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Vol. XXXI AUSTIN, TEXAS, APRIL, 1948 No. 8 Schools to Compete for 3-Conference Plan Triples Championships May 14 Size of Annual State Meet

f"»ITY Conference schools will compete for the brand new *T*HREE times as many schools will be represented at the ^"/ title of "City Conference Champion" at the state meet •^ 1948 University Interscholastic League State Meet in for high schools of Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin as have been represented during the past thirty- Houston in Dallas, Friday, May 14. Director general will seven years of the organization. During the three-day meet, be E. B. Comstock, assistant superintendent of Dallas schools. May 6-8, 1162 high-school boys and girls will compete for * • Director of the Tennis Tourna­ academic and athletic honors. "• ' ment and the Track and Field Three new titles will be taken home Sense; Granville Price, Journal, Meet is P: C. Cobb, director of in the Track and Field Meet when ism; and Dr. D. A. Penick, Tennis, Midland Winner's high-school athletics in Dallas. the points are added for the State Assisting R. J. Kidd, director of Speech contests will be held under Meet winners of Conferences AA, athletics, in running the three-con-, the direction of Dr. Harold Weiss, A and B, and in all literary ference meet will be: D. X. Bible, Triumph Recalled head of the speech department at events. Ed Olle, Clyde Littlefield, Col, Southern Methodist University. Last year in Track and Field George E. Hurt, H. C. Gilstrap, Dr. R. A. Law Dr. D. A. Penick Dr. DeWitt Reddick Granville Pried Band Greeted UlL's First David Russell, professor of speech alone, 202 schools sent relay teams, Bill Sansing, C. L. Higgins, Ed Declamation Champion and drama department at South­ short and long distance runners, Price, Blair Cherry and Jack Gray. ern Methodist University, will be and top performers in the field. In 1916 Head timekeeper will be Ed Bar­ general chairman of the One-Act This year over 600 schools will low. Higgins will be head judga Play Tournament. have their names on the program. of the finish and starter will ba. In the early 'days of the Inter­ Registration Starts Thursday Registration for all contestants Joe B. Cheaney. scholastic League's history, it was All contestants arriving Thurs­ will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. not football heroes but speech day are to register at the Adolphus in the cafeteria of the Little champions who were met at the Hotel Thursday, May 13. Athletic Campus Dormitory, located on the station with a band after their contestants arriving Friday will corner of 18th and Red River 400ILPC Delegates triumph at the State Meet in register at the office of Dal-Hi Street. The new registration booth Austin. Stadium, Oak Lawn and Hines and general headquarters for the The Midland Reporter Telegram Blvd. Literary contestants will meet were arranged to ease the Expected at Meet recently carried a story describing register in the Board of Directors' parking problems encountered on the experiences of one of Midland's room in the Administration Build­ the campus of The University of Texas. Program Features Workshops; "favorite daughters," Miss Leona ing of Southern Methodist Uni­ on Make-up, Reporting, McCormick, now Mrs. Billy Bryant, versity. All contestants will receive their Business Problems who won the state title in Decla­ Contests get underway Fri­ lodging assignments at the Little mation in 1916. day at 10 a.m. in the literary Campus Dormitory, their programs The present and the future fop "Thirty-two ladies sat on the division. Preliminaries in Broad and final instructions, and track­ stage in a big hall in Austin," so men will receive their numbers. high-school journalists will be ex­ Jump, Discus, and Pole Vault amined at the twenty-first annual the article goes, "tense but ready begin at 9:30 a.m. Track events Results Posted at Gyro to speak. They were the best. One During the meet, results will be convention of the Interscbolastio. start at 10 a.m. with High Hurdles W. E. S. Dickerson Dr. H. S. Wall Thomas A. Rousse Miss Florence Stullken of them would be judged the posted in the lobby of the Gregory League Press Conference which! leading off the schedule. Prelim­ will be held in Austin May 7 and 8 Champion of Texas in Declama­ inaries will be held in all events Gymnasium for the convenience of tion. The crowd got quieter and contestants and the public. as a part of the state meet of tha except the 880-Yard Run and the Interscholastic League. About 400 quieter. The big moment was here. One Mile Run. The State Meet actually gets Speaker number one walked out Veteran League Managers Direct State Finals underway Thursday at 6 p.m. high-school journalists and teaehera Track and Field finals" are to and the contest was on. when five one-act plays will be will participate in two days of dis, be held at night at the Dal-Hi cussions, talks, entertainments^ men and managers assist the State presented by schools of Conference Encounter* Keen Competition Stadium, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Since the first State Meet spon­ Champions he has trained in­ School Paper" is used throughout Sixty^representatives from thirty AA. Conference A plays are "Hopes of a downstate city for Finals will be broadcast, and sored by the University Inter- Office in preparing material for clude such stars as Wilmer Allison, the nation. LEAGUER readers are winning school papers will alsoi scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m. and the speaking championship were during the program announce­ scholastic League in 1912 when the schools, writing columns for Bruce Barnes, Lewis White, Louis familiar with his monthly column, participate in five journalism 7:30 p.m., and two sessions of pinned on a fine-speaking, beauti­ ments will be made of literary the program was limited to Track, the LEAGUER, traveling through­ Thalheimer, Karl Kamrath, and "High School Press." contests. ful daughter of a great lawyer. Conference B plays are to be given winners. The Magnolia Petroleum Debate and Declamation, the out the state to assist with clinics Berkley Bell. About ten years ago, Dr. She was good. No doubt about at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Satur­ Theme for Friday morning's ses­ Company is sponsoring the broad­ League has had the assistance of and conferences. Then when the At each state meet he arranges that and her declamation title was day. All performances are in Hogg sion will bet "Blueprint for the cast. University of Texas faculty mem­ State Meet comes around, with a clinic for League players and (Continued on P. 3, Col. 3) 'Peace and Patriotism.' It was a Auditorium, Future." Reorganization plans fop bers in conducting the final con­ members of their departments, coaches where he gives pointers good subject, with World War I Stations carrying the program Other literary contests, speech, the I. L. P. C. will be presented, tests on the campus in Austin. they have the job of supervising and advice to boys and girls on in progress and all the world hop­ are Station WBAP, Dallas-Fort the final rounds of competition sportsmanship as well as means of commercial, journalism, ready lively reports are expected on the This year, with a Meet in which ing for peace." Worth, Station KLEE, Houston, and with members of their de­ winning championships. Contest Schedule writing, number sense, slide rule functions of a regional meeting, and Station KABC, San Antonio. over 600 Texas high schools will and an expert will discuss possi­ Would this girl win? The audi­ partments who serve as judges, I.L.P.C. Director will be held in lecture rooms on Preliminary rounds in Tennis be represented, the same number bilities of television. ence was inclined to think so. Then select the Champions and other Twenty-one years ago the Inter­ the campus. begin at 9 a.m. on the clay courts of professors will serve as chair­ Set in Region IV Friday afternoon will concen­ a girl from West Texas stepped to winners. scholastic League Press Confer­ Preliminaries Start Friday of the Dallas Lawn Association, if men and managers of contests, trate on the present. Workshops the speaker's position. Her voice Law Heads Writing Contest ence was born. Its goal was to Preliminaries for the Track and which have grown to include will be set up for the consideration! rang out in the hall, clear and tone- the weather is dry. In case of For over thirty years, Dr. R. A. assist high-school journalists with S.A. Principals Will Rotate Field Meet will start Friday at Extemporaneous Speech, One-Act of what high-school papers are do­ ful. Her subject, too, was "Peace bad weather, the tournament will Law, professor of English, author their newspaper problems. The 8:45 a.m. Finals are scheduled to Play, Beady Writers, Typing, Chairmanship for ing in the way of make-up, busi­ and Patriotism." be held on the asphalt courts at and authority on Shakespeare, has man who has made the outstanding start Saturday at 1:30 p.m. for Shorthand, Slide Rule, Number Six Years ness problems, news coverage and Southern Methodist University. been associated with the League success as the I.L.P.C. has today field events and 2:10 p.m. for Sense, Journalism, Tennis. writing, features, and other aspects! as chairman of the Ready Writers' is its Director, Dr. DeWitt running events at Texas Memorial (Continued on P. 3, Col. 8) San Antonio schools of the City of newspaper production. For parti (Continued on P. 4, Col. 5) All during the year, these chair- contest. Before coming to The Reddick, professor of journalism. Stadium. Conference division have set up of the discussion, Class A, Class B, University of Texas, he worked on During the year, the director organization for literary contests First rounds in tennis start and Class C papers will be analyzed a newspaper, taught at Trinity with his staff advises high-school in their region for the next six Friday at 11:00 a.m. with finals for in separate groups. University and was instructor at editors and reporters, and makes years. boys' and girls' doubles slated for "After High School — What?'* Harvard. He has edited two texts suggestions for the improvements 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Championship Thirty High-School Papers Receive At a meeting of representatives will be one of the challenging on Shakespeare, and has written of their papers. Before joining matches in girls' and boys' singles of Region IV of the City Con­ topics of Saturday morning's pro­ many articles on the bard as well the staff at the University, he will begin Saturday at 2 p.m. The ference in the office of Superin­ gram. "Bell Ringers" will present; as Elizabethan dramas for various worked on the Fort Worth Star Penick courts will be used for the tendent Thomas B. Portwood on 1947-1948>s crop of worth-while I.L.P.C Distinguished Merit Award magazines. Telegram, Christian Science Moni* tournament. March 23, the group agreed that ideas that have been put into Penick Manages Tennis tor, Austin American, has had wide the chairman of Region IV should During-the finals Saturday, re- practice b Texas high.gchool experience in feature story writ­ Fifty-seven high-school papers of bock), The Coyote News Tech Talk (Crozier, Dallas), Tennis manager for the past be a principal of one of the par­ suits of the track and field events newspapers. (Wichita Falls), The Pow- The Bagpipe, (Highland Park, thirty-six years, Dr. D. A. ing. His textbook for journalism ticipating schools and that the will be broadcast over a radio net­ Texas were selected by judges in For those delegates who arrive! Wow (Ysleta), Austin Pioneer Dallas). Penick, professor of classical lan­ students, "Journalism and the chairmanship should rotate from work of thirty stations. During the annual Interscholastic League eariearly, Austin High's chapter of Press Conference contest to re­ (Austin, El Paso). Award of Honor: guages and tennis coach, has given year to year according to alpha­ +r.- „„+. IU • .,, , y> Austin mgn s cnapter or Northwest, Class B The Sunset Stampede (Sunset, League players valuable informa­ betical order. the meet, literary winners will be n .„ , „ ,,.