Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1922 volume:

Engraving By SOUTHWESTERN ENGRAVING COMPANY Fort Worth 4 Printing by SAN ANTONIO PRINTING CO. Jan Antonio i 1922 The IJear book of the Sul Ross Stale Tlormal College Published by The Student body DOLUME 11 Foretpor r T ‘‘HE BRAND is the stamp of approval VJ which the student body of Sul Ross places upon its year’s work. IDhatever has approximately reached the high standards we have set for all our college activities, in the classroom, on the platform, on the athletic field, and on our various playgrounds, is entitled to recognition on its pages lUe hope, too, that it bears, in subtler fashion, the impress of the Sul Ross spirit, that intangible esprit de corps which binds us to each other and to the college; the spirit that makes us strive for fuller self-expression, for better understanding of our fellcwmen, and for more perfect allegiance to the undying prin¬ ciples that underlie American democracy. :di Dedication (7T m, 0 our president, Robert Lincoln Marquis, the captain who has so skillfully piloted the steamer Sul Ross through uncharted seas durirg the first two stages of her uncertain uoyage; mho has commanded his crew with smiling courtesy, and safeguarded his passengers with genuine understanding against perils without and mutinies within; who has poured the oil of concord on troubled waters in local storms, and kept peace with unfriendly elements that threatened destruc¬ tion from afar: to the leader for whom their louing demotion could find no substitute, the Sul Ross passengers and crew affectionately dedicate the second uolume of TtiE BRAND. $ G Q Q B 9©(§ © G5 £ 6G , 0© (t$ o©(5 ' (C v @ , (3‘© @®0©e6 ' ©©GGGQ G006’B6 ' © G6 GTG G ©S ' £ ? o 3 3(5 © I. The College II. The Classes III. Organizations ID. Athletics D. The College l]ear Book 1 The College 8 ©THE® BRAND © © © PRES ' - MARQUIS lM HIS OFFICE THE LOAN DESRlN THE LIBRARY A LATHE IN OUR MACHINE SHOP ONE CORNER OF THE DOMESTIC SCIEN GENERAL REFERENCE BOORS IN THE LIBRARY © 9 — £?T3 1S DI E V fTC-H COUNTS EG E TATI ON y Sr ROCK U ALLS OF THE GRAND CANYON- DREWSTER COUNTS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF BREWKTER COUNTY © THE© BRAND To the Students of the Sul Ross State Normal College: Iii olden times he who took a city reached the acme of military achievement. The city then was the center of in¬ dustry, the political base, and the residence of the king. To storm and capture such a place was to achieve what modern nations accomplish in winning great wars. Such enterprises were the business of the mighty and the great, the game of kings. When the ancient philosopher attempted to measure the intellectual and moral achievement of those who had acquired control of their own emotions and their wills, he used the language then best understood, and declared that he that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city, lie could have used no stronger terms to express the im¬ portance of self-control and self-reliance. Our aim for this, the second term, has been to develop a student body of young men and young women w ho could and would decide for themselves, when they face alternatives. We have hoped for a group of young people who would accept the re¬ sponsibility of choosing for themselves, and would refuse to ask others for anything except light and information which w ill aid them in their choosing. I am happy to say that you have met our highest hopes in this matter, and I consider this your great achievement for the year. © © r — R. L. Marquis. FACULTY ©THE© BRAND MISS CLEMMA BILLINGSLEY, L. I., Instructor in Education and Critic Teacher. MISS GRACE BEDELL, B. A., Associate Professor of Home Eco¬ nomics. MISS ZONA PEEK, B. A., Librarian. MR. V. J. SMITH, Professor of Manual Arts. © MU. R. A. STUDHALTEU, B. A.. M. A., Professor of Biology and Agricul¬ ture. MU. W. A. STIGLER, B. A., M. A., Professor of Education and Direc¬ tor of Training School. MJSS ANNE AYNESWORTH. B. M. A., Professor of English. A., ©THE© BRAND r N © © [•; 1 I f © MISS HAZEL FLOYD, B. A., Critic Teacher in Training School. MISS NELLIE CLEVELAND, B. A., M. A., Secretary and Registrar. MR. E. L. HENDERSON, B. A., Professor of History. MISS ANNA CECIL EVANS, B. A., Associate Professor of Latin. MR. M. L. HOPSON, B. A., Associate Professor of Physical Education for Men. © © MR. T. G. HARRIS, B. A., M. A., Professor of Mathematics. H 1 MISS IRMA LEE BATEY, B. A., Associate Professor of Music. ? ' £7 A ©THE® BRAND dm MISS BEATRICE MATTHAEI, B. A., Associate Pr:fes:or of Drawing. MR. F. G. WALKER. B. A., M. S., Professor of Physics and Chem¬ istry. MISS LINDA LANCASTER, B. A., Associate Professor of Physical Education for Women. MISS ROSE SHARP BREWER, B. A., Associate Professor of English. MISS STATHER ELLIOTT, B. A., Professor of Spanish. MR. P. M. PENROD, B. C. S., Auditor and Instructor in Com¬ merce. MISS GRACE VANDIVER, B. A., Associate Professor of Reading and Education. man 10 ©THE® BRAND Lament for The Freshman Flag I weep for the Freshman flag—it is stolen! Oh, weep for the Freshman flag though all our tears Dissolve not the vault which conceals so dear a token! And thou, sad Day, selected from all years To bring such loss, rouse thy obscure compeers And teach them thine own sorrow! Say: “With me Passed the Freshman flag; till the Future day Forget the Past, its fate and loss shall be A solemn warning unto such impropriety! ” Where wert thou, 0 McKay, when fled that flag? Where wert thou on the day of that sad flight When fled thy flag despite thy idle brag? Where was George Livingston through all the fight That turned the Freshman day to darkest night? Mid all that strife with helpless, staring eyes He lay, nor could he move him left or right While calmly Chancey sat; in vain he tries llis strength ’gainst stronger hands while Sophs secure their prize. O thou great fish, beautiful as thou art, Why didst thou leave thy faithful Freshman fold So soon, when with frail hands but mighty heart They dared to hoist thee on our school flag pole? Defenceless as thou wert, out in the cold, Thy native instincts sadly were perturbed; Surely the fish pond was thy proper goal! It made, thou couldst have lived there undisturbed; Its narrow bounds thy wandering spirit would have curbed. © © But weep not for the flag as though ’twere dead Though from thy hand that sacred emblem’s torn, It rests e’en now within a vault of lead, Where it by tender Sophomore hands was borne. Fish, to the sea! Here thou must be forlorn. Why did the Freshmen choose for thee this place? On desert land no fish was ever born. May this teach Freshmen not to haste their pace, And be a warning stern to all their upstart race! —Edith Harford, Sophomore Class 1 8 mam . pig ©THEi® BRAND SOPHOMOH £ ©THE® BRAND DAISY MAE FULCHER Alpine, Texas “Happy am I; from care I’m free! Why ar’nt they all contented like me?” Freshman work in S. R. N. C. Member of the Sachem Literary Society. DENNIS LANDRY Lafayette, La. “Onward with the world, desponding never, Round and around, but onward ever,” Freshman work in Southwest Louisiana Institute, Lafayette. Yell Leader of S. R. N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms of the Sophomore Class. (MRS.) GEORGIA SMTTHER, Alpine, Texas “Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.” Freshman work in S. W. U., Georgetown. President of the Sachem Literary Society. EL VIE FULCHER Alpine, Texas “Her heart was as great as the world. But there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.” Freshman work in West Texas State Normal College and in S. R. N. C. Member of Sachem Literary Society. MILDRED THOMSON Fort Stockton, Texas “To know her is to love her And love but her forever, For Nature made her what she is And never made another.” Freshman work at University of Texas, Austin. President of the Class. Vice-President of Sachem Literary Society. MELVIN SLOVER Alpine, Texas “Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.” Freshman work in S. R. N. C. LOUISA MONTGOMERY Centreville, Mississippi A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady. Freshman work in Belhaven College. Jackson, Mississippi. Secretary of class. Class representative of THE BRAND. Member of Sachem Literary Society. Secretary of the Mask and Slipper Club. @ EDITH BURFORD Ovalo, Texas “A face with gladness overspread! Soft smiles by human kindness bred!” Freshman work in Simmons College, Abilene. Editor-in-Chief of THE BRAND. President of the Treble Clef Club. Vice-President of Athletic Association. Member of Sachem Literary Society. Member of Mask and Slipper Club. JOE ELLA FUNK Alpine, Texas ‘‘Whether you feel or think your way, You will find love and truth are one.” Freshman work in S. R. N. C. Treasurer of the class. Pianist of the Treble Clef Club. Member of the orchestra. Member of the Sachem Literary Society. LURLINE FITZGERALD Weimar, Texas ‘‘Prudent, quiet, and ever right. Always smiling, ever bright.” Freshman work in San Marcos. BYRON YATES Alpine. Texas ‘‘Common sense is not a common thing.” Freshman work in A. M., Texas. Best all around boy of S. R. N. C. First Vice-President of the class. Business Manager of THE BRAND. Second Vice-President of the Big Bend Literary Society. Member of General Athletic Council. Basket Ball ’21-’22. (MRS.) LULU COTTER WHITE Alpine, Texas “The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone, I wish to have none other books To read or look upon.” Freshman work in S. R. N. C. Member of Sachem Literary Society. EDA WEYERTS Alpine, Texas “A creature not too bright or good For human nature’s daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.” Freshman work in S. R. N. C. President of Girls’ Athletic Council. Athletic Representative to Staff of THE BRAND. Faculty Representative of the class. Sachem Literarv Society critic. Member of the Treble Clef Club. Vice-President of Mask and Slipper Club. Secretary of the Staff of THE BRAND. NELLIE CARMACK Alpine, Texas “Earth seems more sweet to live upon More full of love because of her.” Freshman work in S. R. N. C. Second Vice-President of the class. Treasurer of the Mask and Slipper Club. Representative to THE BRAND from the Sachem Literary Society. 