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

Text from Pages 1 - 146 of the 1933 volume:

THE BRAND 1933 Published by the Students of SUL ROSS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE Alp ine, Texas Volume Thirteen FRANK NEVANS, Editor and Business Manager FOREWORD THE CACTUS SONG This is the land of dwarf and giant, Sinewy, strong, and wind-made-pliant— This is the land of the cactus tree. From the mountains down to the lonely sea, A land with a desolate wild beauty, A land with a code of its own for duty, A heart as scorched as skies that hold it Captive forever since Satan sold it To men. As for the things that live In its somber plains, what it has to give They hold, close and hard with spear and sword. Theirs the duty to live, and they will hoard To themselves all that they find in stone And dust. Here, dull green, proud and alone, The cacti stand and gaze at the face Of the moonman swung in his high, cold place With insolent, careless, cold-proud eyes. This is that land with metallic skies Where walk with spurs stuck deep in the sand, Arms in the sky, the vikings of land; An old land wrinkled by years too long, Cleft by the strong-hard cactus song. —Olivia Williams DEDICATION Because he is a friend to us in the classroom and out of it, because he knows the joy of work, because he smiles with us and, when the time comes, is sad with us,—because he has endeared himself to us as a scholar and a gentleman, we dedicate this edition of the BRAND to DR. ARTHUR McCULLOUGH SAMPLEY mmmm ORDER OF BOOKS ADMINISTRATION CLASSES ACTIVITIES CAMPUS LIFE ATHLETICS W. A. A. FAVORITES SUB-COLLEGE SENIORS BRANDING IRON ADMINISTRATION College Cacti Jealous of their species but prodigal of their charms, the lonely cacti cling tenaciously to rocky hillsides and dot the plains of the great West. In love with life, they thrust their roots deep into the earth and open their peta’s to the morning dews and noontide sun. Modest to a fault, they protect their virtues with forbidding thorns, but are a chal¬ lenge to all intruders. The cacti number an almost infinite variety of species. Some grow tall and slender with a stately air; others hug the earth in a kind of modest repose. Still others spread in all directions an imposing array of fan-like leaves with flaunting colors. On every college campus there are those who reach tall and stately heights under the impulse of heroic endeavor and noble impulses. Others are content to vegetate in humbler retreats, but there is a sweetness in their hearts which gladdens the lives of those who pass their way. Still others prefer to extend their interectual tendrils in all directions, with the hope of absorbing every influence that breathes about them. These lack breadth, depth, and height, but they are a part of Nature ' s plan and purpose to deck every unpretentious landscape. Which cactus shall we be? Sincerely yours, 7Y- Us- President H. W. Morelock Norman Spencer Head of Department of Social Sciences and Dean of the College Alice Cowan Professor of Lathi and Spanish, and Dean of Women A. M. Sampley Head of the Department of English Anna D. Linn Registrar C. A. Gilley Professor of Mathematics and Dean of Men Mary St at her Elliott Head Professor of Modern Languages F. G. Walker Professor of Chemistry and Physics Page 22 Ida Fay Hamilton Librarian and Associate Professor Clifford B. Casey Professor of History and Head of the Department Flora L. Daugherty Business Manager T. L. Steiger Head Professor of Agri¬ culture and Biology Irma Lee Batey Professor of Music Julius Woeltz Instructor in Art Annie Kate Ferguson Instructor in Public Speak¬ ing , Primary Education , and Reading Page 23 J. C. Coleman Assistant Professor of History , Science , and Education Grace Bedell Associate Professor of Home Economics B. C. Graves Assistant Professor of Physical Edu¬ cation for Men Myrtle Lee Voules Critic Teacher and Super¬ visor of Practice Teaching in Intermediate Grades Orpa Dennis Assistant Professor of Home Economics R. J. Ratliff Head Professor of Educa¬ tion and Director of Demonstration School P. M. Penrod Assistant Professor of Commerce Page Lutie Britt Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Women V. J. Smith Professor of Industrial Education Ethel M. Boatright Assistant Professor of Primary and Interme¬ diate Grade Education Virginia Hale Secretary to the President Mary Hill Assist an t Librarian J. L. Eason Associate Professor of English Frances Mitchell Instructor in Music Page 25 D. M. Major Director of Senior Demonstration School and Superintendent of Alpine Public Schools Clemma Billingsley Critic Teacher and Supervisor of Practice Teaching in the Primary Grades Mrs. Isabel Winter Instructor in English in Demonstra¬ tion School Elizabeth Bledsoe Instructor in History hi Demonstra¬ tion School Russell Duncan Instructor in Mathematics and Science in Demonstration School Page 26 CLASSES SENIORS Walter Luhrsen Leggett Leggett Social Science , B.A. Jacksonville College, University of Texas, Baylor University, College Or¬ chestra ' 33, Glee Club ’33, Director Sub College Band ’33. Edna Atwood Wellington History, B.S. Sachems ’31-33, Scholarship ’31-33. Cora Wall De Leon Social Science, B.S. Attended J. T. A. C. Percy J. Wallace Jacksonville Social Science, B.S. Attended Jacksonville College, Ten¬ nis ’32. Drayton Bouciier Springhill. La. Industrial Education, B.S. Pioneer Club, All Around Boy Sum¬ mer ’29. Myrtle McMaster Garden City Commerce, B.S. W. A. A. ’29-30, Texas College of Arts and Industries. SENIORS James A. Terrell Roby Social Science , B.S. Football ’29 30-31-32, Basketball ’30- 31-32-33, T. Club ’30-31-32-33, Yice- Pres. Senior Class ’33. Annie Kate Sandifer Alpine Art, B.S. Rifle ’31, W. A. A. ’31 32, Art Ed tor of Brand ’31, Sec. of Junior Class ’32, Treasurer of Mask and Sl ' pper ’32-33, Pres, of Sachems ’33, Photo¬ graph Editor Brand ' 33. Ruth Hale Christ oval English, B.A. Mask and Slipper ’28-29-31, Sachems ’28-29-31-33, W. A. A. Council ’29- 33, W. A. A. Sweater ’29, Pioneer ’33. Prank Nevans Fort Stockton Industrial Education, B.S. Pioneer Club ’30-31-32-33, Mask and Slipper 33, Press Club ’32-33, Pres. Uncas Club ' 33, Editor and Business Manager of Brand ’33. Raymond Wheat Alpine Spanish, B.A. Pres. “Los Tertulianos” ’32, Treas¬ urer “Los Tertulianos” ’33, Pres. Sophomore Class ’31, Student Coun¬ cil ’31-32, Mask and Slipper 30, Glee Club ’31 32-33, Orchestra ’32- 33, Brand Staff ’32, Music Club ’33. Joyce Colvin El Paso Home Economics, B.S. Sachems ’24-25-33, W. A. A. Coun¬ cil ’24-25, Glee Club ’24-25. SENIORS Lerah Hutchens Sweet water Home Economics, B.A. W. A. A. ’28-29-30-31. Glenyth Herring Alpine Commerce , B.A. W. A. A. Council ’25-26, Sachem Lit¬ erary Society ’25-’26, “Los Tertuli- anos” ’32-33, Vice-President Scholar¬ ship Society ’32-33, Glee Club ’32-33. Jim H. Dyer La mesa Commerce, B.S. East Texas State Teacher’s College, University of Colorado, Texas Tech. Martha M. Anderson Laredo English, B.A. Sec. Pioneer Club, Girls’ Glee Club, W. A. A., Sec. “Los Tertulianos”, Sachem Literary Society, Mask and Slipper. Scholarship Society ’31-33, Sec. Scholarship Society ' 32. Vera Wade Eldorado Social Science, B.S. Mask and Slipper. Blanche Robinson Mineral Wells English , B.A. Attended West Texas State Teachers College. SENIORS Kenneth I). Starnes Tulia History, B.S. Attended West Texas Teachers Col¬ lege, Pioneer Club ’31-32-33, T Club ’31-32-33, Press Club ’31-32-33, Press Club ’31-32, Sports Editor Brand ’32, Sports Ed tor Skyline ’33, Basket Ball ’31-32-33, Football 31- 32, Pres. Student Council ’33, Junior Class Pres. ’32, Senior Class Presi¬ dent ’33. Katherine Turney Alpine Speech, B.S. W. A. A. ’30-31; Mask and Slipper ’31-32-33, Vice-President ’33; Sach¬ ems ’32-33, Secretary ' 32; Alpha Psi Omega ’32-33; Secretary Senior Class ’33. Helen Ezell Alpine Education, B.S. Pioneer Club ’33, Choral Club ’30-31- 32-33, W. A. A. ’30. Ben J. Siemens Goldfield, Iowa Social Science, B.A. Attended University of Iowa, Arizona State Teachers College, Sec. Treas. International Relations Club, Press Club ’33. A. J. Hill Sylvester Commerce, B.S. Attended McMurry College; Football ’30-31-32, Capt. ’32; Basket Bail ’31 32; Pioneer Club ’33. Lucile Perry Alpine Commerce, B.S. Vice-Pres. Freshman Class ’30, W. A. A. Pin ’31, W. A. A. Sweater ’32, Mask and Slipper ’31-32-33, Sec.