Denton High School - Bronco Yearbook (Denton, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 156 of the 1914 volume:

THE BRONCO Volume IX 1914 An Annual Published by the Students of the Denton High School High School Yell BOYS: Hi-Ki! Hi-Ki! Listen to the noise! We are the Denton High School boys. GIRLS: High School, High School! Yes! Yes! Yes! We are the girls of the D. H. S. ALL: High School! High School! Is our cry, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y. Motto Haec olim meminisse iuvabit—Virgil Colors Maroon and White (6ri'ctmgs In the preparation of this volume we have not tried to turn out a masterpiece of literature nor to enter into serious competition with Homer, Virgil, and other famous writers. Take it all in all, credit its virtues and tread gently on its faults, then the labor of the editors will have been rewarded. (Ehr TEhitors Hehicattmt (This, the nmtf| bolume of tlje bronco, is reepcrt-fully bebirateb to Jrof. 3J. HJ. lieaty, taho, aa ishiper-iuteubeut of the City Schools, hae renbereb great eer-bice to the etubent hoby. The Bronco Board (The editors wish to express their appreciation for the help of Miss Malone in the preparation of this issue of the Bronco. Business Management Haggard Buckingham.........Business Manager Douglas Witt.........Ass t Business Manager Board of Editors Phoebe Goode. Virgil Brady... James Potts.... Grace Christal .. Rhea Goode..... Ralph McKelvy Sam Allen..... ..........Editor-in-Chief ....Ass t Editor-in-Chief ....... .Athletic Editor ....Ass t Athletic Editor ..............Art Editor ........Ass t Art Editor Editor, Literary Society Class Editors Edith Rogers. Verna Adams Jacob Price____ Jone Milligan.. Mary Rector... Allene Owens Robert Kelsay John Coit..... ...Editor, Mid-Term Class ........Editor, Senior A ........Editor, Senior B ........Editor, Junior A ........Editor, Junior B ...Editor, Sophomore A .Editor, Sophomore Class ... Editor, Freshman A (ontent5 Greeting Dedication Editors Faculty Mid-term Class Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Domestic Science Oratory Athletics Literary Grinds Alumni Advertisements J, W. BEATY Superintendent of City Schools A. LOGAN, A. M. Principal of High School Volume IX THE BRONCO 15 Mid-Term Class Officers Homer McNew............................... President Olive Owens...........................Vice-President Edith Rogers ...........................Class Editor Catherine Wisdom ..........................Historian Colors...Lavender and Pink Motto...........Vikn! Vikn! Class Yell: Win a point, win a point. Win! Carry the day Have it our own way. Keep your head, keep your head. Chain victory to our car. Victory! Victory! 1913! Volume IX THE BRONCO 17 Mid-Term Representation R. HOMER McNEW—Bigspring; Science; Football, First Team ‘II, ‘12 and ‘13; Vice-President of Class ‘12; President of Class ‘ I 3 and ‘ 14. And gladly wolde he lerne. and gladly teche. CLA YE ATI'S—Denton; Latin; C-Sharp Club ‘12. Her ways are the ways of pleasantness and her paths are peace. BEATRICE AYLEEN SWAFFORD-Denton; Latin. All that is best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eye. ANNABELL GARVIN—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. A pleasant countenance is a silent commendation. WILLIAM BRYAN BRIDGES—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. 4e does it wi.h a better grace, but I do it more natural. E )WARD MILLIGAN—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. As prone to mischief as able to perform it. WILLIAM HARLAN MAHAN-Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. No storm ever ruffled the current of his life. CHARLES N. ALDREDGE—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping 13. As merry as the day is long. MARY THOMPSON HOGUE.—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Domestic Science; Class Editor 12; Class Sec. ‘I 3. She is pleasant to walk with and witty to talk with. WYNNE WOOLLEY—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Meruit er of Boy's Tennis Club ‘ I 3. Life is not so short but always time for courtesy. IS THE BRONCO Volume IX MARGARET VERNELLE ALLISON—Denton; Latin; C-Sharp Club ‘II; Class Historian ‘12; Member of Girl’s Tennis Club ‘ I 3. The heavens such grace did lend her. That she adored might be. LOIS BAILEY—Denton; Latin; C-Sharp Club ‘II ; Domestic Science; Basket Ball, Second Team, ‘II. She was a maiden bright and free. OLIVE PAULINE OWENS—Denton; Latin; Basket Ball, First Team : 1 2. ‘13; Vice- President of Class ‘ I 3. Her wit was more than man’s. EDITH ROGERS—Denton; Latin; Class Editor ‘ I 3. Speech is great but silence is greater. MARY CATHERINE WISDOM-Denton; Latin; Class Historian ‘ 13. For she is wise if I am judge of her. On His Ignorance When I consider how my time is spent Ere half this period in this room so cold, And that one book which I ought to study Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith Professor, and present My lesson learned, lest he returning chide, Doth 'Prof.' exact my lesson, sense denied? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'Prof.1 doth not need My study or my lesson. Who most Laugh at his jokes, they serve him best. His power Is mighty: dozens at his orders speed. And study all the night-time without rest; They also serve who only sit and laugh. -OPAL JONES Volume IX THE BRONCO 19 Mid-Term Class History In 1910, four long years ago— A band of students, whom you may know. Organized a most wonderful Freshman Class, Which for all-round excellence did all others surpass. The following year as Sophomores bright. We scored success and won honors right. As Juniors, too, we held high reputation, For we always made A's with scarce preparation. But as Seniors mighty, we’ve made the great hit, For the teachers all know and we know that we re it. Tho' only fifteen in number—some may call us small— When it comes to learning, they’ve nothing on us at all. Of course, you're eager to know every name That this class has given to the Hall of Fame. So, give me the pleasure of presenting Wynne Woolley— Class beauty, class orator, class—oh, well he’s bully. This one is Edith, so talkative and gay— Next to Vernelle, who’s always sleepy they say. (But we can forgive her, she’s a Virgil shark. ) There’s Mary, so still, so sober, so good. It’s rumored that she wouldn’t have a good time if she could. Oh, Yes—Catherine is the name of a wee little lass. And (would you believe it?) she has more Wisdom than any one else in the class. Except that tall brunette, Homer McNew, Who is most a freeman and knows English too. And here’s Olive Owens, so dainty, so blonde, so petite, And Beatrice, the songster, with voice so sweet. And mischievous Ned, not of First Reader fame. But a merry young boy, who puts fun in the game. Now Charlie's the gigling girl who often declares That laughter’s a tonic that banishes cares. And Harlan, why he never does study, is as bright as can be. Just association with William has caused it, I see. 20 THE BRONCO Volume IX Ola Yeatts, too, is always ready to say, Just what the teacher wants, in the nicest way. And Annabel Garvin doesn’t try half way hard and— My; the A’s. I wish you could see her card. Now the belle of our bunch, I've saved till the last. Is Lois Bailey, and she learns so fast. But 'tis said that she plays society so strong, That she cares to do nothing but sleep all day long. But here. Oh! don’t grieve so, the tale’s ended. And I can say no more of the class of ‘ 1 3 But it, like all good things, dear reader, remember. To be fully appreciated, must be fully seen. Influence Seek to have the world grow brighter ‘Neath the influence of thy love; Try to make each heart grow lighter. And its sterling worth to prove. Shed the sunbeams all around thee. Scatter them both far and wide; Their glad light will soon surround thee And reflect on every side. Meet the glance of doubt or chiding With a smiling one of love; Prove that thou art safe abiding In the strength of heaven above. Try to find the brightness hiding ‘Neath each cloud of doubt or sin; For each future woe providing By a fund of joy within. Through the ages, swiftly, surely. Love will gain the victory; And thine influence sweetly, purely. Brings its harvest back to thee. Volume IX THE BRONCO 21 Senior A Class Officers Haggard Buckingham........................President Marvin Nichols.......................Vice-President Verna Adams ........................... Class Editor Jack Phillips ............................Historian Colors.......Pink and white Mower.............Pink Rose I Volume IX THE BRONCO 23 Senior A Class Representation D’ETTA HORTENSE PRUNTY-Denton; Domestic Science; C-Sharp Club ‘ 14. A gentle little elf, Ever forgetful of self. MARVIN CURTIS NICHOLS-Denton; Latin; Class Historian ‘ I 1 and ‘12; Class President ‘ 13. We point with pride—in the eyes of the faculty, the redeeming member of the class. MABEL LYNN McKINNEY—Denton; Latin. Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit. DOROTHY HAWK -Denton; Science; Bookkeeping; Captain of Basket Ball ‘ 14. She's not afraid to say her say, tho' the whole world is against her. FLORA MAY GRADY—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Historian of Sophomore Class of ' 12. She has a work—a life purpose, and when she finds it, will follow it up. GRACE STUART CHRISTAL—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Member of Girl’s Tennis Club ‘I 3 and ‘14; Assistant Athletic Editor of Bronco ‘ 14. Her very frown is fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. J. MARSHALL MAGILL—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Footboll ‘13. Good behavior in school is a habit; 1 have no regular habits. PHOEBE GOODE; Denton; Latin; Historian of Freshman Class ‘ 12, of Sophomore Class ‘ I 3; Editor of Bronco ‘ 14. How Phoebe so readily wins her way into the hearts of all wherever she goes is a marvel to those who would take lessons from her. Volume IX THE BRONCO 25 FRANCIS PAULINE LIPSCOMB-Denton; Latin; Basket Ball 'll. Another one of our stars. The hand that made her lovely made her wise. JO HAGGARD BUCKINGHAM-Denton; Science; Class Vice-President ‘1 1, ‘12, and ‘13; Class President ‘14; Football ‘12 and ‘13; Business Manager of Bronco ‘14. He acts well his part, there all the honor lies. RUBY GABHARDT—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Editor of Junior Class ‘ I 3. Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shine. CLARA ANNA CURTIS—Denton; Science; Bookkeeping; Member of Girl’s Tennis Club ‘ I 3 and ‘ 14. A countenance in which did meet Sweet records-promises as sweet. MARY HOSKINS (Alias Jack )—Denton; Domestic Science; Science; Bookkeeping; Basket Ball ‘10 and ‘II. Her ready wit and care-free nature makes her a jolly comrade, an admirable hostess, and a joy to all with whom she comes in contact. JEWEL MARGARET GODFREY—Denton; Latin. She is admired for her quiet, emphatic, and yet friendly manner. JACK PHILLIPS—Denton; Latin. He is a first class joker, but hasn't taken a queen. NETA DOUGLAS—Denton; Science; Bookkeeping. A merry heart goes all the day. Volume IX THE BRONCO 27 IRMA BERRY—Denton; Latin; C-Sharp Club ‘10. ‘I 1, and 12; Basket Ball ‘10, ‘1 I, ‘12, ‘13, and 14; Captain Basket Ball Team ' 1 4; Class Historian ‘13; Assistant Athletic Editor ‘ I 3. She can tell the truth and be specific, Of all the class, she is the most scientific. WINSTON POWLEDGE-Aubrey; Latin; Football ‘13. None but himself can be his equal. MARY CLARA TUCKER—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. A smiling face gives many grace. MARY ELIZABETH BATES—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. Her intelligence and sweet disposition make her a beloved class-mate. VERNA CATHERINE ADAMS-Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Vice-President of Sophomore Class‘12; Secretary of Junior Class ‘ 1 3; Class Editor ‘ 14; Vice-President of Girl's Tennis Club ‘ I 3 and ‘ 14. As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. MARY E. DUNNAVAN—Denton; Latin; Basket Ball ‘II. And those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. HOMER J. HIGGINS—Whitesboro; Science; Bookkeeping. A speech is great, but silence is greater. IONE BUSTER—Denton; Latin. Wherever she goes she will always have a warm place in the hearts of the Seniors of 1914. $1 Volume IX THE BRONCO 29 EMMETT H. WHITEHEAD—Denton; Latin; Science; Vice-President of J. B. Denton Literary Society ‘ I 3 and ‘ 14. Talk to him about Jacob’s ladder, and he will ask the number of steps. MARY LUCILE FARRIS-Denton; Latin. None knew her but to love her, None name her but to praise. NINA McCORMICK—Denton; Latin; Basket Ball ‘11. Grace was in her steps, heaven in her eyes, In every gesture dignity and love. EDITH SULLIVAN (Alias Sully )-Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. She is full of life, very capable, and has many friends. She doesn't like history because the teacher calls on her sometimes. RICHARD WILLIAM BASS—Denton; Science. His deportment is par-100 per cent, with no discounts or rebates. We feel proud of him. WALKER MARSHALL JAGOE—Denton; Science. A lover of pretty girls. His only cause for sorrow is that they persist in carelessly misplacing him. KATIE GERTRUDE STROUD—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping. She is very modest and can blush at will. SO THE BRONCO Volume IX SAM H. ALLEN—Aubrey, Latin; President and Treasurer of John B. Denton Literary Society 14. You look wise, pray correct the error. ADD1E LOUISE MELSON-Denton; Latin. Her smiling face proclaims a temper sweet. GEORGE SAMUEL BRADLEY—Denton; Latin; Football ‘ I 3 and ‘ I 4. True worth is in being, not seeming. OLLIE MAY EVERS—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Member of Girl’s Tennis Club ‘ I 3 and 14. For if she will, she will, you may depend on it; And if she wont, she wont, so that's the end of it. EMORY BRYAN TOBIN—Aubrey; Latin. He has wisdom, the slow product of laborious years. JO P1NER—Denton; Latin; Bookkeeping; Member of Girl’s Tennis Club ‘ 1 3 and ‘ 1 4. A quiet disposition, earnest and brilliant. Senior A Class History The Freshman Class of 19 I 0-1 9 I I was a record-breaker in number, our particular division having seventy-five members. This served to make us more bold than we otherwise would have been. Nevertheless, we were wise enough to keep our restless spirits dormant until we had learned whether the tales we had been told of the encroachments of the higher classmen were true. But soon we ceased to fear our elder’s criticism and began to take interest in the contests between classes and between schools. Representatives from our class soon proved to the most skeptical their ability to compete with those of all classes. In oratory and athletics, we had able exponents who won honors on several occasions. Then we became more respected by the, uppers and, naturally, became Volume IX THE BRONCO HI more self-assured. Thus gradually,we were raised to the dignity that becomes a Sophomore. With thirty-eight members we entered with renewed energy in the second year of our high school career. This time we did not come in closely huddled bands and steal fearful and furtive glances at the uppers. Instead, we were hailed as old students and even dared to address the Profs! We were respected by the Freshies, and it is barely possible that we were somewhat overbearing in our actions toward them. But we soon forgot the abyss that yawned between our spheres of knowledge and settled down to study. All of us fathomed History, English, and Mathematics: partly translated, partly cooked, and partly dissected flowers and bugs. As before we furnished excellent material for oratory, athletics, and various school offices. The change was not abrupt when we entered the Junior class. Most of our twenty-seven members started in with a determination to avoid the mid-term exams, and studied laboriously to that effect. But for some mysterious reason, near the