Contest-Winner of 1939 Is Now College Dramatic Tutor Units Give Sound Views Aggies Win Over LSU with 7 17-Year Olds in the Line

No. 4 VOL. XXVII AUSTIN, TEXAS, DECEMBER, 1943 Class Polls Opinion Debate Sponsor Says Magic Valley Gets Athletics: Asset* LETTER Contest-Winner of 1939 Is On Educational Reform Directions for Season's Prospect Fair or o Liability?, 6OX and Tutor are the most needed /. History PERSONAL Now College Dramatic Using Slide Rule *T~*HE new debate coach at Down to Business ITEMS reforms in Texas educa­ Sam Houston High School By Professor Philip O. Badger Wins Key Award tion? A graduate class in (Houston), Miss Helen Batte, Martha Morgan Has Dis­ In September, 1939, Martha en. Bulletin by Mathematics Pro­ Famous Writer Tells of Tran­ education at The University hopeful of winning a Concerning the Author tinguished Career in rolled in the College of Fine Arts is quite sition from "Promotion" to San Jacinto (Houston) She was ad of Texas is seeking to find the fessor Now Available this (which of the University. share of League honors "Production" At the time the address Omitted by Mistake the University mitted to the Curtain Club as a answer. for Teachers year. She has not only de­ will be published in four in­ probationary member, and in May Under the direction of Dr. Fred­ bate, but is in charge of all stallments) was, delivered, Pro­ of the same year she was made an 0. Badger was N THE FRONT page of ARTHA MORGAN was a erick Eby, that class is polling the \TATHEMATICS teachers the speech work in the school. recently in June fessor Philip of active member of that club. During opinion of nearly 600 representa­ Magazine, John President of the National Col­ the November issue senior at Weslaco High the school term of 1942-43 she wa; " interested in initiating Miss Batte has a bachelor's de­ Harper's LEAGUER will be found a tive Texans .in all walks of life, described a con­ legiate Athletic Association, the School when she came to on the Board of Governors anc with a questionnaire on the subject. club or class into the myste­ gree from Rice Institute, a Master Dos Passos Chairman of the Board of Ath­ picture and account of the ac­ Austin for the 1939 State Secretary of the Curtain Club The inquiry is going to school ries of the slide rule will wel­ versation he had with a letic Control of New York Uni­ complishments of Miss An­ That same year she received the superintendents, newspaper editors, come a new bulletin just off farmer in the Rio Grande Val­ versity, and Assistant to th* Meet as a member of the one- Key Award, the high­ nette Greenfield since entering Curtain Club school board presidents, university the press by L. W. Ramsey, ley, illustrating the transition Chancellor. act play cast which presented est award bestowed upon any mem­ and college presidents, chambers For many years Professor1 The University of Texas. She As director-actress Assistant Professor of Mathe­ from "land promotion" to The Perfect Gentleman. ber of the Club. of commerce secretaries, secre­ Badger has been identified with was quite distinguished in gained much experience with "land utilization" in the Martha was selected the best she taries of local trade councils, matics and Engineering, those forces which have been in­ productions of the Curtain Club Interscholastic League public clergymen, bankers, police commis­ Texas Christian University, Magic Valley: strumental in lifting intercol­ actress of the year for her Theater-in-the-Round, Laboratory speaking contests during her sioners, parent-teacher associa­ "An elderly man six feet tal athletics up on a higher Theater, and the Experimental entitled "How to Use a Slide legiate performance and was given tion presidents, professors, county and more under his dusty broad- emphasizing educa­ high-school career. After Theater. She was graduated from Rule. plane, and the Samuel French award. agricultural agents, and nurses. brimmed hat, who stood very tional values of athletic activi­ reading the story, T." H. Rog­ the University in May, 1943. For League Contests It asks "in the light of the straight in his ranchers' boots ties in schools and colleges. ers, Principal of the San Each year Martha served as Prepared at the request of the He probable economic, moral and in­ ohowed us around the place. He is a native of Maine, hav­ property manager for the State League for assistance to teachers Texas Jacinto, Houston, High ternational conditions following the ame from the Panhandle of ing been born in Augusta Sep­ One-Act Play Contest of the Inter­ and pupils who are this year en­ farming School, sends the editor of the war, what changes would you rec­ and had been ranching and tember 16, 1891. He was grad­ scholastic League. This job is one tering the new Slide Rule Contest, 'There are two things LEAGUER the following gentle ommend in the educational system all his life. uated from Philips-Exeter Acad­ of the most difficult involved in the it wastes no time with prelimin­ you can do,' he said, 'you can sel of Texas " emy in 1916, and from Yale in reproof: production of the League plays at aries or padding and gets right land or you can build up the coun­ Aspects covered by the question­ 1915. Although he has been "I noticed with pleasure your the State Meet, but she proved down to fundamentals from the try. They used this place to sel naire include: elementary, secon­ administrative work article in November INTERSCHO­ very capable and endeared herseli start. The first chapter tells how land in the worst way . . . now we doing purely dary and higher education, State of LASTIC LEAGUER concerning An­ to the participating casts. the instrument is made, and identi­ are tryin' to use it to build up the in the central administration Department of Education, financ­ nette Greenfield. Knowing the Summer Tour fies all its parts. Next the "C" country.' New York University since 1926, During the past summer Martha ing of public education, improve­ he still holds his title of Professor young lady as I do, I am not at all and "D" scales are treated, and the Contour Plowing toured with a stage show for a ment of teachers, improvement of of Marketing in the School of surprised at her accomplishments, following operations explained: Helen Batte "He showed us his various va­ short time. In September, 1943 instruction, delinquency, and health Commerce, Accounts and Fi­ but I am wondering why in such a multiplication of two numbers; rieties of papaya trees, his fields she returned to the campus as dra­ of Texas children. of Arts degree from Columbia Uni­ He has been a member fine article concerning one of your powers of ten and how to find contour-plowed into strips where nance. matics tutor and was elected presi­ The survey was "conceived and versity (New York), and has com­ of students you could not have men­ them; placing the decimal point; was trying out rye and barley of the Executive Committee dent of the Curtain Club. This is undertaken wholely for the ad­ pleted all work on a Ph.D. degree he tioned the high school she is from. how to multiply more than two and hot-weather legumes. 'The the National Collegiate Athletio the first time in the thirty-four vancement of the interests of our there except the thesis. She spent was Needless to say, we are proud of numbers; division and combina­ rows ain't straight, see?' he said. Association since 1924; year history of the Club that a girl Dr. Eby declared fifteen years of her life in Mexico her, but we are like everybody else great state," tions of multiplication and division. aim of contour plowin' is to second Vice-President of the has had the honor of becoming (half of it), speaks Spanish 'The we like to see our name in the today. author explains the use runnin' water walk. ... ] NCAA for 1937-S9, and, as above president. In her new position she Next the fluently, and is much interested in make press." of the slide rule in finding roots have a tough time gettin' some of noted, was in 1941 its President, will be production manager of more dangerous the Latin-American countries and , o There is nothing and powers involving the "A" and these fellows to try it. It near every show staged by the Univer­ two peoples. She has traveled a great than to leap a chasm in and how to multiply breaks their hearts not to be able Marina Morgan sity Drama Department. At pres­ "B" scales, deal, being especially fond of T THINK it is quite useless Physical Fitness Clubs jumps. Lloyd George. Finally the "K" scale to make straight rows. . . . ent she is producing the musical, with them. ocean voyages to romantic places. to discuss at length whether The play, which had not been and how to find the never argue with 'em. I just tell In Jasper Schools "The Cabaret Revue," which is is explained, Summer times she works on news­ as a part of Two thousand summers have im­ the cube 'em to go ahead and do it their athletics "belong" published for general use at army camps after cube of a number and in offices for the Army, or touring nearby parted to the monuments of papers, own way. One feller I did ask if education and yet there was a the deep East Texas Martha root. side of that time, won third place in its run at the University. Grecian literature, as to her just travels around on this he was farmin' for straight rows discussions are Pupils Like It time when lengthy town of Jasper, Mrs. Osa says her plans for the future marbles, only a maturer golden the world. * or if he was farmin' for crops.' the contest. The author, Mrs. indefinite at present, but she plans Those teachers who have re­ "But," she says, "I love speech centered about just this topic. Knight Snell, sponsor of phys­ and autumnal tint, for they have Flowering Flax Anna Best Joder, dedicated to continue in theater work. In ported on introducing the slide rule work, and am especially interested The fact stands forth that the ical fitness clubs, writes con­ carried their own serene and "We were standing in front of spite of her many other activities, to club or class are enthusiastic in radio. As a child I was exposed program of athletics is now the play to Martha and Car­ celestial atmosphere into all lands a magnificent stand of pale-blue cerning the progress of the she is finding time to take a special revolutions in Mexico, to protect them against the cor­ to several flowering flax that stretched wav­ ingrained and incorporated in organizations this semester, son Hoge because of their course in play-production and radio 4) people of all nation­ rosion of time. Thoreau. , (See Slide Rule P. met countless ing in the wind as far as you the very life of school and col­ follows: drama. alities, cut my eye teeth on an oil as fine performances. could see across the flat land. 'I lege and is administered in Some time ago you sent me well bit, had poetry published in brought that seed down from the the main by faculty and de­ forms and .directions for reorgan­ tions to Teachers for the teaching Aggies Win Over LSU With 7 newspapers when I was twelve, was Dakotas. ... I never argue with izing physical fitness clubs in our of art and art appreciation in this taught several languages, grad­ anybody,' he said, 'I just try things partment direction. school, and asked me to send in New Art Study bulletin. I am very pleased to uated from high school when I was out an' let 'em see how they work. Administration names of our clubs so charters recommend the intensive use of 17-Year Olds in the Line-Up fourteen, and acquired the wander­ When we used to have all the But such was not always the could be issued. I have done this this material to all elementary lust." room in the world in this country case. The present system of insti- :-and the members of my clubs are Ready fodJse sug­ is 13.00 Cap­ teachers in the state. The a Reason" for stationed at the Eighth Service Her present address it did'nt matter what any one man already busy. gestions for 'teaching art' is very "There's Command here, said recently to the itol Avenue, Houston. did. He could go off on the range *Address delivered at Interscholastls Breakfast and Section Meeting, I believe the physical fitness Art Teachers Offered Bul­ worthwhile, and I believe that if Youthful Talent in Texas writer that "high-school football in an' get drunk an' do any fool thing League worth while from Nov. 21, 1941, at Houston, Texas. Next clubs are really letin and Loan-Packets use is made of these suggestions Texas is marvelous. It is equal or We must have some measure of an' be as free as he liked in his will appear in the January I reorganized Sports Writer Says installment several standpoints. of Classical Prints the children in our public schools superior to any played elsewhere government control over the na­ own way. There was still plenty issue. this year at the request of my will have a much better under­ by schoolboys. Just look at the tion's commerce after the war. If of room. It was devil take the students, ten of whom earned cer­ standing and appreciation of the (By Richard West, in the Dallas players who have come out of each business seeks to run its own hindmost. Now what I try to tell (See Athletics- P. 4) tificates last year. They knew A N ART APPRECIATION artists and of art. New.) Texas high schools." affairs according to its own single people is that we can't be free all about and wanted what it was ** bulletin by Waldine Hun­ "I especially appreciate the sug­ Superior Coaches interest, I see little hope of avoid­ that way any more in this coun­ it over again. I believe on TT WAS a big night for the to do the Interscho­ gestions in the bulletin of the The League's program has de­ ing rigid state control at every try. We've got to learn to co­ the whole that my students were ter, based on Texas Aggies. It was a 'studies' as they have been divided veloped a keen spirit of competition point. . . . The main problerh is operate ... in farmin' like in Ease of Oratory physically stronger and healthier lastic League packet material, into grade levels. Through the bigger night for the State among boys in their teens. They achieving a balance between the everythin' else. But don't never at the beginning of this term than one to eight (in­ for grades years music and art has been Interscholastic League. For play for keeps. And