VOL. XXVI AUSTIN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY, 1943 No. 6 Writer Says Transfer Extension Lecturer Soviets Stress Gymnastics Coaches Vote to Rule Should Be Relaxed League Bulletins In Adult Education Fitness School In Women's Fitness Regime RS. MAE BELLE KIDD, Continue Clinic In Flying School -P\R. A. CASWELL ELLIS, Of Great Value Route No. 2, Mercedes, Adult Education Coun­ makes a plea for relaxation of selor in the Division of Ex­ Instructor Finds Number LEASE send me two hundred Stiteler Will Shortly Release the transfer rule in behalf of tension, The University of Houston Principal Urges Sense and Spelling List P copies of "Word Lists for In­ Information as to Site, the many children who are Texas, resumes work in Texas Care in Selecting Right terscholastic League Spelling Con­ Valuable Helps Instructors, Etc. now compelled to change this year after an absence of Boys for Training tests," No. 4233. I use these lists schools on account of shift­ In my high-school English classes, some fifteen years, during ing residence of the parents. and find they provide an excellent DIRECTORS of the High pROM SGT. JOHN N. which he has been director of R. B. ST. JOHN of selection of words for the pur­ JL School Coaches' Association She also suggests that there is Watson, Special Training Cleveland College, the down­ Houston comes another en­ pose. Eunice Johnston, Head of had their mid-winter meeting in a connection between the rise Unit, Lubbock Army Flying town college for adults of dorsement of the Physical Dept. of English, De Kalb. Austin, January 9, and voted to in juvenile delinquency and School, who is teaching il­ Western Reserve University. Fitness School conducting in carry on the annual clinic. Rou­ lack of supervision incident to literates, the following much- tine business was transacted and co-operation with the Houston James H. Goettee, Gates Prairie disturbed conditions.. Her let­ appreciated commendation: (Houston): "I believe that such tentative plans made for the school Public Schools and the U. S. schools are worth while. They give and all-star game. As soon as ter follows: Your ideas about the use of the Naval Base physical training the physical education teachers contracts are completed, Presi­ I am writing you with regard Number Sense and the Word Study officers last December. Ho to the one-year transfer eligibility sheets have been put into opera­ first-hand information about what dent Harry Stiteler will release says: the Navy expects the schools to do information as to site, instructors rule for high-school sports partici­ tion here. I wish you could see and personnel. pation. Is this rule effective dur­ the Negro boys 'shine' on some of In regard to the two-day school about physical fitness. We are held in Houston November 28 and using the activities and exercises ing our war emergency when so these words. We gave each boy of that group, 47 of them, a copy 29, let me say that in my opinion which were made available through many of our youngsters are com­ of the word list, clipped into the such schools can be of immeas­ the meeting." PICTURE is the third of a series of five illustrating Pat Patterson, Denison -High pelled to move with their parents Coach for the past several years, to other cities? front of their Class Work Books. urable value if teachers will fol­ articles on Soviet "Fitness" exercises for women which has entered the service and has If the rule is still effective I sug­ Honestly, I think that a dollar bill low up the instructions received. HE following letter from Chas. have been prepared especially for the LEAGUER by Percy M. been succeeded by Bob Harrell gest that as an emergency meas­ would not have pleased those Black For myself I am truly thankful T Clifford, of Hitchcock, 16-year Dawson, M.D., formerly Professor of Physiology in the Uni­ from out Odessa way. Harrell has ure it be changed at the meeting Boys more. We learn ten words for the help I got at the school old who was determined that his great prospects for a fine team at of coaches and officials. Now as at each class meeting and they are here. Unfortunately, I cannot versity of Wisconsin, now retired. Dr. Dawson had an ex­ answer your questions concerning school should have a team whether cellent chance to study the physical education program of Denison next year. Only four never before our youngsters need slowly learning to spell them. I the armed forces took the coach or boys are to finish their eligibility active sports competition. Of consider these Word Lists are a the value of such schools to the not: the Russians during a visit of a year in that country. this year. course the "war nerves" have the means for a scientific approach to boys who participate in them. I "Our school here in Hitchcock The study here presented is factual, and the great interest grown-ups upset, but consider the learning to spell. Our Command­ am from a Houston junior high is very small and we don't have a in the schools and communities of Texas in a wartime phys­ youngsters. They are more dis­ ing Officer is most pleased with the school and none of my boys took Ration Athletic Travel part. However, I feel certain that coach to direct us in sports. I ical conditioning program makes this series timely. The turbed than we adults. progress his boys are making. He am 16 years old and don't have HE school administrators of Why the rise in juvenile delin­ joins me in thanking you for this those boys who attended the phys­ present picture deals with an interesting and effective series ical fitness school here were great­ but one more season to play foot­ Texas have started a move­ quency? Because the youngsters "swell" co-operation on your part. Dr. A. Caswell E11U T ly benefited and in a good many ball. I coached an 11-man foot­ of "ability" tests. The picture is shown by permission of ment to get information on the are unsupervised and idle. You I notice those pamphlets are each Dr. Ellis took his bachelor's de­ cases should prove of help to their ball team this year. We play Jun­ Sovfoto, 11 West 42d Street, New Work. actual travel that would be needed give a youngster hard work or hard marked as costing five cents. We gree in the University of North physical instructors. ior High Schools and High School to conduct a minimum inter-school play and they thrive on it and won't ever be able to pay you for Carolina and his Doctor of Phi­ I say "in a good many cases" B teams within a radius of 15 competitive athletic program. grow up to become leaders in a these, as you well knew before you losophy in Clark University, under advisedly, for there were boys who miles. We lost nine out of ten Numerous authorities in the armed world sadly in need of the right sent them to us, but I feel that the distinguished teacher of psy­ took part here who would never games. I read about the Inter- forces and the Victory Corps Pro­ kind of leaders today. one of the finest things in the Wide Variety of chology, G. Stanley Hall. He has be of much value in a physical scholastic League going to con­ Tests Obligatory gram Wge schools to expand and Interscholastic League has ever also carried on post-doctoral study fitness program as leaders. If I tinue and was afraid that if we continue a sufficient amount of The Competitive Impulse done, in the 17 years I have been weren't in a league we wouldn't T-iREUD, he (Karl Menninger*) working with the organization, is in the great European universities may make this suggestion, I be­ Pioneer Contests interschool competitive and com­ and has lectured in the University be permitted to ride on the buses. For All Degrees r points out, originally assumed to help out in this particular sit­ lieve you will secure much greater bative sports to keep alive and of North Carolina, Columbia, New I went to see the chairman of a that there was only one human uation and these men will never results from your schools if you develop that competitive spirit, York University, Harvard, Western league. He explained to me how drive, which he called the libido forget what they are learning will insist that those boys selected Early Texans Enjoyed Them­ that "will to win." It is felt, there­ Reserve University, and The Uni­ we would stand without a coach "Women Are at Their Best and which, despite all popular mis­ through the League's efforts. to take part be gifted with a rea­ selves Long Before Travel fore, that the O.D.T. and the versity of Texas. against a large school team and On the Parallel Bars," understanding, included vastly "We are going to try out the sonable amount of natural ability. O.P.A. authorities should grant He was for many years head of told me to go see the chairman of Was Rationed more than the mere physiological idea of the Inter-Squadron Spell­ Says Writer sufficient travel so that this min­ the Department of the Philosophy District SOB six-man football. He urge of sex. But Freud himself ing match just as soon as these imum program may be continued and Psychology of Education and told me that six-man football is for later replaced this monism by a poor men learn to spell enough (By Robert B. Bristow) at the least cost and with the use Director of the Department of Ex­ a small school. The chairman of (By Percy M. Dawson, M.D.) dualism. The aggressive impulse, that such an experience won't Ward Co. Limits of the least amount of rubber. tension of The University of that league said that we would QTILL another form of con- he declared, is as fundamental as prove to be an embarrassment to "pYMNASTICS are the Bus transportation, without doubt, Texas. The registration.in his de­ probably have to wait a year be­ the libido; love and hate are two them. Mr. Bedichek, you might be ^ tests in Texas was the is the most economical and uses partment grew from thirty-nine to fore we would be accepted. That ^-* basis of all sports," the bull-dogging, calf roping, and less rubber than any other means equally primary and equally im­ astonished to know how little some League Program is too long and the boys want to Soviet coaches say. Free gym­ portant emotions. Joseph Woods of these underprivileged men hog-tying. A steer of ave­ of overland travel. The cost of (See Lecturer- P. 4) continue eleven-man football. I using railroads and commercial Krutch, review of "Love against know." would like to know if it would be nastics of the setting up type rage size would be turned Lively Competition, How­ are obligatory in all three buses in most cases is prohibitive. Hate, by Karl Minninger, Har- possible for us to get a permit to from a pen and a rider on Oklahoma High School Athletic court Brace & Co., The Nation, geometry. I have a boy in the ever, Expected in Con­ ride the bus within a radius of series of tests. For the 1st horse back would proceed to Association Bulletin. Dec. 12, 1942, p. 654. service that I believe would ap­ tests Scheduled fifteen miles." degree 10 movements are re­ follow the animal and try to Wide Interest in preciate it. If you will tell me the quired ; for the 2nd degree 32. cost I will forward it to you. Mrs. (By Wright Chrane, Supt. of fall or jump from his saddle Grace L. Militello, Westfield, N.Y. Liberal Education Since the holding of either of onto the neck of the steer and Students Write and Publish Schools, Pyote, Texas) these degrees represents not Geometry Series In a Nation at War by means of twisting the Recently I saw an article telling T AST SATURDAY the Su­ only a specific achievement horns, bring the animal to the The History of Their School of "teaching geometry" as done by perintendents and some but also the adoption of a ground. This was a very Miss McCormick's Articles Miss Edna McCormick in the IN­ teachers of the schools of NTIL the days of peace once robust way of life, it is ex­ TERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER monthly. more return, the colleges will dangerous contest and at­ Requested From All Ward County met in Mona- U pected of the degree winners Enterprising Staff of Pupils in the Sam Houston High Will you please tell me the price have to nourish this tradition as tracted only those who were Over Country per that issue?' Also the price for hans -to decide what to do in best they can. A small stream of that they continue the daily very daring. School of Houston, Texas, Preserve in Sub­ two copies each sent to a dif­ Interscholastic League work men and women who are not des­ performance of these exer­ The rules of the contest were stantial Form 80 Years of Its History ROM far-off Highland Park, ferent address. It sounds a very this year. We decided to have tined for immediate service in the cises indefinitely. that the rider must allow the New Jersey, comes a request intriguing way. of presenting an war can pursue the more normal F a County Meet in Tennis, The daily exercise is one of a animal to gain a certain lead on for Miss McCormick's Geometry abstruse subject that one may see Junior Track, Volleyball, Typ­ course of studies. Furthermore, we the horse and then overtake it and fine project for any history class or history club is the preparation articles published in recent issues develop step by. step. Mrs. Frank must hope that the professors number of rules of hygiene, which, ing and Shorthand, and go gathered together, constitute the down it in the manner described. A and publication of the history of the school. The best history of of the LEAGUER. Albert J. Coffey A. Trenor, Watervliet, New York. themselves, the scholars