- Treas. Choral Club ’31, Vice-Pres. Choral Club ’32, Associate-Editor Skyline ’32, Press Club ’32. SENIORS Mrs. Edna McEachern Alpine Education, B.S. Attended North Texas State Teachers College, Scholarship Society ’32-33. Lucille Watson Alpine Speech, B.S. Pres. Mask and Slipper ’33, Grand Director Alpha Psi Omega ’33, Sach ems ’33, W. A. A., Bus. Mgr. Sky¬ line ’32. Rosa Dell Moore Alpine Biology, B.S. Attended Baylor University ’29-30, Mask and Slipper ’31-32, Sachems ’32-33, Treasurer of Sachems ’33, Skyline Staff ’32, Press Club ’32, Pioneer Club ’32-33. Booker Connally Mena, Arkansas Mathematics, B.S. Football ’29-30-31-32, Capta : n Foot¬ ball ’31, Basket Ball ’ 30-31-32-33, Glee Club ’31-32. Ralph Gilliland San Antonio Economics, B.S . Attended St. Mary’s University, Foot¬ ball ’32-33, T Club ’32-33. Mary Anderson Laredo Commerce, B.A. Editor Skyline ’32-33, Scholarship Society ’32-33, Pioneer Club ’31-33, Sachems ’31-33, Mask and Slipper 31, “Los Tertulianos” ’31-33, Press Club ’32-33, Secretary Pioneer Club ’33, Secretary “Los Tertulianos” ’33, W. A. A. ’31-32. SENIORS Merle Byler Brown wood History , B.S. Attended Howard Payne ’30, Baylor Belton ’31, Pioneer Club 32-33. Irene Benton Sulphur Springs Education, B.S. Attended East Texas State Teachers College, Mask and Slipper Club ’32-33. Tom Bridges San Antonio Physical Education, B.S. Attended Layola University, Texas University, Football 32-33, Pres. T Club ’33, Advertising Mgr. Brand ’33. Lois Nevill Alpine Art, B.S. Sachems 28, Sec. Press Club ’33, Skyline reporter ’33, Art Editor Brand ’32 33. Vivian Yoe San Benito English , B.A. Attended Texas College of Arts and Industries, Sachems 33. A. C. Turner Marlin Industrial Education, B.S. Attended Austin College, Texas A. and M., University of Illinois, Sec.- Treas. Junior Class 32, Treas. Schol¬ arship Society ’33, Mgr. Book Store ’33, Tennis 32-33. JUNIORS Wanda Harlan Clayton R ankin Economics Charges L. Ogle President Alpine Social Science Mary Lee Blaydes F ort Stockton Spanish Mayan a Yates San Angelo Commerce Fred Williams Alpine Commerce Opal Quinn M cCamey Home Economics Jessie Peters Gibbs A lpine Education J. Lloyd Rembert H ouston History Alma Teske A lpine Drawing Dorothy Askins S weetwater History Wesley May A lpine Chemistry Mary Verne Moorman A lpine Music JUNIORS Pi,oy McGregor Knott History Wesley K. Martin C hilton History Elizabeth Spence A lpine Drawing Jurvis Robinson B allinger Physical Education Carlyn Van Orman A lpine Ph ysical Educa tion Artie Connally M ena, Arkansas Chemistry Jonnie Mae Fuller M arfa Ph ysical E ducal ion Preston Clayton M illsap Physical Education Lillian Sonnier A lpine English A. B. Griffith A lpine H istory Ethel Skevington A lpine M usic William Phelps A lpine Chemistry SOPHOMORES Henry Floyd Gilley H arlandale, Mississippi Myrtle Ina Barnes M cCamey Joe Benson A lpine Vivian Beane Hermileigh Paul Patterson Rankin Pauline Hurst A lpine John Weyerts A lpine Mary Ethel Dunn F ort Stockton Ruel Cook L ockney Ernestine Behrens A lpine J. D. Monroe Rankin Fay Bierschwale A lpine SOPHOMORES Elizabeth Hale A lpine Clinton Carroll R ankin Anna Dee Phelps A lpine Mary Eunice Bishop A lpine William I. Winter A lpine Sara Lee Morton C orsicana Blanche Chant Barksdale Gloyd Moss A lpine Julia Woodward Payne D el Rio Hazel Bruton E ldorado Austin Bryan M a rlin Dorothy Bess Stanley M idland FRESHMEN Betty Dean U valde John Cox Wright A lpine Mary Wallace Midland Leona Brannon F ort Stockton Horace Secrest Rankin Bess Lee Moorman A lpine Eunice Thornton Stanton Schroeder Owen R otan Johnnie Beck M cCamey W ILL A B. Morelock A lpine Hayne Roark Georgetown Vivian Webb F abens FRESHMEN Betty Watson Iraan Jerry C. Starnes President Rankin Mildred Matthews Alpine Dolly Henderson A lpine Charles Pharis Sonora Isla Fay May Coleman Eula Bell Miles O’D onnell William Wall B almorhea John nie Sue Hex Uvalde Lorena Shannon M arfa William Cochran T ornillo Naomi Bodry ' Alpine FRESHMEN Agnes Webb V alera Murry Fly O dessa Lucia Rede M arfa Vera Bell Brown F abens Edward Swann Rotan Margaret Shapleigh A lpine Marjorie Thornton A lpine Fred Senter M cCamey Gladys Lewis F ort Stockton Louise Baird K ermit Earl Anderau Terlingua Zonelle Post M idland FRESHMEN JOYE HlGDAY Rankin Gene Cartledge C astalon Frances Williams E nnis Louella Brown R ankin Robert Lewis Fort Stockton Lucille Jordan M arfa Mattie Pearl Kessler U valde Oscar O’Leary W aco Charlotte Tisdale Harvey Eldorado Dorothy Cochran T ornillo Joe Monte de Rey A lpine Audrey Lewis A lpine FRESHMEN Ruth Penrod A lpine Antonio Morales D el Rio Virginia Walters T ulia Olivia Williams Fort Stockton Frazer Baker S aragosa Doris Chaffin Alpine Sally Gertrude Bell P ecos Henry Walter Garnett A lpine Verna Humphreys M arfa Jane Abbott A lpine J. Milton Henry Houston Lorene Pfiester F ort Stockton FRESHMEN Gordon Lee Hurst Coleman Clyde Meek T alpa Frances Blaydes Fort Stockton Norabel Hollebeke P ecos Earl Anderau T er lingua Helen Me Kellar P ecos Catherine Armstrong P ecos Herbert Graves B ig Lake Willette Duncan P ecos LATE ENTRANTS Mrs. Helen Ramsey Junior El Paso Charles Maxey Special Alpine Mildred Smith Freshman Eldorado Ethel Billings Freshman Del Rio CUTHBERT CARLL Freshman McCamey Lula May Cole Freshnuin Silver City Mrs. Gladie Flickinger J unior Odessa W. F. Owen Freshman Rolan Lois De Spain Senior San Angelo Nelle Boatrigpit Special Colorado City, Colo. Benson Cook Freshman Alpine Mrs. Myree Turner Freshman Marlin ACTIVITIES Frank Nevans Editor and Business Manager BRAND Elizabeth Spence Snapshot Editor STAFF Olivia Williams Literary Editor Ralph Gilliland Sports Editor Lois Nevill Art Editor Paul Patterson Annie Kate Sandifer Dirtline Editor Photograph Editor BOARD Tom Bridges Myrtle Ina Barnes Jessie Gibbs Martha Anderson Edward Swann Lucia Rede Ruth Hale Oscar 0 ’Leary Page 46 Mary Anderson Editor SKYLINE STAFF Kenneth Starnes Sports Editor Jack Frost Columnist Norabel Hollebeke Business Manager Sally Bell Clinton Caroll Columnist Reporter Mary Ethel I)unn Reporter REPORTERS Katherine Turney Annie Kate Sandifer Lois Nevill Paul Schooler Roscoe Parker Walter Elkin Audrey Lewis Myrtle Barnes Leonard May Florence Pope Page Wleraber cb.olaxsb.ip ociet ' ieg of the South (Organized at outhmestem Ijtxxvo ersitp , 132 . 2 . SuiiRosa Chapter A dmxtte d„ •$£ GRADUATE MEMBERS Elected from the June and August graduating classes, 1932 James H. Bardwell Lora Farnsworth Mollie Anna Bierschwale Gilbert Mize Nasa M. Clifford, Jr. Less Porter Mrs. Dorothy B. St. Clair SENIORS Elected in August, 1932, and October, 1932 Mrs. Emma Anderson Martha Anderson Edna Atwood Mollie Bierschwale Mary V. Boatright Ernest Caskey Mrs. Eppie Chalk Nasa M. Clifford, Jr. Elected in Mary Anderson Mrs. Willie Caskey Annette Fossnock Josephine Linn Eula Yvette Linscomb La Rue McClintock Mrs. Will a B. Morelock Bernie Morgan Alice Neumann Mrs. Dorothy Davenport Milton C. Dyer Amboline Forman Glennyth Herring Mrs. Edna McEachern Helen Paine Mrs. Pearl K. Pittman Less Porter JUNIORS August, 1932, and October, 1932 Mrs. Clarice Oliver Mrs. Florence Pollitt Florence Rau Edith Odell Toombs A. C. Turner Fred Williams Mrs. Willardine Williams Joel E. Wright, Jr. Mrs. Jessie N. Yarbrough X S ' X ! V S SJlJj), Page 48 STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS Kenneth Starnes . Virginia Hale. . Secret ary H. W. Morelock ... . Adviser Charles Ogle. MEMBERS Maurice Porter . President of Sophomore Class Jerry Starnes. Frank Nevans. . Editor of BRAND Mary Anderson .... . Editor of SKYLINE Annie Kate Sandifer. President of Sachems Lucille Watson .. ., Jurvis Robinson . .. . . President of Pioneer Club Jack Nichols. . President of Los Tertulianos James Terrell. Tom Bridges. Page 49 Mask and Slipper Sachems LOS TERTULIANOS Jack Nichols. Presidente Joe