„•,,. ceive first and second place awards informaQuiU anld partScro1y1 iWl1n th1 bee Juniohost ra t Ballan - Award of Distinguished Merit: Dallas), Panther Growls (Luf- Bad School Habits nnnonnnprf in the annual district competition. tion on the game. At the Uni­ Under this arrangement the host Speech contests will be under the room 0f the Texas Union Building The Pony Express (Sweet­ Thirty of these papers judged as kin), Woodrow Wilson News versity he has turned out four Take Licking in N. Y. school this year is Alamo Heights. direction of Thomas A. Rousse. from 8 to 10 o'clock Thursday. water), Tigers Tale (Snyder). (Woodrow Wilson, Dallas). Davis Cup winners and other best in their section and class have The schedule for the next six years Bruce Roach will direct the One- Tne Austin journalists always pro been given the Award of Dis­ Award of Honor: Northeast, Class B nationally known players, earning will be: 1949, Brackenridge; 1950, Act Play Tournament. Other chair All schools have those students vide a lively time for this opening tinguished Merit, which entitles Eagles' Tale (Canyon), The Award of Distinguished Merit: for himself the title of "Ace Burbank; 1951, Harlandale; 1952, men and managers are Dr. R. A who insist upon defacing desks, event at the I. L. P. C. meeting. each paper to send two delegates to Corral (Childress). Tiger Tips (Commerce), The Tennis Coach of the Southwest." Jefferson; 1953, Lanier; 1954, San Law, Ready Writers; Miss Florence Friday evening will be highlighted stuffing lockers, chewing gum and Northwest, Class C Belton Tiger (Belton). As a professor of classical lan­ Antonio Vocational and Technical. Stullken, Shorthand and Typing the Interscholastic League State various other annoying habits. by a Ranch Party in the beautiful Journalism Contest to be held in Award of Distinguished Merit: Award of Honor: guages, he has been described as The representatives also decided Dr. H. S. Wall, Slide Rule Main Ballroom of the Texas Union, The Crane (Crane), The Yel­ Devil's Delight (Joinerville), "a teacher who puts over the Long Beach High School in New Austin May 6-8. York decided to take those faults that this organization would take W. E. S. Dickerson, Number Building. Bring your bluejeans! These journalism contests are a low Jacket (Kermit). The Bonhi (Bonham). classics with the same vigor as he care of literary events only, Award of Honor: Northeast, Class C smashes a ball over the net." out into the open and laugh them part of the annual Interscholastic out of existence. leaving the athletic events to Claud League Press Conference conven­ The Round-Up (Happy), The Award of Distinguished Merit: Kellam, director of health and Edna L. Klages, dean of the tion. All papers, whether winners Pirate (Lefors). The Hill Topper (Diamond physical education for San An­ high school, described in a recent or not, are entitled to be repre­ Southwest, Class A Hill, Ft. Worth), The Gauger tonio schools. '47 State Meet Winner issue of School Activities the suc­ Schools Pick 'Federal Aid' sented at the convention. Only Award of Distinguished Merit: (White Oak, Longview). Expenses to be Prorated Jefferson Declaration (Jeffer­ Award of Honor: Receives Scholarship cess of caricaturing these person­ those that win the Award of Principal T. Guy Rogers made son, San Antonio), Bracken- Bobcat Purr (Cypress-Fair­ alities. The Art Department de­ For '49 Debate Question Distinguished Merit however, will a motion that the $20Q guarantee ridge Times (Brackenridge, banks), Lone Pine Memories Richard Vann, 16-year old Bel­ picted on glass slides such char­ participate in the contests. be taken to defray the expenses San Antonio), Laredo Journal (Timpson). ton High-School senior, who won acters as "Chew-Chew Baby," All papers published in each dis­ of the literary contestants to the (Laredo). Southeast, Class A first place in the Journalism Con­ "Lavatory-Bird of Paradise," T EAGUE schools selected "Federal Aid to Education" as trict were given to judges who test in 1947, was chosen among "Fountain Drip," and others. Later State Meets in Dallas, Fort Worth -Lj the subject for the 1948-49 debate question. Five topics ranked them on a basis of excel­ Award of Honor: Award of Distinguished Merit: The Technician (San Antonio 46,112 high-school students to re- at an assembly program, a "fa­ or Houston and that it should be were submitted to schools recently to determine the question lence in headlines, make-up, news The Lamar Lancer (Lamar, ceive a Pepsi-Cola scholarship mous lecturer, Professor Pathe, prorated on a per capita basis of story form and writing, editorial Voc. and Tech.), Bobcat News Houston), The Cardinal (Har- for next year's debaters. (Edinburg). which will send him to college with who sees and knows all" was intro­ qualified contestants; this motion writing, sports writing, and other lingen), La Gaviota (Corpus Schools had their choice of these topics: Establishment of Southwest, Class B full tuition, a monthly allowance duced and used the slides to illus­ was carried. It was also decided aspects of newspaper production. Christi), The Reagan States­ and traveling expenses paid for trate his lecture on "Strange Ani­ that all money taken in on Region a World Federal Government,-] Award of Distinguished Merit: Ingenuity and service to the school man (Reagan, Houston). four years. mals of the Classroom." VI literary events over expenses Government Ownership of Basic Government Should Adopt tha as reflected in the paper were The Campus Comment (Bur- Award of Honor: Industries, Uniform Divorce and Policy of Equalizing Educational bank, San Antonio), Bear's Richard was awarded top hon­ To soften the criticism directed be placed in the treasury to apply weighed heavily by the judges. Austin Maroon (Austin), The Marriage Laws, Severance Tax in Opportunity Throughout the Na» ^Tale (Pharr). ors in the $330,000 nation-wide at the offenders, by pre-arrange- on expenses of sending contestants The two best papers were chosen Tiger Schatches (Orange). Texas for Aid to Education, and tion by Means of Annual Grants Award of Honor: scholarship competition. He was ment, leaders and representatives to the State Meet. Legitimate from each of the twelve groups Southeast, Class B one of three outstanding seniors expenses were defined as printing, Federal Aid to Education. to the Several States for Ptibliq Heart's Delight (Falfurrias), rose from the audience and spoke of papers. In addition to this the Award of Distinguished Merit: at Belton High School who were judges, janitors, student stage Results of the balloting were: Elementary and Secondary Edu« Tumbleweed (Fort Stockton). in defense of their organizations, judges awarded six other first Brahma Round-Up (Kings- elected by fellow classmates to try crews, ticket sellers and taker. Federal Aid, first; Severance Tax, cation. Southwest, Class C telling of their activities and ac­ places in those districts where ville), The Tiger (Mercedes). for the scholarships. complishments. Net proceeds from the Track Meet second; World Government, third; A bulletin called "Equalizing Award of Distinguished Merit: there are a large number of very Award of Honor: Other Texas students winning In conclusion, the procedure of are to be prorated among schools Uniform Divorce and Marriage Educational Opportunity," was The Shorthorn (Marfa), The good papers. The Clarion (Alvin), Cotton honors were Carl Bowen Davis of the program was summarized by according to qualified contestants. Laws, fourth; and Government published by the League in 1941 Winners of the Award of Dis­ Bronco (Sonora). Boll (Taylor). Paschal High School, Fort Worth, one speaker, who said, "It is im­ Representing the schools of Re­ Ownership of Basic Industries, which contains affirmative, nega­ tinguished Merit are as follows: Award, of Honor: Southeast, Class. C who also won a four-year college portant that we strive to create gion IV of the City Conference fifth. * tive, and general briefs, an analysis) Northwest, Class A Yellow Jacket (Caterina), The Award of Distinguished Merit: scholarship, and George Atkinson true impressions since unfavorable were Oscar E. Miller, acting The exact wording of the ques­ of the question and a bibliography. Award of Distinguished Merit: Buzz (Llano). Bartlett Bulldog (Bartlett), Donaldson of San Jacinto Senior ones are so easily formed by the chairman; L. W. Fox, George tion is in the hands of a special Copies of this bulletin are still Abilene Battery (Abilene), Northwest, Class A The Shorthorn (Schulenberg). High School, Houston, who re­ onlooker. Poor behavior stands out Fling, T. Guy Rogers, Terrell committee of the League and will available. The Sandstorm (Amarillo), Award of Distinguished Merit: Award of Honor: ceived an honorary scholarship. so clearly that it results in un­ Gates, V. D. Currin, John B. be announced soon. A bulletin on the 1948-49 ques­ The Tatler (El Paso High). The Pantherette (Paschal, Ft. Barber's Hill Eagle (Mont Richard plans to enroll in South­ favorable criticism of the majority Bowden, Enos Gray, R. H. Brewer, In the school year of 1941-42, tion will be published this summer, Award of Honor: Worth), Jacket Journal (Ar­ Belvieu), District Messenger ern Methodist University next even though the offenders may be Dillard McCollum and E. T. Rob- League debaters had the question, by the League and will be reads' The Westerner World (Lub­ lington Heights, Ft. Worth), \ Crosby). September. . in the minority." bins. Resolved, That The Federal for distribution in the fall. Page 2 tflTERSCHOLASTIC CEAGtJER Thespians Honor Delegates Invited to Series Widely Traveled Belton Girl League Declaimer Of Clinics, Entertainments Wins 2nd in Writing Contest T)ORN in Formosa, Japan, Amarillo Student Wins '•"pHIS year's state Meet program has a number of special Marilyn Dickson has lived A in the Orient, Canada, South Humour Contest In features, some educational and others for entertain­ "XJEWS stories elsewhere in Oklahoma ment, for contestants, their sponsors and coaches. Debaters, America, and is now attend­ •^ this issue of the LEAGUER ing Belton High School which journalists, tennis players, track and field contestants will present the names of the Published eight times a year, each month, from September to One of Amarillo's outstanding have an opportunity to attend clinics and demonstrations school papers which were se­ she represented in the 1947 State April, inclusive, by the Bureau of Public School Service, Division of sophomores last year was Tom designed to meet their particular* lected by committees of judges Meet. Extension, The University of Texas. Fotheringham, second place win­ as winners in the district I.L.P.C. This 14-year old girl, who won ner in the Boys' Declamation con­ needs during the three-day meet, house in the Main Lounge of the competitions. Also, look for the second place in the Conference A test at the 1947 State Meet. May 6-8. Texas Union Building Thursday news story about preliminary Ready Writers' contest, expects to The annual League State Meet­ at 7:30 p.m. graduate in 1948. Year before last EOY BEDICHEK Editor plans for our state convention. ing of Delegates, which is always Tennis delegates and their she took first place in poetry and OLETTA WTLLIAMSON- .Assistant Editor And begin making your plans to in the form of a breakfast, is the coaches will be interested in the short-story contests as well as one time during the year when clinic conducted by Dr. D. A. be with us. (Entered as second-class matter November 6, 1927, at the post spelling, and received a medal for general questions of the organiza­ Penick on the University courts office at Austin, Texas, under the Act of August 24, 1912.) April Fool Reappears being the "high-point" girl. Last tion are discussed by representa­ Friday at 10 a.m. Assisting Dr. Subscription rate is $1.00 per year. Many newspaper staffs observed year she was winner in Declama­ tives of member-schools and State Penick will be Bruce Barnes, April 1 with April Fool editions. tion and Ready Writing and was Vol. XXXI APRIL, 1948 No. 8 Office personnel, Roy Bedichek, di­ professional doubles star. The Clarion of Alvin Senior High fourth in Spelling contests of the rector, R. J. Kidd, director of Charles "Chuck" jCramer will School issued three pages of League, and received the medal athletics, and other departmental aid Frank Medina, head trainer A BOUT the year 1800, Sydney Smith, an English divine, "whoppers" to the effect that a again for having the most points. heads. at The University of Texas, with I\ essayist and wit, remarked; Broadway producer had offered An honor student, she is a mem­ The breakfast will be held in the clinic for track coaches and Alvin High seniors a contract to ber of the Spanish Club, is on the Marilyn Di ckson A cook might as well resolve to make bread without fermenta­ the Crystal Ballroom of the trainers at Texas Memorial Sta­ present "Jane Eyre" in