Charles H Milby High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Houston, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 116 of the 1925 volume:

Copyright 1925 Harrisburg High School Printed by Rein Printing Company, Houston Engraved by Southwestern Engraving Co., Houston Dedication To the town of Harrisburg, rich in history and tradition, once the Capitol of 'Texas, long a suburb of Houston, this book is lovingly dedicated. The American public schools are the universities of the people. Into these great institutions go the children of low estate and high estate, to be trained for citizenship in this commonwealth. In our public schools we find the truest expression of American democ- racy because in a most literal sense, equality of opportunity is to be found there. Further, the public school furnishes the only train- ing that a majority of our youth ever get. That the American public is beginning to realize the value of our schools is evidenced by the rapid growth of our school system, and the greatly increased financial support that has been accorded it. Many dollars are being expended now where only one was expended a generation ago. Like every other organization, the American public school must prove its right to live by the product that it turns out. Schools everywhere are being subjected to the closest scrutiny, and weak places are being sought out. Doubtless, some changes in method and content will result, but our elementary and high schools will remain the outstanding institutions in American life. Texas is making rapid progress in her educational system, and it is fitting that she should do so. The men who founded the Republic of Texas were men of culture and refinement and believed in public education. The Harrisburg Independent School District, as one small unit of this great State, is keeping pace with the times. This also is to be expected. Harrisburg, in the heart of the district, was once the capital of Texas, and its history is re- plete with those stirring events characteristic of our struggle with Mexico. The Harrisburg District has made phenomenal progress in the past few months. The tax rate has been raised from fifty to seventy-five cents, a bond issue of $350,000 lias been rated, four buildings, two high schools and two grade buildings have been planned and are now under construction. Fifteen teachers have been added to the faculty and five and one-half credits secured in affiliation. With this record behind us, certainly the future is most promising. J. 0. Webb, Superintendent of Schools. Dorothy Bradshaw Mai he ma t ics Clara Larrabee Commercial Roy Glasgow Science Robbie Neville Latin Mrs. Fannie Davis Mathematics Winifred Bertram History Nanette Barcus Spanish 0 mom zm mm Wilma Chrisman History and Algebra Mrs. Vernon J. Grimes History, English and Public Speaking J. R. Yeager History and Athletic Director Beatrice Ingrum Science and Algebra Gertrude McKeen English Katie Murray Home Economics Fannie Harrel English and Latin English and Spanish Eula Pearl Smith ¥THi.£TiC EDITOR ELVH WICKLUND, J6«€ F0� 1OK w.cm Httn dar ART EOITOP. BUFFALO 3 m ©4 r o v m � Q, £3a v KM .'•S .'- • pAv «•KtSHttAH fitfOCIATE t. oiTOR c 4 i i - Clark Ajjmstkong—“Ollie” Business Manager, Buffalo '25 “Ladies call him sweet.” Dema Slrguy— lCrickett” Secretary and Treasurer, Class '25 ‘Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower.” 4 f . Elms Davis-—•“Edgie” Three lights—the sun, the moon, himself.” Annie Marie Rowe—'‘Tiny When Irish eyes are smiling. Mildred Jean Mason—“Bill ‘‘Today is ours, what do we fear?” 4 Fran k Tomer—“Frankie” “Smarty, smarty had a party.” Vera Coston—' Posh” Myrtle Kennedy—' Sally” “And fair art thou, my bonnie lass.” “How sweet and fair she seems to be.” i i • 9 i Charles Klanke—“Q E D” ‘•With just enough knowledge to misquote. Aka Verne McNay— Monlc” “Unhand me, villain!” Margaret Brougham—ki Peggy” “I would fain coin wisdom. 6 Mollie Bauhof— Pollyanna” “Still waters run deep.” Myrtle Michalski—“Sunshine” “Sweet as the breath of morn.” Marie Gatewood—“Sweetness” “Modesty is very becoming to a maid. f 9 4 f Cullen McWhorter—“Blue-eyes'? “Not so green as he looks.” Doris Kennedy—“Curly” ‘Frailty, thy name is woman.” Julia Scott—“Ju-Boby” “When you see fair hair, be pitiful. t t jrSi T y 5a 3 5ac5 Ga0 Gac5 5 iki Milton Not.an “Dutchie” Nolan, a mid-year graduate of ’25, came back to Harrisburg Hi, and it was around him that the 1924 football squad was built. He filled the position of quarter, and end, being always in the game. It was due to him that we won over Texas City and tied El Campo. Then came basket ball, and again the team was built around Nolan, who was appointed captain. In that capacity he made a good leader, also an accurate forward. Although our season was not so successful, it was due to the work of Nolan that the score of all the games was close. I hold Nolan to be one of the most dependable boys I have ever had; one who was always ready to fill any position, and do it with all his might. He holds a warm place in the hearts of all who have known him, and it is with regret that we see him go. We, the athletic boys, express our gratitude for the service he rendered us in athletics. It is our hope, Dutcliie, that in Chicago University you will hold a place in the hearts of the students there that you have in ours. —Coach and the Team. Senior Qlass of'25 We have gathered here together To say our.last farewell To our many friends and classmates And, the school we love so well. We have come this far together On the rocky road of strifey To a parting ire'll remember As we journey on through life. To the teachers who have led us, On this long and toilsome way We are grateful for the guidance Thai has brought us here today. They have led us like a beacon With a sure and steady light, And, we followed where they led us, Knowing that we went aright. As we stand upon the threshold, Of the life that's yet to come, Let us strive to do our utmost And to leave no task undone. We may share in the achievements Of this wondrous modern age, And in the book of human action Each of us may write, a page. Eager hearted, full of valor, Pulsing with ambition bold We yearn for the strife and action That the coming years may hold. It is not the by-gone glories Of great men passed away, That moves the wheels of progress, But the people of today. We may cast our glances backward On the past beyond recall, But the future stands before us, As a mystery to us all. Now, to us the future beckons, Let us not stand idly by, But go forth to meet life's duties With a will to do or die. —Cullen McWhorter. c llliiSMill UT''i • I ■ v holephoof WOSiERr 4 Vi kv L n u Q£y� L fi COZY CONNER il'iP 0 Edith Han ner “Dumb Bora” Elizabeth Gordon $13 Lionel Badeaux “Nell” ' m ii- '-‘«i: i ■ -« t |Mg|| ' Woddie Wilson “Slim” Hettie Streeter, “Beans” Isabel Harris “Belle” Don Woodruff Esther Bruce “Pepper” Nazelle Holmes “Bugger” ( si ‘45? € 9 Herbert Loesch “Sonny” Margaret Knowles “ Know sie” Martha Kin gsley “Strawberry” Ross Pond “Curly” Gertrude Eichblatt “Bobby” Martha Grigsby “ Sug” m Junior Qlass Officers President.........................Virginia Myers Vice-President....................YVoodie Wilson Secretary-Treasurer..............Martha Kingsley Class Colors: Heliotrope and Silver Gray. Class Flower : Violet. Class Motto : B2. Qlass History In the year nineteen hundred and twenty-two, we arrived at Harris- burg High School, sixty exceedingly scared and big-eyed Freshmen who sat on the front steps and hoped agonizingly that nobody would look at us. Of the present Junior Class there were twenty: Esther Bruce, Martha Grigsby, Edith Hanner, Ella Wolfer, Gertrude Eichblatt, Isa- bel Harris, Marguerite Knowles, Virginia Myers, Rutkie Belle Rial, Luella Ross, Hettie Streeter, Marguerite Wright, Harrison Dod, W. A. Frier, Herbert Loescli, Jerome McKean, Ross Pond, Woodie Wilson, John Will Holloway and Mattie Cottingkam. However subdued we may have been at first, being young and consequently irrepressible, we did not linger bashfully in the background for long. There were a great many of us, especially of the boys, and we gained a reputation for being—well, not exactly the quietest class in school. We were secretly very proud of studying subjects with such learned and awe-inspiring names as Algebra, Latin, and Spanish, but we pretended to be abso- lutely unimpressed. We were worried, for awhile, by the condescend- ing, half-amused way in which