Christmas holidays, the boys of the class unanimously decided that the examinations would be not only beneficial but necessary to future progress. Some of the same boys were absent from the next series of exams. During our Junior year, our class furnished several regular players on the basket ball and foot ball teams, who helped to draw attention to their class and school. Our Senior class is composed of twenty-eight members who have learned by experience to make vain-glory over their achievements conspicuous for it’s absence. We have learned graciously to give advice to lower classmen on matters in which we are versed. These are some of the characteristics, not to be derived from books alone, that are necessary to successful and deserving Seniors, and to be such has been our main ambition and goal for four years. In our Freshman year, we selected the motto, In omnibus excellamus, which we have upheld more successfully, even, than was expected. In this chronicle 1 have not mentioned the most important factor that has aided us in our accomplishments—our faculty. The sincerety of our Superintendent and Principal, and the high efficiency of each of the other instructors in his or her particular line of work, make it unexcelled in high schools of it’s class. If it were not for such a faculty, we possibly would not be able to look back over our high-school career and say, In all we have excelled, and with a clear record, select our old motto for the future and say, In all let us excel. JACK PHILLIPS. Historian Volume IX THK BRONCO 32 Life Is life merely a flitting scene Thrown on the screen of time? Is life a preparation For a home sweet home sublime? Is life at all worth living? What is this thing called life ? Is it merely a valley of sorrow, A land of toil and strife? No, life is what we make it, Whether good or bad. Just any old way we take it. Shall we take it happy or sad? Just think that you are happy, Then happy you will be; Just think. Oh! ICH KA BIBBLE! From care you will be free. Just think you like your teachers. You're sure to like them fine Just think that you’re religious. You 11 reach a home divine. Just think you've got the money, Then there that rub comes in; Just think you like to study. Then there's that rub again. But life is what we make it. Then let us make it bright. And all the while, let’s wear a smile And fill this world with light. -SAM H. Allen ‘14 Volume IX THE BRONCO S3 Senior B Class Officers Albert Adkisson Gussie Penry — Jacob Price.... Albert Adkisson .....President Vice-President .........Editor ......Historian Colors..........White and Green Motto.................... We do things. Yell: Rip! rah! saw! rip! rah! bing! Green and white, white and green We are the best ever seen. Senior B Class Representation RUBY MAE DURHAM-Science. 'She has a smile for everyone. WYNNE GRAHAM—Latin; Secretary and Treasurer of Boy’s Tennis club ‘14; Class President ‘14. Far behind his worth comes the praises I now bestow. GUSSIE PENRY Latin;Tennis. He hath a mathematical mind. GRACE TURK—Science;Blue Basket Ball. Oh! what a marvelous mystery. How some folks can learn history. Volume XI THE BRONCO 35 GEORGE COMPTON-Science. Silence, a virtue of the wise. MARY ELLEN CONLEY-Latin. A girl that has the knack of doing the right thing in the right place and at the right time. BEN CLEMENT-Latin. I am a man, 1 smoke cigars. ISABEL FOUTS--Science. 1 would I lived in Lewisville. ELBERT HOOPER—Latin. Class President ‘ I 3. Why didn’t he stay in Dallas? HATTIE CHANEY-Latin. With curly hair and sparkling blue eyes. JACOB PRICE.—Latin; Class Editor ‘ 14. And gladly wolde he learne. ALBERT ADKISSON—Latin; Class President ‘12; Class Historian ‘ 14. Behold, a man of promise. 36 THE BRONCO Volume IX Senior B Class History It was somewhere about the year 1911, in January,when the present low-eleventh grade entered the Denton High School. Our entrance at the time seemed very insignificant, but no, it should be marked as an event of great importance. At first things were so different from the grade school that we did not accomplish much. Before many months however, there was a change and the freshman class began to show signs of progress. In January 1912, we were all promoted to the ninth grade. We passed the ninth grade with due credit and were received into the tenth grade. During the toils and labors of the tenth grace there were a few that left the class, some went to college, others sought duties and vocations elsewhere. However, they left behind them a representative class of which they can well be proud. We had no brilliant or famous individuals in the class, but just an easygoing, natural, well-balanced class. By the time we had gained the high-tenth grade we were coming to be known as the class of ability. Who has not heard of the Junior A Class of 1913? It is as the saying Ask the man who knows, so ask the teachers, who know. A number of the members of the class took advance work, gaining a half-year, and were admitted to the high-eleventh as we entered the low-eleventh. We hated to lose them, but we are glad that they are still sustaining the reputation of the class left behind. We know that this is a class of capacity, for Mr. Logan has told us so That its half of the task done, believing that you can. Added to this capacity is work, which we know how to do with untiring energy. This is our last year in the D. H. S. and we hope to hold up the standard of the class. Not only will we do it this year, but we will continue after our high school days are over. What can we not do if we have the capacity and know how to work. ALBERT ADKISSON, Historian Volume IX THE BRONCO 37 A Psalm of Work Tell me not in double numbers. Of the themes I have to write; Of the Chemistry problems. That just must be worked to-night. For my map-book and my note-book. Must be handed in to-morrow; And I've learned well from experience. Not to do so would mean sorrow. Maps are fierce, and note-books fiercer, And Geometry’s a ghost, That will haunt me now and ever Till my hair is gray, almost. Lives of Seniors all remind me Of the work I’ve got to do. And, departing, leave behind me Grades that’ll somehow get me thru. Let me, then, be up and doing, For there is no time to waste; And if 1 am e’er a Senior, With those themes I'll have to haste. OPAL JONES Volume IX THE BRONCO 39 Junior A Class Officers Douglas Witt..................................President Eugene Wilson...............................Door-keeper Jone Milligan..............................Class Editor Homer Browne..................................Historian Colors.....Purple and White Flower................Violet Motto: When our task is once begun, We never leave it till it’s done. “ Volume IX THE BRONCO U Junior A Class Representation ORON BELL— Fat, fair and forty. BEN ROBERTS- Ben, you are rather antagonistic. VERNA MARCHMAN— Her highest ambition is to fool the boys. MARIE BUMPAS- My ambition has no petty aim. MARY MUSGRAVE— My ambition is to be an English Teacher. ERNEST SIMMONS— A deep thought never bothers his brain. NAOMI GH1ST— O! the world for a man. VIRGIL BRADY- A girl to me a kingdom is.' THE BRONCO Volume XI DOUGLAS WITT- Modesty is my motto. FANNIE DAVIE— My chief amusement is studying history. JONE MILLIGAN— A boy with a head for business. MARIE LEACH- My thoughts are as gentle as dew-drops. OPAL JONES- Whose little body lodged a mighty head. FLORENCE SHANKS- Her ways are ways of gentleness. WINIFRED OLIVER— I would like to be a sunbeam on a dreary day. RITA WILKERSON—Latin; President of Girls' Tennis Club ‘ I 3 and ‘ 14. Thus formed by nature, finished out with arts She glides into our secret hearts. EUGENE WILSON— My heart has room for every joy. u THE BRONCO Volume IX TOT JACKSON- He thinks original thoughts. TOM STANDIFER— There's nothing about him that can spoil. RAYMOND GARVIN- Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honorable. KATHLEEN BATES- Slow and steady wins the race. JESSIE DAVIDSON Her thoughts are in Cleburne. 1ALEENE OLIVER— As merry as the days are long. HOMER BROWNE,- A long, tall, teasing Browne. HARRY SMITH— All things I thought I knew, but now confess The more I know, I know 1 know the less. GEORGE LACY-- Who never said a foolish thing. GAITHER TOMLINSON— No one but himself can be his parallel. ESTHER STEINMAN— She is affected with a disease called the giggles. BYNUM RAMBO- He by geometric scale Could win a bottle of ginger ale. VIVIAN ROGERS- Deep in voice and mind. WALTER FAEBER- A map of Germany on his face. WEBER FENTON- Well, what's the lesson today?” WALTER SCOTT LEVERETT- Feminine in voice but masculine in love making. Volume IX THE BRONCO History (?) of Junior A Class And still no history has this class, this class of nineteen-fifteen fame. The writer sure did burn the gas and sit up close unto the flame. He sat up till the break of day,(’twas close to six by grand-pa's timepiece.) 'I'm not agoin' to hit the hay until I conjure up a rhyme-piece about this Junior Class,' he said. 'I’ll get some old editions of the Bronco; I’ll write these Juniors up and 'paint it red,' and have a first-rate history 'Pronto.' He read the histories thru and thru; then threw the Broncos down in disgust. I’d like to find me something new but these are old and full of rust. He moaned, he groaned, he sure did pull his hair; he'd twist his chin and then he'd pull his lashes; and lastly he surrendered himself in despair, and muttering, threw his attempt into the ashes. For, said this historian of Denton High, 'it's not always the boob that history tells about, that helps to make the world go 'round, but it is the guy about whom they never spont. And furthermore, on history writin', I may be green; but twas a friend of mine, used to declare; There’s many a flower that's born to blush unseen, and waste it’s sweetness on the desert air. HOMER L. BROWNE, Historian THE BRONCO Volume IX 46 Meditation As I sit and sadly ponder 0 er those happy days of yore, 1 allow my mind to wander To the old log school-house door. Many days I've spent within it; 1 11 call them happy, if I may, But among them come a sad one— Ah, that awful, fateful day! I came to school one morning. Greeted those who'd gathered there. But 1 missed that fair-faced darling— Childhood s love with dark brown hair. I had loved her when in childhood, Loved her while a gay school boy. . She’d have been my fairest lady, Manhood’s sweetest, noblest joy. But the fate which seems so cruel. In it’s rulings had decreed: That she should pass fore'er away. That this heart of mine must bleed. But as age comes creeping o’er me. And I think of sterner things— All these ponderings now must leave me. Let me think of modern things. But the thoughts are ever with me. They refuse to go away; 1 am doomed to dream of Nellie Till that happy meeting day. SAM H. ALLEN Volume IX THE BRONCO i7 Junior B Class Officers Uoyd O’dell R lea Goode Russel Smith Mary Rector .....President Vice-President ... Historian ........Editor Colors.....Gold and Purple Flower..........Goldenrod Motto...'One among Many Volume XI THE BRONCO ilt Junior B Class Representation MARIE BAILEY---Latin. ■Better be dead than out of style.1 MABEL BRIM—Latin. ■Give me my rights, or give me a scrap. CORRINNE BORTORFF-Science. A favorite among all. RUTH CLEMENT—Domestic Science. ■She bears herself so gently that the lily on the stalk bends not so easily. LONNIE FOX-Latin. ■Whatever she did was done with ease; But she didn't do it if she didn't please. LAURA CALDWELL—Domestic Science. ■There’s a devilish streak in me somewhere. MARY GATUN -Domestic Science. Dignified, stately, florid, much at ease. JESSIE HOSKINS—-Domestic Science. I 'low she's sassed 'bout everybody in the patch now. CAROLYN MURPHY-Domestic Science. Who said primping had gone out of style? MARY PRICE—Domestic Science. He is a fool who thinks by force and skill To turn the current of a woman’s will. LORAINE SANDERS-Latin. Class Editor 13. She hath a smile for everyone. WILUE SHERROD-Latin. 'There is none like her—none. MYRTLE OLIVER—Domestic Science. The happiest life is to know nothing. CLYDE DAWSON-Latin. So slick he could slide on sandpaper. 'lOM FOX—Latin. Thou shalt not see me blush. SO THE BRONCO Volume IX SHIRLEY HODGES— Latin; Class Historian ‘13. I am nobody’s colt, but I have good horse sense. ABNEY MAY-Science. Brains!! Don't call me that. LLOYD O'DELL—Science; Class President ‘13, ‘14. A lady’s man. RUSSEL SMITH—Science; Class Historian ‘14. You can say what you please about hot air—he’s there. EDGAR SM17H—Latin. O, what's the use? Just bibble. MARION SWINDELL-Latin. He is well paid that is well satisfied. Junior B Class History I find it a very hard job writing a history for the Junior class of 1914. The picture given expresses the spirit of our class as well as any 1 could think of (dead to the world). It may be said though of this class, They are improving.1 Poor things, 1 don’t see how we could possibly become worse. Let us hope that next year will not find us with such a low standing. Volume IX THE BRONCO 51 The Senior and the Freshman (With apologies to Emerson) The Senior and the Freshman Had a quarrel. And the Senior callel the Freshman Little Dunce; Freshie said, You certainly are shrewd; But my small learning That you are now spurning, Was yours once. And I'll tell you here That 1 think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I’m not so smart as you. You are not so cute as I. I’ll not deny you make A very good appearance; Talents differ: we all have our place; If I can’t get a sheep-skin, Neither can you get all A’s. RAY BUSTER Volume IX THE BRONCO 53 Sophomore A Class Officers Newt Seagraves Sam Omohundra. Lorena Richey Allene Owens Colors. Flower ....................President ...............Vice-President ....................Historian .......................Editor .Gold and White ...........Daisy Motto: Only the best satisfies us. Volume XI THE BRONCO 55 Sophomore A Class Representation MONNIE PONDER—'Peace, let us have peace. CECELIA TOMPKINS- As still as the lone albatross. WALLACE MASTERS—'His mother s pride. CLAUDE WHALEN—1'With a head full of golden ideas. RAY DOTY— I sketch the world exactly as it goes. HELEN SCHMITZ—'Sincere she is.' LORENA RICHY—'Such a modest winsome lass',?)' WOODSON DYER—'Some day 1 will be an orator.