Texas Tennis Again Proves Itself in National Meets School Co

N VOL. XXVIII AUSTIN, TEXAS, DECEMBER, 1944 No. 4 Chess-playing Said to Journalism Winner Texas Tennis Again Proves Strengthen the Memory Cheating Rare In Writes Popular Play Distinguished in My 14 Years Itself in National Meets of Invalidism (By James A. Creighton, Greek Athletics (By Judy Ebeling) Many Activities Corpus Christ!) USANNE CATLETT, a (By Orlie Dee Jacobs) f~\UR CHESS club here S black-eyed Susan in the Prize-winning Latin Essayist, ^^ meets in the library every Severe Penalties Meted Out The boy whose story appears Says 6-man Football Is true sense of the word, be here in his own words is one of Friday afternoon, 3:30 to For Any Infraction Quarter-back, Musician came an alumna of Austin Football's casualties. The cheer- Fine for Small Schools 5:00. One or two teachers of Rules and Tennis Star High School last June and in fulness that one reads between his play, too. We do not exclude lines shows that the spirit tie un HILE this is only our second doing so left a trail of suc them, although if their rec (By Mrs. Elizabeth Haase Bassler) (By Esther Kay Berman) conquerable no matter what may W year playing six-man foot cesses behind her. ords vs. the boys were con 'T-'OWNER LEEPER, mem- happen to the body. Don't forget ball, we are very much sold on the II or overlook his plea for magazine sidered they would be out. At the last State Meet of the ber of the runner-up team game. It has meant a great deal /^vNE OF the most outstand- University Interscholastic League, subscriptions very delicately put to the boys and the community to Last year we had a small in the 1944 Interscholastic ^-^ ing facts to note about she took two places in journalism towards the close of his story. have opportunity to participate as banquet at the end of school League State tennis doubles There's an old Arabian proverb the Olympic contests is the events, third place in editorial writ we have. I feel sure that many —Dutch treat. We had about ing and third place in feature tournament, has been pos which says: "I complained that I basic fairness and incorrupti had no shoes until I met a man smaller high schools would do well twenty boys and girls and story writing. sibly the most outstanding to follow our example and adopt bility of the judges as well as who had no feet."—Editor's note. they seemed to enjoy it a lot. Always interested in writing, student in Newman High that form of play.—Supt. F. M. the honesty of the athletes this energetic Of the leading American masters (Sweetwater) the last three r\N SEPTEMBER 15 I will McCarty, Silverton, Texas. miss became a today all but Koltaowski and themselves. The sacred oaths years. He was president of ^""^ have been an invalid for member of the Sammy Reshevsky, the former taken by the judges and the Comet Staff and his class in freshman, sopho fourteen long years. I re Polish boy-wonder (you may re contestants were rarely Society Editor of more, junior, and senior years ceived my injury on Septem call he beat twenty West Point Debate Program broken. When dishonesty was the Maroon. In and class favorite each year. ber 15, 1930. It was on a professors in simultaneous play discovered, the culprit was 1944 she was Towner has been playing tennis Monday evening about 6:00 when about ten years old), learned forced to pay a huge fine and their chess in New York schools, asked to • join since the sixth grade. When in P.M. I was trying to play Yields Dividends later following it on college teams to erect at Olympia a statue "Q u i 1 1 and the eighth grade he placed second high-school football at Cisco at New York University. If we of Zeus, which was placed in | Scroll." Shortly in district junior doubles and the Susanne Catiett""'after becoming a High School, Cisco, Texas. High-School Principal Tells really want to promote democracy a conspicuous spot to warn next year placed first in district We were to play Breckenridge among the many different minority member, she was elected vice-presi singles. When a junior, he took Purposes Served by This others. It is remarkable when dent. High School on the following groups in the United States today, one considers the long period second place in senior singles, and Activity chess is a splendid medium. The in his senior year, he and his Friday. I believe I had one of time during which the Aside from her membership in Jews are particularly gifted. In the creative departments of the partner, David Elrod, were de- of the best, if not the best, (R. S. Cart-wright, Principal, Elgin Milwaukee, Koly taught seven thou games were held that only