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Top Students Vie in State Meet >I N T E F^SCrl OjASTIC LEAGUER VOL XXXIX AUSTIN, TEXAS, APRIL, 1956 NO. 8 At State Meet THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AUSTIN 12 Housing Booked Top Students Vie For Contestants March 13, 1956 By F. W. SAVAGE tourist courts are being reserved in Housing Director blocks by the League and will be In State Meet Official in the League state office released to qualified contestants and The most agile minds and bodies among Some 1,700 winners of regional meet con­ will assist students and sponsors sponsors who desire to pay for their tests will form the slate of State contestants To Interscholastic League Visitors: Texas high school students will compete in the qualifying to the 1956 State Meet in own facilities. This type lodging will Interscholastic League's Forty-sixth Annual in literary-academic and athletic events dur­ securing housing accommodations. be available at any time, but it will This assistance will be given when be very critical on Thursday and State Meet which opens Thursday, May 3, at ing the three-day meet. requested by superintendents or Friday evenings. No rebate will be We extend a hearty welcome to all who have come to Austin 2 p.m. with registration in Gregory Gym­ Registration headquarters will be open un­ principals. given to schools for any type of til 10 p.m. on Thursday, and will re-open at to participate in the final State Meet of the Interscholastic nasium on The University of Texas campus. Special forms for requesting lodging. 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, re­ assistance, and detailed information League. Although the Interscholastic League, as some of you maining open until 10 p.m. on Fri­ Confirmation about housing and the schedule of may know, is an organization which "belongs to the public schools day and until 6 p.m. on Saturday.. activities, are being mailed to prin­ It'will be impossible for reserva­ of the state and is controlled by them, The University of Texas The Interscholastic League cipals of all schools qualifying stu­ tions to be confirmed. Whenever is proud of the fact that it is able to participate with our breakfast will be in the Crystal dents from the regional meets. possible, officials of the state office public schools in rendering this important service. We are Ballroom of the Driskill Hotel on iThese forms should be filled out and will acknowledge receipt of requests particularly glad that our affiliation brings to Austin each Saturday, May 5, at 7:30 a.m. Re­ returned-to the state office as soon for accommodations, but no assign­ sults of the referendum balloting on ments can be made. Bequests phoned spring some of the finest boys and girls of Texas to take part as they are received. amendments to the Constitution in to state headquarters will be in the events held here. and Rules, Undergraduates Rule Two Types assigned in the order in which they (Article VIII, Section 2) and Limi­ As in the past, two types of ac­ are received. Preferences will be We hope that you will not be too busy to take a tour of the tation of Awards Rule (Article commodations will be available to noted but cannot be guaranteed. XVI) will be announced. contestants and sponsors. campus and see for yourself the splendid educational facilities Caution Free housing will be provided in your University has to offer. Even more important than the Rule Revisions The City of Austin can accom­ physical plant itself, is'the caliber of the faculty and staff private homes and barracks on The amendment to the Graduate modate an extremely large* number Thursday and Friday nights only. assembled here to serve the youth of Texas. Rule, if passed, will allow contest­ Commercial lodgings, hotels, and of overnight guests, but the annual State Meet of the University Inter- ants to complete six semesters of scholastic League taxes these facili­ We hope that you will find your-visit here worthwhile. eligibility in a three-year high Principals to Dig ties to capacity. It is unwise t,o plan Whether you choose later to come here or to go to another school or eight semesters of eligi­ to bring a large number of students college or university, you should know that The University of bility in a four-year high school, Into Education to Austin on a sight-seeing excur­ Texas belongs to all of the people of this state. even though the contestant may sion or senior trip during the time T. H. Shelby Roy Bedichek have a sufficient number of credits Problems May 4 of the State Meet. Sincerely yours, a pair of aces to entitle him to a diploma. Here­ Problems of secondary education Do not send contestants or spon­ will be aired by Texas high, school sors to Austin until accommodations