Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

Text from Pages 1 - 186 of the 1923 volume:

Elisebeth A. Phillips 2184 Cowden Ave. Memphis, Tenn. 38104 , De voto 1023 Editor-in Chief James Etta Crump Business Manager .... Joe W. Austin A Published hu the Senior Class of the ) West Tennessee State Normal School i James Etta Crump Editor-in-Chief Josephine Conger Assistant Editor Joe W. Austin Business Manager Frances Clark Advertising Manager Virginia Hunt..Asst. Advertising Manager Frances Fish Staff Artist Elizabeth Barton „ Joke Editor 1 foreword THE staff of the DeSoto Annual, Normal School publication, pre- sents this volume to the patrons and students with the hope that it will ever be a source of pleasure as an index to the advancement and de- velopment that the school has achiev- ed during the first ten years of its growth. May this book bring back in years to come the old joys and pleasures through fond memories which alone remain forever. Dedication TO Professor William E. Vaughan, whose perserverence and ability have aided since its beginning, the growth and greatness of the Normal School, and whose untiring efforts have been a source of inspiration to all who have come under his in- fluence this, the 1 923 Volume of the DeSoto, is lovingly and respectfully dedicated. 5- =S - 7A? DE SOTO | 1 THE DE SOTO STAFF 1923 i JAflES ETTA, CRUN1P EDITOR- IN-C itF JOSEPH8NE conger ASS ' T EDITOR Y 40V R n h- A5ST AOVEJ TlStNG H6f ELIZABETH PAKTON JOf E EDITOR yWN M fish Ai T LOtTOR %x J 3 19 2 3 ) j POPULAR DYER COUNTY GIRL CHOSEN AS DESOTO SPONSOR First Place Goes to Miss Thelma Ramsey in 1923 Annual Contest Miss Thelma Ramsey, popular daughter of Prof, and Mrs. H. C. Ramsey of Puryea r, Ten- nessee, was chosen as Sponsor for the 1923 De Soto in the contest held recently for that purpose by the managers of the publication. In accordance with the contest rules, each of the two girls ' literary societies was allowed a single candidate — Miss Ramsey was the Kappa Lambda Sigma choice, while Miss Josephine Conger represented the Sigma Alpha Mu So- ciety. The votes were cast on a basis of 1 00 for the candidate desired, with each annual purchased. The race was very close and ex- citing and full of thrills from beginning to end. Miss Ramsey was finally acclaimed winner by the narrow margin of 2,050 votes. Thelma, the pretty winner, is just 1 7 years of age and is a native of West Tennessee. Be- fore coming to Normal she attended Unionville High School in Dyer County, where she attain- ed many scholastic honors, especially in ex- pression. The last year she attended the Un- ionville school she made the exceptionally high average of 90 per cent for the entire term. She has been the recipient of many honors as result of her talent in expression and has re- peatedly won valuable prizes at various West Tennessee inter-scholastic meets. Aside from being one of the fairest and most talented of Sunny Tennessee ' s sunniest daugh- ters, Miss Ramsey is known and liked by her legions of friends, as a perfect type of viva- cious, athletic girlhood. She runs, rides, romps, swims, plays tennis, basketball, and does countless other things, beautifully. Normal is proud of her as a member of the 1922-2 3 basketball champs, particularly. The student body is to be complimented on its acumen in selecting the beautiful poised, and talented sponsor of this DeSoto — Miss Thelma Ramsey, who is beloved by Normal School. - 7Ae DE SOTO - Jf DE SOTO ) SCHOOL CALENDAR September 21 — Registration. September 2 3 — Y. W. C. A. Get Acquainted Party. September 2 7 — Sigma Reception. September 28 — Kappa Reception. October I — Senior Class organized. October 25 — The Literary Societies gave a program for the benefit of the football team. October 30 — Y. W. C. A. Hallowe ' en Party. October 31 — Normal celebrated Halloween by bringing in the truck and wagon. November 3 — West Tennessee Teachers Association at Nor- mal. November 1 1 — Normal leads in the Armistice parade. November 1 5 — De Soto Staff organized. November 24 — Seniors won penant for selling tickets to Jonesboro-Normal game. November 30 — Thanksgiving Holiday. December 4 — Seymour A. Mynders Club banquet. December 20 — Sigma Alpha Mu party. December 2 3 to January 2 — Christmas Holidays. January 2 — Registration for Winter term. February 1 2 — S. A. M. Sigma vaudeville. February 23 — Forum banquet. February 28 — Forum-Kappa play. March 1 2 — Spring term registration. April 6-7 — West Tennessee Field Meet. April 7 — Music department presented Mikado April 24 — Senior play. April 2 7 — Normal-Jonesboro debate. May 1 1 — Middle Tennessee Normal-West Tennessee Normal debate. May 1 4 — Conway-Normal debate. May 18 — S. A. M. dance. May 2 5 — Sigma-Kappa debate. May 26 — Faculty reception for Seniors. May 2 7 — Baccalaureate sermon. May 28 — Alumni banquet. May 29 — Commencement exercises. r eDESOTO %a m 19 2 3 =0G5 ■ t it I a o u ffl C 10 a 2 OS o h s o Q Z UJ z UJ r m X i j - Jf« DE SOTO EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF DINING HALL Mahan-Broadwell, Architects J(« DE SOTO | Mahan-Broadwell, Architects POWER PLANT AND TRI-STATE EGG-LAYING CONTEST BUILDINGS 17 K IB Ksl r CB ' ' I t O BE SOTO ,( t DR. A. A. KINCANNON President ' Our guide and inspiration ' -Jfn, DE SOTO | Anne H. Augustus, A. B., M. A Head of Department of Latin Lester C. Austin, A. B. Head of Department of Music Lester S. Barnard, B. S Athletic Director Frederika Beatty, A. B., M. A Assistant in English G. Mayhew Beatty, B. S Assistant in Education William G. Deen, B. S. M. A. ..Head of Department of Commerce Leon E. Easterly Bursar Beatrice Frye, B. A Assistant in Latin Dr. Wm. R. Graves, B. S., M. D Head of Biology Department Grover H. Hayden, A. B. Head of Chemistry Department xJ Owen Rogers Hughes, A. B., M. A Head of Department of Education Mrs. Owen Rogers Hughes Assistant in History O. K. Hunerwadel Head of Agriculture Department Priestly H. Manning, A. B., M. A Head of Department of Physics and Geography. Marie McCormack Drawing and Writing Jane Morrow, A. B Assistant in Mathematics Mrs. Seymour Allen Mynders, B. S Librarian Oren Quarels Poindexter, B. S. M. S Head of Department of Mathematics Silas Erwin Scates, A. B., B. S Head of Department of History Mattie Winifred Tharp Assistant in Home Economics ■ JfH DE SOTO Mary Pettus Thomas, A. B., M. A. Head of Modern Language Department William Eugene Vaughan, A. B., M. A Head of Department of English Clyde Herbert Wilson, A. B Head of Department of Industrial Arts Byrdee B. Wright, B. S Head of Home Economics Department Mabel Bunch Secretary Harriet Kibler Secretary to Dean Lizzie Norment Dining Room Matron Mrs. A. J. Welch Matron -Jfo DE SOTO 1 23 19 2 3 1 xj §K H= 25 3 1 9 2 3 E 3J (J -Jf DESOTO m joe W. Austin Normal, Tennessee Music, English and Manual Training. Vice-President of Senior Class. Forum Debating Society. Elizabeth Barton Buntyn, Tennessee Biology and English. Joke Editor of De Soto. Sigma Alpha Mu. Eva Briggs Raleigh, Tennessee Home Economics and English. Sigma Alpha Mu. - 7Ac DESOTO .-• « ■ Frances Burch Memphis, Tennessee Latin, Mathematics, and French. Senior Class Historian. Kappa Lambda Sigma. Frances Clark Memphis, Tennessee Home Economics and English. Advertising Manager of De Soto. Sigma Alpha Mu. Annie Mai Coke Clarksville, Tennessee Biology and Chemistry. Senior Class President. Sigma Alpha Mu. ■ J(h DE SOTO Josephine Conger Memphis, Tennessee Latin and Mathematics. Assistant Editor-in-Chief of De Soto. Sigma Alpha Mu. James htta Crump Memphis, Tennessee English, History, and Mathematics. Editor-in-Chief of De Soto. Sigma Alpha Mu. Ellen Davies Brunswick, Tennessee English and Agriculture. Secretary of Senior Class. Kappa Lambda Sigma. %S Ce 29 =j| 19 2 3 fc= )G5§ j(k be soto i e=3c: =m % Mary Donnell Collierville, Tennessee Mathematics and Agriculture. Kappa Lambda Sigma. W. H. De Priest Linden, Tennessee Agriculture and History. Senior Class Treasurer. Forum Debating Society. Frances Fish Memphis, Tennessee Music, English, and Mathematics. Art Editor of De Soto. Sigma Alpha Mu. Helen Fitzgibbon Raleigh, Tennessee Biology and Spanish. Sigma Alpha Mu. Margaret Friend Memphis, Tennessee English and History. Sigma Alpha Mu. Virginia Hunt La Grange, Tennessee English and History. Assistant Advertising Manager of De Soto. Sigma Alpha Mu. it l 9 2 3 |E )G5§ 7Ae DE SOTO S3 -•• S 7 f HM Clara Mae Prather Selmer, Tennessee English, History and Biology. Sigma Alpha Mu. Elizabeth Phillips Evansville, Mississippi English and History. Kappa Lambda Sigma. D. P. Shore Troy, Tennessee Mathematics and French. Forum Debating Society. r n A u de sofoT L =0 g D£ 33 1—L1 2 3 id CLASS OF 1923 To write the history of the Senior Class of ' 2 3 would be a task worthy of a historian of note, for although ours has been one of the smallest senior classes in the history of the school, it has by no means been the most insignin- cent We have taken our share in every activity of the school, thus showing that we are loyal Tennesseans, for we are fortunate in being able to say that we all hail from the good old state of Tennessee, and with the exception of three members who come from the Middle section, we are a class of West Tennesseans. We have listed among our illustrious band many of the lead- ers in school activities, among this number being manager of the football team, president of the Y. W. C. A., three presidents of literary societies, the coach of the undefeated girl s basketball team, as well as the captain of this invincible team, the editor-in-chief of the Columns, and three other members of the Columns Staff. Where there has been work to be done, we have always been there. Early in the year we met and organized our class, selecting the following efficient corps of officers: Annie Mai Coke, president; Joe Austin, vice- president; Ellen Davies, secretary; and W. H. De Priest, treasurer. The next thing to be done was to select a class sponsor, one who would back us up in our undertakings and sh are all of our trials and tribulations. We un- animously chose Prof. Vaughan for this post, and we have long since been convinced that we could not have made a wiser choice. And so with our sponsor always on hand, ready to offer constructive advice, and our faithful little president ever urging us on to higher efforts, we have been on the job, one hundred per cent strong, in everything we have thus far undertaken. When the football ticket selling contest was staged, we proved beyond a doubt the old adage, Where there ' s a will, there ' s a way. Though ours was by far one of the smallest classes in school, yet we set our faces towards the goal and determined to fight to the bitter end. That is why classes to come will see hanging on the stately walls of Ole Normal the pennant of the Purple and Lavender, the class that wouldn ' t give up. Our aim has been to accomplish before leaving this institution, every- thing that a former class has accomplished — and then some. At least we think we shall be able to lay claim to one honor never before gained by a senior class, that of having enough courage and fortitude to present a class play on Friday, the thirteenth. When this play has been given and the class night exercises are over, we will leave it to the student body to say whether or not we have accomplished our task. r 0= ZSZZ T DE SOTO 1 =o ®% i ♦ — i JUNIORS T DESOTO ft. ' MKaa. __, Eva Briggs Helen Buford Mary Frances Burton Eula Callis Elizabeth Campbell Camille Cocke Lillian Cunningham Cathie Lee Clark Willie Deverell Mildred Flynn Charles Glascock. Herbert Grills Key Hart Annie Mai Hodges Katherine Hogan Edith Hamilton Marion Haynie Rita Kendall Thurman T. McLean Bennie Melson Marguerite Miller Martha Moreland. Allegra Oliver John C. Ottinger Helen Prewitt Inez Rich Anne Sanford Christine Shearer Bessie Sherrod John Still R. S. Van Dyke Martha Wheeler Lillian Wicks. 7 x? DE SOTO 1 = EF w% JUNIOR CLASS The Juniors of 2 3 are justly proud of our record. We have not only kept pace with the other Normalites but have far surpassed them. When the achievements of this famous class are reviewed, not only will the big things stand out, but the little things nobly done as well. We have contributed in a large measure to the support of athletics. We had the honor of having one of our class the captain of the football team. Who can think of the football season without thinking of the valiant work done by McLean and Glascock, two loyal Juniors. McLean was also a star on the football team. The best little player on the girl ' s team, Bill Deverell belonged to us. The various organizations have been strengthened by the help of the Juniors. You see we believe in putting our whole soul and energy into everything that is for the betterment of our Normal School. In the Junior class are four of the Normal debators that will represent our school; president of the Student Council and seven of its members; presidents of the two girls societies. In the contest recently held it was Junior boys who were voted the best looking and the most popular, and Juniors who were voted the Steadiest Steadies. We have been very fortunate this year in having such a splendid set of officers: Mr. Charles Clascock as president; Miss John Still as vice- president; Mr. Thurman McLean, treasurer; and Miss Rita Kendall, secretary. These efficient officers have worked untiringly and have reached the goal of a most successful year. So at this the close of the year we might say: There ' s a beautiful vision of life on ahead, Tis a glimpse of the Seniors we see, So we ' ll marshal our forces and follow the trail, We Juniors of ' 23. 