the upper classmen tolerated us, but we learned to ignore their attitude with exasperating impudence. In our Sophomore year, five more of what is now the High Three Class were enrolled. They were: Maurine Humes, Lorene Kasper, Flor- ence Withrow, Charles Holman, and Cecil McBurnett. It was in this year that we became interested in the tales of college hazing which some of the ex-students told us. Wo really did manage one perfectly thrilling battle with the Freshmen before we were seriously interfered with. We were then slightly discouraged with this form of amusement, so we looked around for consolation. We found it in class parties. They were considered a success, as everyone came home whole and uninjured and left the furniture still intact. We therefore decided to have a class picnic. We spent a day at Sylvan Beach, had a perfectly glorious time, and came back bright vermilion, peeling fast, and decidedly weary. A few more weeks, the ordeal of those terrible “exams,” and then most of us announced victoriously that we were Juniors. Lizzie Mary Swedberg, Cornelia Maness, Nell McChesney, Lionel Badeaux, Bernhard Patton, Marshall Rinehart, Nazelle Holmes, Mar- garita Harding, Lonnie Estes, Martha Kingsley, Victor Bond, and Laurence Charlesworth completed the class roll for the year 1924-25. We had been going to school but a month of the new term when we began to realize that we were no longer considered infants. Everyone, all at once, began to expect a great deal from us. We were a little frightened at first, but after we had conducted a candy sale, edited an issue of the School News, had our pictures taken for the Annual, and decorated the winning float in the Carnival parade, we began to feel capable and independent. We looked back scornfully on our Sophomore days as we thought of what silly, frivolous children we were then. The year slipped by with unbelievable rapidity, until at last we stood on the steps of the Harrisburg High School and realized half-reluctantly, lialf- joyfully that we had but one more year of school before us. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME When you’re having an exam and you don’t know a thing, There’s no 'place like home! And you have a blank page when the bell starts to ring, There’s no place like home! When you go into a class, as you gen’rally do, With nothing but. a pencil and a text book, too. And the teacher looks around and says, “Note books are due,” There’s no place like home! When you’re cuttin’ up in study hall and turn aroun’ There’s no 'place like home. And there stands Mr. Barrick, his face all a-frown, There’s no place like home! When you throw a piece of chalk without any aim, And you find it hits a mark—Mr. Webb was the same, And you see an open window and you know you’re not lame, There’s no place like home! When you’re huntin’ for your coat on a rainy day, There’s no place like home. And you see the jitney down the road a long, long way, There’s no place like home! When you ’re going to buy your lunch at the lunch room at noon, And you find that you’ve arrived not a moment too soon, In fact, there’s nothing left but an aluminum spoon, There’s no place like home! ?3? v r,- ( % Mi kv XrjJJ High 2 Qlass OFFICERS President.......................Carl Arrington Vice President................Gwendolyn Harman Secretary..........................Alfred Dow Treasurer..........................T helm a F ox Class Reporter...............................Mae Fiyecoat Motto—i ‘Live Wire ’9 Flower—Sweet Pea. Colors—Old Rose and Gray. ROLL Hedwig Asplund Carl Arrington Bertha Banta Walter Barfield Lucile Bremer B-obert Bently Mabel Clark George Brougham Lorene Dickey Lawrence Crosby Mary Edmonson J. J. Cunningham Bertha Faber Bill Daniels Mae Fiyecoat Alfred Dow Thelma Fox Ernest Fivecoat Bernice Guinn Woodrow Frier Gwendolyn Harman Jack Gross Omer Hagins J ow 2A Qlass OFFICERS President........................Fern Fetters Vice President...................Carlos Gatlin Secretary-Treasurer.....................Marjorie Clark Class Reporter............................Samuel Atkins Slogan—‘ ‘ Excelsio r. ’7 Flower—Daisy. Colors—Old Rose and Cray. roll Clara Anthony Itlie Lorentz Samuel Atkins Majorie Beth Mabry Welbourne Billingsley Bella May • Elizabeth Carlisle Ralph Miller Marjorie Clark Ethel Lou Moore Clyde Collins Dorothy Muckleroy Dadie Felder William Pigue Fern Fetters I jo venia Rembert Horace Foster Oswald Rogers John Gividen Trilby Sample Pat Hardee Louie Smith Winifred Jackson C. C. Springfield Julius Juneman Camille Yollers Sydney Lafonta Margaret Westover Flora Lorentz Werner Wicklund On April 13, 1925, death entered our midst and took from us one of our sweetest girls, Mabel Clark. She came to us from Austin in January, 1923, and was enrolled in the seventh grade. By care- ful application to her studies she passed on in her grades until she had reached the High Sophomore Class in High School. She was a very loving, lovable girl; a fond, faithful friend. We look on her as having passed out of the darkness of this world into the light of Heaven above, as having escaped the sorrows of time and gained the joys of eternity. The memory of so sweet a life shall serve as a blessed inspiration to strengthen us to meet bravely the respon- sibilities of life, to overcome the trials that must come upon us. “She is not dead, the child of our affection, But gone into that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ Himself doth rule. ilIn the great cloister's stillness and seclusion By guardian angels led Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution. She lives whom we call dead. High 2 Qlass History On September 19,1923, A rather misty day, Ninety-seven Freshmen Started their high school way. Very proud we were, too, of the faot that we were high school students, and the first week was spent in showing the school how impor- tant we were. We were the largest class in school, so we registered in the Study Hall; occasionally even it was not large enough, for we would get frisky, and Mr. Barrick’s office was the only room that would hold us. Mrs. Townsend, one of Harrisburg High’s sweetest teachers, registered us. The next week we elected our officers and started in real earnest. Our officers were: Everett McNary, President; Clyde Graeff, Vice- President; Artie Sanderson, Secretary and Treasurer; Thelma Fox, Reporter, and Ruby Tullis, Class Poet. We tried to assume all the airs and graces befitting a high school student. The memories of boy’s new long trousers, our sweethearts, the terror of Mr. Yeager as a history teacher, struck in the heart of every Freshman, note passing in the Study Hall, class parties by the dozen, and two trips to Sylvan—one on San Jacinto Day, and the annual school picnic will remain when Latin conjugations and Aand B’2 have completely faded from our memory. The football games inter- ested all of us. At the games we cheered lustily, and tried to look as if we understood the game. Inwardly we were quaking with fear lest someone should ask us to explain the play. In September, sixty-three pupils registered in the Sophomore class. One section of the class registered with Miss McKean in Room 110, and the other section in Room 209, with Miss Bertram. As the two sections were separate two sets of officers were needed. L2A officers were: Foy Hodge, President; Myrtle Patton, Vice-President; Artie Sanderson, Secretary; Dorothy McMahan, Treasurer, and John Oliver, Reporter. L2 officers were: Carl Arrington, President; Gwendolyn Harmon, Vice-President; Alford Dow, Secretary; Thelma Fox, Treas- urer; Katherine Coole}-, Reporter. Very soon we had our first Sophomore party. This was held at the Parish House with games, music, and dancing for amusement. How- ever, we soon found other uses for our class spirit than planning parties. We entered with enthusiasm into all the school activities. In the popu- larity contest put on by the School News, Marion Ott and Martin Blok covered themselves and the class with glory by placing Marion as the funniest girl, and Martin as the best natured boy. Two members of the Harrisburg quartette were Sophomores, Martin Blok and Alford Dow. We took added interest in football this year, since four Sopho- mores, including Lawrence Crosby, captain-elect, made the team. The other three were Foy Hodge, Wayne Rives and Vernon Davidson. Carl Arrington and Martin Blok represented the class in the school band. We had hardly passed the ordeal of mid-winter examinations