Editor in Chief and faculty adviser listed for school publication
The document names Lula Lee Vestal as Editor in Chief with Gladys B. Ray as Faculty Adviser and lists reporters Inez Coffey Nova Bryant Mary Lena Reeves Anna Joyce Benson Meda Jane Wiser Martha Bryant Lawrence Owen Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols Anita Vestal Albert Lea Jackson Dorothy Bennett Merle Robbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Lee Vestal
Gladys B. Ray
Inez Coffey
Nova Bryant
Mary Lena Reeves
Anna Joyce Benson
Meda Jane Wiser
Martha Bryant Lawrence Owen
Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols
Anita Vestal
Albert Lea Jackson
Dorothy Bennett Merle Robbins
Idleness and Leisure in a Student Life
A reflective editorial contrasts idleness and leisure, urging students to divide hours wisely. It argues that wasted time leads to failure while diligent work creates room for genuine enjoyment, and urges readers to survey their own lives.
Tennis Court Relined With Tape Lines At W H S
Last Thursday afternoon one of the W H S tennis courts was rolled and lined with tape lines for permanence. The tape lines will require only rolling after rain, reducing relining costs and improving accuracy. Principal W S Cunningham donated the tape lines and will supply balls as sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Cunningham
From Study of Frogs to Study of Humans
In a new biology emphasis students shift from animals to the human body describing esophagus glands and organs. J B Haldane urges self knowledge with interior features noting beauty within. Mr Key endorses the move, describing the task as difficult yet interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Haldane
Mr. Key
Mr. Haldane
I. C
Future Farmers Turn Wimpy
A playful note laments vanished school lunches at Western High School. It suspects thieves among boys, speculates on birds, rats, or returning agriculture students as culprits, joking that the "detectives" will find the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland Yard
J Vv
Chapel program on agricultural club and tariff study
The Friday morning chapel program was led by Mr. W. B. Cunningham. Murl Ryan spoke on the activities and results of the Agricultural Club, followed by a talk on the effects of tariff reduction by Mr. W. S. Cunningham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Cunningham
Agricultural Club
Murl Ryan
W. S. Cunningham
M. L
Pen Portraits of Class Presidents
Freshman class president is a beautiful blond blue eyed young lady named Sarah Belle Gillett. Sophomore president and Reflector staff librarian is a popular blond with blue eyes. Junior president is a short blond boy nicknamed Mutt Pee Wee and Dramatic Club member. Senior president is Inez Coffey, a medium blond librarian Dramatic Club Reflector staff and known for talking and teasing Mickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Belle Gillett
Reflector
Miss Vestal
Pee-Wee
Dramatic Club
Jay Lee
Inez Coffey
Mickey
Inez
High School Commercial Education Aims and Objectives
A list of twenty one goals for business administration courses presented by Mrs. Jewel Kennemer. They cover practical skills in typing, bookkeeping, stenography, office machines, selling, advertising, production, and finance, plus ethics, citizenship, and personal development for success in commercial occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Kennemer
Boys Attend Hi Y Meet at Denison
Mr Burma and six high school students attended the Hi Y meetings at Denison. They left Whitewright at 1 15 Friday and returned 4 Sunday. Attendees included Jack Meador J Y Russell Paul Pierson Joe Thomas May G V Vestal and Leslie Holland. The theme was Sharing Ourselves as Christ Did. Dr Burma gave the Sunday address. Recreation filled the schedule and girls were invited to attend Saturday. Cost was 1.00 for board three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Horsebacking rises as new sport at W H S
On campus last week boxing matches provided entertainment. Anna Lee Yowell returns after illness and Dorothy Nicholson worries over broken glasses. Students ride bikes to class, while others borrow rides from Jack Lewis and Sherlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee-Wee
Anna Lee Yowell
Dorothy Nicholson
Martha
Dot
Jack Lewis
Sherlock
Ther
Pattie Jean Hulett
P. A
Woodrow
Lorance
Willie
Bryant
Ross
Riley
Clyde
Whitesboro
Frankie Hollingsworth
Mary Lee Chaney
Lorna Lee Thornton
Billy Thornton
FERA Students Enroll in New Courses at High School
FERA pupils join new offerings in bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting. Fourteen study bookkeeping, ten shorthand, and fourteen typewriting with Mrs. George German teaching. Names include Agnes Coffey Elizabeth Hedgpeth Frances Pope Merle Robbins Hester Martin Maggie Horton Mildred Holcomb Maggie Badgett Mary Jo Sears Maxine Roberts Mary Lou Ross Mrs Sidney Watson J B Harrison Woodrow Belew Franklin Dixon J B Cates Guy Vowell Lon Ready Bradley N B Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FERA
Agnes Coffey
Elizabeth Hedgpeth
Frances Pope
Merle Robbins
Hester Martin
Maggie Horton
Mildred Holcomb
Maggie Badgett
Mary Jo Sears
Maxine Roberts
Mary Lou Ross
Sidney Watson
J. B. Harrison
Woodrow Belew
Franklin Dixon
J. B. Cates
Guy Vowell
Lon Ready Bradley
N. B. Nicholson
George German
M. R
Parley Veux Gossip From W. H. S. Social Scene
Charmaine writes of senior boys party happenings at the school with names like Ross Riley and Gladys Gosnell dubbed the Whirlwind for her suspenseful acts. Recounted dates feature Vivian L. E Nova Pinky and others at Friday and Sunday events, plus riding plans, a Hi Y gathering in Denison, and local mentions of Meda and Betty Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Riley
Charmaine
Vivian
L. E
Nova
Pinky
Gladys Gosnell
Clyde
Merle
Martha
Dorothy
Leslie H
Earl P
Yvonne
Elizabeth Ireland
Elizabeth
R. V
Will
J. Y
G. V
L. F
Denison
Hi-Y
Pattie Jean
Anna Joyce
Leonard
Farmersville
Fannin County
Robert Cantrell
Meda
Leslie
Betty Joe
Litha Sue
Denis
Mickey
Earl Phillips
la Rue Lumber Co
Leslie Holland
Stephens- Bryant Insurance Co
Leon Chumbley
A Big Hole for A Little Little Tree
On campus agriculture students dig a deep hole to replant a pecan tree. The hole grows so large it could bury a cow, and the tiny three foot tree is carried back by a student tucked under his coat, amid suppressed laughter.