Monte de Rev. Vice-Pres. Mary Anderson. Secretario Raymond Wheat. Tesorero MEMBERS E lizabeth Crawford Oarlyn Van Orman ANTON IO MORALES WlLLA I� . MORELOCK Norabel Hollebeke Dorothy Askins Margaret Shapleigh William Wall Audrey Lewis Alma Teske ( ' H arles Kelley St at her. Elliott Lucia Rede Alice Cowan Martha Anderson Rheta Lynch Josephine Linn Mary Eunice Bishop Lillian Sonnier Lucille Jordan M. P. Slover E lizabeth Hale Page 52 ALPHA PSI OMEGA Lucille Watson. Grand Director Kathryn Turney. Grand Stage Manager Eldon McGonagill. Grand Business Manager MEMBERS George Skevington Fred Williams Annie Kate Ferguson GHAR ii .ES Ogle Boyd Scott Glad t s Lindsay Estelle Moore Nance Page 53 Dance Orchestra. College. Orchestra, Uheta. Oa tttuit GkaCtub I • Vf-Tip-; •’ Y ' ' « I ' |i ull )1 h J:M UVI ' i n vl 1 ) UNGAS VJ. SMITH FRANK NDANS ED.6WANN AUSTIN bRAN FRED RENTER. SCHROLDIR OWEEnT LEONAt® MAY CRAIG LAMON CLINTON CARBiLL CHARLES KEL LEY O H ? N?RAT MEMbER4 DiEFL. cSteiger FIaroudL)Yle.d $ Page 56 Terrell Williams B 051 Gilliland Hatch A Connalltj B Connal y Chalk Mdchell Adonis frobinson. Hill Monroe Acker ' Porter Frost 5h arjo Bozarfh Bndqes Pioneer Club Whose girl? Skyline editor. A damsel in distress. Making ends meet. Hey , Taxi! Bearing one another 9 s b wrdens. Who 9 s the friend, Jessie? “ The schoolboys with their shining faces . 99 Why the Maui Building steps wear out. Cowboy. Sleeping Beauty. Dr. Eason. Girls will be boys. Looking south. A change of air . The milkman crosses the river. The Spirit of 1932. Coach and Mr. Coleman in a huddle. Look at Papa. “Look pleasant, please.” Nona rests after climbing the hill. That million dollar smile. Why so serious, Cecil? Mr. Penrod ' s reserved seat. Mr. and Mrs. Mary Verne Moorman. “That keen young man.” Armed. May ana and Martha. This looks like a hold-up. Looking north. Dorothy poses. Taking it easy. Jul RSf I ijr lit ' -it- 4 The class in campusology meets. Co-eds. More co-eds. Look out, below. Diamonds in the rough. “I wish to make an announcement!” Very happy. Not quite so happy. Resting or proposing? “On the fence. 91 The ole swimming hole. Dog fall. Why so sad, Jimmie? Whose notebook, Albinf Put your best foot forward. Excelsior. Our art editor. Sometimes known as Berkeley Hall. We pronounce you hus¬ band and wife. Pensive. Bringing home the bacon. The pick and shovel gang. Retreat. Here comes the bride. That favorite spot. Seniors on location. Hooker relaxes. The boy from Georgetown. Besting or posingf Our Wheat crop. A safe way to ride horseback. Mitchell and Sharp. Why , Mr. Smith! More boots. The boy with a college background. Who hilled Cock Robin? We’re surprised at you , Bud. Mr. Smith almost crosses the Rubicon. Joe Reese. Our own cactus bed. Our solemn professors. Newlyweds. Scotty, Jacqueline, and Charlie. Any ice today , lady ? Cleaning up. The beginning of a great career . Another fish story. It’s Gordon on the other side. Jamie and Bwrscht arrive on side-door Pullman. Oh, where’d ya get them shoes f Nevans Fresh Air Trans¬ fer Co., Incorpulated. We’re getting a line on you, Nor ah el. For cars may come and cars may go, But I go on forever. Sara Lee. The pause that refreshes. From ‘‘ Thursday Night 19 and “The Boor”, Mask and Slipper Produc¬ tions. Anice, Mae, and Floy. It looks like Rankin. Pooch sits up and takes notice. Thanks, Catherine, for filling the gap. The younger set. Yum! Yum! Old Women of the Sea. Kokcrnot Lodge. THE SUL ROSS CALENDAR FALL TERM SEPTEMBER: 21— 22—Registration. Biggest freshman class in history of Sul Ross. 22— Football training begins. Freshmen learn about the marvelous attributes of Bost from Bost. 23— Our new teachers, Mr. Woeltz and Miss Mitchell, nearly mistaken for freshmen. 24— College night. Freshmen make their bows, and Gilliland’s little brother makes a hit. 27— Freshman class paint Bar-S-R-Bar. 28— Freshman Meek tries to change his schedule be¬ cause the catalogue says today is the last day to change schedules and he doesn’t want to miss anything. OCTOBER: 1—First freshman football team organized in the history of the school. 3—Mask and Slipper try-outs. 5— Freshmen beat Marfa, 73-0. Minute-Man Nunley believes in finishing what he starts. 6— Faculty give the freshmen a picnic. Sachems hold fall term initiation. 11—Piccolo Pete organizes College band. 14— The sophs put up a scoreboard at the Jackson Field. Now the eo-eds can tell when Sul Ross is ahead. 15— Lobos scalp the McMurrv Indians 6-0. Open house at the Gymnasium. 17—Mask and Slipper initiates thirty new members at Kokernot Lodge, thus assuring at least one full cast. 19— Brand staff tours Jeff Davis County, and Mr. Smith hogs down while looking for Indians. Mrs. Sampley misses a spoon and locates it in Mr. Woeltz’s pocket. 21—Sul Ross beats A. C. C. 14-7, winning in the last minute of play. W. A. A. Olympics at the Gymnasium. No men allowed. Mary Ethel Dunn wins the first prize— a decorated stick of candy. Page 74 OCTOBER—( Continued ) 22— Freshman picnic at Lympia canyon. 26—Walter Elkins organizes the Musical Vagabonds, otherwise known as the Flats and Sharps. This is said to be the greatest aggregation ot foot- patters in Texas. 29— Freshman dance. 30— P.T.A.Carnival in the Fuller Building. Wilburn Atchison is mistaken for Exhibit A in the Fat Man’s Booth. 31— Master Minds elect eleven new members. NOVEMBER: 1—Jimmy Terrell tri es to join W.A.A. when fees are reduced to fifty cents a term. 7—Luisa Espinel charms the college boys with songs and dances. 9—Lobos play Canyon five quarters to 7-7 tie. 11—Armistice Day. Sul Iloss defeats Fort Bliss at Jackson field by big score. 14— Freshmen tie San Angelo 0-0 at Angelo. 20—The top of Mitre Peak turns a distinct green as the freshmen climb it. 23— The Skyline calls Miss Ferguson’s eyes brown. The reporter must have been looking at Snecker’s glass eye. 24— Thanksgiving Day. A holiday for everybody but the turkey. DECEMBER: 3— Freshmen 6, San Angelo 0 at Jackson Field. O’Leary receives the blessings of Coach Duncan for his last minute playing. 4— Freshmen were given a party at the Barn. Upper¬ classmen were behind the freshmen in every game. 13—Silent week begins. All are quiet at the Barn except Johnnie, Slue, Jim, Rogers, and Booker. The rest are keeping things quiet at the Granada. 15— Blondy caught Jerry doing strange things with an inner-tube just before a freshmen and upperclass¬ men gathering. 20-22—Final examinations. The supply of coffee and Coca Cola runs low at the Kandy Kitchen. 28—Ada Harris and Clifton Moss announce two-thirds of a wedding anniversary. Page 75 WINTER TERM JANUARY: 3— Who said there wasn ' t a Santa Claus! Mayana comes back to school in a new Buick. 4— Was Bob sharp when he fell for Mayana! 11— Jack Nichols and Wesley May win scholarships in Music Contest. 12— Rogers and Jerry show the freshmen of the Barn how to command upper-classmen—at three o ' clock a. m. What is this thing called “false courage ! 13— Heating plant installed at Kokernot Lodge. The hot air system failed when Charlie Ogle and Kenneth Starnes were absent at the same time. 14— Helen Treadwell and Charles A. Ogden marry in Del Rio. 15— Sul Ross buys five thousand books from Fort D. A. Russel. Jewel Laverne Killion, a future Sul Ross student, born today. 19—Slue Robinson crashes into the headlines by pass¬ ing freshman English after the eighth trial. 30—Miss Batey says there was a puppet-show on this date. FEBRUARY: 4—Jerry Starnes’s Frivolous Freshmen visit the silver and gold mines. 6— Bost admits, “The trouble with me is, I’m too modest. ' ' 7— Julia Woodward elopes. Three hearts and one picture badly injured as a result. 8— Brand Favorite contest ends with no casualties and with most of the boy friends in debt. 11— Cupid puts another notch on his bow when Charlotte Tisdale and A. D. Harvey marry. 12— Everyone thought Slue was attending church. But don ' t worry. He just lost a wheel off the Gallopin ' Ghost at that spot. 13— Valentine Dance, which proves that if girls made the dates, more dates would be made. 14— Mr. Woeltz’s new shivvy breaks half a dozen hearts. Page 76 FEBRUARY— ( Continued ) 15— Uncas under the capable direction of Mr. Y. J. Smith discover Warner’s Cave. 16— Sul Ross marriage statistics run still higher when Wanda Harlan and Preston Clayton marry in Rankin. 