High School Clubs Foster Study After Dismissal
Four student clubs at the High School, Philomatheons Mark Twain Shakespeare and Dramatic, meet after classes to study literature, debate and perform. The Philomatheans expand current affairs and public speaking while the Mark Twain and Shakespeare groups stage scenes. The Dramatic Club explores Rostand and Sheridan with plans for public productions and guest readers.
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Philomatheon
Mark Twain
Kipling
Bronson Howard
Jack London
Thackeray
Hawthorne
Philomatheans
High School Dramatic Club
Philomatheons
America
Phillips Brooks
Phils
Marie Louise Lester
Laura Lane
Eloise Mathews
Margaret Mueller
Mildred Duggan
Dramatic Club
Rostana
Sheridan
Phidelah Rice
Leland Powers School of Expression
Boston
Rice
Hayne Debating Club Selects Winners in Interclub Series
The Hayne Debating Club favored an Allied victory for U.S. interests in a Friday debate. Harold Bateman and Ray McCauley won over Lewis Kayton and Wendell Fowler with Harold Bateman named best speaker.
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United States
Hayne
America
Harold Bateman
Ray McCauley
Lewis Kayton
Wendell Fowler
Jean Jameson
Germany
Sim Kelly
Robert Williams
Henry Herndon
Charles Gordon
Hayue
Congress
Jeffersonian Literary Society
High School Band Rehearses and Plans Bulletin Board
The High School Band met Wednesday night in the auditorium with little business beyond rehearsal. A group photo for the February annual was scheduled and Harold Cory was named to gather board details and costs for the next meeting on January 2. Mrs. Lula Griesenbeck conducted a full rehearsal after the session.
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Harold Cory
High Schol
Lula Griesenbeck
Washington Post
Old New Hampshire
Tennessee
Spanish Club Elects Officers at Main Avenue High
The Spanish Club of Main Avenue High held a brief meeting Wednesday to elect officers for the coming term. Cosme McMoon defeated Miss Carmen Olachega for president in a tight race. Olachegui was chosen vice president, Louis Venzor secretary, William Moreno finances, Clara Robalin sergeant at arms, Maria Barajas reporter, and Pompoza Meza parliamentarian. The vote was close for several posts and members adjourned amid cheers.
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Main Avenue
Cosme McMoon
Carmen Olachega
McMoon
Carmen Olachegui
Louis Venzor
William Moreno
Clara Robalin
Maria Barajas
Pompoza Meza
Scientists Talk Crops at San Antonio Meeting
One of the term’s best Scientific Society sessions was held last Wednesday. G. W. Hand, county agricultural agent, spoke on grain sorghums, with a crowded room of visitors, teachers, and High School clubs represented.
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Scientific Society
G. W. Hand
San Antonio club discusses feterita and farming
The speaker extols feterita flour and compares American farming to India’s long use. He notes a 60 bushels per acre estimate and urges more scientific farming. A January 12 graduate party and February class play are planned as members join and applications are read.
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India
America
Hand
San Antonio
Burrows
Clubs Photograph At Hui gache Annual Shoot
Fourteen high school clubs and societies were photographed last Tuesday for the organization section of the February Hui gache annual. The issue, to appear early next month, promises to be the largest and most elaborate ever issued by the graduating class. Five periods were used for picture taking while other students attended class.
February 1917 Graduates Gift Curtain At Old High
The February 1917 graduating class plans to leave a lasting memory at the old high school by funding a curtain for the auditorium stage in the new building. This follows a long-standing habit of classes presenting commemorative gifts and honors the 1914 June class for a wall clock.
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Feds
High Schoo
February ’17 Violet Beds Mark School’s Senior Bulletin
A school notes the senior class gift, selecting a curtain as a useful token. A bronze plate reads February ’17 for the senior bulletin board to be inherited by each new class. The seniors also left violet beds along the sidewalks spelling Feb ’17.
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Main Avenue
June Class Meets Seeks Miniature Pennants and Poet Vote
At the June 17 graduating class meeting the committee reported miniature reproductions of the class pennant will be ready in a few days. Pennants will be green and white with the inscription June 17 and a class pin facsimile. The class treasurer Caron Wilde said members paid the recent assessment. A group portrait will be sold soon and a class poet choice was deferred. The bulletin board has been moved due to building demolition.
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H. H. Ryan
Caron Wilde
Anothr
Week's graduation program announced for February class
At the February '17 class business meeting the schedule for graduation week was set from January 27 to February 1. Rehearsal, baccalaureate, class day, class play, commencement dress rehearsal, and a banquet with a theater party are listed at Beethoven Hall the Grand Opera House and First Presbyterian Church.
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Beethoven All
First Presbyterian Church
C. W. Weddell
Travis Park Methodist Church
Beethoven Hall
Grand Opera House
Readying the Class for Day Exercises
After a Tuesday meeting the class rehearsed songs for the class day exercises. All parts are memorized and every department ready for the first curtain.
Patrick Henry Debating Society Meets at Stephen F. Austin School
The Patrick Henry Debating Society held its regular meeting last Tuesday at the Stephen F. Austin School. The affirmative won the debate on a US Canada commercial treaty with Benavides named best speaker. Copeland was voted into active membership and an invitation was extended to the Anthenian Literary Society for a future event on January 23.