21 © © I ELIZABETH HELM White Pine, Tenn. “Love for the work she never leaves, Love for the worth that work achieves.” B. A. from Carson and Newman College. B. S., A. B. from Southern Normal Uni¬ versity. © SUSIE EASTERWOOD Alpine, Texas “A firm yet cautious mind, Sincere, though prudent, Constant yet resigned.” Freshman work in S. R. N. C. MRS. J. R. MIDDLEBROOK Alpine, Texas “It’s guid to be merry and wise, It’s guid to be honest and true.” Member of the Mask and Slipper Club. O @ 22 ©THE© BRAND m ET 1 Sophomore Class History © The first Freshman Class of Sul Ross State Normal College, known as the V. I. M. class, having been corralled, branded, trained and imbued with genuine college spirit, were assembled on the third day of June, 1921, in the presence of the graduating class. On this occasion they received all the privileges and en¬ titlements pertaining to Sophomore rank, and fell heir to a scholarly name, worthy traditions, noble ideals, and the guardianship of the sacred Branding Iron. One morning last September, six of the original V. I. M. class, the “second best, ” who had become “the best,” struggled up Normal Hill. They were lonely, for fourteen of their original number had been lost somewhere on the vast plains of Texas. Noting their distressed faces, President Marquis sent out an S. O. S. Ten responded: some from Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee; others from Agricultural and Mechanical College, Texas University, Southwest Texas Normal, Simmons, North Texas State Normal College, and Baylor. On the second day of matriculation, the class roll had swelled to sixteen loyal Sophomores, whose chief ambition was, under all circumstances and at all times, to uphold the dignity of the Sophomore Class. This ambition they have realized, though often the circumstances have been trying. The contests have ranged from all-night hunts and all-day labors to occasional feasts and merry-making. Various members have borne trials and hardships for the class: one member is known to have received an injured knee¬ cap in the struggle for the Freshman flag; another lost several nights of peaceful slumber while the Freshmen were in mad chase of him. Many novel and in¬ teresting events have occurred; but the pride of the class has been upheld, and, best of all, the class dignity has been preserved. The carnation was selected as the official flower. Because of the flawless perfection of the emerald, and because the rose is an ancient symbol of con¬ fidence, we chose the color combination, emerald and rose. Realizing the dexterity of the artist, the class selected the artist’s smock as its ceremonial robe. The motto, already exemplified in the class activities, is the pithy “Deeds, not words.” © © d Great accomplishments are destined to be performed by the class, as a whole and as individuals. In the group, great wisdom gained from marr ed life, experience gained in years of teaching, temperance taught through experience in pharmacy, sturdy self-reliance attained from life on the ranches, are combined with the happy buoyancy of the Irish, the sureness of the English, the sturdiness of the Scotch, the determination of the German, the adaptability of the French, and the big spirit of the American. With the calm guidance of Miss Elliott and President Marquis, this class will—well, we shall see what we shall sec. Mildred Thomson Louisa Montgomery mp3 OUR CHEF ENDURANCE TEST PRETTV OAO ON THE HOMb SYR TCH TRYING TO BRAND TH TOGA OP AUTHORITY NOT A SPONGE SOPHOMORE ASPIRATION - | as r 1 24 DO D POf D r- R 1 9 fMJ NTON DENMAN- v?- pr Ei . . A f AM9 . 9T O Nlr ::Li —. .u. ' RJEIO 26 „ ©THE© “®B 1 AND A (H) Q) r ( 1 vL4 rfi .41 ' , y v XTX © 91 MPCON G 0 9 9 WHITE- M MAINC MC MAJN9 COTTER Kc PAOnENr PAI ?ELL— U E ATH E R.6 ' 27 © THE© BRAND The Freshman Class History Iii September, 1917, we were confronted by the schoolroom enigmas familiar to high school freshmen. Figuratively speaking, we attacked the un¬ known in algebra and raised the dead in Latin. It took several years of hard, intellectual scrubbing to remove our thick coat of green varnish; but we managed to live through it all. We d id our part in bringing Alpine High to the front in athletics; we helped to win the Loving Cup; and of course, the E. I. E s, of world-wide fame, took basket ball honors. As Juniors we revealed our histrionic qualities by the presentation of a Negro Minstrel. It was an all-star cast even to the sideshows. Another memorable event was the Junior-Senior reception given by Mrs. Middlebrook. This closed our Junior year, and we dispersed for the summer. A new college was being erected on Hancock Hill. It was finished by the twentieth of September; hence, instead of meeting as Seniors in Alpine High, we met as Second Years in Sul Ross. Here, we resumed our pursuit of higher education. We gradually forgot our regrets at leaving Alpine High as we plunged eagerly into our new work. We soon found that although we were now in a Normal College, we could still have fun; besides, “our bunch” was still to¬ gether. We graduated in June, 1921; but this graduation was not the usual life¬ long separation. We merely said, “Goodbye till we meet next year as Fresh¬ men.” On the twenty-sixth of September, 1921, we staged our reunion on trie steps, and in the halls and classrooms of Sul Ross. Those of our former classmates who were missing were partially replaced by new students. We promptly organized our class of College Freshmen, adopted our former colors, green and white, and started off the new year properly with a picnic. Shortly after Armistice Day, a crowd of Freshmen and a few curious on¬ lookers were seen standing around the flag pole. In a few moments, the best flag in the world—after Old Glory—was seen waving proudly over Normal Hill. The Sophs had an unaccountable antipathy for that large white fish swimming in a sea of green. Reinforced by a few adventurous First and Second Years, these Sophs attempted to haul down our sacred banner. A bloody Hattie ensued. There was much “weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth’ ' , as well as activities of a more muscular variety. The end was disaster; nevertheless, the Freshman flag was the first to reach the height of the flagpole. One cool Monday evening in January, the Freshmen, dismissing class rivalry for a time, enter¬ tained the Sophomores in the gymnasium with a real Spanish dinner. In fact, our class, ever ready and on the alert, has always done its part in keeping up the College spirit at Sul Ross. Next year, we shall be sophisticated Sophs; and then, we shall show you “Who’s Who”. © G © —Margaret Par sell, Freshman Class 28 Vr , 7TD T T D A fcvTjQ) © JS V ill jk- 1 . fl THE _ ' CLEVERE-9T Vur ' prexv cwmtohl living V ' GRADUATE EDISON PAL9 I LoVal MRAVhITB ■IHHBH! rACH lONAIHt SCR6E-NC-D | F( E9HMAN - DRA NDING OUr CA v LP LOOKING POR 90ME0NE _ JUDGE [ A MODEL. REYNOLDS CONGENIALITY ' 1 PRE 9 HMAN A0ANGC-R0U9 MAN ' Gl RL9 (Ti 0) ■ o w ®.y| ' ! y T ' P 29 © THE® BRAND If Elegy on the Freshman Flag it © O white Fish on the sea of green, Oh, where can you be at? We ween You live though months ago you left, And sinee we’ve been so much bereft. We’ve searched, we’ve looked, we’ve tried in vain To find if you were rent in twain. One consolation doth remain; We do believe you left by train. The £ophs are very wise, you know! They stole our Fish on sea of green, The mark of Freshman ignorance; It’s theirs by right they’ve clearly seen. Day Baker, Freshman Class ® 9 Freshman Days How dear to us are the days of our Fish-hood, When fond recollection presents them to view, The campus, the hall-ways, the stern-voiced professors, And all the loved scenes that our Freshman Days knew. © © The long, sloping driveway, the rides we had on it, 4 30 3 1 © £3 FINLEY cur-r-oR o Arthur m u i i aY cf o ? r PREV ' pounce MICOU PEf RY HA«P czx © H 32 tsezpi C 3 ' V f t! Smith - ' TOTTER COTTER calou eu. vVev ' ei t? SMITH- STOME VEnn VHAI P hARmon- 33 f oT HB o BMN| � l|lj Second Year Class History © © t? t © Tn September, 1918, we, the famous 49, gathered in the Alpine High School station to start our journey through the land of High School. We bought tickets and entered the Freshman coach. The seats were hard and uncomfortable, and the coach bumped over a rough