when Miss Harrell announced it was our time to edit the School News. Everyone in the class did his best to make the carnival a success. We entered two floats in the parade, and were kept busy enough selling ice cream and hot dog sandwiches, or persuading people to take a chance at the spinning wheel. On April 6tli death claimed one of our sweetest girls, Mabel Clark. She had been a member of our class for three years, and in this time we had learned to love her dearly. The bank failure was loudly lamented by the faculty, especially by Mr. Yeager and Miss Bradshaw; however, in comparison with the Sophomore class, their troubles are insignificant. Our class had en- trusted its entire wealth to the bank’s care. Because of our inability to raise the sum of one dollar necessary to file an affidavit, we shall lose our entire year’s savings—twenty cents. Jyjzv 2 Qlciss History The Sophomore class has a rather eventful history. Quite a few of us attended the grammar school at Harrisburg. When we entered high school, our ranks were swelled by a number of students from Magnolia Park. From these new-comers some of the best students in the Sophomore class have developed. Entering high school was, of course, a red-letter day for all of us. We thought that the even, simple routine of the grammar school would be continued in high school. We experienced the same thrill that all Freshmen receive. We noticed several dignified persons strolling about the study hall. We were informed by certain kind of students that these ambulating dignitaries were known as Seniors. Under the able guidance of Mr. Donovan our tender young minds were filled with such terms as: The Hellenistic Period of Greece, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and a squared plus B cubed is equal to C, or something to that effect. After working earnestly for a year we were promoted to that class of wise worthies known as Sophomores. We are now in that class and are working hard to rise higher. All the greenness has been worn off in the past year, and we’re full-fledged students. —Clyde Colli xs. jfiow Freshmen OFFICERS President........................Robert Sligh Vice President..................Leora Benton Secretary....................Richard Matthias Treasurer.......................Joseph S mit i i Reporter........................Isabelle Bock Class Colors—Green and White. Class Flower—American Beauty Rose. Class Motto—The last shall be first. Christine Anderson Dorothy Beek Leora Benton Isabelle Bock Alma Boyd Lois Bullock Moyna Byrd Corrine Clinton Ninna Cochran Marie Fleissner Madalyn Fones Mary Golden Irene Hall Opal Hammons roll Georgia Johnston Dorice Jones Agnes Means Sibyl Morgan Gracie Morgan Lxjcille Payne Clara Schroeder Leona Scott Madaline Scott Lou Emma Squired Carlys Tolle J. C. Gatlin George Hall Joe Kincannon Richard Matthias Frank McClain Teddy Nabors Leslie Rice Leo Richter Robert Sligh Tony Smith Joseph Smith Walter Smith Rex Thompson Paul West Charles Wilson Daniel Soffar High i Qlass OFFICERS President......................Lorraine Lyon Vice President.................Faye Boswqrth Secretary and Treasurer........John McLelland Reporter.......................Vernon Duerer Class Flower—Violet. Class Colors—Purple and Gold. Class Motto—Not finished, just begun. roll Virginia Adams Betty Alden Ltllian Blocke Faye Bosworth Bernice Calhoun Hortense Collins Anna Couch Gertrude Crenshaw Lois Davis Anna Faller Olga Fox Gladys Frederick Ruth Banner Emma Harbuck Inez Haliburton Iris Hearon Zola Hearon Evelyn Joyner Lorraine Lyon Helen McGuyer Jeanne Mosher Bay Payne In a Reese Winnogene Ricker ( Begin a Bobertson Pauline Smith Clara Thompson Margaret Townsend Della Whitten Lucy Witt Eriohe Ahlgren Bobert Arrington Noel Crenshaw Vernon Duerer Jack Eisenstein Junius Evans Curry Farghow Carl Gordon B OBERT HaRLING David Kemp Albert King Warren Lemon Clemmie Linnenberg John McLelland Lamar Miller Woodford Myers Waldemar Nielson Arthur Patton Wayne Price Jack Pyle Carl Ryan Bill Walker Vincent West Lynn White Thomas Whitmarsh Bussell Wood Jim Worthen Philip Wright High i Qlass History We entered Harrisburg High School on September 15, 1924, green as gourds. We greatly envied the High ones because they had passed through Initiation Week a term before. We Fish decided, however, not to be initiated, but do battle with the Sophomores. The Sophomores were saved from complete annihilation by the interference of Professor Barrick who, the day before the battle, declared that any student caught hazing another would be expelled. This declaration, however, did not keep us from wearing our colors. Clemmie Linnenberg wore a green Windsor tie as you probably remember. We Fish had an easy life after that, our only worry being our lessons. Just as we were beginning to enjoy life, a disappointment came our way. We walked into English one morning feeling pretty well, and the first thing that met our gaze was a long list of titles. It was the dreaded Essay Writing Contest. Rumors of this had been heard, but had been listened to with only passing interest. The rumors were true ! We were too surprised to think of anything else. There was nothing else to do but write the essay. After starting on half a dozen different essays, each of us finally constructed a passable one. Great was the rejoicing when the contest was over! The next thing of interest in our little lives was the preparation for, and the taking of, the examinations. Every student began taking- books home to study. With heads crammed to the limit we took the examinations. No question we had studied was asked in the examina- tions. We did not care after we had received our cards and learned that we had passed by the narrowest of margins. On a Monday morning in January we entered Harrisburg as High Ones with somebody to look down on, the Low Fish, green as we were when we started. We did not know they could do anything until the carnival, and then we learned that they could sell balloons and confetti. The carnival came as a relief from the monotony of every-day life. The High Ones had the honor of running the peanut, soda water, and popcorn stand. We had as good a stand as the Low Ones, anyway. The carnival was a success owing to the High Ones. Monday morning we return to school in time to see a few remains of the carnival, such as half-torn down tents, confetti, and empty soda water bottles. The present day interest is this Annual. All the classes had popu- larity contests to raise money for running group pictures, kodak pic- tures, and the picture of winners in the popularity contest. The High One are proud to present to the reader all of these brilliant students and have the honor of being the only class to have a picture of the most popular boy and the most popular girl. —Lamar Miller. Our existence as a class has been short, therefore, our history is equally short. In January, 1925, about forty bewildered children found themselves enrolled in Boom 1 (ground floor), and there they were labeled, the Low One Class. Mrs. Grimes was placed in charge as Registrar. When the public speaking work was started, Miss Clara Larrabee, took Mrs. Grimes ’ place as Registrar. Our hrst organized effort was the decorating of the float for the carnival parade—the fish bowl. We also had charge of a booth on the carnival grounds and proved ourselves adept in the art of selling con- fetti and balloons. Only the first chapter of our history can now be written—the next chapter will be ready for publication after June 5, 1925. Section c sc oa© oac: i 1 5 LITERACY fines (Sent with a bouquet of wild flowers to a sick friend.) A posy for my dearest f riend— With love 1 send you these. I found them in the shady woods Among the moss-grown trees. When hiding ’mong the grasses there, I ’spied, these blossoms coy, The words they seemed to say to me Were, “Joy, Joy, Joy!” With careful hand I gathered them For you, my friend so dear, The words I hope they’ll say to you Are,((Cheer, Cheer, Cheer!” For flowers are the dearest gift We have from Heaven above, The message that they bring us all Is, “Love, Love, Love!” —By Cullen McWhorter. Harrisburg The town of Harrisburg- was laid out in the year 1826 by John R. Harris, one of the old Three Hundred, or, in other words, one of the first colonists of Stephen F. Austin. As he descended from the John Harris who founded Harrisburg, Pennsylvania—he gave the town that name, spelling- “burg” in the old style which terminated with an “H” (I