(?)' NEUT SEAGRAVES-'He has a way of saying things.' REESE SHANKS-The full sum of me is the full sum of nothing.' LYDIA RHODE—'Her eyes spoke peace. JESSIE BLAKEMORE— A spirit pure as hers is always pure. MARGETTA PATTERSON— She was never known to neglect her duties. ROBERT STORRIE— Pleasure first, duty afterward. MARY LACY— Life is too short to worry. EMORY WITT— Shy on only one subject, the 'Ladies. ' SAM OMOHUNDRO— 1 have a heart but not for a high school girl. MATTIE SHANNON— Virtue is its own reward. BENNETT WOOLEY— Where liberty dwells, there dwell I. VIOLA BALTHROP— Her airs and manners are proud. PFAEFFLE SIMPSON— His very name a title page, his life a commentary on text. LOUIS EUBANK— ! never knew so young a body with so old a head. MATTHEW HUNTER— Oh! that I were great! SAM MALONE— A man of mark he will be. VERA HILL— Divinely tall. EARL ELDER— Destined for a hero. ELMO ANGEL— A name indeed, which suits. ROY FINCHER— One aim, one purpose in life. THE BRONCO Volume IX Something Each Day Something each day—a smile. It is not much to give But the little gifts of life Make sweet the days we live. The world has lone, sad hearts That we can bless and cheer. And kind smiles given each day. Make sunshine all the year. Something each day—a word, We do not know its prayer; To strengthen, guide, to bless Ev’n to life’s latest hour; What comfort oft it brings Where all is dark and drear! And kind words given each day Make pleasant all the year. Something each day—a thought. Unselfish, good and true. That aids another's need While we our way pursue. That seeks to lighten hearts. That makes life's way more clear. For helpful thoughts each day Make happy all the year. Something each day—a deed Of kindness and of good. To link in closer bond All human brotherhood. Oh, thus the heavenly will We all may do while here. For good deeds done each day Make blessed all the year. Volume XI THE BRONCO 57 JESSIE MAE FOX— Tis good to be merry. SAM WILLIAMS— His heart and hand both open and free. MINTA ANGEl - Her eyes are like the summer sky. LAURA BROWN— Her brother’s sister. SELMA BRISTOL— Small but important. ESTHER BOWLES— Winning, winsome, and gay. VERDA FARRIS— A mind she has. BERTHA LEMONS— A mistaken name. HELEN BUSHEY— Be guided by one who has had exqerience. NELLE HARRIS— She knows more than you think. GRACE MOUNTS— All the young men profess to love her. MABLE PIERCE— A girl who makes mistakes but once. RUTHELLE ELLIOTT— Her latest thoughts are on her books. MARGARET BASS- A heart breaker. HILDA SCHMITZ— Oh! well such is life. NELLIE FAEBER— Incapable of mischief. MARGARET COMPTON— An unusual character. WALTER HAMILTON— Faint heart ne’er won fair lady. CHARLTON SHEPARD— Silence is as deep as eternity. Speech as shallow as time. BEN IVEY— And still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he kuew. HUBERT FINLEY— Seek ye first pleasure and the rest will be given unto you. FRED KELSAY—'No really great man ever thought himself so. LOLA SKILES— Where words are scarce they are seldom ever spoken in vain. ECTOR ROBERTS— Once someone’s bashful beaux. NINA ALLEN— None like her, none. H. L. GRAHAM— Judge me not by my size. BERTHA LOWE— Fated for fame. JOHANNA HARRUP— A peach. RITA BEYETTE— She has a way about her. CHARLEY CRAIN— Study has no charms for me. JANIE LOU FOSTER— Sincere in all she does. 58 THE BRONCO Volume IX RHEA GOODE— Work, give me work! LODELLE HAINES— The popular girl. BERTHA HILL— Size is not everything. INEZ HESTER— She is a favorite with all. ABNEY MAY— An earnest student. (?) EULA PRICE—The world goes just as I would have it. TRAVIS STEGALL— I see fun everywhere. GAY SHERROD— Down with school!! WILLARD TUCKER— Our little girl. Sophomore A Class History As a class we Sophmores do not differ greatly from other classes except in one way—that of being unusually brilliant. We do not like to appear boastful, but you will have no way of knowing our brilliance, at the present time, unless we tell you, and as it is our business to write a class history, we will confine ourselves to the truth. Our class was the first freshman class to enter John B. Denton High School, and we resolved then to make it the greatest. We are stubbornly holding to that resolution. It was also the first class in number, having had an enrollment of seventy-nine when we began our high school career. Since that time we have had very few failures, and many additions. Our boys are first in athletics. We now have three boys on the first football team of whom, it is needless to say, we are proud, since it takes some ability to make that team. In tennis and basket ball also we are strongly represented. Volume XI THE BRONCO 59 Our girls are stars in basket ball. Any team is always glad to have their help. In orator our boys are leaders, of course. We are very proud to have some of them members of our class because we believe, in the words of a previous historian, Their voices are destined to be heard in the halls of congress, if we read their stars aright. In Mathematics, History, Science, Latin, Bookkeeping, English, and Domestic Science we are first. Especially in Domestic Science do the girls excel. And you know The way to a man's heart. Therefore the future vocation of some of the best Domestic Science girls is already decided. When we came to High School we looked up to the tall seniors in all their would-be dignity as the goal of our ambition, something almost unattainable. With many doubts and many fears we passed through the wondering freshman period. To-day we are High Sophomores. Before another two months will have passed we will be juniors and then, the glorious, the unattainable senior year, the grandest of all in any school, college, or university. As we grow our ambition grows, college is not the height of our ambition now. We, the little insignificent sophs of the year 13- 14, are some day going to be university stars. Watch us! We have told you of our excellencies. Of course we have many faults. But in spite of this you can say of us, They are first in work; first in play; and first in the hearts of their fellow-students. LORENA RICHEY, Historian 60 THE BRONCO Volume IX A Farewell 'When comes the close of school my friend. What varied feelings stir the heart? How soon all pleasures have an end, How soon the choicest friends must part. A backward glance will fill the mind. With grateful joy for knowledge gained— For time well spent, and feelings kind, And friendships strong and unrestrained. We feel both glad and sad to-day. And scarce can hide the rising tear. We're glad for changes on life’s way— Yet sad to part from teachers dear. Where'er you go to do the will Of Him who guides us through the world; May peace and gladness o'er you still. Their banner brave and true unfurl. Volume IX THE BRONCO 61 Sophomore B Class Colors......Gold and Black Motto: We not only strike when the iron is hot. but make it hot by striking. Yell: Boom-a-lack, Boom-a-lack, Se, Si, Sack, Sophomore, Sophomore, Gold and Black Volume IX THE BRONCO 63 Sophomore B Class Representation HAZEN ARMSTRONG— Small in body, but large at the mouth. ELMO ANGEL— He hath a daily beauty in his life. ARKLE BAKER— Out of sight is out of mind. JOHN BROWN— My greatness is ripening. OL1N COLLINS— He would give the devil his due. ELMAN FULTON— After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. EUZEBETH WHITEHEAD-The class favorite. HELEN McNEIL— Slow but sure. EUZEBETH SMITH— She knows what’s what. MARIE BANNERT— At whose sight all the stars hide their diminished heads. RAY BUSTER—1 Is she not passing fair. THADDIE REESIL My man's as true as steel. RALPH McKELVEY— ’Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print. WILLIAM McCORMICK— A thing of beauty is a joy forever. HENRY OWSLEY— That old man eloquent. WILLARD TUCKER— Current events gives me mystical lore. HUBERT FINLEY— A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour. PHERNOY LOUIS— For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. HELEN SCHMITZ— Oh, there goes my hairpin! STANLEY MATTHEWS This was a man. N AOMI MILLER— 'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on. ETHRA TURNER— A still small voice. BEN OWENS— A man after his own heart. TOT PETERS— Absent in spirit but present in body. PAUL TAYLOR— The power of thought, the magic of the mind. RAY WILSON— He was a burning and shining light. NELLIE BLANKS— She never followed wicked ways except when she was sin- ning. THE BRONCO Volume IX 64 EARL SHIPLEY—'As idle as painted skys. MARGARET BUTLER—There’s none like her. NOAH JONES— While there’s life there’s hope. MARSHALL FRAL1N— He makes a solitude and calls it peace. MINNIE BOLDING— I love not man the less. But nature more. MYRTLE DAVIE,— Know ye the land where Cyprus and myrtle. CRAMER GRANT— I awoke one morning and found myself famous. PENN HEATH— The handsome Sophomore. OLGA STANDIFER— Man delights not me. JEWELL L1GON— And prove that she is not green cheese. BEULAH KING— Who thinks too little. ALMA FOUTS— For Rhetoric she could not ope her mouth. But out there flew a trope. GLADYS GAMBLE— Infirm of purpose. BERTHA HILL— Her voice was ever soft. ROBERT KELSEY— I bear a charmed life. LEE PRESTON--'What man dare, I dare. GLENN POE,— He will laugh you to scorn. VIOLA BALTHROPE— Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! RUTHELLE ELLIOTT— I know a hawk from a hand-saw. HILDA SCHMITZ— She and comparisons are odious. CECELIA TOMPKINS— And still her tongue ran on. LENOMA ROGERS— Let me not burst in ignorance. LIZZIE PETTY— Judge not according to the appearance. AYERS MILLIGAN— The baby Sophomore. FRANCIS WEATHERS— I care for nobody, no, not I. MABEL YEATTS-'Shiny. ELVA HAWKINS— She is delicate looking, but strong. Volume IX THE BRONCO 65 Sophomore B Class History In January. 191 3, a crowd of ambitious youths and happy maidens made their exodus from the lower schools; and, upon the presentation of certificates, stating that they were fully qualified, gained entrance through the portals of the pretentious high school into the freshman class. And thus began the adventures of the Knowledge Seeking Greenies. We were sent to high school as a Christmas present to our instructors, who aocepted us with seeming outward cheer and thankfulness; but I am sure with inward misgivings, fear and apprehensions. And we, the Gifts, went like lambs to the slaughter, determined to follow the shepherds whither we were led, and to make an enviable record as a freshman class; and, if possible, to outrival our predecessors. We have had marvelous success thus far. We have become acquainted with all of our teachers and most of our subjects. On the other hand, i i spite of the similarity and verdancy of our appearance, our teachers have within the year learned to distinguish each of us by name. So, as a natural consequence, we feel that while we have stored our brain full (it seems to us) of musty dates and glimmering figures and other things supposed to remove cob-webs from the brain, and thus been benefited, our teachers have also been benefited by aiding us accordingly, and by our accomplishments. Now, we have been with you one year already, and like Alexander, we weep for more to conquer, and our ambition will only be obtained when we are dignified seniors and can look with condescension on those less fortunate than ourselves, and say, isn’t it awful to be a freshman. BERTHA HILL, Historian. Volume IX THE BRONCO 67 Freshman A Class Officers Walter Atkins .... Naomi Haren....... Bertha Hill....... John Coit......... Colors ...................President ............. Vice-President ...................Historian ......................Editor Red and White Motto: Not for school, but for life we learn Yell: Ice cream, soda water. Ginger ale, pop. Freshman, Freshman! Always on top. Volume IX THE BRONCO 69 Freshman A Class Representation LILLY WEBSTER— A face with gladness overspread Soft smiles by human kindness bred,' FLETA GALLIGHER-'And all the beauty of the place Is in thy heart and on thy face. JOE McJIMSEY—'Nothing is difficult to a brave and faithful man.' OPAL LOVEVI E—'Beautiful, sweet and good, and as wise as fair. LEE HART—'‘Twas his with beauty, valor’s gift to share. LITSEY CHADWICK—'No amorous chains my heart enthrall. JOHN MURPHY-'A brave heart and clean.' EDNA HINTON— I know that Cupid did it. And 1 think it was a sin To put a dainty dimple In the middle of her chin.' GEORGE DAVIS—'He attempts nothing injudiciously.' FAY MAHAN— There’s none like her—none! ALBERTA MASTERS—'Sweetly did she speak and move. LOW1E FLETCHER—'The deepest rivers flow with the least noise. MILDRED BAILEY—'Those flaxen locks, those eyes of blue. CLYDE DAVIDSON— More brains than body. FRANCIS GRADY—'Qyietude is a virtue within itself.' HOMER ADAMS— I'm heap big chief. EVERETIE EDWARDS— He has a head to contrive, a tongue toper suade, and a hand to execute any mischief. EVERETTE BROWN— I must needs tell it all. JOHNNIE FALKNER— All human things of dearest value hang on slender strips. CLAUDE GRANT— I am a man more sinnei against than sinning. WILLIAM HOGUE— A young Edison. JACK HESTER— As full of conceit, as an egg is of meat. ORVILLE KLEPER— Snooks. 70 THE HRONCO Volume IX CHARLIE HOLYFIELD— You look wise, please answer me this question. BEN PIERCE— A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. LAWTON GAMBILL— Beany. WYNONA MAE POWERS— Is she not a modest young lady? VINCENT VAUGHN— Speech was given to the ordinary run of man whereby to impart his mind, but to wise men whereby to conceal it. MARGARET STORRIE— Give me but one hour of Scotland, let me see it ere I die. BLANCH CHURCH— And 1 would not willingly harm a worm that crawls. HAROLD HORTON— He studies so diligently that he is bald. FORD GOUGH— ! must be one of those same dumb wise men. GEORGIA MILLER— Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit. GLEN BUMP— I am not among the common run of men. EDNA STUBBS— Not so stubby as her name would imply. NANNIE MAE PETERS— Elat, drink, and be merry. NAOMI HAREN— A very gentle creature and of good conscience. WADE BENNETT— His tongue is as slick as butter. WAYNE ADAMS— I know him to be valiant. RAE TUCKER— The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled. DAYTON McBRIDE— Little but loud. J. B. McCULLAR— We have not been often honored by his presence. RUTH WAGGONER— Slow speaking and of good intent. EMMET WYNNE— Those dimples imply mischief. HARRY PRIDE,— Let us then be up and doing. HOMER KERLEY— 1 never thrust my nose into other men’s porridge. ERNEST SMITH— Please go away and let me sleep. WALTER ATKINS— Honest labor bears a lonely face. POLK CASH— None but the brave deserve the fair. JESSIE ROGERS— There’s mischief in this man. JOE PENDER— Happy Joe. BRANCH WILLIAMS— And her golden hair is hanging down her back. Volume IX THE BRONCO 71 BETT1E LEE JENNINGS She is small yet clever and as neat as can be. OLA MORRIS— Learned in Latin lore. EMOURINE JENNINGS— Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. BLANCHE MILLER— Come then, expressive silence, muse her praise. DORA WILLIS— A feminine Christie Matthewson.1 ANNIE MAE JACKSON— A daughter of the gods, divinely tall. LEL1A RIPPY— The sweetest noise on earth, a maiden's tongue. DANNIE GATLIN—Mnnocent and quiet. JENNIE TANNER— A rosebud set with little wilful thorns. MINNIE DELL ELLIS— Age cannot wither her or costum stale her infinite variety. LOMA JONES—'Golden hair like sunlight streaming. Al I IF CASH— Her name, a power above the stars and fate. MARGARET SCHNABLY— My mind my kingdom is. ELEANOR KEY— Her sunny locks hang on her temples like golden fleece. BEULAH SMITH—1 She was a scholar, a ripe and good one exceedingly wise.' GRACE SKILES—'She is a form of life and light.1 RUBY LIGON— As sunshine broken in the rill. Though turned astray is sunshine still.' TOMMIE JONES— What's in a name? RUTH LOWE.— Her looks do argue her replete with modesty. OMA 1 -F.E MARCHMAN—'Give me a look, give me a face. That makes simplicity a grace. SEW ANNE VANCLEAVE—'Make not a bosom friend of melancholy. GOLDA CULLY— A11 that glitters is not Golda. 