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Vol. XXXII AUSTIN, TEXAS, OCTOBER, 1948 No. 2 Fretwell to Speak Eligibility Rule Grade Schools Register Early AmendmentOffered For Big Year in UIL Activity At UIL Breakfast Fall-Training Rule Judging from the number of grade schools which are Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell of New York City, nationally rec­ On Council Agenda sending in membership cards to the State Office, totaling ognized leader in extracurricular activities and high-school The annual two-day session of 552 at this date, there is a renewed interest in grade-school education, will deliver the main address at the Interscho- the Legislative Advisory Council participation in League contests^ lastic League breakfast in Dallas during the convention of will be held in Austin, October 31 Any group of grade schools conveniently located may the Texas State Teachers' Association. His subject will be and November 1, in the Maximilian "* organize a meet. Principals of the "School Contests as Training for Room of the Driskill Hotel, begin­ ning Sunday at 2 p.m. The Mon­ schools, or persons designated by Citizenship." day meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. them, constitute the Executive Com­ The annual breakfast for admin­ and close with a luncheon. Schools to Observe mittee for the meet. istrators and contest directors and While many principals are famil­ The agenda includes these recom­ iar with the League program and coaches is scheduled for Friday, mendations which will be consid­ United Nations Day its effectiveness as a stimulus for November 26, at 7:30 a.m. in the ered by representatives from Con­ interest in school-work and extra­ ballroom of the Adolphus Hotel in ferences AA, A and B and the City curricular activities, there are a Conference, in addition to others V.I.B. Lists Films Dallas. number of principals who are just that may be submitted at the time For* Celebration beginning their firs't year's work in Noted Writer the council meets: United Nations' Day will be cele­ this key position. To these new­ Dr. Fretwell is the author of 1. A recommendation that Ar­ brated October 24, the anniversary comers, the State Office wishes to "A Study in Educational Prog­ ticle VIII, Section 14, be amended of the date when the Charter of point out the type of competition nosis" and "Extracurricular Ac­ in such a way as to limit ineligi­ the United Nations became effec­ open for grade-school boys and tivities in Secondary Schools," and bility to the sport in which a boy tive, that is, when the required girls. is a frequent contributor to educa­ participated. number of ratifications of the tional magazines and yearbooks. Contests Listed 2. A proposal that preliminary Charter was reached. Contests open to elementary He is a member of the National fall training be confined to the A committee of distinguished schools are: Music, Declamation, Association of Secondary School local school campus. national leaders, feeling the neces­ Spelling and Plain Writing, Story- Principals, National Educational 3. A proposal that member- sity of mass participation in the Telling, Ready Writers, Number Association, College Teachers of schools be allowed to continue foot­ purposes and value of the United Sense, Junior Tennis, Volleyball, Education, American Camping As­ ball practice from the close of the Nations, is making plans to have Junior Track and Field and Play­ sociation, and National Society for "School Contests as Training season on December 1 to the date this day observed in schools, col­ ground Ball. the Study of Education. for Citizenship" will be dis­ of the final championship game leges, churches, community organi­ In the literary division of League During the First World War, cussed by Dr. Elbert K. Fret- and that the date of fall training zations, and, in general, v every­ activity, Junior Declamation is open Dr. Fretwell organized for the well at the League's annual be set for September 1; that no where people can be reached. to grade-school pupils. The term Surgeon General's office the pro­ Breakfast in Dallas, November preliminary football conditioning A number of films have been "junior" is defined as a student who gram of physical education and 26. program be permitted prior to Sep­ prepared on the United Nations reached his tenth birthday the first recreation for all the reconstruc­ tember 1, under the direction of which will be of assistance to day of the preceding May. Com­ tion hospitals in the United States, the football coach or any school schools planning special United plete rules for this and all other and later became National Director official. Nations' programs. Twelve films contests are given in the Consti­ ef Recreation of the American Special reports will be made by are now available, according to tution and Rules which is sent free Red Cross. He was chairman of New Contests Head these committees: D. W. McCavick, director of the of charge to all schools becoming the Camping Section of the White 1. A report of the committee Visual Instruction Bureau, The members of the League. The Pre­ House Conferences on Child Health appointed to study revision of the University of Texas. scribed List of Junior Declamations and Protection in 1930. He has City Conf. Agenda amateur rule. Members of this A ten-minute motion picture, is issued by the State Office to also served as advisor of the High committee are: Principal R. B. directors of this contest. School Section of the National Session Scheduled "Grass Roots," No. So. $356, shows Norman, Amarillo, chairman; Su­ Courtesy of the Texas Rangers, American citizens making their Ready Writing is a contest in Safety Council. For October 17 perintendent H. John Morris, essay composition and can easjly be \ graph is his book "Adventures With a Texas voices heard to help bring about Chief Scout Claude; Superintendent correlated with English classroom D. T. Roy Bedichek is now on limited retirement with Naturalist." Under his guidence, the UIL has be­ enforceable world law. This is a Active as a Scout Leader for A study of new contests which Loyd, East Mountain, Gilmer; the University Interscholastic League which he has work. One of the most popular con­ have been proposed for the City come the largest organization of its kind. constructive, educational, documen­ more than thirty years, Dr. Fret­ Superintendent W. T. Hanes, served since 1917. In the back of the above photo- tary sound film. tests, and probably the one most well now holds the position of Chief Conference will be made October Cameron. Texans h»ve entered at some time 17 in Austin at the meeting of rep­ Scout of Boy Scouts of America. 2. A report from the committee The drawing up of the United during their school days, is the resentatives from Dallas, Houston, Before September 1, 1948, he was of Texas Music Educators' Asso­ Nations' Charter in 1945 at the Spelling and Plain Writing Contest. Fort Worth, and San Antonio Roy Bedichek, Director of League, Chief Scout Executive. ciation. San Francisco Conference is pre­ The 1948-49 Word List, containing schools. - sented in No. So. 3298, "Pattern Identified with the Boy Scouts of 3. A report from the «ommitfcee over 2,400 words, is now being pur­ for Peace—Charter of the U.N." America since its earliest days, he Athletic events which have been of Texas Speech Association. chased by schools. Few, if any, of served on its National Executive suggested include golf and swim­ 4. A report on the recommenda- Retires After 31 Years of Service "Now 'the "Peace," a two reel the words appearing in the list will Board from 1933 until 1943. Be­ ming, a possible State Champion­ tionof the State Meeting of Dele­ Roy Bedichek has added a new* film, No. So. 1465, gives a summary be found in the adopted spelling ship in baseball and volleyball and of the basic United Nations pro­ fore becoming Chief Scout Execu­ gates from Conferences AA, A title, that of director emeritus, to ment from the League was made and natural history. His favorite texts or in last year's,spelling list. basketball tournaments for girls. gram for world security, and plans tive in 1943, he was professor of and B, and the City Conference. the list he has held with the Uni­ in June. Rodney J. Kidd, who has American poet is Walt Whitman, The bulletin starts with words for In the speech department of League to solve relief, food, and money education at Teachers College, Co­ The Advisory Council meets to versity Interscholastic League dur­ been director of athletics since 1938, because he is the supreme poet of the fifth and sixth grades and con­ activities, suggestions have been problems. lumbia University. consider and study all proposed ing the past thirty-one years. Since was named to succeed him as direc­ democracy, of health, of the joys tinues through the list for high made for the addition of original Dean T. H. Shelby of the Divi­ legislation and recommendations 1917 when he became a regular staff tor and editor of THE INTERSCHO­ of decent living. A dramatic, animated summaryj|school oratory, prepared oratory, poetry submitted by member-schools and For the boys and girls in the sion of Extension will preside dur­ member of the League, he has LASTIC LEAGUER. "Thoreau," he says, "is my of the world atomic situation and reading, radio newscasting, radio to recommend to the State Execu­ second and third grades, the Lea­ ing the meeting as he has done at exercised tremendous influence in Before he was officially connected favorite naturalist because of the need for world control of atomic commentary and radio drama. tive Committee legislation that it gue sponsors the Story-Telling Con­ each breakfast since 1925. J. 0. its growth and in the direction of with the League, Mr. Bedichek had accuracy of his observations, the energy which is in the film library considers vital to the best interests test, which offers opportunity for Webb of Houston -will serve as Members of the City Conference its growth ever since. done some special work with ,the candor of his style, his penetrating of the Visual Instruction Bureau is of the League. training in listening and re-telling secretary. Contest Committee who will confer The announcement of his retire- organization in 1914. After be­ and original thinking. He was not "One World or None," No. So. 3297. a simple story. Open Forum with R. J. Kidd, director, are J. 0. coming a staff member, he was, enough of a scientist to become "Suffer Little Children," No. So. Mental arithmetic prowess is After the address by Dr. Fret­ Webb, assistant superintendent, first, athletic director and editor cluttered up with unintelligible and 266, pictures the way European developed by the Number Sense well, there will be an open forum Houston; Roy Needham, director of the LEAGUER, then director insignificant details, and he was children in war-torn countries are Contest. As a teaching aid, the discussion of academic, music, and of health and physical education, City of Dallas Passes of i the Bureau of Public School certainly not sentimental enough living and their need for help from League has published the bulletin athletic contests sponsored by the Houston; E. B. Comstock, assist­ Service in the Division of Exten­ to cloud or in any way impair his,, more fortunate nations. ant