18—Dorm girls give a dance, and Miss Cowan reduces the stag line. 20—Chalk, Frost Co. receive the warm welcome of Coach for coming home early—in the morning. 22—George Washington’s birthday. Ferrel Roark and Katherine Turney win over Norabel Hollebeke and Lucille Watson in debate on war debts. Seniors indulge in shinny match in Presbyterian Canyon. Picolo Pete is the hero. 25—Ten co-eds shed tears as Jimmy Terrell, Booker Connally, and Kenneth Starnes play their last game of varsity basket ball. 27—West Texas Historical and Scientific Society holds its eighth annual meeting with appropriate pro¬ grams and ceremonies. MARCH: 1—Banking holiday. Fred Williams wants to know whether he can still take money from his nephew’s toy bank. 4— President Roosevelt inaugurated. This is the first inauguration of a democratic president in the history of Sul Ross. 5— Milton goes in for boxing. Jonnie Mae believes he will be the champion. 6— Women’s Physical Training Department presents “Spirit of Play”. Because of the bank holiday and her trusting spirit, Miss Britt takes I.O.U’s. 7— Smitty’s Public saw a lot of her last night at the W.A.A. show. 8— Secrest is worrying about a bet. Is someone try¬ ing to break up your happy home, Horace? 10—Vivian Webb has ophthalmitis on the morning after the night before. 13—Doggone! All dogs disappear from campus when city quarantines them. Page 77 MARCH— (Continued) 16—Jim Dyer discovers that he has taken a course all term for which he already has credit. 16-18—Final examinations and spring fever hit Sul Ross at the same time. SPRING TERM 20— Spring term begins. White shoes appear on the campus. 21— George Skevington hobnobs with Walter Hampden in El Paso. 22— Truthful Jerry Starnes, shocked by the prevarica¬ tions of other Berkeley Hall boys, decides to study for the ministry. 23— Dr. Casey: I broke par to-day. Fred Senter: That ' s nothing; I broke my driver. 24— Jack Nichols and Eldon McGonagill win scholar¬ ship in Music Contest. 25— Visitor on Sul Ross campus mistakes Shorty Lewis for deaf and dumb boy. 31—Paul Patterson becomes poet laureate of Prairie View Normal College. Josephine Linn, Fred Senter, Norabel Hollebeke, Charles Treadwell, and Vesta May go to Las Cruces to settle international problems. APRIL: 1—Extra! Mr. Gilley makes a hole in one. Mr. Ratliff fails to tell a single joke. Dr. Morelock quits worrying about the Legislature. Yes, you’re right. Today’s April Fool. Freshmen go on treasure hunt. Earl Anderau and Babe Cole find a big box containing an onion. 8-9—All’s quiet along the Potomac, but not along the Rio Grande. The seniors visit Hot Springs. 12— Sam Fowler, who has missed his daily letter for four days, discovers that the post office was moved last Saturday. 13— Brand goes to press, and the Brand staff go to bed. Page 7 8 Coach B. C. Graves this year completed one of his most successful seasons at Sul Ross. W ith a record of four victories, one tie, and no defeats, he produced a football team of which any coach might be proud. This success of the 1932 Lobos is a tribute to Graves’s continuous building of a football machine from year to year. A careful student ot football, Coach Graves stresses not only the fundamentals of the game but also matters of strategy and psychology, which he has studied under the foremost coaches of America. The result is that a man trained by Coach Graves is well qualified for the task of high school coaching when he has completed his college career. Coach Graves also deserves much credit for the work of the 1933 basket ball team, which was one of the most successful in Sul Ross history. Page 80 To Assistant Coach Russell W. Duncan is due no small part of the credit for the record of the 1932 Lobos. His years of experience in playing and coaching football have been invaluable in building a winning football eleven. This year for the first time in Sul Ross history a freshman team was organized and under the immediate direction of Coach Duncan had a most successful year. Through the train¬ ing of such freshman teams Coach Duncan is contributing vitally to the success of Sul Ross athletics. Page 81 V. J. Hill, Captain Ralph Gilliland Jim Hatch Jack Frost End Tackle End Half Artie Connally Tom Bridges End Half McMURRY The Sul Ross football sca::on for 1932 was opened by the game with the McMurry Indians. This particular game gave no indication of the ability of the team, which was to show itself shortly in succeeding games. The game was slow and lacked precision. Numerous fumbles seemed to indicate inefficiency in the backfield. On the defense the Lobos showed power, and the line, keystoned by Williams at center, was highly instrumental in securing the one touchdown carried across in the second quarter by Tom Bridges, full back, on a neat execution of a reverse play. The outstanding feature of this opening game was the excellent defensive work of the Sul Ross line. The final score was 0-0. A. C. 0. In the game with Abilene Christian College, Sul Ross began to hit her stride, although mediocrity on the part of both teams was evidenced in the first half. However, the Lobos made one touchdown together with the try for point, which resulted in a score of 7-0 in the first half. Page 82 Booker Conn ally Albin Chalk Jurvis Robinson Curtis Bozarth Guard Tackle Tackle Quarterback Jimmy Terrell Guard Leslie Acker Half The third quarter brought on better play, and during this period A. C. C. scored seven points, tying the score. This brought the Graves’ mol) out of their somnambulistic state, and from then on the bets were even. In the last two minutes of play the Lobos shook loose with an aerial attack from Frost to Bridges that carried the game down the field sixty-five yards for a touchdown. CANYON The Canyon team furnished the best opposition of the year, and the resulting game was one that football players tell their children about. On the third play, the Lobo assault tore through admirable opposition for a touchdown. Goal was kicked, and at the firing of the gun at the end of the first half Sul Ross was leading 7-0. At this point, however, a difficulty arose. It was discovered that the time¬ keeper had made an error and had fired his gun about five minutes too soon. The officials ruled that the additional five minutes be played from the place where play had ceased at the end of the half. In spite of Coach Graves’s protest, this ruli ng was put into effect, and during this five-minute period Canyon scored a Page S3 Robert Sharp Fullback Mike Porter Fullback Seldon Robinson Center Blondie Williams Center Abbie Mitchell Guard Oswald Adams Quarterback touchdown and kicked goal. Thus the half ended with the score 7-7, and this remained the score at the end of the game. Sul Ross protested the ruling of the officials in this game, but the T.I.A.A. allowed the game to stand as played. Since that time, however, officials of the Pacific Coast have stated that the additional five minutes, played as they were, were not legal according to the rules of football. DANIEL BAKER On November 18, the official season was brought to a spectacular close through the game with Daniel Baker College. This altercation was typical of the type of football played by the Lobos in the last few games. The line showed their seasoning with the marvelous force of play and helped make possible the stellar performance of the season s find, Tom Bridges, who was one of the best players that have appeared in Sul Ross history. The game with the Hill Billies showed once more the defensive power of the Sul Ross line, and the backfield also clicked with perfection. The defensive work of the 1933 Lobos and their season record show them to have one of the best teams in the history of Sul Ross. Page 8J{ Lobo Squad Page 85 FRESHMAN SQUAD Sam Fowler Leslie Spear Ben Neman Red Hill Charles Pharis Charles Menefee James Graves Buck Martin Robert