Sophomore Edition

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

Vol. 6

The Normal Crosses Bats With Town

Town 2-Normal 1 Was Re· suit of Fast Game.

On Wednesday afternoo11 at 4 :15, Normal athletic field Normal and Town played their second fast game of the season.

The game ·opened with Nor­mal "at the stick," Soyars, the first man up, hit the ball t0 shortstop and was put out at . first. Then followed Shelton with a single. He stole second and third. Williams made a sacrifice hit and Shelton scored.

From the first inning to the eighth Normal held Town in her mighty P."rin; then Massey of Town scored on an error.

Ivey also scored, making the score two to one in Town~:-;

favo l'. N.'.J scorse were made i11 the ninth.

Hays pitched good ball throughout the game and wa<3 given g-ood support, esn.eciall :r hy Shelton who made five a~­sists.

In the ninth innino- Sykes sl1 bstituted for Freshauer.

The line-up: Normal Town

Hav~ __ __ ___ _ p ______ Crews P.r~sli. auer ___ _ c_. ___ __ Wilson Perkins __ __ __ FB ___ _ Massey Sovars _____ _ SB ___ WilUam<:; Willigms _____ TB ___ Lindsev Shelton ______ ss _____ Dailey Lyons __ _____ RF _______ Ivey Thomas _____ CF ___ _ Dobbins Sullivan _____ LF ____ Lindsey

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Miss Butler: "Miss Stanfield you may recite the second verse . of Alma Mater for us."

Miss Stanfield: "Our feet are laved by pure and limpid \\raters."

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A Fish on being- asked to define a simile. could not an­swer.

"Well," said the teacher. "If you said, 'My hours at sshool are brig-ht as sunshine,' ,~rhat fio-ure of sueech woul ·l th::it be?"

Whereupon tbe -Fish quickly answered, "Irony."

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San Marcos, Texas, Friday, March 23, 1917

Mr. Woodson and Mr. Miller Leave to Attend School.

----Mr. Miller and Mr. Woodson

leave this week to attend Col­lege during the ~·spring and summer. Mr. Woodson goes north to Nash ville, Tennesse.e where he will pursue his studv of education at the Pea­body Teacher's Institute.

Mr. Miller o-oes to Austin b attend the State University.

Both Mr. Miller and Mr. Woodson will resume thei'.." positions on the Normal faculty next fall. They leave with the best wishes of the entire student body who will fook forward with pleasure to ~~h.~h" return in the f~ll.

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What the Sophomores are . Doing in Athletics

Vlhen we look over the past achievements of Normal team~ this year, we see that they are

- by no means "on the lag iil athletics, and upoJl closer ob­servation we see that the Soph stand out preeminently ;;imong these athletes. In the foot­ball team we have produced two better men, Arnold and Ford. The Sophomore team was champion in the inter· class series.

Coming down to basket ball, we find that Lambert. a Soph­omore was . chosen captain o:f the team and played "star" basket ball throug-hout the season.

At the present time the Sophomore class is rapidly producing school heroes in the form of base ball player$. They have at the present four men on the first team: Sykes, the "star" catcher Perkins, the "star" first baseman, Lyons the "star" batter and fielder. and Sullivan, the "star" fiel~er. These are the kind of men who have in their hands the destiny of the championship trophy and surely they will bring it home.

What The Sophomores are · Doing for tlie Pedagogue

The Sophomores realize the value of the Peda~ogue and are giving it their support. In proof of this two hundred mem­bers of the class have sub­scribed for it, thereby giving it one of the fundamental re­quirements o.f a good annual--­fir2:r dal support.

In this year's Pedagogu~

will a.l}pear the pictures of rnme two hundred members of the Sophomore class-the class that is noted for its pretty girJs and handsome young men.

The poets and prose writers of the class have contributed their masterpieces.

We have yelled for the Pedagogue, we have giv'en it our financial support, we hav·~ aided with our literary j!en­iuses, and stand ready to help further when our aid is de­sired.

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Ba y lor Man Takes Mr. -Miller's Place.

The vacancy left by Mr. Mil­ler's departure wlil be filled by Mr. Baker, a graduate of Baylor University. Mr. Gaker comes directly from Homer, , La., where he has been teach­ing in the Homer High School. He has specialized in physics and chemistry and comes well recommended. Let's all ]oin in giving our new teacher a warm welcome to our school.

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W~y the Crowd Laughed

A happy couple joined hands at the altar to be uniteJ in the bonds of holy matri­mony. As the minister solemn­ly went through the ceremony a little gust of wind came in through the open window and unknown to him turned several pages of his book. At the close of the ceremony the minister lifted his hand over their heads and in loving ben.edic­tion read:

"F~ther, forgive them, they know not what they do."

