Beaumont High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Beaumont, TX)

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XDQBE G-. F.. W W.- , . K . i 1 E- 'f fl- , 'z IW' ,ii v , 2 ig 1 5 .'-. f , 4 e V: ' .: 1 2 I Y- f. J 2.4 . 4 I .fc , 14? f f ' X i ii ..v ' EDWARD FRANCES DONOHUE, Jr. Football '27, '28: Purple Pups '26: B Ass'n '28, '29, Hi-Y Club '27, '28, '29, President '29: Y. M. C. A. '26, '27, '28, '29: Vice-president Sophomore Class '27, President Junior Class '28: President Senior Class '29. Efficiency, friendliness, and capablenessf' Eddie has a head of his own and doesn't fail to use it. It matters not whether it's making touchdowns and the gridiron, trying to stay on the basketball squad, or keeping his B sweater in its proper place, he sees to it that just what he intends to have done is done. Even if his team-mates do call him Old Maid and the Slowest-Man-in-the- World, they always manage to wait till he arrives to start the fire- works. And the august faculty doesn't fail to observe his conscien- tious good work, although sometimes the smoke of battle has to be cleared away first. That he is popular among his classmates is proved by the fact that he has been Mr, President to them ever since they have been sufficiently grown up to be organized. One would never think about having a banquet f Please don't, he saysj, choosing a class ring, nor adopting a national flower without an okey from Eddie- even Mary Baldwin School for Girls sent him an invitation to join their ranks next year. We deeply respect, honor, and love our loyal son of the Purple. .4 Pans BURR 29- 5. 23

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The Class of '29 President - - - - EDWARD DONOHUE Vice-president - - BLANCHARD BLAND SSCFGU-ry - - - ELIZABETH BEVIL Treasurer - - ADRIENNE ROACH Well, friends, our dear old golden rule days will soon be over, and true to the rule, some of us have a clearer conception of just what it all has meant than others. Please do not conclude that we Seniors would like to begin over again just because we express our regrets upon leaving, but those Upity the poor fish days, after all, are not as bad as they are reputed to be. Classes have come and classes have gone, but thank goodness the class of '29 will not go on forever-in Beaumont High. Not that we wouldn't be a credit to the school, but you see our prestige is such that we are demanded else- where, Some may even succeed in getting positions as soda jerkers or cashiers in stately hotdog stands. Seriously speaking, and without any show of egotism, we would like for you to consider a few of our outstanding accomplishments as a class. As Sophomores we came back from Texas City as winners in the Latin Tournamentg and as Juniors we met with no less success in Lufkin. We are proud of our Latin students, because no little amount of work is required to take such a dead subject and bring it to life. We simply carried off all the prizes in the Better English Campaigns. Then our class is characterized by pupils who have gone over big in both the junior and senior dramatic clubsg we have pupils who have excelled in music, art, and yes, even in the literary field. In fact, there is hardly any line of endeavor which we have not entered to some extent, because of our varied talents. So you see that though we do not claim to be the 'tbest yet, we do not by any means place ourselves in the rank and file of least importance. Then we may give ourselves just credit for the standardizing of the Beau- mont High School ring. The classes which succeed us in the years to come wi.i be relieved of this ever perplexing problem, and our emblem will be handed down throughout the generations. Somehow our class attaches a very sentimental feeling to its leaving Beau- mont High coincident with the fact that ours is the largest of the many classes to have graduated, is that we are also the last to finish in the old building. We are reminded of an old pioneer home erected in the wilderness, sharing alike the joys and sorrows, achievements and disappointments of the typical pioneer family, only to be abandoned for a modern, convenient home in days of prosperi- ty. Old B. H. S. is going to be mighty lonesome when everybody is gone-its halls are silent. We imagine it will then assume an attitude of forlorn dignity and live again in the past, hugging close to its heart secrets of by-gone days. To us the structure will ever be a symbol of accomplishment-the excelsior of our dreams. If the class of '29 has failed to come to the standard some, may have ex- pected, if we high and mighty Seniors have seemingly been satisfied with result: below our abilityg if we, upon being graduated from this school, should leave a lasting impression of unconcern, please forget our shortcomings and remember that we will gladly assume our various places in life and bear on the torch of learning wherever we may be. fm, -- - ,.. 3 'N,E,.-,l7L'JffF' ,r-9 9' L- 22

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40 'X X 96522 Q 'isle E. X s':w'K5 fS.W 'S 33f.S MARIA ELIZABETH BEVIL Basketball maid '29: Track maid '29 Kacklers '28, 29, Vice-president '29, Home Economics Club '27, '28, Purple Athletic Club '28, Pep Squad 28, Boosters '26, '27, '28, Purple Pennant Staff '28, Pine Burr Staff '29, Secretary Senior Class '29, Her friendly smile has won the favor of many. We're so glad that Elizabeth spent just one of her high school terms away from us. It would have been tragic not to have had her to help on the Pine Burr or even not to have been near enough to get an inspiration from those compelling eyes-eh, Editor? In speaking of students, she ranks with the best and when it comes to outside activities and social functions, she simply can't be left out. Who wouldn't love her? BLANCHARD H. BLAND Football '26, '27, Track '27, '2S: Y. M. C. A. '26, '27, '28, '29, B Ass'n '27, '28, '29, Dramatic Club '28, '20, President '29, Vice-president Senior Class '29, Pine Burr Staff '29. Clothes make the man. Blondy is always dressed for the occasion, whether it be for a hot ses- sion on the gridiron or a certain heavy date out Franklin way. His introduc- tion of harmonizing color Cbaby bluej for spring wear created much havoc among conservative men. Drafting for the Pine Burr gave him the o ortunit PP Y for many long conferences-but not with the Editor. It was not necessary f B' H . . . . . or . S. to appo1nt a welcoming committee this year- Sonny was Just naturally Hit. Blanchard battled his way into the front ranks of high school athletics in both football and track, but this year the Interscholastic axe fell, leaving him to sit it out on the sidelines and to do most of his battling in the classrooms. ADRIENNE ROACH Football Sponsor '29, Basketball Maid '28, '29, Kacklers '29, Boosters '26, '27, '28, Secretary-Treasurer Etiquette Club '28, Glee Club '29, B Ass'n '29, Euter- pean Club '29, Editor Ogden Schol News '28, Treasurer Senior Class '29. T'were misfortune to have lived not knowing thee. Adrienne's burdens have been extremely heavy this year, but how could conditions have been otherwise? With the honor of being football sponsor came the task of putting safety patches on those loud jerseys and keeping 'tapple-filled the occupants of the same. Even before the grid season closed, she began to Aworry about how she could guard safely the class funds, and later was seized with the terrible horror that no funds had appeared. However, her Junior year furnished her.a bodvguard who has assumed a1t f h b . p ' 0 er urdens and allow ed her to share his, so we leave her happy in his care. gg Purse BURR 29- Ls Q l - f - r 1 2-I -is