Lewis Leldon Childress Van Sullivan Oscar 0 ' Leary H. T. Richardson Delbert Rogers Ray La Beff Bud Hayes SCHEDULE Freshmen vs. Marfa.78-0 Freshmen vs. San Angelo Rams. 0-0 Freshmen vs. Fort Stockton Stars.34-0 Freshmen vs. San Angelo Rams. 7-0 Page 86 Basket Ball Jimmie Terrell Jerry Starnes Jack Morrow CUTHBERT CARLL Artie Connally Booker Connally The Sul Ross Lobos emerged from the 1933 season with ten victories and two defeats despite the reverses and handicaps that faced them throughout the season. Lack of equipment, inability to match games, delay of starting practice, and sickness all had their effects on the team, but the Lobos, true to the Sul Ross spirit, came through winners. Critics called the team the greatest since the time of Kell, Ford, and Younger. Coach B. C. Graves deserves credit for the success of the team. He built a winning team from only a few players, several of whom were inex¬ perienced in college competition. Page 88 Kenneth Starnes Aswell Caraway Owen Frazier SCHEDULE Sul Ross vs. San Angelo Junior College.32-36 Sul Ross vs. Texas Tech.18-37 Sul Ross vs. Casner Motors.26-21 Sul Ross vs. Casner Motors.43-1 Sul Ross vs. McNutt Oilers.40-35 Sul Ross vs. Schreiner Institute.33-25 Sul Ross vs. Randolph Field.37-22 Sul Ross vs. Randolph Field.40-22 Sul Ross vs. San Angelo Junior College.51-48 Sul Ross vs. San Angelo Junior College.46-40 Sul Ross vs. Texas Chiro Hawks.48-26 Sul Ross vs. Texas Chiro Hawks.36-23 Dawson Turner Weyerts Moss, Captain VARSITY TENNIS The Sul Ross racquet vvielders, under the able leadership of Captain Moss, began their practice with apparent determination of attaining championship caliber. The Lobo netters rounded into shape at an early date and stood a good chance to fight their way through stiff competition and rank as leaders of this section. Although the Varsity schedule has not been completed, a tenta¬ tive schedule has been worked out: April 15—Lobos vs. Fort Stockton at Alpine. April 24—Lobos vs A.C.C. at Abilene. April 25—Lobos vs. McMurry at Abilene. April 26—Lobos vs. Simmons at Abilene. May 1—Lobos vs. San Angelo Junior College at San Angelo. May 17—Lobos to enter in Southwestern Tournament at El Paso. Page 90 W. A. A. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN In the sports and activities that are sponsored by the Department of Physical Education for Women, the following aims are dominant: (1) To offer to each girl an opportunity to develop from the standpoint of character, sportsmanship, personality, sociability, and scholarship. (2) To stimulate an interest and a desire for skill in those activities that will be useful for health, leisure, and recreation after graduation. The Woman’s Athletic Association cooperates in many ways in the achievement of the aims and ideals of the Department. Awards and letters are earned in the sports and projects sponsored by the organiaztion. All activities are organized around a point system. Although the current year has lacked the usual social gatherings and frolics that always contribute so much to the sociability of campus life, there has been an unusual interest in sports and health activities, including hiking, basketball, horseback riding, volley ball, handball, tennis, folk dancing, clogging, golf, swimming, tumbling, and tapping. The interest in participation has been stimulated by group and class competition and by efforts of the officers of W.A.A., who have served so quietly and efficiently. The officers are: President . Vice President . Corresponding Secretary. . . . R e co rding Secret ar y . Treasurer . BRAND Representative . SKY LINE Representative . . Vollay Ball Manager . Basket Ball Manager . Hiking Manager . Swimm ing Manager . Tennis Manager . Rifle Manager . Archery Manager . Handball Manager . Horseback Riding Manager . . .Rheta Lynch, Senior .Alma Teske, Junior .. .Mary Ethel Dunn, Sophomore .Ruth Hale, Senior .Olivia Williams, Freshman .Elizabeth Hale, Sophomore . .Mary Ethel Dunn, Sophomore .Lorena Shannon, Freshman .Joye Hilday, Freshman .Louise Blakeley, Freshman .Mary Lee Blaydes, Junior .... Sara Lee Morton, Sophomore .Isa Mae Robertson, Senior . .Jonnie Mae Fuller, Sophomore .Carlyn Van Orman, Junior ... .Virginia Walters, Freshman Manager of Rhythmical Activities . La Rue McClintock, Senior Golf Manager Opal Quinn, Junior Tumbling Basket ball Rifle Archery Biding Hiking Tennis Swimming FAVORITES Mary Lee Blaydes Olivia Williams Higday Sara Lee Morton Johnny Sue Hix ALMA MATER Tune: AMICI 1 . Where the rolling plains of Texas End in mountains high, There’s a land where glorious sunsets Flame in peerless sky. CHORUS Ring, ye Alpine hills, with music! Joyous songs we’ll raise. Hail to thee,—0 Sul Ross College, Thee we gladly praise. Tis a land of pioneer spirit, Free as bracing air, Where a handclasp means a welcome Friendship glad to share. There our Texas youths do gather, Heeding Wisdom’s call, Learn to love thee, Sul Ross College Love thee best of all. —Bose Sharp Brewer . SUB-COLLEGE SENIORS Dorothy Ann Perkins Tormentor Club ’30, ’31, ’32; Vice- Pres. Junior Class ’32, Sec.-Treas. ’33; Glee Club ’33. Graves Bogle Tormentor Club ’31, ’32. Allene Martin Pres. Civics Club ’33; Vice-Pres. Senior Class ’33; Tormentor Club ’31, ’32. Ethel Spruill Pep Squad Leader ’32; Tennis ’33; Civics Club ’33. Eugene Shelton Ruby Fletcher Tennis ' 33; Civics Club ’33; Class Poet ’33. Marguerite Scales Editor of the Alpine ’33; Sec. Treas. Civics Club ’33; Tormentor Club’31; Sec. Treas. Sophomore Class. Len Matthews Football ’31, ’32, ’33. Mary D. Scudday Cdee Club ’31, ’33; Hiking ’33; C ; v ics Club ’33; Tormentor Club ' 32; Basketball ’30; Volley ball ' 30; Home Economics Club ’33. Killiane Keefer Sec. of Class ’30; Orchestra ’31, Tormentor Club ’31, ’32; Class Re¬ porter ’33; Pep Squad ’32, ’33. Buck Treadwell Track ’30, ’31; Football ’30, ’31, ’32, ’33; Basketball ’30, ’31, ’32; Pres. Junior Class ’32; Tormentor Club ’32; Pres. Senior Class ' 33; Glee Club ’33. Dela Bishop Hiking Club ’33. Fay Bowman Vice-Pres. Civics Club ’33; Pep Squad ’30, ’31, ’32, ’33. Eloise Wise Captain Volley ball ’30; Basketball ’30; Pep Squad ’32, ’33. Lorena Crawford Glee Club ’33; Home Economics Club ’30, ’33; Civics Club ’33; Pep Squad ’31, ’32, ’33; Class Reporter. Billy Neill Football ’32, ’33; Basketball ’31 ’32; Baseball ’32, ’33; Sports Editor ’33. Charles Bishop Football ’33; Basketball ’32, ’33; Glee Club ’33. Una McKinney Tormentor Club ’32; Pep Squad ’32; Volley ball ’31. Lilian Watson Bonnie Pearl Sandifer Glee Club ’33; Civics Club ’33; Literary Editor ’33. Durell Tubb Class Favorite BRANDING IRON DEDICATION )E dedicate this issue of the Branding Iron to Robert Jefferson Ratliff, partly because we could not put out an issue of the Branding Iron without at least six jokes upon him, partly because he has certain qualities of great men, such as Abraham Lincoln’s fondness for old jokes, M ark Twain ' s pipe-smoking habits, and Napoleon’s love of solitaire, but principally because he has mooched so much chewing gum from us at examination time. Page 112 Page 113 Page 11 h Page 115 I wish lhat hose who have not studied Mr fam to plrne km the room . one mule Idler - Voi la. cmw The faGitu e Ftom Justice Page 116 Page 117 itl Jioss IHrtline Vol. XIII OUT HERE, THE ZEST IS No. 1000 FIRST FEBRUARY FREEZE FATAL TO FIVE SHOCKING ACT of DESECRATION COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST FACULTY MEMBER Citizens of Alpine were shocked at a late hour to learn of an egregious act of desecration com¬ mitted in the vicinity of the city. It is alleged that a prominent member of the Sul Ross faculty, aided and abetted by students, dug up, disin¬ terred, and otherwise brought to light the body of a three-year old child. The child is the son of one of the earliest in¬ habitants of Alpine, Chief Oojahcumspiff, and the grandson of Chief Throw-the-Bull, who was a charter member of the Sul Ross Pioneer Club. Parents of the excavated infant, it is under¬ stood, are preparing to file an action of habeas corpus by means of a ouija board. If this action is unsuccessful, they intend to haunt the whole tribe of Uncas until formal restitution is made. SING SING UTTERLY DEVOID OF SCHOOL TEACHERS SCARCITY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS Alpine, Feb. 2. From an assembly speech by Dr. Morelock (speaking in terms of our best interests), it was learned today that the Sing Sing institution of Ossining, N.Y., was not a school of voice, but a school of vice; not a school where vice is practiced but where it is prohibited. Moreover, Dr. Morelock reveals that there is not a school teacher registered in the institution, thus proving that Sing Sing methods of prohibiting vice within its walls are highly (Continued on page 2) REFUGEES FOUND FROZEN IN BERKELEY HALL Feb. 8.