VOL. XXIV AUSTIN, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER, 1940 No. 1 Falls County Junior Drama Loan Library Every Pupil Has Part In League Program High School Principals «• LETTER ATHLETIC BENEFIT Declamation Winners Is Popular Service Hold Bus/ness Session box and PERSONAL PLAN ISADOPTED '-THE DRAMA Loan Li- T THE second annual lunch­ ITEMS " brary is one of the agen­ A eon of the Principals' Sec­ cies set up by the Interscho- tion of the T.S.T.A., held in con­ /ost Per Boy Compares junction with Jthe Extracurricular VI7TE ENJOYED the State Meet Favorably With Those latic League in cooperation Activities Conference in Austin, W tremendously and feel that Li­ of Mother States with the Extension Loan President J. R. Stalcup introduced our boys and girls learned a great brary, for use by the people the officers: M. P. Baker of ftieal in the journalism contests of Texas. This library is Corpus Christi; first vice-president; and profited considerably from (By R. J. Kidd) the largest of its kind in John Roundtree of Greenville, their experiences, contacts with "COR THE first time in the second vice-president; and B. W. students from other schools and the world. There are over Wiseman of Highland Park, Dal­ visits to points of interest. We *- history of the League 7,500 separate titles and 27,- las, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Stal­ are looking forward to a return ;here will be an Athletic Bene­ 000 copies of plays and books cup also presented Dr. J. O. Mar- trip next year. Kathryn Brown, fit Plan* in operation in on its shelves. Any adult in berry, who represented the Inter­ Sponsor. Texas. The Athletic Insurance Texas may borrow the plays scholastic League in the absence Committee of the League of Dean T. H. Shelby and Mr. Roy Again I want to thank you for for examination. The time Bedichek. your work down at the coaching studied the various plans of limit is seven days and a fine adopted In a brief business meeting fol­ school this summer, and from all the nation and finally of 5c per day is charged for lowing Dr. Roemer's talk President indications I believe that the a schedule of benefits similar packages which are over­ Stalcup introduced Mr. E. D. Mar­ are better satis­ schools as a whole to the "New York Plan," The tin of Alexander . Hamilton High and its due. fied with the League a benefit School, Houston, retired president, operations than any time during Committee secured There is no charge for this who urged the principals and my short career J. T. Nelson, schedule equal to the New service except postage both ways. superintendents of Texas to join President Texas High School Foot­ York plan, and a premium cost Of course, each borrower is re­ JUNCTION is a permanently standardized two-teacher, 7-grade school of Coleman County both the state association and the ball Coaches Ass'n. sponsible for the material lent. It of 45 pupils. The picture shows those pupils who participated in per boy lower than the New with an enrollment N.E.A. by sending them member­ must be returned in good condi­ some one of the Interscholastic League contests and represented the school at the county York rates. tion. Last year 26,000 plays and ship fee of $2.00 to Secretary- Urges Safety Program books were lent to Texas drama meet. Counting the ones eliminated in the preliminaries, this means that the school gets Treasurer B. W. Wiseman. Mr. Corn School Pupil The Insurance Committee urges producing units. All requests for practically 100 per cent participation in League activities. The names of the pupils Martin stated that a few school the schools to cooperate with the Makes Fine Record material are filled the day they are follow, and at the close of the list will be found a summary of the men were still sending their fee Company and endeavor to lower Johnny BaieiKa and with activity indicated received. direct to N.E.A. headquarters, thus the injury rate so that cost may Elaine Akridge honors won: Must Not Copy PIay» depriving the state organization o£ be reduced. The insuring company Veta Watson, First in Ready Writers, EGIONAL winner in the IRST place winners in rural It must be understood that the TOP ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Patty Watson, Choral Director; the benefit of their membership. has given the Texas schools a very Singing; Loyd DeArmon, First in Ready Writers contest for F school junior declamation in plays and books are lent for Arithmetic, Spelling; Grace Baum, Tennis; Dorathy Richardson, Mr. R. B. Norman of Amarillo attractive policy and one that Arithmetic; Arthur Steffey, Ball; Frank Baucom, First, Track and Tennis; J. L. Crump, First in Tennis; asked the school men to send their Bomarton high school, Baylor every school can afford. To main­ Falls county at the last county examination only. No copy may meet represented the Barclay and be made of any part of any book LeRoy Woodard, Ball. suggestions concerning secret so­ county, was Rheba Gunning- tain the present benefit plan every Right: Patsy Farris, Singing; David Watson, Singing; LaVada Baucom, Singing; Bell Falls schools J o h n n y sent out by the Drama Loan Li­ Second Row left to cieties to Mr. M. P. Baker of school must cooperate to the full­ Brawner, First in Tennis; Roland Beall, First in Spelling; Margaret YanDyke, Singing; Bobby ham, daughter of J. B. Cun- Baletka from the former and brary. All books in the library Tommy orpus Christi. Dr. J. G. Umstattd est extent in a safety program in Singing; Freddie Beall, Singing. ningham, tennant farmer of Elaine Akridge from the latter. are copyrighted. It is dishonest Baucom, of The University of Texas dis­ athletics. Third Row, Left to Right: Carl Odom, Ball; Ruby Steffey, Ball; James DeArmon, Singing; Vadine cussed the value to the high Baylor county. But winning The Texas High School Football Elaine's selection was "Roofs." by and illegal to copy parts of plays Beall, First in Three-R's and Spelling; Kenneth Storey,.Ball; Betty Vaughn, First in Music Memory; school of the "Evaluative Criteria" was no new thing to Rheba Coaches Association has taken the Joyce Kilmer; and Johnny's "The or books v;ithout permission of Man With the Hoe" by Edwin Evelyn Odom, First in Spelling; Jerry Steffey, Ball. of the Cooperative Study of Sec­ Here is the record furnished lead in the football safety pro­ FIRST PLACES: 4th and 5th Spelling, 6th and 7th Spelling, Arithmetic, Music Memory, Three-R's, devoted con­ Markham. (See Loan Library P. 4) ondary School Standards as a the LEAGUER by Mrs. Maxine gram. The coaches Track, Ready Writers, Junior Boy's Tennis Singles, Junior Boy's Tennis Doubles, Boys Play Ground Ball. summer means for self-measurement and siderable time at their SECOND PLACES: Senior Boy's Declamation, Choral Singing, Three-R's, Girls Play Ground Ball, meeting to a discussion of the improvement. Mr. B. W. Wiseman, Girl's Tennis Doubles. seconded by Mr. T. Q. Srygley *For complete details of plan, see pp. Detailed Planning Helps Third Place: Junior Girl's Tennis Singles. of Port Arthur, moved that the 82-84 current edition of the Constitution and Rules. Mrs. W. A. Wilhite is Principal of the school. Principals and Superintendents' Make Activities Success In addition to county honors, Veta Watson won first place in the Ready Writers contest at the Association undertake a study of (See Benefit Plan P. 4) district meet, and represented her school at the Regional Meet. this matter and that the president appoint a committee to bring a First Step, Says Author, in ;here was the English room the one satisfactory classroom and NOTICEs Waco Gridder Awarded report before the meeting in No­ Here's An All-Rounder Small School Is to vember. Mr. Stalcup named B. W. the science laboratory, used also READ THE RULES OFFERS CONTESTS Vanderbilt Scholarship In League Competition Survey Facilities as a classroom. Thus the one Wiseman chairman and Tom Jus- classroom, the laboratory, study I E FIRST rule of any organ- tiss of Paris and T. Q. Srygley UCK Moore, age 14, winner hall, and a gymnasium, were the A ization should be "learn the IN APPLIED MUSIC EMBERS of the Vander- as members of the committee. The (By Mrs. Neva B. Woodfin, after an in­ B of six blue ribbons in the re­ available meeting places for extra­ rules of the organization." We Dallas held meeeting adjourned cent Bowie county literary and Principal, High School, have never thought to put that in bilt Club of vitation from Dr. Marberry that curricular organizations. The League, State Department athletic meet, proved himself more McRae, Ark.) building equipment did not look the Constitution and Rules of the their annual reunion Thurs­ those present attend the extra­ than a one-man track team when TN ORDER to properly plan encouraging, but the director of Interscholastic League, but and Music Teachers Ass'n day, July 11, at the Dallas curricular conference beginning at he took first place honors in for any installation of ac­ activities consoled herself with wouldn't it be wise to do so? The Cooperate in Enterprise Country Club and made the 2 o'clock at the Austin Junior High the 50-yards dash, 100-yards dash, the idea that if such conditions trouble is that many school men annual presentation of the School. broad jump, and tennis singles; tivities a close study must be could serve the curricular pur­ enroll their schools, receive a copy pulled the 440-yards relay out of made of the environment in poses, then the extra-curricular of the Constitution and Rules and (By Dr. Lota Spell) Curry Memorial Scholarship, the fire for his team mates; cap­ which the program is to func­ could also be served. then never open it until someone "COR THE purpose of stimu- presented by Texas alumni in Distinguished Pupils tained and pitched for the winning- "poor excuse" for many charges that a rule has been vio­ honor of the diminutive Irby Rheba Cunningham tion. Thus many obstacles Another lating interest in Applied Of Myersville School schools not inaugurating an activ­ lated. So, if this rule' were Rice Curry of Marlin, who and difficulties will be fore­ printed first thing in the book, the Music in the public schools by Campbell, Principal of Corn seen and wisely met. ity program is that they have no captained the school's football the new faculty members to take over very ones who need the warning providing awards in recogni­ ANN and Joyce School, Baylor county, 3 Teachers; 72 Pupils most would never see it. So, just team in 1917 and died in an last year she attended that lit­ such responsibilities. There were tion of outstanding work and Ann have been a winning The school in which the experi­ how can one get it over to a coach an opportunity for music aerial dog-fight in the World tle rural school and before en­ ment which I propose to describe (See Activities P. 4) or a principal that the rules War the following year. Spelling team for four succes­ was performed is a typical small should be studied? The trouble ;eachers and pupils to become tering Bomarton High School: ——————:——o———————— Weighing only 128 pounds, Cur­ sive years two years in the high school in Arkansas with only with this notice is that it will.not acquainted with each other's most brilliant 4th-5th grade division and "At the county meet she and her seventy-two students enrolled in Control be read by those who don't read the ry was one of the team mate won first place in Spell­ Centralized methods and accomplish­ football players ever to attend two years in the 6th-7th grades nine to twelve. These stu­ rules. We give it up. the University ing and Plain Writing; also first dents were under the instruction Of Contests Favored ments, Vanderbilt. He also was a good grade division. In the past place in the Three-R and Ready of three full-time teachers: a su­ Interscholastic League, in student. In his honor, Texas year Clara Ann did not enter Writing contests. She was awarded alumni established the Curry perintendent, a principal, and the TN STATES where inter- Leagues Limit Value cooperation with the Division Spelling but Joyce Ann to­ first place in Ready Writing at the English teacher. There had been of the State Scholarship based on the Rhodes district meet, and received her fifth school competitions are of Applied Music Scholarship plan of athletic and gether with Virgie Ideus were in previous years no type of super­ Of Athletic Awards Department of Education, an­ blue ribbon at the regional meet in vised extra-curricular activity parcelled out among various scholastic prowess. again a winning team. This Denton. other than the athletic games, and leagues the costs of participa­ nounces for the school year Scholarship 91 time in the 8th grade* and "She was the salutatorian of the some community organizations fos­ tion are naturally higher than ^THIRTY-THREE states, ro­ 1940-41 contests in piano, Fifth student to win the scholar­ above division. county-wide seventh grade promo­ tered by out-of-school interests. in states of more centralized eluding Texas (68.7 per organ, voice, violin, viola, ship from a field of twenty-five en­ tion exercises with an average of Realizing the importance of' di­ control. cent of air states), allow ath- violoncello, and band instru­ tries this year was Orville Post of 95 per cent. She has two seals on rected activity in the school, the In order to give an example, it Waco, whose four-year high school her reading certificate, is the play­ superintendent appointed the Eng­ letes to accept expenses to ments. assumed that Athens High average was 91. He played football ground ball favorite, and made an lish teacher as extra-curricular ac­ and from athletic perform- Eligibility Requirements Buck Moore School, Athens, Alabama, has an throughout his high school career. excellent first baseman on our tivity director to take charge of ances. Nash, Texas enrollment of 500 students. In Eligibility requirements are Although he normally played end, mixed ball team." the situation at the beginning of order to enter contestants in ath­ Twenty-eight states, including placed on student, teacher, and in the state championship finals soft ball team; and took time out the school year. Mrs. Campbell also reports that letics, debating, typewriting, and Texas (58.3 per cent of total), between races to win second place The building in which this pro­ 4) Rheba made 98 per cent average in music contests the school would prohibit athletes from officiating (See Music Contests P. (See Waco Gridder P. 4) in declamation. gram was to be installed was the her scholastic work in Bomarton have to pay a ten dollar fee to for pay, . Thirty-eight states in- Buck, son of Mrs. Irene Moore, traditional type with one large High School last .year. the Athletic Association, a one eluding Texas (79.1 per cf of is a ninth grade student in the study hall as the "home" room of dollar fee to the Debating League, group), prohibit