Robert Fields wins state oratorical title for Hayne Debating Club
Hayne Debating Club members staged an impressive meeting in San Antonio with Oasis Wolf winning best speaker and Robert Fields taking first place in the state university oratorical contest. Harold Bateman defended the negative as Coulter Timpson and Oasis Wolf argued the affirmative about army policy in the Philippines. Dayton Wilde led parliamentary drill and Kingdon Thomas served as literary critic. The club plans a June graduation number and expansion of its publicity drive with cartoons and a parents evening program next Friday.
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Coulter Timpson
Oasis ‘Wolf
Harold Bateman
Phillipines
Hayne
Oasis Wolf
John Crow
Mark Twain
Dayton Wilde
Kingdon Thomas
Robert Fields
Aast
The
State University
Bayor
Southwestern
Hayne Club
San Antonio
Hayne Boys
Thomas
Octopus and Beavers Highlight School Science Meeting
The High School Scientific Society met last week with talks by Miss Irene Ellison on the beaver and its value to mankind. Miss Nina Harris, a new member, presented an engaging description of the octopus using a specimen loaned by the senior society.
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Scientific Society
Irene Ellison
Miss Ellison
Nina Harris
Harris
Students Tour The Light And Local Telephone Exchange
Physics classes led by Mr. Cory visited The Light newspaper plant and the Southwestern Telephone exchange. They toured printing operations and learned call volumes with operators handling about 2320 calls per hour and roughly 145 000 calls daily. The top operator salary noted was 100 dollars per month.
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Cory
Southwestern Telephone Company
San Antonio Light
United States
Exchange
Gay
Stinson Aviation School
June class plans annual book issue next month
The June class with over 150 members voted Thursday to publish an annual book next month. The 1912 class was the last to issue one. President William King will appoint the launch staff next week, subject to member confirmation. Cost is about $300 for roughly 200 copies at $1 each, featuring class members club pictures and school-ground snapshots. Merchants’ support will be sought to ensure success.
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William King
Memrs
Debaters Grapple With Philippines Policy In Jeffersonian Forum
The spring Jeffersonian debate featured Alfred Appleby and Lee Roy Smith arguing for retaining the Philippines against Robert Putnam and Weldon Davis. Judges Ruth Henry Venna Cocke and Ophelia Kroeger ruled 2 to 1 for the negative. Harold Sherwitz presented Hoar’s "The subjugation of the Filipino" and Bert G. Ingersoll offered "Napoleon" as readings.
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United States
Philippines
Alfred Appleby
Lee Roy Smith
Robert Putnam
Weldon Davis
Ruth Henry
Venna Cocke
Ophelia Kroeger
Harold Sherwitz
George F. Hoar
Bert G. Ingersoll
Napoleon
Irving Archer
Shakespeare Club presents Act 3 scenes from Macbeth
At a Shakespeare Club meeting Miss Isadore Taylor led the enactment of Act 3 Scenes 2 and 3 of Macbeth. Miss Mattie Pryor delivered the response paper Queer Prophesies. All roles were well portrayed and the event drew many visitors who enjoyed the presentation.
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Shakespeare Club
Isadore Taylor
Mattie Pryor
Spanish Oration Delights Spanish Club Audience
Alex Garza presented an original oration in Spanish as the headliner of the Spanish Club program. Petra Prieto read a descriptive paper on Cordova. Corine Mair resigned as parliamentarian. Nellie May Scrivener was elected in her place. Picnic photos were shown and many orders taken for memory books.
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Alex Garza
Garza
Petra Prieto
Cordova
Corine Mair
Nellie May Scrivener
Practice Bandaging Taught In Red Cross Class
During the last week 150 Red Cross manuals arrived and students began first aid training. They learned stimulants for emergencies, practiced bandages including triangular roller and circular, used a cravat bandage, head bandage, tourniquet, and improvised slings.
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Red Cross
Mark Twain Club Issues New Year Book With Calendar
The Mark Twain Club distributed its newly printed year books after postponing a Friday meeting to Tuesday. The year book outlines meetings from February 11 to May 28 and lists readings by Stevenson Van Dyke Poe Tarkington and others. Visitors Day is set for May.
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Mark Twain Club
Twain
Robert Louis Stevenson
H. van Dyke
E. A. Poe
Booth Tarkington
Renaissance reviewed at History Club meeting
At a regular History Club meeting members discussed the Renaissance era highlighting Dante Raphael Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci. Speakers covered Dante divisionism and reform. Raphael’s painting career. Galileo’s discoveries. Savonarola as reformer. and da Vinci’s life and works with a displayed copy of his drawing.
