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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
7
The W H S Reflector lists Miss Dorothy Tapscott as editor in chief with a long roster of reporters. Agriculture II and III outlines cover soil care livestock poultry pest disease control and farm business marketing feeding and product marketing.
Editorial notes football season opens with two weeks of practice and optimism. The Tigers face a hard schedule against Rockwall Plano Royse City and Farmersville with 25 players in shape. If successful, credit goes to Coach Gaddis, says B J M.
Whitewright Tigers defeated Tioga Bulldogs 38 to 0 as 26 Tigers played with several new players gaining experience. Holmes scored three touchdowns including a 50 yarder and a two yard run. Bussy Thornhill scored twice. Clifton DeBerry made a leaping goal line catch for sixth TD. Kaiser and Montgomery added the extra points.
Five cheerleaders led a chapel pep rally on Thursday to boost school spirit for Friday’s game against Tioga. Leaders were Jim Henry Andrews, Jack Lewis Yeager, Sarah Belle Gillett, Kathleen Mitchell, and Lorraine Rutledge guiding recitations and songs.
The home economics I class at the school is larger than ever, requiring division into two sections. Laboratory work starts Monday with food study in the first semester and clothing in the second. The class will begin a project Monday.
Vocational agriculture programs report larger class sizes this year with about seventy five students across Agriculture I II and III. The three groups outline multiple projects for the year including restoring and maintaining farmland practices and hands on classroom activities.
Mr Burma, new public speaking teacher, says this year’s course differs from prior years. In the first two weeks students focus on speech work and mastering fundamentals to learn to speak correctly and forcefully.
Miss Travis the home economics teacher notes several girls completed summer projects with half credit awarded for those who did. The cooking and sewing lab floors were refinished this summer and new window screens shades were made for the cooking room. Curtains will be made for the sewing room.
The F F A plans to enter livestock poultry and produce exhibits at the Red River Valley Fair in Sherman from October fifth to tenth. Produce should be brought to school by Friday while livestock and poultry arrive when the fair begins. Mr. Bean guides the effort predicting blue ribbons and prizes.
Whitewright High School offers a new General Mathematics course this year with fifty seven students enrolled. The subject blends algebra and geometry and is popular with students. many are choosing it over algebra one, according to Miss Draper.
Whitewright High School has adopted hour periods to aid teachers and students. Mrs. Kennemer notes the extra fifteen minutes lets typing students complete exercises during class rather than using part of study hall. Mr. Gaddis calculates sixteen minutes saved per pupil daily as classes change six times instead of eight. Faculty say supervised study will help students start the next day’s lesson correctly.
Five cheerleaders selected by the student body on Friday September 18 during the regular chapel program. Named are Sarah Belle Gillett and Jim Henry among the honorees.
Kathleen Andrews Jack Mitchell Lewis Yeager and Lorraine Rut ledge were named as leaders from the floor. Nominations occurred and voting was secret. After the election Mr Burma requested a sample yell from the students and their new leaders.
Miss Travis entertained an out of town visitor Sunday. Mr. Bean went to Sherman last Friday to prepare for the Red River Valley Fair. Betty Jo Morrow spent Saturday in Sherman. Christine Moore of Ely visited in Hove last weekend. Rowena Chin and Evert Kemp of Farmersville were guests of Bernice Henslee Sunday. Vonda Lee Vineyard and Imogene Alexander went to Commerce Friday to see the Trenton Commerce football game.
The school welcomes new freshmen and returning students and invites them to enjoy the best the school provides. It asks newcomers to forget embarrassing first year moments and promises pleasant surroundings as the editors express sincere appreciation for their presence.
Mrs Kennemer in business administration announces typing will count one credit for seniors. Twenty eight students enrolled this year with eight ex students. Only two classes per day limit the subject to juniors seniors and ex students.
Commerce graduate Miss Draper studied education and Spanish at East Texas State Teachers College and worked as columnist for East Texas and society editor for Commerce Daily Journal. She is pursuing journalism while teaching at Whitewright High School and enjoys the work with receptive students.
Lost and found notice seeks P A Short’s small gray cat with large eyes missing from the campus. It has been away over a year, seen between the agriculture building and the High School about ten days before school opened. The paper laments the animal’s wanderings and hints at its duties as a rat catcher in the school.
Miss Draper praises the sophomore class for being lively and engaged in their studies. She notes their evident interest and good opinion of the work, reflecting a positive classroom atmosphere.