road. It was a hard task to carry our baggage, and a still harder one to endure the treatment of the occupants of the other coaches. Occasionally, Altha Yates, our president, ordered the train to stop; these stops were the most enjoyable parts of our journey. Some were disappointed at the outset and got off, not to return. Most of us stayed on, diligently striving to win a pass into the coach where pillows were supplied on every seat. In May these passes were issued. Most of us presented these passes the next fall. We found the sophomore coach lovely. From experience we knew the hardships those in the Freshman coach were enduring; so out of human kindness we stopped one Saturday night and entertained them with a Backward Party. On this part of our journey the stops are what we remember best. We left this coach realizing that the worst half of our journey was over. With eager eyes we peeped into the Junior coach, and beheld the velvet covered seats on which we should ride during 1920 and 1921. On these seats we never rode; for during vacation each received an un¬ expected transfer to the Steamer Sul Ross. Because we had so desired to ride in the Junior coach, it was with sad hearts that we boarded this ship. We were nicknamed Burros, and loaded on the lowest deck. Although traveling in a steamer was quite different from traveling in a train, we soon became accustomed to it and liked it. Walter Caldwell, our president, and Miss Cowan, our sponsor, helped to make our “burro days” pleasant. Western people know that burros are hard to train, and the crew who trained us did not find this characteristic lacking; but they managed to get passes for most of us in June. Last September, the few of us left of the famous 49, and some new pass¬ engers, again boarded the Sul Ross. We organized, electing Frank Cross presi¬ dent and .Miss Matthaei sponsor. A lively bunch of twenty-five started with enthusiasm. We did our share in the ceremonies given the Fish Flag, and took care to see that our donation to the Loan Fund was not overlooked. Now that we have almost attained our wish to receive little rolls of paper neatly tied with gold and white ribbon, we remember our motto: “We learn not for today, but for all time.” So instead of saying good-bye as we leave the steamer, we merely wish again on the same wish-bone that our journey through college shall be a pleasant one. Fl 34 ©THE® BftAMD © liiri A A , M EX I CAf4A • ACRocc %; COUNTRY RANCHERO FASHION Of E( VATION CAR ON THE ORIENT A TPE Cl AL TO RANGER CANYON A CIDE -DOORPULMAN AIRLINE EXPRESS ' HOMEWARD HOUNDON THE COUTHgRN PACIFIC A PR IV ATE CAR ONTHE ORIENT- mm © 3 6 W A, rm ©THE® BRAND Being High School Seniors © I E © sz ' m © © There was a class in Sul Ross To which, in honor due, Was bequeathed the name of seniors For nineteen twenty-two. There while the Sophomores plied their deadly grind, And Freshmen and First Years all for pleasures pined, There while their last, long high school year they spent, They breathed the name of seniors, and were content. But on midnights dark and dreary, As they pondered weak and weary O’er half forgotten bits of Math, and English lore, How they wished the name of Seniors they had heard, oh nevermore. In the spring a fuller knowledge came to those who bore that name; In the spring they realized just being seniors brings no fame; In the spring their work grew harder, all was not a rosy hue; In the spring the class admitted others had been seniors too. How they toiled to get their credits, How they brought their themes and essays, Did their best in Mathematics,— All to get those little credits. © 36 37 mm mm ©THE© BRAND @ CA3 © © © © n w ltHOITCr TOTTER CON lrV l?C-l MAN JOHNCON Rur POi o TA F r- neVillg ?£r «Of D WlLHOITE 9IMPC0N PI EV- EA TE W OOD PILG EEN CI EEN GILUrTT CMANC y ANDE OM 1 © ££53 I Mi tj Hu -w ■ ■■•;■■ • 38 © ©THE© BR AND B3 © First Year Class History In the fall of 1921 a number of kids were gathered from the surrounding ranches into the Sul Ross pastures. Here English, mathematics, history, etc. were provided for our delectation. Portions of these proved very indigestible; however, members of the goat family are remarkably adapted for digesting any¬ thing from tin cans to dynamite; so we passed through such ordeals undaunted. Of course, in justification of our self-dubbed title, we gamboled freely, frequently, and ardently. We participated in all Sul Ross activities, playing an important part, at least in our own opinion. Now, as we look forward and try to imagine ourselves as we shall be in the Second Year Class, we think with mixed pleasure and regret of our past “kid days”, and firmly resolve that as a Second Year Class, we shall take our “kid past” as a standard. Nevertheless, it is not our intention to follow the natural tendency of kids to become goats. Instead, we intend to evolve into creatures of higher intellectual powers and attainments with more discriminating tastes. © —Everett Westerfield. First Year Class © 0 A Wail d Miss Brewer is my English teacher; I cannot learn. She maketh me write hard themes; she giveth me unheard-of tests. She taketh away my breath; she leadeth me in paths of darkness for Shakespeare’s sake. Yea, though I study through the wee hours of morning, I cannot please her. She maketh a goose of me in the presence of my classmates; she decorateth my card with an F; my eye runneth over. Surely Dickens and Scott shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in that class forever. [Adapted.] o 39 Flf T AID TO INJURED CA VOMETHINGTO LOVE ONE MAN POVVEf Waiting Ar ESTED C HA t?F GOOD fellowship HAY MAKC R FIRST YEAR SNAPSHOTS ' © 40 4 1 42 l U ' I D flu i r COLUMBIA AND THE FLAG FOURTH GRADE CHUMS ' THE GRAND MARCH !N THE MINUET A TV COBB UNDBRmi A TROJAN HORSE AMERICANS ALL SEE-SAW MARJORV DAW THE GENTLEMAN ROUND THE LApVj running a )aV from school vz?m @ © pfl r 10 O) 3 r ,„ „,J| p ri [• ' R R 1 ® ©.Ism V- V jv! 43 © t: 9 It seemed to me, living in Alpine, that the Sul Ross State Normal College was erected just in time to keep me from enjoying boarding-school. It seemed to retard my very growing-up; how could I be grown and sophisticated unless I went to the University? None of the exquisite pleasure of coming home Christmas, of feeling almost like a guest in the home, of showing off new clothes, and of saying snappy bits of French and slang, could ever be mine! Well, the first few months, I gradually grew into the life of the school. I would never have admitted that the school was anything extra! Yet there were times when my behavior was out of harmony with my attitude; this could have been seen at several basket ball games. I will never say that I just happened to find that Sul Ross is a wonderful place; there are too many concrete realities that make it so. I cannot say, however, just when or where I first realized the fact. Sometimes, I have felt that Sul Ross was like a stately, fine, old mother, and that we could climb up on her big, white steps and tell her how we love Tier, just as we do our own mothers. First, I would tell her how 1 love her spirit, so brave and so courageous, that has brought her to the West where there were almost insurmountable dif¬ ficulties to be overcome. I would tell her how we see that she has been kind and patient, and has done as much for us as she would have done for a greater number of much better and more learned students. Then I would thank her for the good-times she has given us, and for the love and friendships we have found within her walls. And, a little ashamed, I would try to explain that our quarreling and complaining are only thoughtless, careless ways of talking, and that we understand that it is her love for us, her faith in us, that makes her watch and guide us in all that we do. I would tell her how I loved her cause; how, because she helps ana serves all mankind, we, too, feel that call—a call that is full of love, a call that makes us want to teach others as we have been taught. And as I left her and walked away, I would glance back and see her on the hill, her spotless, white columns, her brick and glass, and I would proudly call, “Oh, Alma Mater, you are as clean, as fresh and wholesome, and as beautiful as the very principles for which you stand!” —Bcrtlia M. Hancock 44 45 BRAND Bend fitetU t chanceV imp?o N r EVNDLD 9 _ cr CK 9 M? Ka ' lANOI VATG 9 UVtNGrTON rc-c Tf c- r CALftW e v- prvc-c iiur i AV u e te PieLD V HiT V HAf P VltHO� Tt fS OEHMAN nONE roTtert G ' l v ' lr N r MfTH 46 47 n Motto: “When we look into the long avenue of the future and see the good there is for each one of us to do, we realize after pll what a beautiful thing it is to work, and to live, and be happy.” —Robert Louis Stevenson. 