will say here, by way of parenthesis, that Harris County was origi- nally called Harrisburgh County). The first settlements were made at the junction of Buffalo and Brays Bayou on the side of Brays Bayou from Harrisburg, and there under the spreading branches of a large magnolia tree John Harris as Alcalde, or Justice, under the Mexican Government was accustomed to settle such disputes as arose among the settlers. He built a steam saw mill—the first in Texas—and in 1829, went to New Orleans to procure some belting or other material, was taken sick with yellow fever and died. Thenceforth the business was carried on by his brothers, Wm. P. and David Harris. In 1835 the town was flourishing and here a Texas flag was made by Mrs. Sarah Dodson, and presented to a company (in which her husband was Lieutenant) just as they were starting off to march against the Mexicans at San Antonio. As the revolution progressed Harrisburg became of more importance—for after the meeting of the convention at Washington on the Brazos, where the Declaration of Texas Independence was made—just eighty-nine years ago, President Burnet and his cabinet retreated to Harrisburg. From the 19th of March until the 13th of April, Harrisburg was virtually the Capital of the Republic of Texas. The President and Vice-President, DeZavala, were members of the household of Mrs. Jane Harris, the widow of John R. Harris, and at her house (which was her home as long as she lived) the first naval flag of Texas was made. The Mexicans, hoping to capture the President and Cabinet—but especially DeZavala, on whose head a price had been set, came with Santa Anna at their head into Harrisburg—but they found the place deserted. They satisfied themselves with setting fire to all the houses in the place—the valuable saw mill, with others, being destroyed. After the battle of San Jacinto the place built up quite rapidly for a while, but the Allen brothers laid out a town six miles above on the Bayou and procured the location of the Capital of the Republic there, at Houston. The first railroad in Texas was started at Harrisburg in 1840—a mile was graded and some cross-ties distributed. It was called the Harrisburg and Brazos Railroad. It was an enterprise of A. Briscoe, Stephen Richardson and the Harris Brothers, L. B. and D. W. C., but like many pioneer enterprises, failed for lack of means. Ten years after, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railroad was chartered, and July 4, 1853, it was completed as far as Stafford Point—an excur- sion ran out, with flat cars, fitted with seats for the accommodation of t he excursionists. Among the incorporators of this railroad were Sidney Sherman, John G. Tod and others, whose descendants are living in our midst. Mr. F. S. Sternes was the first Master Mechanic of the road—the first engine was called Sidney Sherman. Harrisburg was essentially a railroad and a saw mill town for many years, and as the railroad was extended westward a great amount of business was transacted in the town. The steamboats brought cargoes which were shipped to western points and the cotton and other farm products were brought in by the railroad and shipped out from here. Subsequently the organization of brick works, the manufacture of drain pipes and clay furnaces, were the scenes of much activity during the past. With the removal of the Southern Pacific Railway shops to Houston in 1889 (?) Harrisburg suffered a severe setback from which it has only recently begun to recover. For many years the town lay in a dormant condition, experiencing no business growth and scarcely any increase in population. The development of the Houston Ship Channel, however, brought new life to the little village on Houston’s border. Factories and oil refineries that have sprung up along the water front have caused a great increase in business activity, as has the location of the docks at Port Houston and Manchester. The street car line from Houston and the paving of Harrisburg Boulevard and later the establishment of regular jitney service have been potent factors in the development of the town. In 1916, Harrisburg was incorporated for the second time—her first charter having lapsed after the yellow fever epidemic in 1867. and in spite of the fact that her proximity to Houston placed her in the position of a suburb, Harrisburg was in reality a separate municipality with her own Mayor and City Council, her own water and sewage, and her own Independent School System. She has fine school build- ings—both grade and high, but the scholastic population has so in- creased that it was necessary to vote bonds to build a new Junior High School in Central Park, a Senior High School in Harrisburg, and addi- tions to other buildings in the district. The enrollment in Harrisburg school this year reached eight hundred thirty-four, with a faculty of tliirty-one teacho rs. We feel a tinge of sadness in the thought that we may lose our identity as an independent school for the many historic relations exist- ing, but if annexed to Houston, we hope to be numbered as one of Plouston’s leading high schools. Although in comparison with her neighbor to the north, Harris- burg’s growth has been negligible, her citizens, nevertheless, may take a certain amount of satisfaction in speculating upon the astonishment which would overspread the features of Santa Anna, could he look today upon the town which he left a mass of smouldering ruins in 1836. —A Daughter of the Republic. AN OCTOBER SUNSET Tito’ I live a thousand years, Never will I forget The beauty of that autumn sky, And that wonderful sunset. The sky was covered o’er With a hazy mist-like gray; Ah, never will I forget That splendid, Octobri' day. Two girls were playing Out in a meadow bare, When suddenly they noticed A splendor in the air. And over them fell A strange and fearful awe, They started, listened, looked, And this is what they saw: The sun was at a half, A jagged half, and queer, Over the forest gay It hung, seeming near. “Oh, look, look, look, at the sunT’ One cried with large and wondd ing eyes, “ flow lovely, Oh, how lovely!” Cried the other in surprise. “See the rich, red glow; Ah, such a ivond-rous sight.” But faded into twilight, And twilight into night. —By Evelyn Virginia Sims, 11 vears. 9 'Prize Essay A Few Good Books Do you know what good books really are? Do you realize and appreciate the value of good books? If you do not, the only way to recognize and appreciate good books is to read and study the literary productions of great writers. The subject of a good book may be based on any theme. It may have a historical background and pertain to history, or it may be the biography of a great man. A good book may be written entirely from the imagination of the author or from facts gathered from experience in life. The first good book read by nearly every child is Defoe’s master- piece, Robinson Crusoe. This book is based on a few historical facts, but the writer discarded these to a certain extent and wrote purely from imagination. This story is liked by children for its narrative, but older people appreciate the picture presented of a man’s thoughts and emotions while living in isolation. The Call of the Wild was written by the late Jack London. This book was written from facts gathered from actual life, filled in with ideas of the writer. The scenes are laid in far-off Alaska. The descrip- tions of that frozen country form the beauty of the story. The story also gives the reader a clear picture of the actions and devotion of our most faithful dumb animal—the dog. This book was written entirely in praise of that faithful animal. A good book which gives one an idea of the life and characteristics of the people of England is George Eliot’s Silas Marner. This book gives a clear picture of the life of rural, middle class people. The peculiar ideas and actions of the principal character, Silas Mamer, forms the greater part of the story. The Last Days of Pompeii must be regarded as a great production. The inspiration to write such a book came to the author when he visited the ruins of that ill-fated city. The story presents an idea of the life and customs of people from Egypt, Athens, Borne, and many other cities of the old world. The actions and emotions pictured of the blind flower-girl form the beauty of the story. The author makes it plain that the people of that age were ordinary human beings just as we are today. They possessed good and bad qualities just as we do. The first good book was written many, many years ago. After the first one was written many others followed and now there are many thousands of good books in our libraries. Books of this merit will be written until the end of time, but whether they will be read and appre- ciated by the people of the world remains to be seen. —Ellis Davis. 