The NORTHER reports a shift from summer to winter wardrobes as clothing needs change. A weather drop Friday night brought cooler temperatures. Readers are urged to adapt to the change as people regain vigor and activity.
Los Angeles reports Dr Elizabeth Skwirsky a beauty expert predicts a future dominated by beautiful women as science and plastic surgery rapidly eliminate ugliness. She says men demand beauty and will enforce it, treating homeliness like a disease to be removed.
A Dallas Times Herald item notes a social trend toward napkins and finger dining. At Columbia University a banquet was eaten with hands, no knives or forks. Mrs. Alf Landon hosted a steak dinner for Kansas lawmakers without utensils to ease eating near the bone. The piece suggests a drift back to medieval table manners with a call for more napkins.
Ex-students of Whitewright High come back to the school for continuing education including typing civics and home economics. Post-graduate attendees listed are Sybil Davenport Dorothy LaRoe Isabelle Craig Earl Phillips and Preston Hannah.
A boys football team under Mr Burma with players not over 120 pounds formed in town. About fifteen boys seek positions, including ten freshmen three sophomores and two juniors. They defeated Grammar School eleven 32 to 6 on Wednesday afternoon.
A final enrollment tally lists seniors 48 juniors 51 sophomores 42 and freshmen 51, totaling 192. The figure marks a small increase over last year and reflects campus enrollment trends as recorded by L. S.
The new gym southwest of the school will open once sidewalks are completed. It will serve students and the 1936 37 basketball team. The gym doubles as an auditorium with a large west side stage and seating for about 1,500 as an auditorium and 400 as a gym.
Mr Jim Jernigan arrives at W H S with Pilot Grove students to lead history and mathematics classes. Reared in Sedalia, graduate of McKinney High School, and alumnus of N T S T C Denton. Previously taught two years at Rosamond before election at Pilot Grove. He says he enjoys the new surroundings.
Sixteen former Pilot Grove students joined Whitewright High School on Monday under Mr. Jim Jernigan. The Pilot Grove school now has eight grades, and Whitewright gains high school students. Transferred pupils include Eva May Braden, Argus Ashinhurst, Iane Neathery, Elmer Robertson, Eugene McMillin, John Wiser, Wilson Kaiser, Joe Garland, Jack Jernigan, Ernest Lewis, Hilda Lewis, J. B. Conner, T. J. Russell, Guy Andrews, G. W. Scott, and Billie Burl Hopper.
On Friday September 25 Mr. Martin of Shawnee Oklahoma organized a school band at the High School. The band will meet every Thursday from 10 to 11 in the gym auditorium. Members listed include Dale Watson Donald Hudgins James Norris Norma Frances Donigan Lorna Lee Thornton Jo Willa Stateville Dorothy Jo Ak ridge Aileen Pennington Billie Hopper Floyd Everheart Rex Brown Sarah Belle Gillett J W Scott and J B Henderson with more to join.
Miss Virginia Draper named English and general mathematics teacher at W H S. Former Commerce resident, she completed high school locally and begins duties this term.
The Tom Bean Tomcats forfeited their first game to Whitewright High School Tigers after failing to appear on the field Monday Sept. 21. With only three days of practice the Tomcats were not ready to play, while Whitewright split into two teams for a two hour game. The team plans to practice harder for a forthcoming game with Trenton.
The senior class elected officers at a Wednesday meeting. Jack Meador is president, Walter Tom Holmes vice president, and Anita Vestal secretary-treasurer. They will also serve as the class ring committee and the ring will be selected on Oct 6. - V. J. B.
Fashion hunting at school reveals brown black and rust dominant colors this season. Frances Riddle wears a green plaid dress trimmed in brown with green suede slippers. Vonda Lee Vineyard sports an orchid flowered dress while Imogene Alexander and Georgia Hicks showcase brown suede and buckled slippers.
The Whitewright Tigers in Class Fifteen B high school football play September 18 at Tom Bean, September 25 Tioga, October 2 Rockwall, October 9 Collinsville, October 16 Whitesboro, October 23 Plano, October 30 Farmersville, November dates undecided for Sherman and open, then November 20 Royse City and November 26 Van Alstyne. N. G. S.
Under Miss Draper the Sophomore English class studies letter writing oral and written composition and grammar this semester. There are two English II classes with forty six students.
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