Campus Charter Notes Library Use and Student Anecdotes
Librarian Mrs Effie Roy Felps reports six rebound books re shelved this week and average daily reserve book issues at 35. World Book Encyclopedia usage averages 40 daily, Encyclopedia Americana 28. Last week magazine circulation averaged 105, this week 103 with Current History Time and Scholastic last week. Life leads this week followed by Boys Life and Popular Mechanics. Reader behavior suggests last week study work, this week leisure reading.
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Effie Roy Felps
Current History
Time
Scholastic
Life
Boys’ Life
Popular Mechanics
Who's Who Among Seniors Bring Prom Night Blues
A narrator with seniors to pick up mood and revive spirits prepares for a prom. Sally visits with vivid talk of her new dress and plans for the evening. The friends chatter through frenzy to get ready in time for the big dance.
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Sally
Four-County Meet Delivers Clear Winner at Junction
Four counties Kimble Menard Schleicher and Sutton gathered in Junction to settle bragging rights. Menard led the plan with Junction and Sonora supplying speed and power. Sonora took the Senior track events on a windy desert track with Roy McKay claiming the 440 and sharing the 220 low hurdles. Baugh and Barrow won distance races. Tennis saw Max Munn with a broken foot partner Durward Barrow claim senior doubles. Junction volleyball girls captured the undisputed four-county title.
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Kimble
Menard
Schleicher
Sutton
Junction
Sonora
Roy McKay
J. L. Baugh
Durward Barrow
Max Munn
Charles Bissett
Max
West Texans Comment on US Role in Europe War
San Angelo Standard Times prints reader opinions from its weekly poll on whether the United States should join England France and Russia to halt Hitler. James Liger man argues against involvement citing avoiding European trouble as best for the United States.
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San Angelo Standard Times
Hitler
Europe
United States
England
France
Russia
James Ligerman
Gervice Archer
Four Students Named in Who's Who in Texas High School Students
James Liverman Carlton Sisler Jo Margaret Buster and Elizabeth Wright will appear in the 1939 volume of Who's Who Among High School Students in Texas published by the American High School Educational Association. Selection rests on leadership character scholarship and extracurricular involvement. About 1400 Texas high school students are listed, with copies available to colleges and firms statewide.
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James Liverman
Carlton Sisler
Jo Margaret Buster
Elizabeth Wright
Texas
American High School Educational Association
Beth and Bill Attend Event Together
Maureen Miller accompanied Ken as questions about who joined whom linger in chatter.
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Beth
Bill
Maureen Miller
Ken
Max Munn Sports Star Of Junction High
Max Munn, member of the Commercial Club Chemistry Club FRA Association and J Association, serves as Golden Eagle sports editor and helped edit a major year book. An all around athlete he excelled in football basketball track and tennis despite a broken foot and with partner Charles Bissett won tennis doubles at the Four County meet. He aims to follow Ellsworth Vines as a sports writer.
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Max Munn
Commercial Club
Chemistry Club
FRA Association
J Association
Golden Eagle
Junction
Max
Charles Bissett
Ellsworth Vines
Band Prepares for San Antonio Marching Contest
The band of about 40 members has practiced for two weeks for an April marching contest in San Antonio and will perform The Swiss Boy.
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San Antonio
Physical Education Class Seeks Health Research
Members of the physical education class engage in profitable research on tuberculosis cancer posture and the care of teeth eyes and ears. Oral and written reports show worthwhile effort and evidence of learning.
Getting Rid of the Blues in Ready Writers Try Outs
A narrator battles a deep blues mood before the senior prom. After scolding herself and arguing with her reflection, she tries boosting morale with self-talk and a swing radio, hoping for relief from gloom.
Junction High to compete in Tech judging contest in Lubbock
Five Junction High School students including Wilburn Nethery K Cowsert B L Smith Mack Earl McGuffin and Kennon Stapp judge livestock by sight and feel and present oral reasons. Three boys will represent the school in the March 31 contest in Lubbock.
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Tech
Lubbock
Wilburn Nethery
K. Cowsert
B. L. Smith
Mack Earl McGuffin
Kennon Stapp
Junction High School
Class Notes Preview Spring Projects and Rally Plans
Mrs Felps English IV notes praise spring verses while students tackle geometry practices and typing from Twentieth Century Typing. Home economics girls sew school dresses by year, with top point earners advancing to the May 3 6 Houston rally. Exams loom as English IV covers grammar and composition in six weeks of study.
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Houston
Eldorado and Junction Sweep Local Writing and Spelling Contests
Eldorado won first in ready writers while Junction took first in spelling with Kathryn Bradford and Helen Reid. Menard and London claimed second and third in spelling. Five contestants chose topics from hunting for bargains to a trip to this meet. Judges were from Brownwood. Kathryn and Helen missed only three of 120 words, with one error dotting an i.
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Eldorado
Junction
Menard
Brownwood
Kathryn Bradford
Helen Reid
London
Kathryn
Helen
Chemistry Club Regular Meeting Held
The Chemistry Club met on Wednesday March 22 with President Max Munn presiding. Members practiced county meet speeches and a program committee was formed including Roy Dale McKay Maurine Highsmith and others. Mary Lou Stapp was elected president and the meeting adjourned.
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Max Munn
Maurine Highsmith
Caddo Wright
Carlton Sisler
Roy Dale McKay
Mary Ella Moore
Lonnie Boerm
Helen Reid
Mary Lou Stapp
District Meet roster from Junction for San Angelo event
Lists students from Junction High selected for the District Meet in San Angelo on April 7 and 8. Includes boys debate Charles Cunningham and Carlton Sisler Declamation, junior and senior girls declamation, tennis doubles Max Munn and Charles Bissett with singles Jack Denman, volleyball team, track team, and shorthand. Also notes humorous remarks about the county meet, student life memories, and school experiences.
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San Angelo
Charles Cunningham
Carlton Sisler
James Henry Coleman
Mary Katharine Cowsett
Maurine Highsmith
Charles Bishop
Patricia Patter
Max Munn
Charles Bissett
Jack Denman
Grammar School News Gatherers Report by Seventh Grade Girls
Grammar school girls Mar gie Hunsucker and Sylvia Taylor collect school news under the direction of Mrs. 0. B. Faubion. Both are seventh grade students helping assemble the school bulletin.
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Grammar School
Margie Hunsucker
Sylvia Taylor
0. B. Faubion
Judges Named for Four County Meet Speakings
Judges who judged the speaking events at the Four-County Meet here were Roy Bedicheck director of the Texas Interscholastic League Prof Brooks psychology department of Howard Payne Miss Annie Shelton history department of Howard Payne Mr Lamb Eng lish department of Howard Payne Mr Kidd secretary of Texas Interscholastic League and Mr Minatree also an executive of the league.
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Roy Bedicheck
Texas Interscholastic League
Brooks
Howard Payne
Annie Shelton
Lamb
Kidd
Minatree
League
Menard Sonora Segovia and Junction Win Cups
Menard High defeated Junction High by 21 points to capture the all around high school cup for the Four County meet. Junction and Sonora grammar schools tied for the all around ward school cup and Segovia won the all around rural school cup amid strong competition for ribbons and medals.
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Menard High
Junction High
Junction
Sonora Grammar
Segovia
Study Hall Confucius Says Balance Work and Play
An editorial style note muses on student life and study habits noting college budget balance and the impact of overload. It references a character named Sprig and jokes about senior year and language barriers, ending on a vague weekend refrain.
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Johnny
Jesse James
Roy
Sprig
Cadfucius
Eleven Years To Graduation The Final Year Reflections
A student laments eleven years of schooling nearing completion in seven weeks. The writer wonders about future paths from ditch-digging to truck driving or pursuing college studies and a so-called soft occupation, expressing mixed feelings about leaving school and entering life.
Lamb consumption concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest
Nearly two thirds of the lamb eaten in the United States comes from sheep raised in a region north of Washington and east of Pittsburg, an area that accounts for less than five percent of the nation’s sheep population.
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United States
Washington
Pittsburg
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