Gonzales High School - Lexington Yearbook (Gonzales, TX)

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' E--...zrlr J ,mr N ' 1' -5119? yklll 4xq,l1l5dQ-'34, Svkrtrh Gonzales exen rn very carly days boasted of r Loocl school but rt was not untrl 1889 when Wir Oscar Chrrsnran was elected supcrmtendent, that any attempt was nracle at gradrne the school To the systenratrc thorough work of thrs effluent rrran rs due nruch of the success of our school rn latcr days Partly as 3 result of hrs rnflu ence and partly as a result of much labor on the part of other school offrcrals bonds wcrc rssucd to rarse money for .1 morc comfortable burldrng, and thc sessron of 1890 91 rs remembered as the year whcn thc old collcec was abandoned for 3, new burldrne wrth new furnrture and other applranccs of a good hrgh school It was durrng' thrs year rlso that the school affrlrated wrth the Unryersrty of Texas rts graduates berng, admrttcd to the Unrversrty wrthout ercamrnatron The frrst graduates from the school were Robert S Abcrnethy now Ircut Col Abernethy of the Unrtcd Statcs Arnry md Amos D Ellrs Mr Chrrsnran was succeeded bv Mr Arthur Lcfevre afterwards State Supcrrntcnd cnt of Publrc Instructron Our space rs too lrnrrtecl to refer to the work of the varrous rrren who haye serxed as superrntendents of the Gonzales School and such rs not our offrcers and teachers whose untrrrng' efforts should be apprecratcd by every crtrzcn of Cormalcs, but rf we were asked to name thc person to whom Gonzales School was nrost rndebtcd durmg, the transrtlon to more rrrodcrn methods and equlfmcnt less crowd ed condrtrcns and better pard terchers we would unhesrtatrngly say to Mrss Roselle Nrcholson The vear 1890 91 marks the beernnrnfr of an rnfluence rn the lrycs of the Gonrales chrldren that was to extend over twcnty years of seryrce Superrntcndcnts came 'md wcnt but from 1890 to 1910 'Vlrss Rolclle 'Nlrcholson devoted herself untrrrngly and un sclfrshly to the rnterests of the school dorm: all rn hcr power to gnc hcr puprls truc rdeals and scttmgr a noble example that msrrred nany of those who carrre under hcr rnfluence to lrve as useful 3 lrfe Durrng the last three years of thrs trme she served as superrntendent and thoufh workrne undcr frnancral drffrcultres she lcft the school rn excellent conclrtron thereby nrakrng, thc work of her successor D W P Tavlor ccmraratryely easv The Influence f her york ll rat asc hen ch to c regret she rctrred frcnr actrve school work but rt strll lrves rn the words and actrons of rrrany Gon7ales men and women, and today frve of our present faculty count lt a prrvrlece to have had her' hclp thenr lay the foundatron upon whrch they burlt as teachers To Mrss Ro7elle Nrchol svn then the Gon7ales School owcs a debt that rn one sense of the word can nevcr be pard but deep rn thc hearts of thosc who knew her work rs a sensc of apprccratron xnd a love for hcr who serxed thcm The one serrous obstacle rn the progres of the school has been a lack of suffrcrent funds to prevent crowded condrtrons and to rctarn the servrces of good teachers for a lfnger p0ll0d of time than one or two years As 1 result however of the deep personal mterest on thc part of those nren who hayo from trnre to trme served as offrcers f th school the frnancral stress has hecn somewhat relrevecl Addrtronal burldrngs and courpmcnt an rncrcase rn the faculty better alarres for teachers and a course f stuclv better adapted to meet the needs of a larger nunrber of puprls are some of the cxrdcnces of progress durrng the lrst ten years ,M ,9 LEXINGTONEEO 1 1:11-54,1 ,ga 99 I-1 1. :5 4321 - 1 u Ml 1-1 -1. 1 , : 1 5--vu ' P I llllf I 1 f 1 . -as ---- -- 1. - V- ' ' f l : ll 1 ' , -.....4.LI.......Q.-,-......--1,, J AY' 1. 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