and the The time limit was the basis of a school written by students we have found in printed form is that writes: directly to the District Meet teachers in those subjects which principles of "self management" and the latter is required of all declaring the winner. The calf contained in a 50-page pamphlet entitled, "Sam Houston High School." "I would like to get a copy of Being a student of- advanced or Regional if any school are not connected with modern war roping was done in a similar man­ The long and checkered career of the great modern high school now your school paper in which Miss mathematics at Rutgers University, will keep the torch of learning who wish to be "ready for labor entered any other contest. and defense." Life for these per­ ner except the person did not leave located in the busy down-town section of Houston is traced with loving McCormick's method of angle find­ I was interested to learn more of I was elected director general burning brightly. For the day will the horse but roped the calf while care through original documents and by means of interviews with ing with a compass and rule is Miss Edna McCormick's method of come again when we can reconsider sons is like a vigorous sport for and would like to have materials I persons in whose memory the past of the institution still lives. The published. I have done this for a introducing geometry by an easy will need to have the contests the whole problem of liberal educa­ work bears every evidence of having been done principally by students long time, but seem to be unable approach. I am employed in a tion and its relations to the future (See Gymnastics P. 4) (See Pioneer Contests P. 3) listed above. There are four under rather expert teacher-guidance. Since it is rather a mark to to explain it to others. This may large defense plant (General schools in the county to take part of this country and the world. For shoot at for other similarly ambitious historically minded student- help me." Motors, Linden, N. J.), where my the moment, the exigencies of war in each contest. Please send any groups, and since it reflects so much of the history of Texas and so work involves solutions of prob­ material that may be used for require, I believe, that the liberal much of the history of education in Texas we are publishing Chapter Other out of state calls for Miss lems using geometry, algebra arid arts colleges take on a special and Schools Ask Mileage Ration practice in shorthand and typing I in this issue and shall follow in later issues with Chapters II and III. McCormick's pre-geometry articles trig. If possible, would you please to Miss Mary Hibbs, Pyote, Texas, peculiar role. We must hold in The work of the students was largely inspired, ive understand, by follow: send me a copy of your monthly suspense hold in suspense, not Inter-School Competitions C.O.D. I don't know what there W. J. Moyes, for many years Principal of Sam Houston, and now I would like to obtain the school paper, INTERSCHOLASTIC is in shorthand, but I know you did give up many of our educational Principal of Lamar High School in the Houston system. Editor. LEAGUER in which Miss Edna Mc­ ideals and our cultural goals. To have, fifteen minute typing test in football contests alone super­ Cormick's article is published on (See Geometry P. 2) for practice. I would like to have the extent that we make the sacri­ 65% of 1941-42 Travel vised by the Texas Interscholastic BEGINNINGS fices now required, we shall hasten two League Bulletins No. 3824 as Will Carry on Modi­ League. Following rationing of CHAPTER I I can't find any old ones. the day when we can once again tires, the number dropped in 1942- return to our true mission. fied Program TN THE SUMMER 1836, two enterprising brothers decided Tunney-Banks Broadcast on I believe we should continue thei 1943 to 13,000. Present regula­ League as long as possible and I President Conant, of Harvard tions, he added, should cause a A real estate prices in Harrisburg were too high. They University. don't see why we should stop now. Committee on Inter- further drop of 5,000 this year. A explored the upper reaches of Buffalo Bayou and ten miles Sports for Victory Corps We need this interest that is scholastic Athletics of the majority of the decreases, Edgar up the stream laid out a town. At least, they called the created by the League meets Did you Know— said, has been among small high more in the small schools than in Texas Association of School schools where student bodies are stakes driven in the mud Houston, and advertised its at­ Top Authorities Say Inter- We're going to hear from two of '-pHAT MOST ARTISTS, par- tractions. Prospective citizens sometimes missed the town, these men. Representing the the larger schools. We have good Administrators will request too small to justify intramural pro­ scholastics Must Be Physical Fitness Clubs with all JL ticularly illustrators, are hams grams. and steam-boat captains found their craft grounded before Army is Colonel Theodore P. at heart. That Peter Arno was a the Office of Defense Trans­ Bank, Chief of the Athletics and pupils in school taking part, and portation to allow athletic "The same small schools show they realized their error. Soon there were log houses to Continued we have plenty interest thus far, professional musician and had dif­ an alarming enrollment drop Recreation Branch. And from the ficulty choosing between music and travel amounting to 65 per replace the tents. The Capitol of Texas occupied the most Navy is Commander Gene Tunney, but schools with small enrollment among boys," Edgar revealed. will need something else before a contract with the New Yorker. cent of the trips made by "Records show that when athletics pretentious building in town, a large two-story frame house "X/TODERATOR Denny pilot- director of the Navy's physical Otto Soglow is one of our best fitness program. ... school is out. The League meets Texas high-school sports suspended, almost all members of with a shingled roof and a long porch, at the corner of Main * ed the following dia­ in athletics have always put more actors and he writes his own stuff the athletic squads quit school for and Texas. People came to Houston, they drank the "Bayou logue between Gene Tunney, BANK: It's a sad commentary, (some stuff). Al Parker is a squads in'1941-1942, Pres. J. interest and spirit in our athletes employment. head of the physical condition­ Gene, that when the average young and it will do the same for our demon on the trap drums and used W. Edgar, superintendent of Water" and stayed, for the old superstition maintained that man is first inducted into the physical fitness clubs with the to play the boats out of St. Louis. the Orange schools, announced anyone who drank of the water would never leave Houston. ing program of the Navy, and Army, he just hasn't got the John Falter is up and down the Supt. H. D. Fillers, of Wichita The First Schools ^ -~" - Col. Ted P. Bank, who ad­ larger number of pupils. We recently. Falls, Chairman of the Committee, strength and the endurance to take can't travel as before, but most of piano like a Kansas cyclone His part in a strenuous military .train­ "If athletic transportation could made the following announce­ Just at first everyone was too j For school athletic departments, ministers the same program us can get our students to the boogie woogie is terrific! James be permitted under the rationing busy with clearing the wilderness i the going gets tougher every min- ing program. Montgomery Flagg, Arthur Wil­ ment in the same connection: "The. for the Army. Two higher League meets if we put out the program in the amount of 65 per committee from the Association of and conquering the mud to think j ute but this is no time to quit. authorities cannot be found : TUNNEY: Yes^-that's been our effort and I believe it is worth that liam Brown and Russell Patterson cent of the 1941-1942 mileage, it of education. But very soon small These departments have been do­ experience in the Navy, too. It have been movie directors. Rus­ School Administrators will go to and this is what they said over effort. is believed that an adequate pro­ Washington to request modifica­ schools were started. In those ing work that is now needed more takes several months to build up In Pyote we won't enter any­ sell's marionettes are something, if gram of competitive training can days almost everyone believed that! than ever. Any talk of reduction the Blue Network about the the average recruit physically so you haven't been lucky enough to tion of the gasoline allowance on thing in the League except ath­ be carried on by Texas high school buses and private means of the education of children was the is in the same class with a retreat conditioning program in the that he can carry out his duties. have seen them. Dean Cornwell letics, typing and shorthand and schools, which will meet the de­ transportation so competitive responsibility, first of the parents | at the first sight of an obstacle. BANK: It also takes strength, (one of America's greatest paint­ High School Victory Corps: these events are very much a part mands of the Army, Navy and sports in Texas high schools may and second of the church. Con­ National Federation Editorial. stamina, and endurance to work in of our war program. ers). DENNY: Today a national fit­ high-school victory standards »nd be continued. sequently, the early schools of ness program through physical war factories. . . . Now, Gene, I will provide adequate training for "It is proposed to ask the office Houston were private or church "We appreciate that programs education is ready for all you Vic­ think we ought to tell the Victory In this emergency, it is expected Children don't stop growing be­ approximately 50,000 Texas high- of defense transportation for a schools. These schools were neces- for the physical fitness of our tory Corps students. The men Corps just what the Army and that every school will make an all- cause of the war . . . not lively, school boys,'" Edgar said. transportation allowance up to 65 sarily small and not carefully j youth are most worthwhile en- who prepared the training manual Navy want and why! out effort for the development of creative ones. Education for Free He said that in 1941 and 1942 per cent of the travel time in : deavors." Joel Dean, Chief of were outstanding athletes, coaches physical fitness. United States Men. at least 20,000 boys engaged in 1941-42." (See School History P. 3), I Fuel Eationing. and physical education directors. (See Vietorjr Corps P«-4)_; ' Department of Education. 2 THE INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER a mad effort to stop another bomber aiming at an aircraft that we have deadlines to meet, a into the budget to follow, and a limitec FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY carrier, received a shot which plunged his plane amount of staff time in which to Pacific. There he floated in his rubber boat three days, when do everything." INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE he was by pure chance discovered and rescued. Another day Relations with the teachers con September I, 1941—September 1, 1942 he would have been forever unidentified with the heroic stitute an important field of public fight which was witnessed by many, but by none who could relations for the staff of the schoo' GENERAL FEE ACCOUNT if the messed-up engines of the paper. Creation of proper co* Receipts identify him. Again, what "1842" for "1942" operation comes as a matter oi his crew into the Balance on hand, September 1, 1941_ _$10,$48.4S immortal Wheless had forced him and PRINTER'S error which the steady promotion. The same cure Membership fees ..-.___... .___ -$16,641.09 untold Less returned checks not made good.. 87.00 110,004.00 oblivion of sea or jungle? The story would have been A proof reader skipped and the will not work for every school Picture Memory Test Service _____ 212.00 because unknown. There is no chance about heroism, but Some methods that have provet Music Memory Test Service aio.oo Published eight times a year, each month, from September to editor ignored misdated the De­ Returned check for 1940-41 made good ______2.10 there is certainly chance in revealing it and chance in hav­ cember issue of the Leaguer by helpful in this field are as follows Track receipts ____._.__.____....______Z63.40t April, inclusive, by the Bureau of Extracurricular Activities, Ex. of each schoo Breakfast ticket sales (State Teachers Meeting)____ 51.00f posterity. Hence, let's make what little just 100 years. 1. At the first Breakfast ticket sales (State Meet) __,______29.60 tension Division, The University of Texas. ing it staged for year, preferably the week before Broken record ...... ______.40 blindness of the great God Chance, Rental on cot pads and pillows ______«4.00 protest we can against the school opens, an effort should be One-Act Play receipts ...._.______I04.86t and remember our Unknown Heroes. Picture Appreciation Correction enlist the co-operation anc Waco State Home High and Grammar t»» for 1940-41- 7.00 made to Film of the 31st State Track and Field Meet ______80.68 In the "Supplement" page 8, support of the teachers. At a under heading "Picture Memory" teachers' meeting the purposes of Total Receipts 10.978.4- ROY BEDICHEK...... Editor 1942. Texas Book Store, Aus­ third line, read "Picture Apprecia­ the paper may be explained; the Grand Total - 121,624.88 tin, Texas. $1 postpaid. tion" instead of "Music Apprecia­ principal may be prevailed upon to Expenditures (Entered as second-class matter November 6, 1927, at the post BOOKS; DEBATERS who are struggling tion." of the importance of the MAGAZINES speak Rebate (contestant* and faculty representative* to State office at Austin, Texas, under the Act of August 24, 1912.) with the question of the or­ school paper and to urge support. Meet) __.._____.___....______$ 3,888.78* ganization of a post-war world Rebate (contestants and faculty representative, to Re­ Suspension A mimeographed sheet of purposes gional Meets) _~_.______.______-_____._ 2,895.12 Vol. XXVI FEBRUARY, 1943 No. 6 will find much to enlighten them The following high schools are may be distributed to the teachers C & S Sporting Goods Company (trophies, tennis balls, volume. While it presents medals) ____._..._....______862.37* in this under suspension in football: Get Their Ideas University Press (printing) ______241.05* Guadal P'a: The Journal of Lieu­ a picture of a mechanism for at­ Stockdale, Teneha, and East University Press (printing) ______.______.___ 212.84 TjRANGE has caught up with Rome: that is, there seem to tenant J. W. Abert, from taining "freedom from want" for Bernard. 2. If many teachers could be Collector of Internal Revenue (tax on admissions to One- \ Act Play contest and State Track and Field Meet, May its collapse Bent's Fort to St. Louis in England, it is quite capable of be­ made to feel that they have a part 8-9, 1942) ....__.._._._.______._____ 59.41* * be as many different reasons assigned for in planning for the paper, they Alexander Wyckoff (One-Act Play Judge) ______175.00* as have been recorded in the past 1,500 years for the fall 1845. With Introduction and ing extended and applied in other Supplement Economy Engraving Company (cut) ______:___ 3.40 Notes by H. Bailey Carroll. and vaster areas of the post-war In this issue of the Leaguer appears become more co-operative. Some J. R. Reed Music Company (recflrds) ______have held personal inter­ Brown & Root, Inc. (mattresses, blankets, pillow., pillow­ of the Eternal City. Canyon, Texas: Panhandle world. And since this is one oi a "supplement to the 1941-42 Revision staffs cases, sheets, cots) ...... __...... _.__....______.___ 897.10 publishing Plains Historical Society, the "freedoms" for which we are of the Constitution & Rules" views with key teachers before Austin Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company ______62.40 the changes effective for 1942-43 con­ school opens to get suggestions The Steck Comfmny (delegate buttons) _____.______25.00* 1941. Pp. 121. Maps and fighting, and one of the "free­ tests. Each school wishing to engage in The Stenographic Bureau (supplies) ______. 115.65 from them on ways to improve the Sherman Manufacturing Company (music pins) __.___ 21.25 'T'HE Committee of the Texas School Administrators Asso- Index. $3.50. doms" we are proposing for the contests under the rules of the League C & S Sporting Goods Company (repairing old trophies)- 132.87 world, it behooves the should have a copy of the "1941-42 Re­ paper. Dr. Cora Stafford (traveling expenses) ______35.55 When one first gets this vol­ post-war The Hargis Company (audiodiscs) ...... ______21.00 * ciation appointed by President of the Association, vision" which was issued and distributed 3. Appreciation serves as an 22.87* ume in hand, he is struck pleas­ well-prepared debater to become .will be dis­ Austin Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company ______. J. W. Edgar, of Orange, had its second meeting in Fort last year. The "supplement" effective tool of public relations. The Houston Club (League Breakfast, November 21, 1941) 101.25 antly by the title, a happy selec­ familiar with a plan offered by so tributed free to member-schools in Services during State Meet ...-...._..______730.22* Worth, in the offices of the State Teachers' Association, eminent an authority. bulletin form upon request. Whenever a teacher does some­ Hemphill Book Store (tennis balls) ______;______11.60* tion, which is Kiowa for "South thing helpful, express appreciation The Steck Company (binders) .._..______,______2.34 February 11. Account of this meeting is published in another Deutsch in PM (Decem­ Miscellaneous (Carl Mayer, Bradford Paint Company, Fork of the Canadian." Really Albert to him in writing. Even a criti­ summarizes as follows this Walter Tips, Street Furniture Company, Showers Lum­ column of this issue. the South Fork is the Canadian, ber 28) Education or Serfdom! Choose, By cism, if constructive, may be re­ ber Company, Auditorium-Gym Rentals, Little Campus blue-print of a hopeful future for Dormitory, University Commons, Cash Lumber Com­ and the journal of Abert records, A. Caswell Ellis, Ph.D., ceived with appreciation. pany, Mrs. E. J. Raisch, Hage and Company)_____ 154.69* diary fashion, day by day, an ex­ Democracy: 8 pages, issued by University Cooperative Society (ribbon badges)_._._._ SO.SO* pamphlet, 4. If possible, each teacher Services (Mrs. Florence Phillips, Mrs. Lota Spell, Greg­ TT HAS been suggested (in jest, of course) that schools ploration (August 9-November 12, "The most significant fact about the Division of Extension, The should be asked to list the hours in ory Brothers, Modern Display Service, University 1845) or "survey of the Canadian the report prepared by Sir Wil­ of Texas, Austin. Typewriter Exchange, English Freight Company, are not permitted to haul pupils to inter- University which he would be most willing to Steck Company, University Work Shop, Melvin Pape, * whose buses from its source to its junction liam Beveridge at the request of Free. be interviewed. The staff should Photographic Duplication, Registrar's M. & E., Wil­ circumvent the rationing authorities by not liam Carleton, Roland Bloomquist) .______S44.H school meets might with the Arkansas, taking in our the British Government is HIS is a plea for more liberal keep this information readily at Railway Express Agency ....__...... ______54.15 that it presents a desirable set of Western Union Telegraph Company .______35.48 getting a license to deliver beer, and occasionally throw a route the Purgatory and the heads support of education even dur­ hand and observe those hours as 28.80* principles, but that T Texas Visual Education Company (film) ______beer-barrel on the bus to comply with the letter of the rules of the Washita, called by the In­ social-security ing the present period of global rigidly as possible. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company ______11.70* dians Buffalo Creek or Cut-nose it shows concretely how these Patton Transfer Company ,.... 3.2S* be eligible for tire-replacement and extra gas. The man­ war. The author hammers hard 5. Encourage teachers to make McKean-Eilers & Company (towels) .______46.80 and can be put into effect. 7.82* Creek." Translated into terms of principles on the money value of education, complaints and criticisms directly Western Auto Supply Company (tennis balls) power commission, however, doesn't think as highly of the Beveridge proves, in 300 pages University Studio (photographs) -______102.50* a modern map, the party jour­ showing how manyfold the returns to the newspaper office, and give a Economy Engraving Company (cut) __ 4.00* beer and tobacco distributers as the rationing authorities jam-packed with facts, that Free­ neyed from near the mouth of from money which Texas has spent personal answer to each criticism, dom from Want is not merely the Total Expenditures ~______.__ *10,900J4 do, since they are both now listed as "non-essential occupa­ Purgatory Creek on the Arkansas so far on the education of her when possible. Often a person's Balance on hand, September 1, 1942 _ 10,723.92 idle dream of starry-eyed Utopi­ tions" and workers therein between the ages of 18 and 38 River in Colorado southwest to youth. He argues that the way animosity fades as he speaks his Grand Total ______ans, but is a practical possibility either to shift to "essential" employment Baton Pass in New Mexico, thence surely to lose the peace even if we criticism. will be compelled that can be made real as soon as Expenses incident to Statt Meet. armed services. curving eastward across the cor­ gain military victory will be to 6. Spend some time in teaching tHeceipts of State Meet. or get into the ner of New Mexico, straight west the British people willit. students how to interview properly. withdraw support from the very FOOTBALL FEE ACCOUNT through the Panhandle of Texas "Beveridge's Plan for Social forces which have made this na­ Your reporters may be making and middle-busting Oklahoma west Security is brilliantly presented. tion strong. Of course, we who enemies for you. Receipt* 'T'HAT there is a kind of mathematics hunger sweeping to east, on to Fort Smith," Arkan­ The report is an orderly and read­ have spent our lives in education ("Oh, dear!" I can hear you Balance on hand, September 1, 1941 ____- __,______able array of facts and arguments, say. "Everything he suggests Five per cent of the gross receipts of games ______$ 8,578.44 * over the land is evidenced by the wide demand for the sas, and thence northward to St. can see the point without a great Refund on Frances Mueller's salary ______17.60 articles in the LEAGUER. A news Louis. plus a 125-page appendix of sta­ deal of elaboration, but the elo­ means more work for us!" Maybe Broadcasting rights ______' .,200.00 McCormick pre-geometry tistical data that should satisfy the it does; and I know how over­ slipped out over one of the big press services saying * * * * * * quence with which the writer urges Total Receipts . «,79-.M release most critical mind. contentions and the validity of worked most of you are. How­ If you are interested in birds, his Grand Total 111,981.21 something about Geometry being "made easy," and from Not Revolutionary the statistics which he cites will ever, much of that which has been snakes, game animals, flowers, every corner of the country come letters (samples of which Security convince a much wider audience. suggested can become such an ac­ Expenditure. trees, geology, Indians or folk­ "The Plan for Social in this issue) wanting copies of the LEAGUER con­ does not envisage a society where A valuable tract for distribution customed part of your yearly rou­ C & S Sporting Goods Company (trophies, rule book)___f appear lore, you will pick up some inter­ Roy Bedichek (traveling expenses) ______9B.S8 articles. All of the pre-geometry material will everybody lolls in the lap of lux­ to those who are inclined to ques­ tine that little extra work will be Gulf Oil Corporation (gasoline, oil) ______. taining the esting scraps of information from required once the pattern is Home Economics Tea Room _____:______15.60 ury. It suggests no revolutionary tion the value to society of formal ______8.0S be gathered together into a pamphlet which will be issued these pages which will make the DeWitt Reddick (traveling expenses) change in the prevailing capital­ education. worked out.) R. J. Kidd (traveling expenses) ....______190.40 shortly. The only recommendation we make reading of the book worthwhile, Rebate (broadcasting fee paid by Magnolia Oil Company). -,049.00* from the press istic economy. It does seek a R. B. Create Prestige Services (Nora Brady, Bernadine Lahey, Frances Mueller, of the interest in concerning this material is that it emphasizes the inductive to say nothing fairer distribution of the national In a Dallas school the teacher Elizabeth West, Lena Ray Shelton, William Carleton, the narrative itself. Wilford Roberts, Karl Kendall, Thomas Porter Cyrus, approach to Geometry and gives practical direction for a wealth. It does propose a National raises this question: "The most Margaret Joy Stark, George Rucker) ______2,688.48 In the Introduction, the editor face in getting Traveling expenses (T. Q. Srygley, Frank H. Morgan, method that has been in use already to a limited extent. Minimum a definite income floor, serious problem we J. D. Fulton, H. W. Matthews, J. B. Mit-hell, LaRut gives us a succinct and very read­ carefully worked out on the basis out a paper is that Journalism Cox, Terrell Graves, Nat Williams, J. W. Roach, Miss McCormick's paper-folding and rule and compass work able account of Abert's life, as Walter C. Coers, Herman Clark, C. E. Brown, V. W. of family size and the cost of liv­ here is considered a substitute Miller, Ivan W. Stone, F. C. McConnell, John Fe«p!es, have been found to be excellent projects for mathematics well as interesting observations HIGH SCHOOL^ course for senior English; so, in George A. Heath, C. E. Wade, H. A. Moore, J. W. ing. Upon this floor every English Reid, C. H. Kenley, J. H. Slack, Frank L. Williams, clubs in seventh and eighth grades, as well as text material on the place in history of this man, woman and child from the K PRESS N) reality, we get only culls from the M. L. H. Baze, Y. G. Sandell, W. J. Stone) ______journal and of others of similar English department." Such a sit­ University Press (printing) _._.______483.IK for classroom work on that level. It is distinctly not the highest lord to the lowliest char­ Supplies from Stenographic Bur.au ______215.22 of project. character. There are several hun­ woman's daughter could stand uation could affect a paper by Philip O. Badger (honorarium for addressing the Stats "busy work" type dred footnotes in the volume in­ Meeting at Houston, November 21, 1941) ______sso.no securely without fear of being limiting the number of students University Cooperative Society (newspaper directory) __ 15.00 deed, in several places the foot­ of Want by '"pIME for questions and taking journalism or by shunting Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation (supplies) ____ 16.70 thrown into the cellar John Weber & Son ______2.00 notes threaten to crowd the text the occurrence of any misfortune. * answers. Many of the the poorer students into journal­ ______\ TJOW NOT TO USE the contest is amply illustrated now off the page, as in Furness' ism or both. The question in­ Total Expenditures I T,l.«.l« "The Beveridge Plan is pri­ questions returned in response Balance on hand, Septemb-r 1, 1942~ 4,045.06 * * in various reports that are published of one school Variorum edition of Shakespeare. on Want that is, volved is that of creating high marily an attack to the I.L.P.C. letters of Grand Total __ 111,931.21 challenging another to a bond-selling campaign. What chance Of these notes, we like best those the economic area below a decent prestige for our course among both ___ devoted to the trail itself, iden­ December 8 touch on prob­ students and administration. Amount rebated of $3,200, lem 8%, to schools participating la oaarter-fin_I subsistence. Beveridge proposes football games of Conference AA. has the school of the poor district with the school of the tifying the route by present-day lems that concern most high- Many schools permit only stu­ semi-final, and final wealthy district? No matter how much energy and ingenuity to wipe out Want entirely by a names of various locations, and system of social insurance against school journalists; and this dents with a B average or better BASKETBALL FEE ACCOUNT puts into its campaign it doesn't stand a notes on the sev­ in junior English to enroll in the poor district the rather full practically every economic hazard month's column will be de­ Receipt* easily buy eral tribes of Indians mentioned Journalism. This ruling prevents chance with the school, one of whose papas could that besets man from the cradle voted to them. Balance on hand, September 1, 1941 ______in the text. We do not care much an influx of poor students, and is a more bonds than all the parents of the poor district put to the grave. He would abolish Irene Fox, adviser of Basketball fees ...... _____.______$ 2,740.00 for the botanical notes or those From Miss very healthy ruling to have. On Tournament receipts ...... ___...... _.______" l,Q07.62t together. And yet just this kind of a contest between a public relief, except in rare cases, the "Austin Pioneer" of El Paso: Radio broadcasting rights of the High Schoei Finaf Basket­ on the fauna, which are mostly the other hand, it places still an­ ball Games, March 7, 1942 ______1,000.OOf and also its attendant evil, the journalism class. district worth up into the billions with other districts which routine, and we only wish that "We have a small other obstacle in the way of a means test. One or two days a week some stu­ Total Receipts . 4.74T.M numbered their wealth in millions was staged right here in the editor had gathered these to­ large class. "Breath-Taking Scope" dents must miss afternoon classes Grand Total . $ 6.884.03 recently and handsome awards were made the win­ gether in a few general refer­ Building prestige for a journal­ Texas provides security to work at printers. Their teach­ ences, devoting the space thus "The plan ism class often must begin with Expenditure* ners. This kind of contest violates every principle of fair­ disease, ers object." saved to an elaboration of the ex­ against unemployment, administration officials. If they Rebate (contestants and faculty representatives to Basket, ness. It humiliates the children of the poor and permits the disability, divorce and death, and In a similar way several teachers ball Tournament) ...__._..._.______,_ _ ___ 1,220.40* cellent trail notes and to the encourage students to enter senior C & S Sporting Goods Company (trophies, bask.tball-K 263.67* If some of our educa­ includes children's allowances, pointed out the difficulty of getting Kidd (traveling expenses) ______children of the rich an easy triumph. meaty results of his apparently English and discourage them from R. J. 18.70 marriage dowries and funeral students to work as long as may F. L. Winship (traveling expenses) ______130.22 tional magazines would show a little editorial indignation at quite thorough study of the liter­ taking journalism, the journalism L. G. Balfour Company (medals) . 132.24* benefits. Its breath-taking scope be essential to produce the school Rooms (Texan, Driskill, Austin) 622.00* a spectacle as this instead of recording them in a mat­ the Indian tribes. The supporters must convince these _ _ such ature on extends far beyond social in­ paper. Roy Bedichek (traveling expenses) ______9.9S note on the term "El Llano Esta- officials of the value of journalism. Refund on lodgings during State Basketball Tournament ter-of-fact way, we should have more patience with their surance. As Beveridge says: Ultimately, I believe this prob­

gram can be found than the one 7. Germany's Submarine Cam­ still cling leech-like to the fringes "If football schedules are was called the "Academy" and long. It was usually located near in Austin High School here in paign. of our position. dropped just because there are later the "Croeker Academy." Mr. some small town. A pasture was Austin. This program could be 8. The Peace and Post-War The Americans have bled the some transportation difficulties, it Benjamin Fitzgerald was principal often used if such was convenient. 5 very easily adapted to any Texas Planning. Japs white here, smashed at his does not .speak too well for the in­ and teacher of the upper grades The track was divided into six high school, and with almost cer­ 9. Russia in the War and in the fleet units and turned them back genuity of those in charge. No of the school. Here the pupils parts, fifty yards in length. The tain beneficial results. Miss Mary Peace. destroyed and wiped out many of report that all athletic contests studied rhetoric, mathematics, starting line was naturally at one Farley, who now directs the Austin 10. Civilian Economy in War­ his best troops and made his fliers will have to be discontinued be­ mental arithmetic, German, his­ end. The next five divisions had High intramural program, has sent time : How Greatly Can it be look like jackasses until, as Maj. cause of a weakened coaching staff tory and composition. His wife poles erected at the side of the me the following history and ex­ Reduced? Gen. A. A. Vandegrift of the will cause any high-school boy to taught the primary grades. Mrs. track. Across the top of the pole Of course, there German, a ex- -, planation of their program. Since Domestic news will be treated in Marines has put it, they have made shout for joy. Aurelia Hadley taught was fastened a horizontal bar the pioneering of the I think it will be of interest to the same way. "On the Political the name Guadalcanal a synonym are difficulties but very popular language in Houston tending out to the middle spirit thrived on such obstacles." Mrs. M. J. most of you, it might be worth­ Front" is a general topic under for death and disaster. till the World War. track. To this pole was fastened Sec. E. A. Thomas, Kansas. had been that hung down over the while to read what she has to say: which will be grouped the more Young, whose father a wire A New Phase 1854, taught The bottom of the wire "An intramural debate program important political news such as Mayor of Houston in track. In the language of our enemy a German about as high as a was inaugurated in Austin High "The Democratic Upset in the history. Mr. Grunwald, was usually Who Is Forging the Eternal V? by now the campaign has entered a Today, the athletic field ranks musician, came to the school twice man's shoulder when mounted on a School in the fall of 1931 under November Elections" and so on. Billie Sue Kimbrough, 22 F, Into Thy Kingdom by Dorothy new phase, the task of turning high in the school health program, With the horse. The end of this wire was the sponsorship of Mrs. Grace K. Students intending to partici­ a week to teach singing. 21 M. Clarke Wilson. Baker, Non- what has for the past four months for only with sound bodies can building era bent at a right angle with the end Mayne, teacher of mathematics. pate in extemporaneous speaking coming of the railroad This is' the second patriotic roy., Bm3w, 35c, 1 act. been primarily a holding opera­ we produce sound minds. From gave pointing toward the end of the The winners in intramurals that should be reading constantly in after the war, Mr. Fitzgerald pageant written by Miss Kim­ This Easter play, suitable for tion into a full scale offensive de­ "Education for Free Men." up teaching for a more lucrative track. On this right angle or year represented the school in in- such magazines as Newsweek, Our brough of the Rockwell, Texas, churches, schools, or little theatre, signed to crush the Jap completely position in that field. Among the hook was suspended a metal ring. terscholastic contests. Although Times, Vital Speeches, Pathfinder, high school and equals her first, has high drama content in addition and eliminate him from this island. students of this day -were: Joe The ring was usually about two there were fewer than thirty stu­ Scholastic, Time, Events, Every God Bless America Our Home in to its religious significance. It tells Large 'scale Army forces will - School History — Rice, the nephew of W. M. Rice inches in diameter. These rings dents in the debates that first year, Week and also in daily newspapers. American spirit and educational the story of the family of one of against large scale Japanese Tom were wrapped with some bright the activity soon became very Timely books on the international be up who founded Rice Institute; value. It is in two episodes and the two thieves crucified with forces for the first time since (Continued from P. 1) Dunn, who became the first Presi­ colored cloth, usually red, white, popular, and by the fall of 1935, situation will provide much local with simple staging and effective Christ. Bataan. Meanwhile the ground dent of the First National Bank; or blue, to render them more vis­ the last year of Mrs. Mayne's color and in the instance of some fctuming should easily achieve ef­ trembles at the edge of the graded. Usually each pupil re­ St. John Wag- ible. These were the rings that It's Easter, Dr. Jordan, or ".. . And sponsorship, there were approxi­ publications actual material for still Ed House and Mrs. fective production for high schools. to the sound of the quired individual instruction. The the rider must catch. The lance Try His Works To Do" by mately one hundred students tak­ speeches. However, the most time­ perimeter gaman. The pageant may be presented guns and the Japs still sneak essentials, reading, writing, and build­ that the riders used was usually Sherwood Keith. Baker, Non- ing part. ly material will be found in news­ heavy It was in the old Academy upon payment of three dollars, singly arithmetic came first. who organized some six feet in length and sharp­ roy., Imlw, 50c, 1 act. "During the next two years the papers and periodicals. It is their cuthroats out at night ing that the women covering cost of two copies and and Houston Academy the Public Art League paid their ened to a point with the end di­ This play is designed for use in intramurals continued to flourish suggested that the students meet and in pairs through the lines, right of production for the first church as a part of the Easter the lonely patrols still hunt them Then in 1844, Professor (all first dues. The present Art Mu­ ameter about one-half inch. The under the leadership of Mrs. Wil- often for discussion and for the teachers bore this honorary title) presentation and a royalty of two service, although it could easily be teacher. like deer in the daytime. seum grew out of this early or­ other end was formed into a handle lard Nitschke, history sharing of what they have gained H. F. Gillet established the first dollars for each subsequent pro­ used in school assembly at Easter five years the ganization. or a brace. This end was usually "For the last from their reading. They should And in case you had been in­ Houston Academy in the Tele­ duction. time. The setting presents no dif­ been directed by Building Condemned some three or four inches in di­ tournaments have practice constantly in the organiza­ clined to forget that this was graph building at Main and Pres­ ficulty, and the play carries a Miss Mary Farley, teacher of building, so luxurious in ameter. The riders carried these tion of material into speeches and Guadalcanal, Washing - machine ton Avenue. The course of study The Suggestion for a' unit set for the frank, sincere, and worthwhile English. Approximately one hun­ was dilapidated con­ lances or cues in several ways. the delivery of those speeches for Willie flies over your first night included "all branches of educa­ 1857, duration. Taken from SPOT­ message. dred boys and girls have partici­ Its walls had great cracks Some braced them against the group discussion and group criti­ back, droning through the dark­ tion necessary to enter any col­ demned. LIGHT, quarterly issued by by pated each of these years. It was unfit for use but shoulder with the full arm extend­ In the Shadow