40 19 2 3 kJ %s g 19 2 3 )G5S J{ DE SOTO | :: Karnese Alexander Adeline Baer Marie Baird Ruth Bamberger Mrs. Johnnie Bandy Johnnie Bass Nettie Beard Viola May Branch M. R. Brasher Bess Bridgforth Alice Brignardello Mary Brown Fay Cantrell Hardee Chambers James Chester. -Jfw DESOTO R. P. Clark Hazel Coke Mary Maude Cribbs Martha Shelton Davis Nel Mary Dancey Elizabeth Dean Mary Duke Thomas Duncan Martha Durham Mary Enochs Leonard Farmer Ruth Fawcett Mildred Gardner Elizabeth Gooch Robbie Guthrie. 7A? DE SOTO Eula Hargis Frances Herd Sara Hodges Minnie Houston Mattie James Leron Jones Glenn King Margaret Kenzie Inez Knight Cora Livingston Harvey Marshall Virgina McKelvey Sophronia McKenzie Foster Moose Mary Rachel Morriss. Ofc DE SOTO l g D Ozella Morris Lynn M. Nichols Hiram B. Odle Levy Owens Cozette Parker Pearl Porter Margaret Pounders Ruth Priestley Ruth Dorothy Propp Grace Reeves Iva Reeves Ruth Richey Adda Roberts Ruth Roop John Shore. —J(k DE SOTO Pattie Lee Sims Sara Stevens Margaret Stewart Elizabeth Taylor Susan Taylor Helen Tomlin Edwin Tyus Louise Verdel Ernestine Ware Josephine Watson Alma Whitaker Patsy White Ruth Wood Frances Wright Irene Wyatt Mary Yancey. 3JG5S THE SOPHOMORE CLASS Listen just a minute to the history We will give you of the Sophomore class of ' 2 3; We are proud of the talent we have here That to the front keeps us very near. We ' d like to tell you all the things we do, But for such a story our pages are too few; There are few people to us you can compare For in everything to boost our school we are there. Somewhat mistreated by the allotment of fate, Only few of our students to class come late. Though thrice bereft of our president We hope the present one will establish a new precedent. But would it be a world without troubles to move? Or could it be school without problems to prove? Yet this year has not been all work and no play, For here we have passed many a happy day. We ' ve won honors with a spirit of do and dare, On the football field our men did their share. Who can but praise the work of the lassies fair, Who in basketball are so quick, here and there. In the classrooms the teachers hear The lessons so studiously prepared at night, And when it comes to debating all questions Oh, well we work, always without resting. What wonderful cooks we have in this class Everyone has learned at our socials past; In the operas what Mr. Austin is to the tune Such our great sewing girls are to the costume. Our musicians in the orchestra have done their part To encourage the student ' s worrying heart; To get pretty posters to place in the hall, Often upon our artists the people must call. Nor have we failed in any one aim To uphold the best for old Normal ' s name, In Y. W., Red Cross, Latin Club, and all you see Are many good workers from this class of ' 23. In the societies we have joined with willing hand Each one to make his choice the strongest band, We really think we have caught their spirit fast, And will not lose it even at the last. Artists, musicians, students, people in this class That we think none are able to surpass, We hope some pleasure to others give As here at Normal we learn and live. Sophomore Report M. S. D, r m g) -J DE SOTO 1 7f PE SOTO l E =0 n Molly Rhea Cobb Memphis, Tennessee President; DeSoto Representative Chatter, chatter as she goes. Bob Taylor Memphis, Tennessee Vice-President Normal ' s biggest talker and cheer leader. Ruben Haney Decaturville, Tennessee Treasurer A deliberate speaker but a quick thinker. Marguerite Brinkley Somerville, Tennessee Secretary Always happy. Ruth Bowling Memphis, Tennessee Columns Reporter She is happiest when she is bossing. - 7A? DE SOTO Louise Winston Normal, Tennessee A plus or nothing. ' ' Agnes Pipkin Henning, Tennessee Always wants to diet. Thelma Ramsey Puryear, Tennessee She just smiles at the opposing team and they forget how to play basketball. Jonnie Rayburn Big Sandy, Tennessee She is always studying. Vernon Streigel Perryville, Tennessee A professional question asker. Mary McKnight Memphis, Tennessee - Tweet! What would become of third with- out her. ■ 7Ac DE SOTO Ray Neal Conway, Arkansas Our athlete and captain of 1923. John Barnhill Savannah, Tennessee Barney Google, the jumper. Anne Cole Stanton, Tennessee Miss Dignity. Alice Mae Faulk Mason, Tennessee A girl of few words. Louise Fite Rossville, Tennessee She thinks men ' s hearts are toys. Mattie King Memphis, Tennessee Little King fits her like a glove. 7fe DE SOTO 1 H « - m J S «m Henry Wadell Stanton, Tennessee Seldom seen. ' ' Emma Seward Eads, Tennessee What could she see without her glasses. Eva Thomas Moscow, Tennessee One of those quiet individuals. Lola Turner Chewalla, Tennessee A chemistry shark. Alene Turnage Eads, Tennessee She comes early and stays late. Dorothy Ward Whitehaven, Tennessee Little but loud. R. E. Clendenin Springville, Tennessee A steady, stalwart worker. -Jfw DE SOTO | 3 % % Florence Ament Memphis, Tennessee Our reader and future actress. ' ' Catherine Brady Memphis, Tennessee Is always there with her same dry wit. {Catherine Murphy Oakland, Tennessee A true Irishman and proud of it. Minneola Neville Rossville, Tennessee Speaks what she thinks. Zilla Crenshaw Millington, Tennessee Mr. Austin ' s pet and a musical wizard. Icy Belle Dawkins Eads, Tennessee How we all envy her auburn hair. Zulene Davis Brownsville, Tennessee She is always looking for her roomie. Robert Surrency Memphis, Tennessee Pintowhiskey, the proverbial jellybean. Rosamond Hasey Joiner, Arkansas Don ' t take it so seriously. Ada Lee Memphis, Tennessee A song bird for true. Carrie Mae McDaniels Atoka, Tennessee One of our studious members. Lila McKain Unionville, Tennessee What would she do if she forgot how to say Thelma. James Pickett Pocahontas, Arkansas Women are his weakness. ryfo DESOTO ■ ' ■ Mary Dancy Dancyville, Tennessee What would she do without her gift of gab? Cornelia Moorer Henning, Tennessee Talks and walks in a hurry. Elizabeth Wells Memphis, Tennessee Gentility personified. Delbert Worley Obion, Tennessee Not a great talker, but for all that a lady ' s man. Addie Mae Pounders Raleigh, Tennessee An auto fiend. Woodson Hughes Normal, Tennessee He speaks when spoken to. WHO ' S WHO AT NORMAL Prettiest girl Bess Bridgeforth Handsomest boy Thurman T. McLean Most popular girl Virginia McKelvey Most popular boy Charles Glasscock Cutest girl Ethel Rockholt Cutest boy Bob Taylor Biggest vamp Elizabeth Deen Biggest flirt Hervey Aycock Biggest bluff James Etta Crump Biggest Jelly-bean Bob Surrency Steadiest Steadies Billie and Charlie Most popular woman teacher Frederika Beatty Most popular man teacher S. E. Scates : - 7 v DE SOTO I THE HOME ECONOMICS CLUB President Marion Haynie First Vice-President Cathie Lee Clark Second Vice-President Virginia Hunt Secretary Margaret Stewart Treasurer Lillian Cunningham Alexander, Karnese McKnight, Mary Branch, Viola Mai Morris, Ozella Briggs, Eva Oliver, Allegra Brown, Mary Patrick, Hilda Clark, Frances Porter, Pearl Crenshaw, Zilla Prothro, Maria Enochs, Mary Ramsey, Thelma Farris, Mary Reeves, Grace Gooch, Elizabeth Reeves, Iva Hunt, Lucille Rutherford, Mrs. Johnson, Pauline Richey, Ruth Jones, Leron Spicer, Adele King, Glenn Stobaugh, Lima Livingston, Cora Ware, Ernestine McDearmon, Martha Webb, Ayleen McKain, Lila Wright, Frances -Jf DE SOTO MISS BIRDIE B. WRIGHT Head of Home Economics Department ' H. E. CLUB— BUT ALTOGETHER FEMININE 7Ae DE SOTO {£ g T £ tfomE ecoNomios CLoe WAS oR kAtfizeo For THEpuRPeSZ OF PRomoTIN k Co-oPERfiTlO SETwEEr TtiEYAftlQVS DtViStONS OF- THE OZPARTMHT MO OF KW ktN k tf£W IDEAS To TAB HOWE £COAfomi£$ STUDENTS Several V£ ?y inter esti $ and EMINENT SPEAK- ERS HAVE MADE TALKS AT THE CLUB MEETINGS . THE ME neERS THEMSELVES HAV£ GOME SOAfE RESEARCH WORK OF INTEREST TC THE CLUB THIS HAS 8EEN A PROFITABLE fiA D SUCCESS- FUL y£ } for we: tims £cotfo y c$ club -7 DE SOTO iea S J(x DE SOTO | : :: -JU DE SOTO ll % a. O f- 05 O pa a: H UJ X u CHEMISTRY CLUB Ruth Allen Mrs. John Bandy Sam Blackwell Ruth Bowling Viola Branch M. R. Brasher Grace Brim Odis Caldwell Hardie Chambers Elmo Clay Robert Clendenin Molly Rhea Cobb Annie Mai Coke Annie Cole Lillian Cunningham Ellen Davies Willie Deverell Alice Dorsey Grady Duck Thomas Duncan Louise Fite Margaret Friend Thomas Gately Florence Gates Charles Glasscock Herbert Grills Ruth Hamil Edith Hamilton Reuben Haney Cara Harris Annie Mae Hodges G. H. HAYDEN Head of Chemistry Department Mattie James Kathleen Johnson Leron Jones Glenn King Ada Lea Harvey Marshall Kathleen Mayfield Lillian McKain Madeline Meginity Cornelia Moorer Foster Moose Lillian Morrisson Minnieola Neville Lynn Nichols Mary Frances Oakley Maude Black Oakley Hiram Odle John Ottinger Hilda Patrick Everett Phillips Ralph Pilderwasser James Pickett LeRoy Poole Thelma Ramsey Gladys Roberts Mrs. Ethel Rutherford Ann Sanford Bessie Sherrod John Shore Anita Smith Lee Sorsby Sara Stevens Addie Lee Spicer Robert Surrency Lola Turner Era Weaver Elizabeth Wells :: : 7A, DE SOTO II , a 8 UJ c Q o Q u] a: UJ - z - 1 - 2 fc D f- . O w to 5 OS 22 o o M C C 5 v. H CO a 0, z Q J z - O i en 1 C l d J -Jf DE SOTO 1 T. S. N. DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL OWEN R. HUGHES Head of Department of Education Realizing that no Normal School is complete without an adequate working laboratory in which the prospective teacher may gain actual experience and scientific knowledge in the art of teaching, Dr. Kincannon instituted a practical demonstration school in the administration building under the sup- ervision of the Head of the Depart- ment of Education. In the fall of 1919, under a corps of teachers especially trained for the work, the first three grades were in- augurated. Perceiving the expediency of this plan and further realizing that the growth of the institution demand- ed larger facilities of this nature, the demonstration school was enlarged un- til it now comprises the first six grades. The current year has been wholly successful, both in the quality of work done by the pupils themselves and in the development attained by the Normal School students who have had the courses in practice teaching. The aggregate enrollment of the entire year reached the total of 1 62 pupils. One of the outstanding features of this department has been the sys- tematic use of standardized tests. Standardized intelligence and education- al tests have both been used this year. These data have been scientifically compiled under the careful supervision of the head of the Department of Education, in such a way that any deficiency may be quickly noted and speedily remedied, thus giving the future teacher a practical working knowl- edge of these methods. Actual construction work is planned to begin soon on the new $50,000 demonstration school building to be erected on the campus, adjoining the administration building. The new building is to be constructed upon the most modern and approved style of school architecture, being especially adapted to the particular purpose of a demonstration school. This measure has been passed by the County Court of Shelby County and approved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, thus assuring the completion of the project. The De Soto wishes to voice the sincere appreciation of the faculty and students of the West Tennessee State Normal School for this most generous gift from Shelby County, and expresses the belief that this marks the beginning of another ten years of growth and development that may equal the splendid progress which the institution has so gloriously attained in the first decade of its existence. 7{ DE SOTO THE MANUAL ARTS CLUB Motto No excellence without effort Ex-officio Member C. H. Wilson President Orville Hegwer Secretary and Treasurer Cornelia Moorer Vice-President Victor Hendrickson Annual Reporter Agnes Pipkin Executive Committee Maurice Haste, N. H. DePriest C. H. WILSON Head Industrial Arts Department ROLL Austin, Joe M. Allen, Ray Baird, Marie Bryan, Maxine Blount, Harold Childs, Wat Caldwell, Odis Clendenin, Robert Chambers, Hardie DePriest, W. H. Elam, James Fooshee, Neely Farmer, Leonard Fish, Frances Harvell, George Hughes, J. W. Haste, Maurice Hegwer, Orville Johnson, Edna Jones, Miller Mauetrie, W. M. Marshall, Harvey McKenzie, Sophronia Moorer, Cornelia Nicholas, Lynn Pipkin, Agnes Roberts, Adda Shore, D. P. Shore, John Tracy, Bub Waddell, Henry 1G5S 7Ae DE SOTO || 8 m D .J u t- D z . .._•._■ mmm ., 70 19 2 3 |j xj 71 A ROMAN WEDDING (PRESENTED BY LATIN CLUB CAST OF CHARACTERS Tullia Ada Lea Gaius Piso Robert Currie Marcus Cicero Francis Herd Terentia Harriet Perkins Lucius Piso John Ottinger Piso ' s wife Josephine Conger Brother of bride Robert Taylor Flamen Dialis Helen Buford Pontifex Maximus Mary Rachel Moriss Pronuba Martha Shelton Davis luris Consultus Zelma Jones Slaves Ruth Priestley, Hazel Coke Marcipor Elizabeth Horton Philotimus Ethel Proctor Tiro Ellis Franklin Anna Dorothy Ward Maiden Frances Burch Director Miss Beatrice Frye Costumer Miss Mattie Tharp OFFICERS OF LATIN CLUB Fall Term President James Etta Crump Vice-President Lois Verdel Secretary Irene Briggs Treasurer Frances Burch Winter Term President Camille Cocke Vice-President Marguerite Miller Secretary Martha Shelton Davis Treasurer „.,„,„.,., ,...,„„., Irene Briggs r 0= === o z 5 Q O OS .