Ensley High School - Jacket Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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THE GLEAM 19 trained how to fire the guns in battle. All the work of firing a gun is done in about thirteen seconds. Well. I guess I had better close as it is about time for taps. Tell Ensley High here’s hoping you will always prosper and lick Central every year. I will root for you every Thanksgiving, though I am on board ship. Yours truly. MANUEL HOUSE. P. S.—My address is: L. M. House, U. S. S. Colorado, care Port-Master, New York City. Florence, Ala., Oct. 20. 1923. Dear Miss Daisy: 1 thought as I was sitting here thinking of Old Ensley High, that I would write and tell you about the wonderful school which I am now attending. The Normal School here is an old building about one-fourth the size of E. H. S. It is covered with vines which make it look really beautiful. The library is a brick building annexed to the main building. It is three stories high. Classes meet on the first and third floors, while the main library is on the second. Our buildings set back from the street about one hundred and fifty feet. The grounds have trees all around and it makes you feel just as if you are living in the woods. Where I am staying, in the main dormitory, there are three terraces about fifty feet long, and they stand about five feet above each other. To look at the dormitory you would think it was an old castle, for it has a tower with beautiful vines growing on it. This dormitory accommodates only about 125 people. There are 66 rooms. The rooms are painted a light salmon and white, and everything is like home. Our matron is our mother. Everybody knows everybody else. Tell Amelia I wish to say: “Hello!” Tell Mr. Pittman the same if he is still at E. H. S. I remain an “Old” student, MARTINA FINK.

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THE GLEAM 21 Ensley Football-1923 SCHEDULE OF ENSLEY HIGH SCHOOL October 6—Disque High in Gadsden. October 13—Central High of Chattanooga, at Rickwood Park. October 19—Baylor School of Chattanooga, in Chattanooga. November 3—Phillips High School at Rickwood. November 17—Wood lawn High School at Rickwood. November 24—Tech High of Atlanta at Rickwood. November 29—Thanksgiving. Little Rock High School in Little Rock, Ark. Ensley High started football practice immediately after the opening of school, and from the beginning a successful season was prophesied. Under the able leadership of Coach James Bryan, a wonderful team has been developed around the five letter men: Faircloth, Vines. Fayet, Hardy and Lowery. Many new men were out from the first, all of whom deserve credit. Among the best, however, are Buck McDowell and Johnston, game little quarterbacks; Mayhew, the big tackle from Jefferson County High, who is a tower of strength on the line, a fellow who has won his way into the hearts of the Ensley students; Pearson, the plunging halfback; Mars-ton, another fine half; McGonagle, the flashing end; Zeigler, quite as good; and Bill Scott and Barnett, steady guards. Walker, Jackson, Manly, Inman, Coleman. Clarke and many others are very good indeed. As Captain-elect English did not return to school, “Country Lowery was chosen to fill his position, an honor which he greatly deserved. With the “Game Old Ensley Spirit in their hearts, our boys began the hardest schedule ever attempted by a Southern high school. ------------:o:--------- Ensley Wins First Gridiron Contest From Disque, 19-6 The Ensley Yellow Jackets journeyed to Gadsden on October 6. to play the Disque eleven. The game was very interesting, though slow at times. It was Ensley’s first game, and the boys showed that they had a fine team, barring a little lack of experience. Disque showed fight for part of the game, but our boys were plainly the superior in every department of the play. The first half was quite close, the score being 7 to 6 in Ensley's favor at the close of the half. Numerous penalties were the cause of the closeness at this stage. The Yellow Jackets came back in the third and fourth quarters, and opened a brilliant running attack combined with good punting and forward passes which put Ensley in the lead safely. Many new stars were uncovered in this game. All the subs were given a chance and these smaller, less experienced men gamely did their part. The letter men played their usual steady game. Of the new men, Pearson