February Class of 1918 Elects First Officers
At a high school assembly about 100 seniors gathered to organize the February class of 1918. Scherwitz won the presidency. Miss Morris became vice president. Theodore McLeod elected secretary. Whitlock Zander treasurer. Alfred Skidmore sergeant at arms. Lucille Henry named press reporter. Four sponsors named for later interview. next meeting planned with a closing speech by Theodore Koester. Plan a dinner dance. Spanish Club hosts a baile y merienda for graduates at Alamo plaza and Menger hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Ryan
High School
Ryan
Whitlock Zander
Harold Scherwitz
Morris
Theodore McLeod
Alfred Skidmore
Scientific Society
Skidmore
Lucille Henry
Gutzeit
Stratton
Symington
Comack
Lucile Henry
Afred Skidmore
Main Avenue
Alamo Plaza
Menger Hotel
James Pratt
Manuela Delegado
Jose Gomez
Andres Lopez
Librado Villareal
Shakespeare
D. Cerna
Miss Pomposa Meza
Louis Venzor
Girls Luncheon Planned At Main Avenue High School
Main Avenue High School girls plan their annual luncheon for March sixteenth. Fifty more guests will attend than last year as eight clubs participate. Clubs contribute to a banquet for 250 guests with varied menus and desserts. Committees led by Hazel Cannon organize the event with Edith Symington as toastmistress and several sponsors listed as honored guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Avenue
Shakespeare Club
Scientific Society
Philomatheans
Hazel Cannon
Edith C. Symington
Bleim
Green
Eli Hertzberg
Charles S. Meek
H. H. Ryan
Marshall Johnston
Demosthenes Debating Society Postpones Tuesday Session
The Demosthenes Debating Society postponed a Tuesday debate with the Woodrow Wilson Debating Club after a business session. William Loya and Raymond Dugosh defended the affirmative on military training in high schools. Mahavier and Martin won two to one over Johnson and Garza on an up-to-date topic with Gilbert Muir delivering a standard author selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demosthenes Debating Society
Woodrow Wilson Debating Club
Demosthenes
William Loya
Raymond Dugosh
Messrs
Mahavier
Martin
Johnson and Garza
Gilbert Muir
Woodrow Wilson Debating Society Holds Meeting
Wood row Wilson Debating society of Bonham school met in the club room with Roland Voight as president. The debate on abolishing the Monroe Doctrine ended with a negative verdict. Dana: students will compete in a Woodrow Wilson vs Demosthenes contest on military training in high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson Debating Society
Bonham School
Roland Voight
Sam Paschall
Charles Dodge
United States
Hubert Rossy
Curtis Short
Miss James
Woodrow Wilson
Demosthenes
Elton Howard
Woodrows
Raymond Dugosh
William Loya
Woodrow Wilsons
Hayne Debating Club Friday Features Extemp Speech
Jack Berman spoke on The European War From the American Standpoint in a strong extemporaneous address. The debate on Wilsons interference drew a victory for the affirmative led by Robert Bonnet and Harold Bateman over Herbert Cushman and Osias Wolf. Bateman named best speaker. Ray Mc Cauley was the declaimer. Ben Early Cordell and Herbert Herndon joined. Robert Williams resignation accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayne Debating Club
Jack Berman
Wilson
Robert Bonnet
Harold Bateman
Herbert Cushman
Osias Wolf
Wolf
Bateman
Ray McCauley
Ben Early Cordell
Herbert Herndon
Robert Williams
Philomathean Debate Highlights Women’s Rights Education
The Philomathean Debating Society met with Helen Bates opening remarks on women gaining rights while remaining feminine. Debates centered on compulsory education for voting. Miss Gresham argued for the affirmative, Miss Badger for the negative, with Miss Cocke supporting the second affirmative. The judges declared the negative victorious. Badger named best speaker. The group elected new active and honorary members and announced a March 16 luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Bates
Philomathean Debating Society
Carrie Lee Gresham
Miss Gresham
