VOL. XXIV. i m FIGURES ON b u n STADWM p r o p o s i t i o n 1 I F I S S B F R WIK STUDENTS WILL HEAR i n m O U I I S H a t t u e s d a y m e e t i n g C entral C om m ittee W ill M ake Report at C on- vocation Statement of Student A ctivi­ ties Fee Is Placed in Hands of Auditor El RST OF T H R E E CONCERTS C U E N RT O R C H E S T R A When students of the University I meet in special convocation, I uesday I morning, December l l , it will be the first occasion of the kind that has been held since the session of 19111 122. The Administrative Council of Organization Composed of; the University has established a pol- icy of granting a convocation only on | rare occasions and when the mattei to be discussed is of im­ portance. University Students and Faculty forem ost mill General Athletics Gets Larg- est Share of Blanket Tax Fund Complete statem ent containing the) amount th at each departm ent of the Students Activities has been given to j the auditor of the University, by i "Rube" Leissner, president of the! student lindy. ASSISTED DI D ID EBIFFIN . i • , / . • r \ The movement for an athletic sta­ dium at the University was consid­ ered of sufficient moment to merit this special attention and considera­ tion. inform ation forthcoming Plans for the convocation are go­ ing forward rapidly now, according to last night from headquarters of the stu­ dents’ central committee, appointed several weeks ago by President V T • Leissner, of the Students’ Associa­ tion. It is expected that speakers of note from the alumni, faculty, and Austin citizenship will make talks, and other features of the program are being arranged. Statem ent by Com mittee The students’ executive committee issued a statem ent yesterday giving in detail what was expected to be ac­ complished at the convocation Tues­ day. tics m eeting,” the “ There will be no foolishness about said. The proposition will be put square­ ly to the students and their verdict received. statem ent ‘In the first place, a report will be made on the activities of the cen­ that was appointed tral committee to make preliminary steps in connec­ tion with the stadium movement. This is a committee of students, ap­ pointed to represent students, and it will report back to the entire student body, giving its findings and recommendations. the “ Representatives of the alumni, faculty, and Austin citizenship will be present to speak a word of en­ couragement to the students and to commend them, for this undertaking. “ It will be made perfectly plain th at the success of th s whole propo aition, with all th at it means for the University of Texas, depends entire­ ly upon the start, upon the way in which the students measure up to the ibligation which they have assumed inaugurating the movement.” in the j Baritone Soloist G ives Classi- c a J N u m b e r s W i t h Lighter Encores --------- The list was made out last spring by a committee appointed by Leissner. and this report was submitted to the] assembly 0 pening a series of three concerts for consideration. AIU”, j the assembly had acted, the list wns I wHich will be given this winter, the turned over to the auditor who c re d -: U niversity O rchestra under th-* di- specified rectjon of p ra n k L. Reed gave a pro­ ited each group with gram of eight numbers last night in amount. the Women’s Gymnasium. The fol­ lowing selections were given; March— Pomp and Circumstance The total amount paid by students for their blanket tax was $36,939.00. A sum of $240 was also collected from faculty members who purchased the ticket co sts_______ “ second ticket.” This $7.50 and gives the holder all privil- j Mlnuet ebes enjoyed by students with the ox') ^ j arcy1 0f the Dwarfs ception of receiving tho Iox&n arui the Loinghorn magazine. Thirty-two such tickets were sold faculty members. B erceuse — ’----------— C a n t o —— -------- Serenede de N ursia Elgar Sohytte Boccherini ..... . . Greig University O rchestra Alvarez Schindler David Griffin ___ to D epartm ents receiving a p a rt of the blanket tax, as follows: General athletics Daily Texan