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History Club
Carnot Allen
Julia Wise
Raphael Santi
Hicks Green
Gallileo
Savonarola
Lucille von Wiese
Leonardo da Vinci
Julia Lobhan
Famous Italians and The Last Supper Featured in Speech Contest
Burton Davis delivered a standout address on Machiavelli the Renaissance statesman. Miss Lancaster and Messrs Smith and Thomas judged Davis the best speaker, awarding him first prize a history book. Carnot Allen took second place.
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Burton Davis
Machiavelli
Miss Lancaster
C. Smith
Thomas
Carnot Allen
Central Bank Debate At Athenian Society Event
The Athenian Literary Society at Stephen F. Austin school debated establishing a central bank. Lorraine Tyree and Emil Meulendorf spoke for the affirmative, Carrie Hines and Norma MacKenzie for the negative. Judges ruled 2 to 1 for the negative. Abigale Turner elected parliamentarian.
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United States
Athenian Literary Society
Stephen F. Austin
Lorraine Tyree
Emil Meulendorf
Carrie Hines
Norma MacKenzie
Idella Adelman
Hannah Brown
Abigale Turner
German Club at Main Avenue High Closes Study of Flachs Mann
German Club Thursday studied Scenes 15 and 16 of Flachs Mann Als Erzeiher and read “The Emperor as Doctor” by Miss Annie Muegge. Members Charlotte Deutsch and Delka Bushick performed. They won’t enter Fiesta Battle of Flowers floats and will consider renting Casino or Beethoven Hall for a German entertainment, with Arthur Kohler and Arthur Goeth on the committee.
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Main Avenue High School
Annie Muegge
Casino
Beethoven Hall
Arthur Kohler
Arthur Goeth
Olympian Dramatic Club Presents Two Shorts at Brackenridge
Brackenridge high school Olympian Dramatic Club staged two plays Friday afternoon. The Dancing School set in a home and a dance studio with performers Josephine Youngblood Velma Black Mary Helen Alto Thompson Mary Esther Strieck Grace Huppertz Berta Bowman Howard Burleson Curtis Kalteyer Eugene Darby and featured dances by Thompson and Bowman Vine yard Dance and Strieck solo. Other acts included Henrietta Enck reading The Butterfly a Marion Zelma and Eugene Darby song duet and Come Join the Dance followed by The Taming of the Shrew four act light adaptation.
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Olympian Dramatic Club
Brackenridge High School
Dancing School
Johnie
Josephine Youngblood
Velma Black
Mary Helen
Alto Thompson
Mary Esther Strieck
Grace Huppertz
Berta Bowman
Howard Burleson
Curtis Kalteyer
Eugene Darby
Thompson
Bowman
Vineyard
Oppose Ship Subsidy Debate Closes With Negative Victory
High School Congress held a Friday afternoon debate on ship subsidies. The negative, Berliner and Lacks, defeated the affirmative Heilig and Smith with judges Haynes Smith White awarding. Lacks earned best speaker honors. Meerscheldt judged. Macleaud delivered a declamation. Final debate next week for The Lightcup features Jeffersonian’s Melton and McCalla against Smith and St Clair. St Clair resigned. Allensworth may fill vacancy.
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Congress
Messrs. Heilig and
Smith
Messrs
Berliner
Lacks
Haynes
White
Alexander Meerscheldt
Maeterlinck Dramatic Club Chooses Nickleby Sketch
Brackenridge High School's Maeterlinck Dramatic Club staged a Nickleby dramatization with Miss Adaline Kramer as Miss Tilda and Quentin Lightner as John Bradie. A second sketch from The Mill on the Floss featured Elizabeth Birkenmeyer Myrtle Pendleton and Jessie Bonin. The program closed with a Joyce song and a negro dialect comedy drawing applause.
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Nicholas Nickleby
Adaline Kramer
Tilda
Quentin Lightner
John Bradie
Jack Stewart
Nicholas
Maeterlinck Dramatic Club
Brackenridge High School
George Elliott
the Floss
Elizabeth Birkenmeyer
Myrtle Pendleton
Jessie Bonin
Miss Birkenmeyer
Mrs. Pullet
Miss Pendleton
Mrs. Fulliver
Mr. Pullet
Young Bonin
Elizabeth Joyce
Miss Joyce
Adjudged Best Orator In Jeffersonian Club Contest
Jeffersonian representatives Carter Griner and Harold Sherwitz placed first and second at the Hood Oratorical Cup contest. Milton Ling won with Preparedness Prolonged. Charles Hicks spoke The Surrender of Lee. The event featured peace themes and a program of plays by Lady Gregorys and Dickens adaptations.