superintendent, Dallas; P. C. "Developing Number Sense," which University Interscholastic League. sion in which the administration of observational powers." Other films which Mr. McCavick Cobb, athletic director, Dallas; has over 1000 problems for class­ League activities is centered; then recommends for United Nations' Reservations may be obtained in W. T. White, superintendent, Dal­ No Drinking Ordinance "Henry George," he declares, room drills. Practice test sheets are he vias appointed director of the celebrations in schools are these: advance by sending $1.25 to Miss las ; Herman Clark, director of ath­ "is the greatest social philosopher also available as well as another Drinking at football games and all other high-school League as well as of the Bureau. "The World We Want to Live In," .Willie Thompson, secretary, Uni­ letics, _ Fort Worth; J. P. Moore, America has produced, which our bulletin, "How To Teach Number He has served as executive secre­ No. So. 1331, a plea for religious versity Interscholastic League, superintendent, Fort Worth; events has been declared a misdemeanor in the City of Dallas, free enterpriser would do well to Sense." tary . of the State Executive Com­ tolerance; "Meeting Emotional Box H, University Station, Austin, Claud H. Kellam, director of health and is punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars. study in order to find out that free Opportunities for Musicians mittee for the entire thirty-one Needs in Childhood: The Ground­ Texas. and physical education, San An­ enterprise without free land is an A grade school can enter more P. C. Cobb, athletic director of Dallas schools, sent a copy years. work of Democracy," No\ So. 3230, tonio; George L. Fling, principal impossibility." divisions of the Interscholastic of the ordinance to the State Office with this comment: "We League Expands which is concerned with the kind of Vocational and Technical Mr. Bedichek has always been a League Music Plan than the high have employed two plain-clothes-*- of attitude toward people and the School, San Antonio; Thomas B. men for the past few years to Since 1917, the League has ex­great walker. In his youth, one school in the same town. In ad­ not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars. perimented with dozens of contests, sense of community responsibility Committee to Study Portwood, superintendent, San An­ watch for drinking in the stadium trip took him over a considerable dition to band, orchestra, choral Takes Effect Immediately dropping some, expanding others, the young child is developing; tonio. and they have done a very good portion of eastern United States, groups, solo and ensemble events, and keeping the remainder on an "Boundary Lines," No. So. 3216, The committee will meet Sunday, job, but with an ordinance such as "Section 2. That due to the "with the aid," he explains, "of a grade school in Conference B is even keel. Debate, declamation, a plea to eliminate the arbitrary October 17, at 2 p.m. at the Dris- this that has teeth in it, I do not fact alcoholic beverages have been the. inattention or connivance of Television Rights ready writing (until 1935 known boundaries which separate people (Continued on page 4, col. 5) kill Hotel. look for any further trouble." brought to and consumed at high- brakemen and other functionaries as essay writing) were the earliest from one another as individuals Plans Underway for Law Includes Dances school athletic contests, school- of the freight trains of that area." The basketball tournament for sponsored dances,-parties and other speech and literary contests. Of and nations; "First Steps," No, So. He served as special assistant Pat McClarney to Star 1949 Sports Season City Conference schools will be in Passed December 9, 1947, thesocia l gatherings, and on the course, spelling and plain writing 3355, an official United Nations Houston in 1949 and the Track and ordinance makes it unlawful to pos­ has long been a favorite contest. in New York to a cancer-cure fake, production; "Hungry Minds," No. In New Broadway Show A special committee of school grounds and in the buildings of Field and Literary Meet will be sess, transport, or consume any al­ Track and field and tennis made who pretended to have discovered So. 3351, educational reconstruc­ Texas' own Pat McClarney, who administrators has been appointed public schools, and that' there is no held in San Antonio. coholic beverage at high-school ath­ ordinance regulating same creates up the athletic program in the certain rays of lights which re­ tion needs; "Now the Peace," No. had her first taste of the theatre to discuss the question of granting letic contests, at school-sponsored an urgency and an emergency for beginning. moved wens and skin ailments of So. 1465, a factual summary of the while acting in League one-act television rights for high-school dances, parties and other social the preservation of the public all kinds. basic United Nations' program for plays, will play the lead in the athletic contests. In 1920 football and basketball Illiteracy in These United States gatherings, and on the grounds and health, peace, safety and general "The man had ten thousand world security; "People's Charter," new Broadway musical, "The Song Members of the television com­ in the buildings of public schools. were added to the sports sponsored No. So. 3223, an outline of the Since 1930, the number of U.S. welfare necessitating that this dollars worth of pure sham electri­ of Texas." The production will be mittee, according to R. J. Kidd, It provides for the confiscation of by the League. Football had been purposes of the United Nations; illiterates (14 years of age and up) Ordinance shall'take effect immedi­ cal equipment just to impress his premiered in Texas in the same director, are J. O. Webb of Hous­ liquor by police officers, and de­ attempted in 1914 but was not and "Round Trip, The U.S.A. in has dropped 1.3 million, while the ately from and after its passage as patients. I can't claim credit for manner that '^Oklahoma" was ton, M. P. Baker of Corpus Christi, clares such possession, transporta­ highly successful until 1920. World Trade," No. So. 3252, population has jumped 17.4 million, is in the Charter in such cases any cures, although I turned premiered in its home state. Nat Williams of Abilene, W. T. tion or consumption to be a misde­ Not only has the schedule of America's role in foreign trade according to the Bureau of the made and provided." switches on and off," he comments After winning a place on the White of Dallas, and Mortimer meanor and provides for a penalty. contests been expanded, but terri­ based on a research survey. Census. Still, however, 2.8 million All-Star Cast in 1942 when she Brown of Tyler. torial divisions have been created (Continued on page 3, col. 6) people in the United States cannot The ordinance reads as follows: played a feature role with Ama-, INUE A REPORTS ON TEXAS and new divisions and classifica­ The first meeting of the group read or write. Be It Ordained by the City Council rillo's One-Act Play entry in the was scheduled for' October 16 in of Dallas: Section 1. That Chap­ Of every 1,000 pupils who reach tions have been made, which means State Tournament, Miss McClar­ The Bureau has changed its the office of Dean T. H. Shelby. ter 90 of the 1941 Code of Civil and the fifth grade in Texas, only 392 the League is brought within the November 15 Is Deadline ney studied drama at The Univer­ Invitations were extended to repre­ methods of measuring literacy. Criminal Ordinances of the City of finish high school, the National range of every public school in sity of Texas. During the war she sentatives from radio stations From 1870 to 1930, census takers Dallas is hereby amended by the Educational Association has re­ Texas, large and small. Controlled appeared in USO camp shows. In KRLD, Dallas, WFAA, Dallas, asked a person if he could read or addition thereto of Article 90-25: ported. competitions have thus been For Basketball Entries New York she appeared in "Girl brought nearer home to the school WBAP, Fort Worth, and the Texas write. Too. many illiterates, the "Article 90-25. It shall be unlaw­ "Somewhere along the line the from Nantucket," "Front Page," and, thereby, closer to the indi­ All basketball acceptance cards must be in the State Office State Net Work, Fort Worth. Bureau thought, were not admit- ful for any person to possess, trans­ other 608 drop out of school from and "Bloomer Girl," and is now disinterest, discouragement, poor vidual child. by November 15, Rhea Williams, director of athletics, re­ "The question of telecasting tiag it. In 1940, the Bureau asked port, or consume any alcoholic bev­ doing television shows in New health, oi" early marriages," NEA minds schools, and no schools will be added to the official football games has. come up sooner people how many years of school erage, as defined by the Texas "No one man makes an organi­ York and concert work with Perry researchers found. list after this date. Como. than we anticipated," commented they had finished. If you had Liquor Control Act, at any school- zation as big as the Interscholastic Texas ranks among the middle League," says Roy Bedichek. "He the League director. "At the pres­ finished five, you were "literate," sponsored dance, party or other In the past some school administrators have assumed that While in Austin in September, ent time the Constitution and Rules one-third states in its "Pupil-hold­ may be titular head and he may be payment of the membership fee *• she collaborated with the Holly­ if not, you weren't. social gathering, or on the grounds of the Interscholastic League does ing power," the report said. It influential in its councils, but it automatically placed a school in a received. wood producer, Jack Gardner, in • For the 1940 report, based upon or in the buildings of any public not authorize the State Executive gave 1946 enrollments as its source takes many individuals to carry basketball or football district. This "Check your files to see that you the production of "The Song of 25,000 interviews, both questions school. Any police officer is author­ Committee to grant television of figures. • • • on and develop such a work. It is, is not true. The school must indi­ have this acknowledgment," Mr. Texas" and was featured in a were asked. Definition of a literate ized to seize and confiscate such rights. The State Office is now ask­ In the United States as a whole, on the whole, strictly a co-operative cate whether or not it wishes to Williams advises administrators. fashion revue. Script writer for ing for bids on the broadcasting person is still "anybody who has alcoholic beverages. Violation of only 453 of each 1,000 who were enterprise." take part in football or basketball Each year some schools fail to the fashion show was another rights for the 1949 sports season, completed the fifth grade"—a defi­ this Ordinance shall be a misde­ enrolled as fifth-grade pupils are What about the man Bedichek so that it may be assigned to its get their acceptance cards to the League winner, Mrs. Frank McBee and the question of telecasting nition which will make some college meanor. Any person guilty of vio­ still in attendance in the final year apart from his role in the League? proper district. League office before the time ex­ of Austin, formerly Sue Brandt, fights for the same period has professors and sixth grade teachers lating the provisions of this Ordi­ of high school, the report said.— He is a man of wide and varied The State Office acknowledges pires, and are therefore omitted who took top honors in the Jour­ come into the picture." wince, according to Time Magazine. nance shall be punished by a fine The Dallas Morning News. interests: economics, philosophy, the acceptance cards as they are. from the official list. nalism contest in 1940. Page 2 INTERS'CHOLXSTI'C UEA'G'UER