New York; Tiger staff and girls' basketball Belton High School tion, as a pedagogue to carry on a school without emulation. Driskill Hotel 7:30 a.m., Satur­ dium. The clinic is scheduled for that the school teachers went on team, and belongs to the Girls' day. Dean T. H. Shelby will Saturday at 10 a.m. Since Sydney Smith's time and for some centuries before strike because they protested the Auxiliary Association and the Cen­ tions which include foreign coins, preside. Tickets for the break­ Journalism delegates will be the principal's request to clamp down tral Texas Presbytery. stamps, insects, and jewelry. She his time, for that matter, pedagogical opinion has been fast must be purchased at the guests of Austin High School's on pupils the last few days to Her hobbies are swimming, fish­ would like to attend the University sharply divided on whether or not contests in schools are registration booth at Little Campus of Honolulu in order to be nearer chapter of Quill and Scroll at an make them get their home work; ing, boating, exploring, horseback- a desirable, or even a legitimate, way of arousing interest Dormitory, 18th and Red River. her parents who are missionaries informal party in the Junior Ball­ and that English and American riding, skating and skiing, writing, in Taiwan, China. and stimulating endeavor. One school of thought holds that For debaters, there will be the room of the Texas Union Building History will be taught no more drawing and her various collec- interest should arise out of the subject itself and motivation Lutcher Stark Debate Contest, Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m. A because "the mentality of the stu­ fehould be simply and solely a desire to learn. Good teachers, Tom Fotheringham followed by an open house spon­ "ranch party," also informal, Fri­ dents is so high they have already It is said, need not resort to such crude devices as formal Amarillo High School sored by th6 Speech Department. day night in the Main Ballroom mastered these courses." This was All League debaters and coaches of the. Texas Union Building is followed by three conventional King Football Loses Crown contests. Another school declares that the feeling of rivalry Last year he was the only soph­ are invited to hear the Varsity the annual get-together for omore to be elected to the National pages. is fundamental, some even claim for it the status of an squad and to attend the open I.L.P.C. members. Idiot's Delight, the April Fool To Baseball at Sweetwater instinct, and that children act from motives of prestige Thespians. He won the humorous contest at Goodwill, Oklahoma, and edition of the Jacket Journal, was naturally, and that school contests are merely a formaliza­ was in declamation contests and done in orange ink with such head­ Newman High Coaches tion or necessary device for insuring that rivalries are di­ lines as "Sorry, Due to Circum­ critic contests in Goodwill and Conduct Favorite Sport Shorthand Winner rected into proper channels and controlled in the interest Amarillo. stances Beyond Our Control, There of the participants themselves and as an aid in proper He is a member of the Gavel Is No Headline" and reported such Poll Among Boys events as a jumping rope contest Takes Journalism administration of the schools. Club, plays in the Sandie band, and is interested in Boy Scout between male and female faculty ING football" is now hav­ The discussion which might be carried on for hours, or By F. W. Savage work, stamp and coin collecting, members. Along this line the K™in g to share honors with days, is theoretical, • and no matter which side wins, we Director of Music Activities Davis "Disgrace" of Houston an­ Breckenrldge Senior Enters and traveling. For his career he baseball at Newman High usually proceed on the assumption that whether contests has chosen the law profession. nounced a volleyball game between The University of Texas '"T'HIS is the last issue of the LEAGUER for the school year the "Menacing Masculines" and School at Sweetwater. This Fall are good or not, we are going to have them anyway,- and it Tom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. •*• 1947-48. Most of the Regional Competitions have either is therefore the part of wisdom to organize, guide and di­ Tom Fotheringham, 2006 Madison the "Fearless Feminines" of the For years Newman High Street, Amarillo, Texas. been held or will be conducted in the very near future. faculty. The Brackenridge Times School has been a school in which rect them in such a way that they will function easily and There is very little which can be said that will be of assist­ confused April Fool readers with football has been the dominant Barbara Fram went all-out for naturally and with a minimum of disorganization in the ance to directors or administrators relative to this year's upside-down stories, ads, and head­ sport, but in a poll conducted by Interscholastic League activities school program. competition. It appears that we> lines. coaches Pat Gerald and Mel Grigg her senior year at Breckenridga High School, entering Debate, Mixed Teams in might all profit from reviewing Some Worthy Projects baseball was found to be the * * * * * few students the whole series? Typing, and Shorthand Contests. the mistakes which have been The journalism department at favored sport by a count of 87 While this isn't against the rules, She came to the State Meet in the Some school men have become so impressed with the so- Volleyball Popular made this year hoping that such Beaumont High School has or­ to 56. errors can be prevented next year. we definitely "frown" on this prac­ ganized a cross section opinion poll Shorthand contest and won second called evils of school competitions that they will tell you A questionnaire was distributed tice. (See Introduction, page 82 of modeled after Dr. George Gallup's place. Girls and boys can play games There -isn't enough space' in this to senior, junior and sophomore boldly "we permit none in our school system," and assume the Constitution and Rules.) American Institute of Opinion. During her years at Brecken- together, and instead of the boys issue to list and discuss all the boys to find the sport in which they an air of being really progressive. They have emerged from 8. Did you fail to make the The home room is used as a basic ridge, Barbara was reporter of the "hooting" at the lack of skill shown mistakes which the State Office has were interested. While baseball deadline on filing entries to the unit and a reporter interviews 20 Debate Club, the Language Club, the dark ages. They point out the inconvenience and expense by their feminine opponents, they made and besides that you won't was checked by more students than Regional Competition-Festival and per cent of each home room in the Dramatics Club, and secretary of special coaching, of school time consumed, of overemphasis like mixed sports. profit from our mistakes. We'll any other sport, football, track and have your entries refused by the accordance with three keys—sex, of the Ready Writers' Club. She on the particular fields in which contests are held, of the Miss Marjorie R. Pettengill, try to, however. It seems more basketball followed in close order. Contest Chairmen and the Execu­ classification, and interest. In a earned a letter in debate, was a disruption of cordial relations with the school itself and physical education teacher at pertinent that we pass on to you Seniors and sophomores are more tive Committee. Many did. (See survey on occupational choosing, member of the band and orches­ Jamesburg High School, James- the mistakes which others have interested in baseball and track, with neighboring schools, and finally, as complete justi­ Section 18, page 73 of the Consti­ the Institute found engineering tra, served as business manager burg, N.J., found that mixed teams made (no names called and no while the juniors favor football fication : tution and Rules.) was the most favored occupation of the school paper and associate in volleyball had great success. embarrassment intended) so that with basketball a close second. Al­ Let us editorialize a "mite" with boys. editor of the yearbook. Miss Pettengill describes a tourna­ you may profit from their experi­ though tennis was not included in "A good teacher arouses interest in her subject: and her pupils here. It remains the responsibility Staffs have become fashion con­ Other activities include teaching ment at her school in the February ences. the questionnaire, it was written put forth their best efforts without any such extraneous incite­ School Activities magazine. She of the individual school to find scious in recent issues with such Sunday School and serving as in by seventeen sophomore and ments." writes: 1. Did you register your mem­ out the dates set by a delegated columns as the "Along the Clothes writer, producer, director of the junior boys as their favorite bership in the League organiza­ authority. Receipt of entry blanks Line" of the B'onhi of Bonham children's Sunday School plays. Well, this seems very good, and you expect to find really "Games were played during the Sport.—The Pony Express. tion? Some schools didn't; par­ or acceptance cards is not consid­ High, and a series of pictures' of This fall she plans to enter The super-teachers in such a school system. Suddenly, however, lunch period. Since the idea came ered official notification as such. from the girls, the boys elected ticularly Junior High Schools and the "Newest Look in Coiffures for University of Texas, where she you think to ask this really advanced executive about ath­ Elementary schools. This must be Publishing notice either in Gentlemen" in The Sandstorm of will major in journalism. Her girl captains of each team. It was newspapers or by special bulle­ letics, and you are surprised (or are you?) to find inter- done by January 15. There are no Amarillo High School. parents are Mr. and Mrs. Simon interesting to see the 5 ft. 1' in. tin is considered official and fees for Elementary Schools. (See In the more serious vein, several J. Fram, 301 South Oakwood scholastic athletics highly organized with a special coaching senior girl placing the basketball adequate notice. Whether or players where she wanted. Section 2, Article III of the Con­ papers called attention to the Street, Brenckenridge, Texas. staff, and subsidiary boosting organizations not only in the stitution and Rules.) (Please pay not individual schools receive "The baseball coach had to can­ Easter season with editorials, school but reaching out into the community itself. You be­ particular attention to the Foot­ acceptance cards or entry blanks cel a noon-time conference because poems, and features on the mean­ gin to ask questions about whether or not a good physical note on that same page.) does not relieve them of the so many of his players asked to be responsibility of getting their ing of Easter. The Pony Express Safety Council Collects education teacher couldn't arouse interest and stimulate 2. Did you file a separate ac­ excused to play volleyball. Town entries in on time. Each ad­ of Sweetwater pictured the four­ ceptance card for each unit of Purely Accidental Yarns endeavor in this field as well; an inordinate amount of school youngsters brought their lunch so ministrator and director should teen members of Who's Who in The answers in this column are in no your school system? Many didn't. sense "official interpretations." Only the time is not consumed; whether special attention and time they wouldn't have to leave school. study the rules of the contest Newman High going to church State Executive Committee is competent (See Section 1, Page 67 of the under the rules to make official interpreta­ is not bestowed upon the few at the expense of the many; Some homerooms even had cheer­ which are distributed at the be­ Easter Sunday. tions, and the State Committee's interpre­ leaders. The final game was one Constitution and Rules.) A very special day observed by tations appear in the Official Notice column Did you ever read about the whether or not cordial relations are not strained in this ginning of the school year and of THE LEAGUER. These are answers to between the junior and sophomore 3. Did you mis-calculate your then initiate their own inquiries students at San Antonio Voca­ inquiries which are made in the course of case of the "falling Frenchman," routine correspondence with the State Office. competition also; whether or not there is an overemphasis teams. enrollment and prepare for the in case blanks are not received tional and Technical