—The stiff, frozen bodies of three un¬ identified Eskimos and two huge polar bears were found huddled together in the furnace room of Berkeley Barn at 9:00 a.m. by an occupant of the adjoining room. Despite an apparent sufficiency of clothing on the part of the Eskimos and the shagginess of their pet bears, the coroner pronounced their fate as death by freezing. It is believed that the ill-fated five entered the furnace room in search of a quiet place to spend the night and were so benumbed by the chill therein that they were unable to retreat to the warmth of a howling norther outside. Even native inhabitants of the barn com¬ plained of the unusual sharpness of the air, and nil suffered frost-bitten toes and ears, with the exception of Bost, Hatch, and Mitchell, who had their rooms equipped with automatic bed heaters. The five bodies will be shipped to Nome, Alaska and thence to their native habitat via dog team. UNUSUAL HONOR BESTOWED ON COACH GRAVES A unique and unexpected honor was accorded Coach Graves on a recent visit to San Antonio by the police of that city. They insisted on stor¬ ing Graves’s car in the city pound for the night, thus relieving him of the necessity of paying a garage bill. Coach Graves attributed the honor in part to ' the presence of Charles Dyer, whose manly beauty seemed to be very attractive to the police. Page 118 SUL ROSS DIRTLINE 2 LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD IN FINANCIAL WAY FINDS SUCCESS IN DISAPPOINTMENT “Half a loaf is better than none,” “Take the gifts the gods provide you,” and “Don’t look a gift house in the mouth,” were the words of wisdom uttered by Fred Senter when inter¬ viewed by a Dirtline reporter recently. “It is true,” stated Fred, “that I had hoped to win the heart of a certain archery teacher, but alas! that was not to be. Nevertheless 1 am not entirely dissatisfied. Though I lost the fair lady, I gained an apartment in her father’s apartment building. And as Abraham Lincoln observed to Julius Caesar when they crossed the Delaware, ‘A pretty girl is only a pretty girl, but an apartment is a place where you can pull off your shoes and smoke’.” QUOTATIONS A freshman official sometime referred to as a figurehead is not necessarily math-minded.—Mr. Gilley. An honor roll is not the life savings of an honest man.—Sam Fowler. A suspended sentence is not a grammatical error.—Horace Secrest. A basketball and billiard player can be de¬ linquent in two kinds of English.—B. C. Graves. History students believe that the Diet of Worms is listed in nothing but Austrian menus. —Dr. Casey. The blondes that gentlemen prefer are fast disappearing, but not as fast as the gentlemen. —Dr. Steiger. CO-EDS CHARGE UNFAIR PRACTICES COMPLAIN TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION A formal complaint has been lodged with the Federal Trade Commission against alleged un¬ fair practices on the part of certain co-eds of Sul Ross State Teachers College. This report, which was filed by other co-eds of the institution, alleges that certain girls are engaging in cut¬ throat competition in the matter of getting dates. It is stated that the plaintiffs go to the Granada, paying their own way into the theater, and after they are inside, manage to meet boys who remain with them during the picture and see them home afterwards. In this way the market value of dates is being brought below the cost of production, inasmuch as a boy who may get a date free will not pay thirty-five cents to get another. In times of depression the boys feel that there is not thirty-five cents difference be¬ tween one girl and another. The Federal Trade Commission has promised an early hearing on the complaint. SING SING .. . . (Continued from page 1) successful. This statement also reveals that even a penitentiary must uphold its standards. Furthermore, Dr. Morelock’s statistics show that Sing Sing has few college graduates. He goes on to explain that the average college stu¬ dent’s adeptness in class-cutting has equipped him with the proper amount of evasiveness and strategy to elude the routine of prison life. The comma is not used by the English Class as a punctuation mark, but as a mental state.— Dr. Eason. Page 119 3 SUL ROSS DIRTLINE INSIDE LIFE OF COLLEGE BEAUTY REVEALED S. R. April 9—A letter revealing the inside story of a Sul Ross co-ed’s recent frivolities, was posted on the bulletin board today by some un¬ known person. The act was feared to be the work of imposters, and the humiliated co-ed, a Miss Snooks Craw¬ ford, vows to leave no clue unfollowed, or no stone unturned in bringing the culprits to justice. She vigorously denied being implicated in the posting of the missive but declined to state whether it was of her composition. The missive, alleged to be one written by Miss Crawford to a friend, goes into great detail about the recent diversions of the writer. As yet no suspicious characters have been brought to justice, since practically no clues were to be found. ADVICE TO STUDENTS Dariotically speaking, a student desiring grade A’s must wash and return daily. When spooning, look before you lip. When angry, count ten, or over, before you speak, lest ten be counted over your prostrate form. Make hey-hey while the sun shines. Make hey-hey while the son signs (the father’s checks) because this kind of fodder doesn’t last always. He who laughs last—has been warned a little late—in Ratliff’s class. (Continued on page 4) UNDERGROUND TERRORIZES RANCHERS OF BIG BEND MYSTERIOUS CAR BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF NOTORIOUS SILVER SMITH Ranchers of the Big Bend’s most wild and rugged sections have been in a state of uneasiness for some months due to the mysterious appear¬ ance and disappearance, in their neighborhood of a powerful, curtained touring car. The great vehicle, bearing a Sul Ross license plate and the name ‘‘Texas” printed on a glittering door, has been seen to frequent various caves in that vicinity, obviously bent on other than legitim ate errands. Recently, more light was shed upon the identity of the machine’s occupants when a venturesome cowboy followed it to a remote cave and observed its occult goings-on. He reports that six men emerged from the curtained interior of the ‘‘phantom Texas” and disappeared in the cave carrying digging implements with them, possibly to cache loot or to inter an ill-fated gangland enemy. The cowboy’s fleeting glimpse of the supposed desperadoes afforded him only time enough to single out the leader whom he describes as a small man dressed in the innocent garb of a Boy Scout of America—a veritable wolf in cheap clothing—a man whose brown-rimmed spectacles and forced awkwardness ill concealed the tiger¬ ishness of him. From the description of this alleged “bantom bandit” it is feared that he is none other than the notorious “Silver Smith,” gang chief of Sul Ross’s Underground, and the other five occu¬ pants of the machine were his trusted cohorts. Thus far, no one has been reported missing (with the possible exception of Slue Robinson’s (Continued on page 4) Page 120 SUL ROSS D1RTLIN E 4 UNDERGROUND TERROR (Continued from page 3) engine), but Smith and his gang have been known to unearth ancient and ossified bones, from nearby eaves. These acts further confirm people ' s beliefs that a murderer will invariably return to the scene of his crime. The cunning leader has thus far