CURRENT PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY THE PLAYS UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE A Prescribed List of Plays, No. 4820, 20 page*. Journalism, Debate A list of 350 One-Act Play titles for use in League contests. Listed according to ritle, author, number of characters, type, royalty, and publisher. Those ordering bulletins should read carefully the description of the bulletin given below and the terms upon which it is distributed. SHORTHAND Titles Won by Vann Stamps are not accepted in payment for bulletins, and bulletins Shorthand Tests. are not sent C.O.D. or on account. Cash in the form of money order, Seventy-word, eighty-word and ninety-word shorthand tests, of the same nature 48 ILPC Champion express order, currency, or personal check must accompany order. as tests used in Interscholastic League Shorthand Tournaments. One cent per test. Is Sports Writer Do not expect the bulletins to travel as rapidly as first-class mail. With football season in full Wait a reasonable time before sending in an inquiry concerning an TYPEWRITING order previously given. swing, several high-school ed­ If it is necessary to telegraph an order, the money should be tele­ Typewriting Tests. itors have turned attention to Published eight times a year, each month, from September to graphed also, as otherwise the order must surely be held up awaiting Fifteen-minute typing teeU, of the same nature as testa used in Interscholastic April, inclusive, by the Bureau of Public School Service,* Division of League Typewriting Tournaments, spaces counted. Two cents per copy, fifteen the cultivation of a spirit of remittance. sportsmanship in regard to Extension, The University of Texas. When the term "League School" is used in this list it is meant to cents per dozen. refer to a school which is a member of The University Interscholastic SPELLING games. The last two or three sea­ League. sons have witnessed an unfortunate Reduced prices do not apply on cumulative orders. For instance, Word Lists for Interscholastic League Spelling Contest (1948—49), number of outbreaks of poor sports­ a school ordering 50 copies one time and 50 at another time does not No. 4817, 16 pages. 5 cents per copy. manship; and editors may well R. J. KIDD Editor receive these at the rate given on 100 lots. The word lists for the three divisions in this contest are published in this bulletin, OLETTA JOHNSON .Assistant Editor Bulletins ordered are not subject to exchange, nor will money be making a supplementary list for those appearing in the State adopted texts. Both tackle the problem as an important refunded for same. the texts and the word lists are necessary for preparing pupils to engage in this one. For the consideration of edi­ (Entered as second-class matter November 6, 1927, at the post Constitution and Rules of the Interscholastic League (1948), No. contest. In quantities, 30 cents per dozen or $1.50 per hundred, postpaid. tors, we may suggest a few "proj­ office at Austin, Texas, under the Act of August 24, 1912.) 4814, 150 pages, 15 cents per copy. ART APPRECIATION ects" in sportsmanship. Subscription rate is $1.00 per year. Contains rules and regulations governing all contests of The University Inter­ scholastic League. Free copy is sent to the person remitting the fee for a school. Art Appreciation Studies (1943), No. 4336, 62 pages. 15 cents per 1. One school invited a rival to Vol. XXXII OCTOBER, 1948 No. 2 The Interscholastic Leaguer. copy, 10 copies for $1.00. By Waldine Hunter. select a "visiting sweetheart" for Monthly publication official organ of the League, mailed free on request to any This bulletin describes briefly pictures selected for their suitability in illustrating the day of a home game. The school various phases of the "art appreciation" part of the curriculum in art for inter­ teacher in Texas who is coaching or training pupils for participation In League paper printed the picture of the contests. mediate grades approved by the State Department of Education. They are excellent artext prints, 8 x 10 reproducing pictures of the great classical artists. "visiting sweetheart" and an inter­ The eight semester rule is assisting greatly in insuring DEBATE view with her on the honor thus that bona fide high-school students get an opportunity to Favorite Pictures (1941), No. 4136. 15 cents per copy. 10 copies Debate Bulletin for 1948—49, No. 4819, 75 cents per copy. for $1.00. bestowed. The sweetheart arrived participate in scholastic athletics. In press dispatches from The League will Issue a regular debate bulletin this year, available In October, A collection of stories concerning the pictures and the artists included in the a day early, met student body offi­ 1942-43 picture memory list is here presented in quite attractive form. The author all over the state we learn that the vast majority of high- containing an analysis of the question and selected arguments on both negative and cers and school officials, was honor Richard Vann affirmative sides. is Mrs. Florence Lowe Phillips who has prepared other numbers of this series in the guest at a pre-game dance, was school teams have only three or four lettermen back and past. The bulletin is printed in large type and in a manner suitable for study by Belton High School The Natural Resource Tax (1940), No. 4038, 250 pages, single children. the guest for the night of local that the present varsity teams are composed largely of copies 25 cents. Not only did Richard Vann of "Picture Study in Elementary Grades" (1936), No. 3634, 50 pages. students, and then was honored by seniors. In some schools as high as ninety per cent of the The debate question for the school year 1940-41 proposed an increase in taxes on 10 cents per copy. a special ceremony between halves. Belton High School win the state natural resources and this bulletin contains a wealth of material, both negative and varsity teams are seniors. This definitely indicates that This is a collection of articles published in the Interscholastic Leaguer, under the championship in the Journalism affirmative. It also contains suggestive briefs. It was prepared under the direction of The rooters for the visiting team title, "Picture Appreciation," by Miss Florence Lowe, Head, Art Department, Sam knowingly or unbeknowingly students have been held over Professor Thomas A. Rousse, of the Public Speaking Department, The University of naturally had read stories of the Contest at the 1948 State Meet, but Houston State Teachers College. The article contains many helpful hints to teach­ Texas. he and his debate partner, Bob for competition beyond their normal tenure in high school. ers who have charge of picture appreciation study in the fourth and fifth grades, procedure in their home paper and Messer, argued their way to the Such a policy as is indicated by the above data clearly points Medical Care. Official debate handbook for 1946—47 scholastic year. as well as a great deal of general information concerning the less technical aspects came to the game with a friendly Volume I, 75 cents per copy. Supplement 75 cents per copy. of painting, sculpture, and architecture. feeling for the opposing student championship title of Conference out that many of our athletes in the past have not been bona A Debate. The official Debate Handbook hat more than two hundred pages and contains Art Appreciation Studies in Fourth and Fifth Grades (1940). No. body. arguments pro and con on the debate-question adopted by the League as the official fide students, in fact, they more nearly approximate junior 4036, 15 cents per copy, 10 copies for $1.00. Richard won the highest honor question for 1046-47. Although there is much material on both sides of this ques­ Yell for Them Mrs. Florence Lowe Phillips is the author of this bulletin which was designed for college students. It is undoubtedly true that had the eight tion available, this bulletin is considered basic and every debater should have a 2. On the suggestion of the edi­ in the Journalism competition at fourth and fifth grades. Each one of the selections is discussed and biographical semester rule not gone into effect the majority of the seniors copy. Recommended for practice debates. tor of the school paper, the yell the 1947 State Meet also. While data concerning each of the artists are given. at Belton High School, he Was a playing this year would have graduated without ever having Compulsory Military Training. Official debate handbook for 1945-46 leaders of one school taught the member of the National Honor represented their high school on the varsity team. The eight scholastic year, 75 cents per copy. MISCELLANEOUS student body a yell peculiar to the This bulletin of more than two hundred pages contains arguments pro and con opposing school. On the day of the Society, Quill and Scroll, was editor Athletics—For Better or Worse. By Dr. Chas. W. Flint, formerly semester rule and the age rule are of great value in insuring on the debate-question adopted by the League as the official question for 1945-46. game, the student body then greeted of The Belton Tiger, and was Recommended for practice debates. Chancellor, Syracuse University, 30 pages. interested in debate. For the past that only bona fide students represent the high schools in Dr. Flint is a recognized authority on athletics. His analysis of the evils of athletics the visiting team with their own Equalization of Educational Opportunity (1941), No. 4138, 250 years he has been a staff writer on athletics. pages, single copies 35 cents, four copies for $1.00. is keen and searching, while his estimate of the educational value of athletics is based yell when they raced on the field. not only on theoretical study, but upon years of experience in practical administration the Temple Daily Telegram, and This bulletin contains arguments pro and con on the Interscholastic League debate This was a,friendly gesture of good There are some people in our state who are now conniving of the Bams in school and college. Free on request to member schools: to others, query for the school year 1941-12. It also contains affirmative, negative and general sportsmanship. this spring won the four-year ways and means to beat the eight semester rule and once briefs, as well as an exhaustive analysis of the question and a classified bibliography. 