best of all organizing power of the state, and argue with 'em, I say. Just find they were in the fall of 1942. clusive) is now in the press divided too much by grades and for they are coached by a group of the driving force of the free in­ a chance to try it out and let 'em Churchill's Forte I believe that the majority of when the youthful Cadets be issued shortly as there has been a great sound football men who generally dividual. Sir George Schuster, in see the results, in yield to the my students who rejoined this and will this reason walked off the dew-topped in the age are of the highest character and New York Times, acre." year are living up to the pledge. one of the regular Interscho­ deal of overlapping will turf of Louisiana State's have an enviable reputation for de­ Philosopher Appraises Style Those who could not did not re­ lastic League publications. groups. I think the teachers massive stadium last Satur­ veloping boys who are first of all of World's Greatest join. find it to advantage to have the Twenty-five packets, each con­ clean sportsmen and then good of our clubs are: two divisions instead of a number day night upset winners Public Speaker The names taining two or three excellent athletes. University Conducts War "The Jas­ of divisions." over the powerful Tigers, 28 "Health Commandoes," of classical pic­ per Plying Tigers," "The Jasper reproductions Prints Cover Wide Range to 13 many a Texas football (By Prof. T. V. Smith) tures, are available for loan­ Service Community School Spitfires," "The Junior Health The prints which are used as fan grinned with satisfaction. to /^HURCHILL is more com- Squad," and "Jasper Leather­ ing to schools on a circulating illustrative material cover a wide Wants Return He had believed something for a fortable than Roosevelt, necks." library basis just as soon as range of subject matter and repre­ long time. Now he was more con­ 8-Semester Rule Teacher Shortage Problem Please send us our club charters. Medina Valley Project because he loves life as it ia the bulletin itself is ready for sent the principal art movements vinced that high-school football in Following extensive field work of the last six hundred years. Sponsored by Exten­ in the Valley, some community more than he yearns for the distribution. Texas is better than that played in T NOTICE in some of the "They have been grouped," accord­ any other part of the country. sion Division people of this area visited the life that might be made more All-Star Cast Choice Art Director Endorses A daily papers that some of in the spring ing to Miss Hunter, "by subject Easy Victory University campus I do their community war ideal through sustained effort. 1938 Now in So. Pacific The bulletin and packets are built matter in packets of from three to The Aggies, with a talented the school men feel as to discuss (Dr. Harry Moore, Professor of problems, especially their teacher He is better at nerving a strictly on the art curriculum rec­ five pictures each. They are ar­ group of kids just out of high about the present 18-year age Sociology, The University of shortage. Army air fields near San self-satisfied people ommended by the State Department ranged as to grade levels, and the school, defeated L.S.U. with com­ eligibility rule. I am, there­ strangely A PPEARING in "Pyramus Texas) Antonio and Hondo had taken ap­ of Education, and have received pictures should," she declares, "be parative ease. Seven of their start­ to defend their island home *"* and Thesbe," winning fore, writing to you to ex­ fifty per cent of their ;he enthusiastic endorsement of presented for the children's enjoy­ ers were 17-year-olds, boys who TyrAR breaks many molds proximately (with all the purring com­ press my opinion relative to teaching staff and they had been play from El Paso High Miss Edgar Ellen Wilson, State ment, for their growth in apprecia­ would ordinarily be playing fresh­ " of social action and thus unable to find qualified substitutes. forts of that word "home") School in the State One-act Director of Elementary Education. tion of art quality, and for their man football this year. They were the matter. forces pioneering in many had engaged local women, than at exciting them to of- Tournament of 1938, She says, in part: development in understanding of used at Aggieland because nobody It has always been my convic­ They Play While attention has of whom had not taught for "I have examined the Sugges­ art as a means of expression." else was available. tion that regardless what age fields. many f ense in the hope of something Bill Goldfarb was selected as and nearly all of whom had Tailback Earl Beesley played for limit was set the 8-semester rule been fixed on the changes in years dimmer in lustre than what a member of the all-star cast and farms to look the local Adamson Leopards last should remain in force. It seems growing out of the homes, children technology These new teachers felt the they've already got. To live that year. fall. Monty Moncrief and Goble to me that if a boy cannot finish after. war, social experimentation work to aid them and let live is the deepest Upon graduation from high Social Studies Units Give Bryant, starting Aggie tackles, in 8 semesters he should devote need of college has been going on at an equal their outlook to soul, school, Bill attended the School of were on the winning Sunset squad his time to school work rather in readjusting reverie of the British life and to the teach­ Mines for two years before trans­ year ago. than football. pace, though often not brand­ community following discontentment Dallas Pupils Sound Views a be away ferring to the school of business The youthful Aggies quickly ed as such and therefore not ing task, but could not the "Great Illusion" of a I would, therefore, like to go enough to with administration in the Main Uni­ adapted themselves to college foot­ from their homes long School System undertook the on record as favoring the 18 age recognized. In the field of session. century of uneasy and per- versity at Austin. He was grad­ Aim-to Arm Youngsters ball and were molded into a speedy, attend a regular summer year limit with the 8-semester education new courses have they asked, only half-intended con­ uated with the degree of B.B.A. publication itself. spirited unit which is undefeated, Was there anything, flaps Against Propaganda, rule. W. W. Few, Superintendent been instituted in colleges and that the University might do to quest. in June, 1942. Texts at Cost in beating L.S.U. they defeated a of Schools, Pearsall. - Thereupon he enlisted in the Insure Unity high schools throughout the aid them? There has resulted a number of team which had trounced Georgia Radiates Contentment Navy, taking his midshipman's of the A campus committee organized contentment so-called bulletins, each containing and was believed to be one nation. Now The University Churchill radiates course at .Columbia, New York, in recent years. mass unemploy- for the purpose of studying com­ in all HE Dallas Public Schools, a "unit" and designed for students Dest Tiger squads /CONTINUOUS of Texas has made the experi­ with life as it is. He seems, and being graduated in December League that munity programs for small Texas be asking JL f 22, on the junior and high-school Tribute to ^-* ment-is ... a symptom a summer lis easy undertone, to of the same year. He is now serv­ as early as October is a tribute ment of holding towns was asked to look into the He rises to levels. The first bulletin, which, The work so far a given type of social organiza­ only to be let alone. ing "somewhere" in the South L941, decided to do something was session in a number of small situation. It was noted that here the "evil please note, was pre-Peaii Harbor, to the far-flung Interscholastic tion is just about finished. It ;ruculence against only Pacific. His old friends may reach organization poorer citizens the Medina Valley, was the other side of the war not let him enjoy about enemy propaganda is mimeographed; later ones are League a marvelous found among the towns in ones" who will him through the Fleet Postmaster, boom town situation a series of offer. This which for years has been at printed and well-printed in the primarily responsible for making during the last years of Athens, southwest of San Antonio, what life already has to t'San Francisco, U.S.S. Chanticleer. proletariat" small towns which had lost much pre­ (and still is) seeking to Dallas High Schools Printshop. Texas so well-known in the nation's among the "urban which came to be known as makes his overtones singularly work in the of their technical skill and a high world men They are sold at cost to the football picture. (as they were called) potent for the kind of conscience of the world at divide and conquer this coun­ very notably the Medina Valley War Serv­ percentage of their population. all HE pupils. In normal years there are around Roman Empire, and would want after the war, if large has learned one thing in try. The problem was at- 800 high-school teams in the State, at the end of the Middle Ages, ice Community-School. This Here, too, was an area interesting ;he men were as replete as T series of the past twenty-five years. There ;acked in typical schoolmaster The purpose of this with more than 20,000 players par­ among the dispossessed serfs and program was sponsored by in that'its people are divided be­ Churchill. If my suspicion ba studies is well-expressed by W. T. exist no "Have" or "Have Not" 'ashion, viz., by instituting a ticipating. Annual paid admis­ villeins who had been thrown off the Extension Division of The tween "dry" and irrigated land right, he will require a Roosevelt nations; there exist only "Have" White, Assistant Superintendent, sions to high-school games exceed the land in order to make way farmers and living within the ;o help him at the wind-work 'unit" in social studies. Not the first bul- University of Texas under the and "Have Not" classes. And these in the Foreword to 6,000,000. for capitalist use of the land. shadow of a metropolis. Both be- against a Hitler while the war is are on the way to be relentlessly finding material handy and Col. R. R. Neyland, famed coach James Burnham, in "The Mana­ guidance of Dean T. H. equalized. Emil Ludung^ suitable for the classroom, the iSee Social Studies P. 4) of the Tennessee Yols, who is now gerial Revolution, pp. 31-32. Shelby. (See Community School £, (See Churchill's Oratory--P, Page 2 £ INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER

With many authorities agreeing find the Black Willow and Ward's that much of our country's influ­ Willow covering practically every Committees and Directors Quote § ence in Latin America will hinge section of the State. Comment around our being able to work out N6 "Royal Road" By the Editor equitable relations with those of We do not recommend these keys Duties Definitely Outlined Mexican and other Latin-American as a "royal road" to nature lore. A Field Guide to the Birds, Giving »-pHE OLD QUESTION of thinks Audubon lied; and perhaps extractions in Texas, is your paper There is no royal road. The keys Field Marks of All Species doing anything to promote proper require much study if they are to Debate, Tennis, Track and whether rattlesnakes fifty per cent of our naturalists Found East of the Rockies, by think that he was imposed upon by relations within your school? be useful in teaching; but they pro­ Roger Tory Peterson. Hough- vide an exceptionally easy approach Reld All Contests On climb trees was raised when some tall-story teller, and that he Heart's Delight, mimeographed ton Mifflin Co., Boston, $2.75; to the rather difficult field of Conference the State Board of Education took the tale and told it in the first paper from Falfurrias now enter­ iden­ Texas Book Store, 2244 Guada- Basis Published eight times a year, each month, from September to met recently to revise text­ person to make it more dramatic. ing its twentieth year of publication tification of orders, genuses and, in lupe St., Austin, Texas, school the case of the trees, to the species. April, inclusive, by the Bureau of Public School Service, Extension books. In one book was an We have, however, a personal prints a column in Spanish. Be­ price $2.20 postpaid. Division, The University of Texas. sides serving as a gesture of friend­ Anyone who has had experience DUTIES of conference illustration of a snake in a experience to contribute. A year ship for those of Latin-American in trying to interest the young in A Field Guide to Western Birds, executive committees and or so ago, when the Marshall Ford Nature Study, knows that tree. Several members of the extraction the column should stim­ identifi­ by Roger Tory Peterson. contest directors derived from Lake began filling up, a grove of cation is of prime importance. The board declared that they had pecan trees was submerged up to ulate the interest of students of Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, the Spanish. Several other Texas high- child asks, "What bird is that?" Constitution and Rules, ROY BEDICHEK....