The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 19, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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BEAT
THOSE
PIRATES
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The College
BEAT
THOSE
PIRATES
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Teachers College
VOLUME XXV
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1932
NUMBER 5
Pedagog Pictures To Be
Made First Week In Nov.
STAFF ABOUT SET TO START ACTUAL
WORK ON YEARBOOK.
FELINE WALL INTACT
AS BACKS GAPER IN
DOCHES TERRITORY
Due to the fact that mid-term
examinations are scheduled for
next week, the Pedagog manage-
ment has decided to postpone the
taking of students’ individual pic-
tures until the first week in No-
vember.
All students, seniors, juniors,
sophomores, and freshmen will have
their pictures made during the
same week. The exact days will
be Monday, Oct. 31; Tuesday, Nov.
1; Wednesday, Nov. 2; Thursday,
Nov. 3; and Friday, Nov. 4. Stu-
dents, as well as members of the
faculty, may secure appointments
for any hour of any of these five
days. It is urgent that appoint-
ments be made immediately in or-
der to avoid a last-minute rush
when the photographer arrives for
work. The photographer, Mr. Mc-
Caskill of the University Studio,
Austin, Texas, will be conveniently
located in some room of the Main
Building. A notice as To the ex-
act locatiton will be posted later.
The Pedagog has gone the limit
in cutting the price of these pic-
tures. Last year the price was
$1.50, coming down this year to
$1.00. For this dollar each stu-
dent has two pictures taken, being
allowed a choice as to which one
is more presentable for the book.
No pictures except those taken
by our photographer this fall will
be allowed in the Pedagog. This
applies to members of the faculty,
as well as to students; therefore,
have your picture taken and avoid
possible disappointment.
No reduction will be made in the
size of the Pedagog, this size be-
ing on par with yearbooks of such
colleges as Denton, Sam Houston,
and Canyon. Considering the con-
ditions, the Pedagog is extremely
fortunate to keep pace with these
large yearbooks.
The contracts have all been let,
except those for the printing. The
iSouthwestern Engraving Company
has the contract for the engrav-
ing, and the University Studio is
doing the photography work. Bids
on the printing have been called
for and the contract will probably
be let Friday.
With the letting of the printing
contract, the road will be clear for
the staff to get to work on the
book. The staff selections have
not yet been completed but the fi-
nal selections will be made this
week and announced later.
It is interesting to note that this
issue of the Pedagog will mark
the twenty-ninth year of publica-
tion. The first issue coming out
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GAME COMPARABLE
TO OWN AMBITION IN
YELLOW JACKET CASE
COLLEGE DANCE
BIG SUCCESS
Morris Frank, Lufkin
Daily News.
Coach Edens
Coach C. M. Edens has coached
at Southwestern University since
the fall of 1925, when he turned
out Conference Champions in four
major sports. Since that time he
has consistently had good teams.
Graduating from Southwestern in
1920, he left immediately to play
with the Philadelphia Athletics,
holding down a job with the team
until a broken leg forced him to
quit baseball. He is looking to-
ward a Pirate victory Friday
night.
The wide-spread nocturnal ac-
tivities of the Feline family must
have been overlooked by the offi-
cials of the Stephen F. Austin
College as they scheduled their
first illuminated encounter. For
certainly with the gala prepara-
tions the Doches executives ar-
ranged, they naturally aspired for
victory to crown their efforts.
All the ingredients necessary to-
ward a bountiful gridiron repast
were present in abundance; the
fetching and sometimes fetched
(the lights weren’t so bright in
the far corners of the stands)
ferns; the college band sending out
hot airs that sizzled even through
the chilly blasts; the rooting sec-
tion which throughout the fray
remained as fervent as a colored
pastor’s plea for collection plate
decoration; the old grads who be-
came so weak at increasingly often
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A gay crowd of dance-goers at-
tended the first All-College dance
of the season in the gymnasium,
last Friday night.
