Brackenridge High School - La Retama Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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I X S l S X ff, ss 1 Miss Moore registers an- other B. H. S. attraction While the line forms on the right for her other services. Mary Louise and Lindy take a moment off to smile for the birdie. Ioan snapped in the act of taking dictation from Mr. Gary. Miss Mary Louise Riegel, the registrar, is kept busy checking credits, transferring grades, and compiling various scholastic records. Mrs. loan Roberts, our clerk, and Miss Lindy Conrad, secretary, are kept in a whirl performing their many routine duties. immediately upon entering Miss Moores, Mr. Gary's, and Mr. Kay's offices, the feeling of friendship is experienced when the visitor is greeted by the inviting smiles of our office staff and the student assistants who are always Willing to help us in any Way possible. We say, Hats Offl to our office staff and the student assistants who are truly doing a splendid job in keeping Brackenridge the school we all love.

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X S. 5 I if .5 ff? X 1 4 Sk K 5, 5 --5 L Mr, Kay pauses to lend a hand to Miss Allen with a student's program. Miss Moore admires the decorations on the center stairs. Mr. Gary and Mr. Kay offer Merry Christmas smiles. Telephone calls, special excuses, changes of programs, rechecking of subjects-just a few of the many activities that keep the offices of Brackenridge High School constantly buzzing with activity. Here democ- racy flourishes, for in the offices of Brackenridge High School, many capable hands and minds are re- sponsible for the efficient Work that is a requisite in operating a large American high school. Here a truly democratic Way of operating a high school is practiced, for many students themselves are given the op- portunity to assist our very capable office staff in performing the numerous routine office activities, and these students can have the feeling that they have had a part in keeping our school running smoothly. 6 ofgfzacke ' e 5 P e30

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In the fertile valleys and dense Brazilian jungles, workers toil on the coffee and ruhher plantations. Similarly, students Work diligentl to achieve the knowledge and experience necessary to equip them t face daily tasks. The lowly Iahorer, or peon, of the plantation may he compared o the Sophomore who must toil for his recognition and honors in Braclc - ridge. Next in rank is the overseer, the Junior, who has hecome estahlis d in his surroundings. Gi highest importance is the landowner, the Se or, who has reached the pinnacle of his success. Our UGood Neighhoru to the south of us, the United s of Brazil, is the most important of the famed ABC co s o South America. Larger than our United States, Brazil is a he utiful nation of mountain ranges interspersed with fertile valleys, se unexplored jungles, numerous majestic waterfalls, and the tremen s Amazon River. The vast undeveloped natural resources of this oung hut growing nation are essential to the welfare of this entire he isphere. Its high quality of ruhher is assuming increasing importance, a well as the other inexhaustihle treasures of nuts, hard Woods, carnauh wax, and ums from the tropical forests. Vast stores of gold, diamonds, coa , g nese ore, and petroleum are still untapped. Fertile valleys yield rich coife and cotton crops as well as feed for stock raising on the great cattle ra - mi I ' ' ' - Though ortuguese spea in o Brazil is a melting pot for all national' es, practicing tolerance friendship toward its many races, asxw as good-neighhorliness hest c r qpd hest friend H Vizf the United States, I 1 Q35-W All N