February High School Graduation Week Begins with Dance
The February graduation class kicks off celebrations with a class dance at Gunter and a schedule of events. Baccalaureate Sunday at First Presbyterian led by Rev. C. W. Weddell, followed by class day at Beethoven hall and a Grand Opera House comedy. Diplomas awarded February 1 after talks by Walton Hood and Dr. Vinson.
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Gunter
First Presbyterian Church
C. W.W. Weddell
Beethoven Hall
Bernadine Appleby
Bessie Barnes
Esther Block
Bertha Booth
Myrtle Brockman
Margaret Buchanan
Cecelia Butscheck
Catherine Calloway
Frances Coleman
Louise Carrington
Margaret Daniels
Irene Ellison
Bonnie Lee Farrior
Sadie Feller
Esther Fisher
Ethel Forbes
Gladys Ford
Olivette Furman
Ruby Glayzer
Sarah Halliday
Nina Harris
Lucie Heilig
Ruth Henry
Edna Howle
Gladys Hughes
Marguerite Hugman
Ruby Hybarger
Beatrice Kroeger
Olga Liskow
Louise Lucas
Jessie McKenzie
Corrine Mair
Margaret Meyer
Blanche McGarity
Edna Miller
Isabel Murphy
Ethel Newport
Helen Nohse
Cecelia Otto
Ignacia Pratt
Nancy Pryor
Beatrice Randall
Anna Rawls
Beryl Rutledge
Manuela Sanchez
Gretchen Schreiber
Louise Seawell
Pearl Segall
Annie Sharp
Norma Lee _ Sharp
Frances Stephan
Estelle Stewart
Louise Thompson
Edith Thorne
Lottie Torbert
Irene Vogt
Iane White
Beatrice Williams
Pearl Williams
Elizabeth Young
Anais Gomez
William Aubrey
Edmond Bailey
Charles Black
Garnet Boone
Ben Carraway
Paul Deutz
George Dixon
Maxy Dorbant
Alex Garza
Gerard Galpin
William Gunn
Lee Hubbard
Clyde Jones
George Kaufman
Robert Kile
Hassell King
Palmer Massey
Thompson Monroe
Edgar Nankervis
Tom Riebe
Elberta Roberts
Alexander Saper
John Shook
Ben Sparks
Teddy Stahl
E. P. Thrailkill
Earl Waddell
Raymond Zirkel
Milford Zirkel
Jeffersonian Club Banquet Highlights Debates and Plans
The Jeffersonian Club held its semi annual banquet with most members present. Honor guests included Misses West Anais Gomez Nelly Faulds Luz C Robalin Weldon Davis Robert Putnam and Lee Roy Smith. Past president Putnam acted as toast master. Miss West urged debate strength for inter scholastic competition next spring and organizers plan a June banquet for 200 plus past members and friends.
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Jeffersonian Club
Misses West
Anais Gomez
Nelly Faulds
Luz C. Robalin
Weldon Davis
Robert Putnam
Lee Roy Smith
Miss West
Congress-Men Banquet Highlights School Speakerships
The semi annual Congress school club banquet featured toasts led by Professor Howard as toast master. William MacFarland Gunn spoke on future plans for the congressional hall, Carnot Allen outlined spring term victories, and Emma Gutzeit plus Louise Lucas lauded public speaking and debates.
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Congress
Howard
William MacFarland Gunn
Congressional Hall
Carnot Allen
Emma Gutzeit
Louise Lucas
Philomatheon
Francis Bowen
Arthur Baird
Senate
Baird
Walton D. Hood
E. Bruhn
Theodore MacLeod
C. Wolfe
Andrew Smythe
Paul Lacks
John R. Strange
Jack Allensworth
C. C. Fauvett
W. K. Berryman
Alexander Meescheidt
Alex Garza
T. R
Herndon Wins Bechtel Cup in School Declamation
Henry Herndon retained the Bechtel cup with his "True Patriotism" recital at the high school contest held Tuesday in the auditorium. Harold Scherwitz placed second with "A Nation's Mission." Other contestants included Sim Kelly and Mills Wellsford, with Wellsford performing "Lenard to the Delawares."