evaded the law as he and his trusted lieutenants seldom ven¬ ture openly from their underground hangouts. They sometimes appear in Assembly, but they are always disguised as Indian chiefs. It is said that the leader always plays the role of Chief Sit-an’-Hull while the cohorts appear in the guises of Chiefs Water-on-the-Brain, Wart- on-the-Proboscis, Odor-in-the-Breath, Foaming Beerstein, and other hyphenated appellations equally as impelling. Smith, who rules his underground with an iron hand (and other iron weapons), has such notorious characters as Faultless Features Mon¬ roe, Bonebreaker Bryan, Crimson Character Carroll, Fred the Ferret, Swann the Shrew, Byler the Brutal, and Craig the Cruel, as his administrators. Faultless Features Monroe and Fred the Ferret, because of their subtle power over the fair sex, are assigned the task of preying on the female world, while others execute the more drab but less dangerous tasks of the Underground. The mighty Bost, like a giant mastiff, executes the muscle work of Silver Smith, while Craig the Cruel is a shrewd under-cover man. So far, nothin g has been done to combat this underground problem, and the institution ex¬ pects a crisis in the near future. TO MY LOVE That love light shining in your orb Has changed into a glitter; Those kisses sweet 1 did absorb Are now quite vapid-bitter. Those kisses that I thought were rare With me you are a sharer; But now that 1 have had my share, I hope they are much rarer. Those loving arms that did entwine My neck with tender touches Now send a shiver up my spine; They are such brutal clutches. Those lovely hands that stroked my hair Use gentleness no longer. I dodge now when I feel them there— Your strokes are so much stronger. That little trait you once did show— That trait of meek submission. Alas, it left you long ago, And thence came opposition. Your kisses once did smother me, But now when I provoke thee, You change your methods suddenly And use your hands to choke me. —By a Sul Boss Newlywed. ADVICE TO STUDENTS (Continued from page 3) Silence is golden but America is off the gold standard and the classroom demands sheer brass. Serenading Done to Order. We do plain and fancy serenading on practically no notice at all. Rates reasonable. Wheat, Bozarth, May, and Connally. “Accept no substitutes.”—Adv. Page 121 5 SUL ROSS D I RT L T N E TWO WIVES CLAIM MISSING HUSBAND Alpine, June 2 — A chance meeting of two women who became close friends resulted in the arrest of Robert Henry Sharp, 23, of Lorena, Texas, on charges of bigamy. He was held by police today for extradition to Oklahoma, where he will face charges brought by Mrs. Blanche Sharp and Mrs. Mayana Sharp. According to Sheriff Prank Merriel of Mc¬ Lennan County, Texas, who came to Alpine to arrest Sharp, one of his supposed wives, Mrs. Blanche Sharp, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was visit¬ ing friends in Alpine when she met Mrs. Mayana Sharp. Each confided to the other that her hus¬ band was missing, and when they compared photographs of their lost husbands, tHey found that they were married to the same man. WEDDING HELD AT TAYLOR The marriage of Miss Frances Williams, Ennis, Texas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Williams, to Curtis Bozarth of Taylor, Texas, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Bozarth, Taylor, Texas, took place at four o’clock Sunday after¬ noon at the Fifth Christian Church, Taylor, Texas, with the Reverend John Bost officiating. The church was beautifully decorated with cauli¬ flower clusters and depression plants. Miss Virginia Walters of Tulia, Texas, was the maiden of honor and only attendant. She was attractive in a gown of pink velvet, with tur¬ key-red hat, and she carried an arm bouquet of green snapdragons and blue geraniums. The bride was gowned in white lace. The tight fitting sleeves puffed at the shoulders, and the skirt extended to a short train at the back. The long tulle veil was caught to a cap of the lace, UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT TERSE TRUTHS Assembly programs without an announcement by Miss Batey are practically unknown to Sul Ross. Slue Robinson cannot wear a six and a half shoe with any degree of comfort. President Morelock has been overheard using the phrase “in terms of our best interests.” Frank Nevans looks anything but chic in Slue Robinson’s clothes. Blondy Williams is never mistaken for An¬ tonio Morales. John Bost does not resemble Clark Gable. Mr. Gilley doesn’t answer dandruff cure ads. Sul Ross received first hand information of Coolidge’s death from a man touring America with a yoke of oxen, before the news was put on the newspaper rack. and the bride carried a bouquet of weeping willows. Jerry Starnes acted as best man, and the ushers included Henry Floyd Gilley, Booker Connally, and Jimmie Terrell. Following the ceremony at the church mem¬ bers of the bridal party were entertained by a dinner at the Gunter Hotel, San Antonio. The bride and bridegroom left soon after for Europe, where they will spend their honeymoon. Page 122 SUL ROSS DIRT LINE G SUL ROSS DAY BY DAZE BY O. O. MAKING TOUR Diary of a Modern Peeper. Slagged Friday night’s frolic to prey on dates of fellow eds. Spent portion of three chaotic hours cultivating corn and (b)onion patches on other people’s property—a tress-passer. Was the flower of the fray. To the more candid and careful co-eds—a wall flower, and to the female martyrs hazarding me a set—poison ivy. At least, I had that effect on their feet. An utter lack of rhythmic qualities coupled with a tender compassion for the opposite sex, forced me to spend a large portion of the evening in passive observance. Prodded from mental languor by the entomological antics of the Freshman Fly buzzing with sheer Joye (lligday) around the ball room floor. Pressing the lapel of Horace’s coat is a strange head. Gazing with awed wonder at the giddy gyrations of Earl Anderau and Sally Bell, dipping low as a Scotch tailor’s spirits in a nudist colony. Deafened by the crescendo of shouts greeting St. Louis Blues and then struck dumber by the dark look on Dean Gilley’s face—his brow as cloudy as a Hottentot’s teeth. Personal nomination for the longest faced faculty members — Penrod and Gilley, whose faces extend from chin to back of head—Scienti¬ fically speaking, from poogonion to Obelion. Attempted to cut in on a perfect dance team. Was given that “ if-I-had-my-pearl-handled- revolver” look and ducked instinctively to a corner to gaze optatively on the milling mael¬ strom until the sombre strains of Home Sweet Home sent me that way. Our favorite assembly song, “We all love Jack,” bespeaks more of cupidity and avarice than of musical choice or affection. STUDENT ACCEPTS POSITION Mr. Slue Robinson, a student at Sul Ross State Teachers College, has accepted a position at the University of Southern California as English Professor. It is understood that Mr. Robinson and Miss Laura Tisdale will make their future home in Englewood, California, it their expected marriage occurs. One word description of Freshman Meek— Meek. Odd that Riley is Meeker and yet not so Meek as Meek. P. M. Penrod and A. M. Sampley with an ex¬ change of initials would suggest the rugged sharpness of a winter dawn and the quiet tran¬ quility of a summer evening twilight. One of our favorite people—A. J. Hill. Personal nomination for Sul Ross’s greatest comic—Fred Williams. Partly Personal Prattle: I never put off until tomorrow that that can be done next week; and I am overwhelmed with that see-Ameriea- first feeling when confronted by a mouse. I have been that way since one sought seclusion in the folds of my garments some years ago. My ambition is to own a coat and trousers of identi¬ cal shade with an anti-gravy stain vest; also two socks just alike or else so near alike that a mere glimpse would not discriminate a glaring con¬ trast. Have always had a desire to introduce non-skid okra to the West Texas table. Have just been dated for the girl’s Valentine Dance. What is this subtle power 1 hold over women? Simile: Older than a library newspaper and tougher than a Bushman’s heel. Page 12 8 SUL ROSS DIRTLINE SWAP COLUMN Will trade strong, nearly-new muzzle for some good used bones. No boarding-house bones ac¬ cepted. —Pooch Britt. Will exchange two good, serviceable crutches for low-heeled shoes, red hats, or what have you ? A. Cowan. Will swap two bottles of dandruff remover for golf balls, fishing tackle, or anything I can use.