Longhorn Magazine Oratorical Association Glee Club Longhorn Band Women’s Athletics Student Government ------------ -o— Extra Clerks W ill Be i t U sed to lia n a $26,449.10 5,277.00 1,055.40 879.50 422.16 879.50 1,688.64 527.70 Blue Danube Waltz Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves Strauss David Griffin ............... Mandel Romance From Second Concerto Wieniawski Entrance March of the Boyards Halvorsen The Boccherini Minuet was p articu­ larly well received. This was fol­ lowed by the “ March of the Dwarfs (from “ Peer G ynt,” giving much the marked rhythm of which made a strong ap- rhythm peal to the audience J a ~ I I -ti , rll .o M a i l : prominence to the drums, ^ F responsible for this, The Blue Danube Waltz brought forth the greatest amount of applause fam iliarity being its melody and In anticipation of an extraordinar­ ily heavy run of mail during the Christmas holidays, extra clerks will be sent out from the main of lice in town to help the University postal-j sjnjr}ng of David Griffin called fice officials handle the mail dunnpcj His encore numbers were lighter and d perhaps the most agreeable to the I th at period. ................ The new ruling by Harry S. New,* ar was “The March of the Boyards,’ postm aster-general, th a t all offices forth encores at both his appearances are to be closed Christm as Day nec­ simpler than his program selections. essitated this change, says U. M. The last number on the program Spain, superintendent of the Univer­ which was decidedly loss fam iliar to sity station of fie . the audience than most of the previous Because of the new ruling, all Pa r' | one% but won great applause by vi im­ pels will have to be mailed e a r l i e r ^ the melodiousness of its main than usual to insure their delivery by Christmas, says Spain. Preparations The next concert by the orchestra are being made by the local station will be given at the Majestic Iheatre, — officials to facilitate the handling 0 j Sunday afternoon, February 24, un- a heavy run, but it will be necessary U ^ auspiceg of the Austin Busi­ ^ Women’s League. e r parcels to be placed in the of Dee I at least a day earlier than usual, ac- cording * * * » . ------------- theme. _ p p „ L an ier L ite ra ry 11 VI LUU UHLL S o ciety H a s P ro g ra m First C olies* Daily in the South AUSTIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1923 No. 66 PESO Intramural Football Title POPULAR F P O 1 Remains Undecided When Engineers and Laws Tie RSf j CCR Dunbar, Southern Negro A u ­ thor, Included in List of Authors to Be Read I ISI TCH BODINE m Committee in Charge Plan to Continue Reading Hours Next Term Dr. Jam es Blanton W harey will give the eighth and last public read­ ing, Thursday afternoon at 5 p. rn. in Education Building 312. The first of the three stories which Dr. Wh arry will read will be “Mt. l’is- gah’s Christm as ’Possum,” by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Other numbers will be “ Christmas Eve on Lone­ some,” by John Fox Jr., and “ The W orker in Sandalwood,” from Mar­ jorie Pickthall’s “Happy Holidays," edited by Frances Wickes. WROE TO EN- PERTAIN SQUAD H. A. Wrens, president of the American National Bank, will be host to the Longhorn squad at the Hancock I he boxes, which have been reserved for the Longhorns, will be decor­ ated in Varsity colors of Orange and White. tonight. I heatre PRE-IDS IO ELECT IEI. Assembly W ill Discuss Ap* portionment of Blanket Tax to New Publication Murphy Will Preside al Last ReP °rt ™ pA IT.U lv ri,ty Meeting of Pre-Medical BScci Da"ce W ll> B“ Made by Dance Committee two Officer^ for the next Several bills will be introduced at term s will be elected at the last meeting) OI tho year of the Texas Pre-Medical th<' m eetin* of tho Student* Aarem- in the YMCA chapel room ^tyto bo hold next Monday afternoon Soc’ety .cording to Members of the society will | !" gather in the building a t 7:30 and ‘'Rube" Leissner, student president, will he railed to order by the p res-; The most Im portant will probably be that dealing with the* financing