an athlete from Nash school, is president of his all seventy-two students. This a $1.50 fee to Alabama College, accepting pay for participating in Public Schools Face Crisis, from an­ class, and does a superior type of study hall was also used as a class­ Pedagogical proverb and a $1.75 (for one entry) fee sports in which he does not corn- cient Chinese: "You cannot carve school work. This year he is en­ room during most of the periods to Alabama Polytechnic Institute. pete in school. Says Speaker at League Meet rotten wood." tering New Boston high school. of the day. Besides this room, Clara Ann Joyce Ann The total cost would be $14.25. Thirty-one states, not iincluding Buehring Doehrman Furthermore, the school would Texas, (64.5 per cent of all Dr. Joseph Roemer Ad­ the midst of trying, uncertain have to provide transportation to states) limit awards to be given times is faced with one of the Besides the spelling, Joyce Ann dresses Principals Sec­ has been on two winning Picture PUBLIC SPEAKING Extracurricular Conference at least four different tournaments, by schools to athletes. Four states greatest and most challenging each at a different place and at a limit awards to be given by schools tion of TSTA problems that school men have met Memory teams, made a perfect Considers Girls Activities different time. No travel rebates to sweaters, twelve states (25 per for years. In the last ten years the paper in Music Memory, and has ECLAMATION and Extem­ 4~ are allowed by any of the four cent of all) limit awards to be schools have lost about 10 per cent been a member of the Choral Club poraneous Speaking rules interscholastic sponsors. For a (By Dorothy Wooten Jones) and Volleyball team for the past D of such days and the given by schools to letters and of their income, yet the high for 1940-41 have been com­ (By Dorothy Woolen Jones) vantages smaller school the cost would be year. Clara Ann has been on a them twenty-three states (47.9 per 'y'HE SECOND annual ses- school enrollment has increased pletely revised. Also, there HE POSSIBILITIES of problems involved in setting proportionately higher because the winning Picture Memory team, on up. A primary consideration was cent of total) limit the awards to sion of the High School by about 50 per cent as the four have been some important fees of the Debating League, Ala­ be given by schools to value, to five million boys and girls a winning Number Sense team, sports and play days as the elimination of the terrific Poly­ Section of the changes in one-act play rules. bama College, and Alabama Twenty states limit the award in Principals thrown out of work by the de­ took a second and a third place in a means of extending the spirit of competition frequently the same for It is essential that each teacher technic Institute are value to one dollar, one state T.S.T.A. followed a luncheon pression have flocked to the public Junior Girls' Declamation, a third responsible for these contest benefits of active participa­ prevailing in sports. all sizes of schools. in 3-R, has been on the Volleyball "Successfully planned and limits the award in value to three at the Teahouse on the Uni­ schools. We have kept the flag activities read and follow the tion in a physical education For the sake of comparison it team for two years, and on the sports and play days," dollars, and two states the versity campus during the up," he continued, "and have both new rules. You may get a copy managed might be pointed out that in Texas Choral Club for one year. She program to all girls was the Miss Bourquardez said, "should award in value to thirty--five dol- wanted and expected the in­ from your superintendent or the same sized school could enter State Meet of the Interscho­ was a member of a Music Memory topic of the opening talk at create an attitude of friendly lars. creased enrollment. But the sit­ principal or from the League contestants not only in the events lastic League, May 3. Dr. team which placed second. Both good will among the participants Thirty-one states (64.5 per cent uation demands intelligent hand­ Office. Watch the LEAGUER the Friday afternoon meet­ mentioned, but in many others for Joseph Roemer, introduced students have excellent grades in a 'let's play together' spirit of all states), not including Texas, ling." for articles explaining these ing of the fourth annual In- one fee of ten dollars. Also, the their school work and have led rather than a 'win or die" one. limit the awards to be given in by B. W. Wiseman, Principal The Submerged 50 Per Cent changes. terscholastic League Confer­ University of Texas Interscholas­ their classes throughout their en­ If we can give the girls the feel­ meets, and thirty states the Highland Park High School, Dr. Roemer referred to the The prescribed list of plays ence on Extracurricular Ac­ tic League paid one cent per mile tire school work. for contest use and a one-act ing that they have come together per person travel rebate to each awards in meets to cups, medals, was the guest speaker who statement by the president of the play contest entry card will be tivities, held May 3-4 in Aus­ for fun and social cooperation, contestant and faculty sponsor who and similar trophies. Clyd Gott, took as his theme the chang­ University of Chicago that three sent to the principal of every tin. we will have a worthwhile day." entered either the regional or the "Thesis on Awards, Rewards, ing demands which society things could be done with the Policeman (to tramp sitting on Testimonials from various phys­ Prizes, and Forms of Recogni- "submerged 50 per cent." They top of oak tree) : "Hey! What high school in the state on or Sports Days for Girls state meet in 1940. Donald V. is making upon the public before October 15. Ask your Miss Virginia Bourquardez of ical educators present indicated Smart in thesis entitled, "A Sug­ tion in Interscholastic Athletics could be put in jail at a cost of are you doing up there?" principal for this list and entry the Texas State College for Wo­ that where efforts have already gested Program for Instituting an in the High Schools of Texas Hav- schools. about $365 per year; they could Tramp: "I don't know; I must card. men in Denton led the discus­ Interscholastic League in Ala­ ing Membership in Conference "The trained school man of have sat on an acorn." sion and enumerated both the ad­ (Se« Girls Athletics P. 4) . bama." . ,AA Football .1938." today," Dr. Roemer declared, "in (See Principals Meet P.4) Royal Arcanum Bulletin.- Page 2 THE INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER

TN 1777 CONGRESS authorized the establishment of mailed to every teacher in the had to say, and had no wish to Here is a rich storehouse of * military school for "young gentlemen." The generation school, thanking each for his co­ make a noise. . . . material for nature clubs. Point took this an operation in previous years, re­ "On the day when the oral com­ of administrators in charge of West stating the ideals of the staff to position lesson came round again Altogether a thousand differ­ nounced purpose seriously, and have devoted about one-thir make the paper an institution of the boys were unanimously in ent species are described, and of the curriculum to military instruction and two-thirds t service to the school, and inviting favor of going to the playground." some of them with illustra­ making gentlemen. "West Point men are brave. Wes the teacher to make suggestions In this plan of Mr. Cook's one tions and in considerable for improving the paper. Such a boy is the "mister" which means Point men tell the truth. West Point men are gentlemen. Choral Singing letter is designed to make all the that he takes charge of the pro­ detail. So writes Henry F. Pringle in Collier's, raising the questioi Notice that choral singing con­ teachers become boosters of the ceedings, sees that lectures are It is true that any encyclopedia "What Good is West Point?" As war sweeps over the work test does not require purchase of paper. forthcoming, announces each of this kind cannot fit exactly into phonograph records, as heretofore. Your club will our own country is turning to inspect its own defenses an News sources, as every good speaker and his subject, gives due a local situation. Published eight times a year, each month, from September t species not described and West Point. Do we prefer our military leader newspaper man knows, must be opportunity for criticism, sees that find many April, inclusive, by the Bureau of Extracurricular Activities, Ex among them will be many species de­ moment tha Applied Music Conteit* cultivated. It pays to take time the marks are apportioned by a also there tension Division, The University of Texas. to be gentlemen or soldiers, granting for the and is responsible scribed that are not to be found Article IX, Section 4, should for this cultivation. vote of the class, there must be a choice? The Academy authorities say tha general order of the gath­ in your locality. But the great provide for rebate for two places for the it takes at least four years to make a gentleman. Othe ering. There is also a marker who value of the book is that it dem­ in applied music contests instead authorities say that it takes three generations. Be that a 4. Are your arrangements with at the close of the lecture stands onstrates an approach to the wild ..Edito of one. slowly, of any community, and with ROY BEDICHEK.._ it may, it would seem that neither character nor militarj o the printer clear-cut and definite? up and counts, not very life We believe that Mr The staff of each paper should from one to ten, and the boys raise such other helps as are available, (Entered as second-class matter November 6, 1927 at the pos proficiency can be safely neglected. their hands as he reaches the num­ great progress can be made. of the parading draft a written statement of all office at Austin, Texas, under the Act of August 24, 1912.) Pringle makes his point, namely, that some matters involved in the printing of ber they judge to be the value of Suppose, for instance, your club and close-formation drilling might be omitted in favor o the paper, even when the printing his speech. undertakes a unit on spiders. A Vol. XXIV SEPTEMBER, 1940 No. more modern military instruction without impairing to anj is done in a school print shop. The Student Criticism great deal of applicable general the efficiency of the character-training for whic] staff should retain one copy and There is also an opportunity for material of authentic character great extent the boys to criticize the speeches will be found in the encyclopedia, the Academy is justly famous. the printer should have the other. ORE than eight hundred schools have signed up fo Included in the statement should before the marks are assigned, and some of the species that ar League football this season. This repre be the following points: and praise is given as well as found in your own neighborhood Interscholastic TNTO MY office this week blame. In addition to this criti­ specifically described. From this sents a considerable increase over last year, and represents a a) Deadlines for the submission of copy correction >-pHE FOLLOWING editorial appearing in the studen " have dropped three spon­ to the printer: cism, there is current vantage point, any group of in­ larger percentage of schools participating in this sport than b) Quality of paper to be used; by the hammer. One boy in the terested youngsters under proper * paper of a large school, throws considerable light on jus sors of high school papers for «) An agreement over the correction of can be claimed by any other state in the Union. Only tw proof errors and the changing of class holds a small mallet and raps sponsorship will proceed to an how the secret society often masquerades as a literary society brief chats. One thing they material by the staff after it has it smartly on his desk when­ laying ou been set up in type ; with intensive survey of the spider schools of two hundred or more enrollment are «W An agreement about the amount of ever he wishes to pull up the or other club: all had in common: they were overset type to be permitted for each population. of Interscholastic League football this year. These school issue and the charge for amounts in speaker for some error, especially Every intelligent child should "What: No sororities?" people often exclaim when they first learn brimming with enthusiasm excess of this limit; get a large percentage of their pupils by bus, so that a large «) If a commercial printer is used, a an error of pronunciation; and know tha names of the common of our regulations concerning social organizations* But the truth o plans for their school fixed for each four- for new price should be corrections in grammar and pro­ birds, trees, flowers, grasses, mam­ team-sport is impracticable. the matter is that the literary societies have been molded more an page issue, and another price for paper for the coming year. six-page and eight-page issues ; nunciation are made in passing, in mals, reptiles and fish in their own. more along sorority lines, the main difference being that the financia ft Deadline by which the printer agrees the ham­ three were reporting to to have the paper ready for delivery; obedience to the rap of is no pleasanter burden upon the members is not as great as in a national Gree All vicinity, and there a) Agreement over the headline schedule mer. If the boy with the hammer information letter group. their schools early in order to and the body type to be used for the way of imparting this newspaper. fails to call a fault, he must re­ than through a nature club. Tha A RISTOTLE declares that "they do wrong who forbid bj almost exactly like tha have an issue of the paper "The system of rush week and pledging is Membership in the I. L. P. C. is linquish the hammer to some one science teacher is usually tha between boys and their quarrels, fo and scraps that alway ^ laws the disputes of a sorority, even including the heartbreaks prepared to give to students for one year only; therefore your else. logical sponsor for such a club, process. In the past it has neve: they contribute to increase their growth, as they are a sor accompany any sort of selective on the first day of school. membership needs to be renewed Boys soon began to choose large although it requires no special a club was broken up of exercise to the body; for the struggles of the heart am failed that at least one friendship within this fall. As you doubtless know, subjects such as Railways, Aero­ training to undertake such in­ did not make the grade, and that rathe There's something stimulat­ and these lec­ wh because somebody's portege no fees are charged for enrollment planes, Dickens; struction. The field can be studied the compression of the spirits give strength to those the bag because she did not