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Henry Herndon
Herndon
Hayne Debating Club
Miss Davis
Bonn- Avon School
Messrs. McCullough
Hofstetter
Howard
Dr. Cerna
Harold Scherwitz
Jeffersonian Literary Society
Scherwitz
Sim Kelly
The
Hayne
Mills Wellsford
Jeffersonians
Wellsford
Lenard
Kelly
Napoleon
Frederick Abbott
Woodrow Wilson Debating Club Stages Mock Trial
The Bonham school Woodrow Wilson Debating Club held a mock trial on Thursday with Charles Dodge accused of breach of promise. Judge Raymond Dugosh presided. jurors found the defendant not guilty after witnesses Captain Thomas Howard and Alfred Peters testified. A banquet followed at 5:30 p.m. with officers sworn in: Roland Voight president, Charles Dodge vice president, Theodore Benyon treasurer, Elton Howard secretary, Hugh Wharton reporter.
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Woodrow Wilson Debating Club
Bonham School
Charles Dodge
John Harris
Raymond Dugosh
Demosthenes Debating Society
Lawrence Leary
Henry Steinboemer
James Hamilton
Thomas Howard
Alfred Peters
Albert Buss
Roland Voight
Elbert Biggs
Theodore Benyon
Elton Howard
Hugh Wharton
Woman's Wages Debate by Philomatheans Concludes Term
The Philomatheans discuss wage equality with a split view on impact to home life. Miss Mary Davidson earns best speaker honors while Miss Helen Bates leads as new president with officers named for the term.
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Philomatheans
Mary Davidson
Katherine Fischer
Ruth Dunnica
Bessie Appman
Dunnica
Lucille Blair
Clarenda Jackson
Carrie Lee Gresham
Miss Davidson
James M. Young
Equal Franchise Society
Helen Bates
Mary Bowen
Elizabeth Deutz
Ruth Roby
Lillian James
Marjorie Cameron
Club cabinet outlines policy for next administration
The president convened a meeting with Mary Larkin Eu docia Stark and Constance Douglas as parliamentarians and censor to set policy for the upcoming administration. Committees began work with enthusiasm as plans for an attractive year book emerged amid high hopes and ideals.
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Mary Larkin
Eudocia Stark
Constance Douglas
Jeffersonians Select Oratorical Team for Inter-Club Contest
The Jeffer sonian Literary Society chose Robert Melton and Irving Archer as its team for the inter club oratorical contest to be held in the high school auditorium on Tuesday February 6. John H Haile Jr was named as the backup. Judges were James Foster Kenneth McCalla Harold Simon Burton Davis and Mark Postlewaite.
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Jeffersonian Literary Society
Jeffersonians
High School Congress
Hayne Debating Club
Walton D. Hood
Jeffs
James Foster
Kenneth McCalla
Harold Simon
Burton Davis
Mark Postlewaite
Robert Melton
Irving Archer
John H. Haile Jr
Patrick Henrys Win Debating Contest Over Trav
The Patrick Henry Debating Society of Stephen F. Austin school defeated the Travis School Congress in a thriller by a 2 to 1 score in the auditorium of Patrick Henry last Tuesday. Hugh Halls and Frank Lewis of Travis argued for the affirmative while Cullom Burleson and James R. Graves for Patrick Henry argued the negative on tariff reform.
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Patrick Henry Debating Society
Stephen F. Austin
Travis School Congress
Travis
Patrick Henrys
Hugh Halls
Frank Lewis
Cullom Burleson
James R. Graves
Pats
Congress
Congress Jrs Banquet Set At Mexican Restaurant
The Travis School Congress held a well attended meeting to set the time and place for its semi annual banquet choosing Saturday night at a Mexican restaurant. Debates for the next four meetings were scheduled with topics of the day. A decorations and incidents committee was appointed and speeches were given by Alexander Otto Meerheide, Andrew Morris Smith, Clarence C. Fawcett, Elmer Perrin and Wheeler K. Berryman.
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Travis School Congress
Alexander Otto Meerehheidt
Andrew Morris Smith
Clarence C. Fawcett
Elmer Perrin
Wheeler K. Berryman
High School Congress
Middy Brigade Elects Officers For School Athletics
The Middy Blouse Brigade met January 18 in the Mediae val building for semi annual officer elections. Close races and lively speeches filled the ballot. Officers chosen: Elizabeth Milligan captain Elinor Delfraisse first lieutenant Elizabeth Ripley second lieutenant Olive McCormick sergeant at arms Mary Elizabeth Bowen reporter.