of the ident, Iferschcl Murphy. The first business to be taken „ p | Ranger, which now depends on the ads for expenses. The bul to bo in- c o m m i t t e e produced provides for a percentage of a d „ c t i o n j the student*1 blanket tax to ne de of officers. This committee, com- voted to the Ranger, u h u h i> an o posed of Mary W alker, L. E. Potter, ««*•» publication of by the society will be to hear the re the University room. thl' I i I . t -__I . . .... , . m . I 4 L i f t I I > t i I t I P lay-off to Decide T itle U n lik ely, Say O f­ ficials Two impenetrable defenses locked horns on 'Mark Field yesterady, fought dcspeiately for four quarters, and left the field without either side cering. Fumbles gave each eleven opportunities to score, but both law and engineer lacked the drive to de­ posit the pigskin safely behind the enemie’s goal. As a result of this go cond tie the intram ural champion­ ship remain# a deadlock, it being ex­ trem ely unlikely th at the game will be replayed. Both team s entered the contest de­ termined to win and matched this de­ term ination with a fight spirit un­ this equaled in intram ural circles year. A muddy field m arred the play of the two rivals, causing fre ­ quent fumbles. of On the offense everything was en­ gineer for three quarters the In the first period they ex­ game. hibited a real drive and a fte r recov­ ering a fumble, registered first down on three plays. Two plays carried the ball eight yards, but there the “ thin law” line held and Perigrinus took the ball on downs. Kirkendall punt­ ed out of danger and while the re ­ mainder of the period as well as the next was fought out in law territory, Dunbar was a negro, and was born in Dayton, Ohio; he is best known for his “ Lyrics of Lowly Life” and “ Folks From D;xie,” from which the selection Dr. Wharey has chosen is taken. Dunbar writes almost whol­ ly in negro dialect and treats large­ ly of slave life in Kentucky. Fox,' tOTiigrht- whose “ Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come” and “The Trail fo the Lone­ some Pine” are fam iliar to everyone the Kentucky mountain­ w rites of eer. These readings have been given by | ^ members of the University faculty and noted visitors for the past four years during the long session. A wide range of reading m atter has been covered. The in charge have announced thut they in­ tend to make the readings more in­ teresting during the next two terms committee T Sigma Alpha Mu Is Latest Addition to Interfrater­ nity Athletics the I During a called meeting of terfratern ity Athletic Council, lute at the YMCA at 2 p. r n . , Wednesday afternoon, it was decided to allow Sigma Alpha Mu to become an au­ thorized member of the Couped. Sigma Alpha Mu has never before — • m * ready _ the Murphy emphasized import-! Assembly are of immediate concern ance of every member of the society both to students and to ex-stu ents o attending this meeting as very im- the University. portant m atters will be brought be-: *n addition to tins logia at ion, t e fore the widely and as it will be the Assembly will hear report* from the last meeting of the student* of t h e various committees at this meeting. One of there reports will be on the Pre-Mcdlcal Society term. subject of the All-University dance indirectly of all in particular and University .students. _______ ____ 0 M any V an ity Cases . . . o——— Found and Turned in at Business Office “P **4" 1 Ch?*u* ’ , A ppear at W A A Party - -.