Jeffersonian Society Debates Stir Enthusiastic Meeting
The Jeffersonian Literary Society held a lively Friday session with two debates for spots on the inter club teams to face the Congress and the Hayes in December. Debaters argued policy under Democratic and Republican lines, while members and guests filled the room and a third debate was planned for Monday.
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Jeffersonian Literary Society
Congress
Jeff
Kenneth McCalla
Travis Mourland
Wilson
Robert Melton
Harold Lee
Mr. Hughes
United States
Mexico
John H. Haile Jr
Harold Simon
Orion Foster
Mark Postlewaite
Jack Cunningham
John Clapton
Irving Archer
Randall Menefee
Ruby West
Quala
Moore
Webb
Alfred Appleby
Henry Mourland
Debate on Labor Unions Ends With Negative Victory
High School Congress held a crowded session after classes. Debaters Meyer Passur and Jack Allensworth argued for the motion that labor unions benefit the country, while Carnot Allen and Bascom Humphrey led the negative. The judges named the negative winner and Carnot Allen as best speaker.
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Paul Lacks
Meyer Passur
Jack Allensworth
Carnot Allen
Bascom Humphrey
American Resources
W. R. Berryman
Alexander Saper
Congress
H. H. Ryan
Erich Bruhn
John Strange
New Senior Class Holds Second May Meeting
The newly organized June 1917 class met Tuesday afternoon in the south section for the second term meeting. Many members attended and important business was transacted. The president appointed Miss Helen Bates as reporter pro tem in Milton Ling's absence, and Harold Bateman was made temporary leader.
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Huating
Helen Bates
Milton Ling
Harold Bateman
Danderine Promises Hair Growth and Dandruff Cure
A nostalgic advertisement urges girls to try Knowl ton's Dandeline and Danderine claiming hair becomes abundant, soft, glossy, and dandruff free within minutes. It promises two weeks to new hair growth and urges trial with a small amount on a strand to prove results.
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Knowlton
Hayne Debating Club Holds Fall Meeting
The Hayne Debating Club met after school in room 12 on Friday October 27. Henry W Grady delivered The Stricken South with strong poise. Day ton Wilde led a persuasive declamation. A debate on nine jurors for a verdict saw Harold Bateman and Herbert Cushman defeat Edwin Murray and John Stevans. Bateman won best speaker. An extemporaneous speech on The Coming Presidential Election followed with notable enthusiasm.
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Hayne Debating Club
Hayne
South
Henry W. Grady
Dayton Wilde
Edwin Murray
John Stevans
Harold Bateman
Herbert Cushman
Twice Told Tales Mark Twain Club Meets After Halloween
The Mark Twain Club of the high school held a regular meeting last Friday with readings Life of Bret Harte A Treasure of the Red Woods and Melissa by members Miss Alice Bailor Corinne Mair and Arline Evans. New censor Corinne Mair elected. A Halloween party for new members followed on October 28 with stunts and refreshments. Visitors Day on November 29 will honor Mark Twain's birthday with many invited.
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Mark Twain Club
Sesson
Bret Harte
Alice Bailor
Red Woods
Corinne Mair
Melissa
Arline Evans
Wilson Club Debate Questions Purchase of Danish West Indies
A Woodrow Wilson debating Club meeting at Bonham School last Wednesday discussed whether the United States should buy the Danish West Indies. The negative team of William Lohmueller and Roland Voight defeated the affirmative of Elton Howard and Elbert Briggs.
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Woodrow Wilson Debating Club
Bonham School
United States
Danish West Indies
William Lohmueller
Roland Voight
Elton Howard
Elbert Briggs
Scientists at Play Shortened by Picnic at Brackenridge Park
Last Wednesday the Scientific Society meeting was cut short due to the annual Brackenridge Park picnic. Mr. Pheiffer, high school physics and chemistry teacher, demonstrated burning iron in oxygen and shared the experiment object with attendees for close inspection.
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Brackenridge Park
Zoo
And
Scientific Society
Pheiffer
A Spanish Hallowe en Oh High School Club Party
The Spanish Club held a regular meeting last Monday with a well prepared program. A Friday Hallowe en party followed a lengthy debate over events with dancing games and refreshments. Over 50 guests attended and some dressed as ghosts creating amusement.
