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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
6
The junior edition of the Whitewright High School Reflector pays tribute to the senior class and the 1954 Bell yearbook with praise for editors and staff. It reports City Cafe opening and events, then details Whitewright Tigers football season with key wins, playoff run, and final standings followed by basketball and track notes.
The junior class offers best wishes to the graduating seniors, recalling shared loyalties and rivalry from grammar school onward. They note longstanding friendship, past candy sales, and efforts to outdo each other in programs and banquets, concluding that the year ends as a mutual tie and poised for future memories.
The description hints at a campus figure known to students as friendly and varied in smartness and behavior. It mixes stubbornness awkwardness fond-mouthness and kindness to define what most people call a junior on campus written in casual, colloquial terms.
The Future Homemakers FHA Club will camp two nights at Craterville Park in Cache Oklahoma near Lawton. The park near Lake Murray last year offered swimming hiking horseback riding skating and other amusements and is highly recommended. A school bus will depart May 31 or June 1 for the trip returning by another route.
A 25 player Whitewright High School football team started workouts at 9 am on the first day of September in 90 degree heat. Three and a half months later WHS reached the quarter finals, the best postseason showing in school history.
Rainy day blues as Shak struggles to reach Leonard. Shak Connie and Verna Lee grow closer. James Dixon tops Delbert's time with Trellis. Dale Taylor confuses Anna Lou's beau from Tom Bean. Babe dates Cornellis DeWitt's first name. John Brown and friends threaten Reeves. Mr. Tarp ley intervenes. Barbara Ayres chides missing two toned Ford. Delores Whipple dates Dan. Betty Lumpkins linked to a Trenton boy. Betty Harris warned of Clydeon blackmail photo. Mary and Garland seen together post illness.
A WHS campus note recalls Garland Deans family moving to Main Street and plans for the seniors liberation event on May 28 in the WHS gym. It also shares daydreams from students about desired gifts and cars, and reports a first grade picnic at Greenville Park with homemaking students assisting.
After much pleading the entire class persuaded Miss Neathery to allow a poetry unit. The students start with nature and life themed verse in a gentle introduction to poetry.
A brief note praises Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant as an amusing and thoroughly interesting poem. The author urges readers to study poetry and recommends reading the work for future study.
WHS juniors, among the brightest around, are profiled as they tackle algebra. Some students listed aim for varied futures from teaching to engineering. Teachers note occasional missteps while affirming earnest effort despite tough home situations.
A student diary laments frequent absences by peers who miss school due to illness and memory work. The author notes the irony of diligent attendance claims despite genuine sickness and praises the class’s overall record while referencing a confusing poem "Thana topsis."
A playful note reveals teachers nicknames for students and teases a Guess Who feature. The 5 foot 8 inch, 150 pound football lad, a Texas fan, remains unaware of the newspaper spot and will be continued on Page 7.
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