- ..Editor seen rattlers in trees, so the within about twenty feet of^he $2.75; Texas Book Store, 2244 are formulated for the con­ school papers print similar col­ "What flower (or tree, or insect) Guadalupe St., Austin, Texas, picture stayed. tops. The lake was held at this is that?" To stymie this natural level for several months, and a umns. school price $2.20 postpaid. venience of those committees (Entered as second-class matter November 6, 1927, at the post Dr. T. S. Painter, professor of Are You Good Neighborly? curiosity with an "I don't know" and contests directors, who office at Austin, Texas, under the Act of August 24, 1912.) zoology at the University, declared colony of Mexican cormorants is an educational crime. seized the opportunity If students with a Mexican back­ | '"T'HESE TWO volumes go to- that it was not an impossible feat, to build Under the caption "Charts and organize and conduct the con­ their nests in the partially sub­ ground are enrolled in your high J- gether, and supplement each Vol. XXVII DECEMBER, 1943 No. 4 but.that the tree would probably school, your paper might show Pictures as Aids in Teaching Stu­ ference meets in literary, aca­ be very small and the snake very merged pecans. dents to Use Identification Keys," other, especially for the amateur demic contests, tennis, track , Since the nest of the Mexican friendliness and respect for them ornithologist whose investigations large. "I saw a rattlesnake in a by seeking for opportunities to Professor Jaques says: and field : TN THIS issue of the LEAGUER you will find the assignments tree the other day," he said. "How­ cormorant is quite a curiosity in Two-Fold Aim in the field take him over any con­ this section, we decided to collect a mention their names in news and siderable portion of Texas. Those Executive Committee* to conferences for contests in tennis, track and field and ever, close to the tree was a stone "To do any task well, aims and specimen for the Texas Memorial feature stories. A student who has who pursue their investigations in 1. Each participating school is in the various literary and academic contests held annually, wall about three feet high. It is purposes need to be clearly defined. Museum. Accordingly, one after­ lived in Mexico should furnish an Eastern Texas can get along very to have one representative on the probable' that the snake climbed The application of biology, like heading up in the final state meet in May. Look well to the noon, in company of a perfectly interesting interview on contrasts well with the first volume listed Executive Committee. (See1 Art. onto the wall before climbing into many other subjects, is two-fold; conference to which you are assigned. Every effort has been .credible witness, we rowed over .to in customs. Some of the ancestors above; those west of the 100th IV, Sec. 4.) the tree." Texan, Dee. 10. of Mexican students professional and cultural. The ma­ the trees and proceeded to climb may be un­ meridian will find the second vol­ 2. The superintendent or prin­ made to make the assignments on a travel conservation usual or distinguished personages jority of the students pursuing bio­ from the boat up to the nests. ume more helpful; while those bird cipal of the host school is to serve basis, but no doubt improvements may be made in some «S~^AN RATTLERS climb that would be worth considering for logical studies in our schools will About five feet above the surface lovers of the great black land belt as the Director stories. Interpretations of Mexi­ never make a direct application of General of the instances. Of course, it is not possible to break up a given ^ trees?" This is a good of the water, we encountered a of central Texas, as well as those can customs observed in your com­ this knowledge in a professional meet. (See Art. IV, Sec. 4.) conference in order to make it a little more convenient for full-grown rattler clinging to a living south of a line stretching problem for investigation by munity should bring the students to way. On the other hand, cultural 3. The Director General calls a limb. We got an oar from the boat from Del Rio through San Antonio one or two schools. We are sure no member-school will nature clubs. It's -the kind of a better understanding of the cul­ ideas secured from the field prove meeting of representatives from and killed him. About three feet and on to the coast, should have expect such a concession, but, with the interests of all in tural background of their neigh- just as valuable to the professional interested schools and at this meet­ thing recommended by Judge above him we encountered another, both volumes. mind, constructive suggestions are earnestly requested. Area students of your school should be biologist as to those who are in­ ing the Executive Committee is 0. W. Williams in his articles rather smaller, rattler. With the The sub-title of the first volume, on the same plane in regard to terested only in broadening their organized. and regional meets will be announced in the January issue. now appearing in the same oar we felled him. Now if "giving field marks of all species bors. Certainly it is true that in experiences. Cultural interests for rattlers can't climb trees, how did found east of 4. The Executive Committee de­ LEAGUER. It's a case in dis­ all the policies of your paper the all, plus technical excellence for the the Rockies," is mis­ they get there? Maybe while the leading. All of Texas, roughly termines what contests will be held pute; and, as Sir Roger de news treatment, regardless of na­ minority who plan to make definite at the meet. (See Art. VI, Sec. 1.) '"TpHE PLAN for social study units in water was at a higher level, the speaking, lies east of the Rockies, the Dallas junior and Coverley says, there's much to rattler swam out to the tree and tional background. use of biology in their life work, 5. The Executive Committee ap­ would then seem to be a wise aim and yet there are probably fifty "* senior high" schools described in this issue of the LEAGUER be said on both sides. took a wrap on a limb; and, as the El Nopal deserves flowers for its species found in Texas which are points a director for each of the is worthy of study by public school authorities throughout For illustration, the affirmative water receded, he was left up there. steady and rapid improvement in for instructors in biology. contests; such as (1) Director of "Some knowledge of the living not included. the state. That there is an immediate and pressing need for harks back to Audubon, one of the Which raises another question, can the last few years. Today it brings Peterson has endeared himself Choral Singing; (2) Director of greatest American naturalists and rattlers swim? And, if so, do they journalistic credit to Sidney Lanier things that are in the world and Number Sense; (3) Director of combating the race and class prejudice which is being fanned of their orderly relationship to the amateur by giving field our first if not greatest painter of voluntarily enter the water in High School, San Antonio, and is Athletics, etc. basic to all other biological inter­ marks which distinguish one by foreign propaganda is obvious to anyone who is in a birds. One of his most famous search of prey? ranks among the better papers of bird from another with which it is 6. The Executive Committee de­ position to know anything at all about public sentiment. paintings portrays a rattlesnake up Another question about rattlers the State. ests. The person who recognizes many of the plants ordinarily confused, not bothering cides whether there shall be an all- a tree attacking a mother bird who for investigation by your nature Gaynor Van Shaw of Amarillo, and animals Ignorance plays into the hands of the enemies of the country which he sees is not only in posi­ with differences which are discern­ round championship determined at who seek to create as many divisions and as much hostility is vainly trying to protect her nest club: Can a mockingbird kill a secretary of the Interscholastic ible only when one has the two the meet. (See Art. X.) and little ones. How did the snake rattler? We have the testimony of League Press Conference in 1941- tion to get a lot of satisfaction between various groups within the country as possible. from this knowledge, but will also specimens in the hand for com­ 7. The Executive Committee get there if he didn't climb the one excellent witness to the effect 1942, is now a co-editor of The parison. He presumes that you are advises each participating school The study is designed not only for the youngsters but for the tree. Of course, the picture is a that he actually saw this happen. Ranger of Amarillo College, as well be a more intelligent worker in any specialized field where biology hunting with field glasses and not whether or not there will be an adults as well; and certainly adults need such enlightenment painting, not a photograph. Remember that we used to laugh off as being business manager of the with a shotgun. all-round championship. Besides, Audubon records actu­ the tales of the roadrunner killing Amarillo College Players. is involved. Out-of-door relation­ just as much as the school children do. Especially im­ ship to indoor teaching with fre­ For instance, it is quite comfort­ 8. The Executive Committee ar­ ally seeing a rattlesnake climb a a rattler as folk-lore, until a nat­ Robert Mead, sports writer "for ing to the puzzled student in the ranges the schedule for the con< portant is the emphasis on propaganda analysis. The tree and quent emphasis on classification, not only climb the tree, uralist found this taking place in the Lariat, can claim to be the field to find pictures of three vireos, tests, setting the date, place and weapon used against us is comparatively new and our de­ but jump out of the tree after a nature 'State's youngest barber. He re­ together with careful observation and secured a motion pic­ Black-capped, Hutton's and Soli­ time for each contest, and notifies fenses have been neglected. Every high-school pupil in the bird. Practically every scientist ture of it as his evidence. ceived his barber's license in 1940 of habits and ecological associa­ tions, should be included in begin­ tary, grouped together with the each participating school. country, in our opinion, should be taught insofar as possible, after going to barber college the statement, "These three vireos summer ning courses in biology. 9. The Executive Committee to recognize enemy propaganda, detect its service for the school in calling of 1939 and working week­ have conspicuous wing-bars." So origin, analyze ends 'Best Way to Learn" makes available for the contest citizens' attention to the school sys­ during the next school year. when you find a vireo with con­ its purpose, and thus be in a position to build up a defense If your paper has not yet been directors the necessary facilities tem. It was good promotion for "The best way to learn about spicuous wing-bars in the area cov­ against it in his own mind and in the minds of those with enrolled in the I. L. P. C., remem­ and equipment for holding their the school paper, as it caught the plants and animals is to live with ered by the "Western" book, you ber that respective contests. whom he associates. attention of junior high-school stu­ January 15 is the last date them. The making of herbariums have Ijmited the identification to for enrolling. and other collections of plants and 10. The Director General fur- dents who are potential subscribers three. The author then carefully noshes to the League Officer a list animals may seem "old fashioned," distinguishes between in the future if not now, of the these three. of the contest directors. but such schemes when wisely di­ Dozens of such groupings fol­ T^ISCUSSION of the recommendations of the Legislative Error In Spelling Rules Sandstorm. Contest Director* rected by good teaching get highly lowed by careful distinctions within Page 42, Constitution and Rules, 1. To have immediate direction ^^ Advisory Council made at its November meeting are Drive Out Monotony favorable-results. the group make these volumes in­ last paragraph of Rule 4, should BOOKS. of his particular contest. now in order. A full report of the meeting was published read, "Bulletin No. 4233," instead The most deadly enemy of the MAGAZINES "For classification studies, be­ valuable for the purpose of field identification. 2. To work out with the coaches in the November issue of the LEAGUER. These recommenda­ of 4133. newspaper is monotony. Occasional ginners need keys that ...are easily Understood. Ample illustrations the schedule for determining the tions are to be laid before the State Executive Committee special issues or special pages do In frankness, however, we must various championships. much to offset monotony, and to and explanations of terms likely say that the Eastern book is, in our Wrong Reference Page 21 3. To see that facilities and which will, in all probability, authorize the referenda in stimulate reader interest. Like the to be misunderstood add much to opinion, superior to the Western. On page 21 of the Constitution Pictured-Key Nature Series: (1) equipment are ready and available each case as proposed in the minutes. So schools will be Sandstorm, your paper may be used the value of keys. It seems that the author is much and Rules, the second footnote Plant Families, How to Know for the contest. called upon to vote "yes" or "no" on some very important occasionally to commemorate a spe­ "The securing of sufficient mate­ more at home in his idntifications should refer to Rule 8, page 88, in­ Them; (2) How to Know the 4. To secure officials and judges,* cial week or a special event. Na­ rial with which to work sometimes of eastern species than of western. legislation within the next two or three months. Time now stead of to the rule and page given. Insects; (3) How to Know the 5. To keep tional Music Week might be com­ makes a difficult problem for the For illustration, within forty miles the necessary records to discuss these proposals. As announced in the November Trees; (4) Living Things, How and reports the memorated, or Fire Prevention teacher. It is at this point that we of Austin, Texas, one may find final results to the Correction of Minutes to Know Them. H. E. Jacques, Director General. issue, the columns of the LEAGUER are open for either Week, or Texas Flag Day on 709 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant, get to our subject. In the dead of three species of titmice. They are Referring to motion made by 6. To inform coaches and schools affirmative or negative arguments, or for constructive sug­ March 2. Iowa'. Spiral binding, per winter, we have been starting or easily separated in the field, but La Rue Cox in meeting of the of the time, date and place for the gestions in the area covered by the recommendations. Per­ Legislative Council November 13, The Lariat, of North Side High volume, postpaid, $1; Cloth continuing key identification of Peterson dismisses two of them as so similar as not to be distinguish­ contest. haps the reason why more discussion of proposed legislation seeking to amend the motion made School, Fort Worth, recently print­ binding, postpaid, $1.80. plants from charts, and have found able. Again, the Rock Wren, very 7. Each director should be by W. J. Stone limiting awards ed the results of a survey which