The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 26, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY THE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
VOLUME XI
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1918.
NUMBER 23
DR. H. D. KNICKERBOCKER
BEGINS GREAT CAMPAIGN
FOR "MOTHER DEAR"
Ilev. II. D. Knickerbocker, D. D.,
of First church, Houston, always
lias some,thine) on his mind for
Southwestern. The crowd gather-
ed last Tuesday evening to hear
his lecture on the war and were
not by any manner of means dis-
appointed. Then came tin? point
at which every man, woman and
fondness for "old memories and
young hopes." And the interest
in "ole. mother dear" was very
keen, as shown by the many "love
letters" with love gifts that were
p; otaised
No one can ever forget these pa-
triotic words," we must drink either
the cup of blood or the cup of hu-
miliation," and "better to sacrifice
our lives like men than to live like
dogs." Now that the Boche are
tearing up the earth we can readily
see the application, seeing the sac-
rifice the British are making to save
the world that mankind may be
safe.
He told how Christian education
had done so much to make men will-
ing to make the supreme sacrifice
unselfishly that mother and daugh-
ter and sister may live without fear
of reproach.
Wednesday in Chapel Doctor
"Knick" made a neat little appli-
cation of boys and girls being in
love. The students rallied around
the standard for the sake of future
generations of Southwestern stu-
dents. The campaign is being fur-
ther pushed among the students.
Thursday morning Dr. Pegues ap-
pointed several students to finish
the work. Bill Slack was appoint-
ed general chairman with Gilitzen
Wilson and Miss Tennessee Harris,
vice chairmen. The others appoint-
ed to assist were Misses Vera Bar-
rett, Helen Robertson, Vera Wil-
liamson, Willie Blount, and Messrs.
Paul Young, Stokes and Mixon.
The work is progressing rapidly,
and it is fully believed that student
requirements will be met, and more.
All Southwesternites believe in the
old school and realize the "war is
,'' even when it comes to keep-
ing a school on a financial basis.
Let every man do his bit to '' make
the world safe for democracy."
1918-19 y. m. 0. a. cabinet.
President—Lee Curtis.
Vice President—Paul Young.
Treasurer—Carroll Pope.
Secretary—Gale Waldrop.
Devotional—George Truett.
Arrangement Chairman — Bob
Love.
Extension Chairman—Esten Wil
lingham.
Social Chairman—G. N. Wilson.
Membership Chairman—W. D.
Swickheimer.
Publicity Chairman—Robert G.
Mood.
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SPRING TERM OPENS THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH. 8:00 A. M. TO 5:00 P.M. REGISTRATION.
FRIDAY, 29TH, CLASS WORK RESUMED IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WITH DECIDED VICTORY.
woman's building self-
government association
The Annex Self-government As-
sociation has elected new officers for
Spring term: President, Miss Lila
Bass; Vice President, Miss Lois
Carroll; Secretary-Treasurer, Miss
Nettie Martin. Honor Council
President, Miss Helen Robertson,
and Indoor Censorship, Miss Iona
Cocke.
Southwestern opened the baseball
season last Tuesday with two decid-
ed vitories over Southwest Texas
Normal of San Marcos, winning the
game by one sided scores, the first
to 1 and the last half of the bargain
matinee only ran for seven reels
and was won by score of 6 to 1.
The first game opened with Sto-
kes and Harris for the Pirates and
DeViney and Shands for the visi-
tors. Lefty Edens relieved Stokes
in the fifth and pitched the remain-
der of the first game.
The feature of this game was the
hitting of Baker, getting three hits
and a sacrifice out of four trips to
the slate.
Foster relieved Harris in the
last part of the first game and cau-
ght all of the last game.
The score by innings in the first
game:
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S. U. 0400020x9 9 1
Nor. 0000000101 5 10
The second game opened with
Lee Bryant, the Freshman hopeful
from Garland for Southwestern
who had shown good form. Lee
was relieved by Campball who
struck out four men in good style.
For the Normal Ridgway did
mound duty in second game and
in six innings returned four bat-
ters. The catching of Shands de-
serves mention. The little fellow-
worked in both games and showed
clever head work. His peg was
good and he got two hits. The Nor-
mal played better ball in the second
game.