48 VfMc Mains V!kfc Mains t. LBunion ' Pres. E. Bur tor cl S. Bunion E Veyerts FP. E. Fennell [ (CarmackjjETreas. AC. Evans Klfevilt D Baker L. Ffoni j ornery Sec. „ ©THE© ' , a, BRAND ® fifes if METHOOIST CHURCH BREWKTCrR COUNTY COUf T House THE PR 9 CHURCH AND MANSE 50 © j © THE® BRAND The Staff of The Brand EDITH BURFORD.Editor-inChief BYRON YATES.Business Manager GEORGE LIVINGSTON.Art Editor BERTHA MAE HANCOCK.Literary Editor WELBORN McKAY.Staff Photographer MISS BREWER, MR. HENDERSON, and MISS MATTHAEI.Faculty Committee Assistants LOUISA MONTGOMERY.Sophomore Class MARGARET PARSELL.Freshman Class ETHEL CLIFFORD.Second Year EVERETT WESTERFIELD.First Year MERRILL POUNCEY.Treble Clef Club, Calendar J. T. REYNOLDS.Big Bend, Joke Editor LEO MURRAY..Boys ' Glee Club EDA WEYERTS.Girls’ Athletic Council ANSON CHANCEY.Boys’ Athletic Council DOROTHY WEATHERBY.General Athletic Council ELVIE FULCHER.Orchestra NELLIE CARMACK.Sachem Literary Society MISS AYNESWORTH, MISS LANCASTER, MISS EVANS.Faculty Assistants £ 5 1 I THE SK LtNE a ? Ve sc-e it LOWERS RETREAT CREST OF MITRE PC-CCK FROMTHE HIGH ORIOGE M THE TOP OF MITRE PAISANO PA9? A NATURAL NATATORY UM A FA in PROS PEC ALPINE PICNIC 53 ® • © o 11 11 y Q Q ■■nn Treble Clef Club The Treble Clef Club was organized with sixteen members under the direction of Miss Boyle in 1921. The Club has given several entertainments: two beautiful and impressive vesper services, a sandwich day, and a George Washington tea. It has also assisted in programs given by the town and the school. Miss Irma Lee Batey has successfully conducted the Club since Christmas, 1921. Q 64 ©THE® BRA ND WilHOiTC- v)m I T tr CALOXtffrLl f%c� uvm gsxom giO mB V )?LHOITjr B LEO MURRAY.President CHARLES SIMPSON.Vice-President ERNIE WILLHOITE.Treasurer WALTER CALDWELL.Secretary WELBORN McKAY.Assistant Secretary The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master’s spell; And feeling hearts—touch them but lightly—pour A thousand melodies unheard before. —Rogers © © The Sul Ross Orchestra, consisting of eight mem¬ bers was organized January, 1922, with Miss Irma Lee Batev as director. By March there were seventeen members, and the school had received six hundred dollars’ worth of first class instruments. The organi¬ zation has made rapid progress, and will soon be able to give recitals, which they hope will promote the wel¬ fare of the school and contribute to public entertain¬ ment. 56 ©THE© BRAND The Sul Ross Quintet i P We went aboard the Ship Sul Ross to see what we could see. The skipper Bob, “he up an’ says,” We boast the best there be; Our Basket-ball it wins from all, and leads the District, too; We play ’em fast, we play ’em last, and see the game right thru. For it’s Weakley this, and Chancey that, and Byron, “Throw this way”; An’ it’s “Fare ye well” to Davis when those boys begin to play, Those boys begin to play, my girls, those boys begin to play, Oh, it’s “Fare ye well” to Davis when those boys begin to play! II. • © I Our basket-ball it heeds the call to follow every rule, ' To play most fair, and be most square with teams of any school; On every trip shows sportsmanship and grows athletic’lly, While laurel crown, by port and town, it wears right modestly. Then it’s Claude Sharp here, and Frank Cross there, and “Make another score.” For it’s first-class sports they are; and the crew begins to roar, The crew begins to roar, my girls, the crew begins to roar, Oh, it’s first-class sports they are; and the crew begins to roar! III. We’ll stay abroad the good Sul Ross and join her navy all, To watch the Bugs and Bears play honcst-to-goodness basket-ball; And drink a toast to those who most deserve our loudest praise: “Success and wealth, real joy and health thruout all future days! For it’s Frank Cross, Chancey, Byron, Sharp, and Weakley, all the day; And it’s “Fare ye well” to Stockton when those boys begin to play. Those boys begin to play, my girls, those boys begin to play, Oh, it’s “Fare ye well” to Stockton when those boys begin to play. [With apologies to Kipling.] 68 fj « p Rj ' l p @ T H @ BRAND General Athletic Council Standing ' . —Weycrts, Hopson, Henderson, Yates, Lancaster Seated: —Chancey, Givens, Weyerts J„ Caldwell, Burt ' ord, Weatherby OFFICERS WALTER CALDWELL.President EDITH BURFORD.Vice-President DOROTHY WEATHERBY.Secretary CHARLES GIVENS.Treasurer Faculty Committee.MISS LANCASTER, MR. HOPSON, MR. HENDERSON © © © The Athletic Council, which is composed of members from the faculty and the student body, directs the athletic activities of the College, striving to uphold the highest of athletic standards. During the past year it has successfully conducted a basket-ball tournament in which the surrounding towns participated; Sul Ross won the pennant by defeating the champion team of the district. The Council has also directed the Trans-Pecos Track Meet, which is to be held annually. It expects soon to a dd intercollegiate games in tennis, football, and baseball to the list of sports in which Sul Ross participates. 59 ©THE© BRAND © I © Boys Athletic Council Top Row: Livings:on, Totter, Willhoitc, Reid, Willhoitc B., White Lower R -w: Denman, Sampson. McKay, Stone, Caldwell, Hord OFFICERS r c ! vK L CLAUD SHARP .President MAURICE DENMAN.Vice-President CHARLES SIMPSON.Secretary-Treasurer WF;LBORN McKAY .Business Manager The Boys’ Athletic Council was organized in the fall of 1920. during the first regular session; but because our activities were limited by lack of a Physical Education Director, the Council could not function properly. The spirit of Ihc organization has been given a chance to manifest itself this year, however; and as a result, several interesting programs have been given, all of which have proved successful. The money derived from these programs was used for adver¬ tising purposes, to finance our page in the Annual, to pay for an elaborate oyster supper given by the members to their girl friends, and to furnish gasoline for a night shirt parade. rj @ © 60 @T ’HE© ... ® no jrr) uM ® © RPM ©I Girls’ Athletic Council Back Row : Funk, Baker, Murray, Iscrman, Webb, Micou, Weatherby, Weyerts, J. Front Row : Hancock, Weyerts, E., Miss Lancaster OFFICERS EDA WEYERTS.President MAMIE LEASE.Vice-President BERTHA MAE HANCOCK.Secretary-Treasurer DAY BAKER.Recording Secretary O f u o p b The Girls’ Athletic Council is composed of the officers, the managers of the athletic clubs, and the physical education director. The Baseball, the Rifle, the Tennis, and the Hiking Clubs are represented in this council. Members of these organizations are work¬ ing to make the college letter, which is to be awarded to the girls who make the re¬ quired number of points determined by the Council. The annual banquet was given February 7. 1922, at the Garnett Hotel. The toast scheme and the decorations carried out the idea of “Our Ship. Sul Ross.” The table, which was on deck, was reached by crossing the gang-plank. In the center of the table was a large ship; little ships served as place-cards; toasts were given to the ship, the crew, the captain, the officers, and to the speed of the ship. 6 l © © ©THE© BRAND W The Rifle Club The Rifle Club was organized during the school year of 1920- 1921. Two rifles and the range have been provided by the st’iooI. The Club consists of girls from the student body who wish to become sure of aim, and steady of arm. The Physical Director for Women supervises all shooting, and there has been no reckless or careless shooting since the club was organized. The Rifle Club develops self- confidence. A miniature gold rifle pin is to be awarded the marksman with the highest score for the year and three silver rifle pins to the girls with the next highest scores. Dorothy Weatherby and Kat- halee Powers made the highest scores in the Rifle Matches for 1920-1921. 62 ©THE® BRAND © 9 SQUAD Yates, B. WilJhoitc, Reid, E. Willhoite, Murray, Hopson ( coach ). Caldwell, Weakley, McKay, Smith, Mallard. Chancey, Cross, Sharp. ‘‘ A defect in personality closely akin to conceit is lack of consideration for the rights of others. This spirit can find no place in sport. The very life of sport is consideration for the rights of others. One who does not recognize this is made to feel that he is unwelcome and out of place among real sportsmen. He unconsciously, or consciously, changes his attitude towards other people. Any¬ one who really sets a value on other people, who realizes the human side of man¬ kind in general will respect their rights. No better school for teaching the brotherhood of man is provided than a clean, live football team. The motto of all real sportsmen is, ‘‘Be a good loser.’ 7 This develops the better side of human nature, encourages honesty, and promotes fair play. 77 03 ® THE® BBANB TEAM HOPSON (coach), SMITH (forward), CALDWELL (guard) CHANCEY (guard), WEAKLEY (forward), MURRAY (guard) YATES (forward), CROSS (center), SHARP (forward) © © w “Another point in their favor is the friendship and good will which come to you through athletics. When people see you fight for your side of a contest with everything that is in you, they are sure to respect you and like you for it. On the athletic field you meet people under these conditions, and it is easy to make either friends or enemies of them. Here all classes meet on an equal footing, and here you may make friends alike of all the people who will, later on, be under you, around you, and over you in your business world.” —Frank Gross T 04 mzffl pm ; ; — t V ■ - V r - ; , ; 7 V ■ . ■ . ... , . ,- .. ..-J ’ . .). 65 v --.