« ■ : r a i u § ri 73 3 19 2 3 ) J rfS k ; g; ' M WmiC ' Pl ; I ' ■ ' J ™ 1I : :il:„I 3 «I ; ' . SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AND GLEE CLUB -J(h? DE SOTO c c h -0 0 1) aj o OS o XI (S u_ DC °2 60 C a CO c 4) ' Si O a %s Tk DE SOTO || COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT PROF. W. G. DEEN Head of Commercial and Public Speaking Departments. Leonard Adams John Barnhill Katie Bivens Terra Bivens James Chester Watt Childs Robert F. Currie, Jr. Alice Dorsey Grady Duck Atkins Duncan Katie Ehrlich Gladys Ellis Ellen Emrich Louise Fite Thomas Gateley Martha Hamner George Robert Harwell Raymond Hatcher Reuben Haynie Victor Hendrickson Elmo Hundley Kathleen Johnson Ruth Landstreet Wilson Lee John D. Lippincott Thurman T. McLean Ray Neal Minnie Ola Neville Hiram R. Odle Hac Phillips James M. Pickett Ralph Pilderwasser J. M. Poore Ruth Priestley Johnnie Rayburn Hilda Mae Robbs Theodore Roderick Maynard Shea Lee Sorsby Chism S. Strong Herman Summers Mattie C. Thomas Alene Turnage Lola Turner Russell S. Van Dyke Louise Verdel Henry Waddell Gladys White Gene Williams Louise Winston Lucy Williams Delbert Worley Jf DESOTO •►▼ COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT— ON FRONT STEPS AND IN THE CLASSROOM 1 7(« DESOTO INTER- COLLEGIATE DEBATERS I. PROF. W. E. VAUGHAN Coach of the boys ' team. 2. HELEN PRE WITT. 3. MARTHA SHELTON DAVIS. Winners in the debate with girls of Jonesboro Agricultural College. 4. T. J. DUNCAN. 5. C. L. GLASSCOCK. Representing W. T. S. N. in Annual Debate vv ' th Middle Ten- nessee State Normal. 6. J. C. OTT1NGER. 7. ODIS P. CALDWELL. Normal representatives in An- nual contest with Arkansas State Teachers ' College. 7A , DE SOTO 1 C= a D ®% r 0= U -Jfx, DE SOTO I Acklen, Robt Memphis Tennessee Aycock, Hervey Millington, Tennessee Barnhill, John Savannah, Tennessee Black well, Sam Bartlett, Tennessee Black well, Leon Bartlett, Tennessee Creagh, Gerard Memphis, Tennessee Chester, James Jackson, Tennessee Dodds, Griff Savannah, Tennessee Elam, James Stanton ville, Tennessee Glascock, Chas Memphis, Tennessee Haste, Maurice Memphis, Tennessee Hegwer, Orville Okmulgee, Oklahoma Hendrickson, Victor Crosby, Texas Lampkins, B. T Martin, Tennessee McLean, Thurman T Alamo, Tennessee Neal, Ray Conway, Arkansas Norris, Jimmie Memphis, Tennessee Roderick, Theodore Leach ville, Arkansas Summers, Herman Pleasant Hill, Mississippi Taylor, Robt Memphis, Tennessee Wilson, Jerome Millington, Tennessee Wooten, William Munford, Tennessee PLEDGES Blount, Harold Savannah, Tennessee Brower, Schuyler Memphis, Tennessee Currie, Robt Crawfordsville, Arkansas Hundley, Elmo York ville, Tennessee Humphries, Irving Amory, Mississippi Sorsby, Lee Memphis, Tennessee Surrency, Robert Memphis, Tennessee 7Ay DE SOTO fflTMORE lMYNDEffr | 165 c i 8- THE SEYMOUR A. MYNDERS CLUB Founded on the better principles of scholarship, morality, and athletics, and ever attaining high rank in each, the Seymour A. Mynders Club has since its organization been a foremost factor in the school life of the Mynders ' men. The S. A. M. men have al- ways stood behind their Alma Mater, and upheld her principles in every worth-while scholastic activity, acquiring for themselves and their college the highest commendation from all with whom they have come in contact. The S. A. M. men this year are found leading in all student activities. The Club i3 proud of the fact that they ranked first in the scholastic average compiled by the faculty. This is a direct result of the pledge system used wherein a pledge must pass all work before admission into the Club. On the wonder football team of last fall, the Mynders Club furnished eight men, including the captain, and when a captain for the next year was to be chosen all eyes turned to a Mynders ' man. When the call came for basket- ball men the S. A. M. ' s furnished four of the invincible five. ' ' The nucleus around which the baseball team was built was Mynders men, and the Club is also expected to have a good representation on the track team. It would not do the Club justice unless something was said of the weekly programs. All are of such a nature as to encourage clean living, honest thinking, and wholesome entertainment. The joint program of the S. A. M. ' s and the Sigmas was highly success- ful and demonstrated in a small way the feeling between the two societies. Carrying out its motto Nil Nisi Bonum the Club has greatly prospered in the past year and is looking forward to a still more prosperous year in 1923-24. 82 )G5§ -7A PE SOTO 1 OFFICERS FOR YEAR 1923-24 Fall Term Charles Glascock President Griff Dodds Vice-President B. T. Lambkins Secretary Sam Blackwell Treasurer Winter Term Sam Blackwell President Herman Summers Vice-President Bob Taylor Secretary Maurice Haste Treasurer Spring Term Maurice Haste President Thurman McLean Vice-President James Chester Secretary James Elam Treasurer 7fv DE SOTO |p g %Z 0= 84 g 19 2 3 E= ) J -7 pDESOTO 7fa BE SOTO 1 X mQ % MISS JOSEPHINE CONCER--Sponsor of the S. A. M ' S, and Sigmas, - 7 DE SOTO SIGMA ALPHA MU LITERARY SOCIETY Ament, Florence Barton, Elizabeth Barry, Genevieve Bass, Johnnie Berry, Martha Branch, Viola Mae Bridgforth, Bessie Mae Bowling, Ruth Briggs, Irene Briggs, Eva Buford, Helen Burton, Mary Frances Bryan, Edith Brady, Katherine Campbell, Elizabeth Callis, Eula Coke, Hazel Coke, Annie Mae Cocke, Camille Cobb, Molly Rhea Colvin, Bernice Conger, Josephine Cox, Maggie Edna Clark, Frances Craig, Marjorie Curry, Pauline Crump, James Etta Crawford, Pauline Dancy, Mary Davis, Martha Shelton Deen, Elizabeth Donaldson, Flay Dorsey, Alice Dove, Dorothy Duke, Mary Durham, Martha Dunn, Wilma Fawcett, Ruth Finch, Wilma Fish, Frances Fitzgibbons, Helen Flynn, Mildred Friend, Margaret Gardner, Mildred Gilispie, Alice Cade Gill, Melba Gooch, Elizabeth Guthrie, Robbie Hall, Blanche Haynie, Marion Ham, Helen Hatfield, Mildred Herd, Frances Hendricks, Julia Hinkle, Mae Horton, Elizabeth Hogan, Katherine Hunt, Virginia Johnson, Kathleen Kendall, Rita Kenzie, Margaret King, Ruth Knight, Inez Lane, Frances Landstreet, Ruth Liddon, Ardelle Lea, Ada Marshall, Hazel Melson, Bennie McKelvy, Virginia McDaniels, Virlie McDearmon, Martha Miller, Marguerite Miller, Cleo Moseley, Frances Oliver, Allegra Parks, Ellen Parker, Cozette Patrick, Hilda Perkins, Harriet Perkins, Ardele Pounders, Addie Mae Praether, Clara Mae Prewitt, Helen Pounders, Margaret Proctor, Ethel Norton Priestly, Ruth Pryor, Marie Reeves, Grace Roberts, Ada Rich, Inez Sanford, Anne Scates, Hilda Shearer, Christine Sims, Patty Smith, Anita Shaw, Frankie Still, John Stewart, Margaret Stevens, Sara Taylor, Elizabeth Tipton, Ebelue Turner, Lola Irene Verdel, Louise Watson, Majorie Watson, Josephine Wellford, Flora Wells, Elizabeth Webb, Aileen Wicks, Lillian Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilson, Aileen Wilson, Frances Wilson, Chrystelle Williams, Bertha Wyatt, Irene Ward, Dorothy Yancey, Mary Young, Mary r [i X ff afe BE SQTOT£ S to SIGMA ALPHA MU The Sigma Alpha Mu Society founded in 1912, has pass- ed its tenth milestone of success. It has served as an inspira- tion, guide, and help to its members in the past and present and will continue to do so in the future. The members of our own Sigma society, the faculty, and other students of the school know the Sigmas to be full of school spirit, bubbling over with pep and enthusiasm, and determined to excel in everything they undertake. The Sigmas have won the much fought-for debating lov- ing cup for three successive years and now it is their own for- ever. The S. A. M. society is a literary society. At each meet- ing they study the lives of great men, debate the important questions of the day, hear current topics of interest, enjoy musical and dramatic numbers. The Sigma girls lead in all the school activities. Every girl in the orchestra is a Sigma. The two debaters selected from the student body to represent the school at Jonesboro, Arkansas, are loyal Sigmas. The captain of the girls ' basket- ball team and the majority of the girls on the team are faith- ful S. A. Ms. The president of the 4A, the Sophomore, and the Senior classes are all worthy Sigmas. The presidents of the Latin and Home Economics Clubs are Sigmas. The chair- man of the Columns and the Editor-in-chief of the DeSoto are Sigmas. The Sigmas believe that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. The S. A. M. society enjoys receptions, parties, weinie roasts, and outings of different kinds. To every new girl initiation night is one of fear, but to the old members it is only one of jolly, wholesome fun. The students and the faculty are proud of the co-opera- tion and loyalty of the Sigma Alpha Mu Society. In years to come, when school days seem far in the past, the Sigma Alpha Mu Society will live in the heart of each member as a fond and loving memory. Jh , DE SOTO SIGMA OFFICERS 1922-23 Fall Josephine Conger ' . President Molly Rhea Cobb Vice-President Eva Briggs Secretary Annie Mae Coke Treasurer Winter Mary Frances Burton President Helen Prewitt Vice-President John Still Secretary Virginia McKelvey Treasurer Spring Marion Haynie President Martha Durham Vice-President Bennie Melson Secretary Martha McDearmon Treasurer DESOTO 7f PE SOTO II DE SOTO 111 7 g DE SOTO | 7(«, DE SOTO 1 fORUAf DEBATING SOCIETY OFFICERS Fall Term W. H. De Priest President N. Key Hart .... D. P. Shore _ Vice-President M. R. Brasher Secretary Treasurer Winter Term Joe W. Austin .-. President R. P. Clark Secretary Harvey T. Marshall Vice-President LeRoy Poole Treasurer Spring Term R. S. Van Dyke President D. P. Shore Secretary O. P. Caldwell Vice-President Foster Moose Treasurer 7(h, PE SOTO )Qj ie g m 1. Joe W. Austin J. C. Bishop Joe Brasher 2. M. R. Brasher 3. O. P. Caldwell Nathan Cawthorn 4. W. H. Chambers 5. Watt Childs 6. R. P. Clark 7. R. E. Clendenin 8. W. H. DePriest Edgar Duck. Grady Duck 9. Thomas J. Duncan 10. Leonard Farmer Hollis Fletcher 11. Herbert L. Grills 12. Reuben L. Haney 13. N. Key Hart John D. Lippincott W. E. Lippincott Charles E. Manley 14. Harvey T. Marshall 15. Foster Moose Mos e Moultrie 16. H. R. Odle 1 7. John C. Ottinger Levy Owens 18. James M. Pickett LeRoy Poole Collier C. Rayburn 19. David P. Shore 20. John R. Shore Finis E. Simms 2 1 . Doss Thorn Garland Thorn Robert Tracy 22. J. Edwin Tyus 23. Russell S. Van Dyke 24. Henry Waddell Rex Watkins 25. D. M. Worley §K I 95 xJ O DESOTO K« DE SOTO THE FORUM DEBATING SOCIETY The Forum Debating Society congratulates itself upon the completion of the most successful year in the history of its organization. In every phase of its varied activities the Society has made signal progress. It has throughout its existence preserved unchanged the high standards and lofty ideals inspired by its founders. It has always consistently pressed forward toward a higher plane of service to the institution of which it forms a part and to the members who constitute its active personnel. Its members have proved themselves lead- ers in whatever they have undertaken to accomplish; the uniform success which has rewarded their efforts as individuals is in itself a token of the manifest superiority of the Society in the aggregate. The various officers have constantly endeavored to endow the weekly programmes of the Society with that excellence which is essential to the highest form of literary success. It is here that the foundation of the Society ' s power and influence is established, and its most invaluable service rendered. To the highest development of this phase of its work, as well as to the un- doubted high quality of its membership, may be attributed in no small degree the achievements of the Forum Debating Society in every field of endeavor which it has essayed to enter. The attainments of its members who have passed from the halls of their Alma Mater and sought their fortune in the business and professional world constitute a living proof of the Society ' s in- herent superiority. In the field of debate, the pre-eminence of the Forum Debating Society has never been questioned. It has been the annual custom of the Forum, since the inauguaration of the Inter-Normal Debates, to furnish at least a majority of the inter-collegiate debaters. In 1922 the Society furnished all the speakers on the Inter-Normal Debates; three out of the four Inter-Normal Debaters of 192 3 were its members. The Forum is proud to recognize Messrs. O. P. Caldwell, Thomas J. Duncan, and John C. Ottinger, as its able representatives on the Inter-Normal Debates of 192 3, and we trust that the achievements of those who have gone before and attained even nation-wide fame and reputation will serve as an inspiration to even greater triumphs as we seize upon the opportunities of the present and of the future. The intellectual phases of the Society ' s activities have rarely been em- phasized to the neglect of the social. Indeed, the many delightful affairs held by the Forum from time to time are an indispensable means of strength- ening the bonds of comradeship which characterize the organization. This series of events, culminating in the annual Forum Banquet on Washington ' s Birthday, has also served to establish and to maintain a closer relationship with our sister society, Kappa Lambda Sigma, and with the honored faculty of the school. The annual banquet of 192 3 might be considered as the climax to the long series