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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
17
Whitewright High School received an engraving company gift a mahogany plaque with bronze scrolls bearing Scholarship Loyalty and Achievement. Six annual name plates will honor top students. leadership values praised through athletics music arts and community impact.
The passage contrasts successful and unsuccessful people and notes that greater advancement raises the difficulty of using success. It suggests inner pressure vs outer pressure and ends with a reminder from great men about sublime living and a warning that foolish questions waste classroom time.
The article notes hazing among senior students waning at Whitewright High School as faculty enforce rules and punish initiates. It describes hazing as severe jokes causing injury or loss of dignity and states annual warnings label it against school policy, leaving the practice nearly extinct.
A writer argues music unites people and inspires excellence. Citing European galleries and Brown University sports, the piece credits melodies for team spirit and success, recounting a coach’s note about singing on trains to games and the growing value of music in life.
A local editorial urges both boys and girls to value education and athletic participation, arguing high school sports are as important as academics for character and future opportunities, urging community support for programs and facilities.
The piece portrays freshmen transitioning from grammar to high school as seeking freedom yet underestimating required study. It argues freshmen feel they know little yet doubt effort to learn more, and that after initial instruction they realize they do not know it all. The author cites Lloyd Stowers.
Coach Crosby's Tigers were defeated 12-0 by the Frisco High Yellow Jackets in the season opener. Capt Curly scored in the first and third quarters with two blocked extra points by Mayo Coffman and Garner. Capt Garner and Capt Curly starred for Frisco, while Tigers Guarded effort and end positions are listed.
Mary Lee Andrews was elected yell leader and Louise Sloan assist ant leader at an assembly on Monday September 23. Both are lively capable students ready to fulfill their roles.
Yell leaders held a pep rally on Monday September 23 to learn new yells and drills. Miss Ray led the music while Miss Forrester Miss Tapscott and Miss Lauderdale led the drills. Several new yells were learned and with more practice the drills will reach perfection. Lauderdale is designing costumes to be shown at the next meeting.
Superintendent Smith designates this week as music week with daily performances. Monday Miss Clyde Johnson played a splendid piano solo for the assembly. Tuesday the grammar school orchestra under Miss Chenoweth performed several numbers with her at the piano. Orchestra members include Dorothy Juan Gillett conductor, Margaret Lilley, Vivian Schols, Percy Darwin, Frances Haliburton, Elizabeth Keeling, Dorothy Ryan, Dorothy Tate, Martha Sue Lindsey, Norma Joe Mangrum, Laura Joe Williams.
Jack Bogle spent Sunday in Dallas. Charlie Mayo and Java Coffman visited Orangere Saturday. Mr. Cerneseknee Roy Blanton attended the S M Howard Payne football game in Dallas. Lacey Craig, after a prolonged illness, is back in school. Mary Lou Blanks spent Sunday with her mother Mrs J G Blanks. Guy Anderson attended the Bonham Fair Saturday. Thelma Ownby spent the weekend in Pilot Grove. Misses Forrester Tapscott and Lauderdale attended the circus at Sherman Wednesday night.
A listing describes the ideal attributes of a White Wright High School girl as a collection of physical and personal traits linked to named individuals. The compilation assigns hair, eyes, piano skill, personality, smile, mouth, talk, voice, complexion, and hands to a set of specific names.
A scatter of humorous vignettes from daily life includes a milkman kiss claim on a wife, a bus crowd squeeze, misbehaving students sentenced to one hundred names, a witty exchange about Edgar Lee, and a museum goer misidentifying Rodin. An optimist jokes about the train accident foretelling a nose mishap.
A humorous scene unfolds as a man announces a party of fifty aboard a departing steamer. The captain learns the speaker is the actual guest of honor, fifty years old, causing a humorous delay while the party boards.
An enrolling column of protesters gathers at an auditorium entrance while officers move in force to clear the area. The scene escalates as barricades and police action interrupt the march toward the hall, reflecting tense public demonstration activity.
A San Marcos Herald quotation extols planning for old age through work, wealth, and friendship. It argues old age is glorious when supported by mental wealth and social ties, warning tragedy only for the friendless. The ad notes Pierce and Sons Cafe as a meeting place.
Advertises a weekly sale with low prices on rugs walnut bedroom suites dining room sets and rockers. Lists small rugs 25c 3x6 65c davenettes 10 to 15 iron beds stoves and heaters and discounted pianos radios and phonographs.
A Chicago gang extorts merchants by offering protection for $250. If merchants join, their stores gain immunity. if they refuse, windows are smashed and the business may be harmed. The racket secures protected status for its members and enforces compliance.
Readers note a mix of quotes from papers on party strength and reform. The New Bedford Times cites Smith Republicans and Hoover Democrats as the remaining question, while other editorials mock how nations arm for show despite reform and hint at corruption being overlooked by fear of scrutiny.
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