Jeffersonian Literary Society Parents' Evening Highlights
Jeffersonian Club members and San Antonio parents gather in the high school magic room for speeches, debates, music, and a reception. A plan to fund a perpetual cup via parent contributions is proposed, while students discuss preparedness and public speaking.
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Rusk Club
University of Texas
Frederick Abbott
Jeffersonian Club
Jefferson Club
Jeffersonian Literary Society
L. D. Moore
Lee Roy Smith
Robert M. Putnam
Wilson
Cosmo McMoon
Carter Griner
Harold Sherwitz
Hayne Debating Club
M. W. Davis
W. Archer
Alfred Appleby
Irving Archer
Clarence Rose
John Cloton
Reavis Cox
T. ©. Foster
Thomas E. Hill
H. A. Melton
A. N. Mourland
L. V. Robalin
C. A. Smith
Waddell
Frank Sherwitz
Boles
Byron Hopper
Ernest Gray
Julius Sack
Alfred N. Sack
John T. Crider
Weldon Davis
Orion Foster
Harold Hill
Travis Moursund
Kenneth McCalla
Cosme McMoon
Robert Melton
Clarence Moore
Edgar Nankervis
Robert Putman
Reva Dubinski
Ruth Dubinski
Harold Simon
Robert Underwood
Prof
Ll. TD. Moore
Earl Wachel
Tule
Gorman
Mills Wellsford
Main avenue high school's physics class visits Stinson Aviation School
Last week the physics classes from Main Avenue High School toured Stinson Aviation School. Teacher Cory arranged the visit as students watched aeroplanes come together under experienced workers. Jack and Marjorie Stinson hosted the excursion, introducing the workshop and its components.
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Main Avenue High School
Auest
Stinson Aviation School
Re Cory
Students Plan Float for Battle of Flowers Parade
February 1917 Main Avenue High School class led by president Paul Deutz forms a strong organization. A meeting approved a float in the Battle of Flowers parade with Ruth Henry Arthur Kohler and Earl Waddle overseeing decoration. Six graduating boys will ride the float. pins ordered. local industry favored for all work. The class treasurer Lee Hubbard reported finances. Huisache Staff photo offer accepted for June Graduates issue. New members Dwight Bourn Robert Kile Ruth Brown. resignations Boehne St Claire accepted. Pennants ordered, large school pennant planned. shift to alternating Wednesday meetings approved.
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Main Avenue High School
Paul Deutz
Ruth Henry
Arthur Kohler
Earl Waddle
Lee Hubbard
Huisache
Frederick Boehne
William St. Claire
Dwight Bourn
Robert Kile
Ruth Brown
High School YMCA Meets Advances Morals Code
Members of the High School YMCA met in regular session at the local branch club rooms. The meeting opened at 5 30 pm after a light lunch with large attendance. Officers spoke on growing foothold among high school students and Aubrey Schofield was named president of the organization.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Aubrey Schofield
Debating Club Holds Mock Treaty Debate at Brackenridge High
Bernard Asner opens a Demosthenes Debating Club session at Brackenridge High School. John Henry Haile and Meyer Katz win the affirmative on a resolution for a Western Hemisphere protectorate. Zay Smith urges Boy Scout involvement with police during carnival week. An inter-club contest with Patrick Henry is set for April 18 with Pearl West as judge.
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Bernard Asner
Demosthenes
Brackenridge High School
United States
Demosthenes Club
Patrick Henry Debating Society
Stephen F. Austin
Pearl West
Halbedel
Meyer Katz
Charles Crain
The
Clifford West
Martin Jenson
Ray Porter
Ex Members In Play Maeterlinck Club at Brackenridge High
Former Maeterlinck Dramatic Society members presented a program at Brackenridge High School with The Third Man a French comedy starring Josephine Shely Travis Mourland Elizabeth Harcourt and Elsie Hirshfield. The show included Middlerib's Letter Hammenstein's Bugle A Vain Attempt Minuet and more with encores and a dance. The club plans upcoming plays to fund a garden party and has purchased manuscripts for a dozen new works.