72 THE BRONCO Volume IX Freshman A Class History Can Freshmen have a history?, someone may ask. Opinions will differ, and for freshmen in general we shall not speak; but for the class of 19 I 7 in particular, we can answer without an instant's hesitation, Yes. Certainly we have a history—volumes of it—unwritten as yet it is true, but really we are all so busy making history that we have very little time to record it in writing. This will account for the brevity of the present sketch. We are aware, however, that we shall have even less time in which to set down the record of our early achievements. When the great world, having heard of our attainments, has dragged us out of our humble retreats to thrust upon us honor and responsibilities. So out of consideration for our future biographers and in order that our deeds may serve as an inspiration to future generations the historian has attempted to compile the following facts. For eight years our class has been waging war against ignorance. Many of us have fought shoulder to shoulder, through thick and thin, during the whole eight-year campaign. Each year new recruits have been added to our ranks. Thus far eight of our original number—veterans now in the struggle—have survived. All of them are battle scarred, and at times we have been sorely pressed by the enemie s forces and have received rather severe wounds; but, thanks to our efficient leaders (of whom we have had nineteen) we have never yet, as a class, surrendered or acknowledged ourselves defeated at the hands of ignorance. Nor do we boast when we say that never has any other class put more ignorance to flight than the class of 1917. Some of our number have from year to year withdrawn from our ranks to join the ranks of some other school. Many of these, we hear, are still fighting valiantly. We must admit, however, that although no one of our number has ever been conquered outright by the forces of ignorance, some have raised the flag of truce and agreed to a compromise. During the past session our battles have been fiercer and even harder fought, in some cases than ever before. After seven years of hard fighting, we were willing to believe that we had gained a permanent advantage over the forces of ignorance and that our campaign for the remaing four years would be less stubbornly resisted by the enemy. But our enemy had by no means been asleep during the summer period of cessation of hostilities. The forces of ignorance, made more formidable by the additon of two-fold fresh enforcements, met us in battle array last September. We were greatly baffled in our attempt to find out definitely the number of our enemy in Algebra’s host. Every time we challenged his forces to combat, we were answered in a language of symbols. There seem- Volume IX THE BRONCO 73 ed to be only six letters—a, b, c, x, y, z—in the alphabet of this strange foe of ours. Who could communicate successfully with an enemy the very letters of whose alphabet were uncertain in their meaning? Truly, it was a language of riddles. For a long time victory was doubtful,but after a while we learned enough through our patient leader and interpreter to know that in any symbolic communication from this division of our enemy—no matter how puzzling at first—if we let x. y, and z represent the unknown something sought, we could solve these riddles and communicate with the foe in his own curious language. By means of repeated night attacks and numerous early morning engagements, we held our ground from the humiliation of defeat But to make the past year's campaign more difficult, our energies were divided. Latin was the other ally of the enemy, a foe ancient and terrible, a worthy confederate of Algebra. With these two valiant adversaries leagued together on the side of ignorance,we were compelled to wage a combat never before equalled in any year’s campaign. Every trooper in Latin’s ranks carried a banner in his left hand. Upon each banner was the one word, vinco. Our forces were almost routed at first; but as soon as we had learned the meaning of pufftio and oppugno, we began to take our enemy captive, and we later became so brave and confident that we even flouted them with their own captured banners. Our brave com-mander-in-chief against this division of our enemy has given us the encouraging information that by perseverance in the campaign for three more years, we may report our triumph over Latin's forces in Caesars words: Veni, vidi, vini He assures us that:1 Labor omnia vincit. With great sadness we have seen one of our comrades pass forever from our ranks. We enjoyed her comradeship, and we miss her sorely. Her place can never be filled in our esteem and friendship. But now we must bring this, the first chapter of our written history, to a close, for the call to arms has sounded. Never doubt that the class of 1917 has a history, and we are making more every day. Watch us; we do things. Before you are aware of it we shall be Seniors. JENNIE TANNER, Historian n THE BRONCO 31n iHnmiriam JVrbis JMirljtfis Born August 8, 1899 Bieb Becembw: 17, 1913 Volume IX THE BRONCO 75 Freshman B Class Officers Roy Huffhines....................President Mildred Palmer Vice-President Fred Cobbs..........................Editor Volume IX THE BRONCO 77 Freshman B Roll Will Harwell Pierre Porter Tracy Mounts Joe Mathews Jim Alexander Milburn Murphy Freeman Key Alfred Harrop Eber Robertson Charlie Holyfield Freeman Rowell Dewey Miller Martha Becker Clay Cagle Joe Brimm Owen Fulton Fred Cobb Roy Huffhines Olin Bates Capers Grant Phay Johnson Howard Hammet William Jarrell Vera McCord Roland Williams Allene Clement Lydia Hauslein Viola Price Zora Collins Beffie Ryon Nettie Carter Mary Penry Mildred Palmer Ruth Wisdom Sue Tabor Reeta Esry Irene Whitehurst Emma Stover Lucy Tomlinson Mary Ann Woodward Edna Roberts May Cagle Rachael Williams Margurette Chapman Alti Breeding Joe Hailey Nola Maude Willis Nola Lemmons Sadie Vick llene Hodges Eleanor Key Amanette Garvin Ruth Waggoner Geneva Smith Fae Fletcher Star Bay less George Cunningham Margaret Barrow Helen Miller 80 THE BRONCO Volume IX History of Cooking Class After vainly trying to enter the matrimonial lists for quite a while, I decided after seeing my last hopes shattered, to travel for a year or two before settling down in my role as an old maid . As I had been spending the latter part of the summer in Tennessee, I start-from here to New Orleans where I intended to take passage for New York, and from thence to sail at once for Italy and different points in the old world. While aboard the steamer Maurine 1 got to thinking of the past and of my school days in D. H. S. Foremost among my thoughts came Miss Storrie's cooking class. 1 wondered what had become of her and the different girls, as I had been away to school and had been spending my vacations in Tennessee and Alabama. 1 hadn’t been back to Denton even for a visit, in nearly four years. As I was occupied with these thoughts I noticed a young lady intently watching me. Her face was familiar yet such a face as hers was not easily placed. She was of medium height, brown hair and hazel eyes. Humor and sadness were both to be seen in her face, and it seemed her name was on the end of my tongue, but I could not call it. She seemed to be trying to recall someone to mind, but it seemed she was as much perplexed as I. At last after watching a while I saw her take a small mirror and powder puff from her purse and carefully go over the surface of her face. Then like a flash it came to me it was Hilda Schmitz, better known as Tut . 1 went over at once and made myself known to her. She recognized me at once when I spoke and she invited me to sit down and talk over old times, which 1 gladly did. After chatting a while on commonplace things unable to control my curiosity longer 1 asked why she was such a distance from home. She heaved a sigh which almost made me wish my question unasked, and said it was unpleasant at home for her now. She took it for granted I knew what the trouble was, so 1 decided to come back to that question later. I asked her about the Denton people in general and then told her I had completely lost track of our cooking class, and could she in any way tell me what had become of all the girls. She told me her chief interest was keiping up with her old school-mates and she thought maybe she could give me the information 1 wanted. She began with my old desk mate, Lola Skiles. Yes, Lola still lives in Denton, she told me. 'No, she hadn’t married as she says in her plain spoken way. Volume IX THE BRONCO 81 The man isn't good enough that wants her, and he that is good enough wont have her.1 But she said at least Lola hadn’t give up hope, and she would never remain single all htr days. Next she surprised me by mentioning a former desk mate, Mary Gatlin. Mary,1 said Tut, has lost all of her old time timidity. And her husband tells everyone she is a model wife, as there is nothing she can't cook, only she will talk the right arm off a man. This was hard for me to believe, as Mary always seemed anxious to save her breath, in that line, as a girl, but I know it’s the unexpected that always happens, so I hurried her on. Helen Bushey came next, but 1 was not prepared for the shock 1 received. Helen had married an Italian music master she had met while on her way from Denton to Pilot Point. She had fallen in love with him at sight and married him after an acquaintance of only six weeks. He deserted her after only a few weeks of matrimonial bliss, and she went into a decline, and is now out west where she is trying to regain her health. Yes, Mabel Pierce had been very fortunate. She had married a wealthy stock holder in New York City. They live on Fifth Avenue there and it is reported she even has a maid to kiss her husband good-bye for her each morning. She had visited in Denton in the early spring and was, if possible, more beautiful than ever, but was terribly stuck up. This did not seem like Mabel, especially the report about the maid, but then one never can tell what money will do. The next girl she mentioned was Mary Lacy. Tut said that Mary seemed to be a very self-reliant person since she had grown up. She is now traveling selling th ngs and is doing well. Selma Bristol was next called to my mind. Selma had finished at the C. I. A. after leaving high school and had quite a large class in Chicago. She is teach-principally the northern women how to make biscuits and com bread. This seemed quite funny to me at first but finally decided it was quite a noble calling. Yes, of course Jessie Blakemore was married. She married an artist from California. Everyone seemed to think she had done well, but now she was back visiting for an indefinite length of time. She tells it that her husband s health failed and she came home while he was in the hospital. But the general idea is, that he is in the pen for forging checks. Nina Allen finished the C. I. A. and is now married and living in Aubrey. A more ideal couple was not to be found anywhere, to all outward appearances, but word came from her neighbors that she had him terribly hen-pecked. In Lydia Rohdes' case it was quite sad. She was to have been married, but while waiting for the bridegroom to appear, word came that he had been suddenly taken with the small-pox. While she was patiently waiting for his recovery, it 82 THE BRONCO Volume IX proved not to be the disease first mentioned, for he eloped with another woman. Johanna Harrop was now teaching in a girl’s school in Germany. She had finished at the C. I. A. and University and several other well known schools. She was noted as a paragon of learning. Viola Balthrop had stopped school in the Junior class and had accepted a position with a traveling opera. She was now leading lady of the company. Tut said that Ruth Lowe had become a wonderfully pretty girl, and was besieged with suitors. She would finish this year and it was supposed that she would marry soon; a young lawyer, one of the boys that she used to go to school with, was to be the happy man. Margaret Compton, it seemed, had moved to a distant state soon after finishing high school, and there were rumors to the effect that she had eloped with a traveling musician, and was now touring Europe with her husband. Mattie Shannon was still living in Denton and was teaching in the kindergarten school. Tut said Mattie was an ideal teacher for little tots, because she was so careful about every little thing. Her greatest fault was that she worried too much about her pupils. Lorena Richey had developed a wonderful voice, and in the past year, had been in Boston and New York, singing. She was now in Paris studying, where her voice and rare beauty were attracting much attention. Helen Schmitz had met her ideal in Plano Texas, and was now married and living happily. Her life had been one of the happiest of all. Ray Doty was the same old Ray. She was still quiet and retiring, but on the sly, kept her eye open for a man. Tut said she had one spotted, but Ray would never take him until she had time to be sure he would be a model husband. Ray is an exception in this respect, she is deliberate even in a question of matrimony. Laura Browne, being disappointed in love, has gone to Nashville Tenn., where she is preparing herself for a trained nurse. She will make a splendid one for convalescants, because she makes it a rule to know the general run of things,, and usually tries to run them. After the history of my class was finished 1 turned to Tut and asked why she had left home. She made it clear in a few words. Helen had married and Tut had intended making her home with her, but she said, Child, will you believe it, they have only three mirrors in their whole house? Why with such a privation 1 could not possibly be happy there. Soon 1 left Tut and went to my state-room feeling, that an old maid, free from heart-trouble, was a pretty good role after all. LAURA CALDWELL, Historian Officers of Literary Society FIRST TERM W. A. Oliver......................................President Ben Roberts..................................Vice-President W. Dyer...........................................Secretary Sam Allen.........................................Treasurer Henry Owsley Sergeant-at-Arms SECOND TERM Douglas Witt......................................President Rae Tucker Vice- President Sam Malone........................................Secretary Ben Roberts Treasurer Polk Cash Sergeant-at-Arms COURT OFFICERS Judge LP. Floyd Prosecuting Attorney V. B. Rogers Second Prosecuting Attorney................EL H. Whitehead Volume IX THE BRONCO 85 John B. Denton Literary Society The John B. Denton Debating Society is coming forward by rapid strides. Our roll is steadily increasing and we are still a member of the State League. So far we have had only one debate with other schools. We lost in this particular instance because one of the team trying a new word, iota, used it in such an awkward way that he failed to make an impression upon the judges. But all these things, it seems, must come. We are on the incline plane and if our progress continues, we hope through the means of our descendants of Demosthenes to steer the ship of victory over the placid waters of our county rivals, then to find ourselves easily gliding o'er the stormy waves of Ft. Worth. Then, as the realization of our strength comes to us, and inspired by a new courage, we hope to plow our way through the heaving billows of Austin and anchor our ship in the harbor of success and be crowned: Denton, the champion of the Lone Star State. Yes, probably our hopes are all in vain and possibly we have a somewhat exaggerated opinion of ourselves but others have done it, and the question arises, Can we do it? Well it remains to be seen. As we strive to reach our goal our efforts are great in proportion to our desires. We feel justified in asking you to watch us in in the future. SAM ALLEN X6 THE BRONCO Volume IX Opportunity They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day 1 stand outside your door. And bid you wake and rise to fight and win. Wail not for precious chances passed away. Weep not for golden ages on the wane; Each night I burn the records of the day. At sunrise every soul is born again. Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped. To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb; My judgments seal the dead past with its dead, But never bind a moment yet to come. Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep, 1 lend my arm to all who say: I can. No shamefaced outcast ever sank so deep But he might rise and be again a man. —Walter Malone in Inland Printer ATHLETIE5 THE BRONCO Volume IX 89 Basket Ball Basket Ball has become a part of High School Athletics, and much interest has been manifested this season on account of the rivalry between the two teams, the Red and the Blue. No games with out-of-town teams have been played, but the match games have created a great deal of enthusiasm. BASKET BALL CALENDAR Wednesday, December 10, 1913—Blue I I, Red 7 Friday, December 12, 1913—Blue 11, Red 14 Wednesday, January 28, 1914—Blue 12, Red 7 Wednesday. February I I, 1914—Blue 13, Red 18 BLUE TEAM Miss Goodwin, Coach Dorothy Hawk, Captain Nell Willis Marie Bumpas Elizabeth Whitehead Gladys Bates Mary Lacy, Marie Bannert Loma Jones, Grace Skiles Sadie Vick, Elizabeth Smith Opal Jones, Dorothy Hawk RED TEAM Miss Storrie, Coach Irma Berry, Captain Centers Ruthelle Elliottt Zora Collins Back Centers Margaret Bass, Bertha Hill Ethra Turner. Ruth Wagner Tommie Jones, Mable Pierce Goals Irma Berry, Janie Foster Fay Mahan, Jewelle Godfrey Guards Mable Brimm, Thaddie Reese Alma Fouts, Elva Hawkins Nola Maude Willis, Lelia Rippy Reeta Esry Subs Lola Skiles, Irene Whitehurst Willard Tucker, Willie Sherrod Mary Musgrave, Bertha Lowe Volume IX THE BRONCO 91 Tennis Club Colors................Navy Blue and Orange Rita Wilkerson..................................President Verna Adams............................... Vice-President Grace Christal................................Sec.