Score by Innings.
R. II. E.
S. U. 1 3 0 0 0 2 X 6 6 5
Nor. 00 01000 1 4 7
Summary of Games.
First, two base hit, Curtis, one.
three base hits, Lawrence and Ba-
ker. Struck out by Stokes, 2 ;Edens
4; DeViney 2. Time 1:50.
The second game—
Two base hits, Foster, one;
Struck out by Bryant 2; Campbell,
4; Ridgway, 4. Timee 1:30.
Umpire—Mike Flanagan.
ten new names for
the honor roll.
The following men now have
stars on our flag:
W. D. Blair, Aviatioti Section
Signal Corps.
2nd Lieut. Sterling A. Kennard,
teaching French at Camp Travis.
Ronald R. Kennard.
Walter Hallmark.
John M. Mathis, Jr.
H. W. Robertson, Aviation.
W. R. Woolsey.
John W. Harrison,, Camp Bowie.
2nd Lieut. Grady Kinsolving.
George Kelley, Aviation,S. M. A.
Austin.
Y. W. C. A. INSTALLS
NEW CABINET.
The Y. W. C. A. installed the new
cabinet Sunday afternoon at tne
regular vesper service, Miss Vera
Marrett, the retiring president,
leading. She made a short talk
telling what the Y. W. C. A. had
done the past year, about the work
of the different members on cabinet
and their committees, how the Y.
W. C. A. had established a Red
Cross room up here, given $80.00
to the local Red Cross, giving so-
cials that were enjoyed by all, kept
up a room where the girls might
sew and press their clothes, etc.
The old cabinet was seated be-
hind her dressed in white and as
she read out each member of the
new cabinet, the old member gave
up her place and took another. The
installation of the cabinet in this
manner was very effective.
Then the new president, Miss
Lillian Walton, made a short talk,
telling how the picture we see most
now is that of a soldier, clad in his
armor for battle and she drew a
comparison here between this sol-
dier and the soldier who is fighting
for Christ and Christianity and
showed us what we must do to. be
soldiers for Christ.
After a short prayer by Miss Bar
ton, the service closed.
The old cabinet was as follows1
Vera Barrett, president; Lila Bass,
vice president and membership
chairman; Lillian Walton, secreta-
ry;; Mildred Hubbard, treasurer;
Inez Ayres, member; Ivy Straw,
publicity chairman; lone Cocke,
Red Cross chairman; Margaret
Harkey, devotional chairman ; Vera
Williamson,social service chairman;
Berta Lowman, missionary study
chairman; Mozella Arnold, house
chairman; Tennessee Harris, Alum-
nae chairman; Lucile Hardin, so-
cial chairman.
The new cabinet is: Lillian Wal-
ton, president; Ivy Straw, vice
president and social chairman; Ma-
ry Elizabeth Onderdonk, secretary;
Lucile Hardin, treasurer; Ivy
Ayres, publicity chairman; Lila
Bass, Red Cross chairman; lone
Cocke, devotional chairman; Mar-
garet Harkey, social service chair-
man; Vera Williamson, mission
study chairman; Berta Lowman,
house and rooms chairman; Dot
Howard, Alumnae chairman; Hel-
en Robertson, membership chair-
man.
The senior members going off nre
Vera Barnett, Mildred Hubbard,
Mozella Arnold and Tennessee Har-
ris, all of whom had been on cabi-
net about a year. More faithful
cabinet members could not be
found and they will be missed a
great deal.
OUR COLLEGE MOTTO.
Sandwitches at The Alcove.
"Xon quis, sed quid-' is the
motto of Southwestern University,
which was founded in 1372 as a re-
sult of the efforts of Rev. Francis
Ashburv Mood. Some people will
ask why the need of a college mot-
to. The'purpose of a college mot-
to is to o press the aim of the col-
lege. It, is necessary to remind
students and faculty of the ideal of
their school in order that they may
constantly work to that end. The
college motto really represents the
kind of men and women a school
turns out.