of similar affairs held periodically since the foundation of the Society. Arranged by an able and efficient entertainment committee, and presided over by the President, Mr. Joe W. Austin, who discharged the 7 , DE SOTO duties of toastmaster with characteristic poise and dignity, it was without a lival in the social annals of the institution. The excellence of the menu, the beauty of the music rendered, and the spontaneity of the wit, humor, and oratory of many of the Society ' s active and honorary members, including members of the faculty, all combined to make the occasion one that will scarce be forgotten by any who were privileged to be present. Aside from the work of the Society in its own sphere, certain of its mem- bers have proved themselves worthy of distinction in other lines of endeavor. They have been active in the various activities of the several classes of the school; they have supported the various student publications; they have con- tributed their ability to the unprecedented success of the athletic teams of the school during the past year. Especially noteworthy is the work of Mr. W. H. DePriest, who has with untiring devotion to the responsibility reposed in him, coached the girls ' basketball team through a season of hitherto unequalled success. Equally important has been the work of Mr. Joe W. Austin in the Senior class, without whose executive ability and careful management the DeSoto of 1923 could hardly have been published. Mr. Austin enjoys the added honor of having been chosen by the faculty as the representative of the class of 1923 in the commencement exercises. And such has been the record of many others, too numerous to mention here, who have ever loyally adhered to the high standards which they have helped to establish. But above and beyond everything else is the spirit of comradeship and loyalty which has always been characteristic of the Forum. And it is the esprit de corps, the true essence of the motto, Ad Rem, Which inspired forty of her bravest sons to answer the call of Old Glory, and flock to tho defense of the nation in its time of peril. It is this, the spirit of those three who died on the field of battle for the honor of country and flag, which, if always preserved, will ultimately create for the Forum Debating Society a name that shall never die. Jf DE SOTO y-ivtyygqfc y n ? m  i J fQ ) r d K f - 7A DE SOTOl l j 5 100 7 k DE SOTO II NORMAL SONG (Tune of Hail Columbia) Come, ye students, happy throng, Let the air resound with song; Let every heart with praises swell, Let every heart with praises swell, And filled with love and loyalty, Chappy Normal sing to thee. To knowledge thou shalt every stand A guiding light, a helping hand, For truth and honor there can be No guardian to rival thee. CHORUS Firm, united, loyal, true, Rallying round the Gray and Blue, To Normal we shall ever raise, Songs of honor, love and praise. Our praise shall fill thy spacious halls, And thrill with pride thy stately walls, While thy majestic columns stand Thy fame shall spread throughout the land, And all the world thy name shall know, Where ' er thy sons and daughters go. For friendships formed beneath thy walls, For knowledge gained within thy halls, For minds and hearts prepared to live To thee our thanks we freely give. CHORUS When far from thy protecting arm, Thy name will shield us still from harm, The words of wisdom thou dost give Forever in our hearts shall live To guide our future words and deeds And shape each life to its own needs, And when our days within thee end Still others to thy gates we ' ll send, That thousands more may yet receive The happiness that we must leave. CHORUS 102 19 2 3 kJ jtx PE SOTO FLORANCE AND PERCY DOROTHY ' AND Bi PERCiVAL AND BILLY FANNY BROWN A TWO ACT COMEDY WAS PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF THE KAPPA AND FO- RUM SOCIETIES. . , IT WAS GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ME- MPHIS .MUNICIPAL OR- CHESTRA THETTR5T PRESENTATION WASAT NORMAL SCHOOL BUT LATER IT WAS ' , REPEATED AT BOTH R05$ EMARK ANC WHITEHAV- HIMSELF EN. THE ENTIRE DOOR RECEIPTS WERE ONE HUNDRED AND SEV- ENTY FIVE DOLLARS, FANNY OUR COACH .CAST DOROTHY DUDLEY- THELMA RAMSEY FLORENCE HOWE- HELEN PENNEL AUDREY CALDWELL - ' IRENE FORT NCR ' MRS, CALDWELL RUTH RICHEY MRS MOFFATT- BESS 5HERR0D MATHA THE MAID - CORA LIVIHaSTQN HENRY DUDLEY - FANNY RUSSELL VANDYKE BILLY PEARSON - LE ROY POOLE PERCIVAL GALE - ROBERT CLENDENIN HERSELF ' ■ - 7 k DE SOTO KAPPA LAMBDA SIGMA SOCIETY Kappa Lambda Sigma — When the name is mentioned, attention is received. That is because this society is a ruby in the jewel box of all its present and former members, and is the admiration of all others of the school. Effort is the Architect of Success. There is not a Kappa girl who is not true to her motto. This year in our society we are working harder and have more enthusiasm than ever. This was demonstrated in the fall term by our receiving a- pennant for one hundred per cent support to the big football game. We had a large number to enter the preliminary debate for the Inter-School Debate, and are now making plans to win the loving cup this year. Each term our membership has increased and each new member is upholding our standards, which we are raising all the time. We have not lost the idea that we cannot stay in the same old rut, therefore, we enlarge our views. The Kappas and Forums are coming more closely attach- ed all the time. Our play was heralded as one of the greatest successes of the year. Our joint program gives a keen feeling of sister-hood. We work when we work and play when we play. We have had several entertainments including receptions, parties, and outings. The main feature was the Heart party in Feb- ruary. We are proud to say that the Kappa Society has always been a big part of Normal and ever shall be. ' - 7 fe DE SOTO KAPPA LAMBDA SIGMA SOCIETY OFFICERS Fall Term Mary Mc Knight President Helen Greer Vice-President Zulene Davis Secretary Celeste Ashmore Treasurer Winter Term Bess Sherrod President Irene Fortncr Vice-President Mary Enochs Secretary Cathie Lee Clark Treasurer Spring Term Bess Sheriod President Sadie McC ' aniel Vice-President Ruth Bamburger Secretary Helen Pennel Treasurer Karnese Alexander Gladys White Ruth Wood Celeste Ashmore Frances Wright Martha Wheeler Mabel Albin Roberta Brasher Frances Burch Grace Brim Nettie Beard Mary Brown Ruth Bamburger Marie Beard Louise Bryan Annie Cole Cathie Lee Clark Nell Mary Dancy Mary Donnell Lillian Cunningham Bill Deverell Ellen Davies Mary Maud Criggs Zulene Davis Alice DeBerry Mary Enochs Irene Fortner Helen Greer Mattie Ellis Alice Mae Faulk Eugenia Griffin Ellis Franklin Louise Fite Edith Hamilton Sara Hodges Julia Hill Rosamond Hosey Garland Hayes Minnie Houston Edna Johnson Lucile Hunt Eula Hargis Janie Rea Jacobs Mattie James Harriette Kibler Leron Jones Polly Johnson Cora Livingston Inez Martin Fay Cantrell Sadie McDaniel Helen Miller Cornelia Moorer Carrie Mae McDaniel Mary McKnight Sophronia McKenzie Ozella Morris Esther Nason Mary Martha McBride Lila McKain Irma Nason Madelyn Megenity Helen Pennel Minneola Neville Lila Patrick Agnes Pipkins Ruth Richey Willie Mae Pullen Pearl Porter Iva Reeves Mozelle Reeves Margaret Sellers Thelma Ramsey Jonnie Rayburn Vernon Striegel Bessie Sherrod Ruth Roop Lima Stobaugh Eddie Sanderlion Helen Tomlin Patsey White Verna Tully Eva Thomas Alma Whitaker Gene Williams Susan Taylor Ernestine Ware Era Weaver e DE SOTO IP u 108 J(h, DE SOTO 11 tffie WxickA, 7 w PE SOTO II .eag «■ . ' ■ Y. W. C. A. Y. W. C. A. When school opened in the fall of 1922 the Y. W. C. A. greeted all the new girls with a most cordial welcome. At the beautiful Candle Service, when all desiring membership were inducted, we found that our membership was one hundred per cent. A splendid beginning for a good year ' s work. Regular weekly meetings have been held on Wednesday evenings. Miss Bess Wellford has held Bible Study Classes. To hear her discussions on the various characters of the Bible gives one a better vision of Christian Idealism, more love and service for others. How could one better start the day off than by asking for God ' s guidance and help? This is done at morning watch, where the little Y. W. parlor is crowded each morning just after breakfast. The social life has been a prominent phase of the Y. W. C. A. First, the Get Acquainted Party ' ' was given. Then the Halloween Festival found Mynders Hall bedecked in autumn colors. Various other affairs have been given. Success is a fitting synonym for our Y. W. C. A. this year. Our year ' s work has won the respect and admiration of all. We have been very fortunate in our leaders. Miss Ellen Davies has worked most diligently and untiringly as president, and it is by her that we have been guided through such a splendid year. The other officers are Helen Greer, Vice- president; Lillian Cunningham, Treasurer; and Bess Sherrod Secretary. We are hoping that the Y. W. C. A. next year will follow in the path that has been made easier by the Y. W. of 1 923. Y. W. CABINET L I 113 CZDEZZ Ksl ■ Jf PE SOTO n STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS 1 . Edith Hamilton President 2. Helen Greer Secretary 3. John Still Vice-President 4. Helen Buford Treasurer MEMBERS 5. Margaret Kenzie 6. Anne Sanford 7. Nettie Beard 8. 9. 0. Elizabeth Campbell Allegro Oliver Hazel Marshall At the very first of school the Student Council was re- organized. We have tried to be just big sisters to the girls, not to dictate to them, but to advise them. As a result, each girl in the domitory has a feeling of confidence and good will for the Council. There have been splendid order and conduct in Mynders Hall the entire year. While our work has not been the most pleasant in school, we have tried to ' measure out justice ' ' to the best of our ability. 114 pDESOTO • I tllfft : :: ;: § , s : !«; ;iiiik s i § ::..:: § ; 3 1111: 111111: g izn 1 ;iiui: :11m: s « ; «5 .i iifH...HiisumMiit -ffflir v sa ' , .; 5 w ••tinti Y. M. C. A. r $£=$ 7 DE SOfoTI 7Ae DE SOTO 1 FOREWORD Be it herewith understood that this section is for, by, from and to the students, and therefore must needs be bits of nothing — If you don ' t like it — well, it ' s nothing — if you do — you are easily pleased be- cause it ' s still — nothing. 119 9 2 3 g )6?S 7Ae DE SOTO | X =0 2ig There is a metre in French and a metre in German, And a metre that is sweeter in tone, But the metre that ' s sweeter Completer and neater Is to meet her in the moonlight alone. Vick: (Wiring home) Roses are red, I am blue, send me twenty, P. D. Q. Reply: Some roses are red, others pink, I ' ll send you twenty, I don ' t think. Miss Beatty: (In English exam.) I will answer no questions. ' ' Bob Taylor: (Looking at questions) Neither will I. 2 glances — 1 smile 3 smiles — 1 acquaintance 2 acquaintances — 1 flirtation 2 flirtations — 1 kiss 100 kisses — 1 engagement 1 engagement — 1 marriage 1 marriage — 2 mothers-in-law 2 mothers-in-law — 1 hot time. College men are very slow, They seem to take their ease, For even when they graduate They do it by degrees. I love your eyes, I love your lips, I love the gentle way you speak; But when you say, come kiss me, dear, ' ' Oh, lady, then I love your cheek. -7f DE SOTO | I think I ' m falling off; said the fat man as the saddle turned. Molly: Jimmy: Molly: Say! What? If I plant pussy-willows can I grow cat tails? Miss Wright: Give me one cause for indigestion. Marion : ' ' Overstudy. Schuyler: I saw in the paper where a little boy fell off a wagon and hurt himself somewhere in Illinois. Shore: When does Easter come? DePriest The first day of Apr ' l. Shore: Yes, I know, but what day? K. B: This selection has no author. Miss Beatty: Look again; someone must have written it. K. B: Oh, yes, I didn ' t see it. The author ' s name is Anonymous. Mack: Why can ' t one drink milk and eat fish too? Bob: Because fish swim in w ater. Gee: Bill is an Atheist. Whiz: Is that a good fraternity? M. Mc: Do you think that I will ever be able to do anything with my voice? Prof. A: Might come in handy in case of a fire. W. T. N. CAN YOU PICTURE: Mr. Vaughan a human fly. Miss Wright eating corned-beef and cabbage. Bookstore open when you want in. Charlie and Bill dodging each other. Mr. Wilson coming slowly to front of the stage. Cafeteria selling ice cream and angel food cake. Mr. Austin dumb. Miss Augustus in The Passing Show. Mr. Hughes being cheer leader. Miss Kibler walking a tight rope. 76c DE SOTO Ham: My father was once principal actor at a great public function when the platform fell. Jam: Heavens, did he fall to the ground? Ham: Oh, no, the rope stopped him. I feel sort of down in the mouth, said the worm as he slipped down the birds beak. — Item. The reason you never see angels with whiskers is be- cause when men get into heaven it is always by a close shave. She had three husbands, all named William. My! But she was a bill collector! Rookie: What ' s veterinary? Recruit: A guy what doctors old soldiers. The French were not the first to start the phrase, They shall not pass. Several of our teachers now Casey, said Pat, How do yez tell th ' age of a turkey? Oi can always tell by the teeth, said Casey. By the teeth! said Pat, But a turkey has no teeth. No, admitted Casey, But Oi have. When zero is added to zero the subject is dropped. Assistant Editor of Annual: A young fellow sent in a paper this morning entitled, Why do I