ge ing about an enthusiasm like series of more than one rushee was left holding or for any of the services of the tures were given in a along with the children, and per­ labor, which happens to boys in their disputes." We ventur she aspired. or fits. There were the in the club to which that and that enthusiasm is Conference provided your school is chapters, haps that is tha better way. A the ancient sage. It is bette lectures, the several-fit to add a mite to this wisdom of "A little thought on the problem might help matters. If all clui sure to be carried out to the a member of the League. We urge single-fit nature club will do well to invest in lecture, and there was also what to organize their belligerency into, say, a football game, o members would make a definite attempt to know their rushees an you to submit your request for a few books, and it is doubtful if students on the staff and from they called the mixed grill, a speech a wrestling bout; and their quarrels into a debate. You wi' then choose the ones who would bring most honor to the society membership at the beginning of the more for the money is available favorites might not be them to be reflected in the made up of disconnected observa­ same "exercise to the body," the same "struggles o realizing beforehand that one or two of their school year. Address the applica­ than the Nature Encyclopedia at get the included; if all rushees would study the characteristics and member school papers. tion to DeWitt Eeddick, University tions on a variety of subjects. withou brief made for $1.51. the heart" and the same "compression of the spirits" of the clubs for which they are being rushed, choosing that one whicl I know that all over the State Station, Austin, Texas. The need to be so many broken heads and noses, and without so mud would be most congenial, and most beneficial to themselves and pre other sponsors are getting together good style. One very interesting phase of the and pointless wrangling. paring themselves for the shock of being left out, perhaps some of th with their staff members and are Key and Guide to the Woody Plant» high-tempered account was Mr. Cook's experience unhappiness and dissatisfaction which usually reigns after rush week laying plans to make 1940-1941 a of Dallas County, Norma Still- with the Belgian boys in the school, could be avoided. Good sportsmanship should be the keynote of th< memorable year for their school well, 7460 San Benito Way, of whom there were about forty. whole procedure." newspaper. The I. L. P. C. wishes BOOHS Dallas, Texas. 48 p. Postpaid This is an enlightening account As a feature of the County Meet in Leon County, the Leon them the best of luck and once MAGAZINES $.50 for any foreign language teacher, a sportsmanship program again offers its services to be of County Council of Education held and tha interesting part is what '""pHIS is another work f-\F WHAT are pupil-memories of the school year made fielp in any way possible. If you in the Buffalo High School Gymnasium on March 25. these boys really were able to ac­ which should greatly in­ the Farmersville Time are facing problems in which you seems to the LEAGUER that this is a feature that deserves t( ^up? We ran across an item in complish in the way of oral Eng­ can help, please write to Littleman Lectures, F. A. Stokes, terest Nature Clubs in Texas contributed by a pupil of the Farmersville high school which think we lish. The boys were so interested be adapted to every county meet in the State. us. 448 4th Avenue, New York, schools. The author has made seems to indicate that pupil-memories are largely extra­ in speeches that any period bor­ Musical numbers were given, and an address by Dr. L. A of woody plants curricular. They run something like this: school opening rowed from the speech-hour had to a local study Wood, but the sportsmanship feature took form of a pane' TN HIS very interesting back, and the master dis­ interest than football games; football-banquet; Christmas holidays; county The beginning of the year is the be given which has wider under direction of Supt. Lester Rozelle, as follows: time in which ,to lay plans care­ J- VLbook entitled The Play covered once that the Belgian boys the title would suggest. meet; district meet; junior play; junior-senior banquet to Sportsmanship as seen from the point of view of: Th fully, for the success of the whole Way, Mr. H. Caldwell Cook, were using a certain off hour In the first place, many plant* senior play. But for fear you think we are making this up done have lecture-lessons by themselves. Minister, Rev. C. M. Plowden, Oakwood; Superintendent year may depend on what is master in the Perce School, identified by the key and descrip­ here is the clipping verbatim, entitled "Looking Back"! n the first two or three weeks of Subjects Interesting parts of Texas. Maple Pollard, Normangee; Boys' Coach, Melvin Boe Cambridge, England, de­ tions occur in other Supt. "Another school year has passed and we find ourselves school. When you are making Mr. Cook gives some helpful sug­ We have tried this pamphlet on Marquez; Girls' Coach, Mrs. Louise Baker, Buffalo plans and outlining objectives at scribes his method of training gestions about handling compul­ deker, looking backward over the year's events. As we reminisce the woody plants of Travis county, Classroom Teacher, Louise Kellet, Centerville; High Schoo ;he beginning of the year, we sug­ the boys in extempore speak­ sion, and nervous cases, and places 200 miles south, and find it quite that F. H. S. has made an enviable record year. We Students, Rosemary Hardin, Oakwood, we find gest that you check yourself on ing. He describes this activ­ much emphasis on the fact that the helpful. Dallas county is partly and how simply being allowed to remember the hub-bub of the first day of school the following points t ity as a "school-lesson which boys were black land prairie and partly a everyone rushed around trying to arrange his schedule. 1. Are the duties of each mem- speak naturally and easily on sub­ typical Texas river bottom, so its is able to hold children from interested them. He Then came football season. Our Fighting Farmers although >er of the newspaper staff clearly jects which vegetation is typical of a consid­ with Charles J. Birt, Secretary of lutlined and clearly understood? other play and old men from says that a boy can speak fluently erable portion of Texas. . In th« TN AN INTERVIEW beaten by Piano at the beginning of the season, kept their Community Union, Karl Detzer re Are the lines of authority so the chimney corner. The game if he knows what he wants to say, second place, this work stand* aa A the Madison (Wis.) spirit and won second place in district. The climax of this and it is only school teachers who as saying in connection with the vacant lot garden clearly drawn that there can be may be played anywhere and an example of what may be done in ports him season was the football-banquet given in honor of the foot­ no disagreement or misunderstand- find shall boys ill-informed. I any locality. It is a model for a ing project! by any number of persons, have neglected to say that these ball boys and their dates. Then came the Christmas holidays ng about such matters? Too Nature Club project. Why not "Our people grow things because they like to, It isn1 iften the splendid enthusiasm with and no apparatus is required." boys were only about eleven years undertake to prepare a key to ths* and their aftermath. In the Interscholastic League F. H. S. old, and the amazing success of just 'made work' to them. And the results belong to them which a student staff starts the "Wrong End of Road" flowers or the woody plants of youp received a gold cup for county and in district we won first 'ear breaks down into jealousies th,e activity is ascribed to the own locality? Then make a personally, not to a hazy thing called 'the government.' They His class had been reading a as place in discuss throwing. As the year came to a climax, ,nd disputes over unnecessary con­ principle that they are allowed printed or mimeographed pamphlet make a game of gardening, and there's a lot of rivalry about book of prosa studies and were much as possible to do things in the Junior Class presented 'All A Mistake' which was a flicts. One sponsor I know keeps trying to equal them, and the re­ of it for distribution in the com­ who will raise the largest potatoes or the first batch of peas board in the their own time and in their own munity, after giving several copies success. From the proceeds this class gave the annual Josted on a bulletin sult was terrible. Boys would flowers." iditorial office a chart of all staff way. Of course Mr. Cook is an to the school library, of course. In or who has the prettiest border of either spout forth turgid orations, but Junior-Senior banquet. Next on the school calendar was the nembers and under the name of exceptional person and teacher, most localities, the venture will cautious pedagogues would warn Mr. Birt insincere and meaningless, or they help Some of our play, entitled 'Oh, Promise Me,, which was a pro­ ach a list of his specific duties his methods might be of great finance itself. Senior would build up the most labored stu­ that it is a violation of sound educational doctrine to excite were and responsibilities. Another, pre- to teachers who are helping Or maybe you would prefer to nounced success. We can remember how lonely we of narratives and the most highly- a regular ex­ the competitive motive in vacant-lot gardening. People iares such a list, mimeographs it, dents prepare for make a descriptive list and key for when the Seniors went to White Rock Lake. AH this and colored descriptions. The boys speaking contest. say, and not and makes sure that each member temporaneous the insects of your community, or should garden for the sake of gardening, they year." were working on the assumption many other minor events added to a perfect school { the staff has a copy. The best the mammals, or the reptiles. to raise bigger potatoes than someone else does. At least that the use of certain turn of svay to avoid misunderstandings is Six-Man Football, By Roy 0. Dun- Whatever project you undertake, if of what these curious doctrinaires some­ phrase or of certain effect would that's the burden o have clear understandings from can. A. S. Barnes and Com­ it is confined to your own locality make good prose. Realizing that times tell us about Interscholastic League contests. o PEAKING comparatively of the various programs of he beginning. pany, New York. $1. and the work is done thoroughly, he had been encouraging the boys '-' state high school leagues, Charles E. Forsythe, State CACHES of six-man foot­ will be of wide and general interest. to start from the wrong end of the However; the author of this work High School Athletic Association, 2. Have you reviewed the work Director of the Michigan road, Mr. Cook "recollected him­ ball may now secure an­ good reason for beginning energy provided, the f last year? Before a new year offers But even with transportation and says in a book* recently published: self and returned to the Play other publication that will be with woody plants. "Woody ets far under way, the staff and Lapland deposits (of iron ore) could not have been developed "Texas is the most inclusive in its program, and it holds Way." The following is his ac­ teaching Plants," she says, "offers one of he advisor should check carefully helpful to them in of the Thomas process for count i the best places to begin a study of had it not been for the invention contests annually in the following activities: Baseball, ver the work for last year so that football fundamentals. Mr. out into the yard. nature: first because there are but using ores with a high content of phosphorus, which had Basketball, Choral Singing, Debating, Declamation, Extem­ ley may profit most by that work. "We trouped Duncan's publication devotes one boy few kinds to learn in comparison been a handicap to the Lapland ore. This process Journalism, Music Memory, 'oo often the same mistakes are A chair was brought, and previously poraneous Speech, Football, began to a chapter to each of the fol­ wtih many other living forms made from year to year because at once stood on it and was discovered in 1875 by a London police-court clerk, Sid­ Number Sense, One-Act Plays, Picture Memory, Playground Suffrage. lowing football topics: about 90 of these plants against preparation is not made shout against Woman Thomas, who had studied chemistry at night Spelling dequate 1. Stance and Charging, 2. estimated numbers for Dallas ney Gilchrist Ball, Ready Writers, Rural Pentathlon, Shorthand, o avoid those mistakes. In what I encouraged the crowd to cry Blocking, 3. Tackling, 4. Kicking, county of about 300 birds, 500 to as a hobby. It suddenly created a foreign market for and Plain Writing, Story-Telling, Tennis, Three-R, Track ays did your paper fall short on disagreement, or to murmur ap­ 5. Passing, 6. Offense, 7. Defense, 1000 other flowering plants and ores which could not be advantageously smelted at ews-coverage last year? In what proval, and to heckle the speaker Swedish and Field, Typewriting, Volleyball. 8. Training, 9. Administration. over 25,000 insects; second, woody ays did your paper lack reader with searching questions. A de­ home for lack of coal, while an important by-product of it is "As compared with this broad range of activities found He has included some very help­ plants remain in one place, freely nterest last year? If your paper's fender of the causa followed, and the so-called Thomas phosphate, a commercial fertilizer strictly ath- ful illustrations to demonstrate the available for observation at any n Texas, there are those state associations ditorials were not well read last soon the crowd began to show teach each football activ­ hour or season and year after which has meant much to German agriculture as well as to etic in nature. Ohio, Louisiana, Michigan, California, ear, how can you improve on them some interest. There were not ways to suggestions and illus­ year if they escape human inter­ Swedish. Naboth Hedin, Living Age, June 1940, p. 326. Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, his year? Did your paper engage only cries, but counter-cries. Next ity. These Oregon, are particularly beneficial ference." n any project to help the school came a crude attack upon Home trations Thus the invasion of Norway would not have occurred but and Alabama are examples of this large group. In Minne­ and to We think these reasons are con­ project can your Rule (the reader will recollect that to the inexperienced coach and declamation, in addition to athletics, are ast year? What clusive, except for those counties in for the hobby of this police-clerk "who studied chemistry at sota debating year? What such matters occupied men's minds boys who have had little football taff undertake this Texas where woody plants are night." under the supervision of the state high school league. to overcome in 1914). By this time the class experience. The book is written in lethods may be used scarce, and for those counties Nebraska calls its organization an activities association, in was so loud in the expression of a clear and easy reading style, 11 of the weaknesses evident nature has made up by giving them and it embraces declamatory, one-act play, debate, music, ast year's papers? its opinion that I had to reassure which makes it suitable to players as well as to coaches. in most cases an abundance of wild activi- the several earnest prefects: for pre­ E HAVE NOTICED in the past few years the increas­ and commercial contests as well as athletics in its Such a review will not yield Fundamentals, team play for flowers. The LEAGUER will be glad unless undertaken in a fects no less than masters are apt our Inter­ ies. Kansas has just recently become an activities associ- >est results offense and defense, technique for to publish short accounts of ing recurrence of the term "propaganda" in Each staff member to confuse noise with disorder. and, in addition to athletics, it directs contests in erious way. individual position and training original work in preparing "nature scholastic League debates. Opposing sides belabor each other tion; nay be assigned to study the work Quiets Noise schedule are clearly discussed in guides" undertaken by any school with this curious word as if each were convicting the other music, forensics, and debate. The activities of these three one in his department or field on that of Texas, are examples "But mark what happened. the chapters. club anywhere in Texas. of a crime. Just what is meant by propaganda ? Who under­ tate associations, as well as paper in the previous year and While there was actually an op­ B. B. to define it, and what is its definition? In a literal if a type of service rendered to their schools which seems nake a report at a staff meeting, portunity for making a real big takes points for discus- Nature Encyclopedia, edited by G. more destined to receive more attention from other states in the fering several noise during school-time, while the The elementary school "Spelling sense anything that is diffused is propaganda, referring in regard to improvements in Clyde Fisher, Halcyon House. adopted this plan 6n master was actually urging the of a certain state mis­ to the manner of dissemination than to the content of what next few years. The states that have lat field. Such a meeting pos- New York. Distributed by Champion" orowd of listeners to shout for or (December, 1939) out of Early in the 17th Century Pope Urban VIII have felt that they had the machinery set up in their ath- bly would be best just before the Texas Book Store, Austin, spelled is disseminated. against the speaker's views, and 200 words only the following: whereby they could efficiently handle these pening of school, but it might also Texas, school price postpaid instituted a College of Propaganda to educate priests for etic associations expecting to see a surging crowd opththalmia, psychosis, rarefy, e fitted in with profit during the $1.51. missions. We may refer to Christ's announcement of the ither activities. There would seem to be logic in this claim; of Littlemen making belief of dif­ cirrosis, cilia, chauvinism, louther, rst part of October, after the first and to Macch- and, provided sectional or state contests in these activities ference for the sake of turmoil 'T'HIS fe a re-issue In one and vacillate. Do we dis­ Golden Rule as propaganda for the good life; ush of getting school underway laity, aivelli?s Prince as propaganda for ruthlessness and treach­ ,re desired, such organizations may well provide services the third speaker mounted the * volume of two volumes credit her for missing thesa ery in international negotiations. Miss Dorothy Thompson roader in scope than athletics." chair and observed that, although originally entitled Nature's words? We do not. Do we dis he was unable to speak forcibly Secrets. The present volume credit the educational administrtfl complains that propaganda has become a bogey word. "No­ *Tht Admimtirntwn of High School Atklatiet. 3. Have you done anything this upon subjects which would cause tion that promoted this sort of a body," she says, "defines what he means by it. Nobody is all to encourage the continued co- commotion, yet he was anxious, if contains 940 pages, 700 illus­ stunt? We do. warned to distinguish between propaganda in conformity peration of the high school teach- they would allow him, to describe trations and 200 in full color,. with facts and logic and propaganda which belies the facts." The magazines LAfe and Time pride themselves on stewing down rs or to win the cooperation of certain methods of fishing . . . The Phases of nature treated in­ The men of Acragas devots On p. 45 of Life, lose who have hithertofore failed take the word for what it means literally, simply xpression to the least possible number of word*. crowd expressed genuine approval. clude birds, mammals, fish, themselves wholly to luxury a* if Why not .pril 1, 1940, occurs this gem of condensation: "In its native habitat, Cooperate? . . . and prepared themselves to they were to die tomorrow, but the organized dissemination of information, ideas, doctrine, here every island has its own species, the Galapagos tortoise once One school staff, I know, has listen in silence. . .. They were in­ reptiles, amphibians, insects, they furnish their houses as if they or whatnot, whether good, bad or indifferent? in great number*." .(Italics ours,) rawn up a letter which ie to be terested to hear what the lecturers spiders, flowers and trees. weise to live forever. Empedocles, THE INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER Page 3

A Great Debater on osition; and in answering I began Thanksgiving holidays in conjunc­ The Voice of by observing that in certain cases The Speech Arts In Texas Schools tion with the State Teachers As­ The Low /. Q.* The Art of Persuasion or circumstances his opinion would sociation Convention. President r be right, but in the present case Horger is planning a practical and there appeared or seemed to me THIS column belongs to the Texas Speech worthwhile program which will be Association for discussion of speech Trains Many in X7"EAH, I'm in the special LIST of virtues con- some difference, etc. I soon found problems and news concerning the Asso­ interesting to all teachers of the advantage of this change in ciation, its members, or its work, Com­ Extempo Contests Speech in the state. Plan to attend *- class this term. Sure, I tained at first but twelve; munications should be sent to Miss my manner; the conversations I Margaret Cooper, Daisetta, Texas, "His­ the convention. If you are unable like it all right; we have lots but a Quaker friend having torian" of the Association, and editor of engaged in went on more pleas­ this column. Editor. ISS Gladys Sands of the Cor­ to be there, the least you can do kindly informed me that I is join the Texas Speech Teachers of fun, and the work's got antly. The modest way in which I pus Christi High School has was generally thought proud; M Association. Dues are only $1.50. some sense to it. I can do it. proposed my opinions procured Speech Correction solved the usual objection to the No sincere Speech or Drama that my pride showed itself them a readier reception and less League contests by training the Why did I get put there? Receiving Attention teacher should neglect membership frequently in conversation; contradiction; I had less mortifica­ many rather than the few in ex­ Well, I ain't so sure. The re­ in the only organization in the tion when I was found to be in temporaneous speech. Each mem­ that I was not content with state which works solely for the ELOW WE list all of the new Now That April's So Early in the port said I had a low I. Q., but the wrong, and I more easily pre­ fp'EXAS Technological College Here, R Morning, NE being in the right when dis­ ber of her public speaking class improvement of the status of plays we have received since Of Time and the Story of a Dead nobody noticed till last spring vailed with others to give up their * at Lubbock has conducted a suggests subjects which he thinks B Blizzard, R Woman, E cussing any point, but was mistakes and join with me when I Texas Speech teachers. Watch this September, 1939. Let us send Old Man Taterbug. Such Harmony, E when I couldn't get along in free clinic in speech correction will be interesting to discuss in column for further details about NR Teacher, The, R overbearing, and rather in­ happened to be in the right. class. These subjects are analyzed you copies for seven days exam­ Perfect Gentleman, Tell It to Toots, E Miss Brown's class. She gave for a number of years in connec­ the State and National Speech The, R Three Cents a Day, solent, of which he convinced And this mode, which I at first and the more suitable ones used ination. See the key and the list me the test, and when I tion with the Lubbock Sanitar­ conventions. Permanent, E E me by mentioning several in­ put on with some violence to nat­ as a list from which the speeches of publishers' addresses at the end Peter Penny Under Twenty-five Cents, ium. Miss Ruth Pirtle has charge the Dream Tree, R R handed in the paper she ural inclination, became at length for the semester are to be chosen. of the list. Next month we shall Release, R When You Marry stances; I determined endea­ Of interest to Speech teachers looked at it and said, "Just so easy, and so habitual to me, of the clinic. Miss Mary K. Sands . review some of these new three- Eeno Reasons, E the Navy, E voring to cure myself, if I Various types of speeches are all over the country is an article Sleeping Dogs, E William Tell, E that perhaps for these fifty years has charge of a clinic at the made until each subject is dis­ set plays. what I thought, I knew he Texas State College for Women which appeared in a recent issue French Long Plays could, of this vice or folly past no one has ever heard a dog­ cussed fully pro and con. Baker Short Plays Accent on Youth E M'Liss (My West- didn't belong in here!" at Denton. West Texas State of the New York Times. The among the rest, and I added matical expression escape me. And In this manner all of the im­ All Roads Lead to ern Miss) Yeah, it was something they call College at Canyon and The Univer­ article states that of the 260,000 ^.fter the Church Lords Baltimore, Hollywood, E Mrs. O'Brien Enter- Humility to my list, giving an to this habit (after my character portant issues of the day are cov­ Supper, NR The, NR All the Living, R tains, R an intelligence test. It was awful sity of Texas also maintain clin­ high school students in New Yor.k Bargains in Hair- Mary's Lamb, R Amazing Dr. Glitter- Nick of the Woods, extensive meaning to the of integrity) I think it principally ered. When the time for the ex­ cuts, NR Other One, The, R house, The, R R funny. At first I thought it was a ics. North Texas State Teachers City, 130,000 need clinical aid with Case of Judas Is- Pepping Up the Barber of Seville, E Night Was Dark, owing that I had early so much temporaneous speech contest ar­ joke, but it turned out it wasn't. word. College at Denton maintains a their voices and speech. Each of cariot, The, NR P.T.A., NR Blind Alley, R The, E weight with my fellow-citizens rives, she calls for volunteers to Castle of Persever- Pirates of Penzance, Boys Are Slipping, Oh, Promise Me, You had to put crosses on pictures I cannot boast of much success clinic which is free to all students. these 260,000 students takes at ance, The, NR The, NR The, NR NR when I proposed new institutions, enter the contest. Usually four least one year of Speech work. To Church Bells, NR Prep School for Brother Orchid, R Oliver, Oliver, R and circles around them and lines Embryo, R Heaven, R Brother Petroc's Re- Old Soak, The, E in acquiring the reality of this vir­ or alterations in the old, and so or five students volunteer. These handle this work there are only turn, E Once in a Lifetime, under em and dots over em till I Father Takes His Road to Emmaus, tue, but I had a good deal with re­ much influence in public councils The State Speech Correction students are given the rules of the 200 Speech teachers. More teach­ Vacation, NR The, NR Candle-Light, EH got sorta mixed up, so I just drew Flight 342, NR Roger Williams, NK Cherokee Night, E Overtones, E gard to the appearance of it. I when I became a member; for I Committee, Miss Ruth Pirtle, contest, and some extra aid. They ers could and would be used, but Friendly Church, Sandalwood Box, Councellor-at-Law, Peter Ibbetson, R a line through the middle of all of The, NR The, R R Pigtails, NR made it a rule to forbear all direct was but a bad speaker, never elo­ Chairman, submitted the follow­ then compete in a local elimina­ the authorities in charge of hiring Friendly Kingdom, Simon the Cross Dame Nature, E Queen of Scots, E em. There was sentences to write ing resolution to the State Speech The, NR Bearer, NR David Harum, R Reserve Two for contradiction to the sentiments of quent, subject to much hesitation tion contest and the winner goes teachers are unable to find enough Good Shepherd, A, Soldiers of the Cross, Dear Octopus, E Murder, R YES and NO after; sentences like others, and all positive assertion of in my choice of words, hardly cor­ Teachers Association which met to the District Meet. Speech teachers to fill all the Devil Passes, The, E Eope, E this: A carpenter builds houses Gmf Will Toward Ugly Duckling, The, Distaff Side, The, E Eoundabout, The, E my own. I even forbid myself, rect in language, and yet I gen­ in San Antonio last year, which Corpus Christi High School has vacancies. Consequently, a closer Dress Parade, E Rushing Bride, The I wrote No because my old man's a agreeably to the old laws of our erally carried my points. was adopted by the Association. had its share of winning in ex­ integration of the Speech and HwnTIol'omln, NR Wings !n the Dark, Enchanted Maze, R R carpenter and he ain't built a house The resolution stated in part: Family Portrait, E Eusset Mantle, The Junto, the use of every word or ex­ In reality, there is, perhaps, no temporaneous speech contests in English Departments was planned lolantheTNR Wonderful Woman, First Dance, R E in four years. He's working on Flying Ace, The, E Second Man, The, pression in the language that im­ one of our natural passions so Be it resolved: spite of the fact that the essential and put into operation. English Kuntry ' Skule, The, A, R the railroad tracks. The boy that NR For Her Che-Ilds R ported a fixed opinion, such as hard to subdue as pride. Disguise That each member