Forest Avenue High School - Forester Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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U19 1 THE LIBRARY as principal. The baseball team proved itself worthy of Commendation, and the track team won many honors in both city and district meets. Earle Wilson was our star for this year. Our debating team, composed of Wentworth Pierce and Dick Russell, won both city and district championship, and the girls, tennis team, composed of Lola Chapman and Theresa Kleinman, won the city championship. During the term of 1921-22, there were many important events. ln football the Forest Eleven lost only two games. The basketball team did some brilliant playing under the leadership of their captain, B. Nlann. The relay team of 1922 won the state event in the state meet at Austin. ln the fall of 1921, a very successful carnival was held, the First Forest Fun Frolic. The funds obtained from the Frolic were used to buy many beautiful pictures, which now adorn the walls in the corridors. Athletics and scholarship won many victories for Forest during the term of 1922 and 1923. Clean sportsmanship was manifested in all the athletic contests. The track, basketball, and baseball teams all had highly successful seasons. One notable feature of this year deserves special attention. Mr. Parker started a new plan to encourage scholarship and raise the standard of intelligence of the school. The pupils were urged to compete against their own records, that is, to raise w,r , L..- 1 Page Tlurleen

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Us i me 1 SECOND FLOOR CORRIDOR The third year at Forest was still more successful. The year began with an en- rollment of nine hundred and seventy-one students. The school was closed awhile during the fall of 1918 on account of an epidemic of influenza. The Standard De- bating Society was organized January 1, 1919. This club is a splendid organization and has continued to increase and improve until now it is the leading literary society of the Dallas High Schools. Great improvement was shown in athletics over the records of preceding years. Earle Wilson and Adolph Marder took their niche in the athletic hall of fame. , The year of 1919-20 was a most successful one. State championships were won in basketball and track, thus making Forest well known throughout the state. City honors were won in declamation and debating, and in the city interscholastic tennis tournament. In the lifth year there was an enrollment of fifteen hundred and eighty-five students, a marked increase over the first year. Mr. E. B. Cauthorn, our beloved and faithful principal, accepted a position in a large business firm, and was succeeded by Mr. Wylie A. Parker, former principal of Colonial Hill School, and a former teacher of both Bryan Street High School and Forest Avenue High School. The teachers and pupils were sorry to lose Mr. Cauthorn, but they cordially welcomed Mr. Parker Page 'Twelve l ID

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El J U THE GYMNASIUM their own grades on each six weeks' report. Pupils who raised their grades from report to report, or who kept the same average, became members of the Principalls General Staff. The Arthur A. Everts Company presented beautiful gold pins to every student who obtained membership in the Principal's General Staff for four divisions, and also to those who were on the official roster. The year 1923-24 was one of the most successful in the history of Forest High, for the football season inspired Forest to do even better in other activities than in pre- vious years. Two scholarships given by the Reuben Davies Club Were Won by Goldina Mc- Farland in expression, and Mamie Grace Fenley in piano. Mamie Grace Fenley also Won a business scholarship offered by the Y. W. C. A. The year 192.4-25 was the most successful in the history of Forest. The For- est Wondersl' in football beat Oak Cliff for the first time. They lost only two games during the entire season. The Forest High Golf Club was organized and is making a great record for itself. The enrollment reached a total of fifteen hundred and ninety-two pupils. Mr. Parker Went to Cincinnati to represent Forest at the National Educational Association, which met to discuss educational problems in the high school. I to l U Page Fo ufleen