266
THE
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High Class Photographs
Kodak and Films
Frames of all kinds . . Ko-
daks to rent . . Kodak work
daily.
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