of the next training for the contests was given teachers are now required to do a Baker Long Plays Sake, R Small Miracle, E sat next to me put No on every Forgotten Attic, E Something Old certainly, undoubtedly, etc., and I it, struggle with it, beat it down, Legislature be informed of the to a whole class rather than con­ great deal more teaching of Oral Adventures of Henpecked Hero, A, Freckles, E Something New other sentence, then filled up the Grandpa, The, NR NR Grandma Fought the NE adopted, instead of them, / con­ stifle it, mortify it as much as one need of a department of Speech centrated on individuals. English. Adventures of Hot Air, NR rest with YES. He got a swell Indians, R Sorority House, E ceive, I apprehend, or / imagine a pleases, it is still alive, and will Education in the State of Texas, All of which merely goes to show Huckleberry Finn, Laughing Irish Handy Man, R Speed, NR mark. I read so slow I only got that Speech work is growing more R Eyes, R Haunted High Spring Meeting, R thing to be so or so; or it so ap­ every now and then peep out and and Amy From Arizona, Man on the Road, School, The, R Springtime for Hen- four done 'fore time was up. I Speech Lesson in Life rapidly than Is the supply of TJR The, R He Who Gets ry, E pears to me at present. When an­ show itself; you will see it, per­ That a committee from this Arizona Dude Midsummer Madness, get tired of being- hurried all the The "Life" Magazine carries a qualified teachers. Ifc also Indi­ Slapped, E Star Bound, R other asserted something that I haps, often in this history; Here Today, E Sulphur and Molas- for, group be appointed to prepare sta­ complete set of pictures on the cates the importance of Speech in AunTjerushy on the Moon Shy, NR _ Home for Christmas, sas> NR time. thought an error, I denied myself even if I could conceive that I had War Path, NR Oh, Didn't It Earn, E Texas Steer, A, R tistics showing the amount of shaping of the mouth for proper the curriculum of the schools of In a House Like There's Always Jul. "A fish, a tree, a cake of ice" the pleasure of contradicting him Barretts, The, R NR completely overcome it, I should money that is appropriated in other pronunciation in the March 11, the Nation's largest school sys­ Bashful Mr. Bobbs, Please Mr. Feather- This, R iet) R look at this. It was so funny I abruptly, and of showing imme­ NR way, NR Indian Summer, R Triai of Mary Du probably be proud of my humility. states for a Department of Speech 1940, issue. There, under the tem. Blowing Bubbles, NR Professor Pepp, NE Janey s One-Track gan> ijne> R tore out the page and kep' it. See, diately some absurdity in his prop­ Clearing Skys, NR Ragging Bob, NR Mind, E. Truth'About Bladys Benjamin Franklin. Education, and heading of "Speech," you'll find Personal Notes Jenks Jinx, The, ,jne E three pictures a tree, a fish, a Closed Door, The, Eainbow Cottage, That this committee prepare a a demonstration of the fundamen­ Mr. Arthur R. Hayes of San R NR T NEivr ,1 n Two To° Many, R cake of ice. I'll read what it tells Espionage, R Rolling Off to Reno, J une Mad, K Uncle Cv Hits bill for the legislative committee tals the students at Northwestern Marcos taught Speech at San Fashions in Love, NR June Moon, E New High NR you to do. "John is ten years old NR She's a Good r el- on education of the next Legisla­ University's School of Speech are Marcos Teachers College during Felton Mystery, The, low, R and his sister is eight. If John is Age-Rules and Track and ture. the summer session. NR Streamlined Sue, K Kings Messenger, R Weather Clearing taught when it comes to what is Five and Ten Re- That Parlor Maid, Lady Has a Heart, not Mary's brother, draw a line The, R NE The resolution also provided that considered good American speech. Mrs. Nell Harvey of Alice, Mrs. vue. The, NR NR Lake, The, E Where's the Fire from the fish to the cake of ice. If Field Records Correlated the State Speech Teachers Asso­ Lucilo Perkins. of Bastrop, Mr. Flower of the Ranch, Thirteen Plus, NR E The NR Three Bright Girls, Laughing Gas, NE Let Us Be Gay, E Widow in Green, I John and Mary are twins, write ciation prepare a letter and pre­ Bernard Pruitt of Hamilton, Mr. Green Light, The, R NR Woman's a Fool, I Grandma Gets Go- To Have and Love in a Mist, E your middle name under the tree, Conde Hoskins of Nixon, and Mr. To Lovely Duckling, Wuthering Heights In a master's thesis pre­ Miss Print Bungles sent the same to the State Super­ Cue and Curtain ing R ' Hold, R The, R E and if you have no middle name, intendent of Education asking him and Mrs. L. G. 'Griffin of Rosen- Heart Trouble, NE Wedding Shoes, The, Mad March Heirs, Young April, E pared by Donald V. Smart "He had been under the doctor's R Youth Takes Over, put a zero there. If they are not to mail out this letter at the time Club af Ballinger berg attended the first summer ses­ The, R car for about two years, suffering Denison Short Plays Man Bites Dog, E E twins, print your name on the entitled "A Suggested Pro­ the report of the handicapped chil­ sion of The University of Texas, from a nervous breakdown." . . . Alex the Great, NE Loose Brick in the Northwestern Short Plays tree. If Mary is younger than gram for Instituting an Inter- dren is being prepared for the enrolling for classes in High Awful Appetite, An, Chimney, NR "The bride was accompanied to the HE State office has received NR Mannequins Maid, Reaction, NE John, write the Roman numeral office of the State Department of School Play Production and High Black Widow, The, NR Northwestern Long Plays scholastic League in Ala­ altar by tight bridesmaids." . . . pictures of shows done at NR Near Closing Time, eight on the upper left hand Education and that this letter call T School Play Directing. Christmas Barricade, NR Black Gold, E Little Women, E bama" there will be an in­ "The game warden's office has Ballinger High School during the Miss America, R corner of the page. If they both the attention of the county school Miss Mildred Thomas, Director The, NE Tourist Troubles, NR Creeping Shadows, given orders to pick up all dog past school year. Ernest R. Sub- Coat of Many Col- Western Ghost E Penny Pirates, The go to school write your full name teresting table worked out superintendents to the value and of Drama at Pettus, spent the ors. The, NR Town, NR Dear Son, E E lett is the director of the dramatics Flyin' High, E Question of Clothes on all-time track and field owners if they are caught running summer at Camp Walra, Wimberly, David and Goliath, Western Midnight at the bottom of the paper." I'm need of reporting all children club which goes by the name of the Graham Crackers, E A, NE at large without muzzles." . . . teaching dramatics to girls attend­ Getting Gracie Grad- Witless Witness, The, Haunted School- Rainy Day, The, E never sure just how to spell my records correlated with the needing speech correction on the "Cue and Curtain Club." The uated, NR NR house, The, E Rosemary for Re­ "Tanbark should be placed in an ing that camp. High Hopes, E membrance, R name, so I didn't try this one. age-eligibility rules. Discuss­ report of handicapped children." pictures are evidence of some very Denison Long Plays ordinary basin of water and the Miss Lilybeth Lewis of Moulton Hoosier Schoolboy, Spring Fever, E Miss Brown didn't like it cause Campbells Are Com- Marry Before Mid- The, R Valiant One, The, E ing this table, Mr. Smart hands soaked in the solution. Then interesting work. There were pho­ spent the summer at The Univer­ ing The, R night, NR l In Old Virginny, R Where There's I always asked a lot of questions. tographs of THE FIRST YEAR, It Happened One Will, E says : the hands should be removed and sity of Texas. Miss Lewis was Faith", Hope and Meet My Wives, NR She thought I was bein' fresh, but Flarity, NE One Delirious Night, Night, R Woman in Black There are only two states with 18-year thoroughly dried." . . . "The auto­ Radio Fraternity four one-act plays, all student di­ enrolled in the Department of Flying Feathers, NR NR Lady Be Good, E The, E I wasn't. There's a lotta things I rules. The five states included in the rected, the contest play which won Folks Next Door, Perils of Pearl Ella, Land Ho Sailor, E 20-year group and the five included in mobile in which they were fleeing Formed at Baylor Drama. The NR The, NE Row-Peterson wanta know about. I never got second place in the District One- Getting Ira Married, Smiling Bill, NR Short Plays the 21-year group were chosen at random collided with another car two Miss Lyzanell Hulse of El Paso F mad when she asked me a question by drawing slips on which were written act Play Contest, and THE MER­ NR, Sophronia's Wed- arewell Cruel Nine Who Were the names of the states in each age-limit blocks away." . . . "Lost fountain High School took Speech and Good Bad Boy, The, ding, NR World, NR Mother, The, E R Trailer Romance, Jacob Comes Home, Hyacinth on Wheels all the time. I answered them. group. pen by a man half full of ink." AYLOR University students of CHANT OF VENICE. The pic­ Drama courses at Tha University Fourteen First Places Laughing Gore, The, NE B R I've got lots of answers, but they ... "Boy Wanted Hustler to de­ B radio have established the tures indicate that different sets of Texas during the first session. NR Up the Hill to Par- Row-Peterson Long Plays This table reveals that, out of sixteen Lionizing Lionel, NR adise, NR always seem to fit the wrong ques­ events, the mean scores of the 18-year liver oysters that can ride a bicycle Alpha chapter of Lambda Lambda were used for each show, the Local Boy Makes When Smith Step- Cross My Heart, E Merry Hares, The tions. Anyway, everything's chang­ group won fourteen first places; the M-u, Radio Fraternity, with Pro­ make-up was very good, and the Good, NE ped Out, NR Foot-Loose, E R mean scores of the 20-year group won and work in store." . . . "The game Green Vine, The, E Relatives by Affec costumes were effective. Dramatists Play Service ing all the time, so what's the use two first places, while the mean scores between Penn and Wisconsin to­ fessor Sara Lowrey as sponsor. Breckenridge High School Hasty Pudding, E tion, E of the 21-year group won no first places. Short Plays Jo's Boys, E Running Wild, E of learnin 'a lotta things today The results are even more significant morrow will be broadcast by The initial meeting of the new Mr. Sublett informs us that dra­ Leave It to Youth, Voice in the Dark Gives 2 Debate Awards Because It's June, Make Room for when maybe they won't even be when note is made of the fact that organization was held for the pur­ matics is newly accredited at Bal­ E A, E neither of the 19-year states included the KDKA today." . . . "She was ac­ R Rodney, E Wild Oranges, R pose of setting Builder of Christmas Perfect Young Man, true by tomorrow? I know 200-yard low hurdles. However, the line cused by one dignified wife of hav­ forth the aims and linger. He and the members of Miscellaneous Short Plays headed "Per cent of possible first places" the program of the Fires. E The, E heeps of things Miss Brown ing milked a cow clad in pink step- plans of Lambda Lambda Mu. the "Cue and Curtain Club" de­ Country Slicker, R Question of Figures Christmas at Skeeter Highest Bidder Gets shows that the mean scores of the 19- Devil and Daniel A, E doesn't know-like where to find year group placed first in 93.3 per cent The plan is to make Baylor Uni­ serve commendation for the qual­ 1940 Commencement Ex­ Corner, NE, March a Date, NR, Ivan of the events which the group ins," Webster, The, E Salute to the Fourth, Bros. Bloom Hardin. birds' nests, and how to fix a leaky entered. versity the home of the staff of ity of work done, and for the Enchanted Night, R A, NR Face at the Window, Mam a's Wonder The 20-year group placed first in 12.4 ercises of Breckenridge high Enter Women, NR Spring Scene, K A, E, Longmans per cent of the events it entered, and the splendid progress they have made Boy, NR, Ivan water pipe, what the baseball the 21-year group placed first in no events National Radio Fraternity for school occur 'the following Fires at Valley Summer Comes to Fourth Shepherd, Bloom Hardin in a short Forge NR the Diamond O, R The, NR, Hall- Eose Garden, The scores are, and how to use the old- it entered. Universities. The plan is to be time. Franklin and the They'll Never Look Mack R, Ivan Bloom man's tools. She has to send for Neither the 19-year mean scores nor carried out by maintaining the items: (1) Winner of Pitzer King, NE There, R Going to School in Hardin the 20-year mean scores placed last in a Lawyer Lincoln, R Xingu, K Mother Goose Search Me, E, Long- the janitor when the lights go out single event, while the 21-year group placed four-fold purpose of the original & West $50 Debate Award, Dramatists Play Service Land, NE, Eld- mans last in all sixteen events,. Association Meeting* ridge. or a window shade tears. I can do Comparison by States charter as follows: John Roger Walker, and (2) Long Plays Miscellaneous Long Plays lots of things if I don't have to If the states are considered individually, To stimulate good will between ' y'HE 25th annual convention of winner of Twentieth Century Busman's Honey- Missouri Legend, R read how in a book first. rather than by the mean scores of the moon, E Of Mice and Men Advice Is Free, E, group, the results are only slightly differ­ the personnel of commercial ra­ JL the National Association of Study Club $50 Debate Congratulations Wil- R Lochrie Mart Sure I'm in a special elass. I ent. Arkansas is the only state in the 21- dio and. educational radio work­ Teachers of Speech will be held in Ham, E Eocket to the Moon year group to win a first place. The two Award, Maxine Jones. get lots more attention. Seems 19-year states had twenty-seven chances ers. Washington, D.C., December 30, 31 Dark Victory, E E Concerning the latter award, Day in the Sun, R Pastoral, E KEY AND LIST OF like if you're awful smart or awful to score. They placed first twelve times URING THE summer months and January 1, 2. The four-day Enter Angela, R See My Lawyer, R and last none. The five 20-year states To develop experiment and re­ Mrs. J. A. Boyle and Mrs. W. D. Gentle People, The, Shadow and Sub- PUBLISHERS dumb they do a lot for you in had seventy-four chances to score. They D a number of new texts were event is scheduled for the May­ R stance, R placed first three times and last three search educational programs that Graves, President and Secretary, Ghost of Rhodes Slight Case of Mur- school, but if you're what they call published. We list those we have flower Hotel. This will be the Sil­ R Royalty. times. The five 21-year states had seventy- will have listening appeal along Manor, R der, A, R 'normal' they just leave you set. I one chances to score. They placed first one received. If you wish to examine ver Anniversary Convention of