-., v3 © © . . Tennis is a sport that has been enjoyed by most of the girls. Last April all the girls in the Tennis Club played in a tournament conducted in the Hound Robin fashion. The five who won the largest number of games made the team, and all the others made the squad. The final game, which was played by Grace Hunk and Johnnie Weyerts, was won by Miss Funk, to whom a silver tennis ball was given for championship. This year a similar tourna¬ ment will be held; but instead of setting a definite number for first team, all those who win a given percentage of the games will be eligible. 11 (Q; 66 6 ? ©THE® BRAND Animals of the Big Bend The Big Bend Country offers fauna of a greater variety than any locality in Texas. True, some of the animals are badly scattered , but that is due to the natural bigness of the country. At almost any time, a large herd of antelope may be seen quietly browsing on the flats not more than two miles from our own college campus. The moun¬ tains which surround Alpine at a distance of from five to ten miles, are fre¬ quented by the big black-tailed deer with his splendid spreading antlers and long significant-looking ears. During the past season, one of our faculty members killed two black-tailed bucks and was, at no time, over ten miles from town. On Haystack Mountain, fifteen miles from Alpine, a buck has been seen, which has a mane over a foot long hanging beneath his neck, and which exceeds in size any yet killed in this country. Here is a chance for some student to show his prowess next season! Deer hunting is the chief sport in the fall of the year; the people of Alpine kill annually from twenty-five to fifty deer. Besides this, people come here from all over the United States to get deer and bear. Bear hunting is also another popular sport, although bears are much more scarce than deer, and a man must be a good hunter to get one. The black bear found in this country is very wary. He will not show fight unless hemmed in; but this usually happens before he can be killed. Perhaps the most exciting hunt we have is the panther chase. The big mountain lion, or cougar, is a very fierce animal when brought to bay; and a large pack of well-trained dogs is necessary to handle him well. The panther expresses himself in a long-drawn-out, uncanny scream which strikes terror to the heart of one who has never heard the sound before. Besides the larger animals, there is a host of smaller ones which stay around the mountain tops and the canyons. Among the more familiar animals are the fox, coyote, skunk, badger, jack-rabbit, prairie dog, and lobo wolf. Practically all these animals are fur-bearing and offer the trapper a lucrative field. In the springtime when we go mountain-climbing, the first thing that arrests our at¬ tention is the buzz of a rattlesnake. Farther up, we are startled by the low sweep of a Mexican eagle; or a hawk, flying in wide circles, cries out his alarm. A rock squirrel flashes a signal with his bushy tail. Small birds are numerous among the bushes, and particularly so among the trees in the canyons. Our big open West is vast enough to claim as its own many of the songbirds which make nature’s sweetest music. The last animal I would mention is the lonely centipede, which crawls along our college corridor, and innocently alarms the girls. —Welborn McKay, Freshman Class 68 09 ? «■ «■ :■ -. r TC liNGUA A CfUMPSE OF toAJKITE ' S r 0 V£ 1 r A r ‘ACC-TOf-ACC- . ■ W TH MEXICO FACULTV CUNBC- Tr 70 ©THE® BRAND The Grand Canyon of St. Helena It is quite fitting that the imposing dimensions of Brewster, the largest county in Texas, with all its majestic scenery should have for its southern boundary the Rio Grande, or the Rio Bravo as most Mexicans call it. Climb to any of the hilltops fifteen or twenty miles north of the Mexican border, and one has a splendid view of a two-thousand foot cliff, the top of which is a level plain, and the gash in it which is the “Grand Canyon of Saint Helena ,, , the work of the Rio Grande with accompanying weathering through long ages. Al¬ though unheard of by many Texans, there is no bit of scenery in the state which exceeds it in beauty, grandeur, and weirdness. One dark night I was about six miles from the mouth of the canyon. The sky overhead and to all sides except toward Mexico was perfectly clear. There black clouds boiled up, reminding me of the general spirit of Mexico at that time. Now and then there came a flash of lightning which lighted up the whole canyon until I imagined I could see all the way through it into the very heart of old Mexico. A closer view shows the cliff to be composed of strata of rock whose face is dotted here and there with bushes and scrubby trees, which by some mysterious means manage to derive enough moisture from the rock to exist. Red, yellow, green, white, black, and brown blend in some places, and in others give place to sharply individual tones, the whole presenting an effect which no artist can hope to describe. As seen through strong field glasses, the cliff seems to be perforated with deep caves, out of which one expects to see the green eyes of a panther peep, or the awkward form of a bear emerge. Altho the canyon is seven miles long, most visitors from this side have to be content with only this view, as it would be almost impossible to scale the cliff and view it from the rim. The width varies so that the opening looks like a ragged wound. On the left is Mexico, and on the right is the United States. As one looks up the mouth of the canyon, it seems to close up; and out of nowhere appears a tumbling volume of water. It rushes over and around huge rocks of a great variety of shapes, which with their rich color and their carved lines, look curiously like Oriental temples. As it hurries off down the foot of the cliff on its way to the Gulf, Terlingua Creek adds its bit to the general turmoil. The river in the canyon varies from a few feet to an unknown depth; and at times of much rainfall or when snow melts along its source, it has a greatly in¬ creased volume. At all times it is so swift that the best of swimmers are unable to swim up stream. The inaccessibility of the canyon has prevented its exploration to any great extent. It is said that some Texas rangers made the hazardous journey thru it by boat some twenty years ago; but this story rests upon no real basis, and it is certain that no one has ever attempted it since. —Elvie Fulcher, Sophomore Class toheck Vfc? 16 7 1 ©THE© BRAND The Demon of The Plains Then, unexpected, the demon came, not from the waters of the lake but from the plains of the West. He came over the hill without the slightest forewarning. He came with all the force he could gather from weeks of rest and premeditation. He came with all the sand and pebbles his strong spirit could carry. He bore down on us and our picnic with all these disqualifications. He put to rout the once jolly members of our picnic party. He scattered our lunch over sections of hills and valleys by the sweep of his evil hand. He left not one morsel of food for the hungry group that anticipated picnic satiety. Then, as suddenly as he had appeared, he was gone. He was the West Wind. —Arnold Totter, First Year Class. 7 3 74 MED jf © @ 76 76 ©THE© BRAND Sul Ross Stadium © Early Monday morning, March 20, there assembled on the tract of land which was destined to become a great athletic field, a large corps of carpenters, post-hole diggers, water-boys, and general flunkies. Each man brought enough tools to keep him busy all day. Then the work commenced. The boys of the faculty were in charge, and under their management the large grandstand rapidly took form. Of course, the work might have progressed more rapidly, but everyone present had to take turns bossing. Too many bosses did not entirely spoil the structure, however; it was not long before a magnificent green structure adorned the site of one of the best and largest athletic fields in the country. As all the men had agreed to work for their board, when it was eleven o’clock and no cooks were in sight, the workers became restless, and threatened to strike. The strike was called off, however, as there appeared, coming from Normal Hill, a large corps of cooks and assistants (mostly hungry assistants). They brought with them all the necessities for a lunch, and they soon had fires built and were cooking enough food for an army. When the dinner bell rang, there assembled in the lnrge mess hall, which extended from the pump-house to the depot, that bunch of tired laborers which had more than spent its energy in behalf of the school which it represented. The picnic was one which will be long remembered, and which will go down as the most complete picnic ever held around Alpine. After the repast, work commenced again and continued until the structure was practically completed. Then, those noble girls of the council appeared on the scene with ice-cold lemonade, which they served through the ball game which followed. The game was between the students and the Boy Scouts, who com¬ prised a large part of the laborers. Sul Ross now has a grandstand seating two hundred people, and an athletic field which has room for fifty thousand spectators. This field is one of the best in the country, and would be a credit to any college. —George Livingston, Freshman Class. 3 pp © j i @ ff © TT 3 77 8P Y UNVt BRAND ® yii ort uHtf o i$api t an po ta-hon f £OUiAn ftUTtfc? A UN DAY ? M a Donetnc NeuCiiY mm W A.