VOL. XIX AUSTIN, TEXAS, MARCH, 1936 No. 7 Bureau's Visual Aids Are Athletics For LETTER 1936 State Basket Ball Crown Popular in Rural Schools GROUND-BREAKING 226 COUNTIES LIST box Better or Worse* and Goes to '"TT'HE announcement of the FOR MUSEUM PERSONAL Piney Woods School SOON (By Dr. Chas. W. Flint, Chancel­ OFFICERS ELECTED ITEMS -*- Flat Mounted Pictures, for lor, Syracuse University) ural schools, met with cordial Ceremony Will Open Texas AH Those Reported to State esponse, as indicated by these University Centennial Ex­ HE purely social values Office Placed on League Walter J. E. Schiebel, principal, xcerpts from some of the letters position June 7 T claimed are two : The game Mailing List Technical High School, Dallas, writes eceived by the Visual Instruc- is a great socializer and that the "LEAGUER is so popular with rN building the Texas Memorial us that we wear it to shreds. I won­ ion Bureau. welder. Playing together as a /^OUNTY organizations num- der if we might have an additional Robert H. Copeland, Olney: "We -*- Museum at Austin, the State team for a common cause de­ ^-^ bering about one hundred copy of each issue so far this year." greatly appreciate the use of 'Desert and Federal governments and velops a school consciousness, have already been reported, and Studies' pictures. The rural schools ourchasers of Texas Centennial which engulfs lave very little visual education and and dissolves the names of the various officers "I was somewhat disappointed not to \rour service to such schools ,'is prov- lalf-dollars will erect a monu- much, pettiness and discord. entered on the LEAGUER mailing see a list of officers of the Interscho- ng to be a great help." nenfr in which can be housed Friendliness in Sport list, and also on the mailing list . lastic League for Hutchinson County Thurman G. Rohr, Edcouch: "We labitat exhibits depicting the But more: it socializes and welds to receive any special announce­ in your last issue of the LEAGUER," ecently used three sets of pictures opponents together, as one team plays writes Superintendent W. A. Mc- reatness of America's greatest ments that may be issued con­ rom your office: ten Ferris pictures, State, and the only nation in his- with another plays with another Intosh, of Borger. Ethiopia, and Westward Movement, plays with another for paradoxical cerning changes or new inter­ "Could you not see to it that this list .nd the pupil response was remark- ;ory which surrendered its inde- as it sounds, to "play with" and to pretations of rules affecting the appears in the March issue of the ble. The texts accompanying went oendence that it might become a 'play against" are interchangeable work of county organizations. INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUER* under nto enough detail that the pupils aart of another nation. whether as individuals in golf or ten- 'Hutchinson County.' Not many counties remain unre- vere able to study the pictures indi- Ground for the first unit of ported. There "You do have this information on the *This is a continuation of Dr. Flint's dis­ were 219 county or­ idually after seeing them as a class, (uilding will be broken as one of the cussion in the February LEAGUEK. The series ganizations last year. Do not delay page three under Hutchins County.' " will be concluded in the April issue and the .nd really grasp the connection :eremonies of the opening of the complete address issued in a brochure. sending in the names of officers hroughout the entire set. Sometimes ?exas University Centennial Exposi- elected as soon as the election takes The Cuero Record publishes the fol­ think that adults have seen certain ion on June 7, 1936. To these cere­ (See ATHLETICS Page 4) place. The list already reported is lowing comment in a recent issue: tiings so much that we are prone to monies many prominent GUSHING citizens have arranged alphabetically in the Feb­ Just finished reading about half a BASKET BALL TEAM verlook the fact that many things een Sitting, left to right: Clarence Partin, Ray Lucas, invited, including number one ruary issue, and the lists of offi-- page on eligibility of students partici­ F. G. Briley, vill escape the child seeing such ma- Kermit Clayton, Marshall Matteson, Garland Trawick. Standing, left and number two citizens of America, MANAGER EXPLAINS cers reported for the first time in pating in school contests. Were to right: Harold Clayton, John Gresham, Lamar Brewer, Weldon erial for the first time. Tesident Franklin D. Roosevelt, and this issue are also arranged alpha­ mighty interested in one sentence, Gresham, Lawrence Richards, Glenn W. Berry, Coach. "Of equal value with the pictures Vice-President John N. Garner. betically. If you find your county which The University of Texas Bul­ hemselves are the notes given