5 cents per copy. 3. Encouraging good manners at Pepsi-Cola Scholarship in Texas. again allow non bona fide students to participate in high- It was prepared by Dr. Joseph Ray, Professor of Government in the North Texas Relationship of Scholarship in School to Later Success in Life. a game can be an important step Southern Methodist University State Teachers College. Fifteen-page pamphlet containing reprint of a series of articles by Dr. H. Y. school athletics. Such plans as enrolling the student for two On this same subject, there are available two handbooks, Vol. I and Vol. It, Benedict, late President of The University of Texas, published in The Interscholastic in the cultivation of sportsmanship. will be the choice of this young high-school courses and two grade-school courses, holding entitled, "Equalising Educational Opportunity," at 25 cents per volume. These Leaguer. It disposes finally of the old contention that vne poor student stands best Clap for opposing players when journalist, who graduated from the student over another year in grade school and other bulletins are both good-sized volumes of 200 or 260 pages each. chance of later success in life. The problem is attacked statistically and the answer they leave the field, especially those high school at the age of 16. He is The Sale* Tax, No. 3838, 250 pages, single copies 25 cents. is conclusive. Many superintendents and principals will want to pass this informa­ who leave because of injuries. interested in journalism, radio or similar schemes will undoubtedly be utilized. Anyone advis­ This was the League handbook on the debate query for the school year 193S-S9. It tion on to high-school pupils through auditorium talks and on other occasions. Sent Don't boo the officials, no matter law as possible careers. His parents ing a student to follow such plans of action is taking liberties contains Buggestive briefs, selected arguments, bibliography, etc., all bearing on the only in case legal-sized stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with request. how unfair a decision may seem are Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vann, debate query: "Resolved That Texas Should Adopt a Uniform Retail Sales Tax." Speech Teaching: A Vital Problem in Public Education, by Harry G. to be; the officials are closer than Baylor Station, Belton, Texas. with a boy's future which cannot be justified on an educa­ It was prepared by Professor George Hester and Professor Thomas A. Rousse. Barnes, Ph.D. the spectators to the ball. The tional basis. The Interscholastic League Breakfast and Section Meeting, November 27, 19S6 Texas Legislature! One House or Two? No. 3738. 250 pages, single custom has gained wide acceptance Some people are advocating a change in the age rule from copies 35 cents, four copies for $1.00. voted unanimously to request the League to issue Dr. Barnes' address in phamphlet This was the League handbook on the debate query for the Bchool year 1937-38. form. This was accordingly done and it is now available for anyone interested who of exchanging yell leaders for at eighteen to nineteen years of age, but to do this would only It contains Buggestive briefs, selected arguments, bibliography, etc., all bearing on will enclose with request a legal-sited stamped and addressed envelope. least one yell between halves; if the debate query, "Resolved, That Texas Should Adopt the One-House Legislature." assist those few people who would postpone a boy's entrance The Speech Teacher and Competition (1941), No. 4142, 75 pages, your school doesn't do this, why Norma White Wins It was prepared by Dr. Joe M. Ray, Associate Professor of Government in the into high school in order to avoid the eight semester rule. North Texas State Teachers College. 25 cents per copy. not request such exchange of cour­ Let's stress progress in education, not retardation; let's Part 1 of this bulletin, the use of competitions as a method of teaching, is discussed tesies? "Nationalization of Munitions" (1936), No. 3638, 225 pages, 10 from a historical and theoretical standpoint by Roy Bedichek, Director of The Uni­ 4. Because bad feeling between Copyreading Event cents. versity Interscholastic League. Part II is written by F. L. Winship, former director of stress intellectual progress as well as physical development student bodies at games often­ The question for debate in all Interscholastic League matched debates for the Speech Activities in the Interscholastic League. It is designed to be of practical Houston Graduate and, above all, let's give bona fide students an opportunity to 1936-37 school year was: "Resolved, That the Manufacture of Munitions of War Should assistance to teachers who have undertaken the work of sponsoring dramatic, extem­ times results from objection to play high-school athletics and not let just a few students Be a Government Monopoly." Professor Thomas A. Rousse, Debate Coach at The poraneous speech or declamation contests in their respective schools. Even experienced official rulings,- it would be desirable Prefers Journalism University of Texas, prepared this bulletin covering practically every phase of teachers will find Part II quite worthy of study; those assigned contest duties but monopolize our entire program.—R.W. the query. The bulletin contains general negative, and affirmative briefs, bibliography, to acquaint the students of your inexperienced in this field, will find it invaluable. selected arguments, etc, using, of course, only the most eminent authorities in the school in advance with the qualifi­ field. Single copies, 10 cents. All orders for bulletins or other. League publications should be cations of the officials of a game. addressed to "Limiting Taxes on Tangible Property" (1932), No. 3228, 10 cents. Why not run a short feature about Attention is called to Article IV, Section 4, of the Consti­ Contains briefs, selected arguments and authoritative statistics on the following THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE the officials of the game along with tution and Rules, which provides for the organizational debate query: "Resolved, That at least one-half of all State and local revenues in University Station, Box H the advance story? Texas should be derived from sources other than taxes on tangible property." This Austin 12, Texas meeting of the spring meet district during the month of bulletin was prepared by C. A. Duval, Ph.D., Instructor in Economics, The Uni­ Changes in Personnel November. versity of Texas. Personnel changes in the ranks of Texas high-school journalism, The district membership for Conferences AA, B and City DECLAMATION will be approximately the same as last spring. Conference provide a few news notes. A Prescribed List of Junior Declamations, No. 4735. Price 10 cents. Miss Laura Sheridan for many A district membership will correspond very closely to the A list of 3,000 titles of poems for use in League contests, revised for 1947-48. years rode herd on The Pony Ex­ present football and basketball district assignments. Listed alphabetically according to title, author, and the books in which each poem is found. Contains bibliography of 68 books of poetry. press of Newman High, Sweet­ water. This year she has moved to The State Office intends to publish in the December and Senior Declamation Bibliography. F. W. Savage, Director of Music Activities the school system of San Angelo. January issues of the LEAGUER the names and addresses of A list of thirty-four books and publications containing Senior Declamations. Some Solo and Ensemble Lists Norma White the contest directors for each district meet. In order to do contain both Senior and Junior Declamations. This bibliography is sent free. We know that her many friends in Lamar High School, Houston Anyone wishing a position (without pay) from July 1 to Sweetwater will regret her leaving, this, each director general must furnish the State Office a MATHEMATICS October 15 each year, please drop us a line. Three secretaries, and that her new acquaintances in A high-school journalist who has list of the district contest directors. How to Teach Number Sense, a Handbook for Teachers (1938), after taking one look at the reams of material collected for San Angelo will welcome her. Mrs. had experience in publicity, editing To prepare the pupils for the literary and dramatic con­ Bulletin No. 3842, 28 pages, 25 cents per copy. the solo and ensemble lists and reading some of the titles Libby Wetsel has taken her place and advertising, Norma White is A teacher who has been sponsoring this contest since it was included in the as faculty advisor of The Pony Ex­ interested in journalism as a pro­ tests that are to get under way in March, the coaches need League .schedule ten years ago has taken great pains to outline exactly how she therein, departed for more lucrative fields immediately. In press; and under her direction the fession. Representing Lamar High an early start. A special effort will be made this year to get presents this material to her classes. She has done an excellent job, and many order to perform in this position, x first issue of the paper is neat and School of Houston at the 1948 teachers will find in it a great time-saver in preparing lesson-plans as well as you will have \ to believe with all all spring meet districts organized before December. many suggestions for short-out methods, record-keeping, etc. It is not designed newsy. Interscholastic League Press Con­ for pupils, but for the guidance of the teacher. your heart that the performance power to inaugurate a State Music ference, she won first place in the Contest but would not do so until Bluford Hester, for two years "Developing Number Sense" (1945), No. 4526, 32 pages, 10 cents. of solos and ensembles will un­ Copyreading Contest. • a majority of the member schools assistant director of the I.L.P.C Written by John W. Calhoun, Professor of Applied Mathematics, The University doubtedly solve most of the ills of Norma, a 1948 graduate, belonged In the September LEAGUER we made a plea for schools to of Texas. This bulletin is a revision of the bulletin issued by the League under requested such a contest. This re­ (a part-time job), has accepted a this trouble-ridden world. You will to Quill and Scroll, Tawasi, Chero­ the same title in 1926. It contains directions to the teacher and to the student for quest might come as the tabula­ full-time position with the Austin start a drive for a better brand of fan-sportsmanship this have to discard all doubts that stu­ kee, Los Hablodores and Kachina developing "number sense," that is, an ability to solve quickly arithmetical problems tion of a referendum as suggested American-Statesman. We know he year. Some schools started last winter to lick one of the with a fair degree of accuracy without the use of pencil or paper. It is old-fashioned dents are clamoring for the pre­ organizations at Lamar. She was by the advisory council or as a has many friends among Texas biggest trouble-makers at football and basketball games— "mental" arithmetic systematically presented. This bulletin is used as a basis for scribed lists of solos for harp; and, publicity chairman of Tawasi, direct suggestion of the advisory high-school journalism teachers conference contests in arithmetic. It contains more than a thousand problems. One school can begin only after extreme associate editor of the Lancer, and drinking. . free copy for each member school expecting to enter the arithmetic contest. Single council. who will be interested in news pressure unless this list is in the advertising manager. The City of Dallas has set a fine pattern