High School Reflector Highlights and Hints
The High School Reflector edits note Mary Frances Stephens as editor with Clarence Wootten as assistant and a large list of reporters. A classroom feature discusses student traits and social scenes, color trends, short hair fashion, freshmen dating, and football jacket hopes, ending with a cautionary poem about trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Stephens
Clarence Wootten
Miss Neathery
Lindy Ashinhurst
G. C. Brown
Joe Cook
Weldon Ingram
John C. Jones
Kirk May
Bob Montgomery
Edward Montgomery
Bobby Morgan
Clifton Ross
Muriel Scoggins
Lester Simpson
London Slaughter
Betty M. Allen
Etha Brown
Jenn Caraway
Mary J. Cobb
Opal Knight
Margaret Hanna
Willa J. Ter
Theda Lewis
Dorthia Mitchll
Alma R. Reeves
Willadean Rice
Alma Jo Wilson
Personal growth checklist for social polish and manners
A reflective questionnaire guiding youths on appearance speech and social behavior. It covers weight, posture, grooming, makeup, teeth, clothing, voice, enunciation, vocabulary, listening, gossip avoidance, interests, clubs, hobbies, media choices, tact, courtesy, loyalty, teamwork, appreciation, and composure in groups.
Boys Homemaking Class Offers New Homemakers
On the third floor a class of boys studies home making under Mrs Blanton. The course covers food preparation nutrition table service social customs grooming clothing and vocation. Currently they study food and nutrition in relation to health and the writer suggests bold leap year matchmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanton
C. W
Reflector Corrects Honor Roll Omission for Polly Ann Brown
The Reflector notes Polly Ann Brown was left off last week’s honor roll and issues a correction. Editor remarks the omission was unintentional and that Brown should be recognized among honorees.
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Reflector
Polly Ann Brown
Students study transportation and grooming in junior class
The junior business class covers transport modes from the machine age including autos trolleys and railroads. Mrs Beazley recalls traveling on a cog train to Pike's Peak pushed by a diesel engine burning compressed air and crude oil.
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Beazley
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
J. C
Key to our mode of life: applied science and inventions
An article notes that applied science powers automobiles radios televisions airplanes and other comforts. It mentions Marconi and the telephone and electricity as core modern entertainment. It also describes algebra lessons on factoring monomials squares and trinomials with future work solving equations by factoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
A. R R
Students Read Poetry Sparks in English I Class
English I students receive literature books and explore home and family themes. Some learners memorize nearly a hundred lines of poetry, showing growing interest in verse study.
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W. R
V-Mail Stationery Boosts Overseas Mail Efforts
The government requires overseas mail to use V-Mail stationery and a sophomore English class cooperates fully. Mrs. Roddy explains V-Mail is safer as letters are copied and can be remailed if damaged in transit.
Stationery supplies gifted to sophomores by Lilley Roddy
Mr Lilley provided Mrs Roddy with sufficient stationery for the sophomores to write letters. The students appreciated the gesture as they prepared their correspondence.
Whitewright assembly invites Fat Stock Show support
Mr. Boyce House spoke at Whitewright High School on February 9 urging attendance at the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth on March 10. He noted free admission for Future Farmer boys but reminded everyone to pay the federal tax and shared amusing anecdotes from the production of Boom Town in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Boyce House
House
Fort Worth
California
Texas
Mr. House
C. S
Agriculture class builds safety railings and boxes
Ingram reports Gram mar School agriculture aims to improve safety with banisters rebuilt under supervisor Cruse. Second year students also built 22 bulletin boxes and two self feeders for calves and hogs. Cruse ordered hybrid corn from Norman, Ohio to boost yields. local farmers plan to plant it.
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Cruse
Norman
Ohio
Whitewright
J. C
Unusual Class Explores Quadratic Equations Under Mr Gentry
Eight boys and one girl in a class study quadratic equations since mid term. Mr Gentry notes five months wasted by pupils who now struggle with an easy problem they should have learned earlier.
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Gentry
Importance of School Cooperation
A schoolwide call for cooperation urges all to participate fully in every project. It stresses that shared enthusiasm yields success, praising students who assist others and noting cooperation as essential to good citizenship.
Whitewright Tigers Top Van Alstyne in Conference Clash
The Whitewright Tigers defeated the Van Alstyne Panthers 28-26 to even the district standings. Wootten led Whitewright with 11 points, Morgan added 9, while Gleaves topped Van Alstyne with 10 and Bridges had 9.
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Whitewright Tigers
van Alstyne Panthers
Wootten
Tigers
Morgan
Gleaves
Panthers
Bridges
Victory program at High School raises funds with acts and dances
A Thursday evening event at the High School building sold stamps for 59.95 and bonds for 1875 to support the victory program. Directed by Mrs. Sarah Kilgree the show included a one act play, musical numbers by Grammar and High School students, a paper doll costume song, drills, marches, a minstrel show and a humorous skit Waiting for the 2 40.
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Sarah Kilgree
Choral Club Adds Six Members and Forms Quartet
The Choral Club welcomes six new members since mid term and orders new music for three part singing. A male quartet is formed with Clar ence Wootten Bobby Jim Morgan Merle Scoggins and G C Brown. A girls double quartet sang Two numbers at the Methodist Church. Over the next six weeks folk songs and spirituals will be studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wootten
Bobby Jim Morgan
Merle Scoggins
G. C. Brown
Methodist Church
M. B
Recolonization studies span Europe Asia and America
A world history class explores the colonization of the Americas and European and Asian contributions. The lesson notes the late 17th century shift in France from monarchy to republican form during Napoleon's era.
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New World
America
Europe
Asia
France
Napoleon
Gentry
L. A
Grammar School Friday Night Romance Rumors
Gossip about dances and couples spreads among students. Mentions J T V, Betty Bryant, M L B, B J M, Marcia, J G Bow, N L S, R L W, Norma, E L B, D N E M S, N H D, and Pilot Grove.
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Betty Bryant
Marcia
J. G
Pilot Grove
G. Bow
R L. W
Norma
Fragmented Social Note With Names and Dating Hints
A jumble of personal references notes lonesomeness visitors and dating. mentions M S visiting from a boy, Saturday night Henry, M B Y happy about Dan returning, J C fears J K J anger over a date with an ex student, B J B near C 5S, D F seen at Tom Bean, and a final Dale inquiry to iW J H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
J. C
D. F
Dale
Iw. J. H
English III Explores Early American Writers
English III students chart new literary shores studying Booth Tarkington and Richard Connell as modern short story writers. They have already read Henry the Great and The Most Dangerous Game. the lesson continues with Charles Brockden Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Tarkington
Richard Connell
Henry the Great
Charles Brockden Brown
James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving Ranked
A discussion places James Fenimore Cooper as the first American novelist of importance, ranking Washington Irving for his popular short stories and noting Hawthorne’s emphasis on the short story as a higher craft. The article continues on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
Hawthorne
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