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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1943
Page
15
A lively collection of campus quips and classroom banter featuring jokes about geometry, English usage, Shakespeare, homophony, and student wit. It mingles light classroom humor with satire of exams and mispronunciations, highlighting playful exchanges among teachers, students, and parents.
A chaotic dialogue features Miss Harris and a Bright biology student debating needle lengths. The teacher probes gender terms as students respond with a mix of humor and misheard phrases. Mrs Chaffin warns of consequences for lies as Ray Little faces expulsion.
The 43 CHS seniors are praised for fine attitude under Pvt. Chaffin. Most are quiet and reserved like Christine and Norma Jean, but a small group sometimes talks back. the writer thanks everyone, including Winston.
The CHS senior class features nine honor graduates with high averages and includes four sets of siblings graduating together. Twelve students have completed eleven grades since 1932, with a few marriages changing numbers. A notable remark calls ships a “she” due to cost of upkeep.
The 42 graduates split paths after Comanche High School with seven in college. Many work in Comanche or Dallas area offices and towns like Fort Worth and Lubbock. A group, including Jimmie Roberts editor, enters the U.S. Army or Navy, while Weldon Edwards serves in the Marine Corps after TC U attendance.
Only four pupils were neither absent nor tardy all year. Lois Arun Lam Cleve Denny Weldon Lacy Otis Roberson are named as the faithful seniors junior and freshman who never missed a day or arrived late.
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