9Q- ■ • -M N11 JQterary Societies The organization of the student-body into five literary societies at beginning of the year’s work offered an opportunity for all pupils to participate in endeavors not wholly scholastic in nature. With a corps of teachers directing our efforts, we have left in trust to our successors these organizations which have liad as their aim the development of the more cultural phases of school life. Because of the division of the students according to classification, it has been possible to arrange programs and to pursue courses of study suitable for the members of the four high school classes. For that reason,the Juniors and Seniors were merged into one large society. In choosing the name of Mark Twain, we wished not only to do honor to this eminent American, but to set an ideal of literary attainment to which each member might aspire. Officers of the Mark Twain Literary Society: President...............................................Milton Nolan Vice-President.......................................Woodie Wilson Correspondinp Secretary...................................Cum a Rowe Recording Secretary................................Myrtle Michalski Sponsors......................Mrs. Davis, Miss Neville, Miss Harrell Officers of the Woodrow Wilson Society: President............... Vice-President.......... Secretary and Treasurer. Parliamentarian......... Reporter................ Sponsors................ ............................Foy Hodge ......................Artie Sanderson .......................Maudie Sweeney .....................Ruby Mae Tullis .........................Graham Darby Miss McKean, Miss Barcus, Miss Larrabee Officers of the Sam Houston Literary Society: President.............. Vice-President......... Secretary and Treasurer Parliamentarian......... Reporter................ Sponsors............... .........Vernon Davidson ........Melvin McKinney .........Lawrence Crosby ..............Alfred Dow .............Thelma Fox Miss Bradshaw, Mr. Yeager Officers of the Pilgrim Literary Society: President..............................................Vernon Duerer Vice-President......................................Ethel Lou Moore Secretary-Treasurer....................................Trilby Sample Parliamentarian...........................................Pat Hardee Officers of the Lincoln Literary Society: President...............................................Clyde Collin s Vice-President.........................................Sidney Lafonta Secret ary-Treasurer.............................................Lamar Miller Reporter..........................................................Fern Fetters Sergeant-at-Arms..........................................Albert King Parliamentarian......................................John McClelland Sponsors................................Miss Bertram, Mtss Chrisman Duar .Editor; . I wl� U hi coll |o your iiitcuilni: nr.-I !i •Jiij.niii’Btloo of y;«T intolllgimt mil .! '� crlh«r ‘lKo aittotindlng fact thnt your fiilr community abotind� nlBf untold : grultir. If It n tic! that you do not : know that— Mr. 1 Unirk not formerly a ohorilf in Kokomo, Infllaiwf I sir. dliimv � r.i onr.. haul of IN ' eUrmlsiry ilciurtiH tit Bf the slty or Mchccw. Rn.«l� . imd tnrrntnr ' of that ftniww uu� roltfet beruh. While 1 Alborl WNlu. Pirk Pinei ! moil fa- mini� tally lillir r. ii now anfiiyad t IViln Noprl? .v.Im Nmiilr, cum Uudf, won tho •• thing rtfl� ' rerun at Attnnllt? City jiiMHg� « sg!3i Prr Yn.tr. Application imiBc for ond-rUla mail ratter. DufImp m Phone EDITORIAL 6TAFF Edltor-lli-Ohli-f........ .J MU Cdgl.i Awili'tart Bititur ................. ..Gratiam Darby ami ' Vllllnm nc, Atblatlc Dejntriniont ............. .......l-croy Mcliawao. Pat Wole a Earcliaus � ........................ . . Null MoChi! moy. .Mary Dlck-wa Sodnty ....... ....Dorothy McMolur. nrportero. Alfrml Until, John Inml, Knmr! -n. Muttio Cot- UnRb'aia. Clyde Vawter, Clcrain un- •snbdrf, Evelyn Vh'.Hnnd. Hnrol Dial. €!,-do Collin� . Itatlilt Holt� Rt.il. Martin Ktiigslny. Dori� Ken- Di“'.y, Am Vuruc McNur, Mnurlnn Uniiii.f.. If-ilcn McGnym, inn Unroot � t n treat octrees, ho.- iitt or. I'M a rod |o tur.h rrmlartlnna an I'nruini, Hinni o util Juliet, nod Rongii on Rat� ' f� ho ho.� «Ho boon cant with equal aUrrota In the IiuiHug roll� Of •urii playi tt Holeprouf, Ptwoht ul Mr. Ycturor In t double for Valfciv t Inci. havlnu jilnyeil the buUlhronvi la Dlouil mid Saud? Mr� . Darla 1� Uin world' grejitru producer? She ha� produced 0. A. Vmdwurlh's final twimct plnjr, Ceo, Mctry. for more than rfct Jfnnt' uo broken run. Patrnu hire been Known to become � o «iltlitrtt.il a 10 view It • oTiirtl time� h nutati. Little dp you rmllsc ibu geo tan «ml beauty that rtirnuinil� . confound� «ml ilLimftiunil� your fair community. Pal. fern your Life In the looUtepr of those courcrlpt fnthor� «ml thoim noblkwu man. anil neoith. inceiMi «ad happl-' nea� (hall tie your� There � rti tea. i roic.� «prlnkleil i u tho rocky path of life, tut quoting Qoin Ibo poet. ”JIH a long hair tb� t hfta no dandruff Yoon truly, ANON. Y. MOUB. PARK PLACE P. T. A. Tlio Park P| oe r.' T. A. tviu or- ® • 1.1224. with uti euroII- mcul of S7 lath...,,, mothor� , and tr.tchoru and has mndo an oxcelWtit H ft h,na 0. mu,, end tetirheni who hr.ee in« “ nnselOehly td the! imen. of th... school OM tbf COEfoD ' 0 .. f Public Health Conference I OU Mon day. 11,•««„„!«, is. „ ennf-r ■ ■ ' 1 til!� i ,rf p “ Kolilsiiat and .Ml,rif| i unify of Houston niM vrittj yum;ti.,. frt | icndi nL J. o. Wiibb � ni) of(lr { J of ‘bo wortt In alt of It, r..r !.p | pect . teuuaiyp p!� � woro form ata t , hh jj fjl. An . xten!ilvo rrotfram will he rar-jjjS i| riM out and tho r nrhurs of ail tbvilfnl 5 ?eh«!a r-'111 ««lo raie with the couuty £5 t health nurses in doing Dus work. IttpSE [ ' fflo l the public heiilth werh In1 pj I our- tehoelB inn he made � 0 •l«� :utl� f!,!Sp that it win hr a itfinuitm to thli ttiirfclw In all South Toxm. Piinhnr n’lijouncemontn will follow tu the near foturi. lAiury 1 cOoVop. Clyde Vnwtrr.l Ch� rl « llolman and «errral other 1� I� twlrllait nn btri. They t� v l roy thru� � a wltk'd «tialirr. The u w Flati flapper «II dolled � r in black nml white ttrlpea Mr.’.Tea- gor nay the � tr:p«� «re � . ean.ou- it ■ Mr� drltuAf has finally derided tn urac- tLr campHe with h-ir rr � eoc.i- John MrJAllvul 1« mi'running u.t Tpoit Seniors •ctu.li.li t:i laay crcattirei. Look «I lUrm aU'lB arouuU Qoahl I'm lonely; geid lin bine, llwren’t 01 a Ihlng in ilo With ta‘ sumine � I wer� dead; No mere Imok� to tire my bead. What yii‘ tay, the tideptsano? Oh! tell that l.w.li I'm not lit homo. Wall a minute, xuesa Ml nn. Oh! Ii till, yon Bob. hello. In.io’ Vcr I tieanl you. what did you rcy? Why of raiini., «ure f.u may. fJrealI I d tore in. half tmit rUhtf llr.t lljik! girl . ! hot � date. tr.s frooL must he «runs � niaUaad at the HajcKir. , -Ml� , NVrino. Ulaa Renram and Mr. Yi«£rt ilUcur� ip( 1 heir bank ftu- count . “Oh, yo . I helnn In the Tutinl� Club, .«ys Martha UluffEl'y. I tmrier Ktonke, tho phyiHe, •tni. iu. rirumlrg ubotst hnr. h � alraoat vitiu. the mile race from llumblo. Wo : isn't efce l -a ai-lf til in ■ ho black drtJ� «till white frills.’ No wouder ebc «at etortej tbr b� � l looklmc girl in the tcle’ul. -I for Artlo. � eat'' I'l'lf 1 -Is ti(r Uartick {Don't |ht -. lirieh.l tor Clyt c. ittohlnr ijiit'- -la for Don,.the 1I1M1 of b' •I� for Kpplc i ht works Harrisburg arnival Great Success; Splendid Spirit Manifested By Citizens, ||isJ Facuity and Students 51 f t'1) ■■ «: Harrisburg. There fort out rf the r. • - uraht floating out of tbn .deutor room. Wl . guilty? John Hr,orr i?id KIJIu in tlirir Sv dry dtiil� on their way in th pl ®iogt Adler. cVerrl-nD MU iUyeac- What three words H i uh;� I In ll.c SlMBUll DDIIUIKI’ Woyti'—I don t know. Mil.