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Southwestern 7-Normal -0

Methodists Defeat Pedagogs In Fast Game.

Monday, Normal, for the first time met the Senior Col­le9"e team in a g-amP. of base ball. The score was decidedly in favor of Southwestern, but it is not at · all discouraging owing to the fact that the Nor­mal team traveled sixty miles across the country and were on g strange field. Normal · out­hit her opponents two to one but slept on the bases. May­hew pitched a fine game: the opposing team getting ·only four hits, but the team failed to back him with men on bases. Lyons showed that he was as good as the best of them wit'h the stick by O'etting two hits. Sullivan played his usual steady game in the outfield. "Bonehead" plays were much in evidence in the infield and probably accounted for the majority of Southwestern's score.

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Dou b tfu l Praise.

Irving Nixon had become greatly puffed up over the fact that one of his teachers had spoken of him as a model pupil. He bored the -boys at the boarding- house about it until Robert Shelton took him up to the library and suggest­ed that they look up the defi­nition ·of the word "model." Nixon took down the diction­ary and read: "Model-a small imitation of the real thing."

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Boy, (in motor car) : "This controls the ·.brake. Jt 1s to be put on quickly in emer­gency."

Girl: "Oh, I see; -something­like a kimono."

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A full line of Ladies spring boots and slippers at I. H. Harrison's.

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Sophomore Editioh

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ence Denmap, Otto Sykes. 0. C. Stroman. · ~~~-o~~~~

Madam Tarbell in her lec­ture · Saturday evening spoke on the industrial conditions in. America in the past and at the present. It had oiccurred to us that many of the conditions she spoke of and many of th'J examples she cited may be made to q,pply as aptly to schools and scholars as to factories and factory em­ployes.

If a factory employee is made more efficient by being placed. in better working con­ditions, is it not reasonable to believe that a . student's effi­ciency in learning can be in­creased by putting him under the conditions and in the sur­roun.Qings most conducive to study? Proper lighting, prop­.er heating, and proper venti­lation are surely as important factors in the school room as they are in the factory, and all health conditions will affect a student's ability and desire to study i ust as surely as they will affect the. ability and de­sire of a man to work. - Another very strong phase

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of the industrial s{tuation that can be easily and effectively paralleled with our school problem i§ found in the co­operation of the employee"i and . the employer. It has been conclusively proven that a man can and will work bet­ter when he has a real inter-· est in his work and when a state of perfect understanding ~nd sympathy exists between. him and his employer. This is just as true in school work. The school teacher that ·pos­esses a personality tliat -at­tracts his pupils and gains for him their confidence .·will se­cure better work from them.

In short, if th~se principles have . bee~ recognized a~d ap­plied by industrial _ , leaders, why can they not be necog­nized and applied by educa­tional -leaders? They should all be worked oµt on. ~ scien­tific ex!)erimental basis and no one is better fitted to do this than the teacher of to­day and the prospective teach­er of tomorrow.

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The spring term has be&:un and this fact should remind us that the summer term is not far away. Students.: let' -1 boost for our school, ·and, working together with the faculty, endeavor to give the Summer Normal of 1917, a wider reputation and a larger attend_ance than any of our previous . Summer N o:r:mals. A good word about the school in your letters to friends at home will have its effect. Try it.

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By way of con~olation. to those wh9 were unfortunatf.~

enough to fail in the exa1:nina­tions of the last week 01· so, we will offer the followin~

scriptural testimony to prove that flunking is not · one of the seven deadly sins: "Let no mal1 pass." (Lev. 28.1~). "Thou~

shalt not pass." (N eh. · 14 :23). "'He that passeth sh~Il be cut off." (Sol. 11 :18). ";pass not." (Judges 24 :19). "No man passed." (J~r. 2:6). Still Browning's "Pippa Passes."

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Fresh Candies, Hofheinz.

THERE WILL BE NO STRIKE ;l~e~~~~~d":~i1~~ t~:db~~t~e~~aJo~~ orc~er that our new equipment might reach San Marcos on time. It is now in­stalled and we are at your service with a new fountain and completely remodel­ed drug store. Call on us and look the new home over.

JENNINGS PHARMACY '

Nesbitt's Place

"THE BARB.ER SHOP" The place all students go, on ea.st side of the square.

Stat·e Bank AND

Ttust Co. SAN MARCOS, TEXAS

Guarantee Fund Bank

Your Business Appreciated

FREE Phene 97 Our Spring suit line is now on

display. You cannot affors to buy until you have looked our line over. With each suit ordered from us by Mar. I 5 we will give you abso­lutely FREE a nice belt made of same goods as suit. We call for and deliver Cleaning and Pressing work.