the results gratifying. An entire is not had is that a school must be under the immediate common along the cliffs of the Colo­ thoroughly acquainted with the "except that in last year of partici­ showed that 23 per cent of the class, each member supplied with pinch of an abuse before it is stirred to any sort of action. ''T'HESE four convenient a key, may work together on the rado River as it cuts through the League rules governing the par­ pation the limit be $15 per stu­ students are holding part-time jobs, ticular contest under his super­ However, it is well to remember that the pinch administered mostly in * volumes, ranging from 140 determination of the family and Edwards Plateau, is not listed in dent" the minutes as published in war work. How many of vision. The State Office will fur­ to any school your students are participating di­ to 175 pages each, provide the species of the plant pictured. It the Eastern book, and according to in the League under present rules may come November issue state that the Cox nish to the director, free of charge, rectly or indirectly in war work? offers unusual opportunities to the range given in the Western to you next year or the next. The legislation proposed amendment was carried. This is Nature Study teacher for club a copy of the Constitution A survey would furnish a good clear up hazy points. volume, does not occur in Texas and touches some fundamental matters and should not be voted an error, the Cox amendment was or class a source of rich ma­ at all. Rules. news story, and in addition might "When it is desired to make the upon without due consideration. lost and the original motion un- terial. Boy and Girl Scout But these are minor matters. amended was carried. give clues to some unusual features students individually responsible, about students in odd or important leaders who have a desire to they are required to indicate by The truth is that the student of numbers and letters the steps taken birds when he becomes independent We must be free or die, who speak Disqualification positions. do something a little more TN CASTING about for a contest in mathematics especially in going through the of Peterson is no longer an ama­ the tongue Gladewater High School was dis­ Flowers for Citizenship than the minimum of merit- key. Their * suitable for wartime, we engaged in much correspondence papers may then be checked in the teur. He has become a professional. That Shakespeare spake; the faith qualified from receiving any badge study should also be­ and in many conferences with teachers of mathematics The Athenian recently printed class for mistakes, or may be R. B. and morals hold League honors in basketball for the the story of eight students being come acquainted with Pro­ both in college and in high school. We also got opinions turned in for grading. Pictures Which Milton held. 1944 basketball season on account chosen for the Good Citizenship fessor Jaques. (pronounced may often be found in bulletins Wordsworth. from instructors in the armed forces, especially from those of using two basketball players in Honor Roll of Athens High School. jay-kwis). and other publications that show in charge of recent inductees. It developed that the arith­ interschool games who were found Such an award has merit. If one sufficient detail to permit key de­ Brain Power, Says by the State Executive Committee The Pictured-Key metical of the functions of the school is to termination. Such pictures mfy be You have sat too long here for drill most needed in the opinion of all was that of to have been ineligible. Note that As suggested by the title of the encourage good citizenship, cer­ passed out in class or laboratory any good you have been doing. handling numbers easily without the use of pencil and paper. this penalty is not suspension, and series, its distinctive feature is the tainly that good citizenship should for purely individual assignments. Prof., Is Wasted Depart, I say. Let us have done In various situations in the armed services, facility in calcu­ any League school is free to con­ pictured key. It is little short of begin while students are in school. "Carefully selected pictures of with you. In the name of God, lating rapidly with at least approximate accuracy was found tract games of basketball with this Periodic selection of individuals for amazing to consider how much in­ formation the author has packed insects have been used in this same Economic Status, not Ability, go. Cromwell to the English to be extremely important. Teachers, as a whole, approved school. mention as Good Citizens of the way. A series of cards, each bear­ into the illustrations, often four Gives Opportunity Parliament. of school community could place a ing an enlarged drawing of an im­ of a contest in "number sense" and one in the use of the premium on good workmanship in or five to the page. An illustrated key may be an old idea, but we portant insect, has been prepared College Training slide rule. Many wanted an algebra or a geometry contest, classrooms as well as interest in for this work. The drawings are of the advantages of the inherit­ but the different years in which these subjects are taught extracurricular functions. have never seen it used anywhere else with so much detailed elabora­ true to life and show the necessary "pvUE TO economic barriers ance of property." in our school system made the organization of a contest in tion. The average key depends distinguishing characters plainly. Economic Bias No magnification is needed, which -^ that stand in the way of them impracticable. It was decided to take the contest a HIGH upon a few illustrations in the Although approximately half of offers an advantage where micro­ a college education for the little out of the regular curriculum and dramatize by its ^ PRESS Michel de Montaigne back of the book, but in this series all college students are enrolled in scopes are limited. abler boys and girls who means the importance of developing a "number sense" and N TIME of war Montaigne has they accompany every page of the institutions supported by public text. For illustration, on page 42 Plan Is Adaptable much to say to us. Himself a graduate from high school, funds, Prof. Ginzberg points out, also the use of the slide rule which is as necessary in I of the volume containing the in­ "In winter soldier, he knew the virile joys months, if specimens America is losing annually the that fact should not obscure the engineering and in many other military services as an (By Dr. DeWitt Reddick) sect key, we find three illustra­ should be and hardships of military Ijfe. scarce, these pictures largest portion of the most very serious economic bias in our ordinary rule or compass. It was pointed out that these two tions: (1) The Bald-faced Hor­ offer abundant higher educational structures, pROG'RESS in high-school Living for years on end in the material with which as net, illustrating the order Hyme- to work and give the student an promising brain power of the evident from the fact that the contests will provide a proper outlet for the time and energy midst of strife and bloodshed, he col­ * journalism can be accel­ noptera; (2) The Greenhouse ability to recognize nation. lege entrance group is composed of those pupils who have mathematical talent a little out of went through the strain of won­ the families of erated by a free exchange of Thrips, illustrating Thysanoptera; insects at sight This was charged dering every night whether he when he gets into by Prof. Eli of approximately one-quarter of the ordinary, and will bring merited awards and distinction and (3) a typical specimen of the ideas between those engaged would be murdered before he the field. The use of the card Ginzberg of Columbia University the high school graduating classes. to a subject that has been too long neglected. Hence, these order Ephemerida. The illustra­ in publishing high-school woke. Determined to keep his peace teaches the student where to look at the Third Annual Conference But it is not the best quarter when tions are carefully chosen and and what to look for in classifying on Science, Philosophy and Re­ two contests are duly incorporated in the League's regular of mind in time of war, he found best is defined in terms o/ intelli­ newspapers. Exchange news­ drawn to emphasize distinguishing the smaller ligion held in schedule, and it is hoped that they will show such promise the way to that inner harmony specimens. New York. gence tests and academic achieve­ papers, ' carefully studied, features of the order described in "The plan, that is so hard to destroy. If we of course, is applica­ "We are oblivious to this one ment. This means, he explained, that further extension of mathematics contests may be the key. Thus page after page of ble to any group serious shortcoming in should provide many ideas wonder whether the cause is of living things our educa­ that most of the able members of justified. each where it is for improving your own worth the cost, he is there to re­ of the volumes contains con­ desired to teach stu­ tional system that costs us dearly graduating classes fail to go to densed paper. Note, for instance, mind us that cruelty is the most text and illustrative charts dents to use keys for identifications. in progress, both material and spir­ college, a failure largely based on the and figures, all drawn with excep­ The use of charts, hateful of vices; that freedom is pictures, and itual," Prof. Ginzberg said. "For their lack of economic resources- Democracy Rests on Free Speech geometry, arithmetic, music and following: tional cards in this the dearest need of man; and that skill. A valuable feature of way should be only the inventions that will never be When one allows for the consiri Thomas F, Woodlock in the astronomy in the scheme of the The Amarillo Sandstorm on No­ the illustrations in the book on temporary made, for the cures humanity, loyalty, truth, and jus­ with actual specimens that will never erable number of able student' "Wall Street Journal": Democ- seven liberal arts in an age which vember 8 printed a special edition trees being substituted tice are worth a sacrifice. "There is a small map of the United from time to time be developed, for the art that will who drop out while in college bf acy rests ultimately upon 'public was notable for the clearness of in honor of Education Week. A States or altogether is nothing so beautiful and legiti­ with shaded areas showing when these aids have never be produced, we have been cause of economic pressure and opinion' as its base. Public opin­ its thinking and the exactitude of full page in that issue was given the general areas in which the accomplished mate as to play the man well and their purpose. The and are paying a very high price. further makes allowance for the ion follows upon free speech, free its expression. Both these things to each of the three junior high aim of properly." Donald M. Frame. species occurs. For instance on the whole matter is to be "The democracy for which rich reduction in academic efficiency of interchange of ideas, of judgments, are absolutely necessary to the schools in the city. In each junior page 44 of "How to Know Trees," able to recognize plants and ani­ and poor, superior and average are two-thirds of the boys and one- of opinions; it is generated by functioning of democracy as the high a special staff prepared the we find a species of persimmon and mals at sight. The best way to laying down their lives can only half of the girls who support these things. Men interchange best form of government. If we page, and the page was printed un­ the shaded map indicates that this learn to know and to love living be brought closer'to realization if themselves in whole or in part, he these things by words. . , . Sound are going to 'educate for democ­ der a name such as might be as­ Reason and sense remove anxiety, particular species occurs only in things is to get out into their habi­ steps are taken to reform the ed­ said, the immensity of the bias is logic it was that put grammar, racy,' we had better find the right signed to a paper for that school. Not houses that look out upon the the eastern portion of Texas. On tat and live with them," ucational system so that inherit­ placed in perspective. Science, and rhetoric as preliminary to way to tea/ch them," Such an issue performed a valuable sea. Horace, page 75 of the same volume, we R. B. ance of brains can cancel out some News Letter, September 5, 1942, THE INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER Pag* 3