the respectively, of the Twentieth Cen­ Many Mansions, E Two Orphans, The NR Non-royalty, time and last eleven times. with educational value. Kiss the Boys Good- NR heard Association, and officials in charge tury Study Club of Breckenridge, bye> R Wine of Choice, E the school psychologist To what can these facts be attributed! them, let us hear from you. See To preserve and add to the spirit D. Appleton Century Co., 29 W. Why does the performance of a group promise it will be the most inter­ issued the following memorandum I Masque of Kings, Women, The, R that's a man that comes just before of youths eighteen years old, or less, so the key to publishers' addresses in of cooperation that must exist be^ The, R 32nd St., New York City. completely excel the performance of a esting and worthwhile of all "The Twentieth Century Study promotion time and tells the the "Teachers Guide to Good tween all departments of the Uni­ Dramatic Publishing Co. Walter H. Baker Co., 178 Tre- group which includes twenty-year-old Speech get-togethers. The Ameri­ Club voted to have as its perma­ teachers why they are not promot­ boys? The following discussion may offer Plays." versity in 'relation to the radio Short Plays mont St., Boston, Mass. ing us he told Miss Brown it was the answer to these questions. can Educational Theatre Associa^ nent project the giving of a $50 All Aboard, E More Lasting Than F. S. Crofts, 41 Union Square Slack Training New Drama and Speech Books department for the success of both. Ambition, NR the Stars, NR on account of my grandfather and tipn will hold its meetings at the award to the most valuable girl Aw, Nuts, NR Mr. Snodgrass Finds West, New York City. A young man twenty years old can Correcting Nervous Speech Disorders, To participate in constructive same time and in the same hotel, debater, under rules specified by Bie Brother Barges Christmas, NR rest of my ancestors. She said compete with a boy who is seventeen Prentice-Hall. In NR My Wife, Poor Dramatists Play Service, 6 E. wasn't it kinda late to do anything or eighteen years old without intensive Costumes By You, Baker. work that will give the participant thus providing meetings of value to the Twentieth Century Study Billy Begins to Be- Fool, R 39th St., New York City. training or effort in most, cases. Conse­ Drill Manual for Improving Spe«ch, experience and the University as have, NE North Star, NR about that now and he said it was, quently, that is what the twenty-year-old Lippincott. all drama, radio, and public Club, and filed in the office of boy does, since there are very few other a whole prestige; to create inter­ Catching Up With Our Lady's Turn T. S. Denison, 203 N. Wabash, but I must have the proper kinda Effective Speaking, Prentice-Hall. speaking teachers. Last year over the principal of the high school. Christmas, NR bier, R boys his own age in high school* for Essentials of Parliamentary Procedure, est and bring about a feeling of Christmas Lost and Party Dress for Chicago, 111. trainin' so I'd be a good ancestor. him to engage in competition. The Crofts. one thousand speech and drama "The rules agreed on, governing Found, NR Patty, A, N E Dodd, Mead, 447 Fourth Ave., younger boy, fifteen to eighteen years of Exercises in Speech, Follett. respect for radio by the entire teachers from, every state in the Christmas Tree for Pretty Girl Wanted, I don't wanta be no ancestor, I'm age, is discouraged by this unfair com­ Free Medical Care, Noble & Noble. the debate scholarship award were Josie, A, NE NE New York City. petition and soon loses his spirit. A con­ Government Ownership of Railroads, student body. nation met in Chicago. This was as follows: Crown for Mary, A, Pretty Soft for You gointa be a plumben dition results in which neither contestant Noble & Noble. NR Guys, NR Dramatic Publishing Co., 59 E. has the determination to do his best. Cer­ Intercollegiate Debates, Noble & Noble. The sponsor and officers chosen one of the largest meetings of "1. This award shall be known Ghost of Lone Ca- Queen's Christmas, Van Buren, Chicago, 111. tainly the 21-year age-limit group could Interpretation of the Printed Page, are: Professor Sara Lowrey, spon­ teachers in a single field to be held bin. The, NE The, ,E *By EfB« A. Preston from th» "New win over the 19-year age-limit group. It Prentice-Hall. as the Twentieth Century Study Heart Attack, R Very Grammatical Dutton, 300 Fourth Ave., New Jersey Educational Review." appears that this first group has some­ Phonetic Readings in American Speech, sor; Lawrence Birdsong, organist in 1939-40. Club annual debate award for Her Grandmother's Family, A, NE how lost that all-important element of Pittman. ' Quilt, NE Warmhearted Snow York City. success sometimes called "hustle." Practical Argumentation, Century Co. and reporter; Louise Butler, presi­ girls. Hummingbird Hie- Man, The, NR SamuelFrench, 25 W. 45th St., This explanation seems all the ' more Practical Workouts for the School dent; L e s t e r Kaminisky, an­ Through the National Associa­ cups, The, NE We Americans, R "Too Good to be True" logical when one considers that in just Theatre, Baker. In Behalf of a Calf, Widow's Plight, The, New York City. four seasons since Texas lowered the age Principles and Practices of Speech Cor­ nouncer; James Taylor, program tion, Mr. Emory G. Horger, Presi­ NR NR limit from twenty years to nineteen years, rection, Pittman. Mittermeyer Retreats Follett Publishing Co., Chicago, RSON became a director, pro­ director and executive secretary; dent of the State Speech Teachers It's A Tie, NR Wildcat Willie, NE five previous high records have been Production and Direction of Radio Pro­ Ernest Mittermeyer, a Texas Land of the Free, 111. ducer, scenic artist and actor broken and new ones established. The grams, Prentice-Hall. Kim Smith, technician and vice Association, is making arrange­ The, NE O table indicates that about the same thing Public Speaking, Henry Holt. cowboy, arriving in Houston July Henry Holt, One Park Ave., at Todd. The Drama League has happened in California. Reading Chorus, The, Noble & Noble. president; James Bryant, techni­ ments with the railroads for low Dramatic Publishing Co. 4, a veteran of the retreat of the New York City. offered a prize for the best per­ Loss to Society Scene Design and Model Building, Baker. cian; Mary Virginia Duncan, as­ round trip fares. They have made Long Plays If this contention be true, could it not Selections for Public Speaking, Scribners. sistant announced; George Erck, French Army from Sedan, re­ Absolom My Son, Speeding Along, NR Ivan Bloom Hardin, Des Moines, formance by high schools and prep be possible that this loss of spirit is not Short Speech, The, Prentice-Hall. a special price of $39.50 from NR That Crazy Smith Sing Your Way to Better Speech, Dutton. announcer; Catherine Page, script ported that historic event as fol­ Iowa. schools in and around Chicago. only a loss to the individual but also a Socialized Medicine, Noble & Noble. Dallas to Washington and return Call of Youth, The, Family, R loss to society? Dr. Flint, Chancellor lows : NE There Goes the Longmans, Green & Co., 114 Each school produced its show in of Syracuse University, indicated his Speech Correction, Prentice-Hall. editor; John Hardy, technician and if as many as fifteen persons go ir Gabriel Blow Your Bride, NR opinion on the matter when he said: Taking the Stage, Pittman. sergeant-at-arms. one coach. This figure is reduced "You may have seen in the Horn E Those Phinney Girls, Fifth Ave., New York City. the Goodman Theater. Orson pre­ "The psychical patterns of determina­ Yearbook of Festivals and Contests, Only Sally Ann, R NR J. B. Lippincott Co., New York sented Julius Caesar. At a public tion, self-mastery, self-reliance, and self- National Thespian. to $35.15 if as many as thirty papers where the French said the Poor Dear Edgar, R Yellow Shadow, The, control (gained through interscholastic Play Collections Texas teachers make the trip to­ retreat was organized, but it Profess or, How R City. gathering after the last show, the competition) will fit readily into both the Children's Theatre Could You? E You're the Doctor, National Thespian, College Hill Drama League judges awarded its daily round of business and the emer­ Christmas Comedies, Denisozl. gether in two Party coaches. wasn't. We were completely dis­ Second-Story Peggy, E gencies of business, and leaven with poise, Christmas Plays for One and All, Denison. The Fine Arts Club at Harlin- NR Station, Cincinnati, Ohio. prize to Senn High School. This resourcefulness, courage, and alertness the Crick Bottom Plays, French. These fares are very low and will organized, and as far as I was French Short Plays industrial and commercial activities of the Easy Skits, Blackouts and Pantomimes, gen, Texas, sponsored a series of give Texas Speech Teachers an op­ concerned, the retreat didn't stop Noble & Noble, 100 Fifth Ave., caused general indignation. Whit- nation." Dram. Pub. Co. Antic Spring, R Great Man, A, NR the Clare Tree Major Children's New York City. ford Kane, director of the Good­ The beneficial effects of fair, whole­ Everybody's Christmas Program Book, portunity to see the Nation's until I got to the Portuguese bor­ Assorted Ladies in a Hungerers, The, R hearted, well-controlled competition would Dram. Pub. Co. Theatre productions during the Jam, R Husband for Mag, A, Northwestern Press, 2200 Park man Theater, interrupted the cere­ be difficult to measure. It does seem, Fifth Yearbook of Short Plays, Row- Capitol and attend the National der." A.P. dispatch, date-lined Bumbo the Clown, R past year. Among the very suc­ g Jubie, R Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. monies to announce a new prize however, that one benefit is the motiva­ Peterson. Convention with comparatively lit­ Houston, Texas, July 4. But Mother , R Kid Makes Up His tion which it gives contestants to do their Folk Plays for Contests, Denison. cessful presentations were: "Alad­ tle expense. Get in touch with Mr. Pitman Publishing Corp., New and to name Todd as the winner. best. Dr. Flint concludes that this de­ Good Plays for Patriotic Holidays, Den­ Ghristmas A p P 1 e, • Mind, The, E termination causes the contestant to rise ison. ° din and His Lamp," "Rip Van Horger at T. S. W. C., Denton, jkThe, NR Legend of the Christ- York City. Later it became known that the to unexpected heights, to tap new sources Indoor and Outdoor Plays for Children, ftirist'nias Star for mas Rose, E Drama of skill and ability of which the con­ Noble & Noble. Winkle," and "Under the Lilac Texas, if you are interested in r Olga, NR Lost Victory, R Prentice-Hall, 70 Fifth Ave., League judges had delib­ To Public Speaking Directors Coffee on the Roof, Lovesick R erately discriminated against testant was himself unaware. This fair Juvenile Comedies, Denison. Tree." spending part of your Christmas R Magic New York City. competition helps the contestant to "find Junior High School One-Act Comedies, Flute, The, R Todd's Julius Caesar because they himself," to know what he can do, and Dram. Pub. Co. It wag announced that the Fine vacation in this profitable manner. O NOT fail to read the re­ Cooks Detour, R Man's Castle, A, E Randam House, 20 E. 57th St., then to do it better than he otherwise Loolie and Other Short Plays, French. Critical Year, The,Master Pierre Patelin, suspected that two Arts Club will sponsor the Clare Not often do we have such an ex­ vised rules for the above New York City. professionals would have done. The facts of Table I One-Act Plays, Henry Holt. D DoUar, A, R M^ter Salesman, had been rung in for the parts of bear out Dr. Flint's conclusions. Play A Month, A, Baker. Tree Major Children's Theatre in cellent opportunity to travel and contests. Important changes of Row, Peterson Co., 1911 Ridge Plays of Odets, Modern Library. Far Above Rubies, The, E Antony and Cassius. Orson, then *The average age of approximately three Pulitzer Prize Plays, Random House. Harlingen against next year. The learn at so low a cost. rules have been effected in these U Miss Marlow R t Ave., Evanston, 111. Sixth Yearbook of Short Plays, Row- Fifth Soldier, The, Play, E thirteen, had played both parts. thousand freshmen at The University of four plays to be given next season Speech contests. See your sup­ R No Curtain, Calls, Charles Scribners Sons, New Texas regular session of 1938-1939 was Peterson. Alva Johnson and Fred Smith on 18.66 years. (Report of the Registrar. Ten Best Plays of 1938-39, Dodd. are: "Alice in Wonderland," "Hans erintendent for the 1940-41 Gaspers, E NR York City. University of Texas Publication, No. 3939, Ten Boys' Farces, Baker. The Texas Speech Teachers As­ Georgie-Porgie. E No Room at the Orson Wells in The Saturday Eve- October 15, 1939, p. 5.) It seems that Tested One-Act Plays, Noble & Noble. Brinckle," "Beauty and th» Beast," sociation will meet at, the Texas rules. Ghostly Passenge*, « . « Post, the average age of high school seniors Twenty Short Plays on ( Royalty KB would not esgeed this flaur*. -Holiday, Vol. II, French. and "HoWn Hood,1* Hotel in Fort gwrtfc. during the Page 4 THE INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER

following requirements. A piano — GIRLS ATHLETICS — drama and play production. Also — ACTIVITIES — Football Reminders LaCoste High School Volley Ball Team or violin student must perform the there are hundreds of articles on first movement of a sonata and a specific subjects relating to speech modern or romantic number chosen (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) jF THE following items are or drama. The library is equipped from those listed for the Senior to answer your inquiries about -*- observed at the proper time Level in the Applied Music Bulle­ been made to instill this kind of extemporaneous speaking, debate, no changes in the faculty in this 1 there will be fewer misunder­ tin. An organ student will play a spirit through less competitive declamation, one-act play, radio, experiment. Exactly the same fac­ standings during the football Bach Prelude and Fugue and one programs neither the students nor and other subjects closely akin ulty for both elementary and high other selection from the list for the their parents have missed the more to speech and drama. school worked in this system the season: Fourth Year; a singer will give highly competitive type of activ­ Neither the Drama Loan Library previous year when there were no 1. District Executive Commit­ two solos, each different in char­ ity. nor the Extension Loan Library extracurricular activities. A tee should decide upon a method acter, chosen from the Senior Level will lend poems or declamations school does not have to have new of selecting a district champion at list. Must Interest All Type* to be used by students for contest teachers, nor a specially paid di­ the beginning of the football sea­ Information Sources One of the problems raised con­ purposes. Books containing the rector of activities, to be able to son and not wait until the close to The Applied Music Bulletin, cerned the necessity in planning selections must be purchased promote such a program. decide upon a plan for selecting price fifteen cents, may be secured statewide programs of considering from the publishing companies. the champion. A definite plan from the Division of Applied the varying facilities of the schools Discipline Problems A card addressed to the Director should be prepared in advance and Music, Miss Mary Dunn, Chairman, and the different extent to which The student body in this school, of Speech Activities, sent to each member of the dis­ Lubbock, Texas. Information in programs have already been or­ Interscho­ previous to the installation of ac­ lastic League, trict and thus avoid the misunder­ regard to teacher certificates in ganized and set up. The opinion Austin, Texas, will tivities appealing to their interests, bring you by return standings that occur at the end of Applied Music may be secured of those who are working with mail the was one of the hardest to control the season. The League recom­ from Mr. Carl Weisemann, Chair­ the program was that thoughtful material you desire to examine. in disciplinary matters. Every mends the adoption of the tie- man of the Board of Examiners, planning and careful organization Write to us if we can be of week, sometimes daily, high school game rule found in Rule 14 of the Texas State Music Teachers As­ could provide for the needs of all assistance. boys seventeen and eighteen years football plan in addition to any sociation, Denton, Texas. Inquiries types of schools and communities of age were sent to the superin­ other procedure that might be in in regard to accrediting of high and could do much to give all tendent's office where they we* use in determining a team per­ schools in Applied Music should be pupils the opportunities for growth — BENEFIT PLAN — treated as children for their mis-' centage for the season. If the addressed to the State Director of through participation in sports behavior. Frequently they were first downs and penetrations of Music, State Department of Edu­ and recreational activities. Re­ (Continued from Page 1) suspended for periods of one, two, the 20-yard line do not determine cation, Austin, Texas. Further lated to this problem was that of or three weeks. details regarding the contest may stimulating an active interest in There had been no form of rec­ a winner the committee might sub­ cause and prevention of football be received from a circular sent all students, the timid as well as reation provided for students other stitute a second provision, count injuries. P. E. Shotwell, Coach, free on request to the Interscho- the aggressive, the sports minded than the traditional fifteen-minute t^e number of times a team pene­ Longview High School, presented lastic League, Box H, University as well as the indifferent. The morning and afternoon recess pe­ trates the 30-yard line. This pro­ to the coaches a brief summary vision might be substituted for Station, Austin, Texas. successful play day must include riods. At these times the elemen­ o of the injury statistics for the tary children who "yardage gained" if a district com­ HE LaCOSTE High School volleyball team won the 1939-40 county championship all types. Miss Bourquardez sug­ were in the same 1939 season. building had their own unsuper- mittee thought it advisable. of Medina County for the fifteenth consecutive year. The team has gested that even those who are T been coached — PRINCIPALS MEET — A study of the injury record for vised free campus play. The older 2. Eligibility blanks should be the past, two years by Miss Helen Conrad. AH but one of the players will be back for not interested in sports must have Texas and the high schools of the properly filled out and on file in some interest. The task of those high school students either wan­ next year's team, which promises to be stronger than ever. (Continued from Page 1) nation reveals that the rate of dered about the halls in boredom the State Office before the first Upper row, left to right Miss Helen Conrad, coach; Evelyn Hutzler, Bertha Kel- who plan the days is to find what accident can be materially re­ game. Supplementary blanks these interests or hobbies are and or took delight in taunting and ler, Aurora Duron, Isabel Mangold. be put in the army or navy at a duced by following these sugges­ should be sent in promptly if new manage in some way to bring teasing the younger children, thus Lower row Meta Kriewald, Henrietta Nentwich, Eunice Biediger, Lillian Keller, cost of about $1000 per year; or tions : creating a great number of prob­ boys are added to the squad. Hortense Keller. them into the plans. 1. A complete medical examina­ 3. Injury reports should be sent they could be sent to the public lems of discipline. There was an Matt Bader is Superintendent of the LaCoste schools. schools at a cost of about $69 "Social Atmosphere" tion for every boy before he en­ urgent need that provision for di­ in each week, beginning with the Miss Bourquardez stressed the gages in an athletic contest. It first week of practice and closing per year. America chose to take rected recreation be made in order has completed his freshman year reflected Bryan Schley, Nacog- them into the schools importance in planning play days has been estimated that this prac­ to create greater interest with the football season. — WACO GRIDDER — and entered in class­ at the school. doches, Secretary-Treasurer for of developing and maintaining a tice alone will reduce the number room work, 4. Game reports should be sent into an extensive building pro­ keep students in school All winners of scholarships were 1940-41, ordered his books checked social atmosphere. "A picnic of boys lost from athletic partici­ until graduation, train them for in immediately following each con­ (Continued from Page 1) gram. The point of saturation, present for the dinner with the by a certified public accountant and Dr. Roemer noted, has almost lunch, a swim, dancing, joint sing­ pation because of accident by 25 better citizenship, and provide a test. group of alumni. Mayor Woodall a financial statement be mailed all ing will do much," she said, "to­ per cent. worthwhile outlet for the abundant 5. Send in football schedule to here last year he played quarter­ been reached in building, and the Rogers was in charge of the pro­ members by September 1, 1940. ward creating the enthusiasm 2. Do not permit a boy to par­ activity which must be released the State back oh the team when another next period of development is at Office. gram. Dallas Morning News. 6,000 See Game necessary to a successful day. The ticipate in a game until he has somewhere. 6. At the close of the playing player was disabled. hand. Dr. Roemer described this A week of study of football prob­ participants must really feel that had a minimum of three weeks' season a football Post was selected by a committee period as one of "evaluation, re­ Shifting Population season report lems, good fellowship, practice. The boy should be in including Dr. Guy T. Denton of University of Texas were extended and social finement, study a time for tak­ they have come together for a The difficulties which were to should be filed promptly. relationship was brought to a good physical condition before he Dallas, chairman; Dr. Charles C. the coaches by President Homer ing up the slack." Such work will pleasant day and should end the be met in building, teacher, 7. Athletic injury insurance is grand finale with the brilliant foot­ is allowed to engage in a sched­ Green of Houston, and William Rainey and Athletic Director D. require a different type of school day better friends rather than pupil conditions have been pointe purchased from the home office of ball game in House Park, Austin uled contest. Burrow, president of the X. Bible. The entire staff of the man one who recognizes and traditional enemies." out, but there remains one addi­ the company, and all claims are Vander- Saturday night, August 10, be­ The Texas injury study revealed University was most helpful and understands his problem as one In his final summary of the tional important factor in the pre­ settled through that office, and not bilt Club. tween the North all-stars coached that the greater percentage of in­ made the stay of the coaches in primarily of guidance. Of the afternoon's discussions, Dr. Roe­ vious set-up of this typical school the office of the League. Outstanding Records by Leo Myer and the South all- juries occurred during the game Austin both beneficial and pleas­ more than 8,000,000 pupils now mer emphasized particularly the situation: the patrons and com­ 8. Football season closes on the Other winners of the scholarship stars tutored by Homer Norton. rather than during the practice ant. in high school, less than 50 per following points made by Miss munity. This school was located Saturday following the last Thurs­ included Bert Marshall of Green­ This was the fifth game sponsored periods. This is significant for Entertainment cent should ever go to college as Bourquardez: (1) Remember in in a railroad center of approxi­ day in November. ville, who was graduated at Van- by the' association. Played before the reason that the ratio of prac­ Civic organizations of Austin planning to distinguish between 9. If there is any question re­ derbilt this year and was chosen a crowd the college is now organized. Yet tice period to games is 4 to 1. mately twelve hundred inhabitants. way of of some 6,000 rabid fans the beginning schools and those garding the eligibility of a con­ the most provided much in the the great majority of schools in Numbers of the families were rail­ popular man in the senior in sweltering heat, the game de­ already having highly developed First Aid Treatment testant he should be withheld from class. He entertainment for the visiting this country are college prepara­ road people who moved from place was quarterback of the veloped into a brilliant offensive programs; (2) Safeguard inter­ 3. First aid treatment should be competition until the proper com­ school's football team for three coaches and their wives. Free pic­ tory in type, giving college pre­ to place, never staying in one battle, the North team finally est and enthusiasm in play days; available at all practice periods mittee has definitely ruled the boy years and was co-captain last fall. ture shows, swimming, and golf emerging victorious by a score of paratory training to a non-college small railroad town more than (3) Play up the social phase; (4) and a physician available if needed. eligible. Maurice Holdgraf of Houston, who were extended daily. A barbecue 14 to 7. clientele to the people that have two or three years. They had Avoid terrific competition; (5) A physician should be in attend­ never Ishown a very great inter­ 10. The secretary of the Dis­ will enter his senior year next fall, was given for the coaches at Barton been swept into the high schools Springs. The wives were honored from the shops, the farms, the fac­ Maintain a "play with us not ance at all games since this is the est in school work, nor cared par­ trict Executive Committee should was all-Southeastern tackle his time that most injuries occur. with a breakfast and picnic. All tories. The challenge to school against us" spirit, recognizing in ticularly whether their children keep a written record of all com­ first year on the team, also was a — MUSIC CONTESTS — Immediate and proper care at the in all the royal welcome and men today, Dr. Roemer said, is the day the opportunity for devel­ were in school or not. Hence, ab­ mittee meetings and mail to each winner. Sidney McClain, Green­ time of the injury may prevent gracious program of entertainment "What are we going to do with oping sportsmanship, courtesy, sences were quite frequent, and member of the district a report of ville, was the third to receive the (Continued from Page 1) some very serious consequences. sent all the coaches home voicing them? How are we going to meet self-control. numbers of students quit school the actions of the committee in all scholarship and his scholastic rec­ 4. Every boy that Austin had justly earned the Sports Day Committee should be properly to go to work when they reached meetings. ord through his junior work has school. A student must be making the needs of the widely diversified Reports appellation "The Friendly City." equipped for football before be­ the tenth or eleventh grades. At It is hoped that these sugges­ been far ahead of requirements for passing grades in high students now filling the schools After Miss Bourquardez's talk A full program of progressive school work ing allowed to participate in any one time three seniors had been tions will be of some assistance to Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholas­ and must be registered for and and representing every type and Miss Helen Byington, president of football methods and tactics was game or practice period. Shoes known to run away from home those football districts that are tic fraternity. The fourth winner passing in the advanced or Senior class of American societey?" To the Texas Association for Health, the daily menu. The chief lec­ and shoulder pads that do not fit just two months before they were new and not well organized. was Pat Otts of Royse City, who Level of Applied Music, including retain public support, we shall Physical Education and Recrea­ turers were Homer Norton of may be a contributory cause to to have been graduated. musicianship, and sight-reading of have to meet the problem. "We tion, summarized the report of the Texas A. & M. and Leo (Dutch) a very serious accident. Ill fitting The administrator felt t h the Junior Level, as outlined in the cannot," Dr. Roemer said, "go on Committee on Girls' Physical Ed­ Myer of Texas Christian Uni­ equipment may turn out to be' something had to be done to create Applied Music Bulletin and in the putting new wine in old bottles ucation Activities dealing with the versity. These men have helped very expensive to the boy as well more parent and student interest High School Football Coaches 1940 edition of The Teaching of and look the public in the face." incorporation of a plan of girls' raise Southwestern football to as to the school. in the school. The extracurricu­ Music to be issued shortly by the sports days in such national eminence in the past Guidance Program the activities of the Blisters and skin breaks on the lar activity program was suggested State Department of Education. Association—News and Notes two years that they Dr. Roemer considers the setting Interscholastic League. Miss By­ foot due to shoes that do not fit as an