Graduating February Class Leads High School Clubs
The February 1917 graduates dominate High School life with an all-star class of around eighty seniors. Officers Paul Deutz president Ruth Henry president Louise Lucas secretary Ben Sparks treasurer Pearl Williams historian Ilford Zirkel Huisache reporter Raymond Zirkel newspaper reporter. The class plans a play and a special February Huisache issue with student stories jokes poems cartoons and photos.
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Feds
Paul Deutz
Ruth Henry
Louise Lucas
Ben Sparks
Iss Pearl Williams
Ilford Zirkel
Raymond Zirkel
Bernardine Appleby
Bessie Barnes
Charles Black
Bertha Booth
Dwight Bourn
Myrtle Brockman
Hazel Brown
Margaret Buchanan
Cecilia Butshar
Francis Coleman
Dickinson
Irene Ellison
Ethel Forbes
Bonnie Lee Farrior
Nelie Faulds
Sadie Feller
Gladys Ford
Blanche McGarrity
Ruth Glayzer
Rose Georges
Nina Harris
Lucille Heilig
Sarah Haliday
Edna Howle
Lee Hubbard
Gladys Hughes
Beatrice Johnson
Ble Kellam
Jessie McKenzie
Obert Kile
Hassel King
Florence Ky
Helen Krisch
Ophelia Kroer
Clyde Langworthy
Orrine Mair
Edna Miller
Mary Murray
Cecilia Otto
Nancy Pryor
Brice Randall
Grace Ryan
Eryl Rutledge
Alex Saper
Norma Arpe
John Shook
Francis Stephens
Lorine Tengs
Ketle Thrift
Edith Thorne
Lottie Torbert
Earle Waddell
Pearl Williams
Tone White
Jessie White
Elizabeth Young
Ben Carraway
Manuella Sanchez
George Kaufman
Minnie Hoole
Louise Thompson
Isabel Murphy
Ignacia Pratt
Beatrice Williams
Marguerite Jones
Teddy Stahl
Jules Dulling
Marguerite Hugman
Ethel Newport
L Esther Fisher
Ester Blocke
Louise Seawell
George Dixon
Gretchen Schreiber
Annie Sharp
Milford Zirkel
Frederick Abbott
Emma Gutzeit
Any Woman Can Save Five Dollars Hourly Dry Cleaning
An advertisement touts home dry cleaning using two ounces of Solvite in two gallons of gasoline to clean a wide range of fabrics and garments. It promises bright, like new results without fading or shrinking and warns to clean outdoors away from flames due to gasoline use.
Philomathean Debating Club Receives Gift Book
The Philomathean Debating Club, sponsored by Miss Stratton, received a gold lettered Philomathean record book. Members held an extemporaneous debate on whether American Women should use American fashions with Freshmen Violet Crain, Blanche Aydlett, Margaret Nunn, and Clarenda Jackson participating. Further talks covered velvet history, reading versus observation, and anger as a vice or virtue. Plans for a Halloween masquerade were announced with lawn decorations planned.
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Philomathean Debating Club
Miss Stratton
Philomathean
Violet Crain
Blanche Aydlett
Margaret Nunn
Clarenda Jackson
Elizabeth Joyce
Margaret Johnson
Helen Callahan
Hallowe'en Program Planned by Philomatheans
Details of a party for guests include fine entertainment and the best eats. The next meeting on Wednesday features a Hallowe'en program in the music room under Philomathean auspices.
Rally before game boosts High School football crowd
About 160 loyal fans gathered in the auditorium Wednesday after school to practice cheers for High School ahead of the 39 to 12 win over St Anthony's College. Marshall Johnston urged loud support while praising Coach McCullough and Assistant Coach Nixon for building a strong team and predicting the second team would make an impact this season.
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St. Anthony’s College
Marshall Johnston
McCullough
Nixon
Johnston
German Club Meets At San Antonio High School
Last Thursday the German Club gathered in room 25 with many members and visitors. Alexander Meerscheidt presided in the president’s absence as Miss Alva Rossy opened the program with a musical piece followed by a German current event by Miss Hetta Loebe and a short story by Miss Delka Bushick. The next Kaffee Klatch, to be held in the manual arts building, will feature Miss Louise Seawell, Miss Delka Bushick and Alexander Meerscheidt entertaining members and friends.
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San Antonio High School
Alexander Meerscheidt
Alva Rossy
Hetta Loebe
Delka Bushick
Manual Arts
Louise Seawell
Huisache Appears In First High School Paper
The season’s first Huisache issue circulated among students at school. Despite being smaller, the edition exceeded expectations with a cover featuring a huisache tree amid cactus branches. Inside, Jean Jameton’s In the Service of the Czar explores a Jewish fighter for Russia, and Lorraine Sinsheimer contributes a poem The Course of Life.