live. Editor-in-Chief: What did you do with it? Assistant Editor: Returned it with an enclosed slip say- ing, Because you mailed this instead of bringing it in person. If anyone can supply the applicants with any of the fol- lowing articles, please do so at once: For Dr. Graves ' biology class: A new brain. For Miss Augustus: Some new copies of the American Magazine. (The old ones have been read thread-bare.) For Joe W. Austin: Something to make hair curl. For Mr. Vaughan: Something to increase weight. For Senior Class: Some candy to sell. For Virginia Hunt: Some one to teach her how to knit. For Library: Someone to break the monotonous silence. For Mr. Hayden: Some one to tease. For Mr. Manning: A funny bone. jAe DE SOTO Day by day in every way, ' ' mused the slice of restaurant toast on its third consecutive trip from kitchen to table, I ' m getting butter and butter. ' ' — Life. Rastus: (At the dance) Mandy, is your program full? ' ' Mandy: Lawdy no, hit takes mo ' dan two sandwiches an ' a cup of coffee to fill ma program. In chapel the student body was repeating the Twenty- third Psalm. One little freshie kept about a dozen lines ahead of the others and at the conclusion Mr. Deen, who was in charge of the exercises, rose and asked in his most charming style, Who was the little lady who was already by the still waters while we were lying down in green pastures? Clark: Mr. Poindexter doesn ' t use good English. Moose: Why? Clark: Well, today he said pie are square, and he should have said pie is round. If a Baker can loaf three times a day, how much can a shirt-waist? Normal Barber: You say you have been here before? I don ' t remember your face. Normal Victim: Aw, it ' s all healed up now. We ' d like to know How much is Kenilworth? Paul: At the party last night I thought your custume was ripping I Pauline: Well, if you were a gentleman you would have told me so. I wonder what makes a man always give a woman a diamond for an engagement ring. The woman. Non paratus, Senior dixit, Cum a sad and downcast look. Omne recte, Prof, respondit, Nihil Scripsit in his book. ¥ RULES FOR TABLE MANNERS 1 . Rush in, never walk, plate. You have a right to the clean 2. Always remain frowning while the blessing is going on, then you wont be a hypocrite. 3. Make all the noise possible while drinking your soup; it is good for the appetite of the others. 4. In preparing your egg cut it very finely if you don ' t break your knife first, for you might gag. 5. Never use a napkin, it might be soiled. Use your square of the cloth — that ' s what all over the edges is for. 6. If you spill anything on the table cloth, cover your face with your napkin and scream, or crawl out on your feet and rush on your knees to your room. Either will attract atten- tion and will cause the proper amount of gossip. 7. If the waiter is delayed, get mad and go for it yourself. It will do you good to exercise and make the waiter mad. 8. Before passing anything, take half of it yourself. May- be the chickens you have once a year can thusly be fattened. 9. Never pass anything until it is asked for three or four times, and then get mad and don ' t pass it to such a rude re- peater. 10. Leave your plate full of stuff and be sure to have it well smeared with butter. Cook doesn ' t care; butter is cheap and makes the plate easier to break. 1 1 . Put as much sugar in your coffee as it will dissolve. If you use a reasonable amount someone will think you are not used to sugar. 12. If an announcement is made, keep up a jangle of sil- ver. The speaker likes an accompaniment, for he really has nothing to say. 1 3. Before you leave the dining room, break your glass and bend your fork so you ' ll be sure to get no one else ' s. 14. Break your chair too if there ' s not much noise or ex- citement. 15. When you leave, grab all you can and walk as fast as you can, but be sure not to knock down your very best friends, for Miss Lizzie may jerk your bread, or the roof cave in before you can dive out. —J(k? DE SOTO D I W. T. N. SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR LIBRARY The Turmoil Juniors paying for Senior Banquet Fifteen Decisive Battles Senior Class meetings Les Miserables Freshmen The Book of Knowledge J. C. Ottinger The Zero Hour English 59 period Great Expectations Seniors sending graduation invitations The Key to Happiness Key to Caesar The Other Wise Man Edwin Tyus Twice Told Tales I want to go home The Idler Six famous hall loafers The Woman Hater Nathan Cawthorn The Promised Land ,....To be a Senior Just David Shore Treasure Island Bursar ' s office Vanity Fair Sunday night dates The House of Mirth Mynders Hall Wreck of The Hesperus Chapel Piano Serenade Rising bell Memories Good eats Resignation After Examinations A Contrast Kibler and Frye Oh Captain, My Captain Eva Briggs The Courtin ' (refer to Mr. Manning) Miracles A pluses The Noble Lover Charlie Glascock The Height of Ridiculous During initation week The Poet Ellen Davies The Problem How to get by Contentment June 1 Songs in Many Keys Music 50 Two Angels Anne S. and Martha Mc. The Crisis Examination week Holidays Unheard of happenings Seats of the Mighty Student Council Innocents Abroad All of us The Call of the Wild Fords A Piece of String Hervey ' s line The Missing Link The meat in the hash Root of Evil Normal Drug Co. To Have and to Hold Chapel seats 125 l DESOTO Mr. Poindexter: (In college Algebra) And row we find that X equals 0. Shore: Gee whiz! All that work for nothing. Annie Mae C: What is organic Chemistry? Mr. Hayden: $1.50. What is your husband ' s average income? Eh, about midnight. If Miss Chalk stays at the hotel, where will Mr. Black- board. me. She: Help, Police! Stop him. He tried to flirt with Cop: Calm yourself lady, there ' s plenty more. At a dinner party Mr. Duncan had been trying to say something nice to his hostess. What a small appetite you have Mr. Duncan, she re- marked. To sit next to you Miss, he replied, would cause any man to lose his appetite. And then, he wondered why he wasn ' t invited to the next affair. Van Dyke says if a woman had been born without a waist, man might have been able to get along without an el- bow. Beggar: Gimme a dime, sir. I ' m a poor cripple. Passerby: How are you crippled? Beggar: Financially. Mr. Bernard: (To girls gyrn. class) Lots of girls use dumb-bells to get color in their cheeks. Alleen F: And lots of girls use color on their cheeks to get dum-bells. He wears only broadcloth. What is he, an undertaker? No, a fat man. Girl: She ' s a woraoii with a mysteiious past. Boy: What are the mysteries? Girl: The date of her birth and the original color of her hair. Mr. Manning: (In Georgraphy 52) The people in the deserts live almost entirely on dates, figs, and olives. Frances Fish: Ah, I could live on dates forever. I ' ve stolen a march on them, said the kleptomaniac as he walked out of the music store. gam m j |] 7Ae DE SOTO 1 Absent-minded Prof: (Meeting his son) Hello, George Hows your father today? Friend to Mr. Glascock: I hear your son is in college. How is he making it? Mr. G: Not doing it; I ' m making it and he is spend- ing it. Bill: My father gives me a dollar at every birthday, and I have seventeen dollars now. Chas: ' How much does he owe you? Caldwell: I want to do something noble and clean be- fore I die. Clendennin: All right, take a bath! He would have spent and spent and spent, But she wouldn ' t let him do it; He would have squandered every cent, If she hadn ' t beat him to it. Shore: But, Ozella, on what grounds does your father object to me? Ozella: On any grounds within a mile of the house. And what did you most enjoy in France, Madam? he inquired of a lady whose husband had made a great deal of new money. Well, I think it was the French peasants singing the ' Mayonnaise. When I don ' t want a man ' s attention and he asks me where I live, I say in the suburbs. Ha! ha! excellent! but where do you really live, Miss Cobb? In the suburbs, Mr. Ottinger. When I told her I killed a German with one hand, she grabbed it and kissed it all over. You ' re an idiot! Why didn ' t you tell her you bit the Hun to death? Had all my money taken last night. Woke up hearing some one in the room. Reached up under the pillow for my revolver, but didn ' t shoot. Why didn ' t you? . I ' d be a widower if I had. Padie: You ' ll ruin your stomach, man, drinking that stuff. Soak: ' Sail right, ' sail right; it won ' t show with my coat on. — Orange Owl. ; OPPORTUNITY By WALTER MALONE (For whose great epic DeSoto, our year-book is named) They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your door, And bid you wake, and rise to fight and win. Wail not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for golden ages on the wane ! Each night I burn the records of the day, At sunrise every soul is born again! Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped, To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb; My judgments seal the dead past with its dead, But never bind a moment yet to come. Though deep in mire wring not your hands and weep; I lend my arm to all who say I can. No shame-faced outcast every sank so deep, But yet might rise and be again a man! Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteous Retribution ' s blow? Then turn from blotted archives of the past, And find the future ' s pages white as snow. Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell; Art thou a sinner? Sins may be forgiven; Each morning gives thee wings to flee from hell, Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven. gu 3$==fp7A,, PE SOTO -7Ac DE SOTO dBHjBffl COACH L. S. BARNARD Athletic Director and Coach of the Football, Basketball and Baseball teams of Normal for 1922-23. COACH W. H. DE PRIEST senior at N orma Coach of Girls ' Basketball team of 1923 7A DE SOTO 1 Normal Celebrates Decennial In Athletics With Victorious Football Team Former Athletic Reporter Summarizes Gridiron Record for 1922. Most Successful in History of School. (By N. KEY HART) The passage of a memorable decade has been slowly re- corded on the pages of time since the warp and woof from which the history of a great common- wealth is woven, at first entered into the fabrication of an in- stitution of learning, at which school ath- letics were destined to be elevated to a plane hitherto un- heard of in similar schools thruout the South. The result of ten years of growth and expansion at the West Tennessee State Normal, relative to the field of sports, is gloriously typified in the victorious football team, season of 1922, which is a monu- ment to years of labor and years of untiring sacrifice by those who have had the welfare of the institution at heart. Success may always be largely attributed to honest work. Ten years of diligent labor, which have culminated with the superb athletic system that we now possess, were unmistakable factors in our success in football during the past season. A page torn from the football history of this great State Nor- mal in its earlier stages would read as an olden epic, wherein the team was led thru a triumphal procession of victories by leaders of the highest personal worth. And among the names of those leaders pre-eminently appears that of Professor C. H. Wilson. N. KEY HART Athletic Reporter to the Columns The DeSoto. ind 7fa DE SOTO BROTHER JOE Manager Football and Basketball -22- - 23 Football at Normal was given its original impetus by Coach Wilson, pioneer athletic di- rector at this school. Under his canny tutelage the blue and gray warriors first waged a win- ning fight for the honor of Normal, and so gal- lantly did his proteges acquit themselves that his name will go down in history as the Grand Old Coach of Normal athletics. In the year nineteen hundred and thirteen the Normal athletic bark was launched in the scholastic waters of Memphis and with a splash that all but capsized the frailer crafts in which the Memphis Prep schools had placed utmost confidence before that time. One season proved that Normal was a figure to be reckon- ed with in Memphis football. Several equally successful seasons followed. But lean years were in store for the football team. The loss of Coach Wilson was keenly felt after he relinquished the helm to other hands. New coaches came and went. The war followed and Normal athletics suffered from its general demoralizing effects. The next few years marked a painful struggle on the part of the athletic heads to keep the foot- ball team up to a measure of its old time glory. The outlook was still gloomy in 1921, but in 1922 a new light dawned. In 1922 the Normal Tigers went on a ram- page that noted the most successful season in the school ' s history. Entrance was effected into college class football with pronounced results, and Prep schools, once prone to crow over our team, shrink- ingly crept away from the terrible shadow of the mighty Bengal. Unstinted praise is due to Coach Lester S. Barnard, the first full time athletic director ever employed at Normal, for the pro- ducing of a team that put this school once more on the football map. The best that may be said of Coach Barnard is that he has always been beloved by his men and respected by all because of his stand for the thing that is square in sports. When Dr. Kincannon accepted the athletics Committee ' s choice for physical director, Coach Barnard. Normal School secured the services of as good a coach as Memphis has ever seen and one of whom the institution has every reason