Van Alstyne High School - Panther Yearbook (Van Alstyne, TX)

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F ORE WORD . . The Panther of 1951 has been compiled wxth a dual purpose Prxmarxly f course our axm has been to record the year's actxvxtxes It has been sand that a plcture may mstantly present what a book could set forth only m a hundred pages Wzth this xdea we staff members agree We have strxven to xnclude ln our pnctor lal drama a reasonable facsxmxle of major and mmor characters of the settmg tlme and place, of the r1s1ng and fallxng actxon and of the many many clzmaxes You may draw your own conclusnons Our secondary objectxve IS to commemorate the fxrst annual ever publzshed an Van Alstyne Hxgh School The Jack Rabbxt of 1913 By reproducmg excerpts from that yearbook along wxth corresponding sectxons of thus yeax-'s annual we have con:-pared and contrasted the past with the present We smcerely hope that The Panther of 1951 wxll play an lmportant part an your future The Sta!! Edxto r Charles Elhott Photography Edxtor Jerry Nell Douglas Feature Edxtor Bobble Ann Trotter Sports Editor Ronald McMenamy Art Edltor DeWayne May Sponsor E Worth Walter SEATED Emma Jean Vlolf, Lucxle Massxe, Delbert Justice Mary Walker, .hm I-xelder Betty Ann Hale STANDING Mr E W Walter, Sponsor, Ronald McMenamy, Jerry Nell Douglas Bobbxe Ann Trotter, Charles Elhott Not m Pxcture Dewayne May Z C l ' . . . . . I 0 , . . . . , . . . . . Q . . . ' . . , . I . ' . . . . , , . I . , . I . . . . . I A u Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Fielder 7

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DEDICATION THE PANTHER of 1951 xs ded1cated to the people of the Van Alstyne community who have dedxcated thexr time and money for the operatxon of our school Especxally do we wlsh to commend the members of the faculty both past and present Wxthout the backxng of these people our school could not operate and px-ov1de us wlth the educauon necessary m everyday l1v1ng Slnce the f1rst prxntmg of a Van Alstyne I-hgh School annual IH 1913 the people of th1s Commun 1ty have buxlt a new gymnaslum a school lunchroom a ball park and have made an addxtxon to the hlgh school buxldmg We are thankful to be able to express m thls small way our apprec1at1on for the group of pubhc sp1r1ted men and women who have done so much to be of service to us The Annual Sta!! of 1951 4 2 , - s I .