Albuquerque High School - La Reata Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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4 httnrmla lo the students who have so wlllmglv contributed to the success ol tlns boo to the members of the Lommercral Department who have so courteouslv typed the materral for the press to the members of the Mech xnrcal Drxwmg Department w ho have so farthfully lettered and made drawmgs for us to tht l acultv who have en couraged and aided us to the advertrsers who by therr advertrsements have made tlre book possrble and to you who have rn erest enough rn the A H .S to read thus artrcle we the members of La Reata Staff extend our heartrcst thanks One of the edrtors ot this book started to wntt tn clnton xl concerning the de mrse of our lately beloved frlend Pep From lndrcatrons rt seemed that Pep hxd succumbed to the unlrlendly blasts of a cold world About Aprll Z4 however there seemed to be a slrght disturbance III the depths of the student body l rrday Aprll 25 there was a drstrnct upheaval and Saturday April 29 Pep rmperson ated by yellow and whlte bedecked Hrgh School gurls awoke from hrs hlbernatmg and won the lnterscholastrc Track Meet for us We beheve that he rs ahve to stay and rf he does stay ahve as he must A H S will teach New Nrexxco hugh schools how to come out on top IHIL Y M C A AND IHL HICJH bCHOOL One of the greatest accomplishments rn Albuquerque durrng the last vear was the establrshment of a Y M C A and the erectron at Prrst and Central of a splendid home for the organrzatlon The assoctatron which extends tts work to all parts ot the world arms to develop men physrcally mentallv and sprrltually lnhe physical side IS tramed rn the gymnaslum rn the different classes planned to improve the bodily condrtron the pool where every man and boy may learn to swlm rn basketball and srmrlar games whrch are popular ln the Y M C A The l-hgh School wrll receive dlrect benefrt from thrs phase of the work for her boys wrll be rn better condxtron to enter into chool athletrcs and wlll have an added enthusrasm for them As the Y M C, A takes the boys as young as elght years of age by the trme they are ready for Hugh School the athletic spmt rs well rnfused into their verns 'lhrough the lec tures and practrcal talks the boys wall come rn contact wrth men of hrgh mental calibre and by takrng advantage of the lrterature rn the readmg rooms they wrll be come famlhar wrth wrrters for boys Naturally the more the mmd IS used the more alert rt becomes and thrs wrll show tn our scholarship The moral tramrng comes almost unconsciously wlth the Brble classes other meetings and through personal contact wrth Chrlstlan men Recognrzrng the rmportance of thrs work the Hugh School has taken an actrve part rn rt smce the very begrnnmg of the campaign for rarsrng funds started rn No vember l9I4 Durrng the preparations for Campalgn Week a number of the commercral students helped rn the clerrcal work and when the actual task of col lectmg funds had begun the gurls were pressed into service as wartresses at the luncheons gtven to encourage the teams The Boys Team composed of Hugh School students drd good service and through therr efforts materlally swelled the fund In September l9l5 the cornerstone was lard and the burldlng was ready for furmshmg rn Aprrl of l9l6 At thrs trme tne burldmg was thrown open for the mspectxon of the public and among the thousands of Interested vrsrtors the l-hgh School was well represented The Y M Q A was the beglnnmg of the fmest team work the crty has ever seen and the get together spmt which was aroused durrng the campaign of l9I4 set a standard of co operatxon that has been of the greatest help to the clty ln sev eral undertakings that have been started SIHLC then chlefly the State Farr the funds I0 - 0 Q . , n r , , - tt, I V I . . z 2' , f V .. . ., , , , ., - v . ' - V . 'A ' ' ' A ! I 5 1 4 . v - s .. . ., V- .L t. wk . - V r i , I I C - v . . C ' ' 9 I V 1 - . . s . . . . , . . . , ' - - -. . - V , .. . I 9 o s s I , . ., . , . , .. V. , , Q v v , . 1 -In f - S ' ' . . . . v . , , , - . , , . , . t , . 1 - I v . 1 -- v x V 'D - . A tt - s. , . r v ' . . . v - . u - . 4 s n . s . v ' ' I ' ' , . , . , . . H ,, .. . . . s s

