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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
6
The banquet honored Mary Frances Stephens and Clarence Wootten with awards. many staff and students were named for recognition. Coaches received checks, and lettered players Bob Montgomery and Lester Simpson were praised as Navy servicemen in San Diego.
The second six weeks is done and the 43 44 school year is one third gone. If report cards disappoint you, aim for a dramatic improvement next six weeks. Many students made honor roll. work to add more names. Visiting service members stress we must get an education and do the best we can.
The annual banquet for the football boys was held Thursday night with guests the pep squad faculty and coaches and their spouses. A baked chicken dinner followed by festive desserts and a Christmas inspired decor. The program listed speeches songs and awards while the basketball schedule was announced and sweater recipients named.
The article highlights home economics classes where freshman groups study breakfasts and cereals and prepare lab foods such as baked bananas and applesauce. Another group tackles bedroom improvements with color schemes, drapery, and wallpapers, while sopis work on kitchen enhancements and tableware notebooks. Junior girls study lunch and supper foods, cheese cooking, and plan fruit cake ingredients, with an illustrated nutrition notebook.
The annual material is finally here after a delay caused by Taylor Engraving Company revising its publishing method. Staffers will start work immediately and seek full cooperation to ensure a successful annual.
In her third year sections both sections show rapid progress and the teacher declines to declare a winner. The sixth period group has finished a study of The House of Seven Gables with strong engagement and notable effort from each student.
A class report based on a chapter from a novel increased engagement and enjoyment. Shortage of books delays one section from starting the study of the work.
The English II class finishes Chronicles of Experience and begins poetry study including old and modern ballads hero poems and lyric pieces. Sophomores set a school record with most memorizing 96 of 100 lines and will compile a notebook of poems by year end.
An admirer reports Margaret Hanna has taken to dancing like Twinkle Toes in an auditorium on a rainy day. The note says Maggie tries Astaire and Rogers steps and could truly make the grade someday.
A string of social notes mentions C R no longer preferring strawberry blondes and a weekend date with J R V. M H looks forward to the weekend, B L R loves cookies, and J R C recalls fear of R R S Thursday night.
The pep squad met Tuesday afternoon December 7 to decide if girls not attending the banquet should pay full sixty-five cents. After debate a vote settled that nonattending girls pay only thirty-five cents.
In wartime sentiment the piece recalls vacant chairs at Christmas and soldiers abroad while praising the homefront packages that lift morale. It contrasts sorrow with optimism and notes holiday brightness through support for troops. The second excerpt reports a six week shorthand test showing students’ unique systems diverging from Mr Gregg's method and Mrs Beazley advising adherence to book instructions.
John C. Jones offered possible but unlikely reasons in a classroom discussion about why Milton wrote Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. He suggested Paradise Lost arose on his first marriage and Paradise Regained after his wife's death, according to M. F. S.
The piece argues about the purpose of exams with educators debating their value. It suggests exams motivate students to study and take their work seriously, while some propose alternative education systems.
W H S teachers favor exams to gauge learning and provide satisfaction from achievement, though many students must cram last minute to prepare. O G.
Fifth period chemistry supervised by Mr. Felker concentrates on molecular weight theory in class while the lab activity diverges. Students enjoy hands on work with copper sulfate and other reagents, with John C. Jones praising the colorful results as G C Brown and Eugene Reeves push for book based experiments.
The article describes British commando units as small bands of specially trained volunteers formed to conduct raids on Axis- conquered coasts. The term comes from Portuguese meaning a commanded party, highlighting their semi military independent role and popular intrigue surrounding the tactic.
The article explains the origin and training of commandos as elite fighters from the regular army, likening them to a coveted aristocracy of adventure. It notes their exploits in Europe and Africa and argues that peace requires mental and spiritual fitness alongside physical readiness for reconstruction, personal efficiency, and social cooperation.
A civics class recently studied court procedure and the differences between civil and criminal cases. They explored arrest, conviction, prisoner rights, appeals, and contempt of court with engaging material.
Editor and Publisher reports about 40 000 newspapermen in the armed services. Mechanical departments lead with about one third of the total, while many papers have lost up to 70 percent of their October 1940 staff since the draft began. It underscores the clash between fascism and a free press and urges active wartime involvement.
In 45 B C a massive clash at Munda in Spain costs thirty thousand soldiers their lives. The conflict marks a decisive blow in the civil wars.
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