Miss Badger
Ancient
Rome
Frances Cocke
Miss Cocke
Lamar
Republic of Texas
Marjorie Winters
Webster
Taylor
Edith Symington
Lillian James
Mary Bowen
Elizabeth Badger
Helen Callahan
Edith Schneider
Mildred Burrows
Pearl West
Menval
Philomathean Float Planned for Battle of Flowers Parade
A committee of Misses Louise Lucas Marjorie Cameron and Ruth Baity was formed to arrange a Philomathean float in the Battle of Flowers parade. The Philomathean Valentine party at the Woman's club was a success with new games. Prize winners include Misses Blanche Aurlett Juanita Baskin and Edith Symington. Consolations went to Elizabeth Milligan and Constance Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Lucas
Marjorie Cameron
Ruth Baity
Woman's Club
Blanche Aurlett
Juanita Baskin
Edith Symington
Elizabeth Milligan
Constance Douglas
Mark Twains Meet Club Sees Growth and Initiation Plans
The Mark Twains meet with members reciting Shakespeare and Kipling analyses. Misses West Paxton Evans and others present lectures, extemporaneous speeches, and a lifelong initiation reception planned for March at Miss Nelly Faulds’s home. Mothers Day and an orphans day program are noted with dates to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby West
Lurlene Paxton
Kipling
Bucck
Nelly Faulds
Lucille Henry
Class elects Edith Snyder as 1917 graduation poet
At the June 17 graduating class meeting the senior class elected Miss Edith Snyder as class poet. The session included cheers and a new class song, roll call, and treasurer report. Committees were formed led by a commencement panel with Ardis Dean McCurdy as chairman to plan Fiesta de San Jacinto floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Snyder
Ardis Dean McCurdy
German Club Meeting at High School Highlights
Miss Charlotte Deutsch opened the German Club meeting last Friday with a formal address. Miss Celeste Gutzeit presented a humorous German story while Meyer Passur read a sketch titled the Call of the Rhine. A new committee was appointed to plan the March sixteenth luncheon as several members could not serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Deutsch
Celeste Gutzeit
Meyer Passur
Deutscher Schuler
High School Scientific Society Admits New Members
The High School Scientific Society fills its membership, adding Virginia Estes Willie May Young Nell Bull Charlotte Deutsch Gertrude Bukkes Virginia Hamlin Helen Althoff Carmen Olachegui Gabriele Deutsch Zay Smith Robert Hatcher and Clarence Nordhaus. A Valentine themed debate and a grand dansant at the Menger mark a lively week with star talks by Miss Alice Schutze and Elmer Perrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Schutze
Elmer Perrin
Mildred Wilke
St. Valentine
Harry Hatcher
Irene Ellison
Bertha Booth
George Dixon
Edna Howle
Gladys Hughes
The
Menger
Alice Schulze
Louise Lucas
Ray Baldus
Neil Johnson
Helen Everly
Emelie Schuele
Elizabeth Morey
Eda Goldbeck
Josephine Hutler
Elizabeth Roebuck
Irene
Victor and Vanquished in Debate
The high school state inter scholastic debate team for Austin will feature Oscar Wolfe and Kenneth McCalla after a hard district meet. The final elimination pitted the Jeffersonians against the Congress with Wolfe and McCalla earning first and second place amid a bitter contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Oscar Wolfe
Kenneth McCalla
High School Congress
Jeffersonian Literary Society
Jeffersonians
Congress
Hayne Debating Club
Reunion Planned for Scientific Society Members
Arrangements are being made for a large reunion of all members of the Scientific Society. The event, likely a picnic or banquet, is slated for March 22, which marks the society’s second anniversary. Notable listed members include Ellen Ellison, Emma Schulz, Helen Gut zeit, Frances Althoff, Vera Brubaker, Dorothy Felthouse, Laurine Wickwire, Carmen Olaci gui, Vernon Newton, Edward Rogers, Mark Postlewaite, George Hubbard, Paul Vance, August Proul, Walter Schultze, Luz Robalin, Alfred Sack, George Bennett, Harry Hatcher, Lewis Kayton, Donald Carson, and William Healy.