«tC Utl N£ X-f N ITY FQnfi ' HG T ma @ © HH 80 V 7 7 A ©THE® BRAND 6 El © © I u © o OMNES I have been Left Alone for this last hour. No sound breaks the stillness ex¬ cept the creak of the windmill as it heaves on its rods. But in vain have I looked at my paper, for not a scratch mars its whiteness yet. I am still Adrift. My bark sails an unknown sea. Black clouds hide the stars; and I hear the surf booming on the rocks of F, but I can’t write on one of these subjects. When I thiiiK max, in this land of the free, and home of the brave” where compulsory church attendance has been of the past for a hundred and fifty years, I am forced to write themes, I know that I am Mistreated. But Caesar had his Brutus; Charles I, his Cromwell; English teachers may profit by their examples. It will not be so always. The clock has gone another half round, and still no ideas flow from my pen. My Anxiety is fast becoming Distress. Surely goodness and mercy shall” not follow me, for I sit with my pen forever. In my Distress I know that I shall get no Sympathy from Miss Brewer, and my Misery is complete. But, since I am in Suspense lest I be Misunderstood and Scolded, I will fill the other pages by telling you what I might have done. Last year, when you gave us this list of subjects, I wrote on Sympathy. As usual, I tried to treat it in an unusual way. I gave the word to a monkey for a name, and proceeded to write the biography of that animal. Following my customary course, I might tell you this year that Sympathy was a species of butterflies found on Mars; for, whatever it is, it is certainly a rare genus on earth. Or, if I considered the climate of Mars to be too cold for butterflies, I could say that Sympathy was a modern electrical contrivance. This would be up-to-date” in tone, if not scientific in principle. Again, it is just possible that the abnormally developed sympathy bump of a good natured, simple, old bachelor should lead him into comical situations. By a wild flight of a fevered imagination it could even be said that Sympathy is an important force in politics, religion, and busi¬ ness transactions. And, if the illusion continued long enough, it could be shown how it operated, and the results of the operation. But, since the list could be extended indefinitely, and the subject grows tiresome, let us consider a change in diet. Adrift is a subject of many possibilities. It could be adrift in a balloon, or a submarine. An account of the sensations and events would easily fill four pages. A night ride on a frightened elephant would not be prosaic, wherever the setting. A humorous account could be given of an orator who had forgotten his speech. Misunderstood is a subject similar to Adrift in that both are undesirable situations often occupied by human beings. Plant or animal life might speak for itself. Many humorous misunderstandings could be imagined. The wife might mis¬ understand the husband’s telephone message in regard to the company for dinner. Scolding follows Misunderstanding naturally and, usually, immediately. Many things could and do get scolded, as, small boys, little dogs, and English students. But the excuse, prayer and promise of all are similiar to that of the English student who says, I couldn’t help it; and, if you’ll remember that, as there was no offense intended when Bacon took all knowledge for his kingdom; so was there none when I took all subjects for my essay; I’ll never do so again. Amen.” @ g 4 S; r , —Leo Murray, Second Year Class [Left Alone, Adrift, Misery, Sympathy, etc. were titles in a group of theme subjects. The writer wrote on all of them.] II W s?2b ©THE© , BRAND; I wrote thee late a little theme Not so much honoring thee, As giving it a hope, at least, It would receive a B; But thou thereon didst only smile, And wrote on it a 1), Since when its fate is due, I swear, Not to itself, but thee. — 7i0e Ellen Murray, Second Year Class Cliff-Dwellers Of the girls who stay at Clifford’s Of them I am going to sing. And I’m sure before I’ve finished You’ll declare us a merry ring. Now there is little Jessie, With curls so black and long; She’s sweet, and kind, and true; Sorrows fly her happy song. And there is laughing Tommie, A beauty you can see; She makes us all so cheery By letting us share her glee. Another’s fair and square; Her name is Susybel. And though she’s very learned, She likes the boys right well. Lady, too. lives on the cliff; She’s pretty, good, and stately, And yet I’m sure ’twas she Who broke the spoonholder lately! The last one’s full of life; Elizabeth’s charmingly witty. 1 can say without compunction She ' s given the life to this ditty. A sixth one’s name is Ethel; She left herself quite out; But she’s a western girlie, The best there is about. —Ethel Clifford, et al., Second Year Class. • © © r 82 © © aiWetN THC VnALL PARAOK departurc op TH suns LI M IT D FRESH ME N ON THE PISH POND SPANISH DAG G SR, ?UMRKE AS j£ CO TO SCHOOL fftirttfc HAiji HIGH MOGUL ENTRANCE ENGINEER HENSON ¥ © ip 83 V £CT f N ho ? SiffliSfe 0 H ¥ : illfS CATCHING ' EM VOUNG cor r A,uteD A T WlrS QUARTET A TEI THE DAT? v o r K i AS fl sut Rose £X PE RTS PRACTI CING THE SAC RED COW CP VETT T XAr ATVPI CAt. WE S T ERNE R P O R£ M £ N E23 (Q © © t 3 ■© 84 o $ r zi t:.4a rt ' v © ©THE® BMMD o When on our western ranches our (logics we do brand, The finest, fattest, smartest in all this western land, We send right up to Alpine to enter Sul Ross C; For though they can’t be students, they’ll pay a student’s fee. A One evening last fall, three little niggers came out of their peanut shell, and told a large audience of students and friends that a loan fund for the Sul Ross State Normal College was to be started that night. Miss Aynesworth traced the plan from its origin in a faculty inquiry to the status at that time. As a result of donations made at this meeting and since then, the loan fund now amounts to more than eight hundred dollars in cash, besides eighteen calves branded sr. which will be sold this spring and the proceeds added to the fund. © m t V V TH4H O10HAI0? T HB flAil AT TH CUV AN 0 PHOfcBk NOT A CTAOfc fcN UON £ C H pLOTT I cyiAl ' I WAUawry V fe CU?y AN0 1 HAT Tfcnf « nu$ wtluam T M i t H Hfff ftrVEiVDOfc AND ot-oaotEr PHOEBE IT CALL DA r-uat 87 ©THE© BRA ND @ DELECTATION A TYPICAL CUL ROSS GIRL STUDY HOUR GlLL IT STANDTHE STRAIN? FAMILIAR PACES OUR MATRON AND THE COOlR TOE THE M ARR A SERIOUS MATTE f Ye cool Oc-randa STRAIGHT THE PATH ALAWJNSCGNE vGhen the deansavJay ' wzm pw if © T Hi BRAND A Driftwood Fire As I sat alone one evening gazing fixedly at the flame as it played about among the logs, a dreamy mood came down upon me—stealthily, yet with such certainty that I succumbed without resistance to its strange influence. Still looking into the fireplace, I became aware that the flame was not a mere blaze, that it represented a great deal more. It seemed to be saying: ‘‘I am Life; I dance, I gleam, I twinkle, I flicker, and then I die.” ‘‘Can this be all there is to Life?” I wondered; “is there nothing different, out of the ordinary, nothing except the commonplace in Life?” I could not force myself to believe the flame wholly; I felt rather sure that Life meant more to some people than a mere gleaming, flickering, and dying. While I was still musing over this thought, one of my friends called and brought with her a package of that magic stuff which, when thrown on your fire, causes the flame to resemble closely that of a driftwood fire. She chatted merrily at some length, and then left. My thoughts again turned to the fire. Although 1 had come to no definite conclusion concerning the question in my mind as to the accuracy of the flame’s version of life, I reached over to my table, took up a small portion of the magic powder which my friend had left, and threw it into the fire. How it changed! What splendor gleamed out among the flames! In an instant the commonplace, ordinary blaze was changed into a magnificent display of color. A bluish-purple predominated, with here and there tongues of bright red; a gorgeous orange flashed out now and then over the large log on top. What a change had taken place in so short a time! Then I remembered. The flame some minutes before had said, “I am Life.” Although transformed beyond identification, this was the same flame. Why should the blaze not represent Life now as truly as it had done before? I came at length to the conclusion that this, too, was Life. Now, the blaze represented the truest phase of Life, gave the most perfect translation of it. This was the picture of Life I had tried to imagine before my friend had called. The deep blue signified the truth, the honesty of Life: the honesty with our fellow-men, with ourselves, and with our God. The red signified the bravery which we must all possess, to a great degree, in the battle of Life. The orange on the horizon of the picture, suggested hope to me; not only ambitious hope, but unselfish hope, which should lead to greater sympathy with others, and to forgetfulness of self. This completed the picture; the blue predominant, the red, and the orange. As I rose to retire, I thought: This is the true version of Life. The first flame was right: We do gleam in all our glory, then flicker, and afterwards die; but even while the commonplace things of the world go on about us as an inseparable part of our being, we experience the extraordinary, the uncommon. v.i! 89 V M ©THE©_ BRAND ®“ L.