of the Cross cism. Through the efforts of a ness a perpetual menace with a lege in the States." In the same in them. Western Reserve University, Fussier. Baker, Non- remained in the midst of the ed. Some carried them braced Irene 100 Participate wide-awake teacher such work can package that has nothing to do year Professor Thurber opened a Cleveland, Ohio. 27ml3w and extras, 3 wooded campus, vine covered and against the upper arm with the roy., "The teams often represent become an enriching part of class with Christmas and keeps you school on the second floor of the "Scenery construction materials 6 scenes, drama, 50c. fore arm extended. Others car­ episodes, school clubs and club spirit drives work and also in forum discussions awake. Dibble building at the corner of worn. are now needed for the war effort. This timely Easter play offers 1870, the population of Har­ ried them at full length with the the contestants on to their best in assembly. If thoughtful care is Finally he drops his bomb with Main and Franklin. Here students By This fact makes it necessary for excellent material for large casts. ris County was 17,000. The hand gripping the end and holding efforts. Others enter as independ­ taken by the director in the break­ that familiar shoooosh and flies off, were offered instruction in geog­ the dramatic organization to be Biblical scenes are followed by darkest days were over. Texas it straight forward. ent teams, these usually coming ing down of the big topics sug­ and the bomb, for a change, is a raphy, arithmetic, English gram­ even more resourceful in their pro­ scenes portraying similar modern was developing rapidly. A new Rules of "Toonament" from the high-school debate gested here, students will be well dud. mar, natural philosophy (or gen­ duction methods. Many are won­ situations. The last scene is idea of education was gaining classes. Chairmen for the debates prepared for League competition no Poor Willie! Yes it is the same eral science without laboratory), The rules of the contest were dering how they can continue pro­ especially inspirational and points notice: the idea that education are drawn from the public speak­ matter what topics are given in the old Guadalcanal. orthoepy (the study of correct unique. Each rider was given * ductions without being able to the way to a better world after should be supplied, by general ing classes, and judges through the final contests. pronunciation), history and com­ trial run and he was timed. The build any new or different scenery. the present conflict. taxation, to the children of the years have been high-school teach­ Rules in extemporaneous speech, position. There was, in addition, a speed was thus indicated and an The most satisfactory solution pos­ State. This notion met with con­ Easter Gladness by Dorothy M. ers, debate students of The Uni­ and standards for judging will be night school which specialized in average was taken. This was the sible today is the 'Unit Set' that siderable opposition, but, at length, Shipman. Dram. Publ. Co., versity of Texas, business men and found on pp. 41-45 of the Constitu­ English grammar. time required for the running in can be put together from the "OCCUPATIONAL GAS" it was decided by the state legis­ Each rider was Non-roy., 40c. women of Austin, and others in­ tion and Rules. About two years later, Mrs. the final heat. scenery you have on hand. By lature that free schools could be runs and the number This book of programs for young terested in Austin High School. NOTICE Cornelia Ennis donated a block of given three carefully planning the use of this and the tournament is provided for children of elemen­ the speed were both children contains songs, drills, "Each year ground upon which was to be built of rings and get, one can achieve unusually in October. Soon tary school age. Tuition was still the winner. Often exercises for both Sunday School organized early a school. Mr. James H. Stevens, used to decide k pleasing backgrounds for almost se­ Chase Winfrey, This Is Guadalcanal* required for those over fourteen, rings were missed. and public school use. Some thereafter Mr. Coaches arc entitled to "B" Houston merchant, willed $5,000 the entire any play. lections are serious, but most are head of the high-school speech de­ even after the city organized its Sometimes a person was successful (By John Graham Dowling) cards, according to the City to be used to erect a The following suggestions may of an amusing nature. partment, gives a lecture to stu­ gas-rationing first high school in 1878. in catching the entire number. help you to organize a unit set: to ruling obtained from the school building, providing the Are They" by Walter E. dents who know little, or nothing (To be Continued) He was a hero of the first class Height of the set Use your "Blessed citizens of Houston would give Butts, Jr. Dram. Pub. Co., of debating; and about a week A FTER six weeks leave OPA Administrator for Texas, when he succeeded in doing so. standard height if not over 14 feet. $10,000. The money was secured Non-roy., 3m4w, drama, 35c, later he stages a model debate for Mr. Mark McGee, at hearing The riders were usually dressed in Color Base color middle value ^ three of which were spent and the building begun in 1856. 1 act. those who desire to attend. After held in Austin, February 1, — the flashest colors that they could blue gray. Over this base coat spat­ in getting from where you When completed, the Academy was •— Pioneer Contests dramatic story of a father's that, the teams receive more train­ 1943. This entitles a coach to acquire and bore fantastic names. ter Ultramarine Blue, French The are to where you want to go valued at $21,000. regained faith at Easter time. Di­ ing in debate classes if they are use as much as 470 miles per '(Continued from P. 1) Some of them would don all the ochre, Italian Burnt Sienna": Then Celebration rectors who prefer modern plays members, or work out their de­ in the vast aerophibos traffic month in case it can be shown colors that they could muster and Wend the uneven areas with a spat­ September 17, 185v7 the people will find this one-act suited to their bates independently. The tourna­ circle of the Pacific, you re­ the local rationing board that riding and attempted to throw it some of them would do their best ter of the base color. of the city met to celebrate the needs. ment is set up for boys and girls there is no other practical way form to outdo all others from the point Number of pieces using 12 turn to the Island of Guadal­ laying of the cornerstone of the from the saddle. Another Alleluia by Katharine Kester. separately, with five or six rounds for him to meet his professional of dressing. Such names as foot stock: Four door flats com­ canal with the uncomfortable first Houston Academy. They of this contest was to stand on the French, Roy. $5., 10m5w, for each, according to the num­ engagements at interschool con­ calf in "Bleeding Heart," "The Scarlet plete, five feet by twelve feet; were justly proud of the almost- ground and rope a specified choral play, 35c. ber participating, and it lasts sensation that you are going tests. Moreover, it is not to be way that it Rider," "The Knight from ," door opening three feet by seven square two-storied red brick struc­ a group. The only Directors of choral speech will through November and part of dentist. considered prejudicial to the one of the and the blank filled with the name feet; one double door flat complete, to the ture (64x84 feet, 45 feet high to might be roped was by welcome this excellent play in two December. But this is an apprehension born rubber-conservation program, fore feet and was commonly called of the place from which he came. ten feet by twelve feet; two book be exact) with its large open parts. The story deals with "The winners of this year are and it soon according to Mr. McGee, for "fore-footing." This was also a The place might be a ranch, a fold plain flats, five feet by twelve of past experiences, cupola and bell; its Ionic columns Saradan's attempt to carry the both club teams: Fred Werkenthin stand again in contestants to ride to inter­ basis of time. . "Hog-tying" was town, or even an imaginary place. feet; four plain flats full size, five dissolves once you surmounted by a gilded globe. It cross for Christ and his dying and Wilbur Treadwell, representa­ the dust of Henderson Field, the school contests with coach, as another matter. A rider was to The prize for this at first was a feet by twelve feet; two "A" size was a beautiful and elaborate prophecy of the founding of the tives of the Guynn Cook Club; and among the that is in line with the "share- catch the calf or steer, throw it any large wreath of flowers, and the flats, five feet by ten feet; two "B" air dry and windless building. Inside, its walls were church. The carefully selected ac­ Erkle Henry and Elva Jo Cabiness, fringe of tall lazy coconut palms the-ride" program of the ad­ way possible and then hog-tie the winner was given the privilege of size flats, five feet by eight feet; white plaster. There was a main companying music adds much to the representatives of the Sapphonian in ministration. Confirmation of feet. This was also based on presenting it to some fair lady in two "C" size flats, four feet by six that stand silent and motionless hall with steps opposite the en­ four play. Literary Society." this may be obtained, if desired, time required. These contests the audience. Usually, she ac­ feet; two "D" size flats, three feet the overwhelming heat. trance leading to the primary de­ the The Betrayal by Geoffrey N. Inexpensive battle­ by addressing the DPA State very popular after the cepted, and they led the dances six inches by five feet; one fire­ To return to this island partment on the second floor. On grew Dowell, O.M.I. French, Roy. A program such as this one with the Office, Fort Worth, Texas. gander pulling took on a com­ at the ball the night following. place; two window insets to fit ground now fills you the main floor, was the assembly $25., 25m3w, drama, 75c, 3 act. would be relatively inexpensive the. mercial aspect and the people re­ Sometimes they were placed in a strange feeling of revisiting hall where the students in the flats. An historic drama of Christ's in fact, should cost nothing and a nightmare sorted to these as they did not carriage, the winner and the lady, Your remaining jogs and small scene of a nightmare, higher grades gathered to recite. trial before the courts of Jerusa­ if each school could get even and tor­ possess the entrance fee for the and were driven for considerable flats may be used to achieve further of constant harassment Here the children sat on long lem. The scenes take place in the twenty-five or so participating, death. distances followed by a huge pa­ ment, mud and filth and benches in front of their teachers: other.* variety. Garden of Gethsemane and the would be extremely valuable. This now and Postpone Planning rade and amid many cheers for v The simplest method of working You stand on the ground the girls dressed in their quaint Game Trailing Courts of Judgment. Good for ad­ type of program not only would of mild the winner.§ with a unit set is to experiment look at it with a sort Until War Is Won? frocks and aprons and the few Still another form of entertain­ vanced groups. spread speech training to a great that with a model. By using flats on amazement. Remembering boys in knee pants. In the winter, ment in the pioneer days was the Attractive Spectacle The Boy Who Discovered Easter by many people who otherwise would this is where you lived for four their sides and combinations of the rooms were heated by wood trailing of game. A wild animal Tournament attracted large Elizabeth McFadden. French, not receive it, but would also bring in a hole in the widths and heights very interesting days like an animal N REPLY to' the question, stoves. On dark days the build­ would be captured and turned crowds and the radius that they Roy $5., 2m2w, drama, 35c, 1 about added discussion on im­ without food, without sets can be achieved." Gerard ground, I "Would it be better to postpone ing was lighted by candles having loose. The contestants would then covered were large. Sometimes * act, 3 scenes. portant social and political prob­ And this beautiful stretch sleep. planning until the war is won?" reflectors behind them. attempt to track him and secure person would decide that he Gentile. This play is based on the story lems. bodies of beach is where 600 Jap Sir William Beveridge replies: Dr. Ashbel Smith was the first his recapture. Sometimes a per­ wanted to see some of his old by Raymond MacDonald Alden. If your school does not already were piled up one on the other "Only by surviving victoriously principal of the school. It was not son would play the part of a wild friends and hold a reunion. He The setting is simple and the di­ have an active intramural sched­ there were no more left, and until in the present struggle can they a public school although it was animal and he was tracked. would advertise a tournament and Easter Plays for rector is free to use any Easter ule, why not start today and pre­ died away the silence as the guns (the British and their allies) en­ managed by a board of directors. Probably the greatest entertain­ the word would be carried from Church and School music he desires. pare one? It won't be hard to was terrifying. ment from the point of view of * town