Approximately seventy-five coup-
les and nearly as many stags thor-
oughly enjoyed the special musical
arrangement of popular tunes ren-
dered by that well-known leader
and his band, Troy Floyd, whose
“Black Man’s” assortment created
quite a furor. The only regret-
table feature of the dance was that
the music stopped promptly at
twelve, many claiming that the
night had only begun; however,
this did not in any way detract
from the popularity of Troy Floyd
find his versatile band of musi-
cians.
Refreshing punch was served
during the intermissions, the at-
tendants being rushed consider-
ably in their attempt to supply
such a vast number of seemingly
unquenchable thirsts.
It is hoped that another such
dance will be staged in the near
future.
S. U. Pirates Prepared For
Invasion of Bobcat Den
PLUNDERING IS CHIEF MOTIVE FOL-
LOWING PREVIOUS DEFEATS.
Many Followers Expected.
President Evans
Addresses Y.M.C.A.
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College Players
Announce Try-Outs
Play Dates Are Set
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Captain Weir
Player Tells
of ’Doches Trip
EL TORO
By MACK And PEEWEE
When your thoughts foam up
like the froth on beer,
It’s darn hard to write sensibly—
or nonsensical, for that matter.
* * *
Who should write sensibly any-
way? Bull of the most senseless
type is more desirable, and justly
so too! You know, what this
world needs is more hull. And
more people to appreciate the de-
serving types. There is a type of
bull which deserves no audition
but, really, that sort is silliness.
The type of bull of which we speak
is the fruits of intelligent medita-
tion which have been modernized.
By modernized, we mean that the
fruits of intelligent meditation
have been toned down, the scien-
tific aspect and phraseology elem-
inated, and put on the same level
as the intellect of the man of the
streets. Unadulterated bull of this
type borders on philosophy.
* * *
In this connection, why do peo-
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On Monday morning, bright and
early, the college bus and the two
college cars, loaded with twenty-
two Bobcats and Coaches Strahan
and Gensberg, were enroute to the
land of the “Piney Woods,” to sub-
due the Lumberjacks.
The trip . of two hundred and
eighty-six miles took us through
the Brazos River bottom where
many “darkies” were still busy
picking cotton. Other places
passed through were Austin, Bren-
ham, Navasota, Huntsville, and
Lufkin, the home of Captain Read.
At Huntsville a number of boys
began asking questions about the
penitentiary. For safety’s sake it
was decided not to stop there.
We noticed a number of pine
trees which became more numer-
ous as we approached Nacogdoches
at about 6:45 o’clock. After check-
ing in at a Liberty Hotel, we bad
a snappy workout under the lights;
that was just enough to work up
a good appetite. After that, the
beds were made use of. Of course,
a few of the boys had to prowl
around, to explore the town and
to see a show. Nacogdoches is one
of the oldest towns in the state,
and its attractions involve an un-
usual amount of interest.
On Tuesday morning the fire
siren went off just in time to get
us up for breakfast. After the
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President Evans addressed the
Y.M.C.A. at its regular weekly
meeting Tuesday morr.'ng.
Choosing as his subject the in-
spiring character character of
Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. Evans
named the 26th President along
with Washington, Jefferson, Lin-
coln, and Wilson, as one of the five
greatest American Presidents. In
order to show the dynamic quali-
ties of Roosevelt’s character, Dr.
Evans used a few brief quotations.
He gave, for instance: “I had rath-
er be a real President for three
and a half years than be a figure-
head for seven and a half years.”
President Roosevelt despised a
weak, vacillating charactei-, and
gave the name of “mollycoddle”
to all such. Roosevelt took the
Panama Canal and let Congress
debate about it later. “I prefer
to have the Panama Canal first and
the half-century of debate after-
wards,” Roosevelt is resported as
saying.
Dr. Evans stressed the fact that
Roosevelt preferred always the
practicable, attainable thing, as
against the visionary thing, and
compared the great T. R. with
Thomas Jefferson in the range of
his interests and activities.
When he was called on to be
notified of his nomination by the
Republican Convention in 1900,
Roosevelt was found reading with
intense interest a copy of Thucy-
dides.
The second group of try-outs
for the College Players will be
staged in the Main Auditorium,
November 4, at 4 o’clock.