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Hayne Debating Club
Carter Griner
Harold Sherwitz
Milton Ling
Charles Hicks
Lee
Jeffersonian Literary Society
Society
Griner
Jeffersonians
Entertaining Theatre Program Featuring Skits and Farces
George Mueller leads a lively afternoon of stage comedy including For Salil and For Sallie misfires, Tom Tulliver's Escapade with David Young and James Dugger, and Miss Civilization with Erna Schonfield. Meyer Katz as Reddy, Louis Given as porch climber, and Misses Newman Kroeger Evans Simms fill key roles. A French comedy Crispen's Rival stars Zay Smith and ensemble, with lively encores for Valere and Organ.
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George Mueller
Salil
Sallie
Tom Tulliver
David Young
Tom
James Dugger
Bob
Maggie Tulliver
Gussie Hillie
Erna Schonfield
Meyer Katz
Reddy
Louis Given
Justinia Newman
Ernest McIlheny
Crispen
Zay Smith
Monsieur Oronte
Madame Oronte
Frances Kroeger
Arlene Evans
Angelique Oronte
Imogene Simms
Hugh Stewart
George Connelly
Valere
Organ
Angelique
Irwin Gaubatz
Bernard Asner
Cripsin
la Blanche
Demosthenes Debating Club Holds Visitors Day Program
Brackenridge High School Demosthenes Debating Club presented two debates on prohibition versus high licenses and freeing the Philippines within four years. Declamation themes included Villa preparedness and Spartacus to the Gladiators. Mock Trial principals were announced with Ga zell as sheriff and Kalteyer on judges.
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Demosthenes
Brackenridge High School
Messrs
Blum
Cushman
Asner
Robalin
Martin Jenson
Zay Smith
King Fuller
Armstead Dalley
Kalteyer
United States
Villa
Philippines
MD. Gazell
Hendrickson
Spartacus
Messrs. Gordon
Burleson
Michell
Darby
Miss Thompson
Smith and
Williams and Haile
Katz and Darby
Gazell
Fuller
Muller
Lady Gregory Debating Society Meets at Brackenridge High
A well attended Brackenridge High School Lady Gregory Debating Society meeting Thursday featured a two act playlet as its opening number and sketches and short theatrical pieces.
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Lady Gregory Debating Society
Brackenridge High School
American harbor defenses tested against modern ships
Washington April 1 The army and navy demonstrated that a modern American harbor defense is practically impregnable against big ships after two New York entrance forts were tested to learn if dreadnought fire could prevail. The tests, witnessed by congressmen, showed the forts capable and the ships defeated, with cost-saving gains from high-angle gun improvements noted.
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Washington, D. C
Dardanelles
New York
Army
Navy
Poems Worth Remembering: A Scene From Town Life
A fragmentary poem sequence depicts a spring breeze coaxing a snowdrop and a thrush, contrasting nature’s joy with a stern town crowd. Almira, a virtuous figure, triggers satire of local authority and poetic censorship, ending with Plato’s banishment and a nod to street musicians.
Children's Hour By Henry W Longfellow
Poem describes the quiet hour when children descend the stairs and encircle a parent in affectionate mischief. The speaker imagines being besieged in a hallway fortress by Alice Allegra Edith and their kisses, vow to keep them forever in the heart.
Apple Tree Hope Amid Town’s Dark Strife
A town meeting vows to set price on marauders and protect the garden’s harvest. A poetic pledge follows to plant an apple tree as shelter and beacon through generations, envisioning growth, mercy, and resilience against oppression. The scene blends civic warning with Bryant’s verse and a vision of communal renewal.
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Henry W. Longfellow
Apple Tree planted by a local poet in old days
A poem recalls an aged man who planted an apple tree and inspired future generations. The speaker suggests the planter was a local poet born in rough early times, known for quaint rhymes about planting the tree.
Robert of Sicily and the Night of the Silent Church
In a church on St. John’s eve, King Robert of Sicily hears Magnificat words about lifting the humble. He scoffs at the Latin prophecy then sleeps, awakes alone as the church darkens, slams the door, and encounters a gaunt, nightbound figure fleeing into darkness.
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Henry W. Longfellow
Robert
Sicily
Pope Urebane
Valmond
Allemaine
St. John’s
House of Prayer
The Sea Child Ballad and a Lawyer's Door Placard
A poetic ballad fragment recalls children calling to a missing mother by the sea as winds and horses batter the shore. Intertwined is a brief vignette of a youthful attorney and a notarized door placard reading Will be back in an hour followed by What for.
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Margaret
Philadelphia
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