Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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S U P E R I N T E N D E N T R. D. GREEN N THIS year 1936, when all Texas is Centennial-minded, it behooves you to look ' hack at the great figures in the history of our Lone Star State, to recognize their worth, and to emulate their virtues. The men of the past believed in themselves and had a vision of a great commonwealth Which they would found and hand dow11 to you to perfect. It is your part to profit hy their example and to remain loyal to their ideals. Go forth and build for yourselves and others a new TeXas4unified, progressive, and democratic-a state to which men may point With pride, not merely glorifying in the breadth and Width of its territory, its boundless Wealth, and scenic attraction hut justly exulting in its worthy citizenship, that is excelled by no other state in the Union. Sincerely you rs, R. D. E R EEN 'Twenty-five

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CJ I Kilt sul tg' 'gnnu'un T il! ,4g:1::51++Z i fl emswm . 4 - 1 Present and Future Students D 0 l p lt i n e never has walred up to the fact that her picture is b e in g taken. 'gLittle Flo w e r Harrisu is cer- tainly c u n ning, isn,t h e? A nfl therefs collegiate Waultinio H e r- in a ng however, she doesn,t look natural with b 0 0 lc s. Fire.' Firefl' cries G. T. w h i l e Charles Sewell isn't both- ered, and the boys play on. T h e fa c u l t y babies cz r e nu- rnerousg for in- stan c e, Skipper Skaggs, Aubrey a n cl R at i n e y Owen. Step aside for Marshall Millsap and laughing S a r ah Collins. Back to the faculty un- llerst u die s we have Yvonne Hunter, Virginia Fatherree, a n d John T h om a s and Dickson Lee Willis. Can you guess t h e next children? Right. Pat Murphy, Dewey Mayhew, and D o n Etter. May they realize their ambitions as cowboys, foot- ball rnen, or coaches.

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P R I N C I P A L L. E. DUDLEY NOTHER commencement occasion has arrived with its accompanying feeling of elation at tasks completed and rest well earned. There is also, as usual, a feeling of revret for associations discontinued and ties severed. Ma each of ou en'oy 2: Y Y . your vacations and return in September for better Work and greater triumphs, or, if our high school da 's are over, mai You ffraze in greener aslures in colleffe or in Y I3 3 Y Y r- r, r- your chosen work. ufnz wishing, as this school year ends, that I could but repay A portion of the gladness that yoagve strewn along my way, And could I have one wish today, this only would it be: fd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to lflf:'.,, Sincerely yours, l.. D U D LEY Twenty-six