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Jean Jameton
Jameton
Lorraine Sinsheimer
Pape's Diapepsin Offered as Quick Indigestion Cure
The ad promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless remedy to digest any meal in five minutes. It claims relief from indigestion sour stomach heartburn belching gas and nausea and warns that many so-called cures fail because the real problem is undigested food turning to acid and gas in the digestive tract.
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Pape
Feathers and Flags in a High School Magazine Tale
A vivid description of a school publication with pieces by Margaret Buchanan and Harold Scherwitz. Editors Henry Herndon and William Gunn present editorials on teachers, training and elections. Includes departments, sports notes, staff, club news, jokes, alumni and society pages highlighting school life.
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Harbor of
Rio de Janiero
Margaret Buchanan
Harold Scherwitz
Trackem
Henry Herndon
William Gunn
Debaters Struggle to Recruit at Bracken Ridge High
Members of the Demosthenes Debating Society at Bracken Ridge High face a tough year as new recruitment lags. Only four from last year can attend regularly, with many seniors graduating or transferring. Miss Moore coordinates efforts, and the October 17 meeting saw input from Main Avenue High peers to boost membership.
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Demosthenes Debating Society
Brackenridge High School
Main Avenue High School
Main Avenue
Shakespeare Club Postponed Meeting Plans Violin Solo Featured
The Shakespeare Club of the high school postponed its regular meeting to Friday due to a football game. The program included readings by Frances Evans and others, a Shakespeare paper by Rebecca McAlister, and notes from secretary Laura Lane and treasurer Anna McAlpin. Medora Robertson and Marion Milburn were elected assistant treasurers.
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Shakespeare Club
Frances Evans
Mary Louise Steele
Ardis Dean Keeling
Margaret Mueller
Rebecca McAlister
Laura Lane
Anna McAlpin
Medora Robertson
Marion Milburn
Shakespeares
Philomathean
Margaret Buchanan
Spanish Club Weathering Stormy Meeting Builds Club Momentum
The Spanish Club held its regular weekly meeting despite bad weather. Miss Carmen Olachegui acted in Casilda, Miss Dora Keever played a piano solo, and Alex de la Garza led a poets discussion. A Halloween party was planned and interest remained high with many visitors and new applications. The club aims to stage the Comedy of Errors by Christmas.
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Casilda
Carmen Olachegui
Dora Keever
Alex de la Garza
Jeffersonian Literary Society Debates Prompt Controversy
The Jeffersonian Literary Society held two debates last week. Harold Scherwitz argued for the Philippines plan, while Mark Postlewite spoke against it, with the majority favoring the negative. A second debate on China’s integrity saw Allan Mayer and Orion Foster win against Robert Melton and Scherwitz. Seven new members were sworn in, including John Haile Jr and Randall Men.
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Jeffersonian Literary Society
Harold Scherwitz
Mark Postlewaite
Scherwitz
Postlewaite
United States
Philippines
Kenneth Lee
China
Robert Melton
Allan Mayer
Orion Foster
Jim Foster
John Haile Jr
Randall Men
Jeffs Elect Delegates For Inter-Club Debates
The Jeffs elected their representatives Jack Cunningham Harold Lee Jim Foster Harold Cory and Henry Mourland for three cornered inter club debates to be held in December or early January with elimination contests to begin within the club at once.
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Efee
Jack Cunningham
Harold Lee
Jim Foster
Harold Cory
Henry Mourland
Jeffs
Hayne Debating Club Holds Two Meetings
The Hayne Debating Club held two meetings last week the postponed one from previous week Monday and the regular Friday session. The Friday program included a declamation The Death of Lafayette a debate on income tax justice with Herndon and Kayton upholding the affirmative and Wolf and Fitch for the negative. Henry Herndon was named best speaker. Robert Bennett spoke on the Mexican question. Harold Bateman led parliamentary drill. Jean Jameson gave an excellent literary report. New members Fred Jaggs Sim Kelly Wendell Fowler were welcomed.
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Hayne Debating Club
Lafayette
Henry Herndon
Lewis Kayton
Osias Wolf
Edward Fitch
Robert Bennett
Harold Bateman
Jean Jameson
Fred Jaggs
Sim Kelly
Wendell Fowler
Hayne
Eight Hour Law Debated by High School Congress
The High School Congress met in the congressional chamber to discuss whether Congress was justified in passing the eight hour law. Oscar Wolfe and Jack Allensworth spoke for the affirmative while William Gunn spoke against. judges ruled for the negative. William Gunn was named best speaker.
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Congress
Congressional Chamber
Oscar Wolfe
Jack Allensworth
William Gunn
Messrs
Neville
Passur
Fawcett
Earle Racey
Carnot Allen
Bascom Humphrey
Courtesy Talk Shapes Friendship Club Meeting
The Friendship Club at the YWCA discussed courtesy with talks on home and public manners led by Miss Bernadine Appleby and Miss Mary Larkin. A pin for the society was planned, a visit to the Protestant Orphans’ Home on Oct 26 set, and the next meeting titled Pay Day will honor dues with a recognition service by Misses Edna and Florence Allem.