school, Susanne also was vice-presi coaches that ever coached (111.) High School) sand school children in a single sixteen such statues have been dent of Girls Booster III, vice- high-school football. He was '"THE TERM education has year, from the second grade up. found. president and president of the Girl Coach W. B. Chapman who He said that a little fellow who Reserves, a forum leader, Red •*• many shades of meaning. Promoted Peace and Unity barely learned the moves, and just Jacket, a member of the National died on Armistice Day, No To one person it means one fiddled around for the next few One may easily understand why Honor Society, and 12A Class Sec vember 11, 1939, of a throat thing and to another some years, would by the time he was the Olympic games have been retary. ailment. At that time he was thing quite different. Most sixteen, understand the game from called the institution which con tained all the highest ideals of the Continuing literary work in her head coach at Lubbock High educators agree, and facts beginning to end, such as no grown classes, Suzanne entered a course School. He died just a few up could ever hope to do if he Greeks. The sacred truce, broken plus our own experience bear only once, and then punished most in Creative Writing. "Oh Rats," a minutes after hearing that his waited until around twenty to play written by Miss S. Catiett, out their conclusions, that the learn. severely, when even warring peo team had won one more game, ples could meetin friendly contests, was presented on a school assembly, average person soon proceeds Koly, by the way, has developed certainly made for peace and unity. and because of the appreciative and just in his memory the as marvelous a memory as anyone to forget most of what he is The Greek ideals of honesty and audiences, the players were asked team went on and won the I have even seen. He allowed us taught concerning any aca sportsmanship, combined with the to go to other towns to give the State Championship that year. Ed Ray Bill Tilden Bernard Bartzen to write names of towns all over demic subject. responsibility of the knowledge that performance. This amazing Cat All the boys he ever coached Picture by "Press Association, Inc." the United States on the squares each man was representing his iett girl also captured first place • The Important Thing of checker board—they used Texas loved him. The important thing in any edu ATHER BILL TILDEN seems to be hovering the two brilliant in the local Ready Writers Contest. names he had never seen before. Probably these various accomplish cative process is the effect on the F young Texas tennis stars, Bernard Bartzen, San Angelo, and (Continued on p. 2, col. 3) The "Flying Block" Ed Ray, Sodville High School (Sinton). These boys have been He studied about one and one-half ments were helpful factors in the individual. The mastery of factual 5 :—o On the evening I got hurt, Coach winning steadily in the University Interscholastic League for several minutes and then turned his back. ; student-teacher election in which material may be valuable but since Chapman had us practicing the years, and last spring came out winner (Bartzen), and runner-up We put a knight on one of the Suzanne was named the outstand most of this knowledge is not re 1944 Girl Tennis Champ Towner Leeper flying block, in which we were sup tained for any appreciable period (Ray) in the singles tournament. cities, say Dallas in one corner, ing English student. and from memory he dictated the posed to jump as far as we could of time its value is far over- They arrived as finalists also in the National Interscholastic Singles Takes National Honors feated in State doubles finals by moves that knight move around the With such a background, it and hit the ground lying flat and ihadowed by the development in championship tournament. seemed highly probable her success Ed Chew and Bobby Goldfarb of board touching each square and El Paso High School. roll under a fellow to knock his the student of the ability to rea They teamed together to win the Doubles championship in the would continue at the Interscho feet from under him^ Somehow I coming back to his original posi He also plays football and is one son, to meet and solve new situa Elmora Invitation tournament. lastic League Press Conference. As wasn't lying flat on the ground, tion, never touching the same of the three co-captains of the tions, and to form good behavior Ed Ray is now in Andover Academy on a scholarship won in was supposed Suzanne rated much and the fellow I was supposed to square twice.

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