experiment, and in spite of were chosen Teachers must hold a State Ap­ unanimously by the directors to up of a guidance program the ington, with Miss Elizabeth Moore are frequent causes for infection. the lack of modern building equip­ The Texas High School Football Coaches plied Music certificate, and only Association conduct this the football coaching profession. conduct our first step jn tackling the problem. of Southwestern State Teachers Because of the location of such ment and teacher time, the project column through nationally prominent high schools which are accredited its correspondent, Mr. Harris. Officers of B. To secure better understand­ "We must begin," he said, "a College, worked as a sub-commit­ injuries they are easily infected was undertaken. the Association are: Ted Jeffries, Presi­ clinic. Dutch Myer was aided by in Applied Music by the State De­ dent ; Eck Curtin, Vice-President; Bryan ing of the problems. Mike Brumbelow and Walter Roach study of the types of minds we are tee to plan such a program after and difficult to heal. Schley, Secretary-Treasurer. Editor. partment of Education are eligi­ Faculty Study Club C. To endeavor to improve the from his staff, while Norton was trying to educate. What are we the Association Committee, work­ 5. Injury statistics reveal a very (By W. C. O. Harris, 3001 Cock- ble. The general plan of procedure game of football in all its phases. seconded by Marty Karow and to give them? They must be coun­ ing with a committee from the decisive increase in rate during rell St., Ft. Worth, Texas) The level of performance de­ was to work through the faculty D. To secure a more beneficial Virgil Jones. seled for non-college futures in at Interscholastic League, had ap­ the month of October. From the manded may be guaged from the first, and then through the student HIS column is to appear understanding of the various least 50 per cent of the cases. proved the sponsoring of two point of view of severity and num­ Experts on Offense body, and finally, through the stu­ Tmonthly in the LEAGUER. phases of football. They must be studied as individ­ sports days each school year. ber the peak is reached during The morning session found Myer dents gain the interest and sup­ E. To place at the disposal of uals their interests, characteris­ Briefly, the plan presented by this month. There are 202 active members presenting an analysis of his fav­ School Stadium Liquor port of parents and coaches sources of football infor­ Miss Byington included a non- community of the association at the orite double wing style of offense, tics, the things they want to do, October Injury Rate High at large. The music teacher, the mation. REPROHIBITION liquor competitive fall sports day which It is thought that and Norton presenting an exposi­ their background, their potenti­ one of the teachers of grades six, seven, and present time. The officers F. T laws, such as they were, had would constitute a sort of train­ tion of the box, punt, and balanced P alities. The second step involves a causes for the increases during eight, and the three high school of the association invite sug­ provement of conditions in Texas their excellent points. Sale to ing school for the representative double wing he has so successfully study of the occupational world, October is due to the lack of em­ teachers were called together for High School football. minors, students and habitual girls and a spring sports gestions for the improvement utilized at Texas A. & M. an analysis of all the occupational day phasis on fundamentals. The heat round-table discussion of the G. To have a representative drunkards was barred and not of the association, and earn­ Afternoons were given over to opportunities open to people of which would serve as a culmina­ of the conference is on and the situation in general. As all seven group of football men in which many retailers violated the stat­ coach becomes more field demonstrations of the theories high school age. Then should come tion of the year's activities, which interested in of these teachers had worked to­ estly solicit constructive con­ football problems of general in­ ute except unwittingly. A stu­ the mentors had expounded in guidance designed to lead the stu­ would be competitive, and which offensive and defensive tactics gether in the school system be­ tributions for this column. terest may be discussed and to dent was a college student as their morning lectures. Some fifty dents into some appropriate line would stress the social values of rather than the fundamentals. fore, each felt free to express his which they may be referred for the well as a scholastic and canny The men elected to direct the all-star high school football grad­ of professional endeavor." association with girls from other There should be a continued em­ own opinions, and offer suggestions friendly interchange of ideas, re­ bartenders knew it. Postprohi- phasis on football fundamentals work of the Association for uates from all sections of the state Dr. Roemer predicted that the schools. Primary objectives would for general improvement. All sulting in better relationship be­ bition liquor practice, fostered during the entire season. 1940-41 want your opinions. were used in these demonstrations. next 15 or 20 years will witness be the stimulation of good spirit, seemed interested in helping with tween schools. on the laxity of illicit liquor 6. Coaches should insist on a In addition, the school was for­ a great development of the junior fellowship, and cooperation; the a program of extracurricular ac­ Send them in to your regional H. Good fellowship social con­ tunate in having Dutch Smith, sale during the life of the five-minute warm-up period at the tact. college which will serve a great development of grace and skill; tivities, but expressed their feel­ directors. A directors meet­ Texas Tech line coach and Eighteenth Amendment, has beginning of the second half. The six of mass of high school people who and the teaching of activities that ing of inability because of know­ Send your membership fees to his stellar pupils explain and dem­ forgotten most of the old shib­ injury study for Texas and the ing is to be held in Athens, will have two years added training will have recreational value when ing so little about such work. Bryan Schley, Sec.-Treas., Nacog- onstrate by positions a thorough boleths. Drinking in school nation points out the fact that Texas, the second week in furnished locally. AS a result school days are over. A copy of Someone suggested that a class of doches, Texas, It pays to be a circles, practically unknown the the accidents reach the peak dur­ analysis of the Notre Dame style the complete report of the com­ instruction be organized under thex January. Plans for the 1941 member: you get the Athletic prior to 1917 in Texas, is cer­ big universities may be smaller in ing the third quarter. No boy of offensive line play. mittee is available in mimeograph direction of the English teacher School will be made there. Journal for a year, your school re­ tainly no stranger today, even the future. University training and should be permitted to enter a Defensive Tactics the necessary preparatory upon request to the League State who had just completed a summer All-Star Teams ceives the Scholastic Coach, and coeducationally. work contest until he has had a "warm- Del Morgan, Rice line coach, Office. course in this work. Others did The all-star teams for 1941 will the tuition in the Coaching School The current effort to exclude in secondary school will continue up" period. gave a complete demonstration of not like the idea of having a class, be selected by the same method as for members is $5.00 less than for liquor consumption from the to be maintained we can not lose Editor's Note. Further sessions of the 7. Players who have injuries defensive techniques for individual Conference will be reported in succeeding but suggested a Faculty Study that used this year. The upper non-members. Several plans are new high school stadium may the leadership of the few but linesmen by position and methods issues of the Leaguer. should not be allowed to partici­ lub which would meet bi-weekly and lower basketball regions will under consideration now whereby face difficulty, but it merits there will be added a closely in­ for coordination of these into a pate in either scrimmage or a the first two weeks to get organ­ be the determining zones for the members may secure additional ma­ support. Drinking at the sta­ tegrated, properly organized, semi- team defense. Chuck Cramer, game. Texas injury statistics re­ ized. They planned to collect all selection of the North and South terial advantages in the future. dium by adults is unnecessary, vocational training given through nationally known trainer presented — LOAN LIBRARY — veal that 10 per cent of the in­ the material they could on extra­ teams. John Scott of Houston furnishes a bad example to the the junior college and continuing the latest methods for the preven­ juries are boys who have been in­ curricular activities, each taking heads the selection committee for large numbers of school boys the work of guidance begun in 8th Annual Coaching tion and care of injuries. D. X. (Continued from Page 1) jured more than once. an active part in discussing what the Southern half of Texas; Eck and girls present, and is utterly the secondary school. Thus some Bible, of the National Rule Com­ Small vs. Large Schools he had read. Curtis, Breckenridge, is chairman School at University alien to the spirit in which the will be sent to the universities; mittee discussed the new football The music teacher was willing of the committee to choose the athletic structure was conceived some to the junior college; and the owner of the copyright. The 8. Inter-school contests should rules for 1940. to work with organizations in the team for the North. The regional TEXAS High School and carried through. Here is a some will be trained in the mas­ copyright laws are federal stat­ be scheduled with institutions of The annual business meeting high school and also in the inter­ directors make the initial move­ problem in which the liquor in­ tery of a worthwhile vocation. utes, not state or local laws. Vio­ approximately the same size and Football Coaches Associa­ was held Thursday evening, August mediate grades. The three inter­ ment toward selection of the all- dustry itself is not involved. New Occasions Teach New Duties lation of these laws may result playing standards. A team that tion met in Austin, Texas, 8, at 8:00 P.M. in Gregory Gym­ mediate grade teachers wanted to stars. The director of each of the Only individuals are concerned. "The last seven years," Dr. in heavy fines and imprisonment. began football practice in the mid­ August 5-10 for their annual nasium. Ted Jeffries of Wichita dle of September should pot meet be members of the Faculty Study eight regions designates a com­ Falls was elected No intoxicants are sold on the Roemer concluded, "has seen state Many Plays of All Publishers president to suc­ a team in an early game that has Club in order that they might plan mittee to select an all-regional convention and school. En­ premises. At the present time wide surveys of education. Men The library ceed Bobo Nelson, Athens. Eck has virtually all of been practicing since September activities for their home rooms team comprised of twelve men. rollment began early and by Curtis, Breckenridge there is no immediately adja­ responsible for education are say­ was elected the plays of the major publishing 1st. Some small schools sched­ similar to those which would be One or more members of each the first meeting in Gregory vice president. Four new directors cent retail point of sale. The ing, 'We can not go on with the companies. The plays range from ule a larger one for financial rea­ planned for the high school. This committee must be representative were elected for a two-year period: liquor is brought by spectators. present system. We must break Gymnasium at 10:00 A. M. a skit two minutes long to one sons; the larger school schedules gave a good working group o! of Class A schools. The commit­ Howard Lynch, Amartllo, Region One remedy that suggests it­ down the old program that had August 5 over 460 pupils were five hours in length. There are the smaller one for a set-up game. seven faculty members. Pleasu tees headed by Mr. Scott and Mr. 1; W. C. 0. Harris, Fort Worth, self is to make part of the one narrow purpose and adapt a plays for every holiday and spe­ These contests should not be played was mixed with business in thil Curtis make the final selections registered. Mayor Tom Miller Region 3; Harold Dement, Galena printed admission ticket a buy­ new pne to the present situation, cial occasion, plays for every because of the inequality in the first organization of the extra­ from the all-regional teams. of Austin made the welcome Park, Region 5; Brooks Conover, er's contract not to carry liquor We can do a great deal in bring­ type of student or adult group, size of the football squads which curricular activity program. The Association Objectives address and turned Brownsville, Region 7. The hold­ into the' stadium. The city, if the key to ing about a new day in the public plays with from two to 600 mem­ results in certain hazards. club met in the homes of its mem­ The objectives of the Texas over directors are: Harry Taylor, it has not done so already, can the city over to President and private schools if we will lay bers in the cast. These suggestions are offered in bers where refreshments were High School Football Coaches As­ San Angelo, Region 2; P. E. Shot- make the act an offense. Arrest Bobo Nelson and the Eighth aside our inherited trends and face In addition to the plays, there the hope that safety measures will served and a short social hour sociation as listed in Article III of well, Longview, Region 4; Lee and prosecution would go far the situation as courageous school are over 350 collections and an­ be inaugurated by every Texas enjoyed after each study meeting. the Constitution, are: Annual School was under Mitchell, Yoakum, Region 6; and toward terminating at least men. It can be done and is being thologies of plays, 120 books school, which will result in an ath­ (Editor's Note. This is the first of a A. To help maintain the highest way. open violation. Dallas series of seven articles which will Clyde Parks, Fort Stockton, News. done. A new day and a new about any phase of public speak­ be pub­ possible standards in football and The eomplete letic contest that will be made lished in the Leaguer, describing the in­ facilities of the. Region 8. The board of directors program k possible." ing, and 100 books concerning- stallation of a program of extracurricular safer for the boys of our state. activities in a small high school.)