The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 17, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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McMahan & Reid
BARBER SHOP
One-Half Block North Majestic
SERVICE FIRST
YOUR WORK APPRECIATED
DR. J. A. WHIT ACRE
Dentist
Office Over White Drug Co.
PHONE 192
LEST WE FORGET
. MAC'S CAFE
SHORT ORDERS-COLD DRINKS
Best Stew in Town
Home Made Cakes and Pies
HARRIS BROS.
GROCERIES
FRUITS AND CANDIES
HARRIS BROS.
It's Our Business to
REPAIR YOUR SHOES
We double their life
Newsom's Shoe Shop
Belknap Street
ROY C. BLACK, M. D.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
GLASSES FITTED
Office Over White Drug Co.
Phone 159
O, YE TARLETONS
■ PATE BROS. '
Is the Place to Have Your
BARBER WORK DONE
Last week one of our students,
noticing that the 12th on the cal-
endar was printed in red,, asked
why that should be a holiday. The
fact that we.do not observe it as
a holiday causes us to forget
sometimes that it is the annivers-
ary of the discovery of America.
Four hundred and thirty-one
years ago, when the undaunted
Columbus came, he found this
country for the most part a track-
less wild. It is hard for us to rea-
lize that great cities, institutions
of learning, networks of railways,
systems of communication, air
mail service, and all the wonder-
ful developments of our time have
been accomplished since the Octo-
ber day in 1492. The spirit under-
lying all this is well expressed in
the little poem of Joaquin Miller's
entitled "Columbus." We really
ought to read that poem every
time the anniversary of the dis-
covery of America comes round.
Here it is:
COLUMBUS
Behind him lay the gray Azores,
Behind the Gates of Hercules;
Before him not the ghost of shores
Before him only shoreless seas.
The good mate said: "Now must.
we pray,
For 1q, the very stars are gone.
Brave Admiral, speak, what shall
I. say?"
'■'Why say 'Sail on; sail'on;, sail
on and on."
PERRY BROTHERS
THE OLD RELIABLE
Druggists and Jewelers
■Have You Seen the Latest in
White Gold Wrist Watches?
Square, Oblong, 'Octagon and Round
set with genuine blue sapphires, also
white gold'straps to go with them.
COME AND SEE THEM.
DRUS AND JEWELRY
LATHAM BROS.
Modern Tailors, Clothiers, Cleaners
Quick service, free delivery. Clothes called for and
Delivered
THREE LATEST HOFFMAN STEAM PRESSES
Your, garments will receive personal attention at our
shop. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. We operate
an individual sewing room—alterations receive special
attention; no job is too difficult for this department.
PHONE US ANY DAY
LATHAM BROS.
PHONE 441.
South Side Square
MAJESTIC BAKERY
Carries a full line of Cakes and Cookies throughout
the week and
Cinnamon Rolls
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
THE HOME OF SNOW WHITE BREAD
"My men grow mutinous day by
day;
My men.' grow ghastly wan and
weak."
The stout mate thought of home,—
a spray
Of salt wave washed his swarthy
cheek,
"What shall I say, Brave Admiral,
say,
If we sight naught but seas at
dawn ?"
"Why you shall say at break of
day,
Sail on; sail on; sail on and on."
They sailed and sailed, as winds
might blow,
Until at last the blanched mate
said:
"Why now not even God :would
know
Should I and all men fall dead.
The very winds forget their way,
For God from these dread seas is
gone.
Now speak, Brave Admiral, speak
and say,—"
He said "Sail on; sail on, and on,"
They sailed; they sailed. Then
spake the mate:
"This mad sea shows his teeth to-
night ;
He curls his lip, he lies in wait
With , lifted teeth as. if to bite.—
Brave Admiral, say but one good
word,—
What shall we do when < hope is
gone?"
The words leaped like a leaping
sword:—
"Sail onsail on; sail on, and on."
Then pale and worn he kept his
deck,
And peered through darkness Ah
that night.
Of all dark nights. And then a
speck,—
A light, a light, a light, a light.
It grew. A starlit flag unfurled.
He gained a.world; he gave that
world
Its grandest lesson,—"On, sail
on." —Joaquin Miller.
RESULTS OF SCENARIO-
SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST
v.-c Ponor of the
Scholarship1' Award
It stands'to reason that the peo-
ple that are most anxious to. im-
prove moving pictures are those
people, who have a financial inter-
est in them. This doesn't prevent
me from crediting the, interest
which a great many other people
who have no financial responsibili-
ty or hope, of monetary return
take in the improvement of mov-
ing-" pictures. I say this because
it is the truth, and absolute truth
and every person who gives the
matter any thought will readily
■realize that .it is the truth.
Therefore it is natural that I, a
person with considerable financial
interest in moving pictures, should
not only desire to improve , as
much as possible, but should take
steps toward these improvements
which seem radical or not, in ac-
cordance with whether you; sit
within or without the moving pic-
ture circle.