set-up of the last League. Some DEBATE FORUM of the more usual changes advo­ cated here are: addition of an in­ Wartime Plan: Centers, Chairmen; and Assignments By ternational police force, substitu­ Edd Miller tion of majority vote for unanimous 2. Center: Darrouzett. Chairman, H. Summerneld High School (Fonta). School* I consent, addition of the United W. Dean, Superintendent of Schools, Montalba, New Summerneld (Ponta), States and other previous non- 118 Conference Meets Set Darrouzett. Schools: Booker, Darrouzett, Slocum, Woodhouse (Palestine.) PAST WEEK has Center: Glen wood (Gilmer). Chair­ members to the list of members of Follett, Higgins, Miami. 39. 8. Center: Quail. Chairman, Herman man, L. F. Rains, Superintendent, Glen* been a busy one for the League, etc. Up for 1944 Spring Meets Glen- the Moseley, Principal, High School, Quail. wood School (Gilmer). Schools: University Debate Squads. (4) A reconstituted League of Schools: Briscoe, Claude, Goodnight, wood( Gilmer), Indian Rock (Gilmer), Nations is the best possible plan. Cuts Travel; 2. Center: Shamrock. Chairman, W. O. Hedtey, Lelia Lak«, Mobeetie, Quail. Leesburg, Harmony (Gilmer), Union As usual, teams from Texas Streamlining Morrow, Superintendent of Schools, Sham­ Ridge (Pitteburg). 4. Center: Turkey. Chairman, Lee Here the affirmative would want to rock. Schools: Canadian, Lakeview, 40. Center: Harleton. Chairman, Staey debated against a team from Equalizes Competition Vardy, Superintendent of Schools, Turkey. consider briefly some of the other Lefors, McLean, Memphis, Panhandle, A. Newman, Jr., Superintendent of Schools: Estelline, Flomot, Kirkland, the University of Kansas in a Perryton, Phillips, Shamrock, Wellington, Schools, Harleton. Schools: Elysian leading proposals, such as world in First Round Quitaauc, Roaring Springs, SiUerton, White Deer. Fields, Hallsville, Harleton, Karnaek, series of intercollegiate de­ federation, regional organizations, Turkey. for the The Bridegroom Waits by Marri- 3. Center: Lockney. Chairman, H. L. Spring Hill (Longview), Waskom, Union hpHE opportunities sponsored by the high etc. and show that the League -COR THE FIRST time, lit- K. Center: Kress. Chairman, Lee Now- jane and Joseph Hayes. bates demons. Superintendent of Schools, Lock­ Hill (Bettie). di­ lin, Superintendent of Schools, Kres«. * high-school dramatics schools at Denison, Temple, would be superior to any one of tennis, and track ney. Schools: Floydada, Lockney, Mata­ 41. Center: Mt. Enterprise. Chairman, French. Roy. $5, 8w, comedy, erary, Schools: Abernathy, Hale Center, Happy, real them. dor, Paducah, Rails, Spur, Roy Cyphers, Principal, High School, Mt. rector to make a very 1 act, 35 cents. and San Antonio. Also, and field contests have been Hart, Kress, Petersburg. This, in general, then, is the at­ 4. Center: Littlefield. Chairman, Purvis Enterprise. Schools: Central (Pollok), Contribution to the war effort A bride-to-be grows up and this Schools, 6. Center: Lazbuddy. Chairman, R. E. Cushing, Laneville, Mt. Enterprise, Sul­ Texas sponsored again tack that the affirmative usually arranged on a conference F. Williams, Superintendent o£ fcre daily becoming more evi­ learns real values in this play of Littlefleld. Schools: Denver City, Level- Everett, Superintendent of Schools, phur Springs (Cushing), Tenaha, Cross year the Annual Southwest makes on the current proposition. basis. An attempt has been Lazbuddy. Schools: Bovina, Hula Roads (Henderson). characterization. A one-act play land, Littlefield, Norton, O'Donnell, Olton, dent. More and more plays, in which a case would take care of all Seagraves, Seminole, Sudan, Tahoka. (Enochs), Lazbuddy, Pettit, Spring Lake 42. Center: Zavalla. Chairman, Floy4 that is intelligently, written. Prob­ Debate Tournament Such made to set up conferences so pageants, and choral dramas the stock issues and adequately 5. Center: Anson'. Chairman, E. M. (Earth), Whitharral. Dotson, Principal, High School, Zavalla. ably more satisfactory for presen­ Kansas, Southwestern Uni­ as to require the minimum Schools: Bronson, Diboll, Hudson (Luf- handle the affirmative burden of Connell, Superintendent of Schools, Anson. 7. Center: Shallowat«r. Chairman, B. being received that are tation to older groups. Not diffi­ versity, South West Texas travel for each of the respec­ Schools: Anaon, Baird, Colorado, Hamlin, T. Rucker, Superintendent of Schools, kin), Pineland, Zavalla. tiely and worthwhile. High cult to do ijf well cast. Teachers College, and proof. Realize, of course, that this Haskell, Loraine, Merkel, Roby, Roscoe, Shallowater. Schools: Cooper (Lubbock), 43. Center: Hardin. Chairman, C. R. State is simply an outline of a possible tive conference meets. The Rotan, Rule, Stamford, Throckniorton. Frenship (Wolfforth), Idalou, New Deal Lindsey, Superintendent of Schools, Hardin. and communities can Hill (Moot Schools Keep Your Fingers Crossed by The University of Texas par­ affirmative case, and that there are conference meet should be­ 6. Center: San Saba: Chairman, W. (Lubbock), Roosevelt (Lubbock), Shallo­ Schools« Anahuac, Barber's Belvieu), China, Devers, Hardin, Sour now be made aware of the Edith Loring. French, Non- ticipated. The question used many variations of it. This case come, within itself, a great M. Campbell, Superintendent of Schools, water. comedy, 3 act, San Saba. Schools: Goldthwaite, Llano, 8. Center: McAdoo. Chairman, 0. T. Lake. drama in the educa­ roy., 4m6w, Chairman, Je*s« values of in these intercollegiate de­ does cover the essential points, ,interscholastic occasion. The Mason, Richland Springs, Rochelle, San Lloyd, Superintendent of Schools, McAdoo. 44. Center: Shepherd. 60 cents. Superintendent of Schools, of a democracy though, and with some filling in, Saba. Schools: Dickens, McAdoo, Patton Springs A. Owensby, tional process bates was the League of Na­ individual winners attain dis­ Schools: Cold Springs, Colme*- A comedy on the amusing habit 7. Center: Dublin. Chairman, R. S. (Afton), Lorenzo, Robertson (Lorenzo). Shepherd. well as a purely recrea­ should prove successful. Leggett, Richards, Shepherd, Splen. As of wives to interfere with their tions question. For the most tinction corresponding to the Vestal, Superintendent ef Schools, Dublin. 9. Center: Meadow. Chairman, Ham­ neil, dora. tional activity. It is hearten­ Schools: Comanche, DeLeon, Dublin, ilton Still, Superintendent of Schools, husbands' careers. As the play part, high-school debaters distinction of winning district 45. Center: Lovelady. Chairman T. P. Eastland, German, Hamilton, Hico. Meadow. Schools: Meadow, New Home that so many progresses the situations become — Churchill's Oratory — Superintendent of Schools, Love- ing to note within travelling reach of any titles under the previous set­ 8. Center: Ballinger. Chairman, Nat (Tahoka), Plains, Ropesville, Wilson, Sun. White, lady. Schools. Apple Springs, Centerville are taking ad­ more and more involved to the Williams, Superintendent of Schools, down, Wellmari, Southland, Whiteface. directors of these debates attended, and up. A contestant winning Glover (Augusta), Latexo, point of very broad, ludicrous (Continued from P. 1) Ballinger. Schools: Ballinger, Brady, 10. Center: Klondike (Lamesa). Chair­ (Groveton), vantage of their opportunities Lovelady, Pennington. from all reports enjoyed the first place in any conference Coleman, Cross Plains, Lakeview (San man, H. S. Carder, Superintendent, Klon­ farce comedy. No casting or pro­ 46. Center: Buffalo. Chairman. John and emphasizing the im­ on, and the world (especially of Angelo), Mozelle (Fisk), Winters. dike Schools, (Lamesa). Schools: Ackerly, duction difficulties. debates. Our chief regret is in any contest has won M. Scott, Superintendent of Schools, meet 9. Center: Crowell. Chairman, I. T. Dawson (Welch), Klondik* (Lamesa), portance of the war effort in the "have-nots" and the "did- Buffalo. Schools: A. & M. Consolidated Joan's Ark by Reid and Ochsner. that we could not debate in school. Graves, Superintendent of Schools, Crowell. Sparenberg, Flower Grove (Ackerly), haves") will require a Roosevelt top honors for his (College Station), Buffalo, Calvert, Center­ Schools: Archer City, Chillicothe, Crowell, Union (Lamesa). their productions. Row-Peterson, Roy. $5, 3m2w, more localities on this ques­ The winners in the Conference ville, Jewett, Leona, Lone Star, Maro,uez. at the peace table to make the Holliday, Munday, Seymour. 11. Center: Weinert. Chairman, H. M. tomorrow the World by Gow and comedy, 1 act, 50 cents. AA meets will qualify directly to 47. Center: Orchard. Chairman, Guy tion and give more debaters a Four Freedoms applicable to all 10. Center: Decatur. Chairman, Alton Stone, Principal, High School, Weinert. D'Usseau. Dram. Pub. Co., N. Wynn, Superintendent of Schooli, The eternal struggle between their regional meets. (See Articles B. Lee, Superintendent of Schools, Decatur. Schools: Bomarton, Goree, Knttx City, chance to hear actual debates races and conditions of men. Orchard. Schools: Columbus, Hempstead, Roy. on application, 3m7w, V and, IX, Section 3.) Schools: Bowie, Decatur, Henrietta, Jaeks- Mattson (Haskell), Paint Creek (Haskell), Art and the desire for a home, a Mr. Churchill is representative Needville, Orchard, Sugar Land, Waller. drama, 3 act, 75 cents. on the question. We hope to boro, Newcastle, Nocona. Weinert. good husband, and respectability. Each Conference A will qualify Vera, 48. Center: Katy. Chairman, T. J. of a minority view as touching the 11. Center: Birdville High School (Ft. 12. Center: Gordon. Chairman, P. A. One of the finest of the Broad- in favor be able to do that in the near direct to the Regional Meet, un­ Heinemeier, Superintendent of School*, The decision seems to be role of oratory. This art has long Worth). Chairman, 0. H. Stowe, Superin­ Superintendent of Schools, ay offerings in the past few less otherwise specified in the Jan­ Tanksley, Katy. Schools: Addicks, Deer Park, Katy, of the former as two girls "find future. been said by most to exist for the tendent of Birdville Schools (Ft. Worth). Gordon. Schools: Comyn, Gordon, Gus- years. An adolescent nazi comes uary issue of the LEAGUER. Schools: Alvarado, Azle, Birdville (Ft. Klein, New Caney, Sealy. themselves." Recommended for of collective action. The tine, Lingleville, Lipan, Santo, Strawn. R. home of an Ameri­ Interest Warm sake Each Conference B will qualify Worth), Diamond Hill (Ft. Worth), 49. Center: Dickinson. Chairman, to live in the older groups. 13. Center: Alameda School (Ranger). DicMnson. The interest shown in these de­ orator arises, as they observe, to the Area Meet, unless otherwise Grandview, Grapevine, Handley, Mid­ Gillis, Principal, High School, can professor, and the ensuing Chairman, S. A. Davis, Superintendent, Schools: Banbury, Dickinson, East Ber­ Radio Scripts for Victory. U.S. when there is something to be lothian. (Ranger). Schools: truggle between the American bates indicates to me once more specified in the January issue of Alameda School nard, Friendswood, La Marque, League Office of Education, Federal but which to get done at all 12. Center: La Vega High School Alameda (Ranger), Colony (Ranger), Ideal and that of the nazi makes the tremendous importance of the done, the LEAGUEK. City, Missouri City, Pearland, Santa Fe Security Agency, Washington, must be done together. Men are Caution: If your school it not (Bellmead). Chairman, W. A. Porter, Moran, Morton Valley (Eastland), Olden, highly exciting theater. Requires question being debated this year. Superintendent of. La Vega Schools (Arcadia), Sweeny. to keep their assigned, or not properly as­ Scranton. BO. Center: Shiner. Chairman, J. Mil D.C. And what is equally important, it reluctant to do things (Bellmead). Schools: Clifton, Gatesville, Center: Zephyr. Chairman, Guy highly concentrated characteriza­ signed, advise League Office at 14. Auld, Superintendent of Schools, Shiner* This is the third edition of the attention focused upon a common Groesbeek, Itasca, La Vega (Bellmead), T. Smith, Superintendent of Schools, tions. indicates that there are still a great eligible to compete Schools: Dime Box, Fayetteville, Komen- Victory Catalog to which about point. Mussolini, as example, has once. To be McGregor, Marlin, Mart, State Home Zephyr. Schools: Bangs, Blanket, Early 4 Mind ef Her Own by Anne. many people who believe that de­ in any League contests, mem­ (Corsicana), Teague, West. sky (Moulton), Lexington, Moulton, pointed toward the musty ideal of (Brownwood), Grosvenor, Sidney, Williams Schulenberg. Ferring Weatherly. Dram. sixty new scripts have been added. bate is not and will not be a war berships must be paid by Jan­ 13. Center: Garland. Chairman, E. D. Shiner,' HallettSville, empire. Hitler, as ex­ (May), Zephyr. 61. Center: Academy Schools (Temple). The scripts listed herein are avail­ college debaters resurrected Bussey, Superintendent of Schools, Gar­ Howard Pub. Co., Eoy. $10 to $25, casualty. These uary IS. 15. Center: Eden. Chairman, Chairman, J. Milton Edds, Superintendent, to those interested actively in ample, has pointed toward the ter­ land. Schools: Buckner Home (Dallas), of Schools, 4m9w, comedy, 3 act, 75 cents. able are very enthusiastic about the The following assignments are J. Sanders, Superintendent Academy Schools (Temple). Schools: educational radio. The scripts rible provincialism of a master the official list Carrollton, Garland, Grand Prairie, Irving, Eden. Schools: Bronte, Doole, Edsn, E61a, The father of the Bartlett fam- question and about the future and tentative because Pleasant Grove (Dallas), Kaufman, Academy (Temple), Bartlett, Buekhett*, handled through the Exchange of race in the future. Roosevelt, as cannot be made up until after the Melvin, Millersview, Novice, Paint .Rock. Holland, Milano, Rogers, Salade, Sharp By tries to get a big contract and the present status of debating. Mesquite* Piano, Rockwall, Whltewright. 16. Center: Lueden. Chairman, C. O. the Office of Education are for example, has pointed roseately closing date for becoming a 14. Center: Honey Grove. Chairman, (Buckholts), Troy. ic nearly defeated by the antics of Most of the high schools feel that Bragg, Superintendent of Schools, Luederi. H«I» none are sold and only toward fullness for all in the League member, which is January B. A. Barker, Superintendent of Schools, S2. Center; Granger. Chairman, his mischievous children. A sim­ loan only; a great many Schools: Avoca, Bradshs,w, H»»l«y, Jay» et Schools, way, too. There are fear, from Honey Grove. Schools: Commerce, man Barkley, Superintendent one loaned to a borrower at a future, freedom from 15. ton, Lueders, Trent, Tuscola. Leand«r, ply designed, easily executed com­ such encouraging signs that should Cooper, Honey Grove, Leonard, Royse Granger. Schools: Granger, time. However, additional copies want; freedom to worship, and Conference AA 17. Center: Highland School (Roscoe). Thrall. edy with » majority of women in make those of us who are doubtful City, Van Alstyne. Round Roejt, Thorndale, to talk as one 1. Center: Amarillp. Chairman, E. B. Chairman, C. S. Harris, Superintendent, Chairman, P. V. may be duplicated if needed. most of all freedom 15. Center: Wills Point. Chairman, G. 68. Center: Burnet. the east. take fresh hope and put our hearts Norman, Principal, High School, Amarillo. Highland School (Roscoe). Schools; of Schools, Burnet. The scripts have been grouped will, to say whatever it pleases D. Staton, Superintendent of Schools, Wills Patrick, Superintendent the Wallflower Cuts, In by Esther started Schools: Amarillo, Borger, Childress, Divide (Nolan), Fluvanna, Hernileigh, Burnet, Dripping Springs* into debate. If you haven't Point. Schools: Canton, Edgewood, Van, Schools: Briggs, Co., into categories for selection: one to say. Pampa, Quanah. Highland (Roscoe), Ira, McCaulley, Syl­ Marble E. Olson. Dram. Pub. your debate squads, please re­ Wills Point. Johnson City, Lone Grove, Manor, American Military Services at Oratory for Ease 2. Center: Lubbock. Chairman, R. W. vester. Falls, Pflugerville. Non-roy., 3m3w, comedy, 1 late and 16. Center: Mt. Pleasant. Chairman, member that it is not too Matthews, Superintendent of Schools, Lub. 18. Center: Wat«r Valley. Chairman, Lea. Chairman, J. War, Nature of Our Enemy, It would take Mr. Churchill to P. E. Wallace, Superintendent ef Schools, 54. Center: Prairie act, 35 cents. that you will never regret having bock. Schools: Brownneld, Lamesa, Lub­ H. H. Deck, Superintendent of Schools, ef Schools, Americana, American History, Mt. Pleasant. Schools: Atlanta, Dainger- D. Fulton, Superintendent A pleasant little comedy about live richly and well in the world bock, Plainview. Water Valley. Schools: Blackwell, Carls­ Prairie Lee. Schools: Lytfcon Springs, taken part in an activity so very field, De Kalb, Deport, Gilmer, Mt. Pleasant, §n adolescent son who pickets his Latin-American, Nutrition and which Mr. Roosevelt promises. 