Washington Remembered and School News From W H S Reflector
The freshmen are practicing declamation under Miss Lucille LaRoe with Vivian Echols Margaret Lilley and Dorothy LaRoe. Track meet saw juniors and sophomores win 38 to 15 led by Billy Earl Montgomery. Jack Lay praised for a mile run and high jump tie among Grady Stillwell Billie Earl Montgomery and Jack Bradley. Forum Club discusses delegation method for Interscholastic League debaters while technocracy study continues in economics.
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Vivian Echols
Margaret Lilley
Dorothy LaRoe
Lucille LaRoe
Lytle Biggerstaff
Dorothy Nell Pirtle
S. C
Billy Earl Montgomery
J. Y. Russell
Jack Lay
Grady Stillwell
Billie Earl Montgomery
Jack Bradley
Forum Club
Key
Notable Whitewright Seniors Shine in Club Life
Maurine Pierce, a valued W H S member, active in Glee Hiking and Dramatic Clubs, plans to enter Texas Tech to study dietetics. Also highlighted is N B Nicholson, a popular senior of the Masqueraders' Club, set to appear in The Whole Truth, famed for his jovial nature and southern drawl.
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Washington
Mary Custis
Maurine
Glee Club
Dramatic Club
Sherman
Texas Tech
Whitewright
N. B. Nicholson
Masqueraders
N. B
F. P
Freshman Prospects Interscholastic Tryouts Report
Freshman prospects in the preliminary try outs for the Interscholastic series are noted. The article highlights emerging talents among placeholders and outlines early selection potential for upcoming events.
Progress Chart Shows Freshman English Class Rivalry
A class plans a weekly oral test on parts of speech with a single chance per student. A progress chart lists grades from zero to one hundred. Miss Tapscott pits the two freshman sections in a yearly contest where the lower average hosts a party for the other group.
New Library Rental Shelf Offers Twelve New Books
The library opens a twelve book rental shelf funded by book fines. A ten cent deposit and three cent daily rental apply, with proceeds funding more new titles. Authors include LaFarge Buck Coward and Huxley. titles range from One Came Out to Easy Virtue.
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Shrine of Fair Women
Brave New World
Field of Honor
Easy Virtue
Oliver LaFarge
Pearl S. Buck
Noel Coward
Julian Huxley
Seniors Choose Modern Invitations and Cards
Monday morning the seniors gathered to view discuss and select invitations and cards in their room. After debate invitations of modernistic design were chosen to the satisfaction of all. Miss Dorotha Wood of Dallas visited the high school Monday morning and other guests included Miss La Tane Boyer and Miss Bernice Wade with Dorothy Fay Lyle visiting Merle Fleming.
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Dorotha Wood
Dallas
la Tane Boyer
Dorothy Tate
Bernice Wade
Savoy High School
Dorothy Fay Lyle
Merle Fleming
Golden haired blue eyed juniors and timid soph
A report from W H S highlights a popular junior boy famed for high grades and athletic ability living near The Belt and near Cannon. It also notes a timid sophomore girl who is neat, talented, and well liked despite shyness, and a cheerful senior girl known for blue eyes and black hair who is active and emotional.
Sophomores Present Chapel Program on Immigration
A Friday morning chapel feature addressed immigration with several talks and a debate. Lula Lee Vestal spoke on The Six Largest Parts of the United States while Mabel Ross and Dorothy Tate discussed naturalization at Ellis Island. The event closed with a debate on closing doors to foreigners for ten years, moderated by J Y Russell and Lawrence Owens.
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Lula Lee Vestal
United States
Mabel Ross
Ellis Island
Dorothy Tate
J. Y. Russell
Lawrence Owens
J.D. L
Pot-Pourri Dialogue Snapshots From a School Morning
A short dialogue scene shows Billy Earl noting Mary Frances daydreaming, Dorothy lamenting a zero on algebra, J. Y. dismissing it, J. B. unable to sleep due to a window shade left up, and a quip about reaching across the street to pull it down.
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Billy Earl
Mary Frances
J. B
David
Dialogue Snippet Sparks Dinner Time Banter
A fragment shows Julia Ann ordering someone to come after supper at six while Dick M. counters. Sonny longs for roast duck in the window and Murl jokes about spitting. Jack Lewis asks if you have read To.
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Julia Ann
Dick M
Sonny
Library Quips Echo in Quiet Reading Room
Fieldmouse asks how to get him to listen while Lula Lee wonders about Lambs Tales and Miss Tapscott reminds it is a library. Miss Boone inquires about a waffle and Anther defines it as a pancake with a non skid tread.
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Dorothy T
Lula Lee
Boone
Facts about science myths and figures from B. E. M.
The list presents a mix of asserted scientific claims and trivia such as sound speed in warm versus cold air, earth mass, horsepower from coal steam, tobacco farming in Connecticut between 1640 and 1660, moving large buildings, tire pressure effects on fuel use, the Helene hummingbird claim, car steering at speed, ocean salt potential to form continents, and petrified lightning in Michigan, credited to B. E. M.
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Connecticut
West Indies
Europe
Michigan
Taxes Tax the Farmer and His Fowl Poem
A provocative anonymous verse attacks broad taxation from farm to city life. It lists taxes on animals, tools, homes, work, and even the unborn, urging heavy levies to “make life hell” and warning government overreach. The piece frames tax as oppression voiced in a stark, satirical tone.
San Francisco Bridges Plan To Span Bay And Harbour
The eight mile bridge between San Francisco and Oakland will start within a month and a Golden Gate spanning bridge is under survey. The project foresees a 680 foot high double decker structure costing 75 million dollars with nine auto lanes and two streetcar tracks. It aims to boost traffic tenfold beyond current ferry use of 55 million yearly. Printing services noted in Whitewright.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Golden Gate
Pacific
Great Harbor
National Geographic Society
Woman Today Is Almost Perfect Says Professor
London reports Professor E. McBride, a noted British physiologist, praising modern women's height, health and social changes. He credits exercise and hygiene, the decline of tight lacing, and smaller families for improved physical perfection among 1933 girls, especially middle-class brides. An unrelated note mentions Italy facing price-cutting issues.
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London
E. McBride
Getting the Low Down
A playful chain of hearsay travels across distant sources and odd connections. The verse traces rumor from a policeman on a beat to a laborer on the street and beyond to far off places and unlikely intermediaries.
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Timbuctoo
Cuba
Texas
Klondike
Scotland Ends Free Tonsil and Adenoid Removals
Scotland will end free removal of tonsils and adenoids for schoolchildren whose families can pay for the operation. The shift aims to reduce government healthcare costs while maintaining access for eligible cases.
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Scotland
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