-Treas. Mable McKinney Lorraine Sanders Marie Leach Bertha Hill Clara Curtis Vera Hill Ollie May Evers Jo Piner Carolyn Murphy Hortense Prunty Marie Bumpas Opal Jones Nina Allen Mr. Mcjimsey. Coach THE HRONCO 9.1 Volume IX Football—Fir l Team COBB—Our captain, leader, and standby, has won more fame upon the gridiron perhaps than any other player that ever donned a high school uniform. His great work as leader, aided by his team-mates, kept Denton High around the top in the football world. Brains, speed, and grit were his football characteristics. His broken field running has never been excelled by anyone, neither has his forward passing been excelled. Any college will do well to nab Johnny at once. After playing four years on the team, he leaves us this year. With all his good qualities his place will be hard to fill. McNEW—He is one of our standbys left over from last year's squad. This is Mack's last year on the team as he graduates this term. This is his fourth season with the team. His consistent playing at right end has always been spectacular, both offensive and defensive. His equals are few, his snperiors none. When it comes to pulling the forward passes out of the air and sprinting away for touch-downs, the Cobb-McNew combination of forward passes rarely failed. His loss will be much regretted and his place hard to fill. POWLEDGE—One of last year's subs. His lack of experience kept him off last year's team, but this year he developed into one of the best men that ever put on a uniform. His great work at right tackle was always phenominal. He will prove valuable material for anybody s squad. He also leaves us this season. SMITH—He was also a member of our immovable line. This was his first year on the team, and he deserves much credit. His great defensive work will give strength to next year's team. MAG1LL— Hercules, our long center, was good on passing the ball and tackling, and was always there to intercept the forward passes. His loss from the team will be felt a great deal. BRADLEY—Alias Hershell. was always on the job even when his wrist was sprained. His splendid work at right guard has established him a reputation in the football arena. We are sorry to say that Adam leaves us this year. STANDIFER—Alias Big Tom, was one of last year's linemen. By his brilliant work against his favorite opponent Carrauthers the last two years, we wager that Big Tom can jolt 'em all. This was Tom's second year on the team. He will be there next year to uphold with much credit Denton High s honor. We predict a bright future for Thomas. H THE BRO sCO Volume IX GOODE—Although new material this year, his work on the second team showed what he could do. His work at left end was far above the average; his tackling and returning of punts were spectacular. We expect him to be one of the stars on next year’s team. BUCKINGHAM—Our sturdy right half back, spends his last season with Denton High. He has helped to uphold the glory of the D. H. S. for six successive seasons. Never has his work been other than the best. He was an excellent drop kicker, a good broken field runner, and a hard line plunger. He was sure on tackling and good on interference. His sensational work these many years will never be forgotten. His position will be very hard to fill. MATTHEWS and JONES—They played the other half-back. Both were fast, sure tacklers and were among the best we had on running interference. They were very hard to stop. We predict them to play excellent halves next year. POTTS—This is Potts’ third year on the team. One year at tackle and two years at full back. He always did the best he could. He graduates this term. KIRBY—He was a good lineman, but as he suffered a broken collar bone in the second game of the season he was unable to play any more. SEAGRAVES—He was a good lineman. This year’s experience will make him a star on next year's team. OMOHUNDRO—A blondie who hailed from Whitesboro, played sub end, line, and other places. This year’s experience will prove beneficial to (O! My Honey). He was always willing to do his part. WITT—Fast, and a good tackle, but lack oc experience and extreme light weight kept him off this year’s team. He will make a good man next year. All these men are fine material and will develop into real stars by next season. Review of the Season The football season for 1913 opened with favorable prospects. We lost a few stars last year, but still have a few left. The first two or three weeks we had very disagreeable weather, but Captain Cobb and Coach Jackson whipped the boys into shape to meet our old rival. Fort Worth Central. THE HHONCO Volume IX 95 Saturday, October I I, at 4:30 the whistle blew announcing the beginning of the initial contest of the season. As this was our first game our boys did not do their best playing, but the game was clean and hard- fought. Fort Worth carried off the victory— 14-0. This was the closest score to which the Fort Worth champions were held this season. Cobb and Buckingham were the stellar performers of the contest. Not the least bit discouraged by our defeat we braced and got in trim for the next game with Mineral Wells High. We were at a little disadvantage in this game by being on the train until just before the game. We were also crippled by Big Tom getting left. The score resulted in a 0-0 tie. Cobb and Buckingham may easily be placed on the stellar role. Just a little blue over the fact that we had not yet scored we came home with blood in our eyes and went through hardest week of workout during the season. Our next game was with Bryant Training at Fort Worth. Everyone was confident of victory. We easily took them into camp by a score of 20-0. Cobb, McNew, Powledge and Standifer deserve mention. Goode deserves special mention for his phenomenal work in returning punts. Magill also did .good work. The next game was return game with Mineral Wells High. They were confident of victory; so were we. The game promised to be a hard-fought one. However, we sprang a surprise on them and beat them by a decisive score of 46-6. Every player did his part in this game. Cobb and McNew s handling of the foiward pass was extraordinary. Buckingham and Goode were also star performers of this contest. To our line is given much credit for this victory. Our next victim was the team that represented Gainesville High. They had a faint idea of snatching victory from us, but we scalped them by an overwhelming score of 87-0. Cobb as usual played the star game. Goode and McNew's work of receiving passes and carrying them for touch-downs was the mosl spectacular work of the game. Bradley, Powledge, Standifer, Matthews and Jones all did fine work. The line plunging of Buckingham has never been excelled. The final contest of the season was the return game with Bryant Training School here Thanksgiving. Although we were not in trim on account of the inclement weather, we defeated them 14-0. But the saddest misfortune of the season happened in first quarter. Our leader and quarterback was forced to retire from game with broken shoulder. The work of Goode in this game was spectacular, both offensive and defensive. Buckingham, Matthews and Jones did splendid work. We owe this victory to our “Immovable Line, which consisted of the following: McNew. Powledge, Seagraves, Magill, Bradley, Standifer, Omahundro and Goode. This ended the successful season of 1913. We scored 168 points against our opponents’ 20. We closed the season with four decisive victories, one tie and one defeat. 96 THE BROSCO I olumt IX Second Team Football The second team had a bad season in 1913. We tried to match games with Central Fort Worth, Sanger. McKinney, and Pilot Point, but did not succeed. The Captain, Emory Witt, and Manager 'Holy Mahan were elected late in the season, too late to get good dates. The team: Kelsey, Milligan, and Barefield, End; D. Miller, and Huffhines, Guards; Godfrey, Perry, and Grant, Tackle; C. Miller, Center; Bridges, R. H.; Collins, F. B.; Mahan, (Mgr.) L. H.; Witt, (Capt.) Q. B. We expect some of these players to be stars on the first team next year. To the Team of Mineral Wells It was the team of Mineral Wells, that came to play our boys And they brought a few of their girls along, to help ’em make a noise. They had, indeed, as pretty a team as you could wish to see. And they had a great big quarterback that weighed two-hundred-three. But when the first half game was up. Old Min’s captain looked grim. As he stood and watched Denton crowd shout, Gee; things looked blue to him. Harder and rougher played the boys, twas a fine game from the first. And from the way the Denton girls yelled, it seemed their lungs would burst. Gee; but I say, our boys did play. Old Min just saw that ball. Before the whole big game was up, she just scored six in all. You should have seen that poor beat team when they marched out of here. With great big old two-hundred-three, a' bringing up the rear. Such was the fate of Mineral Wells, left to the mercy of our boys. For all the good it did for 'em, they might have saved their noise. —Opal Jones 9S THE BRONCO Volume IX O, Happy Day! Denton High School—Room 7 Gong sounds. Enter Miss Malone and Mr. Floyd. Mr. Floyd: (smiling patronizingly)— I wish to express my appreciation to H. 10 class for their splendid attendance during the past month. (Grins, snubs, and subdued uh-huh’s for H. 10 students). Miss Malone takes seat behind desk. Mr. Floyd hands report cards to Geo. C. and Gus P. for distribution, then retires to favorite position in doorway, casting knowing grins at science girls. Verna A: (looking at History grade) O, gee; all that work for nothing! I just can’t ever love Mr. Jackson any more! Ollie May E. Waves card aloft, pointing proudly at A in Latin—later, after bestowing a sly wink in direction of Grace C., informs by monkey-like motions accompanied by little wheezy giggles that she got A- on conduct. Dorothy H: “1 just know Mr. Jackson is the stingiest old bachelor that ever taught school. His conscience would sure worry him sick if he ever gave anybody more than B in history. Clara C. is so overcome by her good fortune of so many A’s (she’ll say A’s if you ask what she got), that she can do nothing but smile and thump her desk delightfully. Branche W.: (loudly) never got my report! Miss M: (after diligent search) Here it is Branche. Branche returns hurriedly to desk, dropping into seat withre sounding thud. Gee, looka-here! (aloud) Miss Malone, 1 never got no grade on Algebra! Miss M: Alright, remain in and have the grade put on. Branche: I don’t want to stay in, Miss Malone! Miss M: Well, you,11 have to wait till tomorrow, then. Branche: Guess I’ll stay then! (frowning and tossing her head pettishly). Mr. Jackson: (entering room) “Now, children, (giggles heard in rear of room) don't be disappointed with your grades. You know those I have a little grudge against. I'd naturally raise their grades ten or twenty points—according to the size of the grudge—and those whom I like I grade rather strictly! Geo. C: Wish he wasn’t so fond of me! Ruby G: Why should I worry ? B on Latin. O, you Mr. Mcjimsey! he! he! Enter Mr- Mcjimsey hurriedly just as Mr. Jackson is about to speak. Mr. Mcj!: Let me talk1! Do any of you think I have given a lowah grade Volume IX THE BRONCO 99 than you desoive?' Edith S.: (disgustedly) 'Looks like you could give some questions that we’ve been over on the test so we would have a chance to make somethin'!' Mr. McJ: 'Didn’t we discuss those very questions in class the other day? We suah did! And 1 have a right to ask you anything that has been brought up in class! I have a right to ask it and you may as well look out for such on your tests! Edith S. slams her card down and vents her disgust by scraping her feet along the floor. Elbert H. applauds Mr. Mcjimsey with a greffaw. Satirical Advice to Freshmen Engage in argument with every Senior you meet Never listen to a Senior, for if you do you may forget what you want to say for yourself Always talk of your own class matters when conversing with Seniors. They like to hear long accounts of Ancient History. If you are a Latin student, always discuss Latin matters in the presence of Science pupils. If a Senior makes a mistake in grammar, or mispronounces a word, always correct him, especially if there are several people around to hear you. Never talk in a mild, gentle voice, but toot up high and loud. Drown the Senior’s voice if you can’t drown his ideas. When a Senior is talking let your eyes and mind wander around the room and when he gets through, ask him to repeat what he said. -FLORA MAY GRADY 100 THE BRONCO Volume IX The Fruitless Quesl; Get up! i cried to my horse, who seemed to be almost standing still. Oh! 1 will freeze if you don’t hurry! I was very impatient to get to school; while my horse seemed not to mind the cold, in fact he was unusually lazy. A buggy occupied by a woman and a man was approaching. In a dash they were past. Who was the woman? I was sure 1 had seen her before, but where? As I looked around trying to place her, something fell from the buggy. I wondered what it was that fell. Anyway it was none of my business; but still it might be something of value. 1 was about twenty rods past the place when my b-ittir conscience told me to turn back and I obeyed. Upon drawing near I decided that it was a glove, there would be no harm in picking it up. No, it was not a glove; it was a banana. This pleased me for I was fond of fruit. 1 stopped my horse, got out and picked up a banana. Should l say banana? No, ii was only a peeling. This was my fruitless quest. ESTHER BOWLES Through Latin on a Pony One month 1 walked, or rather dragged through. 1 vowed 1 would never attempt it again. 1 went immediately to see a horse trader who said he had a pony that he thought would interest me. The next day he brought him up to the school and I decided to purchase him. He was dark brown and very thin, nevertheless he greatly appealed to me. I learned that Mr. Mcjimsey thought he was a horrible little creature and would be easily ridden down, but there are people who always try to discourage one when one makes a good bargain, and I was not so easily discouraged. 