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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
7
The High School Reflector reports a club program featuring a talk on the case of books, book riddles, and three dialogues. A guessing contest dramatized titles by class members with perfect English spelling awarded to Ann LaRoe and Wallace Reeves.
In Mrs. Kennemer's business English course students practice formal and informal letter writing focusing on inquiry, reply, thanks, and appointment letters. They now study letters of acknowledgment as the next step in professional correspondence.
Mrs Roddy leads a walking paragraph exercise where one student sets a key sentence and moves to the front. Others recite relative sentences, stepping side by side, culminating in a continuous reading of a paragraph. The activity teaches paragraph structure. Speedy wordfinders named: Ruth Marie Chesser Philip Earnheart Billy Lanius Kincaid Betty Sue Thornhill.
The home making I class under Miss Williams studies menus for the average family. They plan meals using these menus and will create gaining and reducing diets for various members. A study of good school lunches will conclude the unit.
Last week celebrated as National Good Book Week features best sellers in Whitewright High School library. Noted titles include Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous, Madame Curie, Rebecca, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, We Who Speak English, All This and Heaven Too, and Northwest Passage among many others selected by readers. J. W.
English I class opened their study of the short story last Thursday with unit sheets from Mrs. Roddy. They read O Henry stories and Russell Ray Summers recounted a visit to the O Henry home in Austin last summer. A club named What Next was organized with officers including John.
Students in English IV under Mrs Lackey practiced plays for a possible benefit night. One play was performed Tuesday night with cast members Claire Doss, Marjorie Henderson, Cathleen Blackerby, Marilyn Smith, Brazwell Alexander, Jack Wallace, Ruby Pierson, Eula Mae Lambden, Leslie Andrew and Merlyn Brown directed by Rudolph Russell.
Students in the civics class under Mr Manning study voting political parties and their influence on legislation. Each student wrote a play on elections illustrating graft in voting and voting procedures, with some plays likely to be dramatized in assembly.
The best selling novel by Steinbeck is now available to adult library subscribers. It follows the journey of a migrant Oklahoma family as they travel across America during harvest seasons, reflecting hardship and resilience.
On Monday morning Mrs Kennemer distributed report cards to typing class students. Grades were above average for the first six weeks as the typing laboratory remains crowded due to students struggling to keep up. Students continue typing two business letters daily.
Miss Williams taught home making III a lesson on folk dancing focusing on the Virginia reel. Plans were made for a sixth period session to extend the activity. Most students enjoyed the dances, noting they offer healthful exercise.
Typing II classes under Mrs Kennemer are continuing to type documents requested by multiple teachers. Erasers may correct mistakes but strike overs require retyping. Dittos are copied with carbon paper or the ditto machine. Grades this week reflect general efficiency and speed.
A WHS item outlines an ideal girl for the school set, naming hair as Juanita England and eyes as Dorothy Sue Douglas. Lips belong to Dorotha Darwin, teeth to Martha Jo Darwin, and complexion to Mildred.
A local feature lists girls preferences for ideal traits including Barbara Gordon Marie Badgett and Mary Harrison, while boys named Robert Benson Billy Harper Lewis Vestal and others. The list pairs traits such as hair eyes teeth smile personality hands and more.
Jonnie B. Robbins, president of the S. O. S. Club, held its Friday program with Marie Badgett as chair. The lineup included Best Sellers Mary Alice Harrison, The Origin of the Red Cross Jackie Thompson Red Cross Jonnie B Robbins reading Sarah Simmons Red Cross in the Community Lynal J Moore duet LaVerne Kilgroe Mary Alice Harrison humorous reading Laverne Kilgroe jokes James Norris.
In general science under Mr. Russ students study city water supplies noting some use deep wells and others draw from lakes. They learn all water must be filtered to prevent disease spread and that heat comes from steam gas and wood as sources.
The fifth period Glee Club under Mr. Russ has met with the morning group to practice songs for a program presented last Tuesday night. Songs include Indian Dawn Neapolitan Nights By the Mississippi Waitin in the Shadows Now the Day Is Over Honey and Jean. Both clubs show good cohesion after several rehearsals and will study chromatics after the performance.
Earleen Benson visited Howe on Sunday. Lotta Fae Brown and Tommie D Booher visited their aunt in Sherman. Drunette Farley was seen in Leon ard this week and Frances Riddle spent the weekend in Farmersville. Dorothy Booher called on Klondike Sunday afternoon. Louise McSpedden Laverne Kilgree and Mr and Mrs Russ spent Sunday in Ector and Bells. D B
The Student Council met Monday morning with Treasurer Brother Gillett presiding until President J. B. Smith arrived. Plans for a recreational program were completed but await Mr. Key approval. They discussed fundraising methods and decided dancing would be permitted at the New Year’s party.
