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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1933
Page
3
The piece lists editors reporters and advisers for The W H S Reflector and discusses Theoradore Roosevelt's African Game Trails and Aloysius Horn. It notes the Book Club's progress with junior admission and a compact book-case for thirty donated volumes.
The editor urges students to seize the final twelve weeks of the term. Seniors may graduate only with strong work, while juniors sophomores and freshmen must improve to pass. A is the hardest grade to achieve and few reach it. burn midnight oil and add facts to the mental store.
The Mocha Club of the English IV class met at Will Coffey's house on March 10 to review Oliver Goldsmith and his play She Stoops To Conquer. Clarence Jones as Samuel Johnson led a talk on Goldsmith's life while Noel Ashinhurst, impersonating David Garrick, gave a dramatic School For Scandal review.
Mr. Charles J. Finger argues travel writing should reflect serious purpose and quick decisive thinking. He warns against praise seeking and urges readers to judge narrators by quick observation sharp memory and truthfulness. The piece notes disagreement with Finger’s views and references Trader Horn as a contrasting example.
A fragment discusses a hollow glass ball brought up half full of water under extreme pressure, light having weight via an electric lamp thought experiment, aircraft visibility from 10,000 feet, a building not casting the same shadow twice in a year, and a note that the Indian head on old pennies is not the image of an Indian.
A man tests luck with perilous deeds ending in failure. He lights a match to check an empty gas tank, pets a bulldog for affection, and races a train to a crossing, all proving unsafe. He asks a girl to marry hoping for engagement, but the outcome remains unknown in this fragment.
A short story by C. B. Fernald set in San Francisco's Chinatown. It centers on Hoo Chee a curious five year old boy Hoo King Bayley Arenam and the customs of Chinese residents. The tale notes sympathy between Bayley Arenam and Hoo Chee and portrays themes of secrecy superstition and clan life in Chinatown.
A quoted remark describes a district as separate from the rest of the city, portraying it as a city within a city. The line reflects concerns about autonomy, boundaries, and the impact on community identity.
A golden-haired junior girl praised as popular with peers, dancer, artist, and studious. A senior, forward on the basketball team and third baseman on the baseball team, known for curly hair and hard work, plans a club play in Paris this Saturday.
Representatives from Trenton Savoy Bells Blue Ridge Tom Bean and Whitewright formed a baseball league. Bells will track batting and fielding averages and report to the Sherman Democrat and local papers. The season starts with Tom Bean hosting a two game weekly schedule on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Lawrence Owens was seen with a girl while Anther Hudgins behaved bashful. Mary Lena Reeves failed his history, Vonda Lee earned straight A’s, Tody failed English, and Riley Beasley stayed quiet except in algebra.
Marie Foster, a noted driver between Leonard and W H S, is a sociable senior in Whitewright. Lucille Maynard, a petite peer and top student, is best friends with Marie and enjoys parties west of Whitewright as she counts the eleven weeks till school ends.
The Masqueraders' Club will present at the Inter scholastic League district meet in Paris next Saturday. The selected play features Maurine Pierce, Joe Thomas Meador, Dick Montgomery, and Ross Wilson. The club aims to show strong work for the year.
A freshman history class praises Mr Manning for pro ban stance and persuasive dekonstruc tion of liquor arguments. The teacher recounts seeing few students have seen a drunk and urges stand up for beliefs, home talks, and Bible guidance to discuss prohibition and its evils.
The advertisement promotes Thedford's Black Draught a plant based laxative. It claims natural active ingredients stimulate bowels without synthetic drugs and introduces a syrup form for children.
A church reader writer praises Mr. Manning as an instructor at W. H. S. and urges a firmer stand for prohibition. The letter argues liquor return would bring traffic dangers and wrecks on roads, calling for action by church leaders and pastors.
A Scholastic quotation on education contrasts eighteenth century views of reading writing and arithmetic with modern needs. It argues that topics once seen as frills are now essential and that resisting new inventions would leave society handicapped.
Last Friday evening the Wild Cat String Band performed for a small audience with elaborate makeup. The program included songs dances and a sketch The Booster Club of Blackville. They plan to present the same program soon at Tom Bean and Bells with praise for Mr Young and his band.
Pearl England wishes valentine visits rise. Marie Foster urges seniors to host weekly parties. Dorothy Tate enjoys the K Y orchestra. Laura Jo Williams favors Loveless Love. Frances Montgomery wears a new necklace. Black Chevrolets draw fans in East Whitewright. Frank Clark visits the library each second period. Ruth Gosnell likes letters from Van Alstyne.
Dick Montgomery endured several days of illness last week before returning to duties. The report notes Montgomery was out briefly as the debate team continued activities with team members seeking to maintain momentum.
Weekly school notes report on Friday debates between Van Alstyne and Whitewright teams with no decision rendered. Illnesses sidelined Frances Haliburton and Frances Pope. A No Nothing Club forms in history class. Music numbers promote a negro minstrel show Friday evening. The piece also mentions Ali Ypi correspondence and Woodrow Belew’s History Guild membership.
Dialogues show Mary Frances and Dorothy Ryan joking about a malaria campaign. A tramp asks for help claiming he lost his right leg, and Mrs Gee abruptly slams the door, ending the scene.
A humorous montage begins with Isabel asking about what is raised in damp climates and Louise responding umbrellas. Franklin D questions a second story man as Mrs. Dixon mentions J. M. and a habit of telling alternate stories. David Smith delivers household items and fears a huge dog that a hostess insists does not bite while he wonders if it swallows.
A waiter reminds a professor that a customary tip was given but the professor realizes he forgot to eat. The exchange plays on social graces and mischief in a humorous moment.
Miss Ray's English III class honored Nathaniel Hawthorne on Friday with a program reviewing his stories The Great Stone Face and The Great Carbuncle. Students wrote letters of appreciation and shared an interesting life fact during roll call.
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