—-- Fifty-nine articles have been found I to dale and brought to the lost and j Christmas spirit will hold sway at the begin-j the Woman’s Gym on Thursday night found departm ent since of the term> according to st a- when members and pledges of the tittle# fcy j p business j WAA are entertained with a Christ - fountain pens mas party at 7:15. Santa Claus and manager and girls’ vanity cases take the lead.; his reindeer are to be tilers as will the Next follow purses, watches, pencils,! the dancing Sugar Plums and gloves, coat*, hats, pins, rings, glass- “ Pigtail Chorus ” A riotous good time will mark this holiday festivity i es and other such items. Of these, during this period. E n g in e e r * O u tp u n t L aw * The third quartet resolved itself into a punting duel between Mad­ dox and Thomas with the engineers having the best of it. Alec opened another offense, scored a first down, and brught the ball to the 30-yard line from where P ratt attem pted a pace kick which went wide. A fter losing ground on two plays, Thomas attempted a punt which was blocked by Rempe. Street of the Laws re­ covered, and Thomas on a second a t­ tem pt punted to safety. into S t r e e t R e c o v e r * Street threw' a scare the Alecs in the final period when he recovered one of Ainsworth’s num ­ erous fumbles in midfield. A pass Kuykendall to Thomas, netted IO yards and the laws’ only first down on the Alec 35-yard line. But there it ended. The engineer line proved two and p............................................ Catholic Singers ««*♦«# mm W i l l G i v e C o n c e r t had representation j h ................. the Interfra- j A ]arJfe numlx,r 0f book* and tab- for which a program of stunts, m u-' impregnable once m ort, .* in ternitv Athletic Council, due to t h e j ^ have l)fen iurned il1f but the of-»sit and dancing ha* been planned, a c -jpasses failed. The team s tnen to very recent founding of the Catholic Singers’ Club will give a local The committee appointed concert Thursday night, Dec. 6, at {chapter. KC hall, the proceeds going to the ; to investigate their claim to el gibil United Charities Association and t h e ! tty for membership in this council Home Mission Guild. The program | reported favorably fo r their admi#-' will consist of quartet#, solos, and in -1 don a fte r a thorough investigation. L ttrn, to the owners, said George Ste- hers w ill hold a short business meet- *he melee. -•trumental selections. A c mixed voices from St. M ary’s Church; ma Alpha Mu to become and a number of professional a rtists; members of the council. will aid in giving the concert. flee does not keep a record of those*. J cording to said Lochridge. At present, there are | melodrama, about fifteen vanity cases in the of-1 Christm as,” is to be given with the fice ranging from all sizes and styles j Sugar Plums starring as dancers. choir of The council then voted to allow Sig-1 phons, assistant business m anager. jng. Rosalie ILggio, president of the every play, an WW will preside at the met ting. p W n h l ma Aloha Mu to become co eq ual co-equal N o v e l C o s t u m e s t o Be Rempe an ___ tfce 0__ ..~i * e engineer is ou s an 1 **aa the blocking of a punt in ems ffcird quarter. His rival law broke 'through t ae and again to down Ains- Josephine Schmidt. A no chances jut ext ange pu "The Bef o r e , the final w ta# v Night . ^ pleased to re- j Before the party begins, the mem-i >rs, glitterin g bn tan y r g I left tackles, xvi e 1 . . *.. em . , Carrying on its work in the contem­ porary dram a of Europe, Sidney La­ nier L iterary society had as its pro­ gram “The Dance of Death,” in regu­ lar meeting Wednesday at 5 o’clock, M. B. 207. A rthur Stringberg, Swe­ dish playwright and contributor both to science and to literature, stands out among his countrymen for this work of his. Ann Caswell gave a character sketch of Strindberg and a review of his life,, which is notice­ “The Dance of ably reflected the Death.” dram a. Jean Guthrie read in This was the last meeting for this term of Sidney Lanier L iterary So­ ciety. The next meeting will be J a n ­ uary 16, 1924. C ALEN D AR Thursday Movie for Zoology 16, K. Hall 5, 6 :4 5 p. WK W A A P a r ty , W om an ’* G ym n a- lium, 7:15 p »». Local Post American Legion to Hold Dinner Dec. IO Meeting in the banquet room at tho cafeteria, Monday, Dec. IO, at 6:30, the University Post of the American Legion will stage the second ex-serv­ ice men’s dinner of this term. This will be the last meeting of the local post during the present term , and J *j* some im portant business m atters w ill J come up for brief discussion, said) Since the banquet room will accom- Jam es