with its ordinance copies, 10 cents apiece, 50 cents per dozen, $8.00 per 100. hands of the directors. Keep in mind that, "Each mem­ about him. To take his place we This summer she decided to enter prohibiting the drinking of alcoholic beverages at ALL school "Number Sense" Test Sheets. After such an introduction, the ber school present shall be entitled have been fortunate to secure the For practice tests in "number sense." One eent per sheet. Key for grading The University of Texas to study announcement that solo and en­ to one vote at this (annual) meet­ services of Miss Jeanine Eminian. events, which covers games, dances and any other activity problems is sent with each order. No order filed for leu than ten copies of a journalism. Her parents are Mr. semble lists will be ready about ing, which shall be cast by the Miss Eminian, though just now a of the schools. The City Council passed an ordinance Decem­ given test. Be careful in ordering to call for "Number Sense" tests. and Mrs. A. B. White, 308 Bomar, November 1 (we hope), will come superintendent or principal." This journalism junior in The University ber 9, 1947, which makes possessing, transporting or con­ Make Algebra Talk. By Dr. John W. Calhoun, late Professor of Ap­ Houston, Texas. as a great shock. rule applies likewise to a referen­ of Texas, has an unusual back­ suming any alcoholic beverage a misdemeanor for which the plied Mathematics, The University of Texas. No. 4623, 20 pages, ground to qualify her for the job. 5 cents each, 25 cents per dozen or $1.00 per 100. Due to the increased size of the dum vote. guilty person can be fined as much as two hundred dollars. Practical methods of teaching algebra which appeared as a series of articles solo and ensemble lists it seemed Concluding the foregoing state­ A staff member of the Round-Up Nothing but the Truth in The Interscholastic Leaguer. feasible to have them made up ments, it seems very evident that of Austin High, Houston, for two Mark Twain, in his reporting The entire ordinance appears in this issue of the LEAGUER. years, she won second place in We feel that other cities and towns will legislate similar How to Use a Slide Rule, 40 cents per copy. into bulletin form. This bulletin in order to initiate a State Music days, was instructed by an editor Bulletin of 60 pages giving detailed instruction in use of slide rule and many will be available through the Bu­ Contest, the local superintendents individual honors at the state never to state anything as a fact illustrations. Also tests are available at 1 cent per copy, 10 cents per dozen. ordinances to control drinking at high-school affairs. reau of Public School Service for and principals will first have to I.L.P.C. contests one spring. She that he could not verify from per­ 25c per copy. be consulted. They will have to has worked as a reporter on the sonal knowledge. Sent out to cover MUSIC Houston Post one summer and as Since a page in this bulletin is determine whether such a venture an important social event soon Prescribed Lists of Music (1948-49), No. 4822, 25 cents per copy. assistant to the women's editor devoted to recognition of the excel­ is financially and educationally afterward, he turned in the follow­ another summer. She has been a The Role of Music in General Education (1948). No. 4801. lent work of a very large group advisable. ing story: "A woman giving the By Dr. Hobart H. Sommers, Principal, Austin High School, Chicago, 111. faithful worker on The Daily of music educators, and since the After such procedure has been name of Mrs. James Jones, who is Texan in college, and has made a Songs for Choral Singing Contests. 1946 Song Book. 24 pages, Editor has informed me that 876 followed, this office will endeavor reported to be one of the society single copies 15 cents, per dozen $1.50. fine record in her college journal­ words makes a column, I will not to construct and administer a state leaders of the city, is said to have Organizing Agency: Extension Division, The University of Texas Bureau of Public This is a collection of songs prepared for the Choral Singing Contest, For a. list ism courses. We are sure that you School Service. of the songs refer to Choral Singing rules and regulations. attempt to list the names of these contest which will be consistent given what purported to be a party will profit through her I.L.P.C. State Executive Committee: T. H. Shelby, Chairman; Rhea H. Williams, E. J. Kidd, committees here. with League principles and will yesterday to a number of alleged Thomas A. Rousse, Emmette Redford, B. C. Tharp, C. A. Wiley. Dr. A. L. Chap. Practice Songs for Choral Singing. 1942 and 1943 Song Books, work. man, H. A. Calkins. two pamphlets, 32 pages each. 5 cents per copy, 50 cents per State Contest > motivate the ultimate in musical ladies. The hostess claims to be the dozen. Every other letter received in attainment. wife of a reputed attorney."—The Legislative Advisory Council: R. B. Norman, Amarillo; H. D. Burton, Clarendon; These songs were used in League Contests during 1942 and 1948. The books are Combined Subscriptions John Morris, Claude; W. C. Blankenship, Big Spring; I. I* Lasater, Winters; this department wishes me luck Reader's Digest. D. E. Loveless, Coleman; Jack Ryan. McKinney; W. B. Alexander, Bowie; now available for practice purposes at a reduced price. If you are in favor of a State The AmariRo Sandstorm ad­ Edwin Bowen, Boyd; E. N. Dennard, Marshall; D. T. Loyd, East Mountain, with my progress toward a State Music Contest, talk it over with Gilmer; Floyd H. Burton, Humble; Vernon Madden, Sealy; ; "Making Friends in Music Land," Book VI (1935). No. 3540, 80 vanced a new idea this year in re­ E. T. Robbins, Alamo Heights. San Antonio; J. Milton Edds, Academy pages, 10 cents. Music Contest. Perhaps it would your superintendent or principal gard to subscriptions. This year rooms. Each home room to secure School, Temple; S. V. Neely, San Benito; H. Lee Clifton, Falfurrias; Walter Same description as Book II, except that different selections are treated. Single be wise to review the paragraphs so that he will be able to express Coers, Orange Grove; J. M. Hanks, Ysleta; R. D. Lee, Monahans; Leland L. copies 10 cents; twelve copies for 81.00. students may get the school paper 100 per cent in subscriptions was Martin, Crane; Lewis Simms, Caddo Mills; R. B. Sparks, Goose Creek. of the Constitution and Rules deal­ the sentiment of your school at the Director: R. J. Kidd. and the annual on one combined awarded a prize of $5. "Making Friends in Music Land," Book VIII (1941). No. 4140, ing with this procedure. Article next District meeting which dele­ Director of Athletics: Rhea H. Williams. 100 pages, price 15 cents per copy. subscription. Separate subscrip­ The Little Harvester of Pampa Tennis: Dr. D. A. Penick. XV reads in part as follows: gates authority to the elected mem­ Each of the selections contained in the 1942-43 music memory list receives tions would be $4.25 for the annual has made a big step forward this Director of Speech Activities: Bruce Roach. bership of the advisory council. Director of Music: F. W. Savage. attention in this bulletin. Also there are suggestions to teachers and pupils which "All amendments to the consti­ and 75 cents for the paper. The year. Published heretofore as a Commercial Contests: Miss Florence Stullken. assist in the study of the various requirements of the Interscholastic League contest combined rate will be $4. Since Director Emeritus: Roy Bedichek. tution and rules . . . shall be part of the local newspaper, the in Music Appreciation. Teachers find this little book quite a help in enlisting the both publications are produced Regional Directors interest of pupils and in systematizing the study of the selections. made by the State Executive Harvester is now an independently Insufficient Peace under the direction of one adviser, Region I: Dr. Ernest Wallace, Texas Technological College. Lubbock. Sing We All Noel, Christmas and Twelfth Night Suggestions for Committee, provided, that all printed five-column weekly paper. Region II: Superintendent Nat Williams, Abilene. material changes . . . shall first Closer to the truth than he had Miss Dorinda Bond, the co-ordi­ Region III: Dr. C. L. Wisseman. Southern Methodist University. Dallas. Home, School, Church, Recreation Center, Club and Community, If you have not already enrolled Region IV: Dr. B. E. Masters, Kilgore Junior College, Kilgore. (A and B) by Augustus Delafield Zanzig. No. 4147, 42 pages. Price 15 be submitted to the members of meant to be was the schoolboy who nation of separate subscription your paper in the I.L.P.C, be sure Lawrence Franks, Stephen F Austin State Teachers College, Nacogdoches. cents per copy. campaigns into one should not be (AA) the League at the annual meet­ wrote on an examination paper: to send your request for enroll­ Region V : Mr. M. B. Etheridge, Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville. Now is the time to begin preparation for a big Christmas celebration in school ing and to the advisory council "The Armistice was signed on the difficult. Region VI: Mr. Pat H. Norwood. Southwest Texas State Teachers College, San and community. Music is the soul of the Christmas celebration, and here in this ment at once. Address requests Marcos. bulletin you will find many suggestions, not only for music but for various cere­ for an advisory vote." 11th of November in 1918 and since The Belton Tiger offered a spe­ simply to the Interscholastic League Region VII: Dr. Eldon D. Brinley, Texas College of Arts and Industries, Kingsville, (also regional director of Region V-AA). monials. Lists of suitable plays, festivals, pageants, and lists of carols are appended. This simply means that the State then every year there have been cial inducement to secure 100 per Press Conference, The University Region VIII: Superintendent Murry H. Ply. Odessa. Very valuable for reference. Executive Committee has the two minutes peace." cent subscriptions from home of Texas. INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER Page 3