The Masqueraders Club Plans Murdered Alive Thriller
The Masqueraders Club held a weekly meeting on February 5 and works on exterior scenery while planning to repaint the interior. Rehearsals for Murdered Alive proceed with difficult effects, promising one of the club's best productions and a late February showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C
Why English Spelling Confounds Sound and Letter Rules
A school paper poem examines why words with similar spellings do not rhyme such as break with freak and horse with worse. It muses on irregular pronunciations from doubt about why words like few and screw differ and why mold sounds unlike could.
Future Farmers To Hold Banquet In Whitewright
A father son banquet debuts in Whitewright this Friday night February 15. The program will be led mainly by the Future Farmers of America chapter with the home economics department serving. Vocational agriculture students and their fathers are urged to attend with guests including the Whitewright school board ministers mayor county agent E H Varnell district supervisor of vocational agriculture E R Alexander head of agriculture at College Station and Whitewright High School superintendent H W Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Future Farmers
Miss Boone
E. H. Varnell
E. R. Alexander
Department of Agriculture
College Station
H. W. Key
Whitewright High School
Let's Patronize Our School Library
A student urges using the school library which houses about 3,000 books and four encyclopedia sets. The note praises the library as the core of wisdom and memory improvement and asks peers to make the best of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C
Local Campus Boxing Ring Draws SRO Cheers
On campus a boxing mitten stunt drew a crowded, noisy crowd despite two holdouts. J Y Russell and Mr Cunningham started the bout, Mickey and Paul followed, until extra students rushed the ring and the scene ended with everyone fleeing inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y. Russell
Mr. Cunningham
Mickey
Paul
Spanish Club Organized at Local School
A Spanish Club was organized on Thursday January 31 with officers elected: Vivian Echols president Sue Barnes vice president Elizabeth Ireland secretary and treasurer Martha Bryant chairman of the program committee. Meetings will be Thursday morning first period and limited to Spanish II students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Echols
Sue Barnes
Elizabeth Ireland
Martha Bryant
V. E
Galileo credited with invention of first thermometer in 1592
The first thermometer is credited to Galileo Galilei, the Italian physicist, around 1592, marking an early milestone in temperature measurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galileo
Junto Club Program Highlights Inventors and Inventions
The Junto Club met Friday with the Pioneers in charge. A program on Modern Invention featured talks on Alexander Bell and his invention, the automatic telephone, Luther Burbank and his achievements, Henry Ford and his works, the comptometer, built in furniture, and the speedometer. The meeting adjourned to reconvene February 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junto Club
Martha Bryant
Alexander Bell
Nora Bryant
Merle Flemings
Luther Burbank
Dorothy Nicholson
Henry Ford
Dorothea Nell Pirtle
Tree From Houston's Home Is Planted
Arbor Day service is planned on February 22 at the High School campus. A tree from the Sam Houston estate will be presented to the High School by the P. T. A. Lt. Lake facilitated the tree from the Texas Historical Nut Tree Planting Association. Mr. Cunningham and his agriculture class planted it on the east side of campus. Prospects exist for a Mount Vernon tree to be given to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Centennial
Sam Houston
Lieutenant Lake
Texas Historical Nut Tree Planting Association
Cunningham
Mount Vernon
N. B
Tennis players need more room as tree blocks court
Mr. Cunningham spent the last week transplanting a hackberry tree to clear space for tennis players. The move was made because the tree blocked part of the playing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Bus Schedule Changes Reported by Students
The article notes Monday morning changes to two bus routes affecting students. One bus now travels Rose Hill first, Pilot Grove second, Orangeville third, and Canaan last. The second route remains the same except it no longer serves Ida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Pilot Grove
Rose Hill
Canaan
Ida
Requirements of Good Shoes
Advice on selecting properly fitting shoes notes weight transfer from heel to toe during steps and warns against shoes that push weight directly to the big toe. A rattlesnake with advanced tuberculosis is treated at the Phipps Institute in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phipps Institute
Philadelphia
F F A Class Elects New Officers
A special meeting led by Mr. Cunningham elected Murl Ryon as president with L E Garner as vice president Clyde Medearis as secretary Clifton DeBerry as treasurer Virgil Birchfield as farm watch dog Jack Meador as parliamentarian and Leon Chumbley as reporter for the second semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Murl Ryon
L. E. Garner
Clyde Medearis
Clifton DeBerry
Virgil Birchfield
Jack Meador
Leon Chumbley
Eight-Ball Club President Names New Cuspidor
The Eight Ball Club president appoints Brother Brown as cuspidor in a ceremonial move. The line reads with a mock colonial tone referencing Rastus and Brother Brown in a club setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus
Brothan
Brother Brown
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