Comanche High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Comanche, TX)

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fx .2 History Jumor Class, 08 By JAMES GRAHAM We hereby set down IH wrltmg and make publxc to all our acts of the past year We hope the world w1ll be char ltable toward us for our mls domgs and our enthuslasm No doubt we would have behav ed wlth far greater rectltude had we known our acts were to be thus made 1Jl1bl1C Sometlmes we have been brought to a full knowledge of our short com mgs and at other tlmes we have acted as though conselous of some self nghteousness But be that as It may the world w1ll soon satlsfy xtsclf m thls respect As to our number It IS large enough But our roll la a httle shorter than when we hrst answered the call last September One of our brlghtest purest and truest John Cunnmgham was called from our ranks to mswer the call IH heaven In the class there are now enrolled elght gms and thlr teen boys Hltherto ln the Senlor class there has been a much HOtlCQd lack of young men graduates Tne prospect now IS that the tables wxll be turned at the end of next year unless many fall to make the requlred grades The Jun1or class of thls year spent the first half of the term xn thelr old old workshop, peggmg aw ay ID the same old place About mxd sesslon or perhaps a few weeks after our long deferred but ever present hope of mov1ng lnto the new Hlgh School Hulldmg was fulfllled As we lssued bllthe somelv from the portals of the Bat Cave our poet exert ed his lngenults wlth the followmg result A dth bat l t lt th d H Re li e f th th d eamms! Sh ked th bat y bde After belng so pleasantly domxclled we haxe spent a happy and we trust a useful year We certamly enjoy the fresh atmosphere of our new home and to a certaln degree have responded to xt We are trulv a class of vlclssltudes We have blown ln many dlrectlons now hot now cold We have been called the worst class ln school yet we have our earnest and steady workers There are some weak IH mathematxcs but strong ln hter ture and hlstory and vlce versa A very small num ber aspxre to hterary fame These w1ll probably be halled as Scotts Emersons and Longfellows IU the far off future Some amuslng lYlC1d6l'ltS have occurred thls year for we are as has already been hlnted a many mmded class What would have happened had not Happy Baby Fat ty and Bosom been among us to entertam us and steal hours from Father Tlme s lxmlted supply? Too we are of ten held spell bound by the mfinlte wlsdom of our Socrates But alas' he lS sometlmes called Cupid Dreams go by con trarxes so may not the apphcatxon of mck names? Sarcasm IS the orator s best weapon and the school boy seems to have lt ln abundance Several of our class have galned some llttle experience IH regard to school teachlng From what they say It must , V 'fl-g 4 4 p y O O , n t , ' Q 4 ' . H . . Y . V. 2 I ' ' I H . . . . . . . . ' n e s never f xt lnxz, still are snttxmz, sullare s tim! I 0 On the usty rafters just wx hm the school house door. 0 0 And tht-lr eyes have all I r- sr-1-mingu 0 deamon:-1' at are r ' . Quo- I, Sha we again r n abid 7' .' rxe e s ln melanchol wuil, Nevermore, nevermore, herein a i .' rl 1 , ' . , ' v 1 , v ' I - - v ' ' A sf ' ' V V 7 ' s. - x a ' , x 1 v l r I y w ' 1 f r - - . . 1 x - . . . . w , ' 9 - - - ' I . . - 1 1 - - 1 1 x q v - n - L. , . g u N A n . - K 4 . . , . ' Y 5 Y I . ' 1 . . , 1 , , . ' A 1 1 7 1 r ' s v ' Q ' ' 1 ' 7 7 I 1 1 1 ' 7 V . . . i 1 . , . . . . , ' Y . V. . . . - , . . . , ' ' . . . ' , , I ' ' ' . - . V . . . . , . Y . . . . .

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1 55,31 ,, Q' 3 .0-5 1 Q- Y-vw JUNIOR QU-xss x PHOTO EV BRODIE

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be a useful vocation r l1Ll1I'lI'1g' a sturdy ch lracter and tact ful mind for success It has enabled us to see the inside of a teachei s xvoxk and it has brouxfht on some soberthoug.,hts We hope thex shall bear fruit vxc hnd ourselxes xievxing, teachers in a totallx ClllfQI'8I1t llght stung thcm is lntcxestcd and xvllllng helpers instead of stern masters In the last xxe xx ould render 1 tribute of gratitude to our oxxn faithful teachers Thex haxe patiently guided us un mathem ttlcs another has helped us to better understand the philosophx and richness of hlstory A th1rd has spent hours in mtroduclng us to noble lives futhelmg our acqu untfmce with them md showing us many beauties in our literature Our Latin instructor has taught us among other things that dlhgentla est victor Though xvc haxe not been Yealous enough to learn all thex xxishcd learned xct wc h txe le uned something With one voice xxe thank them for it all for both praise and mer lted censure Wt noxx knoxx th xt tnc hopes for next ycar s graduates rest upon us and consequcntlx we feel reneyxed responsl bihtx XI IN xxt, be sohertd md steadied for h'ud work by are xct to bc xx on ere the desired goal the falling' of the mantlcs of the departing' Seniors upon our shoulders IS reached VN ith this influence behind us shoxmg' us for xx ard xx resm ctfullx sax th lt xxe hope to ammo rch near to the standard set us bx this xefxr s Seniors and to become xx Ol thx successors to the prixllcges bequeathed to us by them YLUIHIQIC Iwmkle lzlfle knowledge How f wonder fm any college Up abore our reach so high For a wee bl! of you use ll lry When Ihe hlazmg sun IS sei nd the grass wzlh due rs wel czfben me ll bring our essays Io light And reaa' far mio the nigh! Slclla M Hzx . ' Q . . , , . 2 . . - T , , g I 1 -'1 . ' . . , - r Q - . , v ra - - f' -- 1 y . - f - Q . . . Y . . Y, . , - . .. , ' ' ' , . . ji n -Q . V . I ,sw 31. J 2 Q ' 3 - l K I . 'H hz 'i . ' 2 'Q . . V V 2 ' -s. ,- f- ' LV L v f L 1 If ' Q '- Y . - wr 1 v G . L- - . . if. All-rv yx K 1 2 . C 1 sxvervingly. One has taken us unerringly thru the mazes of that Same responsibility. We are aware that many battles . . . . H '. 1 2. I - ,., 1.3. F . H V. - ' 2 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 . ' . 'e i. E ' .' ' z ' iz . . 1 . w Aw v . Y , . 1 rl C ' L .I ' . C v C ,, .. . . ,, Y I V 1 1 g I i V - p. nn K I n D . 7 lv: Y . V 5 , fl K .. .- ,