Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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THE GYM Two years ago, vague ideas formed themselves into a vision of a new, well-equipped gymnasium for Austin High School. Today our dreams are nearer a realization than ever before; de nite plans have been made for our gym. And when the day comes when basket-ball games are hotly contested there, when Health Education classes are held there regularly, when parties and concerts draw crowds to it, every student of Austin High will proudly smile and say I helped.

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HOUSE PARK The fod of ii is bathed wiih the rooters ' tears, of icy or despair, and the baU-luggers ' sweat. The very air rings with the eclioes of half-forgotten s( ngs and yells, or of some name, clorious in the annals of our school, shouted high f.ir alKive the rest. Here was the fibre of our manhood toughened. Here we learned loyalty, trust, courage, sclf- sacrihce. and dev jtion to a common cause

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' ' , 5 I ' •Thtt comc ioao ' f l l s, Making Our Dreams Come True Those of us who were here during the winter of 1926-27 will t er remember the slogiin Shelter the Maroons which influenced us to ii crt part of our allowances to build a gym for the I ' nsheltcred Maroons. The original [ilan called for a structure to care for the immediate needs of the basketball team. Clubs, organizations, students and teachers rall.ed to the cause. Con- tributions were made possible by rummage sales, silver teas, assembly programs and what-not. Thanks are due the hundreds of students and the teachers who contributed to the g m. When the drive for funds was over and we had exceeded our quota of $2000 by several hundred, our happiness was unbounded. We soon learned, though, that it would be some time before a gymnasium could be built. We were cheered only by the assurance that a building, finer than we had dared hope for, would lie constructed. But we were to wait. Now two more years have passed and the S eniors of ' 29 are the last group in school who had a part in the great campaign. Though we, like those who have passed on during the past two years, shall never participate in the pleasure the new gym will make possible, yet, we shall be able to say with great pride — A gift (to the extent that we made it possible) to those Austin high bo s and girls who will be here after we are gone. We shall ne er cease to be grateful to our principal, Mr. T. A. GuUett, who was our guide and inspiration thruoul the campaign for a gymnasium. Praise and appreciation are also due Mr. McCallum and the Austin School Board for making our dreams come true by giving us a gym in the construction of which we ourselves are proud to have played a part. i Page tT -. - rT fjO J i