� L rrcu«—Correct. H dowu •ra full cf goo,! cheer ! alter, a X-pluu ie hi� aim.; mu (here soon. ,}iuii the; Vldlma of arrrit w� t HARRISBURG 33; TEXAS CITY 0. The Hornets Defeated Texas i t Basket Ball Team When the referee’s whistle started the initial football game for the season of 1924, the Blue and Gold were represented by one of the most inadequate teams in the history of Harrisburg athletics. Seven members of the team were entering their first football game, and natur- ally even the most optimistic did not look forward to a successful season. Nevertheless, this team entered every game with the fight and determination to win, or at least hold the score down. Six games were played, resulting in one victory, one 0-0 tie, and four losses. The bright- est. spot in the season occurred when the Hornets showed a real brand of fight and held the mighty El Campo eleven to a 0-0 tie. Two other good games were the Texas City game which ended 33-0 in favor of Harrisburg, and the Goose Creek game in which the Blue and Gold were defeated 21-0. Although a loser in the number of games won and lost, a great deal was accomplished; a number of players were developed for the next year’s squad, and the team had a number of enjoyable trips. Players who lettered were: Barnett, captain (tackle) ; Crosby, captain-elect (half); Nolan (end); Davis (quarter); W. Rives (half); L. Rives (tackle); White (guard); Welch (guard); Davidson (end); Hodge (full), and Sulim (guard). Eight of these men will return next fall and we look forward to a more successful season. The basketball record was a little more successful. Nolan was captain until his graduation in January and was succeeded by Davis. Practically all the games were close, but the Hornets seemed to be handicapped by a lack of material and, therefore, lost a number of games. The season developed a number of players who will bring glory to Harrisburg in coming seasons. Six lettermen will return. Players who lettered are: Nolan, captain and forward; Davis, for- ward; Jackson, guard; Gatlin, forward; McGowen, guard; Klanke, guard, and White, center. The Blue and Gold enjoyed one of the most successful track seasons in a number of years. The team was captained by Crosby, who proved to be one of the best dash men in this section of the State. He was our high point man and succeeded in placing every meet he entered. Crosby has two more years in school and is- expected to bring many victories home before his career is ended. McGowen proved to be a capable man with the weights, winning first in the county and third in the district meets. Other men who were place winners were McKinney (half-mile) ; Fivecoat (mile), and Davis (hurdles). Practically the entire squad will return next year, and that year should be a successful one for Harrisburg. Members of the squad who lettered were : Crosby, captain; Five- coat, McKinney, McGowen, and Davis. With the return of so many letter men of this year’s teams and the probable addition of other new material, the Hornets should gain many decisions over our old enemies—the Humble Tigers and the Goose Creek Ganders. —Ellis Davis. Slogan—To Face Cjirl Preserves High School Division Life Squarely. Purpose—To find and give the best. Code Gracious in manner. mpartial in judgment. Leady for service. Loyal to friends. Leaching toward the best. Lamest in purpose. Seeing the beautiful. Lagei’ for knowledge. Leverent to God. Fictorious over self. Lver dependable. sincere at all times. Quest “Everywhere always, in sunshine, in shadow, in joy, in disappoint- ment, in success, in defeat,—we, the Girl Reserves of America, follow the gleam. If once we fall, we rise to face the light; if once we fail, we fight again to win; we cannot be lonely—we stand together. From North to farthest South, from East to distant West, ours is the surest quest. We know the One we follow. ’J ( )fficers and Boll President................................Lorraine Lyon S ec ret ary..........................Mario n Ott Treasurer..................................Bertha Faber Lillian Block Elizabeth Carlisle Bernice Calhoun Ninna Cochran Lois Davis Olga Fox Josephine Harris Marchie Holmes Ruth Hanner I jella May Jeanne Mosher Winnogene Eicker Pauline Smith Clara Thompson Margaret Townsend Della Whitten 6 1Pals Triangle President.......................Mattie Whitten Vice President...................Julia Jackson Secretary................................Mabel Wooster Treasurer.................................Joan Avenell Advisers...................Misses Ryder and Sims Joan Avenell Hattie Mae Scott Theoma Collins Margaret Warn ken Anita Colhert Marguerite Taylor Inez Euing Alice Williams Helen Goodson Mattie Whitten Julia Jackson Nellie Welch Clara Knight Fay Williams Ella Lupan Carrie Belle Witt Caroline Newton Mable Wooster Qolden Pod Triangle President.................................Ethel Syversten Secretary.................................Katie Molk Treasurer...............................Frances Cross Advisers.........Misses Fisher, Long, and Smith Edith Anderson Virginia Henderson Minnie Bran some Gertrude Matheson Teresa Caporina Jennie Pearl White Mary Chicco Winifred Swanson Meltona Clark Catherine AVebster Thelma Coley Telzie Van Brook Frances Cross Esther Pasco Jessie Diamond Juanita Patton Sue Dirr Rosie Randell Lillian Fitzgerald Norma Rembert Dorothy Flemming Margaret Sandberg Jewel Gatewood Isabelle Siewert Mildred Harman Madeline Small Nora Jones Margaret Tholen Irene Krenck Evelyn Sweeny Elva Mackey Ethel Syversten Wilma Martin Nelle White Refa McMahan Evel Van Brook Katie Molk Eva Soffar - ilS I •.nw, .JIS'■'.? Is: 1 5 Ross Pom), Pat Welch, Wm. Pique, Ehxest Fivecoat, Alfred Dow, Sidney Lafonta, Ralph Miller, C. C. Springfield, J. J. Cunningham, Charles Klanke, Harrison Doi , Lawrence Crosby, Lee White, Melvin McKinney. Woodie Wilson, E. S. Samson. J. R. Yeager, C. E. McGeath, Club Advisers. The Purpose1—“To create, maintain and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian Character. The Slogan—Clean Living, Clean Speech, Clean Athletics, Clean Scholarship. The Dynamic—Contagious, Christian Character. The Objective—Sacrificial Service; Christian Manhood. Local Hi-Y History Soon after coming to Harris County as Y. M. C. A. Secretary, C. E. McGeath interested a group of six Harrisburg High School boys in the Thirteenth State Older Boys Conference held at A. M. College, Feb- ruary 6, 7, and 8. These delegates became interested and enthused over the work of the Hi-Y while there and on their return home proceeded to organize a local club. Ross Pond was elected President; Pat Welch, Vice President; Wm. Pigue, Secretary; Ernest Fivecoat, Treasurer; Sidney Lafonta, Sergeant-at-Arms. Rev. Ernest S. Sansom, Pastor of Central Park Presbyterian Church, was elected as Club Leader and Adviser; Jas. Rice Yeager, Coach of Harrisburg High School, was elected Assistant Leader; C. E. McGeath, County Secretary, as Adviser. MRS. R. S. CAGLE President of High School P.-T. A., 1924-25 High School P.-T. HI. The Harrisburg High School Parent-Teachers Association was organized November 14, 1924, with fifty charter members. The new association was sponsored by the Harrisburg School P.-T. A., and Mrs. J. J. DeVoti, President of that organization, served as chairman. The following officers were elected : President.................................Mrs. R. S. Cagle First Vice-President...................Mrs. W. W. Pigue Second Vice-President..................Mrs. C. C. Gordon Third Vice-President................Mrs. W. D. Woodruff Recording Secretary and Treasurer. . . .Miss Robbie Neville Corresponding Secretary.............Miss Clara Larrabee The association meets the first and third Monday of each month. The first meeting of the month is a business meeting and the next an evening social meeting. The organization now has a membership of seventy-eight. The newly-elected officers for the year 1925-26 are: President...............................Mrs. E. K. McMahan First Vice-President....................Mrs. W. W. Pigue Second Vice-President.................Mrs. A. F. Armstrong Third Vice-President....................Mrs. R. S. Cagle Recording Secretary...................Mrs. G. F. Evans Corresponding Secretary.....................Mrs. Harding Treasurer................................Mrs. V. G. Ross “Hornet Boosters' ’ Harrisburg now boasts of an orchestra of fifteen pieces. Under the direction of Miss Collins they have made considerable progress and hope by another year to be in the very best trim. The members now enrolled are: Piano—Eppie Snyder. f§ 1 9 2 5 Violins—Ara Verne McNay, Margarita Harding, Alice Warren, Charles Klanke, Herman Vernon. Cornets—Martin Blok, William Pigue, Lionel Badeaux. Saxophon es—Clark Armstrong, Eugene Suiim, Duke