— C. A. Gilley. Will trade my trick car “ Asafoetida” for used Cadillac, Packard, or late model Buick. “Asa¬ foetida” will run well on kind treatment and small amount of gasoline.—L. M. Hawkins. Are you losing sleep? Do you suffer from fatigue, lack of pep, drooping eyelids? Such symptoms are almost surely due to insomnia. Try the Hamilton and Hill system of treatment, which succeeds when all others fail. We receive daily hundreds of testimonials such as the following: Dear Misses Hamilton and Hill: For several weeks last fall I suffered from a severe attack of insomnia. 1 found that I could not sleep even in my English class. My friends feared for my health. When all other means had failed, I happened to wander into your establishment. Its soothing quiet was just what I needed. Since then 1 have been able to get my regular fourteen hours a day. Yours truly, Seldon Robinson. BIG ROBBERY IN SUL ROSS Alpine, Apr. 12—An important theft was discovered on Sul Ross campus today when it became known that the Skyline, Sul Ross Bi- Weekly, had stolen one of the cuts which be¬ longed to the 1933 Brand. Just how this theft occurred has not been discovered, but Editor Frank Nevans and Mr. Justice Justice are con¬ ducting an investigation and promise startling discoveries in the near future. BEAUTY SPECIALIST Jean Harlow says she is twenty; Nazivoma says she is over forty; I am not divulging my own age, but the profile photographs of myself found in the Brand from year to year are suffi¬ cient proof that I hold the secret of perpetual youth. Let me transform your silvery locks into platinum, and iron the crow’s feet from your face with my marvelous beauty preserver. Flora Daugherty, Beauty Specialist. MOVIE NOTE Buck Martin, the screen’s greatest lover, will be seen to-night with Greta Garbo in “A Pas¬ sionate Hour With You.” He has universal appeal. All women adore him for his vibrant personality. Men envy his good looks and his virility. Come and see him and get the thrill of your life!!! MISSIONARY DEPARTS Boots Blevins has left for the African Con¬ tinent. She is sent to teach the natives how to make bigger and better fudge. Mrs. Blevins in a stateme nt declared that she was very enthu¬ siastic in her future work and hoped to make many contacts of interest. She further stated that she would gather material for her book, On the Eating of Missionary Stew.” MURDERERS CONFESS Jerry Starnes of this city was found dying at the foot of Sul Ross hill. He was unconscious when picked up, but recovered enough before his death to name his murderer. The Sophomore Class was apprehended. After the use of the third degree they finally confessed to the murder but said it was only in fun and really not worth mentioning. Page 12 f t ADVERTISEMENTS WARNER ' S CAVE Alpine’s Favorite Rendezvous for Old and Young Alike «� «� Complete Fountain and Luncheonette Service «� «� « « COURTEOUS SERVICE ALWAYS � � FIRST NATIONAL BANK Alp in e, Texas Transacts a Commercial Banking Business, Solicits the Accounts of Faculty and Students Capital.$75,000 Surplus.$45,0.00 Established 1904 « « 4% PAID ON SAVING ACCOUNTS � � Page 126 THIS BOOK PRODUCED BY THE ARTISANS AND SERVICE TECHNICIANS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN ENGRAVING COMPANY FORT WORTH HOUSTON DALLAS SAN ANTONIO TULSA THE IMPRINT , QUALITY PRINTING PLATES and PERSONALIZED SERVICE S. SCALES R. S. CARNES The Jl XcdUL Store ALPINE DRUG STORE “Quality and Service’’ Drugs, Sundries, Fine Stationery, and Toilet Articles Kodaks and Films, Sheaffer and Parker Pens and Pencils «� “We Specialize in Prescription Work’’ “Home-Made Products for Home Folks” ALPINE KANDY KITCHEN College Students’ Headquarters Everything in Sweets, Fancy Box Candies Ice Cream and Ices, Toasted Sandwiches We Deliver—Phone 97 “Buy Home-Made Products from Home People” Page ni Save With Safety at Safeway Phone 231 G. K. LANGE PENNINGTON Maker of High Grade DRUG COMPANY Cowboy Boots On the Corner «� Everything a Drug Store Should Have Our Machinery is the Best Our Service Cannot be Equaled We Make a Specialty of Filling An Expert Shoe Repairing Prescriptions Department Safely and Accurately — «� Ask Your Doctor At the Students’ Service—Try Us A Registered Druggist Always on Duty Page 128 Every Person Interested in VALUE is Doing His Shopping at THE MODEL TAILORS A Most Complete and Up-to-the-Minute Line of Men’s and Young Men’s Furnishings Sh oes, Hats, and Snappy Suits Stylish, Snappy Apparel For the Collegiate THE MODEL TAILORS Cleaners and Haberdashers ALPINE M SYSTEM MEAT MARKET DOM ADAMS, Proprietor SMITH and BENSON, Proprietors Staple and Fancy Home Grown Meats, Groceries Fish and Oysters «� In Season «� Phone 219 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables A Home Market for Home People” See Us for Picnic Supplies Page 129 Wood, Kindling, Coal, Coke, Briquets Distillate Fuel Oil HUFFAKER-STRAWN FUEL CO. Alpine, Texas Quality and Service Telephone 200 DAWSON COAL ThTpuTlITY COAL ' ' Price consistent with present conditions DAWSON COAL IS THE BEST � � It combines all the best qualities that are required for cooking and heating Dawson Fuel Sales Co. Dawson, New Mexico « � Alpine Dealers Huffaker-Strawn Fuel Company Storey-Whiteside Lumber Co. Good Stores Sell ICE CREAM Made by the I v Velvet Cream Company El Paso Page 130 Facts About the Value o f Your Doll ar (Based on U. S. Dept. Labor Figures) In Normal,Pre-War Days of 1913 , Here ' s What Your Dollar Would Buy. Fin the Peak Period of 1929 , Your Dollar Would Go This Far_ IN THE ' At Last Report. June 30, B932, Your Dollar Would Buy This Much. Rate reductions made by C. P. and L. from 1926 to 1932, inclusive, are saving our customers $676,367.05 annually! CENTRAL POWER « LIGHT COMPANY MORRISON ' S 5c, 10c, and 25c Store «� «� Popular Priced Merchandise Alpine Mercantile Co. Mrs. G. W. Martin, Prop. The Store of Service Staple and Fancy Groceries Meat Market Phone 100 The Alpine Avalanche HASSEN COMPANY A Booster for the Big Bend Ladies Ready-to-Wear and Sul Ross Col lege and Millinery In Brewster County Over 40 Years Better Styles—Better Prices A First Class Job Printing Department in Connection Better See Us Page 131 We Can’t Feed You But We Can Sure Clothe You i See Us for ( i Dry Goods, Hosiery | Men’s Furnishings Shoes, Hats GILLETT-BROWN COMPANY, Inc. Loyal Supporters of Sul Ross STATE NATIONAL BANK Alpine, Texas Solicits the Accounts of Sul Ross Faculty Members and Students Capital - - - - $50,000.00 Surplus - - - - $65,000.00 «� «� 41 A HOME BANK FOR HOME PEOPLE ’ Page 132 Our Organization Believes in Quality Material Dependable Service Fair Prices «� HOMES FINANCED «� “We Put Pine in Alpine’’ ALPINE LUMBER COMPANY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DR. BUREN SPARKS, Pastor “This Church Extends a Welcome to the Students of Sul Ross” The B. Y. P. U. Has a Place for You” “Make This Your Church Home While in Alpine” Page 133 VteM Compliments to THE STUDENT BODY of Sul Ross State Teachers College We Believe in and Sponsor Student’s Publications GARNETT FURNITURE COMPANY « � CAMP GRANDVIEW (On Highway Opposite College ) « � THE COFFEE CUP We Sterilize the Dishes « � GREAT SOUTHLAND LIFE INSURANCE CO. J. E. YATES, Representative Why Not an Insurance Savings Account? « � BOB ' S BUBBLE INN Home of Good Eats « � GILMAN TIRE COMPANY Federal Tires THE BRAND STAFF and the Student Body of Sul Ross State Teachers College Appreciate the Cooperation of the ADVERTISERS Who Made This Book Possible T Page 13J t imsmm TfusBuilding Owned and Used Exclusively by (his Company. PRINTING LITHOGRAPHING OFFICE FURNITURE STATION E RY ENGRAVING S ' 130 SOLE DAD ST. SAN ANTONIO THE COLLEGE ANNUAL HOUSE TE