Remy Tailoring Co.

Compliments of

WARD'S BAKERY Eat

Milk Maid Bread

and visit the

Majestic Theatre

G. H~ Ward Proprietor

PHOTOS OF QUALITY PH3~~E at THE BROWN STUDIO PH3~~E

KODAK WORK FINISHED DAILY

For first-class Barber Work make the DAIGLE & BYLER . PROPRIETORS POSTOFFICE BLOCK Parlor Barber Shop

YOUR HEADQUARTERS The place where you get

service.

First National Bank San Marcos

Because you live in San Mar­cos you sh9uld be happy. Why? One reason is, because you can get such good lunche3, i.ce cream, cold drinks and home made candies at Gal­breath's.

Pur e Ice Cream, Hot~einz.

Soda F ountain. ~~~~o~~~-

0 u r new line of spring un­derwear is now ready for you I. H. Harrison.'

SPECIAL NOTICE TO STUDENTS. Owing to the ·greatly in-~reased volume of portrait work we are obliged to give .up amateur finishing. We sincerely thank you for making this possible and will devote all our time to making fine portraits at greatly re­duced prices. For instance $10 per doz. photos for $5, let us make you an order. The RITCHIE STUDIO, Phone Com. 29. Hopkins st., jus,t west of State Bank

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STUDENTS One doz. $1 0 Photos and

one $ 2 enlargement, all for

$5.00 at Brack's Studio

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Agnew & Fourqurean THE PURE FOOD

GROCERS

A Nice Line of Seward· s Candies

Beechnut Delicacies

KODAKS AND

KODAK FINISHING

- FUNK'S .

DRUG STORE

Walk-:Over Shoes for men _and boys at I. H. Harrison's. "Best for L~ss."

---o----Be sure and get a "Sun Maid

· Sundae/' the latest creation in ice cream topping at

Galbreath's. ·

Genuine Coca-Cola, Hofheinz Soda Fountain.

SEND US YOUR

NEXT BUNDLE

AND PROVE IT

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San Marcos Laundry

· Gantt & King Staple and Fancy Groceries

Heinz sweet and sour pickles in bulk. Fresh cakes, and crackers in bulk and packag~s, ~ewards chocolate candies, always fresh. A visit to our store will be appreciated.

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Courteous Treatment, Prompt Delivery

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f OR SPRING SUITS SEE

Arin strong East Side of Square

Our prices are right, you can't go wrong. Students I need your business.

PHONE ME YOUR . WANTS

To The Departing Seniors May there be no sud regretting,

No end to your comnon trail No love that knows pf for­

gettin~

No dreams that live but to fail.

And when the end of your journeys are over,

Lives there a Fish with soul so dead

Who rieve:r to himself hath said:-

I wish I were a Sophomore. Whose heart has ne'er within

him burned As toward the shore his face

he turned, And gazed upon the Golden

' S'trand. The Golden Strand! 0, little

Fish! The cherished goal o' yom·

fondest wish; The haven of the Sophomor~

· 0 Fish.! If you a Soph. would be ~.

Go shed y·our scales and leave the sea

And have your being on the Strand;

If vou would a noble being- be, Just let vour highest ideal be­

A Sophomore! A Sophomore' ----0----

Girls Do Not Read This. ·x~-And th.e thread of your life ~

is spun, . ·_p'Baq ·May you have the reward that .rnq uo pmqs 9t p'Bq aqs H

is given, At the end of a work well

done. -L.B.

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Said Prof. Burl;:holder to the waite bold,

"See here, waiter, my cocoa';3 cold!"

He scornfully answered, "I can't help that;

If the blame thing's chilly, put on your hat."

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The New

Howard and F Oster Shoes· HA VE ARRIVED

· Come .in and see therp now

The New Spring Suits are in Lots of New Hats

BREVARD'S Department Store

Who's Your Tailor?

The Difference between good clothes and poor clothes, is not only the difference between good materials and poor material but the- difference, too, be-tween the right process of

tailoring and . the wrong _process. Let . us introduce you to the always good Tailored-to­Order Clothes of

ED. V. PRICE & CO. You will find them to be made of the best materials and buiJ; by the only right method- "as you want them, when you want them." - You will not fail to recognize the master touch-the touch . of the tailors who know. Have us measure you NOW

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The attitude of the st_udent body towards our base ball

· team is commendable. Each of the four games they have played in town have been at­tended by a large and enthu­siastic crowd of N ormalites who did not hesitate to rooc for their team. Let this atti­tude continue. Let's give fif­teen ·for the team that'~ going to win the cup.

