Razing of High School Sparks Youthful Recollections in San Antonio
San Antonio residents recall the old Main Avenue high school about to be demolished in January to make way for a larger structure. Alumni memories recount the three story building housing three schools, early graduation counts, and anecdotes about Seymour Thomas and other classmates.
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SAN Antonians
Navarro
Charlie Arnold
Seymour Thomas
Hartour
Hart Poor
Mr. Halbedl
Halbedh
Knox
Mr. Arnold
Halberh
Lelia Emrie
Emrie Johnson
Lamar School No. 6
Flowers
Aaron C. Pancoast
New York
Aaron
Will Knox
Damon
Pythias
Job
Clara Carrico
Clara
Ada Hackett
Father Ryan
Ada
Jeanette Noyes
First Graduates of High School in 1884 Revered
Miss Emma Allensworth now Mrs W A Darden of Knoxville Tennessee and Miss Emilie Schunke now Mrs Emilie Muehlendorff of San Antonio are the first graduates. The center-photo shows them with a multinational class including Seymour Thomas Hart Poor Erhardt Guenther Kate Semling Eloise Polk Annie Lachapelle Alice Black Ida Layer and others.
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Main Avenue High School
Jules Verne
San Antonio
Avenue C
Hicks
F. M. Halbedh
Brackenridge High School
Temple Beth-El
Travis Park
Houston
St. Mary's Streets
Robert E. Lee
Central Grade School
Ward School
Main Avenue School
Emma Allensworth
W. A. Darden
Knoxville
Tenn
Amelia Schunke
Emilie Muehlendorff
Flores Street
Clara Carrico
Lella Emrie
Emrie Johnson
Lelita Gill
Annie Groves
Nannie Wier
Charles Arnold
Stephen F. Austin
William J. Knox
Navarro
Hart Poor
Seymour Thomas
Paris
France
New York City
Ada Hackett
Hannnah Morris
Virginia Newton
A. M. Patterson
Devine
Texas
Seymour
Knoxville, Tenn
Emilie Schunke
Erhardt Guenther
Kate Semling
Kate Schenck
Eloise Polk
Eloise Polk McGill
Annie Lachapelle
Alice Black
Ida Layer
Emilie Schuncke
Muehlendorff
Virginia Polk
Harry Arnold
Emma
Surviving Class Members Honor Early School Friends
The document recalls chaperones Mrs. J Noyes Evans Miss Wilbanks and Miss Rait guiding graduates to New Orleans for the Cotton Exposition. It honors teachers Mrs Polk and Professor Halberh and lists prominent former students and staff now famed in business education and public life across Texas and beyond.
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J. Noyes Evans
Wilbanks
Emil Frank
Frank Brothers
Erhardt Guenther
C. H. Guenther Sons
Charles Lukin
West Texas Military Academy
Anna Lachappelle
Margil School
Eloise Polk McGil
Lula McAllister
Lula Griesenbeck
San Antonio
Anna Jones
Minnie Johnston
Brackenridge Memorial School
Harry Wurzbach
Seguin
Guadalupe County
Clinton G. Brown
Eugene Schoch
University of Texas
O. A. Pfeiffer
Marshall Johnston
Kate Schenck
Fannin School
Ida Millen
Edith Symington
Jane Field Baskin
Lucy Newton
University of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
Emma Gutzeit
Beauregard A. Tautant
United States Navy
Marathon Record Hopes From Long-Running Account
Owens and True discuss continuing a running account that may set a marathon record, as quoted by the Boston Transcript. The exchange notes persistence and potential performance gains from extending the effort.
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Owens
Boston Transcript
Bring Out Your Hidden Beauty With Mercorized Wax
Beneath a soiled or aged complexion Mercorized wax gradually absorbs the de vitalized surface skin to reveal youthful fresh skin. Used by refined women who prefer natural looking complexions. One ounce package with directions is sold by all druggists.