to town and by the evening interest the students in the activ­ able freedom and happiness and In 1860, from the balcony of Here Stood Marines kindliness to survive . . . Only this building, General Sam Hous­ contest was the "Tournament." preceding the day of the great ity, and after the first year, it And this green and peaceful rise This was commonly called a event, people would begin gather­ (By Dr. R. L. Hammock) will expand and gain more interest by obtaining from every citizen his ton addressed a group of Texans of ground is where 400 tired maximum effort, concentrated up­ urging them to remain a part of "Toomament" by the pioneers. ing in the vicinity. Usually sev­ 'TT'HIS month we are reyiew- DEBATE FORUM as time passes. It may mean Marines stopped 2000 Japanese in This tournament attracted thou­ eral beeves were barbecued, and already over­ on the purposes of war, can they the Union. Rev. Dr. Hutcherson, * ing Easter plays for those some extra work for their tracks and hurled them back sands of people. One writer says, it was free to all comers. This By teachers, but the hope for early victory. principal, was later removed by worked speech in fear-filled rout. "Our amusements In those days was the spirit of the pioneer days. teachers who are called upon N. Edd Miller results will certainly be worth the "This does not alter three facts: authorities of the Confederate You look at the ground now and were not many. Horse racing, Finally, money was offered as * to direct plays for church use effort involved. States. remember these things with some 1. The purpose of victory is to balls, shooting matches, gander prize for the winner and it was Used as Hospital as well as for school. You CEVERAL times in this col- surprise. You are filled with' a live in a better world than pulling, and "Toornaments" were established on a commercial basis. For two years the Academy was will have sufficient time to ex­ '-' umn mention has been sense of unreality, and then you the old world. all we had. When one -of these This killed the interest for many used as a hospital. The rooms, remember the desperate days filled 2. Each citizen is more likely were known to be on hand, the people, and the participants turned amine these plays and order made of the possibilities of once filled with happy school chil­ Exfemp. Topics with concern when the troops filing to concentrate upon his war people in the neighborhood where their attention to other sports. production copies from the using intramural debate and effort if he feels that his dren were now filled with the wearily into the thin lines wore it was to occur, made preparations comparison of the tournament publishing companies. speech tournaments in the Government will be ready in children's fathers and brothers, A that 1000 yard stare in their to take care of all who came. The held in Texas with that of A LL TOPICS will deal with time with plans for a better wounded and dying soldiers. The as Simon, the Cross Bearer by Doro­ high school. With the still in­ harassed eyes. You recall the ter­ attendance was large; men, women, from ^ happenings since Sep­ world. Campus was a camping ground for Medieval times is interesting thy L. Marshall. Baker, Non- creased difficulties of travel­ rible nights when the hordes of and children came from far and point of view that the Texas 3. If these plans are to be ready hundreds of defenders of the the roy., 3m2w, 35c, 1 act. tember 1, 1942. General Japg came crashing through the near." might have been copied ling to tournaments and to in time, they must be made South. contest The play tells the story of topics given, such as those jungle screaming their hymns, Another writer describes a home The debates with other schools, now." In 1862 the body of General from the ancient contest. ^imon, the Cyrenian, who helped listed below, will be broken | slashing and shooting at everything coming of a college as fostering a ancient contest was between Jesus carry His cross. It is an intramural programs have in­ that moved, the nights in the maze Albert Sidney Johnston rested in "Tournament." He says, "One down into smaller topics for an Academy class-room while his knights and was for the hand of effective, tender story, rich in creased in value. of the resentful jungle when you feature of the College home com­ some beautiful lady or even a character portrayal. Suitable for contest purposes. For ex­ were alone and no man was your Did you Know—• fellow countrymen took one more ing of Lagarto College in 1885 was Advantage* of Program sad look at his brave, honored face princess. church or school use. ample, from the general topic friend, and you remember the i 'T'HAT JAMES MONTGOMERY "Tournament." Over one thou­ As a matter of fact, they have buried in the old The contests in the early days "And So He Doth Redeem U(s" by strong young Marines who, with 1 FLAGG'S own face is his before he was sand people attended."! several advantages over regular "The Manpower Situation in West Dallas of Texas were for entertainment Hazel F. Bailey. Baker, Non- ice in their hearts, stood there and model for those swell Uncle Sam City Cemetery on Another insight into the tourna­ contest debating at any time. For the United States," might rites for Col. chiefly. There developed a very roy., 12mlOw, 35c. took it and gave it back and posters for the war effort he just Street. The funeral ment is gleaned from this account, one thing, intramural activities topics among were also held interesting form of competition, Designed for use in the church come many stopped the Japs time after time, adds the chin whiskers. (Jim says Thomas S. Lubbock "The tournament, often called stir up a great deal of interest in During the war, the and this made the contests even service, this play in six episodes which would be perhaps "The night after night. he has done so many that he ought in the school. 'toonament' was a gallant occa­ speech activities within the school had called the chil­ more interesting and entertaining. employes the full resources of the Effect of the Teen Age to be buried in Arlington.) old bell which sion. At a tournament skillful that may not be stirred up with An American Shrine dren to school for years was taken The greatest point is probable in church setting. A full worship For pay for nude models is riders, flashily dressed, each pro­ regular interschool contests. Draft," "What Occupations Perhaps it is too early to speak That the from the cupola and placed on the the development of the rules for service is provided with the play less than that of those with good vided with a long lance, had trials another thing, intramural speech are Essential?" and "Equal­ of it, but if ever there was a place Harriet Lane, a bayou steamer the different contests. They were as the chief portion. It is writ­ gave 'em the figure of skill to see which would catch activities allow many school clubs in In­ that should be an American shrine clothes (God j which, armored by bales of cotton, not perfect by any means, but ten in good verse and is somewhat ization of Manpower but clothes cost money). That on his lance in three trials, while and organizations an ideal outlet it is this little portion of Guadal­ helped to rid Galveston of the they were cleverly drawn, and the similar to a pageant. be dustry." Frederic March, who used to be his pony ran at full speed, the for excess energy that cannot canal surrounding Henderson "Federals." After this adventure, competition was placed on an Why Weepest Thou? by William It The list which follows is cumu­ Fred Bicket, posed for the illus­ larger number of small steel rings, easily found any place else. Field, this tiny perimeter of palm the old bell was returned to the equal basis for the participants. Duncan. Baker, Non-roy., club work more interesting lative and should be used without trators while looking for a job on one and one-half inches in di­ makes and swamp beach and jungle ridge school where it remained till, in Ed. Note. This concludes series of 8m4w, 35c, 1 act. reference to lists previously pub­ the stage the pay then was a buck ameter, suspended from five poles. articles on early pioneer sports and pas­ and more valuable to the mem­ and plain. This Tobruk of the was removed Easter play primarily for church lished in the LEAGUER this year. an hour so did Norma Shearer, 1878, the coupla Usually all the rings were caught. times, which began in December issue. bers. Finally, intramural pro­ Pacific, sweating and crawling in the building was repaired. use. Three scenes tell the Easter 1. The North African Cam­ Paulette Godda?-d and Henry when The prizes started as wreaths and BIBLIOGRAPHY grams make speech activities dubious battle is a deathless monu­ Then the bell was placed in Sam paign. Fonda. That the two most famous later to prizes and money. This Alien, J. T., Early Pioneer Days in Texas, story. available to the greatest number ment to the American fighting Wilkinson, Dallas, 1918. posed Houston Park and there it has re­ ruined the contest and the cowboys Three Sons by Mary Russell. of students and any type of pro-, 2. The Manpower Situation in man. j male figure models who have Benedict, H. Y., and Lomax, J. A., Booh Baker, Non-roy., 26ml2w, 50c, the United States. ! for more statues and murals depict- mained. turned to roping and hog-tying of Texas, Doubleday. Page, and Co., gram which does that is certainly a Here he has accomplished mili­ Garden City, New York, 1916. valuable one. By no means do I 3. Why Rationing in the United | ing knowledge, learning, etc., adorn- Croeker Academy steers."J Jackson, Mattie, The Rise and Setting of 3 acts. tary miracles, lived without food, the Lone Star Republic, San Antonio, ' Easter play suitable for general States? | ing libraries and public buildings After the Civil War, Texas at "Toonament" Layout intend to slight interschool con­ fought without ammunition, flown 1926. "use. Christ's personality is in­ 4. The Solomon Islands Cam­ all over the country neither can first did not suffer as greatly as tournament Miller, T. B,, Sr., Resident of Athens, tests, but under the present con­ without gas, carved airfields out of The track for the Texas. geniously portrayed through the ditions, intramural programs will paign. write his name. That there's only some of the other Southern States. was usually three-hundred yards Onderdonk. Gilbert, Stories of Early Texas the jungle, smashed roads through Life, Edited by Laura Davies Holt. effect of the crucifixion upon the fill a gap that can be met by no 5. The Importance of the Medi­ a handful of the old-time models There was a brief wave of pros­ the palms and always under the Jackson, Mattic, Rising and Setting Texas Folklore Society Vol. V., Austin, high priest's son and upon Pilate other means. terranean to the United left Bill Magner, George Mack, perity before "Reconstruction" of the Lone Star Republic, page 68. 1916. constant attention of the Japs who tDobie, J. Frank, "Early Texas Con­ Turner, P. J., The Frontier in American and his family. The setting is Austin Plan Nations. Lizzie Cubitt and Vie Harrison and negro rule. Meanwhile school tests," in Texas Folklore Society, Volume History, H. Holt and Co., New York, simple, and the entire play is quite No better example of a well-run, 6. Airpower is Changing War­ This is reprinted *rom the Chicago they do the hard work and never life resumed its accustomed pat­ V.. pages 94 to 103. 1920. Sun by special permission and is recom­ JBenedict and Lomax, Book of Texas, ferief. extremely valuable intramural pro­ fare. mended for use as a senior declamation* get glamorized. Dean Cornwell. tern. In 1868-1869, the school page 360. SMiller, T. B., Sr., Athens, Texat. Pace 4 THE INTERSCHOEASTIC LEAGUER deadline. I received their letter are qualities of military and naval January 30. I have written them to Be Issued for leadership we'll need in the men explaining that they should have Bulletin who lead our soldiers and sailors sent their fees to League head­ in tomorrow's battles. quarters before January 15 and Use of Pre-Geometry Clubs TUNNEY: And I might add told them I was writing you in re­ that in a Democracy where gard to same. If it had been a TSJOT MUCH response from in the East. There are texts ciplining men isn't the GovernJl practice, the discipline of school official who let the date slip help, and this material ment's by there would be no excuse, but Texas schools, but which competitive athletics is invaluable. these boys have done the best they through our limited out-of- will be reprinted in bulletin BANK: And I suggest that the form and ready for distribu­ schools not waste time or trans­ can under the conditions. Our many calls district hopes that there can be state circulation, tion soon. We recommend it portation getting to games. Play some way worked out for them to have come for this pre-geom- especially for use in mathe­ your nearest opponent three times a season instead of once if other play. They have a good team and etry course. Maybe there has matics clubs on 7th and 8th Bfttary (top: attfr (£0mnttttt last year were district champions. been more agitation about the opponents are far away. If you can do anything at all, grade level. please let me know. I have the inductive approach to geom­ This is the concluding install­ fee and will send it to you by re­ etry in other states, especially ment. — Lecturer — Coachless Team turn mail." Variety of Win-the-War \ -Books, Magazines - (87 Edna Haynes McCormick) (Continued from P. 1) Tries to Carry on (Continued from P. 2) XI. THE REGULAR HEPTAGON BY PAPER FOLDING Projects Now Under Way "I am not unmindful of the (APPROXIMATE) thirteen hundred students during this," benefits derived from school foot- his twenty-nine years of service in Athletic Officer, Naval Air Sta­ "My third problem is (Based upon the Regular Heptagon by Construction) a | ball and other types of sports Texas. For the past fifteen years if by land, two if tion, Dallas, Texas. writes a district chairman of reads: " 'One events, and I am well aware of the 1. Fold sheet near center of longer side, he has been Director of Cleveland Schools With Victory signal code of Paul We should call this pamphlet basketball district: "The school by sea' was the desirability of continuing these to make seven equal angles. (Ap­ College, the downtown college for Corps Organizations Revere during the Revolutionary "Piney Woods Obstacle Course" has not paid the fee required. proximate.) for the reason that it is built al­ Here is the situation: The Superin­ games. Through the co-operation 2. As in figure, name these rays OA, 01, adults of Western Reserve Um War. of the public in refraining from versity. This college grew frorn^ Report Progress of the Victory most entirely out of logs. Con­ tendent turned the whole athletic 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, and 07. "But youths travel, we hope to assure condi­ 3. On OA take a convenient length, not less than fifteen hundred students today are responding to struction is ingeniously worked program over to the boys and paid Corps tions which will make possible the too long, and fold through point a to more than seven thousand under (By Catherine Spiller) _ need by Land, Air, Sea, out, and elaborate drawings are no attention to those matters. of America's continuance of sports events with­ line parallel to 02. (Approximate, his administration. Production, Community and .Gen­ made so that even the "wayfaring The boys are their own coach.* course.) TN A NUMBER of schools out depriving those who must Dr. Ellis is a former president eral Service. man though a fool" might con­ They heard I was Chairman of this 4. At the point where this fold crosses 01, * throughout Texas, the Vic­ travel of essential transportation a line parallel to 04. of the American Association of "The El Paso High Tatler, pro­ struct one provided he had the District, so they sent the entry to fold tory Corps project has passed me but too late for the January 15 facilities." Joseph B. Eastman, 5. Likewise for 06, 01, and 03. Deans and Directors of University moting the efforts of its junior- labor and the logs. Of course this 6. A regular heptagon results. the organization stage will not be especially attractive to Director of Office of Defense Evening Colleges, member of the from senior high school, has for its *Here is a case of no-coach army got 7. Measure the sides. Are they equal? Associa­ the wide open athletic Transportation. Are they equal? How many Council of the American into an active participation slogan 'All Out for War'!" schools located in him. This left the boysj:j-"- without ' - -- '- - 8. Measure the angles of the heptagon. leadership. They in each angle? tion for Adult Education, member more schools spaces of Western Texas or on the degrees stage. In many treeless prairies of northern and 9. How did this paper folding figure compare in accuracy with the of the American Council on Edu­ They that will fight custom with one constructed by means of the compass? the Corps .is now being or­ Forest Avenue High central Texas. But when you get cation and many other scholarly grammar are fools, Montaigne. He is author of several ganized and these groups will (Dallas) Enrolls 1,098 to the piney woods, it's another XII. THE REGULAR NONAGON (9 SIDES) groups. matter. Obstacle courses are ap­ dozen scholarly articles and soon be actively engaged in the semicircle into 9 equal parts. Use a protractor. How pealing more and more to high- 1. Divide pamphlets. He is in great demand their work. EAL enthusiasm for the Vic­ many degrees in each angle? * as a speaker who makes educa­ school boys for the reason that Physical Program Setup to 2. Proceed as with the regular heptagon. Stamp Sale Stimulated R tory Corps organization is some kind of course is a part of 3. Matte a compass construction. tional problems vital and interest­ Victory Corps members in the apparent at Forest Avenue High every physical training and condi­ 4. Make a paper folding figure. ing to both laymen and teachers. each figure.) Corpus Christi High School have School, Dallas, where 1,665 stu­ tioning program so far devised for Reach Every Boy in System 5. Compare for accuracy. (Measure sides and angles of Titles of available lectures by successfully completed a program dents have signed up and qualified 6. Note that, in all regular figures similarly constructed, the two Dr. Ellis follow: the armed forces, especially for the at the left of the semicircle are not within the regular of stimulating defense bond and for membership. General mem­ sectors 1. How to Make Ourselves and combat services. The Interscho- Fifteen Hours a Week polygons. stamp sales. Before the Victory bership now totals 1,098, while 73 Houston High Schools a. How many sides may a polygon have? (Three or more.) America Strong Now: How to Pre­ lastic League has published and is "Recreation must take a back Corps started the defense stamp students have qualified for Air distributing free of charge the b. Is a square a regular polygon? (Yes.) pare for the Days and Years Adopt Victory Corps seat until the war is won. Our c. Is an equilateral triangle a regular polygon? (Yes.) drive the sale of stamps averaged Service, 104 are in the Land Serv­ general design of the approved Ahead. $75 per week, but ice, 107 are studying for Sea big job is to make the boys physi­ Peril of Our Schools: about $70 or Army obstacle course in the hope Plan in Toto XIII. REGULAR POLYGONS OF 3, 4, 5, 6,10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 2. The through the efforts of the Corps, Service, 37 are taking courses cally fit for military life and Education or Serfdom, Mental that schools will have as nearly that's what we are going to do in AND 60 SIDES sale of bonds and stamps for the which qualify them for the Pro­ course to the and Economic. as possible a uniform A VICTORY CORPS Phys- the Houston schools." week of January 18-22 amounted duction Service, and 246 students end that records might be com­ All from the pentagon construction: 3. What Is Education and How The expanded physical fitness ^ to a total of $2,100. are preparing for the Community and telegraphic meets ar­ ^ ical Fitness program be­ 1. How can you prove that the following: Do We Get It: Aims and Values pared program, as outlined by Fouke, The next project of the Corpus Service. Buttons designed for however, in gins operation in all its details figure is correct? (Compute number in Education? ranged. This course, will consume 15 hours of each sen­ Christi Victory Corps will be to each branch of the Victory Corps could be built of degrees in each arc.) 4. The New Education^ De forested areas with the opening of the second ior high school boy's time per deal with the health program in have been ordered. from logs with the sugges­ 2. Do so. Remember that the equal sides manded by the New Era. largely semester in the Houston pub­ week. Five hours will be given Corpus Christi. An extensive tions which Lieut. Berry offers in of a regular polygon cut off equal 5. The Challenge of the New project for the improvement of the lic schools, according to Ray over to instruction and 10 hours arcs. Era to the High-School Boy and his pamphlet. be devoted to after-school general public health is being Abilene Corps Makes R. B. Kornegay, Sports editor of the will 3. Describe another circle with the sam« Girl. worked out by the city council, the Inventory of Work Done Houston Chronicle. participation in physical education radius, 6. The Challenge of the New mayor, and the city health bureau, activities. 4. Inscribe several of these regular poly­ Era to the College Man and was greatly helped by and Victory Corps members will Vice President Wallace and The The plan Modified obstacle courses will Woman. the Physical Education Conference gons. assist in carrying out this pro­ 'T'O TAKE an inventory of World Congress, Meditations be built at each of the seven pub­ is your construction? 7. The Challenge of the New last fall, and later by 5. How accurate gram. * work already accomplished of a Texas Layman, by Ben in Houston lic senior high schools and much Era to the Faculty. the two-day Physical Fitness Induction Ceremony B. Hunt (Your Texas Pam- of the physical conditioning work 8. How to Think Straight and and to outline objectives and School conducted for the Houston With a huge red, white, and blue phleteer), 822 Harris Avenue, will be done on the courses. The when we had no business getting to Recognize Propaganda and plans for future work, the six other systems in the "V" bearing the six Victory Corps Austin, Texas, 22 pages, price schools and Y. M. C. A.'s more elaborate and into it in the first place. Error? section under the sponsor­ BILL JONES IS DEAD* * * * emblems in the background, 57 divisions of the Abilene High $.25. Houston tougher obstacle course, recently 9. The Cause and Control of ship of the University Inter- (Roe Fulkerson) students in the newly formed Vic­ School Victory Corps will 'TT'HIS would be a greater state completed, will be used by the Bill Jones is dead. Our Emotions: What Makes Us inter­ scholastic League and with the aid Condensed from Kiwanif Magazine, tory Corps of Thomas Jefferson meet on February 24. A and state, national, and older boys. Chicago, in the Magazine Digest, and The freighter burst into flames Feel That Way and How to Feel of instructors furnished by the U. by special permission High School in Port Arthur were "As direct results of the Vic­ national problems would stand a In setting up his program, Fouke reprinted and Bill went over the side into the Better? S. Naval Base at Corpus Christi, the recently inducted as charter mem­ tory Corps in Abilene High School, much better chance of being wisely has followed the desires of burning oil. When he came to the 10. The Development of Will pam­ according to Harry Fouke, director bers in an impressive ceremony the girls and boys cadet corps have settled if there were more Army and Navy which include Bill Jones is dead. surface, a machine gun was prac­ Power: How Do We Daily We give this notice of the of physical education of the Hous­ endurance, speed and before the entire student body and been established, pre-induction phleteers. strength, They tied his hands behind him, ticing on the bobbing heads. When Strengthen or Weaken Our Wills? entitled pamphlet mainly for ton schools. agility, balance awareness, mus­ faculty. courses introduced, and Abilene above and a Jap soldier started to at­ the bullets hit Bill's head, it burst 11. The Psychology of Getting reason. We have not read it This school not only accom­ and the will to According to stories in their High has been made more war- this cular co-ordination tack a woman. He had torn her open like a dropped egg. His On With People: The Technique of carefully and therefore cannot modated physical education in­ respective school papers, Victory conscious," says Mrs. George V. win. blouse off when Bill kicked him in charred, bullet-ridden body sank Successful Business and Social Re­ give the reader an opinion of the structors and coaches, but boys of ,' Swimming Stressed Corps work is now going forward Wimbish, advisor to the Corps. belly, and three Japs, waiting beneath the surface. lations. worth of the contribution, but we the junior class who are to serve Fouke's phyhical training pro­ the in McAllen High School, Amarillo In accordance with a statewide their bayonets That was the night you were of it to see that as physical education assistants or following activi­ their turn, rammed High School, Sunset High School plan, the first in a series of 24 have read enough gram stresses the telling folks at your party that this treatment of a very leaders in their respective schools. into Bill's breast. in Dallas, Highland Park High Victory Corps organization meet­ it is an earnest ties : war is being run by a lot of old •— Gymnastics — important question. The pamphlet Mr. Kornegay describes the set­ to ena­ This happened about the time you School in Dallas, Canyon High ings was held at Abilene High 1. Swimming, designed women in Washington; the most is th4 only "free press" we up, as follows: protect himself were telling the folks at your house School, Amon Carter Riverside School Saturday, January 16. As­ ble every boy to mismanaged mess you ever heard (Continued from P. 1) rest of the press, Includes Every Boy The that it was all darned nonsense to High School in Fort Worth, Lub- sistant State Superintendent T. M. have left. The and comrades in the water. of. so dom­ in­ ration sugar, because cake and bock Senior High School, Laredo Trimble was in charge of the meet­ 8r 95 per cent of it, is Houston's schools are rapidly emphasis is now on endurance » * * which continuous training Is High School, Crozier Technical inated by advertising that it can no their physical education stead of speed and grace, with div­ candy were certainly no diet for ing. At this meeting, four new gearing Bill Jones is dead. necessary. High School in Dallas, and Pampa longer be called free. Another and athletic programs to the war ing feet first, swimming under soldiers. 