The Xavier Herald - Page 3
Published Monthly by the Student Body, Xavier University. Subscription - 50 cents a year. College Staff Agatha Powell '30, Editor-in-Chief; Oscar Bouise '30, News Editor; George McDemmond '30, Business Manager; Oscar DuConge '31, Sporting Editor; William McKissick '33, Hum...
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Published Monthly by the Student Body, Xavier University. Subscription - 50 cents a year.
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Agatha Powell '30, Editor-in-Chief; Oscar Bouise '30, News Editor; George McDemmond '30, Business Manager; Oscar DuConge '31, Sporting Editor; William McKissick '33, Humor; David Jackson '33, Circulation Manager; Irma Henry '31, Typist; Alma Priestly '31, Typist.
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Grace Clark, Editor-in-Chief; Lorna Lawes, News Editor; Ferdinand Fortune, Business Manager; Lawrence Smith, Sporting Editor; Elfreda LeBeau, Humor; Esther Saul, Circulation Manager; Ethel Baptiste, Extension Editor; Beatrice Ferrouillet, Typist; Wilfred Gaspard, Typist; Alicemae Casanave, Typist. |
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xuloai_p16948coll14-3368 The Xavier Herald - Page 3 5 No. 5 1930-03-01 Xavier University of Louisiana Published Monthly by the Student Body, Xavier University. Subscription - 50 cents a year. College Staff Agatha Powell '30, Editor-in-Chief; Oscar Bouise '30, News Editor; George McDemmond '30, Business Manager; Oscar DuConge '31, Sporting Editor; William McKissick '33, Humor; David Jackson '33, Circulation Manager; Irma Henry '31, Typist; Alma Priestly '31, Typist. High School Staff Grace Clark, Editor-in-Chief; Lorna Lawes, News Editor; Ferdinand Fortune, Business Manager; Lawrence Smith, Sporting Editor; Elfreda LeBeau, Humor; Esther Saul, Circulation Manager; Ethel Baptiste, Extension Editor; Beatrice Ferrouillet, Typist; Wilfred Gaspard, Typist; Alicemae Casanave, Typist. African American college students; African American newspapers; African American universities and colleges; College student newspapers and periodicals; Student publications; Xavier University of Louisiana; Text PDF XH_1930_03_01_003 Xavier University of Louisiana English Physical rights are retained by Xavier University of Louisiana. Copyright is in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. archives@xula.edu / THE XAVIER HERALD � ATHLETICS YELLOW JACKETS STING HARD AND OFTEN l\(tel' tlwt fil"st encounter with StJ'aight it s('ellle<l evident that St.raight HlIlSt h,l\'(' pOS" se"sed a charm which they used 1'01' the exclusive purpose of de�feating OUl' Yellow ~Jilckcts. A tellm which was c\'idclltly su�perior to Straight lost to SIi:a ight. Something' had to be rlone, The boys decided 10 go out and beat Stnlight d cspi te the jinx, The fact that they accol1lpl i~hed their aim is at� tl'ibuted to the fa ct that t.h e charm held by Siraight was broken by a charm ollr Jackets PI�oclll'cd. Thc stor." of the game: The gamc sbu�tcd as if t.here would be q uite a bit of !-Ihooting bllt it was fu lly eight mill utes bcfol'e either tel\m scored. 'rhe gl'cat guarding o( " ' right and Captain Smith who was in the line up for the fil'st time this season kept ,the shooting ,ef�Forts of Stnlight down to one field goal the entire fil'5t half, while Weems of Straight play�ing his usual game was It 1'111'� tar to our would-be goal shootcl�s. '1'hc play WIIS fast and at times rough ; but a capacity crowd had jltmmed the roof garden and theil' ycllings ~purl'ed the boys OIl. The half ended with the score 8�4 in our [avo1'. f.lewis, a newcomer to OUI' team, bad accounted fOI' six of Olll' eight points with three beHutiful ficld gouls. Duril1g the rest period be�tween h... h'es COl:lch PI'icstley \\'urned t.he boys not to let up because