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A line of spring Bon~Ton and Royal Worchester Corsets at I. H. Harrison's.

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hats arriving each week. Leader Millinery,

Miss Mattie L~ Watkins.

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OUR MILLINERY SECTION IS VERY MUCH ALIVE

With New and Charming Hats for any Occasion . We are kept very busy these day, working over­

time to meet the demand for new spring headware.

'Ye have not been found short of anything that is new and dominant in the style notes of the season.

We are constantly receiving new shipments­come in and try them on. . It will be a pleasure to show you.

Mrs. H · Arenstein The Only Excl~~e Readf-• to-wear And Mdlmery ••.••

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We would Appreciate · any Business you will Give · us.

WOOD BROTHERS A B~TTER STORE FOR MEN

We carry Hats, Caps, Gloves, Neckwear, Raincoats, etc.

We are ag.ents for the KAHN Ti\.ILORING CO., o:( Indianapolis, Make our place_ yrmr headquarters.

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Com. Phone 408. Hours: 9 to 12 M., 2 to 5 P. l\f.

DR. ERNEST BOSTON SPECIALIST

Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, GLASSES FITTED

Williams·' Drug Store, San Mar.cos, Texas.

Freshmen Win Easy Victory Over the Sophomores

Q_n_ the Normal athletic fiel i Tuesday afternoon. the 'Fresh­men defeated the Sophomo~c 'base ball team by the score of 12 to 0. On the part of the ·Freshmen. the gamewas char­acterized by hard hitting and ·excellent base running, whib on the part of the Sophomore~ by grouching at the umpire and striking out. Shans pitch­ed a sensational game for the Freshmen the game was char­The Freshmen got 11 hits to the Sophomoren L In short. the Fish out-classed the S'oph­omores in every feature of th8 game, and especially in head work. But we will get them next time.

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Fancy silk shirtings at I. H. Harr_ison's, E. side square.

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The Twenty-seven Biggest Liars

The twenty-seven biggest liars on Normal Hill have just been found out. Twenty­six of them are men of tne Senior Cla'Ss. They say tliat they have never been kissed 'by a f!'irl. The other one is 1Ben Hur Boerner (the Fish), who says that he has.

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J ust received a new line of ties and shirts for men and boys at I. H. Harrison's.

When you think of delicious ice cream you think of

Galbreath's. ----0----

0tto Sykes h&s been elected to fill the office of Secretary 'of the Sophomore class which was left vacant by the with­'drawal from school of Chestei" Cochran.

A Few Words From The Cha.utauquans

The Chautauqua Literay Society met in regular session last Mon.day and rendered a. very interesting_ program. The "pep" of the society is at high tide, and as long as we grow in numbers and spirit we will forward the cause of literary in old S. W. T. N. It will not .be long before our boys to­gether with the Harris-Blair _boys, will meet the debatin0· teams of Denton and Canyo; and we, as true Chautauquans must get behind them with all the support that w~ can give~ We must have a share in the work and then rejoice with our victoriom; boys over a work well done.

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Work Begun on Bathing Reso~t

Wnrk beR"an this week on the - Normal bathing resort. The river i~ beinq cleared of vegetation and deepened an :l the i:neEJu~~ of (\l-iis wmk will be a first class pool for bath~ ing purposes. The bath house i,.;; also under construction. This building- is to be 80 feet by 20 feet and will be built oa concrete piles in order to place it above any hhrh water. The cost of the building alone will be over $600.

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Around The Hill

Everyone was glad to see "Blaze" Chapman · back in school Tuesday morning after an absence of about two weeks.

Clyde Applewhite is in school again after a term of mumps.

Carrol Harris has returned from Lytton Spring·s, where he has been for the last tw:o week~

at the bedside cf a sick broth­er.

Mr. M. H. Muennich is back in school again a:~ber having been absent for some time.

Miss Jaunita Henderson, Mis·s Louise Sanders, and Miss Ruth Roquemore have been out for the past few days with the measles.

Raymond and Rex W cir are out of school with the mea.sles.

Misses Ethel a;J Albertine -Savage spent the week end with friends ~nd relatives at Florence.

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Ida M. Tarbell Lectures

·At the State Normal

Last ~aturd[:,y eveDing Ida M. Tarbell lectured in the Nor­mal auditorium on "America'" Industrial Democracy." · Th.e large crowd th3.t came out tu h ear this well known lecturer enjoyed a' verv instructive talk. This . was the laRt number oi an excellent Lyceum course every number of which ha'3 been thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.

One Pound

Maxixe Cherries FOR

39c ONE DAY ONLY

Monday, Mar.26 AT

Williams Drug Store

Cape Building