R. Beverley, post commander, modate only fifty diners,, Beverley stated th at the list of guests will be j j limited to th a t number and that the I first fifty men to make reservations would comprise the party. In addition to the short business session of the legion post, L. Then. Bellmont, athletic director of the Uni 7:30 p. m. Friday Pre-Med Society, YMCA chapel, tj w rsity * will make the ex-service men a talk on the proposed stadium. Oth- Her speakers, probably including Prosi- Pierian Literary Society, M. B. I ■ dent Sutton and Coach Stewart will also address the meeting. Music will be furnished by one of the University quartets. Newman Club Open Hou*e, N ew ­ man Club Room*, 8 p. rn. 207, 5 p. **». DeMotay Dance, Scotti*h Rite Cathedral, 9 p. «**, Beverley announced th at the com­ plete program will be arranged and announced before the week-end. I A fter some discussion as to the ad- The club was organized about two) v ia b ility of continuing the old prac- months ago through the efforts of the Hee of charging a small admission price to see the final in terfratern ity Rev. M. Quinlan, rector of St. M ary’s games, it was deeidde to abolish that Church. It. is under the direction of rule entirely, and in the futu re the Prof. Joseph M. Dubray of St. Ed­ games will be free to the public. ward’s College. T ItlfU I () D / 1 C / I / / l / » f / l / l I A / 7 / 1 1 ID *#' Vsdl j u / A Lucky Holders To Be Identified Subpoenas will continue to be is- in Satin day’s Texan, Tickets went on sued to all student# and faculty mem- sale yesterday hers today entitling the holders of morning at various places on the eam- the lucky twelve to free seats to the pus and seats are going rapidly. By Curtain Club’s perform ance of “ The! 6 o’cloek yesterday evening nearl> M agistrate.” Girls and faculty mem- all tickets sold had been exchanged » — • . . . about calling for theirs, according toj served sea,s. theHa"twkop, 'raHou8t' ,or . > , - , . . . . W o r n * C l u b D a n c e Z o o l o g y C i r e . W M I . . J r e * - - ^ — ----- I Sunday Club w ill give a Greenwich j Village dance next Saturday night, j Dec. 8, from 8:30 to 11:30 at t&ej“Trum p Card,” are the pictures I>*-rpither backfield except S e e r u m o n H o o k w o r m I an(1 T R Ainsworth of the Alecs :se and Street, of the laws f “ Unhooking the Hookworm,” and a ,a(i sPlHr*a, #tr*at««»a rnunmgmr STAPP **rti«»n« EE PORT Kits Stewart Htrkrtto John Wr•--Ir-.ft Martha Porter Victor Emtlilfl Patti Eftihg ■ G#or*« T. Kirk* RIanrhf HaiVfffcrM* Pr«rt»«* Hickman I * IMI* B*»n«» E r m t t L ,p»ir Mary FMS th Byram John Dyrbam Sam h Frank Err* V HW*My R*K«t ii-'! tkorv.hr Y»*.#na Alton Lotkrtt M ,r, roe MM Muff irri’- NoAls Jake Muett F.!3ta*vrth ?*** TltWM f *** Dofotlf Whit* burnt Th-wit* YarrfH Ell**b*ti Page FIRING lilt E D IT O R IA L S -mw*- tx , ; a ., - m CO N* F ERE N C13 * P l CK r . I) Cfi AM PIONS j I hate s#tm copy o f year paper of December 2, irf which a sub-headline I states that “D. A. Frank, of Dallas, Tho question as to w h e th e r ;* « * .* * that T««» om-od* title,- a1 ho quoting; a telegram from Mr. JU. SMU AND TEXAS i n n . „ ,I • ^ in D allas " all« : alumnus * '" » < « t? i“ ’'f T » T *‘f * I I m S t l w X n c o n fe ren c e sh all! r e s t -it T ex as or SM U, whirl* is ithv T,m«* Her*ld- " f p‘ rt m a d , by one to 'b r d ecid ed to d a y a t th e COO- « fore nee meet m f that we 'release brings to a tte n tio n a w e a k n e ss rom the sension w h e n th e title of the'® - A Nrank, D a l.. alumnu. of c o n fe re n c e is n o t c le a rly de«?id- Gmvendty end editor of th.. Alcaide, cd a n d ill-feelillT between t'wolth»l m championship be IO com.,,1- scliools c a n a p r i l * u p in o n l y ed, In View of the nu,nber of confer- a few h o u rs b e c a u se o f a tie fo r te a m . I r>taye,l and the number of compar.- th e c h a m p io n sh ip . i ti Vs* scores. ‘h® *rtkle .ta te . that Kames which the T h e re two f , l d is the Te*«* rule you th.