Straight might stage It comeback as they did in the fil'st game. Hecding Coach's wurning the boys wellt out and played steadily, giving nothing and taking ndvantage o( evel'Y oppo..tullit~� , Stnlight playing impl'oved b'llI playcd the Jnekets on even terms through�out th:! second half, each teHm scored six points dlll'ing the second half and Olll' lead of the fi'l'st half pl'oved to be the mal'gin of victory, The final seol'e was 14-10, fiedluHI broke aloose! The Yellow Jl.lckets were k ings 1'01' a day (01' 11 night). The famous Strnight. buga boo was dClld; ne\"Cr 10 I'cyive ' Straight hiHing WOIl the (il'st g<lllle and X aYier the second, it wa s d('cided to play a third gilllle to decide the Illythiclll champion. The Yellow J ackrts now confident .l1most to cock i�Ile~s; were SUI'C that Straight (>ould IIOt ",in. 'ViiS theil' charm IIOt bl-oken ! Did we 110t have II VCI'y good charm ' This COIl� fid cnce proved to be it dlln�gerous thing. Balls pllt right in thc bl.lsket sccmed to jump out liS if plI~hed ont, the pas�sin!! at tack wasn't working so well, and WeC'llls of Stl'ilight \\'H~ !!ulIl'din!! SUPCI' excellent�ly h('sid,'s Io,hootiJ1~ two very loug-fiC'ld ~oills <Ind sinking a foul shot. Th(' only tally our J<lekf'ts made WIIS n foul shot by Fl'anciK 'I'hc half f'll{led wit.h the scorc 5-] with the Crimson Tide lcil ,ling, To start the second half Ua!'!'y TOllps shot <l field gOll l from a flifficult nngle, IJewis followcd with two ficld /!oais to gi,'c liS the lend at 7-5, e hel'�rault of Straight made a field goal nnd lat.cl' a foul shot to bring the SCOI'C lip to 8 for Stl'aight. Pete Graves sl:lIlk a bnskct, and we had nine points, Hookel' of Stra ight was given two fl'ee shots one of which he com-crt cd. The scorc wus now deadlocked <.It nine all and the whistle blew signifying that t.ime WIlS up. It was decided to play 1111 extl'a fi,'c minutes and then fhe fun began. ':'hight snc;lked d ow l1 fo floo r 111ld scored 11 bil~k('t soon nftcr pIa," was r(>SlImed. J.lewis (01. lowed with .1110thcr basket then " ' right who had been g'IHlnlillg' mnsl<>l'flllly sJlf'akcri down the floor thre~ times to score a field g'0~1I each timf'. Tn the lll(,llIlWllil(' Strllight hacl hecn ahle fo scol'e only two points. both of them resn{ting from technic.d fouls callcd on thf' Jackets. 'J'hf' ~ame endcd and the :rackets hiH] attained hci~hts nol 1'(,)lched since ]927. All of 0111' ,llIeI,Ct.S performed wc ll. 'Vri~ht led t he attack but the fl <lshy Captain Smith, the YeI'Y consistent James f.lewis <1 nd rngged " Pete" Gmves played excellently, Fl'anc;s, Toups and Da ....enport pIIlYN] wel l. 1n ;1 I!illll(, l'eatul'ing much "'ild and wool." shoot in:! our .TacJ;:cts (l ~feat<'ll the St. H{)s(' Tigers of nllY SI. Loui~ 1'01' th" second timc this season 29�24. In this g'illl1(' 0111' reg-ilIaI' did not sec milch ad ion, bllt Ollr very capable l'eSC' I'ves plnyed well. Dllyc'nporl a "sonthpaw" was thr hi):!'h point mnn of the /!ame. BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 011 Febl'uilry IS, 19:10. thc girls of the SCl1iOl' and soph�omOl'C class(>s met 011 the cam� pns for the !'irst basketball tOUI-lll1lH C'lIt of til<' y('ar. FI'om the lHOIlH.' llt Ihat th ~ game bc�:?all IIIltil the ('nd intcl'cst WIlS a roused in e\'C!'y spect aclc. The piltying was so good on both sides that it was hard to de�eide who would be the WIll�l1el'S, At the end of the fi l'st hnlf the score was to alL The girls left the COllI't for Ii rest. Everyone I'cturlled to the court with new yigonr fOl' the last hnlf, each side determined 10 win. 'fhe .seniors showcd ex� cell('nt skill ill passing lhe bnl! 1111(1 at thc end of tlte thil�d qUinter were in the lead. J~ileh I (';I III wod,ed l'ellHII"l;:ably well /1nd the g;lme ended wit.h the scol'e of 9-6, in (a\,ol' of the scniol's. The sf'nior tram was composed of: F'orwards-Est hr.r SHul al1d Irnet h Bennette. C(,lItcl'!'