Each student must be prepared
at that time to read a selection
(dramatic preferred), not exceed-
ing five minutes. All students are
elegible for membership into the
society, and all freshmen interested
in this field are especially urged
to appear with their own manu-
script before the committee.
Any one interested in writing a
play for the annual one-act plays
presentation are instructed to have
their manuscript in by Christmas.
These one-act plays are student ac-
ted and student directed, and have
created quite a bit of interest on
the hill.
The presentations of the current
production, A. A. Milne’s “The
Perfect Alibi”, are scheduled for
Saturday and Monday nights, Nov
ember 5 and 7.
SENIORS!
Fenner Roth, president of
the Senior class, is calling a
meeting of the class immedi-
ately following the general
assembly, Thursday morning,
M. 114, to discuss important
business.
It is essential that the en-
tire class be present at this
meeting, since the nature of
the business is of such that
requires immediate attention
and action.
Dame Rumor has it that
Senior rings are to be dis-
cussed, but be there and see.
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PETE D. HENSLEY
Captain Howard “Duddy” Weir
of Georgetown, Texas, will lead
his mates against the Bobcats Fri-
day night in an effort to change
the tidal wave of victory that has
flowed into the Cat camp for the
past three years. Weir is a three-
year letterman in football and has
lettered once in basketball. As
quarterback of the team, he is
shifty, a good open field runner,
and a fair passer and kicker. Not
ed for bis power of leadership,
Weir is the sparkplug of the Pi-
rate eleven, at the same time be-
ing a member of the Honor Coun-
cil, the Student Senate, and is
representative on the Athletic
Council.
Student Claims
Family Tree of
Rarest Order
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Luisa Espinel
Coming Here
The attraction featuring Luisa
Espinel who will be here in con-
cert in the Main Auditorium, Nov-
ember 9, is about the most impor-
tant announcement in many a moon.
This talent is being sent out by
the Institute de las Espanas, sup-
ported by the ex-king and qeen of
Spain, and by the most discern-
ing literary and musical circles of
that country.
A more detailed account of the
appearance of Luisa Espinel will
appear at a later date.
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Der Schiller Verein
Meeting Called
News has just been received that
Pete D. Hensley, special student
of the College for the past three
years, died Monday, October 17, at
the Base Hospital, San Antonio.
Funeral services were held at 2
o’clock on Tuesday following, with
interment in the National Ceme-
tery, San Antonio.
Mr. Hensley was a World War
veteran, having served with the
326th Infantry. He spent 78 days
on the front with the Meuse-Ar-
gonne offensive, was gassed and
shelled, and was declared totally
disabled.
Besides his mother, he leaves
three brothers and six sisters. TWo
of his sisters, Winnie and Qllie,
were students of the College in
1924. A brother, Lee Hensley,
B. S., ’30, is Superintendent of the
Reagan County Independent School
District, Big Lake, Texas.
Mr. Hensley, despite the fact
that he was older than most of
his associates, was looked upon as
just “one of the boys”, and the
warm friendship which he bestow-
ed upon all with whom he came in
contact will be sorely missed.
The Star joins his many friends
in realizing that a truly great man
and lover of human nature has
passed away.
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PROFESSOR SEWELL
ATTENDS INSTITUTE
One of the latest students to
register for work here in the col-
lege has a family tree that towers
so high and hears such good fruit
that it is more than worth while
to know of it.
Mrs. Setlla Wheelock Nettles is
the great-great-granddaughter of
the Reverend Eleazer Wheelock,
founder of Dartmouth College in
the year 1754. This illustrous an-
cestor for thirteen years after
the establishment of Dartmouth
College kept two or three
ministerial students in his home,
free of charge every year. In
1767 he sent the first Indian Mis-
sionary back to Great Britain.
Mrs. Nettle’s grandfather, Gen-
eral Brandt, the great Indian who
took such a large part in the Am-
erican Revolution, was one of the
students of the Reverend Whee-
lock. His grandson, E. L. R.
Wheelock, grandfather of Mrs.
Nettles, came to Texas with the
Robertson Colony in 1832 and es-
tablished the town of Wheelock,
Robertson County. He was the
founder of Robertson College, as
well as the organizer and fh*st cap-
tain of the Texas Rangers. A
large number of his writings are
to be found in the archives in the
University of Texas.