Philippine debate dominates High School Congress meeting
The High School Congress debated whether the United States should permanently keep the Philippine Islands with Andrew M. Smith for the affirmative and Theodore McLeod for the negative. Oscar Wolfe spoke briefly as several committee reports were read and new members Edwin R. Narp Will T Long Louis Cain Perry Kallison Louis F Venzor and William Point were sworn in. The Record weekly leaflet debuted Wednesday morning focusing on club advertising and readable material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippine Islands
Andrew M. Smith
Theodore McLeod
Oscar Wolfe
Edwin R. Narp
Will T. Long
Louis Cain
Perry Kallison
Louis F. Venzor
William Point
The
Record
Congress
Shake speare Club Elects New Members Initiative Party Held
At a Shake speare Club meeting Misses Joe Youngblood May Bruhn Bess Murrah Edna Wallace Barbara Brown Virginia Priest Henrietta Steele Norma McKenzie Alice Taylor Sarah Silliman Inez Martin were elected to membership with pledges Margaret Daniels Peggy Lewis Abigale Larner. An initiation Valentine party followed at Miss Star McDaniel's home with new officers sworn in including secretary Miss Ethel Tyrrell. The feature of the afternoon was postponed from the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wallace
Lucile Weise
Lorene Willis
Connie Youngblood
Joe Youngblood
Barbara Brown
Margaret Daniels
Peggy Lewis
Norma McKenzie
Winnie Harral
Abigale Lurner
Shakespeare Club
May Bruhn
Bess Murrah
Virginia Priest
Henrietta Steele
Alice Taylor
Sarah Silliman
Inez Martin
Abigale Larner
Star McDaniel
McDaniel
Ethel Tyrrell
Valentine party sparks laughter with prizes and flowers
A Valentine box caused much hilarity as games were played and prizes awarded to Misses Julia Lobban Margaret Taylor Elizabeth Church and Danny Youngblood. Refreshments followed and a pink and white color scheme set the mood with carnations used as favors for Edith C Symington and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Lobban
Margaret Taylor
Elizabeth Church
Danny Youngblood
Edith C. Symington
Church and Society Notes on Monday Meetings and Teas
The Laurel Heights Missionary Society meets at 3 pm Monday led by Mrs. W H Vaughan. Epworth League at Trinity Methodist hosts a Valentine party Tuesday with Irving Fuchs and Helen Everly. Prospect Hill and Alamo Methodist churches schedule 3 pm Wednesday and 3:30 pm Tuesday colonial teas with given hosts. Daughters of Isabella meet Tuesday at 4 pm in Knights of Columbus hall. Married Ladies Sodality hosts 8 pm cards Monday in St Marys auditorium. First Presbyterian Woman’s Aid and Missionary Society meet Monday at 3 pm with talks on Christian Education and Foreign Missions in China. Palm Heights Methodist teacakes and booths planned for Thursday from 3 to 6 pm at Mrs A Gans home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Irving Fuchs
Helen Everly
Esse
Missionary Society of the Alamo Methodist Church
C. C. Straughan
Adams Street
Mesdames
W. G. Hislop
Will Martin
Lela Pyron
Alice Taylor
Loraine Hislop
Alsiva Wolfe
Marina Manning
Isabella
Knights of Columbus
A. B. Weakley
F. B. Warner
China
S&s Ss
Missionary Society of the Palm Heights Methodist Church
A. C. Agan
Taft Boulevard
The Mystery of the Heart Beat
An exploration of heart function and life origins, noting experiments by Tower and Herm on isolated heart muscle cells that beat autonomously in incubators. The piece debates whether chemical action suffices to explain life and anticipates future scientific leaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. R. W. Tower
C. F. Herm
American Museum of ‘Natural History
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Theodore Koester
Hayne
Mark Twains
McCalla
Harold Simon
Wolfe
Carnot Allen
Frederick Abbott
Kenneth M’calla
Philippines
Missionary Society of the
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
W. H. Vaughan
Prospect Hill Methodist Church
E. T. Smith
L. Batchelor
W. S. Smith
Government Hill Methodist Church
Carson Street
Commonwealth Bank & Trust CO
Columbia
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