3. Center: Abilene. Chairman, L. E. bad, Crews (Talpa), Mertzon, Norton, (Kingsbury), Wim- much worth while for both de­ Mt, Vernon, New Boston, Pittsburg. Prairie Lea, Dowdy Better Health, Civilians at War, Dudley, Superintendent' of Schools, Abi­ Water Valley. berley. mother to avoid taking a blind Churchill alone goes back on the Talco, Winnsboro. Re­ baters and for the community. I lene. Schools: Abilene, Brownwood, San 19. Center: Sterling City. Chairman, 55. Center: Pleasanton. Chairman, W. date te a dance. Simple exterior Schools at War, School Public ideal of oratory for action. He 17. Center: London (New London). realize that it is much harder this Angelo, Sweetwater. J. R. Hale, Superintendent of Schools, J. Everett, Superintendent of Schools, lations. Scripts for such programs Chairman, Troy R. Duran, Superintendent, getting and easily achieved char­ seems to radiate what I have called 4. Center: Midland. Chairman, G. B. Sterling City. Schools: Coahotn*, Forsan, Pleasanton. Schools: Calliham, Converse, year than ever before to carry on London Schools (New London). Schools: acterizations. as "You Can't Do Business With the minority view of the matter: Rush, Principal, High School, Midland. Garden City, Garner (Knott), Sterling Charlotte, Edgewood (San Antonio), High* a debate program, but that seems Arp, Carlisle (Price), Carthage, Center, Hitler," "This is Our Enemy," Big Spring, Midland, Odessa. City. Kirby (Converge), fhi* Night Shall Pats by Dorothy oratory for ease. Even when he Schools: Gaston (Joinerville), Leverett's Chapel land (San Antonio), and many to me to be even more reason for 5. Center: Ranger. Chairman, G. C. 20. Center: Sonora. Chairman, B. D. Pleasanton, Tilden. C. Wilson. Baker, Non-roy., "Cavalcade of America" summons the British to blood, (Overton), London (New London), Over- fighting to keep, and even im­ Boswell, Superintendent of Schools, Ranger. Stringer, Superintendent ef Schools, 56. Center: Big Wells. Chairman, Ben others make available for study (Troup), San Augustine, 2mlw, drama, 1 act, 35 cents. sweat and tears, it does not feel Breckenridge, Cisco, Mineral ton, Rusk, Salem Sonora. Schools; Eldorado, Menard, Superintendent of Schools, production some of the finest prove, debating in your school. Schools: Troup. U. Comalander, An exciting play; the story of and bloody or sweaty or lachrymose. It Wells, Ranger, Stephenville, Weatherford. Roeksprings, Sonora, Ozona, Big Wells. Schools: Asherten, Big Wells, 18. Center: Union Grove (Gladewater). his eternal struggle dramatic works the radio has pro­ Burden of Proof "comfy" in one's own "island 6. Center: Wichita Falls. Chairman, 21. Center: Buffalo. Chairman, C. B,. Catarina, Devine, D'Hania, Dilley, Moore, IBankind and feels Chairman, M. E. Irby, Superintendent, Buffalo. S. H. Rider, Principal, High School, Lowe, Superintendent of Schools, Bandera,. Utopia, Vancey. gainst his baser emotions. The duced. Last month, we took up the home." In part, this impression, Union Grove School (Gladewater). Falls. Schools: Burkburnett, Schools: Buffalo, Burkett, Centennial 57. Center: Blessing. Chairman, are beautifully expressed If you are doing any radio work analysis of the current proposition I get it right, is created by the Wichita Schools: Big Sandy, Brownsboro, East if Electra, Graham, Olney, Vernon, Wichita (Valera), Novice, Talpa. George K. Nelson, Superintendent el at all, we urge you to make use Mountain (Gilmer), Hawkins, Judson Center: Oklaunion. Chairman, J. hrough th« medium of an enemy and promised to consider some fact that Churchill is such a mas­ Falls. ' 22. Schools, Blessing. Schools: Blessine, Grove (Longview), Lindale, Pine Tree of Schools, aviator, a young girl, and a boy. of the services offered by the items concerned with the affirma­ ter of words that he actually en­ 7. Center: Denison. Chairman, B. A. Anderson, Superintendent Crescent (Wharton), Ganado, Garwoed, (Longview), Sabine (Gladewater), Union Schools: Fairview, Fire-in- Script Exchange. They are of in­ McDaniel, Superintendent of Schools, Oklaunion. Hungerford, La Ward, Loltta, Louise, In it is contained the hope of tive case in this column. You may joys using them for their own Grove (Gladewater), White Oak (Long- Odell, Oklaunion, Deniaon. Schools: Arlington, Denison, One (Vernon), Harrold, Markham, Van Vleck. understanding and of the new estimable value both from an aca­ from the last issue that the sake, even if there were nothing view). Lockett recall Gainesville, Highland Park North Side (Vernen), South 68. Center: Goliad. Chairman, W. 'B. demic viewpoint and in promoting Denton, 19. Center: Huntsville: Chairman, R. Life. It may need careful cutting, burden of proof of the affirmative else to be achieved through their (Dallas), McKinney, Sherman. (Vernon), Thalia. Bennett, Jr., Superintendent ef Schools, M. Hawkins, Superintendent of Schools, Chairman, G. B. but it's a very worthwhile project. student activities in wartime. requires that they answer "yes" to use. One can easily imagine him 8. Center: Ft. Worth. Chairman, O. 23. Center: Ant*lop«. Goliad. Schools: Bld6mington, Bonnie Huntsville. Schools: Corrigan, Crockett, Superintendent of Schools, D. Wyatt, Principal, Paschal High School, McAHster, View (Woodsbore), Goliad, Flaeedo, Poth, the three stock issues: (1) Is there talking as interestingly about Elkhart, Grapeland, Huntsville, Madison- Schools: Antelope, Bellevue, Ft. Worth. Schools: Amon Carter-River, Antelope. Pettus, Smiley. need for the proposal advocated? push-ball or poetry, about hunt­ ville, Trinity. Bryson, Midway (Joy), Perrin, Petrolia. Battle is not the a side (Ft. Worth), Arlington Heights (Ft. 89. Center: Odem. Chairman, N. 8. "Inflation The or 20. Center: Jasper. Chairman, J. F. Center: Alvord. Chairman, W. F. (2) Will this proposal correct ex­ ing or fishing, about drinking Worth), Ft. Worth Technical, Masonic 24. Ward, Principal, High School, Odem. Pay-Off," Time, p. 22, Nov. Parnell, Superintendent of Schools, Jasper. Barker, Superintendent ef Schools, Alvord- and (3) Is this pro­ dying as about fighting and rul­ Home (Ft. Worth), North Side (Ft Schools: Banquette, Flour Bluff (Gorpui Extemporaneous ¥2 p. isting evils? Schools: Burkeville, Hemphill, Huntington, Schools: Alvord, Bonita, Boyd, Forest- 29, 1943, Worth), Paschal (Ft. Worth), Poly. Christi), Gregory, Ingleside, Mathis, Odem, posal the best that can be offered? ing. ... Jasper, Kirbyville, Newton. burg, Park Springs, Prairie Vall«y Major fight on home front is against technie (Ft. Worth). Orange Grove, Rockport, Sundeen (Corpus Speech affirmative to at length 21. Center: Wharton. Chairman, T. A. Ringgold, Slidell, Sunset. inflation brought on by rising costs of It is the duty of the I hope that we shall S. Center: Dallas. Chairman, Walter (Nocona), Christi), Woodsboro, Bishop, Sodville Roach, Superintendent of Schools, 25. Center: Howe. Chairman, W. B. living and higher wages. Food subsidies prove the proposition, and this hear Churchill's voice from Val­ J. E. Schiebel, Principal, Crozier Technical (Sinton). Wharton. Schools: Bay City, Boling, Wheeler, Superintendent of Schools, Howe. most immediate concern to consumers. be established by proving halla if he live not long enough High School, Dallas. Schools: Crozier 60. Center: San Perlita. Chairman, proof can Eagle Lake, El Campo, Richmond, Rosen- Schools: Bells, Dorchester, Bra, Howe, QNE NEW TOPIC is added Technical (Dallas), Forest Avenue W. D. Fussell, Superintendent of Schools, "Food Words to Mouths," Time, each of the three issues. If the to say it here Churchill's rich berg, Wharton. Tioga, Tom Bean, Valley View. (Dallas), North Dallas, Sunset (Dallas), San Perlita. Schools: Ben Bolt, San ^-^ to the list of topics pre­ this, ambling leisurely along to 22. Center: Pasadena. Chairman, H. A. 26. Center: Frisco. Chairman, W. W. p. 13, Nov. 8, 1943, % p. affirmative successfully does voice W. H. Adamson (Dallas), Woodrow Wil­ Diego, El Jardin (Brownsville), Santa Jackson, Superintendent of Schools, Pasa­ Cooley, Superintendent of Schools, Frisco. scribed in the Extemporane­ The President's presentation to Con­ then the burden of proof has been remind idealists in victory that son (Dallas). Rosa, Premont, Los Fresiiot, Mirando dena. Schools: Aldine (Houston), Alvin, Schools: Alien, Anna, Blue Ridge, Celina, gress of his food subsidy plan. Reaction re­ half the fun of life is merely in 10. Center: Hillsboro. Chairman, L. W. City, San Perlita, Rio Hondo. ous Speech contests, and it is adequately taken care of. But Angleton, Cedar Bayou, Crosby, Cypress, Frisco, Justin. Krum, Nevada, L«wisyille, of ' various groups to the plan. Food Hartsfield, Superintendent of Schools, 61. Center: Marfa. Chairman, J. B. member, that in order to destroy flowing freely at the mouth. It Freeport, Galena Park, Pasadena, Texas Point, Ponder, Princeton, ProsVer, one that would not be in­ prospects for near future. Schools: Cleburne, Corsicana, Pilot Gregg, Superintendent of Schools, Marfa. may be but a bubble at the tea Hillsboro. City, Tomball, Webster, West Columbia. the affirmative case, the negative Hillsboro, Mexia, Waxahachie. Sanger, Wylie. Schools: Alpine, Marfa, Presidio, Sander- cluded at this time except for Subsidy Battle," Ennis, 23. Center: Liberty. Chairman, Fred 27. Center: Forney. Chairman, J. T. "Prices The need answer "no" to only one of the table, rising to a babble before 11. Center; Bonham. Chairman, I. B. son, Ft Davit. N. Matthys, Superintendent of Schools, Matthews, Superintendent of Schools, the wide discussion that it has Time, p. 81, June 21, 1943, the liquored bar, and striding to a Carruth, Superintendent of Schools, 62. Center: Rankin. Chairman, John three. So the proof of each issue Liberty. Schools: Cleveland, Dayton, Forney. Schools: Cedar Hill, Duneanville, Bonham. Schools: Bonham, Greenville, G. Prude, Superintendent of Schools, subsidies. 1% P. should be well presented and well bickering before the enrobed French (Beaumont), Humble, Hull- Ferris, Forney, Lancaster, Palmer, Red provoked: Springs, Texarkana. Rankin. Schools: Crane, McCamey, Iraan, This article presents the argument* for bench. It may be whispered reti­ Paris, Sulphur Daisetta, Liberty, Nederland, Port Neches, Oak, Richardson, Vickery-Hillcrest, Wil- There are "subsidists" and organized. ^ 12. Center: Tyler. Chairman, S. B. Rankin, Grandfalls, Ft. Stockton. and against food subsidies. Groups sup­ Silsbee, Vidor, Stephen F. Austin (Port mer-Hutchins. and a very bit­ nues of sweet nothings, all-impor­ Principal, High School, Tyler, 63. Center: Stanton. Chairman, P. L. *anti-subsidists," porting and fighting the subsidy program. Application Burk, Arthur). 28. Center: Peaster. Chairman, C. S. tant, it is said, in the high art of Athens, Gladewater, Kilgore, Townsend, Superintendent of Schools, ter controversy is being waged The plan in our country as compared to To apply all this to the present Schools: 24. Center: Giddings. Chairman, R. C. Puryear, Superintendent of Schools, to a Longview, Marshall, Tyler. Stanton. Schools: Andrews, Courtney the matter. This makes an its use in Canada and England. making love. It may rise Donaho, Superintendent of Schools, Gid­ Peaster. Schools: Aledo, Avalon, Brock about proposition: The affirmative case Nacogdoches. Chairman, (Stanton), Stanton. nobler gushing from the rostrum IS. Center: dings. Schools: Bastrop, Bellville, Bren- (Weatherford), Dennis, Euless (Arling­ Ideal subject for discussion, for it "The Food Problem" by Franklin on the reconstituted League of Na­ Superintendent of Wright become C. K. Chamberlain, ham, Caldwell, Giddings, La Grange, Nava- ton), Peaster, Poolville, Millsap. 64. Center: Pyote. Chairman, matter of immediate concern and the stump. It may Schools: Hender- Schools, Pyote. is a D. Roosevelt. Vital Speeches, tions should include the following Schools, Nacogdoches. sota, Smithville, Somerville. 29. Center: Blooming Grove. Chair­ Chrane, Superintendent of an avalanche of foam and fury in Livingston, Lufkin, Barstow,. Pyote, to every man, woman, and child Nov. 15, 1943, 9% pp. son, Jacksonville, 25. Center: Cameron. Chairman, E. A. man, J. T. Black, Superintendent of Schools: Balmorhea, points: the presence of hardly suffered Naeogdoches, Palestine. Vista. (Imperial), Mentone. in America, and it is a subject The complete text of the President's Perrin, Superintendent of Schools, Cam­ Schools, Blooming Grove. Schools: Barry, Toyah, Buena (1) There is a need for some 14. Center: Houston. Chairman, T. H. Fabens. Chairman, M. D. message to Congress on measures needed wrong. In whatever form the flow­ eron. Schools: Belton, Cameron, Frank­ Bardwell, Blooming Grove, Dawson, Frost, 65. Center: t about which there is a violent dis- sort of international organization Principal, San Jacinto High of Schools, Fabens. to control our food supplies, production, ing flows, the heart is eased of Rogers, lin, Georgetown, Hearne, Lampasas, I. O. O. F. Home (Corsieana), Italy, Lakey, Superintendent Moreover, the maga- Houston. Schools: Stephen P\ Glint, Fabens, Ft. Haneeck, ligreement. price ceilings, subsidies, and the prob­ at the conclusion of the present School, Killeen, Rockdale, Rosebud, Taylor. Kerens, Mildred (.Corsieana), Emhouse, Schools: fullness so that it may enjoy itself Austin (Houston), Jefferson Davis (Hous­ Van Horn. iines and newspapers are filled lem of administering the food program. war. To this, in most cases, 26. Center: Luling. Chairman, R. A.' Richland. Sierra Blanca, to fullness once again, and back H. Reagan (Houston), M. B. with arguments pro and con. You the negative will agree. The ton), John Box, Superintendent of Schools, Luling. 