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Middy
Elizabeth Milligan
Elinor Delfraisse
Elizabeth Ripley
Olive McCormick
Mary Elizabeth Bowen
Spanish Club Calls Box Party for Graduate Members
A called meeting of the Spanish Club was held Monday during the holidays. President Cosme McMoon announced the purpose to decide on an entertainment for graduate members by non graduates. The club unanimously voted a theater box party with supper afterwards and committees were named to arrange details.
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Cosme McMoon
Students Present Highlights from 1917 Graduating Class
In the eighth period Tuesday afternoon before several hundred high school students, members of the February 1917 graduating class presented two scenes.
Lady Bantock's Predicament staged by Febs class
The Febs presented scenes from their class play under Principal H H Ryan with Paul Deutz addressing aims and ticket sales. Louise Lucas led as Fanny with Ernest Bennet and Lord Bantock, followed by a scene with Fanny and the father while George Kaufman offered a manager of chorus gists speech.
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Paul Deutz
Kile
Ernest Bennet
Benjamin Sparks
Lord Bantock
Seniors Entertain Graduates At Gunter High School
The June 17 class entertained the February graduates with a joint dance at Gunter. Outgoing and incoming classes hosted the event with eleven dance games for two ten-table sections and eighteen dances by the other group. Sponsors and friends attended as punch was served during the festivities.
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Gunter
Roses and vegetables guide for San Antonio gardens in season
Fanny Fern advises planning now to plant roses in San Antonio with prices half those of Eastern and California nurserymen. It covers choosing varieties like Helen Gould and Etoile de France, early planting benefits, and instructions for peas potatoes peppers tomatoes and eggplants. It also highlights pomegranate varieties Granada and Spanish Ruby as easy fruit trees for home gardens.
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San Antonio
California
Floris
Florida
Helen Gould
Au Teplitz
Etoile de France
San Pedro Park
Alaska
Granada
Love story rivals Crusoe tale told by shipwrecked sailor
Gus Nelson described his Edward L. Hines wreck on October 14 en route from New Orleans to Colon. He and Fred Trautman and others were saved after two fellow seamen were rescued, following a night of leaky hulls and heavy seas in the Caribbean.
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Caribbean
Gus Nelson
Francis J. Dyer
Ceiba
Honduras
Nelson
Edward L. Hines
Colon
New Orleans
Myself
Fred Trautman
Two Ways to Experience an Artist’s Voice on the New Edison
The article argues there are only two paths to truly appreciating a great artist’s sound. First is hearing the artist perform live or on record. The second is hearing a reproduction of the voice or instrumental performance on the New Edison.
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Edison
The New Edison Re-Creation of Famous Voices Promises Real Sound
Advertises the New Edison phonograph claiming it Re-Creates artists voices with soul and indistinguishable accuracy. Names Emmy Destinn Margarete Matzenauer Marie Rappold Anna Case Julia Heinrich Alice Verlet Lucrezia Bori Zanetto Anselmi Middleton Urlus Goritz and Chalmers plus Carl Flesch bowing. Urges in-store visit to hear Re-Creations and instruments Spalding line.
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Emmy Destinn
Margarete Matzenauer
Marie Rappold
Anna Case
Julia Heinrich
Alice Verlet
Lucrezia Bori
Zenatello
Anselmi
Middleton
Urlus
Goritz
Chalmers
Shipwreck survivor recounts raft voyage and rescue near Port Sal
The narrator describes two days of thirst on a raft after a companion jumped overboard near land. He lands at Port Sal near Tela and later encounters a Carib man and two others who guide him to the American consul for care. He claims seven shipwrecks and vows not to sail again. An African frog’s distant underwater call is noted.
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Port Sal
Tela
Miracle of Iron Ends Weakness After 50
A New York reader describes taking nuxated iron to reclaim vigor and strength lost by age. The ad asserts iron blood-building benefits, promising doubled strength in weeks and offering a $10000 charity pledge if iron lacks impact in healthy adults under 60.
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New York
BE. Sauer
M. D
Sauer
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