Long-lime Director Goes League Publishes On Limited Retirement (Continued from page 1) Debate Bulletin on that phase of his lif«. For a time he was secretary to a very strict and eloquent Boston Schools +0 Receive divine for whom he copied from Free Material Later books many devout and high-flown passages, later incorporated into The University Interscholastic the minister's sermons. League debate bulletin, "Increasing "This experience gave my writing the Severance Tax on Natural Re­ style a kind of clerical flavor still sources," now ready for distribu­ noticeable," chuckles Mr. Bedichek. tion, contains a number of features A number of new plays are reviewed this lirionth. The pub­ Picked Blackberries not found in previous bulletins Picking blackberries in New Jer­ lishers are beginning to send out their new? fall plays. In­ issued by the League. sey was another experience of his. cluded in the group reviewed you will find pilays suitable for The Table of Contents lists each He was once fired from a coal mine both high-school and Little Theatre production. article separately for quick refer­ in West Virginia because he made We are interested in knowing what pJ/ays your school ence. In addition to the analysis of insistent complaints concerning a James Hunt (left) and Charles Cusenbary of Sonora High the question, the definition of terms plans to produce. We want to pass' dangerous cable by which men were School won the Conference B debate championship at the 1948 is more complete than heretofore. the information on to others. In pulled up to the mouth of the mine. State Meet. A silver cup, inscribed with the winners' names, wa» Girls," runs injfco the man who had The debater will find especially val­ that way, we can find out what Before the days of automobile presented to Sonora High School for a permanent trophy. walked out o« her twelve years uable the section titled "General plays are the most popular among before. He hald been involved in a roads, he rode a bicycle from Eddy, Advice to Debaters." Texas, to Deming, New Mexico, Texas schools. Let us hear from bank robbery land had simply dis­ Use Brief as Starter you concerning your proposed appeared. Aflter patching things leading his conveyance a good deal schedule of plays. Send your play­ up, and aftejr being the central The Brief contains an Introduc­ of the way, he reports. In Deming Sonora Debaters Place First bill or the title of your production figures in vaafious incidents, includ­ tion as well as an Affirmative and he served as secretary of the to us, Box H, University Station, ing a murder,^ they find the inexor­ Negative outline of the question. Chamber of Commerce and later In Conference B State Finals Austin, Texas. Also send orders able fact thrtfc when the past dies The debater is cautioned, however, was editor of the Deming Headlight for examination copies of plays to and when love dies with it, two to use the Brief only as a starter until he became involved in a prohi­ Charles Lee Cusenbary and* this address. , people who 'have gone their sepa­ to the study of the question. It is bition campaign. James Hunt of Sonora High School the school annual, drum major of • * * rate ways cfjjnnot go back and re­ in no way meant to be the final "The town had then a population won the state championship in Con­ the Bronco band, and president of Tattletale by Anne C. Martens. capture a l',i»t love. word concerning the arguments. of 4,000 served by sixteen saloons ference B debate this year. the 4-H club. Although every attempt was made and my efforts to dry up the town Dramatic Publishing Co., Roy. Two setsf are required for the Charles played football three After graduation in 1949, James to make the figures as accurate as Schulenburg High School won first place in the Conference B were not appreciated, either by the $10-$25, 9mllw and extras, show: A doaffliino parlor and a small years and basketball four years. plans to enter The University of possible, the debater should con­ One-Act Play Tournament with its production of "High Windows*" principal advertisers or the man comedy, three-act, 75c. town theat'09 dressing room. The He was on the high-school paper Texas with ranching his ultimate stantly be on the lookout for the Kenneth Lorfing (above) played the role of Judge Craig. Agnes who held the mortgage on the news­ Patty's diary accidently gets time of the .show is in 1928—Calvin staff for a year and the annual goal in life. He lives now on a latest data and most recent figures. David (above) won the Best Actress award for her portrayal of paper plant," says Mr. Bedichek. published in the town newspaper Coolidge is. president. The central staff for two years. He served as ranch twelve miles from Sonora and the town blows up. Patty, in The debater should work up his Mrs. Emily Winthrop. Director of the play was Mr. I. E. Clark. "I was attacked also from the girl is given a chance to do some president of the Student Congress. with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. an attempt to be very truthful in own case and write his own brief. inside, as my journeymen printers Bryan Hunt. blues singi/mg. Other honors awarded the debater her diary, has told all. The news­ The Brief is placed in the bulletin would often get too drunk to get Reviewur's opinion: Good. and athlete included the titles of paper editor and Patty's sister al­ solely for the purpose of assisting the paper out on time, and in Uses: Advance drama groups. Director Announces Topics all-district center his senior year, most break up their heated ro­ the debater in making his own waggish moods would spring libel­ I2-Grade Accrediting Little Theatre, Civic Theatre. case. The debater should not de­ the best all-round linesman and mance, Patty's father almost loses ous misprints. Once I had to burn school favorite. He also received Study to Be Conducted his job, her mother is almost tossed pend too heavily on this Brief— For Extemp Speech Contestu p an entire edition to keep from or any prepared brief—for his the Lions club award. The possibility of putting school out of the Faculty Wives Club, and being thrown in jail on a charge of accrediting on a 12-grade basis in Sunday *€osts Five Pesos by Jose- case. When he does his own work, Of all the speech contests the Interscholastic League Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cusenbary Patty herself is almost tarred and libelous obscenity. The upshot was Texas will be the objective of a phiissa Niggli. Samuel French, he will get the most benefit from sponsors, Extemporaneous Speech has proved to be one of of Sonora are his parents. feathered. Almost, but not quite, that liquor continued to flow while research study to be conducted at Royi $5, lm4w, comedy, one- a study of the question. for the shake-up to the town brings the most valuable as well as one of the most popular, says the resources of the Headlight con­ Speech student, editor and musi­ The University of Texas. act;, 40c. Background Material cian, James Hunt of Sonora scored in some cash, and money always Bruce Roach, director of speech activities. Each year we tinued to dry up." The Texas and Southern Associ­ This- is a splendid comedy of high in versatility while a high- talks—even louder than a reveal­ receive many suggestions concerning the Extemp Contest A section of the country made ations of High Schools and Col­ Mexicffn village life. The whole The reading material not only school student. In 1947 he won ing diary. The play is an ideal one from the teachers who sponsor Ex-*- famous by Edgar Lee Master's leges, the State Department of thing tis based on the law of the contains articles for and against honors in district and regional for high-school production, espe­ favors the plan of publishing only "Spoonriver Anthology" in Cass Education and the Texas Congress village: "A woman who starts a the proposed question, but also temp. All of us, of course, are meets in debate, declamation and cially if the director wants to use background material on the various the general topics (such as we have County, 111., was Mr. Bedichek's of Parents and Teachers are co­ a large number of people in the fight ton Sunday must pay a fine interested in making this worth­ one-act play contests. general phases of the tax question. while contest even more valuable. given above in this article). Last birthplace. When he was seven operating with the University in east. of fh?

More Grade School Why Not Give Girls Meets Anticipated (Continued from page 1) Postscripts also eligible to enter Choral Sing­ Basketball a Try? ing and Music Appreciation. on UIL Sponsorship Grade school orchestras, bands and vocal groups compete at the Urged by Coach Regional Competition Festivals, Athletics By scheduled in the ten regions of the B. B. Lawson, Jr., Coach state. There is no progression from By New Boston High School one meet to another in the Music Dr. Rhea H. Williams Although I have heard expert Plan of the League, but elementary Director of Athletics opinion time and time again to the organizations compete with each This is a true saga qf courage contrary, I still believe our girl other and receive a rating. and love for an American sport athletes are pampered far too Choral Singing and Music Ap­ which, in my opinion, has never much in their being kept out of preciation contests are held at Con­ been excelled in the annals of our activities that would be wholesome ference B meets only, as the com­ athletic history. It bears out the and recreational. Those activities petition is restricted to schools in a scientifically proven point that stfch as girls' basketball on an district where the enrollment of the courage, skill, fortitude and sports­ interschool level are prohibited be­ high school is under 200 or in a Val Joe Walker manship are not the exclusive cause men experts are afraid that district where there is no high, Seminole High School trademarks of any one national­ the girls can't take it. Now, how school at all. ity, neither are they reserved for do scientists predict anything with­ The required numbers for the any particular color of the skin, out previous experimentation? I Choral Singing Contest have been Walker Places 1st nor any specified creed or re­ say try the idea of girls partici­ chosen from the State Adopted ligion. This story, adds further pating in interschool athletics and Textbooks, and are listed in »£he proof that the American game of eliminate them as soon as real, not Constitution and Rules. ( In High Hurdles football is one of our greatest supposed, dangers show up. Music Appreciation is designed Seminole Trackster for those schools which do not have la&oratories for training in citi­ It is my firm belief that if a regular music teacher; however, zenship and for unifying our many schools would furnish enough care­ Enters Four Events it can be conducted to great advan­ nationalities into an entity. fully supervised athletic programs Seminole's 120-yd. high hurdler, tage in any grade school. The con­ In Three Rivers, Texas, there for girls, we could eliminate the Val Joe Walker, won the state test is based upon a prescribed list lives a Latin-American family by egotistical, self-centered, cigarette- championship at the 1948 Con­ of recordings which may be pur­ the nameVof Diaz. The father is a smoking, beer-drinking, "clothes- ference A State Meet in 14.5. At chased through local music stores. farmer, and the family live by horse" type that Hollywood has meets before the finals, he placed These numbers were selected for and on the land. The eldest Diaz made out of our adolescent high- first in low hurdles, first in the their music educational value. boy was an outstanding athlete school and college girls. So far 100-yd. dash, third in shot-put, In sports events, grade school while in high' school, and was se­ no such program has ever been at­ and first in the 440-yd. relays at athletes may enter junior tennis, lected as the outstanding back- tempted. If interschool athletics the district meet, and first in the volleyball, playground baseball and field man in football in his district for boys is supposed to foster the 120-yd. high hurdles, second in junior track meets. for three years. Upon graduation, Bill Bless, Thomas Jefferson star, established a new national principles of good citizenship low hurdles, first in the relays and Darrow Hooper gained national fame as the top schoolboy weight scholastic' mark in the 200-yard low hurdles at the City Conference fourth in the shot-put