to be proud. As an under- graduate Barnard was a star performer on the gridiron and unlike many stars he has the ability to impart the knack to others. r n 11 -74p DE SOTO RAMOND HATCHER Assistant Manager Football; Manager Baseball. There are other reasons for Normal ' s great good fortune in football last season, namely: a loyal and insistent student body; timely and helpful sug- gestions from interested faculty members; and active and cap- able athletics committee, head- ed by Prof. S. E. Scates who devoted himself untiringly to- ward making our team a win- ner; especially strong and con- sistent support by President Kincannon and our local state board member, Mrs. C. B. Allen; the State Board ' s pro- vision for a physical director as a regular member of the faculty — all of these working together helped to bring about a happy ending for Normal ' s first decade in the king o ' sports, football. Coach Barnard, making his debut in Southern athletics, was on the job early last summer and with the president ' s active co- operation and support succeeded in gathering in without loss of time some real material, from which he was enabled to build Nor- mal ' s most formidable aggregation of gridiron stars. And to the boys themselves the praise is due, for after all they are the ones who actually bore the burdens of combat, the pain of scrimmage, and daily grind of heart-breaking work-outs that made victories pos- sible. To them the honor! To them the praise! The hardest hitting lot of football men ever coralled and as fine a machine as ever ran a signal or bucked a line. Just at this point we wish to pay tribute to those who perform- ed the most difficult and most thankless task connected with foot- ball, we refer to the reserves, commonly dubbed, the Scrubs with- out whose efforts the team work of the varsity could never have been effected. It was real sport, real devotion to duty that caused these men, several of whom had won letters in previous seasons, to stick with it, even though shaded for a regular berth. Their prowess is shown by the score against the M. U. S. Reserves by the tremendous total of 90-0. The boys lived up to their motto Every Man a Tiger. Let the appended scores tell the tale, with just this fore- word: The season is divided in- to two very definite and dis- tinct parts — the formative or experimental stage and the completed stage. In the first four games, Coach Bar- nard was forced to shift his line-up from game to game until each man was in the proper position to function most effectively. The game with C. B. C. (won by a top heavy score) was the turn- ing point and from then on the Tigers functioned like a well-oiled machine. There was no more experimenta- tion, no more shifting, just pure unadulterated victory. The DeSoto takes this op- portunity to extend congrat- ulations to Coach Barnard, the Tigers, and the loyal students of this institution, on the wonderful football record attained last sea- son. May another season see the same coach, players, and stu- dents pulling together for even greater success in everything that tends toward the perpetuation of the greatness of the West Tennes- see State Normal School. The record in full for the season of 192 2 is as follows: Normal 6 Tupelo Military Institute Normal 6 Memphis University School 7 . 6 Blytheville High (Arkansas Champs)... 6 . Arkansas College 13 .36 Christian Brothers College . Arkansas State Normal School .26 Southwestern Presbyterian University... .68 Jonesboro Agricultural College .26 Bethel College BOB TAYLOR Cheer Leader for ' 22- ' 23 Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Total 174 26 The following pages contain the galaxy of gridiron luminaries who made the above overwhelming record possible. ) J Tiger CHARLES GLASCOCK (Quarterback and Captain) To Charlie was entrusted the gen- eralship of the team last season. Char- lie was a good ground gainer, a stellar defensive man, and passed with excel- lent distance and accuracy. Captain Glascock has played with Normal longer than any other mem- ber of the team, and he seems to im- prove at the quarterback position each season. We hope to see him playing with the big university teams before many more years. Perhaps some day he will be named as All American quarterback who knows? Tiger GRIFF DODDS (Half) Griff had the misfortune of being badly injured at the season ' s outset, and only played in the first few games. However, he was in the fight long enough to demonstarte that he had not lost one bit of his old time punch and aggressive ability. Many speculations have been ad- vanced at one time or another as to how Griff acquired his nickname. This is the explanation: The opposition al- ways averred that when Griff Dodds hit the line it was like being kicked by a mule. Hence the name, Mule Dodds. Tiger THURMAN McLEAN (End) Help! Fourth down for the Tigers and yards to go something must be done! A pass! a pass! rang out the cry as the oval sailed thru the air to- ward outstretched arms. From the whirling meelee a figure emerged, the precious pigskin clutched tightly to his bosom. The fleetest cannot stop him. Hooray! Touchdown for Normal I When McLean got the ball there was nothing could restrain him, but after the ball was over his talents really shone, so the flappers were wont to whisper about. When interviewed by a DeSoto rep- resentative, McLean denied having any statement to make it simply disap- peared, that ' s all. No, emphatically, he is not considering harboring another mustache. ) J -Jfx? PE SOTO fif? Tiger RAY NEAL (Tackle and Captain-Elect) Mr. Neal came to Normal directly from Ringling Bros., where he was featured as the champion buttermilk drinker of the world, claiming Arkan- sas as the place of his nativity. The valuable assistance he afforded the Tigers last season bears witness of the health giving qualities of the beverage that made both him and his birthplace famous. Early in the season Greasy was asked to state his supreme ambition in life. ' To lick Arkansas Normal, he replied. (Mr. Neal once played with that team.) All right kid, you ' re the Captain. Let ' s see you do a bet- ter job than 0-0 in 1923. Normal School is for you. Mr. Neal, strictly speakine, plays football as a side line only. He really excels as a baseball pitcher. Tiger RUSSELL VAN DYKE (Half) Besides the unsurpassed excellence of the fruit from which its name ii de- rived, the little village of Peach Orch- ard, Arkansas, is principally famous for Russell de Pompengood Van Dyke, Peach Orchard, as he is uni- versally known at the West Tennessee temple of Pedagogy, attributes his spectacular rise at Normal, socially, as well as in athletics, to his handsome face and figure, which he believes is a perfect counterpart of that of Apollo himself. When he wasn ' t posing be- fore a mirror, Van Dyke occasionally found time to play football, and at that pastime he was literally the bee ' s knees that is, O. K. Tiger VICTOR HENDRICKSON (Half and Full) Vic left his Texas home and the fall rodeo to come to Normal. When he did so the Tigers secured an in- valuable addition to their ranks. His winning personality served to strength- en the team ' s morale, and his sheer ability, offensive and defensive, help- ed the Tigers thru many a tight place. He played such a game that his loss at any time would have been keenly felt. Every organization has its shiek. The Tigers had one. Vic was it. He still is, for that matter. 7hc DE SOTO | Tiger DOSS THORNE (Quarterback and End) Doss, the dashing, slashing gridiron star! Came to Normal direct from the wilds of Arkansas, and quickly won an exalted place in the ranks of the 1922 Tigers. A general of exception- al ability, Doss was able to vie with Captain Glascock for the quarterback honors, and he acquitted himself more than acceptably at that position. In one of the season ' s games Doss hung up a very unique record, seven field goals in a single game. This is be- lieved to be a state record, and Doss may be justly proud of his educated toe. Tiger ORVILLE HEGWER (End) When Slim Hegwer strode forth on the gridiron, geared for action, his legs resembling a pair of animated stilts, and his kindly blue eyes gazing down from a dizzy height on the Lilli- putian figures below, the opposition sighed. For how could they hope to gain on a team that possessed an end who could step seven leagues at once. Slim got his first football training on the cactus plains of Oklahoma, where he used to tackle vicious steers single handed for his morning exercise. Next to the gridiron, Mr. Hegwer ' s principal hobby is playing dominoes, at -which game he is peculiarly adept. Tiger BUB TRACY (End) Tracy played a clean-cut, conscien- tious brand of football that bespoke great credit to himself. He was in- jured early in the season, but as soon as Coach Barnard permitted he was again in the ranks, doing his best to bring fame to Normal and to the team. Being a star basketball performer, his handling of passes was especially clev- er. It is to be hoped that another season at Normal will see its success due, to no insignificant degree, to the superb playing of Bub Tracy, as was the case in 1922. : m E ll Q DE SOTO Tiger RAY ALLEN (Half) Ray came to Normal from Okmul- gee, Oklahoma, where he had received the basic training of four years of High School football that enabled him to be- come a star in college class. The best that may be said of Red so-called on account of his thatch, is that he played good football, consistently. He is also distinguished for having played in every quarter of every game during the season. Tiger FLOYD COOPER ' Coop arrived on the gridiron scene at Normal a little bit late in the season, but was all there when he did arrive. He formerly played with the Jonesboro Aggies, and when the Aggies visited Memphis, Cooper cer- tainly extended himself in helping the Tigers pile up one of the season ' s big- gest victories. Let ' s hope he ' ll do it again next season. Tiger JOHN BARNHILL (Center) Barnhill played a great game at the pivot position, his part of the line be- ing absolutely impregnable at all times. He was the Rock of Gibraltar of the team. Barney Google as he was familiarly known, is also reputed to have scored a touchdown from the kick-off with a certain fair one of Mynders Hall. Atta boy, Barney. 138 J{h? PE SOTO 1 Tiger BURLL THOMPSON (Tackle) Red Thompson an ex-member of the A. E. F. was gritty clean thru and always full of fight. He never failed to do his share of the battle, and when the final whistle blew he invari- ably bore evidences of having put up a great old scrap. His motto was; Hit em low, and hard, and often, and give em more of it if they holler. Tiger WATT CH1LDS Six feet and two, in his brogans he stood, and was every inch a man. When Watt anchored his massive frame on the old battle line, they shall not pass once more became the rallying cry, and when an opposing player un- dertook to buck that part of the line which Watt guarded, he had, in the language of old Uncle Hez, done took a bite bigger ' n he cud chew. Next to football, Watt ' s chief affini- ty is said to be a certain fair damsel from Cuba. Not, however, that Car- ribean isle where the balmy breezes blow and whistles are wet indiscrim- mcntly, but the Village of Cuba that blossoms and grows right here in the U. S. A. Tiger ELMO HUNDLEY (Guard) When Big Boy ' s mother kissed him and started him on his first jour- ney into the cruel, cold world to Normal little did she realize that her baby was soon to become a football player, versed in the game with hard knocks and buffetted for the sake of a pigskin. Ah, indeed would she have wept could she have seen his tender little frame smitten by unman- nerly ruffians in the scrimmage and his wan, pathetic figure trampled un- der foot by burly opponents. Although Big Boy was the lit tle- est one on the Tigers, he never shirk- ed his duty when it became necessary for him to defend the blue and gray. Great things are expected of him in 1923. The West Tennessee State Normal School girls ' basketball team in 1922 and 1923 surpassed all former records of any girls ' team in the history of the institution. The team won eleven straight victories over some of the strongest high school and college teams in Dixie. In every game of the season they not only excelled their opponents in building up a high score, but won the praise of every audience who were fortunate enough to see them play. The record, the inspiration, and the determination of this team will live in the memories of the students of West Tennessee State Normal School in 1922 and 192 3 for years to come. Their excellent playing and winning spirit brought home to this institution the following victor- ies: Whitehaven 2 Alamo High 8 Bethel College 4 Ole Miss 9 Jonesboro Aggies 9 Jonesboro High 5 Ole Miss 13 Alamo High 22 Jacksonville Alabama Normal 1 1 Union University 1 2 Union University 1 1 Normal 4ft Normal 23 Normal 3ft Normal 3ft Normal 16 Normal 35 Normal 20 Normal 41 Normal 23 Normal 36 Normal 23 341 106 Coach DePriest has a just right to be proud of this team of girls and the record they have made this season. They have not only been winners on the basketball court but in the class-room as well. Their records as students in the class-room have been unusual for athletes. T hey have won the praise of the President and the Dean of this institution in convincing the student body that athletics and good scholarship can go hand in