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THE NORMAL STAR Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal

Vol. 6 San Marcos, Texas, Friday, November 24, 1916

SOUTHWEST TEXAS NORMAL DEFEATED BY S~M HOUSTON NORMAL AT HUNTSVILLE

For the First Time this Season Normal is Defeated-Travel to Hunts­ville in Special Coach-Final Score was 31 to 0-

ln Spite of Def eat Men Enjoy Trip.

Last Sunday morning Coaches Coxen and Marsh and . seven­teen "huskies" boarded th2 9 :05 I. & G. N. bound for Huntsville -to lock horns with the Sam Houston boys in <;>.

game of footbaH. We wen~

given a good send off by som(: Normal rooters and our spirit'3 we:re high. We traveled in ~ special Pullman Coach and everything was royal. Some dominoes were purchased in Austin and we amused our­selves by "42" and don:iinoes. Another f::>rm of amus~ment

t ho .not app r iciateci b_y. all w.as was hurrahing the "Scrubs" One scrub boy became t~0 bois­terous ~rn .d the regulars proceed ed b st rap the unruly scrub and then, ensued a general mix up b etween regulars and scrubs and the outcome was that the scrubs got strapped. We ate d ·:nner in Valley Junction and then continued our trip. V{ ~

went on to ·Houston where w=>. spent the night in our coach We ate supper in Houston and "bummed" around until 9 :30. One of the fellows was sup .. i.wised at the waste ·::>f brkks on the streets, and 2.::.-.other tried to talk Spanish to a chi- . nese waiter, notwithstandint our general greenness we all got back to the coach that night. We ate breakfast in Houston and left for Huntsville at 8 :15. We arrived at Bunts· ville at 11 :40 a. m. We went to a hotel and then went out in se!:lrch of girls boardin~

houses and the Penitentiarv. We found both enjoyed the talks with the inmates of the former but did not get to go in the latter. We ate dinner and after a rest, went to the Gym­nasium where we donned our football togs.

The game was called at 2 :30

The Huntsville rooters wen~

out in large numbers, lou<l colors and strong voices. In the first per iod Huntsville ad- · vanced_ the ball to the 15 yard · line but vrns unable to go fur­ther. They tried a place kick and it worked. Hunts­ville scored a touchdown s::>on after and this lead of 10 tq_ 0 seemed to affect the S: W. T. N. boys. At the last of · the c2cord quarter Giboon re­c:wered a fumble and ran about thirty yards but wa:; downed on the five yard line. The first half was _th_en ove-· and we lost a good chance b score.

Normal made some gains on passes but was unable to pierce the strong Huntsville line The Huntsville line outweighed iJu:r line conside1 ably and thh counted aganst our boys. And also the tired condition of the players after trip was another factor. The boys put up a game fight but they did not show the form exhibited in the 8ther games this season. The boys just couldn't withstand the onslaughts of the heavier Huntsville machine. The final score was 31 to 0. Mueller the veteran tackle, was out of, th2 game on account of his injured shoulder. Mueller was time keeper and he had a time keep­ing his eye and mind on the watch.

Our train left at 5 :30 and we had to hustle to get there on time. A · good crowd of girls and boys :were there to tell us goodby and we enjoyed the former very much. We came oach by way of Palestine and got into San Marcos at ":30 Tuesday morning. Allow- · ing for the sting of defeat, the fellows enjoyed the trip very much and are all planning to get even next year.

Hin and River Meet.

The Annual Hill and River meet of the girl's societies was held Monday, November 2.0, and was a decided success from ev.ery poillt of view. At 9 :30 headed by the famous Ellery Band inakirig ·the hills · echo with lovely music, the pro­cession left the fish-hatchery.

Arriving at the amphithea­tre above the head of the river: _ . the Shakespeare Society began

. the mornings program with the "Ada.mless Ede!! Circus. The

. st.ur performers were the clowns and the fat lady; the trained dog was also much ap­p:..· :;ciated.

The next number was " The Normal in Movies", . presented by the Pierians. An interest, ing picture was the "Newly­weds of the Faculty", as was al~o a~hard-~ :fough-t -football game between Harvard an(i Normal, score 31 - 0, in Nor­mcJs favor. "Simple 8imon~' ;_ epresenting the Chautauqua and Harris-Blair · societies·, made quite a hit.

The Idyllics then followed \7~.th .. \v hen the Facueity wenc to sc'hool". It was a relief to see the faculty as noisy Nounal children, tho it was quite a sup­prise when little Cecil Eugene ~vans made a speech about the "propeT attitude", at that age.

Next came the Comen.ian "Lawn Fete at Mrs. Rhine­beck-Cuttles." A vaudeville program was given the featur­es being Arabia, the trained horse ; Madame Scotney and Fritz Kreisler; Pavlowa and her sprites, and a jig by old blad.: Mammy Diana.

Last b J.t rot least wa:; the "Every Day Circus". The par­ade excelled anything ever put ·on by ;Barnum and Bailey's the elephant and the monkey were· very realistic, and the wiE•; horse gave out some start­ling information 1

Probably the next number was the most appreciated of all -dinner! At the table Miss

No.5

White announced the decision of the judges, and the banner was presented to the Shakes­peare society. Their wild en­thusiasm made the other socie­ties more determined than ever to win the banner "ne~'.·_r year"

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Htu:·rah for Normal-Normal Will Win.

After quite a few delays the a,uery for the Inter-Normal Debates has been select.ea. It is as follows: "Resolved, that the U. S. Government should enforce arbitration in un8ettled disputes between organi£ed capital and organized labor."

Every student that was here last year knows the pride that he felt when both of our teams ..won victories over Denton and Huntsville. This year the thr i1lR of victory an~ to be in~ creased as the Canyon Normal 112s re-entered. And there is no doubt that they will furnish fin e "cann o:n fodder" for the "Oratorical Guns" of S. W. T. Normal.

There is some excellent ma­t.erial in S. W. T. N. this year. It has only to be. developed ani:l bv the time the debates come off in April it will be ~uch ~ finished product that Canyon, nr-w1ton and Huntsville will be rl.efeated a~ "many times be­fore."

Remember the prophecy rA!:ld iri chapel on the Tu.esday following the . debates? The Prophet ·was asked if San Mar­r.os would ever win again. No t.ruer words were ever spoken . than 'uhen the P-reat Pronhet replied. "YES, EVER MORE."

Mr. J ohPson: "Dianna fell ; l.., lovP with Endymion and Jd sRed him while he was asleep and-"

J\!fr . Thomas: "Well did it kill him?"

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Entered as secon d-class mail matter at Sah Marcos, Tt X <~s, OctolJer, 1913.

In the last issue ·of The Star there appeared an article on the subject of Limited Student Self-Government, wherein 2~ brief suggestion of the nature of this system was given and wherein the fact that it should be adop_ted in the S. W. T. N was advocated. It seems to be very evident that this move­ment is being very rapidly a roused among fhe -sfudentS' 1~1 the Normal, and thus far it has met favorably with the faculty, which undoubtedly points to an early date when this method of government will be successfully operated in Southwest Texas Normal There are two .factors that g.o to make up a well managed scho·ol; first, a capable board of teachers who by election have a great amount of authoT·· ity, and second, a body of students. Now it become'3 necessary for the students of a school to ip. some way to ex­press .themselves if the school is to be in the best cqndition . and the best means of this ex-pression is representation made p-os_sible by _student orga­nization. The following peti­tion was signed by every mem­ber of the faculty in the Nor-

,mal, with the exception of the president. The president is in favor of the movement, but for well defined reasons deems it best not to sign the petition "We, the undersigned mem­bers Of the faculty · of the Southwest Texas Normal, be­lieve in the idea of Limited Student- Self-Government,. and

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further believe that the present conditions in this institut10n· are favorable to its successful operation." This step, together with the fact that after dis-· cussions with the president, the students intend to call a mass meeting next week for the pur­pose of ~iscussing the idea of Student Self-Government, is 5ndicative of our aroused inter-· est about the subject, which will, no d-oubt, culminate in this student form of govern­ment in operation in S .. W. T N. Let us look forward to the meeting next week~ investigah' t~e nature of the subject, and form some opin~ons in regard to its adoption.

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The Sophomore Class be­lieve, above all else, in pre­serving order. They hav'3 rkcted five sergeant-at-arms, l'oldi;1g- office at the same time The Sophs form only a minor-5.ty • of the students of the classes in S. W. T . . N. yet they have more sergeant-at-arms than all of the other classes ccmbined. · We can draw one

- of two conclusions, .either th2 Sophs wanted to "honor" lots of their members with offices or the Sophs are a very rowdy bunch.

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La.st Saturday morning when the student body was asked to give a more united sup-port to the_ financial side of The Star the respohse was not as large ;-v~. rf enthusiastic as might be expected. The Star is a part of the student activity of this institution and if you are a loyal student then it is your dtl.ty as a part of the student body to give to The Star your support. If two-hundred more subscriptions to The Star can he secured then the size of the p a per will be enl~'lrged. Do you have pride in the paperthat the school you attend puts out? Do you want to see' your school nut out as large a paper as' any other school in the state? If you do, then you can see that very thing come about by pay­ing your subsc·ription to The Star NOW.

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The Normal Star, we must admit,

Can never succeed without the jits Our editor appeals, but in

vain, To the students of S. W. T .N.

The faculty has been true and loyal

Subscriptions . thirty they have enrolled

W as ever such interest :'as they have shown .

Manifested in ;our Normal .known.

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Our editor is a bright youn6 guy.

As full of pep as XXX Rye. The success he achieves will

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Our school is the best w·~

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-An Ex-Fish With apologies to Longfellow .

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The Sophomore class of 1916 is a class that any mortal being woul.d be proud to be a part of. As a class we excell every ·other 1.n the N omal, not only in pep and enthusia.'Jm, but in every phase of work that the Normal furnishes. The Sophomore Class promises wonderfnl re­sults before the year is ended.

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Mr. Birdw~ll: "Why did Texas not want to divide itself into two states?"

Lockhart: "Because it want­ed to remain one state."

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Tom Collier Home Economics Club Meets.

The Home Economics Club held its first regular meeting on last W ednesda~y. A very interesting talk on "Laces" was given by Mrs. W. C. Vernun.

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Y. W. C. A. News. Last week the Y. W. C. A

observed the World Fellowship Week. The program Friday P. M. was along this phase of work. The story of a Japa­nese girl and a Chinese girl was told by Mamye Doyle and L o i s Parker respectively _ dressed in the costume of those nations. The story of "Marika' ' a little Greek girl who lived in Turkey was told by Mattie Strickland dressed in the costume of this nat ion. .Also, 'the story of ,:L r.g·irl of India was told by Tony Dahl­mann dr essed in the c'ostume of this nation .

Another interesting · feature of ,the program was a song by lYir. Cliff.

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0ur Brave Fire Boys.

On Saturday the Normal Hill F ire Department ·made · a br ave run and succeeded in quenching· the ardor of the membei·s. This noble bunch is composed of Roger H. Porter Chief, Irvin Woodson, ~Hiott

Wilson and Marvin Hall. Followed by the valorom;

chief, they dragged the hose cart from behind the librar/ b uilding, ran around the science building and "tied on" a fire plug near the training school. The end of the hose was near the engine house and so they proce&ded to wet the eng ine house, themselves and t h e byst anders. The run was made in record time. The de­partment was ably assisted by Mr. Johnson and Atwell Sun mers. Having .shown thei:r valor they departed leaving th0 janitor to roll up the hose. Th~ school is indeed lucky to have such a fine fire department.

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Get your tennis shoes at I. H. Harrison's.

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hall, Mr. Baucom coming down the steps, at the close of the fifth period

Miss Sharpe: "Mr. Baucom what have you this period?"

Baucom: "Dinner." ----o--~~

I will meet you at I. H. Har­rison's store.

----0----M r. R. G. Baucom was called

to Waco this week on business .

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Chautauqua Meeting. The Chautauqua Literary

Society held its regular meeting Monday morning, and, despite the fact that a good many of our members had gone to Huntsville, a good program was rendered. Most of the members were glad ·of the chance to answer the roll call by giving the name of their sweetheart but it was hard on some of the boys to be limited to only one answer.

The program consisted of current events, an oration and a · peppy and ·· well organized debate on the vital question of W omar1 Sufferage in Texa;:;

The society decided on the rr:ethod of selecting our speak­ers for the Inter-\Collegiate Debates and we are sure that ~.f the Denton and Huntsville bqys get in the way bf o·ur · sp eakers "they haven't got a chance."

A. V. F. ----0----Shakes peare News.

1 a zip, 2 a zip, rip ra zoo! We took the bannei· i What did you do? The Shakespeares anayed

in all their glory presented at the Hill and River Meet a pa.ntomine circus called the "Adamless Eden Circus."

The ether sncieties illus­trated things from the monkey down to the Normal in movies As a whole the stunts were very unique and entertaining.

After the Banner was pre­sented to the Shakespeares we enjoyed a feast (saying the least of it) fit for a king. At too early an hour we came home, declaring the day one to be long remembered.

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~;Ir . Charles Hounshell, a v.r cJl known worker among ~t11dents 1 will address a joint meeting of the Y. W. C. A. and Y. lVI. C. A. Friday afternoom 8t 4 :00 p. m. in the Normal audit orium. All students ar r~

nnred to be present as no one should miss the opportunity of heaTing Mr. Hounshell.

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Look! Read! ! . Some Senior s, who have th~

rrijsfortun.e of boarding- at the same place with some Fresh­men, have heard the .".Fish" singing the following song:

I sing in praise of the spirit Of welcome accorded to m e I sing in praise of the Se1riori1 vVho treat me so friendly.

T'.1ey drag me from my bed And put me in the flivver, And take me in the dead of night. And throw me in the river.

They do lead me far away, To appear before the girls To dance for their amuse--

ment In weirdly twirls and twirl~ .

And they make me shin.3 their shoes,

And press their pants and coats.

They think themselves kings And Freshmen simply goats

Nor on my face can you find A ghastly frightened stare; A look of calm contentment Is plainly written there.

And this song of the "Fish" Dear Seniors is meant for

you-W e apprecjate your treat­

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