at the re­ While grade schools are not re­ tosser when he broke the state and national records in the shot-put his shoes were to be filled by his through true sportsmanship and to younger brother, Jman. Juan had Meet. The League State Office has recommended that his time be build Christian gentlemen, then gional meet. quired to pay a fee, they must be at the City Meet last May. Hooper has another year of eligibility officially recognized as the best in the nation. registered with the State Office be­ at North Side High School, Ft. Worth. a natural knack for the game, and why should a girls' sports program Val was captain of the Seminole in a very short time was showing be considered degrading and harm­ track team and was on the foot­ fore January 15 in order to be eligi­ ble for membership. Any principal promise of equaling if not excelling ful to the American lady? ball and basketball squads. In the success of his older brother on High School Ass'n May OK 1947 he made the all-state, all- interested in the League program Hooper Sets New Distance Aside from this theoretical stand­ who has not received a membership the gridiron. point, I also have the practical regional, and all-district teams in Bless Low Hurdles Time Conference A football. card should write the State Office In Shot-Put at City Meet Then in a district football game viewpoint of the small schools at once so that his school may be last fall, Juan made a head-on which cannot offer a comprehen­ He was vice-president of his Billy Bless of Thomas Jefferson, San Antonio, broke the junior and senior classes. Asked put on the mailing list for material The National shot-put record was smashed twice at the tackle, receiving a spinal injury record in the 200-yard low hurdles at every meet he entered sive girls' athletic program, but pertaining to grade school compe­ which Jias paralyzed him ever can easily finance a girls' basket­ what type of profession he was City Conference Meet in Dallas, May 14, by North Side's in 1948 from the Border Olympics to the City Conference at interested in entering, he an­ tition. Darrow Hooper, whose heaves of 59 feet, 10 inches in the since. The school has spent ap­ ball team. Those schools and a proximately $2,000 on Juan in ad­ Dallas, May 14. His time of 21.8 seconds at the Dallas meet large number of others are going swered, "I would like to be an finals and 59 feet, 9 inches in the preliminaries eclipsed the athletic director." dition to.the money spent by his battered the old mark of 22.1 held by Bill Hamman of Sunset to have girls' basketball teams and Ex-League Net Stars 59 feet, 5% inches record held by John Helwig of Mt. Garmel, parents, but until this summer his High School, Dallas, since 1941. are going to play whatever oppo­ Help Texas Win Title Calif. condition did not improve. Mr. nents they can secure. Without Lack of a wind gauge caused Two former UIL tennis cham­ League officials have submitted Kidd and I visited Juan at the League control, they usually find r some question as to the acceptance pions were on The University of an application to the National Fed­ Warm Springs Foundation at Gon­ commercial sponsorship that has Kansas Ass n Signs of the new time by the National Texas team last spring when the eration of State High School Ath­ zales this past August where he is neither the interests of the school Federation of State High School Longhorns won the first team letic Associations for recognition slowly recuperating. We found him nor of the girls at heart. Since a Athletic Associations, but the rec­ championship in the history of the of this new distance. happy, good-natured and optimis­ great many schools and girls are With Security Life ords committee of the association Southwest Conference. Longtime Hooper also took first place in tic about the future. He is not at going to play interschool basketball is now considering this application. Schoolmen Can Save number-one player, Clarence Mabry the discus with a mark of 153 feet, all bitter toward anyone or any­ in spite of expert opinion, I feel League officials have recommended Time With New Plan of Alice, state tennis champion in 1M inches. At the 1947 State Track thing. He still loves football and it would be wise for the League to The answers in this column are in no was anxiously waiting until he that the application be accepted. Action of the Legislative Coun­ 1942, and southpaw Bobby Goldfarb and Field Meet he placed second sense "official interpretations." "Only the take over this practical situation in both the discus and shot-put. State Executive Committee is competent could turn on the radio to listen to Bless ran the low hurdles in 21.7 cil of the Kansas High School Ac­ of El Paso, who won the doubles under the rules to make official interpreta­ and set the proper standards for the games this fall. You will find in the morning preliminaries with tivities Association in voting to crown with Ed Chew in 1944, were An honor student at North Side, tions, and the State Committee's interpre­ the coaduct of the sport. tations appear in the Official Notice column him an ardent sports fan to thi3 a slight wind favoring him. He enter into an agreement with the fifty per cent of Dr. D. A. Penick's Fort Worth, Hooper will graduate of THE LBAGDEB. These are answers to inquiries which are made in the course, of day. The doctors told us that was third in the 120-yard high Security Life and Accident Com­ team. in June, 1949. He was president routine correspondence with the State Office. eventually Juan would be able to hurdles at the City Meet also. pany of Denver, Colorado (the un­ Before last spring only singles of the junior class, a member of No Girls in Football % the "N" Club, and Spur Club. Q. Have students who accepted use his arms and legs, but they He is now enrolled at Texas A. derwriters of the UIL Athletic and doubles championships were From Now on, Says Kidd He played on North Side's first- awards in music contests this sum­ doubted if he would ever be able to & M. College where he will study Benefit Plan), to underwrite our decided in the Southwest Confer­ "There will be no girls getting string in football and made All- mer affected their eligibility for walk again without artificial aids. agriculture. At Jefferson he was athletic accident protection plan ence, and no team competition was League music competition under nation-wide publicity for their foot­ was a surprise to most men who carried on. District in basketball. The shot- This fall a younger brother of a member of the "J" Club and of put champion was selected as one the amateur or awards rules? ball playing ability this year in the were not aware that such action Since 1912, University players Juan's, Erasmo, is a candidate for Forum. Besides breaking track rec­ of Look Magazine's first team All- League," says Rodney J. Kidd, was anticipated. have won twenty-five Conference A. The amateur rule applies to the Three Rivers football team. Americans. He was rated as the athletics only. The awards rule ords, he lists Ms other hobbies as Pau, Leming c,osed hu alh. director. As stated in the letter to all doubles titles and twenty-three He hopes to carry on the fine tra­ number one schoolboy weight tos­ would not be involved unless the dition of the Diaz famUy in this fishing and model plane building. Ietic career at Beaumont by es- Rule 17 of the football plan in Kansas high-school principals, singles championships. Dr. Penick, ser of the nation, and was the His parents are Mr. and Mrs. tablishing a new record in the the 1948-49 Constitution and Rules there appear to be so many ad­ who has managed the League tennis prizes were given for inter-school typical American sport which is team's youngest as well as its competition. so firmly engrained in their back­ William Bless, 1918 West Kings 200-yard low hurdles for the was revised to read: "Only male vantages in the new plan that contests for thirty-six years, has tallest member. His home address * # * ground. Greater courage than this boys h at ind students satisfying all the require­ every member of the Legislative coached Texas players who have Highway, San Antonio. *\f °°! " * J in­ is 605 Frontier, Fort Worth. Q. Two boys attended summer can be found nowhere. Our hats vented his being the No. 1 200- ments of Article VIII (eligibility Council was convinced it would taken five intercollegiate doubles meet with the approval of a large titles and two singles champion­ school in other towns as we did not are off to this fine American fam­ yard low hurdler in the nation. rules) are eligible in football." majority of our school adminis­ ships. have a summer term at our school. ily, the Diaz's. Football, Basketball "Before last season," the direc­ This was not make up work for * • * tor points out, "the question of trators. A careful study of the Two of Dr. Penick's outstanding Films Are Ready to Go problems involved in carrying our the boys as they were passing their Research on Football Equipment Paul Leming Sets girls on football squads had never players were Bruce Barnes and courses. Will attending summer Films of the past four state own protection on athletes—taking . Data in the area of football in­ come up. The old rule did not actu­ Carl Kamrath, the team winning school affect their eligibility in championship play-offs for Inter- into consideration the necessity for juries as related to equipment has ally exclude the ladies ... It was the intercollegiate doubles in 1931. athletics? scholastic League football titles are an increase in enrollment fees— just been released by L. V. Ar­ in the library of the Visual Instruc­ New Hurdles Mark just assumed that football was one Barnes later teamed with Bill convinced the members that there Tilden as a professional to win A. The two boys have not af­ nold of Michigan, chairman of the tion Bureau, The University of All-Round Athlete of man's private domains, fast- could be no better time than the the world's doubles championship. Brownwood Wins 34 Points fected their eligibility by attending committee on causes of football Texas, and are ready to be used dwindling as they may be. But the Holds 19 Records present to make the transition. Barnes won the doubles title in the In the current Constitution and summer school in other towns as injuries. This group recommends as training films by coaches/ entry of Frankie Groves of Stinnett The new plan is attractive be­ far as the transfer and scholarship going back to the soft rubber cleat The fastest time in the nation League in 1926 with Earl Taylor Rules, in Appendix VI, the-section Championship games include cause it adopts the Workmen's rules are concerned. as a preventive measure in foot­ this past track season in the 200- into the field last season changed, of Austin High School. Kamrath, giving results of the 1948 Track Highland Park vs. Braekenridge, Compensation schedule of benefits. ball injuries. Thorough tests were yard low hurdles was that set by our way of thinking. Now the rule also of Austin, took the doubles and Field Meet, Brownwood was * * * 1947; Thomas Jefferson vs. Odessa, With this the physicians are famil­ made, Arnold stated, on the rela­ Paul Leming, Jr., 18-year-old is in black and white and the only crown in 1927 with Earl Taylor omitted from the list of schools Q. What is the rule concerning 1946; Highland Park vs. Waco, iar and know how to file their tive merits of rubber, leather and Beaumont trackster, who set a new way a girl can appear at a UIL and the following year was the rated as to number of points. a boy's playing on a local and 1945; Port Arthur vs. Highland claims. They can raise no objec­ plastic helmets. Results showed record at the AA State Meet with football game is with the band or singles champion. Brownwood was fourth with a total strictly non-professional baseball Park, 1944. tion to the schedule of fees because that the plastic helmets afforded 21.4 ' seconds, six-tenths of a sec­ pep squad or in some other non- of 34 points. team which may play teams with it is one already endorsed by their most protection to the wearer but Highlights of the 1947 Texas ond faster than the national inter No man is useless while he has * * * paid players? athletic capacity." state medical society. — Kansas were more hazardous for the other football season games including scholastic mark. Because of an a friend.