Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Valley Students
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ooAAN, MdrCl Z3.-Ihe Latin
American club at the University Of
Texas is sponsiring a Spanish lit
erary monthly, lei Universitaria. >
II was announced this week. Eze-
qulel Salinas of Laredo has been
named editor-in-chief of the pub
LEGATION.
Members of the staff from the
Valley include Miss Emma Soils of
Rio Grande City, who will contrib
ute personals, and Miss Dalinda
Rodriguez of Harrington, who will
write articles.
Among the contributors to the
1lrst edition will be DR.. H. Y. Bene-
dict, president of the university, and
several members of the department
OF Spanish in the university.
Other students from the Valley
who are interested in the magazine
are Fidencio Guerra Of McAllen,
Oscar Hernandez Of Matamoros,
Humhert Garcia sand Osbaldo Gar
cha OF Brownsville, Joaquin Mora Of
McAllen, and Julia Saldivar of Nc
Allen.
Miss Elizabeth Moore OF Browns
vile, a former student in the uni
versity, spent last weekend at the
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
house. Miss Moore is an alumni
member of the sorority.
Fred Wagner of Brownsville was
initiated Cot1IrInu into Dbl D1Ifo
Phi, honorary and professional fra
ternity of the school of law Of the
University of Texas. He was one of
seven men elected to the organiza-
ton last week.
limitations were held in the state
capitol building, and a banquet fol-
lowed the ceremonies.
Wagner is a member of Delta
Sigma Phi, social fraternity.
Honor students of Kirby hall, uni
verSity dormitory for women, were
given a dinner party Friday night
of last week. Fourteen of the 81
residents were placed on the honor
roll for the first semester.
Miss Edna Earle Walling of Mis-
sion was n of the students whose
name was placed on the roll of
honor.
Miss Walling is a sophomore in
the university and has been an
honor student during every Semes-
ter.
Plans for the junior prom were
discussed at a meeting of the jun
Tor council Thursday of last week.
Miss Josephine Pollard Of Har-
IIngen, an officer in the council,
will head the orchestra committee.
The prom, which is an annual af-
fair, will take place April u.
Three students at the university
have signified their intention of
attending the citizens military
training camp at Fort Sam Hous-
ton June IA to July Is, it was n
nounced at university physical ed
ucatlon headquarters this week.
Fred Peterson of Mission, a fresh
man in the college of arts and sci
enceS, was one of the students who
expects to put in a month at the
camp. Peterson is a member Of the
Hogg debating club and expects to
enter the school of law at the end
of three years.
Thirty-three and one-third per
cent of the students who reside at
Newman hall, campus dormitory for
women, were listed on the honor
roll for the first semester.
Miss Constance Wollman of Mer-
cedeS was one of the nine students
maxine tho roll IF hnnAr uH,,o,~+-
seven girls stay at the hall.
q
Steve Wray OF Donna was the
guest In Houston last weekend of
one of his fraternity brothers. He
IS a member of Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity.
Students from the Littlefield dor
mitory who were listed on the hon
or roll for the first semester were
guests at a luncheon last Tuesday.
at which DR.. H. T. Parlin. dean
OF the college Of arts and sciences.
read the names of those who had
made the required grades to be Its
ed among the highest ten per cent.
Miss Anna Seaman of Browns
vile was one of the students who
mace the honor roll. Miss Seaman
is a firSt-year student in the uni
verSity.
Twelve per cent of the girls at
the dormitory were listed.
The University Archaeological So
clety made a trip to the Rob Row
ranch west Of Austin last Sunday.
Jimmy Hufendick of McAllen.
guide Of the club, was among those
making the trip. Hufendick is a
tutor in anthropology in the uni
verSity and is also doing graduate
class work.
The party studied two Indian
campsites, and dug up a fragment
tary skeleton of an Indian, which
was given to the university anthro-
pology museum.
The Turtle club. university girls
swimming organization, met this
week. when a picture of the mem
berS was made for the university
yearbook. Miss Martha Dickev of
McAllen was one of the members
who attended the meeting.