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Maeterlinck Dramatic Society
Brackenridge High School
Josephine Shely
Travis Mourland
Elizabeth Harcourt
Elsie Hirshfield
Erna Schonfield
George Meyers
Zay Smith
James Dugger
Hammenstein
Gwendolyn Caruthers
Ernest MccIlhenny
Imogene Sims
Elizabeth Joyce
Maeterlinck Club
Civil Service Debate Divides High School Club
High School Philomathean Debating Club wrestles with civil service for state employees. The affirmative led by Margaret Church and Lorraine Bailey loses to Bonnie Lee Farrior and Grace Ryan two to one. Juanita Baskin details War Babies of France while Ruth Roby Helen Bates and Lalla Mason judge. A photo of the entire club is planned for June Huisache.
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Philomathean Debating Club
Margaret Church
Lorraine Bailey
Bonnie Lee
Farrior
Grace Ryan
Ruth Roby
Helen Bates
Lalla Mason
Juanita Baskin
The
Huisache
Spanish Club Meeting Narrates French Revolution Story
Cosme McMoon opened the High School Spanish Club program with a Hugo Notre Dame adaptation. The tale covered the Revolution's causes and offered a vivid account of the era's grandeur and notable events.
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Cosme McMoon
Victor Hugo
Notre Dame
Aviators Present Spanish Nobleman Cervantes Study
Frank Stoltze narrates Cervantes life from birth to later years and reviews his works. He calls Cervantes the greatest Spanish author and notes his creations including Don Quixote and other literary figures. Next week Act 3 will be completed and Act 4 will be studied.
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Louis XIV
Cervantes
Frank Stoltze
Stoltze
Don Quixote
Preparedness Debate at Jeffersonian Society
The Jeffersonian Literary Society debated whether more coast defense spending should go to the navy. The affirmative, Robert Putnam and Edgar Nankervis, won two to one over Carter Griner and Lee Roy Smith.
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Jeffersonian Literary Society
Robert Putnam
Edgar Nankervis
Carter Griner
Lee Roy Smith
Luz C. Robalin
T. ©. Foster
Harold Hill
Kenneth McCalla
Tiberius Gracchus
Orion Foster
Harold Sherwitz
Jeff
Sherwitz
Alfred Appleby
San Antonio High Looks to Dominate South Texas Meet
The South Texas Athletic Meet at Georgetown College Friday and Saturday offers San Antonio High School its best chance to claim most honors. Coach Fred Hofstetter praises the team’s pep as the track squad travels Thursday with at least two entrants per event led by Wright Riley and Lawrence.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Georgetown
San Antonio High School
Oway
Fred Hofstetter
Wright Riley
Lawrence
Mark Twain Club at High School Presents Readings
The Mark Twain Club of High School opened its weekly program with Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Physician of Saratoga Trunk read by Miss Lucille Avant. Miss Katie Sheehan performed Van Dyke’s Humoresske, followed by Elizabeth Parker’s Peggy's Money. The group planned a graduation photo and a history of the organization. A visitors day and a special program with invitations to other schools, faculty, parents, and supporters are being prepared.
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Saratoga
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mark Twain Club
Lucille Avant
H. van Dyke
Katie Sheehan
Peggy
Elizabeth Parker
Copper topic energizes High School Science Society meeting
Miss Julia Martin outlined copper locations grades and ancient value with specimens and readings. Miss Helen Gordon told how the Indian head penny came to be stamped. Team members Clemens Lane Barber Stephen Sanchez Henry Boyd James Arnold enter the quarter mile dash and other events including shots discus pole vault high jump broad jump and mile races.