In 1836 he organized the Texas
University company and gave 177
acres for the University. The town
of Lamar was to be built around
it. This company, while not achiev-
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The annual dispute between the
Southwestern University Pirates
and the Bobcats will be settled
Friday night at Evans Field, the
game scheduled to get under way
at 7:45 o’clock.
Spectators with weak hearts are
warned to stay away, for the Pir-
ates are coming with their cut-
lasses, boots, and Napoleonic hats,
intent upon a barbaric attack upon
a nest of Bibkittens, fully rested
after a successful “visit” to the
Stephen F. Austin hangout. The
Pirate team will be accompanied
by the noted Southwestern Band,
and hundreds of followers are ex-
pected to make the trip to see a
game of thrills between two teams
of approximately equal calibre.
R. A. Tampke and his Maroon
and Gold Band will be on hand to
vie for honors on the sidelines with
the Pirate Band, at the same time
spurring our band of warriors in
its fight for victory.
So far this season, the Pirates
have played three games; the game
with A. and M. “B” team resulted
in a scoreless tie; Denton swept
them off their feet by a 20-0 to-
tal; and they nosed out St. Ed-
wards by the conservative score of
7-6. The team has shown splendid
defense this season, and in the St,
Ed game they demonstrated a sur-
prising offensive attack. They
naturally like the passing game.
Defensively, the two teams are
about equal, but there is a doubt
as to their relative offensive abil-
ity. The Bobcats are exhibiting a
keen alertness, and have that
ready-to-go -attitude. Schreiner
tried the Bobcat defense, while
Nacogdoches got a good dose of
our offense.
The Pirates boast a fairly good
team, with Lawrence, who plays
right guard, and Captain Weir as
the main cogs in the two divisions,
the line and backfield.
The probable starting line-up for
the opponents is as follows: ends,
Williams (175) and Giddens (175);
tackles, Ross (185) and Stinch-
cornb (185); guards, Lunsford
(175) and Lawrenc© (178); cen-
ter, M. Thomas; backs, Captain
Weir (165), C. Thomas (170), Jen-
nings (190), and Giescke (185).
For the Bobcats, the following
will probably take their positions
when the whistle is blown: ends,
Glover and Captain Read; tackles,
Brunner or Seay and Ward or
Monk; guards, Corner and Alex-
ander; center, Houston; backs, Por-
ter, Go.tt, Germer, and Horton.
The
Periscope
Der Schiller Verein will have its
first meeting of the year today,
Wednesday, October 19, in Ed. 201
at 4 o’clock.
All students or faculty members
interested are cordially invited to
attend.
Prof. S. M. Sewell attended the
Blanco County Institute last Fri-
day where he addressed the teach-
ers. Incidentally, he organized
extension classes in Government
101 ajnd Texas History 106.
Dr. L. A. McGee will teach the.
classes.
PEP RALLY
There will be a big pep
rally in the Main Auditorium,
Thursday night, in prepara-
tion for the Bobcat-Pirate
game.
Head yell leader Pierson
announces that he wants the
entire Gollegfe to turn out
for this rally to learn some
new yells and to harmonize
on the old ones.
These Pirates might be
harder to stop than is the
prediction, so let’s all attend
this get-together, and “shoot
the woiks.”
Be there!
Greetings, fellow stewdents!
The Old Scientist, after a stren-
uous week-end, has returned to his
post of duty, much to the sorrow
of those who are unfortunate
enough to impair the vision of the
Periscope.
Browning (Trusdale) Combs has
been taking in the Dorm, of late.
Better watch him, girls; he sure-
ly has a technique all of his own.
However, “In Character” Combs
does not attribute his success to
his good looks, modesty forcing
him to admit it is his personality
plus................ (Fill in the blank).
Anyone wishing to have a degree
of any size, shape, or previous con-
dition of servitude formally con-
ferred should see John Yarbrough.
“Patronize home merchants” is his
motto, and it’s a good one, too.
Dr. Votaw, well-known in this sec-
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