* information which T he obvious and most nim* Th«‘ *t*tement that I made any p i e wav Of preventing ties is toi«uch ^ugg^stion to Mr. Bellmont, or provide for a play-off. W hile tu anyone else, is absolutely without Th.* T exan w ould”not advocate foundation, and if Mr. Bellmont gave the elim ination of the against post season gam es, it foundation of your article, he did me th e confer*> *«*">■ injustice. The facts are as doe-! believe th a t once should pas* a rule ruquir-i fo,^ ws: Ing a p lay-off when there is a Mr- Henry Camp Harm, an alum- tie betw een tw o team s w hich ^ of th* University, and Mr. Dick have never m et. Had S avior Haughton, of the Chamber of Com- and T exas tied for the cham - m«rc« of Dallas (all<’(1 «P°n ®« and pionship th is year, th ere w o to talk to Mr. Bellmont u have been no occasion fo r a de- owr k>w distance telephone and find rid in g gam e, as the team s had <>ul whether or not the University concede the cham- m et with the gam e ending in a draw . In the ease of SMU and ^>nshi:> to SMU. immediately Texas however, both te a m s;tolti th< m that I d;d not believe any deserve the privilege of pihy- 8«ch concession would bu made, and ing to decide the cham pionship!ihat tber« was « movement on foot — if th ere is to be a derision. b* %hv alumni of ^ University of An aw ard by th e conference to ir ? to get a post-season will leave tho’ losing .school dis- i'“me between the two schools, the satisfied Part of tho proceeds of which to * fund to help bu lid the st*. w hile no decision a t all w M :to leave ihe sam e old He— a SOre|dium- Tht'>’ insisted upon my call. spot to both In PW Bellmont and finding out the in tere st of friendly feeling what attitude was, I accordingly T exas!ca^ed ^ r- bclimont, and the first betw een schools, it m ight be well for th e T art o { our conversation was on the conference to m ake provisions! o f getting a post-season for a play-off in case of tie* *uch a* the present one be- Mr* Bellmont gave three reasons Iwhy Hurh a «ame could not be held. tween SMU and Texas. One was because of the, faculty rule ^ Against post-sea ion games. Second, I because of tho conference rule a g a in st post-season games. Third, because THE HEAL MENACE b*tween Texas and SMU. and di sgr unt l ed— institutions, com peting I j th e “ me. W ith th e annual announce-1 !(h' pJ ‘ ye" hf d brokt'" trai,m"t' J m ent of th e num ber o f p e r s o n s “ » 1 -M. not want to antu* the in auto!matUr w,th b'm’ but me,'ely w,nU<1 killed during 1923 that Hen- there l” ''ut u;' ‘® hlra .vt. ck* aud accid en ts and has s ta rte d , in A ustin’ an d in r>' c *mp " ar,ri8 m any other cities, the annual ni" * ,y wanU'd to know what h i* p0'i drive ag ain st reckless driving. ••«»" *** • » ‘® wh*‘h" ,0jr not th* acci-j tn,vera'*y u i T v ™ would w“nt 10 All th e d eath s, all dents, all th e m isfortune of m o - “ « * d* <|» championship to SMU, to to rin g , are a ttrib u ted t lie I ',ec“us<- SM,! hud won { 'v e *ames m is COn-|th,i ronferer.ee and suffered no de- reckless driver, who t o D***8 and no tie«i whereas, Teaas had victed of being a m enace public safety w ithout re g a rd t o j won „two victor.es and had one tie. ano th er class of d riv ers who Mr Bellmont’, reply was that Texas cause < q u a il? as large a num -iwould r,,t c™>e>ta anything, but ber of wrecks as th e ‘speed de-1 would claim to be tied for the cham class of! J)i’>n«hip and that the matter would m o n . THU second I have to be fought out in the confer- drivers is the loiterer. | enc©. He also gave some other rea* W ithout doubt a m ajority o fh ° n# not n<#ct**sary to be mentioned rn * * * to have the ac cid en t' in which autom a-}bere- bilev- f i g t r e in d u e to sp eed ing ’ Mr* Bellmont is bound o r < a r d e n t d r i v i n g . B ut some- understood that I was not making any th in g should be said ab o u t th*|suggestions whatever with reference loiterer, the d riv er who d illy -Ho conceding the championship, but d a llie s along. wi:h alm o st th e ^ merely passing to him the state- s a m e p oten tial m enace to pub- «®*ats made to me by the gentlemen lie safety a* the sp eed ster. T he mentioned. j- 1 ^ ’ d r iv e r w ho h a s s o m e w h e re to I Personally, I do not believe in Igo, kio w a w here he is goingJcoafeding the championship, and I a r.d w a n ts to g e t th e r e in th e ?'