-S3 Faculty Foibles The Sul Ross student body has l)een both benefited and entertained by the hobbies which the faculty members have ridden this year. Strange to say, every time we see Miss Aynesworth get up in chapel, we know that something new has been planned, and is now on foot. Her hobby this year has been collecting calves. Do people always ride their hobbies? If so, we want to be present when Miss Aynesworth rides hers. We might say almost the same thing about Mr. Smith, but these calves have not attracted him as much as they have Miss Aynesworth. 11 is chief indoor sport this year is fixing the clock; I mean working on it. One seldom passes by this highly ornamental piece of furniture without seeing a curious looking ladder leaning against the wall somewhere nearby. We are beginning to think that this is the way in which Mr. Smith takes his daily exercise—climbing up and down the wobbly ladder and balancing himself on the top step while he hammers and screws at the clock on the wall. Mr. Harris, of late, has taken up giving G’s as a hobby. We think, how¬ ever, that this is because his second initial is G, and that he is so used to writing it that he hasn’t quite got out of the habit yet. And so we might proceed to enumerate all the various hobbies of the faculty from Miss Vandiver’s imagination to Mr. Studhalter’s love for bugs and water-dogs; but this would be quite wrong, since everyone ought to form his own opinions, especially about the foibles of the faculty. o o —Mi riarn Webb, Second Year Class. Al © O BRAND dm J I LL AG E CHOPPING THE FACULTr ' TVV) I N ‘T ACTUALLY AT f E ?T- � A FRI END OF LITTLE CHILDREN hop ?on mm® PE Nf 00 PAST MISTRESS OF TACT ASTUOENT TEACHER. A Fl N t ART IN HER PLACE A FACULTY HIRER FACULTY : MARER ESPRIT OE CORPS W hallo ween UNDER. MASQUERADE M� SOtt N MN£ AN OBEDIENT ‘-PARENT AND FM5 OUR MADAME BUTTE RFLV CHICKEN FANCIER mmmmmmmm ■■Hi THEY GO IN PAI RS Tir £ TROUBLE HER FATHERS DAUGHTER— OWNERSHIP ATRAININ G SCHOOL MODEL HOP-SONS AN AUDITOR PROBLEM? A LITTLL- KENTUCRIAN A PROMISING SPECIMEN EP © © © HIS FATHERS SON WHERE IS A , BETTER BAOV? QN A MITRE- PIN NACLt THE TEAM AT Ff $ Katin a on THE CAM Pllt BATH TUB ALL DOLLED UP mmmmm ■nmec-N ONEVhG OETHE UBRAt V THE BRANDI Di f TH PLACE THE BEST 7 PORT OFALL ON A PICNIC f EC£f )lN6 UNB ATTHE STATION STUDENT ACTIVITY SC c� ■ ZZ 1 J V ' ,L v Cr 93 ET33 o 1 © © r NINE r AH 9 FOR FORT OAVIC A.FAIR TTA T- A GOAL IN 91 GHT EI MINE THE MANTLIr ' - OF CHAI ITV 91 LENT MITf E PE K IA GOOD ENDING THE fl£9T 9P0f T OF LL HEGINNE Q) mrrxrrmx 94 ©THE© BRAND o School Calendar 1921-22 FALL TERM September 26—The die is cast, r months of school to follow. September 30—All classes organized. he s wjIK mg oW October 1—The schedule of Sul Ross was moved up by a “Trip on the Orient” given to the students by the faculty. --S-; ' jJ. V ■ V- r to October 15—Second Year Class leads out in social activities with a moon¬ light picnic. October 17—Freshman picnic a close second, with the moon still full. October 21—Normal faculty entertain High School faculty with a party. October 21—Picnic, featuring timid ladies, bold and daring robbers, and brave and handsome heroes. October 31—The faculty in fantastic garb haunt the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Baines. November 4—Second Year Class has social class meeting at Cotter’s. October 8—First basket ball game of the season played in Davis: high score for Davis. October 8—Big Bend Literary Society held their first meeting. On this night “The Sul Ross Supreme Court of Justice” became the judicial branch of the college. October 14—Yum, yum. wienies and everything for the Athletic girls! November 7—Sul Ross plays Marfa High: Marfa scores. November 11—Armistice Day: Flag dedi¬ cation. November 15—The rise and fall of the Freshman Flag. November 17—Mr. Goeth, President of the Board of Regents, addresses student body. November 18 — Johnnie Harmon an¬ nounces the solution, under super¬ vision of Mr. Harris, of a geometry problem. 95 ©THE© BRAND November 19—Speech 30 class appear “By Way of Secret Passage”. November 19—Bishop Dubose addresses students in chapel. November 21—Normal Board of Regents visit school. Students entertain with an informal reception. November 22—We learn how to behave in church. Training School children conduct a Quaker service. November 22—Freshmen present flowers to Mrs. Stigler and Miss Brewer, who have been made members of Phi Beta Kappa. November 23—Students leave for Thanks¬ giving holidays. November 24—Thanksgiving Day. © I November 24—Several members of the Normal faculty take a trip to the Grand Canyon on the Rio Grande. November 28—Picnic; splendid time. November 29 — School reopens after Thanksgiving holidays. November 29—Sophomores have a social class meeting. December 1—Miss Ruth Conant gives the girls of S. R. N. C. a delightful story hour. December 3—Miss Vandiver presents “Madame Butterfly”. © December 7—Faculty elect Miss Bertha Mae Hancock Literary Editor of THE BRAND. December 10—Loan Fund parade. December 10—Stunt party for benefit of the Loan Fund. “The three little niggers in a peanut shell” that have been gradually coming out are now OUT. Can’t you hear the calves bawling behind the Normal? December 16—Wrestling bout and stunts given by Boy’s Athletic Association. December 17—Basket Ball game with Marfa: Normal scores. Night shirt parade. 0 THE® BRAND December 20 — Children entertain ift chapel with a Christmas program. December 22—Stundents leave for Christ¬ mas vacation. December 28—Miss Evans Stood up in a wedding ceremony. r§ © o WINTER TERM January 2—The Boy’s Athletic Asso¬ ciation entertained girls with a man¬ made oyster supper, which the girls ate with truly feminine glee. January 3—School reopens for the winter term. January 7—Orchestra organized. January 11—Second Years present three calves to the Loan Fund. January 13, Friday —Final exams: “Last Chance”. © © © January 23—Basket Ball game with Fort Stockton High: Normal scores. January 23—Second Years have a great time on an all-day picnic. January 31—First Years present a gift to Mr. Henderson’s young son. February 2—Basket Ball track meet be¬ gins. February 2—Reception for visitors. February 3—Track meet still on. February 3—Faculty members put on “Green Stockings”. February 4—Last and biggest day of Track meet: S. R. N. C. the victor. February 7—Girl’s Athletic Council holds annual banquet. February 13—Normal faculty and High School faculty matched hearts at a Valentine’s party. February 16—Athletic Show. February 18—Stevensonians guests at Sachem’s open meeting. February 20—Sophomores are entertain¬ ed by the Freshmen with a Mexican supper. Pep and Pepper were very much in evidence, but coffee was lacking. February 20—S. R. N. C. plays Fort Stock- ton Independents: Normal scores. February 28—Sul Ross and Davis play last basket ball game of the season: Davis scores. March 1—Dot was skating on Mr. Stud- halter’s bathtub; the ice broke. What happened to Dot? March 1—Dramatic Club initiation. March 3—Mr. Hopson has found four real geometry problems. Don’t tell who they are. March 3—Texas-ex banquet. Hurrah for the Orange and White! March 4—Masque and Slipper Club enter¬ tain at chapel. March 11—Picnic at Sunny Glen. March 17—Stevensonians hold open house for Sachems on St. Patrick’s Day. SPRING TERM @ r February 21—Children entertain with George Washington program. February 22—Alpine Study Club enter¬ tains Sachems, High School faculty and Normal faculty. February 22—Student picnic. March 20—Normal boys work on athletic field; girls serve lunch. March 30— 1 Trans-Pecos Meet held at April 1— j Sul Ross. April 3—The annual goes to press!!! II 97 ©THE® BRAND An Apology for “Growing Up” Here you are, Alice and the White Queen, Cin derella and the Prince, Launcelot and Elaine, Arthur and Guinevere, Beauty and the Beast, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Roderick Dhu, Ivanhoe, Rebecca from Sunnybrook Farm, Ichabod Crane from Sleepy Hollow, the Fairy Queen and her train from the highlands of Scotland and the lowlands of Ireland. Why, where are my Saints and Apostles? Oh, there they are by the window! Have Peter Pan and Tinker Bell come from Never-Ncver-land? Yes, there they are dancing before the fire¬ place. It is a sad reason which has forced me to call you together. I feel that 1 must apologize to you for growing up. Some of you have already grown up, and some of you will never grow up. But I am a human being of the realistic world, and I must grow up. The occasion is sad for me, because I must give up all the frivolous, frolicsome ways of childhood. Do not look so frightened, Alice; growing up is not such a dreadful thing. It really is delightful to wear your hair up, and to dance in lovely white kid slippers. Growing up, Peter, is only another way of saying that 1 must give more time to other people—real live people. You are alive to me, but some folks say that you are only fictitious names and bookish character-sketches. Now that 1 am grown, I shall have to quit playing pirate with you, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. I must be dignified