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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
6
The Reflector notes thanks to Mr. Caraway and Mr. Smith for summer work on the building and buses. Students pledge to keep classrooms and transport clean as morale boosters. The column reflects on Ernie Pyle’s wartime reporting and his stature as a great journalist.
The 1945-46 Reflector editors state the paper will follow predecessors' policies and report growing school activities after the war. They seek help from all classes, especially the senior class, to sustain quality coverage.
A student speaker urges valuing education at W H S, arguing Chaucer and the Constitution deserve more attention. The reflection questions how school shapes democracy and personal growth, sharing a first person view on taking learning for granted.
Ernie Pyle held the top position among wartime columnists with six daily papers in 310 newspapers reaching 12,255,000 readers. Millions read his articles, write to him, and seek his health updates, while GIs and generals abroad recognize and confide in him. The War Department and field high command ranked him highly.
The pep squad, under Mrs Earl Blanton, announces new uniforms and rules. Officers listed include President Marjorie Young, secretary-treasurer Joanne Grammer, reporter Irene Kent, drum majors Mary Judd and Bettye Jean Brice, yell leaders Norma Smith Betty Jones Dell Sanderson Marcia Blanks Jimmie Burks, flag bearers Pinkey Raley Jackie Nossaman Patsy Pannell. The note urges others to sign the pep squad roll as discipline and learning to take orders are emphasized.
In Denton and surrounding towns, students prepare for civic duty with Mrs Beazley leading a swiftly advancing civics course. Students attend several colleges across Texas while others pursue work or service at various locations.
Boys in a homemaking class record daily calories and protein requirements to determine average intake per person. They study how food functions in the body and health rules, aiming to extend their findings to healthier living as the year progresses.
People from Maine to California celebrate news that hostilities have ceased. Families hopeful that sons and daughters will return home soon, relieved after fear of telegrams from the War Department and the anxiety of censoring letters ends.
A reflective voice laments the turbulent past and declares a wish to move on. The speaker urges collective healing and a fresh start, acknowledging hardship while expressing hope for a calmer, brighter future.
The algebra II class covers definitions symbols laws operations evaluation exponents and zero unity. Students learn add subtract multiply and divide, use parentheses brackets braces and vinculum, and solve problems. They anticipate learning equations and integers and fear the challenge ahead.
The text extols shorthand as timely training for all workers. It claims shorthand enlarges vocabulary, teaches planned work, neatness, time saving, and strengthens memory and concentration. It argues the study trains the mind and character and equips individuals to earn their own living.
The writer argues shorthand sharpens mental discipline and wits as a quick method of note taking in college. It frames shorthand as a constant battle of wits against the dictator’s speed and choice of words and equates swift spoken sentence delivery to Saladin’s sword cut.
The Whitewright F F A chapter begins with thirty two members across three year classes. The first year class has eleven members learning the project record book and proper filling. The second year class starts with twelve members studying insect life cycles and damage. The third year class starts with nine members focusing on soil conservation and terracing machine parts. They raise eight to ten calves for the Sherman fat stock show and aim for twelve to fifteen this year.
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