North Dallas High School - Viking Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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KYN It E.. W ii'5,'f.'Q'f,Lle. . -S e G , Ax ti lt 'Q F -llllllt t --- xt X- lla il? 1, ll'-, . 'Mana -..L 25 Years in ln l922, at a cost of SS75U,UUU, the Board of Education opened the doors of North Dallas High School, the fourth nign school in tne city. ln this period of twenty-five years -from the day of the Mapper and the jelly bean to the present age of the bobby-soxer -North Dallas has grown from an enrollment of 794 to over l,4U0 students. ln l922 Warren Harding was president, and the country was in a state of deflation. The latest entertainment was vaudeville or a silent movie featuring the lt girl, Clara Bow, or the romantic lover, Rudolph Valentino. The song at the top of the hit parade was l'm Always Chasing Rainbows, and the new dance step, the Charleston, was becoming the rage. North Dallas of 1922 was considerably different, too, from the North Dallas of today. The building was situated in a cornfield, with one streetcar line within two blocks of the campus, and another running past the east side to S.M.U. The first student body was composed entirely of underclassmen, transfers from Bryan Street High School for the most part. Only half of the building was used during the first semester. At first there were no shades, chairs, or lockers, and classes were continually interrupted by the noise of workmen installing seats in the auditorium. Since Dallas had no summer school, students could repeat a course as many times as they felt that they or the teach- ers could stand it. Even then, lO3 was very popular with many students as an after-school activity. The school motif has always been some symbol per- taining to the North. A magazine no longer published was called The Norther: the Compass, which first appeared in l93O, is the name of the school paper, the annual was named The Viking. The school emblem is the North Star, whose points symbolize loyalty, ambition, courage, faith, and determination. lts presentation to each new senior class was established as a tradition by the first gradu- ating class.

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North Dallas North Dallas early set the pace for school spirit. A score meant as much as a game: a parade through the business section of town followed each athletic event, and at the downtown theaters spotlights were flashed on the star players. It must be remembered that during the first years there were no lettermen, and so the school was challenged to make a name for itself. The first Dads' Club in the city was organized here in l923. With the organization of the North Dallas R.O.T.C. unit, Colonel Alvin Ousley became the military sponsor. In the first parade, since we had no cadet personnel above the rank of sergeant, officers from Bryan Street High School were used. ln l925 the Bulldog football team won five out of seven games and produced three all-city men, one of them gaining an all-state rank. ln the same year under the direction of the late Miss Ruth Curtis the girls' chorus and boys' glee club staged an operetta entitled The Pennant, a comedy of school life. The year l926 opened with the daring production, Teachers Follies, which featured Egyptian snake dances, hoboes, and belles of 1906. Miss Epperson was the producer, and Cleopatra was portrayed by Miss Dice, with Mr. Baker carrying the royal snake which slew her. l927 found the Bulldogs barely beaten by Oak Cliff High for the city football championship. On December 27 the National Honor Society was established, which remains today one of the school's most important organi- zations. The Pennant, a comedy of school life was produced under direction of Miss Ruth Curtis. The current form of entertainment was going to the Old Mill Theater and listening to the voice of Gene Austin singing such songs as All Alone. .-XlV '- jirt iv A -. JI? t l, N Y ff 4 l' QQ ,, -akin iz S QUQBQRNC Y, S FQ5 Jig? 'QQ 'fs WW .5 ' vi' t K ' Q'-47 2 l ,. r N fi' 0 , ' yo X '-: Mm