to the greatest degree and yet be myself, and be very, very careful what I say to young men who touch their hats to me. My dears, I am eighteen years old, and the teachers at college address me as “Miss” with the emphasis on Miss, if you please. After all, Rebecca, I have not grown up; I have only increased in stature and—I hope in intelligence, as our college President says that there is no sub¬ stitute for intelligence. I have not called you together to tell you good-bye. As I told you before, I called you here that I might apologize for the seeming misbehavior of “growing up”. I want each of you to help me in my work as a grown up. Why, Ichabod Crane, you have kept me laughing with your curious antics in Sleepy Hollow; Tom Sawyer has brought me the joy of a boyhood, and all the rest of you have helped me every day. There will be little children to teach and big grown-ups to help when I get away from home; so I want all of you who are here, and those © ©THE® BRAND © CAS An Apology for “Growing Up” (Continued) who are not here, but should be, to help me. Whenever I feel “blue” you cheer me, and give me strength to go on with my work. But this was to be an apology; not a eulogy. You see Trigonometry, really, is one of the causes which makes all of the folks in my world grow up. Trigonometry is a maze of glorious sines—not the sign you make with your hand or a flag— and when I get to mixing sines and tangents, cosines and cosecants, 1 shall be very, very wise and grown up. Then there is that intangible study called English. It is the only subject a Freshman attempts to master in which he has the oppor¬ tunity of expressing through themes his exact thoughts about school, friends, faculty, himself, and the world in general. A Theme, my dears, is a weekly com¬ position written about almost anything imaginable, whether one feels in the mood or not. It is revised by its author for comma blunders, fragmentary sentences, and such, and is written by sophomore and freshman alike. Freshman—that is another sign that I have grown up. A freshman, my dears, is one, who, in his own opinion, would run a college, a state, or even the nation without the help of a sophomore or any advisor whatever, but who, in the estimation of the fa’culty and students, is but one of a group—a grown up word for bunch—of young children who have sought the sheltering, protecting arms of the revered faculty and the exalted, condescending sophomores. My apology is not getting along very well. Peter, you will forgive me if I have to grow up, and leave Never-Never-land. I absolutely cannot help it. If T do not grow up, who will tell other children about you, some mystifying, spectacled spinster who stands behind her desk, and drones out in a flat voice: “And—she—went to Nev—er-Never— land—to live with Peter—Pan—” I know I shall grow up until 1 am thirty-five, and then I shall say: “Backward, turn backward, 0 Time, in thy flight, Make me a child again, just for—ever.” Then 1 shall un starch myself and grow down again to a little girl. Gracious, 1 have not apologized one bit, and I intended to tell you such a lot of things about why have to grow up. —Agues Dod, Freshman Class. 99 ©THE© BRAND a Doings in Mary’s Attic For a landlady we, the boys in Mary’s Attic, prefer a man; however, we might consent to a woman, if she were one who would not. put a stop to our doings. All the things that we do are protected illegally by law, however. We have always made special efforts to entertain our visitors, who range in size from Bernie Willhoite to Alonzo Hord and Dennis Landry. We are always glad to see students when they do not come to carry off our bed clothes. Two students attempted this, but were caught. For their punishment I refer you to case number 5549 in the Sul Ross Supreme Court of Justice, and the judgment thereof. I said we were always glad to have visitors; however, nut the ones that come around with the milk man. They pack our shoes full of snow; open all the windows; tie knots in our pants; pull the cover off and start off with it. This is a good joke, but it always happens out of season. That is, we prefer it in warm weather, but they take pains to do it in cold weather. Talking of cold weather reminds me of the cold morning Alfred wore out two buckets looking for a hydrant that would run. That night, we worked out an exciting plan. We decided that when a visitor came, we would give him a drink of H 2 0 + X, and in a few minutes decide that he was intoxicated, and that it would not do for him to go out anymore that night. As soon as we all decided one was drunk, we would put him to bed by force. Some claimed they had dates; others said they were not intoxicated; however, we undressed eight and put them all in the same bed. Some of our most strenuous times have been on occasions when one of the boys had a date and an 0. D. on his bank statement. We always manage to get the money somehow, even if just in time for the date. In answer to the question in your mind, I will tell you that we manage in one of these ways: first, we might sell something for a few days; second, we might borrow money from some friend; third, oh well, that is our affair! © I . T. Reynolds , Freshman Class. 100 Elizabeth: “Oh, I had such a com¬ pliment today; a young ina?« mistook me for one of the faculty.’’ Tommie: “I suppose that was on account of your wonderful poise.” Elizabeth: “No, I think it was on account of my avoirdupois.” Mr. Studhalter was delivering a lec¬ ture on the chimpanzee. He noticed that the attention of the class was wandering. “Students”, he said sternly, “if you ex¬ pect to conceive the appear an ce of this remarkable beast, you must keep your eyes fixed on me.” © Tommie: “Dot, I have decided you have a pretty profile.” Elizabeth: ‘ ‘ Turn around; let’s see it. ’ ’ Dot: “Which side?” The following was taken from Mamie Lease’s term theme on Macbeth: “Macbeth was a criminal; nevertheless, he had his bad habits.” Bertha: “There goes Lucille; isn’t she a peach?” Mi’s. Smither: “Yes, but she’s a cling-Stone.” Warner: “1 suffer from insomnia at night.” Clarice: “What is the cause?” Warner: ‘ Mr. 1 lenderson’s baby. ’ ’ Mr. Smith has a ladder left by the clock for the benefit of our near-sighted students. J. T.: “What makes the world go around?” George: “Tequilla”. Miss Aynesworth : “Alfred, give three sentences using the words dead, deader, and deadest.” Alfred: “Alpine is dead. Pompeii is deader. Ft. Stockton is deadest.” Some one found Miss Brewer’s diary the other day. but a bad give-away. It was a good keepsake TTl I Miss Aynesworth: “Ward, what is the University of hard knocks that Macaulay referred to?” Ward: “Must be the rock crusher.” 02 Mr. Harris: “Byron, what have you and George found to be the most diffi¬ cult thing in this institution? ’’ Reply: “Getting the students to see that the girls at Mrs. Clifford’s should have the popularity pages.” Mr. Harris: “Mildred, you may make up that work this evening.” Mildred: “Sorry, Mr. Harris, but I am engaged to another man.” Clarissa: “Has the doctor been here?” Fitz: “Yes, Miss Lancaster just left.” Mr. Hopson: “Basket ball game Monday; everybody come.” Mr. Marquis: “Sorry I can’t be there in person, but 1 will be there in spirit.” Willhoite: “Yes, but we can’t go to class that way.” Miss Bedell: “Mrs. Smither, what are you doing?” Mrs. Smither, (without looking up) : “Ripping”. Last Saturday night A week ago, I took my girl to Bailey’s show; And at last, )mm no }jf ® ® B c ©THE® BRAND Lady: 44 George was the goal of my ambition, but—” Tommy: 4 4 But what— ’’ Lady: “Father kicked the goal.” Mr. Smith (in woodworking lecture) : I venture to say that no member of this class has assisted in pre¬ venting the destruction of our vast forests. ’ ’ Welborn (timidly) : 44 1 ? ve shot wood peckers.” Tourist: “Is this the road to Marfa ?” Maurice: “Yes”. Tourist : 4 4 Well, then that fellow George lied to me.” Maurice: 44 Ah pshaw, maybe it’s me that is lying.” Judge: “Sheriff, put Guy in the cooler. ’ ’ Guy: “But, your honor, I object!” What makes Ruby Sharp? Why does Mabel Totter? Why does Rose Brewer? Who painted Francis White? Who said Grace? Why is Ward Weakley? Whom did Leonard Stone? Whom did Mamie Lease? What is Miss Aynes—worth? What makes Frank Cross? Miss Aynesworth: 4 4 George, what has excited your curiosity most in this essay ? ’ ’ George: 44 What was in that barrel that was put in the cellar ? ’ ’ New student: Old student: 4 Who is the lady over there with the little girl?” 4 Oh, that is Miss Fennell and Miss Cotter.” Mr. Walker: 44 Lady, what is the formula for nitric acid?” Lady: 4 4 1 don’t know. ’ ’ Mr. Walker: 44 Go look on the bottle and see, I suppose that I am going to have to raise this class on the bottle anyway.” Mr. Harris: 44 J. T., how many bushels of earth can you take from a square hole that is three feet square and three feet deep?” J. T.: 4 4 None. It has all been taken.” 104 p :- V ' -ALLPO FD UP H LLQ LAUGHING NUT PC t( the- LOAN PUND NOW FOI A PiCNIC ALL nC-A V TO 5 9NAPP O ,A o- - nfi rriftar on thfjs T FOR rerONO, Vfr R WHEN WC- ARC HAPPIEST WHr9 MATT HAP) 9-ft‘N C LJT£ ATUI NUTTY fhoh LOVE f lDF FH m :■ ’ I. cowtooV 105 100 107 E W mr AW . 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