in ex- The first unit of the Texas Memo­ TYPEWRITING RUL in neither list, it has not been re­ letin thought worthy of putting in Homonyms Not Indicated lanation, and I, for one, welcome the rial Museum will cost more than ported. Each member-school should italics, but one which has been disre­ CUSHING CAPTURES In 1935-36 Spelling List pportunity to make use of this kind 1,000,000. The Federal Government Rule 9, Which Has Beers be interested in seeing to it that the garded a number of times by school f material for rural schools." et aside $300,000 of its Texas Cen- Causing the Trouble, county in which it is located is duly heads we have known. Said rule Mrs. Roy ennial appropriation for the build- 17TH TOURNAMENT ROM Mrs. Framkie Damron, of Hollar, Travis Co., Pleas- Is Clarified. reported, and reported at once. reads: "School principals and super­ ng, and the Texas Centennial Com- Whiteflat, comes Following counties have reported intendents are charged with the re­ F a list of words in nission allocated $225,000 for fur- the current spelling list which (See VISUAL AIDS Page 4) EVERAL typing since the last issue: sponsibility of seeing that these rules 'angy Boys From East Texas should lishing and equipping the first unit instructors be carefully distinguished from Baylor County are strictly observed in each and Win Final Over the other f the building. The remaining S have questioned the League El Paso Quint words of the same or similar sound. Director General, J. F. Kemp, Seymour ; every contest in which their pupils '500,000 will be raised by the sale Office for an explanation of Par­ Debate, R. F. Kunlde, Red Springs ; Declama­ Spelling ,eague Spelling Rules tion, engage." directors should copy this C. N. Merrill, Westover; Extemporan­ list for use of the pronouncer who agraph 9, Page 65, Constitution eous Speech, R. J. Keller, Route 1, Westover ; What a blow that is going p\EEP in the piney woods of Cause Many Questions (See MUSEUM Page 4) Spelling, Galen Porter, Seymour; Ready to be to gives out the words in the county and Rules. Writers, Ruby Lee Shipp (address not given) ; those school heads when they turn up ^"^ east Texas rests the silver Athletics, Lowell Parrish, Seymour; Music meet. The list follows: Daze from >FELLING rules seem" to be We have secured from Miss Flor­ lemory, Mrs. R. F. Kunkle, Red Springs; their toes and make application for asket ball trophy emblematic days, p. 3, column 1, word 32; tin ence Stullken, Contest Manager of the ^icture Memory, Effie Smith, Seymour; Wild admittance to Old St. Peter. ' bothering a good many 'lower, Mrs. J. F. Kemp, Seymour ; Three-R, f the 1936 State championship. from ten, p. 3, column 2, last word; WIDE VARIETY OF State Tournament, the following ex­ rtrs. Tom Rowden, Seymour; Story-Telling, mist from missed, p. 3, column 3, eachers the present season, planation of this rule: Jetty Spreen, Seymour. The tall, rangy boxsJixojn Cush- Bowie County third word up from bottom; hem from udging from the number "When ng captured the title by defeat- of SUMMER COURSES an omission of words is Director General W. G. Clay, New Boston; him, p. 4, column 5, next to last word; nquiries reaching the League made, the rule is that one error is debate, Euell Elliott, Simms; Declamation, B. ng El Paso in the final 33-29. flare from flair, p. 4, . Lawson, Texarkana; Extemporaneous VIEWS DIFFER ON column 7, tate office. Following is a charged for each word omitted. peech, H. S. Shipp, Jr. High School, Texar- rior to the final Gushing had word 19. 58 Education Courses First However, in the case of rewritten <ana; Spelling, Mrs. Randolph Wortham, ypical letter of questions with Term; Malta; Ready Writers, Mrs. E. L. Harvin, EXTEMPO TOPICS won over Carey 35-21 and over The LEAGUER will appreciate other 38 Second Univer­ matter, just one error is charged *Jash ; Athletics, C. K. Bender, Texarkana. lists of homonyms answers sity Summer Session Briscoe County Taft 46-17, while El Paso had not indicated in made as definite as for the whole rewrite. Typo­ the list. possible: graphical errors in either (both) Director General, A. L. Kelsay, Silverton ; Some Want General, Others worked its way to the champion- debate, Mrs. Paul Hamilton, Quitaque; Deela- Question 1: Does a word have to be the first writing and the repeti­ nation, A. R. Castleberry, Silverton; Extem- Want Specific Informa­ hip contest by defeating Jeff 'T-'EACHERS casting about for oraneous Speech, Yvonne Thomas, QuitaQue; pelled, punctuated and marked just a summer tion are of course charged. There ipelling, Annetta Johnston, Gasoline; Ready tion Required )avis of Houston 28-24 and s it school will do well is considerable difference in pen­ Vriters, Fern Murphy, Silverton; Athletics, MEXIA HIGH COMES is in the state spelling bulletin A.