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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1934
Page
7
Lula Lee Vestal expresses gratitude for encouragement from The Sun and outsiders while noting last week’s record size for The Reflector. She pledges continued growth and improved, more interesting weekly issues and publishes extra articles in this week’s paper.
Gossip column notes overheard chatter about couples and flirtations at a college, mentioning letters, meetings at a cinema, friendships, who’s dating whom, and notices of students seen with others. Names abbreviated by initials pop up, with a playful tone and local social intrigue.
The W H S football game at Tioga drew strong support with about fifty students and five faculty members traveling in four cars and a truck. The long fifty mile ride tested the boys who rode on bench seats, yet school spirit remained high for the away game.
A compact aphorism notes that realizing a beloved has gone leads a young man to switch affections and seek new romantic paths. The remark frames personal growth through romantic reconsideration and shifts in attachment.
A feature of the Ely school bus is a large wooden box seating some students beside the driver. Students from Ely ride the bus daily and taunt, laugh, and whisper while the driver keeps order. The mirror above the driver provides the students with a view of his eyes as they chatter and misbehave.
The Girls Glee Club met Thursday during eighth period with 24 members present. Members used new sight reading song books and brought selections from home. They practiced Poor Butterfly and Little Grass Shack and planned a concert later in the semester. Accompanist is Mrs. Kennemer Nova Bryant.
Ex students return to their old school for six commercial courses taught by Mrs George German and Robert Cantrell. Journalism and bookkeeping lack books but will receive them this week. Journalism reports a murder tale. commercial arithmetic, shorthand, and typing classes show progress with ten in arithmetic, five in shorthand, five in law, and ten in bookkeeping.
The freshman class elected Sarah Belle Gillett president Boyd Newman secretary treasurer and Hamilton Vestal social committee chairman. Sponsors Mr Gee and Mrs Kenner will assist in plans for a successful first year.
After years of effort, the school now has three dictionary stands. Two are supplied with dictionaries and one awaits a donation. Teachers and students express appreciation, with Miss Ray and Miss Tapscott noted for support.
Tioga used a mixed aerial and strong rushing attack to blank Whitewright 26 to 0 on Friday. Bussy Thornhill excelled in punting and ball carrying while J B Harrison made key long passes as Tioga led at every quarter and shaded the Tigers despite the heat and dust.
Freshman girls in a home economics class faced a peach theft incident as dried peaches vanished from the lab. Miss Boone split the class between those who ate peaches and those who did not, likening the act to Adam and Eve and leaving some with a guilty conscience while others cooked.
Rehearsals for the play Sound Your Horn began last Saturday night. Franklin Dixon is cast as the educated man and J B Harrison as a dignified lawyer. The production honors the football boys on Oct 26 and invites support from the community.
W H S has purchased a new basketball and the girls use it during eighth period for athletic practice. Interest grows in all sports with girls playing base ball basketball and tennis while the main boys sport remains football. The year shows more interest than last year and hopes it continues.
A girls tennis tournament this week matched players by drawn partners. Sarah Belle Gillett faces Vivian Echols and Isabelle Craig plays Aileen Pennington while Jo Willa Stateville meets Sybil Davenport and Norma Frances Donigan plays Dorothy Nell Pirtle. Vivian Echols is favored after winning five of seven games.
Among the graduates of ’34 seen on college campuses this term are Sonny Hancock Thomas Sears Vera Dodd Mona belle Biggerstaff Alice Harper and Malcolm Williams. They are at Denton Teachers College East Texas Teachers’ College University of Texas Hillsboro Junior College Texas A M College and other institutions. We hope W H S will be well represented in different colleges each year.
Virgil Birchfield limps from football injury. Miss Boone inspires budding cooks in Home Economics. Bus students miss a noon trip, riding to Tioga by truck instead. Thanks to Robert Doss for kind words to Miss Ray. Floors remain slippery, risk of falls. A sophomore misbehaves often. Many students wear dark blue and black hats. A fire drill sent third floor students outside. Some boys skipped school to attend Sherman fair, with guilty consciences. Elizabeth Keeling and Georgia Jones visited. Georgia moves to Floydada soon.
Elizabeth Ireland recalls the loneliness of starting high school and urges new students to greet peers by name. A simple hello fosters goodwill, builds friendships, and changes how students view school life.
Merle Robbins notes years of effort to install a school cafeteria failed as rural students bring lunch from home cheaper. He says only chance for a cafeteria now lies in government aid through relief work.
The boys single tennis tourney advances this week with J. Y. Russell beating Will Bryant Albert Lea Jackson and Fred Starr. Boyd Newman defeats Preston Hannah. Jack Yeager defeats Ted Bow. G. V. Vestal defeats Jim Meador. Upcoming matches include Riddle versus Meador Yeager versus Vestal and Vestal versus Joe Thomas May.
James Lindsey, former W. H. S. student, becomes assistant business manager of The Toreador, the Texas Tech College paper. His journalism interest began during school, where he was part of the Reflector staff. The faculty and students express gladness at his advancement.
New cups saucers and glasses have been secured for the home economics laboratory. A new lock was secured for the door described as fool proof. The items have been received and used to great advantage according to Dorothy Bennett.
The home economics III class hosted two course luncheons on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday attendees included host Ila May and hostess Anna Joyce Benson with maid Edith Mae Sears and guests Fern Russell Patty Jean Hulett Meda Jane Wiser. Thursday guests were hosted by Lula Lee Vestal with Mary Lena Reeves as hostess and Winnie Farmer as maid, plus guests Lytle Big gerstaff Hetty Cambron and Dorothy Bennett. Miss Tapscott and Miss Boone attended both days.
The article describes a pep squad preparing after a football game, with students rushing to the field for a sensational five year return. It notes a later assembly coaching students on appropriate cheering during games and avoids cheering penalized players.
The library staff led by Mrs. J. Kennemer relabeled fiction volumes after a messy week with paste ink and brushes. About 500 fiction books remain, with Temple Bailey and Mary Roberts Rinehart titles among the most read by students.
One hundred new song books titled The Gray Book of Favorite Songs are in use at W H S. They include patriotic religious humorous and sentimental songs. Mrs Jewel Kennemer serves as accompanist boosting student participation in upcoming assembly programs. Lawrence Rhodes notes the school hopes every student engages in the year’s song activities.
The Whitewright team was supported Friday at Tioga by Collinsville and Whitewright spectators. Cheers from the visiting group and the Tioga pep squad sparked lively rivalry. Vivian Echols notes Collinsville cooperation and invites a rousing Whitewright welcome when they visit October 19.
The Masqueraders' Club launches a subscription drive for The Whitewright Sun. About forty to fifty students lack a copy each week, and Mr. Waggoner offers a percentage of subscriptions. The goal is to place a Reflector and Sun in every home next week.
Post graduates taking a journalism course organized a Press Club. Officers elected are J. B. Harrison president Willie Fae Brown vice president Franklin Dixon secretary treasurer N B Nicholson business manager. First meeting chaired by Harrison. committees named for constitution social and future meetings.
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