Beaumont High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Beaumont, TX)

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HoRAcE MANN PAGEANT Horace Mann was an ambitious and enterprising youth among his friends. In celebration of National Education Week, a PAGEANT of the life of HORACE MANN, the originator of our present system of public schools, was presented. Marjorie Shepherd, representing the Spirit of Education, and Jack Brookshire, the Spirit of Democracy, int1'oduced the program with a prologue, after which the Doxology was sung by the Girls' Chorus. The first episode pictured the struggles of Horace Mann as a boy and a youth, showing how, in spite of ridicule, young Horace wove baskets of straw in order to secure money for textbooks, and how later he became the brightest scholar of his school, always keeping in mind his dream of free public education, even when he became an enterprising young lawyer. This episode was under the direction of Mrs. Leonie Weyand. Mrs. Maurine Cason directed the second episode, in which Horace Mann was now a successful citizen and had realized some of his desires: the organization of a school for the blind and great progress in health education. Social service work, among the sick, the negroes, and the blind, was one of Mann's chief interests 26

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SOCK AND OFFICERS f Nl X INN l'IN'I', Senior llhillflililll x x xSHlRI'I. Junior Chairman ltblil X lxl lt Suplmxiim'e Vhairman tN tll IJVVARIDS, Adviser ight -X sophomore group at work 4 wie and lighting: effects. lm xou want to he an actor? No? Then your interest in dramaties may find a fertile field oi dextlopment in the interesting related arts ot' l L -Xnd then you may want to lieeome an actor! SOCK AND BUSKIN CLUB MEMBERS Elaine Vincent Marian Reese IienoraMulli1lan Marion Leach Cherry Roberts Marnie Muery Mildred l'owell Mary lflllen Edwards Catherine McMaster .Iaek Brookshire Harney Smith Charles Babeoek Genevieve liumar lirnestine Horn Jackie Brooks l'atrieia Pierre Dorothy Newman Evelyn Garrett J. C. Cupela nd A. L. Gidden Lillian Smith Katherine Renwick Dora Goodwin Bob Keiiz Leonora Crutcher Rose Marie Gibert Foye Winfree Martha Jane Keith Virginia Metzke Helen Granger Bettie Marie Kennedy Charles Ware LeoSin1rleton Jimmie Zelda 'Foplitz Frances Marie Hooper Walter McMullen William Barrow if ighting and scenic effects, eostuming, and mak- NDISDG Above: Costuming appears interesting to this junior group. Left: A demonstration of the art of make-up is given by a senior group.

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HORACE MANN PAGEANT A fuller education for girls became one of Mann's ideals. The final act of the HORACE MANN PAGEANT gave the climax to Mann's entire life. His two most cherished dreams had come true! The people were at last convinced that the education of girls should consist of more than just knowledge about housekeeping duties, and that they, too, should be placed on the same educa- tional standard as men. Here was an opportunity for girls! No longer did they have to look on with envy as their brothers were sent away to school, for they now had the same advantages in learning as boys. Next it was Mann's privilege to address the graduating class of a free public school. Now he was able to see the success of his life's work, and to see that his theory, that popular government could not endure unless the masses were educated, had been accepted. Miss Charlsie Berly was in charge of this act, while Mrs. Margaret Savage was general director of the entire performance. This program was presented first in assembly for the student body and was then a feature of the Student Council Open House to which the public was invited. The Poetry Choir and Chorus contributed impressive musical numbers to the program. 27