Editor in Chief Reporters List for Sophomore Edition
A roster of staff and advisers for the sophomore edition includes Lula Lee Vestal as Editor in Chief with Gladys B. Ray Inez Coffey Nova Bryant Mary Lena Reeves Anna Joyce Benson Meda Jane Wiser Martha Bryant and others like Lawrence Owen Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols Anita Vestal Albert Lea Jackson Leon Chumbley and Lytle Biggerstaff. The document credits reporters and faculty adviser roles for the student publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Re Lula Lee Vestal
Getto Hncales
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 Leon Chumbley Lytle Biggerstaff
Sophomore Standards And Achievements At Local High School
The sophomores outline their standards including passing four subjects and engaging in class, clubs, and sports. Albert Lee Jackson notes pride in having the school’s only A student and a local high schooler who won a national scholastic prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lee Jackson
Book Corner highlights new Buck work and classic authors
The column reviews Fang and Claw by Frank Buck and The Donkey of God by Louis Untermeyer, noting Untermeyer’s East Prize for Italy. It previews Six Stories from Shakespeare with six authors rewriting plays including Lear by Hugh Walpole and Hamlet by Francis Brett Young. It also praises The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston as an essential American realism tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buck
Louis Untermeyer
Mr. Untermeyer
Italy
Hugh Walpole
King Lear
John Buchan
Coriolanus
Francis Brett Young
Ralph Hartsook
Indiana
Sophomore Names Make Good Story Scene
A nostalgic travel vignette describes a ride in a Ford along Lane past Castle and Vineyard with flowers in Bowquets. It notes a Thrasher near Rutledge rough ledge and a Moore being repaired by the Smiths near Barnes, all seen with De Berry ripening in the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smiths
O. A. Hefner
National Music Week Observed By Schools And Dr Damrosch
Sunday marks the start of Music Week observed by Dr Walter Damrosch who will address thousands of school children. The local Music Club presents a cantata Friday night in observance of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Damrosch
Sue Barnes
Sophomores of 1935 Class Claim “Sil liest Sophs” Title
The 1935 W. H. S. sophomore class lists 53 members and boasts the quiet title. Members serve in Hi- Y Club Reflector staff Dramatic Club and F F A. They humorously pledge to reach their goal while hoping teachers were not bored by their mischief.
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Reflector
Dramatic Club
Portraits from a rural classroom verses
A collection of playful rhymes about classmates and teachers. Clyde Owens is praised for timeliness. Bryant and Meador are noted as witty and spry. Eldridge Caylor is called dumb. Lorrance and coach are teased. Gunpowder Jackson sneezes loudly. Sue Barnes is teased for vanity.
Sophomore Gossip Column Clatters With Letters to Charmaine
A chatty Sophomore Class columns features missives to Charmaine about love triangles, gossip, dogs, and mud stained school life. Readers wonder who J Y loves, why dates wobble, and how to cope with a troublesome dog while sharing schoolyard anecdotes from Pilot Grove and nearby streets.
Coming Events Of Commencement
The last days of school bring several events. Baccalaureate on May 26 at the Baptist Church preached by Rev. C. W. Dennis. High School commencement May 28 at the high school. Grammar School graduation May 27. Hi-Y Club and Masqueraders' Club plan final banquets. Litha Sue Hollingsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
C. W. Dennis
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Three Pigs Escape to Find Hideout from Wolf Key
In a playful tale set on a red brick schoolhouse third floor, three pigs named Will Mark and Sherlock flee their Mammy Miss Boone to explore the world. Their adventures include market visits and a bare medicine show before returning to safety as Mr Wolf Key closes in.
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Walt Disney
Will
Mark
Sherlock
Miss Boone
Boone
Mamma Boone
Big Bad Wolf
Mr. Key
Mr. Wolf Key
Big Wolf Key
Lorna Lee Thornton
Mumps Club Adds Three New Members at W. H. S.
The W. H. S. bulletin notes new Mumps Club members Margaret Lilley Katie Ford and C B Norris. Students report a recent campus brawl injuring several. a shift to old fashioned horse shoe pitching. Miss Ray ill with mumps and now making up work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lilley
Katie Ford
C. B. Norris
Miss Ray
Curious Name Substitutions On Campus Contributed Note
A playful list of name and word swaps from a campus page includes Anita and Kathleen with altered dates, Roscoe stuttering and Clyde Owen described as noisy. The piece plays with misheard terms and redirected descriptors as a lighthearted, student penned contribution.
Future Farmers Club Plans Fishing Trip to Gun-ter Lake
The Future Farmers club held a regular meeting on Tuesday night at 7. A strong program included William Howard Harrison and Clyde Medearis singing. Leon Chumbley reported on agriculture. Members voted to hold a fishing trip at Gun ter Lake on May 17 and 18 and appointed a committee to arrange transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Harrison
Clyde Medearis
Leon Chumbley
Gunter Lake
Grady Stepp
Impressions Of W H S From Two Sophomore Boys
Two sophomore pupils share their views on Whitewright High School. Billy Smith praises cooperation with staff and classmates and aims to finish school, noting vocational agriculture as his favorite subject. William Harrison likes the school, praises teachers and subjects, with English as his favorite. Sarah Ayres recalls initial confusion but growing appreciation for teachers and subjects, liking history and home economics. Sue Barnes endorses congenial peers and favors algebra.