hand. The conduct of this girls team on local courts and in every community town and city that they had the pleasure of visiting this season, won the highest respect and praise of the institution which they represented. The following girls composed the team: Bill Deverell, Snooks McDaniel, Ozella Morris, Gladys Dunkle, Thelma Ramsey, Louise Verdel, Eva Briggs, Elsie Pittman, Ruth Landstreet and Alice Dorsey. Some of these girls are former players on Mrs. Tueton ' s winning teams of former years. Bill and Snooks two little diminutive forwards always made monkeys out of their opponents in passing the ball around them. Alice, always ready and anxious to relieve Bill or Snooks, was a great help to the team. Ozella and Louise in cen- ter far outclassed their opponents in every game. Ozella a little bit shakey at the tip off, was like an eagle in the midst of a storm at sea — when the shore was visible victory was more certain. Gladys and Thelma were always rolling on the floor like balls, but both played excellently as side centers. Eva and Elsie, the ole standbys, gave the team the old pep, as they wouldn ' t allow their opponents to make but few goals. Ruth, like Alice, was always anxious to get into the fray. 140 7 k DE SOTO | M a 3 Q £ 3 CO 3 o 60 CQ fi ' 3 -M a (0 U - J{h DE SOTO 0 3 P M ■ - ■ -a c a J c u U o Q (0 3 B a s ■t-1 Du ' , ,, -y , DE SOTO Normal Has Fastest Five In School ' s History Tiger Quintette Plays Y Varsity to Standstill on Two Occasions. The basketball team representing the Normal School for the reason of 1922-23 was undoubtedly the best in the history of the institution. It was a team that was not only better than most Normal School teams, but was faster than the bulk of the Southern colleges and universities as shown by the victories over University of Missis- sippi, Union University, Hendrix College and Jonesboro Aggies. It was not a one man aggregation, but a well oiled machine, with every part functioning as developed under the splendid tute- lage of Coach Barnard. Every man on the squad was a worker, and not a man ever let down until the game was over. The greatest wish we could make for Normal in basketball is that their future teams may be as good as the one developed in 1922. The season ' s recoid is as follows: Normal 28 Alamo 18 Normal 32 Un ' on University 24 Normal 16 University of Mississippi 14 Normal 19 University of Mississippi ...26 Normal 43 Jonesboro Aggies 25 Normal 2 7 Hendrix College 23 Normal .43 Alamo 21 Normal 31 Union University 16 Normal 23 Bemis Y. M. C. A 26 Normal 33 Memphis Y. M. C. A. Varsity 44 Normal 2 5 University of Tennessee 34 Normal 26 Memphis Y. M. C. A. Varsity 2 7 Normal 28 University of Tennessee 30 Following men received letters: Tracey, Captain; Hendrickson, Barnhill, McLain, Lawhead and Hegwer. 10 3 Oil X c 10 CQ (0 3 M C U u •V C 01 10 3 til) 60 1) X (0 J c (0 u J o c ' id a (0 o T3 C a - 7 DE SOTO | Irai 145 |u_ ' 9 2 3 ) J DESOTO o X 4% OQ O a CO U 13 J3 2 UJ H J J CQ U en CQ - 1 c .. (0 £ I u a bo (J I - c eg cc rr h - a: CQ . o C (0 o 0) en -J ,2 .- JQ en f j (A . D ?•¥ O . C Q 11 t a 3 CO CO cc os ■0 c o v en CQ -yAe PE SOTO I West Tennessee High School Meets A Brilliant Success Normal Entertained Entrants From Seventeen Schools in First Annual Field Day, April 6-7. The West Tennessee High School Meet, held at the State Normal on April 6 and 7, has been generally acclaimed the most successful single event the Normal School has ever fostered. Five hundred and eighty-two individ- ual contestants were entered from thirty-seven high schools and representing seventeen West Tennessee Counties. Under the leadership of a general Meet Committee, composed of Profs. Scates and Wilson and Coach Barnard, the entire faculty and student body were a unit in their determination to make the Meet go over big. IV[ i sit CuP V .  . ..u. i Twelve of the fourteen grand awards of the West Tennessee High School Field Meet 7Ae DE SOTO S. E. SCATES Chairman of Field Meet Com. C. H. WILSON Official Starter of Meet • Si Prof. William G. Deen and Miss F. Beatty had charge of the Oratory and Expression Meet. Prof. L. C. Austin assisted by Miss Morrow and Mrs. Mynders, ran the Music Meet. Coach Barnard and Profs. Wilson and Hagden had charge of the Track and Field events. The Normal School never before exper- ienced such a hearty spirit of appreciation and unanimity of kind expressions as evinc- ed by our 600 or more guests. Everybody pronounced it a wise enterprise on the part of President Kincannon and the Normal School, and efficiently conducted. Practic- ally every school expressed a determination to return next year and to participate in a bigger way. Fourteen silver cups were awarded and I 08 gold, silver and bronze medals. These handsome awards were made possible by the generosity of Memphis friends and in- dividuals and groups at the Normal School. The winners of the Champion Silver Cups were as follows: Grand Cup, Class A — Central High, Memphis. Grand Cup, Class B — Huntingdon High. Track and Field Cup, Class A — C. H. S. Memphis. Track and Field Cup, Class B — Bells High. Winner in Oratory, A — Ed Cole Tayloe, Grove H. S., Paris. Winner in Oratory, B — Robert Murry, Huntingdon H. S. Winner in Expression, A — Dorothy Brown, Central High School, Memphis. Winner in Expression, B — Mildred Jolly, Huntingdon H. S. Champion School in Music A — C. H. S. Memphis. Champion School in Music B — Alamo. L. S. BARNARD Director of Meet 7 DESOTO 1. Harvell — C. H. S. High Point Man, in Class A. 2. Holmes — L. H. S. Winner Pole Vault, Class A. 3. Jones — B. H. S. Winner 100 yard dash, Class B. 4. Weinell — D. S. H. High-Point Man, Class B. 5. Harvell — Winning 100 yard dash. 6. Harvell — Winning 120 yard high hurdles. To Normal Students and Others Who Do Their Own Thinking: The laws of economics demand the recognition of facts. Civiliza- tion is a fabric in which each thread is dependent upon others. The prosperity of the south is a thing that cannot be composed of cotton or lumber or merely business interests. We of the hotel business in Memphis, have come to appreciate the fact that our success is due to the material prosperity of the outside world, that city is dependent upon country and country upon city. Our statesmen, in charting the future of the great state of Tennessee have provided an educational system because they have recognized the need of clear thinking young men and young women in the de- velopment of natural resources. It therefore devolves upon us all to appreciate our duty to the state and thereby to one another. Those of you attending West Tenn- essee Normal are being prepared at considerable expense, to aid the growth of other minds as their mental capacity develops. It is quite a serious thing, not to say an honor, your personalities will impress themselves upon others; your very mannerisms will be unconsciously imitated. We therefore hold Normal Students in great respect, believing they appreciate the responsibilities of their chosen career. In a like manner we recognize our own part in the general scheme of making Memphis a better place in which to live, to own property, to educate our children, to do business. 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Hardware Company Appreciate your patronage and cordially invites you to visit our store. We carry at all times a large stock of HARDWARE and would like to share your business 86 NORTH MAIN STREET WONDERFUL SHOES FOR WONDERFUL GIRLS CINDERELLA BOOT SHOP Artistic Footwear Sensibly Priced Graip ' s Studio was the Official Photographer of the 1923 DeSoto m 5 c. SBBBBBI Br % jfc. H B b ' Ji TBmB S -- B%;- ! -- :: ' ' Jtf - RBflhJHtt 1 - - ' ' ' ' mm- w ' ■fT ynJ BBnPir ' ' ■■ - S J1 One of the 12 out of 16 First Prizes rOon h-g Grays Studio at the 1922 Tri-State Fair OTTO SCHWILL COMPANY South ' s Oldest Seed House Ask for FREE Catalog Main 4732 10 South Front St. If It ' s Footwear Call on CARADINE SHOE CO. 63 North Main Street Caradine ' s Prices Keep Caradin ' s Crowded 1 • Bingham ' s Photographic Studio 111 MADISON AVENUE If Better Photos Are Made, Bingham Will Make Them. CHAS. W. MORGAN WATCHMAKER JEWELER MAIN 1514 5 South Main Street, 2nd Floor day. ' ' THE ART OF SELLING Secretary: Mr. Terry said to tell you he is too busy to talk to you to- Life Insurance Agent: Tell him he won ' t have to say a word. Boss: Why do you want to work in this powder mill? Nut: The doctor told me I had to quit smoking. Why, Mary, how did you break your doll? She went on a hunger strike, Mama, and I tried forcible feeding. ' NORMAL BARBER SHOP A. R. CATTLIDGE, Prop. Cleaning and Pressing Shines SUTTON ' S VARIETY STORE Appreciates the patronage of Normal boys and girls HIGHLAND AND SOUTHERN Memphis Steam Laundry CLEANING DYEING PRESSING PHONE MAIN 21 86 North Second Street MEMPHIS, TENN. Memphis Coal Company INCORPORATED MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Shippers of Best Grades of Steam and Domestic Coal from Kentucky and Alabama Can Make Prompt Shipments of Following Grades : From Alabama: GALLOWAY, CORONA, ORIGINAL BRILLIANT, PIPER RED ASH From Kentucky: BEAVER DAM, ST. CHARLES ST. BERNARD Also Pennsylvania Anthracite for Chicken Brooders WRITE FOR PRICES AND FREIGHT RATES Autographic Kodaks FILMS DEVELOPED MEMPHIS PHOTO SUPPLY CO. 60 SOUTH MAIN ST. JOHNSTON VANCE COMPANY CLOTHING AND FURNISHING 51 SOUTH MAIN STREET Compliments of N. O. NELSON MFG. COMPANY CUT FLOWERS POT PLANTS Crosstown Flower Shop W. B. Proctor, Mgr. HEM. 377 1355 MADISON AVE. Do you believe in psychology, Mr. Dubb? Oh, I suppose everybody has some of it, — I have a little myself. Old Colored Mammy: I ' se wants a ticket fo ' Florence. Ticket Agent: (After ten minutes of weary thumbing over railroad guides.) Where the devil is Florence? Old Colored Mammy: Settin ' over dar on de bench. Kind Old Lady: Why don ' t you make thoss boys stop fighting? Small Bystander: Who, me? It took two weeks to get em started. Compliments of Haverty Furniture Company OMEGA FLOUR (Absolutely the Best) J. T. FARGASON CO. DISTRIBUTERS DeSoto Hardware Co. HARDWARE, SADDLERY, CUTLERY REFRIGERATORS, STOVES 14-16 South Front St., Memphis, Tenn. isWVli iiTRAOEIMARKiREGIST ITS AIWAYS THE SAME Have you ever drank Coca Cola in bottles? Ii not, try it today, in a thoroughly sterilized sealed bottle, and see how good Coca Cola tastes when the high- est degree of care is taken in making it right by a modern plant. We Put a full ounce of pure, rich, heavy Coca Cola Syrup, made especially for us by the Coca Cola Co., in each bottle Every bottle is thoroughly cleansed and sterilized each time before being filled and sealed. You will always find every bottle of Coca Cola just alike, because they are machine made, and it is worth a visit to our factory, Fourth and Washington Avenue, to see the humaneness of these machines making bot- tled Coca Cola, and to see how clean we keep our plant and our machines, which is always open to the public for inspection. Try a bottle off of ice today and see how delicious and refreshing Full Bottles, Made Fresh Today and Delivered to You, for PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE Call Main 2604. 2540. 2072 ZOffice and Factory: 4th and WASHINGTON AVENUE Gifts That Last o o  GRAVES-DIX, Inc. DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWELERS 1 1 NORTH MAIN STREET Opposite Porter Bldg. CLASS PINS AND RINGS ENGRAVED STATIONERY What ' s Alice sore about? ' ' Her riding lesson. The Commercial Appeal DAILY SUNDAY WEEKLY MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE My daughter did the whole course in only three years. That ' s nothing; my son did it on three sets of tires. Errant Son, as he is being turned across his father ' s knee. I give you fair warning — if you hit me below the belt I ' ll have you disqualified. The Portal of a Print Shop Whoever entereth our door is in the presence of those who seek to serve intelligently, faithfully and honestly. This institution has cultivated friendliness and those human attributes in business which dispel sordidness and render commercial transactions satisfactory, pleas- ant and profitable to buyer and seller alike. Our ideal is Quality and Co-operative, Helpful Service in Printing and Advertising. Memphis Linotype Printing Company THIRD STREET, NORTH OF COURT— MEMPHIS, TENN. Did You Ever Stop to Think As a street car rider, a consumer of gas or electricity, or a user of the telephone, what personal inconvenience, what community misfortune, what tremendous business loss would follow a sus- pension of any one of these services? Think of the Important Fact that the street railway, gas and electricity, and the telephone have become among the most important adjuncts to life in all thickly populated communities; that such communities have become so dependent upon these services that an interruption of only an hour or so in any one of them is almost instantly felt throughout the length and breadth of the communities. Your Obligation as a Citizen Then is to see to it that companies furnishing these services are given the right to operate for such length of time, and upon such terms and conditions, and to at all times charge such rates as will, re- gardless of the fluctuations in the cost of rendering service, en- able them to at all times render to the public adequate service. Bear This Always in Mind that your obligation, just defined, is of first importance to the public ; indeed it arises from public necessity rather than from any utility requirement, because unless your obligation is dis- charged, the services so essential to communities, cannot and will not be provided. Memphis Street Railway Company TRUE ' S 100% PURE LIQUID PAINT An Absolutely Pure, Heavy-Bodied Ready-Mixed House Paint HIGH GRADE — DURABLE — ECONOMICAL WHAT ONE GALLON OF TRUE ' S PURE PAINT WILL DO True paint economy is not determined by the price per gal- lon, but by the amount of surface a gallon will cover. A gallon of True ' s Pure Paint will cover 360 square feet two coats. It is the best and most durable paint on the market. A PAINT THAT WILL SAVE THE SURFACE AND ADD TO THE LIFE AND VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY J{ ' rue ' s Pure liquid Paint 3ut«id. Wbite Jmie ' sl T ?U E T .NfMPHISTENM 5-Tagg Paint Made by TRUE-TAGG PAINT COMPANY Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Tut-ankh-Amen: Heavens, how humiliating! My has is so dreadfully out of style! What did you get for your birthday, little girl? Nothin — never got anything since the first one, an ' then I only got born. The following is an example of the simplicities of pidgin English, as set forth in a bill rendered by a Jap taxi driver in Hilo, Hawaii: 10 comes and 10 goes at 50c a went, $5. Hull Knows How PHONE HEMLOCK 5200 HEMLOCK 1576 PLUMBING HEATING and VENTILATING J. W. Hull Plumbing Heating Co. 239 S. Bellevue Memphis, Tenn. BROWN ' S CASH FEED STORES Distributors for PURINA CHOWS Phone M. 6414 Memphis, Tenn. Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 24 North Second Street MEMPHIS. TENN. Buckingham-Ensley and Carrigan 8 NORTH MAIN Q MEMPHIS O iii iiiiir ' iNi ' iiNiiii L iin ' ii ' T ' ii ; ■ i i i ■ iiiiiiuiiii ' i i Official Athletic Outfitters for West Tennessee Normal School Spalding and Wilson Base Ball, Tennis, Foot Ball and Swimming Equipment Special Discount to Students SPENCER CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS — AND— PROMPT AMBULANCE SERVICE Main 810-811 MANUFACTURING FURRIERS We Clothed Your Grandmothers i«ii EVERYTHING MUSICAL 99 No. Second St. For Good Steaks and Chops go 10 Mecca Chop House 123 Madison Ave. Mother: Did you enjoy Sunday School this morning, Wil lie? Willie: Yes, Benny Rogers was sent home. Fair Friend: (as band strikes up a waltz) What ' s that out of? Distinguished Musician: Tune! Well, Vera, I must say I don ' t think it ' s fair to your husband to run up so many bills. My dear, to do his best work he needs a strong incentive. House-Bond Hardware Company The Convenient Hardware Store ' ' 101 South Main Street MEMPHIS, TENN. rivers IP lothos 2 PANTS SUITS EXCLUSIVELY The Extra Pair Doubles the Wear $25, $30, $35 From Maker to Wearer 55 South Main Street Memphis Factory and Office 801-07 BROADWAY, N. Y. 25 Branch Stores Official Engravers for the 1923 De Soto Compliments of Bohlen-Huse Coal Ice Co. Who told you I was twenty-five? Your mother. As if she knew anything about it. Never forget, please, the bow-legged floor walker who said, Walk this way, madam. You ' ve got your shoes on the wrong feet. But they are the only feet I ' ve got. East End Shoe Repairing Company FINE SHOE REPAIRING Reasonable Prices Prompt Service 1 357 Madison, cor. Crosstown MEMPHIS, TENN. NEAL SON EXCLUSIVE CLEANERS and DYERS PHONES: HEMLOCK 6840-6841 1299 Madison Ave. Memphis, Tenn. Kraus Cleaned Clothes Stay Clean Longer Phone 140 For a White Cap Man THE BEST DRINK FOR THE BRAIN WORKER CLOVER FARM PURE PASTUERIZED Milk It is so simple every six year old child knows it. The reason that PIGGLY W1GGLY prices on groceries, fru ' ts and vegetables are so low are just as simple. PIGGLY WIGGLY does not deliver; trucks, upkeep and drivers ' salaries cost money. PIGGLY WIGGLY has no charge accounts; book- keepers, collectors and bad debts cost money. PIGGLY WIGGLY has no extra clerks to tell you what to buy or persuade you to buy something you don ' t want; extra clerks cost money. PIGGLY WIGGLY buys in enormous quantities; big cash buyers get the best prices. Are these not good reasons? TODAY THERE ARE IN OPERATION 1250 PIGGLY WIGGLY STORES PIGGLY WIGGLY Stores have succeeded for the same reason that the locomotive, the reaper, the automobile and the typewriter have succeeded. It is an economical advance. 1,000,000 People Daily Are Beating a Path to Piggly Wiggly Stores Correct Clothes for Young Men! All dress essentials that are up- to-the-minute in style and quality SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES BOYDEN OXFORDS STETSON HATS HALLE OAK HALL ' More than 55 years at 55 North Main HALLE J. F. Marlowe Co, COAL and COKE CAR LOTS ONLY Exchange Building Memphis, Tenn. ALABAMA, KENTUCKY and ILLINOIS COAL WIRE, WRITE OR PHONE FOR PRICES ' Madam, there are fleas in my room. ' I haven ' t a single flea in my house. ' That ' s right, they are all married and have large families. He took her for an ice cream treat His pretty blue-eyed Sal, But fainted when he read the sign Cream ninety cents a gal. York-Ambrose Arms Co. OFFICIAL OUTFITTERS SCHOOL ATHLETICS BASE BALL, FOOT BALL, BASKET BALL, GOLF, TENNIS, FISHING TACKLE, BOATS MOTORS, GUNS AND AMMUNITION If It ' s Sporting Goods, We Have Tennis Rackets It. We Restring 162 SOUTH MAIN ST. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE MAIN 2499 MAIN 7637 Compliments of BARKER BAKING CO. MEMPHIS STORES Number 1 — 9 South Main Street Number 2 — 177 ] 2 So. Main Street KENON TAYLOR CO. TYPEWRITERS AND OFFICE SUPPLIES 60-62 Madison Avenue MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Successors to TAYLOR REBUILT TYPE- WRITER CO. What! going fishing with a mouse for bait? ' ' Yes, I ' m going after catfish. Frenchman: Ou la la! I enjoy ze shoe ball game so much. Wop: You make me laugh, ha ha ha. Frenchman: Make you laugh.why? Wop: You say a shoeball, ha ha. Frenchman: Shoeball oui! Wop: Sucha ignorance — not shoeball — feetball. Memphis Paper Co. IMPORTERS and DEALERS Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags, Stationery School Supplies, Twine MANUFACTURERS Folding Paper Boxes 131-139 GEORGIA AVENUE ON N. C. ST. L. R. R. TRACKS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Memphis Power Light Company You talk like an idiot. I have to talk so that you can understand me. Where is my comb? 1 don ' t know, you parted with it this morning. Would you like a pet monkey? Oh, this is so sudden. There is a real live reason why at least 85 per cent, of the College and Prep. School men in this section of the south are patrons of PHIL A. HALLE MAKE THE HOME WALLS SMILE with Farrell-Calhoun Co. ' s WALL PAPERS White- Wilson-Drew Company DISTRIBUTORS OF PUCK BRAND PURE FOOD PRODUCTS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE I would like to try on that suit in the window. Sorry, but you will have to change your clothes in the dressing room. I ' m not engaged to any particular girl. I know you ' re not engaged to a particular girl. Do you think I will ever be able to make any use of my voice? Yes, it might come in handy in case of fire or shipwreck. FOUNDED 88 YEARS ARMSTRONG ' S Everything for the home Ask us for full information concerning our liberal credit system 10% Cash— Balance in 12 equal monthly payments Armstrong Furniture Company 59-61 NORTH MAIN STREET MEMPHIS, TENN. Stafford Water Recommended for Brights Disease, Diabetes and Kidney Diseases Generally Distributed by MINERAL WATERS CO. LINDEN STATION McDOWELLand MONTEVERDE FUNERAL DIRECTORS 15 South Third Street Phones: Main 2207-2208 Ambulance Service COURTEOUS ACCOMMODATING SERVICE In All Parts of the City Mr. Bowers Stores INCORPORATED What figure of speech is this, Love my teacher? Sarcasm. Are you the same young man I gave some war bread to several years ago? No ma ' am, and what ' s more the doctor said I never will be. I found a button in my salad. Came off the dressing, I suppose. Rent a Ford — Drive It Yourself Charges Based on Distance Traveled Saunders System 20 SOUTH THIRD STREET PHONE MAIN 911 Saunders System Serves You In All Large Cities SARATOGA CHIPS Delicacies That Appeal to All Appetites SANITARY PRODUCTION Billy Moore Saratoga Chip Company 1001 MISSISSIPPI BLVD. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS cannot function properly un- less they are made comfortable. Probably nothing contributes more to the comfort of any building than the Plumbing and Heating Equipment The Crane line of products for that service is broad enough to ac- commodate all requirements, and are sold through the plumbing and heating trade in 135 cities throughout the country. CRANE CO. 254 COURT AVENUE MEMPHIS, TENN. I ' m here to ask for your daughter ' s hand. When were you first struck by her? We ' ve never quarrelled yet, ma ' am. What would you do if I were to kiss you on the forehead? I ' d call you down. I ' m just sick of figures. Then there ' s no use for you to go to the musical comedy. JOHN J. COLLINS FRANK J. STURLA A. B. LEWIS President Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer COLLINS-STURLA INCORPORATED Funeral Home t THE SAME KIND TENDER CARE AFTER— THAT YOU GAVE BEFORE Telephones Main 467-468 872 POPLAR AVENUE -:- MEMPHIS, TENN. ALL GRADES OF COAL Bohlen-Huse Coal Ice Co. 308 COURT AVENUE Memphis, Tennessee MANUFACTURERS OF JUSTRITE DISTILLED WATER Waiter, hie, bring me a dish of prunes. Stewed, sir? Now thatsh non yer buznus. Did you see in the morning paper about the Ruhr district? No, what did it say? I didn ' t see it. REED DUECKER MACHINERY and MILL SUPPLIES MAKERS OF U. S. OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING HIPPO WATERPROOF LEATHER BELTING MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Compliments of Memphis Queensware Company IMPORTERS and JOBBERS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern School Book Depository I ' ve got a bad head this morning. I ' m so sorry dear. I do hope you will be able to shake it off before dinner. Can you make pies? Only for Ben Turpin. Why Ben? He don ' t eat em, he throws them. SEEDS GARDEN FLOWER FIELD ALL VARIETIES AT REASONABLE PRICES Our Motto: SATISFACTORY SEED SERVICE TREAT ' EM RIGHT POULTRY SUPPLIES, SPRAYERS, INSECTICIDES, FERTILIZERS, ETC. FUL-O-PEP POULTRY FEEDS ARE SUPERIOR OUR CATALOG AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION RUSSELL-HECKLE SEED COMPANY PHONES MAIN 843 and 4253 -:- MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 24 SOUTH FRONT ST. Kornik Millinery Company Special prices made to the Normal School stu- dents who present card from the faculty. 125 UNION AVENUE There is something I like about you. What? Me. We Are Headquarters For College and School CLASS PINS, CLASS RINGS, CLUB EMBLEMS FRATERNITY JEWELRY, ATHLETIC MEDALS. AWARD MEDALS ENGRAVED COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS — Buy Direct — Highest Quality -:- ARTISTS DESIGNS Lowest Prices IN NATURAL COLORS SUBMITTED WITHOUT CHARGE. ESTIMATES FURNISHED. See Us First Perel Lowenstein Manufacturing Jewelers 168 South Main St. Memphis, Tenn. One day, in the Arithmetic class, the teacher asked a pupil: William, how much is three times three? Three times three are nine, William promptly answered. Pretty good, William, said the teach, and Blank replied. Pretty good, the dickens. That ' s perfect. A catalog issued by Zellner ' s in the long ago has just been taken from our archives. Zellner ' s was then located where the Bank of Commerce is now. In this catalog is the notation: If you get a pair of Shoes that fit you well, let us know it, and we will keep a record of their size and shape, so that you can get the same fit next time. WHAT A CHANGE! Today we guarantee to fit you, we don ' t expect you to know whether Shoes fit or not — that is our province and responsibility — and if they do not fit we want you to let us know so we can make good on our guaranty. Of those fitted elsewhere 84 of each 1 00 are misfit — such is the discovery made by Uncle Sam. Bring your foot or Shoe troubles to us. We will solve them for you, without cost for this service, and give you the benefit of the advice of a Master of Chiropodial-Orthopedics. 47 S. MAIN ST- The kind of clothes particular men want at prices you can pay Walker M. Taylor Clothier - Hatter Haberdasher 49 North Main Street CALL HEMLOCK 890 Normal Drug Store W. B. COOPER Registered Pharmacist and Manager High Grade Fresh Drugs, Toilet Articles and Sundries BEST OF FOUNTAIN SERVICE Quick and Free Delivery Service, Quality and Courtesy Being Our Motto NORMAL, TENNESSEE NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER Pop, I got into trouble today at school and it was all your fault. How ' s that son? Well do you remember when I asked you how much a million dollars was? Yes, I remember. Well teacher asked me the same thing today and ' a heluva lot ' isn ' t the right answer. Johnson ' s Greenhouses 161 Madison Avenue EVERYTHING IN FLOWERS Mrs. R. S. Brooks NORMAL SCHOOL CAMPUS Fruits, Confections and Lunches Visit our Watermelon Arbor Everything From A to Z Fischer Lime Cement Company, Inc. :ilIllllinuilliniMlini[llltllMIIMIllllMIIIIII!IMllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIItllnlll ' irMilltiniuniiliiiin;irlPlun.iiMiu [I .. ■ nun ,1 ■ ■ ■: m MtM 1 1 Ml I tllllllll III 11(111111111 III 11111111 lllllimit II til II i; For the Appearance and Tasty Arrange- ment of this Booh we claim credit as PRINTERS -of- Artistic Boohs The Sherwood Company COMPLETE ADVERTISING AND PRINTING SERVICE MEMPHIS niiriimmiiiiiiiiiiitiiisiiiiiiuiiii: