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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
2
A Pecos column argues for student fashion freedom amid a quiet school week. It compares dress rules to tyranny, defends short socks and lack of silk hose, and urges removing uniforms to restore community pride and liberty. The piece ends urging readers to read the ads in the Enterprise.
The Seventh Grade anticipates graduation in under three weeks and works toward finals. They report art and writing notebooks in progress, most mothers attended the PTA, and all library books are accounted for under librarian supervision. Sixth graders study hard. several absences noted. some girls sing in a high school program with Miss Lucile Stephen as accompanist. J W Davis leaves to work on a ranch. others absent.
A school page credits Elizabeth Chapman as editor and Auline Stephen as managing editor with staff writers and student editors across grades. Mervin Whalen oversees sports while Virginia Thomas leads seniors and Jos Hudson Starley juniors.
The dialogue mentions sending flowers for a Wednesday. Mrs Cole offers a room with five days of silence for a picnic. They currently have four days and need one more day. There are twenty days left in the school term.
Local district winners returned Monday from Austin after competing for state honors. Supt. J. R. Humphrey accompanied them. Pecos High School entrants included Burton Boatright in extemporaneous speaking, Dick Starley and Mervin Whalen in debuting, and J. E. Click in the javelin. The trip was a big experience for the team.
The chairman of the House appropriation committee warned the state will not purchase the abandoned Rusk College buildings for conversion into an insane asylum. The move targets unused or failing schools but would burden taxpayers.
El Paso County shows irrigation driven totals exceeding 85 million with an average per acre near 89 dollars. Despite this, cotton and cotton seed accounts for over 4.5 million of the output. The Pecos Enterprise ads urge diversification as a key to successful farming under irrigation.
Alpine Texas. Sul Ross State Teachers College plans a spring football game against Simmons Low Boys on May 13 at 4 30 to allow local businessmen to attend. Last season Sul Ross won a hard fought meeting but Lobos hope to reverse the outcome. Key Lobo players Karl Wicker Duck Younger Buddy Withers Blanton McLean are set to star.
W. D. Ox Cowan, Sul Ross College football star from Pecos, will appear on the college gridiron for the last time as he graduates at the end of the Summer Term. The renowned back plans to finish studies while pursuing coaching and athletic opportunities.
Auditors’ bills for the recent land office investigation totaled 4927 dollars, about 3000 dollars above the forecast. The piece notes investigations are costly and suggests the Texas legislature may create a standing committee to probe probes, with another panel to scrutinize inspecting committees.
The passage notes the Sessions debate about inspecting state institutions and calls for a dietition on the committee. It states it cost about $30,000 to send Howe to South America by battleship, a higher expense than sending him to Washington.
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