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Julia Martin
Miss Martin
Helen Gordon
Clemens
Lane Barber
Stephen Sanchez
Henry Boyd
James Arnold
Henry Newberry
Porter McCurdy
Shakespeare Club Studies Macbeth and Plans Parents Day
Miss Laura Thompson led a Shakespeare Club meeting on Beauty with Miss Irving Hicks offering critique. Members reviewed Act 38 scene 4 of Macbeth and discussed upcoming Parents Day exercises next Thursday including a welcome address by Lee Roy Smith and talks on Protective Coloring of Bird Eggs and Bird Migration. A group photo and society history will appear in the graduation number of Huisache.
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Laura Thompson
Shakespeare Club
Irving Hicks
Macbeth
Louis Corrington
Deady Macbeth
Anna McAlpine
Lee Roy Smith
Jefferson Patterson
James
San Antonio Scientific Society
Helen Gordon
Benno Kayton
Window Pane Incident Sparks High School Litigation
A high school faces litigation following an unusual incident involving a window pane. Details remain limited as legal proceedings proceed, with no final settlement announced.
Students face off in Main Avenue High School mock trial
A real court like suit arose at Main Avenue High School over 60 cents for replacing a broken window pane. Wright Riley and I Harris defended as the jury heard a pro rata bill agreement. judgment was for Sven Helland after a two day trial guided by Professor Frederick Abbott.
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Main Avenue
Sven Helland
Wright Riley
I. Harris
Frederick Abbott
William Cowen
Helen O'Connor
Robert M. Putman
Carter G. Griner
Rehearse The Pennant by San Antonio High School Graduates
Graduating class of 1916 rehearses The Pennant at the Grand Opera House with Miss Penelope Borden directing music and coaching. Expecting two to three nights of performances in May, with about 100 students participating and many choruses along with dances led by Jack Burke.
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Grand Opera House
Penelope Borden
Jack Burke
Miss Borden
San Antonio
Lose Pennant Gain Hope High School Baseball Defeat
High School pitchers and hitters delivered a strong eight innings against San Antonio Academy but three late runs in the ninth broke the tie and ended their title bid. Coach Hof Stetter says more practice will come as hot weather players adjust, and the team plans to reschedule out-of-town games.
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San Antonio Academy
Hof- Stetter
High School Exam Tests Current Events Knowledge
Main avenue high school conducted a current events test with 1102 students. Roy Hollaman answered 20 questions about Europe’s war, aided by The Light. The exercise probes students’ grasp of names, places and leaders amid wartime reporting.
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Main Avenue High School
Roy Hollaman
The
Light
J. C. Hollaman
South Presa Street
Gallipoli
England
Bulgaria
Buda-Pest
Serbia
Austria
Hungary
Africa
France
Spliniki
China
Montenegro
Montcalm
John Bull
Bethmann-Hollweg
Bethmann and Hollweg
United States
Poincare
Viviani
Villa
Germany
Greece
Nicholas II
Turkey
Europe
Italy
Pius III
Russia
H. H. Ryan
Miss Vernon Hightower A High School Leader
Miss Vernon Hightower of Main Avenue High School has led the Philomathean and Mark Twain clubs as president. An accomplished debater and public speaker, she excels in Latin and English and plans to address prominent city groups. She also played basketball at Brackenridge and enjoys tennis, earning high popularity among students.
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Venizelos
Italy
Constantine
Briand
von Hindenburg
Germany
French
Kitchener
Europe
Sir Edward Grey
England
Miss Vernon Hightower
Main Avenue High School
Philomatheon
Mark Twain Club
Phils
Frederick Abbott
Miss Hightower
Philomathean
Brackenridge
Vernon Hightower
Jana
Traveling salesman recounts odd house to representative note
A Chicago salesman narrates a curious exchange with a South Dakota representative. The drumbeat message reports heavy snow and stalled travel in Deadwood while the manager replies with a terse telegram directing time and poker play with winnings remitted to the house.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Deadwood
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