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Patrick Henry Debating Society
Stephen F. Austin School
United States
Canada
Benavides
Phillips
Warren
Bunker Il
Copeland
Anthenian Literary Society
Pats
Travis School Congress
Philomathean Debating Society Hosts Interclub Programs
The Philomathean Debating Society organized two interclub programs this term. A debate on whether today’s young men have fewer financial opportunities featured Erich Bruhn and Bernadine Appleby, judged in favor of the negative, followed by a piano solo and a eulogy of the High School. The group also held open house events with gifts, games, and refreshments, and plans a final January 17 program with speakers Mrs. Charles Meeks and Miss acee Browne.
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Philomathean Debating Society
Ruth Roby
Erich Bruhn
High School Congress
Bernadine Appleby
The
Philomathean
Bruhn
Jeffersonian Literary Society
Cosme McMoon
Milton Ling
Hayne Debating Club
Louise Lucas
Cedar Street
Lillian Roseman
Philomatheans
Helen Callahan
West Evergreen Street
Constance Douglas
Ernestine Riley
Mary Davidson
Carrie Lee Gresham
Shernadine Appleby
Lasta Moor
Margaret Johnson
Bonnie Lee Farrior
Elizabeth Deutz
Philomathians
Charles Meeks
Missacee Browne
Prepared Talks on Program at Jeffersonian Society
The Jeffersonian Literary Society held a Friday meeting featuring eight prepared speeches on the ethics and principles of debating. Speakers included Burton Davis, Carlos Bose, John Clapton, Mills Wellsford, Philip Robertson, Travis Mourland, and Kenneth McCalla, who presented on selecting questions, gathering material, analyzing propositions, refutations, fallacies, delivery, and ethical debate conduct.
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Jeffersonian Literary Society
The
Jeffersonians
Burton Davis
Davis
Carlos Bose
John Clapton
Mills Wellsford
Phillip Robertson
Travis Mourland
Kenneth McCalla
Jeffersonian Club Plans Banquet and State Debates
Orin Foster presided as speeches closed and members discussed the subject. Reports from committees, including the program committee, set rest of year plans. A new banquet committee was formed and officer elections move eliminations to Friday. Twenty four declaimers and four orators train for interclub contests vs the Hayne Debating Club.
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Orin Foster
University Interscalastic League of Texas
Travis Mourland
Harold Simon
Kenneth MecCalla
Randall Meneffee
Interesting Stories Told At Mark Twain Club Friday Program
The Mark Twain Club met in a new clubroom with four entertaining short stories: Run to Seed by Grace Chandler, A Selected Story by Eugenia Brannon, Saturday at Six by Lucille Henry, and The Hopper told charmingly by Ardis McCurdy. Lorraine Sinsheimer led the session and plans for a dinner dance for graduates were set.
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Mark Twain Club
Kiplings
Barrie
O. Henry
Poe
Bret Harte
Jack London
Samuel Clemens
Robert An
Mark
Grace Chandler
Eugenia Brannon
Lucille Henry
Ardis McCurdy
Hopper
Ophelia Kroeger
Pearl Williams
Beryl Rutledge
Ruth Henry
Lorraine Sinsheimer
Helen Althof
N. LE. Dawson
Mark Twains
Debate on Fairness and Beauty Standards at San Antonio High
A Congress meeting last Friday debated the subject Resolved that all lady teachers of San Antonio High School should be fair and beautiful. The discussion focused on classroom impact and professional expectations.
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All Lady Teachers of
San Antonio High School
Congress
Club judges decide unanimously for affirmative in debate
Wheeler Berryman and Clarence Fawcett led for the affirmative while Andrew Smith and Bascom Humphrey argued the negative. Berryman named best speaker as Paul Lacks presented “Order in the Club.” Lee Hubbard, February graduate, served as critic. The semi annual banquet was set for January 19 at the Gunter hotel. New officers were elected for February June term: Carnot Allen president, Alexander Meere vice president, Oscar Wolf secretary, William Gunn parliamentarian, Theodore McCleod treasurer, Paul Lacks reporter, Wheeler Berryman sergeant at arms. Retiring officers listed include William Gunn president and Paul Lacks reporter.
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Wheeler Berryman
Clarence Fawcett
Andrew Smith
Bascom Humphrey
Berryman
Paul Lacks
Lee Hubbard
Gunter Hotel
Carnot Allen
Alexander Meeresecidt
Oscar Wolf
William Gunn
Theodore McCleod
Jack Allensworth
Oscar Wolfe
John Strange
Deutscher Schuler High School German Club Plans Events
The German Club met last Thursday and outlined future social events. They will occupy a box at the February Class play at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday January 30. A dansant and a graduation entertainment were also planned with committees appointed.
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Deutscher Schuler
Grand Opera House
Emulsio Promoted as Lung Remedy Despite Tuberculosis Testimony
A request ad claims Emulsio is a lung treatment for pulmonary consumption asthma croup coughs and colds with a dollar price by mail. A letter from a tuberculosis sufferer says Emulsio improved health and weight after ten years of lung treatments, though the writer notes continuing use.
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DRS
Shakespeare Club
Philomathion Club
Patrick Henrys
Deutscher Schuler” Meet
Emulsio
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