■> further and state that the alumni, tim e possible, seldom i '-x-ytudemts, and students of the Uni* th e c a u s e o f a w reck through v erity of Texas has much the* Bu­ I t is th e lf cnor team and could easily beat th e '.SMU by at least two or three touch- hls PWB h a s te a lo n e . d r iv e r w h o p o k e s d o w n s tr e e t , tr y in g to see how' slo w |dt>wwi, he can go in high, looking at The itatemeht in this morning’?* hi,** friends on th e streets, won* Ballas News is all hot air shows the dering whether he shall turn a t ’ importance of some arrangement be- m / "What a difference just a few cents make I” FATIMA How Would YOU Write an Ad? U f E R E S your chance to dem onstrate h ow advertising should be written. To the college students w ho send the best advertise­ m ents on the world-fam ous cereal products, Grape-Nuts, Post T oas­ tier and Post s Bran Flakes, for use in college publication*, the F os- tum Cereal Com pany offers $1,500.00 in cash prizes IST PRIZE 2ND PRIZE 3RD PRIZE 4TH PRIZE - - $200.00 * - - 125.00 * - - 75.00 - - - 50.00 for the best advertisem ents received from all colleges. And in Addition, Special Prizes of $25.00 Each for the Best Ad Received from Each College. ry H E R E is no restrictio n on tho num ­ b er of advertisem ents you m ay Send as m any good ones as send in. you can. If you win th e first prize, you will receive $200.00; $125.00 if you win the se c o n d ; L$75.t)0 if you win th e th ird I and $$0.00 for the fo u rth . 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O T I S E L E V A T O R C O M P A N Y Office* in zll Principal Cities of the World GOOD WORK OUR HO Call 3702 HOME STEAM LAUNDRY 211 East 5th Street !. T H E D A I L Y T E X A N T ake a Look at O ur W indow Displays G if t s that Please are the G ift s are A p p r ec i a te d that latest place cards— little ladies w ith real fe a th e r fa n s— were used. One concession in reality was m ade to the cam era, however. The table linen w as all a light blue instead of white— blue photographs w hite, and yet subdued enoungh not to produce a glare. Q ueen Shows A n Epical Society D ram a It is not the business m an's ste­ is at n o g rap h er or sec retary who I fa u lt when her em ployer begins to slip aw ay from his w ife, but more often it is the w ife’s fa u lt entirely, in is th e g re a t m essage unfolded “D aytim e W ives,” th e g re a t epical society dram a now being shown at the Queen T heatre. W ith the hand of a m aster p ain ter, D irector Em ile C h au tard shows why is often falsely ac­ the office g irl cused by h er shallow, em ployer’s faithless, luxury-loving wife, of steal­ ing h er husband’s affections, when in re ality it is the wife herself who has been doing the slipping from grace. is in in “ D aytim e W ives” : W ynd­ eluded ham S tanding, G race D arm ond, Der- elys Perdue, W illiam Conklin, E d ­ w ard H earn, K atherine Lewis, Ken­ neth Gibson and C h ristin a M ontt. The following a ll-sta r cast nor B ax ter, N igel De B rullier and Lydia K nott. run fo r “ St. Elm o,” which will th ree days, w as adapted by Jules F u rth m a n from A ugusta J . E vans’s well known novel of th a t name. This book p erh ap s h as been read by more people th an any other romance pub­ lished. I t teem s with action and im ­ passioned love, B arb a ra La M arr and Bessie Love being lead foils for the dashing John G ilbert. R udolph V alentino in Fam ous Desert R om ance as “ The Sheik,” the picture th a t made the Rudolph V alentino fam ous “ perfect screen lover,” will be shown at the Texas T h eatre today fo r the last tim e. M anager Rowley said th a t he w as pleased to be able to bring “ The Sheik” back for the th ird show­ ing. S O P H O M O R E R e c e p t i o n , K. C . H a l l $ 1 . 