High School Club Plans Play and Activities for 1917
February 1917 senior class selects Lady Bantock's Predicament as its play chosen by Professor Abbott after a thorough search. Cast has 22 roles and 5 boys. Insignia skull caps for boys and hats for girls will bear Feb 17. A candy-pull in the music room Friday November 10 is planned. Social committee credits Miss Nancy Prior and others for efforts. Walton Hood Cup for oratory and other competitions are also noted.
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Lady Bantock
Abbott
Professor Abbott
Nancy Prior
Corine Mair
Bonnie Lee Farrior
Ophelia Kroeger
Inter-Club Debate and Oratorical Contests Set for December
Three high school clubs the Jeffersonian Literary Society the High School Congress and the Hayne Debating Club schedule December and January contests. Each club selects three two-man debating teams one two-man declamation team and one two-man oratorical team. The first three weeks of December see all debating teams in action. Trophy holders include the E A Mayor Debate Cup held by the Jeffersonians and the Declamation Cup held by the Haynes.
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Main Avenue High School
Jeffersonian Literary Society
High School Congress
Hayne Debating Club
E. A. Mayor
Jeffersonians
Haynes
Jeffersonian Society completes eliminations for inter club debates
Jeffersonian Literary Society finished its eliminations to select teams for the three cornered inter club debates with Hayne and Congress next month. Voting is with a committee to announce results later.
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Jeffersonian Literary Society
Hayne
Congress
San Antonio
John Clapton
Jack Cunningham
Irving Archer
Randall Menefee
Cunningham
Menefee
Jeffs
High School
Peacock
Harold Simon
Carlos Rose
Harold Cory
Jim Foster
Travis Mourland
Hayne Debating Club to Debate on Wilson Re-election
The Hayne Debating Club will hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon in the music room. The topic is Resolved that Woodrow Wilson should be re elected president of the United States. Frank Williams will declaim McKinley’s acceptance speech. Senator Carlos Bee speech and election returns are also expected.
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Hayne
High School
Peacock
Music Room
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Frank Williams
William McKinley
Carlos Bee
Ryan
Dramatic Club Plans Initia tion Party At Evelyn Merrill Home
The Dramatic Club held a Wednesday meeting with roll call and a business session. New members learned of an initiation party at Miss Evelyn Merrill’s home on Lewis Street next Thursday afternoon. The group enjoyed reading Rivals with Miss Rheta Mayor leading.
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Dramatic Club
Evelyn Merrill
Lewis Street
Rheta Mayor
Malaprop
Lydia
Aileen White
Lucy
Ilse Mirschfield
Sir Anthony
Carrie Marie Dickinson
Myrtle Fry
Charming Stories Told by Mark Twain Club
The Mark Twain Club met Friday for a standout program featuring Ruth Adams with An Agent of Destiny Nel lie Faulds with Mr Bitson's Housekeeper Beatrice Jones with The Belle of Canada City and Grace Chandler on Origin of Spanish Mass. The group praised the afternoon and credited officers with raising the club’s storytelling standard.
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Mark Twain Club
Ruth Adams
German Club Plans Open House At High School
The German Club of San Antonio High School will host an open house on November 10 inviting officers from other clubs. A regular business meeting preceded the program where this plan was approved.
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San Antonio High School
German Club Members Elected At High School Meeting
The article lists high school club officers for June 17 and February 17 with new arrivals George Kaufman Richard Cartwright and Meyer Passner. It describes a German club program in the school music room and notes performances by Norma Hummert Charlotte Deutsch and selections by Laura Lane Delka Bushick Alva Rossy and Helen Althoff.
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George Kaufman
Richard Cartwright
Meyer Passner
Norma Hummert
Charlotte Deutsch
Laura Lane
Delka Bushick
High School
Woman's German Literary Society
Alva Rossy
Helen Althoff
Brackenridge High School
Spanish Club Meeting Delivers Engaging Program
The Spanish Club held a regular session last Monday with a large roll call and many visitors. Faculty represented by Miss Symington Whatley and Onderdonk and Dr Cerna. Members sworn in include Mary Barajos Mary Metura Bessie Sandovsky Lucy Cadena Kathleen Gonzales Refugio Yanez.