The meaning of our inoMo is "n^t
who but what." It. means that
who you are counts littl;*, but that
what you are counts all. in order
to become an efficient workman as
an influential member of society,
a line of ancestors descended from
the great Douglas family of Scot-
land or a forefather of Revolution-
ary fame is not necessary. What i;;
necessary, howevcr, is the ability
to properly deal with the great
problems of today, or to have a
withstand the tempations which
you meet every day and to defend
your convictions on important
questions of the present time. The
best example of the "what you
are" standard is the United Sta-
tes army at present. The men ii.
the training camps must have the
"stuff" as we say, or they cannot
make good no matter what their
standing socially or financially
may be. Sociey is adopting this
standard more every day.
The ideal set forth in our motto
is purely democratic. The boy or
girl who makes good is the one who
stands highest here. Clothes do
not count for much, character is
all in Southwestern.
WORLD'S CHAMPION
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
PLAY HERE THURSDAY.
On Thursday, March 28, the
baseball fans of Georgetown and
surrounding country will be given
an opportunity of witnessing the
world champions in action against
Southwestern. This is the biggest
game of the season and a large
attendance is expected from the
neighboring towns.
The Southwestern team has been
practicing every aftmoon since de-
feating Southwest Texas Normal in
a double-header last Monday. A
good game can be £ -sured.
Up-to-date Jewelry at Brenke's.
Miss Dorothy Stndlee, who has
been teaching at Thrall, was here
Friday. She will be in school the
Spring Tterm.
Salted Peanuts at The Alcove.
SITY FLYER WRITES OF
HIS EXPERIENCE
Paul Kortier .Jones. 1909-11, au-
thor of "With Serbia into Exile,"
and various magazine articles, is a
cadet in the R. F. C. His address is
Royal Flying Corps, No. 44 Wing,
No. 88 Squadron, North Toronto,
lie writes as follows of his first ex-
periences in the air:
" have been flying for three
weeks. Not to say have been hang-
ing about the hangars for that len-
gth of time. Actually the wings of
the mind have borne me a space
of four hours and a half. To me
time seems to stand still in the air
and even that much fllying appears
formidable. The last fteen min-
utes of it were 1000 times longer
than the rest for it was my first"so-
lo" flight. There is a certain final-
ity about going up in the air which
makes the rookie aviator feel very
much alone indeed on a first solo.
The earth falls away and there is
nothing left but some rags and a
foolish motor and your knowledge
of aviation which automatically
shrinks in direct ratio to every foot
you go up. I think there must have
been some error and they gave me
a balloon instead of an aeroplane.
Anyway, I was told to go five hun-
dred feet and I went two thousand,
twice, and twice got completely
lost circling about like a goose,each
turn taking me higher in spite of
the fact that I was convinced her
deceitful old nose was ever pointed
earthward at a suicidal angle. Of
course the engine was going too fast
and with truly sublime absent-
mindedness I overloked the fact
that there was a throttle until I
found the aerodrome once more, a
small china plate with six little
match boxes in it, and decided to
come down on it if possible. Then
I thought of the throttle and cut
off the motor and volplaned down
and landed successfully and started
off again without stopping, climbed
way up again, got lost again be-
cause 1 was sitting right on the
aerodrome. Flitted about aimlessly
enjoying the sunrise that blinded
me and wondering which little pink
cloud I would hit first, found my
long-lost home once more, glided
down, bounded a little on landing,
let lier swerve a. little,and smash-
ed an undercarriage wheel, much
to my chagrin. I thought I bad
been up all day arid the sun must
be setting instead of rising, but
my watch said fteen minutes only.
From the aerdome my solo had ap-
peared a trifle distinguished be-
cause I went so high and liovv were
they to know I couldn't help it?
There are some advantages in be-
ing alone up there. Well, I was
quite satisfied to h* up alone and
have more condence now, though
the weather has been too bad to go
up since. They say one doesn't
really learn to fly until one has
done a hundred hours. I have done
fteen minutes. So you see how far
advanced I am. I am pretty sure
I can learn it if I don't smash so
many machines the R. F. C. will
find it too expensive to keep me
and in the latter case I suppose T
will have to go in ioc submarines."
Southwestern plays its first inter-
collegiate games with A. & M. at
College Station the first and second
of April.
Best Ice Cream at The Alcove.
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Brown, Robert E. The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 26, 1918, newspaper, March 26, 1918; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth401143/m1/1/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Southwestern University.