tofore, any student earning suf­ principals meeting in Austin on have been secured in advance. Do ficient credits for a diploma be­ Friday, May 4. not assume that a letter directed to School Men to Laudcam e ineligible, even though he may The occasion will be the 15th an­ a hotel or tourist court settles the LW"k Logan Wilson not have been in high school the nual spring conference of the Texas matter and rooms will be available required number of semesters. Study of Secondary Education, Dr. on arrival. Most facilities have been If this rule is voted on favorably J. G. Umstattd, professor of sec­ reserved and no reservations will be Avoid the Rush Bedichek, Shelby by the schools, a student may attend ondary education at The University accepted several weeks preceding summer school and earn as many of Texas, announced. the date of the State Meet. Roy Bedichek and Dean Emeritus Those attending the breakfast Interest has been shown in these T. H. Shelby will be honored by the will be among the first privileged credits as he may desire, without affecting his eligibility, providing program topics, among others: Assignments men who know their splendid serv­ to examine Roy Bedichek's latest Early Bulletin Orders Help he is still eligible under the Semes­ challenging the superior high school All assignments for housing book, "Educational Competition: ice to the public schools of Texas at ter Rule. student to live up to his potential, will be made at League registra­ The History of the University Inter­ the annual Interscholastic League "up-grading the role of the second­ tion headquarters in Gregory scholastic League." The amendment to the Awards ary school principal," relationships Gymnasium beginning at 1:30 Students Prep For Contests breakfast on Saturday, May 5, at Immediately following the break­ Rule, if passed, represents a broad­ with colleges including a scholar­ p.m. on Thursday, May 3. 7:30 a.m. fast, Bedichek will autograph copies ening of the present rule so that it ship program, and "our free elec­ This office will remain open School administrators and spon­ able in September each year. The "Debate Bulletin" was sold The breakfast event will be com­ of his book for those who would like will apply to all gifts, awards or prizes which may be reecived by tive system—does it get the job until 10:00 p.m. on Thursday and sors Who want League aids to help Orders should be placed as early out by mid-December. "Girls' Bas­ bined with the State Meeting of to have his personal signature. done?" Friday evenings. Plan your travel as possible so that an additional ketball Guide" was re-ordered twice Those who purchase the book may students in any inter-school con­ their students prepare for spring Delegates in the Crystal Ballroom Sessions will be in the Driskill so that you can arrive before printing may be completed in time and completely sold out by Feb. 1. desire also to have Dr. Penick, Miss tests not sponsored by the League. meet contests should order their Hotel from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The closing time. for all schools to prepare for The "Word Lists for Spelling," of the Driskill Hotel in Austin. Stullken, Dr. Reddick or others auto­ Should this rule be adopted, then morning meeting will be a general materials early next fall, League spring meet activities. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 8) Bedichek is director emeritus of graph this first history of the Inter­ all inter-school contests would come session. In the afternoon the prin­ Supervision officials urged. the League, having gone on limited scholastic League. under the jurisdiction of the Awards Rule. cipals will divide into sections for The League pays rebate for spon­ New records were set during the service in 1948. Shelby is dean emer­ "This will be a historic event," junior high schools, for large senior sors in order that the students may first seven months of the school itus of the University's Extension Kidd said. "We hope many indi­ In addition to the breakfast highs, and for small senior highs. be properly chaperoned while at­ Power Show 'Carnival' viduals who have worked with the meeting, there will be a number of year 1955-56 in the distribution of Division, now on limited service All principals in Texas are in­ tending the State Meet. Sponsors bulletins and teaching aids by the League throughout the years will other meetings during the State also. Both men will retire Nov. 1, vited, Umstattd said, regardless of are expected to lodge at the same Interscholastic League. attend." Meet. The 29th annual convention location as the students, and League whether they are members of the ' In spite of the fact that many Beckons Meet Visitors 1956.
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