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Symington
Whatley and Onderdonk
Doctor Cerna
Philo mathean Debating Club Hallowe en Party Highlights
Ghosts and goblins visited Miss Ernestine Riley’s home for the Philo mathean Debating Club Halloween party. The lawn glowed with jack o lanterns as members discussed topics from autumn styles to lemons and laughs.
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Ernestine Riley
West Craig Place
Hallowe'en
Philomathean Debating Club
Constance Douglas
Webster
Lincoln
Wilson
Eugenia Lightfoot
McGluggery
Mary Bowen
Eudocia Stark
Good Roads
Texas
Helen Gordon
City Federation of Women's Club
Equal Franchise Club
Woman's Club
College Woman's Club
Riverside School
Ruth Roby
Margaret Johnson
Hallie Baldwin
Fannin School
Elizabeth Church
Stephen F. Austin
Elizabeth Dentz
Katherine Dinwiddie
Helen Callahan
Juanita Baskin
Beacon Hill
Helene Price
Marjorie Cameron
Abigale Turner
Nthenian
Orchestra Debuts With Concert Next Thursday
The High School Orchestra will debut before students and the public in the High School Auditorium next Thursday. Proceeds will fund larger instruments for the group. About twenty five members perform solos and vocal pieces from classes with Mrs Griesenbeck and Miss Borden guiding daily practice.
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Griesenbeck
William Cowen
Robert Wallace
Nearest and Dearest
Margaret Taylor
Verna Raby
Hark
the Lark
Hugh MeAmis
Cobb
Victor Herbert
Solo and duet selections with Harold Cory and others
A program featuring solo vocal performances by Harold Cory in At Dawning and Here Is My Heart, violin duets by George Kaufman and Joe Garza, saxophone and cornet solos including Love's Way and Out on the Deep, with Esther Pate. Accompanists listed include Mrs Griesenbeck, Miss Borden, Miss Marie Meyers and Isadore Taylor.
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Harold Cory
Cadman
William Gunn
George Kaufman
Joe Garza
Lanier Baby
Esther Pate
Obertus
Liebesflerid
Frank Basenberg
Mrs. Griesenbeck
Miss Borden
Marie Meyers
Isadore Taylor
Dinners for Orphans at High School Friendship Society
The High School Friendship Society met last Thursday without several members. Miss Jantz of the YWCA gave a talk. The club plans Christmas dinners for the poor and doll dressing for Protestant orphans and will lead vesper services November 12 at the YWCA auditorium. A circus fundraiser is planned for November 24 and 25 with a novel side show and candy booth staff. Devo tion and prayer will be studied at the next meeting.
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High School Friendship Society
Miss Jantz
Jantz
Friendship Club
Elizabeth Ripley
Bernadine Appleby
Elizabeth Church
Virginia Estes
Elsie Booth
High School Scientific Society Visits Dairy Plant
The group toured a dairy company plant on Thursday November 8 to learn ice cream making from boiling to freezing. The visit included six at a time demonstrations and a focus on the hardening box.
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High School Scientific Society
Irma Gesche
Mildred Welke
Gale Huggins
Helen Dale
Man Named Rastus Testifies After Nighttime Crossing
An aged negro, identified as Rastus, testifies about signaling a warning to an express train that struck a buggy. He stands firm under grueling cross-examination as the night darkness and a lit lantern become central to the case. The division superintendent later commends him for sticking to his story.
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Bugsy
Rastus
Morning inside bath cures many ailments says health column
A health pamphlet extols drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this daily inside bath reduces constipation biliousness acid stomach nervous days and sleepless nights and improves complexion and energy.
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Bath
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Art Students’ League
Julien Academy
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Europe
America
Munich
St. Louis
Paris Society of American Painters
James Bryce
William Henrywell
Lew Wallace
W. J. Knox
Sev
Walton Hood Cup
Sheridan
Mark Twains
Medpts
Philomathean Club Club
Miss Riley
Ayo
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