1 found him to be a very good traveler. He always took the blue ribbon on daily work but on tests he balked. At the end of the first month he looked pretty bad, for I had ridden him hard. And near the end of the term, when Mr. Mcjimsey announced that he would give a sight translation on the final, I thought he would not survive. It was only by my urging him on and taking the very best care of him that he did win out. Old Translator, as I used to call him, is very thankful indeed that all these miseries are over, for he was always crowded in the darkest part of my desk when he was not struggling under his heavy burden. He is now quietly resting on the shelf with his old friends. Volume IX THE BRONCO 101 Such is Life for a Freshman Monday, September the First. Well, from what 1 see of high school now. I will have nine months of fun, but I’ll study once in a while—just before reports. Friday, September the Fifth. Good gracious! What a long week this has been. Seems like a month since I started to school. But I feel very important for I have learned two words in Latin. They are pulchra puella. I’m going to use them in my next letter to Marguerite. (I wonder if she’ll know what they mean). One Month Later. Well, taking everything into consideration. I’ve certainly had a jolly time to-day. Instead of going straight to school this morning I went to town and, of course, I was tardy. Had to stay in at 1 1:20 and also got a lecture, for this makes the third time I have been tardy this week. This afternoon I was called upon to give an irregular verb in latin and I said, tango, tangere, turke trot-em. The teacher flew into a rage and sent me to the office. I stayed in that horrible place until 4 o’clock. Just Before the Christmas Holidays. I sure feel faint every time I think of that great calamity that is going to happen to me right after the Christmas Holidays. It is those horrible mid-term exams . I’m going to cram for a week but I guess I’ll not worry about them now—plenty of time to do that after the holidays. The First of February. As it is almost Valentine's Day. I think I'll go to town and hunt up a real stunning valentine for Marguerite, one that has a verse about love, love, beautiful love on it I know she’ll like it. Last Week in May. Just think only one more week of school. I’ve been feeling so fine that I almost forgot the final exams . But I know I’ll get through, for there are only a few dates to remember in English, and that Irving wrote the Sketch Book. I know all about the x, y and z’s in Algebra, and I can decline puella in Latin. If I ever get to be a Soph, I’ll quit this hard studying. MARY BATES 102 THE BRONCO Volume IX Extracts From a School Girl’s Desk The following are a few extracts which V- and G- rescued from a desk cleaning. Got your Latin? Naw; haven’t looked at mine; haven't we got to get those old accusatives today (hodie)? Say, have you on a new coat, or is that your old one died? Virgil had better look out or he wont get met in heaven by 'me too.' Was James Potts really at school today? Mr. Mcjimsey’s new red tie! He’s a gay school teacher; he told somebody he tried to flirt with some Normal girls on the street car and they just would not flirt with him. Guss got off easy in Latin class this a. m. bout that paper(?) wax he had. Watch her in that hobble skirt. 1 don't see how she ever gets anywhere Emmett puts a lot of rising afflictions in his reading—eh? 1 am honestly afraid she'll cry when she tries to recite. Mr. Floyd excused me; but I had to bring an excuse. 1 see a red veil hanging out of the desk on the next row with a hemstitched end. He has on a hat with a green bow in the back; 'getting real sporty.' Gee; I'm hungry. Have you had your pictures made for the Bronco yet? Nope, have you? Who passed the dore then? Miss Malone doesn't take Albert’s slang very well, does she? Please shoot me your Trig paper; I haven't but the first problem and just five minutes to get the other four. Much oblige. She has a swell new coat suit; have you seen it? Sure, I'll be tickled to go. Lend me some ink; I'll pay it back when I get a nickle. Miss Story sure watches the line closely; you can’t talk a-tall after the bell rings. Do you reckon Ollie May will ever learn to compare those adjectives of the third conjugation? I saw Mr. Jackson smoking a cigar standing in front of Lipscomb's Saturday. James was at school nearly one period today. I think he left about 9:30. Miss Goodwin is talking to Branche in the back of the room. I wonder if Mrs. Macbeth used a screwdriver tc screw up Mr. Mac’s courage. Emmett W— is doomed to be a speaker. Her hair looks nice today; doesn’t it? Miss Mable was certainly in a good humor today. She let us do most everything we asked to. Volume IX THE BRONCO 10S Autobiography of An Ostrich The first home I can remember was far to the east of here, in Africa, in a place which you would call a desert. It was a very beautiful home, or so it seemed to me. As far as the eye could reach there was nothing but white glistening sand. Here and there throughout the desert were beautiful green spots called oases. Yes, it was the Sahara desert. I remember when 1 first opened my eyes; how wonderful and beautiful the whole world seemed. Since that time I have found that there is a great deal of trouble in it also. In this cold climate we almost freeze to death. There the wonderful sunsets, with their rich and delicate colorings, more than compensate the heat of the mid-day sun. 1 often wonder why men despise the desert so. But 1 must tell you how I came here. One day, when I was about three weeks old, our mother left my two brothers and me to go in search of food. She had been gone only a short time when she came running back to us greatly excited. She told us to run for our lives, because a hunter with a gun was coming toward our nest. We did not at that time know how dangerous a hunter was, but having been taught to obey we ran. Mother took the lead and we followed. We had gone only a short distance when 1 heard a great noise which 1 could not have described at that time, as I had never heard anything like it 1 now know that it was the report of a gun. Almost at the same time 1 saw my mother stagger and fall. I soon came to where she lay with her neck twisted into an unnatural position. It had been broken. The blood streamed from a great hole in her breast where she had been shot Her body writhed in agony. I shall never forget how she looked at me. 1 remember vowing to myself that 1 would kill any man if 1 ever had the chance. I had no time to stay with her because the hunter was almost upon us. My two brothers and 1 were helpless, now, that our mother was dead. We knew not what to do. My brothers ran, but thinking that would be useless, I did a very silly thing; 1 hid my head in the sand. I could not see my enemy; therefore, he could not see me, or so I thought 1 have found since that time that human beings often make the same mistake. Suddenly I felt something thrown over my body and 1 was lifted from the ground. The hunter, for of course it was he, slipped my head into the sack and drew the top opening together. From that time on I was somewhat confused. I know that after day s of weary travel I was placed on board a rolling, trembling ship and brought to America. Once when 1 was on board the ship a small wooden window was raised for a short time and I looked out. There was nothing but water everywhere. It was the largest oasis 1 had ever seen. THE BRONCO Volume IX 10i I finally landed in America and am now kept in a large pen with many other ostriches in the southwestern part of Texas. Here we are picked ever year and our feathers are sold. 1 have often wondered why we had to undergo the torture of being picked. Yesterday I found out. A woman, apparently a very refined woman, was being shown through the ostrich pens. On her hat was a tall waving feather. It made me think of my mother. 1 asked an old ostrich what it was. He said It is nothing more or less than an ostrich plume, dyed with brilliant coloring, my son. 1 wish that woman had seen my mother die! -LORENA RICHEY Room Nine During Summer School Room nine I'll now open to the readers cold gaze. There’s Phoebe, who way up in her class always stays. She’s a very bright girl in intellectual lines. In fact she’s so bright that her hair almost shines. We will now pass over to Flora May Grady, Why she is so smart that she needn’t study. But Verna Adams is just up the row, To answer when called on she isn’t at all slow. And now there’s a pupil that we all know well, It is Grace Christal— on her faults I’ll not dwell. And Edith Sullivan is talking over there. Say if you were Mr. Logan, don’t you think you’d—? Why, who threw that chalk? Ollie Evers, of course! As if at once you couldn’t tell its source. Ah me! what a pity the pupils are not dumb, I wish you could see Mary Hoskins chewing gum. That artist you see with crayon absorbed— With what great sarcasm her pictures are barbed! Ruby Gabhardt she is called, and behind her is Clara Who really is watching, tho’ she looks at her apparel. No doubt they're amusing, but poor teachers, prostrated. Having some pupils so soundly berated. So if of the others you’d have me relate Until school's dismissed you really must wait. -DOROTHY HAWK Volume IX THE BRONCO 105 When the Strains of Music Returned Being a Treatise on the Solar System One evening late in January, I sat by an open gas fire steadily cramming for a coming examination. Logarithms, theorems and secants were whirling thru my brain. Suddenly the dismal moan of the blizzard which was raging without faintly assumed a new note. On the wings of the bleak north wind the strains of a beautiful melody were borne faintly to my ears. Louder and louder howled the wind; nearer and nearer came the music. As the strains came nearer I recognized in them a melody which 1 had often heard before. Many times 1 had started from my slumbers at night, perspiration standing in cold beads upon my brow, my ears ringing with the intangible strains of that melody, but when 1 became fully conscious they would vanish. Many times at school I would hear them faintly, but when I strained my ears to hear more they would hush. That evening I determined that I would hear the remainder of that music. 1 had learned from experience that straining my nerves would do no good, so I sat back in my chair, closed my eyes and remained listless. Nearer, louder, came the music, until it seemed as if a troop of old Spanish troubadours had assembled beneath my window. The strains came closer, thru the very door of my room they came, then they become lower as does the music of an orchestra in a theatre when the curtain rises. I sat back in my chair, my ears drinking deep of the heavenly music; it acted as a soothing lullaby upon my nerves. Slowly my thoughts began to turn backward over my past life. But my reverie was broken in upon by a soft, childish voice. Come, I heard. Why do you linger? Is it that you do not wish to rejoin me? Come, let us go! Astounded, I sprang to my feet, and turned to face the most beautiful maiden I had ever seen. In fact she was the very ideal for whom I had been searching all of my life. Come, she repeated; time presses, let us go. Er-um-why-er—you-see-it's— I began. Oh, she exclaimed; I see you do not comprehend; I will explain how I know you and why I seem somewhat familiar to you.” Some 1500 years ago you and I were inhabitants of the planet Jupiter. You were a powerful prince; I, a poor peasant girl; but 1 raised my eyes to you in love. You seemed to respond, but you merely trifled with my affections. I was heart-broken and died an early death, and was transferred to the planet Saturn and given new life. Then I was made a princess and allowed the supernatural power of seeing everything which happened upon the planet from which I had 106 THE BRONCO Volume IX just come; this was a reward for my unhappiness while upon Jupiter. I saw you lead a wild life for about fifty years, but when you reached the age of one hundred and twenty you repented of your crimes, and prayed God for mercy. You abdicated your throne and did penance for your evil deeds, thus escaping the fate of being sent to the sun, where all evil ones are condemned. You died at the comparatively young age of one hundred and fifty, and were also transferred later to Saturn, but instead of becoming a prince, you were condemned as a leper, as punishment for your life upon Jupiter. 1 saw you often and knew you, but the spirit of revenge burned strong within my breast. 1 determined to avenge all my wrongs upon you, but ’twas then that your sterling qualities shone; you bore all of my insults with the utmost patience and trusted in God. Finally you died and were given new life upon Neptune. 1 was permitted to see you become a minister of the gospel, a veritable prophet. This was a reward for the adversity you suffered upon Saturn. Then my power was taken from me. 1 lived on for about fifty years and died, losing sight of you. It was only last night as 1 lay upon my death-bed in Oakland, California, that 1 obtained my power again. 1 was permitted to look upon all the planets of the universe. 1 saw Jupiter with a population thousands of times larger than Earth could possibly support. When death visited that planet the good were given new life upon Saturn, the planet next in size, and were placed in high rank. The medium good were also permitted to live again upon Saturn and became the middle and lower classes. The bad were sent to the Sun, there to burn, and give heat and light to those whom they had injured while they were alive. This system is followed down through the entire solar system, thus gradually separating the wheat from the chaff. I saw civilization in a very crude form upon Jupiter. It advanced as the planets grew smaller, and the need of it was felt, until it reached Mars. There my vision ended, for 'tis Mars to which we are going now. “Last night as 1 lay upon my death-bed I was again permitted to see you. There all my old love for you returned. You have lived a life here upon Earth which will permit you to become a woman of esteem upon Mars. I will become a man of respectability; I have been told to escort you to Mars, there to be reborn a girl. But 1 have been assured that when we reach maturity .which is a very short time upon Mars, we shall be united in wedlock, which is the goal for which 1 have been striving all of my various lives. But come, the music grows fainter, we must go home; let us depart.” Here she grasped my arm and moved toward the door. “We must fly far away to Mars,” she said. Dumfounded, 1 stood unable to move. “Come, she said; we must depart before the interplanetary symphony is finished. Why do you linger? Come! “Why, 1 expostulated; “1 would indeed like to go with you, but I am not dead. Volume IX THE BRONCO 107 “Not dead,” she echoed; look!” I looked in the direction in which she pointed. A blanket seemed to lift itself from before my vision. There: lying outstretched beside the now extinguished gas stove, 1 beheld the physical body of myself. My face was purple as if from choking. With blanched face I turned to the girl; my eyes spoke the words my lips refused to utter—she understood. Her words caused all doubts to vanish from my mind. SiT, you died of the fumes of escaping gas. Dumbstricken 1 fell back a step or two; I clutched at the girl to steady myself. At that moment the music ceased; the maiden vanished. I seemed to be falling, falling, through infinite, interstellar space. I stopped with a sudden jerk. 'I am on Mars,1 I murmured; 'Where are you. sweetheart? Am I being born again? Oh no, old sport,' I heard the voice of my room-mate reply. 'You just had a very narrow escape from asphyxiation. The gas flame was put out in some way You were nearly gone when I found you! But, thank Heaven, 1 arrived in time to save you. Kind reader. I ask you the questions over which I have forever been pondering. Was I dreaming, or was 1 dead? And were the maiden and music real? This much I know—I have never again heard that music. Sometimes I half-wish that my room-mate had not arrived when he did, that 1 might have found an answer to my questions. EMMETT H. WHITEHEAD. Senior ‘ 14. P. S.-.If you doubt the veracity of the foregoing, ask Mr. Floyd to explain to you his version of the music of the hereafter; then you will realize the significance of those heavenly strains and be convinced. 