Mr Manning leads a world history class studying Hebrew and biblical narratives about the Hebrews Israelites wandering from the Holy Land and rebuilding walls in the Holy Land through reading and discussion.
The Home Making III class continues nutrition study with planned menus and a day’s meals audit. A surprise quiz on body needs tests genuine understanding versus copying. The latter part of the week focused on preparing for a library reception with teas.
An English class under Mrs. Roddy staged a 1 pm assembly in the auditorium featuring dramatizations of The Three Pigs Treasure Island and Ransom of Red Chief. Actors included Tommie D. Booker Halleen Benson Jimmie Golden with Betty Ann Wiser.
The text lists a pig story mother pig a brick seller Cecil Owens wolf Davis Parrish and notes Grace Harris staged Treasure Island and a dramatization of Ransom of Red Chief with characters Sam Joe Yates Billy Arlie Durham and Jimmy Dorset. Sam and Billy kidnap Jimmy Dorset but pay the Dorset family to return him as he is mean. C B Bryant announced the Ransom of Red Chief and Helen Childress announced The Three Pigs and Treasure Island.
At the high school on Wednesday noon Mr. Russ led about a hundred students in the auditorium in a nostalgic sing along. They echoed tunes like Susy Little Susy Ruben and Rachel Twinkle Twinkle Old MacDonald and When I Was a Lady and enjoyed it, planning likely another rainy day reprise.
The home making II class finishes their budgeting study and will begin learning about labels soon. They plan to learn how to buy products more efficiently at stores.
Students in the V. A. III class under Mr. Cunningham work on their 1938-39 landscaping project books. They must have books corrected and OKed before credit. The study began Monday and requires identifying about fifty shrubs.
A high school home economics class invited women teachers to lunch. Food was not ready at first, so the meal was postponed and rescheduled for Thursday. The luncheon featured steak, gravy, peas, creamed carrots, slaw, cookies, and bread for Mrs Roddy, Mrs Kenner, Mrs Lackey, Miss Williams, and librarians Mrs Myrick and Mrs Kilgree. Mrs Lackey arrived late, prompting a joke about escaping. The boys said the hardest part was cleaning up after.
On Wednesday the seniors debated joining the Red Cross and agreed to let each member contribute as much as they wished. Donors would have their names listed on the classroom board and once a dollar was contributed they would receive a Red Cross seal and a magazine. Modene Vineyard mentioned a party planned for juniors and seniors on Thursday or Friday night, November 23 or 24.
Whitewright Tigers pull away in the final period to beat Tom Bean 26 to 23 after a 19 all tie at the third quarter. Starting Whitewright lineup included Harrison Henderson Robbins and Riddle Norris Smith with Engel and Childress among substitutes. Tom Bean features Kelso Maddux Dodson Talent Wilson and Judson.
In Mr. Manning's class students study the origin and adoption of the constitution and are now examining its contents.
A farm shop class meets daily during fifth period under Mr Cunningham. The boys supply all lumber and equipment, crafting items like bookcases broomstands hog troughs self feeders for hogs and other useful farm aids. Wilton McFarland is mentioned.
Willie B. Smith constructs a broarmstand for Miss Williams to use in the home economics department. The course aims to teach boys to economize by making their own equipment for home and farm.
The Whitewright High School seniors all scored 95 in the department for the first six weeks. A free entertainment was held Tuesday night November 21. The Glee Club members performed during the event. The girls and boys basketball teams both posted equal wins and losses this season. Ruby Pierson starred as the man in the English IV play.
The English II class led by Mrs Lackey studies novels and one group is finishing The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne this week The Library Light Club held its fifth period meeting and planned a Thursday picnic postponed due to rain, per M B
Mrs Roddy’s English II split into two groups and staged three plays. Rostand’s The Romancers directed by Jimmie Golden, Sheridan’s The Rivals directed by Juana Ruth Andrew, and On Borrowed Time by Paul Osborn directed by Lotta Fay Brown.
The report covers a discussion of characters and a dramatization of parts of a play. Martha Jo Conner described the setting. C B Bryant reported on The American Way seen in New York this summer. She Stoops to Conquer was presented Monday and Monsieur Beaucaire on Tuesday.
A Sunday school teacher rebukes Willie for his tone toward a friend and cites the proverb about heaping coals of fire on his head. Willie replies that he has not tried it, but thinks it sounds like a good idea.
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