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Friendship Club
Bernadine Appleby
Mary Larkin
Willie Scott
Elizabeth Joyce
Dorothy Lindsay
Edith Thorne
Elsie Booth
Social Service Committee
Edna
Florence Allem
Athenian Literary School Entertains Philomathean Debating Club
The Athenian Literary School of Stephen F. Austin High School hosted an evening in honor of the Philomatheans and Patrick Henry Debating Club. Program included welcome by Miss Abigail Turner, vocal and piano solos by Bernice Evans and Frances Kehoe, readings by Idele Adelman, duets by Dorothy Green and Jane Riley, and talks by school officials and club members. Cake and punch followed. The twenty member group works to become active club members, led by President Miss Abigail Turner, studying topics such as the Danish question and the eight hour law and parliamentary procedure.
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Stephen F. Austin School
Philomathean Debating Club
Philomatheans
Patrick Henry Debating Club
Abigale Turner
Bernice Evans
Bessie Burnett
Idele Adelman
Dorothy Green
Jane Riley
Frances Kehoe
Arnold
Moore
Pagel
Clarence Fawcett
Congress
Edith Thorne
Helen Bates
Ruth Ragsdale
Elizabeth Church
Mary Bowen
Athenian Literary Society
Miss Abigalerner
Applause For Mark Twains At Main Avenue High
The Mark Twain Club of Main Avenue High School held a lively meeting last Friday with a well received literary program. Performances included A Story of Two Lives by Loraine Sinsheimer and An Account of the Weather by Mildred Wilke. The committee announced next week's program will include Life of Bret Harte and two more numbers.
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Mark Twain
Main Avenue High School
Loraine Sinsheimer
Mildred Wilke
Bret Harte
Club News Highlights and Elections
The club announces revised constitution actions to be decided at the next meeting. Four new members Eunice Durham Grace Chandler Lillie Alterman and Anna Louise Loring join the membership committee’s efforts. A president appointed committee will visit other High School clubs to share work. A Halloween party at Miss Halene Henning’s home on October 28 will be an initiation event for members only.
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Alice Baiar
Melissa
Arline Evans
Red Woods
Corine Mair
Misses Eunice Durham
Grace Chandler
Lillie Alterman
Anna Louise Loring
Halene Henning
Scientific Society Postponements and Picnic Change
Scientists enjoyed a sparse schedule as the Scientific Society meeting was postponed except for a glass blowing experiment by president Lewis Kayton. The Brackenridge Society did not meet this week as it plans to meet biweekly. Jeff Maskins was elected vice president, succeeding Gladys Hughes.
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Scientific Society
Lewis Kayton
Jeff Maskins
Gladys Hughes
Haskins
Brackenridge Society
Proper Colors for Various Complexions
The piece guides selecting colors to suit hair and skin tones. It notes bright violet, rose, pink, and turquoise suit only clear complexions, while nattier blue works for brown hair with rosy cheeks. Redheads should avoid pinks and blues, blacks and whites suit dark hair for evening, blondes can wear moonlight white, brunettes should prefer soft ivory, and vivid complexions with dark features tolerate bright rose and Saxe blues.
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Brunetts
Sign Language at the Fish Monger and Tin Zinc Rise
A humorous scene shows a fishmonger adjusting a fresh fish sign as customers debate wording while a separate note reports Japan expanding tin zinc mining and refining capacity. The juxtaposition highlights attention to phrasing and growing metal industry activity.
October Poems and sea voyage lines in fall anthology
A collection of verses, including children’s voyage with a cloud carriage and a brook, Dickinson-like October weather, and Joaquin Miller and turns of the sea. The Trafalgar style sea tale ends with the call Sail on and on.
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Joaquin Miller
Azores
September Days in Autumn
A poetic card recalling September's arrival with goldenrod, turning corn, bending apple trees, blue gentians, milkweed, sedges, asters, and grape fragrances. Birds and butterflies enliven the scene as Helen Hunt Jackson evokes the season’s harvest beauty and hopeful cheer.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
November Woods Reveals Quiet Observations
A reflective prose piece traces a walk through bare woods in November. The narrator notes shifting light and cold, the melting snow, and a growing sense of perception as the forest reveals new textures and fragrances.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
October’s Gypsy Call Moves Vagabond Hearts
Bliss Carman’s verse evokes October’s firelit hills and autumnal mood. The speaker’s blood stirs at maples and frosty asters as October calls the wandering soul to rise and follow.
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S. A. Gas & Electric Co
Andy
Demosthenes Society of Brackenridge School
Girls of Austin School
Mark Twains
High School
Japan
H. H. Jackson
Woodbine
Columbus
Bliss Carman
Wolfson’s
Beacon
Saul Woltson
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