—Robert Louis Stevenson. Monahans on Probation A. There is no violation of the boy. It was pointed out that many SMU vs. Rice; Texas vs. TCU;eight-mile-an-hou r wind, Leming's Monahans High School has been UIL amateur rule if a boy plays injuries had been received by boys A.&M. vs. SMU; Texas vs. Rice; time has not been given official placed on probation by a ruling on a team against a paid player. wearing plastic helmets because SMU vs. Texas; Baylor vs. SMU; national recognition, but it was the of the District Executive Commit­ It is only when he is on a team they did not fit properly. The ma­ TCU vs. SMU, are shown in the best time posted in the nation. tee for failure to observe the fall with a paid player that the amateur film "Football Thrills of 1947." Where Are Our Officials Coming From jority of injuries are caused by jHis time of 14.2 seconds in the practice rule, Rule 30, of the Foot­ rule is violated. maLfitting equipment, poor condi­ Game fundamentals are stressed 120-yard high hurdles at the Meet By ball Plan. * * * tioning and rough terrain. This in the film "Football by the Code." gave him the State Championship Dr. Rhea H. Williams offset the grief. I swore when the forts without the support of the * * * Q. As members of the Girls' committee is making further The importance of practice, experi­ in that event also. His time was Direjctor of Athletics time came that I didn't enjoy coaches, school administrators and Disqualified Basketball League of Texas we studies relative to the merits of ence and good physical condition is onlyx two-tenths from the record A most disquieting and disturb­ officiating I would quit. Well, that fans of this state. The bright lin­ Lyford High School has ' been have won a title in the competition. the soft, helmets versus the plastic emphasized in "Blocking in Foot­ set by Lee Miller of Burbank High ing statement was recently made time is here, and I have quit." ing to this gloomy picture is the disqualified from district honors Must we abide by the awards rule ball." Interesting game shots illus­ School the year before. by a very prominent athletic official That statement, my friends, is well-established fact that, except in the 1948 football season for vio­ since this is outside the UIL? helmets; * * * trate all points in "Ball Handling He lost only five hurdles races here in Texas. He has been a from one of the best up-and-coming in rare instances, the players lation of Rule 30, the fall practice A. As your school is a League Broadcasting of Athletic Event* in Football." Tackling is covered in some eighty starts during his member of the Southwest Football young men in the officiating busi­ themselves are co-operative and rule, of the Football Plan. This- member, it will be required to in "Tackling in Football." career and gained twelve letters and Basketball associations for ness. If this were an isolated case, courteous. was a ruling of the District Execu­ Because a school is a public in­ abide by the provisions of the stitution^ it has sometimes been Basketball films include "Inter- in football, basketball, track, and several years and has worked'in we would not even discuss it, but One of the essential spokes in tive Committee. awards rule in making presenta­ claimed that a radio station may scholastic League Championship baseball. He holds nineteen records some of the most difficult football unfortunately this office frequently the wheel of good game adminis­ * * * tions of awards to high-school pu­ broadcast high-school contests with­ Basketball Game of 1948," a twen­ in all for the low and high hurdles, and basketball games in the state. receives this same viewpoint from tration is the game official. The Ranger Disqualified pils in inter-school contests. out paying anything for the privi­ ty-five minute silent movie; "Inter- His average in the highs was 14.4 He is recognized by his fellow of­ other officials. Officials are getting coach and the irate fan both Ranger High School was dis­ * * * ficials as being one of the best ar­ lege. A jecent court decision in scholastic League Championship and 14.5 seconds, and in the lows tired of listening to feeble excuses realize his importance the morn­ qualified from football during the Q. We have a boy who wishes biters in the state and he has Texas indicates that there is no Basketball Game Picture of 1947;" it was 21.8 and 22.1 seconds. At by the coach who tries to ration­ ing after the game when their nor­ 1948 season at a meeting of the to enter a boys' calf roping rodeo never been known to lack mental alize an angry outburst by saying justification for this viewpoint. A anb], "Interscholastic League Cham­ the '47 Track Meet he won the mal balance has been restored. State Executive Committee, Janu­ in the calf tie down and calf break­ or physical courage. His poise and that he's sorry but he doesn't seem ary 15, 1948, on a charge of recruit­ brief of tfee case follows: pionship Basketball Game Picture state title in the highs with 14.5 However, by that time, another away events. He has another year seconds and came in second in the calm demeanor are envied by his to be able to control himself dur­ ing. The school may play and Southwestern Broadcasting Co. of 194o\" official may be retired from active of eligibility in football. If he low hurdles. fellow officials. ing the heat of the game. They duty. carry out a regular schedule but v. Oil Center Broadcasting Co., Two excellent training* movies enters this rodeo, will it affect his At Beaumont he was an honor Too Much Grief are also getting a little weary of is not eligible to receive any League Tex. Civ. App., 210 S. W. 2d 230. for basketball coaches are "Basket­ No Officials—No Sports eligibility? student, graduating at the top of This is his statement, not in toto, school administrators who apolo­ honors this season. "The trustees of an independent ball by the Code," a thirty-minute Coaches, school administrators, his class. Thirty-five colleges from but in substance and it explains gize profusely about the conduct of A. There is nothing in the Con­ school district have the power to sound film in which official pro- and fans who are non-plus about fourteen states made a bid for this his feelings in this matter: "I'm their crowds but who never do Clarksville Wins "District Title stitution and Rules that prevents —15—216—Leaguer—Bu P S Serv cedups and correction interpreta­ the complete lack of good manners boy who was called by sports through with officiating—hanging anything to improve the situation. Clarksville High School won the a boy from participating in a rodeo enter into a contract granting ex­ tions of plays are demonstrated by and courtesy during their home writers "the low and high hurdles up my whistle for good this time. Such items as verbal abuse, fiery 14-A district title in baseball com­ provided he does not accept money clusive righfe to a radio station to Max Palmer, 7 ft. 7 inch, wh6 is games will do well to ask them­ king of the state," but Texas A. Life is too short to put up with all statements and threatened or ac­ petition last spring, reports D. M. or other valuable prizes or compete broadcast play-by-play accounts of called "basketball's tallest goal- selves this soul-searching question: & M. was the choice of Leming and the abuse and criticism that I have tual violence are more than our Tate, superintendent of Clarksville on a team with a player who does high-school football games. A Texas slinger" and by Ripley's Believe-it- "Where will we get our officials in his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul to take from coaches and fans. I officials bargained for when they the future?" This vital question Public Schools. accept prizes. According to the court of civil appeals held that or-not free thrower, "Bunny" Lea- program, the contest is purely a v Leming of Beaumont. Track ob­ love football and basketball, but agreed to serve in this most impor­ needs to be thought over seriously such an exclusive contract did not vitt. professional affair and, of course, servers have predicted he will be it's just not worth it. There are tant phase of the high-school ath­ because athletic events without No Argument this Way violate constitutional provisions re­ Technical phases of rules admini­ any boy who takes part in it would the ' leading Texas candidate for many schools where I have really letic program. competent officiating will soon lead A woman posed for a picture in lating to monopoly, equal rights, stration are combined with code have his eligibility questioned, since the 1952 Olympic games. enjoyed* my associations with the Officials Are Mistreated to a chaotic condition and eventu­ front of the fallen pillars of an freedom of speech or press, or the and game fundamentals in "Bas­ very valuable prizes are to be given. players, coaches, school adminis­ Every year in Texas we have ally to the demipe of the athletic ancient temple in Greece. taking of private property. The ketball Up-to-Date." During a spelling bee at a Long trators, and fans, but there are some unfortunate situation where program. Let's make an extra "Don't get the car into the pic­ The safest thing for a boy to do contract being valid, an injunction All of these sport movies can be Island public school every child in still many schools where the coach, officials . are mistreated. The effort to insure that all officials ture," she instructed the photog­ who has any remaining eligibility was granted to enforce the dis­ obtained from the Visual Instruc­ the third grade went down on the athletic authorities and local crowds League does everything in its who work in our games will be rapher, "or my husband will think is to stay out of the contest, and trict's lawful demand that a rival tion Bureau, Division of Extension, same word: does. They spelled it are so antagonistic to all officials power to curb these undesirable treated fairly, courteously and with I ran into the place!"—The Tatler then there will be no question about radio station cease broadcasting The University of Texas. D-U-Z.—Newsweek. that the pay check doesn't begin to activities, but they are futile ef­ respect. and Bystander. his eligibility. games from the high-school field."