Johnson. Clarinet—Fran k Ditch man. Trombone—Leslie Cooper. Drum—John Cochran. Director—Miss Corinne Collins. Business Manager—Mrs. Fannie Davis. A HALLOWE'EN PARTY The Parent-Teachers’ Association was sponsor for a Hallowe’en party Friday night, October 31. Witches and hob-goblins were there in full blast and succeeded in spreading terror by putting out all the lights for awhile. Grab-bags, candy, and luncli-boxes furnished refreshments for the evening . The proceeds were used to supply equipment for the emergency room. SENIORS ENTERTAIN FOOTBALL BOYS On Friday night, November 7, Mrs. Rowe of Park Place turned her home over to her daughters, Anna Marie and Cuma, for a social hour. The occasion was in honor of the “Hornets,” Harrisburg’s football team. The home was decorated to represent a college and each person was assigned a class. After class organizations, etc., indoor football games were played and races run. The Sophs were the winners in the contest. Refreshments of cake and punch closed a most delightful evening. POPULARITY CONTEST One of the most talked of and thoroughly enjoyed events of the vear was the popularity contest, conducted by the “School News.” The Juniors and Seniors received the was as follows: Most G-allant Boy—Frank Tomek. Most Literary Boy—John Cochran. Most Loyal Boy—Gordon Gautreaux. Neatest Boy—Pat Welch. Most Popular Boy—Clark Armstrong. Most Lovable Boy—Son Rives. Most Athletic Boy—Milton Nolan. Best Natur eel Boy—Martin Blok. Boy Flirt—John R. Standard. Fun niest Boy—W00nv M yers . Most Dependable Boy—Jerome McKean. Best Looking Boy—Son Rives. majority of offices. The result Most Refined Girl—Vivian Oliver. Most Literary Girl—Dena Cagi e. Most Loyal Girl—Evelyn Wick lend. Neatest Girl—Cuma Rowe. Most Popular Girl—Eppie Snyder. Most Lovable G rl—Myrtle Mjchalski. Most Athletic Girl—Fern Fetters. Best Nat ured Girl—M a ut h a K i n g sle y. Girl Flirt—Wi n nogene Richer. Funniest Girl—Reha Harmon. Most Dependable Girl—Ione Denney. Best Looking Girl—Nell McCheknky. SENIOR PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Michalski, 307 Clifton Street, entertained the Senior Class at their home on Friday, October 24, in honor of their daughter, Myrtle, who is a member of the class. This was one party of the season’s at which there were no teachers sitting around as “chap- erones.” So no thoughts of school entered their young hearts to mar the pleasures of the evening. SENIOR CHRISTMAS TREE Mrs. Davis, Registrar for Senior Class, threw open her home to members of Senior Class on Tuesday before Christmas. By the time they had finished with their decorations of holly and Christmas colors, and placed the presents on a tree, it was veritable—Christinas indeed. Refreshments, consisting of apples, oranges, bananas, candy and nuts, were served throughout the evening. Selections were played on the piano, songs were sung, and games were played. The class presented Mrs. Davis with a large table lamp as a token of their love and esteem. Pangs of regret filled all hearts when they remembered that this would be their last Christmas celebration as a class. LOW ONE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS “Not to be outdone by upper classmen, the Low One Class turned the Study Hall into a nursery on January 8, and had a Christmas cele- bration. Girls had everything from toy turkeys to note-book paper re-inforcements, boys played harmonicas and marbles and tooted horns. Miss Ingram and Miss Chrisman gave up in despair until the bell rang to restore order. ’ ’—School Neivs. “ ’POSSUM HUNT” A number of the teachers in school were invited by Mrs. Cagle to accompany her and a bevy of girls and bovs on a ’possum hunt. They reported a very fine time. AA7e, who did not go, never saw the ’possum. LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY Chapel Exercises on February 12 were devoted to celebrating th? one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The address was made by Mr. F. A. Collins, who very forcibly and touchingly brought before the student body the home surroundings of the motherless boy and his slow but sure rise to eternal fame. A bronze medal, a gift from the Illinois Watch Company, was presented to Lewis Thomas as a reward for the best essay in the Lincoln Essay AVriting Contest. “MOVING PICTURES” Mr. F. A. Collins was host and Mr. Marquette chauffered the Seniors and Juniors to Houston to see the picture, “Life of Abraham Lincoln,” at the Isis Theatre. The High School P. T. A. has given regular social meetings once a month since their organization early in the fall. Many splendid pro- grams have been given, some furnished solely by the school children. One in particular was very much enjoyed—Miss Larrabee’s commercial class demonstrating typing to the rhythm of Victrola music. P. T. A., FEBRUARY 16 A feature of the program was the talk by Mr. McCann of Rice Institute, placing before the patrons and students the qualifications or requirements necessary to enter Rice. Thomas White gave a reading and Mrs. Blonkvist a vocal number. Refreshments were served. THE HOUSTON ARTISTS GIVE PROGRAM—BENEFIT OF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, FRIDAY, MARCH 6 The Graham Trio rendered the well appreciated program below: Selection by the Orchestra. 1. Sing a Little Song...........................Trio 2. I’m Waiting for the Ships That Never Come In.. .Trio 3. Elegy (Massenet).......................Mrs. Doty 4. Reading: Betty at the Baseball Game..Mrs. Grimes 5. The Siveetest Flower That Blows. The Cuckoo Clock.......................Miss Johns 6. Readings..............................Mrs. Grimes 7. Negro Melodies..............Mrs. Doty, Miss Johns 8. Terrible Tommy........................Mrs. Grimes 9. Duets: (a) Nightingale. (b) I Want Your Love.. M rs. Doty, Miss Johns 10. Last Days in District No. 4. Jokes.................................Mrs. Grimes Orchestra. 11. Sco t ch Songs in C o s f ume. Little Red SAoolhouse...............Miss Johns 12. The Watchman........................Mrs. Grimes 13. Old-Fashioned Numbers in Costume: (a) When My Golden Hair Has Turned to Silver Gray. (b) When Honey Sings an Old-Time Song. (c) Carry Me Back to Old Virginny. Mrs. Doty; Miss Johns 14. A Heap o' Living Music—Homey Siveet Home. . . .Trio Scene from Operetta—“In Romance” VOD-E-VILLI Nell McChesney as “Mar chit a” The first school program for the year, Fri- day, February 20th, was a vod-e-ville for the benefit of the piano fund. It was directed by Mrs. Davis and Miss Collins. The stage setting and lavish costumes added much to the play. The first number consisted of songs illus- trated with living pictures. Some of the pic- tures are given in these pages. The soloists were: “Stack” Wheat, Mrs. Blonkvist and Miss Sims. This presentation was a decided hit. Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Davis were next. They are always highly applauded. Mrs. Grimes, a mem- ber of the faculty, proved a great impersonator. Clark Armstrong, as soloist, with a chorus of girls with balloons, presented a pleasing number. The operetta, “In Romance,” was presented solely by students in High School. A scene from same, the wedding, is given. Programe Overture ...................Orchestra P. Living Pictures. Mr. Wheat : Red Hot Mamma...........Dena Cagle Marchita...........Nell McChesney Old Pal, Why Don’t You Answer Me?. . .................Myrtle Kennedy Miss Mattie Sims : Smiling Through.....Hettie Streeter Mother o’ Mine......Mrs. C. H. Milby Flower From an Old Bouquet....... .................Martha Kingsley Mrs. Blonkvist : Yo San..................Jean Wells Peggy O’Niel...................Vera Coston Wonderful One..............Marti-ia Grigsby Vera Coston I. Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Davis. as A. Reading.......Mrs. Vernon John Grimes “Peggy O’Niel N. Song and Dance—‘‘Bubbles7’ Clark Armstrong, Hazel Rial, Vivian Peabody, Willie Wells, Marguerite Wright, Julia Scott, Evelyn Wicklund, Dorothy McMahan, Mary Edmonson, Lucille Payne, Dema Surguy. O, Operetta—“In Romance F. Act I—School Days. U. Act II—All Alone. N. Act III—Wedding Bells. D. Act IV—Years Later. This program was repeated the following week at Clinton and the two performances netted the neat sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars. LIVING PICTURES in Smiling Thru in Old Pal, Why Don’t You Answer Me? in Flower From an Old Bouquet Junior Car—Winner in Carnival Parade THE CARNIVAL The biggest event of the year was the Carnival on Friday and Saturday, April 3rd and 4th. It began with a parade of decorated cars and floats and ended with a street dance. Among so many beautiful cars it was really hard to decide which was the prettiest, but the judges finally awarded the prize to the Juniors, whose car was decorated in rainbow colors—the girls’ costumes carrying out the same idea. There were side shows and booths on the ground and two shows daily in the auditorium. Everybody had a good time and carnival spirit reigned supreme. Confetti, balloons, horns, fishpond, soda water, etc.