30. Center: Bynum. Chairman, J. C. "Why Farmers Fear the Peace" again again and again. For Lamar (Houston), Charles H. Milby an get a fiery assembly debate of opinion comes, of Schools: Gonzales, Lockhart, Luling, San Kidd, Superintendent of Schools, Bynum. Competition of Greek-city State* Atlantic difference (Houston), Sam Houston (Houston), San Fredericks- en this subject at any time, and by Arthur Moore, they also serve the joy of life who Marcos, Seguin, New Braunfels, . Schools: Abbott, Aquilla, Bynum, Hub- course, in what sort of interna­ Jacinto (Houston). burg, Yoakum. I bard, Malone, Mt. Calm. WORLD knows that Monthly, p. 52, Aug., 1943, only stand and orate, they too who Chairman, C. LL THE a forum discussion with plenty of tional organization should be estab­ 15. .Center: Beaumont. 27. Center: Edison High School (San 31. Center: Jonesboro. Chairman, P. 4 pp. only sit and talk. New York of South this political atomism W. Bingman, Superintendent Antonio). Chairman, G. B. Meeks, Prin­ T. Lemmons, Superintendent of Schools,. A ipirit. lished. The affirmative here should Schools: Beau­ Why the farmers and farm organiza­ Times, August 30, 1942. Park Schools, Beaumont. cipal, Edison High School (San Antonio). Jonesboro. Schools: Copperas Cove, brought to Hellas many a tragedy In addition to "Subsidies," the present the so-called "need" for a South Park tions are opposed to subsidies. Fears for mont, Orange, Port Arthur, Schools: Alamo Heights (San Antonio), Evant, Jonesboro, Pearl, Walnut Springs. of fraternal strife. Because Ionia fall semester assignments in this future security if subsidies "become a change, by indicating the failure (Beaumont). Burbank (San Antonio), Edison (San 32. Center: Fairfield. Chairman, W. D. for defense it Chairman, Hulon was unable to unite contest include the following: habit." Lack of understanding back of treaty-alliances to preserve An Enduring Peace 16. Center: Conroe. Antonio), Harlandale (San An&mio), Hot Herring, Fairneld. Schools: Crawford, of of Schools, fell subject to Persia; because most objections to the plan. Reasons why N. Anderson, Superintendent Wells (San Antonio), Sidney Lanier (San Moody, South Bosgue (McGregor), Ben Buy Bonds, Labor in War Time, peace the very existence of the IVING the world back to its Bryan, Conroe, Goose and subsidies do not create conditions farmers Conroe. Schools: Antonio), South San Antonio. Hur (Mart), Chilton, Fairoaks, Fairneld, Greece, despite confederacies Production, War Information, Ra­ present conflict indicates plainly Creek, Galveston. fear. inhabitants is too big a job 28. Center: Uvalde. Chairman, C. D. Kirvin, Lott, Wortham. leagues, was unable to stand to­ Delin­ G Chairman, W. A. tioning Manpower, Juvenile that some change is necessary and merely practical; too brave 17. Center: Austin. Landolt, Superintendent of Schools, 33. Center: Blossom. Chairman. Lynn it "Subsidies or Chaos," The Nation, 1 for the High School, Austin. gether, the freedom which quency, Race Relations, and In­ dead. Guinn, Principal, Uvalde. Schools: Carrizo Springs, Cotulla, C. Denton, Superintendent ef Schools, that isolationism is I a task for pessimism. The archi­ Temple, Waeo. idolized was in the end destroyed. p. 544, Nov. 13, 1943, Va p. Schools: Austin, Kerrville, Crystal City, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Hondo, Blossom. Schools: Blossom, Chicota, flation. (2) The United States should Chairman, Failure of Congress to agree on adequat* tects of an enduring peace must 18. Center: San Antonio. Pearsall, San Felipe (Del Rio), Uvalde. Cunningham, Dodd City, Gober, Klondike, And yet Greece would have been Jeffer­ An 8-page folder containing a tax bill makes other forms of price and join in whatever international or­ be capable of hope. They must be­ T. Guy Rogers, Principal, Thomas 29. Center: Victoria. Chairman, J. P. Midway (Howland), Roxton, Saltillo, impossible without the city-state. Schools: descriptive bibliography on sub­ wage control more necessary. Farm bloc ganization is set up. To this, too, the people. They son High School, San Antonio. Moore, Principal, High School, Victoria. civic lieve in people all San Antonio Windom. Only through this sense of jects previously announced is has prevented rollback of prices on food. the negative will probably agree. vistas Brackenridge (San Antonio), Schools: Beeville, Cuero, Edna, Karnes 34. Center: Hooks. Chairman, H. R. Subsidies only means to adjust prices for must face the unimaginable Vocational and Technical, Thomas Jeffer­ individuality, this exuberant as­ available for the asking, and it is There seems to be little question destiny. God grant them City, Kenedy, Refugio, Victoria. Pemberton, Superintendent of Schools, farmer and consumer, and prevent price- of man's son (San Antonio). 30. Center: Alice. Chairman, J. W. Hooks. Schools: Avery, Hooks, James sertion of independence, this di­ by a short bibliog­ Chairman, supplemented wage spiral leading to economic chaos. about the failure of isolationism steadfast hope and the rest of us 19. Center: Corpus Christi: Roach, Superintendent of Schools, Alice. Bowie (Simms), Maud, Omaha, Redwater, versity of institutions, customs, E. W. Smith, Principal, High School, raphy published in the November and most people would agree that enduring patience. For we must not Schools: Alice, Aransas Pass, Benavides, Winfield. "The Case for Subsidies," The Na­ Corpus Christi, arts, and gods, was Greece stimu­ Corpus Christi. Schools: Falfurrias, Freer, Sinton, Taft. 35. Center: Avinger. Chairman, W. issue. the United States has a definite expect from any leadership a shiny, Laredo, Robstown. lated by competition and emula­ tion, p. 31, July 10,, 1943, 1 p. Kingsville. 31. Center: Weslaco. Chairman, Fred W. Cooper, Superintendent of Schools, , Additional items covering "sub- duty to perform in helping to keep ready-made millenium in our time. Harliogen. Chairman, Ern­ A clear statement of how subsidies 20. Center: 13. Kay, Superintendent of Schools, Wes­ Avinger. Schools: Avineer, Hufnnes tion, to live human life with a zest est H. Poteet. Superintendent of Schools, «yies" follow: operate, why a breakdown of stabilized the peace in the future. The main­ No one of us will live to see a laco. Schools: Donna, La Feria, Mission, (Bivins), Hughes Springs, MeLeod. and fullness and creative original­ Schools: Brownsville, Edin- Tood Subsidies Versus Higher costs and wages undermines the war effort. tenance of such a peace will de­ blameless peace. We strive and Hurlingen. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, Raymondville, SS. Center: Lone Oak. Chairman. F^ jver McAllen, Mercedes, San ity that no other society had Wages," World Week and Refuting the arguments against subsidies. burg, Harlingen, Weslaco. P. Scott, Superintendent of Schools, Lone pend to a large degree on the pray and die for what will be here Benito. known. 32. Center: Monahans. Chairman, Oak. Schools: Boles Home (Quinlan), Scholastic (Teachers ed.), "What We Can Expect From the United States joining whatever when we're gone. Our children's El Paso. Chairman, W. W. 21. Center: James W. Martin, Principal, High School, Celeste. Golden, Lone Oak, Point, Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 1943, 2 pp. El Paso High School, Campbell, Use of Subsidies" by Ralph peace organization is established. children are the ancestors of a Wimberly, Principal, Monahans. Schools: Kermit, Monahane, Quinlan, Wolfe City. Danger of inflation increasing with ri«- Paso. Schools: Austin (El Paso), Bowie Do we not see all humans unaware Robey. Newsweek, p. 76, June Change* in Old League free people. We send our greet­ Fl Pecos, Wink. 37. Center: Ben Wheeler. Chairman, wg prices and demands for higher wages. (El Paso), El Paso, Ysleta. Alfred Barfield, Superintendent of Schools, Of what they want, and always icrapping of "Little Steel Formula" fore­ 21, 1943, 1 p. (3) A reconstituted League of ings ahead of us, to them To his­ Conference B Conference A 1. Center: Spearman. Chairman, L. Ben Wheeler. Schools: Ben Wheeler, searching everywhere, seen if labor wins its fight for higher A seven-point argument against sub­ Nations is the plan to preserve tory yet unmade, our greetings. 1. Center: Canyon. Chairman, J. B. Superintendent of Schools, Cross Roads^ (Malakoff), Mabank, Malakoff, as if to drop wages. Farmers and dairymen opposed sidies. An explanation of the difference H. Bond, And changing place, peace. Here the affirmative would To the generations sleeping in our Superintendent of Schools, Canyon. Spearman. Schools: Adrian, Gruver, Martin's Mill, Trinidad. «o food subsidies arguments advanced by of subsidies in England and in the United Speer, the load they bear. want to present its plan whatever loins: Be of good heart! The fight Schools: Canyon. Dalhart, Dimmjtt, Plemons, Spearman, Stinnett, Sunray, 38. Center: New Summerneld (Ponta). tlies? groups. Food subsidies ai a means States why practical in England and not desire to make in the is worth it. Orson Welles. Dumai. Friona, Hereford, Tulia, Stratford. Vega. Chairman, W. D. Langstoa, Principal, New Lucretiui. «t Checking inflation. hen. changes they Page 4 THE INTERSCHOtASTIC LEAGUER

has been open and notorious, but League Winner Takes is fair to say that matters were — Community School — others who came in and took part Texas High School Coaches that was only an iota of the brought to a head by the death of in class or discussion, usually half changes that have really come High Honors in College Basketball Comes a Union College football a dozen to a dozen. Several citi­ player (Continued from P. 1) without their notice, simply be­ participating in a game against the zens were regular participants in Association-News and Notes cause of lack of close, interested A/TISS Pat McClarney, team representing New York Uni­ the afternoon work. The Texas High-School Coaches Associa- and trained observation. You can Back With a Bang cause of the need of the commu­ tion conducts this column through its cor­ state winner in Extempo­ versity. It just so happened that nity and because of the prospects Work Done of High Quality respondent, Mr. Harris. Officers of the mailed to all schools of the dis­ do better if you will begin now, Association are: Harry Stiteler, Waco, raneous Speech in the League this player was not killed during for some valuable additions to ob­ After their return to Austin President; W. C. O. Harris, Fort Worth, trict. Each school is directed to and the training will be valuable 1 15 More Teams Enter Con­ the execution of a "mass" forma­ Vice-President; Bill Carmichael, Bryan. to you later in a wider field. State Meet of 1941 and mem­ servations concerning the effect of the two instructors declared them­ Secretary-Treasurer. Editor. file a copy of this report together test than Enrolled in This tion. The accident occurred while the war on community life, it was selves convinced that both tha with their game report with the Balance of Nature ber of the all-star cast in the he was making a tackle in the open (By W. C. O. Harris, 3001 Cock- When the fur traders and trap­ Sport Last Season decided to sponsor a community- quantity and quality of work dona rell St., Ft. Worth, Texas) chairman of the district only in League State one-act play on an end run. school program in the counties of by their students was higher than case of tie games, properly signed pers of the Chouteaus followed contest in 1942. has gone for­ Public Clamor Against Game their vocations, along the far LEAGUE is beginning Frio, Medina, and Atascosa. University standards call for. by the officials of the game and the ward in dramafic work in The Chancellor Henry M. Mac- Program to Fit Needs Other staff members declared the Coaches, Directors two coaches of the opposing teams. flung eastern border of the Rocky the 24th basketball season Cracken of New York University, Mountains, they entered a country University of Texas in the Early in the planning it was response of the community was ex­ 4. The secretary of the district with 115 more teams than last and the other governing authorities To Have Meeting Soon which for centuries had not past two years. determined that to be successful cellent. This was particularly is authorized to send each news­ year. Many schools discon­ of the institution were deeply the program must be made to fit true of the recreational program, paper in the district two passes, known the approach of any ele­ *-|- the shooting of any kind of fire history will carry little stimulus College of San Marcos, a native Gonzales High School Es­ member-school free on request. not naive enough to believe that and the representatives of the works or bombs on the field during to your logic. of the district, led discussion on pecially Active in Concerning the treatise, they have solved the problems)! teams must decide the winner by the game. Let me cite a few of many Profes­ how the "Good Neighbor" policy sor this area on the contrary, one the flip of a coin. Eject Drunks changes now passed, or in pass­ Dramatics Ramsey says: might be applied in the Medina the first things they did on their 1 d. In the event of the existence 17: The home team must provide ing, on which you can sharpen "This set of instructions on the Valley. return was to request permission of co-championship teams at the a sufficient police force to curb use your wits, and yet feel such in­ A NEATLY printed four- use of the slide rule is intended Dr. Blake Smith, an outstand­ to continue the work in the Medina end of the district play, then the of intoxicating liquors and to eject terest in doing so that it will seem primarily for the instruction of ing minister and counselor in re­ ^ page dramatics program Valley and to try out the tech­ team chosen by the flip of a coin to drunks from the field. It was like play rather than work. pupils at the high-school level, ligious education sat in with a came into the office the other niques that had represent the district in out-of- recommended that tickets bear the Fifty years ago ducks in large where only a limited amount of group of local pastors to discuss worked there in another type of community. district play will receive all gate statement that no drinking will be numbers, many wild geese, and day which reminds one of old time is available for the purpose. making the church a more effec­ With a lot more practice receipts in the out-of-district games permitted. occasional swans wintered in the times. We are advised in this It affords instruction in the use tive agency. President Homer P. they believe of the "C," "D," "A," "B," and they can develop a way in which played. 