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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
6
The issue uses Abraham Lincoln as a guiding motif for current events in class discussions. It cites teacher assignments across periods and notes students gathering after classes to the basketball court, football room, or drugstore for a soda.
Editors urge underclassmen to decide their career path now and tailor their school courses accordingly. They warn that choosing only easy subjects can hinder future success and call for extra effort to cover essential subjects aligned with the chosen field.
Mr Gentry’s chemistry class tests gases produced in the lab to verify their composition. So far the students have generated oxygen carbon dioxide and hydrogen in experiments.
The district moved to eight 45 minute periods daily starting last Monday with classes beginning at 8 30 each morning. All students must take physical education to graduate as required by the State Department of Austin.
A ten member unit under Commander Kent embarks on a mission to master Spanish verbs and adjectives. The group aims to speak fluently by journey’s end and faces “dangerous characters of speech” with a hopeful, lighthearted tone.
On the morning of September 10, 29 sophomores were striving to finalize their schedules after a daylong wait. The scene reflected trepidation among the students as they sought to secure courses for the new term.
Mrs Kent notes improved behavior this year and expectations of progress. Students must keep work books and outline books throughout the year, and no work will be passed without both.
The general science class of 27 students meets for one hour daily under Mr. Gentry. They visit the laboratory on Monday and Thursday to perform experiments. So far there has been only one unexpected explosion. They study everyday life topics like sugar salt and air.
Under Mrs Kent supervision history pupils explore discovery and settlement of the thirteen colonies. They study government and living conditions to appreciate modern life and hardships of pioneers. Homemaking classes focus on nutrition vitamins and dining room furnishings and tableware.
The class is very interested in the work. Mr. Caraway is doing a nice job of helping the students to understand plane geometry.
In English I, freshmen began with writing conversations and created a booklet after strong performance. The room often echoes with interesting stories told by the freshmen, as observed by D.
The English IV classes study early English literature focusing on how England became a modern nation the invention of the printing press and the Bible translation. Students memorized a Shakespeare sonnet and will cover Macbeth in coming weeks.
The class advances through shorthand reading and spelling with Pep Squad interruptions during the fifth period. Students show fascination with the course yet their expressions reveal concern about the next day's assignment.
The algebra II class finished signed numbers and learned using algebra as a concise method to handle figures. Algebra is presented as the basis for higher mathematics by J. R.
The plane geometry class, mainly juniors with a few seniors, is taught by Mr. Caraway. The class size is convenient for learning and covers points, lines, line bisectors, various angles, and measurement concepts.
The note praises Maurice Neathery for his enthusiasm for shorthand and his habit of subscribing to leading magazines published in shorthand. He no longer forgets his book, sparking curiosity about the method.
A campus column lists assorted accolades and peevish jabs. Orchids commend punctual Reflector submissions and a teacher who collected jacket money, while onions critique late work, tests, and driving on campus.
A typing class uses rhythm drills sounding like boot camp with cadence of right, left, right, left. Juniors struggled to count from one to four in a recent keyboard test, misnumbering keys before learning to count to ten.
Betty Jo Pierce attends Austin College and travels from home daily. Don Newman now studies at Baylor University and plays on the Baylor football team. L. V. Conner is enrolled at Texas Christian University.
Fort Worth notes mention a Baylor versus TCU football clash ending 7 to 6 for TCU. The piece also cites Ben R. Jones on YR-62 duties in Hawaii and Okinawa amid a historic typhoon with 135 mph winds and 80 ft waves. Curtis Alexander stays busy in Arlington yet returns home weekends.
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