—every- thing that goes with a carnival were there. The key word for the Carnival was found in the “ Crazy House,” as the younger child said. After winding through the dark passages you were confronted with a large mirror, above which was hung the sign—OIBEM—“One is born every minute.” The net proceeds of the Carnival were $365.00, one- fourtli of which was given to the grade school association. gAKOWITZ BROS, clothes have passed their “exams” receiving high marks in stvle and, tailoring, as well as reas- onable price. Clothes, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings akowitz fojl. Main and Preston City Awning and Tarpaulin Co. J. F. JUNKMAN, Prop. MANUFACTURERS OF Sails, Awnings, Tents, Windmills, and Hatch Covers Special Attention Given Steamships Telephone 505 2230 Ave. B, Galveston Compliments of Compliments of Fogel-West Texas Bread Company 1503 McKinney (Wholesale Only) Preston 80 Bakers of Hoi sum Bread Phone Wayside 2757 F. A. COLLINS Compliments of LAWYER NOTARY PUBLIC New Postoffice Building HARRISBURG, TEXAS Texas Ice Fuel Co. Ellis: Why are you crying? Did I offend you with my proposal? 6301 Harrisburg Annie Marie: Oh, no! it wasn’t that. Pm crying for pure joy. Mother has always told me that I was such an idiot that I wouldn’t Boulevard even get a donkey for a sweetheart and you see I have got one after all. Phone W 2072 DRINK Compliments of SHIP CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT CO. IN BOTTLES (A Texas Corporation) Order by the case for Home Use P. 0. Building HOUSTON COCA-COLA HARRISBURG, TEXAS BOTTLING CO. W 2757 LOW COST TRANSPORTATION Compliments of Star-Durant a Friend MILBY AUTOMOBILE CO. Wayside 1976 HARRISBURG Harris-Hahlo Heart o’ Houston A store that enjoys the distinction of selling merchandise that is —Style-right —Quality-right —Price-right- Catering exclusively to women and children—sup- plying them with apparel and accessories they are proud to use and wear. Six floors, Mezzanine and Basement entirely used for store purposes. Directly opposite Rice Hotel Pauline was used to saying her prayers thus: “Now I lay me down to sleep,” and ending, “and make papa and mama good, and make me a good girl.” She was very naughty one day and was spanked several times: so that night when she knelt at her bedside she said, “Now I lay me down to sleep,” and ended“and God bless papa and mama, and for Christ sake don’t forget me.” Let us repair your home on Easy Payment Plan Do not let your home go to ruin for lack of repairs. We will repair your home and you can repay us in easy monthly installments. We will be glad to figure with you —Call— David Harris W. C. Streeter P. 1251 W. 1067-J. COMPLIMENTS of Star Engraving Company Graduation Days Become much more acceptable and appropriate when they have a lasting value. Memories of graduating day— diplomas and loving friends are recalled from year to year thru such gifts—especially gifts of Jewelry. We have so many that find a warm welcome in the heart of the recipient-such as Watches Cuff Links Rings Bar Pins and handsome Leather Novelties J. J. Sweeney Jewelry Co. Main and Prairie Phone Wayside 1133-J Phone Wayside 1829 H. GOODMAN DEALER IN Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hardware Feed Harrison: 1 didn’t know Franklin had a car. Miss Bertram: He didn’t; why? Harrison: I saw a book called Franklin’s Auto-Biography. Mr. Barrick (in study hall): Why is school like a Ford? Freshie: It has one crank and a lot of nuts. Clark: No girl ever made a fool out of me. Jackson: Who did then? La Porte Road, Route 1, Box 342 Houston, Texas ROSS Henke Pillot Incorporated GROCERS Harrisburg Wayside 1090-2085 302-312 Milam Street 2806-2816 Travis Street 11Most of the best for the price” Sellman-Richardson Where you can buy your Ford car Fishes in the ocean Fishes in the sea, A red headed man ‘1 Quality—Service ’ ’ Harrisburg, Texas Has made a fool of me. -C. Larrabee. OAC' V3AC 1 2 5 Chas. W. Johnson FILLING STATION No Open Territory The only place on earth or any- where else where you can get six brands of Gasoline Served Fresh everyday. 5c Package Peanuts Free with each 5 Gallons of Gas Phone Wayside 1186 Broadway and La Porte Road Harrisburg, Texas REAL STUFF Audrey (at store): Are you sure this will grow hair? Albert White (a salesman): Will it! I spilled some on an oil cloth and this morning it was a rug. G. L. RIAL Barber Shop 6637 Harrisburg Blvd. For Ladies and Gentlemen only Children’s Haircuts a Specialty -American -jMat d Flour AhCills V1T; ISISS� The big, clean, bright, sanitary, million dollar mill !g that makes lAmerican dMlaid Flour 53 m- 1% f§ m Quality and Phone Service always Wayside 1190 Harrisburg Auto Marine Supply Co. Marine Supplies, Paints, and Spar Varnishes, Auto Accessories Sporting Goods HARRISBURG, TEXAS J. W. Holloway Real Estate HOMES AND LOTS 4319 Walker Ave. Phone Capitol 1553 Houston, Texas Transfer Drug Store Will F. Humphrey, Prop. Drugs, Druggists Sundries, Ice Cream, Cold Drinks, Cigars, etc. 6645 Harrisburg Boulevard Wayside 1765 and 1888 COMPLIMENTS of Texas Sporting Goods Co., Inc. Compliments of The Houston Conservatory The School that Builds Careers 3101 Main Hadley 2990 Thos. Goggan Bro. Everything in Music Charles Klanke (in Geometry class) : Mrs. Davis, I know the D” stands for Davis, but where does the Q. E. come in? I thought your name was Fannie. Echo Filling Station Grocery Texas Gulf Gas and Oil Tires and Accessories Good line of Staple and Fancy Groceries Broadway, between S. P. Track and LaPorte Road Phone Wayside 2181 Echo Harher Shop UNION We Guarantee All Work ALL BRANDS OF TONIC FOR SALE Drink XXX ROOT BEER AT Marquette’s Place 69 and Harrisburg Boulevard Plenty of Parking Space Prompt Service Wayside 1566 C. DAHL General Contractor Phone Wayside 1667 6812 Ave. C Central Park Butcher Bros. Ice Factory Cold Storage Phone Wayside 1121 Harrisburg, texas Evelyn W.: (In arithmetic class, asked if the problems had been taken up.) Ellis Davis: Yes, gee, but you’re slow. Evelyn W.: I wouldn’t be fast like you for anything. Buy Your Furniture Out of the High Rent District Large Parking Space refrigerators and gas stoves New and Used Furniture Sold on Easy Payments Our Prices Will Surprise You Get Them Before Buying Agents for the Haynes Mattress Reese-Comstock Furniture Co. 6600 Harrisburg Boulevard Wayside 2248 Texas Blue Print Supply Co. DRAWING MATERIAL “Compasses for Geometry” New location 420 Fannin St. Phone P. 4907 Established 1885 Phone P. 4254 Cotton Beams and all kinds of SCALES ADJUSTED C. f. Suhm Machine Shop Sales Agent for HOWE SCALE CO. of Illinois SCALES FOR RENT 306-308 Preston Ave. Houston, Texas Victory-Wilson Inc. J 2nd Floor Clothiers WALK UP STAIRS Save $5.00 to $15.00 A Short Flight to Economy The Greatest Clothes Values in Houston 41975 Main Street Over J. J. Sweeney’s Jewelry Co. Hazel: Jim Rice was the goal of my ambition, but— Evelyn: But what? Hazel: Father kicked the goal. Barriek: What an awful gash you have in your head. Senior: Oh! Next to nothing! Next to nothing! Within every baby's reach B. C. WHOLESALE MILK Cream, Buttermilk and Cottage Cheese B. C. Dairy Products Co. 34 Hamilton St. Preston 2977 5-85 DO YOU GO CAMPING? If so visit our camp department C. L. BERING CO. 709 TRAVIS Ill HEN a book raises your spirits, and inspires you with noble manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. —Bruyere Rein Printing Company Houston, Texas Printers of The Buffalo mi] H it m i Bb m COMPLIMENTS of Barber Plumbing Co. Plumbing and Heating Mother: Son, why do I have to tell you to wash your face every morning before you come to the table? Son: You forgot it one morn- ing, mother. Levy Bros. Dry Goods Co. Everything to wear for mother and the girls —Also the boys Ij Ton Knew A quart of Phenix Dairy Milk every day would make you healthier, and happier and full of the joy of living you would drink it, wouldn’t you? mm : .-••• v .. ■ ——ii