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Whitewright
Billy Smith
Tootsie Garland
William Howard Harrison
Cunningham
Sarah Joe Ayres
Sue Barnes
Senior Class Enjoys French Leave at W H S
Friday afternoon the seniors of W H S took a trip to Sears pasture for a picnic after a short hockey game. They bought cinnamon rolls and candy, fished, and some girls ruined white shoes while others got muddy. Ross Brown was bitten by a spider and fell ill, while Riley Beazley had a fish on his back during the mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Pasture
Ross Brown
Mr. Key
Riley Beazley
Will Bryant
Sophomore Socials of 34 35 Year of Fun in School Year
The sophomores recall a chili supper at the High School and a contest for most beautiful girl best looking boy and ugliest boy with Sue Barnes Will Bryant and Albert Lea Jackson winning. A Christmas party at Anita Vestal and a picnic on the football field followed by a kid party with few attendees due to bad weather. The group, the silly sophs, feels the year was full of fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Barnes
Will Bryant
Albert Lea Jackson
Anita Vestal’s
From an Anxious Sophomore Urges New Gym at Whitewright
A letter to the editor from Walter Tom Holmes of Whitewright Texas dated May 6 1935 argues for building a gymnasium to improve students health alertness and to fill the trophy case with medals. It asks the editor to consider conveying the plea for a new facility at Whitewright High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High
Whitewright, Texas
W. H. Reflector
Whitewright
Texas
Future Plans of Sophomore Sponsors
Miss Margaret Boone will attend the University of Texas at Austin and tour Mexico this summer. Mr. J. T. Bryant plans a two month trip to the Western States with his brother M. D. Bryant of Schreiner Institute Kerrville. The Windsor royal family name is noted as King George.
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Margaret Boone
Texas University At Austin
Mexico
J. T. Bryant
M. D. Bryant
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Sue Barnes
Honor Graduates Announced Monday
Honor students at W. H. S. were announced Monday afternoon. Valedictorian Lula Lee Vestal led with 94 and a fraction. Salutatorian Mary Leena Reeves followed at 93 and a fraction. Inez Coffey and Edith Mae Sears were third and fourth with 90 and a fraction and 89, respectively. Lawrence Owen had the top grade among the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Lee Vestal
Mary Leena Reeves
Inez Coffey
Edith Mae Sears
Lawrence Owen
Anita Vestal
Who's Who in the Sophomore Class
The sophomore class lists officers Anita Vestal president Will Bryant vice president Kathleen Mitchell secretary and treasurer Sue Barnes chairman of social committee. Kathleen Mitchell and Clyde Medearis were nominees for the popularity contest. Sue Barnes has a straight A card. Roscoe Brown won fourth prize in a scholastic contest, the only entrant from a Texas school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Vestal
Will Bryant
Kathleen Mitchell
Sue Barnes
Clyde Medearis
Roscoe Brown
Texas
Pauline Dixon
Oh Susan senior play staged at high school Friday
The senior comedy Oh Susan was performed Friday in the high school auditorium under Miss Dorothy Tapscott. Weather kept many away. the four act farce follows Janet Dalton pursuing Danvers Meredith with a cast including A N McCoy, Mrs Marion Weatherly, Inez Coffey, Rose Parons, Edith Sears, James Dalton, Elizabeth Ireland, Mame Vestal, Lefty Ross Brown, and other townspeople.
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Susan
Dorothy Tapscott
Janet Dalton
Danvers Meredith
A. N. McCoy
Marion Weatherly
Inez Coffey
Rose
Edith Parons
Martha Bryant
Edith Mae Sears
James
Fresh Eggs Last Longer With Simple Care
An egg is best when about 12 hours old and can be preserved by covering with fat wax limewater or packing in sawdust or meal. Keep eggs in a cool dry place whites last longer with careful covering yolks spoil quickly. A new microphone for wear on the coat lapel uses a thin aluminum ribbon in a magnetic field to capture voice from all directions. A scientist travels France in a car laboratory to study silk worm diseases and trace sources of infection.
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France
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National Music Week
Clyde Owens
Clifton DeBerry
Eldridge Caylor
Little Lorrance
Coach
Jack Meador
Sue
Jack
Clyde Owen
Jackson
Charmaine
Jack Lewis Yeager
J. Y
Mary Jane
B. G
Meda Jane
Sir Earl Phillips
Coat
Frank
Pilot Grove
G. V
Nova
Issy
Kathleen
Mother
Vonda Lee Vineyard
Anita
Yours Truly, Charmaine
Mary Jane Ford
Joe Bob G
Curtis Lee
Riley
Mary Lee
Clyde
Sweet Pea
Ely
Elizabeth
Merriwell
Little Will Bryant
Little Twinkle
Little Willie
Sular
Mickey
Austin College
Soph
Albert Lea
Mr. Burma
Leon Robarts
Mr. Bryant
Bryant
Roscoe
Lorna Lee
Lorraine
Marie
Helen
Lois
Christine
Ethel Harper
Merle
Moore
Charlie Mae Ross
Austin
Barnes
Velma Jo
Irene Autrey
C. F. Gollins
Walter Tom Holmes
Clifton
Betty Jo
Future Farmers Club
Kirkpatrick
Father
Boedeker
Kirkpatrick’s
King George
Windsor
Life Insurance
Old Line Legal Reserve Insurance Companies
S. H. Montgomery Agency
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