>-lHary Sibl'ie lind Enl."11 Brown. (;tJards- l [('IC'llll I':\,eqlle and Gl'l'ilidim Thomas in the last. t hl'ce qUllrters. The Sophomore tenm: F'onvll l'ds -Octll\~ia n Olltte and COl'a Duvigncl.l ud, Centers - f.lueille ])uVerges and Eloise Breaud. GlUlI'ds- Alma Gan1ina and Heg-ina LeBlanc. REVEREND FATHER CASSERLY RETURNS After a stay oE some weeks ill the ho~pital Heycrend Fllthel' CIl:-:scl'ly, S, S. J ., Professor of Religion and Philosophy. has I-eturnrd again to the lecture I-oom. The ma"y students in his YIII�ioIlS clllsses wclcollled him back. LOTTO PARTY BY P. T. A. On 'I' lIe~dl:ly, F ebrual'Y 1-1, the P. '1'. A. came back with u f.lotto Part." that wus all ended b~' IOY~11 Xayicl'ites. The lIim of ' his p'lrty \\"as to bring the net PI'ocC'Nls of the festival o,'el' *~OO. W ASHING'l'ON PROGRAM (Continucd fro'lll page] ) :3. Thc star ill fhe West... ... Eligil Cook-E. Christmas At. George 'Washinglon IIn� llonyll1ous ......Euphemia Cup- pic, .l\.ngela Laerey, ]~d� ward Guichard, Paul Cali", Cal'ol Bibolet <Ind D<lnispil Du Conge. .). ~ong-A m el' i cat h e Be<llltiful ........Stlldellt Body G. Maxims 0 t: Washington Leoll ,Jackson, ]~Im S pooner and Emile Bell. i. Yorktown ....John G_ Whet�tiel'-l\[arsIHlII Bennett. S. ('I'own 0 u r \Vashington BII1fcl'worth..... Delo ..el Mar�celine_ n. Song-"AI 0 u 11 t Vernon's Bell ' '.. .....Class 9-2 10. ::;on~-~egl'o N 11 1 i 0 11 ill .\nlhclll... .Stuclcnt r. ~)(ly 11. Piano 8010...... B er n a dine Gonzales. \Ve were \"CJ'y pleased with the piano solo of Bernadine GOllz<dcs, a music student of Si:;.ter Letitia, who proyed to he Ycry talented for one :so youn g. BcnHlclinc is a lllClll bcl' of H oly HedccllIcl' 1.'11 "ish Ilnd St. JJOII is 8chool. CHOICE OF LITERATURE (Continued f,'olll page 2) another 1111111'8 poison," to his choice of liLcl'ntnrc, und stlldie~ only the best in Jiteratllrc he will fully I'calize that ncry oook printed is not fol' him 1'0 read. Zenobia Buller, 12-5. J UNIORS ENTERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY On F riday, J.'ebl'lUu'y 14, 19:10, tbe lllt:'mlJcl's of the .J unior Class entertained at the weekly assembly ot the High School department. The intel'esting program consisted of piano ducts, ,'elldings, and a chorus. The appreciative audicnce was surpl'ised to find so much ta lent ill one class. The pl'O� gram was 'I S follows: L Selection from <or h e Bohcmian Girl " ............~...Jtlnior Class 2. Pinno Solo ......Mable Baxtcr J, Hcading from Dunbar ...........NlIllnie l\[ae Nichols -1-. l'i,1110 duct ...........lfelen and Lalll'a 'J'lll�nbull. 5. Sketch (Prench) .. .I 1;.1I�o ld Clark, l'hal'les DlI' gue, J':dl'es AllbIT-illtel" preteI'. 6. Piano duet ..........._.A. Hoi 111 e."; .1Ild G. 1"cn iel', 7. \roc,li Sdectiol1s.......... ....................... Julliol' Boys l'kulele Solo...Chcstcr Mouton 8, He,:l(ling from DUllbar ...............Aline ThcHnl 9. Thc C,it]lOlic Psalm ....._..... .............................. . .. Jullior Class 10. Piano Solo .. lsabelle Boulle ] 1. Qllurtette -instrumcntal the Misses Turnbull, Hobert Seymour, Charles Dugue l{cllding..................... Petel' C1uI'k .13. I'janu duct... ............L. Clll'tel' and 1. Bout tc 14. Heading................I.louis Cartel' TWILIGHT REVERIES 011 gra ssy banks 1 like to loll, And watch thc si h'cry st al'~ appClll', And list.en to the cllrfew toll, He-eehoill g both f,lr and ncar. There plll'ple water lilies bloom_ Amid H glossy sen of green, And dl'ooping willows softly CI'OOI1 , 'Neath twilight 's hCi1"'JlI~' :.rIo\\" S('I'ell('. .\1I1111~ 1. IlI'icstley, ':11. http://cdm16948.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16948coll14/id/3368 |