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t r r hrrh were rarsed bv the same methods ol work and whrch proved verv suc 9 l n mrhredly the X M C A v r lp rhf Hull! RW 00 Hs flf1Ntl1ll1F-I W 1' t lrr l whrch wr l benffrt our mvs rx v r1l years the qurstron of student government ha been more or ess nrlcr dr cussron among the students of the Albuqu rque Hrgh hchool but rt was t untrl tht frlt of lgl 5 t at tlrr mrtter went far enough to result rn the callin' rr trng l r tht purpo of prrprrrm, a plan to pre ent to the facultv lhe rm ort ,H p f tlns meetrnse r that rt rndrcate that the student body or at least a part 0 tr tud nt l lv r suffrcrentlv rnterested rn student government to talk the matter r r v trmatrc man er Although no detarled plan was prepared and there l r r bren r formal drscussron of tht questron between students and facultv t e rnrtter sttms of suffrcrent rmg ortance to w ur rnt drscussron ere U ours: rn the drscussron of a question lrke thr there rs alwavs the querv t brlrtv of the students to govern t emse ves lhen there rs th ques 1 tr r trrdent government rs benefrcral or not Some people fear student rclrersr to the applrcatron of authorrtv Another danger rs that of factrons 'l ha rs clrques may be formed and people outsrde of the clrques would be vrrtuallv out rd f school rctrvrttes and furthermore factronal feelrng mrght break out Thr dwngfr rs rerv erl nd rs only rzovernable bv the good sense of the leaders rn the movement lhen rgarn the ever present questron arrses of how the students are to r -ntrnl unrulr members This questron would have to be worked cut later as the student body advanced rn rts own government These and many other problems 'nr e that could only be solved by much thought study and practrce lhe arguments rn favor of student government are perhaps equally strong I the frrst place rts advocates assert that self government would grve the stud nts a keener and lrv lre rnt r t rn rll school actrvrtres The argument that the stu nts would become adverse to control or drscrplrne rs rnswered by the assertron that con trol by a student councrl rn conference wrth the facultv would lessen the chances of mrsunderstandrng Would not student government and self government develop rn dependent thrnklng co operatrve actrng wrth ones fellows and make one see the beauty of co operation and the futrlrty and evll results of the rndrvrdual s tryrng to run socrety to surt hrmself3 Furthermore the fact that the students had the drrectron of therr own affarrs would grve them a greater prrde rn the scholastrc moral and athletrc standrng of therr school and strr them to greater effort Agarn grvrng the students the prrvrlege of drscussrng measures that concerned them would cause them to wergh every me rsure of government and rn after lrfe prevent therr passrng unwrse rssues forsted upon them by unscrupulous polrtrcrans ln thrs lrght alone rt appears a verrtable school of crvrc education If the students were grven the rrght of self government rt would awaken a sense of responsrbrlrty rn them that rn after lrfe would be a source of rncalculable value fhe rndrvrdual would become more responsrble and would be more worthy of a trust Can there be a better place for a boy or grrl to prepare for contentron rn the world of polrtrcs busrness or any other phase of lrfe th an the lrrgh school? Maybe thrs school IS not ready for student governm nt but rf the next Vear s faculty should decrde to grve the matter a trv out we belreve they would have the hearts co operatron of the student bodv In the I9I5 edrtron of La Reata an edrtorral appeared drscussrng the great extent of the crgarette habrt among the boys of thrs school Ir rs wrth great pleasure that we announce to the frrends of the school the remarkable decrease of thrs habrt durrng the past year At a banquet tendered the basketball and track men by the Domestrc Scrence grrls May 5 Mr Repp the coach made the statement that to hrs knowledge only one man rn athletrcs had used crgarettes durrng the school year It thrs record rs kept up for another frve vears, as rt surelv wrll be, the crga It rr V 1' ' , ' . I' . . ' ' I, ' . - rf-s'tul. ' A . '. . v'lI he - f h I. n' 3 t , II .Aft hr- sr so ' I ' l l ,, 0 , . rr ' F' . - ' '3 -. -N Z I ' - nr: ' t lt ' 2 f ' ' . f ' A lo Ol' .r lvl' ,' 0 - ep i U .' ' ' 5 ' ' .- f A f P ' Q' I 0 .' ' AF l 4 I 5 - . f le s 1' rm , ls S I A V I . I . Y ' ' ' r ,Hp H1 , s s ' ' H , , , v . , , rrrs lt'tt' ' 1 'S 1 . I ' . f, lt 5 - ,- 5 : 's ' : ' ' 'auf A .' h .. f r 4 :f .4 's '. ' u' ' rrnrrw lrt' .r I v '..' lt . l ' .. l h '. 'F .- trfrfz rr vrltclt' S , I ' ' ' . - , ' . government because they say if the students have self government they will become Q ' A A 4 V f. V. ' ' . Q t sn vu ' 2 H A 'V , AS 1 ' ' ' b' r J sr . ' Av Y , E . - ilr r . f 'Vs - , , ' . ' . , A. ' . .. . - ' ' A . e ' Avfr ces 1 . 1 . de. ' L ' 1 . - 2 . ' , - 1 ' L v . . . , . - - ., . ,V , . is , i , . . . ., ' , ' . . . 5 ,V . . . - Y . r f V . -- , - ' I . I I . . . . .