Orchestra Debuts To Warm Public Welcome
At Thursday afternoon assembly the high school orchestra under Miss Lula Griesenbeck presented four numbers to strong applause. H. H. Ryan and Miss Griesenbeck urged support for a high school brass band and announced a benefit concert on November 9 at 8:30 PM with fifteen cent admission to buy instruments. Carlos Bee presented a framed Woodrow Wilson speech from Lincoln birthplace ceremonies.
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Lula Griesenbeck
H. H. Ryan
Carlos Bee
Woodrow Wilson
Lincoln
Ryan
Austin
Phils Host Ghost Themed Halloween Party For School Clubs
The Philomathean Debating Club hosted about 125 girls for a Halloween program in the music room. The event featured a ghost theme with black and orange decor and club colors, a welcome from Louise Lucas, and an extemporaneous debate on the resolution that there are ghosts led by Mary Larkin Ruth Baity against Lillian James.
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Philomathean Debating Club
Hallowe'en
Philomathean
Louise Lucas
Phils
Martha Bradshaw
Constance Douglass
Ruth Henry
Mark Twain
Streria
Mary Larkin
Ruth Baity
Lillian James
Members Enjoy German Poem Read by Miss Gutzeit
The San Antonio High School German Club was entertained Friday with a seven stanza German poem about two boys read by Miss Emma Gutzeit, sponsor and German head. Misses Helen Althoff and Louise Seawell sang a duet with piano accompaniment by Miss Marie Meyers as guests. Refreshments in the Manual Arts Building impressed all, as the Kaffee Klatch arrived.
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San Antonio
Emma Gutzeit
Miss Gutzeit
Helen Althoff
Louise Seawell
Marie Meyers
Manual Arts
Waiting for His Suit
Paddy hides under the sign of the three balls as Mike presses for news. Paddy fears his suit will come due in twelve hours, just as the pawn loan expires in a year. He waits, anxious, ready for the elusive moment the door will swing open.
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Paddy
Mike
Patrick
Pathrick
A Highlander Refuses Train Fare in Tobermory Tale
A narrator recalls Donald from Tobermory who asks the price to Oban. When told, he jokes the journey is too dear and begins walking. A train approaches and he shouts to not whistle, claiming the offer was made before and he won’t ride.
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Tobermory
Oban Pney
Donald
He and the Junior Clerk Match in a Quiet Household Scene
In a fragmentary exchange a young speaker asserts youth and willingness while a partner contemplates permission from a father figure. The father’s potential approval hinges on finding a junior clerk with the stated qualifications.
Free Trial for Asthma Cure Offered to Sufferers
An advertisement promises a free trial of a new asthma cure at the advertiser’s expense. It targets long standing and recent cases, claims relief across climates and ages, and urges readers to mail a coupon today with no payment required. It claims to treat wheezing and paroxysms and to be especially for those who failed other inhalers and patent remedies.
When the Wind Passes Through Leaves and Trees
A reflective poem excerpt asks who has seen the wind noting its unseen presence as leaves tremble and trees bow their heads, with the wind described as passing through without the observer’s sight.
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You
Poems by Jean Ingelow and Celia Thaxter and a memorial ode
A compilation of verse fragments and a memorial poem. The pieces include Ingelow’s reflective lines about nature, the moon, and a birthday self. Thaxter’s coastal scene with a sandpiper and sea imagery. and a funeral elegy praising a famed poet with classic tributes. An exhortation to seek grace and mystery closes the collection.
Emmerson and the mountain and the squirrel tale
A compact excerpt blends Ralph Waldo Emerson’s fables with solemn verse by Mrs. F. Alexander. It contrasts natural beings with human grandeur, finishing with a burial scene on Nebo and a silent march of death. The text echoes themes of humility, fate, and the unseen.
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F. Alexander
Nebo
Jordan
Moab
Susan Coolidge Leaves Fall Bedtime Poem
A childlike autumn poem where the Great Tree commands the leaves to sleep. Leaves beg to stay and dance, but the Tree insists on bedtime. Dawn reveals the ground as leaves lie golden and red, awaiting warm blankets and rest.
God hath made of one blood all nations of men
Mary McDowell proclaims unity and citizenship in the United States. She urges citizens to live for the country by promoting pure government, honest officers, and a nation fit to raise the best men and women who will rule.
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United States
What Johnson Would Do
Wilkins, an enthusiastic golfer, vents after a rival named Fitznoodle crosses his tee. Johnson replies with a sharp retort about aiming to outdo the interruption by crossing his own tee in response.
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Johnson
Wilkins
John
Fitznoodle
All Around
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