Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-23
Brownsville Junior
College Doings
These Days

Velma Wilson entertained the
Brownsville members Of the Ma
ticnal Honorary Society with a de-
lectable luncheon fonday evening.
Those present included Mrs. l.. G.
Perkins, Nancy Stringfellow. Eliza
beth Rowe, Cherrille Debardeleben,
Pauline Marler, Raul Cara, Rachel
Barnes, Ernesto Duarte. Angel
Hernandez, James Campbell, Raul
Guerra, and Velma Wilson. The
minutes Of the previous meeting
were read. and a group picture Of
the members of the society was
taken for the high school maya
zine. Pauline Marler, Elizabeth
Rowe, and Raul Cara are charter
members Of the society who are at
tending the college. All Of these
students are making excellent rec
ords this year.
Monday and Tuesday evening
the Christian church sponsored a
style show which was given in the
college auditorium.
Birch, the magician, gave a per-
Torrance in the auditorium We'd
nesday. The performance was
sponsored by the Elks club.
Buster Monsees, freshman. has
been very III for the past week with
pneumonia. Buster was line cap
tain of the football team during
the past season, and Is a good nj
around athlete. The students OF the
college are very solicitouS as TO his
condition, and a number Of them
r preparing to send him some
form of gift as 500 as he is able
to enjoy it. His condition Is said
to be slowly improving.
The Y. w. c. A. had a group pic
ture made Tuesday for the Collegi-
an.
The Scorpions continued victori-
Gus throughout all C last weeks
basketball games. Monday they
defeated the Edinburg Broncs 16 to
u. The EdinburgerS showed a
much better form than they had IN
the previous game. Tuesday night
the Scorpions defeated the strong
Model Laundry team IS to IA. Their
last game Of the season in the ANA
teur league was played Friday night
against the Model Laundry.
President G.. w Gotke left Thurs
day night for Atlantic City. where
he will attend the National Educa-
ton association metieng. Mr.. Got
ke Is vice-preSident Of the Texas
branch of the association. He will
be in Atlantic City for over q week.
The staff OF the Collegian has
eason to rejoice through the week
end. All Of the debts incurred IN
publishing the first issue of the
magazine have been paid, and a fl
nancial statement shows that they
are in condition to begin work on
the second issue.
Pictures were taken OF the coll
lege tipping and zoology classes at
work in their respective laboratories
Friday. These pictures will be pub
lished in the Collegian.
A great deal of interest is being
taken in the election OF the Queen
of brownsville who will reign Joint
" with the Queen Of Matamoros at
a four-day carnival TO be held N
the latter city. Re three lunch
con clubs Of Brownsville are each
sponsoring q candidate. Ayeliffe
Cobolini Is the Kiwanians candi-
date; Gail McDavitt is being sup
ported by the Rotary club; Gilmore
Richardson, who is a sophomore in
the college, has been nominated by
the Lions club. Brownsville citi-
zeLs are participating in re affair
for the purpose Of establishing a
friendlier feeling with their neigh
bors across the river. The stu
dents of the college have entered
heartily into the spirit Of the af-
fair, and It Is expected that they
will give their hearty support to Miss
Richardson. who is the only candi-
ate attending the college.
For days there have been numer-
Gus attractive posters about The
campus and building advertising
the Spanish club program which
was given Friday. A matinee was
yiven Friday morning at eleven
)'clock in the college auditorium,
md the entire program was given
FriSay evening. The program in
Guided a comic Skit which was pro-
duced in excellent style. The cast
Included Ruth Gilbert, Elizabeth
Rowe. Alfonso Pacheco. Lawrence
Olmsted, Curtis Lightfoot, Steve
Rodriguez. Eugene Cuellar. Elodia
Pacheco, J. B. Kent, Gonzalo Con-