School is or the story of the "sneezing sal­ in this area, and so on. This is really embarrassing, and "If you could see the boys en­ wrong classification? Many did. by the designated date. "Hello Day," a day set aside anT Q. In girls' volleyball, is the mon," or the incident of the out­ you should not push your point, because presently you will couraging the girls as they serve (See Section 2, Page 68 and Ap­ Those are a few of the mis­ nually for students to get to know server permitted to step out of raged bedsprings? These are titles be dealing with money matters and find that the one great and watch the girls 'setting them pendix III, Section 19, b., page understandings encountered b y each other and also to raise money the serving box before the ball of some of the bizarre anecdotes 119 of the Constitution and Rules.) compiled by the National Safety difference between athletic and other contests is that ath­ up' so the boys could 'kill' the ball, this office and the offices of the for the Student Council by selling passes over the net? you would agree with me that there Some schools still tried to deter­ contest chairmen and the execu­ "Hello Day" books in which stu­ A. As soon as the ball is Council along with such grim letics brings in some money and other contests cost money. is nothing like such a game to mine their music classification in tive committees. There are many dents collect as many signatures struck by a player, that player statistics as—100,000 persons die This is really too crass an insinuation to make in argument bring out some of the best quali­ comparison with the football other small items which, like those as possible on that day. may move to any portion of the from mishaps each year in the as highfalutin as a discussion of educational principles. So ties in our young people." teams. Remember, football classi­ listed above could have been avoid­ The Jeffersonian Declaration court. U.S.A.—10,500,000 are injured— There should be more oppor­ fications are made on the basis of ed by reading the rules carefully. made a survey of miracles desired 370,000 are left with a disability let us rest the case before proceeding that far. for life. tunity for boys and girls to play enrollment two years before the It seems a shame to have to by students at Jefferson High Q. We have a boy who entered * * * * * together. Schools should be a year of participation. If you doubt construct, publish and enforce any School and received widespread an­ the 9th grade, February 1, 1945. One of those "it shouldn't hap­ preparation for living, but often this, I'll explain it in a special kind of rules. Some of us, I'm We are not, of course, arguing against any one form of swers. Thirty wished for world His age is allright and his grades pen to a dog" stories in the files men and women have no common column. Next year, beginning Sep­ sure, evidently desire to be un­ peace, While twenty wanted to see are o.k. Would he, under the 8- of the National Safety Council school competitions, but in favor of a program of school leisure-time activities, the physical tember 1, the League will count hampered by any regulations. Bear the brotherhood of man established. Semester Rule, complete his eligi­ is that of the sneezing salmon. A four grades for determining en­ competitions, properly organized, and so balanced that no education teacher points out. in mind please, that, "you can Some of the other unusual requests bility at the end of the first se­ fisherman named James Mantakes rollment, regardless of where the considerable group in the school will be left out. Either please all of the people some of were for teachers to do homework; mester, January, 1949, or would caught a big salmon, and tossed 9th grade is located. that, or none. There is good argument theoretically for the time; some of the people all to change places with Bogart; to he be entitled to finish the basket­ it into the rear seat of his car. $60 QUESTIONS the time; but not all of the people Bowling homeward along a dusty having no formal contests at all; and there is sound reason 4. Did you prepare one Class have only six months of school; ball season of 1948-49 before his AA-1 number, one Class AA num­ all of the time " (if you are try­ to restore wild life to the U.S.; eligibility expires? road, he heard a sneeze behind in having a balanced program; but there is absolutely no The queer questions asked on ber and one Class A number, in­ ing to maintain certain standards). to establish honesty among stu­ A. The boy would be ineligible him. Amazed, he turned to meet argument at all for specializing in one narrow field, and radio quiz programs indicate that tending to enter Class A competi­ Rules seem to be necessary in an dents; and to tour the world in at the close of the fall semester the glare of the salmon. As ha thus driving the whole competitive energy of the school Americans in general believe that tion? Some did and were dis­ organized society. Chaos could be one day. under Article VIII, Section 19. stared incredulously, the fish got and community into a narrow compass, and thus afflicting factual knowledge is a test of qualified for not performing music simply defined as some 40,000 another whiff of dust and sneezed higher education. Questions include according to the prescribed lists. music students and seven or eight again. At that moment a grass­ pupils who happen to possess talents lying outside that such obscure points as when the (See Section 2 a, b, and c, page hundred directors getting together hopper appeared and the salmon field with a sense of inferiority. last dinosaurs were seen in Amer­ 77 of the Constitution and Rules in sundry central locations and Life Was Grim for Texas leaped for the insect, landing in ica (6,000,000 years ago), how long and the letters of transmittal at­ each student or organization mak­ the driver's lap. Mantakes would a canary's broken leg needs to be tached to the prescribed lists of ing its own regulations. How long have appreciated a quiet moment Jhs lAnivsMibj. Qnt&MdwhnAtk &uaqu& in splints (two weeks), what music.) would our activity last under those Teachers in 7850's Too by himself. As it was, he had his circumstances? hands full of salmon and steering; colors mosquitoes dislike (pale 5. Did you attempt to enter a and preaching. 0jUuudbAy wheel, and was blinded by dust. ones), how many people have died beginning high-school soloist in Thesis Shows Profession Housing was another problem in Organizing Agency: Extension Division, The University of Texas Bureau of Public The car left the road and crashed. School Service. since 4000 B.C. (two trillions). Class III Competition? Some did. Please do not place undue blame that period. Part of the teacher's Offered Small Pay The salmon sneezed and died. Ge- State Executive Committee! T. H. Shelby, Chairman; Eoy Bedichek, R. J. Kidd. More important to the average That division is specifically re­ on the State Office or your Re­ salary was usually paid in room Thomas A. Rouese, Emmette Redford, B. C. Tharp. C. A. Wiley, Dr. A. L. Chap. sundheit! man than curious oddities like served for Junior High and Ele­ gional Executive Committee if we in Early Days and board, and he took his turn man, H. A. Calkins. or they enforced the rules as were Legislative Advisory Council: R. B. Norman, Amarillo; H, D. Burton, Clarendon; these is a good sense of judgment mentary School. (See Paragraph living in the homes of his pupils. Another equally ridiculous tale John Morris, Claude; W. C. Blankenship, Big Spring; I. L. Lasater, Winters; —the ability to make wise deci­ number two, page 74 of the Con­ distributed last September. The The thesis author, who took his is the one of the Frenchman who D. E. Loveless, Coleman; Jack Ryan, McKinney; W. B. Alexander. Bowie; QCHOOL teachers had salary Edwin Bowen, Boyd; E. N. Dennard, Marshall; D. T. Loyd, East Mountain, sions. This requires a knowledge stitution and Rules.) same thing will happen next year ^ troubles in 1850, too—they master's work at The University went for a buggyride. About the Gilmer; Floyd H. Burton, Humble; Vernon Madden, Sealy; ; of human nature, a sense of pro­ and we shall back the Executive E. T. Bobbins, Alamo Heights, San Antonio: J. Milton Edds, Academy 6. Did you prepare for the were often paid with corn in­ of Texas, concluded with the ob­ time the franc and the Cabinet School, Temple; S. V. Neely, San Benito; H. Lee Clifton, Falf urrias; Walter portion, and good old-fashioned Choral Singing Contest as de­ Committees to the limit insofar as servation that progress has been were falling in France, so was Coers, Orange Grove; J. M. Hanks, Ysleta; R. D. Lee, Monahans; Leland L. Martin, Crane; Lewis Simms, Caddo Mills; R. B. Sparks, Goose Creek. horse-sense. Marly persons who scribed on pages 80-82 of the Con­ they enforce the published rules. stead of cash. made with exceeding slowness, with Yvon Dheire, tile setter. Yvon Director: Roy Bedichek. passed examinations in higher stitution and Rules and try to Salaries ranged from $4 to teachers still underpaid and teach­ slid off a picturesque roof in Director of Athletics: R. J. Kidd. mathematics make foolish mistakes Tennis: Dr. D. A. Penick. enter the Regional Competition- $15 per month, according to Louis ing "still far short of having Lille and plunged six stories to­ Director of Speech Activities: Bruce Roach. in fifth-grade arithmetic. Others Festival? Some did. (See Section Spelling Bulletin Praised Henry Jones, Kilgore teacher, who achieved the earmarks of true pro­ ward the ground. Below, a mother Declamation: Howard Townsend. who can discuss Shakespeare's Extemporaneous Speech : Arthur Hayes. 1, Participation, page 80 of the wrote his master's degree thesis on fessional dignity." screamed, snatched her baby from Director of Music: F. W. Savage. plays can not write a good letter Constitution and Rules.) We're go­ Miss Mary Frazer, Spelling Bee "The Status of Teachers in Texas a perambulator and jumped out Commercial Contests: Miss Florence Stullken. "But as was the case in 1850, Ready Writers: Dr. R. A. Law. or report.—The Imperial Magazine. ing to have to change the name of editor of the Houston Press, finds about 1850." there are illuminating personal­ of the way. Lucky Yvon landed Regional Directors o this contest. unhurt in the carriage. The Region I: Dr. Ernest Wallace, Texas Technological College, Lubbock. the League's Spelling Bulletin a To compensate for inadequate ities, encouraging situations, and Region II: Superintendent Nat Williams, Abilene. The reward of doing a hard job 7. Did you wait until approxi­ big help in her work. salaries, Texas teachers in the still earnest desires, on the whole, mother fainted (Gallic emotional­ Region III: Dr. C. L. Wissaman, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. ism, n'est-ce-pas?) and broke her Region IV: Dr, B. E. Masters, Kilgore Junior College, Kilgore . well is that you are presently mately two weeks before the sched­ "If you ever need a testimonial, 1800's, as they do now, worked at to make of our Texas schools Region V : Mr. M. B. Etheridge. Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville. given a much harder job and ex­ everything they should be from ankle. Our correspondent said the Region VIi Mr. Pat H. Norwood, Southwest Texas State Teachers College, San uled contest and then attempt to I'll be glad to furnish one. Your additional jobs which ranged from Maj pected to do that equally well.— secure the records for the Music Spelling list is fine," she recently digging graves, ringing church the first grade to the University," haby was utterly fascinated.—New Region Vll: Dr. Eldon D. Brinley, Texas College of Arts and Industries, Kingsville. Region VIII: Superintendent Murry H. Fly. Odessa. The Imperial Magazine. Appreciation Contest and teach a wrote the State Office. bells, mending shoes, to surveying he concluded. York Times Magazine. 1NTERSCH0LAST1C LEAGUER

Experienced Personnel Conducts State Finals The Speech Forum (Cotinued from Page 1) (By Thomas A. Rousse, Professor of Speech; Chairman, Department of Speech, The University of Texas) Reddick asked another University journalism professor to assist him with the League journalism state ROBABLY the greatest single problem facing the debate | finals. Since then Granville Price P director is the one calling for the selection of competent has had the job of running the and impartial judges for the debate contest. All of us know, five contests, in which there is of course, that a great deal of work and a great deal ofI keen competition for individual effort is represented in the average debate, both on the part | honors. of the debaters and the directors'! HIS is the time of year when directors are working Professor Price has been on the of these contests. Impartial Judges staff of the New York Herald- It is necessary, if we are to When we speak of impartial T about what play they are going to choose for the annual Tribune, the Galveston Daily News Senior Play. With that in mind, we have reviewed several have a good contest, that some judges, however, we really mean and other Texas newspapers. In effort be made to secure the most individuals who do not possi plays this month which might be suitable for such produc­ addition to his classes, he counsels competent judges available. The definitely biased views rather than tions. Should you have trouble in finding a play that will the staff of the Daily Texan, a problem, however, is very difficult people who have opinions. All of fit your group, write the Inter--*- publication other school papers to solve because the judge or us have opinions on any given sub­ call "The New York Times of the scholastic League Drama Service, judges for a debate contest render ject and this should not disqualify A Lucky Penny by Anne C. Mar­ collegiate press." A number of Box H, University Station, Austin, a decision based upon subjective us as impartial judges in a debate tens. Dramatic Pub. Co., Roy. his articles have been published in judgment rather than objective contest. The League rule simply and we will be glad to help you. $10-$25, 6m9w, comedy, 3 act, the Journalism Quarter. 75c. judgment. For example, in the means that a judge is not impar­ tial when he has positive, biased, Here is a new comedy with the Austin Teacher Is Manager athletic contest, the average judge .The Baby-Sitter by Perry Clark. views on a given question and who, same characters that cavort Manager of the Number Sense or official has certain understand­ Dramatic Publishing Co., Roy. obviously, because of these views, through Don't Take My Penny. Contest this year is W. E. S. able standards for judgment. For $10-$25, 6m9w, comedy, 3 acts, would not be able to judge on the This time Penny has taken up Dickerson, staff teacher in the instance, the official in a football merits of the debate as such but 75c. Modern Art with a capital A! Department of Mathematics of the game is able to tell when the ball would express his own opinions on Bob's parents do not know that Penny's mother has been boning- University High Schoolin Austin. goes over the goal line. Again, the merits of the question. The the reason he has been getting up on child psychology and so she the baseball umpire has something Born in the Choctaw Nation of rule on impartiality is rather diffi­ home so late from his dates with encourages the whole family to go definite to judge upon and so does the Indian Territory in Oklahoma, cult to apply. Certainly, the de­ Carrie is that he has been stay­ in for Art. The rest of the family the track referee. We should point near Durant, he is a member of bate director should exercise care ing up to see her home safely from thinks this is a wonderful joke out, of course, that even where the Choctaw Indian Tribe. He in the selection of the judges and her baby-sitting jobs. As a result and really go all out for Art's you have objective and under­ graduated from The University of refuse to accept biased individuals. his parents have forbidden him to sake. Penny's dad begins to wheeze standable standards for judgment, have any more dates with Carrie. Texas with highest honors and was sour notes on a sax; the cook de­ elected to Phi Beta Kappa. that arguments can ensue. Need The Constitution and Rules of And after she has spent all her votes her time to bar-bell exercise we cite the great American sport the League provides definite and Dickerson has taught in the "sitting" money on a "new look" to develop the body beautiful; of baiting the referee? Neverthe­ concrete instructions to the judges public schools of Oklahoma and dress, too! Bob's folks have an Penny's mother takes up the ballet less, the judge or the official in and it is not the purpose of this important engagement, and they Texas for the past twenty-five The three characters in "The Severed Cord," ter), and Tom Horn (right). P. W. Cain directed to express her soul in the dance; presented by White Deer High School, were played the play which won fourth place in the State Tour- an athletic contest does have cer­ discussion to criticize or to add to years. He has prepared the ques­ suddenly find they cannot get a Greg bellows operatic arias, and by Gilbert Dickens ( left), Emilene Rapstine (cen- nament. tain definite standards to follow, these instructions. One point, how­ baby-sitter for two small children. tions for the Number Sense Con­ Kerry announces he is an artist whereas in a speech contest the ever, should be made clear and Carrie quickly offers to take the test of the League for two years. and starts looking for models. Into judgment that he gives after lis­ that is that rules and regulations job to show Bob's parents what this "You Can't Take It With This will make Dr. H. S. Wall tening to both sides is definitely for the guidance of the average a nice, responsible girl she is. Follow Rules of Good Showmanship, You" atmosphere, comes the second year as manager of the subjective. In other words, in the judge have been found to be of Hardly are the older folk out of woman who is bringing a big con­ League Slide Rule Contest. Dr. speech contest, the judge renders very little practical value. The sight before the youngsters under tract for Penny's father. Penny Wall is professor of pure mathe­ a decision based upon what he con­ judge who is familiar with the Carrie's care play havoc with the gives her the airy brush-off, and matics at the University. Director Advises Amateur Actors rules and regulations of good con­ house. Everything goes wrong, siders to be the "superior" team. for good measure she gets a face- A graduate of the University of test debating doesn't need very and when the parents return, they Obviously, therefore, since the full of water from a water pistol. Wisconsin, he holds a master's and many instructions. On the other are terrifically upset. Carrie seems By Bruce Roach extraneous random movement that terization. He must speak loud speech contest must have subjec­ a doctor's degree in mathematics. tive judgment, it is imperative hand,* if the individual selected is to do everything wrong. But the In the end, a very un-modernistic Director of Speech Activities, adds nothing to his characteriza­ enough to be heard. He must riot familiar with contest debating, He is a member of the American that we, as the directors, attempt whole mess comes out all right, picture that Penny has drawn of Interscholastic League tion. He must make his pantomime watch his speech in speaking. He extensive rules and regulations Mathematical Society and of the to secure the most competent and Carrie is right happy at the some bubbles with wings and smil­ Alice Gerstenberg, the famous accurate and convincing. In the must work for variety in rate and tend to confuse him and in the Mathematical Association of judges possible. end. Even the audience is relieved. ing faces gets the contract for Dad, 'play wright, says that "Show­ final analysis he must in his per­ inflection. He must give a good final analysis he will judge on the America. Before coming to the The comedy moves fast, and many and solves a number of problems. manship is the basic quality formance demonstrate that he has deal of thought to the articulation Competent Judges merits of the question, rather than of the scenes have a nice fresh­ All of the action takes place on University, he was on the staff of the theatre." In order to a well controlled, poised body. One and pronunciation which is in What are the prerequisites for on the merits of the respective de­ ness that should make this a fairly the terrace of the Pringle home, at Northwestern University. A achieve this showmanship some eminent actor has said that poise keeping with the character. a competent debate judge? In or­ baters. In the final analysis, of popular play among high schools. and the costuming is easy. number of his articles have ap­ suggestions have been listed below in the theater is "the ability to do Total Characterization Necessary der to answer this question it may course, a debate contest must be Uses: Senior play, dramatic Uses: Class Play, Drama Clubs. peared in mathematical journals. for the amateur actor who has what you want to do before an The actor must work for both be necessary to ask and answer judged on the subjective reaction club, Reviewer's Opinion: Excellent. He has also written articles for been cast in a play. audience at the time you want to a physical and mental re-creation another question: What is the of the listener based upon, we hope, lleviewer's opinion: Excellent. the Encyclopedia Britannica. The actor must remember that do it." of the character. The audience purpose of the debate contest? The some objective standards of excel­ Rousse Aids League he is a part of a whole. "The Although tempo is largely the must be made to "believe" the purpose of the debate contest is, lence in speech techniques. In any We Shook the Family Tree by Speech contestants and their play's the thing." The actor unifies responsibility of the director, the character all the way through the or can be, to train the individual event, the debate director should People Are Talking, by Albert Perry Clark, from the book by coaches are familiar with the the many parts into a satisfying actor must also work to make the play. The actor must be consistent speaker in the art of persuasive make every effort to secure capa­ Johnson. Heuer, Roy. $10, Hildegarde D o 1 s o n. Dram. chairman of the League's Speech production: the sets, costumes, tempo correct. All directors have in keeping the character. When an and argumentative speaking; or ble judges from the point of view 8m7w, comedy, 3 acts, 60c. Pub. Co., 5m7w, Roy. $25., Contests, Professor Thomas A. lights, the make-up, the business some method of shouting "Pick up actor comes on stage, the audience the purpose of a debate contest of technical speech knowledge and The setting, the porch and front comedy, 3 act, 75c. Rousse, who has been working and the lines of .the play. Con­ your cues" or "Get some pace" or should be convinced that he is may be the actual attempt to per­ accept the judgment of these peo­ yard of the Kennedy's house, pre­ This is a well-written show that with the Interscholastic League sequently, there are a number of snapping fingers or clapping hands coming from "somewhere," not suade a given set of judges or ple as final. Obviously, even tech­ sents a rather interesting locale should play very well. The action since 1928. things the actor must watch in in order to make the players move merely the wings. The actor an audience to the affirmative or nically trained people will differ keeps moving, and there is never should avoid "chit-chat" with other because, although they are judg­ for this play. Mr. Johnson has Chairman of his department order to fit into the whole pattern: along. The pace must be kept up negative side of the case. Ob­ a dull moment. Hildegarde is actors just before he makes an ing objectively, their feelings or moved a great deal of the action since his return from the Army, ensemble playing, timing, move­ if the audience is to experience viously, the purpose in a debate desperately anxious to attract the entrance. If he "lives" the charac­ subjective reactions to certain de­ into the yard, and thereby re­ Professor Rousse has continued ment, tempo, and, individually, his the ' correct emotional reaction. contest for our high-school de­ attention of some eligible senior, ter a few minutes before he goes bate techniques will vary. Conse­ moved the play from the trite with the promotion of League own voice and characterization. Both the director and the actors baters should be that of training for it is almost Saturday night and on, his performance will be more quently, we can have differences three-wall interior. The designer speech contests and at State Meet (Note the section entitled Instruc­ must develop a keen sense of these individuals in the art of no boy has even hinted that he'd convincing. of opinion, even with speech teach­ can make this set as simple or as time. His columns on debate tion to the Judges in the Consti­ awareness to the tempo of the argumentation and persuasion. like to take her to the big dance. play so that it does not become ers and debaters, on the relative complex as he' wishes, so that it published in the INTERSCHOLASTIC tution and Rules, page 46, in which Finally, a must for the actor is Stated differently, the purpose of should appeal to most producing She wins the school debate with an a number of these are given defini­ too slow (a common fault in this: Know your lines. Memorizing the debate contest in school is not excellence of debaters. We are, LEAGUER have given expert advice therefore, forced to conclude that groups. The play moves along at impassioned plea against drinking tion from the judges' angle.) tragedy) or too fast to be intel­ is easy if you set your mind to necessarily to win a debate, but to debate coaches throughout the the best possible results in debate a good clip. Everybody tries to but instead of attracting boys with Teamwork Is Vital ligent (a common fault in farce). it and follow a reasonable course. to learn how to present ideas ef­ state as he is known as Texas' judging can and will be secured run poor Junior's life, his father, her brains, she only convinces If there are pauses, make them Don't wait till the last minute to fectively and persuasively. most outstanding authority on the when we select individuals trained his mother, his sisters, his aunt, everyone that her father must be First, the actor must work for deliberate. If the play drags, try learn your lines. It is unfair to The Constitution and Rules of techniques of argumentative speak­ in speech or in professions where his uncle. Things simply get too a terrible drunkard. Sympathetic smoothness with the rest of the over-lapping the lines by having you, to your director, and to the the University Interscholastic ing. , speaking is dominant. These peo­ much for Junior and he runs women begin calling up offering cast in his ensemble playing. The the second actor start his line on other players. At the performance, League, page 39, gives us a de­ ple, although they may differ suggestions and recommending In addition to his classes on the cast must consider itself a team in the last word of the first actor's it is unfair to the audience. In the away from the whole business. But tailed statement on the selection among themselves, will do a su­ he returns in the disguise of a Alcoholics Anonymous. campus and work with The Uni­ which all of the characters are speech. last analysis, it is up to the actor of the judges and we find here important. Often an actor is dis­ perior job in judging the debate, detective, helps capture a safe­ Despite these wild stories, versity of Texas debate teams, he The actor must think particu­ to make the production a real and also instructions for these judges. gruntled and inclined not to do his as a contest—we hope! cracker, gets involved with a Mother decides to help Hildegarde has taken time to assist the League larly of his own voice and charac­ sincere moving experience. We are told, for instance, that couple of cute girls, and in gen­ out when she finds the other girls in the series of speech clinics and best work if he is assigned a "bit" judges should be selected on the eral keeps a fast-paced plot alive high-hatting Hildegarde. Mother conferences during the past years. part. But such an actor should basis of capability and impartial­ . o recognize his opportunity to do with interest. And all Junior wants says she knows a fine boy who An active member of the Texas ity. Presumably, the term "capa­ Tribute Paid to First really good artistic work. With is a St. Bernard dog! This play will take the girl to the dance, and Speech Association, he has held ble" is left for us to define. Of few lines to memorize, he can study Speech In Texas Schools Declamation Champion should prove popular with high she has to phone his mother any­ many offices, and served as presi­ course, if we, as debate people, the smallest details of his role and schools, especially for class plays. way. Hildegarde is overjoyed, tho dent in 1947. HIS column belongs to Texas Speech munications should be sent to Mr. Bruce had our choice, we would probably (Continued from Page 1) she doesn't know the boy's name, really make the role outstanding. Uses: Class play, dramatic club. Miss Florence Stullken, the only T teachers for discussion of speech Roach, Box H, University Station, select former debaters or speech Reviewer's opinion: Excellent. and she can't resist bragging a bit He must fit his character into the problems and news concerning Speech Austin, Texas, who is editor of this teachers with debating experience. There was great curiosity, even woman manager of League con­ activities in Texas high schools. Com­ column. to the other girls. How could she whole play or the play will be These people presumably are able anxiety among the audience, the know that her mother had Freddie tests, has been active in Inter­ incomplete. There is no such thing story continues, as all wondered if scholastic League work since 1929 '"T'HERE have been many reports from speech teachers all to judge a debate, as the rules When I Was Green by Guernsey in mind—the one boy in school as an unimportant part in a pro­ A say, on the merits of debating the girl from the city or the girl whose parents make him wear when the Typing Contest was over the state showing the renewed interest in speech LePelley. Row Peterson, Roy. duction if the play is well written. rather than the merits of the from West Texas would win. Ex­ knickers! To make matters even initiated into the program. Six as indicated by the attendance at the speech sections of the $l-$25, 6m8w, farce-comedy, 3 In our Constitution and Rules question. perienced and capable speech au­ more complicated, Hildegarde has years later the Shorthand Contest spring T.S.T.A. District Meetings. But a surprising fact thorities gave the decision to the act, 75c. (page 46) we say "The timing of In short, we want the contest given a little girl some envelopes to was added. was that a very small percentage of the speech teachers girl from West Texas. The audi­ This new comedy is placed in a the individual actor combined with judged as a contest and not upon modern living room and has all play mailman with—the envelopes Assistant professor of business attending these District meetings* ence broke into thunderous ap­ general pace of the show as de­ the relative merits of the subject. modern costumes, making the pro­ get distributed to all the neighbors, administration, Miss Stullken has were members of the Texas Speech plause in approval. termined by the director is a phase Senior Class Play at Tyler will Consequently, we should make duction problems fairly simple. and they turn out to be her been instrumental in keeping the Association. The major reason First Champion Announced of production which is frequently every effort to select former de­ Anne' Bleacher, 20, tries to help father's old love letters to her standards of the commercial con­ given for not belonging to the As­ be "Come Over to Our House." And when she returned to Mid­ done poorly by amateurs." Even a baters and speech teachers who the family finances by renting the mother. test at the peak. Not only does sociation was that the teachers did The director, Miss Pauline Swain, land, the Declamation Champion play well presented can be hope­ will judge on the speaking ability garage apartment at her home to she supervise the final contests, got a tremendous ovation from her In a last desperate attempt, lessly damaged by wrong timing. not know about it. If you have has announced April 16 as the the Henderson Elliotts. She has doing a great deal of the judging, and on the technique ability of friends. Hildegarde orders some beauty Many plays are written with too failed to get information concern­ date of performance. no idea that Henderson Elliott is but she holds conferences with the contestants. In addition to the Since her graduation from Mary- mud to make her fatally beautiful, many words in some of the ing the Texas Speech Association * * * vice-president of the Southern typing and shorthand teachers ex-debaters and speech teachers, Hardin Baylor College, Mrs. Wil­ and her father's boss arrives just speeches. In such cases the di­ write: Bruce Roach, Executive Alliance Company, the big outfit during the Meet. we might add to the list of capa­ son Bryant has taught speech arts in time to see her covered with rector and actors should cut the Southern Methodist University, that is about to snatch a business Secretary, Box H, University Sta­ ble judges, the lawyer and the and pre-school work for eighteen the mud. But in a mad finish a Before coming to the University, lines in order to get the correct saving contract right out from tion, Austin, Texas. Dallas, held its first invitational school teacher. We suggest the years. She has sent eighteen stu­ happy solution is reached, and she taught in Lee County schools pace and timing. By such intel­ under the nose of the company her The Annual Convention of the high-school debate tournament on lawyer because he is an individual dents to the state meet, but not Hildegarde and Freddie get off to and at Texas Weslteyan College at ligent cutting, the whole action will dad works for. Texas Speech Association will be March 19 and 20. Students from who, by training and experience, one has ever won the contest as the dance (she in a beautiful eve­ Fort Worth. be strengthened. The actor will held in Dallas, November 26 and is constantly forced to listen to she did. Now she is a housewife ning dress, carrying her evening often take a long speech and give many sections of the state were Then the other Bleacher children, 27. If you plan to attend, be sure two and sometimes three and four with traveling as her hobby. She shoes, and he, at last, in long it as though he were reading it entered. Gatesworth, 16, Patsy, 14, and to get your hotel reservation early. sides to a given argument. He, is also quite a designer, with a pants). Technician Receives from a book. Try breaking the Beeney, 12, decide they will be The N.F.L. Tournament origi­ again, like the teacher, is inter­ copyrighted history and map of doing their dad a big favor if Uses: Class Play. Drama Clubs. Medalist Award speech up with movement, pauses, nally scheduled for May 14 in ested in speaking. Because of their Texas one of her creations. they get rid of the Elliotts. They business. Insert dashes in the lines Reviewer's Opinion: Excellent. News Notes Dallas was changed to April 23 work and interest, the lawyer and Other winners from Midland are are sure that is what Dad Bleacher so that the suspense at the end of 1 The Technician, newspaper pub­ Major production of the spring and 24 to avoid conflict with the the teacher are not only familiar Mrs.A. I. Fowler, formerly Eve­ wants. the line will be carried over till INFLATION lished by San Antonio Vocational semester at Southwest Texas State City Conference Meet on the 14th. with speaking but are better able lyn Garlington, who won the the next actor cuts in. There are This same little group, following A Chinese paper has made an and Technical High School, was Teachers College, San Marcos, will The N.F.L. Tournament will be to think objectively on an argu­ championship in Typing in 1930, Gatesworth's motto "Give the interesting study of what a CN$100 given a Medalist Award by the times when a scene needs slow be "Elizabeth the Queen" and will held at North Texas Agricultural ment and judge on the presenta­ and Carroll Hill, who won the World a Boost Through Friend­ bill has been able to buy in the Columbia Press Association. timing, however. Train your sense run one week beginning May 3. College in Arlington. tion of that argument much more Junior Boys' High School Division ship" starts meddling in Anne's course of the last 10 years: This is the second consecutive of "good theater" to know when James G. Barton will direct and objectively than would be the case in Declamation Contest in 1920. love life. 1937—two cows year in which Tech's school paper to go on and when to stop.. The Mrs. Jo Wayland Bennett will be of other people. So we would add ^o— good playwright has often written The whole thing reaches a 1938—one cow and one calf has received this award. Last year in charge of the costumes. Stu­ to our list of capable individuals, From Rochester, N.Y., comes the his lines so that you can space Advance notice has come from climax when the Elliotts are in­ The Technician was the only vo­ dents from neighboring towns will widely scattered areas of the in­ the lawyer and the school teacher. story of a "Table Topic Stopper" 1939—one cow words and lines by mathematical vited to dinner. Mrs. Elliott is cational high-school paper in the be sent invitations to attend one terest being shown in the State Perhaps we should hasten to add that works. An electric toaster is 1940—one calf count. blue (the kids have added a chem­ country to receive Medalist rating. of the night performances. One-Act Play Contest, May 6, 7, that the quality of objective judg­ placed on the table before the 1941—one hog ical to the shower attachment), Mrs. Edith King is the sponsor. Strive for Naturalism Debate teams from the college and 8. Among those indicating ment is not limited to the profes­ speaker. As he starts to speak, a and what with the rest of the 1942—one hen o Today naturalism and restraint and sponsor, Dr. Elton Abernathy, they will be in Austin for the sions listed above! But we do con­ slice of bread is laid on the toast­ color, the dinner is hilarious—for 1943—one chicken Is there anything to which thou are considered the best expression attended the Annual Southern event are Richard Slaughter, Di­ tend that if you desire to secure er. When he gets through with the audience. But everything 1944—one bag of rice tendest, and against which thou for the art of acting. These qual­ Speech Conference in Nashville, rector of Speech and Drama, N.T. the most capable debate judges, his speech, he is required to eat works out when an important directest thy bow? ities are immediately revealed by Tenn., on April 3. In addition to A.C., Arlington; Milton Wilson, who will do the best possible job the toast. If he likes his toast widow, Loretta, appears on the 1945—one fish Or dost thou pursue crows at the movement of the actors. The twelve debaters, a number of other Director of Drama, McMurry Col­ in judging your contest objectively burned to a crisp, he has the j scene, and gets thing back on the 1946—one egg random, with pottery or clay, actor must keep his movements students made the trip to appear lege, Abilene; Robert Nail (author on the merits of the debate tech­ privilege of talking long enough rails. , 1947—Vs packet of matches Careless whither thy feet bear true to the spirit of the character in individual events, including ora­ of "Antic Spring"), Albany, niques, you should select ex-de­ for that to happen. Otherwise, he Uses: Class Play, Drama Clubs. 1948—God only knows what! thee, and live ex tempore?—Aulis he is portraying. He must use an tion, poetry reading, extemp speak­ Texas; John Watson, T.C.U. Guid­ baters, speech teachers, lawyers, may stop when it is a beautiful] Reviewer's Opinion: Good. From China Digest Persius Flaccus. I economy of motion and cut out all ing, after-dinner speaking, etc. ance Center, Ft. Worth. and teachers. brown.—Toastmaster. Page 'A INTERS'CHOTESTTC EEKSUEtt Regions II, V, VI, VIII Report Colleges Offer Speech Arts Muscles Contribute Teachers Special Training Music Competition Results To Spelling Habits OPEECH and drama teachers planning to spend all or part *n ESULTS of music contests in Regions II, V, VI, and ^ of this summer getting new ideas for their classes will •**" VIII, the first spring music competitions of the Inter- find there are a number of excellent courses available at The Hand May Be Able to scholastic League, have been released by F. W. Savage, colleges and universities of Texas. Write a Word, if Person director of music activities. Teachers interested in special education for exceptional Is Motor-Minded Out of the 137 bands judged, fifteen received the special children are invited to attend the * award for making perfect ratings in all phases of competition. Only- Hearing and Speech Clinic at three orchestras -were entered in the four contests, and in this group a 'leader of men,' but we do Do you spell with your head or Texas State College for Women promise to help you overcome stage your hand? one received the4 special award. Thirty-four choral groups were entered with one receiving a perfect rating. in Denton. An advanced course fright, to increase your speaking If you say, "Wait a minute; let in the diagnosis of speech orders vocabulary, and to help you organ­ Approximately 10,000 high-school musicians took part in the four me write it," when someone asks and one in audiology has been ize your thinking." regional contests which were held April 2 and 3. you how to spell a word, then recently added to the summer Regional centers were: Abilene, Region II; Huntsville, Region V; During the first summer term a you're probably a kinesthetic or Sam Marcos, Region VI; Odessa, Region VIII. school catalogue of this college. new course called "Problems in muscle sense speller and spell with The department is offering par­ Speech Education," dealing with your hand, says Mrs. Ruth L. Judges based their decisions for the ratings of bands and orchestras the problems of the speech teacher, Allen, University of Texas Eng­ on tone, technique, interpretation, stage deportment, and instrumenta­ liamentary practice, fundamentals of speech, story telling, acting, will be offered. Practical courses lish laboratory director. tion. Choral groups were judged on tone, technique", interpretation, Loren Winship, former director Dr. Campton Bell (left) and Dr. Monroe Lippman (right) will be for beginners, for foreign language diction, and appearance. of speech activities of the Inter- introduction to the drama, psy­ critic judges of the 20 one-act plays competing in the State Finals Whether a person is visually students, courses featuring dis­ Contests for Regions I, III, IV, VII, IX and X are scheduled for scholastic League, will direct the chology of speech, advanced inter­ in Austin May 6—8. minded or motor-minded is re­ cussion, voice and diction, story week-ends in April with the final competition May 7-8. A complete City Conference One-Act Play pretation, play directing and flected in his method of spelling, telling are listed in the new bulle­ report of all results will be given schools in the fall, in the Septembre finals in Dallas, May 14. speech disorders. says Mrs. Allen who takes cog­ tin. issue of the LEAGUER. It is now possible to take a nizance of this fact is helping University students improve their* Results of the contests follow: master's degree in speech at Teachers interested in radio in Lippman, Bell to Judge T.S.C.W., majoring in any of the every phase—writing, announcing, spelling. BANDS Region March Concert S. R. UT Drama Professor special courses during the sum­ producing, performing—will find One-Act Play Contests A woman student who comes to AA-1 mer sessions of the college. courses with emphasis on these the laboratory for help is asked Odessa 8 I I I The dramatic schedule at South­ activities. if she enjoys tying bows. If she Beaumont — 5 I I II ern Methodist University, accord­ Credit in education will be given does, then she has deft hands, and Goose Creek 5 I II I To Judge in Dallas "VUTITH twenty plays in the One-Act Play state finals this 2 II I II ing to Dr. Harold Weiss, chair­ teachers enrolling in the course probably can be taught to spell Abilene " year, instead of the usual eight productions, two critic by the motor spelling approach. San Angelo 2 I III II man of the department of speech, called "Radio Problems," for ad­ 6 I I judges are needed to select the three State Champions, name Austin Six One-Act Plays on City is still in the process of informa­ vanced radio students. Teachers An extremely motor-minded Austin (Houston) 5 I I tion. The following courses, how­ and students will actually produce speller usually can write, with no 6 I I All-Star Casts and make the technical analysis of all perl Brackenridge (San Antonio) Conference State Meet ever, will be available this summer: two shows, announces Dr. Wilton effort, a word he could not spell Jefferson (San Antonio) 6 II II formances. Port Arthur 5 III I Program Speech fundamentals, business W. Cook, coordinator in speech, Chosen for their theatrical ex--* aloud correctly. Jeff Davis (Houston) 5 II III speech, voice and diction, speech drama and radio, at the University "The hand knows how to spell 5 II perience and their reputation as American National Theatre Acad­ Milby (Houston) III An experienced critic who has correction, problems of acting and of Houston. • the word," says Mrs. Allen, ex­ Tech (San Antonio) 6 III III drama educators, the two critic emy. judged over 300 speech and drama engineering speech. Methods of teaching speech, de­ judges selected are Dr. Campton plaining that a motor-minded per­ AA Dr. Bell is director of the son who traces over the correctly- 6 I I contests, Loren Winship of The Dramatic Workshop Announced signed for the speech teacher, will Bell of the University of Denver Alamo Heights (San Antonio) I School of the Theatre and chair­ spelled word several times with Galena Park 5 I University of Texas Drama De­ A number of drama and speech be taught at North Texas State and Dr. Monroe Lippman of Tu- 5 I I man of the Division of Fine Arts his fingers memorizes the pattern. Pasadena partment will select the first cham­ courses for teachers will be of­ Teachers College, Denton. Other lane University. Kermit 8 II I at the University of Denver. Then he can just let his hand go, III II pion in the City Conference One- fered during the two terms at courses, offered during the first Dr. Lippman will judge the Big Spring 2 II During the past ten years he has for he can write the word cor­ 8 II I Act Play Contest in Dallas, Fri­ West Texas State College at Can­ term, are phonetics and funda­ Harlandale (San Antonio) seven plays presented by Confer­ been charged with the responsi­ Midland 8 n IV III day, May 14. yon. Practical experience in play rectly from his muscle memory. mentals, the correction of speech ence B schools, and Dr. Bell will bility of developing all the fine A Former director of speech ac- production for the entertainment defects, and radio speaking and Mrs. Allen's spelling lessons I I have two conferences to judge, AA arts at his institution and inte­ Alvin 5 tivities of the Interscholastic of summer students will be given have proved successful to the point 5 I I writing. and A. grating them with the commu­ Caldwell I League, Professor Winship will teachers enrolling in the Dramatic of saving students from failing Floresville 6 I During the second term, courses The program of the play tour­ nity. The School of the Theatre 5 I I serve as critic judge for the six- Workshop course during the first grades. Freeport in oral interpretation and declama­ nament schedules the AA plays is the only professional theatri­ Huntsville 5 I I play program, which includes two term. Speech for the Classroom She also gives aid in reading I tion, auditorium activities, ad­ as the opening contest of the State cal school in the Rocky Moun­ Navasota 5 I casts from each of the cities, Dal­ and punctuation. Students whose 5 I I Teacher, a three hour credit course vanced dramatics, and radio pro­ Meet, Thursday, May 6, at 6 p.m. tain region, and the Schools of Nederland las, San Antonio and Houston. Ft. English problems go back to poor Sweetwater — 2 I I which has been recommended by ducing and directing will be at Hogg Auditorium. Conference Art, Music, and Architecture 8 II I Worth, the fourth district of the high-school or even grammar- Wink the Department of Education for scheduled. A productions appear Friday with are nationally, recognized. Ballinger 2 II II new conference, is not participat­ school foundations are sent by 2 II I teachers or prospective teachers, Winship Announces Workshop a matinee at 4 p.m. and night per­ At the present time he is a Colorado City II ing in any literary contests this their class instructors to be en­ 5 II II will be on the schedule. The College of Fine Arts Work­ formance at 7:30. Conroe 6 year. First, second and third trustee of the Denver Art Mu­ rolled for a series of help-sessions New Braunf els II II A course for all teachers who shops of The University of Texas, The finals for Conference B 5 II II places will be awarded, and out­ seum, the Civic Symphony Society, in the laboratory. West Columbia _— 5 have anything to do with teaching June 2-July 14, is offering a con­ casts will be held Saturday at 2:30 Brenham —- II II II standing players will be selected and holds directorships in other 5 HI II I speech or helping with speech con­ ference laboratory in dramatiza­ p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dickinson . 8 for the All-Star Cast. The con­ civic organizations devoted to the Seminole — II II II tests which W.T.S.C, is giving tion under the direction of Loren Dr. Lippman is chairman of 5 II test will be held in McFarland arts. French (Beaumont) 8 IV this summer is The Teaching of Winship, associate professor of the Department of Theatre and II II Auditorium on the campus of Last year Dr. Bell was named Monahans 5 II III III Speech and the Coaching of Speech drama education. Speech at Tulane University, Texas City — 5 II Southern Methodist University. Activities. curator of the Theatre Fine Arts Cedar Bayou II III The purpose of this conference New Orleans, La., and also ex­ 2 III I Associate professor of drama Department of the Denver Art Cisco 6 I Baylor University is planning laboratory is to give teachers hav­ ecutive director of the Le Petit EdTson (San Antonio) I education, Professor Winship's Museum. The inaugural exhibi­ 6 I I a variety of courses for the one- ing little or no background in Theatre du Vieux Carre, play­ Seguin 5 I professional experience includes a tion of that department, held this II act play director. Paul Baker, drama an opportunity to learn the house of the New Orleans Little Stephen F. Austin (Bryan) 6 in III season in vaudeville, and three winter, was widely heralded. As Burbank (San Antonio) 5 II I director, has announced these theory and practice of dramatiza­ Theatre Productions, Inc. Conferences Separated ii III seasons on Chautauqua. He has the theatre representative of the Crockett 6 IV courses: Integration of abilities; tion as a method of teaching social He was formerly head of the There will be three delegation* Karnes City 6 II IV IV directed fifty-two high school and Rocky Mountain UNESCO on the II stagecraft; play directing; light­ sciences, natural sciences, etc., in drama department and director of qualified from Regional Meets to Kerrville 5 II college dramatic productions. At ing; advanced directing; summer the college theatre at Southwest creative arts, he has been active Livingston 8 TV III III the secondary schools. the State Meet for the first time III III one time head of the drama theater production; summer the­ Texas State Teachers College at in developing regional projects to Pecos 6 IV Emphasis will be placed upon this year. A complete and de­ Uvalde 6 II II department at Kearney State ater directing and acting; history San Marcos, and taught at The further the purposes of that or­ II dramatization as a teaching meth­ tailed qualification-schedule ap­ Luling 5 III Teachers College in Nebraska, he of the theater; and advanced University of Texas during the ganization. 2 III III od rather than upon dramatiza­ pears on Page One of this Issue Richmond _ V was also tutor in the speech de­ staging methods. summer term of 1931. He holds a He has had a wide experience Winters — 6 I V V tion and play production. A class which schedule is made a part of 5 III partment at the University of Baylor's speech department, ac­ Ph.D. degree from the University in conducting drama clinics, confer­ Cuero III of high-school students will assist this Official Notice. Jasper . 6 III III Michigan and high-school principal cording to Chairman Sara Lowrey, of Michigan, and also studied at ences and festivals, and on many 2 III with the laboratory exercises. San Marcos . III and teacher in Nebraska for a is offering this group of courses: the University of Iowa. occasions he has served as critic Dublin 6 IV III A number of other courses in 6 III number of years. Speech fundamentals; interpreta­ A past officer of the National judge for drama contests. The Art. IV, Sec. 3 Kenedy IV speech, drama and radio will be Lockhart 6 IV III He holds a master's degree in tive reading; voice and diction; Collegiate Players and a member arrangements for the National In the fifth line of Article IV, 6 IV available to teachers at the Uni­ South San Antonio III American history and a bachelor's speech correction; debate; public of the council of American Edu­ Children's Theatre Conference Section 3, page 11 of the current i 5_ III versity this summer. Gonzales degree in speech, is the author of speaking. cational Theatre Association, he which will be held in Denver in issue of the Constitution and Rules, Stephen F. Austin (Port Arthur) V IV , o thirty-seven articles on speech and "We are offering courses in is a corporate member of the June are under his direction. "declamation" is repeated in the B V I list of Directors. This is a typo­ Katy 5 I I drama for national and state pub­ fundamentals in speech, voice and City Conference Holds Liberty 5 I I I lications, and is co-author of "The phonetics, speech correction, stage­ graphical error. For "Declama­ I I State Meet in Dallas McCamey 8 I Speech Teacher and Competition" craft, history of the theater, and tion" in this line read "Athletics." 5 I I II 30 Radio Stations to Carry Jackson Junior (Pasadena) 5 I I with Roy Bedichek. perhaps an advanced course in Trinity II (Continued from Page 1) Hull-Daisetta 5 I II Among the professional organi­ oral interpretation," reports James Rule 30 Interpreted I II II State Meet Results May 8 Sugar Land 5 II zations in which he has been ac­ G. Barton, drama director at South­ The State Executive Committee, Crane 8 n III I Dr. D. A. Penick, tennis coach at 8 II I tive are the Nebraska Speech As­ west Texas State Teachers' College at the meeting January 14, 1948, Denver City _ III The University of Texas, will be Fort Stockton 8 II II II sociation of which he was the first at San Marcos. 'T'HIRTY radio stations will carry the broadcast of the passed the following motion con­ Llano 6 in I II president, the Advisory Council of Practical Training Given referee. cerning the interpretation of the 2 II I Menard III The summer school bulletin of No Ft. Worth Literary Entries •*• 1948 University Interscholastic League Track and Field Spring Training Rule: 5 II III American Educational Theatre As­ Anahuac II the University of Houston states, One-Act Play and speech contest Meet Saturday, May 8, from Memorial Stadium in Austin. In interpreting Rule 30 of the Barbers Hill (Mont Belvieu) 5 II III II sociation, National Thespians, 8 II II Texas Speech Association, and the "We cannot promise to make you winners from Dallas, San Antonio During the broadcast of the finals for Conferences AA, A football plan, the issuance or use Big Lake III II Dayton 5 II III Speech Association of America. a Cicero, Burke, or Roosevelt, or and Houston will compete for and B, announcements will be made of literary contests as of any football equipment other Humble - 5 IV II I than a football will "be considered 8 HI II honors. Fort Worth schools are the results are obtained from the Iraan II Region Concert S. R. a violation of the Spring Training Angleton 5 II III VOCAL GROUPS not participating in any literary judges. The Magnolia Petroleum III I U. of Land A. &M. Rule, whether this occurs in a Carrizo Springs 6 I Mixed Choru* contest this year. Company is sponsoring the broad­ Friendswood — 5 I I AA-1 regular physical education class or 2 II III Each of the three districts will cast. Schedule Joint S. S. Santa Anna III Abilene II II not. Andrews 8 II IV III be represented by two debate teams Starting at 2 p.m., the following Coahoma 2 II III IV AA 8 I I in girls' and boys' divisions, two In order to provide a better and 8 II Odessa stations will carry the State Meet Grandfalls II San Angelo 2 II I One-Act Play casts, and three more complete service to trade Six Schools Suspended La Marque 5 IV III finals: III III Sweetwater 2 I II entries in Extemporaneous Speech, and industrial teachers and ad­ Six schools were suspended in, Missouri City 5 II V Midland 8 III IV City Station K.C. Austin (Training) 6 II III Declamation, girls' and boys' Abilene KRBC 1450 ministrative personnel, a joint football for the 1948 season by the 2 III A Eldorado II 2 II II divisions, and Ready Writing. Austin KNOW 1490 summer school is being conducted State Executive Committee on De­ Sonora 2 I V V Dublin by The University of Texas and 5 IV Critic judge for the One-Act Austin KTBC 590 cember 1 for failure to supply the Cypress-Fairbanks III V A. and M. College in Austin, June Crystal City 6 IV III San Angelo Junior 2 I Play Tournament will be Loren Amarillo KGNC 710 State Office of the League with 6 Odessa Junior 8 II 2-July 13. eligibility lists of boys for the Runge IV IV Winship, associate professor of Beaumont KPDM 560 6 Kermit Junior 8 II 1947 season, although a number of Pleasanton V South Junior (Abilene) 2 III drama at The University of Texas. Big Spring KBST 1490 All teacher training courses will requests were made for them. I III Reagan Junior (Sweetwater) 2 IV — T. A. Rousse, professor of speech Brownwood KBWD 1380 be offered. Each course carries Odessa Junior 8 Conference B schools which were Texas City Junior 5 I at The University of Texas, will Corsicana KAND 1340 college credit as well as certifica­ BOYS'CHORUS suspended are Bells, Briggs and Travis Junior (Conroe) 5 I (I) act as referee for Debate and Corpus Christi . KEYS 1440 tion credit. Graduate students may 8 II I Abilene—Class AA-1 2 III II Sanger. Schools playing six-man Kermit Junior. (I) Extemporaneous Speech contests. Dallas KRLD 1080 register with either The Univer­ Baytown Junior 5 II II Odessa Junior—Class C 8 III Bruce Roach will assist with the football which were suspended are 5 II II 2 III , , Dallas WRR 1310 sity of Texas or A. and M. College Freeport Junior South Junior (Abilene)—Class C. play contest and speech competi­ Lazbuddy, Loop and Peacock.* Horace Mann. (Goose Creek) 5 II II El Paso KROD 600 although they will be attending Lamar (Bryan) 5 II II GIRLS' CHORUS tion. classes in Austin. 8 Ft. Worth KFJZ 1270 Monahans Junior III (II) AA-1 Correction in Spelling List San Angelo 2 III II III Results of the literary meet will Greenville KGVL 1400 South Houston (Pasadena) 5 II II Abilene be tabulated by Dr. C. L. Wisse- Houston KXYZ 1320 The word "kangaroo" is mis­ South Junior (Abilene) — 2 II IV AA man of Southern Methodist Uni­ Lufkin KTRE 1420 Teachers, Students Swap spelled in the current issue of the 8 II V (IV) San Angelo 2 I II Pecos Junior versity. Longview KFRO 1370 Interscholastic League Spelling Allan Junior (Austin) _ 6 II Odessa 8 II III Jobs at Abilene High 5 8 III III List. In this connection, note Rule Carr Junior (Orange) _. II Midland All schools qualifying to the Lubbock KSEL 950 North Junior (Abilene) 2 III Big Spring , 1 2 IV III Marshall KMHT 1450 3, "Instruction to Graders," page 8 City Conference meet will make Abilene High School will experi­ Andrews Junior IV (III) A 53 of the Constitution and Rules their own arrangements for lodg­ Midland KCRS 550 ment with a Student-Teacher Day D Ballinger 2 II II Odessa KOSA 1450 which reads as follows: "In case 5 II Kermit . 8 I III ing. Rebate will be handled on this spring, with classes taught Kirby (Woodville) Paris KPLT 1490 any word is misspelled in any Ranger 2 II Monahans 8 I III the same basis as it has been for by students. Students will also ree edition of the spelling list, that 2 II Mason i 2 III III San Angelo KGKL 960 De Leon contestants coming to the State what duties the principal, assistant word is not to be considered in Baird 2 III Seminole 8 III III San Antonio KABC 680 5 Meet in Austin. principal, counselor and secretaries grading the spelling papers." Hempstead , III B Sherman KRRV 910 Sanderson _ 8 III (III) have when they swap jobs for this 2 Crane 8 II II Temple KTEM 1400 Merkel IV Denver City 8 II III There are seven principal holy particular day. Eastland — 2 I Texarkana KGMC 1230 Spring Training 2 Fort Stockton 8 II III books in the world: the Christian In a poll published by the Abi­ On recommendation of the Ad­ Snyder I McCamey 8 I IV Waco WACO 1460 Columbus 6 II Bible (including Jewish), the Mo­ lene High Battery, students were visory Council the State Executive 5 Weslaco KRGV 1290 Huntsville Junior II hammedan Koran, the Scandina­ enthusiastic about the idea, as they Committee adopted the following San Saba 2 II Midland Junior 8 I • Wichita Falls KWFT 620 believed the Student-Teacher Day 8 vian Eddas, the Buddhist Trip- interpretation of Rule 27 of the Seminole II North Junior (Abilene) 2 I itikes, the Chinese Five Kings, the -n would make both teachers and stu­ Lake Jackson (Freeport) 5 III San Angelo Junior 2 I , Football Plan: 6 dents more appreciative of the Prairie Lea III Odessa Junior 8 II Hindu Vedas, the Persian Zend A wire fell across Main Street "The issuance or use of any 6 IV Andrews Junior — 8 III Avesta. during a storm. 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