2nd Degree Requirements pre-induction courses were intro­ When God in His infinite kind­ Junior High School. reason for noting this pamphlet is water and life saving. * * * $ The candidates for the 2nd de­ duced. Abilene High School had effort. ness meets Bill Jones at Heaven's that it concerns the question which 2. Touch football, soccer and to be able to already established one of these Fouke has developed plans for Bill Jones is dead. gate, He is going to say, "Well gree are required is being debated in the League de­ speed ball, designed to teach co­ test and conduct a 15- four, pre-flight, and is now offering a stepped-up program that will He stood by his gun and laughed done, thou good and faithful compose, Gets bating contests this year. It ordination, speed, endurance and for factory workers, Adamson Corps another, a course in Morse code. reach every boy in the city's seven as he fired it, but a shell hit the servant!" minute drill should be investigated by every will-to-win. These sports are of in the interest of in- Democracy Pep Talk Teachers are not yet available for senior highs designed wholly and deck beside Bill. When he tried he is going to say to you, performed debate coach. a vigorous nature and tend to de­ What either in the the other two courses, auto me­ deliberately to make all boys to pull himself to his feet, he saw God alone knows. creasing production chanics and radio mechanics. physically fit for Uncle Sam when velop boys physically. They in­ his right arm was in the scuppers shop or in the factory yard. iTTUTE MUST get hot about and if he needs them. volve a great deal of running and five feet away. He reached for his Apparatus work may be elected dextrous use of hands and feet. this Americanism to Basketball on the Air The lowering of the draft age gun with his left hand, and then by a girl, 14-16 yrs., from among 3. Basketball, for development — Victory Corps — 141 Club Members in to 18 made the stepped-up physi­ things went black. The list of the the "agility" tests, which are: 1. keep our democracy the leader This is a list of radio stations of co-ordination, agility, endurance cal training program necessary, ship rolled a dead sailor into the gymnastics, 2. acrobatics, 3. run­ of the world," Stanley Foran, Brownwood Jr.-Sr. High which are to be used in the and the will-to-win. (Continued from P. 1) broadcasting of three League Fouke declared. scuppers where his dismembered ning broad jump, and 4. running public speaker and journalist, 4. Tumbling, for muscular co­ high jump. For the 1st degree championship basketball games training program arm lay. Its extended thumb DEAN, 1900 Ave. from Gregory Gymnasium, Aus­ The physical ordination and balance awareness. TUNNEY:.. . First of all, when this list is increased by 5. vault­ warned Adamson High School pLYDE gradually in touched the tip of his nose, so tin, Texas, Saturday night, is being expanded This activity teaches a boy how to they report for military and naval ing and running hop-skip-and- students recently while ad­ ^ D, Brownwood, reports the junior and senior high schools that in death, as in life, Bill was March 6, 1943, from 7 to 11 control his body, how to fall and service, they ought to be free from jump and 6. jumping on horse­ called the Jr.-Sr. p.m. and by the latter part of January, thumbing his nose at the Jap ship dressing an assembly fine progress with general body protection. disease and have enough strength back. For the 2nd degree there Dial school semester gets that got him. for the purpose of organizing High School Victory Club. City Station when the 5. Boxing and wrestling, for to do the heaviest tasks that may is added 7,. tennis. Austin KNOW 1490 full-fledged pro­ This was just the same day that, a Victory Corps. Mr. Foran To the report-date, 141 mem­ under way, the muscular co-ordination, will-to- be encountered in the line of The accompanying picture shows Amarillo KGNC 1440 gram will be completely installed, you were complaining because they Beaumont KFDM 560 win and to teach a boy how to duty ... a woman hanging from a hori­ went on to say, "The young bers had signed up, including Fouke said. were rationing gasoline. For fear El Paso KROD* 600 protect and handle himself in close BANK: And they must have the zontal bar and raising her legs to people of this country must boys and girls, and all of them you couldn't drive up to the lake Dallas KRLD 1080 Physical education teachers and combat. muscular endurance to keep going horizontal. For the 2nd de­ Houston KTRH 740 to go fishing every week end this the organize into one band to pre­ had had dental examinations coaches are working hand in hand 6. Track, for speed, agility and without undue fatigue through the are: 19-25 Longview KFRO 1370 summer, you hid four cans of gaso­ gree the requirements pare to run this country in and smallpox vaccinations. San Antonio KTSA 550 with Fouke and he believes that endurance. This activity concerns most strenuous day. You can yrs. 5 times, 26-32 yrs. 4 times; line in your garage. five or six years." Forty-seven of the number Weslaco KRGV 1290 Houston will have one of the finest itself with not how high a boy can measure a soldier's span of life at over 33 yrs. 3 times. There is also Wichita Falls KWFT 620 fitness programs of any * * * Other speakers on the program physical jump but rather with his ability the front by his ability to resist a .woman turning somersaults f or^ had turned in complete med­ nation. were faculty members and stu­ Play-by-Play Announcers: school system in the to clear a medium height and how Bill Jones is dead. fatigue. which the requirement is for , ical examinations. The clubs Ves Box, Charles Jordan. TUNNEY: And another require­ dents who explained the Victory Recreational Sports Whittled to land in position to keep run­ Bill got into a dogfight over the 1st age category 4 times, for the meet three times per week for Color and Commercials: for a first-class fighter is Corps and some of the qualifica­ Jim Crocker, Al Godwin. Fouke declared there will be no ning. Hurdling, distance running, English Channel. There were six ment 2nd 3 times, and for the 3rd, twice. respirator endurance" or tions for and duties of each branch one hour sessions. The mem­ effort to cut down on competitive jumps, vaulting by hand, crawling German planes. He got two be­ "cardio The greater part of the picture This broadcasting was ar­ "wind" . . . of the service. bers are hard at work on the ranged through the Ratcliffe Ad­ sports such as football and bas­ on hands and knees and rope fore a third one sent a burst of shows a woman on the parallel BANK: And one last require­ Another feature of the program vertising Agency, Dallas, for the ketball. Army and Navy officials climbing. bullets into his back that almost bars. This woman has lowered standards. Magnolia Petroleum Company, 7. Conditioning exercises, for ment . . . speed, agility and flexi­ was a demonstration by the "Jun­ a want these sports carried on as a cut him in half, but he .held onto one of the bars about a foot and Mr. Dean has constructed sponsor. strength. This activity is designed bility. ior Commandos," physical educa­ quarter-mile obstacle course. It is major part of the physical fitness the stick until he rammed the a half and is now performing a Probably, but not certain. for the development of certain TUNNEY: ... I think we ought tion students, who performed course program. fourth plane and went down with stunt which is not strenuous but patterned after the army muscles, particularly those of the to stress here that when we say tumbling and exercises to illustrate (1) But emphasis on recreational it, locked in the flaming embrace requires skill to do nicely. and includes the following: shoulders, arms, neck-and back. physical fitness we don't mean physical fitness, a requirement for Vault four feet; (2) Under crawl, sports, such as horse shoe pitch­ of death. Gym Social Event Victory Corps membership. sent it to the Metropolitan. (The ing, tennis, volleyball, relay games Education Included a mere "playground activities Soviet young people often make under hurdle, overcrawl; (3) Maze This happened about the time period." run; (4) Hurdle; (5) Wall scale; museum stores it in the cellar most and badminton, will be cut dras­ 8. Health education. This phase you were bellyaching and feeling gym practice a social occasion as we mean a rugged (6) Dodging run; (7) Balance of the time shows what one gen­ tically. The more intensive physi­ includes health instruction from abused because of the outrageous BANK: No, when a mixed class is preparing and conditioning pro­ El Paso Scrapbook beam; (8) Broad jump; (9) Hedge eration thinks of the other.) cal training activities will replace the seventh through the eleventh treatment given you by the tire calisthenic for the 2nd degree. There is then Brown competitive ath­ Enters Competition hop; (10) Ladder climb and That Arthur William them, Fouke said. grades. Each boy is required to rationing board, which would not gram . . . And much banter and merriment along illus­ is important, too. jump; (11) Suspension of rope (most beloved of all the "The purpose of the physical have a medical examination. allow you recaps for your pleasure letics with serious effort to meet the re­ the We must absolutely from football goal-post, hang and trators) after 30 years is still condition program is not to teach The obstacle courses at the car. TUNNEY: quirements. On the horizontal VICTORY Corps Scrap- 1 man by house-to- activities continue our competitive athletic A travel. public's No. boys military technique, but to schools will include * « * bars the women do the kipp up ^^ book depicting the war The sports called for in the re­ house poll. That the techniques of condition them so that they will which will teach boys how to get program in our high schools. Un­ from the hang, the shoulder stand of trans­ work in El Paso High School, quirements of the Victory Physi­ Peter Arno, Steig and Gilbert be able to withstand the vigorous over, rugged or natural terrain, j Bill Jones is dead. doubtedly, the problem and roll and the hand-stand and Bundy look so easy, but just try it and trees, jump ditches and other portation for interschool matches of the cal Fitness program are provided training of the armed forces climb Six machine-gun bullets fairly cut-off, and so on with the other compiled by members yourself! That Jon Whitcomb com­ to more readily fit into military obstacles, scale walls, crawl flat cut Bill's legs off, but he lay on will affect schedules. But there's apparatuses. The women are at Staff, was recently sent by a strenuous intramural sched­ Tatler ule, which includes basketball, bines more kinds of pencils, inks, life," Fouke explained. on the ground and get through his belly in the mud and got two no earthly reason why the intra­ their best on the parallel bars, in be con­ to the U. S. Treasury Depart­ goal-hi, soccer, track and field, water colors, pastels and crayons "The job of the schools is to barbed wire entanglement?, "hang-! Heinies. Bill's last words were, mural schedules shouldn't their worst on the vaulting to get "THAT" ment, where it will be com­ softball, boxing and wrestling. a single drawing turn over to the armed forces walk" by hand, climb hills, bal-' "Of all the darn fool luck!" tinued and increased. effect. That nothing the wonders ance walk and climb ropes. I also believe that inter- pared to scrapbooks from young men who are physically fit That was the time you were tell­ BANK: Correction of modern science can invent equals and well disciplined. Technical Military leaders, Pouke points at the poker game scholastic programs should con­ Dr. Dawson asks that we correct onjV other Victory Corps groups you Know— ing the boys statement in last issue to the effect that Did the yolk of an egg for binding training should be left to the Army out, declare that if boys know how that the union racketeers and the tinue as far as transportation he personally took the picture. The pic. so hard to rate ture was taken by Sovfoto. Our error. throughout the United States. HAT THE HIGHEST PRICES color that's why it's and Navy. to climb rope the casualty munitions manufacturers were facilities permit. Competitive Editor. For best entries the Treasury T ever paid for paintings by liv­ get off .your tie. (Pictures painted "By teaching physical skills, we would be greatly reduced, because making fortunes out of this war. sports develop leadership, aggres­ Department will award a "Certifi­ ing men were in the late "Nineties," with egg have lasted eleven hun­ put boys into sound physical con­ the sailor and soldier would know siveness, initiative, the desire for Interscholastic athletics are vital cate of Honor." The dedication George Hearn paid $25,000 for Ed­ dred years.) Dean Cornwall (one dition that's the kind of boys the how to safely get himself and his This selection may he made very ef- conflict, the will to win in spite in developing future manpower. . page of the El Paso Scrapbook win Abbey's "King Lear" to pre- of America's greatest painters). ^ Army and Navy want. comrades out of water. tectivt is a senior declamation. -Ed. of tough opposition all of these York State War Council.