1 0 p e r 9 - 1 , F r i d a y e v e n i n g . c o u p l e . ttiMimmtimiimttHitimtitHiHiitiinHiiiMUiimiuumttimtiHHmmutimftitmitji For Christmas DAINTY SLIPPERS “ St. E lm o” Is Featured at M ajestic The a ttra ctio n a t the M ajestic to­ day will be the W illiam Fox offering, “ S t. Elmo,” s ta rrin g John G ilbert, supported by such an excellent cast as B arb a ra La M arr, Bessie Love, W ar- SATIN MULES w ith new Short V am p, R ound I oe— Black* Pink, and C open­ h agen— Sam e colors Satin w ith the back— in Q uilted $ 4.00 $ 4.50 “Blossom V in e ” the M esdam es, at H a n c o c k I oday Society S enior G irls H onor G uests at A ftern o o n Tea red ; The F acu lty W omen’s Club e n te r­ tained w ith a tea W ednesday a fte r- j noon from fo u r to six fo r th e senior girls. The rooms w ere decorated in C hristm as style w ith candles, hotly w reaths, and larg e baskets of j p o lp e tt as. A delicious salad course w as served. Those pouring te a were j the M esdames B iker, B antel, L. T. In t h e j B ellm ont and Lloyd N ash. receiving line w ere S utton, George E ndress, Joe Wooten, A. L. Green, Joe G ilbert, L. M. Hol­ lander, H ow ard Jones, Clyde L ittle ­ and Misses field, B. M. W hitaker, A nna H endrix, M iriam Dozier, E dith K eller, and Lucy Newton. * * * * » Mrs. M yrich E ntertains A ustin A rt L eague M rs* M yrick en tertain ed the A us­ tin A rt League W ednesday afternoon a1 the Scottish R ite D orm itory. A m usical program consisting a solo by Em m a M orehead, and a duet by K ath erin e B uckner and V eta Hall three- en tertain ed the guests th irty to five. A social hour 'ro m five to seven followed the program . * * * * troni of V ivian and M a y b e ll Fields have re tu rn ed from D allas w here they stopped over a fte r attending th e A& M game. Clyde M esser is in P&S Hospital a f te r an appendicitis operation. W illiam E vans w as a guest a t the a t S outh­ Pi K appa A lpha house w estern U niversity last week-end. Lyda Elick will spend the week­ end a t her home in G ranger. M inerva C unningham and P a tty Ja y spent the week-end as g uests a t Southw estern U niversity. V irginia G regg of H ouston is vis­ iting a t the Pi Phi house. Yancy Culp of Gainesville is vis­ itin g a t the P hi D elta T h eta house. E dw ard Schwab is visiting in San Antonio. i^TnumiimniiHniimtininHniiHiiiintmntunnuHHniiifflHimimHiiinHtm^ MAJESTIC C om m en cin g T od ay W illia m F o x P resen ts ST. ELMO §= W ith Jo h n G ilb ert B arb ara LaM arr B essie L ove F r o m t h e s t o r y b y A u g u s t a J. E v a n s , r e a d a n d lo v e d b y t h r e e generations. A l s o A e s o p ’s F a b l e s , T o p i c s a n d N e w s R e e l THEATRE ROW C R E S C E N T : Marshall Nei- lan’s “The Eternal Three." T E X A S : “The Sheik,” with Rudolph Valentino. HANCOCK: “ Blossom Time,” a musical comedy. Q U E E N : “ Daytime Wives.” M A JE STIC : “ St. Elmo.” William Fox's Real melodies, rath er than jazz, adapted from those of F ranz Schubert, the famous Viennese composer, are fea­ tured in “ Blossom Time,” the successful musical comedy playing at the Hancock Thea­ tre tonight only. The Schu­ berts have revealed in “ Blos­ som Time” a promised land, where musical comedy means rhythm , grace, musical intel­ ligence. M am m oth Set U sed in ‘‘T he E ternal th r e e ” The la rg e st in terio r set M arshall N eilan has ever used will be seen in his “ The E tern al T hree,” which opens a t the C rescent today fo r th ree days. picture, la te st A long banquet table on a dias oc­ cupies one en tire end of the immense ballroom and seats IOO guests. The appointm ents of the table w ere c a r­ ried to the sm allest detail, even the H A N C O C K **■ Opera H om e T on igh t O nly The only play th at ever had two com ­ sim ultane­ panies ously B road­ on way, w'.iere it played fo r over two years. B a s e d o n t h e l i f e o f F r a n * S c h u ­ b e r t, t h e f a m o u s c o m p o s e r w it h bis b e s t k n o w n m e l o d i e s c o m ­ p r is in g t h e s c o r e . trium phs— “ Blossom T im e” reaches dignity of opera— ex- cellant com pany— C. G. 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