Six months ago I took steps
which to many people in the mov-
ing picture business seemed fool-
hardy. I inaugurated the Col-
lege Scenario Contest. I took that
step in the face of the repeated
failures of contests to evolve, any-
thing of value to moving pictures
except ephemeral publicity which
was worth just about what it cost.
But this contest, which I started
after a very great deal of thought
and after consulting with a great
many people -outside of picture
circles, differed materially in its
psychological appeal and intent
from any contest heretofore con-
ducted. Its object was to interest
the coming generation of writers
and thinkers, the young men and
women who stand on the doorstep
of life's opportunity, the class of
the rank and file of intelligensia
who can lift moving pictures, if
they are so minded, from the me-
diocrity with which they are
threatened to. the heights which
they ought to occupy and to which
they have, every logical, reason to
aspire.
The only thing that seemed to
stand in the way of the success of
the contest, the only thing about
which there was the slightest
doubt in my own mind, was the
interest which the college world
and the busy students in the vari-
ous educational institutions in the
country would take in it. In that
phase of the contest y«u may be
as interested as I have been and it
is for that reason that I am going
outside of my own sphere to write
this article for you.
First let me say that the con-
test from every possible viewpoint
has been the most successful one
which I have ever had anything to
do with or of which I have ever
known the details. The reaction
to the suggestion of bringing to
bear the intelligent attention of
the college world was rapid and
whole-hearted. More than three
hundred colleges and universities
not only permitted their student
body to enter the contest but as-
listed Us in every way to bring to
the students knowledge of the re-
quirements of scenario writing
and the general technique which
governs photoplay construction..
Many more colleges* assured us
that they were in sympathy with
the idea but unable through per-
fectly understandable reasons to
permit their institution to enter
any form of contest. One of the
most important results, to my
mind, is the conviction which was
born in the minds of many col-
lege presidents and faculties that
the writing of the photoplay,,
teaching . men and women the.
technique of the moving picture,
is a legitimate and necessary
course to,include in a thoroughly
up-to-date college curriculum. You
would be astonished to know how
many college presidents have as-
sured me that such a course will
be inaugurated with the beginning
of next years course.
But aside from centering
thought on the help which pic-
tures can derive from universities,
the Laemmle Scholarship Contest
had many practical results for the
Universal Pictures Corporation, in
which you may also be interested.
Over a thousand manuscripts were
received and carefully read by a
committee consisting of R. H.
Cochrane, P. D. Cochrane, R. F.
Roden, Raymond Schrock, Paul
Gulick, Helen E. Hughes and G. D.
Cobb. The quality and particu-
larly the form of these scenarios
was a revelation to the members,
of the committee, many of whom
had been through several differ-
ent contests without finding a sin-
gle scenario which presented even
the germ of an original idea. Out
of the thousand submitted in this
contest, the final choice narrowed
down to twenty stories. Of the
twenty, the committee adjudged
"The Throw-Back," written by a
student of the University of Cali-
fornia under the pen name- of
William EUwell Oliver, to be the
most original, the best written and
the most adapted to moving pic-,
ture requirements in general and
to the requirements of our own
studio in pa'rticular. For that rea-
son, the Scholarship award of
$1,000 was givento him, and the
$1,000 Sholarship award ma,de to
the University of California, fn
addition the Universal Pictures
Corporation purchases the scena-
(Continued on page 4)
$2.95 ROUND TRIP
•j
Get ready and buy your tickets
early
The Lowest; Rate in Years
fagjgjt J. D; KILL0UGH, AGENT
Stephenville, Texas
T HE ARMY STORE
Mail Orders Filled Promptly Miss A. F. Crowell, Manager
Opposite The New Majestic Theatre
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$1.25
45c
Army Wool Breeches,
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Class B Breeches
for -
Army Jumpers
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Army Wool Sox, Cashmere,
3 pair for -
Army Wool Overcoats
for -
Wool Underwear, navy and army
per suit
Army Gloves OK.
for &VC
0. D. Wool Blankets $3.50
High grade Boots from $7.75 $11.50
Wrapped Leggings $1.00
$6.09
..$2.50
for
Aviator Coats, corduroy lined
at -
$19.0©
Reclaimed Breeches, /JJT
slightly repaired UJc
Army Blouses, PA
good as new : , ... JvC
Unionalls
for
Whip Cord Breeches,
high grade : .V4**
Gaberdine Breeches $4.50
Khaki Breeches from $2.25 Z$2.50
All Kinds Shoes from $2.65 Z$6.50
Lincoln Paint, per gallon C A
only
Fine Serge Breeches $8.75
Army Trunks, . {P'T
a real bargain at $4 «vv
Also Ladies' Boots and many other articles
new and reclaimed at lower prices. Full
and complete line raincoats. .
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 17, 1923, newspaper, October 17, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139884/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.