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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1932
Page
6
The Clyde Johnson led feature lists staff writers Madge Sears Guy Hamilton Jr James Lindsey Joe Thomas Meador Emma Claire Vestal Lula Lee Vestal Van Vestal plus Faculty Advisor William Cantrell Jr for The W H S Reflector.
Editor encourages English class writers to submit pieces to the Reflector. This push aims to foster thoughtful student journalism and thoughtful work for publication, suggesting students write and share their work with the school community.
A collection of student writings discusses disarmament prospects at a Geneva conference with two thousand delegates from fifty nations. Agnes McKenna asks if the world can disarm while nations maintain growing armed forces. The set also praises art, citing Diego Rivera, and lauds Washington Bicentennial patriotism as Edwin Fulton notes the significance of February 22. Reverend Charles Dodgson Lewis Carroll’s 100th birthday is highlighted with humorous remark on his identity.
An old advertisement touts 666 Liquid Tablets and 666 Salve as internal and external treatments for colds. It claims fast relief and positions the trio as a complete cure and speedy remedy.
Mary Joe Sears notes the 100th anniversary of Lewis Carroll celebrated across English speaking countries. Carroll, famed for imaginative tales and puzzles, was a Christ Church Oxford alum and Church of England deacon who created toys and music boxes for three young girls.
The Chatterbox Club of English IV held a Friday meeting on January 29 with talks on Scholastic articles. The program’s highlight was a debate on whether the United States should interfere in the Chinese situation, with Guy Hamilton Jr and Princess Compton affirming and Myrtle Neal and Thomas Gillett opposing.
The W. H. S. Rifle Club shows growing skill as four members besides the supervisor earned brassards last week and Homer Lee Sears joined the group. Members work on posture, grip, aiming, and accuracy while business men and associates keep up regular practices and a keen in-house competition grows. Meetings for associate members occur every Thursday night, well attended according to M. N. V. in 1932.
Masqueraders Club plans a musical comedy titled Marrying Marian for later this month. It will mark the high school dramatic club’s first effort of this kind and aims to uncover hidden talent. Casting is pending and a firm date will be announced soon.
The Chatterbox Club of the senior English class met in regular session on Friday January 29. Five students Opal Ford Donald Hall Ben Clark Evelyn Cummings and Lorene Garner discussed current news and literature from January Scholastic. Homer Lee Sears earned best speaker honors after the debate on disarmament with Lester Martin James Lindsey Maxine Roberts. Visitors included Superintendent Smith Miss Elizabeth Waggoner and Miss Wilmina Salisbury.
The English III junior class met January 22 in regular session called to order by chairman Mr. Bryant. The program featured Scholastic Magazine material including several articles such as Fiction.
In a student program, the debate on canceling all war debts concluded with the negative side prevailing. Frances Pope and Dick Montgomery upheld the negative, while Mary Jo Sears carried the affirmative. The audience favored the negative overall, per E. C. V. 83.
In a brief session on February 1 Joe Thomas Meador presented club expenses for repairing Whitewright High School stage curtains. Members spent remaining time rehearsing songs for the upcoming musical comedy Married Marian.
El Circulo Espanol met Friday under Mr. Gee the teacher and Frank Clark the president. A social gathering was planned for Miss Dorothy Ryan’s home but postponed to Thursday night due to weather. First year Spanish class members are making Spanish calendars for 1932 with several beautiful ones completed recently.
Vonda Lee Stateville spent the weekend in Leonard. Evelyn Cummings visited in Bells Sunday afternoon. Kathleen Pierson visited in Leonard Sunday afternoon. Emmagene Sears spent Sunday afternoon in Sherman. Myra Nell Vestal visited in Leonard.
In a humorous exchange a seller and buyer spar over a parrot's swearing habit. Miss Ray tests Robert Deberry with Latin phrases as a joke about love and its opposite. The banter turns on romance and a quip about Reno as a metaphor for love gone ill.
A curated set of brief maxims from Shakespeare La Rochefoucauld Petrarch Johnson Euripides Browning Horace Emerson Voltaire Oldham Martial Seneca on gifts kindness love and the fading impact of praise. Each adage notes human folly discretion and the costs of fortune and memory.
Dr D Ernest McCurry pastor Wells Memorial Presbyterian New York urges church ads to attract worshippers arguing church advertising is not new and that publish or advertise words appear in scripture He cautions against indifference among church members and says effective ads boost value and reach. Editor and Publisher notes US investments abroad exceed 15 billion and calls for global interest. Sun and Semi-Weekly Farm News offer one year at 1 85 to same address.
The item covers the village near Whitewright on highway 160 with its five businesses and four teacher school, mentions residents and visitors from Sherman Dallas Lubbock Leonard and Blue Ridge, notes church activity and a Junior Christian Endeavor, reports the death of Uncle Josh Ingram and funeral, plus a marriage of W. A. Bates to Eliza Shall in Wagner.
A brief Platonic reflection quotes Platus on how wisdom comes through learning from others. The saying emphasizes kindness in gaining insight rather than solitary effort.
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