18. A suitable trophy is author­ waters near Fort Stockton. Now program that the Gonzales Philip Rainey and Dr. Robert L. Suth­ O. Badger The University of Texas can be 2. Each succeeding district ized to be purchased and awarded only a few ducks winter here, but "K" scales, which are to be found erland discussed the future of .the High School presents "The taken to the small town with for district championship. no geese or swans. Why? on all polyphase type slide rules President Woodrow Wilson of small town. Dr. Donald Coney, chairman and secretary is directed Speech Department in 'Nine mutual benefit. Twenty years ago the Upland and also on most of the simpler Princeton University wrote that he Texas University to turn over the records for the 19. Member-schools may deduct Girls' by Wilfred Librarian, and district to each succeeding secre­ ten per cent of the gross proceeds or Rocky Mountain plovers on their H. Pettitt" ones now available. Most of the believed the rules of the game Miss Juanima Wells of Bexar tary of the conference. of the sale of season tickets sold Southern migration, spent ten followed by the names of the emphasis has been placed upon should be changed so as to relieve County Library talked about the Form for Tie Games before the day of the first con­ days in September with us. Do cast. The play was directed multiplication and division, employ­ the pressure of "mass" formations. possibilities of library service for •— Social Studies — 3. A form is prepared for re­ ference game for sales promotion they do so now, if not, why? . by Miss Freda Kenner with ing the "C" and "D" scales. In Birth of NCAA the area. Roy Bedichek aroused Fifteen years ago September order to hold the text material to a (Continued from P. 1) porting on score, 20 yd. penetra­ by the band or pep squad organiza­ setting by W. W. Wendt. The conference called by Chan­ an immense interest in the birds brought here a great number of basic minimum, instructions for the cellor MacCracken was held of the area and Rodney Kidd em­ tions, first downs and this form is tion of the respective school. The second page gives the cast late in swallows to flit from church roof use of the "C1" scale have been November,-1905, and was phasized the need of leaders in letin of the series, entitled "Ameri­ of characters, the time, place, and followed to telephone wires for ten days omitted. And, since perhaps most by a larger conference the follow­ youth work. Drs. A. Caswell Ellis cans All," as follows: or more. They come no more. synopsis of the play. On page 3 of the pupils who will study these and Bernice M. Moore held a series we find personal ing month, participated in by col­ "Americans All" When did the English sparrow notes about the instructions will not have had of "grass roots" talks in the towns Speaker Urges Teachers to actors, written in lege and university presidents from "'Americans All' includes the make its appearance here? From a lively style, trigonometry, it was deemed ad­ of the Valley. And there were and serving as a kind all over the country. As a result many millions of people each an what country? of introduc­ visable to omit instructions in the still others: Dr. J. Will Harris of tion of the actors to the audience. of these6» conferences, the member­ individual, living within the vast Train Young in Observation What is the story here of the use of the "S," "L," and "T" scales. Dilley, for instance, who spoke Page 4 is left to the staff, all ship of the football rules committee area of the United States, regard­ Says Russian Thistle? It is hoped that this material will from his years of experience in 'Habit of Accuracy"* pupils, with the names also of was expanded, changes in the rules less of race, religion, or national of your own observation and those The Pecos River is now almost stimulate and encourage the study Puerto Rico on the problem of the Basis of Genuine those who built the sets, and of were in due course effected and culture. The Democracy of the of others. Now of these purposes, hidden by the shrub called by and use of the slide rule in the Latin-American; and J. A. Kirn the ushers. intercollegiate football was saved United States was created as is Education you probably get in your school some Monterey Cypress. What is high schools." of Somerset, who had a wonderful more attention We estimate that not less than from abolishment. It was decided expressed in the Preamble of the (By to the second item the story of its coming? collection of native bird skins, and O. W. Williams*) forty pupils participated that it would be advisable to hold Constitution: "... in order to than to the others. Then you might give attention in this reemphasized Bedichek's interest such a conference annually, and form a more perfect union, estab­ N RELATING the deriva­ But it is really more important, to the wild pea vine and alfilaria; production. — Athletics — in wild life. are they gaining or losing Says Miss Kenner: the conference organization the lish justice, insure domestic I tion of "Shinnery," I have as I look at it, that the special in this Class country? "We have just had a successful following year adopted as its title Goes to "Original Sources" quility, provide for the common a special word for you. You attention be given rather to the (Continued from P. 1) Whemthe students were in class first and third purposes, because in The Government is now making production of 'Nine Girls' and on "The National Collegiate Athletic defense, promote the general wel­ are now taking studies pre­ a determined fight to exterminate December 10 we presented the Association" which has continued they were talking about the foods fare, and secure the blessings of your later life your success will they were growing, cooking, and liminary to your entrance depend more the wolf, wildcat, and pi'airie dog. choral speaking play, 'They Also tutional administrative control to operate down through the years liberty to ourselves and our pos­ upon your training eating in the Valley, or about what into the world of action, and in them than in that in the other. What will be the effect on our Serve.' We have had several one- came about only after several in the formulation of rules and of terity.' In order to secure the country? acts for various occasions; and the decades of management, first by good standards and procedures in the war was doing to their fam­ blessings to our posterity, it is nec­ we call this your education. Practical life is mostly filled with ilies, churches, PTA's, schools, rec­ your own public speaking and .interpretation students alone, then by students the conduct of intercollegiate ath­ essary for us to build lines of de­ As a matter observations and the The Mexican "Tule" reation, and what not. When they of fact your edu­ conclusion classes have done their share in and alumni combined, and then by letics. fense that will make it impossible from them upon which In former years both banks of didn't know they went out and cation continues through life. you act. individual numbers. We offer de­ various mixed boards of these The "Orphan" Period for an enemy to enter our coun­ So I am stressing to you our beautiful Comanche Creek asked their neighbors; as when This now the bating after the holidays." various elements of students, Aside from the general historical try, and use the technique of 'di­ preliminary state is de­ value of giving keen and were fringed with the cat-tailed the entire school visited a typical voted to preparing you for the close attention to whatever comes alumni and faculties. I need interest of these developments as I vide and destroy, divide and rule.' rush (Mexican "Tule") from its Editor's Note: The LEAGUER is glad to farm family one afternoon; or as later stages, and may be to your eyes and ears, and hardly remind you that for many Therefore a national unity must taken to head down some five miles, mak­ publish accounts of what schools are do­ have outlined them to you, is the when seven pastors came in to tell as having three main draw inferences ing in the field of speech, years school and college athletics be built through knowledge, ex­ purposes: from your own ex­ ing a border of close growth some either curriculsr fact that there was clearly revealed them about the church and what first, to teach you how to periences. or extracurricular. occupied what might be termed an perience and character of the acquire The personal interest, six to ten feet high. The plant is at the time the "orphan" position has happened to it. And they habits of careful observation; which you will have in what goes almost "orphan" position in relation to of intercollegiate athletics. The many individuals that live within extinct along that border. learned about one of the Valley its boundaries." second, to give you something on before you, will greatly stimu­ How did that change come about? Socrates says that the young these institutions. Academic of­ current prevailing practice of products, black-eyed peas, by sit­ Mr. White of the observation made by late the habits of observation and These are only a few questions should get instruction, grown men ficials in some instances claimed no institutional responsibility and con­ then goes on to point ting in a circle and shelling them out that we are victims of many our forerunners during the cen­ reasoning, while what you get out of many along this line, and should practice doing good, old responsibility for the athletic pro­ trol of athletics serves to remind for lunch while class was in ses­ prejudices due to economic turies of recorded knowledge; and from reading lacks in force and they have often a practical bear­ men should withdraw from all gram and took particular pains to us sharply that tremendous prog­ condi­ civil sion. The instructor said the pea tions, religious ideas, and race. third, to train you in drawing direct interest. I am, therefore, ing on the future of our Coun­ and military operations, liv­ expose themselves to it as little as ress has been made along these ing at their own discretion, shelling was not nearly so dis­ In our own city," he says, "we correct conclusions from the facts suggesting the following for your try. Can you find any more use­ with­ possible. lines. out being tied down to any fixed tracting as knitting. Although are aware of these prejudices, and actions along those lines: ful practice in preparing yourself Tragic Incident Many of the practices in athletics Editor's Note: This concludes the office. most of the registered students shall try to teach the causes You are playing in a world of for the problems that will meet I should like to give you an il­ which we regret are operative article by Judge O. W. Williams of Fort were teachers, there were always effects of these prejudices upon c*r Stockton first part of which was pub­ movement, and you look at one you later in life than by studying lustration of the point which I have today had their origin call you into new fields "and pas­ in this social, political, and economic lif lished in the November issue of the state of action today and a these problems? Studying them tures fresh?" The little story just made. Some of you may recall "orphan" period. The current re­ May we LEAGUER, The original address, delivered be as equally proud of our He announces that this unit of" changed one tomorrow. Right you will be getting a preliminary above set out of a name in use that in 1905 the fate of intercol­ sponsibility now, however, is in 1930 and printed in a now virtually competitive athletic standards! work is the first in a series in around you there are today great training at home that cannot be with us has been written in the legiate football hung in the bal­ unobtainable pamphlet, has lost none of its squarely upon the shoulders of The same ideals observed in the the study of Intercultural Educa­ timeliness changes going on in animal and bettered by any college curricu­ and applicability to the present hope that you will turn your ance. With the system of "mass education authorities to correct administration and teaching of the tion. Texas scene. Judge Williams came to plant life in our immediate coun­ lum in foreign parts. And if you youthful energies into a search for play" then in common practice these shortcomings. With the Texas in 1877 and has for curriculum must obtain in the "The plan is to direct the pupil four decades try of which you have at best have an essay or a thesis to write, other, and more interesting, under the rules for the game been a Fellow of the Texas State Historical which adoption of institutional adminis­ direction of athletics or the edu­ in his thinking, in his behavior only a slight knowledge. This has where will you find subjects to stories of our part of the earth, obtained Association. His writings and observa­ at that time, serious in­ tration of athletics has come cational institutions are betraying and in his living in order that we tions on Texas have been wide and pro­ been forced on the attention of work on better than those, which which lie waiting for you or some juries were numerous and several institutional liability. We are Dheir trust. may continue to enjoy the priy. found. "Old Timers," where the change I have suggested, and which will other parties to uncover. fatalities had occurred. Perhaps it proud of our academic standards. I (To be CQijtinued) --^.~ lieges pf gur democracy.