108 THE BRONCO Volume IX To Gainesville---An Elegy The boys, they are all dark and dreary. And they each feel immeasurably weary For they came to play Denton at football And they weren’t a match for us a tall, And now they are dark and dreary. Oh! yes! you are all dark and dreary, Each bone you possess it is weary And the hopes that you had in the past Are all gone in our merciless blast And now they are dark and dreary. Why be seriously, solemnly sad, So terribly, fearfully mad? Thy fate is the common fate of all Who try to play against our football All such must be dark and dreary. -OPAL JONES (The editors regret that none of our poets were inspired by the game with Fort Wort Central High and we have no poem on this game to present.) no THE BRONCO Volume IX Mr. Jackson (in history ) Sam, was King James I a parsimorious king? Sam Allen (arousing from slumber) Er-no sir—I believe he was a Catholic. Mr. Grant (wrathfully) Cramer, my son, I have just heard that you were paddled at school last week. Cramer (brightly): Why pa, did you just find that out? 1 knew it all the time. Mr. Mcjimsey: Many a time I have longed to die that I might meet the old Roman writers. Just think! I will meet Virgil, Cicero, Caesar and all the great men. Voice from rear of room, Reckon they won’t all be burnt up before you get there? Mr. Jackson, Cramer, I hear that Mr. Beaty took several pairs of trousers off of you before he whipped you. Did he hurt you much? Cramer G.: V es, and that ain t the worst of it. He made me put ’em all an again to keep the sting in, anyway. Miss Mtbne asks for criticisms after Opal Jones has finished reading a theme. George Lacy: 1 think it is above the average. Miss M.: Why do you think so? George: Because 1 had that subject myself. Mr. Floyd had just finished explaining in chemistry that the boiling point was one hundred degrees. Douglass Witt: Floyd, if the boiling point is one hundred degrees and the normal temperature of our body is ninety-eight and one-half, aren’t we getting pretty hot? Georpe Lacy: Benjamin Franklin wrote an autobiography of his self. Miss M: George, suppose the room had been full of visitors and you had made that error? George: They would not have known the difference. Miss Malone: Virgil, what is meant by contrite tears? Virgil Brady: Heavy, I suppose. Mr. Jackson: Miss Florence, what was the third law of William the Conqueror? Florence Shanks (in an undertone): Homestead law. Mr. J: That' s right, the Domesday Book. Miss Malone: Was Henry V successful in making love? Walter Scott: Yes, he was successful, but he didn't go at it like I would. Opal Jones: Rather than sign the treaty, he went into exile. Mr. Jackson: Where’s that? Miss Malone: Jone, why does not Shakespeare give us a pathetic death- bed scene when Falstaff dies? Jone M: He didn’t want to shock us. Volume IX THE BRONCO 111 Mr. Jackson (in Civics class): Marshall, what is a subpoena? M. Magill (authoritatively): It is a little flower that grows in clusters. Class laughs. Marshall, Well, laugh, you seeds, but I can show you a whole bed of'em out at the Normal. Miss Malone, Why does Poe use the negro character in the The Gold Bug?'' Vivian Rogers: To add color to the story. Ernest, I hear you have discovered a new tense, Hortense. What are you going to call it? Ernest Simmons: I have not decided yet. You see, it is present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect Wanted! A can of white paint See Prof. Jackson or George Lacy. Correspondence School! Special attention given to English Literature. For particulars, address: Ruby Gabhardt Pres; Walker Jagoe,Cor. Sec. Dyer School of Oratory! Spiritual and Theological questions treated fully. Wanted! Have you a pin? If so, see Miss Flora Goodwin. Prof. Jackson (on being asked why he was so happy, one rainy morning) I have received a notice that 1 was elected honary member of the boob association Mr. Jackson: Define scullion. Jone Milligan: A thing they made out of a skull and hung up in the kitchen. Miss Malone: Albert, what part of the 'Vision of Sir Launful' are you most familiar with? Albert: The part we had to memorize. Miss Malone: What part was that ? Albert: I’ve forgotten now. Mr. Jackson: What is a law? Hortense P.: 1 don’t exactly know, but it is something for protection. Mr. Jackson: Do you think you need a protector? Hortense: Yes, sir; I believe I do. Student in rear of room: Is he proposing? Miss Malone: And of course we are all familiar with That Old Sweet- heart of Mine.' Class laughs. Miss M: Aren’t you, Gussie? Gussie Penry: No’m; I don’t believe I ever saw him, Miss Malone. Mr. Mcjimsey (to Freshman): Translate ‘Haec in Galliam important. Freshman, (seriously): Hike into Gall; it’s important. 112 THE BRONCO Volume IX Winfred Oliver: Miss Goodwin, I want you to move me where there are more softening influences. Miss Goodwin: You are soft enough already. Mr. Beaty (to Miss Walker): If Cramer Grant gives you any more trouble, just send him to me. Later in the day Cramer appears in the office door. Mr. Beaty: Did Miss Walker send you down here? Cramer: Y es, but— Mr. Beaty: No buts about it. Come here, sir. (Sound of a cobler's strap came from the office door.) Mr. Beaty: Now, sir; why were you sent to the office?’’ Cramer Please, sir; Miss Walker wants a box of chalk. Miss Goodwin: Oh, Mr. Jackson; would you believe it? I walked two miles this morning before breakfast Prof. Jackson: Huge 'feat'. MissG.: Sir! (?) Mr. Logan: (Looking sternly at a pupil misbehaving in the rear of the room). Now, don’t let me express a thing that is not mathematically true. Teacher: We will have a man for a Latin teacher next year. It seems as if people like men teachers better than lady teachers for Latin. Ruby Gabhart: Well, that’s what 1 say! Girls marching up stairs: Verna, you’re a piker to pull that bellrope. Verna gives the rope a hard tug and the bell rings several times. Mr. Logan (hurrying into the hall somewhat flustrated): Girls! Don’t do that; don’t do that. Verna (in a shrill tone): I stepped on the rope, Mr. Logan. Mr. Logan (comprehendingly, walking peacefully into mathematics room): Yes,-----; alright. Mr. Jackson: How may we always know a ’Sheenee?' (No one answers.) Mr. J: By his map! Mr. Mcjimsey ( On Life Eternal. ): 1 believe that when we go to the next world, we will have need of all we learn on earth. I expect to talk to some of those old Romans. But the first one I want to meet is Virgil.,’ Verna Adams: Me, too. George Lacy: Miss Malone, I don’t see no sense to that third question. Miss M: That isn’t very good English, George. George: Maybe that’s the reason 1 don’t see any sense to it. Mr. Mcjimsey is continually asserting that timidity is one of his characteristics; but it is obvious to everyone that he never passes up a chance of thoroughly explaining a difficulty of the girls. ns THE BRONCO Volume IX Alumni 1886 A. A. Abney...................Electra W. L Abney....................Abilene Jessie Brown .............. C. M. Burton .............. C. L. M. Crowder ......... Azro Coleman................ ......Druggist, Ardmore, Okla. Denia Cobb, Mrs. J. Strib- ling..................Tennessee James Evans .............California Texie Egan, Clerk............Denton Lula Frame ............... Lee Jackson ................ Sterling Jackson ........... Etta Jones ....................Mrs. Scott Mattie Nichols.............. Frank Piner, Physician .....Denton Julia Piner. Mrs. John Bain. Norman Frame...................West Texas C. L. Sone.................. J. N. Rayzor, Alliance Mill. Denton Ida Shreeves................ George Taylor............... Ada Terrill, Mrs. EL H. Wray.. R. L Tyson ............... Virgie Williams Mrs. Geo. Tabor Emma Wheeler. Mrs. Hawkins 1887 Jennie Benson, Mrs. Eldward Cook Susie Comegys Mrs. S. J. Carroll Will Collins ........... West Texas Annie Fitzgerald ...........Decatur Addie Faught................ Jessie Carroll ............. Edward Hutchinson...........Houston Hermilla Hogg, Mrs. R. M. Kelso Mada Pitman, Mrs. Pace .....Okla. Joe Long ................. Rebecca Rich ............. Frank Raley, Druggist........Denton Chas. Roark, Grain Dealer.....Okla. J. C. Roark, Teacher..South Texas Nina Thornton............... Dallas Willie O. Taylor, Mrs. J. S. Terry....................Denton A. E. Wilson!............... 1889 Berta Inge, Mrs. M. S. Stout ... Denton Fannie Oatman ........Mrs. F. Brady Ella Kirkpatrick, Mrs. J. B. Turpin Will Paisley.................Denton Marshall Jagoe ........... Nannie Cook, Mrs. F. EL Piner.................. Denton Laura Oatman, Mrs. E. L. Brown Alice Stone................. Mary Rogers...................West, Texas Lizzie Barrett ...............Mrs. Joyner Mamye Carson................ 1890 Sophia Alexander............ Edward Comegys......... Gainesville Lena Comegys, Mrs. Frank Lacy Ola Elads, Mrs. T. W. Jenkins Fannie McMurray, Teacher......Plano Minnie Paschall .............Denton Lena Ramsey, Mrs. Newt Hensley Minnie Sledge Mrs. J. T. Lively 1892 Sena Mounts, Mrs. W. W. Wright Effie Geers, Mrs. EL A Ewell... Walter Barrett..... ........ Ruth Roark ................. Celina Burris............... Walter Lacy, R. R. employee.. Jas. Biggerstaff......Oklahoma City Eva Raley, Mrs. W. J. McCray Birdie Paschall, Mrs. C. Lipscomb, Jr. .........................Denton Hermilla Jones, Mrs. Kirkman Ella McMurray, Mrs. E. Kelly. Denton Fannie Gillespie, Mrs. J. H. Blanks .... ..............................Denton m THE BRONCO Volume IX Eula Piner, teacher...........Dallas Walter Piner .............. Mattie Pitman, Missionary.... May Matlock, Mrs. P. Mounts.. Dorothy Long, Mrs. E. W. Parker 1893 L. H. Schweer, banker...... Denton Edward McGintie, cotton buyer Robert Sledge, merchant....Denton James Terrill, physician ..Galveston Anna Boyd.................. Lucile Ashby, Mrs. Jas. Wilson Daisy Kimbrough Mrs. W. O. Taylor Anna Edwards, Mrs. Shackleford Myrtle Bateman .............Dallas Jennie Egan, teacher........Graham Marie Kirkpatrick Mrs. Jasper Arcena Burris ............. 1894 Grade added. No graduates 1895 Mattie Egan, Mrs. R. B. Farris . Leonora Jones, Mrs. Minnerly.. Mayme Paschall Mrs. W. J. Stovall 1896 Kate Anderson, Mrs. J. H. Mounts Andrew T. Baker .......... Mattie Eads, milliner.......California Nettie Egan, stenographer... Maud Gibson, Mrs. Eugene Ross May Harris ............... Effie Jones, Mrs. Beeman.... Emma Lively, Mrs. Hughston.. Fannie Massey, Mrs. A. Terrill Maud McKenzie, Mrs. Pete Mullins Evelyn McCook. Mrs. John Eads Della Piner, Mrs. Willis Simmons Keydron Randall, Mrs. Anderson Jennie Smith................ John Whayne, traveling salesman Lee Zumwalt, lawyer..........Denton Anna Preuss, Mrs. Marty..... Ford Witherspoon.....Chickasha, Ok Arnetha Turpin, Mrs. Cole... Grace Yeagley, Mrs. DeFord Sumners Chas. Kimbrough, teacher.. Irene Ferguson, teacher...Denton Will Langley, veterinary surgeon C. C. McNiel, traveling salesman W. D. O. Warren, civil engineer Anna H. Fain, teacher..... R. E. McCormick...........El Paso Abney Ivey ............... Denton Bertha Copenhagen .....Mrs. Huber 1900 Emma Elliott ............. Mollie Turner, Mrs. Winn.... Georgia Oatman, Mrs. McCormick Carl S. Cobb ............. Louella Hann, Mrs. L. K. McGaffee Florence Elsie Warren, teacher. . .S. C. Mattie Louise Leipse, Mrs. LaLonde Eugenia Chinn, Mrs. Ross.... Cornelia J. Pitman ........ Redilla Smith, Mrs. Walter Davis Claudia Potter, physician...Temple W. C. McGintie.............. Dallas Grace Bayless ...............Denton 1901 Guy Witherspoon, grain dealer Maud Matlock, Mrs. F. Watson. Okla. Perla Wheeler, Mrs. Spear... W. T. Evers, merchant.......Denton Myrtle Ivey, Mrs. W. Hall... 1902 Grade added. No graduates. 1903 M. W. Deavenport, insurance agent .....................Denton Elizabeth Hogue, Mrs. Busey.. Bessie Edwards..............C. I. A. Gretna Cobb, teacher...........Senora Blanche Hoskins, teacher.... Will H. Francis, lawyer.Fort Worth Silas Fry, physician.......New York Geo. M. Hopkins, lawyer........Denton 1904 Robt. McBride, physician ...Dallas O. P. Poe, Jr..................Denton Mary Lee Carithers, Mrs. M. P. Kelly Volume IX THK BRONCO 115 Eva McNitzky..........Mrs. Baldwin Beneva Withers, Mrs. Robt. Knox Helen Potter, teacher...... Irma Smith, Mrs. C. L. Davis .... Norma Smith.................Denton Edna McCormick, teacher.... Virgie May Leipse, stenographer Iva Lake, teacher ......... Dallas Cletus McReynolds ....... 1905 Anna Bacon, Mrs. Thomas..... Grace Chinn, Mrs. Carl Elder.. Mattie Collins..............C. I. A. Lucile Geers, Mrs. A. B. McKinney Claud Minter, banker......Fort Worth Tom Harrison ............West Texas Johnnie May Stroud............Denton Esther Whittaker, Mrs. John Mohler Elbert Scroggins, civil engineer C. Witherspoon, grain dealer. Denton 1906 Lucile Wilson......... San Antonio Ella Mae Underwood, teacher Denton Harold Moore..............Longview Clara Crowder, Mrs. W. Barnes Maggie Robinson. Mrs. John Johnson Jessie Lane, Mrs. Womack... Fay Doty, Mrs. S. A. Dowdell . Carroll Garrison ..............Garland Bessie Carlisle.................Denton Ernest Bates, civil engineer. Marjorie Ballard, teacher.... Horace Witherspoon, grain dealer 1907 Ellen Smith, teacher......... Everett Bass, pharmacist.. ..Galveston Charm McNiel, Mrs. Sanders .El Paso Ruth Bates, Mrs. John Blanchard Holland Neely, P. O. Clerk Denton Mary Williams, teacher Fort Worth Esther Magill.Mrs. Earl McCormick Ina Fritz....... Mrs. M. L. O'Banion Wylie Bishop, ranchman. ...Channing Mabel Hogue,Mrs. W. O. Bishop Will Gregg, ranch owner ......Denton Patty Richardson, Mrs. Peyton Wingo Zac Thomason, teacher ... Campbell Duggan...........Dallas Ashburne Cowan, P. O. clerk Dallas 1908 Irene Powell, Mrs.—Birmingham, Ala Lorena Bates, Mrs. Smyth.. Stella Freeman, teacher......Denton Pansy Ellis, teacher.........Denton Eugene Berry, student............U. T. Mattie Lane, Mrs. Will Street Denton Irma Lee, teacher........... Nannie Thomas, teacher...... Mattie L. Underwood, teacher Denton Grace Carlisle, Mrs. Hardy Moore Effie Masters,.............. Willie Wroten, Mrs. J. P. Kidd Mary Barb, Mrs. Elliott..... Eugene Tanner, student.........U. T. Irma Arendall .............Tennessee 1909 Lula Evers, Mrs. C. A. Tripp Denton Homer Bruce.........Oxford, England Blanch Thomason, teacher . Pilot Point Stella Owsley.................Denton Tom Rector, draftsman.........Dallas Clark Brown, student..............U. T. Katherine Bass, Mrs. Gregg-- Sybil Aldridge, teacher ....Denton Lola Parker, clerk.....Wichita Falls Marjorie Cowan............... Denton Eugene Ballard, draftsman...Dallas Pearl Mahan, student..............U. T. Fred Harris, salesman ........Dallas Bernice Skinner............. Odessa Swindell, teacher.... Bertie Davis, teacher....... Maty Williams, Mrs. W. Harris Denton Marie Hester Mrs. C. Doty . Denton Mellissa Smith, teacher..... Linda May, Mrs. Ben Fritz...Denton Valentine Leach, banker.....Denton Emma Schmitz, Mrs. T. Floyd Denton Robt. Beck ............. New Mexico 1910 Rexford Anderson, student...A. M. Susan Sleight. Mrs. J. L. Sipes.. 116 THE BRONCO Volume IX Rosamond Andrews Hillsboro, Tex Sidney Bates, student Purdue, Ind Altha Ball, teacher........ Bessie Ball. Mrs. Olin Bridges J. C. Bell, student Baylor Dallas James Brown, farmer..........Denton Eula Bates, teacher ....... Alvin Bush, Exchange Bank Denton Grace Beyett.Mrs.G.M. Pruitt. Denton Grover Campbell, jeweler.....Denton Myrtle Brown, student........ U. T. Edward Cobb................McKinney Bessie Bruce, teacher...... Lloyd Garrison, student..........U. T. Mary Fox, Mrs. Paschall......Denton George Goode, farmer.........Denton Emma Belle Lipscomb........ teacher Irl Hicks............Pardue U., Ind. Gertrude McReynolds, student, C. I. A. James Inge, clerk............Denton A'.tha Owens, Mrs. Whitley...Keller Elbert Nauglc, teacher..... Emma Robinson, Mrs. John McCrary Fred Rayzor....Alliance Milling Co. Elizabeth Storrie, teacher D. H. S. Maud Zumwalt N. T. S. N. John Hauslein, student...........U. T. Arela McCormick..............Denton 191 I Elsie Doty, teacher........ Clem Pierce, clerk P. O Denton Katie Dyer Kentucky Basil Mahan................ Letitia Bay less, teacher.. Perren Lyon, teacher....... Bennie Smith, clerk........ Mattie McMath, teacher..... Charlie Francis; student..........U. T. Erma Forrester, farmer........Denton Margaret Butler.............. Dolly Stroud, student.....N. T. S. N. May Bell Hill, teacher Ella Bay Brashears ........ Ethel Allen, student..............U. T. Olga Steinman, .............. teacher Jerry Fowler, student.......U. T. Alden Miller................A. M.C. Clyta Elms. ................teacher Roland McNiel, teacher ..... Willie Sullivan, bookkeeper ..Denton Hibbard Masters, bookkeeper Taylor Garrett George, student.. Tulane U. Elise M’Cormick.music teacherDenton Edward Steger, American Ex Dallas Ruty Myers Denton Kearie Berry................ U. T. Ruby Strickland, student....C. I. A. 1912 Earl Durham, insurance agent. Denton Susan Cobb, student.........C. 1. A. Alfred Grant, teacher....... Mildred Masters.............U. T. Nancy Tanner, teacher....... L. T. Taylor, teacher....... Beatrice Hogue, teacher..... Cordelia Steinman, student.N. T. S. N. Adolphus Evers ...............Denton Raymond Fox, T. C. U....Fort Worth Beulah Crain, teacher....... Clark Owsley........Texas University Marcellus McReynolds, collector Mack Hodges, manager store .Denton Leah Owens, student ........C. 1. A. Fred Lane, clerk..............Denton Belle Tanner, teacher....... Ella Pierce, student........C. I. A. Ned Rector....................Dallas Laud Ratten....................Texas University Grace McNiel, teacher....... Edwin Fulton .................Denton Matthew Gilbert...............Denton Edith Lacy, clerk ............Denton Jack McMath, clerk............Denton Maud Underwood, teacher..... Ralph Lee Texas University William Collins...............Denton George Kirby......... Alliance Mill Paul Baker, student. Trinity University Belle Bates, student........C. I. A. Volume IX THE BRONCO 117 1913 Colonel Rayzor Baylor University John Cobb.......... Farmersville Irma Bruce.............N. T. S. N. W. T. Fain ..........Weatherford Mable Kerley ..........N. T. S. N. Grover Vaughn, route — Denton Jewel Thomas...........N. T. S. N. C loantha Copa s.......... Homer L. Fry...........A. and M. Edwin Evers...............Denton Ida Shanks................Denton Cheney Cunningham........ Denton James Hill .................Navy Pearl Smith .........N. T. S. N. Jessie Freeman.......N. T. S. N. Georgia Freeman . .Mrs. J. A. Collins Bettie Bridges,...............Denton Pauline Musgrave........N. T. S. N. Wm. H. McNitzky, printer... Denton Pearl McCormick ........N. T. S. N. George Rucker, University..Austin Mollie Hodges................ Denton P. S. Dudley .............. Earl Dyer..................Wildorado Lutie Craddock ............C. I. A. Willie Boothe...........N, T. S. N. Myrtle Collins................Denton Jim Tom Bay less . Post Office, Denton Joe Leach .................C. I. A. Eris Turner ...Georgetown University Fay Raines ... ............ Horace Simmons................Denton It’s Our Aim To serve you in a most efficient manner. Our clerks are courteous. Our goods are cp to the standard. We will tell you honestly what we think about the goods we offer for your inspection. Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Novelties, Etc. W. J. McCRAY, South Side - - Jeweler. Oldest Jewelry Establishment in Denton. This Store Wishes to Thank You for the generous patronage given U3 this year. We have tried to give you only dependable merchandise and the very best store service possible, and are sure that you have appreciated it. To you of the Graduating Class we wish every success in the years to come and want you to give us a share of your business as when a student of Denton High. Wilson-Hann Company. The Store of Certain Satisfaction Blessed is the ‘ Peacemaker’ We love to tell the story. About our flour to you. Of how it won its glory, And medals—not a few. We love to tell the story Because we know tis true; It satisfies your hunger As no other Flour can do. We love to tell the story; Peace Maker is our theme; It makes light bread and pastry. They seem just like a dream. We love to tell the story; Tis pleasant to repeat. Because we know Peace Maker Is surely hard to beat. We love to tell the story Of how it makes the cake. So nice and light and fluffy, You know it is no fake. We love to tell the story; The biscuits are so nice. It takes almost a dozen Your hunger to suffice. We love to tell the story For those who know it best; Say—'Alliance Milling Company.' Is better than the best; Its home is Denton, Texas; 'Peacemaker's natal town. Then don’t forget its birthplace; 'Peacemaker made renown. The Flour That Made Denton Famous MADE BY THE ALLIANCE MILLING COMPANY DENTON . . . TEXAS DREAMLAND THEATRE THE HOME OF CLEAN AMUSEMENT Where Thought. Laughter and high morals Go Hand in Hand It is our business to entertain and we are going about it, just as we would any other business, by the application of those proven business methods, which result in securing a maximum amount of entertainment at a minimum cost to you. ADMISSION.5 and lOc JEWEL” GAS STOVES DISHES AND COOKING WARE YOURS FOR BETTER SERVICE EVERS HARDWARE CO. • Seeger'' Siphon Refrigerators Fine Cutlery You, Sirs! who have a true appreciation of correct dress, who figure appearance as an asset, who want the best goods at a fair price, you are the man we are wanting on our customer list. The man who knows is the easier to sell and the easier to satisfy, and, as a whole, is worth more to a store than the man who is behind. At our store, you will find the best goods in every line. We run our men’s side just as if it was a man’s store and carry the same lines as do the best furnishing stores in Texas. The Williams Store. Pennants, Athletic Clothes The First National Bank Capital and Surplus $100,000 OFFICERS H. F. Schweer..........................President A. D. Turner .....................Vice-President Jack Christal..............Active Vice-President L. H. Schweer ...........................Cashier W. F. Woodward.................Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS H. F. Schweer, J. EL Wilson, Jack Christal, A. D. Turner, John A. Hann, L. H. Schweer, L. Bailey, Mrs. M. S. Stout. MAGILL SHEPARD CWe aj,e sole a q,e 0 r h e J o 11 o w-“ Jftog WeU known lilies, because Ihe ; manuUKturer«s of high grade goods seek high re„pres,enldlion. S lobe Wcr picks JSooh Cases Ostermoor Mattresses, White Serving Machines, Art” Wall Paper, White Mountain and Gibson Refrigerators, Fulton and Loyal Go-Carts, Chi-Namel Varnish and Stains. Locks and Sewing Machines Repaired. KEYS MADE TO FIT LOCKS. Rugs, Art Squares, Lace Curtains, Draperies and Curtain Goods. Prices Lower Than You Can Get Elsewhere. Magill Shepard Furniture and Undertaking. Automobile Ambulance. West Side Square. Both Phones 148 Lone Star Marble Works C. S. McMATH CO., Props. Marble and Granite Monuments, Headstones, Etc OLD PHONE 206 The Cheapest and Best Place in North Texas to Purchase a Monument. G. M. Pruitt DEALER IN Harness, Saddles, Shelf Hardware, Pocket Cutlery, Sporting Goods LEATHER REPAIRS PROPERLY DONE Hand-made Harness—Every Piece Guaranteed Electrical Supplies 25 North Side Square Denton, Texas S. A. BUSHEY, CONTRACTOR For High Grade Brick and Concrete Work New Phone 931 Denton, Texas THE DENTON COUNTY NATIONAL BANK THE ACCOMMODATING BANK LIGHT FLAKY BISCUITS £ DENTON i IiuneCohi' K MADE FROM “VERABEST FLOUR ARE GOOD FOR THAT MORNING GROUCH Denton Milling Company Goto Flints CIGARS, COLD DRINKS and SHORT ORDERS OF ALL KINDSI COURTEOUS TREATMENT TO EVERYONE NEAR DEPOT, DENTON, TEXAS WE solicit and appreciate the favors shown us by D. H.S. Students. PALMER'S, MUSIC AND ART VlCTROLAS AND KODAKS Jagoe Abstract Co. Lands, Loans and Abstracts DENTON, TEXAS Established 1874 Forty Years Ago Taliaferro Brothers We sell Sewing Machines, Tennis Goods, Bicycles, Guns, Baseball Goods and Football goods. Umbrellas covered repaired. Keys Made to Fit Any Lock WHEN out in the West End, trade with an alumnus of Denton High School. J. D. Hodges Sons W. B HODGES, Bus Mgr. COLD DRINKS AND CONFECTIONS More Than Good We could charge more, but we could not give more Quality and Style to our pictures. They’re More Than Good. THE SHAW STUDIO West Side Square Denton. Texas HOPING SUCCESS TO THE BRONCO and a long and useful life to the Teachers and Students of the D. H. S. is the sincere wish of The Fair J. S. TERRY, Prop. A Year of Prosperity The outlook for a prosperous 1914 is indeed very bright. The policies of the New Administration are being carried out and meeting with the approval of the business world. The factories of the country are running full time. The crops at this season of the year are very promising. Taking everything as a whole the year 1914 will be the largest ever in a business way. More dry goods will be sold this year than any previous year, and we have made great preparations in taking care of the wants of the trade. You will find our stocks of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Clothing and Millinery to be the most complete to be found anywhere. W. B. MCCLURKAN CO. Come to Lipscomb’s where you are always welcome. Students headquarters. We appreciate your trade and we like your company. LIPSCOMB DRUG STORE BOTH BHONES FREE DELIVERY M. L. Martin,«. Chas. Saunders, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and correct Fitting of Glasses. DENTIST Office at Raley’s SSI Office over Long King BOTH PHONES 14 Dr. J. W. Fralin, Walter Luster Dentist Feed, Board, Livery Office over S. A. Gibson SOUTH SIDE SQUARE Both Phones 35 North Elm St J. P. Magee Co. Duggan Abstract Co. (INCORPORATED) Underwriters of Fire and Tornado Insurance Abstracts Prepared While You Wait. Your Business Will Be Appreciated Prompt and Reliable Service Freight Transfer Co. E. L. Vannoy, Feed of All Kinds Moving, Piano moving especially. We have Piano trucks. JEWELER Old Phone 1 14; New 248 Brownlow McNiel, 1 Work Guaranteed WEST SIDE SQUARE FINISHING ROOM Dry Cleaning Department of the Denton Steam Laundry. CLEANING ROOM Delicate and Costly Garments can only be satisfactorily dry cleaned in a sanitary building, properly equipped with the necessary machinery handled by an experienced dry cleaner who knows how to use it and how to remove the spots and stains without injuring the fabrics. Our dry cleaning department is in a separate fireproof building, is equipped with all the necessary modern dry cleaning machinery and is in charge of a high salaried and experienced spotter and dry cleaner. We have spared no expense to give the citizens of Denton one of the best equiped and up-to-date plants in the State and cordially invite them to visit and inspect it. Our laundry building and equipment is complete in every detail, and is also one of the best and most complete plants in the State. Denton Steam Laundry Co. BOTH PHONES 8. LAUNDERERS AND DRY CLEANERS Turn Over a New Leaf-Money Saved is Money Made Be careful in your buying—also in the selection of your place to trade. There is a difference in your favor and in our favor if you trade with us. Jarrell Evans Dry Goods Co. GO TO C. R. HAMILTON FOR THE A. E. ANDERSON LINE OF MADE TO MEASURE CLOTHING The Best Cleaning and Pressing Agent for Sherman Steam Laundry C. R. HAMILTON, Phones Thirty-One East Side Square Need a Yard Fence? The fence that never falls down! Cheaper than wood; lasts a lifetime WRITE US The Texas Wire Fence Co. DENTON, TEXAS Visit the “Princess” The Photo Play House of Quality Where the newest and best pictures are shown. Where you can see your favorites— G. M. Anderson, John Bunny, Francis X. Bushman, Maurice Costello, Arthur Johnson, Ruth Roland, Lillian Walker, Mary Fuller, AND MANY OTHER NOTED STARS J. M. VIVIAN, Mgr. The Engravers of the Southwest SOUTHWESTERN ENGRAVING CO Fort Worth Makers of half-tones and zinc etchings for College and High School Publications of the Southwest The McNitzky Print is The Best Print The Printing and Binding of This Issue of “The Bronco” the Product of Our Plant McNitzky Printing Co. Manufacturing Stationers 25 South Elm St. Denton, Texas First Guaranty State Bank NORTH SIDE SQUARE OFFICERS: Dr. J. P. Blount................President Dr. M. L. Martin First Vice-President R. L. Leach........................Second Vice-President W. EL Smoot ......................Cashier R. Val. Leach...........Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS: Dr. J. P. Blount, W. E. Smoot, J. M. Evans, Dr. M. L Martin. C. C. Yeatts, R. L. Leach, J. W. Stuart, W. D. Butler. W. N. Yerby. Where the safety of depositors’ accounts is first considered. The Guaranty Fund Bank. J. H. HESTER J. T. BAKER Our Motto:— “Honest Dealing” We are the headquarters for the best Chops, Hay, Cotton Seed Meal and Denco; also wood sawed upon delivery. Graham Flour and Custom Ground Meal a Specialty Arkansas Milling Company BOB WEST Next Door to Post Office All kinds of Candies, Fresh Peanuts and Popcom, Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes S« W. Kanady West Oak St- Tels: New, 133; Old 58 Denton Floral Company Cut Flowers, Plants, Floral Designs and Yard Decorating Kanady Seed House Field, Garden, and Flower Seeds SADDLERY In All Its Departments Buggy and Auto Top Materials and Repairing Poultry and Supplies Your Druggist! No demand for drugs is too trifling to receive our most careful attention. Our perfect service is for everybody who trades here. J. A. Minnis East Side Square Prescription Druggist L. F. Collins Son FEED AND FUEL Highest Grade of MacAlaster Coal Best seasoned wood at prices to suit the customer. Give us a trial order and we will assure you satisfaction. Also your future business. All kinds of feed stuff sold at lowest prices. WOOD Wholesale HAY JOHN A. COLLINS, Mgr. Both Phones 40 North Locust St. Loyalty to your home town is worth its weight in gold to that town. Believe in it. Talk it and you will have cause to be proud of it with each passing year. The Denton Chamber of Commerce GEORGE J. ROARK, Secretary Are We Your Druggists? If not, why not ? Our methods of dealing squarely with all our trade has brought us many new customers. Are you one of them ? If not, we again ask, why not? prCT PRICES DELi O 1 DRU GS Our customers know that when they buy drugs or merchandise of any kind at our store they get the most value for their money. That is why we believe we deserve your patronage. When next you need anything a good druggist sells, go to the TREAT-U-WELL DRUGGISTS, Phones 275. J. F. Ra!ey Co. Brothers Company Want Your Business Denton, Lewisville. Terrrell. R. H. Garrison, The .durggist AND BOOKSELLER PHONE 79 22 WEST SIDE FREE DELIVERY Everything Good TO EAT AT THE Lone Star Restaurant S. J. McCLUSKY, Prop. OLYMPIA CONFECTIONERY LALLAS LUTAS. PROPS. HOME MADE CANDIES DAILY West Side Square Denton. Texas Systematic Savings Proper handling of finances, by the young man or woman is of the greatest importance. A few dollars saved systematically will protect them in old age and will always provide them with ready money. $ 10.00 saved monthly and invested properly will in 6 1-2 years produce $1,000.00. Subscribe for stock in the DENTON COUNTY BUILDING SAVINGS ASSOCIATION VISIT THE WEST SIDE BARBER SHOP We Cater to the Best Trade J.C. CROCKER. PROPRIETOR Hamburgers AT THE Little White Wagon are the Best and most sanitary in every respect Call and Get One Ben Sullivan Sells the Best Meat That Can Be Had Both On North Phones Elm Street KUNZE STEAM BAKERY The Best Place for Bread and Cakes FREE BOTH DELIVERY PHONES Beyett Bros Fine Confections North Side Den on, Tex The Fad Studio Over Post Office Makes First Class Photographs Phone 98 Skiles Transfer and Livery Bam New Phone 123 East Hickory Old Phone 131 Street Call Around We appreciate your treat patronage and you right Whitton’s BarberShop With best wishes for the success of every boy and girl The Exchange National Bank OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS A. J. Nance...........President J. R. Christal...Vice-President J. C. Coit..............Cashier EL D. Curtis.........Assistant Cashier Dr. J. M. Inge, J. H. Paine, Ed. F. Bates, A. C. Owsley We havn’t all the shoes in town, but we have the Best. Beckham’s Shoe Store. East Side Square Denton, Texas Denton Trust Company Investments, Farms, and City Loans BLACK LAND FARMS FOR SALE